exactly he could be panromantic/sexual biromant heterosexual theres literally so many types of attraction and labels that could be used and this comic makes me really happy bc its exploring some of them more
Your daily shades of the sky forecast:
Monday – Turquoise
Tuesday – Taupe
Wednesday – Robin’s Egg
Thursday – Turquoise-Taupe
Friday – Coal Dust
Saturday – Coal Dust with chances of Indigo in the late afternoon
Sunday – Void
If Danny can sit what midwesterners used to call “indian style” then he’s easily flexible enough. And length isn’t an issue – unless Ethan is sporting a “mini-gherkin” he’s plenty hung enough.
Ethan’s dick is known as “bootybreaker”. It’s not about flexibility. It’s about Danny not being a horse cause that’s basically what we are talking about here.
First off, all previous comments (apart from one which says “one of them”, which doesn’t specify) are about Ethan penetrating Danny, not the other way around. Note Kiapdx’s comment about the positioning of Danny’s legs.
Secondly, even if you want to reverse it, that still doesn’t require turning around. Ethan would just need to sit up and move forward a little.
“…The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout ‘Save us!’…
Wow. Your wife has the restraint of a nun (at least for not spoiling plot points, I have no idea what her restraint is like in the rest of her life). 🙂
Part of her problems is that Ethan came out of the closet on their prom night. Doing this would turn her into a supervillian. One that has already stabbed someone
I forgot about Ruth for a moment. Thank you for reminding me.(Caps lock warning) “THERE ARE ALREADY TWO TOO MANY BROKEN MISERABLE CURVY WOMEN! STAHP WILLIS STAHP” (End of caps lock)
She’s kind of psychotic because of the way everyone around her has acted throughout her life, and especially within these last few weeks. :/
She is actually trying to sort out her problems though – and with Dorothy and Dina behind her, I’m sure she can, with time.
She’s not a terrible person though – she is always trying to focus her skills and anger on assisting people, and she has been hiding herself away until recently to sort herself out when she noticed that yes, she was messed up.
“Born of misty mountain air and shining sun combining.
This prismic force both foul and fair has a golden power worth mining.
So love from the heart, warm and clear.
Love for life and love for fear.
There’s beauty and there’s danger here, trust the color chart!
…beware the rainbow heart…”
Oh Danny Boy the peen, the peen is calling
From glans to glans and up through your insides
Ethan’s hot and all your rosebud’s puckering
It’s you, it’s you must turn while he must ride.
I don’t think even Mary deserves Blaine, mainly because he’s an abusive fuck and also because the age difference is enough to throw that power balance even further into the awful zone than any ship with Blaine already would be.
Yeah, the “abusive fuck” part is present in any and all Blaine ships, though, hence why I’d put it as the biggest obstacle to shipping because I wouldn’t ship him with anyone but getting hit with a large moving vehicle. There are people who Mary could, theoretically, be paired with that could sort of work,* but it’s absolutely impossible to have a healthy relationship when part of the equation is Blaine O’Malley.
But yeah, it’s a huge creepy age gap that amplifies the awful that would be involved.
* I mean, I can’t NAME anyone, but it’s a big enough campus that it’s POSSIBLE.
… I just made “getting hit with a large moving vehicle” a person. *Shrug* Eh, for him, planes and trucks would conglomerate into the world’s biggest combiner to give him a beatdown.
Exactly. Don’t get the poly triads mixed up. Although I might also lean towards Dorothy/Joyce/Sal. Maybe even Dorothy/Joyce/Sal/Billie/Ruth for maximum sapphic fun.
And it would be nice to see a poly relationship where two of the people in it aren’t sexually active with each other but they make it amorous aspects of it work and also share Danny nicely. 🙂 BTW, I really am impressed by real life poly relationships that make it work because that kind of communication takes work!
Danny: “Uh… should we go back to your room?”
Ethan: “Why?”
Danny: “…no reason.”
Ethan: “Uh, okay?”
*enters room*
*sees shirtless Jacob*
*both flee room with embarrassed look*
Willis teases us and teases us. But the best part of this comic? The look of semi-horror on both their faces. Because I totes know they were thinking the same thing.
The title got me there for a second, so when I read the strip I reacted so loud I woke my dogs up. Maybe the only moment ever when I’m thankful my internet connection ain’t the fastest
Danny, It’s been 2 weeks. You’ve already crushed on a geek girl, nearly banged an ex-chearleader, Made out with a superhero who happened to be aforementioned geek girl, and now this? Did you just hit the Poon jackpot?
I’m really glad this story happened after Bring Back Roomies ended. Encouraging people to ship Danny with more and more characters would really undermine the ‘Danny is terrible’ narrative going on in the commentary.
A while ago, I don’t remember where, I asked Mr. Willis if a dude-on-dude Slipshine, and I politely requested that it be Ethan and Drew (from the Walkyverse), and not Ethan and Manny (also from the Walkyverse)–IMHO, Drew is hot and Manny is not. Mr. Willis said a dude-on-dude Slipshine was inderd forthcoming, but a pair that was yet to be revealed.
Is it weird to be sexually attracted to boys, but not want to go on a date with them or dance with them? My main attraction is to girls, but some boys occasionally show up in fantasies.
True ’nuff. I should point out I don’t really like straight as a label much either, but feel it’s ambiguous enough to my preferences that I’m ok with being identified as such. You’se can call me whatcha wants, I guess. I just probably won’t call myself such.
Although, admittedly, I do enjoy being able to say that I’m a high five on the Kinsey scale, because… come on… I’m a HIGH FIVE! I am a CONGRATULATORY GESTURE, PEOPLE!
I’m the same way. Made certain classes of Family Development and Human Sexuality I took uncomfortable enough to make me physically ill. My partner of almost five years is probably the only one I can look at without feeling ill. Just talked about conducting some biology lessons soon.
Nah. People think of sexuality as a strict line or spectrum, but really, it’s a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, sexy-wexy… Stuff. I have the occasional dude show up in a fantasy, but literally zero interest in them in the real world. Just a brain thing. Whatever works for you, man.
I’m exactly like that. I’m a male and I like having sex with men on occasion, but I don’t get the urge to kiss them or date them. Dancing is ok I guess, but I’m not even that big of a fan of it with women. I’m all for romance, kissing, dating and sex with women.
It may actually be “weirder” to be “completely” straight or gay than anything else. Or AS weird. Or maybe nobody is weird. I mean, okay, I’m weird, but not for that reason.
Romantic and sexual attraction is separate. You can be romantically attracted to girls while being sexually attracted to girls and boys(and possibly all the other people). So, no, it’s not weird. S’all good, dude.
That leaves me very conflicted. Although, not surprised. When the possibility first occurred to me, I thought, “Willis is the kind of guy who’ll actually do that, isn’t he? And then I’ll feel very conflicted.” And there it is.
For God’s sake, why does every vanilla or breeder assume that gay life is built around putting a stick into a hole at waist level? There are lots of other fun things to do besides ‘buttsecks’, involving hands or mouths or legs.
You know, holding hands, meals taken together, and long romantic walks.
They intend to be joking, yes, but it’s not a very funny joke.
Think about it — whenever a couple representing your sexuality comes up, the first thing people talk about is a form of sex that many of them find disgusting. That’s damned insulting — it reduces a complicated, painful, and, frankly, terrifying experience…oh, my God, I’m fantasizing about *him*…into something gross. When I refer to straights as ‘breeders,’ it does the same thing: it reduces you to a set of genitals.
no it wasn’t
by reducing straight people to their genitals, they meant that they were focusing solely on the reproductive capacity of straight people, disregarding the fact that there are plenty of straight trans people who don’t have that capability
(not to mention all the infertile/sterile cis people)
It is gender-essentialist, and it is bigoted, and it is vile. It’s fucking offensive on so many levels.
I have a problem, though. I want to make the majority stop and think about what those ‘jokes’ truly are. I behave offensively in the hope of shocking people into rethinking those assumptions, and I’ve found that it’s often the only way to make them think.
Can you suggest a better approach? I’m open to hearing it.
except the people who make those jokes aren’t going to care about that
all in all, maybe don’t use a word with racist and cissexist connotations to make your point to cishets
@JWLM: Except, the people who would listen to you already know that, so really you’re just being insulting and vile to people who don’t need to hear it.
Since it’s such a vile, horrible term, why are you using it? If your aim is to get people to stop and think about what they’re saying, then I propose not insulting them with a yet another bigoted term.
It’s very gender essentialist, and is often used in gay community spaces to insult and de-legitimize bisexuality/pansexuality. Plus it used to be used to refer to slave women, so it’s also got a pretty dang racist history going on.
Yup. It’s been used against me — in literal fact, my spouse and I have three biological children. I *am* a breeder, and that fact has been thrown in my face more than once.
I confess that using the term is also an attempt to reclaim the word. Yup, I’m a breeder. I’m here, I have kids, get used to it.
I mentioned yesterday that I vaguely watch the comments on “event strips” like this, and this is the fastest I’ve ever seen it hit 100. Ruth kissing Billie was close.
Y’know when I was commenting this I thought “Is this too much of a sore spot, or will people understand I’m kidding and let it slide”. I don’t at all think being gay or bi is a mistake or in any way bad.
I think that term is “butt pirate” because they’re “after yer booty.” (Although the term has been used by mean-spirited schoolkids enough that it doesn’t see use in kind company very often.)
A dingdong bandit likely steals a man’s dingdong virginty, instead. I’m… not entirely sure how one does that with a whiteboard. Maybe a whiteboard DRAWING of a dingdong bandit?
Imagine Amber’s reaction when she discovers both her love interests have a thing for each other. I’m picturing a Star Trek 2 reference, but with Amber instead of Kirk
Danny, don’t, it’d be really shitty to do that to Amber. And actually, it’d be shitty for Ethan to do that to Joyce, too. So yeah, don’t. No matter how happy it’d make the fanbase.
Joyce and Ethan’s relationship was founded on Joyce thinking she could “cure” Ethan and using him to hide from her own sexuality. That entire relationship’s existence is so shitty that ending it will be a mercy kill.
Yes, very. I mean, Ethan/Danny is super cute and all, but if something were to happen at right this moment there would be emotional fall out for lots of people. Amber especially. And also Joyce, but the whole Ethan and Joyce arrangement was doomed to terrible results from the start.
There are 36 (soon to be 37) mentions of “Amber” (see, there we go; 37) in this chain. Pretty sure folks are worrying, or wondering, or perhaps eagerly anticipating.
Like, I am honestly worried for her reaction about Danny, but let’s think about differently.
She was so broken because Ethan was hiding his homosexuality, repressing it and now “dating” a super duper Christian Joyce. Despite possibly losing Danny, she will witness what she wanted to see, since she supported him so much – Ethan accept himself and find some love.
I am pretty sure Amber can handle it, if she finally sees that Ethan accepted himself to himself and found love, and the fact that she hasn’t talked to Danny for a while.
So please, Ethan, do one thing for me?
Come and get your love, come and get your love, come and get your love now!
Come and get your love, come and get your love, come and get your love now!
Come and get your love, come and get your love, come and get your love now!
Come and get your love, come and get your love, come and get your love now!
Yay for glorious representation of bisexuality (or could Danny be homosexual/panromantic?)! I’ll just stay in my bubble of completely ignoring all the potential for caused suffering a little longer.
Past sexual experience doesn’t really have much of a bearing on your orientation. Plenty of people who have had “straight” sex discover later that they’re gay or bi. It happens the other way around too. But, point taken.
I meant more that, at least with the heavy petting, Danny seemed more than happy that it happened (he was practically skipping the next day). But your point still stands as well.
I think it was established that he A) had sex with Dorothy pre-series and B) had that heavy petting with Amber/Amazi-Girl that was mainly stopped by the costume being difficult to remove, so I’m leaning towards bi or pan. Not that that’s a guarantee with either case, granted.
It would be interesting if Willis were to write a novel. He is excellent with setting up drama and emotional situations, then defusing the tension. The novel wouldn’t be DOA, I’d love to see it!
Yeah, I never really thought about these two being together before, but they’ve got some great chemistry. I dunno, I’m surprised at how much I like these two together: I think it’s currently my favorite ship.
Seriously. The last few days have been some of Danny’s most likable. Part of it might be the self-deprecation, but I think mostly it’s him being able to goof off and have someone who’s supportive of him rather than his parents and Joe. And it’ll help Ethan that they’re bonding, in part, over those geeky interests he wanted to be known for rather than just being “the gay guy”.
This could be very, very good for them once they each find out the other’s into them. (Which, knowing the angst potential and current circumstances, could be a bit.)
Whelp I was skeptical at first but I guess this ship is officially ocean bound. The S.S. Faz/Dina will be there soon. It’s just a series of broken planks of wood floating with a hankerchief sail.
Last few pages aside, this came out of /no where/ for me!
Go Danny Go!
or, or dont…Cause Ethan probably isn’t the best to experiment on, what with him repressing like hell and all.
Yeah, the little details on this strip are awesome. I think it might be my favorite just for those and because it’s a culmination of some good writing.
Wow, what a shitty thing to celebrate, considering what it’s bound to do to Amber, who’s clearly on the ropes already. I mean, yay for Ethan or whatever, but give me a break.
Seriously.
Though I don’t actually care so much about Joyce’s reaction. It’s not that I wish Joyce unhappiness, but dating Ethan really couldn’t end any other way (other than Ethan never getting to be in an actual relationship with a dude & Joyce never getting to be in an actual relationship with a dude b/c they stay together forever… which doesn’t sound good to me).
Love is basically a zero sum game. No one can get anywhere without burning a bunch of other people’s bridges to happiness. It’s just so naive to think otherwise.
If Danny was already my favorite character in this strip before this revelation went down, then I don’t even know what means of approval I could use to classify him now.
WELCOME TO THE QUEER KIDS TABLE, DAN. I AM SO, SO VERY HAPPY TO SEE YOU HERE.
Welp, we have confirmed ship. Mazel tov, gentlemen. May you two be very happy together, and may your relationship somehow help get Amber into some much-needed therapy and less somehow get Joyce her much-needed reality check.
… Aaaaaand I just remembered what Sarah said about what Dorothy’s going to do if and when she finds out about the whole “fixing Ethan” thing. There is no way this is going to end anything less than catastrophically for Joyce.
Joyce: Ethan just dumped me, for a boy!
Dorothy: That’s too bad, but hey, at least yu’re respecting his sexuality and not trying to ‘fix’ him!
Joyce: heh heh, yes that is definitely something I am not currently doing. Heh heh.
Sarah *eyeroll*
Can you imagine it going that way? And lasting? Because that’s one badly-timed conversation away from being a reveal, if nothing else. (And I will ENJOY it.)
Eh, it’s a stupid acronym anyway. I’m not straight, but I’m not LGBTQ either. Or FABGLITTER, for that matter, and it’s ambiguous whether I’m QUILTBAG since there are multiple versions of that.
This is why I take a stand against enumerations. There will never be an enumeration for this that isn’t exclusionary. Gender and Sexual Minorities is the only suitable name I’ve ever heard.
We have Word of God that Ruth’s bi, but Billie’s the only person in either universe that she’s exhibited a definite attraction to.
She had a relationship with a guy in the Walkyverse, but her reaction to their first time was bad enough that I don’t think it really counts. It’s pretty easy to read it as Ruth not being as into guys as she assumed she should be, though I think the actual explanation is more Young Willis’s fucked-up notions about sexuality.
So from the evidence, it’s not hard to assume that she’s only into girls. Or maybe only into Billie.
Nah, Ruth’s reaction was just Willis’ issues about sexuality at the time. She had pre-marital hanky panky for fun! She must angst and be punished! Besides she was with a guy who was completely self absorbed and was likely justa bad lay.
You know, when I saw yesterday’s strip, I thought this was silly ship-teasing, like what happens with Joyce/Dorothy. I didn’t think anything would come of it. “He loves trolling the shippers,” I thought. Turns out he was trolling me as well.
P.S. Willis, if you’re going to make any other teased ships canon, please give us Joyce/Dorothy, pleeeeeeaaaasssse? 🙂
P.P.S. So conflicted now. I love Danny/Amber, but Ethan/Danny is so cute, and it’d be great for Ethan to have a healthy relationship. Arrrrrgh. Poly triad, maybe?
I will be upfront that I’m probably woefully ignorant on polyamory, but the first thought I have whenever someone brings that up is that wouldn’t it kinda suck for Ethan and Amber? Danny’s attracted to both of them, but Amber’s attraction to Ethan couldn’t be reciprocated. I’m not saying there’s no way it would work, but Amber and Ethan’s history seems like a bad start to things.
i was thinking that earlier as well, but maybe ethan is possibly bi/panromantic and just hasn’t realized? that could maybe open up the way for a poly relationship for the three of them. though i’m also not that well-versed on polyamory so this might just be wishful thinking
Ethan might not be physically attracted to Amber, but he might well be capable of romantic attraction with her, especially if the two of them have Danny as a mutual connection.
I’m always rooting for the poly triad in fiction, and I have to say this is a configuration that would make me happy if I were Amber. In a few of the longer-term, stable poly relationships I know (several of which have been going on for 20+ years), if two of the partners are not sexually involved they are best friends. Ethan is gay, but he still mentions having… what I’d call “non-sexual partner” feelings for Amber. I’ve had these kinds of feelings for several people I wasn’t attracted to – the desire to just live in an apartment and sit next to them on the couch during movies for the rest of my life, while also being married to someone else I did share attraction with.
This is Willis and it’s also the first year of college, so it’s not like a stable triad that ends in a multi-partner marriage would make sense. But if this were a story that covered multiple years, a relationship like that does not seem unlikely at all, especially since Ethan has pre-existing non-sexual-but-partnerish feelings for Amber, and Amber has shown that she’s strongly attracted to guys who don’t fit gender norms.
I’m a lot like Amber. In fact, literally every guy I’ve ever been seriously attracted to has either been LGBTQ or had mannerisms that made lots of people assume they were (and often they were relentlessly bullied because of it). The first person I ever had a crush on was also the first out bi guy I ever met, so my default position on relationships was “if flexibility would make them happy, then it’s no problem for me.” I’m glad Willis has taken the time to point out that one of Danny’s fundamental personality traits is being respectful towards relationships he’s in even if he’s not entirely sure of his status, because that really increases the chances of this ending well, and helps counteract some harmful stereotypes about bisexuality.
So yeah, as someone who BASICALLY WAS DoA Amber in terms of my sexuality, (including being attracted to guys who needed rescuing), I don’t think this automatically ruins things. I don’t think it even increases the likelihood that Danny and Amber won’t work out.
It’s funny. For years, I’ve used “I’m rooting for the polyamorous triad” as a self-deprecating joke, meant to reference the fact that my tastes are so far outside the mainstream that I’m not often involved in typical ‘shipping wars.’ But now here’s DoA, constructing a highly shippable triad with canon potential.
See, that’s the other thing. I was shipping Danny and Amber/Amazi-Girl before, but I had my worries. Danny needs someone who will challenge him, but he also needs someone who will give him affirmations that prevent him from falling into a spiral of self-hatred when he inevitably Dans something up.
The irony is that they are perfect for each other. Dan dans up situations and Ethan ethans up situations.
If anybody in the cast besides Ethan was secretly gay(or is it bi?), it would be Danny.
Its like when my brother told me he was gay, the signs are there, but sometimes you need a little hint to make it all fall into place, and then you think, “It all makes sense now.”
Why did the blush lines change from vertical in panels 1-2, to horizontal in panel 3 and the daydream? On both characters.
Also, mandatory ‘oh my god fuck yeah bisexual Danny’ comment here. Fantastic revelation.
Then I remembered both have girlfriends. And Ethan is part of why Danny is dating Amazi-Girl and not Amber. (Amber has clearly states she has compartmentalized her mind into seperate parts, so the two are in fact, seperate identities, and Amber has what I would say is likely trauma-inspired PTSD and DID).
Now now, it is -totally- possible to be attracted to someone besides your SO. And it’s even possible to be attracted to someone of a different gender than your SO.
Just because Danny’s discovered he has the hots for Amber’s Ex doesn’t mean he’s going to dump her for him.
Though chances are good Amber might have fanfic about this exact scenario already…
even if this were true, I’m sure a lot of the people are thrilled to have some bi male representation for once, which is why they’re freaking out
it’s why I’m freaking out, anyway
/feels well and truly represented
Because I want the Amber/Danny relationship to end, it’s unhealthy and based in a fantasy supported by lies and manipulation. Amber needs the support that Danny gives without the boyfriend angle.
Why? They’re not exactly a stable, healthy couple. Amber needs to sort herself out, latching onto anyone, especially someone as acomidating as Danny is bad for her.
I guess so, Willis did say that Walkyversy Danny is retroactively bi too. Which is kind of neat, since both he and Billie who he ended up with started out being written as straight but were eventually retconned to be bi (although I guess it isn’t exactly retconning if it was never outright stated that they were straight).
Maybe because he’s speant his entire adult life in a monogamous relationship with Billie? And he shifted out of the spotlight and into just making occasional cameos shortly after they hooked up for good?
This is THE WILLIS we’re talking about here. You won’t get any consummation. MAYBE you’ll get a kiss, like Billie & Ruth got, but then it will all go downhill.
And so what can go wrong with this picture? think its already been listed.
Ethan came out to Amber in their bed in the motel on prom night…confessed he could not do it. That’s a bit of a shock to anyone in that position. And Danny threw her to the curb when she was at her lowest point.
At a later date they realize they really shouldn’t have shit on her that way.
So, I don’t think Amber needs either of them. She has a good friend in Dorothy now, admirers who actualy applaud her, and she is standing on her own two feet. I think she may be upset if she stumbles over these two doin’ the hokey pokey in the grass…but don’t think it will kill her.
Her bastard father is a different story on he other hand.
And yeah, these two need each other. Ethan needs acceptance, and Danny needs a friend that doesn’t use him as a showcase to show off his own perfect self.
I think while she does have the admirers, she really needs significantly more than that considering the trauma she went through the previous weekend. Hell, the trauma she’s had for years, what with Sal. Especially considering this whole thing started in large part over their mutual concern for Amber’s mental health.
It’s not going to kill her, not alone, but it’s probably going to isolate her from two of the only people who could and want to help, and THAT could start another major spiral. Unless maybe Dina’s able to step up and provide some serious emotional support, which is possible but not all that likely. She’s still getting the hang of it herself.
I dunno if I’d call Dorothy a “good friend”. Amber gave an interview as Amazi-Girl, and Dorothy knows that her neighbor is Amazi-Girl, but that’s pretty much it. It’s not like they’ve hung out or anything, at least that we’ve seen.
I think at the time it was more of a characteristic Danny being kinda… Danny. Now that he’s learned of tendencies he might start to see Joe in a new light.
Based on the comments, I honestly believe this is the most highly supported ship in the history of this strip…Knowing Willis, it is for that very reason, completely doomed. Pre-emptive DAMN YOU WILLIS!
Still have this page open. Everytime I look at it, it makes me smile. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside (even more now that I’m sipping my way through this beer).
Shalalalala
My oh my
Looks like the boy’s too shy
Ain’t gonna kiss the guy
Shalalalala
Ain’t that sad
it’s such a shame
Too bad, you’re gonna miss the guy
go on and kiss the girl (kiss the guyl)
I feel like this is kinda Willis writing slash fiction about parts of his own psyche. If Walky gets in on this it will be a full on “protagonist” orgy. (As much as you can them protags anyway) At the same time this is totally hot in that I was not expecting them both to be into it kind of way. I don’t even remember these two interacting in the other universe which makes it even hotter somehow.
you know, just because someone writes a character doesn’t make them part of the writer’s psyche. These two should be considered as people when talking about the story, not two parts of an evil whole.
I’m worried next strip will be Amber seeing this. And I worry this will send her back into a downward spiral when she just seemed to be getting happier with herself as amazi-girl a few strips back.
But I also totally want these dudes to kiss.
FUCK
Hey, give them time.
They have 23 hours, 58 minutes
Dale is a patient man.
I called it, yup. yesterday, totes called it. … still cant decide wether to call it Danthan or Ethanny.
I vote Ethanny.
Nods, Ethanny it is. OTP. it is mine willis, let me have this.
EthDan
your gravatar seems perfect for this situation
I assume you are referring to the ice bucket challenge >.>. And they will be naked!
pretty sure thats a scrubs reference
Our time or their time?
Because if our time, that’s months away
Of course a time-traveler would know what comes next. Can this please become a fixed point in time and space?
Well great… not Amber pretty much has two guys turn gay on her.
Given that he’s appeared definitely interested in Amber/Amazi-Girl, it’s safe to say he’s not gay. There are more than two specialities.
…SEXUALITIES. Curse you Autocorrect!
exactly he could be panromantic/sexual biromant heterosexual theres literally so many types of attraction and labels that could be used and this comic makes me really happy bc its exploring some of them more
Eh, still kinda works.
Bisexuality IS a thing, ya know.
Balls are touching, I repeat BALLS ARE TOUCHING!
If they’re not they will be soon.
I don’t think that’s how gay sex works.
I’m not convinced. We need pictorial evidence – for Science!
Pics or it didn’t happen.
Wait for the slipshine.
That’ll be the day I actually dish out the money for a Slipshine membership.
I would pay sooooooooo much for that slipshine comic.
Sex means ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING CAN TOUCH
REPEATEDLY AND RAPIDLY
vigorously, even
with ample lubrication.
Or without.
That would be a baaaad idea.
Fist and faaaace?
gay sex can work many ways, anally, orally, handily….
And, as we learned today, Dannily
Of course I did accurately peg Danny as a bottom, it seems
Nice word choice there. Pegging bottoms. Heh.
Was thinking the same thing.
That’s a bit like pegging the noon sky as blue, so no points for you.
The noon sky may also be grey!
or jet black, at one or the other of the North and South Poles
Your daily shades of the sky forecast:
Monday – Turquoise
Tuesday – Taupe
Wednesday – Robin’s Egg
Thursday – Turquoise-Taupe
Friday – Coal Dust
Saturday – Coal Dust with chances of Indigo in the late afternoon
Sunday – Void
The sun is in the sky. The moon is also in the sky. They are battling for supremacy of the sky above us. Welcome to Night Vale. 😀
I’m pretty sure Walkyverse Billie told us that already.
Pretty sure they still have their pants on. 😉
THIS IS WHAT I SAID
TROLL’D
i just wanted to say i called it
seems amber is a magnet to gay who didnt relize yet that they are gay
There is also a thing called ‘bisexuality’. Perhaps you’ve heard of it?
Oh no… neither one realizes that the other might be attracted to him. FUCK
Omg danny…..
MAKE OUT ALREADY
Oh Noes, Danny Caught Ethan’s Gays! Just Kidding, I’m Quite Looking Forward to Bearing Witness to Danny’s Journey of Personal Discovery.
Huh…
Oh my. ~ Takei
It’s ok to be Takei!
I wonder if one them is wearing “Eau My”: http://eaumyfragrance.com/
… I’m broke currently but I feel that it would be reasonable to sell a kidney now that I know that this exist.
It’s okay to be gay.
It’s friggin’ awesome to be Takei.
+1
Agreed!
Always be yourself, unless you can be Batman and/or George Takei.
++1
Do it. . .
indeed. You know you want to.
Search your feelings, young Wilcox. You know it to be true.
Lord Palpatine: Good boys good… Now kiss… Come on and kiss…Do it
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccck
eeeeaaaach oooootthhhheeeerrrrr aaaaaalllllrrrrreeeeaaaadddddyyyy
ooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnn thhhhhheeeeeeeeee grrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaasssssssssssss
dddddooooooo eeeeeeeeeetttttt
fffffffffooooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ttttttthhhhhhheeeeeeeeee vvvvvvvvvviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnneeee
Hhhhhhhhhhot.
Add in Amber for the perfect Threesome.
Because what this situation needs is more awkwardness.
More like more AWESOMENESS. Amirite?
u r rite m8
u r rite
Joe Gravatar makes this that much better.
Awkwardness makes it kinky.
“So do you have, like, a fantasy? Because we could… try some new things.”
“Well… I think awkwardness is really kinky. How about we talk about each other’s parents while we’re doing it? That’d be really hot.”
Now that’s moving into the gross and incest catagories.
Awkward would be talking about your exes. Or politics.
He didn’t say “talk dirty about our parents”.
“Oh, yeah, right there. Nnnh….My parents have crippled my self esteem my entire life by comparing me to my older brother.”
“Ah! My mom called me a disappointment because I was gay!”
“Oh my god, considering that I am stroking your penis, that is -incredibly- awkward!”
“Such good awkwarrrd….”
why did you do this heavensrun
Because I’m eeeevil.
Still hoping for a triad.
What does the Chinese mafia have to do with this?
(alternate joke: What would the Legion of Superheroes be doing there? Recruiting Amazigirl for a time-travel storyline?)
Erm…
AND LO, THERE WAS BUTTSEX! AND IT WAS…. a dream as well….
One of them needs to be facing the other way before THAT can happen. 😀
Actually, you can easily have buttsex in that position.
…
What?
Would you need to be super well hung to reach that target?
Nah, Danny’s legs need to be up over Ethan’s shoulders basically
If he’s flexible enough that is.
If Danny can sit what midwesterners used to call “indian style” then he’s easily flexible enough. And length isn’t an issue – unless Ethan is sporting a “mini-gherkin” he’s plenty hung enough.
Trust me, it isn’t that difficult.
Ethan’s dick is known as “bootybreaker”. It’s not about flexibility. It’s about Danny not being a horse cause that’s basically what we are talking about here.
First off, all previous comments (apart from one which says “one of them”, which doesn’t specify) are about Ethan penetrating Danny, not the other way around. Note Kiapdx’s comment about the positioning of Danny’s legs.
Secondly, even if you want to reverse it, that still doesn’t require turning around. Ethan would just need to sit up and move forward a little.
I think he meant how… stretchy… Danny is
Because one needs some training to take Ethan
At least that’s how I understood Insanenoodlyguy’s latest comment
I learn so much about mansex in these comment threads…
Straight people can have sex in the same position, they just get lazy and do things the easy way.
I could link you to plenty of “educational” Tumblrs…
I’m down.
Not necessarily… I’ve seen some porn that shows it is possible.
You have absolutely the PERFECT Gravitar for that comment. Not even Joyce would have been better.
Not if Danny’s flexible.
FUCK YES BISEXUAL DANNY
YES
YES
MY COMPUTER IS SO EXCITED IT DOUBLE POSTED FOR ME
OMG MINE DID TOO
It’s alright! I’m giving it all of my Yes! Yes yes yes yes yes yesxinfinity!
I know that was a double post and all but you should know that I read it in the voice of the cartoon M Bison.
I love your Fallen London Urchin avatar!
Fanks!
YES
THIS SHIP IS ONLY A FEW WEEKS OLD AND IT IS SAILING
ITS ONLY LIKE A WEEK OLD I THINK
It’s as if Catwoman and Talia Al Ghul were just all “forget Batman”, and just started making out.
I want to fav that comment.
you misspelled fap…
I would be all about that.
are you implieng danny and ethan gonna become amazigirls super villiains?
Takei Force, featuring Chiseled Mangod and Danny Boy.
More like a rival superhero team, I think.
Though for her romance life, she may consider them enemies..
“…The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout ‘Save us!’…
…And I’ll look down and whisper, ‘Oh my.'”
Oh cool, it’s George Takei
It’s more like Lois Lane and Lana Lang…went….that…kissing…buh.
Wait, what day is it?
So I went looking for the earliest mention of the word “ship” in reference to these two in the comment section, and looks like it started with this strip: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/03-up-all-night-to-get-vengeance/evasive/ , which was June 9th. And who was the first to say it? (cackles triumphantly)
Gold Star 4 you
Aw dangit, I found older ones. Like, literally the first time they interacted.
what else can be expected from the comment-base of DoA?
Bad puns and running gags… oh, wait, you were speaking rhetorically, weren’t you?
I might just need to take your femurs for not understanding a rhetorical question on a written forum
but gags can’t run without femurs
Seems like in addition to an “F-Bomb” counter, we need a “ship counter” =p
We call those things either torpedoes or iceburgs.
Oh you.
Well,, Surface to surface missile have taken the job from torpedoes nowadays, unless submarines were involved.
Here’s one from alert reader Cassidy waaaay back in 2010: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/01-move-in-day/gay/
MOTHER FUDGEPACKER, IT’S FRICK-FRACKIN THERE. HOLY DINGUS.
Technically Ethan’s been complimenting his appearance for quite a while now. It just became like really obvious to most people this last week.
They’ve been “you’re the prettiest” “no you’re the prettiest”-ing each other the whole time.
It’s a yacht now.
Pretty sure it’s a Battleship by now.
nay, it is an Aircraft Carrier! A Spaceship even!
YES BISEXUAL DANNY FTW!!!
Goddamn I am so excited for this development.
Too early to ask for a slipshine of it?
a slipshine between 2 of the main male cast is lined up, so it is possible.
Wait, just 2? So… no Ethan/Danny/Amber threesome. 🙁
Two of the main /male/ cast, so technically Amber could be slipped in.
So very very yes.
YES I’M GLAD SOMEONE ELSE IS THINKING IT TOO
IT IS ALL I HAVE EVER WANTED
*Mimicking “1980-Something Space Guy” from Lego Movie*
*Having a trance*
WORTH IT!
*Kicks a trash can*
WORTH IT!
*Pushes a guy to fall on a grass*
WORTH IT!
*Pushing heads of two arm wrestling buff dudes to kiss*
WORTH IT!
DANTHAN!
*Shoryukens two random dudes*
DANTHAN!
DANTHAN!
*Shoryukens two random dudes*
DANTHAN!
whoa, doublepost what
even the site cant contain my excitement
/screaming quietly
I already saw it on Patreon but omg this strip makes me so so happy
Having to keep it a secret after seeing it on Patreon was one of the most painful things I’ve had to do.
And we all thank you both for your restraint! 🙂
Imagine being my wife having known about it for 4 years!
Wow. Your wife has the restraint of a nun (at least for not spoiling plot points, I have no idea what her restraint is like in the rest of her life). 🙂
Hmmm… So the secret to knowing what happens next is becoming a woman, hunting down your wife, and taking her place…
Let me just call up this plastic surgeon here… for completely unrelated reasons, I assure you.
I know that is supposed to be a joke but… man.
Not cool.
Not funny.
After seeing tomorrow’s, I can’t wait to see the reaction of folks round here in a couple of hours.
SO MUCH TEMPTATION
LITERALLY. CAN’T. EVEN. JUSTGOFORITDANNY AAARRRRRGHHH!
the only thing is, at this point at least, that would be a really really shitty thing to do to Amber.
WHO CARES AMBER IS KIND OF A SHITTY PERSON
#GOFORITDANNY
well that’s all well and good bu-u-WHAAAAAAAAAAAA?!??!
Wait, what? Why?
she’s kinda psychotic. Like, she reeeeaaaallly needs to sort out her own problems before dating.
Part of her problems is that Ethan came out of the closet on their prom night. Doing this would turn her into a supervillian. One that has already stabbed someone
Besides, we already have one broken miserable curvy woman. We don’t need two
Only one? Ruth’s plenty curvy enough.
I forgot about Ruth for a moment. Thank you for reminding me.(Caps lock warning) “THERE ARE ALREADY TWO TOO MANY BROKEN MISERABLE CURVY WOMEN! STAHP WILLIS STAHP” (End of caps lock)
That doesn’t make her a shitty person, though!
Doesn’t mean she should be given worse problems before she gets sorted!
She’s kind of psychotic because of the way everyone around her has acted throughout her life, and especially within these last few weeks. :/
She is actually trying to sort out her problems though – and with Dorothy and Dina behind her, I’m sure she can, with time.
She’s not a terrible person though – she is always trying to focus her skills and anger on assisting people, and she has been hiding herself away until recently to sort herself out when she noticed that yes, she was messed up.
I was going to disagree with all of you, but then I saw this (http://itswalky.tumblr.com/image/95321876487).
We have discovered Amazi-Girl’s true superpower. Any guy she likes turns gay.
That’s Iron Man / Captain America slash fic she read? Her enjoyment of it turned it canon. Just you wait for the Unrated version of Avengers 2.
That… Would have to be the absolute worst… superpower… ever!
It can be weaponized.
Only for a straight person.
My sister totally has this power. It annoys her but is really funny for everyone else.
Yeah, um, hi, I want that superpower. Desperately. DESPERATELY, I TELL YOU!
Agreed!
Amber is like Elsa, only instead of ice magic she has gay magic.
Pretty soon she’ll sing Let It Go after covering the campus in gay and creating a gay castle to stay in.
Oh. My. God. Now I can see this happening.
“I don’t care, what they’re going to say. Let the gay rage on, I’m never gonna get laid anyway!”
“Do you wanna fuck a snowman?”
oh god no, I just imagined Elsa’s sister singing that and… ew
also, that sounds kinda painful and cold.
Really gives a new meaning to “Love is an Open Door”, doesn’t it?
It’s been done. Just see Oglaf-dot-com (Definitely *NOT* safe for work!)
Ice Bucket Challenge Level : Grandmaster!
You guys and/or gals are brilliant.
“Do you wanna be a gay man?”
“Born of misty mountain air and shining sun combining.
This prismic force both foul and fair has a golden power worth mining.
So love from the heart, warm and clear.
Love for life and love for fear.
There’s beauty and there’s danger here, trust the color chart!
…beware the rainbow heart…”
The castle is actually a huge pile of men in a very intricate sexual position.
Yeah the fallout from this is gunna hurt..
oho!
The Gaydar readings are over 9000.
WHAT, 9000?
YES over 9000 *crushes gaydar*
There’s no way that can be right. CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN IT???
I use a Gaydar Thermometer.
And it just burst…
I wonder what a Gaydar Thermometer would look like.
It would double as a dildo, I’d imagine.
Gonna have to slow clap that one out.
So we are talking about a rectal gaydar thermometer?
penis shaped, with white mercury
No, not white mercury…
Freddy Mercury!
Pink and with glitter?
It’s just called a Gaymometer, sheesh!
All gaydar thermometers are clearly one-time use only.
My gayger counter is detecting intense levels of gaydiation.
IT TOOK ME UNTIL I READ THE HOVERTEXT TO REALIZE IT WAS DANNY HOOOOOOOOOOOOO BOY
SAME HERE
Oh Danny Boy the peen, the peen is calling
From glans to glans and up through your insides
Ethan’s hot and all your rosebud’s puckering
It’s you, it’s you must turn while he must ride.
Yes.
*”Grazing in the Grass” is still playing on the Muzak*
JUST KISS ALREADY!
OH MY FUCKING FUCK WHAT
YESSSS
Think of Amazi-girls bewbies Danny!
NO THIS MUST HAPPEN
NOW KISSSS
Right, because having an even bigger boner will improve this situation. XD
Ok then Danny think of Amazi-girl going to town with her tiny fists of fury on your face!
Knowing Roomies Danny, I’m sure that’s probably his fetish. It’s also mine.(Danny getting beaten up by ladies that is)
What we do know is that it’s Mike’s fetish.
Think of Ethan’s boobies, Danny.
But Danny doesn’t know that Ethan is gay??
I don’t know whether he knew before, but I think he’s catching on fast.
A comedy of misunderstandings? Surely not
FUCK
RIGHT NOW
Willis you bastard.
p.s. he looks so happy, it’s cute
EXPLOSIONS!!!!!!!!!
*cough*
Nice to see Mr. Torgue is a DoA fan.
Oh, uh, and we’re gonna need a bigger bunk, I think.
Hmm yes quite
An infinitely-expanding bunk to fit all the fanpeoples squealing
or something
Is there a couple you DON’T make me ship, Willis?!
You guys don’t haft to ship every last couple you think of.
Let’s see him try Blaine and Mary
I… I want to ship it, but at the same time, I hate Mary. More than I hated the original Danny even.
Yeah, but it’s Blaine. BLAINE.
I don’t think even Mary deserves Blaine, mainly because he’s an abusive fuck and also because the age difference is enough to throw that power balance even further into the awful zone than any ship with Blaine already would be.
Hmmm… Very well, I ship it now. So long as we never have to see either of them again. Unless there’s a coffin involved.
Um also there’s the huge age differential. Oh you just said that.
Yeah, the “abusive fuck” part is present in any and all Blaine ships, though, hence why I’d put it as the biggest obstacle to shipping because I wouldn’t ship him with anyone but getting hit with a large moving vehicle. There are people who Mary could, theoretically, be paired with that could sort of work,* but it’s absolutely impossible to have a healthy relationship when part of the equation is Blaine O’Malley.
But yeah, it’s a huge creepy age gap that amplifies the awful that would be involved.
* I mean, I can’t NAME anyone, but it’s a big enough campus that it’s POSSIBLE.
… I just made “getting hit with a large moving vehicle” a person. *Shrug* Eh, for him, planes and trucks would conglomerate into the world’s biggest combiner to give him a beatdown.
It was shipped with Ruth too, wasn’t it?
That’d imply people actually wanted that to happen.
There’s always at least one. :<
My favourite Blaine ship is “Blaine/in a crate, to Abu Dhabi.”
“Blaine sent back in time to 1912 and stranded on the Titanic.”
Blaine/big rig going over 65 mph OTP
launching a new ship: dinaXmike
That ship sailed ages ago, it’s already an alternate canon.
Now Mike/Mary, on the other hand…
I refreshed the site at least 3 times just waiting for the new comic and this was everything I could have hoped for
only 3???
If you know it’s coming at 12:01 and you start refreshing at 12:00, you only have to refresh so many times before it shows up.
I reiterate–only 3??
Meanwhile Ethan is thinking ‘what is poking me?’
“Is that a rolled-up Robovac comic in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?”
Oh, wait…I’m laying on a stick.
but Ethan is on top…
…ooooohhh
How long do I have to scream “YEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!” at my screen (in a public place, yet) to make that thought balloon canon?
BUT IT IS
THEY’RE BOTH BLUSHING THE SHIP WILL HAPPEN YESSSS
Guys, is it hot in here?
Come ooooonnn – do it.
DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT
PLEASE BE A THING!!!!
Sweet.
Ethan, you suck!
Wait, no that won’t work
How does Ethan suck? Danny’s the one thinking it.
It’s not an insult! It’s a command!
Only in your world
…YOU’RE MAKING ME ROOT FOR A DANNY SHIP. THE IMPOSSIBLE HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.
I literally screamed when I saw this on Patreon. I’ve been waiting 24 hours to read these comments.
This strip became much more exciting when I realized who the thought bubble was coming from.
I did a double take when I realized, and thought “no way”, but then I read the hovertext.
Yeah, I skim read it and thought “whatever”, then followed the balloons and was like woah
Huh. I did not see that coming. Bravo, Willis. Way to keep me guessing
This is one of those times when only internet-speak can express my discombobulation…:
OMG wat.
SCREAMING AND FLAILING FOREVER.
I’m telling you! Amber and Ethan share him and everyone wins! Yes, even Danny!
especially Danny lmao
Don’t forget Joyce!
omg yes I’m so hoping for polyamorous ethan/danny/amber at this point
And Dorothy in the Mix hopefully.
Dina, surely!
If in no other way than watching and commenting how weird mammals are.
No no no, Dorothy’s over in the Walky/Dorothy/Joyce threesome. Or so I surmise from the general direction of the comments.
Exactly. Don’t get the poly triads mixed up. Although I might also lean towards Dorothy/Joyce/Sal. Maybe even Dorothy/Joyce/Sal/Billie/Ruth for maximum sapphic fun.
Hey, there can always be a six-way orgy. You don’t know!
Hear, hear! I am so hopeful for that at this point – I just want to see the three of them snugglehugging at some point.
Of course, it won’t happen, because that would mean they’re happy, and Willis feeds on the tears of his characters (and readers).
And it would be nice to see a poly relationship where two of the people in it aren’t sexually active with each other but they make it amorous aspects of it work and also share Danny nicely. 🙂 BTW, I really am impressed by real life poly relationships that make it work because that kind of communication takes work!
No one can resist that chest. NO ONE.
Another thing Amber and Ethan have in common.
I now want this to be canon:
Danny: “Uh… should we go back to your room?”
Ethan: “Why?”
Danny: “…no reason.”
Ethan: “Uh, okay?”
*enters room*
*sees shirtless Jacob*
*both flee room with embarrassed look*
Danny would just Danny it up
bisexual danny confirmed. praise the willis.
I’ll assume bicurious for now.
http://www.itswalky.com/2013/09/23/its-bi-visibility-day/#comment-190495
Bisexuality confirmed! Carry on, dudes.
Praise him!
Willis teases us and teases us. But the best part of this comic? The look of semi-horror on both their faces. Because I totes know they were thinking the same thing.
“Did I just imagine kissing a guy!?”
“Why’s he looking at me like that?”
“Ew, gross. I don’t wanna kiss a DANNY. I’d rather kiss a JOYCE. A JOYCE. BLEGH”
Ethan could easily be gay only for Jacob… Danny? “Adorable” but pass
TRAGIC
Amber will go crazy if both the guys she dated go gay for one another.
Amber goin’ crazy’s a done deal already. I mean, Amazi-Girl’s awesome, but she’s totally loony-tunes.
Maybe she’d go crazy, but not in the way you think.
Wonderful catch!
All Ethan has to do is dress up as Nightwing and he’s got Danny in the bag.
Just kiss already! You know you want to.
On an unrelated non-yaoi-fanboy note, I dig the “sketch-like, WIP” look of the thought bubble. Great effect!
yeah, that’s a really nice touch!
Now then, BACK TO THE YAOI FANBOYING
YES YES I approve of this development. 😀
This is even better than I could have imagined.
Wow. Y’know if someone hadn’t made that Tumblr post lining out everything, I might be doing a double take these past few days.
“Oh hey, it’s been 5 minutes let’s see if this has any comm-”
*drowns*
You don’t know us very well, do you
WELL PLAYED WILLIS
WELL
PLAYED
The title got me there for a second, so when I read the strip I reacted so loud I woke my dogs up. Maybe the only moment ever when I’m thankful my internet connection ain’t the fastest
Now if you’ll excuse me
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA—
It’s a good thing I’m the only one here right now, cause I yelled really loud when I saw where that thought bubble was going.
Best gravitar/comment pairing in the thread so far (8 minutes after strip posted)
And I’m just now noticing the fading effect on panel 2 and the overflow on panel 3.
All we need now is for Mike to take an Instagram of this moment.
OH
Danny learned that looking at Ethan up close sets off the A-Team theme in his head.
Think about it.
6 minutes and over 70 comments might be a new record.
It looks like over 200 in under 20 minutes.
322 by 12:50 AM.
13 hours and over 800 comments. I wonder how many comments are going to be about how many comments there are?
DO EEEET
Only 2 days since Joe told him to cool it, and he’s already got another love…
Danny, It’s been 2 weeks. You’ve already crushed on a geek girl, nearly banged an ex-chearleader, Made out with a superhero who happened to be aforementioned geek girl, and now this? Did you just hit the Poon jackpot?
Pretty sure this doesn’t qualify as getting poon unless Ethan’s been keeping an even bigger secret in two universes.
I’m gonna leave here. Seems appropriate.
I’m really glad this story happened after Bring Back Roomies ended. Encouraging people to ship Danny with more and more characters would really undermine the ‘Danny is terrible’ narrative going on in the commentary.
Just realized that thought bubble is coming from Danny
My ship, my ship <3
This was a nice strip.
This is a fairly momentous occasion, as Danny rarely learns anything about other people, let alone himself.
Learning is contradictory to Danny’s personality.
Remember what I said a phew strips back?
What the fuck is a phew?
In most contexts, a sigh of relief.
Is there a way to like a comment on this thing
Okay so there are enough intersecting relationships now that Willis can just publish an orgy slipshine and call it a day, right?
An orgy is just one more slipshine story. If it’s a whole bunch of sequential couplings… more slipshines to sell!!!$$$
A while ago, I don’t remember where, I asked Mr. Willis if a dude-on-dude Slipshine, and I politely requested that it be Ethan and Drew (from the Walkyverse), and not Ethan and Manny (also from the Walkyverse)–IMHO, Drew is hot and Manny is not. Mr. Willis said a dude-on-dude Slipshine was inderd forthcoming, but a pair that was yet to be revealed.
I think we all can see where this is going . . .
Fastest rate of commenting ever! Achievement unlocked: “Set The Internet A-Buzz!”
And we have hit 100 comments at 12:08, beating the unofficial 12:10 record from when Ruth kissed Billie. Well done,,boys.
And this kiss is only fictional! Imagine if they actually DID kiss.
I saw it’d hit the 230s by 12:26, I didn’t know it hit a hundred THAT fast.
Impressive.
Once again…
OH…MY!!! 😀
YES!
I didn’t click the patreon email last night because I wanted the anticipation and it so paid off.
Is it weird to be sexually attracted to boys, but not want to go on a date with them or dance with them? My main attraction is to girls, but some boys occasionally show up in fantasies.
not at all, actually. Most people express at least some degree of bisexuality.
Thanks – I didn’t know that.
Nah, just do whatever’s comfortable for you.
Only if it’s wierd that I love girls but find their junk gross. I like everything about em but then I get to crotches and I’m like…nope nope nope.
perhaps you’re heteroromantic asexual?
Maybe. But I don’t like labels. I’s just straight, yo!
Word!
Straight is not a label the same way male is not a gender.
+1
+ another 1
True ’nuff. I should point out I don’t really like straight as a label much either, but feel it’s ambiguous enough to my preferences that I’m ok with being identified as such. You’se can call me whatcha wants, I guess. I just probably won’t call myself such.
Try “I’m a person”
It works for me.
Although, admittedly, I do enjoy being able to say that I’m a high five on the Kinsey scale, because… come on… I’m a HIGH FIVE! I am a CONGRATULATORY GESTURE, PEOPLE!
Kinsey five!
*snap*
this reference makes me happy
Funny enough, the term “pomosexual” (a shortening of “post medern sexuality”) was coined for people who do not wish to identify their sexuality.
I’m the same way. 🙂
I’m the same way. Made certain classes of Family Development and Human Sexuality I took uncomfortable enough to make me physically ill. My partner of almost five years is probably the only one I can look at without feeling ill. Just talked about conducting some biology lessons soon.
Nah. People think of sexuality as a strict line or spectrum, but really, it’s a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, sexy-wexy… Stuff. I have the occasional dude show up in a fantasy, but literally zero interest in them in the real world. Just a brain thing. Whatever works for you, man.
Sounds like you’re a heteroromantic bisexual.
I’m exactly like that. I’m a male and I like having sex with men on occasion, but I don’t get the urge to kiss them or date them. Dancing is ok I guess, but I’m not even that big of a fan of it with women. I’m all for romance, kissing, dating and sex with women.
It may actually be “weirder” to be “completely” straight or gay than anything else. Or AS weird. Or maybe nobody is weird. I mean, okay, I’m weird, but not for that reason.
Romantic and sexual attraction is separate. You can be romantically attracted to girls while being sexually attracted to girls and boys(and possibly all the other people). So, no, it’s not weird. S’all good, dude.
See Ethan, when you repress your homosexuality it builds up and leaks into other people.
…and suddenly I am A-Ok with him having the wrong thing going on with Joyce. Seep some more!
Omg, It’s contagious, how could I have been so blind. No wonder Joyce has been straying from the path of righteousness.
…or TO the path of righteousness, because I wouldn’t exactly call crippling and harmful sexual repression ‘righteous’
I died XD XD
okay now that I’ve calmed down…
look at the stress-line underneath Danny’s eyes in the last panel. Methinks this ship will take a while to sail into canon.
You REALLY want them to have a threesome with Amazigirl for your SMUT, eh Willis?
At least he has a decent setup behind it.
actually the next slipshine will be guy-on-guy, no threesome.
Well I guess I won’t read that one. 😛 Or if I do I’ll skim it.
You’d have to pay to do that )=p
[pretty sure the free Slipshines were a one-time thing–or you shouldn’t *count* on that happening again]
That leaves me very conflicted. Although, not surprised. When the possibility first occurred to me, I thought, “Willis is the kind of guy who’ll actually do that, isn’t he? And then I’ll feel very conflicted.” And there it is.
Ethan and Danny bang. Amazigirl comes to apologize to Danny. Sees them. Joins in. Uses an amazi-strapon. It really writes itself.
YESSSSSSSSS <3
This strip alone makes me want to buy a physical copy.
Over 100 comments in under 8 minutes, that’s gotta be some kind of record.
For God’s sake, why does every vanilla or breeder assume that gay life is built around putting a stick into a hole at waist level? There are lots of other fun things to do besides ‘buttsecks’, involving hands or mouths or legs.
You know, holding hands, meals taken together, and long romantic walks.
And gentle, tender sex together, too.
whoa, what? Most of the comments to that effect are joking.
I Don’t think they ment to post it here
No, it looks like the comment filter deleted the comment I was originally responding to, and so my response got attached to another comment entirely.
woah chill
They intend to be joking, yes, but it’s not a very funny joke.
Think about it — whenever a couple representing your sexuality comes up, the first thing people talk about is a form of sex that many of them find disgusting. That’s damned insulting — it reduces a complicated, painful, and, frankly, terrifying experience…oh, my God, I’m fantasizing about *him*…into something gross. When I refer to straights as ‘breeders,’ it does the same thing: it reduces you to a set of genitals.
And it’s insulting.
could easily be they thought that “buttsecks” meant vigorous butt-rubbings
like what Joyce wants
yeah, but “breeders” is also pretty gender essentialist, so it’d be cool if you didn’t use it, thanks
That’s the exact point JWLM was making.
no it wasn’t
by reducing straight people to their genitals, they meant that they were focusing solely on the reproductive capacity of straight people, disregarding the fact that there are plenty of straight trans people who don’t have that capability
(not to mention all the infertile/sterile cis people)
It is gender-essentialist, and it is bigoted, and it is vile. It’s fucking offensive on so many levels.
I have a problem, though. I want to make the majority stop and think about what those ‘jokes’ truly are. I behave offensively in the hope of shocking people into rethinking those assumptions, and I’ve found that it’s often the only way to make them think.
Can you suggest a better approach? I’m open to hearing it.
except the people who make those jokes aren’t going to care about that
all in all, maybe don’t use a word with racist and cissexist connotations to make your point to cishets
@JWLM: Except, the people who would listen to you already know that, so really you’re just being insulting and vile to people who don’t need to hear it.
@JWLM
Since it’s such a vile, horrible term, why are you using it? If your aim is to get people to stop and think about what they’re saying, then I propose not insulting them with a yet another bigoted term.
It’s very gender essentialist, and is often used in gay community spaces to insult and de-legitimize bisexuality/pansexuality. Plus it used to be used to refer to slave women, so it’s also got a pretty dang racist history going on.
Yup. It’s been used against me — in literal fact, my spouse and I have three biological children. I *am* a breeder, and that fact has been thrown in my face more than once.
I confess that using the term is also an attempt to reclaim the word. Yup, I’m a breeder. I’m here, I have kids, get used to it.
Then why insult people with that very same term?!
I know right!?
I mentioned yesterday that I vaguely watch the comments on “event strips” like this, and this is the fastest I’ve ever seen it hit 100. Ruth kissing Billie was close.
Just to make it more awkward than it needs to be.
Danny Performs a (Butt) Sex. And For a First Time He Didn’t Dan it Up. (Except Up the Butt)
Naw man. Danny will never not Dan it up. He’s Danning up being straight right now.
That is… technically correct? The best kind of correct?
ok yoto i know you hate danny but dont make it sound like him realizing he’s bi is some kind of mistake pls
Yeah, do not present “realizing one is bisexual” as “fucking up”, please.
Y’know when I was commenting this I thought “Is this too much of a sore spot, or will people understand I’m kidding and let it slide”. I don’t at all think being gay or bi is a mistake or in any way bad.
Apparently the only thing that got Danned up in this section of discussion was your joke. Does that qualify as being very meta?
They can’t all be gems. I’ll be the first to admit I ain’t exactly PC. I Danned it.
You Dan bad.
I just remembered this storyline’s title contains the phrase “Dingdong Bandit.”
Make if that what you will…
…omg… ETHAN’S GONNA STEAL DANNY’S DICK.
FROM AMBER, WHO IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING!
Maybe the dingdong bandit is in fact a slang term for a guy who takes someone’s butt virginity.
I think that term is “butt pirate” because they’re “after yer booty.” (Although the term has been used by mean-spirited schoolkids enough that it doesn’t see use in kind company very often.)
A dingdong bandit likely steals a man’s dingdong virginty, instead. I’m… not entirely sure how one does that with a whiteboard. Maybe a whiteboard DRAWING of a dingdong bandit?
Imagine Amber’s reaction when she discovers both her love interests have a thing for each other. I’m picturing a Star Trek 2 reference, but with Amber instead of Kirk
She’ll start dating Billie to get back at Danny. At least, that’s what I hope.
Two young ladies with amazing racks and problems with self-worth what could possibly go wrong
ETHAN!! ETHAAAAAAAN!!!!!!
I’m assuming Amazi-Girl is about to arrive on the scene.
I’m calling it now. The rest of August and September is just going to be teasing Danny/Ethan, only to have it not happen.
Too late! Someone already called it in one of the previous comics. Yesterday’s, I think.
I *did* say “ABSOLUTELY NOTHING” would happen.
Technically…
THE SHIP IS STRONG WITH THIS ONE
That’s what they said about the Titanic. Who’s up for a looming iceberg?
No that would break my heart.
Wait this is a Willis comic nevermind
I can think of a pretty damn big iceberg in a blue mask right about now.
Amber just doesn’t get a break does she?
At least she’ll be happy that Ethan is finally going with who he truly is. Also, Danny is bisexual, and Sal is extremely hot.
Thank you for making a crappy day have a better ending (this updates at 11:01 PM for me)
The comments are the best part about this. THE BEST.
1 – Amber or Amazi-Girl is standing right there.
2 – Danny caves to peer pressure homophobia.
3 – Joyce is standing right there.
D – All of the above.
I like how you went from ‘3’ to ‘D’ 😉
That’s because when Varius wants the D VArius goes and gets the D.
Do I know you?
we all know each other on the DoA comment board
dontforgetyourhereforever.gif
The ride never ends!
Danny, don’t, it’d be really shitty to do that to Amber. And actually, it’d be shitty for Ethan to do that to Joyce, too. So yeah, don’t. No matter how happy it’d make the fanbase.
Joyce and Ethan’s relationship was founded on Joyce thinking she could “cure” Ethan and using him to hide from her own sexuality. That entire relationship’s existence is so shitty that ending it will be a mercy kill.
Danny, though, Danny’s point is valid.
Agreed. Very much agreed.
Oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god!!! Even tho he’s not real, oh my god!!!! That was Danny’s cloud thing!
Maybe, he read too many opf how’s fan mails that Joe scared after doing so many yahoo fan girls over the years?
So, I can see the exact point where your excitement overwhelmed either the language centers of your brain, your autocorrect, or both.
It’s okay, just take a deep breath, and then continue commenting.
Is Danny bi?
yes. oh-so-very-much yes.
Isn’t anyone worried about how Amber might take this?
Yes, very. I mean, Ethan/Danny is super cute and all, but if something were to happen at right this moment there would be emotional fall out for lots of people. Amber especially. And also Joyce, but the whole Ethan and Joyce arrangement was doomed to terrible results from the start.
Oh dear God yes. If this happens/goes further, or she sees it…I mean, she has hella issues already.
There are 36 (soon to be 37) mentions of “Amber” (see, there we go; 37) in this chain. Pretty sure folks are worrying, or wondering, or perhaps eagerly anticipating.
Like, I am honestly worried for her reaction about Danny, but let’s think about differently.
She was so broken because Ethan was hiding his homosexuality, repressing it and now “dating” a super duper Christian Joyce. Despite possibly losing Danny, she will witness what she wanted to see, since she supported him so much – Ethan accept himself and find some love.
I am pretty sure Amber can handle it, if she finally sees that Ethan accepted himself to himself and found love, and the fact that she hasn’t talked to Danny for a while.
So please, Ethan, do one thing for me?
Come and get your love, come and get your love, come and get your love now!
Come and get your love, come and get your love, come and get your love now!
Come and get your love, come and get your love, come and get your love now!
Come and get your love, come and get your love, come and get your love now!
On one hand she might take it very poorly to have last another love interest which continues to involve the last one she lost.
On the other, she might consider this to be primo spank bank material.
*cough* lost another *cough*
Hmm…now which is preferable, happiness for Amber or happiness for Ethan?
(I suppose a magical problem-solving threesome would be too much to expect. =P)
What makes you think he be happy if Ethan keeps switching constantly ?
Yay!
Yay for glorious representation of bisexuality (or could Danny be homosexual/panromantic?)! I’ll just stay in my bubble of completely ignoring all the potential for caused suffering a little longer.
Well, Danny isn’t a virgin, and there was the ‘heavy petting’ with Amazi-Girl.
Past sexual experience doesn’t really have much of a bearing on your orientation. Plenty of people who have had “straight” sex discover later that they’re gay or bi. It happens the other way around too. But, point taken.
I meant more that, at least with the heavy petting, Danny seemed more than happy that it happened (he was practically skipping the next day). But your point still stands as well.
I think it was established that he A) had sex with Dorothy pre-series and B) had that heavy petting with Amber/Amazi-Girl that was mainly stopped by the costume being difficult to remove, so I’m leaning towards bi or pan. Not that that’s a guarantee with either case, granted.
Yeah, I think I agree there. Not that it’s of huge consequence. =) (also, yay)
danny is bi
even bigger YAY =)
“BI” THE WAY
DANNY AND BILLIE ARE A BI COUPLE
WOOHOO
Kerry, your pure joy over this is giving me so much life. XD As soon as i saw this i was looking for your reaction ha ha
aw, ty <3
OMG, you’re right! This opens the door for Walkyverse Slipshine orgies!
Wait WHAT?!!?……Poor Amber 🙁
Remember when Danny assured Amber that she wouldn’t leave her because he was gay?
God Dannit, Damny!!!
oh shi—-
Eh, we’re fiiine. He’s still not gay, after all. Which I’m sure will keep Amber from being upset.
To be fair, when it first came up, he never said he was straight, either. And it wouldn’t be because he was gay, it’s because he’s bi.
Still not going to be a pretty conversation if things go that way.
It would be interesting if Willis were to write a novel. He is excellent with setting up drama and emotional situations, then defusing the tension. The novel wouldn’t be DOA, I’d love to see it!
Who wants Willis to write a fiction novel? Show of hands!
Or a video? Like what I did last time? 😀
DoA is already approaching novel length, plus pictures. Why ruin a good thing?
I mean…. I’d buy it. I’d read it between Sanderson novels.
Only if he ever felt that he had a story to tell that felt as thought it wouldn’t be something that’d work out if he did it in a comic style.
…I think I messed up that sentence, but I hope I got the sentiment across.
so cute, so much Danning ahead, I can’t take this
As a person who has a tendency to dan things, I have to say that sometimes – SOMETIME – things work out!
So, Danny’s bi. Huh.
I NEED THIS. I didn’t know it until just now but I think I really needed this to happen.
Then it’s official: Willis is the Steve Jobs of comic strips!
Yeah, I never really thought about these two being together before, but they’ve got some great chemistry. I dunno, I’m surprised at how much I like these two together: I think it’s currently my favorite ship.
Seriously. The last few days have been some of Danny’s most likable. Part of it might be the self-deprecation, but I think mostly it’s him being able to goof off and have someone who’s supportive of him rather than his parents and Joe. And it’ll help Ethan that they’re bonding, in part, over those geeky interests he wanted to be known for rather than just being “the gay guy”.
This could be very, very good for them once they each find out the other’s into them. (Which, knowing the angst potential and current circumstances, could be a bit.)
pretty sure that’s exactly what Danny was just thinking!
See yesterday’s comment.
IT’S JUST LIKE ONE OF MY JAPANESE ANIMES
sekai ichi hatsukoi?
hopefully less sexual assault than that
METAL GEAR AWESOME 2 UGH!
Sailor Moon?
Cue Joyce emerging from the food court with Walky to see this in
3…
2…
Then we will see one of the most epic Joyce reaction faces EVER! >:D
even more epic than triangle smile?
LEAVE ROOM FOR JEEZUS
…is what my sister says jokingly whenever our parents are holding hands in our vicinity.
and is probably not what Joyce will say. I’m expecting her to go full Yandere if she sees this.
Well here’s another thing Danny and Billie have common besides not being the best at interpersonal relationships.
This is the best thing ever.
Ouga Chaka Ouga Ouga…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo-qweh7nbQ
Yes, excellent. I am pleased we’re on the same page.
OOGA CHAKA, OOGA OOGA OOGA CHAKA!
I fail to see what Guardians of the Galaxy has to do with this.
You do realise that this song existed long before that movie came out right?
Yes, but bringing Reservoir Dogs into it just raises further questions!
Boobs to the left of me
Boners to the right
Here I am
Stuck in the middle with you
And we brake the 200 comment mark! Go Fanbase! WOOOOOOO!
Whelp I was skeptical at first but I guess this ship is officially ocean bound. The S.S. Faz/Dina will be there soon. It’s just a series of broken planks of wood floating with a hankerchief sail.
Fuck yes.
Just gonna set this out here:
http://www.itswalky.com/2013/09/23/its-bi-visibility
goddammit Willis really is an evil genius
He plays the long game, and this person did a good job of spotting some early hints:
http://wendyandmarvin.tumblr.com/post/95218218070/you-know-i-was-initially-inclined-to-write-off
Thats awesome 🙂 He’s totally been checking Ethan out the whole time without knowing it.
Dang
Last few pages aside, this came out of /no where/ for me!
Go Danny Go!
or, or dont…Cause Ethan probably isn’t the best to experiment on, what with him repressing like hell and all.
Ah! Now the comments are all trippy.
I don’t get it. Does the last panel go back to the first or did they smile then go back to the same expressions? Also, knew he’d be bi.
Panels 1-3 were all in Danny’s head. Thus the alt-text and thought bubble-ness.
Aaaah I get it. I knew the bubble part was in his head obviously but I didn’t think the rest was. I see the border differences now.
Yeah, the little details on this strip are awesome. I think it might be my favorite just for those and because it’s a culmination of some good writing.
Danny Wilcox?
More like Danny WANTSCOX!
oh snap
Seeing the alt-text for this comic makes it EVEN BETTER.
*slow, admiring golf clap*
Wow, what a shitty thing to celebrate, considering what it’s bound to do to Amber, who’s clearly on the ropes already. I mean, yay for Ethan or whatever, but give me a break.
Oh, and Joyce, too.
Seriously.
Though I don’t actually care so much about Joyce’s reaction. It’s not that I wish Joyce unhappiness, but dating Ethan really couldn’t end any other way (other than Ethan never getting to be in an actual relationship with a dude & Joyce never getting to be in an actual relationship with a dude b/c they stay together forever… which doesn’t sound good to me).
Amber is the one ignoring Danny. If she had just gone to the comic book store with Danny, none of this would have happened.
ah yes, very good point.
The only thing I love more than lgbt representation is painful interpersonal drama. I’m having a good day.
I agree. This is why I’m celebrating more than I already was.
Love is basically a zero sum game. No one can get anywhere without burning a bunch of other people’s bridges to happiness. It’s just so naive to think otherwise.
And I think Amber can take care of herself.
I love this… May I use it?
ok, but poly relationships exist friend
Are you saying that polyamorous people burn less bridges to find happiness than… non-polyamorous people do? I’d like to think otherwise, friend.
Somewhere along the line the phrase “Pleased to meat you” will be used.
*Pulls Danny’s pants down* “Pleased to meat you”
whoa this ship is more about the romance than the secks I thought
I was raised on late 60s-70s Britcoms filled with all sorts of ‘in-your-end-dohs’ hence my pungeon master tendencies.
“Oh hey, we have a winner/wiener. “
^_^
I ASKED FOR SHOUJOU SPARKLE IMAGININGS.
I GOT SHOUJOU SPARKLE IMAGININGS.
I LOVE YOU WILLIS CLAUS
Also this is me being 1000% delighted that I’m Ethan on my phone and Danny on my computer.
Danny – I’m not sure what to think about my current boner….
Oh my fucking God. Willis is actually doing it.
NEW WEBCOMIC MVP
/Excellent/.
~Air-guitar’s with sound effects!~
I was going for more Mr. Burns.
It’s the little smiles in panel 2 that really make this for me.
If Danny was already my favorite character in this strip before this revelation went down, then I don’t even know what means of approval I could use to classify him now.
WELCOME TO THE QUEER KIDS TABLE, DAN. I AM SO, SO VERY HAPPY TO SEE YOU HERE.
Honestly, at this point, the queer kids table is much larger than the other one. Esp if you include Joyce’s sister, the author.
THIS IS NOT A BAD THING
and with that… i ship it.
im dead
Break the 300 mark! And I mean now!
Even better, it broke the 1,000 barrier.
Bi times at Indiana U.
300 coments!
Welp, we have confirmed ship. Mazel tov, gentlemen. May you two be very happy together, and may your relationship somehow help get Amber into some much-needed therapy and less somehow get Joyce her much-needed reality check.
… Aaaaaand I just remembered what Sarah said about what Dorothy’s going to do if and when she finds out about the whole “fixing Ethan” thing. There is no way this is going to end anything less than catastrophically for Joyce.
*Gets the popcorn*
Joyce: Ethan just dumped me, for a boy!
Dorothy: That’s too bad, but hey, at least yu’re respecting his sexuality and not trying to ‘fix’ him!
Joyce: heh heh, yes that is definitely something I am not currently doing. Heh heh.
Sarah *eyeroll*
Can you imagine it going that way? And lasting? Because that’s one badly-timed conversation away from being a reveal, if nothing else. (And I will ENJOY it.)
$100 trillion if Danny initiates the kiss.
If they’re going to kiss, I want it that way.
He almost did! Check out how he lifts his head in panel two. He was GOING FOR IT!!
And what happened then?
Well, in DOA-land they say
That Danny discovered
Bisexuality that day
That day, Ethan was amazed to discover that when he was saying “Booyakasha!” what he meant was, “I love you.”
His boner grew three sizes that day?
Yay non-heterosexual Danny! This makes me wonder if Walkyverse Danny ever realized he might not be 100% straight.
I like how far people go to ignore bi being a possibility (and not even Danny; people still not seeing Billie or Ruth as bi and not just lesbians…)
It’s like LG_TQ…
tbh, it’s mostly lgq
Eh, it’s a stupid acronym anyway. I’m not straight, but I’m not LGBTQ either. Or FABGLITTER, for that matter, and it’s ambiguous whether I’m QUILTBAG since there are multiple versions of that.
This is why I take a stand against enumerations. There will never be an enumeration for this that isn’t exclusionary. Gender and Sexual Minorities is the only suitable name I’ve ever heard.
I always assumed Billie was Bi and Ruth was Lesbian.
We have Word of God that Ruth’s bi, but Billie’s the only person in either universe that she’s exhibited a definite attraction to.
She had a relationship with a guy in the Walkyverse, but her reaction to their first time was bad enough that I don’t think it really counts. It’s pretty easy to read it as Ruth not being as into guys as she assumed she should be, though I think the actual explanation is more Young Willis’s fucked-up notions about sexuality.
So from the evidence, it’s not hard to assume that she’s only into girls. Or maybe only into Billie.
Nah, Ruth’s reaction was just Willis’ issues about sexuality at the time. She had pre-marital hanky panky for fun! She must angst and be punished! Besides she was with a guy who was completely self absorbed and was likely justa bad lay.
This is simply brilliant, in every way. Willis = my hero.
I promise I will care about Amber’s impending nervous breakdown when it happens, but for now, I am shipping the fuck out of this.
You know, when I saw yesterday’s strip, I thought this was silly ship-teasing, like what happens with Joyce/Dorothy. I didn’t think anything would come of it. “He loves trolling the shippers,” I thought. Turns out he was trolling me as well.
P.S. Willis, if you’re going to make any other teased ships canon, please give us Joyce/Dorothy, pleeeeeeaaaasssse? 🙂
P.P.S. So conflicted now. I love Danny/Amber, but Ethan/Danny is so cute, and it’d be great for Ethan to have a healthy relationship. Arrrrrgh. Poly triad, maybe?
I will be upfront that I’m probably woefully ignorant on polyamory, but the first thought I have whenever someone brings that up is that wouldn’t it kinda suck for Ethan and Amber? Danny’s attracted to both of them, but Amber’s attraction to Ethan couldn’t be reciprocated. I’m not saying there’s no way it would work, but Amber and Ethan’s history seems like a bad start to things.
it’s not like there’d be a shortage of love…?
if they actually did this, danny would find time for both of them
signed, a person with poly parents
i was thinking that earlier as well, but maybe ethan is possibly bi/panromantic and just hasn’t realized? that could maybe open up the way for a poly relationship for the three of them. though i’m also not that well-versed on polyamory so this might just be wishful thinking
ethan is gay, willis has confirmed this multiple times
you can be poly without dating all the partners of your partners
oh right, i forgot that he’d actually said that
okay, thanks for the correction ^-^
Thanks, Kerry, for bringing that up. I often forget to do so myself, since it kind of catches me off guard that it needs to be said at all.
no prob :>
Ethan might not be physically attracted to Amber, but he might well be capable of romantic attraction with her, especially if the two of them have Danny as a mutual connection.
I’m always rooting for the poly triad in fiction, and I have to say this is a configuration that would make me happy if I were Amber. In a few of the longer-term, stable poly relationships I know (several of which have been going on for 20+ years), if two of the partners are not sexually involved they are best friends. Ethan is gay, but he still mentions having… what I’d call “non-sexual partner” feelings for Amber. I’ve had these kinds of feelings for several people I wasn’t attracted to – the desire to just live in an apartment and sit next to them on the couch during movies for the rest of my life, while also being married to someone else I did share attraction with.
This is Willis and it’s also the first year of college, so it’s not like a stable triad that ends in a multi-partner marriage would make sense. But if this were a story that covered multiple years, a relationship like that does not seem unlikely at all, especially since Ethan has pre-existing non-sexual-but-partnerish feelings for Amber, and Amber has shown that she’s strongly attracted to guys who don’t fit gender norms.
I’m a lot like Amber. In fact, literally every guy I’ve ever been seriously attracted to has either been LGBTQ or had mannerisms that made lots of people assume they were (and often they were relentlessly bullied because of it). The first person I ever had a crush on was also the first out bi guy I ever met, so my default position on relationships was “if flexibility would make them happy, then it’s no problem for me.” I’m glad Willis has taken the time to point out that one of Danny’s fundamental personality traits is being respectful towards relationships he’s in even if he’s not entirely sure of his status, because that really increases the chances of this ending well, and helps counteract some harmful stereotypes about bisexuality.
So yeah, as someone who BASICALLY WAS DoA Amber in terms of my sexuality, (including being attracted to guys who needed rescuing), I don’t think this automatically ruins things. I don’t think it even increases the likelihood that Danny and Amber won’t work out.
It’s funny. For years, I’ve used “I’m rooting for the polyamorous triad” as a self-deprecating joke, meant to reference the fact that my tastes are so far outside the mainstream that I’m not often involved in typical ‘shipping wars.’ But now here’s DoA, constructing a highly shippable triad with canon potential.
See, that’s the other thing. I was shipping Danny and Amber/Amazi-Girl before, but I had my worries. Danny needs someone who will challenge him, but he also needs someone who will give him affirmations that prevent him from falling into a spiral of self-hatred when he inevitably Dans something up.
See, everyone’s posting more explicit references to sexy stuff, but this was the comic that made me experience human emotions:
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/04-the-whiteboard-dong-bandit/valid/
The irony is that they are perfect for each other. Dan dans up situations and Ethan ethans up situations.
If anybody in the cast besides Ethan was secretly gay(or is it bi?), it would be Danny.
Its like when my brother told me he was gay, the signs are there, but sometimes you need a little hint to make it all fall into place, and then you think, “It all makes sense now.”
They have both spent the entire comic looking for pretty much the exact same thing.
According to the criteria that Ethan told Mike, Danny seems perfect for Ethan recruit that Danny is not Jewish (that I know of).
Why did the blush lines change from vertical in panels 1-2, to horizontal in panel 3 and the daydream? On both characters.
Also, mandatory ‘oh my god fuck yeah bisexual Danny’ comment here. Fantastic revelation.
Then I remembered both have girlfriends. And Ethan is part of why Danny is dating Amazi-Girl and not Amber. (Amber has clearly states she has compartmentalized her mind into seperate parts, so the two are in fact, seperate identities, and Amber has what I would say is likely trauma-inspired PTSD and DID).
The daydream starts in panel 3.
Ack. Panel 2.
This is SO CUTE!! I honestly didn’t even think it was possible for me to ship Danny with ANYBODY. But it’s happened. It’s actually happened.
Now now, it is -totally- possible to be attracted to someone besides your SO. And it’s even possible to be attracted to someone of a different gender than your SO.
Just because Danny’s discovered he has the hots for Amber’s Ex doesn’t mean he’s going to dump her for him.
Though chances are good Amber might have fanfic about this exact scenario already…
This will only end in pain, I tell you!
Well, I’ll be Danned. This is the first time Danny might not Dan something up…excellent.
If he Dans this up I am going to be so angry. I want this to happen forever.
i’m sooooo excited for the drama and pain this will bring
thank u willis
of course a ghost-type would be excited for pain and suffering.
of course a ghost-type would be excited for pain and suffering.
I just did a 5 minute long fangirl squeal.
Quick, somebody get me an inhaler.
YESSSSS. I did not know I wanted this – but now I so, so do.
Much like Danny!
If these two don’t kiss passionately within the next 3 pages I am going to be very upset.
but it’s only been 2 days since he started going out with Amber/Amazi-Girl.
I thought they broke up…technically.
More like two days since he found out he had been dating Amber.
Everyone is gay for Ethan, and if you say “No” you are a damn liar!
360+ comments @ 1:13 AM
Aaaaaaand Danny just went from one of the least popular characters, to right up there at the top of the chart! cc;
Yep, called it. Danny and Ethan does a sex confirmed.
He’s dating Amber. Why do you all want him to cheat on Amber. If this was a girl you’d be screaming he’s Dannying it up.
What if I want to see Amber’s face when her ex boyfriend is boning her boyfriend? What if it’s because this will end badly I want it?
I’m guessing some people just want to see what happens if Amber were to well and truly snap
I’m picturing machine guns
I don’t think he’s dating Amber anymore, given that he was with her alterego and now she’s kinda avoiding him
even if this were true, I’m sure a lot of the people are thrilled to have some bi male representation for once, which is why they’re freaking out
it’s why I’m freaking out, anyway
/feels well and truly represented
It is pretty great, isn’t it?
People were saying Danny was danning it up when he intentionally was not cheating on his girlfriend.
So…
No matter what Danny does, someone will say Danny is danning it up.
Danny can choose between danning Ethan and danning Amber.
Meanwhile, looks like Ethan wants to Ethan Danny.
Because I want the Amber/Danny relationship to end, it’s unhealthy and based in a fantasy supported by lies and manipulation. Amber needs the support that Danny gives without the boyfriend angle.
He’s fallen for him. Literally! *Flails Uncontrollably*
I… I’m ashamed no one has said that yet.
aww man, I really need to brush up on my punnery skills.
OMG it took me this long to realize the thought bubbles were coming from Danny’s head.
nearly 400 comments and it’s only been an hour and a half. Impressive.
nearly 400 comments and it’s only been an hour and a half. Impressive.
It was over 300 comments just a half hour in.
WHHHYYY I HATE THIS SHIP OMG!!! I’m probably the only one who does. I need Amber with Danny xc…
There is a way for both to happen…
Why? They’re not exactly a stable, healthy couple. Amber needs to sort herself out, latching onto anyone, especially someone as acomidating as Danny is bad for her.
And this comic post officially gets the fastest amount of comments in the shortest amount of time.
Wait… You said that everyone’s sexuality in the Dumbiverse is the same as the Walkyverse.
Walkyverse Danny is bi?!
I can’t remember a SINGLE hint at that throughout the R/IW/J&W/SP archives!
Holy shit!
I guess so, Willis did say that Walkyversy Danny is retroactively bi too. Which is kind of neat, since both he and Billie who he ended up with started out being written as straight but were eventually retconned to be bi (although I guess it isn’t exactly retconning if it was never outright stated that they were straight).
It’s like with Gail Simone and Catman, she always felt he was bi but never expressed it while writing him, so it doesn’t show up in canon.
That’s what we call bi invisibility, bruh.
Maybe because he’s speant his entire adult life in a monogamous relationship with Billie? And he shifted out of the spotlight and into just making occasional cameos shortly after they hooked up for good?
I didn’t know I wanted it, but I guess I did.
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Oh, you shippers. Will you never learn?
This is THE WILLIS we’re talking about here. You won’t get any consummation. MAYBE you’ll get a kiss, like Billie & Ruth got, but then it will all go downhill.
MARK MY WORDS! DOWNHILL, I TELL YOU!
since the next slipshine pairing is m/m, I doubt it
…unless it turns out to be danny’s wet dream or something
that would be disappointing
Word of Willis? Because that would be joyous.
that is in fact Word of Willis
also your grav is so very fitting for your comment
Joyceous, you might say.
haha yes
I’d say “don’t give Willis ideas!” but knowing him he’s already got everything leading or not to that drawn already
I never said it was the next one! Just that it was coming.
welp, looks like I’m wrong then
I still think it’s going to be ethan/danny
D:
And so what can go wrong with this picture? think its already been listed.
Ethan came out to Amber in their bed in the motel on prom night…confessed he could not do it. That’s a bit of a shock to anyone in that position. And Danny threw her to the curb when she was at her lowest point.
At a later date they realize they really shouldn’t have shit on her that way.
So, I don’t think Amber needs either of them. She has a good friend in Dorothy now, admirers who actualy applaud her, and she is standing on her own two feet. I think she may be upset if she stumbles over these two doin’ the hokey pokey in the grass…but don’t think it will kill her.
Her bastard father is a different story on he other hand.
And yeah, these two need each other. Ethan needs acceptance, and Danny needs a friend that doesn’t use him as a showcase to show off his own perfect self.
Good luck Danny and Ethan. You’ll need it.
I think while she does have the admirers, she really needs significantly more than that considering the trauma she went through the previous weekend. Hell, the trauma she’s had for years, what with Sal. Especially considering this whole thing started in large part over their mutual concern for Amber’s mental health.
It’s not going to kill her, not alone, but it’s probably going to isolate her from two of the only people who could and want to help, and THAT could start another major spiral. Unless maybe Dina’s able to step up and provide some serious emotional support, which is possible but not all that likely. She’s still getting the hang of it herself.
I dunno if I’d call Dorothy a “good friend”. Amber gave an interview as Amazi-Girl, and Dorothy knows that her neighbor is Amazi-Girl, but that’s pretty much it. It’s not like they’ve hung out or anything, at least that we’ve seen.
Besides, they are cute together.
The cutest!
YES!!!!!!!! I’M SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS SHIP!!!!
Sooooooo…
Is this the basis for a future “Danny and Ethan Perform a Sex”?
the Willis has said things to that effect, yes.
oh my god
I’ve never seen this many comments
WILLIS
I’m just waiting for Danny to suddenly get awkward whenever Joe is in his underwear.
he already has. I’m not much good at archive-fu, but there has been at least one strip where Danny was uncomfortable with Joe in his underwear.
I think at the time it was more of a characteristic Danny being kinda… Danny. Now that he’s learned of tendencies he might start to see Joe in a new light.
Doubt it. They’ve been friends since kindergarten; it’d be like if Walky and Billie magically stopped seeing each other as pseudo-siblings.
Billie totally wants to be the meat in a Walkerton sandwich.
that works on more levels than it should.
And now we wait until Amber and Ethan fight over Danny
Based on the comments, I honestly believe this is the most highly supported ship in the history of this strip…Knowing Willis, it is for that very reason, completely doomed. Pre-emptive DAMN YOU WILLIS!
Okay. Props. I did not see that coming.
Still have this page open. Everytime I look at it, it makes me smile. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside (even more now that I’m sipping my way through this beer).
David, keep up the good work.
There you see him.
Lying there on the grass.
He is just about to ask
‘Cause there’s something about him.
He don’t know why.
But he’s dying to try.
He’s got to KISS THE BOY!
Sha la la la la la! My oh my!
Come on don’t be shy!
Go on an kiss the boy!
Woah woah!
Sha la la la la la! Don’t take long.
Don’t be alone.
Go on and kiss the boy.
I worried about what you might try to rhyme with “grass” . . .
Shalalalala
My oh my
Looks like the boy’s too shy
Ain’t gonna kiss the guy
Shalalalala
Ain’t that sad
it’s such a shame
Too bad, you’re gonna miss the guy
go on and kiss the girl (kiss the guyl)
hang on… that thought bubble… is coming from danny.
oh.
Oh my.
It took me one second to notice the thought bubble was coming from Danny’s head… things just got more interesting xD
DO IT ALREADY!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAH! 😀
AAAAAAAwhatarewescreamingaboutAAAAAAAAAH!
I feel like this is kinda Willis writing slash fiction about parts of his own psyche. If Walky gets in on this it will be a full on “protagonist” orgy. (As much as you can them protags anyway) At the same time this is totally hot in that I was not expecting them both to be into it kind of way. I don’t even remember these two interacting in the other universe which makes it even hotter somehow.
you know, just because someone writes a character doesn’t make them part of the writer’s psyche. These two should be considered as people when talking about the story, not two parts of an evil whole.
Blaine being part of Willis’ psyche would be worrying.
I mean, Willis is evil, but in a completely different way.
willis said blaine was based off of the voice in his head that constantly criticizes him or something to that effect
I dunno, both Ethan and Danny have been the mains and POVs of their own separate comics.
I AM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW
DAVID WILLIS I LOVE YOU
And across campus, Amazi-Girl perks up.
“Yaoi-Sense. TINGLING.”
The next strip will reveal that Ethan was thinking of Danny thinking about this.
I’m worried next strip will be Amber seeing this. And I worry this will send her back into a downward spiral when she just seemed to be getting happier with herself as amazi-girl a few strips back.
But I also totally want these dudes to kiss.
It went there!
IT WENT THERE! 😀
*gleeee*
Also. That’s some great panel comic making there. [not sure how to say it – comic panels using to great effect(?) ]
I’m starting to get the impression that Willis’s universe may have a slightly different straight-bi-gay demographic breakdown than real life does.
Well, unless all those stuffy religious people actually are gay. In that case it probably lines up.