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by David M Willis on August 3, 2017 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - The 'Do' List
└ Tags: jennifer, walky

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    August 3, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

    “you could always just take Sal’s coat NOW”

    “WHAT but that takes FORESIGHT”

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    August 3, 2017 at 12:05 am | #

    Is the implication that he already has a suitable wig?

    • Emperor Daniel
      Emperor Daniel
      August 3, 2017 at 12:05 am | #

      According to the alt-text, Walky needs seaweed for that.

    • inqntrol
      inqntrol
      August 3, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

      One made out of seaweed maybe?

    • V
      V
      August 3, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

      Well of course he’s got the wig. What’s the point in having a twin if you can’t fake being them time to time?

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        August 3, 2017 at 4:33 pm | #

        Wow, one would think that could make a good plot for a movie.

        • Ferret
          Ferret
          August 3, 2017 at 11:54 pm | #

          Perhaps these twins could go back to their divorced parents with the intention of getting them back together. Or something idk.

  3. Travestyhat
    Travestyhat
    August 3, 2017 at 12:05 am | #

    Hijinks!

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      August 3, 2017 at 1:51 am | #

      They will ensue!

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        August 3, 2017 at 4:34 pm | #

        Wrong comic

  4. Achallenger
    Achallenger
    August 3, 2017 at 12:05 am | #

    I underestimated walk for the last time, the boy is brilliant!

    • Achallenger
      Achallenger
      August 3, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

      Dense, butt brilliant

      • Some1
        Some1
        August 3, 2017 at 12:09 am | #

        I feel like Walky likes to act dumber than he is.

        • Paradox
          Paradox
          August 3, 2017 at 12:56 am | #

          I don’t think it’s an act so much as he only really applies himself when there’s instant gratification at stake.

          All that potential but it’s surrounded by butt-taco.

      • DrWattson
        DrWattson
        August 3, 2017 at 2:03 am | #

        The impression that I get is that he’s not as dense as he acts; he’s just immature and doesn’t seem to like exerting effort.

        • Mr D
          Mr D
          August 3, 2017 at 10:14 am | #

          That was actually the case back in the Walkyverse.

          That and a crippling fear of responsability.
          Responsability and Ties.

      • NelC
        NelC
        August 3, 2017 at 5:12 pm | #

        Dense butt? Brilliant!

      • @zombieundergrnd
        @zombieundergrnd
        August 3, 2017 at 10:01 pm | #

        He has a dense butt?
        is that from eating too many glazed donuts?

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      August 3, 2017 at 4:12 am | #

      If you’re like most readers, then it wasn’t the last time.

  5. Derek
    Derek
    August 3, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

    what’s the seaweed thing in reference to?

    • Achallenger
      Achallenger
      August 3, 2017 at 12:07 am | #

      I would answer it’s walk, not being a duck, but I sure would sound like a duck

      • Nezumi
        Nezumi
        August 30, 2017 at 6:05 pm | #

        I… what? Duck?

    • Shiro
      Shiro
      August 3, 2017 at 12:07 am | #

      I think it’s an It’s Walky! reference.

    • boop
      boop
      August 3, 2017 at 12:07 am | #

      in It’s Walky, he once used seaweed as a makeshift wig

  6. Shiro
    Shiro
    August 3, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

    Walky…Walky, no. No on several levels.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      August 3, 2017 at 4:11 am | #

      Indeed.

      Go for the MAPLE donuts.

      • Joyous ☿
        Joyous ☿
        August 3, 2017 at 6:01 am | #

        Yesssssssssssss

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        August 3, 2017 at 3:56 pm | #

        Maple with BACON!! Yaaas

  7. FLUFFYWOLF
    FLUFFYWOLF
    August 3, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

    Why do I feel like Walky’s done this before? And why do I feel like it’d actually work?

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      August 3, 2017 at 12:13 am | #

      “I’ve never felt so emasculated in all my life, and I’ve been mistaken for my twin sister”.

      From Book 3, discussing the shoes he borrowed from Danny.

    • Shawn Levasseur
      Shawn Levasseur
      August 3, 2017 at 5:21 pm | #

      And how will Walky rate on the “Do” list?…

  8. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    August 3, 2017 at 12:07 am | #

    Wait, that’s a thing that has happened and Billie was on board with helping him do it?

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      August 3, 2017 at 12:19 am | #

      He means NOW. He wants to impersonate his sister so he can get a free donut.

      • Cattleprod
        Cattleprod
        August 3, 2017 at 11:55 pm | #

        … ugh. The problems that occur when the comic updates at midnight, that’s a perfectly logical sequence of events that a fully awake person could follow without issue.

  9. Some1
    Some1
    August 3, 2017 at 12:08 am | #

    Walks is too much like me, I would totally disguise myself as a girl to steal donuts.

  10. William Leonard Reese Jr.
    William Leonard Reese Jr.
    August 3, 2017 at 12:08 am | #

    . . . . How often does Walky dress up as his sister if this was the first excuse he could think of instead of saying “I’ll miss having you live nearby.”?

    • Pat
      Pat
      August 3, 2017 at 12:10 am | #

      As she points out, she’ll be nearby anyway.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      August 3, 2017 at 1:57 am | #

      That’s probably what he’s actually thinking, but Walky will avoid deep emotional talk and fall back on silliness whenever possible.

      Billie and Walky know each other well enough that I bet the deeper message sneaks through anyway.

  11. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    August 3, 2017 at 12:10 am | #

    *plays “Don’t Quit While You’re Ahead” on the hacked Muzak*

  12. Passchendaele
    Passchendaele
    August 3, 2017 at 12:12 am | #

    real conversation sucessfully averted. on a side note, unless sal’s already got a donut, walky could probably fake the accent and appearance easily enough. still, if danny’s still there, he can easily through walky’s disguise, since he knows both of them well enough and totally didn’t think they were twins until he saw them together. we might see the return of the duke of thingley. :p

    • QueerBitch
      QueerBitch
      August 3, 2017 at 1:04 am | #

      honestly I doubt he’d even have to fake an accent. Just walk up all cool and take one and walk away. Sal may well do that.

      • zoelogical
        zoelogical
        August 3, 2017 at 1:57 am | #

        and he’s not gonna say no if she takes a second one.

        “it’s for a friend,” sal says, and turns away. she looks in the mirror. it’s walky

  13. Solenoid
    Solenoid
    August 3, 2017 at 12:12 am | #

    Damn you, Walky! Ruining a good opening-up moment and I can’t even stay mad because it was still funny. 😀

  14. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    August 3, 2017 at 12:16 am | #

    Guess Walky’s going to break into a sushi restaurant for the seaweed.

    • Some1
      Some1
      August 3, 2017 at 12:18 am | #

      Walky spends a bunch of money on seaweed and comes up with a complex plan..only to realize he could have just bought a donut

      • Sev
        Sev
        August 3, 2017 at 12:23 am | #

        But that wouldn’t have been free.

        • Woobie
          Woobie
          August 3, 2017 at 1:55 am | #

          And therefore wouldn’t have tasted as good.
          Bought<Free<Snagged from friend/ family

          • Reltzik
            Reltzik
            August 3, 2017 at 4:09 am | #

            This is why every time we go out to eat, Mom is always encouraging me to order dessert and/or fries.

            • N0083rp00F
              N0083rp00F
              August 3, 2017 at 8:41 am | #

              Always always order more than you know you will eat because that one person with you who protests that they don’t want anything will snag at least half if not all of it….. Always.

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        August 3, 2017 at 6:38 am | #

        Wait….Acme sells Rocket-Powered Roller Skates, etc, and also seaweed?

        I mean, if you’ve got an overly-complex plan, they are the supplier.you want.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          August 3, 2017 at 4:37 pm | #

          Just make sure there are no road runners involved.

  15. Keulan
    Keulan
    August 3, 2017 at 12:17 am | #

    Walky has the best priorities.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      August 3, 2017 at 4:08 am | #

      …. as in he’ll finagle his sister’s roommate to steal his sister’s stuff to dress up as her in order to obtain a glazed donut under false pretenses….

      …. rather than pay a dollar out of his probably-substantial allowance to get one for a tenth of the effort.

      • Keulan
        Keulan
        August 3, 2017 at 4:35 am | #

        Yep, why pay for a donut when you can come up with wacky hijinks to try (and probably fail, since Joe knows Walky) to get one for free?

  16. Alan Hardman
    Alan Hardman
    August 3, 2017 at 12:18 am | #

    That is the most Walky-y thing.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      August 3, 2017 at 12:27 am | #

      *Walky-ish

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        August 3, 2017 at 2:06 am | #

        Walkyesque.

    • Remmington Steele
      Remmington Steele
      August 3, 2017 at 6:16 pm | #

      Walk a la mode

  17. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    August 3, 2017 at 12:20 am | #

    Walky is an unusual beast. Sometimes, he has had some bizarre notions of masculinity, like when Joe rightfully pointed out he was being ridiculous with his idea men should only have one pair of shoes, versus women owning many. There’s also the pajama jeans incident.

    Other times, when motivated by food, all bets are off, though he’s also grown some since those past incidents.

  18. Roger Sterling
    Roger Sterling
    August 3, 2017 at 12:22 am | #

    The voices in Walky’s head are beatboxing barbershop together.

  19. Miguel
    Miguel
    August 3, 2017 at 12:24 am | #

    Well at least Billie is still pretty

  20. mschmidt62
    mschmidt62
    August 3, 2017 at 12:26 am | #

    I would have been tempted to entitle this strip “Glazed,” but maybe DMW has some rule against using the last word in the strip as a title. Or maybe there is already a strip entitled “Glazed?”

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      August 3, 2017 at 12:29 am | #

      I’m just glazed, er I mean glad he’s open to using two-word titles now.

      • mschmidt62
        mschmidt62
        August 3, 2017 at 12:33 am | #

        Actually, I just did some research (aka procrastination) and found a strip in which he used the last word as the title:

        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/03-the-thing-i-was-before/ravine/

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      August 3, 2017 at 1:36 pm | #

      It’s not a last word thing so much as a ‘don’t spoil the punchline for people who view the strip by clicking through twitter’ thing.

  21. Puckish Rogue
    Puckish Rogue
    August 3, 2017 at 12:28 am | #

    So near yet so far away

  22. John
    John
    August 3, 2017 at 12:31 am | #

    You can always hit up Joyce to let you in through the half-bath, Walky.

    • Emperor Daniel
      Emperor Daniel
      August 3, 2017 at 2:09 am | #

      Joyce and Walky, getting along? What madness is this?

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        August 3, 2017 at 4:00 am | #

        Joyce: “Why should I help you?”

        Walky: “Because this way you get to play ‘Pretend Sal Dressup’.”

        Joyce: “OoooOOOooooooh!”

  23. Fart Captor
    Fart Captor
    August 3, 2017 at 12:35 am | #

    HUG YOUR DAMN SISTER, WALKY >:[

    • StClair
      StClair
      August 3, 2017 at 12:42 am | #

      This.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      August 3, 2017 at 3:58 am | #

      Either get her permission or at least warn her and give her an opportunity to forestall it and then hug your damn sister, Walky.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      August 3, 2017 at 1:36 pm | #

      ….Wait, Billie or Sal?

      Never mind. Hug them both.

  24. StClair
    StClair
    August 3, 2017 at 12:41 am | #

    Whew, that was close. He almost admitted to actual feels.

    • Remmington Steele
      Remmington Steele
      August 3, 2017 at 6:14 pm | #

      NO NEVER!

  25. Dana
    Dana
    August 3, 2017 at 1:03 am | #

    Walky just needs to trick Joe into harassing him. It probably isn’t hard.

    • Some1
      Some1
      August 3, 2017 at 1:31 am | #

      Walky walks up to Joe

      Walky: Hey Joe

      Joe: yes?

      Walky: would you say you like my butt?

      Joe: no.

      Walky: dammit

      Danny: Walky! Stop distracting Joe by talking about your nice sexy butt! Wait..shit.

      Walky: Woohoo!

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      August 3, 2017 at 3:57 am | #

      Which is why Walky would have to resort to trickery. (And he shouldn’t! Bad in anything other than silly-goofbal hypotheticals!)

      …..

      …. erm, I mean, Phrasing!

  26. A Scientist
    A Scientist
    August 3, 2017 at 1:06 am | #

    Walky’s only concerned Joe’s running out of glazed because Joe already ran out of maple frosted, obviously.

  27. Moose
    Moose
    August 3, 2017 at 1:37 am | #

    Seems like a waste of effort to do all that just for a glazed. I’d go for jelly or at least chocolate.

  28. BenRG
    BenRG
    August 3, 2017 at 2:03 am | #

    This is one of the occasions when context would be a wonderful thing. Why does Walky want to dress up as Sal. I can think of various reasons, all with different implications for him and his personality.

    Of course, what matters here is that Walky will miss having Billie around. That is something that she needs to hear: That there is someone other than Ruth who values her presence and wants her around. I do think that Billie forgets that she has a surrogate brother and sister in the dorms.

    • DrWattson
      DrWattson
      August 3, 2017 at 2:09 am | #

      He literally says why he wants to dress up as Sal in the comic, he just wants one of Joe’s doughnuts.

      • Emperor Daniel
        Emperor Daniel
        August 3, 2017 at 2:12 am | #

        “Walky wants Joe’s doughnuts”, coming soon to a Slipshine near you.

        (may not actually be coming soon)

        (heh heh . . . “coming”)

    • Emperor Daniel
      Emperor Daniel
      August 3, 2017 at 2:10 am | #

      He said in the strip himself he wants to trick Joe into giving him a free donut.

      Because free donuts.

    • Greebs
      Greebs
      August 3, 2017 at 2:14 am | #

      … he wants to dress up as Sal because Joe is giving out donuts, but only to women. Dressing up as his twin sister is the shortest path to appearing female, and getting a free donut. Seemed pretty clear to me…

      • BenRG
        BenRG
        August 3, 2017 at 2:37 am | #

        Clearly I have a difficulty with translating Walky’s thinking patterns.

    • Cerberus
      Cerberus
      August 3, 2017 at 3:19 am | #

      Ironically, some of his actions would actually make sense if he ended up being in egg mode. I don’t think that’ll end up being the case, but if Walky did turn out to be a trans egg, she would definitely not be the first trans woman to go through a scrub phase of a last desperate attempt to awkwardly perform cis masculinity.

      • BenRG
        BenRG
        August 3, 2017 at 4:38 am | #

        I did find myself thinking along the same lines here.

        Given Willis’s fixed rule that alignments in the Walkyverse and Dumbingverse are basically the same, I find it unlikely that something like this will be sprung on us. However, we know that Walky seems generally mildly bi (having no problem with the thought of engaging in homosexual acts if it gets him something). It might just be me but I can’t help wonder how often he dresses up as Sal and for what reasons.

        My theory right now? As twins, I can see him and Sal having shared clothes a lot as young children (infancy to around 5 years) and this basically becoming an ingrained subconscious impulse that’s been hard to shake later on.

      • nightsbridge
        nightsbridge
        August 4, 2017 at 12:02 am | #

        I agree with you! But, I’mma be watching this kid very closely . . .

    • DavidMcG
      DavidMcG
      August 3, 2017 at 4:13 pm | #

      Wanting to wear your sister’s clothes sounds like such a natural thing to me that it didn’t even occur to me he might be doing it for donuts.

  29. Danni
    Danni
    August 3, 2017 at 2:25 am | #

    walky attempts a serious and swerves into being a jackass

    the norm for walky

  30. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    August 3, 2017 at 2:37 am | #

    http://imgur.com/a/VAFMy

    When you can pull off the look…

  31. Cerberus
    Cerberus
    August 3, 2017 at 3:00 am | #

    Comic Reactions:

    Panels 1-2: I feel like this arc gets a lot into how the performance men are asked to provide for toxic masculinity, as being above girly feelings, of never showing vulnerability less you be attacked for it, of never showing worry or care or fear less you be called a wuss or gay.

    How all of that heavily negatively impacts the ability to genuinely show caring and support and positive emotions. We saw it with Joe where he was sabotaging his interactions with women and with Danny to avoid confronting his own fear of vulnerability and dealing with the unknowns of interacting with women as equals.

    And we see it a little bit here with Walky. Like, we’ve seen it before, with him not really knowing how to handle his strong feelings for Dorothy, or his need at occasions to put on a front about his being a manly enough man and so on. And we see it in the awkward way he deals with strong emotions and concerns, trying to bury how worried he is and how much he cares*.

    *Which is made extra difficult with Billie in particular because Billie has discouraged more overt shows of concern in the past and reacted strongly negatively to them.

    And here, this moment is a really positive one for Walky. He’s posing cool guy style, but he’s genuinely concerned, he’s bringing up what he’s concerned about and he’s showing Billie that someone deeply cares about her.

    Panels 3-4: And that gets through. Stating that he cares, being open and honest about that, really gets through to Billie and that’s important to him because he’s still terrified he’s going to lose her. He knows about how close she’s been to suicide in the past and the rough headspaces she’s been in lately and he’s terrified of losing a person he considers a sister.

    And this moment when he can show that is real and true and powerful.

    • Emperor Daniel
      Emperor Daniel
      August 3, 2017 at 3:02 am | #

      Have I ever said before how I really love your reactions/analyses? Because I really do. 🙂

      • Cerberus
        Cerberus
        August 3, 2017 at 3:14 am | #

        Aw, thanks.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      August 3, 2017 at 3:59 pm | #

      Toxic masculinity in his motivations, maybe, but he IS cross-dressing in order to acquire that donut, so maybe that mitigates it a little?

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        August 3, 2017 at 5:08 pm | #

        It’s interesting to compare and contrast Walky and Joe on their toxic masculinity. Early on we saw a lot about Walky and his ideas of being a man – “only one pair of shoes”, for example, while Joe seemed to disparage all those superficial signs.
        But we see Walky being willing to joke about crossdressing or having homosexual sex for food while Joe lies about having threesomes to prop up his own image.

        They both certainly have problems with it, but they show it in very different ways.

  32. Cerberus
    Cerberus
    August 3, 2017 at 3:14 am | #

    Panel 5: And the flip of that is that guys of that age are put through intense pressure not to admit that vulnerability, to not show genuine concern. That makes you soft, that makes you a target. That makes you “not male” by the toxic masculinity standards and that makes you a punchline to that mindset. See the number of times Danny’s been the butt of Joe’s jokes because he’s more willing to be emotionally vulnerable and real.

    And the reason for that fear is real. I got literally pummeled a lot growing up because I could never perform toxic masculinity and I didn’t want to. I got made into an example and learned never to show my emotions just to survive it. To bury my hurt inside.

    And for Walky there’s that pressure and also his need to undercut intense realness with goofiness and jokes, to wear the mask of the clown to avoid showing how genuinely terrified he is.

    So he undercuts the weight of his gesture to a degree in the end. Out of that pressure.

    That all said, I think the substance of his message has been received loud and clear and there’s reason for him to believe that a genuinely open conversation about the extent of feelings on this situation would be unwelcome on both sides.

    But that important bit, that Billie has someone who deeply cares about where she is and that she’s ok, that he wants her alive and well and will do things that are hard for him to show it?

    I think that came through loud and clear.

    OT life update: So fiancee and I actually were able to get a face-to-face meeting and it went really well. Turns out it was a really bad tone in texting problem where they thought I was being sarcastic about a condition they were dealing with when I was trying to show genuine support and things kinda just hit triggers and blew out of control. Well that and Southern Belle was right, they were in a state of mind where they were pushing everyone away (including friends) and recognized that and apologized for letting it make everything worse.

    But we were able to talk it out and clarify what we meant and figure out better ways of resolving situations like this in the future and we’re 100% back together. No break up, just a long open and honest conversation.

    So I’m on cloud nine, thank you everyone who helped keep me functional when I thought I had fucked everything up and encouraged me to hold on hope. You all and my therapist were invaluable and I want you all to know that.

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      August 3, 2017 at 3:20 am | #

      that is good glad to hear, very good

      I hope this good news is real and not some kind of norovirus hallucination projected to me on the bsthroom floor here

      • Cerberus
        Cerberus
        August 3, 2017 at 3:22 am | #

        😀

      • Neeks
        Neeks
        August 3, 2017 at 3:27 am | #

        If this excellent news is an illness-based hallucination, then we’ve all got a LOT of “get well soon” cards to send.

        Congrats on things working out rather positively, Cerb.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      August 3, 2017 at 3:24 am | #

      Having been in exactly that situation before, I’m happy for you. Glad to know you’re feeling better.

    • Michael Chandra
      Michael Chandra
      August 3, 2017 at 3:29 am | #

      Good to hear. 🙂 But even if things had gone wrong, keep in mind it doesn’t mean anything about you, you’re still great. Remember, all that stuff lies to you.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      August 3, 2017 at 3:48 am | #

      Reason #392 not to break up with someone over electronic media.

      It’s awesome to hear that you not only resolved this crisis, but you deliberately sat down and worked out “how to not let this happen again” plans. That’s… rare.

      • Cerberus
        Cerberus
        August 3, 2017 at 3:50 am | #

        That tends to be my instincts in these situations. I thank my analytical alter for that one.

    • Arian
      Arian
      August 3, 2017 at 4:47 am | #

      Yay! 🙂

    • StClair
      StClair
      August 3, 2017 at 5:04 am | #

      Glad to hear it!

      Also, I saw this and thought of you. Maybe it will be helpful (to you and others) in other situations?
      https://twitter.com/PigeonComics/status/892785915365601280

    • ischemgeek
      ischemgeek
      August 3, 2017 at 5:47 am | #

      I am so happy for you! 🙂

    • Arioch
      Arioch
      August 3, 2017 at 7:04 am | #

      I am so happy for you. *hug*

    • Fart Captor
      Fart Captor
      August 3, 2017 at 7:38 am | #

      <3

    • Vulcanodon
      Vulcanodon
      August 3, 2017 at 7:44 am | #

      Donut for you! So glad to see you feeling better.

    • Murgatroyd
      Murgatroyd
      August 3, 2017 at 8:44 am | #

      Yay! So happy for you.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      August 3, 2017 at 8:52 am | #

      That’s wonderful to hear!

    • K the Nerd
      K the Nerd
      August 3, 2017 at 9:15 am | #

      *All the happy hugs offered*

    • butting
      butting
      August 3, 2017 at 9:32 am | #

      The smile you’ve just put on my face is downright embarrassing! I’m stupidly happy to hear this, it’s wonderful news and well done the both of you.

    • Nenja
      Nenja
      August 3, 2017 at 9:48 am | #

      That’s so great to hear! 😀

    • Southern Belle
      Southern Belle
      August 3, 2017 at 9:57 am | #

      *all the hugs* I am so overjoyed to hear it. <3

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      August 3, 2017 at 10:14 am | #

      High five!

    • Li
      Li
      August 3, 2017 at 10:44 am | #

      Omg SO MANY hugs and also relief <3

    • Sam
      Sam
      August 3, 2017 at 12:34 pm | #

      That is great to hear, really glad it was just lashing out and a misunderstanding and that you’ve worked on how to avoid it again. :3

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      August 3, 2017 at 1:45 pm | #

      NICE! I’m glad that all worked out. I’m happy you’re okay and the two of you have made your plans <3

      But echoing Michael above – even if it hadn't, it wouldn't make you worth any less or what your brain tells you true.

    • OBBWG
      OBBWG
      August 3, 2017 at 2:21 pm | #

      Much happiness sent your way. Yay!

    • nightsbridge
      nightsbridge
      August 3, 2017 at 2:27 pm | #

      I’m so happy things turned out okay

    • Halpful
      Halpful
      August 3, 2017 at 2:48 pm | #

      Yaaaay!! Yay talking! 🙂 🙂

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      August 3, 2017 at 4:47 pm | #

      Glad to hear that you were able to straighten things out.

    • Jhon
      Jhon
      August 3, 2017 at 11:34 pm | #

      Yay! for open and honest conversation!

  33. Neeks
    Neeks
    August 3, 2017 at 3:23 am | #

    “thanks walky, I almost thought you cared.”
    “I do care. Deeply! About donuts.”

  34. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    August 3, 2017 at 3:54 am | #

    I’m questioning how much of this is about Walky generally caring for Billie but trying to hide it.

    ….

    …. well, okay, he DOES genuinely care about her, and he DOES try to hide it.

    But in my headspace, he’s already buried all that pretty deep down and it’s not bubbling to the surface here. HERE he’s just being the smartass goofball going for the joke from the start of Panel 1 (which coincidentally relates to what he feels deep down, but isn’t actually influenced by it), rather than making a recovery/coverup in the last panel.

    …. in short, I’m thinking he’s a lot more convolutedly messed up than it seems.

  35. C.T Phipps
    C.T Phipps
    August 3, 2017 at 4:21 am | #

    I really did think until the last panel Walky was talking about dressing up as Sal for Jason. I’m totally of the mind they’re having an affair now. Walky being bi is almost a non-revelation and would help make the scales a little more balanced for both genders.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      August 3, 2017 at 10:19 am | #

      He’s bi so of course he’s cheating on his girlfriend. Right.

      • Meamoi
        Meamoi
        August 3, 2017 at 11:09 am | #

        It’s impossible for bi people to cheat on their spouses, when they do what would normally be called cheating, since when they do so they switch teams, it falls more into the category of “fan-service”.

        • Fart Captor
          Fart Captor
          August 3, 2017 at 11:43 am | #

          The “sexual preferences as baseball teams” metaphor is kinda problematic here. The implication being that the only teams are “heterosexual” and ; homosexual”, so bisexuals have to “pick a side” rather than having a team of their own.

          It’s not a good metaphor. Bisexuality is it’s own thing. There’s no switching involved. The prospective dating pool just includes more people.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            August 3, 2017 at 11:46 am | #

            Except for all the ones who won’t date you because you’re bi, which actually seems to make the dating pool smaller. 🙂

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          August 3, 2017 at 12:37 pm | #

          You aren’t funny.

        • nightsbridge
          nightsbridge
          August 3, 2017 at 2:29 pm | #

          …You are being incredibly offensive right now.

          • C.T Phipps
            C.T Phipps
            August 3, 2017 at 2:44 pm | #

            This may surprise you but the idea of Walky cheating on his girlfriend isn’t linked to his being bisexual. It would be an act I would condemn but, ultimately, I wouldn’t judge too harshly because Dorothy stated they were in a “funsies” relationship anyway. They’re not married and it happens in real life all the time.

            I could totally see a passionate moment happening between Walky and Jason because of their shared hate turning into something more.

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              August 3, 2017 at 2:49 pm | #

              Shippers gotta ship.

              It ain’t happening in canon though. Sorry.

              And whatever the initial statement, Dorothy and Walky have moved past a “funsies” relationship.

        • Southern Belle
          Southern Belle
          August 3, 2017 at 3:24 pm | #

          Yeah, already called out above, but sexual preference =/= lack of monogamy.

          There are some relationships that make allowances for playing with same genders. This does not mean that dallying outside of the relationship isn’t cheating if it’s with the same gender. It means it’s not cheating IF YOU HAVE PERMISSION. It’s more a flavor of open-relationship thing than a bi-thing.

          As with everything in sex, it comes down to consent. If your partner does not consent to you doing something with another partner, it is cheating.

          • Southern Belle
            Southern Belle
            August 3, 2017 at 3:25 pm | #

            This is a response to Meamoi, not C.T., btw. In case it wasn’t clear.

        • dethtoll
          dethtoll
          August 3, 2017 at 5:34 pm | #

          do what’s this now?

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          August 3, 2017 at 7:14 pm | #

          I’m going to assume this is poorly-executed sarcasm, because otherwise I’d have to get a little bit miffed.

          • C.T Phipps
            C.T Phipps
            August 3, 2017 at 8:10 pm | #

            I’m entirely okay with Walky being revealed as bi. As for cheating on Dorothy, yeah, basically I think it needs to happen. Not specifically those to but it’s a COLLEGE story and it wouldn’t be realistic if someone didn’t.

            Walkerton and Dot are due for some drama and a nasty breakup.

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              August 3, 2017 at 9:02 pm | #

              Maybe, but there’s no reason to think it’s with Jason.

              And it’s not really unrealistic to think a few couples can make it through a semester of college without cheating.
              Since we’ve really only got a few serious couples, it’s not required. I think both Walky & Dorothy have enough problems on their plate right now that they don’t need relationship drama to stay interesting.

  36. Nope
    Nope
    August 3, 2017 at 5:02 am | #

    I want to see this scenario play out. Walky isn’t nearly cool enough to pull off sal’s looks.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      August 3, 2017 at 5:17 am | #

      I don’t think that he so much wants to imitate Sal as he wants to use her clothes to look more feminine and try to pass himself off as a short-haired girl and get a free donut.

      “N… Name? My name’s Walk… er… Walkinata! I’m from… somewhere exotic that you’ve never heard of.”

      • Liliet
        Liliet
        August 3, 2017 at 10:06 am | #

        He’s trying to pass as one of the girls on Joe’s list. Pretty sure pretending to be someone Joe’d never met would defeat the point

        • Jhon
          Jhon
          August 3, 2017 at 11:38 pm | #

          Um, does Joe remember all the girls he’s hit on? Or thought about hitting on?

  37. chris73
    chris73
    August 3, 2017 at 6:46 am | #

    I’m not sure why Walky needs to go to this big a deal for a donut, I mean isn’t his family well off so I’m guessing its not like he can’t just go buy some donuts if he really wants some

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      August 3, 2017 at 7:04 am | #

      To quote C Montgomery Burns: “You are never so rich as to be above begging for another free dollar.”

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      August 3, 2017 at 7:48 am | #

      Because Free Donuts!

    • butting
      butting
      August 3, 2017 at 9:41 am | #

      … you remember the pizza, right?

  38. Bagge
    Bagge
    August 3, 2017 at 10:13 am | #

    Translated from Walky speak: “I worry about you and I’m sad you are moving. Are you going to be OK?”

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      August 3, 2017 at 10:19 am | #

      If you have to try that hard to show you care about someone isn’t that a problem in of itself?

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        August 3, 2017 at 11:45 am | #

        Well, yeah, but we knew that.

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      August 3, 2017 at 10:44 am | #

      Oh, yep. Walky and Billie “share” separate lexicons, yet communicate perfectly.

      The reverse is shown several places. http://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/03-the-thing-i-was-before/fuckoff/

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      August 3, 2017 at 3:50 pm | #

      And I believe ‘Ugh’ translates to “Yes, but I’ll miss you. *sniff* *sniff*”

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        August 3, 2017 at 5:11 pm | #

        Along with a bit of “Thank you for letting me know and thank you for making it into a joke so I don’t have to acknowledge it.”

        It’s a very efficient language in some ways.

  39. TomHCinMI
    TomHCinMI
    August 3, 2017 at 12:55 pm | #

    At least Walky has his priorities straight!

  40. buddleia
    buddleia
    August 3, 2017 at 5:15 pm | #

    I know it’s very much not the main point of this strip, but this is what stands out to me today. And I’m sure it’s not conscious or malicious, but I can’t help seeing an ugly sense of entitlement in Walky’s words here.

    He wants a donut. He doesn’t care that they are for a group of which he is not a part; he doesn’t care that they are an apology to that group; he doesn’t care that him having one will deprive someone who is in that group from having one. He simply knows that there are donuts which are “free” and therefore he feels that it is fair for him to get one too. Why shouldn’t he get one just because he isn’t a girl? That’s sexism against him!

    And he feels entitled to his sister’s clothes. To going behind her back and taking and using her things. Even though he gets more money, more gifts, more favors, and more favoritism from their parents. If she has stuff that he wants, according to him it’s not a big deal for him to just grab it and use it, even if by doing so he’s going to put her at a disadvantage.

    He just doesn’t get it.

  41. firestk
    firestk
    August 3, 2017 at 8:42 pm | #

    I can’t tell if he’s joking or not. It would be in character either way.

  42. @zombieundergrnd
    @zombieundergrnd
    August 3, 2017 at 10:03 pm | #

    We always knew Walky wasn’t that bright and he has proven it out once again.
    All that trouble over glazed donuts? Glazed? I bet he likes just vanilla ice cream in a cup too.

  43. Cathy Garrett
    Cathy Garrett
    August 4, 2017 at 12:02 am | #

    Do I want to know what else Walky pretends while wearing his twin sister’s clothing?

    No. No, I do not.

  44. Orion Fury
    Orion Fury
    August 4, 2017 at 1:00 am | #

    Ah yes, the Duke needing to crossdress to accept a donut. I appreciate the self set challenge of doing so in time to get a glazed one. Granted, I’m partial to Boston Cream, but who am I to judge.

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