Kindness
Posted on July 27, 2013 by David M Willis

181 thoughts on “Kindness”

  1. Justnobody

    And now I remember why I love this comic so much. Also how did I end up here so early?

  2. Geminia999

    Little did sarah know, there was a demon under the hat!!!

    1. Yotomoe

      “Hahaha. Now to subtly convince her to commit hanky panky!”

      1. Zoroark173

        Not just any hanky-panky, “Premaritial hanky-panky”!

        1. GoldStarz

          “And not just that either, gay premartial hanky-panky. Truly I am the evilest hat demon of them all!”

        2. Aizat

          “Or I could convince her to kill her family and then desecrate their corpses but that’s a little to easy. Besides, it’s been done to death. “

        3. Aeron

          Fully expect the hat to think and talk like Head Alien.

        4. PrincessCarlos

          Heh, HEAD alien. I see what you did there

        5. Evil Fairy

          Uh-oh…now I’m worried. What if the hat is one of the sixteen pieces of HA II?

        6. Björn

          That reminds me: Dexter must totally be voiced by Jon Lovitz. Right, Willis?

    2. AgentKeen

      Hmm, Joyce turning out to be a demon would be a pretty big twist.

      1. Yotomoe

        After she slices Sarah into 666 pieces.

        1. JBO

          DON’T REMIND ME!

          But hey at least Walky would sleep with Sarah that is something.

        2. MajesticSpaceBen

          After which the “to be continued” message flashes, and Willis ends the series entirely.

        3. Aizat

          Which leads to a non-indicative grimdark spin-off.

        4. Kernanator

          Wait, is this a reference to something?

        5. Yotomoe

          Yes.

        6. Kernanator

          Could you tell me what it is?

        7. Yotomoe

          But it would spoil the ending.

        8. Potato-The-Faaace

          THEN TEABAG THE REMAINS 666 TIMES!

        9. Aizat

          Then place the remains in the oven with the temperature of 66.6 degrees Celsius.

        10. Fred

          Why not 666c?

        11. The Candyman

          Because that would 1,220 degrees Fahrenheit, which might melt the oven.

        12. AgentKeen

          Wait until Hell freezes over, served chilled.
          Serves 666.

        13. BlueRam

          666 pieces? So someone actually counted out how many pieces they were cutting up? What if they lost count?

      2. Doctor_Who

        Like in that Simpsons Halloween episode where it turns out Flanders is Satan. “It’s always who you least expect.”

      3. mrman643

        What are you guys referencing?

    3. Wonder Wig

      The hat sorts people into religions. “A lot of courage I see. Not a bad mind either… I know…. Protestant!”

      1. Kernanator

        I totally heard the Sorting Hat’s voice. I laughed.

      2. Drakey

        Oh my dear sweet Jesus on a llama, Wonder Wig, that was beautiful.

        1. saltchocolate

          +1

      3. Crimson Doom

        So does it sort people into only the current mainstream religions, or might I expect it to sort someone into, say, worship of the Babylonian pantheon? 😀

  3. Kernanator

    One of Joyce’s brother’s is appearing in the comic? With a NAME?!?

    WHAT IS THIS HERESY.

    1. Yotomoe

      No, he’s Joshua. Heresy’s in time out.

      1. JBO

        Heresy is quite a bummer anyways. My favourite Brown brother is Schism BTW.

        1. Yotomoe

          What about Blasfemy? (He and Heresy are twins obviousely)

        2. JBO

          I like Blasfemy since he and Heresy are polar opposite twins. He is way more fun.

        3. John

          Given his resemblance to Drew, I’m thinking “Joshua Temptation Brown”.

        4. Aizat

          I’m guessing Charlie is not here today.

        5. Yotomoe

          Not Charlie Brown but Charlie Zangels is here.

      2. Aizat

        Wait, Joshua? He didn’t make a sword out of demon’s blood did he?

    2. Swissaboo

      Joshua and Joyce? Makes me wonder if the browns pulled the same thing as my paternal grandparents, where they went P, P, M, M, T, T

      1. John

        Willis mentioned over on BBRoomies! that they’re all ‘J’ names. Of course, she had two more brothers in that universe, so who knows.

    3. Ancestral Hamster

      I can’t wait until we meet Joyce’s eldest brother, Praise-God Barebone Brown. He’s really puritannical!

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praise-God_Barebone

  4. AgentKeen

    Attack of the Big Baby Blues!

  5. Kurai Seraphim

    Is that Alfred Hitchcock in the background of Panel 4?

    1. Totz the Plaid

      If not, then it should be.

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      It’s not fat enough.

    3. Aizat

      Good evening.

    4. Bluebird

      Given Willis’ drawing style, I believe it would have to be another reverse-sex clone, in order to be Hitchcock…

    5. John

      It’s Asma. She’s tagged and everything.

      Asma Hitchcock.

  6. Plasma Mongoose

    No it’s option #2, they are indeed reverse-sex clones.

    1. Soozi

      Actually, they’re fraternal twins which means they have normal-sibling DNA not twins-sameses DNA. They’re about as closely related as any brother-sister would be. The only way to be technical DNA clones would be if they were the same sex.

      Unless you meant something else in that case sorry for random biology/development rant.

      1. Rin

        Could be a rare genetic case where he is XY and she ends up XO but are otherwise identical and originally came from one egg.
        http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1012913/pdf/jmedgene00327-0041.pdf

      2. John

        I think Plasma just meant they’re reversed-sex clones.

        o/` Oh give me a clone, of my very own, with the Y chromosome changed to X… o/`

        1. inkwell

          Could be that they somehow dragged gender-swapped Joyce out of the Walkyverse and convinced him that he was actually her brother rather than just her and then gender-swapped Walky is going to show up and everything is going to get sketchy really quickly.

  7. EvergreenFir

    Reverse-sexed clone? You mean Rule 63?

    1. Totz the Plaid

      Not quite. Rule 63 implies “hanky-panky” stuff.

      1. VZG

        No, you’re thinking of rule 34. Rule 63 doesn’t imply anything other than flipped sex.

        1. BlueRam

          What about rule 42? That’s always a probability.

        2. EvergreenFir

          lol

    2. DudeMyDadOwnsADealership

      Think X-23 to Joyce’s Wolverine

  8. Viktoria

    Oh god, he’s the anti-Joyce of this universe!

    1. Jen Aside

      No, he’s the Canadian Joyce =o [Jayce?]

      1. Yotomoe

        Joey C.

        1. Karionus

          You’re thinking of “Jayce” IIRC.

      2. Doctor_Who

        Does he lead a gang of Wheeled Warriors?

        (Too obscure?)

        1. Karionus

          Er, reply above belonged down here.

  9. Yotomoe

    How did Sarah learn of the “Noah’s Arc” cloning process?

  10. Gram91

    Finally we get to see an actual sibling of hers (I think). Also, her mother looks waaaay different.

    1. Yotomoe

      Not really. She’s always had a pronounced chin and been slightly heavyset. Unless you mean different from Walkyverse in which case I’d have to agree.

    2. David

      Click her name in the tags and check out her other appearances in the strip.

    3. zomgvampires

      Agreed. Let’s see if she’s just as crazy about Joyce’s future (TRYING TO BE VAGUE HERE).

  11. Cholma

    In panel three, the hat kind of looks like a baseball cap or batting helmet. (which would actually be easier to make and sell, than the felt beanies)

    1. Yotomoe

      It doubles as a batting helmet because she knows Sarah is a great Batter.

  12. Madock345

    Joyce’s Brother? IN THE COMIC!?

    I don’t know weather to respond with joy or fear.

    1. Aizat

      Foy? Or Jear? Pick your poison, Madock.

  13. Shade

    Something tells me they’re not going to be pleased with her fashion choices.

    1. Yotomoe

      Or maybe it’ll turn out They are all closet MM fans.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        They’re Marilyn Manson fans? I would not have called that one.

        1. Aizat

          Or they could be Megaman fans.

        2. Yotomoe

          I thought it meant they loved playing MARBLE MADNESS.

        3. Aizat

          Or they’re a fan of Master Mold.

        4. Kernanator

          What about Maniac Mansion?

        5. Aizat

          Or Mad Max? But then again they couldn’t get beyond Thunderdome. Finally got to use that joke.

        6. DrunkenGator

          What? No love for MicroMachines? Uncultured curs…

        7. Aizat

          Well, MicroMachines isn’t well known where I’m from.

        8. Yotomoe

          Or anywhere really. I constantly forget they exist.

        9. Ancestral Hamster

          Supposedly Micro Machines went out of production in 2006. So they don’t currently exist as a retail product. Secondary market on the other hand …

  14. Joebo

    Ooh, there was probable a reason, at least in her parent’s eyes, as to why she was never exposed to this show as a child…

    1. Wack'd

      We knew that already! It “cultivates a culture of snarkiness!”

      1. Alex Stritar

        Well, if that’s the case, they’re going to love Sarah. XD

  15. Dave

    Will Robin want to make out with sexswapped Joyce in THIS universe as well? Only time will tell.

  16. zomgvampires

    Aww yay! A brother!

  17. JBO

    Just change Sarah’s punctuation slightly and she calls it an ass hat.

  18. Rust

    This comic is so sweet and adorable that I can’t stand it. I almost expect Sarah to give Joyce a sisterly hug here. That’d be equivalent to about 3 adorable kitten pictures, I think.

    1. Farmer_10

      Indeed. Everybody is so hung up on Joyce’s family they’re managing to ignore their overwhelming desires to hug panel 3

  19. Hoboturtle

    Considering that there’s no gender changing machine we instead get Joyce’s exactly the same brother.

  20. Yotomoe

    Can I say that I ship Sarah and Joyce. But not as a couple but as like sisters and adorable sister people who love each other just cuz.

    1. Alex Stritar

      Wait, we can ship people in ways that doesn’t revolve around them wanting to have sex with each other? What insane world did I just step into!?

      1. Yotomoe

        I am an innovative Shipper. Some don’t approve of my methods.

        1. Aizat

          Innovation’s not a bad thing, it’s a good thing. At least, it’s better than some sick slashfic.

        2. Li

          Uh, please rephrase or otherwise just stop talking, thanks.

        3. Aizat

          Why?

        4. Yotomoe

          Yeah, what’d Aizat do wrong?

        5. Leonou

          Implying that there’s anything wrong with “sick Slashfics” I suppose.

        6. Li

          Yeah, that’d be the one, Leonou.

          He’s welcome to talk on other subjects!

    2. Hoboturtle

      Agree’d

    3. Aizat

      Wait, you could that? I thought shipping meant putting two characters and somehow make them a couple regardless of logic or common sense…..and I just possibly pissed off the shipping community.

      1. Kernanator

        No, that’s fairly accurate. Though some ships have more logic and commons sense than others.

    4. vsophi

      Sounds like friendshipping to me. :B

      1. Jackson

        Moiraaaaaaails!

    5. Blue

      I believe the term in current use is ‘BroTP’

  21. JBO

    And Joyce’s shirt now joins Mike’s hair in things that are physically impossible. Seriously are those eyes ALWAYS looking at the reader?

    1. Yotomoe

      Thought you could get away by her standing in a profile? Nope still see you.

    2. LookingIn

      She can’t help it if she is young and pert…the shirts probably weren’t designed with someone as endowed as her in mind 😉

      1. Yotomoe

        Joyce is kinda average (maybe slightly above). She hasn’t reached Billie’s level yet.

        1. Bemmie

          Now I’m just imagining that shirt on billie… Nothing else mind you, just the shirt

        2. John

          Are you also imagining Billie rolling her eyes, calling you a dork, and slamming the door in your face?

        3. LookingIn

          That sounds more like Ruth after she catches you eyeing Billie

        4. John

          Sounds like Billie to me.

          Admittedly, I’m just assuming the eyeroll.

        5. LookingIn

          Well Billie has matured a little, buth Ruth still has her agressive side so I’m leaning on it being a Ruth reaction rather than a Billie reaction

  22. Nono

    I like how Asma gets a tag even though only her silhouette is visible.

    Asma’s going to be the puppetmaster, just you watch. She gave Walky his pajama pants and Joyce her D&MM stuff. She IS the drama tag.

    1. Aizat

      Or that she is the one masterminding everything….like that dog in Silent Hill 2.

  23. ArkhamTexan

    Bam! She CAN learn! Character development!

  24. Brian Lynch

    I’ve been waiting YEARS for this moment, and I just realized that.

  25. Justnobody

    Is it a bad thing that I’m incredibly attracted to both Mike and Joyce’s moms ?

    1. Aizat

      Not really.

    2. Ancestral Hamster

      Have your nickels ready.

  26. Uniqueantique

    A very unique way of looking at shipping, Yotomoe. I like it. Joyce and Sarah are fuzzy kitty cute. (since the near rape party, looks like Sarah has adopted Joyce anyway, even if she does drive her bonkers)

    1. Aizat

      What, and your sibling didn’t drive you bonkers?

  27. nothri

    Joyce: “Say, that reminds me of this one episode where Dexter froze the Cheese and then mucked up the universe!”

  28. vsophi

    “some kind of reverse-sexed clone”

    Ahh, memories…

    1. Maycroft

      That was one of my favorite arches.

      1. Kernanator

        Really? Mine is the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.

        1. Aeron

          We call it Defiance now.

        2. Aizat

          Mine is the Arc de Triumph. That’s how it is spelled, right?

        3. Andrew_C

          I prefer the uncompromising Modernism of the Arche de la Défense

    2. Li

      a) sex is indeed a verb (different meaning, related to determining the gender of animals)
      b) “reverse-sexed” might be clearer to you like “reverse-sex’d” — meaning a clone to which that was done.

      Either way I don’t think it was a typo, just kinda slangy.

      1. Kamino Neko

        I don’t think they’re commenting on the grammar, but rather remembering a Walkyverse storyline.

        1. Yotomoe

          Remember when Joyce had a penis for a while? Partridge farm remembers.

      2. vsophi

        What Kamino Neko said.

        1. Li

          Ahh, gotcha. :|a My mistake!

  29. Aeron

    I adore the fact that Sarah looks like she was drawn by Bill Waterson in panel 2.

  30. Zababcd

    The visual style reminds me of one of those ‘first day of school’ episodes on kids shows. Just switch the dialogue around. And age the characters down by many, many years.

    1. Notebooked

      Hah, nice job!

    2. Yotomoe

      HAHAHAHAHAHA. OMG THIS IS THE GREATEST.

    3. saltchocolate

      Hilarious!

  31. Jackson

    Oh hey, Joyce is wearing The Boots.

    1. saltchocolate

      The fashion offense is complete — head to toe.

      1. John

        It wouldn’t be anywhere near as bad if she lost the pants. The hat’s okay, the shirt’s kind of neat, the wristbands are inoffensive, but oh gods those pants…

    2. Yotomoe

      Those boots were meant for walkin’ and that’s just what they do.

  32. Notebooked

    AAAAH SARAH AAAAH

    This is what I’ve been looking forward to. They’ve had the arguments about Joyce’s safety, showing Sarah cares–this is showing Sarah cares in a way they both like and are comfortable with! Budding friendship ahhh

    1. Yotomoe

      I knooooooooooooow aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh<3

  33. Rin

    *SQUEEEEEE~* Joyce’s brother just makes me squeal. EEEEEEEEEE~ He’s only in one panel but for some reason I feel like i’m gonna like him. ^v^ Either that or he’ll make me want to beat him up. 😀

    1. The Candyman

      That’s turning out to be a trend with Willis’ characters isn’t it (you either want to hug them or punch them in the face).

      1. AgentKeen

        Sometimes, both at the same time.

  34. FivePartsWater

    That blackboard in the background just makes my mind scream battleships.

  35. The Candyman

    I’m getting a cuteness overload from panel 3 Joyce. Seriously, I have to resist the urge to hug my screen.

  36. Ruck Bogers

    Oh, look, an Asma silhouette.

  37. DudeMyDadOwnsADealership

    This is certainly an improvement on Sarah’s part. I’m guessing that’s one of Joyce’s brothers…

  38. Sir Robin

    Sarah is just the female Mike isn’t she?

  39. Wallace Wells

    Calling it now, some family drama will ensue if Joyce’s brother meets Joyce’s boyfriend.

    1. Potato-The-Faaace

      Probably

  40. Draga Noche

    the MM shirt and pants are too much but I would like the hat and wristbands

  41. ender1200

    Joyce parents are finally making their appearance.

    IT HAS BEGUN!

  42. Harry

    “Kindess” should probably be “KindNess.”

    Sorry. I’m a proofreader, and no-one else has picked up on it.

  43. Mallow

    Also one of the cutest Sarahs ever!

  44. nothri

    Gotta love Sarah’s brand of encouragement. “Joyce, if this retarded bullshit makes you happy, then put that retarded bullshit on and wear it with pride!”

    1. Notebooked

      Aka the blunt version of every “be yourself” encouragement, ever.

  45. Somebody

    Oh no…please tell me it’s a weird coincidence.

  46. Thad guy

    I am hearing “my baby” in a creepy singsong, robot-ish voice, from a Youtube video or something, but I can’t place it. What the hell am I thinking of?

  47. Vree

    Joyce’s brother is Jayce?

    Also, if at some point in this or a future comic we do NOT see the atnics of Joyce and her 5 brothers when they were small, I’m gonna be quite disappointed.

    Seems like a goldmine for awkward/enlightening/cute lessons.

  48. tahrey

    I just had a brilliant, horrible idea:

    Arrange the strip using HTML, CSS, tables, imagemaps, whatever, so EACH PANEL has a SEPARATE alt-text.

    Then you can have a single one for panels 1, 2 and 4 that say something fairly unrelated, then panel three can be “MOST ADORABLE JOYCE EVER”. Or the equivalent for future strips.

    Also makes downloading the things by right-click or cache-diving somewhat harder.

    And of course that one different area need not be full frame size… you could really drive people crazy looking for it, as some kind of treasure hunt.

    MUAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA

    (…one of those people being me. Damn it.)

  49. newllend

    Hahaha, thank you

  50. Taigan

    Wow, how ironic is Sarah’s comment now?

    1. RedWarlock

      Ironic, or subtly foreshadowing? OooooOOOOOoooooohhhhh!!!

      1. anonymous

        But she did say Joc was the reverse sex, not gender.

  51. DarkoNeko

    Big sister, little sister ^^

  52. kkiten

    my favorite strip! also yes, most adorable Joyce.

  53. Onion

    Or not.

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