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May 12, 2026

Somebody

by David M Willis on November 14, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - When Somebody Loved Me
└ Tags: becky, joyce, walky

Discussion (345) ¬

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    November 14, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    to be fair, Becky, Joyce was trying to CALL your poopful butt

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      November 14, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Eww, that’s gross. Butts are full of poop? Becky butts?

      • Dedlok
        Dedlok
        November 14, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

        LIES AND SLANDER! Becky’s butt never poops!

        • Tunaro
          Tunaro
          November 14, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

          *Gasp* But… Everybody Poops.

          • nothri
            nothri
            November 14, 2014 at 12:49 am | #

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-9VzNVxDj0

          • Dedlok
            Dedlok
            November 14, 2014 at 12:52 am | #

            I didn’t say she doesn’t poop. Just that she doesn’t poop from her butt.

          • Robert
            Robert
            November 14, 2014 at 12:52 am | #

            No.. You’re thinking of “Everybody Hurts”

            • Arkadi
              Arkadi
              November 14, 2014 at 2:13 am | #

              Everybody poops. Sometimes.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            November 14, 2014 at 7:51 am | #

            Not Saffron’s mother, she just has a colonic irrigation every week.

          • Tenn
            Tenn
            November 14, 2014 at 5:03 pm | #

            Except androids. And they should be destroyed.

        • Drunken Nordmann
          Drunken Nordmann
          November 14, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

          It’s not slander. In written form it’s libel.

          • RoberJolt
            RoberJolt
            November 28, 2014 at 1:36 am | #

            J.K. Simmons FTW!

    • Hoboturtle
      Hoboturtle
      November 15, 2014 at 12:00 am | #

      Completely unrelated. That avatar.

      You chose well with what you had Willis draw. XD

  2. Undead Mantis
    Undead Mantis
    November 14, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Joyce would probably use way too much teeth.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      November 14, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      Yeah, I wouldn’t want that gigantic grin anywhere near my nethers.

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        November 14, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

        I’m sorry. I’m so, so sorry, but I can’t resist.
        http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130909034845/shingekinokyojin/images/e/ed/Shingeki_no_Kyojin_-_01_-_Large_34.png

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          November 14, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

          Oh my. Excuse me, I need to pick up my ribs from laughing too hard.
          Be neat to see the DoA cast as Titans sometime, like that one sketch of the Recon Corps’ forms if they were Shifters.

        • Cephalo the Pod
          Cephalo the Pod
          November 14, 2014 at 9:26 am | #

          Okay, okay.
          Now.

          Someone needs to shop Joyce’s grin onto that.

  3. Tunaro
    Tunaro
    November 14, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Whelp, it’s official. I ship this now.

    • Very Good Karma
      Very Good Karma
      November 14, 2014 at 12:38 am | #

      Joyce can only be best friends with girls who like Walky. It’s her curse.

    • nothri
      nothri
      November 14, 2014 at 12:50 am | #

      Walky/Becky or Becky/Joyce? Or Walky/Joyce? Or Walky/Joyce/Becky?

      • beege
        beege
        November 14, 2014 at 1:20 am | #

        Dorothy has to fit in there somewhere.

        • Kelly
          Kelly
          November 14, 2014 at 2:06 am | #

          simple, Walky/Dorothy/Becky/Joyce

          • Khantalas
            Khantalas
            November 14, 2014 at 2:20 am | #

            Not enough men.

            • thebombzen
              thebombzen
              November 14, 2014 at 2:24 am | #

              Throw in Mike then. I’m sure that’s an amazing idea.

              • Khantalas
                Khantalas
                November 14, 2014 at 2:32 am | #

                Throw in Dina as well and we got a deal.

              • Kelly
                Kelly
                November 14, 2014 at 3:21 am | #

                Or they could just track down your avatar and borrow the TF gun

                • Khantalas
                  Khantalas
                  November 14, 2014 at 5:34 am | #

                  We don’t talk about what happened in Canada.

    • Kelly
      Kelly
      November 14, 2014 at 1:55 am | #

      *shipping intensifies*

  4. Jonathan S
    Jonathan S
    November 14, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Answer the question, Becky!

    • nothri
      nothri
      November 14, 2014 at 12:51 am | #

      I think that answer is best found amongst the fanfic writers, don’t you?

      • Annie
        Annie
        November 14, 2014 at 3:26 am | #

        There are DoA fanfic writers?!? :O Where?! You must tell me where I can find such works of art! Please!

        • Leonou
          Leonou
          November 14, 2014 at 4:22 am | #

          There is this one .

          There used to be a few other ones , but they seem to be lost in the interwebs … If anyone knows of other Fics, please share !

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          November 14, 2014 at 9:23 am | #

          Start with Plasma Mongoose – she’s, like, Queen of DoA fanart.

        • ocbrad1
          ocbrad1
          November 14, 2014 at 11:36 am | #

          Yotomoe has been known to dabble in the fanfic.

        • caramelundqueer
          caramelundqueer
          November 14, 2014 at 5:58 pm | #

          I think I’d be willing to write DoA fic if it wasn’t pretty much guaranteed David Willis would read it.

    • ocbrad1
      ocbrad1
      November 14, 2014 at 11:35 am | #

      Perfect Gravatar is perfect.

  5. Kodra
    Kodra
    November 14, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Part of me is surprised by Becky’s non-reaction to Walky’s statement, and another part wonders whether she knows what that means.

    • March
      March
      November 14, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      This girl seems to have somehow circumvented her parents’ attempts at isolation from the outside world. I sense a young lady that quickly learned the library did not have parental blocks.

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        November 14, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

        The Internet. Ruining years of sheltered conditioning since 1991!

        • Kryss LaBryn
          Kryss LaBryn
          November 14, 2014 at 3:06 am | #

          The Internet? Pfft. My brother’s junior high (Grades 8-10) school library had Anne Rice’s “Exit to Eden” in it.

          –It’s possible they didn’t actually check too closely, originally. My brother read it, I read it, a bunch of other kids read it–and then they pulled it. Party poopers.

          • HiEv
            HiEv
            November 14, 2014 at 8:40 am | #

            Well, that’s *one* way to get kids to read. LOL

            • Deanatay
              Deanatay
              November 14, 2014 at 9:20 am | #

              The Library is for porn, Porn, PORN!

              • fogel
                fogel
                November 14, 2014 at 10:35 am | #

                If it’s in the library it’s not porn, it’s literature, just as the difference between porn and art is that if it’s in an art museum it’s art. http://candicomics.com/d/20040706.html

                Mary delenda est

    • TheOthin
      TheOthin
      November 14, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      Yeah I wonder if we’re gonna have another strap-on moment incoming.

      • Jon P
        Jon P
        November 14, 2014 at 12:51 am | #

        “Why would you want to DO that?!”

    • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
      Gadgeteer Smashwidget
      November 14, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      She strikes me as the type to do a ton of stuff behind her parents’ back.

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      November 14, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

      I’m starting to think that Becky is a LOT more worldly than Joyce realizes.

      • T Campbell
        T Campbell
        November 14, 2014 at 12:40 am | #

        The pieces are very, very slowly falling into place.

        • Dragon
          Dragon
          November 14, 2014 at 1:00 am | #

          I’m liking Becky more and more. Thought she was just gonna be a Joyce-clone, but I have been proved wrong, and am glad 🙂

      • saltchocolate
        saltchocolate
        November 14, 2014 at 4:35 pm | #

        We’re going to see if it’s as easy for Joyce to accept Becky’s worldliness as it was for her to accept Dotty’s godlessness. Not that *that* was easy . . .

  6. Chef Excellence
    Chef Excellence
    November 14, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    I like where this is headed.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      November 14, 2014 at 2:10 am | #

      That’s what she said!

      • Arkadi
        Arkadi
        November 14, 2014 at 2:14 am | #

        Really? That’s what I said too! What are the odds? 😀

  7. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    November 14, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Good one Walky. Exactly what Joyce does.

    Yup Becky and Walky only 2 Ive ever shipped.

  8. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    November 14, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Yes, Joyce do tell…

  9. DK1105
    DK1105
    November 14, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Calling it now

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 14, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      Call it whatever you want. It’s called “Dumbing of Age”

  10. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    November 14, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR THE BECKY WALKY SHIP.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      November 14, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      The POOPDECK no less. 😛

      • Thomas64
        Thomas64
        November 14, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

        You win.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          November 14, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

          *heheheh*

      • Arkadi
        Arkadi
        November 14, 2014 at 2:15 am | #

        Poopdeck it is! All aboard!

      • Baggy
        Baggy
        November 14, 2014 at 7:56 pm | #

        Toilet humour is soooo crappy…

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      November 14, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      SWABBIN’ THE DECKS

      • NoHeart
        NoHeart
        November 14, 2014 at 2:08 am | #

        I call being the lookout

    • newllend
      newllend
      November 14, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      Fuck it why not, sounds like a hell of a lot of fun.

    • Tunaro
      Tunaro
      November 14, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      Preparin’ to be boarded. Can someone check, I’m not sure if I’m using this innuendo right.

      • Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
        Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
        November 14, 2014 at 4:43 pm | #

        So you share my love of being raided?

    • Nonagon
      Nonagon
      November 14, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      Hoisting the mast.

      • CRtwenty
        CRtwenty
        November 14, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

        I tentatively support this ship so long as it occurs after an amicable breakup with Dorothy and a mandatory waiting period to avoid rumors of two-timing.

        Also I ship Joyce/Dorothy

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          November 14, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

          I favor:
          WALKY likes DOROTHY and BECKY
          DOROTHY likes WALKY
          JOYCE likes DOROTHY
          BECKY likes JOYCE

          Is there a word for a diagonally bisected square? ‘Cause this is two right love triangles neatly meshed.

          • Tunaro
            Tunaro
            November 14, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

            So…This whole storyline’s a riff on Shakespeare?

            • Disloyal Subject
              Disloyal Subject
              November 14, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

              Welcome to modern fiction, I guess.

              • Kelly
                Kelly
                November 14, 2014 at 3:18 am | #

                Indeed

          • gansmaltz
            gansmaltz
            November 14, 2014 at 12:39 am | #

            I think you mean kitty-corner

            • PlainMarie
              PlainMarie
              November 14, 2014 at 7:51 pm | #

              HAAAaaaaaa! 😀

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        November 14, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

        What kind of ship has a collapsible mast?

        • Nonagon
          Nonagon
          November 14, 2014 at 1:08 am | #

          Smaller sailboats, usually. All the ones I’ve used. Easy to transport, with room enough for two. I don’t know if they count as “ships” though; not exactly transport vehicles. More like a toy that you bring out occasionally, go for a ride for another person, and at the end of the day, pack it up and return to your main ship.
          …Did I just nautically fail my way into saying something clever?

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          November 14, 2014 at 1:59 am | #

          one with ED? Sorry, I’ll let myself out now.

        • Undrave
          Undrave
          November 14, 2014 at 2:14 am | #

          The Solaris in the Mysterious Cities of Gold.

        • Kryss LaBryn
          Kryss LaBryn
          November 14, 2014 at 3:09 am | #

          Viking longships? The mast could be lowered even at sea; also could be rowed. Also sailed very close to the wind for a ship with no keel, which meant it could tack reasonably well so it could continue on in the direction they wanted to go in even if the winds weren’t cooperating. Also with a shallow draft of about 8″ they could be sailed in to shore before anyone knew they were even there for sneak attacks.

          Seems appropriate.

          • Matthew Davis
            Matthew Davis
            November 14, 2014 at 3:26 am | #

            Don’t forget that the shallow draft also made them river-navigable, which meant they could, for example, sack Paris.

            • M FunnyBone
              M FunnyBone
              November 14, 2014 at 12:10 pm | #

              Leave me out of this. I don’t wanna be sacked; I have a good gig.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        November 14, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

        Leaving dry dock for the ocean’s embrace

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      November 14, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

      The SS Wacky has officially set sail.

      • democraticMayonaise
        democraticMayonaise
        November 15, 2014 at 7:37 pm | #

        “The ship set sail.”
        “The ship set sail.”
        “The ship set sail.”
        “The ship set sail.”
        I always wondered why I couldn’t blast that guy with my level 84 Blastoise. I guess I’ll never know.

    • Boom
      Boom
      November 14, 2014 at 5:09 am | #

      You’re all late to the party and I’ve already claimed the best chairs on the Leto deck!

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      November 14, 2014 at 7:18 am | #

      Some of us are not so quick to abandon the Dorky ‘ship.

      • Rutee
        Rutee
        November 14, 2014 at 9:16 am | #

        Why should anyone be? Tis a fine vessel. But the Wacky has her virtues.

        • Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
          Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
          November 14, 2014 at 4:45 pm | #

          May I beseech you not to discount the quality of the fine boats Boyce and Fundothy?

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      November 14, 2014 at 9:32 am | #

      Oh no, you can’t fool me! I will NEVER surrender this duel!!!

    • Tenn
      Tenn
      November 14, 2014 at 5:13 pm | #

      I guess I can tag along on the Wacky for a while, but I might defect and rejoin the Dorky at any moment.

  11. Emperor Kiva
    Emperor Kiva
    November 14, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Someone destroy Walky and Becky

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 14, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      You can not destroy perfection.

      • Emperor Kiva
        Emperor Kiva
        November 14, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

        Watch me

        • newllend
          newllend
          November 14, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

          To late, this ship has set sail and there’s to many passengers on board. We’re sailing out to the sea of endless possibilities.

          • Emperor Kiva
            Emperor Kiva
            November 14, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

            FIRE ALL TORPEDOES AND MISSILES, BLOW THAT THING OUT OF THE WATER!!!!!!!

            • Disloyal Subject
              Disloyal Subject
              November 14, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

              Firing projectiles on a Straw Hat? You poor soul.

              • Emperor Kiva
                Emperor Kiva
                November 14, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

                I got Napalm too

                • newllend
                  newllend
                  November 14, 2014 at 12:45 am | #

                  Still need more dude, still need more.

            • Jen Aside
              Jen Aside
              November 14, 2014 at 1:01 am | #

              YOU SANK MY BABBLESHIP

            • Undrave
              Undrave
              November 14, 2014 at 2:14 am | #

              No one wins at ship to ship combat.

          • Atomix26
            Atomix26
            November 14, 2014 at 12:23 pm | #

            in bed

            • Opus the Poet
              Opus the Poet
              November 14, 2014 at 2:24 pm | #

              Sorry, but the juxtaposition was just too funny.

              Undrave:
              No one wins at ship to ship combat.
              Atomix26:
              in bed
              OtP:
              for a nickle.

  12. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    November 14, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    The evidence for this ship is mounting.

    • liahansen
      liahansen
      November 14, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      Whoa, I don’t think they’re quite to that point yet. Give em time though.

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        November 14, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

        *thumbs up*

        • Boom
          Boom
          November 14, 2014 at 5:10 am | #

          Up what?

          • Cephalo the Pod
            Cephalo the Pod
            November 14, 2014 at 9:35 am | #

            Up in the air, we need to measure the air temperature.

            ‘Cause I think it’s getting HOT in here!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 14, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Implying you need evidence for a ship. The requirements for a ship is that the two characters exist.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        November 14, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

        Pfft. As if we only ship things within that criterion.

        • liahansen
          liahansen
          November 14, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

          CarlaxCarla 4evr

          • Cephalo the Pod
            Cephalo the Pod
            November 14, 2014 at 9:36 am | #

            We’ll call the ship: Carla.

            • Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
              Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
              November 14, 2014 at 4:46 pm | #

              No. CARLA 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        November 14, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

        I thought liahansen meant give them time to mount. Tsk, tsk, I’ll pretend I didn’t read that. Also like half the comments. And the internet. Where am I

        • liahansen
          liahansen
          November 14, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

          that is precisely what i meant

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          November 14, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

          But I didn’t reply to liahansen.

  13. newllend
    newllend
    November 14, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Walky wins AGAIN ! look at him he’s just stirring the pot.

  14. buckybone
    buckybone
    November 14, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    This ship’s getting a little crowded…

  15. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    November 14, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Well, Becky’s nowhere near as reserved as Joyce. BACKSTORY! I REQUIRE BACKSTORY!

  16. Gadgeteer Smashwidget
    Gadgeteer Smashwidget
    November 14, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    This is wonderful. And I think Becky is my new second-favorite, first being Dina.

    • newllend
      newllend
      November 14, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Me too, she’s almost replacing Amber/Amazi-girl.

  17. Victor Riley
    Victor Riley
    November 14, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Is Walky going to be crux of a love/crush triangle between Atheist Dorothy and Christian Becky?

    Though, I suspect that Becky is not as religious anymore as Joyce would like… might explain the mystery of her arrival, as Sarah started to question.

    • Rachel Roth
      Rachel Roth
      November 14, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      Actually, I’m going to guess that Becky probably wasn’t ever that religious She probably just grew up in an uber religious household, but secretly rebelled when she could. If I’m wrong, I’ll give you one internet, otherwise, please give me one. Deal?

      • ninja_jesus
        ninja_jesus
        November 14, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

        I’d like the idea of secretly rebellious Becky.

        • a4lbish
          a4lbish
          November 14, 2014 at 5:22 am | #

          That is also my headcanon.

      • dreadedseamonster
        dreadedseamonster
        November 14, 2014 at 10:41 am | #

        It sounds like she IS Christian (she talked about God giving Joyce to Sarah to be her friend), but I think she’s a much more laid back type of Christian despite how she’s been raised. I like it. I like her.

        • dreadedseamonster
          dreadedseamonster
          November 14, 2014 at 10:43 am | #

          Also I want to say that I really enjoy having Amber as my icon since I’m like her hipster doppelganger.

      • Victor Riley
        Victor Riley
        November 14, 2014 at 12:13 pm | #

        Let me check my stash of Internet… yep, I can spare one. You’re on.

  18. alicemacher
    alicemacher
    November 14, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    “If you like him so much why don’t you marry him?!”

    • newllend
      newllend
      November 14, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      Walky: “then I would have stolen 2 girls you love from you, then you would never stop crying about it.”

      • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
        Gadgeteer Smashwidget
        November 14, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

        Joyce would just stick her tongue out at him in response.

      • Vangeln
        Vangeln
        November 14, 2014 at 7:06 pm | #

        “And you would ruin this too”

  19. Kenny the toliet king!
    Kenny the toliet king!
    November 14, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    What the frack is wrong with Becky’s face in last panel??!!! I’m scared!!

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      November 14, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      She’s saying, “Oooh,” that’s all.

    • gwalla
      gwalla
      November 14, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

      It’s the Garfield ooh-face.

    • barefootbiker
      barefootbiker
      November 14, 2014 at 12:28 am | #

      Reminiscent of “Fox Trot.”

  20. RJ
    RJ
    November 14, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Other people are thinking Becky’s gay, right? Becky’s gay and we love her, hooray for Becky?

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      November 14, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      Hip hip!

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      November 14, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

      Possibly; the way she reacts to Walky’s joke could be taken as such.

    • Chupicron
      Chupicron
      November 14, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

      I’ve been thinking her parents found out something like that and disowned her or cut off her funding until she “sees reason” since Sarah asked her question. I’ve been suspecting it was explicitly gay or premarital sex around Billie.

      • Aolbain
        Aolbain
        November 14, 2014 at 12:55 am | #

        Wait, is this my sleep-adled brain speaking or did you just claim that Becky had sex with Billie? ‘Cus I could get behind that.

        • GamaranSepudomyn
          GamaranSepudomyn
          November 14, 2014 at 1:07 am | #

          I’m not sure Billie would let you.

          • Arkadi
            Arkadi
            November 14, 2014 at 2:20 am | #

            I can’t see how she could stop us. She’s just too damn easy to get behind ;3

        • Chupicron
          Chupicron
          November 14, 2014 at 10:37 pm | #

          It’s your brain, or maybe my own tired brain phrasing things poorly. I meant it was around her reaction to Billie as described by Joyce that made my brain go “that girl might be gay.”

  21. Emperor Kiva
    Emperor Kiva
    November 14, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Walky, shut up

    • Emperor Kiva
      Emperor Kiva
      November 14, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      Freakin’ asshole trying to make Joyce feel bad to make himself feel better.

      • Itama
        Itama
        November 14, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

        as opposed to joyce telling him to his face that he shouldn’t be loved?
        i’d say she definitely deserved to be taken down a notch.

        • Emperor Kiva
          Emperor Kiva
          November 14, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

          Who asked you anyway

          • Sageress
            Sageress
            November 14, 2014 at 8:55 am | #

            It’s almost as if posting comments in a public space elicits feedback. Weird!

      • Chrissy
        Chrissy
        November 14, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

        Seriously, they’ve only known each other for a month and a half or so and he’s being that much of a jerk to Joyce? He’s infuriatingly immature. Joyce can be as well, but at least she tries to go out of her comfort zone.

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          November 14, 2014 at 2:38 am | #

          Jerk? He’s just trying to get her to admit her shameful nonhomosexual lusts. Dorothy, Sal’s motorcycle, whichever: if Joyce accepted that part of herself she’d be much better off. Or have the most horrific tireburn ever, one or the other.

        • chris73
          chris73
          November 14, 2014 at 6:21 pm | #

          Being that Joyce was encouraging Dorothy to be jealous over Walky and Billie (not to mention forcing their way into Mikes shared space without his consent) you could say its karma coming back to bite her

      • Rutee
        Rutee
        November 14, 2014 at 2:46 am | #

        No, I’m pretty sure he’s saying it because he thinks it’s true. Frankly he’s got cause to.

  22. LiamAldam
    LiamAldam
    November 14, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Guys, no. Beneath that charisma is mal-intent! You’re playing into his hands!

  23. Corsair114
    Corsair114
    November 14, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Has the Becky-Joyce-Dorothy trimaran already left port?

  24. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    November 14, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    I wonder how will Becky feel when see finds out that Joyce knows about strap-ons?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 14, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      “Great! That makes this next thing I’m gonna do much easier to explain”

    • Arkadi
      Arkadi
      November 14, 2014 at 2:22 am | #

      *Cue Becky rubbing her hands* “Yesss.”

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      November 14, 2014 at 4:19 am | #

      eh, she knows

  25. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    November 14, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

    I hope Becky becomes Walky’s new best friend. He needs more of those in his life.

    • newllend
      newllend
      November 14, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

      But then Dorothy will probably get jealous and will try to compete for Walkys attention and then Joyce will get even more pissed-….actually I like this idea.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      November 14, 2014 at 2:18 am | #

      Dumbing of Age is going to slowly turn into a harem comedy with Walky at the center.

      • Arkadi
        Arkadi
        November 14, 2014 at 2:22 am | #

        Surely you meant to say “Joyce”.

        • Undrave
          Undrave
          November 14, 2014 at 2:24 am | #

          OOH! TWO harems! intercrossing like a giant venn diagram of shipping and awkward relationships! that would be revolutionary!

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            November 14, 2014 at 2:39 am | #

            I’m now immediately unhappy that there aren’t more double-harem shows. The only one that springs to mind is Ranma.

            • Clif
              Clif
              November 15, 2014 at 11:37 am | #

              So is this something I need to search for on the Interwebs?

          • ninja_jesus
            ninja_jesus
            November 14, 2014 at 3:32 am | #

            But what about… harem war? Two people fighting against each other with the strength of their harems.

            • Khantalas
              Khantalas
              November 14, 2014 at 9:04 am | #

              Isn’t that just Fate/Stay Night?

  26. dailybrad
    dailybrad
    November 14, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    Becky’s awesome.

  27. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    November 14, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

    Becky’s a lot more fun than I realized. Can she transfer to IU for good?

    • Adam Black
      Adam Black
      November 14, 2014 at 12:53 am | #

      can she transfer mid-semester ?

      • Arkadi
        Arkadi
        November 14, 2014 at 2:23 am | #

        Happens all the time in anime.

  28. Emperor Kiva
    Emperor Kiva
    November 14, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

    I don’t think Joyce has a problem kicking a guy in the balls.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 14, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

      What if that’s Walky’s fetish? Maybe that’s why he’s egging her on.

  29. Keroshino
    Keroshino
    November 14, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

    Walky is Love, Walky is Life!

    • Emperor Kiva
      Emperor Kiva
      November 14, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

      Walky is an idiot

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        November 14, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

        Love is an idiot! Life is an idiot!

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          November 14, 2014 at 2:04 am | #

          Exactly, and for idiots as well.

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        November 14, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

        Your point being?……..

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        November 14, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

        Give it a rest, good sir. It was funny in moderation, but you’ve exceeded that.

        • That One Weirdo
          That One Weirdo
          November 14, 2014 at 12:30 am | #

          Mmmyes, I agree. This chicanery has gotten well out of hand. Now, sir Subject, let us return to deciding what we must do about the harbor situation. It seems two ships are attempting to dock at the same pier, and at least one will have to either sink or beat a hasty retreat.

          Here’s the real kicker, sir. They both share the same figurehead! A bust (and I do mean BUST) of lord “Walky” Walkerton, as it were. Mmmyes, quite amusing, I know.

      • Arkadi
        Arkadi
        November 14, 2014 at 2:23 am | #

        Yeah, that too ^^

      • ShaggyDonahugh
        ShaggyDonahugh
        November 14, 2014 at 11:57 am | #

        “Walky is love, Walky is life.”
        “Walky’s an idiot.”
        I actually died. I laughed so hard I fell onto my computer dead, randomly spawning this comment. Then my soul came back, I read it, approved, and sent it on to be enjoyed by the people of the internet.

  30. Lumell
    Lumell
    November 14, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

    Presumably, Becky is the “Somebody” referred to in the chapter title

    • Arkadi
      Arkadi
      November 14, 2014 at 2:30 am | #

      Nah, it’s Dorothy. Joyce pretty much dropped it in the first panel.

      Unless it’s both, of course *grins and sips at his tea mug*.

      • John
        John
        November 14, 2014 at 3:36 am | #

        I’m kind of thinking it’s everybody.

      • chisci
        chisci
        November 14, 2014 at 1:30 pm | #

        yeah, and this strip is titled somebody. the overthinker’s analysis all point to dorothy being that somebody.

        tho i’d think it refers to both becky and dorothy. maybe the obvious “my best friend at iu is an atheist who is not becky” shoe will drop and becky will be hurt; maybe joyce trying to impress becky and keep her around will be super callous to dorothy or vice versa; maybe since joyce is introducing becky to the whole campus this is the storyline where the “im dating a gay man to turn him” shoe drops, no thanks to becky being queer herself being obviously more wordly that joyce and probably clocking ethan as soon as she meets him, and then it gets back to dorothy and she gets mad at joyce and all that -not necessarily abandoning her forever, but leaving joyce entirely alone after becky inevitably leaves campus at the end of the day. who knows, maybe becky will be disturbed too because she’s queer herself and she realized joyce wouldn’t just accept her because of whatever backstory made her become so much more obviously lax between books 2 and 5

        maybe i’m reading too much into all this. who knows.

  31. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    November 14, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

    Oh oh, I just realized; maybe Joyce is hesitant about talking about Dorothy, not only because she’s an atheist, but because Dorothy has taken Becky’s place as her best friend.

    • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
      Gadgeteer Smashwidget
      November 14, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

      ninja_jesus, droppin’ character insight bombs from the shadows

      (that’s an interesting point which I agree with)

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      November 14, 2014 at 9:44 am | #

      The atheist part had occur to me. The replacement factor hadn’t.

    • Axel
      Axel
      November 14, 2014 at 10:14 am | #

      Yeah, I could practically hear Joyce almost say “She’s my best friend” before hesitating and going with “…somebody”.

    • Em
      Em
      November 14, 2014 at 4:25 pm | #

      That was my first guess. Becky seems a little touchy on the “best friend” subject.

  32. fireindaarcade
    fireindaarcade
    November 14, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

    As much as I’m loving Becky right now, I really don’t want a Walky Becky ship. I’m not sure I could really articulate why, but Walky has always been one of my least favorite characters. He’s that perfect slacker, immature character that I dislike. He certainly has his moments, but that doesn’t mean I have to like him.

    • GamaranSepudomyn
      GamaranSepudomyn
      November 14, 2014 at 12:33 am | #

      Same here.

    • the last guy
      the last guy
      November 14, 2014 at 12:41 am | #

      I’m with you, honestly I really rather Becky to be a lesbian in love with Joyce. It would be so much better. However if it’s Becky/Walky well that’s disapointing because that shows about Walky how little he really cared for Dorothy and that’s not cool…

  33. MrSirk
    MrSirk
    November 14, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

    This is Joyce’s worst nightmare right now.

  34. newllend
    newllend
    November 14, 2014 at 12:28 am | #

    Wow those two are getting along better than Spider-man and the Autobot’s did on that one adventure where he teamed up with Gears and he fought Soundwave and Megatron where, he just beats both their asses with Spider webbing.

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      November 14, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

      Well, I should hope so, Spider-Man didn’t really understand them much at all in that issue. He was all like, dude, what the fuck, Gears just died, why the hell are you so nonchalant about this???? and Optimus just rolls his eyes and is like “humans”

      • newllend
        newllend
        November 14, 2014 at 12:43 am | #

        What I don’t understand is why Spider-man’s ass didn’t just fall when he tried to catch him, I know he’s strong but damn shouldn’t he have just flown off the side of the mountain?

        Anyway I’m glad there’s a comic book store right across the street of my college.

      • Kelly
        Kelly
        November 14, 2014 at 2:13 am | #

        sounds interesting

      • EmbraceEvil
        EmbraceEvil
        November 14, 2014 at 12:39 pm | #

        please tell me this is a thing.

        • David M Willis
          David M Willis
          November 14, 2014 at 12:54 pm | #

          http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prisoner_of_War!

          um, add a ! to the end

          • George
            George
            November 14, 2014 at 2:35 pm | #

            http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prisoner_of_War%21
            Maybe that will work?

            • George
              George
              November 14, 2014 at 2:36 pm | #

              Hey, it does! Percent encoding ftw!

  35. foolicus maximus
    foolicus maximus
    November 14, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

    I’m likin’ Becky,

  36. Boomwolf
    Boomwolf
    November 14, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

    So much yes

  37. Jerry
    Jerry
    November 14, 2014 at 12:41 am | #

    Becky = new favourite character. That is all.

  38. Aolbain
    Aolbain
    November 14, 2014 at 12:41 am | #

    Joyce, no matter what happens, you will never be free of Walky.

  39. the last guy
    the last guy
    November 14, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

    It feels like everyone is abandoning the Joyce and Becky ship for the Walky Becky ship….

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      November 14, 2014 at 12:48 am | #

      The Joyce and Becky ship didn’t have nachos or chicken nugget fights.

      • Arkadi
        Arkadi
        November 14, 2014 at 2:25 am | #

        ninja_jesus tells it like it is ^^

    • 00dette
      00dette
      November 14, 2014 at 12:55 am | #

      My attachment to the Joyce and Dorothy ship was just too strong

      • Rutee
        Rutee
        November 14, 2014 at 2:48 am | #

        That does handle all loose ends, doesn’t it?

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          November 14, 2014 at 9:33 am | #

          I want to jump ship, but I’m tied to the mizzenmast…

    • newllend
      newllend
      November 14, 2014 at 3:16 pm | #

      This one’s more fun and possibly more chaotic.

  40. MrSirk
    MrSirk
    November 14, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

    You know this has actually just gotten interesting. Becky seems similiar to Walky in a lot of ways. At least superficially (thus all the shipping). It begs the question how is she Joyce’s friend and Walky her enemy when they’re so much alike? It’s not just the Dorothy factor because Walky and Joyce have been antagonistic almost since they first met.

    • Adam Black
      Adam Black
      November 14, 2014 at 1:13 am | #

      Walky isnt her enemy. He’s a friend, or a friendly-acquaintance.
      They have more annoyingbrother/ annoying sister relationship

      If Joyce wasnt protective of her religious upbringing, or had her memory wiped,
      She would be all over Walky. There is definitely a latent attraction.

      Despite what we were told, Joyce appears radically under-socialized with boys and men. They are an “other” to her. A category to be relate to for social-status, rather than full people. If Walky was a girl , Joyce would probably want to be friends with Ms Walky.

      on the same side. Walky is also radically under-socialized with women. He’s a late-bloomer. They are just not ready for each other yet. Everyone likes to feel superior to someone. They have that in common. Joyce feels superior to Walky and lets him know it frequently. He gives it right back.

      In a couple of years, who knows, these two might even hit it off.

      • MrSirk
        MrSirk
        November 14, 2014 at 1:42 am | #

        Perhaps enemy is too strong a word for the point I was trying to make. That Becky, Joyce’s best friend is as close to a female Walky that we’ve gotten so far. They’re practically wearing the same clothes though that might just be a coincedence.(Sal is nothing like Walky so she really doesn’t count regardless of what her d.n.a. says) But the point you made makes a lot of sense. Perhaps it’s a bit of irony that Joyce is annoyed by those qualities in Walky that she perhaps hasn’t noticed in Becky. I still doubt Walky’s very high on Joyce’s friend list.

        • Adam Black
          Adam Black
          November 14, 2014 at 3:20 am | #

          You are RighT! They are wearing the same clothes. Good eye.
          No, this is not an accident. They have the same exact haircut too. Even the sideburn locks

          I bet Willis is about to play this irony, for all its worth.

          No, hes at the bottom. But hes on it.
          But hes deliberately, and intentionally held down, on the Bottom.

          If she wasnt making an effort to keep letting walky know his place, they would probably bond more.

          Afterall, those “mouseboys were cute” ,
          and you saw Joyces look when she saw his abs, Just after Dorothy said he was sculpted from caramel.

          Joyce likes everything Walky likes ( almost ) ;
          ( Joyce Loves Dexter and Monkey Master nearly as much as Walky )
          and everyone he knows, she likes.

          Unfortunately , she sees him as competition and advertises this fact .
          Which is exactly what she is doing with her first Leer.

          Walky hangs a massive lampshape on it, then he hangs a second one.
          They both see each other inferior socially awkward people that they condescend to be around. In their own ways they are both right.

          Neither has really noticed or acknowledged how the other has grown.
          For what it worth, If not for Joyce’s background she is perfect for him.

          To be fair I would be annoyed if they immediately started dated.
          like in the Original Spiderman movies when they skipped Peter Parker’s first 2 girl friends and went right to Mary Jane.

          Neither character currently meets their minimum standards.
          But Joyce is beautiful and adorable.
          Now that Walky is no longer hating girls , he is going to notice how stunning Joyce is sooner or later.

          I admire how Willis keep dropping large hints that there is more compatibility than either character admits, yet wont ship them. It make sit more realistic for where these characters are in their life.

          Plus Joyce is Willis. I like reading into that.
          ( from things Ive read it seems Danny , and Ethan have had their turns as author-avatars. I suspect he puts a lot of bits of himself into different characters )

          Actually I agree that its odd that Joyce is annoyed by Beckys, … scatalogicalness ? earthiness? It could be part of Joyce’s double-standards for how she sees men and women. But I was surprised by Beckys poop comment in the first few pages, and Joyce just ran with it.

          This might be a case of Joyce having these qualities too , but repressing them. And Projecting them onto Walky as things she doesnt like.

          Another possibility is its due Joyce’s Crush-blindness.
          ( She definitely crushes on girls. I think that is normal pubescent and post-pubescent behavior for heterosexuals ( and everyone ) for deep same-sex attachments with friends. I dunno. There is a window from late-high school thruough college age where this happens. It probably die to hormones. Expanded homosocility . I’m not straight so I might have a bias. )
          Joyce is very non-judgemental with almost all female characters. Even the ones that are her near opposite, like Sal.

          Until Willis gives an explanation for the way of this paradox, i think this makes the most sense.

          • MrSirk
            MrSirk
            November 14, 2014 at 11:17 am | #

            I always thought Joyce was idolizing her female friends because she was trying to foster that sisterly relationship she feels she lacked growing up with only brothers.

        • Gigafreak
          Gigafreak
          November 14, 2014 at 10:11 am | #

          I was kind of wondering why Walky was wearing a cold-weather top with warm-weather shorts today considering I’ve only ever seen ladies make that outfit work, but chalked it up to “Walky barely knows how to dress himself.” (Or possibly “my teenage fashion sense is about a decade out of date.” Either or.)

          The observation that he’s dressing exactly like Becky makes it look intentional!

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        November 14, 2014 at 2:10 am | #

        So a couple of years in-comic? At that rate I’ll be dead and concrete (I’m having my ashes mixed in concrete for my monument) before the first kid is born 10 months in-comic after the wedding.

      • caramelundqueer
        caramelundqueer
        November 14, 2014 at 6:09 pm | #

        In another life they might be very happy together 😉

    • hurocrat
      hurocrat
      November 14, 2014 at 5:34 am | #

      Becky is her friend and Walky is her antagonist because one at least superficially shares her religion while the other puts it down every time it comes up in conversation. It really can be that simple. If Walky were even a bit less hostile about saying things like “your authority figures need to die in a fire” thay’d probably get along just fine.

      • hurocrat
        hurocrat
        November 14, 2014 at 5:34 am | #

        *they’d

  41. Ben Leingang
    Ben Leingang
    November 14, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

    Can we get gravatars of first and last panel Joyce?

  42. Bill
    Bill
    November 14, 2014 at 12:48 am | #

    #1 — what kind of jackwagon is Walky that he starts tossing around terms like “going down” on someone when speaking to a person he has just met for the first time?  
    #2 — where, when, and how did Becky become cognizant/familiar with the term “going down”?
    #3 — why, after hearing Walky talking like that, hasn’t Joyce exploded in an apoplectic fit?

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      November 14, 2014 at 1:29 am | #

      #3 – Because Joyce has no idea what the term means. And she’s now forewarned that she’s best off not googling terms she doesn’t understand.

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      November 14, 2014 at 2:50 am | #

      #1 A teen speaking, casually?
      #2 Therein lies the mystery
      #3 …She might not know what it means, I’m unclear on that.

  43. XMinusOne
    XMinusOne
    November 14, 2014 at 12:49 am | #

    Becky fits the definition of a ‘tomboy’ and she and Walky can immediately relate to each other. Dunno if she’s Gay or not, but she and Caramel Boy could easily be best buds. Poor Joyce, she sees her childhood pal going over to the Dark Side and all her prayers can’t save her.

  44. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    November 14, 2014 at 12:55 am | #

    Also, mayhaps Walky could actually fail upwards with Becky. At least for the moment. I think Dorothy and Walky will inevitably be together, but Dorothy’s rules didn’t say anything about seeing other people, did they? I mean, Dorothy just wants something easy before leaving, right? Surely finding another potential girlfriend isn’t a bad thing.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      November 14, 2014 at 1:01 am | #

      I don’t think Dorothy and Walky are inevitable.

    • Em
      Em
      November 14, 2014 at 4:28 pm | #

      Mmm but I think maybe HER feelings have changed, since she’s admitted to being in love with Walky. This will be interesting, especially since I don’t think Walky is in love with Dorothy.

  45. S'toon
    S'toon
    November 14, 2014 at 12:57 am | #

    You know, way back when, http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/01-move-in-day/socialized/ Joyce said she was the best socialized in her group. I’m thinking Becky is actually the best socialized.

    Beck’s my new second-favourite character, after Dina.

    Anyone else getting the feeling that Becky ran away from her college to get to somewhere less “Christian?”

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      November 14, 2014 at 1:01 am | #

      Maybe things changed since Becky and Joyce went to college. What if Becky was like super-sheltered and the sudden freedom of college changed her? That’s happened with a few friends I knew who went to all-girls high schools.

    • Adam Black
      Adam Black
      November 14, 2014 at 1:21 am | #

      (1) The problem is, look who is doing the judging?
      Not exactly a fair test.

      ( 2) Also, I suspect , Beckys potty-mouth counted against her

      (3) “Socialized” is the key word. It can mean life-skills, but it can also mean conformity and adaptation to a social-order.

      In that instance , Joyce probably was greater socialized to her ( fundie ) Christian upbringing. Which makes Becky actually more socialized to secular world. Perhaps her parents do not trust her for that reason.

      • Adam Black
        Adam Black
        November 14, 2014 at 1:32 am | #

        Willis,
        I felt bad calling Joyce upbringing “fundie” . Is that considered a banned slur?
        I know this is autobiographical, and Its not my intention to slur you .

        I suffer from intermittent aphasia ( seriously , it really sucks )
        couldnt think of anything that fit as well.
        Although, suddenly the words ” Independent non-denominational, Biblical-Literalist, antigay, social-reactionary, fundamentalist ” come to mind now. Damn Brain.

        If this is disrespectful towards you, I wont use it again.

        • Kryss LaBryn
          Kryss LaBryn
          November 14, 2014 at 3:19 am | #

          Pretty sure if you want a non-derogatory alternate term to “fundie” you can just say “Christian Fundamentalist”. I think most people will get to which group you are referring without the term being biased against said group. 🙂

      • S'toon
        S'toon
        November 14, 2014 at 5:51 pm | #

        Re: point 3), that’s a good point.

    • KingoHrts
      KingoHrts
      November 14, 2014 at 4:06 pm | #

      I am thinking that Becky is now somewhat more socialized and aware of non-fundamentally religious ways of young adult life than Joyce. Whether this started before or after Becky went away to school is unclear, but it definitely seems to be continuing.

      We know Becky has pushed some limits in the past already and been grounded at least once. And according to my own grown children, for every sin your parents catch you in, there is probably at least a couple you got away with.

      Anyway, Becky seems to be enjoying meeting and talking with other not-so-religious types, and discussing subjects that probably she didn’t hear about at home. All this seems to indicate that Becky is enjoying the new personal freedom and is loosening up quickly. How loose remains to be seen, but I think a surprise is in store for Joyce soon on that front.

    • sun tzu
      sun tzu
      November 14, 2014 at 7:36 pm | #

      Well… Note that Joyce doesn’t say she was the best-socialized, she says her PASTOR said she was the best-socialized.
      It could be that as far as her pastor is concerned, “vulnerable to non-fundamentalist influence” = “non-socialized”.

  46. Snap
    Snap
    November 14, 2014 at 12:59 am | #

    I see all these folks being like “Walky/Becky I ship it!” and meanwhile I’m just like, “she likes him because his joke implies she totally has a chance with her crush Joyce, right?”

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      November 14, 2014 at 2:51 am | #

      That’s my betting, at least.

  47. GamaranSepudomyn
    GamaranSepudomyn
    November 14, 2014 at 1:06 am | #

    Aargh, Joyce’s triangle smile has been transferred to Walky! This is surely a sign of impending doom!
    …
    As are most things in a Willis comic, of course.

  48. Rabid Rabbit
    Rabid Rabbit
    November 14, 2014 at 1:30 am | #

    Panel 1: Suddenly I see what Joyce will look like at the age of 40 when dealing with her kids.

  49. Briny
    Briny
    November 14, 2014 at 1:34 am | #

    Even accounting for “comics time”, Walky’s talking about goimg down with someone he met maybe ten seconds ago. Crass motherfucker’s the broiest bro that ever was bro. Why do we like this asshat?

    • chris73
      chris73
      November 14, 2014 at 6:31 pm | #

      Well with some people you can quickly get a feeling about things you can and can’t say…especially when let rip with an awesome air blast right behind you

  50. Henry
    Henry
    November 14, 2014 at 1:45 am | #

    Well, Becky and Walky have some chemistry.

    Watch them end up being besties, and Joyce ends up having to third-wheel no matter which of her best friends she spends time with.

  51. Ben
    Ben
    November 14, 2014 at 1:53 am | #

    AAAAAAnd now I totally want Becky to stay forever.

    • NoHeart
      NoHeart
      November 14, 2014 at 2:05 am | #

      I second this statement

      • Adam Black
        Adam Black
        November 14, 2014 at 2:13 am | #

        https://twitter.com/damnyouwillis/status/533133413247496193

        “You have fallen for one of the classic Blunders ….”

        • Ben
          Ben
          November 15, 2014 at 9:59 pm | #

          oh…. god…. dammit….

  52. Adam Black
    Adam Black
    November 14, 2014 at 2:10 am | #

    “yessssss everyone likes becky, all according to plan”
    —Word-of-God

    uh-oh! All hands on Deck! He can’t kill her off. But he can give her a disease that never effects her physically Freshman year.

    He Can give her Porphyria ,
    http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/porphyria/basics/definition/con-20028849
    so she knows she will have a shorted life before turning painfully insane. Yet be completely fine the next 5 years ( 100 years our time ) .

    Willis why are you going to give this poor Christian child Porphyria.
    Why god, why? She never harmed you.

    oh, no!

    What if Becky is actually evil? Like completely evil. And Joyce just cant tell?

    What if shes a totall sociopath, and is actually the best socialized? Joyce could be her beard, or mirken or whatever Christian Ginger Sociopaths have to pretend to be normal .

    Maybe shes just here to get laid. Ok then she is going to unleash the inner-jezebel. No man is safe. She sleeps with Walky, Joe, Mike, Jacob, and Ethan and Sal ( its Sal ! ) and leaves broken hearts in her wake. Joe cries.

    The fandom is left out-raged. Ships are tossed over. Pro-Becky fandom wars with Lovelorn past shippers. The comments erupt in civil war.

    ( Actually this sounds kind of awesome! Bring it on Becky!! )

    and it was All cold-hearted revenge, cuz some dickwad dared use the M-Sue word against a strong female character.

    Why, Willis, why?

    • Leonou
      Leonou
      November 14, 2014 at 3:59 am | #

      I … hum … okay I don’t know what to say in response to THAT, but here is your +1 Internets.

    • M FunnyBone
      M FunnyBone
      November 14, 2014 at 12:28 pm | #

      You are absolutely brilliant.

  53. Hat
    Hat
    November 14, 2014 at 2:10 am | #

    And so continues Walky’s quest to steal all of Joyce’s friends.

  54. Arkadi
    Arkadi
    November 14, 2014 at 2:11 am | #

    Yes you dooo ^^

  55. mudakthemultiplier
    mudakthemultiplier
    November 14, 2014 at 2:20 am | #

    I am in desire of large versions of the Joyce faces, for science…

    • Arkadi
      Arkadi
      November 14, 2014 at 2:27 am | #

      Surely you mean her femurs?

  56. Kevin
    Kevin
    November 14, 2014 at 2:31 am | #

    And thus Walky solved his problem of “trading up” in like 30 seconds.

    • Kevin
      Kevin
      November 14, 2014 at 2:32 am | #

      Whoops, “failing up”

  57. StClair
    StClair
    November 14, 2014 at 2:34 am | #

    That is truly an epic eyeroll.

    Also, I really like Becky.

  58. zmm
    zmm
    November 14, 2014 at 2:34 am | #

    Kay I like Becky even more.
    also Walky that’s a hilarious question

  59. CarlaGriffin
    CarlaGriffin
    November 14, 2014 at 2:34 am | #

    I like Becky more and more with each panel.

  60. Cypherfox
    Cypherfox
    November 14, 2014 at 2:37 am | #

    A while ago, David Willis was saying something about, ‘I predict many people will have a new favorite character due to the strips I’m drawing now.’ I wonder if these were it…

    The fascinating thing to me is that so far we’ve only seen the aw3s0me of Becky. I like Becky based on her reactions, but she’s been remarkably closed-mouthed about herself, and letting Joyce do all the talking. There’s another shoe out there…Damoclese Style. (And yes, you’re supposed to read that with the cadence of ‘Gangnam Style!’)

    I also like the ‘She’s somebody…somebody who loves this doofus.’ which plays into the ‘when somebody loved me’ theme.

    Predictions elided…been wrong so far. 🙂

    • gwalla
      gwalla
      November 14, 2014 at 3:00 am | #

      But “Damocles” has three syllables and “Gangnam” has only two. This does not compute!

      • Cypherfox
        Cypherfox
        November 14, 2014 at 3:18 am | #

        Pfeh; everything scans properly if you say it fast enough! Try “Dam’clese Style”…? 😉

        • Boom
          Boom
          November 14, 2014 at 5:16 am | #

          What are we? Poets?

        • gwalla
          gwalla
          November 14, 2014 at 2:02 pm | #

          Oppa JohnCleese style.

          • chris73
            chris73
            November 14, 2014 at 6:34 pm | #

            Hey saucy lady

  61. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    November 14, 2014 at 2:57 am | #

    First panel, Joyce shows gum!

  62. Kit
    Kit
    November 14, 2014 at 2:58 am | #

    I ship Walky/Becky as a brotp. They would make good partners in crime.

    • Cypherfox
      Cypherfox
      November 14, 2014 at 3:25 am | #

      Hm! Becky might be the person to tell Walky how to fix his Dorothy-based screwup… Their wavelengths appear similar enough that she might be able to put it in terms he’d get!

  63. Orgikan
    Orgikan
    November 14, 2014 at 3:00 am | #

    Becky and Walky? Really? Are you guys not seeing that Becky is into Joyce (“same ol’ Joyce”, “you are so lucky Sarah, being Joyce’s roommate”) and that her reation here is due to Joyce suddently being a possible closet lesbian? 😉

  64. Anonymous
    Anonymous
    November 14, 2014 at 3:08 am | #

    If Joyce turns out to be gay in this universe, this conversation will seem very awkward in hindsight

  65. gwalla
    gwalla
    November 14, 2014 at 3:08 am | #

    Damn, Joyce, do you think Becky will be jealous that you have a new best friend at your college?

    Or are you scared that she’ll freak out when she finds out Dorothy is atheist?

    Either way seems like you’re not giving Becky much credit.

    (Also, Walky, the jab in panel 3 was deserved but panel 4 was just twisting the knife, that’s not cool)

  66. Poskie
    Poskie
    November 14, 2014 at 3:27 am | #

    Becky’s so awesome! Everyone likes her!
    …
    god dammit she killed a man, didn’t she

    • Bill
      Bill
      November 14, 2014 at 4:13 am | #

      Just to watch him die.

      • Drakey
        Drakey
        November 14, 2014 at 1:28 pm | #

        When was just a young girl, her mother told her, “daughter, always be a good girl, don’t ever play with guns,” but she shot a man in Reno, just because DMAN YOU WILLIS!

        • Drakey
          Drakey
          November 14, 2014 at 1:28 pm | #

          Oh, dammit, I just had to typo on the punchline…

        • gwalla
          gwalla
          November 14, 2014 at 2:02 pm | #

          WILLIS YOU D MAN

          • democraticMayonaise
            democraticMayonaise
            November 15, 2014 at 8:17 pm | #

            that would be very appropriate if he shoved in a ton of girls named Katherine into the story, 19 of them to be specific

  67. TheZachariah
    TheZachariah
    November 14, 2014 at 3:28 am | #

    ADORABLE!

  68. Kirkybobz
    Kirkybobz
    November 14, 2014 at 3:53 am | #

    Awwh, Walky’s face in the last panel is adorable. ^_^

  69. Aeron
    Aeron
    November 14, 2014 at 4:03 am | #

    Panel 1 is great avatar material.

    • Aolbain
      Aolbain
      November 14, 2014 at 7:08 pm | #

      It is

  70. Pan
    Pan
    November 14, 2014 at 4:05 am | #

    David’s usually a little more subtle, but damned if he isn’t pushing the whole Becky-has-a-lesbian-crush-on-Joyce thing.

    • Burger
      Burger
      November 14, 2014 at 4:33 am | #

      Unfortunately that fits a sad theory I have about why Becky is here. After coming out or being outed to her parents, they kicked her to the curb.

    • Boom
      Boom
      November 14, 2014 at 5:07 am | #

      Then it must be a false flag operation.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      November 14, 2014 at 6:46 am | #

      Or maybe she’s just acting normal and knew most of you guys would go lesbian crazy over nothing?

      • Rutee
        Rutee
        November 14, 2014 at 8:13 am | #

        I’m pretty sure the Wacky ship has more passengers than the Joyce/Becky ship? What’s the definition of lesbian crazy anyway?

        • Drakey
          Drakey
          November 14, 2014 at 1:30 pm | #

          It’s a little like reefer madness, except that it’s brought on by lesbianism, which just sorta automatically makes it better.

    • Hoboturtle
      Hoboturtle
      November 14, 2014 at 10:09 am | #

      Actually, I think he’s pushing the Joyce has a crush on Dorothy thing. Which I have no problem with.

    • Pinja
      Pinja
      November 14, 2014 at 12:25 pm | #

      Really?

      Because I don’t see it at all.

      • Aolbain
        Aolbain
        November 14, 2014 at 7:10 pm | #

        Yeah, my gaydar might be completely broken (and it have been working quite well lately) but I don’t see a thing.

  71. CianM1301
    CianM1301
    November 14, 2014 at 5:26 am | #

    Joyce’s eye-roll is a reaction image waiting to happen.

  72. Fred
    Fred
    November 14, 2014 at 5:34 am | #

    How many ships would a ship-ship ship if a ship-ship would ship ships?

  73. maxlines
    maxlines
    November 14, 2014 at 5:58 am | #

    Ok, that was funny.

  74. TheStranger
    TheStranger
    November 14, 2014 at 7:08 am | #

    This is the funniest thing.

  75. Les
    Les
    November 14, 2014 at 7:13 am | #

    A month ago (comic time) I’m not sure Walky would have known what that meant (“Going down where?”). Guess Dorothy has contributed to his education…

    • gwalla
      gwalla
      November 14, 2014 at 2:04 pm | #

      Walky was never that innocent. Inexperienced, sure,. Naive about how relationships work, sure (still is). But not innocent.

      • ninja_jesus
        ninja_jesus
        November 14, 2014 at 7:09 pm | #

        Yeah. There’s a difference between “being a child” and “being childish”. Walky belongs to the second category.

  76. Swoop
    Swoop
    November 14, 2014 at 8:11 am | #

    Becky looks like she has a Hitler mustache in the last panel.

    • Khantalas
      Khantalas
      November 14, 2014 at 9:09 am | #

      It’s not a mustache, it’s just…

      …dammit, now I can’t unsee it.

    • chisci
      chisci
      November 14, 2014 at 1:48 pm | #

      cover her oooh-ing mouth and her moostache becomes a tiny gasp!

      • Swoop
        Swoop
        November 14, 2014 at 4:09 pm | #

        You don’t have to cover it, just pretend it’s a zit.

    • gwalla
      gwalla
      November 14, 2014 at 2:04 pm | #

      How can you tell? She’s wearing shorts.

  77. hof1991
    hof1991
    November 14, 2014 at 9:15 am | #

    Love the Walky comment. Mike is being an influence on him. Not saying a good influence tho.

  78. Random832
    Random832
    November 14, 2014 at 9:23 am | #

    How does Joyce know what “go down on” means?

    • Em
      Em
      November 14, 2014 at 4:32 pm | #

      Well she was looking at all that porn…I think at some point she came across the term.

  79. AustKyzor
    AustKyzor
    November 14, 2014 at 9:36 am | #

    This could end in one of three ways:

    1. Walky trades Dorothy for Becky, and then Dorothy is sad but Joyce is happy, but then suddenly everyone is sad. Knowing Willis, this is how it’ll go.

    2. Becky is a lesbian, and she kidnaps Joyce for her secret lesbian harem that will continue to gain power until Ruth and Billie come and take it. Meanwhile, Dorothy is watching all of this from her door, Walky apologizes for being a dumb-ass, and everyone is happy.

    3. OT3 with Becky, Walky, and Dorothy. I am tempted to start a petition on change.org so Obama tells Willis to go with this option.

  80. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    November 14, 2014 at 9:45 am | #

    There’s only one way this could get worse for Joyce – if Becky meets Dorothy, and they hit it off.

    …

    OK, I’m calling Borocky right now.

  81. Chubsius
    Chubsius
    November 14, 2014 at 9:48 am | #

    I want Becky and Walky to be bffs now. She seems like she would be such a good influence on him. Becky seems like a great bridge to help both Walky and Joyce remedy their occasional ham-fisted social interactions.

  82. Swoop
    Swoop
    November 14, 2014 at 10:09 am | #

    Is this the first time a character has acknowledged Joyce really does seem to have a crush on her friends?

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      November 14, 2014 at 10:43 am | #

      I’m pretty sure Walky’s mentioned it at least once before.

    • OmegaDez
      OmegaDez
      November 14, 2014 at 11:15 am | #

      And now, it all becomes so clear…

    • gwalla
      gwalla
      November 14, 2014 at 2:14 pm | #

      “Everyone, after all, knows how much you adore Dorothy.”

      • Swoop
        Swoop
        November 14, 2014 at 3:20 pm | #

        thank you.

    • Pinja
      Pinja
      November 14, 2014 at 5:33 pm | #

      Walky jokes about but that’s all it is: A joke

  83. 4th Dimension
    4th Dimension
    November 14, 2014 at 10:20 am | #

    My God Becky and Ruth have the same freckles. She is obviosly here to kill her!

    • Aolbain
      Aolbain
      November 14, 2014 at 11:07 am | #

      THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!

  84. Seamus
    Seamus
    November 14, 2014 at 2:02 pm | #

    Ok, Becky is becoming my favourite character now, it’d be awesome if she transferred to the university!

  85. Dorje Sylas
    Dorje Sylas
    November 14, 2014 at 3:22 pm | #

    All that remains is a shared connection to Dexter and Monkey Master….

    InB4 Becky hates D&MM 😛

  86. Em
    Em
    November 14, 2014 at 3:48 pm | #

    DAMN YOU WILLIS I STARTED LAUGHING IN A ROOM FULL OF QUIET, STUDYING PEOPLE.

    *wipes tears off face* This is amazing. I wonder if Walky has talked to Dorothy about this off screen before…

  87. Saaaam
    Saaaam
    November 14, 2014 at 3:56 pm | #

    Becky and Walky, ship it

  88. Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
    Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
    November 14, 2014 at 5:01 pm | #

    I’m so conflicted. There are quite a few ways this relationship square could pan out.
    1. Walky/Becky + Joyce/Dorothy (A strong contender)
    2. Walky/Dorothy + Walky/Becky + Joyce/Becky (Another strong contender)
    3. Everyone breaks up, everyone cries (Most likely, considering Willis)

  89. Bagge
    Bagge
    November 14, 2014 at 5:12 pm | #

    I love how overdramatic Walkie is. “I’m ruuuuined – I will never find love agaiiiiiin… Oh, hi friend of Joyce. Wanna tease Joyce with me?”

    • Pinja
      Pinja
      November 14, 2014 at 5:33 pm | #

      You made me hear that in Tommy Wiseau’s voice because of the way you said it.

      • 0kami
        0kami
        November 14, 2014 at 8:19 pm | #

        Your avatar is the most appropriate one ever for this particular response.

  90. Tenn
    Tenn
    November 14, 2014 at 5:29 pm | #

    Oh, Walky, you magnificent bastard.

  91. shammers
    shammers
    November 14, 2014 at 5:54 pm | #

    becky is getting better and better.

    i would love walky and becky to be friends

  92. chris73
    chris73
    November 14, 2014 at 6:38 pm | #

    I don’t want Becky and Walky together as they seem to hit it off as best buds but hopefully Becky stays…maybe a straight swop with Mary is in order

  93. Timni
    Timni
    November 14, 2014 at 6:43 pm | #

    Even though they were both homeschooled together, Becky seems to be way more chill than Joyce.

  94. Vangeln
    Vangeln
    November 14, 2014 at 8:11 pm | #

    I don’t like him!

    • liahansen
      liahansen
      November 14, 2014 at 8:18 pm | #

      that’s a fairly appropriate reaction to walky

    • Los
      Los
      November 14, 2014 at 11:36 pm | #

      Honestly, I kinda wish Joyce and Walky were friends. He’d still cause her outrage but to a more bearable degree, he’d keep showing her new things in his nonchalant “oh, this was a thing?” way. The occasional soft moment involving feelings and we all know how much he loves those. It would be fun, but they’re destined to be yin and yang.

  95. Kevin
    Kevin
    November 14, 2014 at 11:41 pm | #

    FFS, Willis, please find out which advertiser is running the pixel.mathtag.com JavaScript thing and remove them.

    • Kevin
      Kevin
      November 14, 2014 at 11:45 pm | #

      http://s22.postimg.org/8v0ef329d/Pixel_Mathtag_Script.png

      Every single freaking time I visit DoA.

  96. Pickle
    Pickle
    November 15, 2014 at 12:28 pm | #

    Does Joyce’s expression in panel 1 remind anyone else of Lin Beifong from The Legend of Korra?

  97. Taigan
    Taigan
    December 11, 2014 at 7:07 am | #

    That last panel, now with context, is more hilarious.

    • TJ Baltimore
      TJ Baltimore
      April 16, 2015 at 11:26 pm | #

      It certainly is!

      • CleverTrousers
        CleverTrousers
        February 12, 2016 at 5:43 am | #

        Coming from the future to make fun of sunk ships. The true purpose of the internet.

  98. chromacandi
    chromacandi
    March 6, 2016 at 6:18 am | #

    hope this is foreshadowing for a Joyc/Becky shipping

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