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Lent

by David M Willis on March 7, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Choosing My Religion
└ Tags: dexter, dorothy, monkey master, walky

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  1. mechaqua
    mechaqua
    March 7, 2012 at 12:01 am | #

    Yeah I couldn’t say no to that face either.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      March 7, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      Sometimes I wish I could make that face.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        March 7, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

        I know I can.

        • AckAckAck
          AckAckAck
          March 7, 2012 at 2:09 am | #

          Prove it.

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            March 7, 2012 at 5:27 am | #

            It’s easy. All you need is muscle control.

            • Tualha
              Tualha
              March 7, 2012 at 7:22 am | #

              Yep. Just like a triple axel – anyone can do it.

  2. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    March 7, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    AWWWWWWW!

    • Layman
      Layman
      March 7, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

      I second that emotion.

      • carl320
        carl320
        March 7, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

        Thirded

        • Herbert
          Herbert
          March 7, 2012 at 1:29 am | #

          The emotion is carried.

          • Tristan J
            Tristan J
            March 7, 2012 at 6:01 pm | #

            Bring in the dancing lobsters!

    • SlenderTroll
      SlenderTroll
      March 7, 2012 at 12:47 am | #

      D’AWWWWWWWW!

      • Arkadi
        Arkadi
        March 7, 2012 at 9:39 am | #

        D’AWWWWWWWWWW!

    • AckAckAck
      AckAckAck
      March 7, 2012 at 2:09 am | #

      YEEEAAAAAHHHHH!

  3. Aizat
    Aizat
    March 7, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    You can’t beat the Walky charm. Or politeness.

  4. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    March 7, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    “I GIVE IT BACK TO YOUUUUU”

    Please?

  5. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    March 7, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Oh man a few Monkey Master days would be choice. =D

  6. Tricia
    Tricia
    March 7, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Walky is so freaking adorable. <3

  7. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    March 7, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    No girl can resist the siren song of cartoons!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      March 7, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

      Not the ones I know. Damn Korean dramas.

      • Bekah
        Bekah
        March 7, 2012 at 2:57 am | #

        I WILL HAVE NO DISPARAGING REMARKS ABOUT KOREAN DRAMAS!

        I WILL FIGHT YOU!

        • Fauxlosopher
          Fauxlosopher
          March 7, 2012 at 4:06 am | #

          I was watching a Korean drama. The terrible subtitles have created memes amongst me and my friends. For example, hitting something is ‘appreciating’ it, and can only be done by ‘a god person.’

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          March 7, 2012 at 5:06 am | #

          As much as I really wanted to fight, I have to give the dramas some credit. At least they are somewhat OK compared to Indonesian and local drama.

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        March 7, 2012 at 8:16 am | #

        You take that back! My best friend is a Korean drama!

        • lordphulish
          lordphulish
          March 7, 2012 at 8:28 am | #

          A Korean drama killed my brother!

          • shoeboxjeddy
            shoeboxjeddy
            March 7, 2012 at 10:14 am | #

            That last one seems legit. I totally believe a Korean drama could involve killing your brother.

          • Roborat
            Roborat
            March 7, 2012 at 2:50 pm | #

            Then it took an arrow to the knee.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              March 7, 2012 at 4:02 pm | #

              Followed by a knee to the groin.

          • Oberon
            Oberon
            March 7, 2012 at 4:38 pm | #

            For a nickel!

            • heyarnold1986
              heyarnold1986
              March 7, 2012 at 10:39 pm | #

              with your mom? I never get how these meme things work.

  8. Aizat
    Aizat
    March 7, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    Wish I could start a conversation with “Blah blah blah”.

    • alex
      alex
      March 7, 2012 at 12:46 am | #

      don’t you mean “a successfully charming conversation”?

    • Oberon
      Oberon
      March 7, 2012 at 4:39 pm | #

      He had to quickly dispense with meaningless conversation, she was interrupting the good part.

  9. Jon
    Jon
    March 7, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

    A comic titled “Lent” in the storyline “Choosing My Religion”. Clever, Willis…

    • Peruhain
      Peruhain
      March 7, 2012 at 1:43 am | #

      Especially since it’s the middle of Lent.

      • Historyman68
        Historyman68
        March 7, 2012 at 4:44 am | #

        And you know what that means… Fillet o Fish special!

        • Historyman68
          Historyman68
          March 7, 2012 at 4:45 am | #

          And no I’m not a schill for McD’s, just a Jew who loves cheap fish.

          • Izzy
            Izzy
            March 7, 2012 at 7:54 am | #

            Mike had your moms cheap fish for a nickle.

            • AndaisQ
              AndaisQ
              March 7, 2012 at 10:05 am | #

              See, you’d have my kudos for the successful “for a nickel” iteration if it weren’t for the contemptible “nickle” misspelling.

  10. mechaqua
    mechaqua
    March 7, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

    Ya know who Walky kind of Reminds me of Sackboy from LBP.

  11. Moonshine McGee
    Moonshine McGee
    March 7, 2012 at 12:23 am | #

    You CAN say no to that face.

    …but you won’t feel good about yourself afterwards.

  12. NCP19
    NCP19
    March 7, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

    The twist is that next comic is just Dorothy walking away.

    • Stevarious
      Stevarious
      March 7, 2012 at 1:23 pm | #

      No the twist is the next comic is Dorothy climbing on top of him and pulling off her shirt while Walky asks what the heck is happening.

  13. Tristan J
    Tristan J
    March 7, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

    See, I thought from the first panel that Dorothy was actually playing with the toy.

    • SlenderTroll
      SlenderTroll
      March 7, 2012 at 12:53 am | #

      Me too! I thought we has skipped to Walky and Dorothy playing with them.

      • Tristan J
        Tristan J
        March 7, 2012 at 1:07 am | #

        There will be so much useless flailing if this doesn’t happen.

        There’d probably less useless flailing if I could draw, so I could draw fanart.

        • a99steaksauce
          a99steaksauce
          March 7, 2012 at 3:03 am | #

          Alas, useless flailing must commence?

          • Tristan J
            Tristan J
            March 7, 2012 at 9:26 am | #

            We shall see. there are three possibilities:
            1) Dorothy and Walky play with the toys in the comic.
            b) Someone draws fanart of Dorothy and Walky playing with the toys.
            III) I suddenly get a burst of magic art powers and draw it myself.

            • begbert2
              begbert2
              March 7, 2012 at 10:48 am | #

              0100: Flailing.

              • Tristan J
                Tristan J
                March 7, 2012 at 6:03 pm | #

                🙁

  14. MarcinMN
    MarcinMN
    March 7, 2012 at 12:57 am | #

    And now she’s thinking, “Maybe I’ll just settle for Speaker of the House…” 🙂

  15. MrGazzer
    MrGazzer
    March 7, 2012 at 12:57 am | #

    awwwwwww~! So cute.

  16. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    March 7, 2012 at 1:06 am | #

    And then the sex.

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      March 7, 2012 at 2:01 am | #

      Monkey Master Fanfics first, then sex. Dorothy and Walky know their priorities.

      • a99steaksauce
        a99steaksauce
        March 7, 2012 at 3:06 am | #

        Couldnt they combine the two with roleplay? (albeit probably awkward roleplay) as a side note I wonder if there would be female characters in the cartoon to make it slightly less awkward?

        • a99steaksauce
          a99steaksauce
          March 7, 2012 at 3:10 am | #

          Sorry I must correct myself. *adult* female characters. There we go.

  17. Daeva
    Daeva
    March 7, 2012 at 1:23 am | #

    Y’know, the more I think about it, the more I think that these two are EXACTLY what they need for each other.

  18. allaces14400
    allaces14400
    March 7, 2012 at 1:27 am | #

    d’awww. C’mon, say it with me… D’awwww 🙂

    • a99steaksauce
      a99steaksauce
      March 7, 2012 at 3:07 am | #

      D’wwwwa? I’m sorry this is pretty hard to figure out.

  19. Qalypso
    Qalypso
    March 7, 2012 at 1:44 am | #

    What’s the difference between “lent” and “loaned”? One is a 49 day period in the christian calendar, the other is the proper past tense of “to loan”. A sad statement on the educational system…

    • David
      David M Willis
      March 7, 2012 at 11:49 am | #

      “Loaned” is the past tense of “loan.” “Lent” is the past tense of “lend.”

      “Lent” is not the past tense of “loan.”

      • Layman
        Layman
        March 7, 2012 at 12:34 pm | #

        Until I read this comic, I thought Lent was “Lint”. The more you know…

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          March 7, 2012 at 4:04 pm | #

          Lint is what you find in ‘innie’ bellybuttons.

          • Layman
            Layman
            March 7, 2012 at 11:56 pm | #

            Lol thanks. I meant I thought the period of Lent was spelled Lint.

  20. AckAckAck
    AckAckAck
    March 7, 2012 at 2:08 am | #

    And then they play with figurines together, on the bed, naked….

    Okay I will take my head out from the gutter now.

    • Shippy McShipper
      Shippy McShipper
      March 7, 2012 at 7:38 pm | #

      AHEM! Action Figures.

  21. Artemi
    Artemi
    March 7, 2012 at 2:09 am | #

    Seriously, Walky is the best thing to happen to Dorothy since she got to college.

    Sadly, she doesn’t realize that going down this path means she’s going to end up the hot wife of the owner of a hobby game shop who hangs out while painting models and playing WoW when she’s ‘suppose’ to be watching the counter… *laugh*

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      March 7, 2012 at 4:57 am | #

      Appropriate avatar alert

    • Zap Rowsdower
      Zap Rowsdower
      March 7, 2012 at 9:34 am | #

      You say all that like its a bad thing.

  22. f.p.
    f.p.
    March 7, 2012 at 2:43 am | #

    Haha! “Lent.” I see what you did there, Willis!

  23. MrNobodyReally
    MrNobodyReally
    March 7, 2012 at 2:44 am | #

    Oh sure Walky! I’ll watch the show with you and make you think I’m interested! And then, I’ll just remind you that I’m not looking for anything serious!

    • Bekah
      Bekah
      March 7, 2012 at 3:51 am | #

      Do men really think agreeing to watch a cartoon together indicates romantic interest?

      • Historyman68
        Historyman68
        March 7, 2012 at 4:58 am | #

        Yes.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        March 7, 2012 at 5:29 am | #

        Yes.

      • alex
        alex
        March 7, 2012 at 5:42 am | #

        no.
        …
        I mean yes.

      • Izzy
        Izzy
        March 7, 2012 at 7:58 am | #

        Men often think that glancing slightly in our direction indicates romantic interest

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        March 7, 2012 at 8:21 am | #

        No.

        Honestly, though, unless he was just trying to piss Joyce off, this is the first time he’s ever had that kind of interest in someone. I think he’d be just as uncomfortable with getting into a relationship at this point as she would be. It’d be too serious for him, too, but for an entirely different set of reasons.

        • Raiser
          Raiser
          March 7, 2012 at 8:27 pm | #

          Also there’s the entire lack of 8I reaction to her presence to consider. I highly doubt he has any romantic thoughts about this event, and is aware of two things:
          1) Someone he’s on good terms with, who likes the show he’s into, just knocked on the door,
          and
          2) It just got to the good bit.

          I’d even go so far as to predict a later event (maybe a few strips away) wherein he comes to the realization that
          DOROTHY.
          IS IN.
          HIS ROOM.
          WATCHING TELEVISION.
          WITH HIM.
          And the 8I commences thusly.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        March 7, 2012 at 10:59 am | #

        Unless you previously establish a firm foundation of platonic friendship, absolutely yes. This is what’s called “dating”.

      • JK9000
        JK9000
        March 7, 2012 at 12:25 pm | #

        I think a lot men with nerdy and/or juvenile hobbies, especially those who are accustomed to ostracism on those grounds, will tend to read too much into an acceptance of that hobby. x5 for those with little romantic experience.

        Not that I think it’ll happen with Walky. I’m just armchair psychoanalyzing a stereotype because, well, what else am I going to do on the internet?

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        March 7, 2012 at 1:20 pm | #

        Wugh. Is there any way to alieviate that, so as not to lead a dude on, without harping on “hey I still don’t want to date you” so often that it’s just cruelly rubbing rejection in their faces? I have a particular sweet nerdy male friend in mind.

        • Stevarious
          Stevarious
          March 7, 2012 at 1:25 pm | #

          You might try inviting your boyfriend to come along and make out with him the whole time. That would work.

          • Tristan J
            Tristan J
            March 7, 2012 at 6:06 pm | #

            I first read that as ‘inviting your boyfriend to come along and [have your boyfriend] make out with [nerdy male friend] the whole time.’

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          March 7, 2012 at 3:20 pm | #

          Interacting with them only in groups of at least three or four would likely help; it’s the one-on-one time together that really smells of, well, using the activity as an excuse to be alone with them.

          Admittedly this could be tough if they’re the only other person you know who can tolerate your hobby.

        • johannhowitzer
          johannhowitzer
          March 7, 2012 at 11:39 pm | #

          This knife cuts both ways, too – of course I haven’t your perspective on this specific situation, but often girls will read interest where there is none. A lot of females I know have gotten the idea that men can’t have platonic friendships with them because they’re too pretty – which, first of all, I’m a counterexample, and second, that just creates awkwardness where there doesn’t have to be any.

          To be frank, if you are acting in good faith, and he leads HIMSELF on, you’re off the hook until he comes out and says it. I have tremendous respect for the women who, when they found out I liked them, found me as soon as possible and turned me down directly. I was able to move on fairly quickly, instead of dragging things out, and looking back, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that those women (I can count them on one hand) are the most amazing women I know in many other areas of their lives.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        March 7, 2012 at 8:19 pm | #

        To be fair, based on my limited knowledge of girls, waving at a smiling girl can mean anything from ‘Hi there’ to ‘Yes, I would like to marry you’…

      • GeoShyft
        GeoShyft
        March 8, 2012 at 12:50 am | #

        Actually men come in two major kinds.
        1) The ones that think you are interested at the drop of a hat.
        2) The kind that wouldn’t realize you were interested unless you beat them with the aforementioned hat.

  24. BelOggy
    BelOggy
    March 7, 2012 at 3:04 am | #

    He’s wearing her down.

    Yay!

    • johannhowitzer
      johannhowitzer
      March 7, 2012 at 11:30 pm | #

      No one can resist the pure, unadulterated lust for life that is Walky. Plus I think she saw a new side of him at the beach.

  25. Diana
    Diana
    March 7, 2012 at 3:12 am | #

    I feel super Catholic right now… I saw the title Lent and was confused about why it was titled that because it had nothing to do with Lent. I’m an idiot.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      March 7, 2012 at 1:22 pm | #

      It’s cool, I’m Jewish and I saw it that way too.

  26. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    March 7, 2012 at 3:17 am | #

    I wonder if we’ll ever know how Dorothy and Danny got together in the first place?

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      March 7, 2012 at 5:11 am | #

      I got theories. None of them make any sense though.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      March 7, 2012 at 11:00 am | #

      Based on this comic, she has no willpower against an enthusiastic dork. So maybe that.

    • TheCerpent
      TheCerpent
      March 7, 2012 at 11:01 am | #

      My guess? Small town school, limited romantic options. Danny may have seemed sweet, and Dorothy wanted to date someone who wouldn’t just be trying to get into her pants.

  27. tahrey
    tahrey
    March 7, 2012 at 3:42 am | #

    This has been going on so long now that I’ve forgotten what the book is and don’t know how far to go back in the archives to rediscover it. Can it get a tag of its own?

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      March 7, 2012 at 8:23 am | #

      It’s a classic Dexter and Monkey Master comic, but I can’t remember when exactly Walky lent it to her. I suspect it was the night she came over after Joyce’s drugging, but someone needs to confirm.

      • Jackson
        Jackson
        March 7, 2012 at 8:41 am | #

        I’m pretty sure it was before that. Maybe sometime during Day 3 or 4?

    • Jason
      Jason
      March 8, 2012 at 1:54 am | #

      Pretty sure it was Thursday. Billie left Dotty and Walky alone in Walky’s room while Billie snuck into Ruth’s room.

      • Jason
        Jason
        March 8, 2012 at 1:58 am | #

        Actually, just click the “Dexter” tag. It’s the strip after the third strip on the list.

  28. Hythrain
    Hythrain
    March 7, 2012 at 4:07 am | #

    The way to Dorothy’s heart: “blah blah blah.”

    I wonder if Danny did that.

  29. TheTJ
    TheTJ
    March 7, 2012 at 4:54 am | #

    While it’s nice to see Walky getting better to talking to Dorothy, I’m starting to miss his “Deer caught in headlights” expression.

    He did some fun stuff while looking like that.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      March 7, 2012 at 4:59 am | #

      Mostly staring.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        March 7, 2012 at 5:13 am | #

        And possibly babble like an idiot.

  30. Zoey
    Zoey
    March 7, 2012 at 5:24 am | #

    shes about to master his monkey…..uh…

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      March 7, 2012 at 5:28 am | #

      The return of the double entendre. Gentlemen, start your engines.

  31. LiC
    LiC
    March 7, 2012 at 5:31 am | #

    D’aww… Walky can talk and has managed to get Dorothy to smile. Happy times! 😀

    • Lieutenant Dan
      Lieutenant Dan
      March 7, 2012 at 1:34 pm | #

      A Walky talky?

  32. AJBulldis
    AJBulldis
    March 7, 2012 at 5:35 am | #

    Panels five and six: best panels in the history of this comic.

    • Henry
      Henry
      March 7, 2012 at 8:07 am | #

      Yes. Full of “D’AWWWW!”

  33. Kelvin
    Kelvin
    March 7, 2012 at 5:40 am | #

    YAY FOR DOROTHY/WALKY!!!!!!!!!!!! :3 :3 :3

    Who’s with me? ^_^

    • Bryn
      Bryn
      March 7, 2012 at 3:56 pm | #

      I declare this pairing to be known as ‘DORKY’!!

      Also, I whole-heartedly approve!

      • Raiser
        Raiser
        March 7, 2012 at 8:30 pm | #

        …you.

        You made me sputter on my grape soda.

        I like you.

  34. Furie
    Furie
    March 7, 2012 at 6:12 am | #

    C’mon Dorothy, go into the room with him and his cartoons and greasy cartons. Give up your dreams of being president and replace them with chicken nugget mega deals. Give in to the dark side of geekdom…

  35. Joebo
    Joebo
    March 7, 2012 at 8:19 am | #

    Yes, give into your feelings. They make you strong.

  36. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    March 7, 2012 at 8:25 am | #

    I’m kind of wondering at this point what other fictional franchises exist in this world. We know Robo-Vac is still around.

    • Tristan J
      Tristan J
      March 7, 2012 at 8:45 am | #

      I’ll bet there’s a cartoon of Monkey Master, except all the characters are in college.

      And within that, there’s a book about these guys who work at a toy store.

      • Tristan J
        Tristan J
        March 7, 2012 at 8:47 am | #

        After that, it’s turtles all the way down.

        • Rowen Morland
          Rowen Morland
          March 7, 2012 at 10:09 am | #

          XD

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          March 7, 2012 at 1:24 pm | #

          yey!

        • Raiser
          Raiser
          March 7, 2012 at 8:30 pm | #

          With an annoyed Master Splinter sitting at the bottom.

  37. shoeboxjeddy
    shoeboxjeddy
    March 7, 2012 at 10:12 am | #

    Dorothy fails at being the best at college (classes). She immediately is rewarded with a life. GOOD JOB

    • johannhowitzer
      johannhowitzer
      March 7, 2012 at 11:27 pm | #

      At least she’s not a social climber like Billie. She knows the value of friendship.

  38. hotsauce
    hotsauce
    March 7, 2012 at 11:44 am | #

    This is why I’m not paying for my kid to go to college.

    • Layman
      Layman
      March 7, 2012 at 12:40 pm | #

      You are kidding, right?

  39. Blob Marley
    Blob Marley
    March 7, 2012 at 12:13 pm | #

    D’AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

  40. Stolen
    Stolen
    March 7, 2012 at 12:37 pm | #

    aww how sweet

    also, about the new poll; are you asking for the highest level of math that we’ve taken as a class? or can w include things we’ve looked into on our own?

    also, if you’ve taken physics, you’ve done at least pre-calculus level math.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 7, 2012 at 4:14 pm | #

      It’s been a few decades since I last done secondary school maths in Yr 10. While I vaguely recall doing a bit of trig, I’m not sure that is enough to count as pre-calc or not.

      • Tristan J
        Tristan J
        March 7, 2012 at 6:08 pm | #

        Seems to have been a few decades since you ‘last done’ English too 😛

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          March 7, 2012 at 8:54 pm | #

          I type the way I talk and if that doesn’t meet uni-level grammar standards, then so be it.

          • Tristan J
            Tristan J
            March 7, 2012 at 9:04 pm | #

            Fuck da grammar po-po.

  41. Arkadi
    Arkadi
    March 7, 2012 at 4:02 pm | #

    All turtles, all the way XDXDXDXD

    • Arkadi
      Arkadi
      March 7, 2012 at 4:03 pm | #

      Wtf? I don’t know how this comment ended up down here <_<

  42. johannhowitzer
    johannhowitzer
    March 7, 2012 at 7:02 pm | #

    He is remarkably composed when facing her.

  43. Fluffy776
    Fluffy776
    March 8, 2012 at 1:00 am | #

    Best reaction to a woman giving a half-hearted excuse ever!

  44. xainoforgv
    xainoforgv
    March 8, 2012 at 9:43 pm | #

    and all my fears of the dumbing of age universe are confirmed by this head alien is and is plotting this is the universe that causes an alternate reality head alien to systematically kill walky and Joyce in every other parallel universe.

  45. Jenny Creed
    Jenny Creed
    July 22, 2013 at 2:38 am | #

    So is that Dexter’s mouth or an eye slit? I’m going to go with mouth. It makes him look so happy.

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