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Brunch
Posted on May 23, 2018 by David M Willis

168 thoughts on “Brunch”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    “why, wanna watch?”

    “DO I‽‽‽”

    1. Achallenger

      This is beautiful

      1. Achallenger

        I did not mean that as a response but now must accept my fate in believing that watching Amber watch the boys hate fuck each other would be beautiful

        1. Zach

          Accepting what you accidentally say about yourself as real is how you grow strange.

          Accepting yourself is another way to grow, but lacks artistic merit.

        2. Clif

          Wisdom.

    2. butts

      c’mon amber, don’t let your slashfic dreams be dreams

      (i need to find a good panel of Mike’s butt at some point)

      1. Sunny

        I think there’s an argument to be made that any picture of Mike is automatically a picture of a butt on account of Mike’s general behaviour.

    3. LeslieBean4Shizzle

      **slowclap**
      I came here to say something, and found it already said.
      Now time for me to go to bed.
      I did not intend to rhyme.
      …
      **fails to think of something that rhymes with rhyme**

      1. Psyme

        I can think of something.

      2. Zach

        ‘Clearly it’s sleeepyyy time.’

      3. Beef

        You surprise yourself sometimes

      4. Dana

        You do the rhyme crime, you do the rhyme time.

      5. Makkabee

        This never happens to a mime.

      6. Chronos

        but it really was sublime

      7. Charlie Spencer

        In on this topic I’m going to chime.

      8. King Daniel

        Thyme.

      9. Annonymouse

        Tequila !!! and lime.

      10. SgtWadeyWilson

        Kind of a shame, tis not even that steep a climb.

    4. Potatamoto

      Cannot not hear this as a Cosgrove and Freakazoid exchange.

    5. Felgraf

      I’m totally hearing the “DO I?” in Freakazoid’s voice.

      1. Ana Chronistic

        There is ZERO percent reason for it to EVER be read in a voice OTHER than Freakazoid’s

    6. Guest42

      I commend your use of interrobangs.

      1. Roborat

        So much banging on this page.

  2. AnvilPro

    Years of reading fanfiction has trained her to recognizing corny, cheeky dialogue. The kind of which Ethan has no ability to hide.

    1. Stu

      Probably helped that he said “Our people”, meaning he was including Mike in that as Amber, to my knowledge, hasn’t shown bisexual tendencies.

      1. Marsh Maryrose

        The possibility has been on Amber’s radar before.

        1. JessWitt

          And with that comic as evidence, she wouldn’t be mad at them being together, right?

          (Nah, she’s gonna be mad, maybe a little, maybe a lot.)

        2. Inahc

          hopefully just mildly jealous.

          …does amber *do* mild? :/

        3. Sam

          “He’ll fuck anyone,if only to piss somebody off”. Amber got that right. Poor Danny and Ethan too.

    2. Pablo360

      The only cheeky dialog Amber eants is the posterior variety

      Specificly, Stucky admiring each others’

      Perhaps these two will be an acceptible buttstitue (substitute but with butt, I realized after I typed it there were other possible interpretations)

      1. Pablo360

        Eants? I meant treants.

        1. Needfuldoer

          I thought you said “weants”.

      2. butts

        buttstitue

  3. Doctor_Who

    To be fair, among habitual shippers like Amber that’s basically “Hello”.

    1. Annonymouse

      “Good evening”

  4. SailorCakes

    Nailed it

    1. Foxhack

      Yes, he did.

    2. butts

      all night long

      1. Pablo360

        Still bored.

      2. Needfuldoer

        (All night)

  5. Mr. Random

    WHAAAAAAAAAA? Yeah.

  6. Shiro

    Astute, she is

    1. Doctor_Who

      World’s Greatest Detective (in the very narrow field of slashfic).

      1. Pablo360

        Joyce has a run for her money

        1. JessWitt

          Lesbian love sleuth Becky MacIntyre is looking to expand to uncharted (i.e. gay) territory.

        2. Deanatay

          Nah, Joyce is Amber’s villain.

          Well, The Whiteboard Dingdong Bandit is Amazi-Girl’s villain.

          She’s basically The Joker.

      2. Bagge

        BEST COMMENT!

  7. butts

    amber, just because they’re having brunch together doesn’t mean they’re banging

    even if it does mean they’re banging

    1. Bagge

      I have brunch with many some people I’m banging.

      I have brunch with someone right now and we hardly bang at all.

  8. Reltzik

    Oh, good, Amber’s clued in to what’s happening and can finally provide some sanity to the situation.

    1. Doctor_Who

      Try saying that out loud with a straight face.

      1. Reltzik

        There’s a REASON I went with this Gravatar.

    2. Proxiehunter

      We’re relying on Amber to provide sanity?

      1. Sporky

        Actually, I think she’s pretty good when it doesn’t directly concern her. She gives all the sanity away to advice for other people and has none left for herself.

        1. Proxiehunter

          Okay, it’s not quite relying on Walky to provide maturity or Mary to provide compassion but I still don’t think it’s a good idea.

  9. Passchendaele

    *Ethan picks up tray, slides out of seat, and runs away*

  10. Schpoonman

    I love Amber so fucking much.

  11. Yotomoe

    I did some dumb crack ships
    https://imgur.com/a/okqWCTd

    1. Schpoonman

      Only one of those is a crack fic.

      1. DailyBrad

        Yeah, two of these have been established to some degree.

        Though I do wonder if Lucy likes gals, I don’t remember if it’s ever come up.

        1. butts

          Just Starfire.

        2. Lilyliv

          Everybody with a romantic bone in their body is into Starfire, let’s be real. 🙂

        3. HMRC4EVR

          The Raven fans might disagree

        4. Yotomoe

          https://imgur.com/a/1Q9VhtJ
          DID YOU SAY STARFIRE?

        5. King Daniel

          IIRC, Willis’s announced upcoming Slipshine is even Joe/Malaya.

        6. Schpoonman

          Yeah, but Malaya and Joe weren’t in the same ship.

        7. King Daniel

          …for some reason I thought Joyce-in-the-middle-picture was Malaya.

  12. caesaria82

    I know this is not the main takeaway from this strip, but Amber’s perfectly round hair-cape brings me so much joy for some reason lol.

  13. Yotomoe

    https://imgur.com/a/dc64wlm
    Also a dumb JoexJoyce thing.

    1. butts

      not sure why she’s using the kama sutra as a reference when she could just be taking notes on Roz’s sextape

      1. Yotomoe

        Let’s be fair. The Kama Sutra is basically just the novelization of everything Roz did in that video.

      2. thejeff

        Also a callback (intentional?) to the “really good book” Joyce’s parents had in It’s Walky!

        1. Yotomoe

          Someone caught that. Her mom probably gave it to her so it’s a “My First Kama Sutra”
          Probably has more simple pictures and jokes.

    2. Schpoonman

      Is there a place you store all your art conglomerated?

      I love your style so much. It’s so damn expressive.

      1. Yotomoe

        Yes, but I don’t post my DOA art anywhere but here.

        1. Makkabee

          I’d like to see some of your non-DoA stuff now. I agree that you’ve got a charming style.

        2. Yotomoe

          Well you could check “yotomoe” or “yotomore” on tumblr. Those’re both me.

    3. Mordecai

      I really, really like your art.

    4. Zee

      Cute!
      I love Joe’s expression in the first one

  14. brionl

    Are they yet though? I thought they were still at the muchos smooches stage.

  15. Mr D

    Correct me if I’m wrong, didn’t Ethan and Danny agree to not bang because it would be a horrible thing to do to Amber?

    Wouldn’t that go likewise for Ethan and Mike, since they are also close friends with her?

    1. butts

      Nah, that’s different. Close friends fucking is one thing, there’s no implicit betrayal there.

      One of her closest friends banging Danny, her ex… that’s a whole other kettle of fish.

      1. King Daniel

        Especially since Ethan is the other ex…

        1. Skater Girl

          Eh. As a lesbian in a relatively small queer community, pretty much all of our exes have banged each other at some point.

    2. Keulen

      I find it hard to believe that Mike would agree to anything like that.

      1. Needfuldoer

        He must have some ulterior motive, this is Mike we’re talking about.

    3. siburyo

      I think it was more about them being ex-boyfriends of Amber than being her close friends.

      Not to mention that Mike wouldn’t care about her feelings.

      1. Chris Phoenix

        Yes he would. If he didn’t know what her feelings were, how would he be able to stomp on them?

    4. meanderling

      Yes, but Danny is fundamentally a nice dude whilst Mike’s moral compass has been thrown against a wall a few times.

    5. Yotomoe

      It’s worse to fuck Danny because he’s her ex than Mike who’s just some asshole they know.

      1. DailyBrad

        Yeah, like, they’re friends, and Amber and Mike do have sexual tension, but I don’t think Amber would be pained by this revelation.

        1. Vi

          Yeah, that’s how I figured it too. And I’m SUPER interested in where Willis is going to go with this storyline and all the other different possible ways the characters will shake out, all thrown together like this.

          Though I still ship Amber and Mike INSANELY hard from Shortpacked. They were my favorite part of that comic (though Ultra Car and Malaya were close), and I read the entire damn thing based on that one Shortpacked tease Willis gave in DOA when Amazagirl pinned Mike to the wall.

    6. Laladoria

      I kinda saw it as since Ethan left Amber for dudes, it would be shitty if it seemed like she “turned” Danny gay too, even if that isn’t how it works.

      Anxiety probably wouldn’t care if that’s how it works or not, and i get the feeling she’s not 100% over the fact that Ethan is gay and they had to stop dating. It would just make her feel bad in general.

    7. Coma

      Yeah they did, but with Danny and Ethan, it’d probably hurt more than with Ethan – because:
      1) She has more or less accepted that Ethan is gay and just tried to be her bf in school for appearances or even to deny himself (or something similar, which is why Amber got so angry at him x Joyce, I can’t clearly remember)
      2) Her relationship with Ethan is further in the past than Danny, so she’s probably not done sorting her feelings out on that one – she probably just shoved it into a corner of her mind/heart to not deal with (as she’s got enough on her plate as it is)
      3) It would be kinda double the betrayal, because it would be ex-bf x ex-fb, not ex-bf and close friend (who is a manipulative asshole and whom she already had suspected to try and sleep with Ethan for whatever manipulative reason)
      4) She doesn’t know Danny struggles with his sexual identity, and so after having had one BF ‘turn’ on her in the relationship…no that’s not right…ehm, lie to her(?) (these are AWFUL ways to express this, I know, but I just can’t think of a better phrasing…), it’d probably hurt a lot more if the second boyfriend, whom she had thought to be straight, would turn out bi PLUS she’d find out he was bi (which in itself would probably not be an issue) because he would have slept with her best friend and former ex-bf. Even though she cut ties to Danny, this would definitely hurt!
      With Mike, she’ll just be angry at Ethan for knowing Mike and still going along.

    8. thejeff

      Totally different reaction. This one will be more like “Ethan you idiot. You know he’s just doing this to mess with you.”
      DannyxEthan hits her “I’m a monster. I don’t deserve them” weakness.
      MikexEthan just triggers her protective response.

    9. Sam

      No.

      The reason why EthanxDanny isn’t happening is because they are both her ex-boyfriends and it is a known sore spot that her first ex-bf was gay and only truly interested in guys. If Danny proceeded to then date him, that would mean very soon after their break up, he recognised he too was interested in guys, which would hit that same sore spot again and trigger the ‘I’m not good enough for them’ line of thought. Plus, the break up is still fairly recent!

      EthanxMike is different because she never had anything with Mike like that, she doesn’t care who sleeps with Mike, but she does care about making sure Ethan protects himself because she knows he tends to veer towards self-destruction.

      1. Mr D

        I’d argue that after the way she broke up with Danny, she really shouldn’t get into who dan dates next, y’know?

        1. thejeff

          Note that Amber has never said anything about it. Never suggested Danny shouldn’t date anyone or anything like that.
          Ethan and Danny have agreed that they shouldn’t do such a thing, because they both care for Amber and don’t want to hurt her.
          Amber isn’t the bad one here.

  16. Keulen

    I was kinda expecting the flashback to when they were kids to last longer.

    1. timemonkey

      It’ll probably switch back and forth.

      1. JessWitt

        And then the two will merge into some kind of time warp.

        1. Inahc

          It’s just a jump to the left…

        2. jeffepp

          Something something pelvic thrust

        3. thejeff

          that really drives them insane

  17. Stephen Bierce

    *plays actual Muzak on the Muzak for once*
    (I found a Muzakified version of the Nairobi Brothers’ song [I don’t know the real name of it] in my downloads collection today.)

    1. Stephen Bierce

      Correction 1: Nairobi TRIO.
      Clarification 2: “Solfeggio”.

    2. hof1991

      Viral videos from the black and white era? yes!
      https://youtu.be/416o9b_pjQk

    3. Roborat

      Muzak gets confused by actually being used for designed purpose, and promptly self destructs.

  18. Nono

    Ethan is giddy, isn’t he. I’m expecting him to burst into song while Disney animals frolic around him.

    1. Lilyliv

      Disney Princess Ethan would be pretty cute tbh.

  19. space

    Definitely shipping a threesome… SEE YOU ALL AT SLIPSHINE! (in a few days)

    1. Zach

      But how will Danny handle tying Mike up?
      Ethan’s gonna have his hands full.

    2. pjeseb

      I would think Amber would prefer to have a threesome with someone who wasn’t her ex-boyfriend and someone who wasn’t Abrasiveness Incarnate.

      1. Laladoria

        You say that, yet it IS alternate universe canon that it happened.

        1. Vi

          I’m pretty sure that wasn’t a threesome- Mike just slept with both of them in the same night. They spend the next day trying to establish a timeline.

        2. BBCC

          There’s another alternative timeline where they have a threesome. It’s the one where the Drama Tag was never pulled.

          Actually it may have been a foursome. Dina.

  20. Bagge

    Brunching, fucking, tomato, tomato…

  21. Tempest

    I mean, it doesn’t sound like they were trying to hide it…

  22. space

    Buy why does every comic have such a good last panel -_-, im always so ready to see the next one ….

    Damn you, Willis!
    (my first DYW guys 🙂 )

    1. DailyBrad

      Willis has been doing this a long, long time, over like a half dozen webcomics, so he’s got his timing down pat by now.

  23. Tacos

    *cue to Amber furiously writing slashfic later.*

    1. Fire_daws

      You don’t think she’s already written it?

      …although it’s probably on that USB stick that Faz nicked.

  24. Ainara

    “At least, you totally are in the fanfic I’m writing in my head right now”

  25. Aislashu

    If this became a Slipshine I might actually sub, lmao.

    1. Madock345

      I would definitely sub for that XD

  26. Laladoria

    Amber got him in Shortpacked! so Ethan gets him in DoA. It’s only fair.

    1. Zach

      For a second I thought you meant Danny. It made for a VERY different story. He and Billy teach Sunday school in the other universe.

    2. Laladoria

      I also just realized Mike isn’t in his normal shirt. Is that significant??

      1. BBCC

        Mike, as with all the characters, presumably has a variety of clothing he brought with him. We’ve seen him in a few different looks.

        Which reminds me, I really should start that DoA clothing analysis meta series at some point.

        1. Laladoria

          Yeah, that’s true, but he’s most often seen in his plain black tee. It’s kinda rare to see him in other shirts.

  27. Dean

    “You mean, are we in a sexual relationship? Yes. Are we having sex at this very moment? Also yes.”

  28. Skittylover3

    Oh shit she found them out.
    If she writes fanfiction I want it.
    NOW
    that is all

  29. C.T Phipps

    Great, now Ethan is dead when the horror movie happens.

  30. DailyBrad

    I do wonder a bit how far they’ve gone, in so far as I was under the impression Ethan’s a virgin. All we’ve had confirmed so far is makeouts.

    1. Laladoria

      Yeah I was under the impression we’ve only had smooches, but i wouldn’t be surprised if the sexytimes got timeskipped so we could enjoy this exchange a bit more.

    2. CJ

      I thought it was quite clear they did more, but then I only found http://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-8/03-faz-is-great/upfront/ and
      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-8/02-this-is-the-way-that-we-love/mansomeone/
      So you are right, we don’t know how far they went. Ethan definitely feels like he has a boyfriend even though Mike clearly told him that he wasn’t.

  31. brasca1

    I”m going to assume that Amber never dated Mike or she’d have a problem with that. It’s the reason why we denied Danthan.

    1. newllend(henryvolt)

      I want to argue back with this but I don’t know if I could since I’m still backing Jacob and Joyce and that’s almost on the same level of home Wrecking.

      But still there’s a difference between Raidah & Joyce and Amber & Ethan, there hast to be some sort of Bro-code that applies to this AmberXDannyXEthan love triangle and no waiting what equivalates to a week and a half in their time when neither one has gotten over each other doesn’t make it better.

      Then again though considering how Amber seems to be insistent on pushing away everyone who cares about her in every way imaginable. Well what better green light could she be giving Ethan.

    2. Fart Captor

      I don’t think she would care. She really doesn’t seem to like Mike anymore, and the reason Danny and Ethan are worried that dating might upset her is more to do with how recent the breakup was and how is affected her. Though they could be totally wrong about that. It’s not like either of them has talked to her. She might be totally okay with it

      The only reason she’d have to be upset by Ethan dating Mike is that she probably thinks Ethan deserves better (which he does)

      1. BBCC

        Or heck, maybe she would have been upset at the time (it WAS right after they broke up) but would be okay with it now.

      2. thejeff

        The problem is that if you talk to her about it, she certainly won’t object. Obviously Danny would be better off with Ethan than with her. She’s a monster.
        She won’t be upset with them, but it will still reinforce her internal problems.

        1. newllend(henryvolt)

          Don’t think you need to go as far as vilifying her to justify pairing Danny up with Ethan, as much as I frustrated with her right now I’m still not pleased with this ugly side of shipping.

        2. Fart Captor

          I think thejeff was describing how Amber would see it, not actually saying that she’s a monster

        3. thejeff

          Yeah, precisely. Amber wouldn’t object, she’d use it to beat herself up.

  32. bluebirdy

    Amber’s fuck senses are tingling

  33. BenRG

    I’m genuinely surprised that it took Amber this long to work out!

    1. BBCC

      It was only two days ago! Amber was kinda busy with Faz yesterday.

  34. NinjaNick

    Amber knows best.

  35. Eldritch Gentleman

    Annnnnd the cat is out of the bag and flying away on a jetpack

    1. Zaxares

      *adds in a speech bubble of the cat yelling “BANZAAAAAAAIII!”*

      1. Eldritch Gentleman

        Is it a kamikaze cat? Should we point it the back of Blaine’s car?

  36. Ryan

    Seriously, Willis, if this turns into a second missed opportunity to put Mike in a man-on-man Slipshine you’re dead to me. It’s like you don’t even WANT my money…

  37. DarkoNeko

    Amber’s gaydar is on point

  38. Ainara

    I can’t stop focusing on how round Ethan and Amber’s heads look in the second panel. Their hair is so… spherical

    1. abysswatcher1993

      Josh: “SPHERICAL!!!!”

  39. Deanatay

    Brunching? Hrm.

    Well, Amber’s hair IS kinda shaped like a shuttlecock…

  40. Crusading Barista

    I’ll just leave this here.

    https://youtu.be/ulteZYyWAA8

    1. stoodmuffin

      Thank you for this

  41. Kater

    World’s greatest detective

    1. Bagge

      BEST COMMENT!

    2. stoodmuffin

      Yup

  42. abysswatcher1993

    Rude, Amber! Also, is Mike secretly Scorpion from Mortal Kombat?

  43. Bagge

    Surely, Amber refers to Boffin’

  44. stoodmuffin

    That was Quick

  45. drakray

    Nobody seems to have mentioned the jealousy plan? http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/04-it-all-returns/percent/

  46. Dokuhan

    Honestly I can’t wait for this to all come crashing down. I still remember that one comic from 2016 and I’m wringing my hands together in excitement.

  47. Jeremy

    Am I the only grammar Nazi? Who else is irritated that he says “Mike and Me” instead of the grammatically correct “Mike and I”? No one? Damn.

    1. Lingo

      Just you, because you’re wrong. “Mike and me” is correct in that sentence!

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