Plasma, for the sake of all thats is kosher, tell me where you got that pic of Daphne in Velma’s sweater cause I haven’t had a nerdgams like that since I heard Joss Whedon would be help doing a a Marvel SHIELD TV series
Too true. Even if your comment wasn’t creept at all it would all seem like a front for murder and dumping the body in a ditch. We’re at full on sex-tarp here.
Do you mean “Sandwich” as in a literal sandwich, the How I Met Your Mother “sandwich,” or some sort of euphemism involving trying your meat in different types of buns.
On How I Met Your Mother, since the entire series is the main character telling stories about his past to his kids, he does some editing. One such edit is that he changes any reference to smoking pot to “eating sandwiches.”
An also when you say different types of buns, do you
mean like experimenting with wheat or white? Or like making a buttaco vs a fish taco? Or do you mean trying the fudge packing industry?
I suppose, if you wanted to stretch a euphemism even further, you could make specific reference to white, wheat, or a nice dark rye. Whichever one you’re in the mood to slide a nice plump sausage into.
Nanananana, time to get in a fight! So what, they’re my Pajama jeans–and guess what, I had a girlfriend, and now that we’re done, I’m gonna wear them toniiiiiiight, it’s alriiiiiight….
It was the Tenth Doctor who died after a knock of 6. The Eleventh Doctor is the new one, who thinks bow-ties are cool. His stories aren’t as good as the previous season, though.
Well, Dorothy has learned, or at least acknowledged her fault. When last seen, Walky was actively resisting it. We’ll see if Joyce helps or makes the situation worse.
The fact that she’s talking about “being the spine” in a relationship says she hasn’t yet done either of what you say. In a good relationship, neither is “the spine” because they’re both pretty much equal. Dorothy still has much to learn.
Nnnnnnnot -quite-. It’s easy to just say something – doesn’t always mean one has truly recognized the problem they’ve just admitted to. She’s only admitted she messed up, not exactly the same thing. 🙂
Took me a minute to realize who was knocking at Walky’s door.
Hell hath no fury like a Joyce…
I tried really hard to think of a way to end that joke and I couldn’t so I’m just gonna leave that there.
Nah-uh. Joyce, Walky is in the right here. He’s allowed to stick up for himself. A relationship is based on equality. Dorothy needs to learn that she can’t just tell Walky what to do, no more then he she. Sure is it stupid? Yes. But I’m glad Walky has enough backbone to make a stand early on. If you don’t often times it becomes a one sided relationship… just look at danny
I hope he keeps his ground with Joyce too, i was proud of him for not letting Dorothy tell him he has to look “proper” to date her. PAJAMA PANTS FOR THE WIN!!
Yes. I do hope Walky will not cave. The jeans aren’t important, but not letting someone dictate to you or try to control your behavior via ultimatums is definitely something worth standing up for.
Nobody was in the wrong on this one. God forbid a woman has standards. If Walky don’t meet it, then she finds another one. And if Walky don’t like it, HE can find another one. All it means is that they’re incompatible. She doesn’t want her dude to look like a slob. Nothin’ wrong with that.
Actually, I do believe she was in the wrong. You’re right in that there is nothing wrong with having standards and sometimes people are just incompatible, but dropping ultimatums is not a good thing. You most especially shouldn’t be giving someone an ultimatum unless you’re prepared for them to go the other way. You can’t have a respectful relationship with someone who gives way to you on everything and if you’re attitude is my-way-or-no-way every time something doesn’t meet with you’re approval, you’re backing them in to a corner. They’re forced to either become your doormat, or walk away. Ultimatums are for last resorts or extreme situations. I’m not sure pj pants qualify.
I didn’t see it as an ultimatum. She asked him to not wear the jeans as “clothes,” acknowledging that it their’s was a very casual thing–not really a relationship. When Walky said she can’t tell him what to wear, she said that she *can’t* tell him what to wear. So she knows that. But she can decide that he’s not attractive to her anymore, which she certainly has control over and *is* her standard. He decided it wasn’t worth it and walked away. A woman can decide if a dude is not attractive to her and not be in the wrong. And if it’s clothes, then it’s clothes. The pajama jeans are a bit slobbish in public and Dorothy don’t like that since she’s gotta, y’know, be seen with him if they’re in public together and he’s intent on wearing them like that. She was cool with them when it was in the privacy of dorms.
Anyway, good thing they found out early and are free to make out with other people more to their tastes, and *both* seem to have learned a lesson. Dorothy realizes what’s done is done and will prolly be a bit more forgiving next time and Walky’s realizin’ that if he wants to keep some girls he likes, perhaps he shouldn’t prioritize clothes over them or find someone who doesn’t care. Dating be a maze with many hazards.
But she is still attracted to him and she was trying to control him. Whether she worded it as such to him or not. She’s used to Danny doing things her way and let her boss him around. She tried to do the same thing with Walky and the results were not what she expected. If she wasn’t trying to dictate to him, then there would have been no reason for Walky to “stand up to” her.
There’s nothing wrong with having standards, so long as those standards are reasonable.
“Needs to bathe, doesn’t smoke, wants/doesn’t want kids at some point, doesn’t hit me,” are reasonable standards.
“Must wear clothing approved by me at all times in public, whether we’re on a date or not, just in case we bump into each other and people might see us together,” is shallow and controlling.
Keep in mind, Joyce doesn’t know the whole story. She only knows what Dorothy just told her, and she was barely listening by her look in the third panel. My point being that, as near as I can tell, Joyce isn’t upset because Walky stood up for himself. I mean, I;’m not saying she’s right either. I think she’s just upset ’cause her awesomecool friend got dumped by the boy she doesn’t like.
Walky may be in the right as far as being allowed to dress himself (so long as it conforms to certain laws and is generally unoffensive), but breaking up over just a pair of pants is quite stupid. I bet there’s a way to get them back together without having Walky lose this little victory, and it might be a learning experience for both of them. And just to drive the point home, as my mother always says regarding car crashes, “It doesn’t pay to be dead right.”
Story buffs everywhere laugh at your idea that anyone in fiction EVER talk things out.
Seriously, let’s count the ways:
Detective Conan: Almost every criminal
Harry Potter: Sirius tells the government that Wormtail is alive
The Spiderman movies: Tell Harry why his dad is dead
Friends. Just Friends.
Doctor Horrible ” I don’t have time for your warnings about this deadly device.”
A lot in Ace Attorney
The episode of Avengers where Wonder Man was created. What the hell, Tony?
I’ve been conviced for quite some time that if the two sexes actually talked to each other at all in the Wheel of Time series, the whole thing would have wrapped up in about two books, maximum. I still love them, but, hell, gender relations are at about a middle-school level through that entire world.
Girls: Girls rule. Boys drool. Now let’s make complicated plans, but not tell anyone. Oh no! our plan has predictably failed miserably and we are captured. The boys saved us from our own stupidity, but we are still going to be mad about it. Those jerks.
Boys: Despite the fact that some of the girls are uniquely talented to deal with this problem we have, we aren’t going to involve them. They could easily help us, but we don’t want them to be at risk. Yes, they risk themselves constantly, but that doesn’t matter. We know better.
I like those books, too. But man, if the cast just sat down and talked about what was going on for five minutes, we could have been in the next Age by now.
The real problem with those books is he took too damn long to write them. I discovered the first book just out of University, then he goes and dies before the series was finished. I don’t mind that he wanted to break L. Ron’s record of ten books, but at least stick around long enough to finish it.
To be fair, it is an alien culture. You should not underestimate the effect of thousands of years of men going mad if they touch the One Power. There are bound to be changes to the culture and to relationships between the sexes, both subtle and profound.
TL;DR: I believe the way they act is not unexpected in-universe.
Absolutely true, and one of the main reasons I don’t really mind the gender relations in the books. I try not to talk about them too much on line, though. Say “Wheel of Time” three times and it summons somebody to shriek about misogyny.
Not too long ago, there was a chapter in the HSDK manga where the hero was going to a secret meeting with a former rival. The love interest asked him where he was going. He thought to himself “I don’t want to worry her…but I don’t want to LIE to her, either.” And he TOLD HER THE TRUTH.
Naturally, I was SHOCKED.
It’s “History’s Strongest Disciple Kenichi”. To say that people act with common sense there would be a MASSIVE overstatement, but it’s still a pretty cool manga (whose writer has clearly done some serious research before getting to work).
Oh, Kenichi! I’ve been hoping to get around to watching that! Come to think of it, there’s a lot of things I need to watch, Anime and otherwise. Fringe, Stargate, Star Trek, Scooby Doo, Bones, Gurren Lagan, Code Geass… And the Doctor Who premiere’s tomorrow… SO MANY CHOICES!!!
Again, I think a lot of it can be explained by her previous relationship. When she broke up with Danny, she knew it was the right thing to do and resented his attempts to make it work. So when Walky breaks up with her, she’s not thinking, “oh, maybe I can make things better so he won’t break up with me,” because she doesn’t like that mindset in Danny.
It’s odd how Joyce seems downright OFFENDED by the concept of Walky being “good enough” for Dorothy, never mind able to break up with her. Like Walky being romantically hopeless (without a shot at anyone better tha, say, Billie) is completely vital to her worldview. Weird.
Nothing wrong with being spineless! Invertebrates have done it for centuries. They do tend to have exoskeletons in its place, though. Do you have one of those handy?
I’m gonna make the bold prediction that it’s not Joyce knocking on Walky’s door. I’m gonna say, like… Danny. Yeah. It’s Danny. And it’s a completely different topic of conversation.
Sadly, I think The Cheese is in the same universe as Dexter and Monkey Master; perhaps he’s the heroic foil to their hilariously incompetant hijinks to take over the world.
I heard that in ancient Rome, it was more polite to knock on doors with feet instead of hands. Whether this is accurate or just some liberty taken from a certain historical fiction I read. Just some food for thoughts for you all.
The first time I heard that band, it was from Family Guy, but the first I recognized them as the B-52s was when Donkey Konga had “Rock Lobster” on its tracks to play.
The most Epic thing is that through the power of AV jack manipulating, I found out that Rock Lobster fits to the intro of
Though actually the catchphrases seem to be distributed rather well throughout the cast- Joe’s got a few, Billie, Ruth… it’s a good sign that the comedy’s character-based rather than punchline-based.
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RUN, WALKY.
Silly human. You can’t run from the One with the Triangle Smile.
How do you expect him to escape . . . when she is already here? 8^y
He could do a Sal and go through the window
Mike has blocked it in anticipation.
Family escape talent.
HONK honk :o)
S33, TH1S P3RSON KNOWS WH4T’S UP.
Advance or advance Walky!
That third panel contains an expression of such fury as to to end the gr8est of civiliz8ions. A8scond while you still can, David Walkerton.
Can’t abscond bro.
On that note, I sense hatemakeouts in the near future.
I am 0kay with this. OuO
It’s true that angry sex is best, so I can only assume that the same goes diet version (makeouts) works the same way.
Magic won’t help, because we all know magic is fake as shit.
bLeSs ThIs PoSt :o)
OH MAN IT SOUNDS LIKE A PARTY IS ABOUT TO ALL UP AND EMBRACE THIS ROOM. gonna be a real good time, walky. CHILL OUT. : o)
Yes! I love that avatar! That’s the football player who wasn’t homophobic, right?
SBaHJ all the way
Is that Hella Jeff?
NONONONONOBONOBONONONNONPNOJDJDJDKENKDCBLVDJSBSK
JOYCE SMAS- err KNOCK!
She’s smashing that door. She just hasn’t been working on her smashing muscles recently.
BE YOUR SISTER, ESCAPE THROUGH THE WINDOW!
THE WALKERTONS ARE RELATED TO SCOTT PILGRIM.
DOROTHY HAS 7 EVIL EXES?
Danny will defeat him with his Jpegs of Broken Knees.
Danny IS one of the seven evil exes.
that’s kinda what I was implying.
Ah sorry my misunderstanding, made it sound like Danny was going after the seven evil exes. I see what you’re saying now.
They are animated gifs! Not jpegs!
Oh no destroy me I’m a pedant about a webcomic now (sob)
= P
OMG HOLY SWEET I’M MIKE <3
You are now Amazigirl. What will you do?
Procure arms!
Wait, don’t you already have arms?
We need more arms! Two just aren’t enough.
We will form the Kali-tron!
“MECHA-SHIVA. MECHA-SHIVA. MECHA-SHIVA. MECHA SHIVA.
And I’ll form the head!
YES!! CONDOM-HEADED MECHA-SHIVA!!!
Shooooosh *pap**pap* shooooooosh
Shoot him in the leg. Oh, sorry, wrong movie.
Aim for the femurs! YOU NEED THEM TO LIIIIIVE!
Now what?
RUN!
now she begins spewing unintelligible shouts at him, where he can only understand her demands for his pants.
Nice. One can only hope.
Fight, item, or run?
This can only go good places
David Walkerton, your angel of death awaits.
The Amazigirl does not kill! You want her, you get her. I’ll have no part of it.
OMG, it’s so obvious. Joyce is Amazi-Girl!
ARE WE ALL GOING TO TYPE IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS?
NO WE’RE NOT. 😛
yes we are!
MaKe uP yOuR MiNdS, pLEasE.
I aM cOnFuSeD!!!
HoNk
bORk BorK BoRk
LOUD NOISES!!!
ThUnDeRsHoCk
tHe MaStEr WiLl NoT ApPrOvE.
[I hope I don’t mess up the code.]
Walky is pulling the oh-god-switch-off-the-private-browsing FACE.
Oh yeah, he’s definitely got that crap-hide-the-porn look
Monkey Master porn no less… 😀
The best kind of porn.
Monkey Master, you’re the one, you make bathtime lots of fun…
Plasma, for the sake of all thats is kosher, tell me where you got that pic of Daphne in Velma’s sweater cause I haven’t had a nerdgams like that since I heard Joss Whedon would be help doing a a Marvel SHIELD TV series
What I like about it most is the implication that Velma is currently without her sweater.
Within that sweater lie the dreams of many introverted young men…
That’s a disturbing gravatar-comment combo… almost like you’re trying to seduce someone with porn-hiding capabilities.
That’s why I love my gravvie. It makes every comment I post slightly creepier and/or sketchier.
“Slightly” is not the word to use here. AT ALL.
Too true. Even if your comment wasn’t creept at all it would all seem like a front for murder and dumping the body in a ditch. We’re at full on sex-tarp here.
http://xkcd.com/1101/
I imagine that Gravvie’s voice as Hannibal Lecter.
see, I really felt like ravine and dungeon were SO much creepier than tarp. So disagreed with that comment!
Pyjama pants, man. Comfy and practical.
Bad Joyce! No!
I never expected Joyce to go for premarital hanky panky so early in the series. and a rebound at that
He is SCULPTED out of Caramel! What part of this is confusing?
The part where she was shipping him with Billie a few comics ago.
College is the best time to start a harem. and expiriment.
I got a different sandwich. That counts as college experimentation, right?
Depends on what you mean by “sandwich”…
Do you mean “Sandwich” as in a literal sandwich, the How I Met Your Mother “sandwich,” or some sort of euphemism involving trying your meat in different types of buns.
Whats the How I met your Mother sandwich? Does it involve Mike and Nickels?
On How I Met Your Mother, since the entire series is the main character telling stories about his past to his kids, he does some editing. One such edit is that he changes any reference to smoking pot to “eating sandwiches.”
Apropos of nothing, Nickels is also a restaurant chain in Quebec here. They also sell sandwiches.
An also when you say different types of buns, do you
mean like experimenting with wheat or white? Or like making a buttaco vs a fish taco? Or do you mean trying the fudge packing industry?
I suppose, if you wanted to stretch a euphemism even further, you could make specific reference to white, wheat, or a nice dark rye. Whichever one you’re in the mood to slide a nice plump sausage into.
Honestly, when I hear “sandwich” (in a sexual manner), I think of a three-way, with someone stuck in between.
Wait, is it Walky that’s starting the harem? Or are you saying Joyce is trying to get a male harem? So confused…
Walky: Caramel god of lust!
The part where… well, I mean… what’s the point of caramel if there’s no chocolate covering it?!?
Like a twix?
EXACTLY! And all the other chocolate treats with caramel centers.
Who said anything about premarital hankypanky?
Pretty sure she has no issues with people kissing.
And Walky’s song will end when she knocks six times
So, Walky’s the Eleventh Doctor?
Tick tock goes the clock, even for the Walky
Walkies run when a good Joyce knocks on the door.
Nanananana, time to get in a fight! So what, they’re my Pajama jeans–and guess what, I had a girlfriend, and now that we’re done, I’m gonna wear them toniiiiiiight, it’s alriiiiiight….
I love you.
It ain’t alright anymore…
He’s just a madman with a box set of Dexter and Monkey Master.
He wears pajama jeans. Pajama jeans are cool.
It was the Tenth Doctor who died after a knock of 6. The Eleventh Doctor is the new one, who thinks bow-ties are cool. His stories aren’t as good as the previous season, though.
Except when they’re better.
Which is most of the time, because Moffet is a better writer then RTD.
He doesn’t think bow-ties are cool. They just ARE.
Much like fezzes.
Did I mention, I wear a fez now.
Six times? Everyone knows she should knock three times on the ceiling if she wants him.
And twice on the lights if the answer is no.
You both are hella old, or like the moldy oldies. Perhaps both.
It’s knock 4 times.
WALKY GONNA GET IT
It’s probably just Mike messing with us.
Speaking of spine, Joyce is suddenly very bold.
Speaking about spine, Joyce is about to break one…
Joyce was never shy. Even in the original comics, she chased Danny like no one’s business. She’s just very naive about the world.
I AM FEELING WEDDING BACKLASH FROM ACROSS THE MULTIVERSE DIVIDE! YOU WILL ANSWER MY SUMMONS!!!
I won’t hold onto much hope of them actually getting back together, but it is nice to see them both be able to learn and mature with life experience.
Is this…sarcasm?
Well, Dorothy has learned, or at least acknowledged her fault. When last seen, Walky was actively resisting it. We’ll see if Joyce helps or makes the situation worse.
The fact that she’s talking about “being the spine” in a relationship says she hasn’t yet done either of what you say. In a good relationship, neither is “the spine” because they’re both pretty much equal. Dorothy still has much to learn.
Ahh but shes acknowledging that she was acting like “the spine”, and which means shes at least aware of how her actions made the relationship bust.
Nnnnnnnot -quite-. It’s easy to just say something – doesn’t always mean one has truly recognized the problem they’ve just admitted to. She’s only admitted she messed up, not exactly the same thing. 🙂
correction: scratch ‘good relationship’, replace with ‘ideal relationship’
No, it’s a webcomic. HTH
Took me a minute to realize who was knocking at Walky’s door.
Hell hath no fury like a Joyce…
I tried really hard to think of a way to end that joke and I couldn’t so I’m just gonna leave that there.
I hear if you say Joyce’s name 3 times, she is summoned.
Joyce. Joyce. Joyce.
Oh shit, she’s in the mirror-
I think if saying Joyce 3 times sommoned her, everyone would do it. That would sound fun…except for heathens like me I guess.
Except that when she gets summoned, she gets angry.
You won’t like her when she’s angry.
But that’s her secret. She’s always angry.
that gravitar fits…so damn well.
I like angry.
I SUMMON ORANGE SWEATER JOYCE IN ATTACK MODE
1800/600
Quick Walky, use your Joe of Greed card to draw two more cards then hope you get Swords of Revealing Mike so Joyce cant attact for three minutes!
Heart of the cards man or she’ll use Guilty Phamphlet Attack on your pajamma jeans!
I like to imagine that the mike card involves flipping a nickel to work
Only against your mom.
You activated my Trap Card, Trap Hole!
And that’s just her health stat!
CHRISTIAN RAGE.
Ah, so Joyce is “The Queen in the Yellow Sweater” then. I ready my Elder Sign launcher.
Applause!
Thank you!
DEAR GOD! That knocking is in a different font. This is SERIOUS BUSINESS.
Anger leads to love, COME ON JOYCE! NOW IS YOUR TURN!
Joyce: I play Dark Magician Girl in attack mode!
When the door goes aknocking, soon the bed will be arocking… 😛
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_yi10jhShs
So I see Joyce was just getting used to her OTP and absolutely refuses to see her ship sink in flames.
She has a pool with Joe and she refuses to lose.
Nah-uh. Joyce, Walky is in the right here. He’s allowed to stick up for himself. A relationship is based on equality. Dorothy needs to learn that she can’t just tell Walky what to do, no more then he she. Sure is it stupid? Yes. But I’m glad Walky has enough backbone to make a stand early on. If you don’t often times it becomes a one sided relationship… just look at danny
I hope he keeps his ground with Joyce too, i was proud of him for not letting Dorothy tell him he has to look “proper” to date her. PAJAMA PANTS FOR THE WIN!!
I’m with you. Walky, for me, stands for the belief that people should accept us for who we are. Including pajama pants.
Yes. I do hope Walky will not cave. The jeans aren’t important, but not letting someone dictate to you or try to control your behavior via ultimatums is definitely something worth standing up for.
Nobody was in the wrong on this one. God forbid a woman has standards. If Walky don’t meet it, then she finds another one. And if Walky don’t like it, HE can find another one. All it means is that they’re incompatible. She doesn’t want her dude to look like a slob. Nothin’ wrong with that.
Actually, I do believe she was in the wrong. You’re right in that there is nothing wrong with having standards and sometimes people are just incompatible, but dropping ultimatums is not a good thing. You most especially shouldn’t be giving someone an ultimatum unless you’re prepared for them to go the other way. You can’t have a respectful relationship with someone who gives way to you on everything and if you’re attitude is my-way-or-no-way every time something doesn’t meet with you’re approval, you’re backing them in to a corner. They’re forced to either become your doormat, or walk away. Ultimatums are for last resorts or extreme situations. I’m not sure pj pants qualify.
I didn’t see it as an ultimatum. She asked him to not wear the jeans as “clothes,” acknowledging that it their’s was a very casual thing–not really a relationship. When Walky said she can’t tell him what to wear, she said that she *can’t* tell him what to wear. So she knows that. But she can decide that he’s not attractive to her anymore, which she certainly has control over and *is* her standard. He decided it wasn’t worth it and walked away. A woman can decide if a dude is not attractive to her and not be in the wrong. And if it’s clothes, then it’s clothes. The pajama jeans are a bit slobbish in public and Dorothy don’t like that since she’s gotta, y’know, be seen with him if they’re in public together and he’s intent on wearing them like that. She was cool with them when it was in the privacy of dorms.
Anyway, good thing they found out early and are free to make out with other people more to their tastes, and *both* seem to have learned a lesson. Dorothy realizes what’s done is done and will prolly be a bit more forgiving next time and Walky’s realizin’ that if he wants to keep some girls he likes, perhaps he shouldn’t prioritize clothes over them or find someone who doesn’t care. Dating be a maze with many hazards.
And Mike got what he wanted. Can’t forget that part.
Everything’s comin’ up Mike!
But she is still attracted to him and she was trying to control him. Whether she worded it as such to him or not. She’s used to Danny doing things her way and let her boss him around. She tried to do the same thing with Walky and the results were not what she expected. If she wasn’t trying to dictate to him, then there would have been no reason for Walky to “stand up to” her.
There’s nothing wrong with having standards, so long as those standards are reasonable.
“Needs to bathe, doesn’t smoke, wants/doesn’t want kids at some point, doesn’t hit me,” are reasonable standards.
“Must wear clothing approved by me at all times in public, whether we’re on a date or not, just in case we bump into each other and people might see us together,” is shallow and controlling.
Keep in mind that Dorothy, although upset, is preparing herself to move on, learning something about herself. Joyce isn’t seeing that.
Keep in mind, Joyce doesn’t know the whole story. She only knows what Dorothy just told her, and she was barely listening by her look in the third panel. My point being that, as near as I can tell, Joyce isn’t upset because Walky stood up for himself. I mean, I;’m not saying she’s right either. I think she’s just upset ’cause her awesomecool friend got dumped by the boy she doesn’t like.
Walky may be in the right as far as being allowed to dress himself (so long as it conforms to certain laws and is generally unoffensive), but breaking up over just a pair of pants is quite stupid. I bet there’s a way to get them back together without having Walky lose this little victory, and it might be a learning experience for both of them. And just to drive the point home, as my mother always says regarding car crashes, “It doesn’t pay to be dead right.”
Oh boy. Joyce, please don’t throw gas into a flame.
Yeah, I bet that Walky reacts real well to having a girl boss him around about letting a girl boss him around.
That was a perfect Gravatar for that comment.
So the Dorky ship hasn’t been Titanic’d yet!?
NOPE!!!
WOOHOO!!!
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Standing up for yourself!? Someone better teach that punk some manners!
You know, Dorothy, if you really want to stay with Walky, you could, you know, apologize… I swear, some people…
Remorse and Apologies are for the WEAK.
Story buffs everywhere laugh at your idea that anyone in fiction EVER talk things out.
Seriously, let’s count the ways:
Detective Conan: Almost every criminal
Harry Potter: Sirius tells the government that Wormtail is alive
The Spiderman movies: Tell Harry why his dad is dead
Friends. Just Friends.
Doctor Horrible ” I don’t have time for your warnings about this deadly device.”
A lot in Ace Attorney
The episode of Avengers where Wonder Man was created. What the hell, Tony?
I’ve been conviced for quite some time that if the two sexes actually talked to each other at all in the Wheel of Time series, the whole thing would have wrapped up in about two books, maximum. I still love them, but, hell, gender relations are at about a middle-school level through that entire world.
Yeah, it’s a ridiculous problem in those books.
Girls: Girls rule. Boys drool. Now let’s make complicated plans, but not tell anyone. Oh no! our plan has predictably failed miserably and we are captured. The boys saved us from our own stupidity, but we are still going to be mad about it. Those jerks.
Boys: Despite the fact that some of the girls are uniquely talented to deal with this problem we have, we aren’t going to involve them. They could easily help us, but we don’t want them to be at risk. Yes, they risk themselves constantly, but that doesn’t matter. We know better.
I like those books, too. But man, if the cast just sat down and talked about what was going on for five minutes, we could have been in the next Age by now.
The real problem with those books is he took too damn long to write them. I discovered the first book just out of University, then he goes and dies before the series was finished. I don’t mind that he wanted to break L. Ron’s record of ten books, but at least stick around long enough to finish it.
To be fair, it is an alien culture. You should not underestimate the effect of thousands of years of men going mad if they touch the One Power. There are bound to be changes to the culture and to relationships between the sexes, both subtle and profound.
TL;DR: I believe the way they act is not unexpected in-universe.
Absolutely true, and one of the main reasons I don’t really mind the gender relations in the books. I try not to talk about them too much on line, though. Say “Wheel of Time” three times and it summons somebody to shriek about misogyny.
Shit, I may have just done it…
Wheel of Time Wheel of Time Wheel of Time.
Set your timers, people, and let’s see it happen.
The Wheel of Time keeps on tuurniiiiin…
If THAT post was too long, we need to do something about people’s attention spans.
Yes, the modern attention span is – hey lets go ride bikes!
Not too long ago, there was a chapter in the HSDK manga where the hero was going to a secret meeting with a former rival. The love interest asked him where he was going. He thought to himself “I don’t want to worry her…but I don’t want to LIE to her, either.” And he TOLD HER THE TRUTH.
Naturally, I was SHOCKED.
Tell me the name of this magical manga where people act with common sense. I wish to know more.
It’s “History’s Strongest Disciple Kenichi”. To say that people act with common sense there would be a MASSIVE overstatement, but it’s still a pretty cool manga (whose writer has clearly done some serious research before getting to work).
Oh, Kenichi! I’ve been hoping to get around to watching that! Come to think of it, there’s a lot of things I need to watch, Anime and otherwise. Fringe, Stargate, Star Trek, Scooby Doo, Bones, Gurren Lagan, Code Geass… And the Doctor Who premiere’s tomorrow… SO MANY CHOICES!!!
Gurren Lagan, definitely. Then Doctor Who.
Can’t vouch for Gurren Lagan. But definitely shoot for Bones and/or Code Geass in the near future.
Again, I think a lot of it can be explained by her previous relationship. When she broke up with Danny, she knew it was the right thing to do and resented his attempts to make it work. So when Walky breaks up with her, she’s not thinking, “oh, maybe I can make things better so he won’t break up with me,” because she doesn’t like that mindset in Danny.
I dunno. It’s a theory, at least.
knock Walky knock Walky knock Walky knock Walky knock Walky
Perfect gravvie-comment combination. Jussayin.
Oh god, your Gravatar frightens me so much. orz
Shouldn’t that be
*knock knock knock* Walky, *knock knock knock* Walky, *knock knock knock* Walky?
*knock knock knock*
Who do we love?
Walky.
*knock knock knock*
Who do we love?
Walky.
*knock knock knock*
Who do we love?
Walky?
*Raise hand* I-approve-of-your-humor Five.
I think Joyce would know the words to “Soft Kitty”…
Soft Kitty
Warm Kitty
Little ball of fur
Happy Kitty
Sleepy Kitty
Purr Purr Purr
I get the impression that that’s Joyce’s plan.
Joyce’s face in the third panel needs to be a gravatar.
Walky sense is tingling.
In fact, its a SUPER walky sense!
I don’t think it is his sense that is tingling.
It’s odd how Joyce seems downright OFFENDED by the concept of Walky being “good enough” for Dorothy, never mind able to break up with her. Like Walky being romantically hopeless (without a shot at anyone better tha, say, Billie) is completely vital to her worldview. Weird.
Joyce is going to beat him with his spine.
That’s the problem with growing a spine, people can beat you to death with it. Which is why I’ve resolved to always remain spineless!
…Wait.
Nothing wrong with being spineless! Invertebrates have done it for centuries. They do tend to have exoskeletons in its place, though. Do you have one of those handy?
Then she’ll well prepared to fight Ruth’s deadly femur, when, at the end of the comic, only they will be left, standing on a pile of skulls.
Each will take their chosen weapon.
And one shall fall.
Spoiler: Mr. Rogers wins
and then were there none?
THIS NEEDS A STORYLINE. NOW.
Haha I forgot Joyce is an actual shipper.
but she ships BillyXWalky…
Ships change, my friend.
Given Joyce had zero problem with Dorothy dumping Walky last strip, I’m thinking her problem is that Walky stood up for himself. :/
HA! Totally called it yesterday! Joyce is playing therapist for everyone!
t-h-e-r-a-p-i-s-t
t-h-e r-a-p-i-s-t
…for $200, Alex!
I’m sure there’s some irony in this somewhere.
I’m gonna make the bold prediction that it’s not Joyce knocking on Walky’s door. I’m gonna say, like… Danny. Yeah. It’s Danny. And it’s a completely different topic of conversation.
“Hi, we’ve never met. I’m Danny. I heard Amazi-Girl was here.”
JOYCE SMASH!
WALKY SCREAM!!
WALKY’S CREAM!!
No, Walky’s Caramel. Sculpted of it, specifically.
Gotta love Joyce’s face in the third panel
I guess we know who wears the pants in this relationship!
Get it?
That Gravatar… is perfect.
Willis, this comic highlights something I’ve been meaning to ask about, but keep forgetting.
Are you using a specific font, and thus can resize it from that first bubble? Or is that your handwriting or something?
It is either a typeface, or whoever is doing the lettering has some horribly neat and uniform handwriting.
I use a font of my handwriting.
Devious!
So Joyce tried to ship Walky with Billie, and now (presumably) she’s going to try to get him back with Dotty?
Anyone ever tell her if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself? (I.E. if she thinks he needs a girlfriend so badly… )
That would certainly solve her problem of catching herself a husband at the same time.
These fists were made for knocking, and knocking is what they adore.
One of these days these fists will come a-knocking on your door.
… and then these new boots will have a way with your ass.
… too forced?
I have philosophical problems with rhyming “adore” with “door” (sort of like rhyming “shoe” with “horseshoe”), so, yes.
But adore is not adoor.
But they are homonyms. It’s a bit like rhyming see with sea.
HOPEFULLY ALL OF MY YES.
Has my gravatar changed yet?
Hmm, let’s try this one.
Alright, let’s try now!
Let’s see if this works.
Ok, screw this. It won’t change to my new one, no matter what I do. Gravatar can suck it.
Is your gravatar in fact a pixellated Mario with a lightsaber?
I changed mine a few hours ago, and it still hasn’t switched over either.
Hurray, it’s caught up!
Door Knocklish Translation: “THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YE!”
Caramel Boy vs Bible Belt
HEAVEN OR HELL
Which one is which? I like caramel.
I would read the hell out of that comic.
Go for broke! (I assume this is some fighter game reference here…)
Guilty Gear.
Huh. Is she really going to chew Walky out for this?
Well he is made of caramel…
your gravatar now makes me ship Walky and Danny.
NOM NOM NOM
“‘Tis some visitor,’ I muttered, ‘tapping (pounding) at my chamber door'”
Only this, and nothing more. Pajama pants upon the floor.
no, wait: Only this, and nothing more, for the pants which I adore.
*applause*
In which I am fapping, fapping at my internet’s door.
Quoth the RA, “nevermore”?
(^^)/*\(^^)
High Fives!!
She’s not even gonna wait for him to answer. She’s just gonna tear down the door.
MR. WALKERTON, TEAR DOWN THIS DOOR!
Next page:
Joyce: So you’re single now!? Because I was thinking…
Clearly I’m the dumbest person here because it wasn’t until the comments that I realized that the knocking must be Joyce.
I didn’t realize it until I read the comments either.
It may not be. But how can we comment on that?
“Good afternoon, sir. Do you have a few minutes to talk about The Cheese?”
Sadly, I think The Cheese is in the same universe as Dexter and Monkey Master; perhaps he’s the heroic foil to their hilariously incompetant hijinks to take over the world.
It’s the boots. Gotta be the boots.
Joyce’s knocking boots?
I heard that in ancient Rome, it was more polite to knock on doors with feet instead of hands. Whether this is accurate or just some liberty taken from a certain historical fiction I read. Just some food for thoughts for you all.
Am I the only one who thought when they saw the last panel, “QUICK, TURN OFF THE PORN!”?
(Probably not the only one…but I didn’t have time to read through all the comments today):
Yes. Yes, you are.
MY specific reaction, on the other hand, was “QUICK, PULL UP YOUR PANTS!” Perhaps we should team our statements up.
And just at that moment, something will play really loud on his computer indicating that he’s home.
Walky, how dare you stand up for yourself! How are you going to be able to marry Dorothy if you have a spine??
[Knock, knock, knock]
WALKY!
[Knock, knock, knock]
WALKY!
[Knock, knock, knock]
WALKY!
I knew someone would make this reference. It was too good to pass up.
Yeah, too bad I didn’t notice Rex Hondo had already made it six hours earlier!
I hear the beating of war drums in the distance… or in this case on the other side of the door.
Here come the drums
Doom. Doom. Doom.
Fly you fools!
Buster? You can’t do that on the balcony, buddy?
AN IMAGE OF AN ANGEL BECOMES ITSELF AN ANGEL!
I don’t remember having a sweater vest. It is nice though. Hmm.
The Angels have the pajama jeans.
Joyce is about to throw DOWN.
Oh my. Dat “caught while fapping” face…
Wow, the intensity of Joyce’s talking caused Dorothy’s boobs to deflate in the first panel
Bang bang bang, on the door baby….
Knock a li’l louder, sugar!
You’re WHAT?
TIN ROOF! Rusty.
Love SHACK, baby! Looove SHACK!!
Hi-five, me!
The first time I heard that band, it was from Family Guy, but the first I recognized them as the B-52s was when Donkey Konga had “Rock Lobster” on its tracks to play.
The most Epic thing is that through the power of AV jack manipulating, I found out that Rock Lobster fits to the intro of
SO MANY JASONS
I think the knocking is being done by a talking car.
“Hey, I hear you and Dotty aren’t an item anymore. So… is there some kind of five second rule before I can move in on that or what?”
p.sure this will end up with joyce in a pair of pyjama jeans
Haha I’m seeing this in my mind’s eye already.
This conversation is gonna end in Walky/Joyce makeouts. Calling it.
oh we are ALL ABOUT the Walky/Joyce makeouts all up in here yup yup!!!
Please please please, let Joyce come up again with something like “PREMARITAL HANKY PANKY!”. Pleaseee
Joyce’s Catchphrases on Demand!
Though actually the catchphrases seem to be distributed rather well throughout the cast- Joe’s got a few, Billie, Ruth… it’s a good sign that the comedy’s character-based rather than punchline-based.
I see what you did there, clever.
dorothy is sufficiently emotionally detached from her own life to just accept a breakup that easily. mad props, but inconvenient to plot