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September 28, 2023

Codependent

by David M Willis on December 1, 2010 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Uphill From Here

└ Tags: dorothy, joe, joyce, walky

Discussion (69) ¬

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  1. Jabberwocky
    Jabberwocky
    December 1, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

    Plot twists!

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      December 1, 2010 at 5:06 am | #

      More like plot recycling. Though this sounds like it could be interesting.

      • Zem
        Zem
        December 1, 2010 at 7:55 am | #

        Wanna bet that she’ll be all, “Why’d I want to date that dork? ” in the next strip?

        • David Herbert
          David Herbert
          December 1, 2010 at 9:26 pm | #

          Now that’s a plot twist.

      • ADHadh
        ADHadh
        December 1, 2010 at 8:58 am | #

        Plot recycling twist!

        • creativerealms
          creativerealms
          December 1, 2010 at 12:38 pm | #

          Pretty much.

      • R
        R
        December 1, 2010 at 7:27 pm | #

        The Joyce/Danny? In Roomies! nobody set them up together. I think Joyce should give Danny a “are you religious enough for me?” test before she gets all excited, or if she doesn’t, she spends as much time trying to convert him as to woo him.

        I had a coworker try to convert me once, it was a pain in the butt. Keep in mind that I ID-ed as a fairly conservative Catholic at the time, but it wasn’t good enough or something.

  2. Skrattybones
    Skrattybones
    December 1, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

    “Kelly” is the correct last name to fill in there. Awwwww yeah.

  3. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    December 1, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

    She already knows she’s marrying Professor X. Huh.

    • Tomb
      Tomb
      December 1, 2010 at 12:06 am | #

      Win.

    • Jimmy Suzuki
      Jimmy Suzuki
      December 1, 2010 at 12:06 am | #

      Clever!~ He seems like a good Christian boy (that can read your mind, but whatevs)

      • No0ne
        No0ne
        December 1, 2010 at 12:45 am | #

        That can also make you do what ever he wants…

        “Honey cook me dinner”
        “Awww Charles I want to go out inste-”
        “Honey cook me dinner”
        “Surething Charles want steak or chicken?”
        I’m seeing some major super power abuse here :O

  4. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    December 1, 2010 at 12:04 am | #

    D8 Fff—- and yet, deep down, I saw this coming =_=;;

    I hopes hes obsessed with Amazi-girl!

  5. Samui
    Samui
    December 1, 2010 at 12:09 am | #

    Eh, maybe we just need to find him some other FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE

  6. NCP19
    NCP19
    December 1, 2010 at 12:10 am | #

    Gru – “Lightbulb”

  7. Azreal
    Azreal
    December 1, 2010 at 12:12 am | #

    You already did that. Just hook Danny up with Amber and be done with it.

    • Dahlia
      Dahlia
      December 1, 2010 at 6:41 pm | #

      This!

  8. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    December 1, 2010 at 12:13 am | #

    Well, didn’t see THAT coming! And yet…I shoulda.

    By the way, is Walky still gawking at Dorothy, or freaked out by Joyce?

    • Mirenheart
      Mirenheart
      December 1, 2010 at 12:19 am | #

      Still gawking, I believe

    • Chris
      Chris
      December 1, 2010 at 12:21 am | #

      I think he has the ‘i really want to talk to that person after class but they are already in a conversation with someone else so im just going to awkwardly follow them until i get a chance look”

      Either that, or hes pretending to walk with Joyce so he can get a good gawk in

      • Sakimei
        Sakimei
        December 1, 2010 at 10:13 am | #

        Haha, the “trying to get a chance to talk to someone but they’re talking to someone” scenario is pretty scarily real~

    • agentksilver
      agentksilver
      December 1, 2010 at 12:36 am | #

      Perhaps he is frowning that she is talking to another boy? No, probably just dumbstruck still. Poor boy.

    • Zem
      Zem
      December 1, 2010 at 7:59 am | #

      His face is stuck. His mom had warned him that this is what’s going to happen.

  9. cappadocius
    cappadocius
    December 1, 2010 at 12:14 am | #

    What, are these kids still in high school, all travelin’ in packs like that?

    • Chris
      Chris
      December 1, 2010 at 12:22 am | #

      They just got out of there. Give them a week or so to catch on.

  10. Azreal
    Azreal
    December 1, 2010 at 12:24 am | #

    The best thing for Danny is to let him detox (voluntarily or by force if necessary).

  11. Drpepperfan
    Drpepperfan
    December 1, 2010 at 12:29 am | #

    ….Oh yeah! I’d somehow forgotten about that! It would be awesome for them to get together in this universe, I like the variation on story! It’s like Tenchi Muyo, except not shitty.

    • JDavis
      JDavis
      December 1, 2010 at 2:03 pm | #

      I… Yeah, I’m just going to interpret that as the spin-off versions of Tenchi Muyo being shitty, which is true.

  12. Qaxis
    Qaxis
    December 1, 2010 at 12:30 am | #

    Aww, its meant to be. Although I’m a tad disappointed that Roz has left the group already.

  13. Joebo
    Joebo
    December 1, 2010 at 12:33 am | #

    How to write fiction: a primer

    Take situation A.
    Decide what can’t possibly happen in situation A (within the laws of the world)
    Make that thing happen

    Willis is apparently aware of this rule.

    • Someone
      Someone
      December 1, 2010 at 1:36 pm | #

      Rule 2 is to plant epileptic forests. Harvest as needed, need enough standing to make people confused. Re-plant as necessary.

  14. agentksilver
    agentksilver
    December 1, 2010 at 12:37 am | #

    I didn’t think this would happen, it fits none of my pre-determined ships, and yet…it makes me so happy.

  15. Drpepperfan
    Drpepperfan
    December 1, 2010 at 12:37 am | #

    I just noticed, Joe is majorly tall! Seriosuly, look at him compared to Joyce and Blonde-Amber, he’s huge!

    • coren
      coren
      December 1, 2010 at 2:38 am | #

      Nah, He’s probably 6’1 ish and they’re more 5’5. And that may be overstating it

  16. NF
    NF
    December 1, 2010 at 12:39 am | #

    No Danny, go away from the light!

  17. agentksilver
    agentksilver
    December 1, 2010 at 12:39 am | #

    Pst! Joyce! Don’t forget Dr. and Mrs. X!

    • Cha
      Cha
      December 1, 2010 at 9:49 pm | #

      And Mr. and Dr. X.
      Though, she may’ve ruled that out, as she doesn’t care about college much.

      • taekwondogirl
        taekwondogirl
        March 29, 2011 at 1:13 am | #

        Considering she’s there for “elementary education”, I think being a doctor of anything is not something she’s interested in.

  18. No0ne
    No0ne
    December 1, 2010 at 12:42 am | #

    The only thing missing here is a DUN DUN DUNNNNNNN…

  19. Rognik
    Rognik
    December 1, 2010 at 1:02 am | #

    No, Joe, don’t! Nobody deserves that kind of punishment. I suppose it was inevitable, though.

  20. begbert2
    begbert2
    December 1, 2010 at 1:04 am | #

    Either Dorothy’s eyeball has traveled off of her face, or her glasses have a *serious* refraction/magnification/distortion effect.

    Or she’s a freakish bug-eyed alien.

    My brain is seeing answer 3.

    • Lokitsu
      Lokitsu
      December 1, 2010 at 1:16 am | #

      Nah- the poor girl was the victim of an insane attempt to make a meganekko-moe via plastic surgery.

      Tragic really…

      • G.S.Mercs
        G.S.Mercs
        December 1, 2010 at 1:20 am | #

        We did everything we could to try and stop it… but we were too late :'( She had already attempted the surgery. A sad day for all involved.

  21. jaredTSF
    jaredTSF
    December 1, 2010 at 1:14 am | #

    Hm, I wonder what this foreshadows?

  22. Shift
    Shift
    December 1, 2010 at 1:36 am | #

    So rather than let Danny learn from this and grow as a person, they’re going to throw what they hope to be a quick-fix band-aid on the problem so they don’t have to deal with him.

    Oh yeah, this won’t end it tears, huh?

  23. Aesir
    Aesir
    December 1, 2010 at 3:44 am | #

    I bet they set Danny up with Ethan
    :p

    • Shift
      Shift
      December 1, 2010 at 7:16 pm | #

      But Ethan’s not a romantically codependent…

  24. Zem
    Zem
    December 1, 2010 at 7:57 am | #

    Walky’s lips are bleeding all over the inside of his mouth.

  25. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    December 1, 2010 at 9:10 am | #

    Do not do it, Willis, do not hook up Danny with Joyce. That level of co-dependency would cause the strip to implode.

  26. The Blot
    The Blot
    December 1, 2010 at 9:26 am | #

    Interesting…Maggie can’t be liking this latest development Willis!

    • Ian
      Ian
      December 1, 2010 at 10:23 pm | #

      Really; then again, it might even be her idea.

  27. Sakimei
    Sakimei
    December 1, 2010 at 10:05 am | #

    I know they are in a crowd after class, but I love how that blond girl is creepin’.

  28. James
    James
    December 1, 2010 at 10:36 am | #

    This will end well, I’m sure.

  29. Cat
    Cat
    December 1, 2010 at 10:42 am | #

    i cant imagine what they could possibly be thinking of doing (sarcasm)

  30. Chiatroll
    Chiatroll
    December 1, 2010 at 2:22 pm | #

    I’m now wondering if relationships are going to go in a rough heavily edited version of the same order as original material. Danny being obsessed over by Joyce a bit first and much later being with walky.

  31. Roborat
    Roborat
    December 1, 2010 at 3:15 pm | #

    What is Hannelore doing in this strip?

    • David
      David M Willis
      December 1, 2010 at 5:30 pm | #

      Where? If I’d put in a cameo, I think it’d be fairly obvious.

    • Sporkaganza
      Sporkaganza
      December 1, 2010 at 9:34 pm | #

      Unless Hannelore is secretly a ninja, I don’t think she IS in this strip.

  32. Robert in San Diego
    Robert in San Diego
    December 1, 2010 at 5:42 pm | #

    Practicing variations on married name signatures before you’ve even selected a fiance? WOW!

    • Gianni
      Gianni
      December 1, 2010 at 6:25 pm | #

      That’s the Power of Joyce!

  33. Mystrana
    Mystrana
    December 1, 2010 at 6:33 pm | #

    Joe and Dorothy’s expressions in the last panel make me giggle

  34. Luke
    Luke
    December 1, 2010 at 7:50 pm | #

    Ho yeah! My original ship may finally come true!

  35. Cha
    Cha
    December 1, 2010 at 9:52 pm | #

    Dorothy and Joyce get along far too well.
    …maybe they’ll take over the world. XD

    • Cha
      Cha
      December 2, 2010 at 6:13 pm | #

      I meant Joe. not Joyce.

  36. Maycroft
    Maycroft
    January 11, 2012 at 2:40 am | #

    Willis is making this too easy.

  37. SgtNumnum
    SgtNumnum
    September 20, 2013 at 5:08 pm | #

    Well that was easy

  38. RandomPerson12
    RandomPerson12
    October 16, 2014 at 10:35 pm | #

    Joyce, Professor X’s surname is Xavier.

  39. Mousa The 14
    Mousa The 14
    March 31, 2016 at 3:00 pm | #

    So in this universe they’re going to enable her stalking tendancies for Danny. That’s… No.

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