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by David M Willis on March 25, 2015 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Three's a Crowd
└ Tags: becky, joyce, sarah

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    March 25, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    wtf, I’ve ALWAYS been a night-showerer… it’s like washing your hands before eating

    (if you know what I mean nudge nudge)

    ((also I’ll be damned if I can get myself to get out of bed before I have to–record: 5 min from bed to car))

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 25, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

      Same here. I work out before bed, and I can’t bear to go to sleep sweaty.

      Also, fifteen minutes extra sleep is a godsend most mornings.

      • MeghanTheWorldEater
        MeghanTheWorldEater
        March 25, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

        I shower before bed because I always wake up with like five minutes to get ready in the morning.

        • TIl
          TIl
          March 27, 2015 at 12:00 am | #

          You and me both. I laugh at those fools who look put together in the morning.

      • GoogerGeiger
        GoogerGeiger
        March 25, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

        But what if you sweat in your sleep? If you woke up in the morning in a pool of your own sweat, would you still not shower?

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          March 25, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

          I sleep with a fan on. Keeps me cool, and the noise helps me doze off.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            March 25, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

            Same here.

            • DarkoNeko
              DarkoNeko
              March 25, 2015 at 1:34 am | #

              …that’s one adorable avatar.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                March 25, 2015 at 5:32 am | #

                That’s pretty much my feelings on the subject. 🙂

                • KingOfGreyfell
                  KingOfGreyfell
                  March 25, 2015 at 2:55 pm | #

                  Whence came this avatar of yours?

                • Kryss LaBryn
                  Kryss LaBryn
                  March 25, 2015 at 6:36 pm | #

                  “As you might be able to tell, today’s gravatar is Anna from that Disney movie, Frozen. What else can I say beyond the fact she looks extra cute in this pic.”

                  I thought as much! Yes, great pic! 😀

                • Cynthia
                  Cynthia
                  March 25, 2015 at 11:48 pm | #

                  Expand Elsa

            • Jon Rich
              Jon Rich
              March 25, 2015 at 1:59 am | #

              So cute!

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                March 25, 2015 at 5:32 am | #

                Danke! ^_^

                • Geo
                  Geo
                  March 27, 2015 at 12:43 pm | #

                  I know who that one is. I’m a long time reader over there.

        • Quinctia
          Quinctia
          March 25, 2015 at 4:37 pm | #

          I am a cold blooded creature that can’t regulate her own body temperature. I sleep in a pile of blankets, including one electric one, and rarely wake up sweaty.

          Add in my spongy hair that takes hours to dry, and it was like I was born to shower at night.

          • Annie
            Annie
            March 26, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

            I’m the same on both things.

            If I wash my hair in the morning I have to add a good hour-and-a-half to two hours to my wake up time, and even then I might show up with my hair wet or damp. And that’s with blow drying it as best I can. When I used to iron my hair straight I had no choice but to wash it at night. If there’s any moisture left in it after it’s straightened, it’ll make my hair curl and frizz as it dries so that the hair I spent an hour straightening looks like an overgrown poodle in a windstorm.

            I do sometimes wash my hair in the evening (a few hours before bed) then shower, but keep my hair dry, in the morning. That’s usually the best way to go about it, but it can be hard to find the time in the evening.

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          March 25, 2015 at 7:29 pm | #

          I have been waking up in a sweat lately but if I’m stinky no one seems to say anything so oh well (I do deodorize)

      • Tom Speelman
        Tom Speelman
        March 25, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

        I’ve never got it. Showering in the morning helps me wake up. The only time I ever showered at night was when a couple years ago, I spent a month in New England during winter. Then it made sense to shower at night because my wet hair would have literally frozen some mornings.

        • Riku
          Riku
          March 25, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

          It boils down to your personal schedule. I know I might not have time in the morning and I smell bad after work so I opt for night showers

        • Adam Black
          Adam Black
          March 25, 2015 at 12:57 am | #

          ah yes, going to school with Frozen hair .
          I remember that

          • HMRC4EVR
            HMRC4EVR
            March 25, 2015 at 1:05 am | #

            (insert ‘Let it Go’ joke here)

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              March 25, 2015 at 2:46 pm | #

              Meh, the cold never bothered me anyway.

        • Robbzilla
          Robbzilla
          March 25, 2015 at 8:25 am | #

          I’d feel pretty gross all day if I didn’t shower in the mornings.

          • brionl
            brionl
            March 25, 2015 at 11:54 am | #

            I get all sweaty and gross all day and couldn’t sleep at night if I didn’t shower.

            I started doing it when I was in the Navy. After crawling around in the engine room for a whole shift, you do not go to sleep w/o washing. Unless we’re on water restriction. 😛

            • Bill
              Bill
              March 25, 2015 at 5:43 pm | #

              They refer to watches as ‘shifts’ now?

      • talantus
        talantus
        March 25, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

        hear hear

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 25, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      I shower my feet before I go to bed these days otherwise they end up feeling painfully dry.

      • MeghanTheWorldEater
        MeghanTheWorldEater
        March 25, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

        You should get one of those footbath things.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          March 25, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

          Maybe but it’s strange getting something like that for yourself, normally footbaths are something you give as Xmas presents.

          • MeghanTheWorldEater
            MeghanTheWorldEater
            March 25, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

            Well that’s what Santa is for duh ^_^

          • Annie
            Annie
            March 26, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

            They are? I bought mine for myself.
            I thought of telling family that asked that I wanted one for Christmas, but I wanted certain features and wanted to read reviews to make sure I was getting a decent one, so I just bought it for myself. Can’t trust anyone in my family, not even my husband, to get the right brand and/or model, even if I specified, sent them a link to Amazon or whatever.

            While I thought about asking for it for Christmas, it didn’t even enter my mind that it might be the kind of thing that is only given as a gift.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      March 25, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

      Wait, so it’s NOT just me who does that? I thought I was the only one!

    • Cass
      Cass
      March 25, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

      Ditto! Plus even if I didn’t naturally prefer night shower I’d still take them, because I won’t use hairdryers and my hair takes a couple hours to airdry. Don’t wanna have sopping hair at work! And definitely don’t wanna get up at 4am to give my hair time to dry.

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        March 25, 2015 at 6:42 pm | #

        Me too. My hair is a bit past my hips and takes like half an hour to blow-dry (not to mention the stress on my hair if I do that), so I shower at night before bed, which helps me wind down and warms me up again if I’m chilly. Hair goes into a loose braid off the top of my head (and tossed off the top edge of my bed so it’s not cold and wet against me while I sleep), and by morning it’s just damp enough that I can finger-comb it out, and have it not be all dried into knots, and just dry enough I can brush it properly. My hair does NOT brush/comb wet unless it’s saturated with conditioner and under running water. Not that it’s usually dry and brittle or anything; it’s just that for some reason it won’t comb unless it’s perfectly dry.

        Anyways, on the rare occasions I get all sweaty at night I can either have a quick sponge bath or hop into the shower for a quick soap and rinse without involving my hair, which works fine for me. 🙂

    • airyu
      airyu
      March 25, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

      By “eating” do you mean sexy times? Because I’m a night showerer, but it’s because I want to wash off the sexy sweat off of me after sexy times…

      • LeslieBean4Shizzle
        LeslieBean4Shizzle
        March 25, 2015 at 12:36 am | #

        I assume she did, but then lesbian sex tends to involve a lot of “eating” so I might be biased.

        • John
          John
          March 25, 2015 at 10:18 am | #

          I think in her case she’s referring to using her hands for sexy times. As in she want’s to wash her hands before she sticks them in her mouth and she wants to wash her hands before she sticks them in her capoodle. Of course she doesn’t have to wash her whole body for that, so maybe I’m off.

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      March 25, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

      Yup, same here. I like feeling clean and being beneath clean sheets. And yes, I also prefer to be clean before I do anything in bed to get myself dirty again.

    • Mantinone
      Mantinone
      March 25, 2015 at 2:04 am | #

      But you get so much grime and nast on yourself from sleeping.

      At the very least, I never wash my hair before bed because I’m guaranteed to end up with an impossible cow lick from it.

    • Killjoy
      Killjoy
      March 25, 2015 at 10:07 am | #

      I have to shower after I sleep in order to be presentable to the world… hair this short should not have this sort of bed-head…

      • Lekoppa
        Lekoppa
        March 25, 2015 at 12:50 pm | #

        There’s a thought. I’m now really hoping that Becky goes to bed with wet hair, and wakes up with killer bedhead. With her new asymmetrical cut, that’d be super cute!

    • Lekoppa
      Lekoppa
      March 25, 2015 at 12:36 pm | #

      I don’t shower before bed or first thing in the morning– I shower sort of ‘mid-day’, right when I get home from work. Granted, I’m a barista and always end up covered in about ten different syrups by the time I get home, so I guess that’s a necessity.

      Also, my ‘mid-day’ is actually fairly late in the evening, so even if I’m not a before-bed-showering person, I guess that still makes me a night-showering person.

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        March 25, 2015 at 6:46 pm | #

        My husband suggested I shower right after work (call centre, I get home about 2am) and THEN go onto my computer to unwind (I forget why), instead of unwinding online with you lot first and then showering right before bed, but unfortunately actually going and doing stuff after showers late at night wakes me up again, whereas a nice warm shower right before bed is a lovely sleepy-making thing for me.

        Showers any other time just feel like a chore.

    • Screwball
      Screwball
      March 25, 2015 at 8:34 pm | #

      Cybertronians don’t sleep, we recharge. Daniel the Human sleeps in his undies tho, I guess almost all the benefits of sleeping nude without showing others things you don’t want them to see. I’ve also found out he still has good magnet throwing aim after being woken up at the wrong time…

    • Church
      Church
      March 28, 2015 at 7:48 pm | #

      same

      i can leave literally 3 minutes after waking up

  2. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    March 25, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Off-screen fanservice!

    • MeghanTheWorldEater
      MeghanTheWorldEater
      March 25, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      That’s the best kind don’tcha know

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        March 25, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

        Not for those people who cannot see it.

        • MeghanTheWorldEater
          MeghanTheWorldEater
          March 25, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

          pfft you just ain’t imaginative enough.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            March 25, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

            My imagination somehow ends up involving tentacles.

            • MeghanTheWorldEater
              MeghanTheWorldEater
              March 25, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

              Oh… >.> well to each his own I guess. (You did say you’re a dude even though you use female gravs right?)

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                March 25, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

                More or less. ^_^

                • MeghanTheWorldEater
                  MeghanTheWorldEater
                  March 25, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

                  More or less? So like genderfluid? Or agender or something?…if it’s okay for me to ask that is..

                • SmartAlec105
                  SmartAlec105
                  March 25, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

                  “More or less”

                  So we can infer that you are either more than a dude or less than a dude but not exactly equal to a dude.

                  dude<x<dude

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  March 25, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

                  Using Tumblrish terminology:
                  Sex – Male
                  Kinsey Scale – 1-2
                  Sexual Preference – 2D(females and otokonoko)
                  Sexual Phenotype – Asexual
                  Former Passer

                • MeghanTheWorldEater
                  MeghanTheWorldEater
                  March 25, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

                  Gotcha, so male pronouns right? Just to quadruple check.
                  (Also I’m really really glad you responded I was starting to fear I’d crossed a line and felt like a terrible person)

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  March 25, 2015 at 12:34 am | #

                  Gender pronouns don’t worry me online as my preference for female avatars would confuse many and frankly most of the Tumblr pronouns some people insist on are just so damn special snowflakey.

                • MeghanTheWorldEater
                  MeghanTheWorldEater
                  March 25, 2015 at 12:40 am | #

                  Understood.
                  And yeah…they can be

            • Tacos
              Tacos
              March 25, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

              Mine includes Transformers. And Velociraptors for some reason.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                March 25, 2015 at 1:39 am | #

                Dinosaurs can be sexy in their own way…

                • Orbit Junkie
                  Orbit Junkie
                  March 25, 2015 at 2:33 am | #

                  And the likelihood of “Dina Gets Boned” increases.

              • Kryss LaBryn
                Kryss LaBryn
                March 25, 2015 at 6:49 pm | #

                Pretty sure most of ours here involves Transformers… 😉

              • Screwball
                Screwball
                March 25, 2015 at 8:42 pm | #

                *Dances around in Minicon Form*
                If you want my body,
                And you think I’m sexy,
                Come on honey, tell me so…

                Not so big on Lizard Lips Dinobot joining in my dancin’ tho. Don’t see us getting along very well…

                • Bill
                  Bill
                  March 26, 2015 at 12:58 am | #

                  So you’re from the Twin Cities, eh?

        • Kris
          Kris
          March 25, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

          So close yet so far away.

    • The Kojie
      The Kojie
      March 25, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      Soon:
      Joyce: “Where did you get all these mirrors?”
      Becky: “The abandoned funhouse right across… the street?”
      -beat-
      Joyce: “SWEET!”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 25, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

      Good old Yoto could make it on screen if he wasn’t so bogged down with homework.

      • MeghanTheWorldEater
        MeghanTheWorldEater
        March 25, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

        So this is the part where I offer to help a stranger with homework I guess…
        What has my life come to V.V

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          March 25, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

          Only if you know about 3D animation.

          • MeghanTheWorldEater
            MeghanTheWorldEater
            March 25, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

            What if I pretend to know?

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              March 25, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

              Then I’ll pretend I drew that picture.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      March 25, 2015 at 9:15 am | #

      Ya know, I’m getting awfully curious about what everyone sees in Joyce. In the sense that, underneath the sweaters and button-up shirts and modesty, lies a body that consistently draws the eyes of people who like girls. (Like MEE!) I’m hoping we’re going to get a Joyce Slipshine at some point. In fact, I may insist on it.

      Gently.

      I know, Joyce is a central character, and her sexual maturation is probably a big part of future storylines, so I’m not pushing. I will say, a Joyce SS would –

      Just had an amazing idea. Willis, have you considered a masturbation Shipshine? Well, yeah, all porn is masturbatory, to some extent, but I mean one person, alone, struggling against their frustrations, so to speak? Exploring the dark chasm? Breaking the dam? Rescuing their princess from the castle? I can imagine several sexy scenarios…

      ‘Scuse me, need some alone time. (Sorry if this comment wound up terribly pervy, but it a comments section isn’t for venting, I’m not sure what it’s for..)

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        March 25, 2015 at 6:52 pm | #

        You may get your wish eventually, but I’d suspect it’d take at least five more years real time before it didn’t break the Joyce… :/

  3. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    March 25, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    The Mirror of Erised always shows you what you want.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 25, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      Walky sees himself eating McNuggets.

      Of course, he’s eating McNuggets as he looks into it, but that might be a coincidence.

      • TheAbyssAlsoGainaxes
        TheAbyssAlsoGainaxes
        March 25, 2015 at 1:21 am | #

        So, Walky is the happiest man in the world.

      • Orbit Junkie
        Orbit Junkie
        March 25, 2015 at 2:36 am | #

        Mirror-Walky has…100 MCNUGGETS!!!

    • HMRC4EVR
      HMRC4EVR
      March 25, 2015 at 1:06 am | #

      Isn’t that the Mirror from that one episode of Stargate SG-1?

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        March 25, 2015 at 1:40 am | #

        That or the the mirror of Erised

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        March 25, 2015 at 6:53 pm | #

        Harry Potter, pretty sure. Been a while since I read it, but yeah. Pretty sure. Philosopher’s Stone?

    • Kelly
      Kelly
      March 25, 2015 at 8:29 pm | #

      http://i.imgur.com/al2b7gk.jpg

      • Screwball
        Screwball
        March 25, 2015 at 8:46 pm | #

        XD

        That is all…

  4. Kris
    Kris
    March 25, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Nearly naked Joyce just a panel away!

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      March 25, 2015 at 2:54 pm | #

      So how many people are looking at their monitor at an angle trying to see off panel to the right?

      • Screwball
        Screwball
        March 25, 2015 at 8:48 pm | #

        *straightens up* Not me… <__> <_<

  5. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    March 25, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    That’s a very Walky looking expression Becky has in the last panel.

    • Dreadhawk177
      Dreadhawk177
      March 25, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      and in panel 2…

    • MeghanTheWorldEater
      MeghanTheWorldEater
      March 25, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      Well Walky is pretty much a male version of Becky. Or is Becky a female Walky? Who’s older?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        March 25, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

        Becky is what you would get if a female Walky and Danny ever had a baby.

        • MeghanTheWorldEater
          MeghanTheWorldEater
          March 25, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

          Naw she’s not nearly awkward enough to be from Danny.

      • tim gueguen
        tim gueguen
        March 25, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

        That’s unfair. Becky is more mature than Walky.

        Of course that’s not saying much. At least one of the characters probably has a grade school age sibling who’s more mature than Walky.

        • TheKelliestKelly
          TheKelliestKelly
          March 25, 2015 at 1:25 am | #

          Yes, we’ve met her. Her name is Riley.

    • airyu
      airyu
      March 25, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

      She’s much cuter though uwu~

    • tim gueguen
      tim gueguen
      March 25, 2015 at 12:49 am | #

      In fact I’ll suggest that this should be the next avatar icon here.

  6. GoogerGeiger
    GoogerGeiger
    March 25, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    Sarah used her vibe during part of her “special alone time”, didn’t she?

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 25, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      If not, it was only regular alone time.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      March 25, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

      “Other Jacob” probably got a workout.

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        March 25, 2015 at 6:54 pm | #

        Yuuup.

      • Screwball
        Screwball
        March 25, 2015 at 8:52 pm | #

        That’s the buzz going around…

  7. Kathleen
    Kathleen
    March 25, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    My mom ingrained in me that I shouldn’t go to bed with my hair wet when I was a kid but I also am terrible at waking up early enough in the morning to shower so I’m stuck in a bind.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 25, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

      Shave your head.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        March 25, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

        Just did this Sunday…>:)

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        March 25, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

        I shaved my head years ago and discovered that my head isn’t so much round but kinda wedged shaped.

        • nothri
          nothri
          March 25, 2015 at 12:49 am | #

          So kinda….

          http://i.ytimg.com/vi/402xHwQGVsE/maxresdefault.jpg

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            March 25, 2015 at 1:41 am | #

            Not quite that bad and his head is more of a point than a wedge.

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          March 25, 2015 at 1:06 am | #

          There’s a poem about that from the depths of my childhood memory.
          “I thought that I had wavy hair
          Until I shaved. Instead,
          I found that I had straight hair
          And a very wavy head.”

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            March 25, 2015 at 1:41 am | #

            I shudder to imagine what a wavy head would look like.

            • Rycan
              Rycan
              March 25, 2015 at 3:02 am | #

              Wrinkled.

            • Deanatay
              Deanatay
              March 25, 2015 at 9:19 am | #

              Like mine, probably.

          • anonymsly
            anonymsly
            March 25, 2015 at 8:25 am | #

            Shel Silverstein, I think!

      • Stifyn Baker
        Stifyn Baker
        March 25, 2015 at 3:21 am | #

        I’ve been shaving my head since 2010. I shave twice a week. Having no hair makes showering super quick!

    • Cass
      Cass
      March 25, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

      Shower early enough in the evening that your hair has time to dry and all your problems are solved!

      • MeghanTheWorldEater
        MeghanTheWorldEater
        March 25, 2015 at 12:32 am | #

        Better yet never shower again! Your hair won’t get wet at all! I mean no one will come within fifty feet of you to avoid the smell but no wet hair 😀

  8. TSB
    TSB
    March 25, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

    Awww, Joyce. She’s blossoming into such a considerate and sweet person. Keep trying your best, Joyce! I’m rooting for you!

    Haha, I really hope the Becky living situation works out for a while purely by virtue of Sarah’s “uggggggh like it could get any worse anyway” attitude.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      March 25, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

      Would Sarah be in trouble for harboring Becky in their room? That may give her some concern.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        March 25, 2015 at 5:57 pm | #

        Yes.

  9. advancecasette
    advancecasette
    March 25, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    I shower twice a day sorry earth

    • Garrett
      Garrett
      March 25, 2015 at 12:52 am | #

      You bastard! I once went 5 days without showering. For the Earth of course…

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        March 25, 2015 at 1:22 am | #

        I suspect all those dang lawn sprinklers make much more of an impact than I save with my minimum-water showers 🙁

        • lejwocky
          lejwocky
          March 25, 2015 at 1:55 am | #

          dem almonds

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      March 25, 2015 at 9:21 am | #

      So long as you’re recycling your water…

      *twitch* You ARE recycling your water, AREN’T YOU?? *twitch**twitch*

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        March 25, 2015 at 2:57 pm | #

        All water gets recycled . . . eventually.

  10. licoricepencil
    licoricepencil
    March 25, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    Am I the only one who thinks that Becky looking in the window at Joyce is sketch when Joyce specifically had her and Sarah look away because Joyce is embarrassed and self-conscious about people possibly seeing her change?

    • MeghanTheWorldEater
      MeghanTheWorldEater
      March 25, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

      It’s definitely rude of her.

    • chrisashtear
      chrisashtear
      March 25, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

      it wouldve been if it was planned. Joyce turned them that way, becky is just awestruck.

      • Screwball
        Screwball
        March 25, 2015 at 9:15 pm | #

        Becky Brain; Alright, I’ll be nice & not look at my crush as she’s getting changed, I’ll just look in the direction she pointed m- WHOH, I CAN SEE HER IN THE REFLECTION!!! DFGHDFGHFGHFGH…

        “Should we tell her about the reflection in the…”

        Becky Brain; Crush changing in reflection, CRUSH CHANGING IN REFLECTION!! Must not jump straight friend, must control self, maybe blow off steam/make this less likely to happen again…

        “Y’know what, as of this moment I’m a night-showering person”

        Yeah, I recon she either wants/needs to blow off some steam (maybe to keep her hands off Joyce & to herself…), or perhaps the night-showers are to avoid this situation in the future…

    • airyu
      airyu
      March 25, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

      Thank.

    • dailybrad
      dailybrad
      March 25, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

      It wasn’t intentional on her part, and she DID at least consider telling her, for what it’s worth. I think she’d be more likely to not tell her out of trying not to embarrass her than out of any predatory reason.

      • fogel
        fogel
        March 25, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

        Is Becky embarrassed in the last panel?

        • Gigafreak
          Gigafreak
          March 25, 2015 at 9:23 am | #

          She’s blushing and wearing a surprised expression, so yes.

        • Heavensrun
          Heavensrun
          March 25, 2015 at 8:55 pm | #

          Embarassed, maybe. Pointedly aroused? Definitely.

      • licoricepencil
        licoricepencil
        March 25, 2015 at 12:54 am | #

        I would agree, but then Becky follows up that consideration with implying that she’s going to be diddling herself because of Joyce’s unintentional positioning/reflection. For multiple nights.

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          March 25, 2015 at 1:24 am | #

          Or, hopefully, that she plans to take a cold shower every night to try and take the edge off her unhelpful crush?

          • Rycan
            Rycan
            March 25, 2015 at 3:04 am | #

            That will be a futile battle as long as she shares a dorm room with said crush.

    • Rayrayravona
      Rayrayravona
      March 25, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

      Considering Becky is sexually attracted to Joyce, this is extremely disturbing. I’ve always like Becky, but this seriously makes me want to puke. I can only hope she either says something or turns away in the next comic. This is a clear violation of Joyce’s trust, and I am very disturbed.

      • licoricepencil
        licoricepencil
        March 25, 2015 at 12:56 am | #

        I agree. I think Becky is hilarious, but she’s definitely crossing boundaries here.

      • Charlie
        Charlie
        March 25, 2015 at 4:42 am | #

        Yeah, I definately agree. The fact Becky doesn’t seem to look away from the reflection is hugely disrespectful considering Joyce specifically asked them to turn around because she was uncomfortable with the idea of them seeing her take off her pants. If someone did that to me I’d feel really angry, not so much because they saw me without pants, but because they’d done it against what I wanted [idk of I’m articulating this right, I don’t wanna use the word “consent” because it’s a really emotive word and some people get upset? If that’s okay to use here, then “without my consent” is applicable].

        • Screwball
          Screwball
          March 25, 2015 at 10:00 pm | #

          The redeeming thought for me is the old “Deer In The Headlights” moment. That moment you see something so ridiculous/surprising/awesome/etc, that all you can do is stare. You may be able to speak, but everything else is locked in place, not letting your field of vision leave said target…

          I think Becky is having 1 of those moments. She’s definitely attracted to Joyce, complied with her request to look the other way, only to see Joyce stripping anyway. BOOM, instant “Deer in Headlights” moment…

    • Kathleen
      Kathleen
      March 25, 2015 at 12:44 am | #

      Yeah. Especially if Becky was making an illusion to wanking over it. Dude! If you care about preserving your friendship and/or Joyce’s feelings, you need to at least fucking TRY to respect her. Becky is being terrible and pushy and needs to be stopped.

      • Gank
        Gank
        March 25, 2015 at 6:23 am | #

        “Allusion.”

      • Heavensrun
        Heavensrun
        March 25, 2015 at 9:10 pm | #

        I kinda don’t get the outrage going on here. Becky is being terrible and pushy? She hasn’t pushed! The only thing she’s done is stumble over what to do when she accidentally gets an eyeful of the girl she’s got a crush on.

        Being aroused by something like that isn’t a choice, and I don’t get lambasting someone for being momentarily dumbstruck by an eyeful of sexy.

        Of course, I also really don’t get why -anybody- ever gets offended by somebody harboring lustful thoughts about them. I don’t get the point of being offended by what goes on in somebody else’s head during their private time.

        Did any of the same people marshal this same level of offense at Sarah referring to her sex toy as “Jacob”? Because isn’t that pretty much the same kind of thing as Becky diddling herself while thinking about Joyce? (which isn’t even what this was about anyway, as it turned out.)

    • Lee
      Lee
      March 25, 2015 at 1:04 am | #

      I think it’s gross at hell and I’m super displeased that it’s the punchline.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        March 25, 2015 at 1:11 am | #

        I hold out hope that Willis will fix it in the next strip (for example, if Becky corrects herself and covers her eyes). He’s usually sensitive about this kind of thing these days..!

        • David M Willis
          David M Willis
          March 25, 2015 at 12:02 pm | #

          if only becky had said out loud that she will remove herself from the room immediately, that would be something

          • drs
            drs
            March 25, 2015 at 12:35 pm | #

            But that’s not what she said. I can see how you intended it that way, but what she actually said doesn’t necessarily mean “I am leaving right now”, nor does it pin down “to avoid situations like this” as opposed to “to enjoy the view.”

            Readers sometimes have crazy readings of things, but in this case you were ambiguous. If at least half your readers think that Becky’s “night showers” means either masturbating after viewing Joyce, or taking cold showers to calm her feelings, and that’s not what you meant, then your writing wasn’t clear.

            • David M Willis
              David M Willis
              March 25, 2015 at 1:37 pm | #

              Spelling out something exactly in plain, unadorned terms is never fun writing, and I assumed — perhaps stupidly because of how shit has gone down regarding how readers darkly perceive Becky — that people wouldn’t leap to The Worst Fucking Thing Possible. Lesson learned.

              (wait, “at least half my readers”….? where is that number from?)

              • Leorale
                Leorale
                March 25, 2015 at 2:00 pm | #

                Oh, yes, I like the intended interpretation much more. I’m usually spot on with reading what you meant, and I tend to read characters as having the best possible intentions. But I missed that Becky intended to leave *immediately* because she’s standing there blushing.

                • Leorale
                  Leorale
                  March 25, 2015 at 2:01 pm | #

                  Thanks for clearing it up. Becky-love is restored.

              • Kathleen
                Kathleen
                March 25, 2015 at 3:19 pm | #

                I think the reason why I started with bad assumptions is bc in the last panel it doesn’t look like she’s averted her eyes but is rather standing there ogling her. And if you think THAT then it’s easy to assume dirty thoughts. People below have pointed out that she isn’t looking where she was pointing, so I concede that.

                And the line about “should we tell her about…” had red flags for me. It made me think she was planning to do this again.

              • Nono
                Nono
                March 25, 2015 at 4:34 pm | #

                I’m pretty ambivalent on Becky and I have to admit, my mind went to the same train of thought most people did. I think the intended meaning, although preferred, was just a bit too subtle in this one.

                I tried to imagine if my train of thought would be on the same track if it was, say, Danny seeing Ethan changing, and it didn’t really veer off the rails.

              • drs
                drs
                March 25, 2015 at 4:53 pm | #

                Feels like at least half the commenters here are either “Becky’s being a creep” or “Becky feels the need for a cold shower”. Okay, commenters aren’t representative of readers, but who knows what non-commenters think?

                For the record, I also thought Becky was implying she’d be showering after watching Joyce undress. And not in a cold showers way.

              • Carriethedragon
                Carriethedragon
                March 25, 2015 at 5:44 pm | #

                I get how disappointing it must be to have people jump to the worst conclusion, but I can’t change the fact that that was my initial reading, and I still think that Becky’s comments are ambiguous enough that one could read it that way (aside from the fact that Becky isn’t an asshole). To be quite frank, my dismay upon reading this strip was softened only by the fact that I had enough faith in you as a writer to believe that you couldn’t have meant it that way. After further reflection, I came up with the alternate interpretation that Becky meant she needed a cold shower and gave her the benefit of the doubt that she did intend to either tell Joyce or avert her eyes. Though the cold shower interpretation comes close to what you intended, I still don’t really see how it’s clear that her purpose was to remove herself immediately.

              • Rycan
                Rycan
                March 25, 2015 at 7:44 pm | #

                REmember, 86% of statistics are made up on the spot!

              • Screwball
                Screwball
                March 25, 2015 at 10:12 pm | #

                if only becky had said out loud that she will remove herself from the room immediately, that would be something

                Spelling out something exactly in plain, unadorned terms is never fun writing, and I assumed — perhaps stupidly because of how shit has gone down regarding how readers darkly perceive Becky — that people wouldn’t leap to The Worst Fucking Thing Possible. Lesson learned..

                So, I’m guessing I was right with the “make this less likely to happen again” option? Deer in headlights, escape strategy (night showers so it won’t happen again), time to go?

                There are a few Becky-haters around, but I just think she’s expressing herself without her old restraints. She already seems to be calming down…

              • Gracie287
                Gracie287
                March 25, 2015 at 10:25 pm | #

                IDK, I’m pretty team-Becky, but I found the last panel pretty ambiguous. That being said, I didn’t think it was nearly as creepy or predatory as some of the commenters are saying, and I do wonder if they would feel the same way if a more popular character and/or a heterosexual male character were in the same scenario.

                • AgentKeen
                  AgentKeen
                  March 26, 2015 at 2:00 am | #

                  I totally read it as reference to ‘taking a cold shower’, implying she was looking. Definitely didn’t see it as ‘I’m going to take my leave by making up an excuse’.

              • sigh.
                sigh.
                March 25, 2015 at 10:59 pm | #

                The lesson you should learn is to NEVER, EVER read your freakin’ comments.

                Every time I make the dreadful mistake of doing so, I’m ready to delete my DoA bookmark and never return. I can’t even imagine what it would be like to be you, and read this crap.

                Rest assured, some of us actually do enjoy your work.

    • Cabooceratops
      Cabooceratops
      March 25, 2015 at 1:09 am | #

      I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought this. Blech.

      • Stifyn Baker
        Stifyn Baker
        March 25, 2015 at 3:26 am | #

        Am I the only one here who DIDN’T interpret this in a perverted way? I read this as ‘Should we tell her how pointless it is to turn us round because we can see her anyway?’, rather than anything lecherous.

        • Coru
          Coru
          March 25, 2015 at 9:39 am | #

          That’s how I interpreted the first dialog box….and then the rest are Becky being a creepy perv 🙁

    • B.D
      B.D
      March 25, 2015 at 2:17 am | #

      Becky isn’t looking in the direction she’s pointing at, and she’s probably thinking “_cold_ showers” when she talks about showering at night. You guys are jumping to conclusions (out of optimism I’m going to assume it’s not out of instinctive squeamishness over a character who is different, and instead that I analyze posture more closely than usual).

      The thing you have to remember is that it’s awkward for Becky too, and that she is willing to take steps to reduce the awkwardness (otherwise why would she point it out to Sarah). But Joyce doesn’t know how to act around her yet; presumably Sarah will explain it to her later.

      It’s also a mirroring of Jacob and Ethan’s situation, in a way. I’d be disappointed if Ethan and Becky don’t commiserate over it, later.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        March 25, 2015 at 2:58 am | #

        That’s a good comparison.

      • Rayrayravona
        Rayrayravona
        March 25, 2015 at 10:35 am | #

        I didn’t notice she wasn’t looking the same way she was pointing. I really hope what you’re saying is the case.

        • Cabooceratops
          Cabooceratops
          March 26, 2015 at 12:57 am | #

          I’m not sure how you can tell, Becky’s eyes are always dots and there aren’t obvious cues she’s looking away like the upper outline of the eye or whatever.

          I mean, author handwaving aside, of course.

  11. Dean
    Dean
    March 25, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

    Coming soon on Slipshine, ‘Joyce Tries To Accomodate Sarah As Best She Can (It Gets Awkward)’.

    • zmm
      zmm
      March 25, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

      Side scene of Becky in the shower I guess. given the last line

      • K^2
        K^2
        March 25, 2015 at 6:12 am | #

        That can basically be the entire issue, honestly.

  12. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    March 25, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

    How does it get more Awkward than seeing Joyce reenact the battle of obi wan vs anakin using a vibrating Dildo ?

    • Tacos
      Tacos
      March 25, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

      I’m sure there are ways…..

      • Orbit Junkie
        Orbit Junkie
        March 25, 2015 at 5:06 am | #

        Same scene, but “Battle of the Fates” plays in the background.

        • Urukak
          Urukak
          March 25, 2015 at 11:31 am | #

          The name of the song is “Duel of the Fates,” thank you very much, and also that wouldn’t make it more awkward, that would wrap it all the way back around to awesome.

          • Orbit Junkie
            Orbit Junkie
            March 25, 2015 at 2:27 pm | #

            I have disgraced my fandom.

            However, I still think it’s awkward, because then Joyce would have to explain not only why she was playing with a dildo like it was a lightsaber, but why she needed such epic musical accompaniment to do it.

            “Oh yeah, I totally know what this thing is.”
            “So do you like to masturbate to ‘Duel of the Fates,’ or is this just the warm-up?”

  13. Bill
    Bill
    March 25, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

    I’m not sure why seeing Joyce’s reflection in the mirror would cause Becky to make that remark about showering at night.

    • Bill
      Bill
      March 25, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

      And I guess people with freckles *can* blush.

      • Coru
        Coru
        March 25, 2015 at 9:42 am | #

        Is….is that news? Freckly people are usually pale, and pale people blush like no other.

    • dailybrad
      dailybrad
      March 25, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

      It either is a gag that she might need alone time of her own given the view, or might need a cold shower, again, given the view.

      • hof1991
        hof1991
        March 25, 2015 at 8:01 am | #

        Or if she was showering now, Joyce could change without this happening again. That would be less awkward instead of the creepy things people are suggesting.

  14. zmm
    zmm
    March 25, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

    cute Becky.

    I wonder how that dildo light saber scene would’ve gone if she’d been there.

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      March 25, 2015 at 3:07 am | #

      Well, for one, Becky would probably be just as clueless as Joyce on the matter.

  15. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    March 25, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

    Yay, jammie session!

    • Gigafreak
      Gigafreak
      March 25, 2015 at 9:25 am | #

      Duck season!

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        March 25, 2015 at 12:21 pm | #

        RABBIT season!

    • Bill
      Bill
      March 25, 2015 at 11:58 am | #

      Rabbit season!!

  16. Garrett
    Garrett
    March 25, 2015 at 12:46 am | #

    Becky isn’t attracted to Sarah, just Joyce. Her sexual preference is Joyce first and foremost.

    • fogel
      fogel
      March 25, 2015 at 10:50 am | #

      She’s a Joycian.

  17. Resulli
    Resulli
    March 25, 2015 at 12:50 am | #

    You know in spite of being an overall more rounded character I always found this version of Joyce really fucking annoying.

    But this transition into a, for lack of a better phrase, normal person is so much better than the original. I like where this is going.

    Side note: I hate Becky’s hair.

    • Resulli
      Resulli
      March 25, 2015 at 12:52 am | #

      >8( Where did my Jason avatar go? Do these avatars cycle every once in awhile if you don’t specifically choose one?

      • Wizard
        Wizard
        March 25, 2015 at 1:04 am | #

        Willis periodically adds new avatars. Random avatars get shuffled when this happens.

  18. nothri
    nothri
    March 25, 2015 at 12:50 am | #

    ….I am dense tonight. Why is she now a night showerer?

    • Resulli
      Resulli
      March 25, 2015 at 12:51 am | #

      Dirty thoughts lead to dirty undergarments.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      March 25, 2015 at 1:16 am | #

      Can either be to masturbate about Joyce, or to take a cold shower that cools her very inconvenient arousal for Joyce. (The latter seems more likely to me, but others on here seem to be going with the former.)

      • anonymsly
        anonymsly
        March 25, 2015 at 8:21 am | #

        I immediately thought the latter, too. Either a cold shower, or an excuse to not be in the room at all while Joyce is changing.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        March 25, 2015 at 2:03 pm | #

        oops, nope, Willis clarified above. It’s so that she doesn’t have to be in the room at all when Joyce is changing.

    • Shteevie
      Shteevie
      March 25, 2015 at 5:24 am | #

      So she can use the mirror-window effect to her benefit with the other girls in the ladies’ shower.

      She’s very newly out, and overwhelmed by the abundance of of opportunity.

      • Rycan
        Rycan
        March 25, 2015 at 6:27 am | #

        What the hell kind of shower room has windows to the outside?

        • Gigafreak
          Gigafreak
          March 25, 2015 at 9:27 am | #

          For that matter, wouldn’t the windows be misted over from the shower steam anyway?

  19. Cabooceratops
    Cabooceratops
    March 25, 2015 at 12:57 am | #

    Becky stop being a fucking creep.

    • Em
      Em
      March 25, 2015 at 2:38 am | #

      Yes thank you.

      If a girl I’m sexually attracted to changes in front of me, I avert my eyes. C’mon Becky. Have you forgotten the golden rule? …Or does that not apply to you?

    • B.D
      B.D
      March 25, 2015 at 2:46 am | #

      Where is she looking in the last panel, and where is she pointing? She most likely is averting her eyes.

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      March 25, 2015 at 2:57 am | #

      It wasn’t her intention to use the window reflection to ogle her best friend. It just happened.

    • Torra
      Torra
      March 25, 2015 at 3:21 am | #

      She’s not outright staring at Joyce while she changes and making her uncomfortable, she’s turned around and *accidentally* seen her reflection in the window.

      I mean come on, give the girl a break here

      • Em
        Em
        March 25, 2015 at 2:24 pm | #

        After reading what Wllis said above, everything makes much more sense! The night showering is so that she doesn’t have to see Joyce change, and yes, she is probably not looking at Joyce.

  20. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    March 25, 2015 at 1:11 am | #

    “Alone quiet time” eh ? 😀

  21. Gate of Seven Ores
    Gate of Seven Ores
    March 25, 2015 at 1:27 am | #

    *cries*
    Look but can’t touch! Fuuuuuuuuzzle ship*!

    *ala curse mode

  22. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    March 25, 2015 at 1:31 am | #

    Bad Becky, no peeping.

  23. Rabid Rabbit
    Rabid Rabbit
    March 25, 2015 at 1:33 am | #

    Hmm. The emphasis on “both” leads me to suspect that Joye didn’t use to make Becky turn around for such moments, because best friends and all that. Oops.

    • Pope William T Wodium
      Pope William T Wodium
      March 25, 2015 at 2:31 am | #

      More likely, she always made Sarah turn around, and now that Becky’s here too they must *both* turn around. Not even one person may see Joyce change.

    • Bill
      Bill
      March 25, 2015 at 2:31 am | #

      Seriously, you think that Joyce would have changed clothes in front of Becky, best friends or not?  No, it’s just that Sarah already knows the routine and was already turned around.  Becky hasn’t quite got it figured out yet and needed to be reminded.

  24. Em
    Em
    March 25, 2015 at 2:36 am | #

    I shower in the mornings because I look like Snape if I don’t. It’s pretty gross. Doesn’t matter if I shower the night before either! But if it’s needed, I am willing to take a fast shower at night, you know what I mean?

  25. Bagge
    Bagge
    March 25, 2015 at 2:55 am | #

    Awwww. Look how considerate Joyce and Becky are, and look how suspicious Sarah is about it. Victory indeed! (Sarah may or may not have had alone time with Other Jacob. At this point I’m pretty sure she just regularly drops innuendo into the conversation to see if Joyce will figure it out). I love how Sarah and Becky are bonding about the one topic that brings Sarah closer to other people: Joyce’s neuroses.

    So there were offscreen shennanigans in Walky’s room. Sounds like fun.

    Noooo, Becky. You can’t miss your morning shower. Don’t forget the window shopping.

    Heavens forbid things get awkward around here, Joyce.

  26. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    March 25, 2015 at 3:02 am | #

    Of course people with freckles can blush. I’m a redhead, light freckles and blush like a street light on occasion.

    Joyce may well have changed in from of Becky when they were kids, but …after Becky pounced on her in bed, I’m guessing Joyce wants no more of that temptation at all, no way.

    Yeah, Becky is really a creep. About when you think maybe she’s maybe a decent person..she does something like this.

    • Rowen Morland
      Rowen Morland
      March 25, 2015 at 3:11 am | #

      She’s not actively creeping though. Joyce has turned her around and she is turned around.

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      March 25, 2015 at 6:33 am | #

      I’m giving it a little bit of time. This is her initial reaction, and it was a poor one. If she does go take a shower in order to masturbate (unlikely given her background, but she is feeling pretty liberated now), then my opinion of her will quickly sour.

    • Chris
      Chris
      March 25, 2015 at 7:30 am | #

      TBH I can’t really tell if Becky is looking at Sarah or the reflecting window. From the blushing I would guess Becky has just looked away to avoid looking at Joyce’s reflection. Blushing = uncomfortableness, after all.

    • Heavensrun
      Heavensrun
      March 25, 2015 at 9:14 pm | #

      “Pounced on her”? Seriously? /Seriously/?

  27. Kenjia
    Kenjia
    March 25, 2015 at 3:34 am | #

    Joyce turned Becky towards a mirror. And Becky expressed that fact pretty much saying “Uhh guys?”
    So she’s a creep now? Let’s get real.

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      March 25, 2015 at 6:40 am | #

      I’d put it this way: The best initial reaction would have been for her to avert her gaze. But stopping and staring would hardly make her a creep – unless she intentionally positioned herself so that she could get a good view, or if she makes a habit of taking the opportunity to stare each night if she can.

      In other words, too early to call it.

      • No
        No
        March 25, 2015 at 7:23 am | #

        now how would this hold up if she was a he?

        • Gigafreak
          Gigafreak
          March 25, 2015 at 9:32 am | #

          …Exactly the same way, I think.

          • Rycan
            Rycan
            March 25, 2015 at 7:37 pm | #

            Exactly.

  28. Spencer
    Spencer
    March 25, 2015 at 7:57 am | #

    So in regards to the appropriateness of Becky’s actions here…

    I think the last line is meant to imply that she’s going to shower at night specifically to avoid these situations from now on. Plus, it’s not like she’s intentionally spying on Joyce, she just caught her reflection in the mirror.

    I’d rather Willis had not put it in, if only because it reminds of so much terrible anime, but it’s not like Becky’s trying to be a creeper right now.

    • Simberto
      Simberto
      March 25, 2015 at 8:40 am | #

      It could also be interpreted as “I should probably take a cold shower before sleeping in the same bed as Joyce tonight.”

      • Simberto
        Simberto
        March 25, 2015 at 8:43 am | #

        Or even “Hm, i get aroused when watching naked women, and apparently they care about their privacy, so i will shower at a time when there are less other people around”

        I suck at thinking things through before posting, thus this thought is split into two.

        Anyways, many non-creepy ways this could be meant.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      March 25, 2015 at 2:12 pm | #

      Willis clarified upthread, you were right, Becky’s night showering is to avoid being around when Joyce is changing.

  29. Lone Wolf
    Lone Wolf
    March 25, 2015 at 12:08 pm | #

    … I don’t know why, but something about Joyce’s stammering in panel two bothers me. Like she was about to say one thing, then caught herself, and said something else after taking a moment to switch gears mentally.

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      March 25, 2015 at 12:15 pm | #

      I think she’s just picking her words carefully to appeal to Sarah as best as possible.

    • MutantSentry
      MutantSentry
      March 25, 2015 at 12:23 pm | #

      She has been dealing with a lot today, and still isn’t comfortable with what Sarah was doing. So she is a bit flustered but pushing through it to be a good roommate.

    • Em
      Em
      March 25, 2015 at 2:26 pm | #

      She knows that Sarah isn’t overly fond of Becky, so being forced to live with her is probably driving Sarah up the wall. Also, no pants Sarah might mean that Sarah was masturbating which probably brings to mind things that Joyce would rather not think about.

  30. Bagge
    Bagge
    March 25, 2015 at 6:00 pm | #

    I love in panel 1 and 3 how Joyce and Becky are almost mirrors of each other. That’s Sarah’s nightmare come true right there – two Joyces in one room.

    I also like the contrast in panel 4. Sarah is “here we go again” And Becky “wooooooth? Heloooooo reflective window”

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      March 25, 2015 at 6:05 pm | #

      I also enjoy the similarities between “Jammies time” and Becky’s “Nakey-Scrubs time” from earlier. Nice little reminder of how much birds of feathers these two are.

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