Yeah, it’s too bad they’re streetlights… I don’t know why, I think I just don’t like it when characters break up. Oh well, it was kind of coming from the get go.
You have now left the entire remainder of the comic up to the interpretation of “this is all in Dorothy’s head as she imagines what will happen if she actually breaks up with Danny”
Well, quick like ripping off an old band-aid. Good for her, but I hope she does allow him some closure if he needs it. Though he might start stalking her.
Yeah I gotta be honest, I was with Danny up until he said “Maybe you’ll change your mind.” I would’ve dumped him if I were her based on that line of reasoning alone.
Yeah… With a girl like that, who has been talking about going to an Ivy league school her whole life… You just don’t say that shit… That’s a special kind of stupid right there. I hope they still don’t make em that stupid in this reality… Or were all hooped… Completely, absolutely, positively, out-and-out BONED… The future is grim ladies and gentlemen…
Let me see if I got this straight: Dorothy has obviously been thinking about breaking up with Danny for a while, but instead of doing it before, she waits until he has already enrolled in the same college as her and then simply kicks him aside just because he DARES to “stand in the way” of her going to Yale – and people think Danny’s the one in the wrong?
He’s definitely naive, maybe even a bit dumb, but Dorothy was kind of a jerk here. There were much better ways for her to go about breaking up with him than this.
I agree that Dorothy’s a coward, but don’t forget that Danny’s a pathetic clinger. It’s just that realisation’s finally hit Dorothy and she’s decided the misery of guilt over crushing Dannys soul is better than the misery of Danny crushing her soul.
Truth be told, given Danny’s personality, I would bet that if she broke up with him before hand… He’d have followed her anyways, clinging to the chance that they would still end up together.
No, fuck Danny. She clearly didn’t expect him to follow her, she clearly didn’t want him to follow her, but she also didn’t want to be the “bongo” who dumped him. So she put it off, because she felt guilty.
She’s been trying to break up with him for months. Danny’s just too self-absorbed to realize it.
I don’t know, I didn’t really view it as Dan meaning it that way, though… he’s too stupid to realize that’s what it can come off as. He just doesn’t see why this one school isn’t good enough.
I didn’t say Dorothy was the pinnacle of maturity either
wynne
So you think she shouldn’t break up with him because…. it’s difficult? More difficult than going through the motions of a relationship she doesn’t want for at least two years? People break up all the time.
He needs some quality bro time to get through this.
Then Joe bangs dorothy, thus breaking the code of bro and friendships are ruined through the entirety of university. sighs. what would life be without a little drama?
It’s not that they can’t end up together in the end, but it would be boring to put them together right away. But then I’m one of those people who likes experimenting with weird pairings (Joe/Ruth FTW).
Agreed that it would feel wrong. The other Walkyverse couples, yeah, I don’t think it’d be a big deal to pair them differently, but J&W have gotten way too much material dedicated to their pairing to pair them differently here.
I can see them becoming the beta couple (look it up on tvtropes) of this universe, precisely because making them go through a billion trials as a couple in this universe too would be retreading old ground.
I like the second panel. Dorothy finally realizes that any long-winded, apologetic goodbyes will not work; she knows she just has to say, and just walk away.
And now with that over with, how long until Dorothy gets “Joe’d”?
That was quick. Danny can be a little slow on things expecially when it comes to relationships… One should never spend lots of money on college so they can stau with one girl.
Dorothy could always go to Yale as a grad student. That’s waaaay more likely than her getting in as a transfer student anyway – they take very few transfers every year.
Also, I think she would have taken Danny’s comment much better if she hadn’t already been annoyed with him and wanted to break up. “I want to be with you” is generally not such a bad thing to hear when you’re hearing it from someone you want to be with, too.
In fairness, Danny is a clingy idiot who can’t see things from anyone’s point of view but his own and assumes the rest of the world does too. Doesn’t mean he can’t change, but it takes something like this to bring that about.
So no matter how you slice it, this relationship was doomed from the start.
It’s not so muh the breaking up, but the way she does it. Getting angry faced, telling him they’ve broke up in one sentence and then walking off? Now that is nasty.
beeftony
Danny just suggested that she give up her own dreams so she would fit in with his fantasy. That anger is perfectly justified.
Finally! This is the moment Danny’s soul snaps like a Twix bar! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! face
I’ve been waiting for this for so long.
Discussion (87) - “Through”
MrGBH
It’s about dang time.
agentksilver
The little white dots by her head made me think that the last two panels were imaginary.
But good for Dorothy! She did not beat around the bush. Good girl!
R
Yeah, it’s too bad they’re streetlights… I don’t know why, I think I just don’t like it when characters break up. Oh well, it was kind of coming from the get go.
Trae Dorn
Sometimes breakups are for the best.
There are a few times in my own life where I would say that getting dumped was the best thing that could have happened.
R
Yeah. At least she didn’t drag it out. It’s horrible when those things drag on and on.
No0ne
My first girlfriend avoided me for a week before she got u the nerve to break up with me… OVER THE PHONE… seriously… get guts
JDavis
You have now left the entire remainder of the comic up to the interpretation of “this is all in Dorothy’s head as she imagines what will happen if she actually breaks up with Danny”
… Good job.
JDavis
(Also, Garfield is dead)
Jenny Creed
No no, Garfield is slowly going insane trapped in an abandoned building.
See http://garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=1989&addr=891023 and the following five strips.
Meanwhile, this comment thread feels like the comic is trying to gaslight us. That’s a first.
Kas
Well, great. That’s how I’ll be reading it now.
Raistandantilus
If it really were all in her head, that would make the ‘Through the Looking-Glass’ reference that much more appropriate.
Jabberwocky
Poor Danny.
His soul just got crushed.
Tomb
He doesnt even realize it yet though. So its gonna go on for a bit longer…
hobotron
Well, we can only hope Danny doesn’t get his bike stolen anytime soon, or else his soul really will be crushed.
Rowen Morland
Maybe Sal will steal it…
David Herbert
Well, quick like ripping off an old band-aid. Good for her, but I hope she does allow him some closure if he needs it. Though he might start stalking her.
kommunaut
START stalking her? He followed her to her school!
MrGBH
And he pretty much just told her his greatest desire is for her to give up her dreams and stay with him for her entire life.
Tomb
From one Dan to another I should slap him over the head.
NinjaNick
Bummer. 🙁
Katosen
Ooo, Danny, you should have thought that saying through or not have said it at all.
Shifter Comic
Yeah I gotta be honest, I was with Danny up until he said “Maybe you’ll change your mind.” I would’ve dumped him if I were her based on that line of reasoning alone.
Chad from Canada
Yeah… With a girl like that, who has been talking about going to an Ivy league school her whole life… You just don’t say that shit… That’s a special kind of stupid right there. I hope they still don’t make em that stupid in this reality… Or were all hooped… Completely, absolutely, positively, out-and-out BONED… The future is grim ladies and gentlemen…
Milosh
It’s called being young… we all get to be stupid for a while.
Kamino Neko
I was all set to feel bad for poor, Dumbass Danny…then he went and said that stuff in the first panel…
SP!Reader
Let me see if I got this straight: Dorothy has obviously been thinking about breaking up with Danny for a while, but instead of doing it before, she waits until he has already enrolled in the same college as her and then simply kicks him aside just because he DARES to “stand in the way” of her going to Yale – and people think Danny’s the one in the wrong?
He’s definitely naive, maybe even a bit dumb, but Dorothy was kind of a jerk here. There were much better ways for her to go about breaking up with him than this.
MrGBH
I agree that Dorothy’s a coward, but don’t forget that Danny’s a pathetic clinger. It’s just that realisation’s finally hit Dorothy and she’s decided the misery of guilt over crushing Dannys soul is better than the misery of Danny crushing her soul.
Chad from Canada
Truth be told, given Danny’s personality, I would bet that if she broke up with him before hand… He’d have followed her anyways, clinging to the chance that they would still end up together.
wynne
No, fuck Danny. She clearly didn’t expect him to follow her, she clearly didn’t want him to follow her, but she also didn’t want to be the “bongo” who dumped him. So she put it off, because she felt guilty.
She’s been trying to break up with him for months. Danny’s just too self-absorbed to realize it.
Aeron
Only a girl could become angry in the face of such optimism and hopefulness.
Trae Dorn
Umm no. Most people would be mad if the person who supposedly loved them’s greatest hope was that you’d give up on your dreams.
Seriously.
Kas
I don’t know, I didn’t really view it as Dan meaning it that way, though… he’s too stupid to realize that’s what it can come off as. He just doesn’t see why this one school isn’t good enough.
Aeron
Why is it Danny’s fault if she’s there voluntarily? All he did was hope that she’d enjoy being there with him so much she’s stay.
Dorothy on the other hand just made the little time she intends to spend there (Barring unforeseen problems) very very difficult for both of them.
Tell me again, who’s being childish here?
Trae Dorn
I didn’t say Dorothy was the pinnacle of maturity either
wynne
So you think she shouldn’t break up with him because…. it’s difficult? More difficult than going through the motions of a relationship she doesn’t want for at least two years? People break up all the time.
XtraLargeRyan
Woah. Did I miss something? :/
I probably suck like that. Why did she just dump him?
beeftony
You apparently missed the last two strips.
captainswift
Actually, every strip Dorothy has been in since she was introduced. It’s what she’s been wanting since we’ve met her.
MarkLar
He needs some quality bro time to get through this.
Then Joe bangs dorothy, thus breaking the code of bro and friendships are ruined through the entirety of university. sighs. what would life be without a little drama?
Wackd
Fun.
Joebo
I think now is a good time for my relationship predictions for this universe:
DannyXJoyce
WalkyXBillie
JoeXevery girl not yet mentioned
n8
Joyce with anyone but Walky would just seem so wrong. Alternate reality or no, it just feels bad to contemplate.
beeftony
It’s not that they can’t end up together in the end, but it would be boring to put them together right away. But then I’m one of those people who likes experimenting with weird pairings (Joe/Ruth FTW).
Suzushiiro
Agreed that it would feel wrong. The other Walkyverse couples, yeah, I don’t think it’d be a big deal to pair them differently, but J&W have gotten way too much material dedicated to their pairing to pair them differently here.
I can see them becoming the beta couple (look it up on tvtropes) of this universe, precisely because making them go through a billion trials as a couple in this universe too would be retreading old ground.
Kyle
Honestly i think DannyxRuth would be awesome.
Some times the spineless need someone hardcore to straighten them out.
Tomb
Literally if he was with Ruth.
thatgirlwiththeglasses
I’d like to see that! 😀
MrGBH
What about Joe and Roz? I think that would work.
agentksilver
Oh, new OTP!
thatgirlwiththeglasses
I’d actually like to see WalkyXBillie…temporarily, anyway.
n8
Dorothy get’s Joe’d in 3…2…1…
Emily
Ok, I get it now. Besides everything annoying about Danny, he straight up doesn’t take her seriously.
begbert2
I would have put it “Dorothy takes herself way too you gotta be kidding it’s not all about you seriously.”
Leaflet
Is it me or is Danny somehow managing to be more messed up than Joyce in this incarnation?
Suzushiiro
Yeah, relative to Roomies it seems like they toned down Joyce a bit and shifted what they took from her over to Danny.
R
Maybe. I remember Roomies’ Danny being pretty love-struck, but it was with Sal. It didn’t come up much because she wasn’t there.
Wackd
He also took it kind of hard when she broke it off with him over the phone.
Deviltrig
Danny seems a little less devastated at first than I had hoped… can’t wait for the Danny angst
ziggy78eog
I like the second panel. Dorothy finally realizes that any long-winded, apologetic goodbyes will not work; she knows she just has to say, and just walk away.
And now with that over with, how long until Dorothy gets “Joe’d”?
agentksilver
Thirty minutes. I’m assuming this is happening at exactly 7:30, so…year, 8:00 it will happen.
Zudarkness
That was quick. Danny can be a little slow on things expecially when it comes to relationships… One should never spend lots of money on college so they can stau with one girl.
Piccolo
Dorothy could always go to Yale as a grad student. That’s waaaay more likely than her getting in as a transfer student anyway – they take very few transfers every year.
Also, I think she would have taken Danny’s comment much better if she hadn’t already been annoyed with him and wanted to break up. “I want to be with you” is generally not such a bad thing to hear when you’re hearing it from someone you want to be with, too.
Drpepperfan
Wow Dorothy, you are such a bongo.
beeftony
In fairness, Danny is a clingy idiot who can’t see things from anyone’s point of view but his own and assumes the rest of the world does too. Doesn’t mean he can’t change, but it takes something like this to bring that about.
So no matter how you slice it, this relationship was doomed from the start.
Drpepperfan
It’s not so muh the breaking up, but the way she does it. Getting angry faced, telling him they’ve broke up in one sentence and then walking off? Now that is nasty.
beeftony
Danny just suggested that she give up her own dreams so she would fit in with his fantasy. That anger is perfectly justified.
Stephen
Finally! This is the moment Danny’s soul snaps like a Twix bar! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! face
I’ve been waiting for this for so long.
beeftony
You’re enjoying this a little too much.
And I don’t see his soul snapping yet.
Stephen