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by David M Willis on July 11, 2019 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Vote for Robin
└ Tags: marcie, sal, the fuck truck

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  1. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    July 11, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    I went back and looked at the Roomies strips. The truck in that comic was either drawn in silhouette or with just the cab showing, so we can’t actually rule out that it said FUCK on the side.

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      July 11, 2019 at 1:10 am | #

      No word on whether it was the same truck, but the same driver at least has a tag in here: http://www.dumbingofage.com/tag/definitely-that-same-truck-driver-dude-as-in-roomies/

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      July 11, 2019 at 1:51 am | #

      The trucking company’s name just has an unfortunate acronym.

      Freight United Couriers of Kokomo

      Kind of like “Sure Wish I Finished Training” fits SWIFT, or “United Parcel Smashers” fits UPS.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        July 11, 2019 at 2:10 am | #

        Friend Unknowingly Craved Kiss.

        • Sambo
          Sambo
          July 11, 2019 at 9:54 am | #

          That is wonderfully fitting

      • Charles Kuhman
        Charles Kuhman
        July 11, 2019 at 3:41 am | #

        I was once a member of the Friday Underground Concerned Kentuckians, a group that advertised in our school play programs. No one ever picked up on it.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        July 11, 2019 at 7:13 am | #

        We used to see Guaranteed Overnight Delivery trucks pretty regularly, with their acronym in big bold letters. Apparently they’ve been out of business since the early 2000s though.

      • truk2
        truk2
        July 11, 2019 at 11:15 am | #

        Here’s a real one.

        Flinders University’s Centre for Knowledge Interaction Technology.

        Imagine how smug the the engineer that got that to pass felt.

        • truk2
          truk2
          July 11, 2019 at 12:58 pm | #

          http://www.flinders.edu.au/science_engineering/csem/research/centres/ckit.cfm

    • emeraldbeacon
      emeraldbeacon
      July 11, 2019 at 3:53 am | #

      http://i68.tinypic.com/ncw.jpg

      • Sunny
        Sunny
        July 11, 2019 at 5:27 am | #

        Is that Optimus Prime?

  2. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    July 11, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    “Ah… was yer first total clitblocking douchnozzle??”

    *hit by FUCK the TRUCK*

    …Salaya… 🤔

  3. Lala
    Lala
    July 11, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    Sal I hope this is a flattered face despite the fuck truck.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      July 11, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

      I don’t think Sal knows what kind of face it is.

    • Eve
      Eve
      July 11, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

      I think it’s a sadface of “I would do anything to give her what she wants but this is beyond my ability”

      • Nono
        Nono
        July 11, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

        She would do anything for love, but she won’t do that.

        • Solenoid
          Solenoid
          July 11, 2019 at 12:41 am | #

          fuck

        • Freezer
          Freezer
          July 11, 2019 at 12:46 am | #

          Oh, hey! I finally know what “that” is!

          • TachyonCode
            TachyonCode
            July 11, 2019 at 7:44 am | #

            I’m pretty sure the “that” is pegging, according to comments by the original artist…

            • MaximumZero
              MaximumZero
              July 11, 2019 at 8:19 am | #

              It’s 100% not. Read the lyrics to the song. “That” is a reference to earlier lyrics in the song, usually just before each chorus. “I’ll never forget how you feel right now,” “forgive myself if we don’t go all the way tonight,” “do it better than I do it with you,” and “stop dreaming of you every night of my life,” are what that is.

              In his own weird pervy 90s way, Meat Loaf is saying that leaving his girl to find love isn’t an option.

              • Charlie Spencer
                Charlie Spencer
                July 11, 2019 at 9:41 am | #

                Also catch Meat’s explanation in the ‘Storytellers’ video.

                Jim Steinman is a god.

              • Kryss LaBryn
                Kryss LaBryn
                July 12, 2019 at 6:41 am | #

                “I know the territory, I’ve been around;
                It’ll all turn to dust, it’ll all fall down,
                Sooner or later you’ll be screwing around…”

                “No, I won’t do that…. No I won’t do that…”

      • Tan
        Tan
        July 11, 2019 at 12:27 am | #

        I’m getting more of a feel of sadface of “I hurt you and never knew it and even if I had there’s nothing I could’ve done about it”

        • AutobotDen
          AutobotDen
          July 11, 2019 at 12:40 am | #

          Sal wants to do right by Marcie, and this revelation is not what she was expecting. She clearly feels bad that she didn’t realize that Marcie had a crush on her, and her brain is giving her shit about how it should’ve been obvious.

          • Clif
            Clif
            July 11, 2019 at 7:39 am | #

            The last truck missed, but not this one.

          • autogatos
            autogatos
            July 11, 2019 at 5:35 pm | #

            She’s also probably feeling guilty/selfish for being jealous of Malaya. If I recall part of this whole “get Marcie with Malaya” thing was because she felt like Malaya was stealing her best friend, and when she realized Marcie was into Malaya, she figured getting them together would mean Marcie would get that out of her system and then Sal’d get her best friend back.

            But now she just realized that given the choice, Marcie would probably MUCH rather be spending all this time with Sal, but Sal can’t give her everything she really wants out of the relationship.

  4. Yumi
    Yumi
    July 11, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    Get together for real! Get together for real!

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      July 11, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

      If not, I will say this until the end of time – That’s what AO3 is for.

  5. BBCC
    BBCC
    July 11, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    God I love these two and all their clingy, sometimes messy and complicated, friendship glory.

    I mean, yeah, I ship it too, but that’s a fanfic thing, not a right now thing so.

    BRING ON THE COMPLICATIONS.

    • ian livs
      ian livs
      July 11, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

      SAME

    • Mordecai
      Mordecai
      July 11, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

      Abandon ship?! Never!!

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        July 11, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

        I keep seeing stuff in the comments talking about how it’s not gonna happen because Sal is canonically straight, to which I reply – this is shipping. What’s canon got to do with it?

        • Mordecai
          Mordecai
          July 11, 2019 at 12:17 am | #

          Now that’s the spirit, sailor!

        • Nono
          Nono
          July 11, 2019 at 12:29 am | #

          I know shipping is shipping, but if a character’s sexuality has been Very Firmly Established, then it feels a little ickier to do it, personally.

          Like this isn’t a ‘character could find out they’re bi’ thing, but strip hovertext and some of Sal’s stuff implies to me that they’re very straight, and it’s not gonna deviate.

          It’d be just as weird to me to ship Ethan with Amber.

          • Sporky
            Sporky
            July 11, 2019 at 12:37 am | #

            Those two scenarios aren’t equivalent at all. Shipping canonically gay characters in straight pairings is not even close to the same thing as shipping canonically straight characters in gay pairings.

            I get what you’re saying, that ignoring the sexuality of someone seems icky either way, but they’re fictional characters. From a real-world sociological perspective, the former is bad, but the latter is good. Actually, most of the time it’s the only way LGBT fans will ever get to see LGBT relationships between their favorite characters, sadly.

            • Sporky
              Sporky
              July 11, 2019 at 12:37 am | #

              Ahhhh dammit I messed up the formatting

            • Nono
              Nono
              July 11, 2019 at 12:41 am | #

              To be clear, I don’t explicitly have a problem with other people doing it – it’s their headcanon, after all, and I’ve got my own share. I’m just expressing my own reason of why I would very rarely do it myself.

              • BBCC
                BBCC
                July 11, 2019 at 12:47 am | #

                No, that’s fine. You can do your own fandom thing. I’m just explaining my own rationale on it.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            July 11, 2019 at 12:38 am | #

            I wouldn’t do it with making a gay character anything but gay – gay characters are under represented as it is. Straight characters, on the other hand, are so common it’s not even a dime a dozen. 90%+ are straight. I have no problems saying ‘Eh, screw it, turns out they realized they’re bi/pan/multi/poly/whatever I feel like they’d call themselves’. Especially since people who thought they were very straight realize they’re not all the time.

            • foamy
              foamy
              July 11, 2019 at 2:44 am | #

              I mean, I don’t think 90%+ are in *this* comic, but the point generally is taken.

              • Jason
                Jason
                July 11, 2019 at 5:18 am | #

                A quick glance through the cast page (which obviously lacks a few minor characters) gives us nine confirmed or implied straight people out of 21. Which is just under half, which is honestly a higher rate than I expected for this comic!

                But yeah, also recognise the point. It sometimes feels weird to me to see people make mods to make straight folk not straight in video games (depending on the game, the character and the availability of SS romance options) but it genuinely bothers me when it’s done for gay characters. One in particular where his experiences of being gay were a key part of his story (his unwillingness to pretend to be straight and procreate caused massive issues with his noble family) REALLY upset me when I saw a mod to allow female characters to romance him, because it’s disrespecting who he is on a fundamental level which is not only echoed in his own story, but also seen very commonly in the world.
                (Rant/ramble over.)

                • Jon Rich
                  Jon Rich
                  July 11, 2019 at 8:05 am | #

                  Which game is this?

                • Mandolin
                  Mandolin
                  July 11, 2019 at 11:18 am | #

                  Oh boy. Was that example from Dragon Age: Inquisition by any chance?

            • ischemgeek
              ischemgeek
              July 11, 2019 at 10:31 am | #

              Genuine question:

              In the case where you ship a ship that doesn’t work for sexualities of those involved, does writing a gender end fix that makes it work make it less or more ick?

              I am not sure honestly. I have a complicated relationship with gender bent fic.

              • BBCC
                BBCC
                July 11, 2019 at 12:11 pm | #

                I personally wouldn’t write it, but for all I know, another author doing so is a trans person who sees a lot of themselves in said character and their relationship and it’s not my place to come down on that. It’s also really really not my place to interrogate people and find out if that’s the case. So when I see fics like that, I usually scroll past them.

                • BBCC
                  BBCC
                  July 11, 2019 at 12:15 pm | #

                  That is, when the ship is turning a gay character straight.

                  Gender bends in general? I dunno. I know a lot of people prefer to do trans head canons instead, and those are great, but I’m not sure whether or not that’s just another form of gender bending? Personally, as someone who gets pretty frustrated by huge franchises I love having major male characters outnumber major female characters 2 to 1 at the very least, looking at art or fic where some of those guys were girls was empowering for me when I was younger. I also know GNC guys who felt similarly about having very feminine girls gender bent into GNC guys so….yeah, it’s complicated.

        • Sporky
          Sporky
          July 11, 2019 at 12:32 am | #

          I don’t think they’re addressing it toward non-canon shippers like you (and me). Some people actually want their ships to become canon, and in this case those people are gonna be disappointed. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            July 11, 2019 at 12:48 am | #

            Fair enough.

        • Skater Girl
          Skater Girl
          July 11, 2019 at 12:35 am | #

          To be fair, she wouldn’t be the first straight girl to get into a same gender relationship

          • Marsh Maryrose
            Marsh Maryrose
            July 11, 2019 at 1:07 am | #

            “I’m a straight girl whose soulmate is a woman.”

            I debated linking to the comic “Identity” where 15-year-old Erika says, “Girls are so pretty…Too bad I’m straight.”

          • He Who Abides
            He Who Abides
            July 11, 2019 at 4:57 am | #

            Reading your comment, my first thought is Emily from Misfile.

  6. Icalasari
    Icalasari
    July 11, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    Well this might break Sal. She wants the best for Marcie, but she’s straight as a stick

    • Jaymie
      Jaymie
      July 11, 2019 at 12:34 am | #

      some delightful bends but no real curves?

      • Abbefaria
        Abbefaria
        July 11, 2019 at 12:42 am | #

        something something wet pasta

        • MaddMaxc
          MaddMaxc
          July 11, 2019 at 10:55 am | #

          Everyone’s straight until water is added to the pot

          • TerribleName
            TerribleName
            July 11, 2019 at 4:00 pm | #

            I think you mean pasta is straight until you get it wet

    • Yo
      Yo
      July 11, 2019 at 7:18 am | #

      I’m hoping they can get get past this revelation like Joyce and (less so) Becky did. Sal might, initially, TRY, out of her love for Marcie, and Marcie will, most-likely, reject this idea because it’s a feckin’ insane, mummers fantasy. Hopefully Marcie’s honesty will end with them growing closer, instead of making things awkward, again, but, honestly, it could go either way; at this point.

  7. Hazel
    Hazel
    July 11, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    OH

    • jeffepp
      jeffepp
      July 11, 2019 at 12:32 am | #

      Sal reviews her life the way we reread the archives. Oh, indeed.

  8. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    July 11, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    And here I thought Willis promised no trucks.

    • Kyoulkoa
      Kyoulkoa
      July 11, 2019 at 12:46 am | #

      Imaginary trucks though

      • Abbefaria
        Abbefaria
        July 11, 2019 at 1:52 am | #

        The fuck truck has no brakes!

      • anonamousethatscurriesinthedarkness
        anonamousethatscurriesinthedarkness
        July 11, 2019 at 9:53 am | #

        At least it was not Trucksan else her mind will end up in another world.

        We could then have a fantasy world manga/manhua.
        We will follow the adventures of he mind in this new world of high fantasy.
        What cheat power will she inherit to help here fight the Demon Lord in the coming apocalypse?

    • Fart Captor
      Fart Captor
      July 11, 2019 at 2:49 am | #

      Act with horny

      Many regrets

      • Ray Radlein
        Ray Radlein
        July 11, 2019 at 3:33 am | #

        [applause gif]

  9. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    July 11, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    Did our Lesbian Love Sleuths totally miss this?

    • butts
      butts
      July 11, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

      have they… met… malaya?

      • butts
        butts
        July 11, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

        i mean

        marcie

        whoops

        • ValdVin
          ValdVin
          July 11, 2019 at 12:15 am | #

          Becky has never, and Joyce has shared a few strips with Marcie but barely if ever talked with her.

          • MatthewTheLucky
            MatthewTheLucky
            July 11, 2019 at 5:06 am | #

            Given Joyce does not sign, I’d say they’ve had 0 conversations.

            • Sunny
              Sunny
              July 11, 2019 at 5:33 am | #

              Marcie uses her phone to type when she wants to talk to people who don’t know ASL, so Joyce not knowing it is not an insurmountable obstacle. But as far as I recall they haven’t had a conversation.

    • Khantalas
      Khantalas
      July 11, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

      They never really met Marcie, only Sal and Malaya. It is fair that they missed Marcie’s crush on Sal.

      ((Then again, everyone except Walky and Mike has a crush on Sal.))

    • SUGauthor
      SUGauthor
      July 11, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

      No, Becky saw it coming, but she didn’t push the issue.

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        July 11, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

        Appropriate avatar for today’s strip is appropriate.

      • Diner Kinetic
        Diner Kinetic
        July 11, 2019 at 12:23 am | #

        She even was worried about this exact eventuality coming to pass- but even with sal removing the toxic elements of this subterfuge the results were still (un)surprisingly catastrophic. It’ll be interesting to see how this arc differs from Becky’s (other than shotgun dad) and how she reacts to all this

    • Yo
      Yo
      July 11, 2019 at 7:25 am | #

      Likely they just didn’t know Marcie, well enough (or, really at all), to assume anything. And Joyce has only, barely, met Malaya. So trusting them to “lesbian sleuth” this one out was ill-advised.

  10. Woomy
    Woomy
    July 11, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    Sal also gave up on the plan very obviously, right in front of Malaya, embarrassing Marcie in front of her crush for something that was Sal’s idea

    • TemporalShrew
      TemporalShrew
      July 11, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

      Considering the alternative was “kiss your friend on Malaya’s command,” I think the means by which she gave up the plan are acceptable.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        July 11, 2019 at 12:17 am | #

        I agree with TemporalShrew. It’s definitely best to not kiss people whom you don’t want to kiss. It’s also fine that she wasn’t able to think of an instant out that would save face for Marcie. She can even go back and fix it with Malaya later as needed.

      • Ophidiophile
        Ophidiophile
        July 11, 2019 at 4:33 am | #

        More importantly, when has doing what Malaya says ever turned out to be a good idea?

      • Woomy
        Woomy
        July 11, 2019 at 4:43 pm | #

        That wasn’t the only alternative. “I’m not comfortable kissing in front of you to prove my relationship” would have been an appropriate response. Then, if Sal wasn’t comfortable continuing the plan, she could have told Marcie privately and they could have casually “broken up”. But the plan was Sal’s idea, so she should have had at least a little commitment and made more effort not to publicly embarrass Marcie.

        I’m almost ready to declare Sal a more problematic character than Lucy.

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          July 11, 2019 at 7:31 pm | #

          She didn’t think of it.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      July 11, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

      Sal wasn’t comfortable going that far. I cannot stress enough that it’s really unfair for people to expect she should have gone through with it.

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      July 11, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

      No, them making out in public was not Sal’s idea. It was Carla’s.

  11. Hazel
    Hazel
    July 11, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    Cursed heterosexuality!

  12. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    July 11, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    *plays the opening song to B.J. & The Bear on a hacked P.A. speaker*

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      July 11, 2019 at 12:25 am | #

      The only words I remember from that are, “And best of all, I don’t pay property tax.”

      • jeffepp
        jeffepp
        July 11, 2019 at 12:36 am | #

        Places new
        And, ladies too

    • Vinny
      Vinny
      July 11, 2019 at 12:40 am | #

      Cue up Meat Loaf, you know which song

  13. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    July 11, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    I fucking love these two.

    And I guess Joyce and Sal have one more thing they could potentially bond over, though they probably will stick to other topics.

    • zellgato
      zellgato
      July 11, 2019 at 9:32 pm | #

      With the Shenangans rules that means those two would hook up at some point in the future (Joyce/Sal).
      Shenanagan clause is too strong in slice of life dramedies.

    • zellgato
      zellgato
      July 11, 2019 at 9:32 pm | #

      With the Shenangans rules that means those two would hook up at some point in the future (Joyce/Sal).
      Shenanagan clause is too strong in slice of life dramedies.

  14. Nono
    Nono
    July 11, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    Ah yes, JoycexBecky, the redux.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      July 11, 2019 at 12:25 am | #

      Poor Sal. Not only is she Marcie’s Malaya. She is also her Joyce. Not a great day for her coolness factor.

    • Sporky
      Sporky
      July 11, 2019 at 12:29 am | #

      JoycexBecky is a better ship name than Jecky. No one has probably ever called them that but I just thought of it and it’s bad enough to share.

      • wwwhhattt
        wwwhhattt
        July 11, 2019 at 2:07 am | #

        There’s definitely a fanfic there – in the day they’re perfectly fundie church acceptable friends, but at night everything changes…
        Although I can’t think of a good in universe reason for their alter ego pairing to be called Hydie.

        • dralou
          dralou
          July 11, 2019 at 3:32 am | #

          You mean, besides the obvious “They hide the true nature of their relationship” ?

          • wwwhhattt
            wwwhhattt
            July 11, 2019 at 9:29 am | #

            Nonononono, what I mean is I’m really thick and completely failed to notice that

            • dralou
              dralou
              July 11, 2019 at 11:46 am | #

              If it’s any consolation, I saw it because I’m the kind of thick who can only see what’s truly, completely, obvious. That tends to be overlooked by a lot of smart people.

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      July 11, 2019 at 12:31 am | #

      “Ya meet ’em on the playground…”

  15. AeromechanicalAce
    AeromechanicalAce
    July 11, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

    Marcie and Becky should talk. Bond over their hopeless Crushes on their best friends.

  16. General Tekno
    General Tekno
    July 11, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

    *looks up the right hemisphere of the brain* yep, that tracks with Sal’s reaction.

  17. Lokiwi
    Lokiwi
    July 11, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

    Does the Fuck Truck have any regrets?

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      July 11, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

      To steal from Fart Captor’s patreon comment

      Act with horny

      Many regrets.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      July 11, 2019 at 7:59 am | #

      None of its own, but it carries a cargo of regrets that it leaves scattered in its wake.

  18. Agemegos
    Agemegos
    July 11, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

    Yay! New lettering convention!

    Boo! Poor Marcie!

    Is that the right side of Sal’s brain getting gelatinised by the fuck truck?

    • Fogel
      Fogel
      July 11, 2019 at 12:06 pm | #

      (Side question: are you in/from W.A./Perth?)

      • Agemegos
        Agemegos
        July 11, 2019 at 8:19 pm | #

        No, it’s about not conforming to people’s preconceptions.

        Though there is a chap in WA who has the same unusual name that I do.

  19. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    July 11, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 9: [just the last panel]

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      July 11, 2019 at 12:38 am | #

      DoA Book 9: The Fuck Truck

  20. SUGauthor
    SUGauthor
    July 11, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

    I’m super disappointed Fuck Truck isn’t in the tags.

  21. Marsh Maryrose
    Marsh Maryrose
    July 11, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

    The Fuck Truck
    Soon will be making another run,
    The Fuck Truck
    Promises something for everyone

    (Welcome aboard! It’s FUUUUUCK!)

  22. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    July 11, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

    Gotta love it when your brain gets hit by a truckload of fuck.

  23. Dafydd
    Dafydd
    July 11, 2019 at 12:14 am | #

    I want that trailer for Optimus Prime!!

  24. Artschoolrage
    Artschoolrage
    July 11, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

    I didn’t expect that! Thank goodness aal didn’t follow through with the kiss.

  25. Foxhack
    Foxhack
    July 11, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

    Sal’s face went full Walky.

    • KaitouKidisBae
      KaitouKidisBae
      July 11, 2019 at 3:00 am | #

      That was my first thought on the last panel

  26. Betty Anne
    Betty Anne
    July 11, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

    NOW KISS

  27. BigDogLittleCat
    BigDogLittleCat
    July 11, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

    And now Sal has another thing in common with Joyce.

    • ShinyNeen
      ShinyNeen
      July 11, 2019 at 1:04 am | #

      Does promising to do anything for someone and repeatedly demonstrating just how literally you mean that count as sending mixed signals?

  28. Valis_KR3
    Valis_KR3
    July 11, 2019 at 12:23 am | #

    Awwww….

  29. Mada
    Mada
    July 11, 2019 at 12:28 am | #

    ALL HAIL THE FUCKTRUCK. PROUD LIEUTENANT TO THE SUPERBOWL FUCKTOMB.

  30. Wafflebob
    Wafflebob
    July 11, 2019 at 12:29 am | #

    I KNEW IT!

  31. Cris
    Cris
    July 11, 2019 at 12:32 am | #

    Willis, how many lesbian ships you gunna sink by making them straight????

    • Nono
      Nono
      July 11, 2019 at 12:38 am | #

      JoycexBecky, JoycexDorothy, SalxMarcie, Daisyxeveryone…

      • BarerMender
        BarerMender
        July 11, 2019 at 1:21 am | #

        If we ever find out there are dimensions where our fiction is real, Willis will feel terrible about creating Daisy.

  32. Alanari
    Alanari
    July 11, 2019 at 12:32 am | #

    Well, that explains a few things. Why Marcie followed sal when she moved for example.
    I feel a bit sorry for sal. This can get really complicated and messy now. Friendships with one – sided feelings are not easy.
    Also, this is how you should react if a friend tells you they have a crush on you and you’re not interested. Take notes malaya.

    It gives a whole lot of irony to this strip though:
    http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/04-it-all-returns/puppy/
    All that sal said is true and applies to both malaya and sal.

    • Ron
      Ron
      July 11, 2019 at 1:42 am | #

      Wow. That is a good one. Also explains the irritated face Marcie makes and why she’s distracted in that comic.

      • Alanari
        Alanari
        July 11, 2019 at 4:25 am | #

        It might also be part of why Marcie cut sal off during the aftermath of this incident. That she took sals advice at face value but applied it to sal herself instead of malaya.

        This one is notable too:
        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/03-the-butterflies-fly-away/fuck/
        That must have hurt.

  33. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    July 11, 2019 at 12:32 am | #

    Wow. I mean, it makes sense, but… wow.

    Sal and Marcie need to talk this out like Joyce and Becky did.

    • ShinyNeen
      ShinyNeen
      July 11, 2019 at 1:08 am | #

      Well. Hopefully it can go a little more smoothly than that conversation did.

  34. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    July 11, 2019 at 12:33 am | #

    Is that an OPTIMUS PRIME fuck truck?

    • DT
      DT
      July 11, 2019 at 12:38 am | #

      Fucktrucktimus Prime.

  35. Keulen
    Keulen
    July 11, 2019 at 12:35 am | #

    I think Marcie just broke Sal’s brain.

  36. jmsr7
    jmsr7
    July 11, 2019 at 12:39 am | #

    …huh. I thought it was obvious that Sal was Marcie’s first crush, and that Sal was oblivious because Marcie is not good about expressing interest.

    What i don’t get is the truck smashing half of Sal’s brain. I haven’t read the first comic Willis did so this is my first interaction with these characters – is the truck a reference? Or is it just a “stunned surprise” realization?

    • Sporky
      Sporky
      July 11, 2019 at 12:43 am | #

      Even if it is a reference to something, it’s still illustrating her surprise, so I’m not sure why that would make a difference to you?

      • jmsr7
        jmsr7
        July 11, 2019 at 1:12 am | #

        Well, there’s a lot of discussion of the truck. It feels like a reference and i’d like to know what i’m missing.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          July 11, 2019 at 1:23 am | #

          Ruth was killed by a truck in the Walkyverse. That’s all the discussion is about.

    • Sunny
      Sunny
      July 11, 2019 at 5:41 am | #

      A bit higher up Delicious Taffy called it “A truckload of fuck”. I think that’s what it’s mainly meant to convey. Of course it’s also a truck and Ruth got killed by one in another comic by Willis and now trucks are a morbid running gag.

      • Clif
        Clif
        July 11, 2019 at 7:23 am | #

        Also
        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/01-to-those-whod-ground-me/truck/

  37. NF
    NF
    July 11, 2019 at 12:40 am | #

    Becky and Marcie should start a club.

  38. Josh Spicer
    Josh Spicer
    July 11, 2019 at 12:42 am | #

    Yeah that’s par for the course.

  39. Rabid Rabbit
    Rabid Rabbit
    July 11, 2019 at 12:56 am | #

    Hmm. But when was this? Before or after Sal landed Marcie in hospital? Inquiring minds want to know!

  40. ShinyNeen
    ShinyNeen
    July 11, 2019 at 1:02 am | #

    “You were my first Malaya” is the BEST way to pick this thread back up.

  41. oh no
    oh no
    July 11, 2019 at 1:14 am | #

    Oof, been there.

  42. Pocky
    Pocky
    July 11, 2019 at 1:19 am | #

    Hey; she’s got a type. . . a broad type, considering the differences in personalities, but a type none the less.

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      July 11, 2019 at 1:29 am | #

      Yeah. Straight girls.

      • Zee
        Zee
        July 11, 2019 at 1:29 pm | #

        I’m p sure Mal is into girls, just not this one in particular

        • BarerMender
          BarerMender
          July 11, 2019 at 11:43 pm | #

          I don’t think it’s been revealed yet. My guess is Malaya is ace.

    • Sunny
      Sunny
      July 11, 2019 at 5:42 am | #

      She could bond with Amber over that.

  43. Tacos
    Tacos
    July 11, 2019 at 1:23 am | #

    It’s Truck-kun’s cousin Fuck Truck-san.

  44. Rotunda
    Rotunda
    July 11, 2019 at 1:26 am | #

    Fuck Truck’s fantasy role-playing name is Braincleaver.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      July 11, 2019 at 1:38 am | #

      Damn, now I need to filk “Heartbreaker” as “Braincleaver,” but I also need to pass out for the night. What to do, what to…[conk]

  45. EvilMidnightLurker
    EvilMidnightLurker
    July 11, 2019 at 1:37 am | #

    Is the Fuck Truck a Freightliner?

    Is that Optifuck Prime?

  46. Axel
    Axel
    July 11, 2019 at 1:44 am | #

    I wonder if Malaya picked up on this (Marcie being into Sal, or at least having some longing or whatever there), and that’s why she thought Sal was being genuine.

  47. Danielle
    Danielle
    July 11, 2019 at 1:45 am | #

    well then…..

  48. acher4
    acher4
    July 11, 2019 at 1:49 am | #

    Oh, you and your trucks fucking your characters 😛

    • Poofdepoof
      Poofdepoof
      July 11, 2019 at 3:04 pm | #

      Does this sound like Transformers fanfic to anyone else?

  49. Victor Riley
    Victor Riley
    July 11, 2019 at 1:50 am | #

    Awwww….

  50. Dana
    Dana
    July 11, 2019 at 1:52 am | #

    Headcannon: rather than fingerspelling Malaya’s name, they have a nickname for her that’s to Sal’s liking. Marcie just literally signed “you were my first irritating bongo” or some such.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      July 11, 2019 at 1:55 am | #

      It’s an M followed by a middle finger.

      • Dana
        Dana
        July 11, 2019 at 2:50 am | #

        I like it. You can do a 180 with your hand with some real attitude.

        • Zee
          Zee
          July 11, 2019 at 1:31 pm | #

          I’m really glad Magnus Chase taught me how to finger sign M so I could get how hilarious that motion is

    • Nicolette
      Nicolette
      July 11, 2019 at 8:49 pm | #

      Lol you mean give her a name sign? Every deafie I know says only deafies can give you one, but since neither are actually deaf… Yeah guess Sal could pick it. But Marcie wouldnt it be intentionally bad, it’d have to be a double entendre

  51. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    July 11, 2019 at 1:54 am | #

    “Act with integrity… no regrets!”

    – Sal’s right brain

  52. Bagge
    Bagge
    July 11, 2019 at 1:57 am | #

    Oh dear. This must have hurt
    http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/03-the-butterflies-fly-away/fuck/

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      July 11, 2019 at 2:01 am | #

      Thanks, Satan. 🙂

      • poofdepoof
        poofdepoof
        July 11, 2019 at 3:30 am | #

        I think that Marcie was over it by then? As in she knew very well that Sal was straight and that it wasn’t happening, and this conversation was in bounds of what she could handle? But the stitches are reopening now because almost kissing someone is very much not in those bounds.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          July 11, 2019 at 12:18 pm | #

          Shhhh, let me have my angst. 😛

          • Bagge
            Bagge
            July 12, 2019 at 2:00 am | #

            Plenty of that to go around 🙂

  53. BenRG
    BenRG
    July 11, 2019 at 2:07 am | #

    I think that there is a big test ahead for Sal and Marcie. Specifically, whether their friendship is strong enough to survive Marcie’s feelings of guilt and Sal’s awkwardness at this revelation. It would be easier to just go their separate ways rather than confront this but that would be a shame, I think.

    • Andy
      Andy
      July 11, 2019 at 9:26 am | #

      Easier if they were casual friends, but Sal and Marcie have been through a lot. It is possible to be friends with people who you are attracted to and aren’t interested in a relationship, as long as there’s trust.

  54. Jay
    Jay
    July 11, 2019 at 2:07 am | #

    Oh no

  55. ScarletSabre
    ScarletSabre
    July 11, 2019 at 2:07 am | #

    So, who do you think we’re going to inevitably cut to tomorrow? My money is on Danny -3-

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      July 11, 2019 at 6:02 am | #

      I’m going to say Jason to show how Galasso’s is doing, just for a longshot guess.

  56. StClair
    StClair
    July 11, 2019 at 2:33 am | #

    TRUKK NOT MUNKY

  57. SmokedToast
    SmokedToast
    July 11, 2019 at 2:56 am | #

    What I wonder now, did Malaya figure this out and this is both one of the reasons she gave sal crap and why she pressured the kiss.

    • Shane Wegner
      Shane Wegner
      July 11, 2019 at 3:10 am | #

      I don’t she’s quite to that level of mastermind. Her primary accusation against Sal is that Sal is some kind of poser. Having bad gaydar for your best pal isn’t a strong crime.

  58. Shane Wegner
    Shane Wegner
    July 11, 2019 at 3:08 am | #

    I mean, obviously. But things aren’t always obvious to the people in the moment.

    Also, is Marcie signing M-A-L-A-Y-A at turbo ASL speed each time, or some kind of abbreviation?

    • He Who Abides
      He Who Abides
      July 11, 2019 at 4:27 pm | #

      Most likely, Marcie has a unique sign for each person she signs about a lot. One of my sisters works with deaf kids, and she says they tend to invent unique signs to refer to specific people by name.

      • Nicolette
        Nicolette
        July 11, 2019 at 8:51 pm | #

        Yeah a name sign. It’s like choosing kanji for your name – can make the longest name go down to one gesture /2 characters

        • Shane
          Shane
          July 12, 2019 at 2:56 pm | #

          Cool!

  59. CJ
    CJ
    July 11, 2019 at 3:14 am | #

    https://soundcloud.com/mezquito/madonna-power-of-goodbye-mezquito-remix
    (The official Madonna Video was to awful to link)

    • CJ
      CJ
      July 11, 2019 at 3:16 am | #

      And it works to just let the romantic love part go and be friends still.
      Might take some time.

  60. Ray Radlein
    Ray Radlein
    July 11, 2019 at 3:39 am | #

    Really was a mindfuck there

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      July 11, 2019 at 11:03 pm | #

      ITYM mindtruck

  61. Kutharos
    Kutharos
    July 11, 2019 at 3:51 am | #

    You mean they didn’t resolve this before?

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      July 11, 2019 at 4:15 am | #

      I suspect that Marcie is very aware that Sal doesn’t think of her that way and so has been trying to let no hint of her feelings out. However, she’s only human and it has still been affecting her behaviour towards Sal in a thousand different ways.

  62. TheFlamingonator
    TheFlamingonator
    July 11, 2019 at 4:00 am | #

    “What starts with an F and ends with an UCK”
    “FIRET-”
    “FUCK TRUCK!”

  63. Ophidiophile
    Ophidiophile
    July 11, 2019 at 4:50 am | #

    Oh, snap. Marcie may have been interested in Malaya all this time, and Sal may have been jealous of Malaya for spending so much time with her best friend, but has Marcie also been hoping Sal would get jealous for a different reason all this time as well?

    Also, any idea why Malaya likes spending time with Marcie? Other than the obvious one that she doesn’t hear Marcie say a lot of stuff that triggers her.

    • Felgraf
      Felgraf
      July 11, 2019 at 4:51 am | #

      I’m guessing Marcie had moved on.. or THOUGHT she’d moved on, but this rekindled it in her.

  64. He Who Abides
    He Who Abides
    July 11, 2019 at 4:59 am | #

    You said there would be no hitting with trucks.

    DAMN YOU WILLIS!

  65. Vulcanodon
    Vulcanodon
    July 11, 2019 at 5:06 am | #

    Maybe Marcie and Becky can form a support group.

  66. The Great Goblin Wizard Kazamaraz
    The Great Goblin Wizard Kazamaraz
    July 11, 2019 at 5:23 am | #

    Well great, now Sal’s brain will get sent to another world. Thanks a lot, Mind Truck-kun.

    • Eldritch Gentleman
      Eldritch Gentleman
      July 11, 2019 at 6:23 am | #

      At least she won’t be a useless NEET MC.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        July 11, 2019 at 7:58 am | #

        That Time Sal Was Reincarnated As A Ukulele

  67. Michelicopter
    Michelicopter
    July 11, 2019 at 5:37 am | #

    I really like the first panel, and the background in the second panel. Just very nice drawings and interesting framing of the conversation.
    Also, aw Marcie. I think we all suspected this but it’s still hard to see you admit it

    • Alan in DC
      Alan in DC
      July 11, 2019 at 9:51 am | #

      What part of campus is that frame showing?
      I sometimes use satellite & street images to hone in on where these scenes take place and re-imagine them as live action.

      • Liquid Len
        Liquid Len
        July 11, 2019 at 12:48 pm | #

        Think those are the infamous “dumping stairs” outside Read/Beck

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          July 11, 2019 at 1:43 pm | #

          I hate those stairs

          • Alan in DC
            Alan in DC
            July 11, 2019 at 3:45 pm | #

            Yep, just found them. Thanks for the tip.
            It’s always a bit wacky to see these iconic BGs in real life. I live near the Washington DC Hilton Hotel where Pres Reagan was shot years ago. For anyone who’s ever seen the news footage and remembers the stone wall behind him, it too is eerie seeing it up close and in person.

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        July 11, 2019 at 11:29 pm | #

        Pretty sure it’s the west side of Read.

  68. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    July 11, 2019 at 7:13 am | #

    Oh no, Sal’s brain is broken.But is good to see Marcie be honest about that.

  69. Clif
    Clif
    July 11, 2019 at 7:36 am | #

    DOA9: You Were My First Malaya

    Also, Damn You, Willis!

  70. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    July 11, 2019 at 8:14 am | #

    RIP Sal’s brain

    Acted with integrity, no regrets

    • Lieutenant Dan
      Lieutenant Dan
      July 11, 2019 at 8:52 am | #

      Act with integrity? No, regrets.

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        July 11, 2019 at 12:38 pm | #

        Oops, you shouldn’t have that bar association logo there either.

  71. SonicBlueRanger
    SonicBlueRanger
    July 11, 2019 at 9:36 am | #

    I thought this situation would only be awkward for one reason but turns out it’s awkward for several!

  72. wakeangel2001
    wakeangel2001
    July 11, 2019 at 10:38 am | #

    OF COURSE she was her first Malaya…

    • Nicolette
      Nicolette
      July 11, 2019 at 8:54 pm | #

      I hope it goes in a different direction than BeckyXJoyce. But I guess every gay character has to have a straight foil (okay not everyone, but.. )

  73. Borg
    Borg
    July 11, 2019 at 11:25 am | #

    It’s tough, I know. It’s tough to want to give someone you care about what they want but to know you can’t be what they want you to be. It’s tough to fail a close friend like that.

    But it’s not your fault.

  74. Someguy
    Someguy
    July 11, 2019 at 11:40 am | #

    The Fuck Truck hits like a train.

  75. PB
    PB
    July 11, 2019 at 12:43 pm | #

    Kudos to all who saw this coming because I totally didn’t.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      July 11, 2019 at 1:43 pm | #

      Same

  76. Fuchs Sakemann
    Fuchs Sakemann
    July 11, 2019 at 1:22 pm | #

    All aboard the fuck train! Woo woo!

    (But seriously, if I were in Sal’s position here, I would have no idea what to do. It’s such a confusing situation that, unless you suddenly figure something out about yourself that you didn’t know, you are stuck in a lose-lose situation.)

  77. sylvestrus
    sylvestrus
    July 11, 2019 at 1:35 pm | #

    the fucktruck deserves its own tag

  78. Bagge
    Bagge
    July 11, 2019 at 1:42 pm | #

    Alternative text in panel 3: “I haven’t been straight with you…”

    Heh? Heh?

    Sorry

  79. Amelie
    Amelie
    July 11, 2019 at 2:23 pm | #

    Well, something‘s been killed by a truck, at last.

    Also I love Sal’s “relieved she didn’t mess up”/”concerned her friend is going through a real thing that’s probably not going to end happily”/”did you just compare me to Malaya?” face.

    • Amelie
      Amelie
      July 11, 2019 at 2:29 pm | #

      Also, my prediction is we’re probably due for a character discovering she’s not, against her best wishes, queer. As painful as it will be for every woman loving women out there.

      • Poofdepoof
        Poofdepoof
        July 11, 2019 at 3:01 pm | #

        We just had that with Joyce, though – why are we “due” for another one?

        • Amelie
          Amelie
          July 11, 2019 at 5:09 pm | #

          I forgot about that. Hopes kindled!

  80. Cmd1095
    Cmd1095
    July 11, 2019 at 2:59 pm | #

    Called it… but no idea where it’s gonna go from here

  81. Axel
    Axel
    July 11, 2019 at 3:08 pm | #

    I’m concerned that, whether or not Marcie means it, Sal’s goibg to interpret this as that she also was mean and drove Marcie’s other friends away.

  82. Aprion
    Aprion
    July 11, 2019 at 6:50 pm | #

    Your brain is full of fuk, and also kaput!

  83. zellgato
    zellgato
    July 11, 2019 at 9:35 pm | #

    Shenangan rules of TV shows dictate that this will lead to Joyce/Sal awkward kissing in the future due to talking to each other about their respective friends.
    likely drunk.
    and choosing to never speak of it again but knowing a bit more about themselves (one way or another)

  84. Jay
    Jay
    July 12, 2019 at 8:55 pm | #

    I REALLY should have seen this coming.

  85. Beachfox
    Beachfox
    July 14, 2019 at 3:25 pm | #

    Marcy and Becky need to start a support group or something.

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