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Walked

by David M Willis on July 29, 2015 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Walking with Dina
└ Tags: danny, ethan

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    July 29, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Ethan: “Well OBVIOUSLY I’m here because pizza (but no subs).”

    (Danny, asking why he’s there means you know what the gathering’s for, you CHUMP)

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      July 29, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      Why wouldn’t Ethan want a sub, unless you are suggesting that Ethan is the sub type eh…

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        July 29, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

        because it’s not “FREE PIZZA (and subs)”

        which sucks, because free subs are even better than free pizza

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          July 29, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

          dammit now I really want a Galasso’s to exist

          • Bagge
            Bagge
            July 29, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

            FOOL!

          • AustKyzor
            AustKyzor
            July 29, 2015 at 9:12 am | #

            IIRC, Willis (damn you!) based Galasso’s on a real place

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          July 29, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

          I like a good sub myself but have recently taken to wraps instead.

          • Karen Lynn
            Karen Lynn
            July 29, 2015 at 1:02 am | #

            YOU ARE NOW ASHLEY FOREVER HENCEFORTH

            • Disloyal Subject
              Disloyal Subject
              July 29, 2015 at 1:40 am | #

              He’s been Ashley before. The avatar I default to when thinking of PM is one of some burgundy-haired anime lass from before the tumblr record began.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                July 29, 2015 at 7:02 am | #

                That doesn’t narrow it too much, I have used hundreds of gravatars over the years.

                • Slinx
                  Slinx
                  July 29, 2015 at 9:04 pm | #

                  I should keep track of how many EGS ladies Plasma impersonates. I think she has a helpful tumblr or something to make this easier.

                • Slinx
                  Slinx
                  July 29, 2015 at 9:07 pm | #

                  Praying to Google found me the tumblr, and I was thus exposed to BugCat. Peruse tumblr at your own risk. http://plasma-mongoose.tumblr.com/

                • Slinx
                  Slinx
                  July 29, 2015 at 9:58 pm | #

                  FYI, the answer is 7 EGS ladies, and Grace is not one of them.

                • fogel
                  fogel
                  July 29, 2015 at 11:02 pm | #

                  I’m still fascinated how your current grav propagates back through time, replacing your previous gravs, so its like your grav on all past days were always your grav on a particular day in the future. It’s like a great sci-fi story/movie.

              • Planken
                Planken
                July 29, 2015 at 3:11 pm | #

                For the empire, Disloyal Subject?

              • Gamaran Sepudomyn
                Gamaran Sepudomyn
                July 29, 2015 at 8:16 pm | #

                My mental image of Plasma is a massive amalgamation of hundreds of ever-smiling vaguely anime-esque girls.

            • DarkVeghetta
              DarkVeghetta
              July 29, 2015 at 7:54 pm | #

              Post-haste, he now is Ashley. Wait, no, that would imply I want to date him. … … hmm…

          • Chaucer59
            Chaucer59
            July 29, 2015 at 3:22 am | #

            I’m a really good sub. Wait, what color kerchief’s hanging from YOUR back pocket?

          • Halloween Jack
            Halloween Jack
            July 29, 2015 at 11:11 am | #

            Can’t beat a good foot-long with extra hot sauce.

            • Whittier
              Whittier
              July 29, 2015 at 6:49 pm | #

              Actually you can–that’s how you get the hot sauce.

      • Fish
        Fish
        July 29, 2015 at 9:27 am | #

        maybe he’d rather have DOMinos?

    • Random832
      Random832
      July 29, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      Yeah, but Ethan’s not going to notice that, he’s just going to add this to the “people I think think of me as Gay Ethan” column.

      • Lawzlo
        Lawzlo
        July 29, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

        I have faith that it will dawn on him, eventually.

    • Shawn L.
      Shawn L.
      July 29, 2015 at 8:05 am | #

      My god, Anita Bryant was right all along… They are recruiting!

      And apparently all it takes is free pizza.

      (For the humor impaired: That’s sarcasm)

  2. user 18
    user 18
    July 29, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Danning it up

  3. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    July 29, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Dammit danny!

    • Random Comment
      Random Comment
      July 29, 2015 at 3:30 am | #

      If only his name was Ross instead…

  4. Sam
    Sam
    July 29, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Danny’s really Danning it up in this one.

  5. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    July 29, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    see, he’s questioning! he gets it already

  6. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    July 29, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Dina is in this strip in spirit. And also her brain parasite is present and accounted for.

    • Tacos
      Tacos
      July 29, 2015 at 12:40 am | #

      Nah she’s there. She’s just THAT good at hiding.

      • Soundwave the Superior
        Soundwave the Superior
        July 29, 2015 at 7:14 am | #

        She’s obviously right behind Ethan, duh.

        • Michael Steamweed
          Michael Steamweed
          July 29, 2015 at 9:24 am | #

          Dina’s so good at not being noticed, even Willis didn’t notice her this time.

        • darkoneko
          darkoneko
          July 29, 2015 at 3:43 pm | #

          *nod nod* was about to say that as well.

    • WolfLann
      WolfLann
      July 29, 2015 at 9:55 am | #

      She actually has a mental link with her hat so she’s aware of everything that is happening there. Coincidently she might be just off panel which makes her unnoticeable by anybody, even Willis.

  7. Disloyal Subject
    Disloyal Subject
    July 29, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    I note a consistent manner of speech.
    The that’s power is manifesting.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      July 29, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      The. Hat.
      I want autocorrect to STAY GONE when I disable it. Mumble grumble hat is a perfectly valid word anyway grumble.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        July 29, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

        I have never had any issues with my smartphone autocorrect, is it because you’re using iPhone??

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          July 29, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

          Droid. I’ve tried disabling it, I’ve checked tutorials and FAQs on how to disable it, I’ve handed it off to people who I know are more tech-savvy than me and people who claim to be more tech-savvy than me.
          It never works. If anything, it’s lately taken to correcting even perfectly valid words to similar words that I type more frequently, or capitalizing them as I more usually do.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            July 29, 2015 at 12:52 am | #

            I got droid too but it uses a Google keyboard and I haven’t had any real issues with it.

          • fogel
            fogel
            July 29, 2015 at 1:45 am | #

            The worst is my Amazon Fire–it’s spellcorrect is by Sirius Cybernetics.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              July 29, 2015 at 7:05 am | #

              Instead of auto-correct, the google keyboard gives you a choice of possible words as you type, if it’s one of those words, you just click on it, otherwise you just continue to type.

              • Disloyal Subject
                Disloyal Subject
                July 29, 2015 at 1:54 pm | #

                I have that, which is occasionally useful. I can turn it off, but autocorrect seems to be independent of it.
                Eventually I’ll deal with it, but for now laziness reigns.

            • michael
              michael
              July 29, 2015 at 11:43 pm | #

              this will all end in tears. i just know it

  8. Arduino J
    Arduino J
    July 29, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    EthDan! (!!!) *squees uncontrollably*

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      July 29, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      Dathan?

      • zach
        zach
        July 29, 2015 at 12:45 am | #

        Yes, EthDan sounds like a killing word.

      • Arduino J
        Arduino J
        July 29, 2015 at 1:15 am | #

        I don’t care what you call it, just make it happen already!

        Oh shit… Amber still exists. What to do?

        • Kryss LaBryn
          Kryss LaBryn
          July 29, 2015 at 1:47 am | #

          EthAmbDan. DanAmbEth? That sounds better. Either way, if Amber’s in the middle, she’ll be happy. 😉

          Dambeth? Heck, that almost sounds legit…

          • Arduino J
            Arduino J
            July 29, 2015 at 2:16 am | #

            You really think she’d go for that? She’s not going to be comfortable bringing Ethan so close again (like in the hotel room after prom) and if she realizes Danny’s situation she’s going to get concerned *quick.*

            • gkheyf
              gkheyf
              July 29, 2015 at 6:18 am | #

              The best part of that is that you’re maKing a valid point…while quoting Mike

          • WolfLann
            WolfLann
            July 29, 2015 at 10:09 am | #

            EthAmberanny

          • Random832
            Random832
            July 29, 2015 at 5:02 pm | #

            AmbEth-anny

        • 6Qubed
          6Qubed
          July 29, 2015 at 2:48 am | #

          threesome

          • Zamer
            Zamer
            July 29, 2015 at 8:05 am | #

            I think Amber would approve of Dan x Ethan

          • Spencer
            Spencer
            July 29, 2015 at 11:44 am | #

            Having a gay dude and a straight lady in a threesome would probably be pretty awkward.

            • Hielario
              Hielario
              July 29, 2015 at 1:29 pm | #

              It needs a lot of work from the second dude. But it’s kinda doable, like a devil’s threesome.

              • darkoneko
                darkoneko
                July 29, 2015 at 3:45 pm | #

                Sandwitch.

                • DarkVeghetta
                  DarkVeghetta
                  July 29, 2015 at 7:59 pm | #

                  I never did see Danny as the meat of a sandwich, but I suppose one could try.

        • Tenn
          Tenn
          July 29, 2015 at 7:09 pm | #

          “Amber still exists. What to do?”

          Split the timeline!

    • Blackbird
      Blackbird
      July 29, 2015 at 2:04 am | #

      Or you could mix their last names. I mean, Siecox seems like a good name for this ship….

      • Usayasha
        Usayasha
        July 29, 2015 at 2:23 am | #

        *sigh* Cocks…

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        July 29, 2015 at 6:41 am | #

        I made that name pun ages ago. XD

      • Slinx
        Slinx
        July 29, 2015 at 9:24 pm | #

        Yes, “see cocks” is definitely the best name for this. Second is Damn Beth. Because either of these things is totally okay and makes perfect sense.

    • Mandy
      Mandy
      July 29, 2015 at 8:23 am | #

      Seriously, I don’t even care how much stuff it’s going to screw up, I NEED this ship to happen. And I NEVER get that way about ships.

  9. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    July 29, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    The hat is so infused with Dina’s essence that she’s present in spirit, or something along those lines.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      July 29, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

      Yeah, Dina’s hat here so it counts.

  10. The Thing
    The Thing
    July 29, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Yes yes, gayngst and stuff, NOW KISS! KISS DAMMIT! THING NEEDS HIS YAOI!

    • Packy
      Packy
      July 29, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      Gayngst? Is that even a word?

      … if it’s not, good job. It should be.

      • The Thing
        The Thing
        July 29, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

        http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Gayngst

        Enjoy your next 4 hours.

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          July 29, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

          haha funny I almost put *four hours later* but that would be two links and requiring moderation

          • WolfLann
            WolfLann
            July 29, 2015 at 10:29 am | #

            Don’t need Tropes or Wikipedia. My brain does that on its own when I’m bored and start a train of thoughts.
            I often end up in deep dark strange corner of my imagination and wonder how the hell I got there.
            To amuse myself I try to retrace my “steps” and figure out what brought me there and I usually find the turning point.
            Try that with Wikitropes, there goes another 4 hours and nowhere near where you started.

            • WolfLann
              WolfLann
              July 29, 2015 at 10:30 am | #

              Don’t use the back button that’s cheating!! There is no back button in my brain.

              • Disloyal Subject
                Disloyal Subject
                July 29, 2015 at 1:56 pm | #

                Really? I’d get an add-on for that; it makes life much easier. 😛

                • WolfLann
                  WolfLann
                  July 30, 2015 at 1:09 pm | #

                  Yeah but where is the fun in that. I like figuring out how I got to think of something

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          July 29, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

          You. Are. Evil. 😀

        • HMRC4EVR
          HMRC4EVR
          July 29, 2015 at 3:14 pm | #

          Tropes is a time sinkhole, isn’t it? Still fun though.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        July 29, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

        …You’re welcome.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      July 29, 2015 at 1:27 pm | #

      Yeah why don’t the guy who just announced he was gay and the other guy who isn’t even sure what bisexuality is and who’s already in a committed relationship just fuck already?

      • darkoneko
        darkoneko
        July 29, 2015 at 3:47 pm | #

        What Dina there said.

      • The Thing
        The Thing
        July 29, 2015 at 3:56 pm | #

        Oh thank god you’re here, Captain Killjoy! I heard someone having fun over there! You have to stop it!

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          July 29, 2015 at 4:00 pm | #

          I guess I just don’t think casually dismissing Danny’s current relationship and his struggles with his sexuality and acting like his worth as a person is based on titillation is an okay thing to do ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

          • The Thing
            The Thing
            July 29, 2015 at 5:54 pm | #

            Calm down, they’re just cartoon characters.

            • Spencer
              Spencer
              July 29, 2015 at 7:21 pm | #

              If you’re going to ignore how painful struggling with your sexuality can be just because you want to see dudes kiss, then I am not the one with the problem.

              • The Thing
                The Thing
                July 30, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

                Bro, calm down.

  11. Leorale
    Leorale
    July 29, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Oh, Danny.
    But hey, now Ethan is out, maybe he can give Danny a reason to accept this piece of himself. A *sexy* reason.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      July 29, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      also I swear that ‘piece of himself’ was unintentional.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        July 29, 2015 at 1:06 am | #

        Sure it was…

      • fogel
        fogel
        July 29, 2015 at 1:50 am | #

        Don’t you mean “I meant to say that!”

  12. Bagge
    Bagge
    July 29, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    And this is why you have to allow Walky-level obnoxiousness in meetings like this, because that give people like Danny – who legitimately are there for the meeting but don’t want to advertise it – an easy excuse for their presence.

    Of course, I’m not sure Danny could say that he’s there for the free Gay Pizza without flustering himself…

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      July 29, 2015 at 7:41 am | #

      Also, Walky’s bluster could easily be a cover for other reasons for him to be there.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        July 29, 2015 at 7:46 am | #

        Absolutely!

      • Gamaran Sepudomyn
        Gamaran Sepudomyn
        July 29, 2015 at 8:42 pm | #

        Considering his reaction to Jacob was basically “Everyone wants to hit that, right?”, I think he’s bi but doesn’t know it.

  13. searr
    searr
    July 29, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    But…Danny is currently dating someone. I mean. I want Ethan and Danny to make out, too, but only if Danny clears that with Amazi-Girl first. And something tells me Amazi-Girl is not into polyamory…

    • gkheyf
      gkheyf
      July 29, 2015 at 6:21 am | #

      She is only into justice! However, she can be spooned

      • HMRC4EVR
        HMRC4EVR
        July 29, 2015 at 3:16 pm | #

        Spooooooonnnnn-ed!

        Doesn’t have the same ring, does it?

  14. Kas
    Kas
    July 29, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    The hat is already working

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      July 29, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      And it’s not even Haturday.

  15. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    July 29, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    “You like meat-lovers, I like meat-overs, lets love meat together”.

    • Ashley
      Ashley
      July 29, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

      This is terrible. I want to find an excuse to say it to someone.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        July 29, 2015 at 12:55 am | #

        That’s the spirit. ^_^

    • Tenn
      Tenn
      July 29, 2015 at 7:17 pm | #

      We don’t eat pigs
      You don’t eat pigs
      It seems it’s been that way forever
      So if you don’t eat pigs
      And we don’t eat pigs
      Why not not eat pigs together?

      — Tim Minchin, Peace Anthem for Palestine

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        July 29, 2015 at 8:16 pm | #

        I remember that song. 😀

  16. m2iCodeJockey
    m2iCodeJockey
    July 29, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    “DON’T SLIP ON THE PI-”
    *danny face plants*
    “Never mind…”

  17. Anima
    Anima
    July 29, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    What is this ship called anyway? I’ve been calling it ‘Ethann(y)” in my head.

    I love Amber, but I love this duo and storyline more *__*

    • TheOtherDibbler
      TheOtherDibbler
      July 29, 2015 at 12:40 am | #

      I’ve seen other people say ‘Ethanny’ I think. I want to ship them so hard, but there’s the whole Amber complication, and I don’t want to see her get hurt (again) – she has enough problems.

      I know people toss up polyamory as a potential option but the characters in question all seem a bit nervous and inexperienced to me. I’d have figured you’d need a certain level of confidence to decide to enter into a polyamorous relationship. I could see Roz being all cool with being in a relationship where one or more parties involved have more than one partner, but Amber, Danny and Ethan all strike me as being a bit too skittish and uncertain in themselves and their sexualities to be ready for that sort of thing just yet. Maybe when they’re older, but not just now.

      Anyway, I’m looking forward to seeing how it pans out.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        July 29, 2015 at 1:11 am | #

        Also there is a certain amount of life experience required to accept poly as a personal identification and not feel guilty. I couldn’t handle it until my kids were out of elementary school and I could start to deal with them as separate individuals instead of Kid 1, Kid 2, Kid 3, Cat 1… (whoops!)

      • Incomitatus
        Incomitatus
        July 29, 2015 at 2:32 am | #

        I entered into a polyamorous relationship with practically no experience whatsoever.

        I quickly learned polyamory was not for me, but I did try it.

    • StClair
      StClair
      July 29, 2015 at 2:01 am | #

      “Ethan and Danny.” Or, if you must, “Ethan/Danny.”

      Cutesy smushed ship names can DIAF.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        July 29, 2015 at 7:55 am | #

        Wait, doesn’t a slash indicate, yanno, SLASH? As opposed to just a romantic pairing?
        …
        Why is everyone looking at me like that? You can’t ALL have jumped straight to yaoi… right?

        Oh, right. Shippers gotta ship.

        • m2iCodeJockey
          m2iCodeJockey
          July 29, 2015 at 3:41 pm | #

          *Carefully wraps and taps the package, applies a label, hands it to parcel service…*

  18. John
    John
    July 29, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    What do you mean Dina’s not in this one? I think she must be standing on a stool or something, though, because I don’t remember her being taller than Danny.

  19. Someone
    Someone
    July 29, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    Some of the fans are really starting to stretch what counts as Dannying something up.

    How dare Danny and Ethan not instantly fuck for our enjoyment!
    (sarcasm by the way, hard to tell over the internet)

    • tim gueguen
      tim gueguen
      July 29, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      I’m more curious to see what will happen between Malaya and Marcie, but that’s probably off the table for a while.

    • Shake and Bake
      Shake and Bake
      July 29, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

      Danny’s danning it up by being oddly hostile in the tone of his questioning of Ethan as a result of Danny being oblivious to the obvious (and therefore shocked). He doesn’t mean to be judgmental, but he’s so insecure and scared what people think of him that he might come off as judgmental to someone who is a character and doesn’t get to see how consistently awkward Danny is. Seriously, he’s defensive and in denial despite being in a very safe place.

      • Random832
        Random832
        July 29, 2015 at 12:50 am | #

        Of course, there’s nothing odd about it knowing what we know – he’s suddenly had his attention directed to the possibility that the person that he is attracted to (and that they loudly denied being gay to each other) might be gay or something.

      • DragonStryk72
        DragonStryk72
        July 29, 2015 at 9:45 am | #

        Well actually, no, it’s a totally valid question, given the information. Ethan, per Danny’s last update, was wearing the Joyce beard, so Ethan suddenly being at a place for those who are gay or questioning is actually essentially normal.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      July 29, 2015 at 12:37 am | #

      The snark/sarcasm tag is your friend /s

  20. Anima
    Anima
    July 29, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    And omg Jacob literally has a 7 vote lead over Ethan. I voted for both, but I really want Jacob to win this one!! Team Jacob-not-the-wolf!

    • WolfLann
      WolfLann
      July 29, 2015 at 10:49 am | #

      100% no sparkles…. Except when he just had a workout.

      How many movies is there anyway, 42 … 43 ?
      Stopped counting after second one.
      Started to look like a The Bold and the Beautiful episode with the love triangle, boring acting and endless “this is my intense face” looks….

  21. GoogerGeiger
    GoogerGeiger
    July 29, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    Did… did he drop the pizza?

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      July 29, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      Only the soap

      • Shake and Bake
        Shake and Bake
        July 29, 2015 at 12:34 am | #

        Facepalm

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        July 29, 2015 at 10:51 am | #

        Classy.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      July 29, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      5 second rule!

  22. Heavensrun
    Heavensrun
    July 29, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

    It is a testament to a seriously delicious food that I can look at a simple drawing of a truncated wedge with circles drawn on it and OH MAN I WANT SOME PIZZA SO BAD NOW.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      July 29, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      …and subs

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        July 29, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

        Why do I feel that the subs are treated like Zoidberg?

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          July 29, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

          I dunno, sandwiches don’t seem like they would be very good boiled and buttered.

        • Lord Stoneheart
          Lord Stoneheart
          July 29, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

          (After the pizza is eaten). You lost the pizza of your dreams, but you still have subs. You all still have subs!

  23. chris73
    chris73
    July 29, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

    I’m glas this is happening because if theres one thing this comics lacking it’d have to be conflict

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      July 29, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

      That’s the dark side talking.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        July 29, 2015 at 12:30 am | #

        Gotta get some cookies after the supply of pizza (and subs) is exhausted. The dark side provides!

  24. Cerberus
    Cerberus
    July 29, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

    Oh, compulsive heterosexuality, so full of fail. Ah, oh no, judgement, actually super straight, extra hetero, able to blow down walls with the power of my Axe body spray, not queer at all-wait, did you say you were interested, oh, er, um… heh.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      July 29, 2015 at 1:14 am | #

      I think you mean heteronormative.

      • Cerberus
        Cerberus
        July 29, 2015 at 9:58 am | #

        Shoot, yeah, I did.

        On a separate note, aww on Danny taking the advice about checking out the questioning space. Assuming he doesn’t go fleeing into the night right after this, this will be good for him so he can get the resources he needs and find some community that gets what he’s going through.

        I mean, this step for Ethan and Danny might be the healthiest, most proactive step for genuine seeking of competent care that we’ve seen a character do yet.

  25. Captain Batson
    Captain Batson
    July 29, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

    Oh, this is gonna be good.

  26. brumagem
    brumagem
    July 29, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

    Danny why did you throw that pizza away it was still good.

    • brumagem
      brumagem
      July 29, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

      Oh also we got a good look at Danny stealing Walky’s panic face:

      • brumagem
        brumagem
        July 29, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

        • brumagem
          brumagem
          July 29, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

          FINE IF HTML WON’T WORK HERE’S PLAIN TEXT: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/badscore/

  27. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    July 29, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

    Hey there, red shouty word!

  28. Ashley
    Ashley
    July 29, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

    Danny you’re so adorably stupid. Still stupid. But adorably so.

  29. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    July 29, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

    The Doasauurs siegalensis is stunned to see another member of its genus in the vicinity. It is quickly idenified as the smaller, flightier, and slightly more dim-witted Doasaurus wilcoxii. The D. wilcoxii hoped to forage unseen in this area, but turns aggressive once recovering from being startled. What will become of this interaction? Whilst this is under debate, paleoecologists refer to this relatively common type of occurence as a Willis-Slipshine potential, named after the paleontologists that discovered these occurences.

    • otusasio451
      otusasio451
      August 1, 2015 at 10:44 am | #

      Doasaurus siegelensis
      Doasaurus wilcoxii

  30. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    July 29, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

    Dina’s not in it?!?!
    This whole storyline is a LIE!!!

    • gkheyf
      gkheyf
      July 29, 2015 at 8:28 am | #

      Calm down. Have some pizza…pie……CAKE!

      I tried so hard to resist

  31. Demon Something
    Demon Something
    July 29, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

    With tension like this, they’re so a future thing…

  32. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    July 29, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

    Even odds sounds like an oxymoron.

    • Li
      Li
      July 29, 2015 at 10:30 am | #

      It means the chances of something are more or less 50/50.

    • Tenn
      Tenn
      July 29, 2015 at 7:36 pm | #

      It even sounds odd.

  33. TheOtherDibbler
    TheOtherDibbler
    July 29, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

    I am not getting this ‘Danning it up’ thing. Danny shows up in the comic, he reacts like a human being to things, and people start making comments about how he’s ‘Danning it up’. Every time he shows up. Why are there no comments about Ethan ‘Ethaning it up’ or Joyce ‘Joycing it up’ or anyone else? He is a person, he reacts like a person, I quite like him, he’s an interesting character, yet everyone seems to be down on him every time he does or says anything. I don’t get it.

    • Someone
      Someone
      July 29, 2015 at 12:51 am | #

      I don’t really get it either

    • Captain Batson
      Captain Batson
      July 29, 2015 at 12:53 am | #

      Hey, Joe’s the one who created the term. We just like using it.

    • Arduino J
      Arduino J
      July 29, 2015 at 1:19 am | #

      It’s specifically whenever Danny’s brand of incompetence counteracts his own best interests. Here, for example. his return to interrogate Ethan ruins his cover.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        July 29, 2015 at 1:43 am | #

        Pretty sure we’ve used it for when he obliviously hinders someone else’s interests too.

      • TheOtherDibbler
        TheOtherDibbler
        July 29, 2015 at 1:50 am | #

        But this seems to me like a perfectly normal response, not any special brand of incompetence. He’s not being incompetent, he’s being human (arguably those are the same thing I guess).

        Step 1. Attend gay info party to try to find out more information about your sexuality that you recently realised is more complicated than you’d thought.
        Step 2. Run into guy you fancy who thinks you are straight.
        Step 3. Panic slightly, say something stupid and leave.
        Step 4. Brain kicks back in enough to realise that the guy you thought was straight is also at the gay info party.
        Step 5. Return to find out why previously-assumed-to-be-straight-guy is at the gay party.

        I’m pretty sure that exact scenario, or one very like it, has played out thousands of times in real life, maybe billions of times. He’s not being incompetent, he’s not counteracting his own best interests, he’s not even actually blowing his cover because that sort of panicked response is hardly convincing as an argument for his complete and total heterosexuality or his lack of knowledge that it’s a gay info party, and even a straight guy would come back to ask his assumed-to-be-straight friend why he’s at the gay party (I have officially used that phrase too many times in this comment). He’s being human, and reacting in a completely normal, realistic way, so I just don’t get why that’s remarkable.

        But hey, you all have an in-joke that amuses you, so I’ll stop pissing on it, even though I don’t get it. Carry on.

        • darkoneko
          darkoneko
          July 29, 2015 at 3:53 pm | #

          I always sound that même kinda annoying, to be honest.

        • Southern Belle
          Southern Belle
          July 29, 2015 at 9:17 pm | #

          I never really got all the Dan hate either, to be honest. I know it’s because of events in ‘Roomies!’ – but even in those comics I never hated him. *Shrug* He seems like a very believable, normal character, and he does have a certain charm to him. He’s a bit dumb sometimes…. maybe that’s why it’s called ‘Dumbing of Age’. 😉

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      July 29, 2015 at 1:44 am | #

      “Danning” just sounds better. Sure, Joyce’s name is a monosyllable too, but here doesn’t end in that pleasingly hard consonant sound we ramp the -ing off of.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      July 29, 2015 at 6:57 am | #

      1) Danning it up was actually used in the comic so much like nickles and femurs it gets quoted often
      2) Danny’s mistakes are often self sabatoging in an amusing way, Ethans mistakes are vastly frustrating so it’s more fun to mention Danny’s than Ethan’s
      3) It’s a running joke logic need not be strictly adhered to.

    • SonicBlueRanger
      SonicBlueRanger
      July 29, 2015 at 9:06 am | #

      Because people are acting like he’s Roomies! Danny and not paying attention to how this version is not in anyway the same.

  34. cookiecat
    cookiecat
    July 29, 2015 at 12:39 am | #

    So Ethan comes out to Danny and then Danny has to friend break up with him like he tried with Amber (because he can’t be around Ethan if Ethan;s an actual potential option even if he’s not a cheater this could all fall into emotional affair territory very quickly and Danny is extremely sexually attracted to Ethan) and Ethan thinks its out of homophobia until Danny comes out to him and then things just get more complicated?

    • brumagem
      brumagem
      July 29, 2015 at 1:55 am | #

      All a very real possibility I wouldn’t put past Willis. Hopefully we can avoid this situation if Dan can get over his flusteredness long enough to be his mature self and be honest about himself.

      • DragonStryk72
        DragonStryk72
        July 29, 2015 at 9:53 am | #

        Well, actually, that would be a mature response. Continuing to chill with someone you are extremely sexually attracted to while you’re dating someone else isn’t really all that mature. It would be different is, say, Ethan was attracted to Danny, and Danny didn’t return that attraction, but there’s clearly something there, and that makes hanging out on any regular basis while staying properly monogamous a big problem.

  35. Professor Fate
    Professor Fate
    July 29, 2015 at 12:40 am | #

    In panel 5 it appears that Danny dropped both the pizza and the Gay litachoor. I mean WTF? Dropping pizza? That’s a Class 3 Misdemeanor in fourteen states

    • Gamaran Sepudomyn
      Gamaran Sepudomyn
      July 29, 2015 at 8:47 pm | #

      Maybe he just ate the pizza really quickly? Five seconds seems like enough time to do so.

  36. Twilightomens
    Twilightomens
    July 29, 2015 at 12:42 am | #

    Danny has the same attitude towards homosexuality that I feel a lot of elementary schoolers do.

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      July 29, 2015 at 12:51 am | #

      Elementary schoolers? They don’t even have sexuality yet!

      • GlaceEx
        GlaceEx
        July 29, 2015 at 2:35 am | #

        Umm actually I knew what I liked from the time I was three years old, some people know it earlier on in life, just depends on how your brain works…

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          July 29, 2015 at 8:09 am | #

          I wouldn’t call it “sexuality” per se, but by age 5 I was madly in love with the Baroness from GI Joe.

          She’ll realize Destro is no good for her one day, you’ll see. 🙂

          • Blackbird
            Blackbird
            July 29, 2015 at 12:45 pm | #

            As a girl whose first crush was the Baroness, I can 100% relate to both of these last two posts.

      • Li
        Li
        July 29, 2015 at 10:36 am | #

        Strangely people never make this objection when elementary school kids are presumed straight.

        You have a different-gender friend in third grade? They’re now your boy/girlfriend, according to your teasing parents. Toddler smiling at girls? “My son is such a flirt!”

        Only queer sexualities are codified as SEXUAL. Straight gets to be innocent and cheek-kissy and hands-holdy, but suggest that a child might be gay and APPARENTLY you’re assuming they’re having sex.

    • Xerxes93
      Xerxes93
      July 29, 2015 at 12:53 am | #

      or, you know, he’s uncomfortable with his own sexuality and doesn’t want people to know about it. Were you not paying attention to his most recent character arc?

      • TheOtherDibbler
        TheOtherDibbler
        July 29, 2015 at 1:25 am | #

        I can remember doing similar things as a uni student. I’m asexual but didn’t know the word back then, so I was trying to figure myself out, and just knew that I wasn’t really attracted to people or interested in dating, and I would get super pissed off at people assuming I was. So every time someone made a perfectly innocent enquiry about whether I was interested in a specific person or other I would respond with some terrible knee-jerk response like “No – she’s a girl” or “No – he’s fat!” and then my brain would catch up with what my mouth just said, and I would be appalled at myself.

        So yeah, I can understand trying to figure out your sexuality and blurting out stupid shit when unexpectedly pressed, because you panic and your higher brain functions shut down for a few crucial moments.

    • Palamdrone
      Palamdrone
      July 29, 2015 at 3:04 am | #

      In my experience, most elementary schoolers know what homosexuality is. Its an insult to be thrown at those weaker, shyer, dumber or poorer than oneself.

  37. Rycan
    Rycan
    July 29, 2015 at 12:50 am | #

    I would think that at a meeting for questioning folks, the proper greeting would be anything but “What are you doing here?!?”.

  38. Rycan
    Rycan
    July 29, 2015 at 12:53 am | #

    Alternate last panel:
    Amber texts Ethan, saying that she’s looking for Danny. Ethan replies “he’s off looking at chicks and stuff”.

    • gkheyf
      gkheyf
      July 29, 2015 at 8:35 am | #

      Yup, that was the bit that caught my attention, too. It had better be amazi-chicks, Danny!

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        July 29, 2015 at 7:58 pm | #

        He can look at whomever he wants, he just shouldn’t touch.

  39. Ailorn
    Ailorn
    July 29, 2015 at 12:55 am | #

    Heh. Well now that that awkwardness is out of the way maybe they can be honest about what they’re doing there.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      July 29, 2015 at 2:33 am | #

      Nnnooo… I don’t think that’s too likely!

  40. Tomas
    Tomas
    July 29, 2015 at 1:53 am | #

    And a gauge in Danny’s skull jumps from “No clue” to “Gets it.”

    • gkheyf
      gkheyf
      July 29, 2015 at 8:37 am | #

      I believe that Danny requires a stop-off station in between. Ethan on the other hand looks like his brain is processing

      • Pasqui23
        Pasqui23
        July 29, 2015 at 6:56 pm | #

        Loading…

  41. BenRG
    BenRG
    July 29, 2015 at 2:32 am | #

    Actually, Ethan, the hat is the second thing that Danny wants to talk to you about.

    Wow! Danny must really be unobservant to have missed Ethan’s earlier rant! I’m guessing that he is so nervous that he isn’t really listening to anything but the argument going on in his head! That and the fact that he can be pretty dense…

    • DragonStryk72
      DragonStryk72
      July 29, 2015 at 9:56 am | #

      or, you know, he just wasnt there for the 10 second outburst.

  42. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    July 29, 2015 at 2:33 am | #

    Ah Danny, the light bulb just lit up over your head.

    Ethan’s worried about people knowing he’s gay-here’s the only guy on campus who doesn’t know it, yet.

    Come on already. Talk to each other. Do it now or it’ll never happen.

    And speaking of that hat…

  43. Mr. Mendo
    Mr. Mendo
    July 29, 2015 at 2:52 am | #

    Kiss! Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!

  44. Garrett
    Garrett
    July 29, 2015 at 3:02 am | #

    Even if Walky WAS gay, he’d be there for the free pizza.
    Yet Danny can’t think of that excuse.

  45. Smiling Cat
    Smiling Cat
    July 29, 2015 at 3:14 am | #

    Anybody else hearing “trapped in the closet” right now?

  46. Lukas
    Lukas
    July 29, 2015 at 3:18 am | #

    Who called this a day ago again?

  47. Lukas
    Lukas
    July 29, 2015 at 3:20 am | #

    Btw am I the only one who thinks Ethan looks surprisingly good with the hat on?

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      July 29, 2015 at 4:09 am | #

      There’s nothing surprising about Ethan looking good.

      • SonicBlueRanger
        SonicBlueRanger
        July 29, 2015 at 9:11 am | #

        Pretty much this.

  48. BenRG
    BenRG
    July 29, 2015 at 4:28 am | #

    Re.: The Alt Text: Ah! But Dina’s carnisaur hat is in this strip! To me, that’s as good as having Dina there!

  49. Majere
    Majere
    July 29, 2015 at 4:33 am | #

    I am shocked and offended by the lack of Dina in this otherwise excellent strip. I given certain expectations by the title of this chapter and I can’t help but feel that I have been bamboozled.

  50. notlegato
    notlegato
    July 29, 2015 at 4:51 am | #

    oh man i hate danny.

  51. Spencer
    Spencer
    July 29, 2015 at 6:08 am | #

    Poor Danny.

    If you look back at some of his appearances with Ethan, he’s shown to be pretty bummed out at Ethan having a girlfriend, and feeling that he should be sad for him when he broke up with Joyce. The idea that Danny’s crush could never be reciprocated was probably comforting to him.

    Plus, Danny aggressively enforcing heteronormative views in a crisis is well documented at this point, between feeling the need to “reassert his friggin’ heterosexuality” after his first hang-out with Ethan, and telling Joe that no really he totes wanted to bang Billie but decided she shouldn’t, and it wasn’t at all because he wasn’t ready.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      July 29, 2015 at 6:20 am | #

      FWIW, those examples are mostly Danny’s enormous personal insecurities talking.

      • Rowen Morland
        Rowen Morland
        July 29, 2015 at 6:26 am | #

        If it isn’t the world putting you in a cage it is you putting yourself in a cage. Either way, it’s sad when you see the bars.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        July 29, 2015 at 6:27 am | #

        Right. He feels he’s cheating on Amber by thinking about Ethan (since he literally just realized it and he doesn’t know how to deal with it because it’s new and confusing) and with Billie he wasn’t ready to move on after Dorothy, so he had to invent a bullshit excuse to Joe that allowed him to retain his masculinity cred. “No see, it’s not that I didn’t want to have sex, because I am a guy and therefore always want to have sex, it’s that she might regret it even though she’s shown enthusiastic consent. I had to protect her from herself, you see. I am totally a real man in this case.”

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          July 29, 2015 at 7:29 am | #

          Yup. It’s really sad.

  52. Les
    Les
    July 29, 2015 at 6:29 am | #

    Guess this shows you’re never totally invisible, even wearing one of Dina’s special hats.

    • Pasqui23
      Pasqui23
      July 29, 2015 at 6:52 pm | #

      Nah he still doesn’t have full control over the hat.

  53. Soundwave the Superior
    Soundwave the Superior
    July 29, 2015 at 7:42 am | #

    Wait, did Ethan not yell “I’m gay” as loud as I thought he did, or was Danny just too far away/engrossed in whatever to hear him? Cause I thought Ethan yelled pretty loudly.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      July 29, 2015 at 7:45 am | #

      Danny entered the moment after Ethan finished yelling because otherwise the universe would spare him this awkward moment. And the universe doesn’t spare Danny any awkward moments.

      • JBento
        JBento
        July 29, 2015 at 8:16 am | #

        To be fair, the DoAverse doesn’t seem to spare ANYONE any awkward moments…

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      July 29, 2015 at 7:55 pm | #

      Surprisingly yelling ‘I’m gay!’ at a LGTBQ meeting doesn’t get the attention it would elsewhere.

  54. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    July 29, 2015 at 8:02 am | #

    “? – Well, that hat is pretty cool DON’T CHANGE THE SUBJECT!!”

  55. Edupoet81
    Edupoet81
    July 29, 2015 at 8:24 am | #

    Gah — the awkward — it burns!

    I’ve never been on the Danny hate bandwagon, but here he made me cringe. Stop behaving like this, Danny. Please.

    I assume Dina is watching this whole interaction from just off-panel, perhaps she’s retreated behind the door for better unobtrusive viewing. I wonder what’s going through her mind right now.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      July 29, 2015 at 8:35 am | #

      Quills, probably

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      July 29, 2015 at 8:38 am | #

      In order:

      He goes to a Questioning gathering that he feels safe and relaxed at.

      He runs into the guy he is crushing on, who he assumes is straight.

      Danny panics because now he can’t deal with his sexuality in a safe and relaxed environment and tries to flee.

      Hey wait, why is the guy he’s crushing on at a Questioning meeting? Ethan is totes straight because he had a girlfriend.

      So I don’t know where Danny is making mistakes, because his expectation that he’d be able to work through his confusion without outside drama has been shattered, and now he’s freaking the fuck out.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        July 29, 2015 at 11:08 am | #

        “Ethan can’t be gay – he has a girlfriend.
        Wait – I have a girlfriend…”

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          July 29, 2015 at 11:16 am | #

          I never said Danny was good at this.

  56. Crumplepunch
    Crumplepunch
    July 29, 2015 at 8:54 am | #

    I want to shop the last panel so Danny is asking where Dina is but I am lazy.

  57. RandomRedMage
    RandomRedMage
    July 29, 2015 at 8:56 am | #

    I actually woulda preferred danny to ask about the hat.

  58. A Scientist
    A Scientist
    July 29, 2015 at 10:06 am | #

    This arc has me thinking…

    I wonder if there are any CIA recruiters on campus right now, because all these kids are amazing at lying to cover up their real intentions, and I’m sure the CIA would love them for espionage. I mean, Danny’s story here is totally believable…

  59. Pat Myers
    Pat Myers
    July 29, 2015 at 10:29 am | #

    Dina is standing right behind Ethan. You just can’t see her because she is fidgeting just right so that she is always completely obscured.

  60. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    July 29, 2015 at 11:13 am | #

    What are you talking about, Willis? That’s Dina, right there on the left. You can tell by the hat!

    She DOES look a bit taller than usual, though…

    • Blackbird
      Blackbird
      July 29, 2015 at 12:34 pm | #

      “Whachu talkin’ ’bout, Willis? That’s Dina, right there on the left. You can tell by the hat!”

      FTFY

  61. Kraken
    Kraken
    July 29, 2015 at 12:25 pm | #

    When they say it’s a meeting for questioning individuals, I don’t think they meant you’re supposed to walk up to individuals and interrogate them as to why they’re there. That seems like something you’d want people to feel comfortable to volunteer.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      July 29, 2015 at 12:27 pm | #

      They both assume the other is straight. That’s why they’re asking why the other is there at a Questioning meet up.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        July 29, 2015 at 7:52 pm | #

        They don’t assume, they both declared it. They just both happened to be lying.

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          July 29, 2015 at 8:26 pm | #

          Ethan was, anyway. Danny was correct when he told him he wasn’t gay (although the intent of that was very much “I am straight” since Danny wasn’t even aware of bisexuality until he talked with Dorothy).

  62. Theluxland
    Theluxland
    July 29, 2015 at 12:55 pm | #

    Ethan is probably the answer of Danny’s questionnement

  63. ThatGuy
    ThatGuy
    July 29, 2015 at 1:42 pm | #

    This proves it. Dina and Ethan are both characters controlled by Dina.

    Hmm, its rare to have a video game were you can log on two of your characters at once.

    • Pasqui23
      Pasqui23
      July 29, 2015 at 6:48 pm | #

      Obiously it’s a split screen multiplayer game,and Dina is holding both controllers.I did it once so I know is possible.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        July 29, 2015 at 11:32 pm | #

        not too difficult lolololol

  64. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    July 29, 2015 at 1:53 pm | #

    I suppose if I was there I would be questioning, too.
    The question would be “Are they going to be bringing more pizza?”

  65. Pinja
    Pinja
    July 29, 2015 at 4:18 pm | #

    I always think up my excuses before I go. Next level tactics.

  66. Tenn
    Tenn
    July 29, 2015 at 7:07 pm | #

    I believe you, Danny.

    See, that wasn’t a very convincing lie, but it was still way better than yours.

  67. nothri
    nothri
    July 29, 2015 at 10:58 pm | #

    Wait a minute…I thought Dan knew about Amber’s previous boyfriend difficulties? As in, why they broke up and all of that. Isn’t that why he talked to Dorothy about everything instead of Amber? And he knows who her ex is. Why didn’t he put this together sooner?

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Panel 2: The rabbit flips through the book.
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Is there somewhere in this article where I could talk about the very real feeling of jealousy and how it can make even the nicest people into assholes? No, that’s not this article. It’s not this article because we’ve let appealing to white people’s comfort get in the way of progress to the point where our culture, democracy, and future is at stake. Appealing to white people’s comfort is how we got to where BIPOC and LGBT people are being erased from history all together because the dark history of this country makes white people uncomfortable.
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