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by David M Willis on November 7, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - The Only Dope For Me Is You
└ Tags: jennifer, ruth

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  1. Super Duper
    Super Duper
    November 7, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Ruth is being nice. Next thing you know, people will like Danny, and Dina will like mammals.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 7, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

      Now let’s not get CRAZY!

      • Spectre
        Spectre
        November 7, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

        People liking Danny?

        Joyce’ll end up an atheist before that happens.

        • Venapax
          Venapax
          November 7, 2013 at 1:02 am | #

          Lesbihonest here, we all know the reeeaaal reason Ruth is being nice

          • Lel
            Lel
            November 7, 2013 at 8:20 am | #

            hah Lesbihonest

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              November 7, 2013 at 5:14 pm | #

              Best new word ever.

              • ess
                ess
                November 7, 2013 at 10:08 pm | #

                Y’all think this is a new word? Really? ; ;

          • Neospector
            Neospector
            November 7, 2013 at 8:30 pm | #

            Hey, Ruth totally has Gaym.
            There aren’t many puns you can do with homosexuality, so this might come off as trying too hard.

        • Zombie
          Zombie
          November 7, 2013 at 5:34 am | #

          I like Danny, and I don’t care what anyone thinks. He reminds me of me in a lot of ways, which is unfortunate but I still like him.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      November 7, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      I think Dina likes mammals fine, she just doesn’t understand them.

      What with their consistent body temperatures and their giving birth to live young. They just don’t make any sense!

      • Creativerealms
        Creativerealms
        November 7, 2013 at 2:59 pm | #

        And they lack feathers and scales/ They need at least one of those for Dina to care.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      November 7, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      How can you be sure that no dinosaurs have ever being mammals?

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        November 7, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

        …what?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          November 7, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

          I don’t know enough about dinosaurs to be sure but I have heard that some of them were hot-blooded and may have given birth to live young, so it wouldn’t be too much of a stretch if it turned out that there were dino-mammals.

          • Doctor_Who
            Doctor_Who
            November 7, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

            Birds are warmblooded. Birds basically ARE dinosaurs.

            Dunno if the live birth thing has ever been confirmed, but there are mammals that lay eggs, so I don’t think it’s the singular determining factor.

            • desolation0
              desolation0
              November 7, 2013 at 1:12 am | #

              Mammals also tend to have mammary glands. Yay for mammaries!

            • John
              John
              November 7, 2013 at 1:12 am | #

              The determining factor is that mammals have mammaries.

              o/` Glass of milk, standing in between extinction in the cold and explosive radiating growth… o/`

              • Kelly
                Kelly
                November 7, 2013 at 2:02 am | #

                “hair, three middle ear bones, mammary glands in females, and a neocortex” – WP

              • Evil Midnight Lurker
                Evil Midnight Lurker
                November 7, 2013 at 2:48 am | #

                o/` So the warm blood flows
                Through the large four-chambered heart
                Maintaining the very high metabolism rate they have… o/`

                • Exegesis
                  Exegesis
                  November 7, 2013 at 9:15 am | #

                  Mammal, mammal, their names are called

                  They raise a paw!

              • ProfessorZoot
                ProfessorZoot
                November 7, 2013 at 3:51 pm | #

                Linneaus originally classified humans as members of a group he called quadripeds (along with all other four limbed animals). People got upset that he called hands feet and did not like the classification. So he invented the category of mammal named for the mammary gland, reasoning hat people could not deny having nursed at their mothers’ teats.

          • Ghostforge
            Ghostforge
            November 7, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

            i wouldnt be surprised either considering the info that velociraptors looked more like birds than lizards. Oh and i love the new Catalina avatar.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              November 7, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

              Doctor_Who, the only ‘mammals’ I know of that lay eggs are both Australian beasties.

              Ghostforge, the problem with studying dinosaurs is the lack of any preserved dino bodies since its all just fossils, also Kiitii! ^_^

              • insomniac
                insomniac
                November 7, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

                The platypus lays eggs, but is still a mammal.

                A warm-blooded dinosaur that gave birth to live young would not be a mammal. It would be a dinosaur.

          • Kelly
            Kelly
            November 7, 2013 at 1:07 am | #

            Sauropsida (including all living and extinct reptiles, dinos, birds and some others) split from Synapsids (so-called “mammal-like reptiles”(terrible term), including Dimetrodon, and mammals themselves) something like 300-320 million years ago.

            Dinosaurs, as a clade of Sauropsida, showed up about 231 million years ago, meaning they missed out being on the mammal branch by at least 69 million years.

            At least some dinos were virtually certain to have been endothermic and tachymetabolic. It is possible that some where not, but evidence for those traits show up in both major dinosaur lineages.

            As far as egg laying, we have many dinosaur eggs from many different branches. It may be possible that some gave birth to live young – some snakes do, as do some sharks and others. But they have have eggs that are held internally for a time and then hatch in the womb, before the young are birthed. It is very, very different from the eggless, placental arrangement of most mammals. If any dinosaurs did have live birth it certainly would have been like what snakes and sharks do.

            • Graq
              Graq
              November 7, 2013 at 1:54 am | #

              ^^^ Hi Dina! 😀

              • Kelly
                Kelly
                November 9, 2013 at 1:16 am | #

                😀

            • Crumplepunch
              Crumplepunch
              November 7, 2013 at 8:04 am | #

              Look closely at panel 2.

              Billie’s shirt is a shark.

              Freshwater sharks can swim up the Ohio river into Indiana.

          • Morgauxo
            Morgauxo
            November 7, 2013 at 8:52 am | #

            Um, to be a mammal they would have to be descended from mammals. Thus, clearly not dinosaurs. Egg laying mammals only exist because they split off from the rest of the mammalian line before mammals developed live birth and stopped laying eggs. If a line of mammals developed into something similar to a dinosaur it would not be a dinosaur. It would be something with similarities to a dinosaur that is a mammal. Actually… that makes me think of a Rhino!

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      November 7, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      It’s a sign of the Apocalypse!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      November 7, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

      I like Danny…then again, I’m not exactly a people person.

    • newllend
      newllend
      November 7, 2013 at 12:45 am | #

      All this will happen the minute mike falls in love with Joyce…..bahahahahahahahah

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        November 7, 2013 at 12:52 am | #

        And when they actually released the missing episodes of Monkey Master.

        • Mr K
          Mr K
          November 7, 2013 at 11:46 am | #

          And when Roz becomes a Nun and Joe becomes a Monk.

    • Bunk
      Bunk
      November 9, 2013 at 6:54 pm | #

      I like Danny, He’s like an example of the exact person you don’t want to be.

  2. Tunaro
    Tunaro
    November 7, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Ruth is just Adorkable.

  3. TheOthin
    TheOthin
    November 7, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Ruth’s giving it another try!

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      November 7, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      She’ll get into Billie’s pants even if she has to sneak in and do it when Billie’s not around!

      • Urzu13
        Urzu13
        November 7, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

        Kinky?

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          November 7, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

          You see this is why we need a like button in the comments section.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          November 7, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

          Not as kinky as stampeding cattle through the Vatican…but what do I know.

      • Arkadi
        Arkadi
        November 7, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

        What?

        • HMRC4EVR
          HMRC4EVR
          November 7, 2013 at 7:20 pm | #

          Arkadi, watch Blazing Saddles if you’re not easily offended.

          That’s a line towards the end.

          Welcome to the world of Mel Brooks.

          You can thank us later.

      • Rutee
        Rutee
        November 7, 2013 at 7:30 am | #

        They’d be pretty roomy, what with the fact that Billy’s fat.

  4. EvergreenFir
    EvergreenFir
    November 7, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    MORE OVERALL SHORTS

    • Thanks, I'll Have Another!
      Thanks, I'll Have Another!
      November 7, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Overalls are like the final boss of denim fashion. If you can manage to look good in them, you’ve conquered the whole level.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        November 7, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

        I’m afraid that this boss may be unbeatable.

      • EvergreenFir
        EvergreenFir
        November 7, 2013 at 12:45 am | #

        Ain’t nothing hotter than overalls…

        • desolation0
          desolation0
          November 7, 2013 at 3:07 am | #

          *hides torch* Wasn’t me.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      November 7, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

      A Youngster’s dream.

  5. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    November 7, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    How many years will it take to get her out of them.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      November 7, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      Webcomic years or our years?

      • Jay Eff
        Jay Eff
        November 7, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

        Dog years, of course.

    • Urzu13
      Urzu13
      November 7, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

      Or to get Billie into them. I’m sure they would both find that equally agreeable.

  6. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    November 7, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    You know what else is mixed? Cocktails! 😀

    • All-purpose guru
      All-purpose guru
      November 7, 2013 at 12:55 am | #

      Woo Catalina avatar.

  7. Rabbling Rouser
    Rabbling Rouser
    November 7, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Ruth is being both tsudere and yandere…….I am both touched and scared

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 7, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      The only dere that matters is Dere-airs (Derrieres)

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 7, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

        Dina is kuudere, also nice buns err puns Yoto! 😀

      • Leonou
        Leonou
        November 7, 2013 at 1:19 am | #

        I approve of this pun !

      • brionl
        brionl
        November 7, 2013 at 11:32 am | #

        As opposed to Dairy-airs, which are best avoided.

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      November 7, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      Dear God, we’ve reached “yandere” level, where things start going from loving to crazy instead of the other way around…

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 7, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

        Billie better hope that Ruth never goes from yandere to yangire, now that would be bad.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      November 7, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      I like this avatar very much

      • Thanks, I'll Have Another!
        Thanks, I'll Have Another!
        November 7, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

        So does Dina, I suspect.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 7, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

        Her hat has evolved.

        • Rutee
          Rutee
          November 7, 2013 at 8:56 am | #

          Pretty sure Pokemon would give Dina conniptions.

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            November 7, 2013 at 10:50 am | #

            ‘That is not evolution, that is metamorphosis. The development of Caterpie into Butterfree could not make this more clear. I find that the persistent misuse of the terms to be inspiring something in me, which I believe to be an emotion. Perhaps the one called “annoyance”.’

  8. Juliecat
    Juliecat
    November 7, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Aww! :3

  9. HK-A6A7
    HK-A6A7
    November 7, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    … The more I see Ruth’s behaviour, the more I realize that she is pretty much a female version of myself.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 7, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Did you steal a dude’s football uniform and kiss him in the hallway?

      • HK-A6A7
        HK-A6A7
        November 7, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

        Close:
        Broke an important photo of someone, then I went ninja, took it from her house and fixed it with the magic of scanner + photoshop.

    • norj
      norj
      November 7, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      Should we call the cops?

      • HK-A6A7
        HK-A6A7
        November 7, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

        No thanks, I’ve had enough after being chased by a man dressed as a Banana in Pyjama.

  10. Thanks, I'll Have Another!
    Thanks, I'll Have Another!
    November 7, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    TSUN -> DERE

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      November 7, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Apparently she lost the tsun with the booze.

  11. KingMabel
    KingMabel
    November 7, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Why? Why must you fuel our hunger for this ship?!?!?!?

    JUST THINK OF THE ARTWORK!!!

    Pages upon pages of these two attractive disturbed females locked in a gentle embrace while simultaneously insulting one another…. is this what you want?

    • FordDent
      FordDent
      November 7, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      Yes?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        November 7, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

        Uh, yeah.
        Fuck yes.

        • Thanks, I'll Have Another!
          Thanks, I'll Have Another!
          November 7, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

          How was that even a question?

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            November 7, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

            Me thinks it was a rhetorical question.

        • Totz the Plaid
          Totz the Plaid
          November 7, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

          Hell fucking yes.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      November 7, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      Pretty much, yeah.

    • nothri
      nothri
      November 7, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

      Of course.

      Also, this is air I am breathing, kitties are fuzzy, science is awesome, and the Nazis were not nice people. Any other questions regarding the blisteringly obvious you want to ask?

      • N0083rP00F
        N0083rP00F
        November 7, 2013 at 12:27 pm | #

        well there are naturally hairless kitties, so that drops a chunk of doubt onto the rest of your absolute assertions …… Note: Science is a methodology and the subject or question may not be all that awesome [sadly].

        • nothri
          nothri
          November 13, 2013 at 7:23 pm | #

          Well, thank you captain buzzkill! Yeah, that’s right. You are a superhero now. That’s your name and your power.

          So basically you are Danny in tights. I hope you are proud of yourself!

    • Arkadi
      Arkadi
      November 7, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

      Hell to the yeah.

    • StClair
      StClair
      November 7, 2013 at 2:55 am | #

      So very much yes.

  12. Shrugs
    Shrugs
    November 7, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Really this whole relationship between Ruth and Billie is basically Mixed Messages: The Musical.

    • Kladeos
      Kladeos
      November 7, 2013 at 12:44 am | #

      Soon to be followed up with Meaningful Glances: the Movie.

      • TaintedSpud
        TaintedSpud
        November 7, 2013 at 2:11 am | #

        Then five years later Mixed Messages: the Reboot.

        • acutepandemonium
          acutepandemonium
          November 7, 2013 at 9:21 am | #

          Quickly followed by the direct-to-video, schlock horror cult classic Mixed Messages: Reckoning

          • Mr K
            Mr K
            November 7, 2013 at 11:44 am | #

            Finally Ends with Mixed Messages: Electric Boogaloo

            • N0083rP00F
              N0083rP00F
              November 7, 2013 at 12:29 pm | #

              Not to be confused with Mixed Massages: [XXXXXX]

  13. Beachfox
    Beachfox
    November 7, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Billie’s just mainly worried Ruth saw her with booze bottles.
    It’d be fair turnabout, after all.

    • Thanks, I'll Have Another!
      Thanks, I'll Have Another!
      November 7, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

      I suspect that Ruth probably re-thefted Billie’s uniform before Billie had her relapse. Ruth’s not nearly accusatory enough to lead me to believe she suspects anything yet.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        November 7, 2013 at 10:54 am | #

        “What’s this box of moths for?”
        “Oh, that’s just for if I find out that that booze in your room isn’t Sal’s. So you’ll have to wait a bit before I give this back.”

        • The E-man
          The E-man
          November 7, 2013 at 2:33 pm | #

          omg i want this to happen

      • Bemmie
        Bemmie
        November 7, 2013 at 2:41 pm | #

        Or maybe she’s overlooking it due to mixed and confusing emotions, her desire for Billie overwhelming her desire for sobriety etc. subconsciously though she can’t overlook it, and recriminating behaviour slips through, hence mixed messages…. (Ie welcoming her in, opening up, at the same time telling her she’s not supposed to be there and or threatening to punch her)

        • Bemmie
          Bemmie
          November 7, 2013 at 2:46 pm | #

          Wow, for a long time my grav kept changing from Danny to Danny… I thought it might be a sign, thought it couldn’t get worse, haven’t posted for a while and now I find I’m Mary?

          Am I aloud to blame Willis for this? (Or is it just my own damn fault for not doing my own damn grav like all the other cool kids?)

  14. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    November 7, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    Mixed messages are the best kind. Best of both worlds.

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      November 7, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      “Congratulations, you got this high-paying job with several benefits. But your boss doesn’t like you very much, so yeah”

      • Mr. Random
        Mr. Random
        November 7, 2013 at 2:02 am | #

        Enjoy your new pool and the water bill that goes with it.

  15. Kladeos
    Kladeos
    November 7, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    Someone(s) totally called this… Like a year ago.

    Also. My heart. Burst. Joy.

    Now I hope Billie feels guilty enough to confess.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 7, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      She doesn’t need to confess. She just needs to stop doing it.

      • norj
        norj
        November 7, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

        She needs to confess so that they could fight and have make-up sex later.

        • Kladeos
          Kladeos
          November 7, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

          I can’t take the trauma of them fighting again. It is forbidden!

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            November 7, 2013 at 10:56 am | #

            Don’t worry, they wouldn’t fight. They never do; their dynamic is more one of ‘She advances slowly but relentlessly; she flees in panic terror but keeps finding her pursuer inexplicably appearing in front of her wherever she goes’.

            • John
              John
              November 7, 2013 at 12:36 pm | #

              They sure do a lot of punching for a couple that never fights.

      • Kladeos
        Kladeos
        November 7, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

        Yeah, that works too. BILLIE STOP DRINKING OR YOU’LL MAKE RUTH SAD.

    • Peer
      Peer
      November 7, 2013 at 9:18 am | #

      Also, maybe Ruth already *knows*. She was in Billie’s room after all.

  16. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    November 7, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    Just be happy Ruth is breaking in and not breaking you!

    • That Damn Rat
      That Damn Rat
      November 7, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

      Or breaking you in.

      • Rutee
        Rutee
        November 7, 2013 at 7:31 am | #

        Pretty sure that’s Billie’s end game, really.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      November 7, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

      I just imagine Ruth as Bane…..don’t know why.

      • Arkadi
        Arkadi
        November 7, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

        It’s just like that time when Bane shredded Batman’s cape in a fight then snuck into the Batcave to sew it back together again.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          November 7, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

          Wow, you and I remember Knightfall quite differently.

          • E.R.
            E.R.
            November 7, 2013 at 1:04 am | #

            Wait, did some variant on that actually happen?

            • Mr. Random
              Mr. Random
              November 7, 2013 at 2:04 am | #

              He had a disproportionately tiny sewing machine. It was hilarious.

              • DSL
                DSL
                November 7, 2013 at 8:39 am | #

                You know what they say about people with large sewing machines?

                • acutepandemonium
                  acutepandemonium
                  November 7, 2013 at 9:23 am | #

                  That they either do a lot of sewing or they work in a sweatshop?

              • Rutee
                Rutee
                November 7, 2013 at 2:59 pm | #

                That sounds amazing.

  17. Sammie1053
    Sammie1053
    November 7, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

    If Ruth doesn’t already know about Billie’s secret drinking, when she finds out, that uniform is gonna end up in an industrial shredder.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 7, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      With Billie in it.

  18. dailybrad
    dailybrad
    November 7, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

    Really cute here.

  19. John
    John
    November 7, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

    I said I would die of the cute if this happened, so.

    *ded of cute*

    *hopes you’re happy*

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      November 7, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      Here lies John. He passed on after a tough battle with the cute.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        November 7, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

        Dot Warner wanted for questioning.

        • Jay Eff
          Jay Eff
          November 7, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

          Dot Keener doing the questioning.

    • nothri
      nothri
      November 7, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

      I feel like this needs one more statement:

      *you monster*

      You know, for the sake of completeness.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      November 7, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

      Cute: The other dreaded C-word.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        November 7, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

        The first one is…..cat?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          November 7, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

          Cancer.

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            November 7, 2013 at 12:37 am | #

            I feel sorry for the crustacean. All its names are always related to diseases.

            • begbert2
              begbert2
              November 7, 2013 at 11:01 am | #

              Yeah! And they’re actually very nice; they just want to help people. We should give them a nickname to show how helpful they are. Something like ‘aids’.

            • Bemmie
              Bemmie
              November 7, 2013 at 2:49 pm | #

              I feel bad for the person that caught yabby…

      • hof1991
        hof1991
        November 7, 2013 at 7:10 am | #

        Was in a crowded fast food place when a seven year old announced that one of the adults had used the C word, by which he meant crap. He went on loudly about the C word for about three minutes before his parents could make him stop. Ahhh. Family.

  20. etyb
    etyb
    November 7, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

    “Thosebottlesyouprobablysawtotallyweren’tmine.”
    “What?” “What?”

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      November 7, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

      Blame it on Sal. Everyone knows you can’t maintain a proper southern accent without being drunk. A good buzz is the only reason she doesn’t talk like Jason.

      • etyb
        etyb
        November 7, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

        Sal would probably just sip straight moonshine. Beer? Pfft. Vodka? Hah!

        • John
          John
          November 7, 2013 at 2:10 am | #

          And then she’d be unconscious.

          The Walkertons are not known for their alcohol tolerance. Joyce could drink them both under the table.

  21. Leorale
    Leorale
    November 7, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

    She’s fixing it! Like my broken heart <3

  22. Baker
    Baker
    November 7, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

    Billie rejected Ruth, but last strip she put her hand on her and keeps checking in on her. I’d say she’s also guilty of mixed messages.

    • nothri
      nothri
      November 7, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

      Agreed. Though it might also be that the real guilty one is Willis, and he is guilty of perpetuating that damn “Will they, won’t they” thing that made the X-files so popular and made the Star Wars prequels terrible.

      • ninja_jesus
        ninja_jesus
        November 7, 2013 at 1:37 am | #

        Except there was no “will they, won’t they” in the prequels because we already knew the ending.

        • Mr. Random
          Mr. Random
          November 7, 2013 at 2:06 am | #

          Romantic tension can be good, despite knowing the outcome. I read IW! With a big ass banner that had Joyce and Walky! Above it.

    • etyb
      etyb
      November 7, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

      She rejected being assaulted and then kissed against her will.

      • Kladeos
        Kladeos
        November 7, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

        This. Now that Ruth isn’t behaving in a fucked up way – in fact, now that Ruth is providing stability for Billie – a kiss might result in a different outcome. Even back then, Billie kissed for back before pushing Ruth away. Let’s see if Ruth will actually try again though, because it seems like she’s respecting Billie’s perceived rejection like a decent person.

    • Kladeos
      Kladeos
      November 7, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

      Billie’s been sending a hell of a lot of signals that she might be interested. I mean, there is the fact that Ruth is basically the only person who understands her so she probably does also want to have a real friend, but taking into account that Billie knows Ruth likes her, she does seem to be acting overly friendly.

    • John
      John
      November 7, 2013 at 2:17 am | #

      Billie’s complaint about the kiss was “bongo shouldna shoved me”. She’s never made any complaint about bongo trying to lick her tonsils. If Ruth tried it again without leading off with an elbow to the sternum, I bet she’d get a much more positive response.

      • Rutee
        Rutee
        November 7, 2013 at 7:36 am | #

        I ship them as hard as the next gal, but she said “FUCK OFF.” “bongo shouldna shoved me” was later, regarding her concern for Ruth.

        My guess is that Billie reciprocates, but Ruth’s timing was utter shit, what with it being in the middle of Billie’s angst and right after a request for stability; Ruth decided to respond to that with violence then licky-style. That isn’t stability. Maybe if Ruth actually can stick to a caring persona (Or lack thereof, rather) they’ll be okay and there can be lesbian happies that aren’t Leslie’s (who is herself boned anyway). Course, now that I say that, Willis will ensure it does not. damn you, willis!

        • Rutee
          Rutee
          November 7, 2013 at 7:37 am | #

          Clarification: That is to say, if Ruth can just care, with no particular persona attached, they may be okay. Or at least, a consistent persona.

  23. nothri
    nothri
    November 7, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

    Oh Christ. When she figures out Billie is still boozing it up she’s gonna….

    1. Rip that cheerleading outfit apart piece by piece.

    2. Strangle Billie.

    3. Rip apart all of Billie’s clothes except the cheerleading outfit.

    …..shut up. If I wanna dream this will end in sexy shenangigans and not drama, I’ll go ahead and do that and aint none of you gonna stop me! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    …..I think I should have been in bed ages ago….

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      November 7, 2013 at 7:38 am | #

      Since when does drama automatically not lead to sexy shenanigans? Like, that’s not even true in the Real World, fiction only makes it more likely.

  24. Aizat
    Aizat
    November 7, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

    Wait, when did Ruth break into Billie’s room? Does she know Billie’s been drinking?

  25. Emoroffle
    Emoroffle
    November 7, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

    Breaking and entering is Ruth speak for “I wanna kiss you licky style.”

    • Urzu13
      Urzu13
      November 7, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

      Of course. What else could it mean?

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        November 7, 2013 at 12:49 am | #

        “I wanna do you 6 ways from Sunday”?

        • norj
          norj
          November 7, 2013 at 12:52 am | #

          “I wanna have your lesbian babies”?

          • Mr. Random
            Mr. Random
            November 7, 2013 at 2:08 am | #

            “I want us to break the bed.”

            • Aizat
              Aizat
              November 7, 2013 at 2:10 am | #

              “I want to do the bedroom tango with you”?

  26. insomniac
    insomniac
    November 7, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

    GODDAMMIT KISS HER ALREADY

    • Urzu13
      Urzu13
      November 7, 2013 at 12:42 am | #

      Willis is not kind enough to give us that joy so soon. It will be weeks, maybe months. But the longer the pain is before it happens, the less likely he is to destroy such a beautiful thing before our eyes. Hopefully.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      November 7, 2013 at 12:58 am | #

      What we are witnessing is called the “tease phase”. In this phase, the author will pull scenes like this to tease the readers.

      • Leonou
        Leonou
        November 7, 2013 at 1:35 am | #

        The readers’ reaction to this phase is a mix of :
        Enjoying the teased relationship way too much.
        Cursing the Author for being such a tease.
        Making Fanfictions in order to cope with the delayed satisfaction.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          November 7, 2013 at 2:10 am | #

          And what all these reactions do is to create such a huge build up to the Payoff Phase which will go one of the 2 ways: either the payoff is worth it or a huge disappointment(as in Duke Nukem Forever disappointment.)

      • xKiv
        xKiv
        November 7, 2013 at 7:58 pm | #

        Scenes like these to tease the read’s.

  27. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    November 7, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

    Now make out. Make out, dammit.

  28. EvergreenFir
    EvergreenFir
    November 7, 2013 at 12:46 am | #

    Also, I read the title in my RSS feed as “Massages” and got my hopes up

  29. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    November 7, 2013 at 12:47 am | #

    man, i read through the entire archives last night and almost the entire time i thought Ruth was a singularly horrid person even despite the general vague feeling that there was some arguably morally exculpatory background behind her horridness, and now this arc is happening and my expression is pretty much the same as hers in panel three

    i’m not sure why but i think the most fitting thing to say here is DAMN YOU WILLIS

  30. Locke
    Locke
    November 7, 2013 at 12:58 am | #

    GUILT, BILLIE.

    FEEL THE GUIIIILT.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      November 7, 2013 at 1:13 am | #

      That gravatar…is that Gillian Seed?

  31. Bill
    Bill
    November 7, 2013 at 1:04 am | #

    Ruth stole the uniform and vandalized it during the first week or so (she was using it to force Billie/Sal to get their roommate agreement taken care of).
    Later, Billie swiped the uniform back a day or so after their ruckus in the hallway, when Amazi-Girl carried Billie off the scene.
    Now we find out that since then Ruth (using her master key, no doubt) got back into Billie’s room to retrieve the uniform in order to make repairs; this probably occurred after their heart-to-heart about their drinking problems.  But when?

    DAMMIT WILLIS, IT’S BEEN OVER THREE YEARS REAL-TIME BUT ONLY MAYBE FIVE WEEKS DUMBIVERSE TIME.  WE NEED A TIME-LINE AROUND HERE!!!

    • Leonou
      Leonou
      November 7, 2013 at 1:57 am | #

      Nitpicking here, but Ruth may not have needed her masterkey.
      She once told Billie about teaching her how to “discreetly pick a lock”. Which would be way more badass, if a tad less practical.

      • Bill
        Bill
        November 7, 2013 at 2:17 am | #

        And Leonou, Ruth did use a master key when she came in to watch TV and drink beer with Billie, so that’s why I mentioned it.

        • Leonou
          Leonou
          November 7, 2013 at 4:18 am | #

          True

    • John
      John
      November 7, 2013 at 1:58 am | #

      It’s not even five weeks. This is, I believe, the fourth Sunday. The first Sunday was arrival day. The second Sunday Joyce took Dorothy to church, Billie jumped Danny, and Dorothy kissed Walky. The third Sunday Joyce took Ethan to church, Ruth dropped in on Billie for beer and TV, and Dorothy cast her body into the cragged shame pits of the lustwolves. And the fourth Sunday began with Sal strangling Joyce.

      Ruth informed Billie that she was holding the uniform hostage on the first Tuesday.

      The brawl where Amazi-Girl spirited Billie away was the first Wednesday.

      Billie snuck into Ruth’s room on the first Thursday, and came out of the closet, with her uniform, Ruth’s booze, and blackmail photos, in the wee hours of the morning on the first Friday.

      On the second Monday, Sal returned to the room to find Billie drunk and wearing the still-damaged cheerleader uniform (and then Billie tried to put the moves on Sal).

      The Kiss was the third Monday night, and then Ruth locked herself in her room for the next two days. (It seemed longer than that…)

      The fire alarm, discussion in Ruth’s room, follow-up floor meeting, and Ruth giving Billie the key were all the third Wednesday, and then it was Timeskip With Dorothy until Freshman Family Weekend, which has been the third Saturday and fourth Sunday (today!).

      I’m actually working on putting together a spoileriffic timeline, but I’ve only gotten up to the third Sunday so far. I’m pretty sure about the timing of those third-week events, but not 100%.

      • Kladeos
        Kladeos
        November 7, 2013 at 2:03 am | #

        Good stuff.

      • Bill
        Bill
        November 7, 2013 at 2:13 am | #

        Well, whenever you get it caught up and posted it will be a huge help.

  32. Gottawonder
    Gottawonder
    November 7, 2013 at 1:10 am | #

    Great avatar for that msg. Locke. 🙂

    They are getting closer and closer and …. closer…..
    Maybe by Christmas.
    Unless Ruth finds Billie drinking and kills her.

  33. someguywithakatana
    someguywithakatana
    November 7, 2013 at 1:29 am | #

    3 years… but totally worth it…

  34. Tahkuya
    Tahkuya
    November 7, 2013 at 2:00 am | #

    The Shipping is going crazy over a shirt… it don’t take much does it?

    • Graq
      Graq
      November 7, 2013 at 2:05 am | #

      Since it’s taken three years our time for five weeks of comic time to pass, the only development we’re going to get is slow development. Nothing wrong with that, and we can praise it when it happens.

      • Tahkuya
        Tahkuya
        November 7, 2013 at 2:10 am | #

        Yeah but this cant go as bad as the Ethan/Joshua fiasco right?

      • slicedtoad
        slicedtoad
        November 7, 2013 at 2:58 am | #

        This is the fastest updating comic I read (and I read quite a lot) and yet it has one of the lowest comictime:realtime ratios. Somehow, though, I don’t mind at all.
        If it went at a faster pace we wouldn’t have nearly the same amount of detail and character development. In fact this is probably one of the more realistic ways of writing fantasy since it’s a blow by blow account of just about every moment in the characters’ lives.

        • Kevin
          Kevin
          November 7, 2013 at 3:00 am | #

          I can’t follow Megatokyo anymore because it takes four years of updates for an hour of time to pass in the comic.

          • Kevin
            Kevin
            November 7, 2013 at 3:18 am | #

            Although that’s because Fred only updates twice a month.

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              November 7, 2013 at 3:40 pm | #

              Well, considering the medical problems he and his family has been having, among other problems, I consider myself lucky that he is updating at all. Hopefully it will pick back up soon.

              • Kevin
                Kevin
                November 8, 2013 at 4:00 am | #

                Considering he just did a Kickstarter to make a visual novel, I don’t see him getting back to serious work on the comic for years. I understand and am sympathetic about his medical problems, but I do not like the fact that he makes a living on getting funding for projects he will never finish. They still haven’t made, much less shipped, books that people ordered years ago. They haven’t been shipping store orders. AFAICT Fred does about five hours of work a month, but he’ll happily take 300k for a project he’ll never finish when he can’t even update his own comic.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          November 7, 2013 at 3:39 pm | #

          Have you read Between Failures? It took some 300 pages to do one day of comic time. I suspect it is the current record holder.

          • PokeyPuppy
            PokeyPuppy
            November 7, 2013 at 4:58 pm | #

            These comments are so confusing to me. How can this much time have passed? How long have I been reading all of these comics, anyway?

            I have such a poor sense of time…

          • xKiv
            xKiv
            November 7, 2013 at 8:11 pm | #

            How long has it been in Freefall? 2421 pages in 15 years. Apparently, that’s something like 3 weeks of in-universe time there? And #500 had “a day is just 24 hours, but that one felt like it took a year and 37 weeks to get through”, which would be .. “only” 267 strips?

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      November 7, 2013 at 2:14 am | #

      Dude, I’ve seen shipping frenzy between two characters who both never met and never talk to each other.

      • norj
        norj
        November 7, 2013 at 2:31 am | #

        Vader and Azula OTP

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          November 7, 2013 at 5:05 am | #

          Mordecai and Twilight Sparkle FTW!

          • ninja_jesus
            ninja_jesus
            November 7, 2013 at 5:38 am | #

            Stormtrooper #4,682,593 x Redshirt #735,419 OTP

            • Aizat
              Aizat
              November 7, 2013 at 7:15 am | #

              Ryoma Nagare X Noriko Takaya OTP

      • The Candyman
        The Candyman
        November 7, 2013 at 7:49 am | #

        That doesn’t mean anything! Jon and Daenerys WILL get together, dammit!

  35. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    November 7, 2013 at 5:44 am | #

    You know, I feel like David Willis is going to burn this ship to the ground and give both Billie and Ruth different significant others to be with. I don’t know why I feel that way, but it’s the worst-case possibility I can think of. ._.

    • Graq
      Graq
      November 7, 2013 at 1:07 pm | #

      Oh I can think can think of worse cases than that.
      #1: They can’t work out a relationship with each other OR anyone else and and descend into further self destructive behaviors and are miserable for all time.
      #2: They get together and are happy, but one of them dies tragically, and the survivor ends up with a vastly inferior new love interest (that’s not even a Roomies reference so much as a Buffy the Vampire Slayer one)

      • Mr K
        Mr K
        November 7, 2013 at 3:26 pm | #

        Worst: It turns out to be Billie’s wet dream

  36. Martin Smith
    Martin Smith
    November 7, 2013 at 6:01 am | #

    “overall shorts”? You mean dungarees?

  37. Heavensrun
    Heavensrun
    November 7, 2013 at 6:33 am | #

    I’m calling it. This ship will continue to sail in smooth waters right up until the moment when they finally kiss again, with mutual consent, at which point Ruth tastes the alcohol on Billie’s breath…

    • hof1991
      hof1991
      November 7, 2013 at 7:17 am | #

      When Ruth realizes that Billie has been cheating on her with Bud, Johnny Walker and Old Grandad.

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      November 7, 2013 at 8:49 am | #

      Your ideas intrigue me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

      I also choose to believe that it will survive, but have to put into port.

  38. Crumplepunch
    Crumplepunch
    November 7, 2013 at 8:01 am | #

    “it only took three years to get ruth back in overall shorts”

    Time well spent, I say.

  39. joeyo
    joeyo
    November 7, 2013 at 8:25 am | #

    “So…how about you try it on.”

  40. acutepandemonium
    acutepandemonium
    November 7, 2013 at 9:32 am | #

    Can someone explain to me how you get Gravatar to cycle through the Gallery du Willis cause I straight up don’t get it ;_;

    • Gigafreak
      Gigafreak
      November 7, 2013 at 11:23 am | #

      Willis-drawn, regularly-cycling gravatars are assigned to people who don’t already have one. It’s a nice feature that cuts out the subconscious “this person is a SECOND-RATE CITIZEN OF THE INTERNET” effect that a lack of avatar sometimes has.

  41. Pat Myers
    Pat Myers
    November 7, 2013 at 10:14 am | #

    PLEASE STOP BEING CREEPY, RUTH.

  42. OmegaDez
    OmegaDez
    November 7, 2013 at 10:18 am | #

    …Why is Ruth suddenly so cute?
    Why did it take me years to appreciate this character?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      November 7, 2013 at 5:24 pm | #

      That’s because for a long while, Ruth was often dipicted as either awesome or a bongo.

  43. Eukie
    Eukie
    November 7, 2013 at 11:11 am | #

    Is that guilt for relapsing and not saying anything about it in panel 3, Billie?

    • John
      John
      November 7, 2013 at 2:08 pm | #

      Yeah, I’m really hoping Panel 4 is Billie going, “Man, Ruth’s so appreciative of me going cold turkey with her. Maybe I should actually do that.”

      Of course it isn’t, because Willis hates us all and wants us to suffer.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 7, 2013 at 5:25 pm | #

        It’s what gets him up in the morning. 😀

  44. Mal
    Mal
    November 7, 2013 at 12:10 pm | #

    Three years ago, I hated Ruth, but thought Billie was pretty okay. I posted a comment about not liking Ruth, Mr. Willis responded saying that he’d work on it, and I thought that was pretty cool.

    Now, I think Ruth is pretty cool, and I really dislike Billie right now. That’s progress. And good storytelling.

    • Kladeos
      Kladeos
      November 7, 2013 at 2:16 pm | #

      Hah, when I was archive binging a few weeks ago I disliked both, but now Ruth is my favourite and Billie is top 5. How can you dislike Billie after her heroic rescue of Ruth?!

      • Mal
        Mal
        November 8, 2013 at 11:31 am | #

        It’s that she’s secretly drinking still. Ruth is putting in all the effort, going through the pain, struggling to be a better person, while Billie is remaining stagnant, and is dishonest about it.

        I think Billie’s dishonesty in this one subject is worse than anything Ruth ever did to her.

  45. Aaron Bourque
    Aaron Bourque
    November 7, 2013 at 12:21 pm | #

    They have the perfect relationship.

    Such a perfect relationship.

    • Slinx
      Slinx
      November 7, 2013 at 1:33 pm | #

      If by “perfect” you mean “entertainingly dysfunctional”, then I agree. What would a slice-of-college-life comic be without drama?

      • Aaron Bourque
        Aaron Bourque
        November 8, 2013 at 4:10 pm | #

        Good?

  46. Kevin
    Kevin
    November 7, 2013 at 1:49 pm | #

    Now, we all know that men can’t “win over” lesbians (unless said man is Vin Diesel), and it’s disrespectful to the entire lesbian population to suggest otherwise (unless said man is Vin Diesel). Hopefully Willis understands one of the fine points of storytelling, that there is a double standard… lesbian characters should be fully capable of “winning over” straight women…

    • Kevin
      Kevin
      November 7, 2013 at 1:50 pm | #

      Plus, Billie is too curvy to be straight. Ba-dum PSSHH.

    • John
      John
      November 7, 2013 at 2:04 pm | #

      I don’t see any straight women here. Billie is literally the poster girl for Bisexual Visibility Day. (You can’t spell “Billie” without “Bi”!)

      • xKiv
        xKiv
        November 7, 2013 at 8:19 pm | #

        Or even visiBIlity, when we are at it.

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      November 7, 2013 at 2:52 pm | #

      Billie is bi, no, its not a double standard (don’t further the jerkery gay people go through) if hypothetically a lesbian won over a straight woman” although its dumb and unrealistic, and its still dumb and offensive if the dude were Vin Diesel, who is by no means an avatar of unfettered sexiness at any rate.

      • Kevin
        Kevin
        November 8, 2013 at 4:02 am | #

        Was just joking. The Vin Diesel thing was a reference to the latest Riddick movie.

  47. Orangey
    Orangey
    November 7, 2013 at 2:55 pm | #

    THEYRE SO CUTE IM JUST GONNA asdjoi

  48. Spik
    Spik
    November 7, 2013 at 3:03 pm | #

    awwwwwwww

  49. Jessica Sideways
    Jessica Sideways
    November 7, 2013 at 5:13 pm | #

    I can’t wait for Billie and Ruth to just hook up. 🙂

  50. Aaron
    Aaron
    November 7, 2013 at 5:33 pm | #

    Okay, now I want Billie to just be honest with Ruth about her drinking, have Ruth get mad and/or upset, then 7 months from now (irl) we can have the reconciliation, which in the timeline of the comics will be within a week.

    Alternately, Billie really DOES stop drinking and we see a panel with her throwing out the booze. I’m good with either.

  51. Nightwing
    Nightwing
    November 7, 2013 at 6:11 pm | #

    I agree with comment above

  52. HMRC4EVR
    HMRC4EVR
    November 7, 2013 at 7:25 pm | #

    Heya Walky-

    I know you’ve got this stuff planned out, loaded in the system to auto update and all that jazz (or Huffer, or Tracks….or Cosmos…)…

    but PLEASE have these two sit down and TALK about that kiss. I don’t care if they don’t sleep together for another few weeks in comic time, but I really would like to see these two at least address the issue of the elephant in the room.

    • David Willis
      David M Willis
      November 7, 2013 at 8:04 pm | #

      why would they do that

      • xKiv
        xKiv
        November 7, 2013 at 8:22 pm | #

        Yes. Too much sitting and talking, not enough doing.

      • Lel
        Lel
        November 7, 2013 at 10:17 pm | #

        As part of an occult ritual to please the fanservice gods and ensure a good harvest this year?

      • HMRC4EVR
        HMRC4EVR
        November 8, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

        Advancing the plot?

        Character development?

        To keep me from going CRAZY wanting closure on that scene?

  53. Joe
    Joe
    November 7, 2013 at 11:46 pm | #

    When do these kids study? Lab reports? Homework? Will all but Dorothy and Dina fail their freshman year? Walky may have been able to skip through high school on talent and power of observation but this is college. (Even if it is Indiana.)

    • Rani
      Rani
      November 8, 2013 at 6:24 pm | #

      This has been a really compressed time frame. This past year has been a single weekend in Walky-time.

      • Joe
        Joe
        November 9, 2013 at 1:28 am | #

        Not compressed. The opposite of compressed. And not a single weekend either. More like a week. A week vaporized over 10 months.

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