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by David M Willis on October 22, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - When Somebody Loved Me
└ Tags: ethan, joyce

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  1. Camachri
    Camachri
    October 22, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    AAARGH. FEELS.

    • CommunistCanada
      CommunistCanada
      October 22, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      My first Awww Moment.

      • rachel
        rachel
        October 22, 2014 at 1:50 am | #

        WELCOME

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          October 22, 2014 at 8:28 am | #

          He’s not officially welcomed until he’s had his first ‘Damn you, Willis’ moment. Of course, if he’s only now having his first ‘Awww’ moment, he may have already had the other.

          • WikiDreamer
            WikiDreamer
            October 22, 2014 at 10:33 am | #

            Wait wait wait…I’ve had MANY a Damn You, Willis moments. Why was I never officially welcomed? ;^;

            • Harr0wed
              Harr0wed
              October 22, 2014 at 1:47 pm | #

              If you didn’t announce it, they wouldn’t have know?

              • CommunistCanada
                CommunistCanada
                October 22, 2014 at 11:53 pm | #

                I Haven’t yet said Damn you Willis, but I expect to soon if this storyline turns out the way I fear it will.

    • Anderhail
      Anderhail
      October 22, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

      Just finished doing a complete archive binge again today, which led right into this emotional sucker punch. A part of me distinctly wishes I could afford Patreon rates in order to see tomorrow’s, but another part of me feels like that would be a spoiler?? Regardless, sniffles abound.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        October 22, 2014 at 6:59 pm | #

        nah, a spoiler would be the gist of the content rather than the actual content early and/or out of order

  2. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    October 22, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    just a *little* creepy that Joyce can get in wherever she wants on campus unimpeded

    • Dean
      Dean
      October 22, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      Her giant triangular mouth allows her to chew through doors and walls with little difficulty.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        October 22, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

        And her giant blue eyes can see through walls, as well as into your soul.

        • Ahighfunctioningsociopath
          Ahighfunctioningsociopath
          October 22, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

          And her brown hair lets her blend in when she needs too.

          • L33tmaster
            L33tmaster
            October 22, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

            And don’t forget the lord is on her side, and that fact that she’s a master lock picker has nothing to do with anything…..

            • JWLM
              JWLM
              October 22, 2014 at 1:14 am | #

              No, no, no — Christ is her Master Lock Picker.

              • ninja_jesus
                ninja_jesus
                October 22, 2014 at 2:05 am | #

                She has a special Crucifix lock pick set: Complete with Jesus on the Cross torsion wrench and a Centurion Spear rake pick.

              • ANeM
                ANeM
                October 22, 2014 at 2:56 am | #

                I’m sorry, but everyone knows that the Lord and Savior Jill Valentine is the Master of Unlocking.

                • Lume
                  Lume
                  October 22, 2014 at 3:30 am | #

                  Her faith moves mountains and the lock tumblers.

                • Lume
                  Lume
                  October 22, 2014 at 3:30 am | #

                  Mt Fuji has been relocated to Montana.

                • Jen Aside
                  Jen Aside
                  October 22, 2014 at 3:32 am | #

                  The Lord works in mysterious keyholes?

                • Just for kix
                  Just for kix
                  October 22, 2014 at 3:41 am | #

                  He opens the doors for you, not exactly the way you think he would though.

      • Kennerly
        Kennerly
        October 22, 2014 at 12:42 am | #

        Having textbooks, laptops and other personal items stolen from dorm rooms must be a huge problem at this university. There is no security at all!

        • All-purpose guru
          All-purpose guru
          October 22, 2014 at 12:54 am | #

          Pretty typical dorm, actually. We had contests where we would open a random door on the floor with our own key. One guy could open any door on the floor with his key in under three seconds. We never had to pay the RA $5 for the locked-out fee, he did it just for the challenge (and the occasional beer.)

          • Rachel Roth
            Rachel Roth
            October 22, 2014 at 10:18 am | #

            Got it… I REALLY don’t want to live in a dorm.

            • Marisa Mockery
              Marisa Mockery
              October 22, 2014 at 3:36 pm | #

              We had personal safes on the walls for this reason. Don’t know how well they kept people out, but no one ever tried it to my knowledge.

            • Disloyal Subject
              Disloyal Subject
              October 22, 2014 at 5:40 pm | #

              Having a little faith in humanity can prove surprisingly effective.
              Hanging medieval armaments all over your bed probably doesn’t hurt either.

              • Jen Aside
                Jen Aside
                October 22, 2014 at 7:00 pm | #

                unless they fall on you in your sleep, THAT might hurt

                wonk wonk

        • LWS
          LWS
          October 22, 2014 at 7:13 am | #

          The RA is a little distracted with her issues so she probably isn’t doing a lot of surveillance either. I guess that’s why they need Amazi-Girl…..

          • Jams
            Jams
            October 22, 2014 at 5:19 pm | #

            Ruth is RA to the girls wing; the boys have their own RA.

        • Eric Burns-White
          Eric Burns-White
          October 22, 2014 at 9:39 am | #

          You would be stunned at how many students leave their doors unlocked at any given school. Whether they’re in the room or not.

          And a lot of kids leave their dorm rooms unlocked as a matter of course when they’re actually [i]in[/i] the room. If they wake up and have to run out to pee, they don’t want to accidentally lock themselves out.

          So it has been, so it shall be.

          • Dragon_Nataku
            Dragon_Nataku
            October 22, 2014 at 11:38 am | #

            and then there’s that one roommate I had who lost her key on like day two of the semester and then would bongo me out whenever I dared to lock our room door. So it was either leave it unlocked or get bongoed at forever. So much of my shit got stolen that semester ^=__=^;;

            • itachi_0501
              itachi_0501
              October 22, 2014 at 12:51 pm | #

              Maybe that shouldn’t have been advertised…? 🙂

            • Oberon
              Oberon
              October 22, 2014 at 8:50 pm | #

              So tell her you’re going to lock the door, and that her solution to her problem with that is to pay to get her lost key replaced.

              Why was that a difficult problem to solve?

              • Riku
                Riku
                October 22, 2014 at 11:04 pm | #

                Bro you’re asking a lot from Dana

          • Heather
            Heather
            October 22, 2014 at 1:23 pm | #

            I learned to lock my door even while I was in it fairly fast when I woke up one day in first year and found a stranger sleeping on my bedroom floor. He was someone’s brother who had got drunk and thought was in his sister’s room. I’m a deep sleeper so didn’t hear him stumble in at god knows what hour. He’s lucky I didn’t step on him when I woke up.

        • Nyxness
          Nyxness
          October 22, 2014 at 6:18 pm | #

          I and most people I know leave our dorm rooms unlocked most of the time, whether we’re in them or not. Haven’t heard of anybody having a problem with theft. The only restriction on dorm entry is that you need to scan your student ID to get in (and that’ll get you into any dorm, not just the one you live in). I guess a big part of that is just the culture of my school, though; if I went to a large public university I’d probably keep my door locked.

      • Shaows
        Shaows
        October 22, 2014 at 5:41 am | #

        So you’re saying that Joyce is a Langolier?

    • Tunaro
      Tunaro
      October 22, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      She has clearly been taking Dinosaur Ninja lessons from Dina.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 22, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      That girl is a friggin’ jumper. Some people have all the luck.

    • Morgauxo
      Morgauxo
      October 22, 2014 at 9:17 am | #

      Most of my college years were pre 9/11. Also there have been various high profile school shootings and other bad events. I remember doors being unlocked a lot more than they probably are now. I think Willis went to college about the same time I did.

      • Killjoy
        Killjoy
        October 22, 2014 at 9:22 am | #

        The dorms where I went to college in the early 90s had:

        Locked front door

        24-hour front desk staff and ID checks to get anywhere past the desk between 11pm and 6am

        Locked rooms

        Random sweeps of the hallways by night dorm staff

        Mandatory meetings, mandatory fire-drills, mandatory etc.

        Needless to say, I only lived on campus for one year…

        • Eric Burns-White
          Eric Burns-White
          October 22, 2014 at 9:41 am | #

          That was all the same as the dorms I went to in the 80’s. However, when you got past that front door — by living in the door, or having someone sign you in — then the security inside the dorm proper was pretty lax. Yeah, they’d sometimes walk through just to make sure there was nothing weird, but for the most part the interior of the dorm was a free zone.

  3. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    October 22, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Joyce and Et-FUCK!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 22, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      You know damn well they can’t do that.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        October 22, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

        They can, it just won’t be enjoyable by…well either of them at this point.

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      October 22, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

      I think that might be anatomically improbable for Steven Spielberg’s classic movie alien.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        October 22, 2014 at 12:51 am | #

        The Cinema Snob has reviewed several movies that would disagree with you.

  4. Cephalo the Pod
    Cephalo the Pod
    October 22, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    So, placing bets. Is Jacob there or not?

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      October 22, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      Working out in the background, very quietly.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 22, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

        “White people are crazy…Weights are the only people who understand me”

        • whatho
          whatho
          October 22, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

          XD

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      October 22, 2014 at 7:07 pm | #

      which one lolololol

  5. Tunaro
    Tunaro
    October 22, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    What the Hell is wrong with everybody this week?!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 22, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      The Drama Llama happened. 😛

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        October 22, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

        …
        …Would it be animal abuse to beat a metafictional camelid to death so that my ships can get some damn happy feels without stuff ruining it for once?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          October 22, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

          Not sure but I would watch out for PETA afterwards if you do so.

          • KKoro
            KKoro
            October 22, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

            Really, not Dramadary?

            So…so disappointed, man.

            • Hoax
              Hoax
              October 22, 2014 at 4:08 am | #

              The Dramadery is all booked over at QC for the next week or so, had to call in a favor with the Llama.

              • Hoax
                Hoax
                October 22, 2014 at 4:09 am | #

                …seeing the typo half an instant before the page reloads to post your comment really, really sucks.

        • Arkadi
          Arkadi
          October 22, 2014 at 12:40 am | #

          If you object to the drama, you came to the wrong neighbourhood.

          • Kryss LaBryn
            Kryss LaBryn
            October 22, 2014 at 1:44 am | #

            If you object to the drama, you came to the wrong llama.

            Or Lama. What do I know.

        • Cephalo the Pod
          Cephalo the Pod
          October 22, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

          Yes.
          Do it anyway.

        • Camachri
          Camachri
          October 22, 2014 at 1:28 am | #

          No jury on earth would convict you.

        • Ghola
          Ghola
          October 22, 2014 at 7:44 am | #

          There are no happy ships in the Willis Sea… All is storms and the bitter tears of the fallen…

          • itachi_0501
            itachi_0501
            October 22, 2014 at 12:56 pm | #

            I’ve got all the bitters one can handle – I missed seeing Damn…er, DAVE Willis at my FLCS last week, because we had a family emergency. 🙁 Now, THAT deserves the feels. 🙂

        • Dragon_Nataku
          Dragon_Nataku
          October 22, 2014 at 11:44 am | #

          http://bvs.wikidot.com/monster:drama-llama

          You can beat up on the Drama Llama on a relatively regular basis in Billy vs Snakeman *thumbs up*

      • Dedlok
        Dedlok
        October 22, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

        I ain’t with the drama.
        You can meet my llama.

        • Barrage7667
          Barrage7667
          October 22, 2014 at 12:39 am | #

          There is actually a comic called dracullama about a llama who sucks the drama out of people.

          • Kryss LaBryn
            Kryss LaBryn
            October 22, 2014 at 1:44 am | #

            That–that sounds–LINK PLEASE.

          • ocbrad1
            ocbrad1
            October 22, 2014 at 9:15 am | #

            Yes! Please with the linkage!

  6. Xerxes93
    Xerxes93
    October 22, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Joyce that is slightly fucked up

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      October 22, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      Yeah, for her this is third base.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 22, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

        She plays 18 Base Baseball.

        • Catullus
          Catullus
          October 22, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

          Calvin & Hobbes style.

          • Catullus
            Catullus
            October 22, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

            UPDATE: In context that sounds really unfortunate. My bad, everyone

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              October 22, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

              I don’t know enough about Calvin and Hobbes to know why.

              • Tom T.
                Tom T.
                October 22, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

                Not only is it solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short, it was predestined to be that way.

                • Yotomoe
                  Yotomoe
                  October 22, 2014 at 1:12 am | #

                  I can’t imagine 80% of those being true.

                • barefootbiker
                  barefootbiker
                  October 22, 2014 at 1:28 am | #

                  John Calvin is the only Calvin Joyce was allowed to read as a kid.

              • Ghostforge
                Ghostforge
                October 22, 2014 at 3:35 am | #

                the calvin & hobbes bit was probly a
                reference to the made up game of
                calvinball for which there are only
                two permenent rules:
                1- the rules are made up as you go along
                2- you can never play the same way twice

                • No Name
                  No Name
                  October 22, 2014 at 3:49 am | #

                  Actually the rules are:
                  1. You can never play the same way twice and
                  2. Never question the masks
                  Your rule 1 is a logical consequence my rule 1/your rule 2.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      October 22, 2014 at 8:36 am | #

      There’s nothing slight about it.

  7. Sam
    Sam
    October 22, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Awww…I want an Ethan to snuggle.

    • Koms
      Koms
      October 22, 2014 at 12:52 am | #

      Sure you do 😉

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      October 22, 2014 at 1:33 am | #

      I sympathize with your snuggle needs.

    • Kepi
      Kepi
      October 22, 2014 at 8:19 am | #

      Panel 5: “mmm this beard is so warm…”

    • Adam Black
      Adam Black
      October 22, 2014 at 3:02 pm | #

      Hes just the right size,
      Those shoulders; the curve of his upper back…

      I’m sorry, we appear to be out of spare Ethans to snuggle.
      Might we interest you in a spare Sarah or perhaps a Mary ?

  8. thebombzen
    thebombzen
    October 22, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Uh oh. Premarital Hanky-Panky.

    • Dr. Zeus
      Dr. Zeus
      October 22, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      HA! That gravatar makes that comment.

    • Emperor Kiva
      Emperor Kiva
      October 22, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      What? No you ass

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        October 23, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

        Well, yes. Just non-sexual hanky-panky.

  9. Dr. Zeus
    Dr. Zeus
    October 22, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    I guess we know the answer to nap or no nap.

  10. Emperor Kiva
    Emperor Kiva
    October 22, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Somehow I knew she was gonna do this

  11. cybik
    cybik
    October 22, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Oh this will end so well.

  12. HMRC4EVR
    HMRC4EVR
    October 22, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Oh yea, that’s true love.

    Gotta be.

  13. GoogerGeiger
    GoogerGeiger
    October 22, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Joyce, what the fuck. You even realize how weird it is.

    • No Name
      No Name
      October 22, 2014 at 3:41 am | #

      Maybe, but she doesn’t care anyway.

  14. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    October 22, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Where’s the Teddy Bear when a girl needs him?

    • Emperor Kiva
      Emperor Kiva
      October 22, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      It’s out getting high with Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis

      • L33tmaster
        L33tmaster
        October 22, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

        APPROVED

        • JacHunter
          JacHunter
          October 22, 2014 at 1:49 am | #

          Second.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      October 22, 2014 at 1:35 am | #

      Stuffed animals just will not do.

  15. Yew
    Yew
    October 22, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Poor Joyce. She’s so lonely and conflicted. A sheltered, fundy background can really mess you up. (He said, speaking from experience.)

    • Nena
      Nena
      October 22, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      =( Yeah, they really do fuck you up, don’t they? It makes the world seem like a very scary place.

      • Yew
        Yew
        October 22, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

        Not only is the world scary, but you can become convinced that you deserve nothing good. (A consequence of the “total depravityof man” concept.)

        • Flipz
          Flipz
          October 22, 2014 at 7:01 am | #

          Oh hell yes, so true! It really sneaks up on you, too, even when you think you’ve grown past it. 🙁

    • JWLM
      JWLM
      October 22, 2014 at 1:16 am | #

      Oh, yeah, her background. And maybe just a bit of PTSD brought on by being raped? You know, just a bit?

      • White Rice
        White Rice
        October 22, 2014 at 2:38 am | #

        There was drugging, and there was intent, but she smashed that glass into rapey’s face before things got worse than they already were. Unless there was another incident, that was it (not saying it wasn’t traumatic, just that it was “only” attempted [not that it’s much better than it actually happening])

        • slicedtoad
          slicedtoad
          October 22, 2014 at 5:10 pm | #

          What? of course it’s better than actually getting raped. Better phrasing might be “getting raped is much worse”.

          But either way, don’t put them on the same level. It’s like the difference between having a car accident that kills you and narrowly avoiding an accident that leaves you shaky.

  16. ChocolateRat
    ChocolateRat
    October 22, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    I hope things get better for Joyce soon.

    • Emperor Kiva
      Emperor Kiva
      October 22, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      I’m with you

    • Van Jealous
      Van Jealous
      October 22, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      Shouldn’t that be “spoon” and not “soon”?

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        October 22, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

        That was the way I read it the first time through.

  17. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    October 22, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    This strip just makes me sad for a multitude of reasons.

    • CommunistCanada
      CommunistCanada
      October 22, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      I agree with you there. But My Gravatar makes me unable to say anything without it coming out spiteful.

      • Catullus
        Catullus
        October 22, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

        Story of my life :b

        • Kyrros
          Kyrros
          October 22, 2014 at 6:26 am | #

          Everything’s Awesome…

          Not sure what everyone else’s deal is 🙂

          • xKiv
            xKiv
            October 22, 2014 at 9:05 pm | #

            They are not part of a team?

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        October 22, 2014 at 8:39 am | #

        Dude, what’s with all the spite? Jeez, chill out a little.

      • Itama
        Itama
        October 22, 2014 at 1:38 pm | #

        “me too. oh well, driving an asian girl to suicide should make it better.”

  18. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    October 22, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Oh, HEY!
    Joyce and Ethan perform a nap!
    HAHA!
    wait.
    ninja’d.

    • Lanval
      Lanval
      October 22, 2014 at 9:56 am | #

      Ethan and Joyce make mild body contact in the most awkward of chastity naps.

  19. piemanpie24
    piemanpie24
    October 22, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Wait, did Ethan leave his door unlocked? Did Jacob let Joyce in the room? How did she get there?

    These are the questions that David Willis DOESN’T want you to ask.

    • Pantheon the Mantheon
      Pantheon the Mantheon
      October 22, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

      Find the answers next time on: Sick Sad World. (+1 internet to anyone who gets this)

      • caesaria82
        caesaria82
        October 22, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

        Daria. I don’t think that’s an obscure reference at all to people (especially girls) of a certain generation, but I’ll take the internet anyway 😉

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        October 22, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

        Who didn’t watch Daria, it was pretty successful at the time?

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          October 22, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

          Some of us had kids in middle and high schools at the time, and third shift jobs…

        • Rutee
          Rutee
          October 22, 2014 at 2:15 am | #

          I didn’t, actually. I know it was popular, but it’s a thing I missed just the same.

        • Mr. Random
          Mr. Random
          October 22, 2014 at 3:22 am | #

          I’m gonna confess, last summer, I saw a fake trailer for a daria live action movie, having been too young when it came out, I decided to watch a little, and then proceeded to binge on the entire series over the weekend. I couldn’t get her excitable voice out of my head.

        • No Name
          No Name
          October 22, 2014 at 3:37 am | #

          My parents have the Daria computer game.

          Yes, there is a Daria computer game.

          • Dara
            Dara
            October 22, 2014 at 4:38 am | #

            I own that game. Daria’s Inferno

        • Dragon_Nataku
          Dragon_Nataku
          October 22, 2014 at 11:51 am | #

          hell, I still have the theme song in my playlist

      • thinkingofthechildren
        thinkingofthechildren
        October 22, 2014 at 2:15 am | #

        -100 Internets to anyone who doesn’t. You missed out on the last days of MTV not being completely worthless….Except for Tom…Tom sucked.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          October 22, 2014 at 8:49 am | #

          Tom was just a bit boring. People just hate him because he was the physical representation of the changes of growing up and the shifting dynamic between Daria and Jane.

    • Tom T.
      Tom T.
      October 22, 2014 at 12:38 am | #

      Mike let her in. Don’t ask.

      • Ghola
        Ghola
        October 22, 2014 at 7:49 am | #

        Mike has a key, so he and Jacob can do shirtless weightlifting while Ethan tries to study.

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          October 22, 2014 at 12:46 pm | #

          Yes.

    • itachi_0501
      itachi_0501
      October 22, 2014 at 2:20 pm | #

      Don’t Mike and Walky share a bathroom with Ethan and Jacob? In this particular dorm, the shared bathroom allows pass-through between rooms, but both sides have an internal and external lock on them. Maybe Jacob/Ethan forgot to lock theirs?

  20. someguywithakatana
    someguywithakatana
    October 22, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Jesus Christ Ethan. It takes like nothing to just turn over and hug the girl back when she’s clearly distressed

    • jams
      jams
      October 22, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      He’s partially asleep. He’s not registering that.

      • someguywithakatana
        someguywithakatana
        October 22, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

        I guess… Bleeeeeh….

    • oldFart
      oldFart
      October 22, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

      Er, I rather thing he’s doing about what she needs. A full embrace while reclining in bed might send her where he can’t follow. Just being there for her to snuggle seems about right.

    • Ghola
      Ghola
      October 22, 2014 at 7:51 am | #

      Please, Ethan will never be the big spoon. It would be like Danny not … being Danny.

  21. Rachel Roth
    Rachel Roth
    October 22, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Joyce and Ethan make a nap.

    (Yes, yes I did, but only because you did.)

  22. Tom Speelman
    Tom Speelman
    October 22, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    D’awwww

  23. GoogerGeiger
    GoogerGeiger
    October 22, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Joyce’s attempts to pray the gay away have failed. Now she attempts to spoon the gay away.

  24. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    October 22, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    At least Ethan can technically say that he has slept with a woman now.

    • JacHunter
      JacHunter
      October 22, 2014 at 1:46 am | #

      So now he’s succeeded at one out of two attempts.

    • Bill
      Bill
      October 22, 2014 at 2:25 am | #

      And Joyce can say she was in bed with a man ….

  25. OsoPescado
    OsoPescado
    October 22, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Woah… this is a big step for her

    • newllend
      newllend
      October 22, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

      In her mind she got to second base.

  26. jrgolden42
    jrgolden42
    October 22, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    Ethan and Joyce Cuddle Each Other in the Most Epic of Emotional Moments?

    • Catullus
      Catullus
      October 22, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

      …Or No Mask

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 22, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

      If this is an emotional moment for Ethan I’d be tempted to call him a Cold bastard.

      • newllend
        newllend
        October 22, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

        Ya this is really emotional for him, that’s why he’s sleeping because he’s emotionally exhausted.

  27. Kelli
    Kelli
    October 22, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    Joyce is trying to reinforce her straightness by snuggling with Ethan, right? Because she was silently screaming into her pillow earlier because the desires that she didn’t even realize she had for Dorothy were thwarted by Dorothy’s declaration of love for Walky… right? Otherwise it would not have upset her so much…

    …right?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 22, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

      She was practicing gripping the sheets for the intense cuddling that she wants this to evolve into. God may not like premarital sex (even though marriage is a legal institution and god and jesus presumably believe that if you live together you’re basically married) He has no problem with cuddling the shit out of someone.

      • WeezerLuvr3030
        WeezerLuvr3030
        October 22, 2014 at 2:00 am | #

        I understand not reading through the whole Bible, but it is on page 2 of my KJV where marriage is invented long before man-made laws. Page 2! I mean come on…

        • Pat
          Pat
          October 22, 2014 at 5:16 am | #

          What? My KJV just has sex.

        • Em
          Em
          October 22, 2014 at 12:37 pm | #

          Yes, but it’s a legal institution NOW.

          • Em
            Em
            October 22, 2014 at 12:38 pm | #

            And yeah, my KJV talked about sex when it talked about marriage, and that was it. Not to say yours doesn’t say what it does!

    • Neonix
      Neonix
      October 22, 2014 at 2:12 am | #

      I think this comic represents the LGBT population enough without turning Joyce into a bisexual too. Seriously, gay men make up 5% of their population, and gay women are more rare than that, but half of the characters in this comic are gay or bi.

      • thinkingofthechildren
        thinkingofthechildren
        October 22, 2014 at 2:19 am | #

        Thank you. It’s best to keep her “straight, but not quite all the way on the far end of the Kinsey scale”.

      • butt-lord
        butt-lord
        October 22, 2014 at 2:55 am | #

        There is never enough queer representation. Never.

        • HeySo
          HeySo
          October 22, 2014 at 3:45 am | #

          With your avatar, this is a profoundly confusing statement to read.

          • Suitora
            Suitora
            October 22, 2014 at 9:54 am | #

            Joe would like queer representation, but he would like it to be all girls.

      • Bill
        Bill
        October 22, 2014 at 4:06 am | #

        I agree.  Can’t we have at least one straight-but-very-confused individual in this comic — and why can’t it be Joyce?

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          October 22, 2014 at 12:23 pm | #

          We’ve got Danny.

          • gwalla
            gwalla
            October 22, 2014 at 6:14 pm | #

            Danny is bi-but-very-confused.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        October 22, 2014 at 8:46 am | #

        Three gay, three bi and two unknown. Up against billions of straight characters.

      • saltchocolate
        saltchocolate
        October 22, 2014 at 8:53 am | #

        Everyone is bi! IRL!

      • drs
        drs
        October 22, 2014 at 10:41 am | #

        Numbers are all over the place. And gay does not equal bi, and more people report ever feeling same-sex attraction than identify as LBGT.

        On OkCupid some years ago, it seemed that gay males were generally 6%, bi male 3%, gay women 2%, bi women 12%. Roughly; varied a fair bit from place to place, especially country to country.

      • Adam Black
        Adam Black
        October 22, 2014 at 2:23 pm | #

        1) 10% of all Fictional characters are not LGBT, and have you ever complained before about all the missing LGBT is the created worlds you see?

        2) There was a Plague! Lots of Older gay X-ers and Bi boomers Died. That scared a lot of Younger GenXers into the closet. Society would have a lot more gay-reprentation now if not for that.

        3) 10% is based off Alfred Kinsey and referred to men exclusively gay

        4) Survey: We have…
        main characters: 1 gay character ( Ethan ) 2 Bi ( Billie and Ruth ) Pan ( or just kinky ) ( Mike )

        minor characters: gay ( Leslie ) ; BI ( Robin, Marcie ) and Daisy , Mandy, Grace ( Gay or Bi ) .
        Joceyline and Carla ( Trans ) . Malaya , Faz ( Pan , Bi or Unknown )

        That isnt half. When you include closeted, and experimentation IRL in college, half might be fair!

        4) We dont have lots of closeted and straight males experimenting in DOA ( like their really is in college) . Something tell me you might not be the first person ( or ever ) a male friend confides in, that he secretly hooked up.

        5) Kinseys 10% didnt take into account Bisexuals . The recent research suggest that when you do that, the LGBT population is closer to 20% .
        http://www.psmag.com/culture/gay-population-lgbt-homosexual-sex-kinsey-68670/

        What you think Willis’s extreme Ho-Yay representation , actually might be on the conservative side. “Straight People” do quite a bit of same-sex bed hopping in college. Many People do not come out until post-college. After college Some come out; some get married to other straight people and dont post a rainbow-flag sign for you to count.

        Willis , i am not saying you should up the HO-YO to 50% to piss this person off, but that level of experimentation was going on, on my erstwhile-straight college dorm floor. Ok Willis, I am totally saying that.

        Ethan having a relationship with another closeted college man, one who has a real GF, would be very realistic. If homophobes cant deal with Danny “the everyman” being bi, imagine the reaction when you have “straight” closeted characters hooking up with Ethan.

        • MindLink
          MindLink
          October 23, 2014 at 9:02 am | #

          “1) 10% of all Fictional characters are not LGBT”

          No, it’s probably more like 30%, if you include every kind of recorded media from the beginning of time til today.

  28. Leorale
    Leorale
    October 22, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    Somehow I imagined that Ethan had superhero-themed sheets.

    Did Jacob let her in?

    • newllend
      newllend
      October 22, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

      Are your kidding ? Who uses doors anymore its all about the windows now a days.

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      October 22, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

      Jacob wants his own Joyce story so he has something to talk about with Sarah

  29. Nena
    Nena
    October 22, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    She looks so tiny compared to him.

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      October 22, 2014 at 12:28 am | #

      Well, he is a giant. He’s the tallest cast member.

      • Gigafreak
        Gigafreak
        October 22, 2014 at 1:38 am | #

        “My spoon is too big!”

  30. Jenny Creed
    Jenny Creed
    October 22, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

    A Dumbing of Age Chaste Spooning

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      October 22, 2014 at 12:28 am | #

      Dat Christian side cuddle

  31. Henry
    Henry
    October 22, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

    Damn you Willis, beating me to the punch!

    Also, either Ethan & Jacob leave their door unlocked at night (granted, I always have, but I figured that was a small-school thing), or Joyce has learned how to quickly and discreetly pick a lock.

    • Catullus
      Catullus
      October 22, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

      It is way easier that way.

    • MindLink
      MindLink
      October 23, 2014 at 8:58 am | #

      Couldn’t Jacob have let her in ?

  32. newllend
    newllend
    October 22, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    Joyce and Ethan per-wait *reads hover text* ……GOD DAMN YOU WILLIS !!!

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      October 22, 2014 at 8:44 am | #

      I guess this is Willis saying ‘FIRST!” 🙂

  33. newllend
    newllend
    October 22, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    Joyce and Ethan per-wait *reads hover text* ……GOD DAMN YOU WILLIS !!!

    • newllend
      newllend
      October 22, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

      I think this is my first God damn you Willis, or second in a technical way.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        October 22, 2014 at 8:45 am | #

        Hooray! Welcome to the chat!

  34. caramelundqueer
    caramelundqueer
    October 22, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    This is sooooo fucking sad.

  35. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    October 22, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    This is a great plan. I mean, there’s nothing at all creepy about sneaking into someone’s bed to snuggle with them while they’re asleep. I mean, aside from everything.

    • caramelundqueer
      caramelundqueer
      October 22, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

      Yeah but when Please Like Me did it it was the sweetest fucking thing ever, go figure. Of course Josh and Arnold actually being in a romantic relationship probably helped…

      • caesaria82
        caesaria82
        October 22, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

        Please Like Me is the cutest thing ever, I love it so much :3

        • caramelundqueer
          caramelundqueer
          October 22, 2014 at 1:31 am | #

          Everyone should love it so much! It’s a great show.

    • WeezerLuvr3030
      WeezerLuvr3030
      October 22, 2014 at 2:03 am | #

      Why is it creepy? It’s quite common and has been one of the signs of friendship in North American young adults for the past three or four decades, depending on social class and region.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        October 22, 2014 at 10:46 am | #

        It’s creepy because HOW DID JOYCE GET INTO ETHAN’S ROOM?!?

      • Jams
        Jams
        October 22, 2014 at 11:23 am | #

        It’s creepy because Joyce and Ethan had not had this sort of contact before, and they should have established that it was okay with both of them when both of them were awake.

        • thebooksluts
          thebooksluts
          October 22, 2014 at 12:41 pm | #

          It’s really not that creepy. Y’all are making mountains out of molehills, here.

          Ethan was sleepy but he wasn’t drugged or incapacitated, he could have woken all the way up and demanded Joyce leave his room, but he didn’t. (I mean, he was aware enough that he recognized Joyce; he was obviously somewhat with it.) Instead, he let her snuggle up to him because he cares about her and she is obviously having a hard time right now… and also because it’s already been WELL-established between them that they’re not going to have a sexual relationship, and he trusts her.

          • Jams
            Jams
            October 22, 2014 at 5:33 pm | #

            People have done things to me when I was partially asleep and it was difficult for me to even process what was happening. It took me a while to focus enough to wake up and get them to stop, plus it felt like I was inconveniencing them by doing so. Ethan wakes up partially and Joyce right out says “don’t say anything”, so even if he wanted to object, he really can’t, without starting a confrontation.

            Things pertaining to boundaries/consent should be established when both parties are awake. I agree that spooning is a pretty mild form of contact, but I still think it’s at a level of intimacy that isn’t comparable to anything they’ve reached thus far. Their relationship is still very new, and Ethan has already established that he is uncomfortable/uninterested in some forms of contact with her, like making out.

            It might be harmless but it’s still in the realm of creepy right now. I feel badly for her because I know she must really need affection, but the scenario makes me uncomfortable.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        October 22, 2014 at 11:52 am | #

        Joyce and Ethan barely know each other and have fabricated a relationship based on lies and repression. Everything they do together is tainted by that.

        • Adam Black
          Adam Black
          October 22, 2014 at 2:33 pm | #

          This is an opportunity to rectify some of that.

          Joyce’s repression isnt all sexual. Its also emotional. Thats why she needs Ethan. Thats why shes also in his bed. This could be therapeutic for her. That, in turn , could help Ethan.

          • Rutee
            Rutee
            October 22, 2014 at 2:44 pm | #

            There’s really no way to rectify that. The core premise is that Ethan can make himself straight.

            And yes, seriously, this is creepy. They’re not a married couple; they sleep in seperate rooms and haven’t known each other for very long. Letting yourself in and snuggling up against someone in their sleep is just Weird. I’m pretty sure the primary reason Ethan isn’t objecting is because he’s tryin’ to sleep.

  36. newllend
    newllend
    October 22, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

    Would you say Joyce and Walky are romantic rivels ?

  37. Hannah
    Hannah
    October 22, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

    See? SEE?! THIS is what happens when Ruth and Billie are happy, everybody else has to be miserable to balance out the universe!

    Darn you Willis!

    • nothri
      nothri
      October 22, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

      Ruth and Billie and Amber and Danny, you mean…

      • Hannah
        Hannah
        October 22, 2014 at 8:26 am | #

        Amber and Danny are allowed to be happy, they just have to feel conflicted about said happiness *all the time* for it to balance out.

    • CommunistCanada
      CommunistCanada
      October 22, 2014 at 12:54 am | #

      I’ll take Ruth and Billie finnally being Happy over the Res of the Universe being Happy.

  38. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    October 22, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

    Daawwwww! right in the feels.

  39. Reflex76
    Reflex76
    October 22, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

    Joyce and Ethan Perform a GNAP! GNAP GNAP!!!

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      October 22, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

      Gnap?

    • gwalla
      gwalla
      October 22, 2014 at 6:17 pm | #

      They’re…going to become zombie smurfs?

  40. motorfirebox
    motorfirebox
    October 22, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

    Joyce and Ethan perform a GOD DAMN YOU WILLIS YOU STOLE MY JOKE BEFORE I COULD MAKE IT

  41. TheOthin
    TheOthin
    October 22, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

    So I spy a

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      October 22, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

      What? What do you spy?

      OH GOD GUYS I THINK HE DIED!

      • gwalla
        gwalla
        October 22, 2014 at 6:17 pm | #

        He spied Candlejack.

        That’s why he

  42. MechaMaidFan7
    MechaMaidFan7
    October 22, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

    Am I the only one who saw this? http://www.myfacewhen.net/uploads/1501-yaranaika.png

  43. Dudeface
    Dudeface
    October 22, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

    Part of me was hoping that every comment would be “Joyce and Ethan perform a nap.”

  44. Malchus
    Malchus
    October 22, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

    Eh, I was gonna say “Joyce and Ethan Perform a Sad.”

  45. Arkadi
    Arkadi
    October 22, 2014 at 12:38 am | #

    Joyce and Ethan perform a nap! 😀

    (Just because you don’t have to do something, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it)

  46. Kennerly
    Kennerly
    October 22, 2014 at 12:39 am | #

    Literally, they are sleeping together.

  47. Evan
    Evan
    October 22, 2014 at 12:40 am | #

    This is heartbreaking. Joyce really needs someone who can return her affections the right way…

    • Emperor Kiva
      Emperor Kiva
      October 22, 2014 at 8:51 am | #

      Agreed

  48. pistonrage
    pistonrage
    October 22, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

    And tomorrow it’s revealed that Joyce has wandering hands…

    • Kennerly
      Kennerly
      October 22, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

      At the same time, Ethan has a wet dream about Danny, and Joyce thinks its her fault and she has lost her virginity.

      • HeySo
        HeySo
        October 22, 2014 at 3:42 am | #

        And then she tries to force Ethan into marriage, and then Mike is suddenly there with a pastor [or license to perform marriages], and then..

  49. Darth Cariss
    Darth Cariss
    October 22, 2014 at 12:48 am | #

    I feel like I’m the only person who isn’t bothered by this. Why are snuggles bad? I assume it’s people still displeased with the Joyce/Ethan relationship in general.

    • Eric Burns-White
      Eric Burns-White
      October 22, 2014 at 9:37 am | #

      Actually, I think it’s less that and more the subversion of when Billie went to Walky’s bed for support. Ethan barely wakes up. Joyce spoons with him, though she’s the one who needs support. He doesn’t even turn around to hold her.

      It’s not that he did anything wrong here. Or that Joyce did. But the vibe is off, compared to similar scenes we’ve seen before. Subversion of expectation is powerful, especially when it’s subtle.

    • caramelundqueer
      caramelundqueer
      October 22, 2014 at 9:12 pm | #

      From a boundaries stand point this kind of situation can be super creepy/potentially triggering for certain people. As much sympathy as Joyce has built as a character if Ethan had woken up fully and accused Joyce of crossing a line he wouldn’t have been wrong. Joyce doing this implies intimacy that hasn’t been earned in her week and some change of having known Ethan. But looking at it from another way this whole thing is just another reminder of how her upbringing and the attempted assault have damaged Joyce and what Ethan actually represents for her. Yeah he makes her feel safe but he’s also a huge reminder of what she can’t/won’t allow herself to have for so many reasons. There’s just no way too look at this and not feel like sad.

      • caramelundqueer
        caramelundqueer
        October 22, 2014 at 9:17 pm | #

        Ethan’s actual purpose in Joyce’s life and what he represents are just in full on display here in all it’s fucked up glory. The only way it could get more desperate and sad is when she (inevitably) pushes for something more physically intimate like a forced kiss. I feel like that’s coming. She’s basically a ticking time bomb and the fall out of that is going to be…rough to say the least.

  50. Tealjoy Berry
    Tealjoy Berry
    October 22, 2014 at 12:54 am | #

    That hover text though haha

  51. Kevin
    Kevin
    October 22, 2014 at 1:00 am | #

    More like perform a spoon!

    Willis, any thoughts on the banner ad that’s trying to forcibly run JavaScript?

    • neeks
      neeks
      October 22, 2014 at 4:46 pm | #

      If you specify which ad, he might be able to do something about it.

  52. JA
    JA
    October 22, 2014 at 1:00 am | #

    Just think what happens when they pull the drama tag. Also, is there a slipshine for naps?

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      October 22, 2014 at 8:49 am | #

      Yes – look up ‘Snoreshine’.

  53. Sir Mockingbird XI
    Sir Mockingbird XI
    October 22, 2014 at 1:02 am | #

    For a perpetual over thinking nice guy Ethan sure doesn’t waste any time falling back to sleep

    • HeySo
      HeySo
      October 22, 2014 at 3:40 am | #

      When you gotta sleep, you just gotta sleep. Anything else can wait.

  54. Questionor
    Questionor
    October 22, 2014 at 1:02 am | #

    Joyce is Amazi-girl and came through the window?

    • xKiv
      xKiv
      October 22, 2014 at 10:31 pm | #

      PRotected by the silver spoon?

  55. zebrathinker
    zebrathinker
    October 22, 2014 at 1:03 am | #

    everyone needs a snuggle now and then

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      October 22, 2014 at 1:43 am | #

      But isn’t that why Joyce brought all those stuffed animals from home?

  56. Flimsyfishy
    Flimsyfishy
    October 22, 2014 at 1:06 am | #

    Joyce is the big spoon!

    • liahansen
      liahansen
      October 22, 2014 at 1:24 am | #

      in the devil’s set of silverware

    • CarlaGriffin
      CarlaGriffin
      October 22, 2014 at 1:40 am | #

      A friend told me that when the big spoon is smaller it’s called jetpacking!

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        October 22, 2014 at 1:42 am | #

        Your friend’s clever.

        • neeks
          neeks
          October 22, 2014 at 4:48 pm | #

          That’s pretty appropriate, considering Walkyverse!Joyce.

  57. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    October 22, 2014 at 1:40 am | #

    Friend-spooning. Joyce and Ethan are clearly wrong for each other but they are the ones they need at the moment. Hoping for a good future to these kids.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      October 22, 2014 at 1:41 am | #

      A future with other compatible people, I mean.

      • winter
        winter
        October 22, 2014 at 1:26 pm | #

        Yeah, these two compliment each other surprisingly well. I hope they can stay friends after the inevitable break-up.

  58. TEi
    TEi
    October 22, 2014 at 1:59 am | #

    shoutout to hover text jokes

  59. Rocketboy1313
    Rocketboy1313
    October 22, 2014 at 1:59 am | #

    Pathetic.

  60. Emoroffle
    Emoroffle
    October 22, 2014 at 2:02 am | #

    Joyce and Ethan suppress their desires. Ha! Take THAT Willis.

  61. My Spoon Is Too Big
    My Spoon Is Too Big
    October 22, 2014 at 2:04 am | #

    This gives me a sinking feeling. Tragically touching, perhaps, is the best way I can describe it.

  62. Derek
    Derek
    October 22, 2014 at 2:05 am | #

    Ok maybe I’m slow in the uptake, can someone explain to me what Joyce is upset about?

    • Scott
      Scott
      October 22, 2014 at 2:35 am | #

      Walky and Dorothy’s relationship is not doing well because Walky is not a fully functional human being.

      • Zaxares
        Zaxares
        October 22, 2014 at 3:25 am | #

        And Joyce likely realises that if two seemingly normal, heterosexual individuals who have great chemistry can have it all end so quickly, that doesn’t bode well for the relationship of convenience she has with Ethan.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        October 22, 2014 at 8:42 am | #

        Joyce does not want their relationship to go well, she doesn’t like Walky.

        • gwalla
          gwalla
          October 22, 2014 at 6:21 pm | #

          She doesn’t like the relationship because she doesn’t like Walky, but at the same time she doesn’t want the relationship to go bad because she doesn’t want Dorothy to be hurt.

      • Ikaru
        Ikaru
        October 22, 2014 at 10:40 am | #

        He’s doesn’t seem that bad to me. Dorothy was the one escalating the relationship. Also, I think Walky does like her a lot, if not love her, but just did not say it well.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          October 22, 2014 at 11:50 am | #

          Dorothy escalating the relationship is not the point. Walky’s behaviour and thought processes are always….off. He’s deliberately naïve, deliberately forged a disconnect between his mind and reality. Now he’s being forced to live ein reality and doesn’t understand how that works anymore. But unlike Dina it’s entirely his own fault and a fixable problem.

          • Lanval
            Lanval
            October 22, 2014 at 1:15 pm | #

            I think there’s something to be said here in Walky’s defence that he does act a bit “off” as you put it. In particular, I don’t think he acted maliciously or particularly out of character.

            Dorothy meanwhile reacts pretty badly to this and says that he wasn’t ready. We can disagree about Walky here, but I think some of the problem is that Dorothy herself is being a bit hasty in all of this and doesn’t know or understand Walky as well as she thinks and perhaps not well enough to be talking about things like love yet.

            At the end of the day, I think love means something different to both of them but Walky has a clearer idea of what it is in his mind (affection and mutual trust) while Dorothy doesn’t seem quite as clear minded on it (though in no way to her detriment as a character; she’s over thinking it a little I think)

          • Doktor doktor professor
            Doktor doktor professor
            October 22, 2014 at 3:47 pm | #

            It’s not just Walky who is naïve and a mind disconnected from reality. The same could be said of Dorothy. Walky wants a for-fun relationship, Dorothy wants a relationship where she is in control (exhibit 1: “actually, take off everything. Now.”; exhibit 2: “I thought I’d have to extort it out of you.”). Both of them react in a non-optimal way when they find they cannot get what they want. This is college social life in a nutshell. Props to Willis for writing such believable characters.

        • MindLink
          MindLink
          October 23, 2014 at 8:52 am | #

          He said it very well! If I ever am so lucky to be in a relationship I hope I’m smart enough to do the same.

    • No Name
      No Name
      October 22, 2014 at 3:26 am | #

      We won’t know until Willis tells us, but I think Joyce is feeling insecure and confused about DorothyxWalky

  63. OmegaDez
    OmegaDez
    October 22, 2014 at 2:16 am | #

    I like spooning. Why is it considered a bad thing?

    • Scott
      Scott
      October 22, 2014 at 2:29 am | #

      Spooning isn’t bad, spooning your gay boyfriend who you’re only dating to maintain a sense of safety and security is not great.

      • Adam Black
        Adam Black
        October 22, 2014 at 8:44 am | #

        I disagree.

        Ethan chose this ( before he came out to her ) .
        She told him he was perfect because he made her feel safe.
        He agreed still.

        Whether you are gay, straight ( or in a psuedo-relationship where those things are awkwardly combined ) feeling safe and in your Boyfriends / lovers arms, ( or hugging him/her like the worlds best Body Pillow) is largely the point to a relationship.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 22, 2014 at 3:35 am | #

      Spooning leads to forking, forking leads to knifing and that’s way too much drama for this comic.

      • fogel
        fogel
        October 22, 2014 at 6:50 am | #

        What about splayding? 😉

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          October 22, 2014 at 8:52 am | #

          Can knifing lead to scissoring?

          • bobonobigdeal
            bobonobigdeal
            October 22, 2014 at 2:23 pm | #

            If not scissoring, then papering or rocking.

            • Jen Aside
              Jen Aside
              October 22, 2014 at 7:12 pm | #

              is chopsticking a thing?

  64. Saaaam
    Saaaam
    October 22, 2014 at 3:31 am | #

    How is it that people can open other people’s doors without a code or key or ID

    • HeySo
      HeySo
      October 22, 2014 at 3:39 am | #

      Well, we know at least Ruth’s door has a lock (that, or Billie just really likes kicking down doors: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/03-answers-in-hennessy/hrah/ It’s really somewhat of a toss-up.).

      Though, knowing Ruth, she removed all the other locks.

      Perhaps there’s just THAT MUCH door-kicking going on in the dorms, that nobody even pays it any mind anymore.

      Well, coming in through the cojoined rooms definitely seems to be a theme in several of the previous examples, but unless she’s got a ceiling hatch or the like between them, that’s not relevant here.

      Perhaps she came in through the window?

      :GASP: You don’t think.. Could she be Amazi-Girl 2.0? Amazi-Sidekick? Amazo?

      Oh, that last one might be taken.

      • fogel
        fogel
        October 22, 2014 at 6:54 am | #

        Last one is the Australian Amazing Girl. There’s an AG in every country.

        • fogel
          fogel
          October 22, 2014 at 7:00 am | #

          Amazarella & Amazarita?

  65. HeySo
    HeySo
    October 22, 2014 at 3:32 am | #

    Hey, Willis:
    A church girl and a gay guy do a bed thing.

    How’s that?

    • Chronos
      Chronos
      October 22, 2014 at 4:33 am | #

      The name of that joke is “The Aristocrats.”

      • Lanval
        Lanval
        October 22, 2014 at 12:45 pm | #

        “Joyce and Ethan do the Aristocrats”

        • gwalla
          gwalla
          October 22, 2014 at 6:23 pm | #

          This would be the most sanitized version of The Aristocrats ever.

  66. PureLionHeart
    PureLionHeart
    October 22, 2014 at 3:48 am | #

    Why would you take the joke away from us like that, Willis? Why? 🙁

  67. maxlines
    maxlines
    October 22, 2014 at 5:55 am | #

    Oh, this will not end well.

    • Lanval
      Lanval
      October 22, 2014 at 12:46 pm | #

      I’m pretty sure that could be the tagline.

      Dumbing of Age: Oh, this will not end well.

      • maxlines
        maxlines
        October 22, 2014 at 10:46 pm | #

        And that is sad.

  68. Tokyo Tengu
    Tokyo Tengu
    October 22, 2014 at 6:19 am | #

    Walky seems to have an uncanny ability to say the wrong thing around Joyce. Only this time the fallout might be worse than expected because it throws cold water on Dorothy as well.

  69. Shadow Eagle
    Shadow Eagle
    October 22, 2014 at 7:43 am | #

    Snugglebuddies…. nothing harmful about being Snugglebuddies.

  70. tinfoil theory
    tinfoil theory
    October 22, 2014 at 7:46 am | #

    Supergirls don’t cry.

  71. Bagge
    Bagge
    October 22, 2014 at 7:54 am | #

    Sympathy via light touch

  72. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    October 22, 2014 at 8:54 am | #

    Spooning would be a tad heavier than ‘light physical contact’.

  73. Adam Black
    Adam Black
    October 22, 2014 at 8:59 am | #

    Joyce, you rock.

    OMG Ethan looks so huggable! How can anyone deny that, to those sweet blue eyes of Joyce?

    You go, girl. You have every right to expect , nay demand; non-sexual intimacy from your gay BF.

    He told you long ago, you can confide in him and share your feelings.
    You need this, and its healthy that your reach out for it.

    The flip-side is that if Joyce honestly learns to trust Ethan with genuine, emotional intimacy and reaches out for it, she could inspire Ethan to do the same ( like with Danny ) .

    I think Joyce’s and Ethans friendship has potential room to grow. They both could meet a lot more of each others emotional needs , if they trust each other. ( like about the attempted rape )

    I am not suggesting their relationship-framework of closeted self-denial is healthy . I am pointing out they both have large unmet emotional needs they could be filling as friends.

    I like both of these characters, and hope they spoon every night.

    • Yatsude Hatte
      Yatsude Hatte
      October 22, 2014 at 9:37 am | #

      I honestly feel like even a romantic relationship is possible. With the way they are trying to keep themselves about sex, I can totally see these two in a largely asexual but romantic long-term relationship.

      • Em
        Em
        October 22, 2014 at 10:24 am | #

        We don’t know Ethan’s romantic orientation though. He might only be romantically attracted to men as well as sexually. But if he’s bi- or panromantic, then yeah, they probably could, as long as neither of them ever want a sexual relationship. (or are okay with opening the relationship)

        • Gamaran Sepudomyn
          Gamaran Sepudomyn
          October 22, 2014 at 10:57 am | #

          Unfortunately for Joyce/Ethan shippers, Joyce (and Ethan, too, but with at least a pretense of subtlety) has showed quite clearly (at least to us) that she definitely wants a sexual relationship. I think that the point at which she’s okay with open relationships will be long after the point at which she’ll break up with Ethan.

          • Pinja
            Pinja
            October 22, 2014 at 12:42 pm | #

            The problem is we’re only 6 weeks into the semester and I don’t think Joyce is going to crack in and have premarital hanky-panky in anything less than several months if not several years.

            Her horizons have been widened sure but I don’t think she has changed any of her beliefs and certainly not that one.

            • Lanval
              Lanval
              October 22, 2014 at 12:54 pm | #

              Ehn, I mean it is comic book time for one thing; for us in the readership, it’s been 2 years.

              Another thing is that it’s been shown that Joyce wasn’t really shown both sides of the story. She’s been deliberately sheltered and she’s very quickly finding out that a lot of the values that have been instilled in her by authority figures she trusted are not valid (Dorothy and Ethan being living examples of this and close friends of hers) and she doesn’t have another source for a lot of these values. Considering again, that she’s dating one of the biggest challenges to her old morals (a gay person who is decent and most definitely is not choosing to be gay) and is best friends with another (a considerate and over all decent atheist), I think Joyce has already abandoned a lot of old values and so might not be too far from giving up the pre-martal one or at least moving towards a situation where she’d be comfortable doing it.

              • Adam Black
                Adam Black
                October 22, 2014 at 2:53 pm | #

                Agreed!

                She is the Whiteboard Ding-Dong bandit! Willis keeps showing she has an iceberg of repressed emotion under the surface.

                People dont act on their beliefs, anyways. She could have premarital sex while disbelieving in it, swearing it off, then doing it again.

                Her repression could cause a Yo-yo effect, making it more likely.

                • Adam Black
                  Adam Black
                  October 22, 2014 at 2:56 pm | #

                  that should say “people dont always act according to their beliefs”

                • ahuh
                  ahuh
                  October 22, 2014 at 6:39 pm | #

                  I feel like what’ll happen first is that she’ll get to a place where she feels like it’s OK to admit she has sexual feelings and attractions, and from there we could see something like “I’m ok with the idea of sex, but we need to take it very, very slowly”.

                • Lanval
                  Lanval
                  October 22, 2014 at 7:38 pm | #

                  @Ahuh: I agree! I just think that’s something to do with Joyce more than her beliefs necessarily. Someone else with the same beliefset in the same situation could react very differently.

                  That said, I also think it might be “very, very slowly” in Webcomic Time; so we might see the relationship slowly develop over a year or two until Joyce feels like she can really trust who ever it is that she ends up with, then someone will do the math and it will turn out that it is less than a month later in “In-Comic Time” just like Willis has written out maybe a Month of University over the course of like 2 years.

                • chris73
                  chris73
                  October 22, 2014 at 7:53 pm | #

                  Joe might be available to help Joyce out in this regard if she asks nicely 🙂

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      October 22, 2014 at 12:11 pm | #

      Seconded!

      Also, this made me realize – how often have we seen Joyce hug anyone? How often have we seen her hug someone who wanted to be hugged and reciprocated?

      Given her overall personality and lack of sense for personal space, is there any doubt that she is very touchy-feely among her friends? In college she has been denied an outlet for that. With everything that’s going on, just having someone she can hug is such a big thing.

  74. Cybersnark
    Cybersnark
    October 22, 2014 at 9:38 am | #

    Nap vampire!

    zzzzz. . .

  75. Jessica A
    Jessica A
    October 22, 2014 at 10:14 am | #

    Oh Joyce. Don’t get so attached.

  76. whatintheliteralfuck
    whatintheliteralfuck
    October 22, 2014 at 11:33 am | #

    xeS a smrofreP yklaW naht ralupop erom eb lliw paN a mrofreP nathE and ecyoJ
    now if you’ll excuse me i must be flogged for posting like this and repair my eyes for the punishment typing that put on them.

  77. Pinja
    Pinja
    October 22, 2014 at 12:40 pm | #

    Does no one lock their door in this place?

    • Lanval
      Lanval
      October 22, 2014 at 1:02 pm | #

      I rarely locked my door when I was living on Campus! Especially not when I was in my room. I owned maybe 300-500 dollars worth of stuff. Most of that was my laptop which I usually took with me when I went to class.

      They would have mostly gotten dirty laundry (it was sort of during my t-shirt and jeans phase, so no big loss) and maybe my bathroom supplies.

      Considering it was like 50 for a new key? ehn, jeans aren’t that hard to find and far less embarrassing to replace.

    • No Name
      No Name
      October 22, 2014 at 1:14 pm | #

      The fact that they have physical keys means that lazy teen nature would dictate not exerting the extra effort to turn the lock. I am of the firm belief that this is why some dorms have switched to key cards with auto locks. But not this one, for some reason

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        October 22, 2014 at 7:15 pm | #

        Key card locks are *probably* harder to pick than regular locks. Unless it’s electronic, then you can pull a Sneakers.

        though, I had a keycard *padlock* when I was in school, and I loved the shit out of it… until it fell, and the swipe portion was caved in *just* enough to make it almost impossible to use =p

        • John
          John
          October 22, 2014 at 9:38 pm | #

          I think my favorite bit of that movie is him Billieing that door.

  78. No Name
    No Name
    October 22, 2014 at 1:09 pm | #

    Y’know, if their problems ever get sorted out, Ethan would make a very good GBFF (Gay Best Friend Forever) for Joyce.
    Provided, of course, they can stand up to both sets of parents.

  79. Ulzur
    Ulzur
    October 22, 2014 at 1:17 pm | #

    Oh Joyce, you poor, pathetic creature, you. I wish Jesus would whisper the name of a really good psychologist in your ear, and soon.

    • EmbraceEvil
      EmbraceEvil
      October 22, 2014 at 2:42 pm | #

      He doesn’t have time. He’s too busy whispering into Bill O’Reilly’s ear. Didn’t you know that?

      • Lanval
        Lanval
        October 22, 2014 at 7:43 pm | #

        He used to do the same for Gleann Beck, but it started getting pretty crowded in there.

  80. Deimir
    Deimir
    October 22, 2014 at 2:45 pm | #

    This is pretty much how I feel once every couple weeks.

  81. J-Po
    J-Po
    October 22, 2014 at 5:32 pm | #

    Y’know, for a first time, that was neither embarrassing nor aggressively terrible. Colo(u)r me surprised.

  82. Tenn
    Tenn
    October 22, 2014 at 6:04 pm | #

    Am I the only one who thought it would be funny if there was a Slipshine named “Joyce and Ethan perform a nap”? Also permanent marker can be removed with regular marker and Amber is Spider-Car. Also also Sal and Walky have the exact same skin color, I checked every strip ever just to be sure. But is Ethan gay in this universe? We still can’t know for sure. Where is One Piece?

    • Tenn
      Tenn
      October 22, 2014 at 6:08 pm | #

      I meant to say that Amber is Spidur-Car but where is One Piece?

    • Lanval
      Lanval
      October 22, 2014 at 7:41 pm | #

      I think Willis said explicitly that they maintained their sexuality over the verses. Specificially in the case of Danny, who I think he decided was bi during the planning stages of DoA and has now declared is retroactive canon for all of his comics.

    • Carriethedragon
      Carriethedragon
      October 22, 2014 at 8:24 pm | #

      It’s already been said a bunch of times that Ethan is gay.

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      October 22, 2014 at 8:57 pm | #

      you guys he’s just listing off running gags, not being serious

      • Carriethedragon
        Carriethedragon
        October 22, 2014 at 9:11 pm | #

        Hmm. You know, in hindsight, that is incredibly obvious. I’m just… I’m just gonna go now.

  83. JESUSMAN
    JESUSMAN
    October 22, 2014 at 7:23 pm | #

    She wants the d but she cant have it.
    She is mentally cock blocking herself and Ethan is cock blocking her, aswell.

  84. John
    John
    October 22, 2014 at 9:30 pm | #

    In college, we never locked our door when we were in the room. We rarely closed the door when we were in the room, except when we were sleeping or doing something we didn’t want the RA to have to take notice of.

  85. Slinx
    Slinx
    October 22, 2014 at 11:43 pm | #

    Joyce. Joyce, no. What’re you doing. Stahp. Wait for people to be fully awake and ask for consent before spooning with them the first time.

  86. Gravatarnator
    Gravatarnator
    October 23, 2014 at 10:25 am | #

    Is this one going to have a slip shine?

  87. Darnel
    Darnel
    October 23, 2014 at 5:19 pm | #

    (Sad Smile)
    I don’t like seeing pain like this,.. even on a comic page.
    Well played.

  88. Jennifer
    Jennifer
    October 23, 2014 at 7:42 pm | #

    Not sure if you know this, but the comic isn’t updating on Comic Chameleon. It’s still showing 2 days’ ago comic.

  89. Damned
    Damned
    October 23, 2014 at 8:32 pm | #

    Me….

  90. Bill M.
    Bill M.
    October 24, 2014 at 5:01 pm | #

    Joyce and Ethan Platonically Sleep Together! Ha!

  91. Hinoron
    Hinoron
    September 26, 2015 at 11:51 pm | #

    I didn’t dorm it at college, but is it really normal for so many people to spend so many of the daylight hours SLEEPING?

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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
(July 10, 2026)
Sal and Danny saw you from across the room and enjoy your vibe.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
trying to voice recognition a search for superman's actor
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Drivaaar @drivaaar.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
I want YOU to transform Autobot City (with generous green spaces, affordable public transport and amenities, and plentiful social initiatives)
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
welp back to drawing comics featuring a character you can't see yet for like 11 months
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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Then they came for the sarcastic people and I was like oh great that's exactly what we need right now well done to all concerned.
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Cass 🪻 @cassmoney.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Comic of a man peering through a window.
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatarDavid M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Dumbing of Age: "Can’t leave you if I stay" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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Can’t leave you if I stay
jesus christ tomorrow's strip early on patreon oh my god...
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The Nerdy Lawyer @nerdylawyer.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Dorothy: You can't just follow me into fire! Joyce: You don't want me following you into fire? Then don't run into fire!
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
today in #9chickweedlane i learned i apparently gotta go see if "correlate" has an archaic definition that means something nonsense
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Virginia Barksdale @virginiabarksdale.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
screaming, crying, throwing up, Pete the Peacock is real, I feel lesbian God in this chili's tonight
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatarDavid M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Dumbing of Age: "Can’t leave you if I stay" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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Can’t leave you if I stay
jesus christ tomorrow's strip early on patreon oh my god...
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Dumbing of Age: "Can’t leave you if I stay" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
www.dumbingofage.com
Can’t leave you if I stay
jesus christ tomorrow's strip early on patreon oh my god...
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RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
pam bondi as porta potties: thread
Pam bondi and he side profile wearing a dark yellow coat.
A yellow porta potty probably less shitty than Pam.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
header image - a man in a blue plaid shirt sits next to another man in a gray jacket
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a man in a blue plaid shirt sits next to another man in a gray jacket
ALT: a man in a blue plaid shirt sits next to another man in a gray jacket
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Brigid Keely She/Her @brigid.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
Joyce is absolutely totally straight and just wants to hang out with her best friend, who happens to be another lady. This is normal behavior and a normal biblical quote to use that has no other context. GAL PALS
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatarDavid M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
joyce walks down an aisle
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Paul Southworth ☢️ 🐟 @southworth.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
A lot of songs are lowkey about being horny
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Stuart Webb @inflatabledalek.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
OK, I said I was going to a thread of receipts together on the guy who runs Kapow, in odder to explain why I personally would recommend not giving him your business at TFN. Starting with the original post, revealing the guy loves sharing right wing fascist stuff on LinkedIn.
xjmaw.bsky.social's user avatarAlex Maw @xjmaw.bsky.social ⋅ 6m
Since you might think it's weird you got a like on this over a year after the fact, the director of Kapow just shared this on LinkedIn; i.imgur.com/hqQYWgO.png
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