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by David M Willis on November 18, 2010 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Uphill From Here

└ Tags: dorothy, joyce, roz, walky

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    November 18, 2010 at 12:01 am | #

    ROZ OH NOES

    Change the Wi-Fi password XD

    • wnderjif
      wnderjif
      November 18, 2010 at 12:06 am | #

      , what, no speculation walky will date dorothy ?

      • David Herbert
        David Herbert
        November 18, 2010 at 8:07 am | #

        Seems a little obvious. Or maybe I’m reading it wrong.

        And so today we see Joyce dismissing Walky as a possible husband while Dorothy captures his eye. Over at Questionable Content, Dora and Marten may be breaking up. What will tomorrow bring, I wonder?

      • Random Webcomics Junkie
        Random Webcomics Junkie
        December 14, 2010 at 10:15 pm | #

        I have to say, since people have been talking of Dorothy as “the blonde Amber” – I got a little feeling of horror on the last two panels as my mind automatically paired Walky and Amber. SO WRONG.

        • Carnex Zeta
          Carnex Zeta
          October 4, 2014 at 2:20 pm | #

          Consider this- the head alien visits many universes, including one where
          Walky never joins SEMME, and marries Dorothy Keener. The wiki calls this
          universe the no-walkyverse. I think this is that universe.

          • David M Willis
            David M Willis
            October 4, 2014 at 3:48 pm | #

            it is not

          • Cacturne
            Cacturne
            January 24, 2016 at 1:36 pm | #

            DOA is alien free, superpower free
            just a bunch of idiot kids going through college.

    • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
      February 17, 2011 at 1:33 pm | #

      ROZ!!!! NOOOOOOOO!

      • DeWeese07
        DeWeese07
        March 10, 2011 at 10:23 am | #

        I think I may be one of the only people who liked Roz… her character even if not “character” if you catch my meaning.

        • DeWeese07
          DeWeese07
          March 10, 2011 at 10:24 am | #

          EDIT: I think I may be one of the only people who liked Roz… her character even if not her “character” if you catch my meaning.

  2. Qaxis
    Qaxis
    November 18, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    Obviously he’s going to end up with Roz. I see the foreshadowing here.

    • Sakimei
      Sakimei
      November 18, 2010 at 12:14 am | #

      Yes, there’s a reason he sat right behind her. Also, he’s trying not to be too obvious, and he’s covering his tracks by looking at Dorothy.

      • MrGBH
        MrGBH
        November 18, 2010 at 1:09 pm | #

        He has no pupils, how can you tell who he’s looking at?

    • Sili
      Sili
      November 19, 2010 at 4:12 pm | #

      Nope. No arrows.

      • Jabberwocky
        Jabberwocky
        November 21, 2010 at 12:56 am | #

        His elbow might count.

  3. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    November 18, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    Le gasp! Foreshadowing.

  4. addude
    addude
    November 18, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

    And so the greatest romance begins-
    Sorry I was watching Darkwing Duck. What going on here?

    • No0ne
      No0ne
      November 18, 2010 at 12:14 am | #

      DARKWING DUCK? WHERE?! I WANTS I WANTS!

      • addude
        addude
        November 18, 2010 at 12:16 am | #

        I bought the Dvds when I found out they were making a comic book of it

        • James
          James
          November 18, 2010 at 1:11 pm | #

          Waitwaitwaitwaitwaitwait… Darkwing Duck got a DVD release? WHY HAS NO ONE TOLD ME THIS?!

          • addude
            addude
            November 18, 2010 at 7:06 pm | #

            and an ongoing comic book series

  5. Nessa
    Nessa
    November 18, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

    Nooooooooo!!!!

    • Blazey
      Blazey
      November 18, 2010 at 11:37 am | #

      NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

      ; ;

      • dcmeserve
        dcmeserve
        March 24, 2013 at 11:17 pm | #

        The dual Danny avatars make these two comments pretty funny, especially since I don’t think those were the avatars at the time the comments were made.

  6. LurkerAbove
    LurkerAbove
    November 18, 2010 at 12:06 am | #

    Ho ho, I should’ve seen this coming!

  7. Psydan
    Psydan
    November 18, 2010 at 12:06 am | #

    Why would you do that.

  8. JediAutobot
    JediAutobot
    November 18, 2010 at 12:06 am | #

    Wow, this just gets better and better!

  9. Zach Adams
    Zach Adams
    November 18, 2010 at 12:07 am | #

    Oh dear.

  10. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    November 18, 2010 at 12:07 am | #

    So why’re Roz’s eyes closed? Or Joyce’s for that matter? Is it a thing girls do when they’re mad at someone? Then who pissed Roz off if that’s the case? Why am I asking so many questions? WHY?!

    • Geoffrey Finch
      Geoffrey Finch
      November 18, 2010 at 12:09 am | #

      Joyce is angry. Roz looks… asleep. She doesn’t have as much energy as her sister.

      • User of Sarcasm
        User of Sarcasm
        November 18, 2010 at 2:24 pm | #

        Look closely at panel 3.
        A) Joyce has a slight “blush” on her cheeks that was not in Panel 1.
        B) Mouth slightly turned down.
        C) Right border, 20% up from bottom edge –tan / brown shape is hair. Obviously hair. If you stopped 100 people on the street, 99 would tell you it is hair, (the other would ask if you would like a stress test.)
        But…
        It is hair drawn to create subliminal associations with the human hand
        ( it even has fingers!) suggesting she has just wiped away a tear.
        Well done!

        • David
          David M Willis
          November 18, 2010 at 2:51 pm | #

          Thanks for pointing out that I forgot to color in Joyce’s cheeks in panel one. I’ll have to go fix that.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      November 18, 2010 at 12:15 am | #

      Jacob, he wouldn’t go for a quickie before class.

    • bex
      bex
      November 18, 2010 at 2:10 am | #

      It appears that they’ve been… Fazified.

      • ADHadh
        ADHadh
        November 18, 2010 at 7:20 am | #

        They lack the smile!
        Also, I wonder if Faz is Amber’s half-brother in DoA as well.

        • Jabberwocky
          Jabberwocky
          November 18, 2010 at 9:06 am | #

          Given that Amber’s dad’s promiscuity was not in any way related to aliens, I’d say yes.

          • Piccolo
            Piccolo
            November 18, 2010 at 11:42 am | #

            Are we sure that Amber’s dad’s promiscuity wasn’t related to aliens?

    • AndysDrawings
      AndysDrawings
      November 18, 2010 at 4:12 am | #

      Looks to me like she’s looking down at something in her lap OR ON HER DESK ON HER DESK.

    • Emily
      Emily
      November 18, 2010 at 7:26 am | #

      I think Roz may just be looking down at stuff on her desk. Or asleep. Joyce I think is closing her eyes so she doesn’t have to look at him.

  11. Pananan
    Pananan
    November 18, 2010 at 12:07 am | #

    Oh, silly Walky, this is why we don’t tempt fate. Before I’d assumed that Joyce and Walky would end up together like immediately, but now when I think about it… D:

    • Ragnal
      Ragnal
      November 18, 2010 at 12:16 am | #

      I guess in a way it makes sense. I’ve been told around these parts before that Willis doesn’t want to do the same story arc over with the characters, so he’s either A) going to make Walky and Dorothy the couple she wished they were in the Walkyverse, or B) tease us before making J&W a last minute hookup.

      Or, yanno, third option, a bunch of swerves ala Joyce/Walky/Dina/Joe/Mike.

      • WAT
        WAT
        November 18, 2010 at 6:03 am | #

        I assumed this was the Walkverse where he and Dorothy ended up together. But according to that one, they went to high school together too, right? But there is still room for development. “He was happy, he was a doctor.”

        • xainoforgv
          xainoforgv
          November 18, 2010 at 1:54 pm | #

          I maybe wrong but the Dorothy from Joyce and Walky met walky in high school and head alien showed her a parallel in which they ended up together and walky became a doctor head alien never went into any of the details of they’re relationship in that parallel other than dorothy would end up with walky

        • Jabberwocky
          Jabberwocky
          November 18, 2010 at 4:09 pm | #

          That wouldn’t work, anyway, because this Walky is majoring in telecommunications. A medical occupation requires a degree in that field, as well as several years of medical school.

          • ArchSchnitz
            ArchSchnitz
            November 18, 2010 at 9:06 pm | #

            I don’t know about anyone else, but I changed majors in college.

            I kid, I kid… but I really did.

          • Jabberwocky
            Jabberwocky
            November 19, 2010 at 8:27 am | #

            I don’t think this version of Walky has the patience for medical school, in any case.

  12. Sakimei
    Sakimei
    November 18, 2010 at 12:08 am | #

    Wow. I’m going to have to use the word Philistine more often then.

    Make up and ponies and vampires? Sigh… how old are the girls you’re lookin’ at, Walky?

    • Darth Cariss
      Darth Cariss
      November 18, 2010 at 12:10 am | #

      Walky likes em’ young.

      Real young.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      November 18, 2010 at 12:14 am | #

      Cause that’s exclusive to any age.

      Walky likes them middle aged.

      • No0ne
        No0ne
        November 18, 2010 at 12:15 am | #

        Lies, Walky likes ’em over 89!

        • benenator
          benenator
          November 19, 2010 at 12:54 am | #

          *must. . . resist . . . “over 8-9000” joke . . .*

    • Cha
      Cha
      November 18, 2010 at 12:49 am | #

      So the real reason he’s all tan is that he’s related to Jacob Black?

    • SteveCharb
      SteveCharb
      November 18, 2010 at 1:06 pm | #

      “Philistine” is another name for “Palestinian”. JOYCE HATES MUSLIMS!

      • Jabberwocky
        Jabberwocky
        November 18, 2010 at 4:06 pm | #

        That’s how it originated, yes, but the word now colloquially means basically “asshole.”

        • JesseJanitect
          JesseJanitect
          November 18, 2010 at 5:10 pm | #

          Or uncultured/barbarian

    • Doom Shepherd
      Doom Shepherd
      November 18, 2010 at 3:23 pm | #

      Hee-hee.

      Actualy, the ancient Philistines and the modern-day Palestinians are very different peoples.

  13. Jabberwocky
    Jabberwocky
    November 18, 2010 at 12:09 am | #

    WHAT

    Also: yay, Roz!

    • Drpepperfan
      Drpepperfan
      November 18, 2010 at 3:23 am | #

      I think that’s the first time anyones ever said “yay roz”.

      • Arthur
        Arthur
        November 18, 2010 at 7:24 am | #

        What, really? but.. but.. Roz is awesome (in a, y’know, totally-a-bongo-sometimes way)

      • creativerealms
        creativerealms
        November 18, 2010 at 8:37 am | #

        Well this is a chance to make her well not completly unlikable. Being a different universe and all.

    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky
      November 18, 2010 at 9:08 am | #

      This raises a question, though: where’s Robin herself?

      • agentksilver
        agentksilver
        November 18, 2010 at 12:41 pm | #

        Wherever Leslie and/or Ethan are.

    • MrGBH
      MrGBH
      November 18, 2010 at 1:12 pm | #

      Roz is taking gender studies. I am partly happy that I was right about it, and partly freaked out that I was right about it.

      Actually, mostly freaked out.

  14. dchorror
    dchorror
    November 18, 2010 at 12:13 am | #

    You know, it’d seem that Roz would find the challenge more interesting than Dorothy. Drama tag pre-pulled indeed.

  15. Cassidy
    Cassidy
    November 18, 2010 at 12:13 am | #

    DAMN YOU WILLIS

    • Gianni
      Gianni
      November 18, 2010 at 12:16 am | #

      Seconded!

      • Jabberwocky
        Jabberwocky
        November 18, 2010 at 12:38 am | #

        Thirded.

    • Grrt
      Grrt
      November 18, 2010 at 9:12 am | #

      Wait, are we damning him for making us speculate on fictional characters, or are we damning him for managing to have us come back here every single day to speculate further?

      • zuche
        zuche
        November 18, 2010 at 9:19 am | #

        Can’t it be all five?

        • Grrt
          Grrt
          November 18, 2010 at 8:09 pm | #

          Sure, why not?

  16. No0ne
    No0ne
    November 18, 2010 at 12:14 am | #

    QUICK WALKY KNOCK ON WOOD! And not Joe’s wood… ewwww…

    • Grrt
      Grrt
      November 18, 2010 at 9:13 am | #

      It might be my lack of sleep talking, but that is inordianately funny to me right now.

      • MrGBH
        MrGBH
        November 18, 2010 at 1:15 pm | #

        It’s probably my pain medication, but I agree with you. It’s funny.

  17. thunk
    thunk
    November 18, 2010 at 12:16 am | #

    Oh snap!

  18. Cratacon
    Cratacon
    November 18, 2010 at 12:18 am | #

    Sorry Walky, but Joe already has dibs to Joe Dorothy. Don’t you follow his “Do List” RSS feed?

    • NF
      NF
      November 18, 2010 at 12:28 am | #

      I’d really like to see Joe use a line on Dorothy. Given that she just broke up with Joe’s best friend and she is focused on getting into Yale, I’m imagining his attempt pissing her off so much she threatens to gut him like a fish.

      • Cratacon
        Cratacon
        November 18, 2010 at 12:35 am | #

        I don’t know, Dorothy is pretty on top of things. She’s probably up to date on his RSS Feed and looks so happy in this strip because she’s anticipating the inevitable Joeing.

      • Russell B. T. Kirkpatrick
        Russell B. T. Kirkpatrick
        November 18, 2010 at 12:51 am | #

        (at above) Agreed.

  19. Someone
    Someone
    November 18, 2010 at 12:37 am | #

    Yanno, that might be the first smile I’ve seen Dorothy actually HAVE so far. With good reason, but still.

  20. Samui
    Samui
    November 18, 2010 at 12:48 am | #

    So are you some sort of FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE

  21. R
    R
    November 18, 2010 at 12:52 am | #

    Pairings I’m going to be watching for: Joe/Roz, Walky/Dorothy, and Joyce stalking Danny.

    • Drpepperfan
      Drpepperfan
      November 18, 2010 at 3:22 am | #

      Those are some good pairings, though my favourite is still Ultra-Car/Becky.

      • shietka
        shietka
        January 9, 2015 at 6:38 pm | #

        Wow. That totally doesn’t seem so far-fetched now.

  22. Outrider
    Outrider
    November 18, 2010 at 1:03 am | #

    Reading the first panel I’m thinking, “Dude, it’s gonna turn out that DOA Walky is gay.”

    And then I was wrong.

    • drivethruwhale
      drivethruwhale
      November 18, 2010 at 2:01 am | #

      You don’t know that. Maybe he is gay and she has a “kick me” sign on her back.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      November 18, 2010 at 3:20 am | #

      Maybe he needs glasses, and thought she was a dude?

      • JesseJanitect
        JesseJanitect
        November 18, 2010 at 5:13 pm | #

        Maybe she’s actually Faz in drag?

        • Outrider
          Outrider
          November 18, 2010 at 6:11 pm | #

          I knew it!

  23. Zelder
    Zelder
    November 18, 2010 at 1:04 am | #

    Yes
    yesssssssssssssssssssssssss

    • benenator
      benenator
      November 19, 2010 at 12:57 am | #

      MEGATRON!!!!!!!

  24. arjay2813
    arjay2813
    November 18, 2010 at 1:15 am | #

    i’m liking all the reactions. if obi-wan were to read this he’d probably mention something about the millions of shippers all screaming at once and then being silenced..yes my first thoughts of reading a daily life webcomic is to see parallels with it and star wars.

    • Grrt
      Grrt
      November 18, 2010 at 9:15 am | #

      Damnit, I caught myself looking for a facebook style “Like” button for this comment…

      • David
        David M Willis
        November 18, 2010 at 9:19 am | #

        Well, you can do Facebook stuff *with* it if you click the envelope icon under the strip, though that’s not quite the same thing.

        (Man, that icon needs to not look like a mail icon.)

  25. Tiger
    Tiger
    November 18, 2010 at 1:37 am | #

    While I ship Walky and Joyce, I totally expected this the moment I saw Dorothy was in this comic. …I’m not sure why no one else did.

    Besides, the romance is pretty worthless if it’s not built up. Really, there’d be just as many people complaining if Walky and Joyce got thrown together right away! Savor the drama and build up, people. Instant gratification isn’t nearly so gratifying, it just makes you feel empty that much quicker!

  26. Lillian
    Lillian
    November 18, 2010 at 1:38 am | #

    No distractions, Dorothy!

  27. Bickendan
    Bickendan
    November 18, 2010 at 1:49 am | #

    Dammit Willis, it doesn’t work this way in real life! I’ve used Walky’s little soliloquy in panel four… and fate did not hand me a nice young woman to prompt me to break up with singlehood.

    • Grrt
      Grrt
      November 18, 2010 at 8:10 pm | #

      Seconded

  28. Chad from Canada
    Chad from Canada
    November 18, 2010 at 2:49 am | #

    Walky, apparently, has the mind of a male entering middle school, rather than one entering collage… No, wait… I knew more about women then him in middle school… Someone needs to give that boy “The Talk”… Something tells me he must have missed it.

  29. Wackd
    Wackd
    November 18, 2010 at 6:04 am | #

    It’s kind of nice to know that even without the insane childhood drama, Walky would still never mature. Ever. If anything, being abducted by aliens caused him to grow up on a subconscious level even before his SEMME recruitment.

    Moreover, because he has no explicit reason to be kid-like in this universe, it means that he actually is this immature, which says all sorts of wonderful things about his upbringing and mental capacity. One wonders how he made it to college to begin with.

    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky
      November 18, 2010 at 8:59 am | #

      Walky may be acting childish because he, y’know, wants to be. I personally think that being a serious adult would be boring, so I’ve decided to be whimsical all of my days.

      Walky was shown in IW to be quite intelligent – and not just through the Head Alien’s genetic manipulation, either. Walky probably did well in high school, then went to college because his parents wanted him to.

      • Wackd
        Wackd
        November 18, 2010 at 4:10 pm | #

        True, but if he was just acting immature for the sake of it than I doubt he would’ve made the remark in panel two. I hope he would be intelligent enough to realize that’s not the sort of thing you say to girls once you hit, I dunno, twelve, even if you’re not interested in dating.

        So, he’s either really immature, or pretending to be immature but also kind of a douche.

      • JesseJanitect
        JesseJanitect
        November 18, 2010 at 5:15 pm | #

        Intelligence and maturity are not correlated. In fact, they’re often negatively correlated, if only because the truly smart people know that growing up sucks.

      • benenator
        benenator
        November 19, 2010 at 1:00 am | #

        He was on the Honor Roll, if I remember Joyce’s outting of him actually being extremely smart to the entire Squad.

  30. Chaun
    Chaun
    November 18, 2010 at 6:46 am | #

    I foresee an awkward double date between Dorothy and Walky, with Joyce and Danny.

    • Richie9999
      Richie9999
      November 18, 2010 at 8:03 am | #

      I dunno, I’m sort of hoping for/seeing a Danny and Sal thing happening that actually works out.

    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky
      November 18, 2010 at 4:03 pm | #

      I can’t see Joyce/Danny, TBH. Danny’s way too obsessed with Dorothy for that to happen.

    • Outrider
      Outrider
      November 18, 2010 at 6:13 pm | #

      I’m betting right now that Joe sleeps with everyone.

      EVERY CHARACTER IN THE COMIC.

      • Gianni
        Gianni
        November 18, 2010 at 6:20 pm | #

        FAZ??

        • Jabberwocky
          Jabberwocky
          November 18, 2010 at 6:36 pm | #

          Especially Faz.

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        November 18, 2010 at 6:52 pm | #

        The question is, will he get to Mike before Mike gets to his mom?

        … Or at the same time.

        (Mwahaha.)

  31. Joebo
    Joebo
    November 18, 2010 at 7:53 am | #

    Okay, we have an official Roz tag, so why hasn’t he gone back and tagged the other half appearances of Roz?

  32. Richie9999
    Richie9999
    November 18, 2010 at 8:02 am | #

    Ooh, this could prove interesting. I’d love to see how Danny reacts to this when he finds out. I’m looking forward to seeing this. Also, YAY ROZ! That means that there may be Robin in the future.

  33. Pabetism
    Pabetism
    November 18, 2010 at 8:48 am | #

    Does Walky remind anyone else of Captain Mal?

    • zuche
      zuche
      November 18, 2010 at 9:33 am | #

      Thank you ever so much. Now he’s always going to have Nathan Fillion’s voice when I read this strip.

      Bad enough that’s always how I read Sal’s voice, but Walky too?

      • Jabberwocky
        Jabberwocky
        November 18, 2010 at 4:04 pm | #

        I always read Sal like Rogue.

  34. Jabberwocky
    Jabberwocky
    November 18, 2010 at 8:49 am | #

    Since Dorothy is leaving for the Ivy League soon (or she hopes to, at least), I sense some heartbreak for Walky in the near future.

    • Strephon
      Strephon
      November 18, 2010 at 11:09 pm | #

      Given that we’re coming off a conversation about Walky’s reaction to Joyce’s college/life goal, and Dorothy’s Yale goal has been her defining character trait, his reaction to hearing about it is likely to be a key moment. (I doubt he’ll have the same reaction he did to Joyce, but he might ask a useful question such as “What do you want to do after Yale?”.)

  35. xainoforgv
    xainoforgv
    November 18, 2010 at 9:06 am | #

    A sudden realization just hit me assuming roz is more or less the same as she was in shortpacked (which would kinda be odd if she wasn’t cause she really never had any interaction with aliens, seme, ect to require changes unless changes with robin somehow made affected roz) then shes totally gonna end up with joe

  36. drpepperfan
    drpepperfan
    November 18, 2010 at 9:36 am | #

    I’m kind of hoping this universe has a lot of different romantic pairings, like characters from Shortpacked being with Walkyverse people, even if the pairing is weird like Ethan/Joe.

    THAT IS MY NEW FAVOURITE PAIRING

  37. Sylthe4
    Sylthe4
    November 18, 2010 at 9:59 am | #

    Anyone else think that Dorothy is smiling because she knows Walky’s looking at her?

    • Compass
      Compass
      November 18, 2010 at 10:45 am | #

      No, it’s because she’s not pretty-faced and hates ponies, and believes in SCIENCE.

      • Grrt
        Grrt
        November 18, 2010 at 8:12 pm | #

        And likes the not sissy kind of Vampire.

      • milk experiment
        milk experiment
        November 19, 2010 at 1:23 am | #

        All in all, sounds like my kinda gal.

  38. Kimmy
    Kimmy
    November 18, 2010 at 10:15 am | #

    I loved Joyce and Walky together so much!! It’s going to be really hard watching him with someone else! =(

  39. sarpiedon
    sarpiedon
    November 18, 2010 at 10:31 am | #

    Joyce X Dorothy

    • Grrt
      Grrt
      November 18, 2010 at 8:14 pm | #

      That just broke my brain… And I’m happy about it…. Dammit Willis…

  40. Compass
    Compass
    November 18, 2010 at 10:47 am | #

    Try re-reading the comic and imagine Amber instead of Dorothy walking in.

  41. RickZarber
    RickZarber
    November 18, 2010 at 10:52 am | #

    So is this entire series designed to torture Maggie, or..?

  42. xainoforgv
    xainoforgv
    November 18, 2010 at 11:27 am | #

    On a different note i really hope that if dorothy does start dating that dan doesn’t start becoming a stalker or something equally as bad

  43. Rachel
    Rachel
    November 18, 2010 at 12:06 pm | #

    This confused me until I remembered the unfinished “Joyce and Walky!” storyline. I can’t wait to see the two universes collide somehow. ^_^

    • xainoforgv
      xainoforgv
      November 18, 2010 at 12:48 pm | #

      But that means that head alien is really in this universe and Walkys gonna become a doctor and marry Dorothy thus dooming countless other parallel worlds. Not only would that suck but i would hate willis cause it would mean that he’s given us a cheat sheet for the end results of half the relationships Walky ending with Dorothy, Sal with Dan, and potentially more for the people that actually paid to see the entirety of the whole Machete Arc

      • Jabberwocky
        Jabberwocky
        November 18, 2010 at 6:50 pm | #

        No. In that universe and the real Walkyverse, Dorothy and Walky knew each other before college-age.

  44. Charles RB
    Charles RB
    November 18, 2010 at 12:18 pm | #

    This I did not expect!

    I LOVE IT

  45. wynne
    wynne
    November 18, 2010 at 12:27 pm | #

    Wait, how does thinking Joyce’s reason for going to college is dumb make Walky a woman-hating philistine? He seems more neutral on the subject of females than anything else. You know, he’s all “Meh. I have nothing against them, I’ve just never met one I really liked.”

    • Rachel
      Rachel
      November 18, 2010 at 12:39 pm | #

      He seems to be stuck in the “girls are icky” phase that six-year-old boys go through.

      • Rachel
        Rachel
        November 18, 2010 at 12:40 pm | #

        Also, there’s the pretty blatant stereotyping he’s up to in this strip.

    • KCO
      KCO
      November 21, 2010 at 4:06 am | #

      As far as I can tell, it makes him “a woman-hating philistine” because he questioned her motives. And anyone who doesn’t like typical girly things is “a romance-hating jerk person” because Joyce fits the bill of girls he doesn’t like.
      I have to disagree with Rachel that he’s in a “girls are icky” stage as well. Nowhere has it been suggested he thinks like that.

      And on another note, it amazes me that no matter the universe, Joyce annoys the hellout of me.

  46. Ezzy
    Ezzy
    November 18, 2010 at 12:46 pm | #

    Yeah, that’s what I said before I met my girlfriend

  47. agentksilver
    agentksilver
    November 18, 2010 at 12:53 pm | #

    My first thought was whaaaaaaaaaaa.

    My second thought was: No, Walky! You like Billie! BILLIE.

    My final thoughts are this: predictions.

    Walky will start pursuing Dorothy, in an awkward childish way that will annoy Dorothy. This will lead Billie to get jealous and realize her feelings for Walky. Walky will be thus conflicted, drama will ensue.

    Danny, still heart-broken over Dorothy, will try to investigate who Amazi-Girl is. This should lead him into Amber’s arms, but won’t, because Amber is still shy and tries to hide from the world. Billie, heart-broken over Walky for some reason, will come across Danny in a similar state. Angry making out will ensue.

    Dina and Dorothy, meanwhile, will be trying to pursue educations but will also be looking for Joe to Joe them. Joe will ignore Dina, consider Dorothy, realize it’s too weird, and then go Joe Roz and Robin and Amber and Mary and Rachel and Ruth and all the rest. Somehow Joyce also decides that Joe is the man for her and will pursue him as well. Hilarity will ensue.

    In the end, Dorothy transfers to Yale, Billie and Danny are hooked up full-time-like, Joyce and Walky find each other, each having grown into the right amount of maturity, and Joe will go off and Joe some chicks at MIT before hooking up with Dorothy for good, because hey, he somehow ended up at Ivy League, right?

    Amber and Mike then enter the most epic of hatefucks. The end.

    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky
      November 18, 2010 at 1:29 pm | #

      Yes.

    • Andronicus
      Andronicus
      November 18, 2010 at 4:49 pm | #

      Normally I would agree with you, but remember Willis has stated that DoA characters will NEVER age. In other words, the characters are stuck in a time loop in first year forever.

      This has 2 general possibilities on how DoA works out
      1. Character relationships change and mutate at the beginning, but eventually stabilize, such as the configuration that you suggested, newspaper comic with little to no continuity follows. least possibility knowing Willis

      2. Character relationships change and mutate all the time, and continue to do so for the entire series, which, theoretically means if this strip goes on for long enough, we might end up seeing every possible combination of characters doing it. – medium possibility knowing Willis

      3. Hybrid of the 2 above possibilities, ie some characters develop into stable or quasi stable (on and off dating) relationships and other characters act as wanderers changing their relationship status every few years or so (NB: Joe will be a pseudo stable in that he will never be in a relationship for more than 5 strips, tops) . best possibility knowing Willis.

      • Heather
        Heather
        November 18, 2010 at 7:34 pm | #

        When I read ‘every possible combination’ I then thought of Sal/Walky because my mind jumped to the least likely combination possible. As much fun Willis has had screwing with peoples minds in the case of Faz and Amber, I’d doubt he’d go for that one.

        On the other hand… I (almost) wouldn’t put it past him..

        -uncaps bottle of brain bleach-

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        November 18, 2010 at 11:36 pm | #

        Don’t be so certain about Joe never being in a stable relationship. I mean, if even Mike could find a steady girlfriend (two if his drunken relationship with Dina counts), then surely Joe might find stable love. Perhaps not long-term, but it could happen.

  48. Sporkaganza
    Sporkaganza
    November 18, 2010 at 7:27 pm | #

    Told you, it’s NOT a hunt. I’m perfectly happy being single.

    An’ no pretty-FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE

  49. Grrt
    Grrt
    November 18, 2010 at 8:19 pm | #

    Just a thought, but Dorothy’s smile doesn’t hit her face until after Walky stops talking. Could this mean that she heard his proclamation and is glad that this random guy in her class isn’t going to be chasing after her like Danny?
    Could these be the false hopes engendered by an across the room conversation?

  50. Luke
    Luke
    November 18, 2010 at 9:46 pm | #

    No! Nooooooo! Wrong direction, Walky! To the left! To the LEFT!

  51. Tomb
    Tomb
    November 19, 2010 at 12:48 am | #

    Wha if…Dorothy IS Amazi-Girl?

    • Sporkaganza
      Sporkaganza
      November 19, 2010 at 11:13 pm | #

      I like your thinking. I wouldn’t be surprised if this was actually the case.

    • Shift
      Shift
      November 22, 2010 at 3:39 am | #

      Doubtful. Being a vigilante would get in the way of going to her Ivy League school.

  52. CookieMonster
    CookieMonster
    April 11, 2011 at 7:04 pm | #

    l:3 oh, yes u did

  53. Volkai
    Volkai
    September 13, 2012 at 5:23 am | #

    Foreshadowing!

    How the hell did I miss the foreshadowing in this strip nineteen months ago???

    • Volkai
      Volkai
      September 13, 2012 at 5:27 am | #

      Twenty-two months ago, even.

  54. newllend
    newllend
    August 13, 2013 at 3:07 am | #

    Nt ntNo walky no your my faverit so far don’t do it

  55. Mousa The 14
    Mousa The 14
    March 31, 2016 at 1:11 pm | #

    It’s interesting I’m reading this right at the point in my reading It’s Walky where Walky and Joyce aren’t getting along. And if that happens more than once I mean the one where Joyce murders Nega-Joyce.

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