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Lesbians have the magical ability to bend sexy guys to their will. Just because they like girls doesnt mean that being the ultimate expression of womanhood doesnt give them complete power over men.
…aw bollocks, I misspelled it didn’t I. VSBR (Variable Speed Beam Rifle), from Gundam F91.
(The joke revolves around someone named Iron Mask is talking about after-images with mass, which happens right before the same-named character in Gundam F91 meets their end.)
*blink blink* …I’m having a hard time seeing her as anybody’s grandmadaughter. (Although if she ends up with somebody who looks like Thud Beefchunk with boobs, I will be very very amused.)
No, the stangelove style means she rode thew nuke down rodeo style screaming YEEEHAAAH! and waving her stetson hat is the air. (C’mon people it’s the most iconic scene in that movie)
Use of the term “from orbit” makes it an Alien reference, especially if/when used with “It’s the only way to be sure.” Unless (accidental or otherwise) it becomes a mixed metaphor, such as in this case.
Not sure how, in a succinct comment, I would word it to indicate exclusively a Dr. Strangelove shout out, and I own a remastered DVD version. “YEEEEEHAAaawwwww!” seems like it would figure prominently. Guess I’ll have to re-watch for about the 50th time or so and see what might be possible.
Joyce can’t even pretend it’s her, because that would raise Becky’s expectations too high. She’ll probably tell Becky in private. Or just blurt it out in a moment of panic.
I expect them all the time, just to keep them from coming anywhere near me. I even have a welcome mat outside my front door that says “Welcome, Spanish Inquisition. I’ve been expecting you”.
I also plan to get one if I ever have a kid, which’ll say “Welcome Mr (or Mrs) Baby. We’ve been….expecting you.”
Yeah, Joyce totally wants to crawl up into Billie’s bosoms and be safe and warm forever. Heh. But Joyce still thinks Billie is straight and has a secret boyfriend, AFAIK.
It’s super great to see Joyce’s worldview expanding! Becky has really been a catalyst for change.
Okay…so..is Billie just wandering around in the nude in just a shirt? Because it seems like she is and I’m shocked that Joyce is comfortable with this.
“Final Form.” Haha I remember one time on Tinder when a guy called me cute and I told him he should see me in my final form.
It ended with him telling me he wanted to grab my tail and fuck me in the butt. That conversation ended quickly after.
It wasn’t a direct response. After telling him about my final form, he didn’t know what I was talking about. I kept telling him to google it and then he figured it was a Dragonball reference. I told him I grew a tail in my final form, and it went to that.
“I am the hope of the single lesbians on this campus. I am the answer to all homosexual ladies that cry out for makeouts. I am the nuker of the closet. I am the rainbow in the darkness. I am Becky, a Super-Lesbian!”
A forum that provides accurate information would certainly be useful for some people, yes. We have a club like that at my undergrad. The administration tried to shut it down once (it’s a Christian university). After the ensuing furor, they wound up recognizing the club instead.
This is according to Google. So, “Unknown” is similar, but that’s more similar to “Questioning.” “Unisexed,” I think, would just be having one sex; (“unisex” can also mean “ONE for either SEX”) but “Intersex” is where the sex is neither entirely male or entirely female. That’s probably what you were thinking of, although not being heavily involved in the LGBTQ+/QUILTBAG community, I’m not the greatest authority and it’s possible that “unisexed” does refer to a sexual minority.
Either she can’t wait for Joyce to see her new ensemble (is that how you spell it?) Or sye friggin heard everything and the good times shall now ensue.
Becky’s smile is scary. She looks like she wants to eat you…oh wait.
Yeah Becky looks cool: with Billies $20 paid for haircut, and Sal’s clothes.
Get a job Becky. Billie, leave Joyce alone. Joyce stop buying people clothes and go buy yourself some breakfast, and tell Billie it’s none of her business.
See, simple …eheh yeah right.
A-fricken-men. People need perspective and stop hatin’. Perhaps a drum-related replacement would be appreciated, much like the bongo kerfuffle. Except, I have no idea what it would be. Hmmm…
I was kinda hoping for the Catholic schoolgirl outfit… but I’m OK with this.
It’s kinda like, Becky’s latent lesbian superpowers have been activated by Sal’s super-liberating clothing, in effect transforming her into some sort of… Super-Lesbian!
Ethan’s sexuality may not be a secret for much longer…
Once Danny figures out his feelings for Ethan are real, (perhaps by learning about bisexuality) there will be a slip-up, and AmaziGirl’s going to be beating SOMEBODY with the head of a shovel. I wonder whom…
Danny and Ethan are too obvious, and too close to her (even if Danny jeopardizes that by Dannying it up and getting with Ethan when he’s still in a relationship) for her to consider. But some bystander who took some slight role in this is going to face hellfire.
It could be that Billie learns Ethan’s sexuality now and will be discussing it with Danny.
Getting with Ethan while he’s in a relationship is so un-Danny though. He always try to what he thinks is right based on how he understands things, whether that’s telling amber he can’t hang out with her (and be tempted), spitting on Blaine, or helping Sal with maths and admitting to her it isn’t altruistic. (Oh and not sleeping with Billie that time)
Repressed homosexual attraction has a tendency to come gushing out,
at merely the knowledge that it can.
Dannys attraction for men may work differently than his attraction for women.
It may be easier for Danny to be moralistic, respectful and even prudish with women, Hes a lifetime of heterosexual socialization .
Despite loving Amber,
the moment Both Danny and Ethan know they are both hots for each other, and want to rip off each other clothes, and the other will let them, its likely to happen. Danny isnt planning on Ethan actually saying yes.
Danny is taking it for granted that its just in his head and off-limits.
In fact, Ethan is the first example we have seen that Danny might have an out-of-his-control sexual feelings. I suspect his attraction to Ethan is more unbounded than Joes ( to all wimmins ). Thats probably why he wanted to talk to Joe about it. For the first time ( thru man-love ) he could relate to Joes appetite.
Yeah, no. That’s not happening. Danny was so serious about commitment that he stopped hanging out with Amber because he realized he had feelings for her. The only reason I can’t see the same happening when he figures out his attraction to Ethan is because Willis won’t repeat the same plot point from just over a year ago.
Becky: Just who the hell do you think I am!?! From far and wide, the appeal of Batting For The Other Team is undeniable! Their leader, Becky, is a paragon of femininity and charm! Joyce, your’s is the nipple that will induce the orgasm! *twists Joyce’s nipple to epic music*
People who are more familiar with Willis’ other works might be able to tell me – is there ANY iteration of the Walkyverse where Joyce comes out as gay? Or is she straight as a die all down the line?
There’s a reason for the lack of hints about anyone (other than Ruth and Billie, who had that story written somewhat later in realtime) being bi in Roomies and It’s Walky!. It’s the same reason that Joyce is semiautobiographical. For Danny, the traits are simply retroactively true from the moment Willis decided they were. Since nothing that was already written at the time contradicted it, it’s a simple thing to state.
Basically, if you’re looking for hints about sexuality, Roomies and It’s Walky! are exactly the wrong places to look.
Joyce and Walky are both pretty far on the hetero end of the spectrum. Pretty sure Walky’s stated intention to be a lesbian there is just a remnant of his idiotic machismo talking.
If so, Joyce should count herself lucky. She isn’t an alcoholic in a deeply misguided relationship, homeless and on the run from family, or a bundle of crazy about ready to explode.
What Joyce should say, but won’t: “It’s for someone who is in the closet. And so if I said who, I’d be outing them without their consent.”
After all, it’s a comic about ‘college and making bad choices’. So she has to say something that will make things more complicated, and thus drive the plot forward and stay true to the overall theme.
Except Joyce has a fairly small social circle, it’d be hella easy to figure out who she was referring too. Especially since Joyce and Ethan have just broken up.
I agree with Billie the only trouble she’s having with expressing her self is in toning it down from blaring to the world to simply honest and up front.
Just say the questioning person doesn’t want anyone to know who they are. Billie’s bi; she should understand. Plus it has the advantage of being the truth.
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Becky: “Come on girls! Do you believe in love? ‘Cause I got something to say about it, and it goes something like this”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsVcUzP_O_8
ANYWAY DON’T CHANGE THE SUBJECT YOU GETTIN’ LEAFS
Be honest now, Joycy…YOU’RE the one questioning Becky’s sexuality! ;D
Also yeah Billie, no changing the subject – you be getting a sexy Leafs dress in 1-2 business days! ^^
wasnt that for ethan and no one ‘knows’
Botox!
I dare say that song isn’t the best representation of Becky’s inclinations, based solely on all the shirtless dudes in the video.
Lesbians have the magical ability to bend sexy guys to their will. Just because they like girls doesnt mean that being the ultimate expression of womanhood doesnt give them complete power over men.
Whoo Ah!
This video is apparently unavailable to my country.
Should I be thankful?
It’s Madonna, so… YES.
Well you can just leave with that attitude.
Hell IS that?
Glory made concrete
She’s not even in that hallway. Becky’s lesbianism is so obvious that it leaves an afterimage for several hours.
Now I’m imagining a hyperdimensional holo-Becky warping around campus surprising passers-by and yelling “GIBLETS!”
After-images with mass!?
No mass. They aren’t Catholic.
hah !
Iron Mask, that was sheer genius. For that amazing joke, you have now been upgraded, free of charge, to Silver Mask. ;-P
In the next comic: it’s evening, and Vespers (VSPRs) are involved.
(Here, watch. NO ONE will get it. :D)
You mean the Vancouver Shar Pei Rescue?
Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion Theory? No, that makes no sense. That theory isn’t even correct!
…aw bollocks, I misspelled it didn’t I. VSBR (Variable Speed Beam Rifle), from Gundam F91.
(The joke revolves around someone named Iron Mask is talking about after-images with mass, which happens right before the same-named character in Gundam F91 meets their end.)
Her lesbian level. IT’S OVER 9000!!! *Becky dashes everywhere, leaving after images all over the place…*
Again. Closet nuked from orbit, Strangelove style.
She’s presenting like a mandrill!
Mandrill miiiiight be the wrong animal for Becky.
*blink blink* …I’m having a hard time seeing her as anybody’s grandmadaughter. (Although if she ends up with somebody who looks like Thud Beefchunk with boobs, I will be very very amused.)
Big McLargehuge!
Of course, Joyce SUGGESTED there was still some closet left, so she had to make sure…
If by “Strangelove” you mean “Ripley”.
No, the stangelove style means she rode thew nuke down rodeo style screaming YEEEHAAAH! and waving her stetson hat is the air. (C’mon people it’s the most iconic scene in that movie)
Use of the term “from orbit” makes it an Alien reference, especially if/when used with “It’s the only way to be sure.” Unless (accidental or otherwise) it becomes a mixed metaphor, such as in this case.
Not sure how, in a succinct comment, I would word it to indicate exclusively a Dr. Strangelove shout out, and I own a remastered DVD version. “YEEEEEHAAaawwwww!” seems like it would figure prominently. Guess I’ll have to re-watch for about the 50th time or so and see what might be possible.
The hell she is.
Billie can’t keep her mouth shut, and soon every girl on campus is flirting with Joyce.
And Becky will fight them all for her hand!
The final battle: Becky vs Dorothy in a steel cage filled with mud!
Becky: “Bring it on, bony poindexter!”
Dorothy: “Waitaminnit! I don’t want Joyce, why am I in here?! Walky, I’m straight, tell them!”
Walky: “Actually, I kinda want to see where this goes.”
Dorothy: “Judges, can I please forfeit?”
Daisy, Leslie, and Robin briefly huddle, then all three give a thumbs down. Though Robin proposes pudding instead of mud.
I ship Becky and Daisy. They both seem pretty hot to trot…I hope they find each other.
Yeah, I hope those crazy kids end up OK.
And that they’re actually compatible.
“I’m straight”
Not according to the combined wishes of the fandom.
If you squint, you can actually make out the neon sign flashing above Becky’s head.
The squinting is due to the fact that if you opened your eyes, you risk your retinas burning out.
Does it say,
“Ladies, inquire inside”?
Actually, it says “Eat at Joes”.
Joe provided the sign, in return for Becky bringing her dates to his room so he can watch.
And Roz has exclusive Pay Per View rights.
I shouldn’t be laughing as hard as I am now.
All signs point to “yes”!
… by which I mean to say, all signs say: “Ladies, inquire inside”
That Becky grin is visible from space!
How long have you been standing there, Becky?
And the Outfit is revealed!
And we saw it and it was good!
Have we ever seen Sal wearing that top before? I didn’t see it showing up in any strips featuring Sal after doing a tag-search.
To me that looks like Sal’s leather motorcycle jacket.
It’s _a_ motorcycle jacket. Sal’s usual is black.
Now Billie’s gonna suspect Joyce, of course!
I’m pretty sure that’s already who she was suspecting.
Joyce can’t even pretend it’s her, because that would raise Becky’s expectations too high. She’ll probably tell Becky in private. Or just blurt it out in a moment of panic.
Or maybe she’ll just flat-out lie and say that it’s Dorothy who’s questioning, or Amber.
She already tried with Becky, I don’t think she’ll try covering that lie with another.
But nobody would be expecting Joycy to try and cover a bad lie with a somewhat-more-plausible one! It could work! xD
Everyone suspects Joyce, but nobody suspects… the butterfly!
Nobody suspects… The Spanish inquisition!
Our chief weapon is surprise. Surprise & fear…
Actually, everybody suspects the Spanish Inquisition. Nobobdy EXPECTS them.
I expect them all the time, just to keep them from coming anywhere near me. I even have a welcome mat outside my front door that says “Welcome, Spanish Inquisition. I’ve been expecting you”.
I also plan to get one if I ever have a kid, which’ll say “Welcome Mr (or Mrs) Baby. We’ve been….expecting you.”
I figured Billie’s going to assume it’s for her.
Not even her final form? The only way Becky could look any gayer is if she literally becomes a rainbow.
what if she farts glitter
What have you been feeding that girl? （ ﾟДﾟ）
Hey, Dorothy, what’s that walking rainbow?
I don’t know, Joyce, but… holyshitit’swalkingtowardsus
Don’t tell her that, or she might actually do it
One Winged Becky?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7wJ8pE2qKU
Becky is so out of the closet that closets run in terror whenever she walks within 100m of them.
Would you say she has a CT field?
That would explain the thumping noises coming from Ruth’s room. It was her closet trying to escape when it sensed Becky in the vicinity … or not.
Was she watching? That’s more like something Joe would do. Maybe they were watching together…
Sal’s clothes add +1 to self expression.
Oh yeah, she was digging into Sal’s closet. I’m so not on the ball today.
Considering your gravatar and the fact Sal was really hungover your comment is strangely fitting.
+1
I love Becky’s smile.
Heh! Busted! Poor Joyce, bookended between two Lesbians. “Come to the Dark Side, Joyce, we have muffins.”
Billie’s bi.
Close enough to seduce Joyce, though.
The only women capable of seducing Joyce are Sal and Dorothy.
Don’t forget Billie.
Yeah, Joyce totally wants to crawl up into Billie’s bosoms and be safe and warm forever. Heh. But Joyce still thinks Billie is straight and has a secret boyfriend, AFAIK.
It’s super great to see Joyce’s worldview expanding! Becky has really been a catalyst for change.
And not the baked goods kind, either.
They’re muffin’ with muffins?
Muff muff muff
I keep thinking Mary’s going to show up in the next page. I’m psyching myself up for a Slasher-style jumpscare now.
Although, not entirely inappropriate for Mary.
Becky can wield her lesbianism against Mary to fend her off.
*a wild Mary suddenly appears*
Becky wields lesbianism. It’s super effective.
Mary’s primary weapon is shame, not fear. And, as is becomingly increasingly clear, Becky is immune to shame.
Okay…so..is Billie just wandering around in the nude in just a shirt? Because it seems like she is and I’m shocked that Joyce is comfortable with this.
She’s also wearing socks.
We have yet to know if Bliilie’s wearing underwear. Until then she is simultaneously wearing and not wearing underwear.
Quantum uncertainty panties.
From the Schroedinger Lingerie company.
You can know where they are, or you you can know where they’re going, but not both.
That’s not Schroedinger’s Underwear, that’s Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle Underwear.
That’s the manufacturer. The parent company is Schrodinger Lingerie.
Simultaneously, the parent company is NOT Schroedinger’s Lingerie…
You won’t know if your order arrived, until you open the box.
I gotta say, though, she wears it well…
Plus, I think Joyce might not have registered Billie’s lack of pants, yet…
Probably another reason why Billie looks so happy.
Also, she seems to have attracted a Becky.
I don’t think Joyce has noticed yet. She’s kind of preoccupied.
Remember when she woke up Sal? Joyce is probably just thankful that Billie is at least wearing that jersey
Appropriately inappropriate avatar is appropriate.
Becky intensifies.
that’s just a really cool outfit though
“Final Form.” Haha I remember one time on Tinder when a guy called me cute and I told him he should see me in my final form.
It ended with him telling me he wanted to grab my tail and fuck me in the butt. That conversation ended quickly after.
Good call
uh, wow.
Was that, like, his immediate reply to the final form comment, or was there some development in between?
Yes, we need the blow-by-blow of your flirtations. That is not an invasion of privacy at all.
It wasn’t a direct response. After telling him about my final form, he didn’t know what I was talking about. I kept telling him to google it and then he figured it was a Dragonball reference. I told him I grew a tail in my final form, and it went to that.
I eagerly await Final Form Becky.
“I am the hope of the single lesbians on this campus. I am the answer to all homosexual ladies that cry out for makeouts. I am the nuker of the closet. I am the rainbow in the darkness. I am Becky, a Super-Lesbian!”
RAINBOW IN THE DARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Somewhere, in the journalism offices, Daisy’s ears perk up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHkNl758-YM
She is the last in line.
“AWAYYYYYYYYYYYY!” *flies out window*
And, yes, I am imagining an AmaziGirl/SuperLesbian teamup now…
Jacket… and shorts? 0_o
Not just shorts, but short shorts! ^_^
THE SHORTEST OF SHORTS
so short….oh wait, lesbian.
Cameltoe.
Dude, don’t be that guy http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=2107
With that expression, what else could I do?
Billie, don’t you know better than to try to forcibly drag someone out of the closet?
Wasn’t she dragged forcibly into the closet like…20-40 minutes ago?
Nah, she didn’t deny being bisexual to Becky – she just can’t talk about her relationship with Ruth. Any other girl would be fine.
I meant literally dragged into a closet, but yeah, you bring up a good point.
Yeah, this is almost as bad as asking who’s going to an AA meeting.
Wait, does it have to be people questioning their OWN sexuality? ‘Cause Joyce might be straight, but she’s still pretty confused.
A forum that provides accurate information would certainly be useful for some people, yes. We have a club like that at my undergrad. The administration tried to shut it down once (it’s a Christian university). After the ensuing furor, they wound up recognizing the club instead.
Please Willis. Grace us with a sketch of her final form on Tumblr.
But…will we be ready?
No. We’ll all go blind looking at it.
[insert joke about masturbation and blindness here]
If masturbation is making you go blind, I think you’re doing it wrong.
Or very right.
I guess…?
Mr Willis seems to have given us something to look at until Becky’s final form is revealed. It’s an interesting look on her…
Oh right, right. Joyce is covering for Ethan.
But yeah, maybe Becky could educate herself on the LGBTQIA* sexual spectrum at this QM&G.
More likely, Becky would attempt to use it as a pool of people from which she can find dates.
lol I mean…she wouldn’t be the only one. it’s hard to find other queer people so grouping up like that helps.
Personally, I always preferred the QUILTBAG spelling. Cause it is actually pronounceable.
What’s the U stand for?
Unknown.
I thought it was Unisexed.
Undecided ^^
This is according to Google. So, “Unknown” is similar, but that’s more similar to “Questioning.” “Unisexed,” I think, would just be having one sex; (“unisex” can also mean “ONE for either SEX”) but “Intersex” is where the sex is neither entirely male or entirely female. That’s probably what you were thinking of, although not being heavily involved in the LGBTQ+/QUILTBAG community, I’m not the greatest authority and it’s possible that “unisexed” does refer to a sexual minority.
I personally have always liked GSM for its brevity even though a grand total of like seven people actually use it
Sounds like a standardized test or something.
Or a typo of the acronym for the Game Show Network
Maybe because it’s already used for something entirely different.
It’s funny – the movement is on the cusp of winning some major battles, yet they have yet to decide upon a single name for themselves.
LGBT PIAA QQ
Not her final form eh? So will it take 20+ strips of Becky yelling for her to change into her final form >.>
Now we know what the Slipshine will be like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRH09t7yNrM Goku’s final form, short version.
Dammit Joyce, you are wearing far too much to be in this hallway right now.
Ya know the fact that she’s in a jacket and boots makes me concerned the Billie and Becky will get frostbite or something..
It’s okay, I think it’s, like, mid-september.
Joyce still dresses like someone suffering from sexual trauma. Full-on armor.
What I really love is how Joyce’s last lie isn’t even a statement. She just so inept at lying it fuckin precious :3
I sincerely hope Becky’s huge grin does NOT mean she overheard that. Because oh dear oh dear.
Either she can’t wait for Joyce to see her new ensemble (is that how you spell it?) Or sye friggin heard everything and the good times shall now ensue.
Becky’s smile is scary. She looks like she wants to eat you…oh wait.
Yeah Becky looks cool: with Billies $20 paid for haircut, and Sal’s clothes.
Get a job Becky. Billie, leave Joyce alone. Joyce stop buying people clothes and go buy yourself some breakfast, and tell Billie it’s none of her business.
See, simple …eheh yeah right.
Joyce skips breakfast so Becky can eat.
Can we get a filter on these posts? Just replace any mention of 20$ or jobs into soliloquies about how amazing Becky is.
Seriously. It’s hard to have legitimate grievances about the character when people keep bringing up this bullshit.
A-fricken-men. People need perspective and stop hatin’. Perhaps a drum-related replacement would be appreciated, much like the bongo kerfuffle. Except, I have no idea what it would be. Hmmm…
Of course it’s not her final form, she doesn’t have brightly colored plastic shades yet!
This is a bit underwhelming since I thought for sure she’d be wearing that outfit Sal wore when Danny mistook her for Amazi-Girl’s alter ego: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-4/01-the-only-dope-for-me-is-you/rank/
I was at least expecting the dark leather jacket, the red one doesn’t have as much *ompph*
I was kinda hoping for the Catholic schoolgirl outfit… but I’m OK with this.
It’s kinda like, Becky’s latent lesbian superpowers have been activated by Sal’s super-liberating clothing, in effect transforming her into some sort of… Super-Lesbian!
I kinda wish Joyce’s panicking had gotten her to, “Um… you! You are. This flyer is for you.” Just to see how that would play out.
Most likely with a swift slap.
It’d be the quick end to the conversation, though.
RAD!!!
Ethan’s sexuality may not be a secret for much longer…
Once Danny figures out his feelings for Ethan are real, (perhaps by learning about bisexuality) there will be a slip-up, and AmaziGirl’s going to be beating SOMEBODY with the head of a shovel. I wonder whom…
Amber, for not dating straight men.
GODDAMMIT AMBER
WHY ARE YOU HITTING YOURSELF
What are you talking about? We’ve been through this, Amazi-Girl is Dina.
You are a few years too late.
Never too late for DinamaziGirl
Danny and Ethan are too obvious, and too close to her (even if Danny jeopardizes that by Dannying it up and getting with Ethan when he’s still in a relationship) for her to consider. But some bystander who took some slight role in this is going to face hellfire.
It could be that Billie learns Ethan’s sexuality now and will be discussing it with Danny.
Getting with Ethan while he’s in a relationship is so un-Danny though. He always try to what he thinks is right based on how he understands things, whether that’s telling amber he can’t hang out with her (and be tempted), spitting on Blaine, or helping Sal with maths and admitting to her it isn’t altruistic. (Oh and not sleeping with Billie that time)
Danny may be bi but he is still mono, so there is little to zero chance of anything happening with Ethan while he’s still boffing Amber/Amazi-girl.
Repressed homosexual attraction has a tendency to come gushing out,
at merely the knowledge that it can.
Dannys attraction for men may work differently than his attraction for women.
It may be easier for Danny to be moralistic, respectful and even prudish with women, Hes a lifetime of heterosexual socialization .
Despite loving Amber,
the moment Both Danny and Ethan know they are both hots for each other, and want to rip off each other clothes, and the other will let them, its likely to happen. Danny isnt planning on Ethan actually saying yes.
Danny is taking it for granted that its just in his head and off-limits.
In fact, Ethan is the first example we have seen that Danny might have an out-of-his-control sexual feelings. I suspect his attraction to Ethan is more unbounded than Joes ( to all wimmins ). Thats probably why he wanted to talk to Joe about it. For the first time ( thru man-love ) he could relate to Joes appetite.
Yeah. I don’t mean sex, I just mean an accident. Like a kiss in the heat of the moment.
And then Amber catches them
Yeah, no. That’s not happening. Danny was so serious about commitment that he stopped hanging out with Amber because he realized he had feelings for her. The only reason I can’t see the same happening when he figures out his attraction to Ethan is because Willis won’t repeat the same plot point from just over a year ago.
Becky: Just who the hell do you think I am!?! From far and wide, the appeal of Batting For The Other Team is undeniable! Their leader, Becky, is a paragon of femininity and charm! Joyce, your’s is the nipple that will induce the orgasm! *twists Joyce’s nipple to epic music*
I think it’s clear that Becky will be the Supreme Ruler of Earth’s Fleshlings before Dorothy is.
Only the ones attracted to ladies, Megsy. that said, I’m not complaining…
Well, that was nice, Billie. Real nice.
“Not her final form”?
So this explains Anne Burrell’s hair – she’s a Super Saiyan Lesbian!
Billie’s about to grab the wrong end of this stick…
People who are more familiar with Willis’ other works might be able to tell me – is there ANY iteration of the Walkyverse where Joyce comes out as gay? Or is she straight as a die all down the line?
Dunno about in Joyce & Walky, but there wasn’t even a hint of bisexuality in Joyce throughout Roomies and It’s Walky.
Well, there was that one time she experimented. She didn’t like it, but that might have been just because she got hair in her mouth.
Then there was the time in Canada when she was checking out Robin, but she was a guy then so I’m not sure that counts.
And I gotta point out that there wasn’t even a hint of bisexuality in Danny throughout Roomies and It’s Walky…
*Opens link* XD
There’s a reason for the lack of hints about anyone (other than Ruth and Billie, who had that story written somewhat later in realtime) being bi in Roomies and It’s Walky!. It’s the same reason that Joyce is semiautobiographical. For Danny, the traits are simply retroactively true from the moment Willis decided they were. Since nothing that was already written at the time contradicted it, it’s a simple thing to state.
Basically, if you’re looking for hints about sexuality, Roomies and It’s Walky! are exactly the wrong places to look.
Joyce and Walky are both pretty far on the hetero end of the spectrum. Pretty sure Walky’s stated intention to be a lesbian there is just a remnant of his idiotic machismo talking.
Sexuality is consistent across the multiverse. So all Joyces are hetero, all Ethans are gay, all versions or Carla are asexual and all Dannys are bi.
So, this is the part where everyone starts to think that Joyce is gay and she can’t defend herself, huh?
Man, I hate the ‘huge misunderstanding that can’t be explained because of shenanigans’ sitcom plot.
gotta have that misunderstanding kiss mate. can’t have a third act of weeping and then everything is great again without it!
…please kill me.
If so, Joyce should count herself lucky. She isn’t an alcoholic in a deeply misguided relationship, homeless and on the run from family, or a bundle of crazy about ready to explode.
I’m pretty sure “A bundle of crazy about ready to explode” is a fair description of Joyce.
Good thing this is Dumbing of Age, then, because we don’t get those plots here.
I’m curious about the marks at the top of Becky’s leg.
They’re freckles.
Looking at this makes me think it’s just freckles.
Ah, cheers.
Insert foot in mouth.
When Becky’s Final Form is revealed will “One Winged Angel” be playing in the background?
But, like, a pop version of it.
Shit-eating grin level: Rocky Rickaby.
Becky evolved into mega-becky!
Maybe finally that newspaper lesbian girl will have luck?
Lying: exactly as reprehensible as homosexuality
Homosexuality: actually not reprehensible at all
Joyce is now free to tell lies to cover for homosexuals in the closet like Ethan!
What Joyce should say, but won’t: “It’s for someone who is in the closet. And so if I said who, I’d be outing them without their consent.”
After all, it’s a comic about ‘college and making bad choices’. So she has to say something that will make things more complicated, and thus drive the plot forward and stay true to the overall theme.
Except Joyce has a fairly small social circle, it’d be hella easy to figure out who she was referring too. Especially since Joyce and Ethan have just broken up.
Also Ethan’s closet is kinda transparent.
Ah. So the comic ends in the next few strips, since Joyce will die of a heart attack. ^^
Stop saying hell to Joyce, Billie. You are making her about a billion different types of uncomfortable.
The only trouble Becky has with expressing herself is that she does not actually have a bullhorn/megaphone.
(Yet.)
So… does this mean there’s a gap between the ambient temperatures Joyce and Billie/Becky are comfortable at?
If she wasn’t already established as being from Indiana, I’d suspect that she’s a transplant from Texas or somewhere else warm.
A gap between the ambient modesty they are comfortable with I assume.
Damn I love Becky.
Becky is talking the talk and walking the walk.
Well, waita minute Pilgrim. Is this Billie as John Wayne? She sure has the stance for the Big Man.
Joyce tries to use the skill Bluff twice. She rolled a 7 and a 3, respectively.
I agree with Billie the only trouble she’s having with expressing her self is in toning it down from blaring to the world to simply honest and up front.
Becky desperately needs a cape in the final panel.
So much bare leg being shown, this page is awesome.
So, reading through the comments, looking for responses to the hover text…
Seems to be a few Pokeymans references, some One Winged Angels (close!) and some I’m not getting.
But no one has made the only correct reference. Yet.
*begins playing “Dancing Mad” on the organ*
*gets fingers tangled*
*plays “Dancing Mad” on the stereo instead*
Take that, whippersnappers!
This is about to get ugly…
Just say the questioning person doesn’t want anyone to know who they are. Billie’s bi; she should understand. Plus it has the advantage of being the truth.
I just realized that billie is trying to out someone,
and likely get Joyce to break a confidence.
and she ought to know that.
Glass Houses, Billie
….
No, she’s not. Kee-rikes, that’s a special level of assuming horrible.
Joyce can’t backpedal fast enough
Becky cracks me up here.
I imagine that this is how Becky looks when the haters come out in full force.
“Yes… feed me your hostility!”
….When was the last time “THE HELL S/HE IS” came up in a willis comic? I’m pretty sure it was Ethan dating Joyce.
Yeah, by Amber, right?