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September 28, 2023

Terrible

by David M Willis on October 11, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - When Somebody Loved Me

└ Tags: jennifer, ruth

Discussion (231) ¬

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  1. An Average Loser
    An Average Loser
    October 11, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Happiness.

    • Psycho
      Psycho
      October 11, 2014 at 12:28 am | #

      DON’T FALL FOR, WILLIS IS PLANNING SOMETHING HEINOUS.

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        October 11, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

        I’m gonna feel ashamed ‘a this tomorrow, but screw it:

        IT’S A TRAP!

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          October 11, 2014 at 9:54 am | #

          Thanks, Admiral.

      • arjay2813
        arjay2813
        October 11, 2014 at 1:07 am | #

        Psycho he’s planning on breaking slipshine by making dozens of sexytimes stories, so we go to that website in droves

        at least i think that’s what his heinous plot is

      • GamaranSepudomyn
        GamaranSepudomyn
        October 11, 2014 at 7:33 am | #

        DAMN YOU PREEMPTIVELY WILLIS.

        • TachyonCode
          TachyonCode
          October 11, 2014 at 1:53 pm | #

          Hmm, depending on the dogma involved, you wouldn’t be the first…

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      October 11, 2014 at 12:53 am | #

      They’re happy – quick, Willis, write a happy Ruth/Billie Slipshine right now set in the next five minutes as they have some sober morning-after afterglow sex. It will be sweet and beautiful and it will happen before whatever upcoming horrors you are planning.

      • LeslieBean4Shizzle
        LeslieBean4Shizzle
        October 11, 2014 at 12:54 am | #

        **looks at buffer watch**
        Are planning? What am I saying. Replace “are planning” with “have already drawn.”

    • Cheryl
      Cheryl
      October 11, 2014 at 12:54 am | #

      Ive never Awwww’d so hard in my life! the feels are real!!!

      • TheZachariah
        TheZachariah
        October 11, 2014 at 1:21 am | #

        Man, it would sure suck to live in a universe where all fate was decided by a capricious creator who enjoyed the suffering of his subjects, using murphy’s law and subverted hubris to constantly turn the happiness of others into tragedy. Can’t imagine THAT.

      • Van Jealous
        Van Jealous
        October 11, 2014 at 1:50 am | #

        You tell em, Carol….aaa Cheryl….errrr Cherlene….

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        October 11, 2014 at 9:55 am | #

        DOAaawwwwww!

  2. Camachri
    Camachri
    October 11, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Unspeakable tragedy in 3… 2… 1?

    • Tunaro
      Tunaro
      October 11, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      Probably, unfortunately.

    • AngierHafai
      AngierHafai
      October 11, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

      As much as I want these two to be happy, there is no way it is going to be perfect. Not in a David Willis comic and especially not with these two. Hopefully they can make it through whatever curve ball swings passed these two. However, with how this started, there’s no way it’ll be a small one. More like a curve meteor.

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        October 11, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

        I am very, very much hoping that Willis is being double sadistic and not going to actually do anything ta these two, just to make us even more paranoid and freaked out than usual.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          October 11, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

          With the way time passes in this comic, he could draw it out for ages. Five years from now we’ll still be waiting for the other shoe to drop, while he cackles with glee.

          • Leorale
            Leorale
            October 11, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

            He has been known to wait SEVEN YEARS to complete a superpunch to the feels.
            http://www.shortpacked.com/2006/comic/book-2-pulls-the-drama-tag/06-the-drama-tag/burn/
            (And SPOILER alert) http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1806

            • Deanatay
              Deanatay
              October 11, 2014 at 9:57 am | #

              Keep in mind the title of this chapter…

    • Raine
      Raine
      October 11, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

      Law of Willis 33: Happy characters will always be counteracted with 3 times as much suffering and emotional roller coasters until they’re finally left alone.

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        October 11, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

        Wait, so how da Hell has Walky been left alone ’til now? Statistical anomaly?

        • Furie
          Furie
          October 11, 2014 at 9:21 am | #

          His roommate is Mike. Just because we haven’t seen the suffering doesn’t mean that Mike hasn’t set up a chicken shop with abnormally cheap chicken nuggets to pull Walky in. So Walky will be eating fifty nuggets at a time while Mike subtly uses a combination of carefully placed dorm room posters and trigger words to train Walky until the nuggets he turned to whenever he needed pepping up actually make things worse for him whenever he has them.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        October 11, 2014 at 12:45 am | #

        So Willis is totally familiar with the Wiccan Rule of Three, good to know. XD

    • Gangler
      Gangler
      October 11, 2014 at 12:33 am | #

      Nah. I think Ruth’s fears are probably ungrounded. They’re dysfunctional self-loathing alcoholics who’ve started a relationship based on the mutual disrespect of eachother’s boundaries. They’re gonna have enough on their plate without needing the any new kind of pain thrown at them from outside of all this. Their moment of happiness, nice as it is, just isn’t sustainable enough to warrant that.

      • Dorje Sylas
        Dorje Sylas
        October 11, 2014 at 4:07 pm | #

        Well… her reciprocal sexing for a charge on her floor may or may not be an issue. Especially as it could be the beneficial catalysis in them both getting help. Her slapping the dong on Agatha, is likely to be the real issue. Unprovoked physical assault tends to take things to another level.

        • Dorje Sylas
          Dorje Sylas
          October 11, 2014 at 4:08 pm | #

          Oops. Slapping the dong on Mary. Not Agatha.

  3. Tunaro
    Tunaro
    October 11, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Willis, I swear to God, you better not screw this over.

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      October 11, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      He will, it’s how he sustains himself.

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        October 11, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

        *Sighs* Yeah, I know.

        • Lume
          Lume
          October 11, 2014 at 8:19 am | #

          #GODDAMNITWILLIS

          • Clif
            Clif
            October 12, 2014 at 10:42 pm | #

            It’s how he sustains himself and all us little drama vampires. There’s a reason we keep coming back you know.

  4. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    October 11, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    The Willis giveth, and we’re waiting for him to taketh away again.

    • Barf Ninjason
      Barf Ninjason
      October 11, 2014 at 1:36 am | #

      I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet sexy lesbian trouble came.

  5. GoogerGeiger
    GoogerGeiger
    October 11, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Oh god…

    I was wrong about this ship. I don’t like this ship.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 11, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      That’s ironic cuz it’s one of the FEW canon ships I DO like.

      • CommunistCanada
        CommunistCanada
        October 11, 2014 at 12:39 am | #

        This and AmberxDanny. The others I don’t care for.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          October 11, 2014 at 12:58 am | #

          Amber and Danny is cool. Billie and Ruth is aight. Everyone else are lame to me.

          • nothri
            nothri
            October 11, 2014 at 2:45 am | #

            Awww. I like Dorothy and Walky as a couple!

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            October 11, 2014 at 9:59 am | #

            What about Sierra x Yotome?

            • Deanatay
              Deanatay
              October 11, 2014 at 10:00 am | #

              (Gah, fat-fingers, I do know how to spell Yotomoe.)

            • ocbrad1
              ocbrad1
              October 11, 2014 at 10:57 am | #

              I think we ALL support that ship!

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              October 11, 2014 at 12:07 pm | #

              Haha, I said Canon ships!

    • Packy
      Packy
      October 11, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      I *love* this ship!

    • Hoboturtle
      Hoboturtle
      October 11, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      Really? Cause personally I’m squeeing

    • Itama
      Itama
      October 11, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

      well, i LOVE this ship….

      i’m sure the titanic was very popular too.

  6. Boomwolf
    Boomwolf
    October 11, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    great, now the universe is just gonna muck things up even worse

    • newllend
      newllend
      October 11, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      How could things possibly get wor-( the next day, someones in a comma ) Damnit.

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        October 11, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

        How the Hell da ya stuff an entire person inta somthing as small as a comma?

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          October 11, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

          It’s easier if they’re a chameleon

          • Juliecat
            Juliecat
            October 11, 2014 at 2:13 am | #

            Yeah, but then they come and go

            • Gigafreak
              Gigafreak
              October 11, 2014 at 2:35 am | #

              Today’s comic: Ruth and Billie came but Ruth didn’t go

              • neeks
                neeks
                October 11, 2014 at 5:00 am | #

                I rather hope not.

                (I’m not sorry)

  7. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 11, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    I dunno. I remember one time you were pretty unhappy. And then trucks happened.

  8. The Jivest of Turkeys
    The Jivest of Turkeys
    October 11, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Yes Willis, it is making us antsy.

  9. rachel
    rachel
    October 11, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    itch itch itch oh dear god what’s going to happen next

  10. CommunistCanada
    CommunistCanada
    October 11, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    For some reason I want to see them In eachother’s glasses.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 11, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      For some reason I want to see them in each other’s asses.

      • Gigafreak
        Gigafreak
        October 11, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

        That is not how you 69

      • Lume
        Lume
        October 11, 2014 at 8:22 am | #

        For some reason I want them to have sex.

  11. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    October 11, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    What horrible tragedy will intervene here? I’m betting on something happening to Walky as he’s out trying to find out what happened to Billie.

    • Adam Black
      Adam Black
      October 11, 2014 at 5:11 am | #

      What do you mean?
      Joyce, Walky, Mike, Dorothy, Joe,
      Sarah, Sal and Dina ( she gets swept up in the crowd ) , and Mary are about to head a search party and Start by knocking on Ruth’s door.

      MAybe there will be a fire-alarm; but they are about to get caught being seen together.

      Its about Time Ruth fell into Mikes orbit and vice-versa.

      Hmm If Mike suggests they tie him up, I bet they will! That could be an interesting slipshine.

  12. Rosicrucian
    Rosicrucian
    October 11, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    …what are you plotting, Willis?

    • Tunaro
      Tunaro
      October 11, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      My guess, the feels ya got right now? Take them, turn ’em inside out, and shove it in a jar full ‘a broken glass.

  13. newllend
    newllend
    October 11, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    When you say universe you mean Willis right ? P.S : this is fucking adorable.

  14. liahansen
    liahansen
    October 11, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Somewhere, Leslie feels an inexplicable wave of loneliness. She curls up into a ball and puts Ellen on TV.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 11, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      Meanwhile, Daisy is masturbating furiously. Doesn’t even know why. Just got the itch.

      • newllend
        newllend
        October 11, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

        And at the same time 3 girls have ran away from Joe in fear of the Raging hard on in his pants that for some reason he can’t explain.

        • Hoboturtle
          Hoboturtle
          October 11, 2014 at 10:28 pm | #

          And somewhere far away a child lets go of a red balloon and cries as it floats away from him.

  15. Ray Radlein
    Ray Radlein
    October 11, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    And we all know who she means by “the universe.”

  16. Rachel Roth
    Rachel Roth
    October 11, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Why can’t I say Dina is the main character of Dumbing of age? Oh, wait, it’s just me obsessed with her.

    • Kelly
      Kelly
      October 11, 2014 at 2:39 am | #

      I agree!

  17. Khaner
    Khaner
    October 11, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    It would almost be cute if it wasn’t so tragic.

  18. Lonas
    Lonas
    October 11, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    I don’t care if he said no one will die. Someone is about to die! Please make it a random insect.

    • Gigafreak
      Gigafreak
      October 11, 2014 at 12:30 am | #

      No. He will make a specific insect.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      October 11, 2014 at 12:50 am | #

      Squirrel http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/02-i-was-a-teenage-churchmouse/crankier/ will be run over by a truck. It’s the only reason it’s a named and tagged character.

      • Ancestral Hamster
        Ancestral Hamster
        October 11, 2014 at 1:20 am | #

        NO! Not Squirrel! *cries*

    • xKiv
      xKiv
      October 11, 2014 at 6:47 pm | #

      It’s only a small death …

  19. David
    David
    October 11, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Yes, we are antsy. Thank you for noticing.

  20. xain
    xain
    October 11, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    just waiting for the other shoe to drop

  21. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 11, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Oh, Billie. You and your self-repairing hair.

  22. Hannibal
    Hannibal
    October 11, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Is it just me or does it seem like we are all just waiting for the other shoe to drop?
    It seems that we have been trained not to accept any stable relationship besides Dorothy/Walky

    • vlademir1
      vlademir1
      October 11, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

      Just being a wee pedantic here, but Dorothy/Walky isn’t really stable… Just more stable than those around them.

      • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
        Gadgeteer Smashwidget
        October 11, 2014 at 4:02 am | #

        If even that…

  23. Uberminz
    Uberminz
    October 11, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    I would not have expected Billie to have her cynicism melt away this completely after one night/long nap with Ruth.

    I’m glad the two of them are happy here, but man does it feel weird to see them both smiling at the same time.

  24. Cthulhu's Intern
    Cthulhu's Intern
    October 11, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    And suddenly… a truck comes through the room and runs over Ruth.

  25. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    October 11, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

    The happiest hangover ever.

  26. Kodra
    Kodra
    October 11, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

    The last time Ruth was this happy, she found out Billie was drinking alcohol behind her back.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 11, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

      But now she’s drinking it to her face.

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        October 11, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

        …Progress?

  27. Emoroffle
    Emoroffle
    October 11, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

    I don’t like our relationship Mr. Willis. You give me happy and it just makes me flinch. They’re going to be hit by a meteor aren’t they?

  28. Aubri
    Aubri
    October 11, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    I believe! I believe! It’s stupid but I believe!
    /weeps

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      October 11, 2014 at 5:19 pm | #

      So if we clap really hard maybe they won’t die?

  29. Aydr
    Aydr
    October 11, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    Truck through the dorm wall

  30. meghantheworldeater
    meghantheworldeater
    October 11, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    Well that went better than I expected.
    Now we hafta wait for Willis to find out and correct his mistake.

  31. tbf
    tbf
    October 11, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    I like the mythology gag that is Billie’s “97” shirt.

    • meghantheworldeater
      meghantheworldeater
      October 11, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

      Wha?… I’m slow apparently could you explain?

      • liahansen
        liahansen
        October 11, 2014 at 12:38 am | #

        The year Roomies started, I think.

        • Gigafreak
          Gigafreak
          October 11, 2014 at 12:49 am | #

          More specifically, the year in which Billie herself was introduced to Roomies.

  32. Nick J.
    Nick J.
    October 11, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

    ‘i bet all this happiness is making you guys antsy, huh’
    Mr. Willis, you are, as always, 100% pure evil.

  33. Spack
    Spack
    October 11, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

    Hey, look up there! It’s a shoe! Just hanging up there, like it’s waiting to do something…

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      October 11, 2014 at 5:20 pm | #

      Yup, right next to the sword of Damocles.

  34. Darwin
    Darwin
    October 11, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

    There’s going to be so much awful for these two over the next day. I can smell it. Nobody is allowed to ever be happy for a protracted period of time, except Joyce, and even that happiness is to be tempered with soul-crushing doubt and the big sad when she discovers that people aren’t laughing WITH her.

  35. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    October 11, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

    And that’s when a bolt of lightning hit the dorm, starting a fire that burned it to the ground.

  36. newllend
    newllend
    October 11, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

    Willis I’m on to you , every one is on high alert, I read the hover text, and there’s a bit of four shadowing. You are planning some shit and we don’t like it.

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      October 11, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

      i have recently leveled up to five shadowing

      • Gigafreak
        Gigafreak
        October 11, 2014 at 12:48 am | #

        I thought that happens when people forget to shave

        • saltchocolate
          saltchocolate
          October 11, 2014 at 12:55 am | #

          Double internets for you both! (Not that Willis needs another internet . . .)

          • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
            Gadgeteer Smashwidget
            October 11, 2014 at 4:02 am | #

            Yeah, he’s already Pornlord of one already.

        • Varius
          Varius
          October 11, 2014 at 8:25 am | #

          If everyone can’t remember it, it been fivegotten.

          • Gigafreak
            Gigafreak
            October 11, 2014 at 1:56 pm | #

            My cousin’s hairline is receding. His forehead is now a fivehead.

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              October 14, 2014 at 3:59 pm | #

              Alright, alright, enough Victor Borge impressions.

      • K. Ivan Ruppert
        K. Ivan Ruppert
        October 11, 2014 at 12:53 am | #

        And here I thought you were just trying to show Tom Bautik how to write miserable people and still have it be interesting instead of boring and annoying.

        • Lonas
          Lonas
          October 12, 2014 at 2:41 am | #

          4 five-related puns! I love this!

  37. Rabid Rabbit
    Rabid Rabbit
    October 11, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

    Tomorrow, the Maple Leafs shall once again lose a major game, as is their wont, and Billie will say something stupid about the fact.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      October 11, 2014 at 12:54 am | #

      Too early yet, it’s only mid-to-late September in-comic training camp has only just started.

      • Rabid Rabbit
        Rabid Rabbit
        October 11, 2014 at 1:42 am | #

        And everybody training loses. Even the training side that wins manages to lose.

    • A Hockey Fan
      A Hockey Fan
      October 11, 2014 at 1:28 am | #

      I was actually going to comment that Willis covered the sad stuff happening part by reminding us all that Ruth is a Maple Leafs fan.

      Also, Opus, there is no good time to be a Maple Leafs fan. Training camp is only false hope…

      …and that could actually be a parallel to this strip oh crap.

  38. buckybone
    buckybone
    October 11, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

    I’m sorry, I have to do it.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 11, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

      Your mother and I are very disapointed in you.

  39. Hoodiecrow
    Hoodiecrow
    October 11, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

    I had love once.

    • Flailing
      Flailing
      October 11, 2014 at 6:49 am | #

      And then you turned into a crow?

      Love. not even once.

  40. Nonagon
    Nonagon
    October 11, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

    Antsy? Nah. There’s potential for this to blow up in the next few strips, but I feel like Billie’s clever enough to not get caught with her pants down (so to speak). This’ll bear some traction for a while. Not forever, but a while. My money’s on misdirection.
    You know what I’m waiting for? Danny and Ethan to kiss… and get caught. Danny hates himself. Ethan hates himself and Danny. Amber hates herself, Danny and Ethan. Joyce hates herself, Danny, Ethan, and Danny again for good measure. I can’t square it with the story at the moment, but it’s the most devastating blow to the social circle that I can think of right now, and even though it’ll be heartbreaking I can’t look at such a perfectly aligned powder keg and not want to light a spark just a little. (Plus it ends with everyone hating Danny, which the creator would likely consider a plus.)
    Or I could be completely wrong.

    • Ranthog
      Ranthog
      October 11, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

      To be honest, I have a hard time seeing Danny cheating considering how guilty he felt about the little day dream with Amber.

      Now I have no idea what Amber would do if he admitted to day dreaming about Ethan. Probably a really bad idea.

      • Rabid Rabbit
        Rabid Rabbit
        October 11, 2014 at 1:41 am | #

        I’m mostly replying because I’m amused at the thought of our three avatars in a row, but all in all I’m on the misdirection side.

        • Kryss LaBryn
          Kryss LaBryn
          October 11, 2014 at 5:23 pm | #

          Or they could resolve their differences with a four-way Slipshine…

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        October 11, 2014 at 6:51 pm | #

        Yeah, I don’t see cheating in Danny’s future, his loyalty is one of his most defining features.

        As for Amber, I think her reaction to finding out Danny fantasised about kissing Ethan would be to excuse herself and have the best masterbatory session of her life. Girl likes the mansex and has the hots for both of them.

    • Kerry
      Kerry
      October 11, 2014 at 3:27 am | #

      yeah, I’m pretty sure that’s going to be the next bombshell
      all the other drama has been resolved for now (except for sal and amber, I guess)

  41. zmm
    zmm
    October 11, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

    Fuuuuuuucc******** I really hope the bad side happens to someone else this time. I really like Ruth, especially in DoA.

  42. Thomas64
    Thomas64
    October 11, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

    D’awwwwwww! 🙂

    (Come on, someone had to say it)

  43. Saretta
    Saretta
    October 11, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

    I kind of want to stop reading the strip right now, so that I can just imagine they’ll be happy and stay happy.

  44. Bagge
    Bagge
    October 11, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

    I don’t care what happens next, because right here, right now, Billie and Ruth share a tender moment together where both are awake, sober, happy and have their guards down. Whatever comes next, there will always be this morning.

    • PlainMarie
      PlainMarie
      October 11, 2014 at 10:38 am | #

      My thought too. I like seeing both of them happy, and at the same time! And together! I think I can enjoy that moment whatever happens next.

      (And coming from NC this morning: whoo-hoo! for any couple who’s waited and waited to be officially married.)

  45. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    October 11, 2014 at 12:30 am | #

    Happy intermission tonight. 🙂 Tomorrow, back to the drama.

  46. Keroshino
    Keroshino
    October 11, 2014 at 12:31 am | #

    OMG…THE HAPPINESS!!!! 😀

  47. Ray Radlein
    Ray Radlein
    October 11, 2014 at 12:31 am | #

    It occurs to me that Willis could simply leave these two hanging, happy for now, knowing that the anticipation of disaster is torturing his readers for once, instead of his characters.

    • Mattyos
      Mattyos
      October 11, 2014 at 12:37 am | #

      that’s not as fun for willis though…

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        October 11, 2014 at 5:24 pm | #

        Oh, come on. You know our tears sustain him. 😀

  48. Itama
    Itama
    October 11, 2014 at 12:33 am | #

    yes willis. yes it is.

  49. Mattyos
    Mattyos
    October 11, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

    The happiness is nice but I know better than to think it will last long. It’s like being a Buffalo Bills fan, you get a few wins and you start to think “maybe this is the season we get to the super bowl for the first time in YEARS” and then they lose every game up to the end of the season and you’re left in an eternal pit of sadness.

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      October 11, 2014 at 5:25 pm | #

      And now I ship them with the Leafs. WTH, brain.

  50. Belades
    Belades
    October 11, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

    Keep on truckin you two.

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      October 11, 2014 at 12:57 am | #

      … that is the worst, most dark pun I have ever read. I’m not sure if I should applaud you or run away crying.

  51. vlademir1
    vlademir1
    October 11, 2014 at 12:47 am | #

    Mr. Willis, of course it makes us antsy. You’ve trained us all to expect these kinds of good things to never last.

    That said, I’m expecting at least a moment’s reprieve here since this has been building up for so long in our, the audience’s and author’s, relative time… 20 bloody months since that first forced kiss, over 2 years since she barged into Billie & Sal’s room with beer, and 3.5 years since that night in Ruth’s closet…

  52. thelastnerd
    thelastnerd
    October 11, 2014 at 12:49 am | #

    Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

  53. RJ
    RJ
    October 11, 2014 at 12:52 am | #

    I told my partner there was a new Dumbing of Age and he looked over my shoulder and said “Oh no, they’re happy. That can’t be good.”

  54. Ashley
    Ashley
    October 11, 2014 at 12:53 am | #

    This is like seeing the main pairing in a fanfic be all happy and together and in love then looking up and realizing you’re in chapter 2 of 10.
    WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO TO THEM YOU MONSTER?

  55. Drakontis
    Drakontis
    October 11, 2014 at 12:54 am | #

    I will admit, it might be BUGGING me a little.

    • Kerry
      Kerry
      October 11, 2014 at 3:31 am | #

      unfortunately, pun threads only fly in this comments section if you post them early

  56. Bavette
    Bavette
    October 11, 2014 at 12:57 am | #

    Billie, Ruth, don’t fall for the Cthaeh Paradox. If everything will be bad, let it come. Feeling bad now because it will be bad latter just increases the amount of misery you will feel before your inevitable expiration. That’s the what the Cthaeh wants, don’t give the fucker that small pleasure.

  57. Sandwich
    Sandwich
    October 11, 2014 at 12:59 am | #

    Yep. These crazy kids will be ok!

  58. saltchocolate
    saltchocolate
    October 11, 2014 at 1:00 am | #

    I am going to go to sleep pretending that this is the last strip in DoA and Ruth & Billie live happily ever after…

    Except that if DoA was over, *I* would not be living happily ever after…! Damn it! Okay, Ruth—it’s your happiness or mine!!! Back away from the Billie with your hands up!

  59. GrumpyPanda
    GrumpyPanda
    October 11, 2014 at 1:20 am | #

    suddenly, truck through the wall, Ruth sacrifices herself by throwing Billie out of the way.

  60. Ancestral Hamster
    Ancestral Hamster
    October 11, 2014 at 1:31 am | #

    To Mr. Willis. Thanks for the “Beginning of Week” button. It will be useful.

  61. Jascoe
    Jascoe
    October 11, 2014 at 1:54 am | #

    you know, Willis is probably going, “hmmmm….everyone already knows something bad is going to happen, so how do I proceed….I KNOW! I’ll not do anything to this relationship, but every time they come up, I will use subtle hints in the alt-text that something bad will happen next time!” At least, thats what I would do.

  62. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    October 11, 2014 at 1:56 am | #

    Oh yeah! Antsy!!
    Won’t bother to ask what’s next, you won’t tell anyway.

    AW!!!!

  63. Simian Bros
    Simian Bros
    October 11, 2014 at 2:00 am | #

    I feel a “Damn You Willis” coming on…

  64. Malchus
    Malchus
    October 11, 2014 at 2:08 am | #

    Fuck you, Willis. I am an an ant; I’ve been antsy before reading this.

    FOR THE COLONY!

  65. Doom Shepherd
    Doom Shepherd
    October 11, 2014 at 2:13 am | #

    I’m giving it a week before somebody is crying in the shower while Evanescence’s “Good Enough” plays. How Willis will give DoA a soundtrack, I leave as an exercise for the reader.

    • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
      Gadgeteer Smashwidget
      October 11, 2014 at 4:05 am | #

      Link in the description?

  66. XMinusOne
    XMinusOne
    October 11, 2014 at 2:29 am | #

    Whom the God that some call Willis will destroy, he first makes happy. 😉

  67. Kennerly
    Kennerly
    October 11, 2014 at 2:33 am | #

    Now lets celebrate our happiness with a shot or 7

  68. nothri
    nothri
    October 11, 2014 at 2:34 am | #

    You know what? Just to be different I’m going to defy the trend and assume everything is gonna be super special awesome for Billie and Ruth for like weeks and weeks and any bad shit that happens will happen to other people for awhile. Cause I believe in Willis! I trust that he would never deliberately crush our hopes and dreams just as they had come to be realized!

    • Gigafreak
      Gigafreak
      October 11, 2014 at 3:14 am | #

      Does something smell like brimstone in here?

      • Bill
        Bill
        October 11, 2014 at 3:56 am | #

        “Yeah, right, brimstone.  Don’t be talking about no brimstone.  I know what I smelled, it wasn’t no brim and it didn’t come off no stone neither… “

        • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
          Gadgeteer Smashwidget
          October 11, 2014 at 4:05 am | #

          fuck yes Shrek is master movie

      • nothri
        nothri
        October 11, 2014 at 5:05 am | #

        Well, let’s be honest. We all thought this ship was dead like three times before now. And yet here we are! I’d say there is clearly reason to have hope even during the roughest seas.

        • ShaggyDonahugh
          ShaggyDonahugh
          October 11, 2014 at 5:59 am | #

          Nobody said anything about torpedoes.

  69. acher4
    acher4
    October 11, 2014 at 2:37 am | #

    You are killing me with extra cuteness, you are killing me. 😀

  70. Joebo
    Joebo
    October 11, 2014 at 2:42 am | #

    Bad things happen when Ruth is at peace with herself.

  71. Jacob Newburn
    Jacob Newburn
    October 11, 2014 at 2:43 am | #

    Everything is right with the world!
    *Read’s hover text*
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNNHs7lbUJQ

  72. Aolbain
    Aolbain
    October 11, 2014 at 3:01 am | #

    This strip is the first time I actually noticed Billie being half asian.

  73. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    October 11, 2014 at 3:07 am | #

    Okay, so about three red flags were shot off with every sentence here, but they still seem happy and adorable…

  74. Volkai
    Volkai
    October 11, 2014 at 3:35 am | #

    The happiness does not make me antsy.

    The alt text, however….

  75. Bill
    Bill
    October 11, 2014 at 3:50 am | #

    Only a matter of time before the organic fertilizer impacts the oscillating air circulatory device.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      October 11, 2014 at 4:22 am | #

      the peat thumps the windmill? =B

  76. Ikaru
    Ikaru
    October 11, 2014 at 3:52 am | #

    Aw, cute. Now where is that shoe….*looks up*

    • xKiv
      xKiv
      October 11, 2014 at 7:02 pm | #

      Still nailed to the wall?

  77. Rutee
    Rutee
    October 11, 2014 at 4:01 am | #

    What’s there to be antsy about? You’ll drama them up some more, I’ll savor it as I savor the happy feels, and the comic moves on :3

  78. David
    David
    October 11, 2014 at 4:05 am | #

    I suspect that Ruth angles for being the “big liar” here, but strictly speaking she is actually skirting the question quite deftly.

    I see a career as government official before her. She’s pulling an Alexander on Billie here, the art of making people believe you told them something that you can technically deny never to have meant.

    • Thomas64
      Thomas64
      October 11, 2014 at 4:51 am | #

      Sleazy politicians always try for “plausible deniability”. Ruth is well past that now. She’s in new and uncharted territory, and isn’t quite sure what to do or say, but she’s not holding back. What she says in panel 2 is not what you’d say if you’re stringing someone along.

      Or maybe I’m just a hopeless romantic. 🙂

      Just to recap this arc (damn you, Willis, why can’t I just select two tags at the same time?!?)…

      Pick
      Supposed To
      Tired
      Never
      Eventually
      Four
      Asking
      Facedown
      Terrible

      • Thomas64
        Thomas64
        October 11, 2014 at 8:42 am | #

        Argh, missed Pact between Facedown and Terrible.

        • Aolbain
          Aolbain
          October 11, 2014 at 10:54 am | #

          Those actually worked pretty well if put back to back.

      • John
        John
        October 11, 2014 at 12:36 pm | #

        You can actually select multiple tags at once. You’ve got to edit the URL to add the extra tags separated with ‘+’. Like so: http://www.dumbingofage.com/tag/billie+ruth/

        I forget who I learned that from, but it’s been incredibly handy.

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        October 11, 2014 at 5:31 pm | #

        That seems remarkably like we could construct a meaningful sentence out of it. Hmm.

        “Eventually four, never asking, supposed to pick…”

  79. Flimsyfishy
    Flimsyfishy
    October 11, 2014 at 4:24 am | #

    At least for today’s strip, say it with me. *inhales* d’awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

  80. neeks
    neeks
    October 11, 2014 at 4:55 am | #

    Stay with me
    And you’ll be
    In a world of emotional manipulation

    • neeks
      neeks
      October 11, 2014 at 5:06 am | #

      I mean for real, if I was starting to date someone and they were like “stay even if I tell you to go, and you’ll always have to guess what I’m thinking because I won’t say it outright” I would run like hell.

  81. Aolbain
    Aolbain
    October 11, 2014 at 5:04 am | #

    So it’s more of a sexy lesbian suicide watch?

  82. Cypherfox
    Cypherfox
    October 11, 2014 at 5:20 am | #

    Yep; well..all done! So nice of Mr. Willis to end DoA on such a lovely upbeat note. I’ll just see myself out now. That Buffer Watch was a sweet piece of misdirection, I must say… God job Willis!

    Of all the things in this strip, that moment of happiness between the two of them was what I hoped they’d have most of all. You can face a large tonnage of really bad shit with someone at your side if you both have a perfect (or even near-perfect) moment to share.

    Thank you Willis!

    • Gigafreak
      Gigafreak
      October 11, 2014 at 2:01 pm | #

      The sequel begins tomorrow. It will be called Dumbing of Age and chronicle the events starting moments after today’s page.

  83. Tenn
    Tenn
    October 11, 2014 at 6:12 am | #

    Antsy? No point being antsy. Soul-crushing despair is inevitable. Trying to predict or counter-predict it is a waste of time. Better to just enjoy the happy while it lasts.

    *reclines into deck chair, basks in sunlight, sips piña colada*

  84. DragonTech
    DragonTech
    October 11, 2014 at 6:21 am | #

    I’ve spent the last few hours marathoning the last year of the comic, and I feel a strange and amazing feeling that this page was posted during the time that it took me to do that.

    • DragonTech
      DragonTech
      October 11, 2014 at 6:22 am | #

      Looking at my internet history, a few is 6. This is like drugs.

      • xKiv
        xKiv
        October 11, 2014 at 7:06 pm | #

        That means it was posted 21 minutes before you started.

        • DragonTech
          DragonTech
          October 11, 2014 at 9:14 pm | #

          Well it wasn’t EXACTLY 6 hours. And I know for a fact this wasn’t the most recent page when I started.

  85. DEG1377
    DEG1377
    October 11, 2014 at 6:39 am | #

    Damn you, Willis!

    This isn’t preemptive. This is for making me NOT like characters being happy.

  86. Yotsuyasan
    Yotsuyasan
    October 11, 2014 at 7:30 am | #

    Screw it. Seeing these two happy together… I don’t care what your hover text says, Willis, I’m going to enjoy this moment when it happens! If things eventually go bad, then you can enjoy the sweet, salty taste of my tears as a take a deep breath, throw my head back, and shout out into the heavens, “Damn you, Willis!”

    But for now…

    Thank you, Willis!

    (Between this and Marten and Claire, it has been a good week for my ships!)

  87. Yotsuyasan
    Yotsuyasan
    October 11, 2014 at 7:33 am | #

    Ah, bugger… I meant to say, “enjoy this moment as it happens.” As in, the moment happening now. “When it happens might be taken to imply I am gleefully anticipating the moment prophesized by the hover text… Which I am not.

    Gah, we need an edit button! (Um… Damn you, Willis?)

  88. Emperor Kiva
    Emperor Kiva
    October 11, 2014 at 8:21 am | #

    Where’s the Doctor? The universe is broken.

  89. Emperor Kiva
    Emperor Kiva
    October 11, 2014 at 8:23 am | #

    Because it doesn’t like Ruth happy. DOCTOR WHERE ARE YOU?!

  90. Lulu
    Lulu
    October 11, 2014 at 8:41 am | #

    I just hope author won’t try to FIX their happiness here with some drunk car accident.

  91. LiamAldam
    LiamAldam
    October 11, 2014 at 8:56 am | #

    I think I’m just gonna stop reading here.

    • whatintheliteralfuck
      whatintheliteralfuck
      October 11, 2014 at 12:25 pm | #

      You don’t know how Willis’ comics work. You think you’ll stop reading, but withing five minutes of the next day starting you will start getting an itch that gets worse every minute.

  92. Joe
    Joe
    October 11, 2014 at 9:20 am | #

    She didn’t say it, so Willis won’t ruin it, right?
    That’s exactly how she said it would work.

    • Shade
      Shade
      October 11, 2014 at 11:47 pm | #

      But she’s thinking it, and that’s all the excuse he needs.

  93. xain
    xain
    October 11, 2014 at 9:43 am | #

    maybe i’m being to optimistic but i think we are safe for a while. I think the oncoming tragedy torpedo isn’t targeting this ship

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      October 11, 2014 at 3:46 pm | #

      This ship IS the oncoming tragedy torpedo.

  94. Jake
    Jake
    October 11, 2014 at 10:01 am | #

    By “the Universe”, does Ruth mean “Willis”?

  95. Saru
    Saru
    October 11, 2014 at 10:02 am | #

    WELL THIS SEEMS LIKE THE BASIS OF A PERFECTLY HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP.

  96. Pteropine
    Pteropine
    October 11, 2014 at 10:17 am | #

    *scree* thank…i mean damn… i mean thank you willis

  97. 6Qubed
    6Qubed
    October 11, 2014 at 10:34 am | #

    Damn you preemptively, Willis!

    • whatintheliteralfuck
      whatintheliteralfuck
      October 11, 2014 at 12:23 pm | #

      and damn you preemptively for the thing after that too Willis.

  98. Chaotic Candy
    Chaotic Candy
    October 11, 2014 at 11:42 am | #

    Some thing is going to ruin this I know it. Damn it Willis!

  99. Badeyes
    Badeyes
    October 11, 2014 at 12:04 pm | #

    Smiling Ruth and Billie? Happy? OMG it’s the next to the last sign of the apocalypse!!! Time to fire up my KSP designed spaceship. I’m not waiting for the Joyce-Dorothy Slipshine to hit, it would be too late to escape.

    • whatintheliteralfuck
      whatintheliteralfuck
      October 11, 2014 at 12:22 pm | #

      What!? You pussy! You get back here and face the apocalypse like a man! No amount of fire and death should stop any Willis fan from waiting for that Joyce-Dorothy Slipshine!
      We have a spy among us!

      • DeadlyCreampuff
        DeadlyCreampuff
        October 11, 2014 at 1:40 pm | #

        The car is a spy!

  100. Tealjoy Berry
    Tealjoy Berry
    October 11, 2014 at 1:49 pm | #

    Man screw you Willis, now I feel like shit’s going to hit the fan again. I should be enjoying this happiness, but I’m not and it’s because of YOU.

  101. Cephalo the Pod
    Cephalo the Pod
    October 11, 2014 at 2:13 pm | #

    Mind you, this strip came just after Ruth interpreting they’re relationship as a “sexy lesbian suicide pact”.

    I don’t think this is supposed to make us happy.

  102. FuryOfFirestorm
    FuryOfFirestorm
    October 11, 2014 at 2:37 pm | #

    AND THEN THE FIRE NATION ATTACKED!

  103. Arkadi
    Arkadi
    October 11, 2014 at 2:41 pm | #

    You’re a clever girl, Ruth. Always watch out for Murphy’s law. *Thumbs up*

  104. Emily
    Emily
    October 11, 2014 at 3:21 pm | #

    I’m SO SCARED for them oh my god.

  105. hof1991
    hof1991
    October 11, 2014 at 3:40 pm | #

    Smiling Billie is like a whole new character. Maybe a non-evil twin or a changeling put there by a good fairy?

  106. Regalli
    Regalli
    October 11, 2014 at 3:47 pm | #

    … Billie, give Ruth a hug.

    Ruth and Billie, get to the campus counseling center. Like, ASAP. Preferably like yesterday, or maybe last week.

  107. Peter Huppertz
    Peter Huppertz
    October 11, 2014 at 4:52 pm | #

    Panel 2.

  108. vangeln
    vangeln
    October 11, 2014 at 9:30 pm | #

    I don’t care your threats David, this is the cutest moment and nothing can change that. Thanks.

  109. pretty much
    pretty much
    October 11, 2014 at 11:58 pm | #

    cute smiles on re-heads week. Bravo David Willis and also Jeff at QC,

  110. The FireWater
    The FireWater
    October 12, 2014 at 7:42 pm | #

    “The Universe” Also known as Willis.
    DAMN YOU WILLIS!

  111. Waffle
    Waffle
    October 13, 2014 at 2:50 am | #

    Look the two of them already went through some pretty bad shit, so there is no reason ruin their lives again. Don’t make us sad for these two anymore, let them stay happy and in love.

  112. Akahane
    Akahane
    March 10, 2015 at 7:42 am | #

    Awww <3

  113. nibblrrr
    nibblrrr
    January 24, 2016 at 4:04 pm | #

    “I bet all this is making you guys antsy, huh”, Willis said, generously dowsing the area surrounding the chairs we were tied to with gasoline.

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