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Cheating
Posted on December 27, 2014 by David M Willis

334 thoughts on “Cheating”

  1. Luzahn

    Becky Huuuuuugs!

    🙂

    1. Solenoid

      They’re clearly not morning people. 😀

      1. T Campbell

        Joyce has been an early riser on other occasions, but she’s just had a major lifestyle adjustment, from single-bed to shared-bed.

        1. Solenoid

          Only now do I remember Sal going for Joyce’s throat. Right. =/ Well, I suppose my comment still applies to Becky.

        2. Thomas64

          Joyce also had a couple of bombs dropped on her re: her BFF being gay, in love with her, and in dire need of help. Even discounting the new experience of sharing the bed, I doubt she would have had an easy time falling asleep.

        3. sithknightgalen

          Plus adjusting to a snuggler in the bed like Becky would definitely be something to get used to. Besides, after avoiding Dorothy all day yesterday with Becky, it might have just slipped Joyce’s mind that Dorothy may take her up on the offer to be a jogging buddy.

          Besides, it was safe, there was no sock (Joe Approved) on the doorknob.

        4. The Other Mike

          And now I’m picturing Joe manufacturing and selling socks with “Joe Approved!” embroidered on them.

        5. John

          I’m thinking from Joyce’s “just like a sleepover!” comment that this isn’t even the first time she and Becky have shared a bed.

          But it’s the first time they’ve shared a bed when Joyce knows how soft and sweet Becky’s lips are.

        6. Aolbain

          There’s a big difference between sharing a bed with your best friend and sharing it with someone who want to plow you like a field.

          OrsoI’webeentold

        7. John

          Or sharing a bed with your best friend who wants to plow you like a field, and sharing it with your best friend who you know wants to plow you like a field.

        8. Nagash1959

          Don’t say “Plow you like a field”, it’s derogatory.

          She want’s to drill her like an oil well!

        9. John

          I prefer “bang her like a screen door in a hurricane”, myself, but I was going with the phrasing Aolbain established.

        10. Adam Black

          and those beds are small!
          ( and seriously hard to share of you have wide shoulders )

        11. Disloyal Subject

          The trick is to twist your shoulders and/or layer people on top of each other in a big, puppy-ish pile.

        12. Rowen Morland

          She still is. That face is 100% her reaction to Dorothy’s implications 😀

        13. begbert2

          The implication that Dorothy is going to go jogging, you mean? Or are you suggesting that Joyce can see into the future?

        14. Rowen Morland

          The cheating.

        15. QuantumPolagnus

          Definitely. I know just how hard it is to share one of those Twin XL beds. It can be hard to get a good night’s rest sharing one.

      2. Gamaran Sepudomyn

        Mecky Morning Mugs?

    2. Cheryl

      IS there a word for lesbian and adorable? because we need one!

      1. Leonou

        Saphorable ?

        1. marasoph

          I vote for this one. Very clever.

        2. Cheryl

          WIn

      2. James Rye

        Adorian?

      3. Opus the Poet

        Lezdorable…

      4. LegalSeagull

        Lesbian?

    3. Yet_One_More_Idiot

      Joyce is not cheating on you, Dorothy – she’s merely trying to change a couple into a threesome! 😀

      1. Tsakta

        That post with that Gravatar, maximum win.

        1. Yet_One_More_Idiot

          Heehee, thank you! 🙂

          I have considered updating it to a more recent pic of Joycy, but I can’t find any that’s as cute. :3

  2. otusasio451

    Becky…just…adorable.

    1. Safgaftsa

      Cue Mary pouncing on her prey.

  3. Salmo

    It appears Becky hasn’t learned any lessons about locking doors.

    1. nothri

      Nor Joyce or Sarah, for some reason.

      1. Kladeos

        I imagine Sarah as the type who believes in locking doors.

        1. nothri

          Yeah, exactly!

  4. Solenoid

    Yes, Dorothy, she is. That’s her actual best friend.

    1. Dave

      Oooooh, shots fired.

      1. otusasio451

        Evasive maneuvers! EVASIVE MANEUVERS!!!

    2. Mr k

      Well, her best friends are a lesbian and an atheist, and she’s dating a gay guy. Joyce really takes her religion seriously!

      1. John

        I bet she’s wearing mixed fabrics, too!

        1. otusasio451

          We’ve already seen her wearing a hat! BLASPHEMY!!!

        2. Disloyal Subject

          NONSENSE. HATS ARE EXPLICITLY SANCTIONED BY THE MOST HOLY INQUISITION.
          AVE IMPERATOR.

      2. TheZachariah

        Oh hey, look there’s another friend of Dorothy.

        1. Ray Radlein

          +1

  5. Atomix26

    The plot thickens.

    1. Yotomoe

      I at least hope there’s some plot soon. hurr hurr

      1. Disloyal Subject

        As in derrière, or..?

        1. Yotomoe

          More of a Bosom guy, myself.

        2. Kelly

          Massive tracts of land?

        3. Poskie

          the most beautiful and appropriate avatar that ever there was

    2. otusasio451

      The thick plottens.

      1. Voiddragon13

        Then what does the thin do?

  6. magey

    And then all 3 of them go jogging together. Jogging party.

    1. Mr k

      They then go into the showers. Well, a guy can dream, can’t he?

    2. Makkabee

      Menage a trot?

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        I buy that pun for a dollar. ^_^

        1. nothri

          You are being overcharged.

        2. Flipz

          By a factor of 20.

        3. Disloyal Subject

          Plasma’s a mum?

      2. Kelly

        Well played!

    3. Yotomoe

      “Jogging” is code for somethin’ right?

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Like ‘Journalism’. ^_^

        1. otusasio451

          Or “sex.”

          …Wait…

        2. Kelly

          Ok, I lied! We weren’t having sex… We were out jogging!

        3. otusasio451

          I KNEW IT!!!!! HOW COULD YOU?

        4. Gigafreak

          Yes. Jogging. With roller skates. In a stadium.

  7. Nono

    Isn’t it 6am?

    Sarah’s going to kill some people for getting woken up at this hour.

    1. Disloyal Subject

      Being a deep sleeper is wonderful.

  8. Twirls

    DOROTHY.
    IS.
    SO.
    CUTE.
    ‘U’

    1. Disloyal Subject

      Desu~

  9. Plasma Mongoose

    How will Joyce explain THAT comment? 😀

    1. newllend

      “She’s better at the sex than you.”

      1. Yotomoe

        She was my first kiss. YOU MISSED YOUR CHANCE!!!

        1. timemonkey

          Ethan was her first kiss.

        2. newllend

          Well there was no passion in that one so I guess it doesn’t count to him.

        3. John

          Their second one was better. In some sense of the word.

        4. otusasio451

          If by “better,” you mean “marking their relationship for eventual and catastrophic failure,” then I agree.

        5. John

          The first one did that. I was thinking more in terms of objective contextless evaluation as a kiss.

        6. James Rye

          First kiss with a woman.

        7. Gangler

          You’ve never really kissed until you’ve kissed somebody of the same sex as you.

        8. la6ue mous snow angel

          First time being kissed.

    2. Solenoid

      Incoherent sputtering or being too tired for it to register, probably.

    3. Luzahn

      Ohhh, poor poor Becky. She’s going to think Joyce is just messing with her, isn’t she?

      Well, hopefully Becky’s apparent grasp of banter lets her see the truth.

    4. Kris

      “Hey what did you expect me to wait?”

  10. Mr k

    Ot3.

    I wonder if Becky will take this seriously.

    1. John

      I wonder if Becky is awake enough to even notice.

      1. Gangler

        She’s snoring.

  11. Khaner

    Joyce slept late.
    PANIC MODE

    1. Null Set

      Not entirely sure she slept.

    2. Nightsbridge

      Dorothy gets up early, so nah, she did not.

  12. Kris

    Love triangle go!

  13. Leorale

    Aw man, now Dorothy is telling that joke, too? Ah well, Becky is adorable so it’s all good.

    1. newllend

      Of course ! what you think she doesn’t read the comments ? Either I think we’ve successful ran this joke into the ground nice everyone High 5 !

    2. Bagge

      Walky rubs off on her more than she likes to admit, doesn’t he?

      1. Kris

        I bet he rubs off on her all the time.

        1. Bagge

          …OK, I walked into that one.

  14. David Herbert

    It’s not cheating if it’s a threesome.

    1. nothri

      That isn’t a little bit true. Any one of the people involved could be cheating on some third party.

      To insure a truly proper and guilt free experience, you need to increase the total “some” of the encounter until there are no people to be jealous of. So have a six billionsome.

      1. Solenoid

        Side effect: world peace

        1. Opus the Poet

          For a long time as everybody gets to their place…

        2. Yu'Karaya

          Like an advanced society of bonobos

        3. Opus the Poet

          It would be like a Bonobo Conspiracy. Get the 10 MB zip file of the entire series.

        4. Disloyal Subject

          Some people’s kinks might be left unfulfilled by that.

        5. Ryan

          I think the n-person fulfillment problem is NP-complete in the general case.

        6. Kelly

          I would imagine…

      2. sithknightgalen

        Hmm, going to need alot more “door socks” for that kinda action.

  15. newllend

    What you would trust Walky not to cheat on you but you wouldn’t trust Joyce? I would be offended if I was her.

    1. Yotomoe

      Walky doesn’t have a lot more options.

      1. newllend

        Ya I guess this just shows that Joyce has more game than him, she can get all the lesbian poon she wants.

    2. timemonkey

      The only other women Walky associates with are Sal, Billie and Joyce. No possibility of cheating exists.

  16. John

    I think Dorothy’s eyebrows may have just set a new high-jump record.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Not even her hairband can keep them in place…

    2. Opus the Poet

      She has Beckytosis of the eyebrow. Bilateral Beckytosis, probably terminal… Poor girl.

  17. GoogerGeiger

    Uh-oh. Looks like Becky’s snoring kept Joyce up all night.

    1. Mandy

      Also, based on the way she’s latched onto Joyce, I’m guessing that she’s one of those people who flounders around in her sleep. Being your bedmate’s punching bag definitely doesn’t make for a restful night.

  18. Aubri

    I like FAQ #10.

    1. Solenoid

      I dunno. It seems a little offensive. Tools are at least useful, you see, and are being maligned a little unfairly, I think.

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      I wonder how many new FAQs will be added next year(2015)?

    3. Paul

      Huh? Does this strip have a FAQ somewhere?

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Yup right here. http://www.dumbingofage.com/about/

    4. Opus the Poet

      I prefer #8 myself. One thing us Pagans have over people coming up in the religion they were born into is an understanding of other religions. And some of us actually took Comparative Religions in college or Uni, or attended a UU church.

      1. Disloyal Subject

        Perhaps as a general trend, but the one I knew best was in her own way as ignorant and bigoted as any Christian, and had a hard time accepting that anything to do with Christianity wasn’t evil.
        Most are pretty pleasant, though.

        1. Opus the Poet

          OK I have been talking with younger Pagans, and it seems you’re right. The younger Pagans seem to be about the same as the general population in terms of knowledge of general religion.

      2. Mc

        There have by now been plenty of kids ‘born into’ paganism. It yet remains to be seen how second-gen pagans will behave themselves.

    5. Swoop

      I am curious why Mr. Willis made so many of his characters gay/bi. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad that he did. I wouldn’t have it any other way. I just wonder if it was a conscious effort on his part to have such diverse cast of characters.

      Then again, I could just be underestimating how many gay/bi people there really are. Maybe I’m just not used to seeing orientation being represented realistically.

      1. Thomas64

        Out of the 18 characters on the Cast page, three are bi and two are gay. Those percentages may be a bit higher than in the population at large, but it’s hardly a remarkable number. The composition of my social circle is not much different.
        That said, it makes sense to give the non-straight characters a larger share of screen time, because their stories tend to be more interesting, at least during the years of self-discovery.

        1. Nono

          Slightly nitpicky, but I believe it was three of each? Billie, Danny and Marcie are bi, Ethan, Ruth and Becky are gay.

          Mike may or may not be bi.

        2. John

          Ruth is bi. Mike is probably most accurately classified as bi. I’m still not completely convinced that Joyce is entirely straight.

        3. Rutee

          I feel like Mike may be pan. He never seemed to care about his partner’s equipment in Shortpacked!, only how fucking them would hurt them and others.

        4. Aris Katsaris

          I agree with your more general point, but keep in mind there are several more gay, bi people in the cast (e.g. Leslie, Daisy, Robin) which the cast page does not include. (btw, am surprised the cast page includes Carla, but not Leslie who has appeared much more often).

      2. Thomas64

        One of countless Google hits for “percentage gay or bi”: http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/research/census-lgbt-demographics-studies/how-many-people-are-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender/

        1. Paul

          So, out of 18 people on the cast page, we could expect not quite one of them to be gay (3.5% of 18 is 0.63) if this campus followed the national average.

        2. Gamaran Sepudomyn

          Note that those statistics might not be accurate. Considering the amount of heavily-repressed fundies in the US, that number might be a lot higher.

        3. Thomas64

          There are two numbers at the end of that summary that are also relevant:

          An estimated 19 million Americans (8.2%) report that they have engaged in same-sex sexual behavior and nearly 25.6 million Americans (11%) acknowledge at least some same-sex sexual attraction.

          In other words, not everyone who engages in non-straight romance or sex at a young age will show up in the statistics as gay or bi when they’re older. A lot of them end up identifying as “straight with some gay/bi experiences in their past”.

        4. Thomas64

          Another way of looking at the probabilities involved: what are the odds of five out of 18 people being gay or bi, given the fraction of the population overall that is gay or bi? Using a binomial distribution calculator and setting n = 18, k = 5, and p = 0.11, the odds of that are a hair over 4% — in other words, your social circle may have a more probable 0 or 1 gay/bi people out of 18, but there will be scores of groups like the DoA main cast on any decent-sized college campus.

        5. Swoop

          Thank you for teaching me something. Math is fun.

        6. Paul

          Where does p=0.11 come from? I would think that p=0.035, from the information in the cited article.

        7. Yet Another Laura H.

          I wonder if the people who comment, “Oh, aren’t there any straight people on this campus?” then go one to write the studios complaining that gay and bi people aren’t getting representation on the big screen unless the movie is ABOUT them being gay or bi? Unless they’re focusing their efforts on “Why don’t we see more non-white people on the screen?”

      3. Deanatay

        Swoop, I don’t even see it as ‘this character is gay/bi/trans/whatever’. These are college students. Their sexual alignment is way, WAY up in the air at that age. Young adults are curious, they try new things, they have unique experiences that alter their compasses and send them in new directions. Their sexual alignments aren’t settled enough to say for certain what they are (if you even consider it valid to do so).

        Except, perhaps for Leslie. She’s, what, in her 30’s? By then, you know what you are. Even if no one else does.

        1. Swoop

          You are also right. I really need to think more about the things I say. I could answer a lot of my own questions. Thank you.

        2. Amazistool

          While Deanatay’s comment is correct if you take the comic face-value,
          David M. Willis, armed with canon, has established that sexual orientations of the characters are the same than in his other webcomics (where those characters are now much older).

          He even retconned Danny to be bisexual in the old continuity to avoid violating this rule.

          So when discussing the comic knowing this meta-level info, your original question does make sense.

      4. hof1991

        I am curious why Mr. Willis made so many of the cast red headed. Don’t get me wrong, I am glad he did. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

        Some of them are very red headed, while others are brownish-red. Some may be coloring their hair, while others may be denying their gingerness. But there are more of them than in my group of friends.

        Let’s talk about the genetics of this and the number of people who dye their hair. Or we can accept that in a story everything that happens is pretty much an intentional choice by the storyteller.

        Personally, love the depth of story, the amount of texture and the layers of foreshadowing. DYW is clearing plotting days/years ahead, as when Becky was in strip #1 and destined to reappear four years later.

        1. timemonkey

          Because this comic uses a cast combined from four other comics. Each had it’s own redheads and blondes and now they’re all together in the same place.

        2. Swoop

          Ok, you’re right. You have the best answer.

        3. StClair

          Agreed.

          Let us speak no more of this, nor of the ginger conspiracy. Which does not exist.

  19. Lrspncr

    Amazing, amazing eyebrows. My eyebrows have felt like that fairly often of late.

    1. Swoop

      You should get that looked at. I checked webMD and it says you have eyebrow cancer.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        It’s really more like eyebrow leprosy.

        1. Opus the Poet

          Beckytosis. Incurable and possibly fatal in the Bilateral condition… like what Dorothy has.

        2. tyersome

          Now, I hate to nitpick, but are you sure you aren’t leaping two conclusions?

        3. Swoop

          You can’t be too careful. Given enough time, eyebrow cancer has 100% mortality rate.

        4. tyersome

          Oh no! That’s as bad as being born 😉

          (I was actually trying acknowledge Plasma’s inspired diagnosis.)

  20. Nick

    Dorothy’s face!

    1. SilentAsshole

      Don’t you mean…

      FAAAAAAAAAAACE

      1. kirakinn

        S-smiley? Is that you?

  21. DyingUmbrella

    Time for Dorothy and Becky to fight to the death for Joyce’s affections.

    The only loser here is Walky, really

    1. Mr k

      Unless he can get a videotape.

    2. Luzahn

      No no it’s perfect. As revenge, he goes and tries to seduce Dorothy’s old boyfriend. Resulting in the most convoluted love polygon imaginable.

      1. Solenoid

        Someone might have to draw a chalkboard diagram for that.

        1. Amazistool

          “We’re still Okay.
          Roz an’ Jacob ain’t yet connected to the rest.          ”

          Ok this new ‘verse already has Carla and Malaya
          (unlike the four year old walkyverse i linked to),
          allowing for even more complicated shenanigans!

      2. Rutee

        If I don’t need a mobius strip, it’s not THAT complicated.

    3. Paul

      Time for Dorothy and Becky to fight to the death for Joyce’s affections.

      dun-dun-DON-don-DON-don-DON-da-da-DAHN-don

      (Trekkies will recognize the tune, at any rate.)

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        You mean THIS tune?

        1. Paul

          Sigh, I keep forgetting that this isn’t Usenet, where we had to just refer to stuff like that and hope people had seen it.. Yes, that tune.

      2. Yotsuyasan

        I have a Hallmark ornament with that tune! Although it is a bit heavy, so we don’t hang it on the Christmas tree. Instead, we just put it in my girlfriend’s Hanukkah display. Shatner and Nemoy are both Jewish, so we figure it works. 🙂

        1. Rutee

          That is fantastic.

      3. Gamaran Sepudomyn

        Dahn is not involved in this.

      4. StClair

        “Please rise for the national anthem.”

    4. Lord Geovanni

      if he loses there he can always T-ry the only character that is T-ruly his equal and go for T-W-incest

      1. Lord Geovanni

        Tripple pun combo

  22. Kernanator

    Worst word choice, or best word choice?

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Best word choice for a shipping fic.

  23. JWLM

    And just as authorities were finally bringing the eyebrow beast under control, Becky brought a new in a new strain from off-campus.

  24. brumagem

    Get ready be bongo-slapped, Dorothy.

    Although a bongo-slap from Joyce is more like a stern look and a change of subject.

    1. Swoop

      She’s not going to be angry. She gets to spend time with her two favorite people in the world.

      1. Kelly

        Agreed. Joyce might be embarrassed or something till she can explain, but mad? No.

        1. Kris

          I personally would like to see Dorothy get jealous just because that would be a refreshing aspect of her personality. We’ve seen Joyce fume over how much Dotty time Walky gets over her, maybe a little turnabout is fair play.

          “Sorry can’t go jogging. I promised Becky we’d do some more montage walking today. There’s gonna be a cut to us releasing balloons at the top of a tower and everything!”

        2. Bagge

          We have seen Sarah have a similar reaction “Not fair, with her you talk like a human being”. I don’t think Dorothy would make anything big out of it, but a small sign of suppressed resentment about loosing Joyce’s time and attention would not be out of character. Lampshaded by Walky, of course.

    2. Mr k

      Tell that to Joe.

    3. John

      A bongo-slap from Joyce involves glass breaking in your face. Don’t rile her.

    4. Yotomoe

      Dorothy can outrun her. She’s been preparing for it.

  25. Mkvenner

    Yes she is

  26. Tommy Fresh

    So is “Three’s a crowd” in reference to Joyce’s dorm room situation or to the new mostly platonic best friend triangle?

    1. John

      Or the Ethan/Danny/Amazi-Girl triangle, or the Amber/Danny/Amazi-Girl triangle…

      I’m thinking “yes”.

      1. Tommy Fresh

        Triangles for everyone!

        1. xKiv

          Some universities just have quadrangles …

      2. 4th Dimension

        Or the fact tht three people are living in the same dorm room.

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      If the last title was to go by, I would say it will apply to more than just these three gals.

  27. clodia

    1. YES MORE BECKY

    2. Oh thank god, Dorothy’s here, she’s full of plans and sympathy. This conversation between Joyce and Dorothy is going to be great.

    1. newllend

      Joyce: “Hey Dorothy meet my second girlfriend, If it wasn’t for the fact that I’m straight I’d would have probably gotten over my fear of sex by now.”

      1. Amazistool

        Joyce: “No Dorothy, totally not.
        That’s my girlfriend from youth, Becky,
        and she sleeps in my bed because she found out she’s gay!”

    2. Paul

      Somebody needs to move this beyond Becky staying in the dorms and get her into contact with some organization that helps out girls in her situation. Maybe Dorothy will be sensible enough.

      1. Kelly

        Well they haven’t had much chance, since that went down at probably 9pm or later last night (possibly much later – no one else seemed to be up). But yeah, Dorothy is a good option to get things moving.

        1. clodia

          Yeah, I’m hoping Dorothy can voice of reason this into a long term solution. I’m all for providing a safe place for Becky, but this short term plan cannot e a viable long term solution. Fortunately, Dorothy is clever and thinks big picture.

    3. Kelly

      For some reason reminds me of an 8-bit Theater where Red Mage said “The results of such catastrophic events are up to the gods. Sadly, for us, they are vindictive and filled with bad ideas”

      http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/06/17/episode-430-very-long-range/

      Dorothy: full of plans and sympathy
      Gods: full of vindictiveness and bad ideas

      I’ll definitely take Dorothy!

      1. Heavensrun

        Does that make you a…Dorotheist?

        (rimshot.com)

        1. Disloyal Subject

          I rather like “Disciple of Dorothy” or “Grand High Cleric of the Order of the Dot.”

        2. Deanatay

          you could just go with ‘friend of’…

  28. Wonder Wig

    The snark, I can taste it… tastes like… copper.

    1. JessWitt

      You’ll never take me alive! *handgun noises*

    2. Opus the Poet

      Naww, you just bit your lip.

  29. liahansen

    d’aw

    1. JessWitt

      Dawes!

  30. Twilightomens

    I want one

  31. Yotomoe

    I’m starting a Harem, Dorothy. It’s what we protagonists are supposed to do!

    1. newllend

      AllI need now is a hot Tsundere Fairy…Eh guess Ruth will do been, wanting to hit that anyway.

      1. newllend

        All I

        1. Opus the Poet

          The font this site uses for comments made that look like alll with 3 “el”s.

    2. ninja_jesus

      Prepare for a major genre shift! Joisu Buraun no Utsukushī Daigaku Jidai is about to begin!

  32. Pantheon the Mantheon

    I like how even Dorothy is in on the whole “Joyce is lesbian in love with Dotty” thing.

    1. Luzahn

      Well, she is dating Walky. He’s a strong advocate of that one. 😛

      1. John

        She’s looking forward to tomorrow.

        1. liahansen

          Is that really the next day in comic? because I would not put it past Willis to actually do that, then chuckle about it when someone points it out on tumblr

        2. John

          As near as I can figure, yeah. That was Saturday of Week 3, the Parentpocalypse, and I believe it’s currently early Friday morning of Week 4.

        3. David M Willis

          That is correct.

        4. timemonkey

          Tomorrow
          Tomorrow
          We’ll lez out, tomorrow
          It’s only a day away!

        5. Bagge

          Now, let’s fight space nazis

        6. Kelly

          wow this thread went to strange places 😀

        7. Paul

          Bagge is referencing another recent comic in the Walkyverse:
          http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=2178

        8. Bagge

          Leapin’ Lizards

  33. The wizard

    Joyce got no sleep that night, if you know what I mean. That is right, they sat up all night talking about their feelings.

  34. Swoop

    Becky’s pretending to be asleep so she can keep snuggling with Joyce.

  35. Boomwolf

    … Early morning threesome? Or am I being too optomistic

    (On a side note, today’s my birthday woop-dee-freakin-doo)

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Congratulations!

    2. Kensou

      Too optimistic. Definitely a happy thought, though.

      ugh, this strip is so cute.

    3. Swoop

      Happy birthday! I hope the after Christmas cleanup doesn’t ruin it.

    4. Opus the Poet

      You have my sincere condolences on your birthday. Not on your survival to celebrate it but on its proximity to the day used to celebrate another birth that changed the world.

      1. Ray Radlein

        Oh my goodness, you are right! Alex Chilton’s birthday is December 28!

      2. Sheikh Mabuti

        You mean Isaac Newton, of course: 1642-12-25 (OS).

        1. Opus the Poet

          Merry Newtonmas!

        2. la6ue mous snow angel

          We wish you a Merry Newton, we wish you a Merry Newton, we wish you a Merry Newton, and a Happy Revere!

      3. la6ue mous snow angel

        Mine, of course. 12/24/1995

  36. Emoroffle

    She was so surprised her eyebrows achieved escape velocity.

  37. Hoboturtle

    I dont know what I love more. Becky cuddling on Joyce or Dorothy acknowledging the running gag that Joyce is obviously attracted to her.

    On an unrelated note Joyce x Harem

    1. Kelly

      I know, it is all wonderful!

      1. Anderhail

        Perfect Gravatar is perfect

    2. Paul

      Notice that Becky is between Joyce and getting out of the bed. No chance of hurridly explaining this to Dorothy outside of the room in hushed voices.

    3. Opus the Poet

      But Harem is in another comic (Grrl Power) http://grrlpowercomic.com/ Now updating twice a week since the Patreon did so well.

      1. Hoboturtle

        This….guy………. XD

  38. RandomRedMage

    Joyce has that “I am not amused” look in her eye.

    1. JessWitt

      The condom hat completes that look.

  39. Kelly

    <3 <3 <3 So adorable!

    My favorite threesome (no, not like *that*…well, ok, I would have no problem with *that*, but it's not what I meant!) is finally together!

    1. Bagge

      I know, right! Joyce is awesome, Becky is awesome, Dorothy is awesome. Jocye’s and Dorothy’s relationship is awesome, Joyce’s and Becky’s relationship is awesome. Dorothy’s and Becky’s relationship is something I really look forward to see take form. All three of them are Just So Awesome!

      And Dorothy’s jobbing dress is awesome.

      I love all the tiny things in this strip. Dorothy carefully sneaking in to try to spend some quality time with Joyce, Becky clinging to her like a teddy bear, Joyce trying to get her brain working, trying to figure out how to deal with best-friend-atheist and best-friend-lesbian in the same room. Dorothy’s moment of “oooops! Here be shenanigans” and then some delightful snark, which is mostly about diffusing and taking control over a weird situation, but contains a tiny bit of real challenge as well.

      I wonder if Walky told Dorothy anything about Becky at all. My money is on no, he can be rather tight lipped when he wants to.

      1. Amazistool

        Typo or did your autocorrect change “jogging” to “jobbing”?
        In case the latter: really weird!

        1. Bagge

          typo, but now when I’m committed Urban Dictionary have a few interesting things to say about the term “jobbing”. So these are your jobbing clothes, Dorothy. Who do you plan jobbing to?

  40. dailybrad

    I love Dorothy’s “piqued interest” eyebrow lift, I think we last saw it when she first saw Walky naked. I assume the context is different here though.

    1. timemonkey

      Unless Walky’s penis looks like Becky hugging Joyce.

      1. Disloyal Subject

        Cannot unsee. I may have to head over to Slipshine sooner than I’d planned to cleanse my mind-palate with wholesomely proper caramel dong.

        1. Kelly

          O_o what has this thread done to me?

      2. la6ue mous snow angel

        Someone needs to draw Walky’s penis in the silhouette of Becky and Joyce.

  41. NF

    I adore Dorothy’s jogging outfit. She looks like she stepped out of an ’80s workout video.

    1. JessWitt

      I wonder if she exercises to DEVO.

    2. Kelly

      I don’t understand why, but Dorothy always looks really hot in that outfit (not that she isn’t anyway, just moreso)

      1. No Name

        That comment + that gravatar = a sign of things to come

        1. Bagge

          One can hope, one can hope…

          Walky: Bummer.
          Joyce: Super-bummer.

  42. shoeboxjeddy

    Every character in this strip today is adorable. It’s kind of amazing.

    1. Bagge

      Enjoy while it lasts – Sarah will wake up soon enough and she has zero tolerance for adorable

  43. acher4

    Haha!
    Perfect! 🙂

  44. lordhaw

    Dorothy’s eyebrows almost went into orbit!
    Hilarious one Mr. Willis!

  45. Syd

    So. Without using her arms, and supporting Becky’s weight (some of it), Joyce was able to slowly sit up in bed.

    Either she is sleeping on a hydraulic piston of some sort, or she has abs of steel.

    1. Kelly

      Maybe she started training with Amazi-girl?

  46. Yotomoe

    No face in tits? Becky, step your lesbian game up, girl!

    1. Kelly

      Billie can show her how it is done!

      1. newllend

        I got Phew pointers I can show, OK I need the girl I find the most attractive in this room to volunteer… Screw it OK Joyce I know you and me Don’t see eye to eye much But I’ll just pretend your the AU version of yourself so come on.

    2. Catullus

      Give her time, she’s new at this.

    3. FuryOfFirestorm

      Motorboating is an art – not just anyone can do it, and take years to master.

  47. Totz the Plaid

    Okay, so Billie/Ruth is our OTP, Amber/Danny/Ethan our potential OT3, and now potentially Joyce/Dorothy/Walky/Becky as our potential (if you count some platonics binding them) OT4.

    I’m looking forward to our crazy-ass OT5 setup!

    1. Totz the Plaid

      (Dorothy/Walky would be the center of the OT4, of course, with Walky/Becky having a solid potential for being platonic life-partners, Joyce almost certainly has an unspoken [and deeply denied] crush on Dorothy, and Becky has a VERY spoken crush on Joyce. There would have to be tons of hijinks to stabilize the grouping, but definite OT4 potential in there, I think!)

      1. timemonkey

        Joyce and Walky still strongly dislike each other.

        1. John

          I don’t think it’s quite that simple. I think their relationship in this universe is more siblingy, where they get on each other’s nerves, often deliberately, but when push comes to shove they really do care.

        2. Rutee

          This has been my read on the situation as well.

        3. Sporky

          Yeah, that’s how I feel about it. I mean, if they REALLY hated each other that much, they wouldn’t hang out basically all the time.

        4. John

          Joyce has her own, deeply depressing, reasons for hanging out with Walky, whether she wants to or not. She’s afraid to be alone, and he’s a safe guy that she trusts. But the fact remains that she does trust him.

        5. Gigafreak

          That’s how Walky treats Billie though, and he doesn’t quite act the same way with Joyce.

          Hm. Maybe Billie is an older-sister-figure and Joyce is more of a younger-sister-figure. (And he has an actual twin sister in Sal, heh.) So does that make Sarah his step-sister or something now? Next he’ll have a sister-in-law-figure. All the sisters!

          I all honesty though I’m having difficulty finding instances of “Joyce gives a damn about Walky.” She makes it abundantly clear to everyone that she’d rather not deal with him ever: “not having to deal with Walky” is the whole reason Joyce agreed to this morning jog, after all.

          ‘Course, I have an older brother and I’d rather not deal with HIM ever, so…

  48. zmm

    xD Becky shall probalby join them

  49. takashid

    LMFAO i love how everyone is accidentally making comments that are really upsetting today. First it was Amber’s “boyfriend” remark to Danny yesterday RIGHT AFTER he wakes up from a sexy ethan dream and was suddenly next to his girlfriend and now its Dorothy making that joke while being unaware of the Becky situation. Whats next? Is someone gonna make a joke to Walky and Sal about how their parents might be racist?

    1. Bagge

      And both Joyce and Walky has yet to say something – they are usually good at the insensitive insults thing. More epicnes to come.

      1. Solenoid

        To say nothing of Mike, who would do so deliberately.

        1. Mitsukara

          Maybe Mike will coincidentally be drunk today, and say nothing but nice things.

  50. Malchus

    Becky: I wish this was what it looked like.

  51. MLBlue

    Im so glad he brought back the neon green outfit, Dorothy looks so cute in it.

  52. Oberon

    “Are you cheating on me?”

    *Ahem* *Takes a deep breath*

    Bwahahahahahahahaha11hahahaha!hahhaElevenahahaha!!!!!!1!!!!eleven!!!

    1. Disloyal Subject

      8/10, I chuckled.

  53. Bagge

    Becky and Dorothy will hit it off immediately. There will be a certain amount of posturing, but soon enough they will find common ground and join in snark. Poor Joyce will be teased mercilessly. And that’s even before Walky shows up.

  54. Emanuel

    Dorothy you put those eyebrows back down this instance

  55. AgentKeen

    Heh, ok, this is the best.

  56. Bluesnake462

    Fanely the meeting ive been waiting for

  57. Rutee

    Dorothy read the comment from my brane before I got to see the comic

  58. Idon'tcarenomore

    Some one said there are 3 gays and 2 bi’s in this cast of 18.

    Becky, Ethan, Ruth, and Joyce’s newspaper editor are gay?

    And Billy is Bi, but I’m betting so is Danny-he’s dreaming about Ethan.

    Don”t forget Jolene (?) the writer that Ethan was interested in briefly, Transsexual. I know, not gay or bi and so on, but not straight either.

    A super interesting cast of individuals here.

    1. Marianne

      Being trans doesn’t make a person not straight, though.

    2. Kelly

      You misplaced Ruth, she is bi, not gay. We know Billie and Danny are as well.

      Becky and Ethan are gay.

      Carla is asexual and transgender.

      That is it for the cast page, Daisy (the gay editor) isn’t on it. Though we just don’t know details like that for some on the cast page… some of them could still turn out to be LGBTQA later.

      Joyce’s sister is Jocelyne (formerly Joshua), and the proper term for her is transgender.

      Transsexual is used less often, I believe it technically means someone that has had sex reassignment surgery, there may still be negative feelings towards the word as well (not sure). In any case it seems that Jocelyne has not yet had surgery or hormones. (Anyone that knows more than I, please jump in!)

      Oh, and she is straight (meaning she likes guys, of course). Transgender people can have any orientation cisgender people have.

      1. Paul

        We don’t know anything about Jocelyne’s orientation, do we?

        1. Gangler

          We know she’s not gay (she said so herself), and her interest in Ethan seems to indicate she’s interested in men. With no indication that she’s interested in women, straight is the best guess, though bisexuality is still a possibility.

    3. Kladeos

      I hate it so much when people use “gay” (or “bisexual,” “transgender,” etc) as a noun.

      1. Paul

        Lesbian and homosexual are both used as nouns frequently. That leaves without a noun for a homosexual man.

        1. Gangler

          We’ll survive.

      2. Kelly

        It makes sense, it kind of reduces people to nothing more than their sexuality (or that they are trans, etc). Those words should be adjectives or subject complements or similar. And after all it isn’t like you really see “straight” or “hetero” used as nouns.

        1. Paul

          I remember way back in the 80’s people talking about “AIDS spreading to heterosexuals”, so yes, “heterosexual” is used as a noun.

    4. JWLM

      Who cares how many and what genders or sexualities are in the comic? What does it matter?

      Why do you care if vanillas are overrepresented? What’s wrong with an environment where there are too many cis-hets? You know, honestly, I don’t mind spending time around them as long as they keep to their quirks to themselves and don’t try to shove their sexuality down my throat.

      1. ninja_jesus

        The reason this matters is because having characters in fiction to relate to and identify with is really important in order to have a connection with any sort of narrative. People like us will never be able to know how great it is to finally find a fictional character who is almost entirely like us, “quirks” and all, because we’ve never had to struggle with that.

  59. Vree

    You don’t get it, do you?

    I was cheating on BECKY-
    with YOU.

    1. Arianod

      +10

    2. Rutee

      I need to Like your comment and can’t

  60. OnyxIdol

    Dorothy clearly reached eyebrow level ultra violet here.

  61. Alex C

    “Joyce, you have an attachment.”

    1. Paul

      You think so? I mean, they kept kidding her about that unitil she shopped for one online and found out what they were, but I didn’t think she actually bought one.

    2. Bill

      Not an attachment but a parasite…. like a tick.

  62. Kidrik

    Willis shrunk the forehead!

  63. averystrangeplace

    … And all of that was okay, ’cause it was in a threeway.

  64. Zuche

    This may be the single most adorable strip David Willis has ever produced. No, please don’t tell me I’m wrong, not even if you have proof. Just let me have this moment.

    1. Bagge

      I don’t think you are wrong. Becky’s Joyce-cling is a thing of beauty

  65. Bill

    Dorothy, being the journalist she is, will eventually discover the reason Becky has turned up and is sharing a bed with Joyce.  Actually, considering how quickly Becky opened up to Joyce (and later Sarah) about the reason “classes were cancelled”, she will probably volunteer the information at the earliest opportunity.  This will of course lead to an article slamming Anderson for being intolerant.  Becky’s father will then, of course, find out where she is and …..

    I fear this is not going to turn out well.

    1. Bagge

      That would be an interesting plot development. I think Ross-the-butt will find Becky faster than that – it’s no big stretch that she’ll go to Joyce – but it could be an fine common cause for Dorothy, Joyce and Becky (and a nice stepping stone in her political career).

      1. Paul

        On Parent’s Weekend, when parent’s were expected to be turning up, Ruth and the woman in the headscarf who works the dorm office downstairs managed to remove Blaine O’Malley. If whats-his-butt shows up and tries to get into the dorm, I think they might be able to deal with him. Of course, this will bring Becky’s existance to the attention of powers that be, but if they have any competence at all they can evict her from the dorm into a women’s shelter rather than into the arms of her dad.

        Of course, they should be getting Becky into a women’s shelter ASAP anyway.

        1. Bill

          the woman in the headscarf = Asma.

    2. Gangler

      Dorothy has shown restraint in publishing volatile or personal information in the past.

      I don’t see her outing Becky’s hidey hole being a problem.

      Though I’m pretty sure it’s not much of a secret to begin with. She ran away to stay with her best friend. That’s like the first number any parent calls when their kid’s missing. We’ll probably be hearing from Mister Macantyre sooner rather than later regardless of what articles Dorothy writes.

  66. Saaaam

    DO THESE ROOMS NOT HAVE LOCKS

    1. Bagge

      Where’s the drama in that?
      (Maybe Joyce kept it unlocked for this very reason. Jogging aside, speaking to Dorothy about Becky’s situation as quickly as possible is a very smart thing to do)

      1. la6uɐ mous

        Joyce probably gave Dorothy a key to her room as a gesture of friendship. Because she’s Joyce.

  67. Vangeln

    Wake up, Sarah! Here is the fun stuff you were asking for.

  68. Shadow12000

    DAMN look those eyebrows gettin’ away from her in panel 3.

    1. Syd

      I prefer to believe that a slide whistle accompanies the eyebrow raise

  69. Krzysz

    And now I will love Dorothy forever.

    1. gears

      Agreed. I may bag on her for how she’s not being entirely fair to Walky, but that doesn’t change that she is my absolute favorite.

      1. Bagge

        Thirded. We do bag on the characters we love occasionally*. That’s because we want them to grow and become better at those things we love them for to begin with.

        *) all the friggin’ time.

        1. Rowen Morland

          Your comment is the happiest moment in Danny’s life.

        2. Bagge

          “It’s only because we love you we renamed ‘to fuck up in a stupid way’ after you.”

          Well, actually, when it comes to me it’s true. I have a LOT of shit to give him because I give a lot of shit about him.

        3. la6uɐ mous

          Antimetabole at its finest.

  70. Tenn

    Now that is just adorable.

  71. Halloween Jack

    aww yiss

  72. Bagge

    I like how the two final panels are drawn from Joyce’s perspective.

  73. OmegaDez

    Jogging!Dorothy is like the cutest thing ever.

  74. Sailor_Arashi

    The last panel is my favorite panel ever.

  75. Onion

    In this comic, everyone momentarily loses their eyebrows some time or another.

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