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June 1, 2026

Boyfriend material

by David M Willis on May 1, 2021 at 12:01 am
  • 04 – Hompk!
└ Tags: becky, dorothy, joyce, sarah

Discussion (175) ¬

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    May 1, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    MAY DAY MAY DAY DIRE STRAIGHTS AHEAD

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      May 1, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

      I still hate your stupid handsome face

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      May 1, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

      The straights Becky, are never ok, and never have been.

      • NotThatDrew
        NotThatDrew
        May 1, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

        I mean, these are more okay than most others

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        May 1, 2021 at 8:20 am | #

        The queers have their own problems, but sure.

    • 0kami
      0kami
      May 1, 2021 at 12:50 am | #

      “May Day? Why, that’s the Russian New Year! We’ll have a big parade, and serve hot Hors D’oeuvres…”

      • McBogue
        McBogue
        May 1, 2021 at 3:24 am | #

        “Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue…”

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        May 1, 2021 at 4:52 am | #

        Russian here – actually, Russian New Year is basically Western Christmas (gift-giving, “Deda Moroz/Grandfather Frost”, tree-decoration, and all that). 😛 Russians currently mark Christmas on the 7th of January, which is the 21st-century Gregorian Calendar date that corresponds to 25 December of the Julian Calendar (which the government used until the Emperor was overthrown in 1917 or thereabouts, and which the Russian Orthodox Church still uses).

      • Kitsune
        Kitsune
        May 2, 2021 at 8:57 pm | #

        I am serious and stop calling me Shirley

    • Fist_of_Life
      Fist_of_Life
      May 1, 2021 at 7:48 am | #

      It took me way longer to realize that Danny was sitting down in that comic than I’d like to admit. I was wondering why he looked like a little kid.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      May 1, 2021 at 10:05 am | #

      Joyce had better pick up the pace, or else Dorothy’s gonna be so far away.

    • Kitsune
      Kitsune
      May 2, 2021 at 8:51 pm | #

      ♫Get your money for nothing and your chicks for free♫

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      May 3, 2021 at 3:57 pm | #

      Cool, haven’t listened to them for a while.

  2. Schpoonman
    Schpoonman
    May 1, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    They’re really not, Becky.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      May 1, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

      As in they’re really not okay, or they’re not really straight?

      • NotThatDrew
        NotThatDrew
        May 1, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

        Yes

        • Nono
          Nono
          May 1, 2021 at 1:13 am | #

          Somehow that works with that username/gravatar.

  3. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    May 1, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    “Straights” I think that’s still up for debate for at least one of them.

  4. Spencer
    Spencer
    May 1, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    Yesterday Becky had to confide in Leslie that Dina’s stated willingness to have sex whenever Becky was comfortable was, actually, proof that the two were doomed and that Dina would never be sexually interested in her, because Becky only knows how to process sex as “loudly declares intent to fuck but never acts on it until Baby Jesus gives the divine thumbs up.”

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      May 1, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

      The straights being not okay doesn’t necessarily imply that the not-straights ARE okay (see: Ruth, Jennifer, Danny, etc).

      Really, who the heck IS okay these days?

      • Nono
        Nono
        May 1, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

        Asexuals?

        • Queezle
          Queezle
          May 1, 2021 at 6:04 am | #

          I can’t speak for other asexuals, but I am definitely not okay. But my aceness and me not being okay are also completely unrelated.

          • JaneDoe
            JaneDoe
            May 1, 2021 at 7:35 pm | #

            I concur with every word of this

      • Dawn T
        Dawn T
        May 1, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

        Dina seems pretty okay.

        • Nick
          Nick
          May 1, 2021 at 4:55 am | #

          Dina is not asexual, or she wouldn’t be eager to have sex with Becky.

          When Dina first “came out” (at least to the readers) she said that she wasn’t lesbian or bi so much as the distinction of gender didn’t matter to her; which I think would make her pansexual.

          • Queezle
            Queezle
            May 1, 2021 at 6:10 am | #

            Asexuality is technically defined as lack of sexual attraction, meaning wanting to have sex and being asexual are not necessarily exclusive.

          • Minim
            Minim
            May 1, 2021 at 6:23 am | #

            Asexuality doesn’t really work like that. Asexuality is a lack of attraction, not desire (yes those are distinct). Not being attracted to someone doesn’t mean you can’t want to bone them, just that you don’t have pants-feelings for them. There’s a whole range of attitudes towards sex in the ace community, from sex-repulsed to totally down for it(varying amounts of libido exist too). Also asexuality is a spectrum in and of itself – Dina seems either grey-ace or demisexual to me and those are part of the ace spectrum. (Not to mention that many people confuse someone’s romantic orientation to also be their sexual orientation even when those are distinct)

          • Kavonde
            Kavonde
            May 1, 2021 at 7:36 am | #

            What others have said. I get it, though. I thought “asexual” meant a very specific type of person. I don’t even remember what inspired me to dig deeper and educate myself, but I’m glad I did. Learning that there’s a difference between sexual attraction and aesthetic attraction was the most eye-opening part.

      • Phil
        Phil
        May 1, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

        Turns out okay-ness and straight/gayness are not related and making blanket statements like “the straights/gays/bis are not okay” isn’t okay either.

        • zee
          zee
          May 1, 2021 at 1:32 pm | #

          Dude it’s a queer community meme, just let the gays meme

      • Heather
        Heather
        May 1, 2021 at 3:01 am | #

        True I suppose, it’s just wild for Becky to throw stones from her glass house. Hell it’s basically a castle at this stage.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      May 1, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

      I mean yeah. She’s still right

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      May 1, 2021 at 12:34 am | #

      Yeah, that gal’s got some weird ideas in her head. Can’t take “yes” for an answer.

  5. anybodies
    anybodies
    May 1, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    Is Joyce a straight, though? Is she?

    • Nono
      Nono
      May 1, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

      Until she acts on otherwise, sure.

      I know it’s fun to poke at her ‘possibly bi’ tendencies, but unless there’s concrete evidence, if she says she’s straight, I’d show that some respect.

      • Tandel
        Tandel
        May 1, 2021 at 12:15 am | #

        This!

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        May 1, 2021 at 12:22 am | #

        Has she said she’s straight though? Just kidding here but seriously Joyce has been purposefully neglecting self evaluation on a lot of things.

        • Nono
          Nono
          May 1, 2021 at 12:38 am | #

          Yes, she has.

          I’m hoping that link works.

          • Nono
            Nono
            May 1, 2021 at 12:38 am | #

            Crumbs. Use this then.

            https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/foranybody/

          • GreyICE
            GreyICE
            May 1, 2021 at 7:28 pm | #

            TBF she also said she’s asexual, and one thing Joyce is very definitely not is asexual. So I think her self evaluations are… terrible.

      • Heavensrun
        Heavensrun
        May 1, 2021 at 12:32 am | #

        If we were talking about a real person, yes. Joyce is not a real person. It’s okay to speculate and joke about fictional people in ways that aren’t okay for real people.

        • Victor
          Victor
          May 1, 2021 at 2:18 pm | #

          This.

          Joyce is a character. Joyce could be 100% straight today, 100% lesbian next week, 100% straight the next, and a pansexual ultra-slut who identifies as a hermaphrodite the week after that.

          That said, Joyce in this strip is at least somewhat an avatar for Willis himself.

          So then the question becomes “So, is Willis straight?”

          Well, he’s got the wife and kids, but that’s not really definitive. He writes a comic were LGBTQ+ characters are portrayed in a positive light, which would indicate he’s got no problems with non-straight sexualities. He’s not religious, used to be but isn’t any more, so no religious hangups.

          Joyce is very probably straight.

          But since Joyce isn’t actually Willis because she’s just a character, your Joyce/Dorothy/Sal/Marcie/Malaya/Mary lesbian orgy fanfics are still ok.

          • Regalli
            Regalli
            May 1, 2021 at 2:59 pm | #

            The other thing is that, because these are fictional characters, we have access to more information than they have (or admit) to themselves. Jennifer, for instance, is still unwilling to admit she’s genuinely attracted to women as well as men and is currently claiming she’s straight and Ruth was an outlier. We know in-strip that Ruth’s not an outlier (hi, Alice!) but we also know from active Word of Willis that Jennifer is bi. Not relevant in this case, because Joyce hasn’t had any explicit indication one way or another (including in the old universe,) but the part where we have a degree of omniscience they don’t still applies. For instance, we know, but not all the characters do, that when Robin brought up the ‘Leslie Knope is straight’ homework assignment, it’s part of Robin’s own efforts to convince herself she’s heterosexual. Joyce bringing up the friends thing can then be read as a parallel to Robin of queer and in denial. (I actually don’t get a totally romantic vibe off Leslie and Ann, but Robin’s indisputably queer and Joyce gets… mixed vibes off me.)

            • Regalli
              Regalli
              May 1, 2021 at 3:01 pm | #

              Joyce is also not 100% a Willis analogue even in pretty basic points – assigned gender at birth, for one, but also sibling order (IIRC, Willis is the oldest.) So sexuality could ultimately end up being a difference point as well.

          • Heavensrun
            Heavensrun
            May 2, 2021 at 11:11 am | #

            Like…I’m glad you agree with me, but I was literally -just- talking there about how you shouldn’t speculate about the sexuality of real people?

            It isn’t even part of the question, anyway. As Regalli points out, Joyce -isn’t- Willis, some of her struggles are autobiographical, but they are still definitely different people. (Besides, if they -were- the same person, you could just as easily flip that around and say “Does Willis like ladies? Yes he does, therefore Joyce likes ladies.”)

            Whether or not Joyce ends up gay, bi, demi, generally undefinably queer, or locked-in-straight-as-an-arrow is open for debate, but it doesn’t depend on Willis sexuality, it depends on his decisions for her character.

      • Jenn
        Jenn
        May 1, 2021 at 1:47 am | #

        I don’t know if “acts on it” needs to be the bar here. Bi people are still bi even if they’ve only ever dated people of one gender, or even if they haven’t dated anyone at all.

    • Dawn T
      Dawn T
      May 1, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

      I doubt it.

    • Johan
      Johan
      May 1, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

      She’s has to be or Becky will die.

      • Mariah Hardnett
        Mariah Hardnett
        May 1, 2021 at 12:56 am | #

        As messed up as it is the concept that joyce is bi and yet not interested in her would destroy her.

        • StClair
          StClair
          May 1, 2021 at 1:01 am | #

          Yyyyup.

        • Devin
          Devin
          May 1, 2021 at 12:44 pm | #

          Which makes me think that this particular dramallama may well be in Willis’ arsenal for potential future deployment against his characters and our feels.

        • Heavensrun
          Heavensrun
          May 2, 2021 at 11:13 am | #

          Yeah, because Becky certainly hasn’t shown herself to be emotionally resilient and adaptable or anything.

  6. Zor
    Zor
    May 1, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    I mean, they definitely aren’t, but you aren’t exactly a paragon of okayness either, Becks.

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      May 1, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

      True, but Becky’s denialism isn’t about fraudulently claiming things that aren’t trueabout herself. Instead she’s engaging in a more lentian denial, wherein she /knows/ she’s hornier than a styracosaurus, but she only denies herself the fulfilment of said desires, not that they exist. Now… the reasons she’s doing that are messed up (unless you’re religious), but at least she’s living her truth. (vs. lying about what her truth is.)

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        May 1, 2021 at 12:17 am | #

        “hornier than a styracosaurus”

        If any pickup line could ever work on Dina, it’s this one.

        • krveale
          krveale
          May 1, 2021 at 5:45 am | #

          *pause*

          “The feeling! In my pants! It came back when you said that. SAY IT AGAIN.”

  7. Nono
    Nono
    May 1, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    Look on the bright side, Joyce.

    At least with your glasses, you can see her running away from you.

    • Devin
      Devin
      May 1, 2021 at 12:44 pm | #

      “Wait, Dorothy doesn’t have the ability to magically teleport?”

  8. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    May 1, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

    I mean Becky’s not wrong

    …about the straights not being okay, I mean. About Joyce being straight, however, I have my doubts.

    • Jenn
      Jenn
      May 1, 2021 at 1:53 am | #

      I genuinely don’t understand why so many people think Joyce isn’t straight. I haven’t gotten that impression at all, and as a gay woman I am always yearning for more sapphic ladies everywhere. She also very explicitly stated that she was certain she was straight after Becky kissed her, because Becky kissed her.

      • Regina phalange
        Regina phalange
        May 1, 2021 at 7:30 am | #

        I mean, I wouldn’t take the Becky comment as proof of anything. When Joyce says she knows she’s not gay because otherwise she’d be gay for Becky, all she’s admitting to is that she is not attracted to Becky. I don’t know if her thought process is 1) if I were gay, I’d naturally be gay for the woman I’m closest to in the world, or 2) if I were gay, I’d just be with Becky because my lack of attraction to her hurt her so much in the moment it made me wish I was attracted to her—but either way, the thought process is logically flawed and not at all proof that she is 100% totally straight. Like, not being attracted to one girl doesn’t definitively make you not straight.

        I myself am on the fence about what to think re: Joyce’s sexuality. I would have agreed with you entirely before the strip a few days ago where Word of Willis seemed to hint that there was something going on with Joyce parallel to Leslie Knope. But maybe that was more of an in-joke than a serious hint at anything (because again, I agree there’s not much to back up the theory that Joyce isn’t straight).

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          May 1, 2021 at 10:20 am | #

          Yeah, I don’t think her attraction (or lack thereof) to Becky is a reliable indicator of anything but that. They’re long-time close childhood friends, which can subconsciously categorize non-blood-relatives as ‘family’ and therefore ‘not boinkable’. Maybe Becky felt differently about their relationship because she’s an only child, but my read is that Joyce thinks of her as “the sister I never had” (as far as she knows).

          (That’s a gross oversimplification of something I read ages ago, so it might be wrong.)

          • RassilonTDavros
            RassilonTDavros
            May 1, 2021 at 1:03 pm | #

            That’s pretty much exactly how I read it as well. As the “only” girl (so far as she knew) in a large family, it makes sense that Joyce would categorize her closest female friend as the sister she always wanted. Becky, by contrast, likely always wanted a girlfriend, even if she didn’t quite realize it at the time, and it makes equal sense that she’d latch on to her closest female friend.

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        May 1, 2021 at 7:52 am | #

        There’s the end of last storyline, for one, where she had to state the Dorothy and Joyce analogues she’d excised her feelings onto ‘definitely don’t have feelings for each other’ – that’s the kind of oddly-specific denial that raises way more questions than it answers. This storyline, there’s been the line about Walky ‘only now being hot enough for Dorothy’, and the one about Sal being the ‘coolest, hottest person (girl category)’ they know, both of which are… suggestive of some unacknowledged attraction to women, just that those women aren’t Becky. The comment about Sal isn’t the only time she’s said things that are noticeably suggestive of attraction (including that strip’s discussion of Sal’s hair being ‘extremely brushable’ and it making sense Walky had latent hotness due to their shared genetics,) and there have been a few moments with Jennifer as well – among other things, the bit about wanting to crawl into her boobs and be warm and safe forever. (After insisting she’d only have ‘naughty thoughts’ about guys, and Jennifer asking how she knows she hasn’t had naughty thoughts yet at all.)

        As Joyce admits, her childhood best friend being closeted, gay, and crushing on her specifically seems to have skewed Joyce’s ideas of platonic female intimacy. But even accounting for that, she’s had a lot of moments that read A LOT like she’s attracted to women. Could be her lack of attraction to Becky’s a Westermarck Effect thing given how long they’ve known each other, or that Becky’s just not her type, or that she’s heterosexual but biromantic, but they occur so often a lot of people think there’s something to them. (Note also that Becky and Joyce didn’t really recognize bisexuality was a thing when Joyce said she was straight.) Especially with the frequency in the last few storylines.

  9. Suet
    Suet
    May 1, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

    Everyone is not okay

    (Relatively)

    *Chemistry by Semisonic looms in the distance*

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      May 1, 2021 at 5:16 am | #

      But can they be Feeling Strangely Fine while still not okay?

      • annarchy
        annarchy
        May 1, 2021 at 4:12 pm | #

        Yes, that’s why reality is a comedy of tragic errors.

        Why the Laughing Gods Laugh. Things work out sometimes. Just takes some doing.

  10. TheKelliestKelly
    TheKelliestKelly
    May 1, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

    They never are, Becky. They never are

  11. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    May 1, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

    And I’ve got such a long way to go (such a long way to go…)
    To make it to the border of Mexico
    …

    • Geneseepaws
      Geneseepaws
      May 1, 2021 at 1:26 am | #

      Mean while those two are cross-crossing campus.

  12. EAG46
    EAG46
    May 1, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

    No one is okay. But that’s okay, really.

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      May 1, 2021 at 2:04 pm | #

      Yeah okay, that’s not ok, but I’m OK with that not being o.k. mm’kay?

  13. BBCC
    BBCC
    May 1, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

    We’re doing our best!

  14. Spencer
    Spencer
    May 1, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

    Also I posted this yesterday on Patreon but I wanted to know what y’all thought about this theory:

    Becky when she’s saying her last words to Ross says “tell mom I’ll be a while” which, given that her family ascribed to some pretty deep fundie logic to the point where no one knew her mom committed suicide but that she passed away due to cancer… does Becky think her mom is in Hell?

    • Thulcandran
      Thulcandran
      May 1, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

      No, given her repeated assertions that God loves her, I think Becky thinks her mom is in Heaven; I think she may have sidestepped the question of Hell altogether in a way that Joyce never did.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        May 1, 2021 at 12:22 am | #

        She adapted her religion to her sexuality, we don’t know how that’s adapted to the perception of suicide as a mortal sin, especially since she also hasn’t adapted her religion in a way that lets her healthily process her sexual frustrations.

        I think Becky has been more malleable with her belief in God himself, but I think it’s been pretty clear she still ascribes to a lot of those ingrained fundie beliefs since she hasn’t recognized they’re harmful yet, the way she adapted her beliefs when faced with the concept of God not loving her for being a lesbian.

        • RassilonTDavros
          RassilonTDavros
          May 1, 2021 at 12:31 am | #

          I read it as Becky either believing or trying to convince herself that, no matter how awful Ross was, he was still going to Heaven. I don’t think Becky has it in her to consign anyone to Hell.

        • DinaJoyce
          DinaJoyce
          May 1, 2021 at 2:55 am | #

          “Mortal sins” is a concept pretty limited to Catholic theology. While lots of other denominations are super weird about suicide, I don’t know of any evangelical subsets that believe mortal sins exist. They might say that suicide demonstrates a lack of trust in God and think that it indicates the suicidal person was never a true believer, but the suicide itself isn’t what would lead to hell. And lots of people are super embarrassed about suicide while still believing the person who died is definitely in heaven. If Becky retains any stigma about suicide, she probably has a pretty similar view about her mom that she has about her dad “they were misguided and made some really big mistakes but they loved Jesus and were trying ti do what was right” or something like that. In my experience, that’s a pretty standard conservative evangelical approach to suicide.

      • Nono
        Nono
        May 1, 2021 at 12:42 am | #

        I think it’s more that ‘if her mom is in heaven, how is Ross going to tell her?”

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      May 1, 2021 at 12:20 am | #

      I don’t think so? Especially with the line you quoted, unless Becky thinks she’s also going to hell, which doesn’t fit with what we’ve seen.

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      May 1, 2021 at 12:28 am | #

      Keep in mind that her faith also professes that you can literally accept salvation with your dying breath, without any regard for the life you lived.

      There’s a lot of wiggle room.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      May 1, 2021 at 6:07 am | #

      I’m not certain, but the discussion with Amber after Blaine’s death (especially the emphasis on how those feelings might change over time, but it doesn’t make either emotion invalid) and at least one other relatively recent scene I can’t remember offhand right now suggest Becky’s feelings about Bonnie are a bit more complicated than simple grief. The method of her death (and the fact that Becky was the one who found her after the attempt, and the implied drawn-out nature of it rather than if she had died immediately of the overdose) seems like a very likely factor in that. I don’t think we can draw conclusions about her belief in suicides in general off it, but I do think she hasn’t let herself work through the messy feelings around Bonnie’s death because no one likes a Debbie Downer. Especially since she COULDN’T talk about it at the time with her best friend at minimum, Joyce being given a fake story about cancer. (And given Ross’s whole ‘Satan stole her from us’ bit, even if she tried to discuss it with him I don’t think she would have gotten far. Especially since I really do think the narrow scope of the life Bonnie was allowed was a huge factor in her depression, and Ross was almost certainly as controlling of her as he was to Becky.)

      The question of Becky’s belief in Hell or lack thereof hasn’t really been brought up, especially considering she’s dating an atheist. I think convincing herself there was enough good in Ross he’d be in heaven is a decent explanation. There’s also the fact that she’s adapted her faith to accommodate her sexuality and ambitions but is still keeping a lot of hangups (the whole thing with Dina being, in part, that unspeakably horny Dina would absolve her of responsibility for ‘giving in’ linked downthread.) Could be one of those hangups – or just general trauma – is not fully reckoning, just yet with how controlling and abusive Ross really was, could be that in the moment she really wasn’t thinking of those so much as the good times. Could be her statement wasn’t about belief Ross would be going to Hell so much as stating to him, one last time, that she would be going the same place as her mom because she didn’t consider anything wrong with her gayness (and neither did God who answers lesbian prayers) and he would have to deal with that. Honestly I’d lean towards it being a combination of factors that were focused more on her and Ross than any belief about Bonnie. The complicated feelings there seem to be separate from the complicated feelings about Ross.

  15. Varangian
    Varangian
    May 1, 2021 at 12:18 am | #

    You’re not wrong, Becky. You’re not wrong.

  16. Dave Van Domelen
    Dave Van Domelen
    May 1, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

    “The Straights Are Not Okay” needs to be a volume title.

  17. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    May 1, 2021 at 12:32 am | #

    https://imgur.com/a/sCIgOUL

    Sorry I wanted to draw this a few days ago but I got distracted and lazy. (Honestly I wanted to go lewder but I’ll settle for canon)

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      May 1, 2021 at 12:38 am | #

      That’s sexy AND terrifying! A classic combo. Nice work.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        May 1, 2021 at 12:43 am | #

        I only wish I could’ve made it more terrifying AND sexy. After all there’s a strong correlation in girls being scary and HOT for me. ie. Dimitresku or Kayako

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          May 1, 2021 at 3:28 am | #

          I swear, there’s a reason every single piece of horror media on Earth has gratuitous fanservice and male gaze in it.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            May 1, 2021 at 3:58 am | #

            That’s the problem though isn’t it. They always make the VICTIMS sexy. That’s boring. Make the MONSTER sexy. Now I will buy your horror movie.

            • Delicious Taffy
              Delicious Taffy
              May 1, 2021 at 5:02 am | #

              It’s true. We need more hot monsters in our media. Power Rangers (of all things) has been doing it right for decades. Can’t think of many sexy horror monsters, except maybe from stuff like Resident Evil.

            • milu
              milu
              May 1, 2021 at 6:44 am | #

              Ever watched Killing Eve? Talk about a sexy monster *0*

              • Delicious Taffy
                Delicious Taffy
                May 1, 2021 at 7:05 am | #

                I’m only getting results for some TV show with that lady from that old hospital show in it.

                • milu
                  milu
                  May 1, 2021 at 7:30 am | #

                  Sandra Oh, that’s right. she’s not the monster.
                  watch a trailer maybe

                • milu
                  milu
                  May 1, 2021 at 7:43 am | #

                  as for an actual slasher with a sexy monster: Jennifer’s Body

                • a/snow/mous/e
                  a/snow/mous/e
                  May 1, 2021 at 10:11 am | #

                  in re Killing Eve, milu is referring to this assassin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villanelle_(character)

                • milu
                  milu
                  May 1, 2021 at 4:09 pm | #

                  YES
                  SHE’S A SEXY MONSTER

            • Demoted Oblivious
              Demoted Oblivious
              May 1, 2021 at 2:19 pm | #

              Xenia Onatop and roughly 50% of all Bond women. Sarah Kerrigan. Pretty much every female comicbook villain. Jumping back to mythology, many gods spent less time being good or evil and more just focused on their own objectives. So it seems many of their interactions come across as being villainous even with more ‘good’ on their charter. Really it seems Christianity spent more time casting evil women as ugly, but this follows a long history of the ancients associating asthetics with evil.

              • Yotomoe
                Yotomoe
                May 1, 2021 at 10:33 pm | #

                I’m not saying there’s no sexy villains. I’m saying specifically SCARY sexy villains. Either a horror movie villain or an aforementioned villain who’s more about being scary than just powerful.

    • Miri
      Miri
      May 1, 2021 at 1:32 am | #

      NICE!

      I would like to think Amber has some thoughts about her own sexuality after this…

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      May 1, 2021 at 5:24 am | #

      You have a way with many things but I think my favorite is your drawing of confused (and often blushing) faces, like Joyce’s here.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        May 1, 2021 at 11:21 am | #

        Joyce? You mean amber, riiiiight?

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      May 1, 2021 at 7:13 am | #

      (By the way, I’ve set this as my new spray on Left 4 Dead 2. It’s very good.)

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        May 1, 2021 at 11:21 am | #

        Oh shit, did you color it? Lemme see!

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          May 1, 2021 at 6:23 pm | #

          Sure thing!

          (If the HTML doesn’t work, try the name)

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            May 1, 2021 at 10:34 pm | #

            NICE. that’s super Cool of ya!

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        May 1, 2021 at 2:22 pm | #

        My hat off to you both. You are truly doing the lord’s work.

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      May 1, 2021 at 8:39 am | #

      Sweet merciful Neptune.

  18. Tan
    Tan
    May 1, 2021 at 12:33 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 11: The Straights Are Not Okay

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      May 1, 2021 at 12:38 am | #

      It would work

      Personally I still prefer “This Meltdown is Completely Rational“

  19. Bryy
    Bryy
    May 1, 2021 at 12:38 am | #

    holy shit Dorothy is thirsty.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      May 1, 2021 at 12:55 am | #

      Cross country will do that. 😉

      • cbwroses
        cbwroses
        May 1, 2021 at 1:11 am | #

        I think the running away is more about finding Joyce really annoying at the moment and she finds it easier to leave than to tell her that.

        Plus it gets her to Walky faster.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      May 1, 2021 at 10:23 am | #

      Gotta go fast

  20. Mr D
    Mr D
    May 1, 2021 at 12:39 am | #

    So, can I say Joyce doesn’t get to order Dorothy who she sleeps with NOW?

    • Vukodlak
      Vukodlak
      May 1, 2021 at 12:40 am | #

      Yes she has now crossed the line.

      • Mr D
        Mr D
        May 1, 2021 at 12:53 am | #

        Thank you.
        Hey Joyce! You don’t get to decide who Dorothy fucks!

        • I am Nothing
          I am Nothing
          May 1, 2021 at 2:51 am | #

          Do I get to decide?

          • SillyGoose
            SillyGoose
            May 1, 2021 at 3:30 am | #

            Only if you’re Willis!

            • Demoted Oblivious
              Demoted Oblivious
              May 1, 2021 at 2:28 pm | #

              The existence of slash indicates that even DyW only has control over the character’s canon interactions. They still have non-canon free reign.

  21. goki
    goki
    May 1, 2021 at 12:39 am | #

    Ya know… Joyce might not be wrong, but boy is she being a bit of a jerk when it comes to Walky. No one is perfect or beyond reproach, and whether Dorothy decides to do anything (though unlikely) is her business.

    Also Becky, you really want to go there?

  22. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    May 1, 2021 at 12:40 am | #

    Is Dorothy running because she wants the Walky ‘D’, or does she just not want a Joyce lecture?

    • Mr D
      Mr D
      May 1, 2021 at 12:48 am | #

      Por Que No Los Dos?

      • Varangian
        Varangian
        May 1, 2021 at 1:17 am | #

        Runnin’ down a D
        That never would come to me
        Workin’ on the Walky ween
        Ridin’ wherever it lead
        Runnin’ down a D

        *guitar solo*

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      May 1, 2021 at 4:47 am | #

      Yes.

  23. Pocky
    Pocky
    May 1, 2021 at 12:49 am | #

    it is from my experience that the straights have never been ok

    • goki
      goki
      May 1, 2021 at 12:52 am | #

      To be fair, when it comes to ships, NO one is really OK. At best, ya got a 50/50 chance and I am probably highballing it.

      • a/snow/mous/e
        a/snow/mous/e
        May 1, 2021 at 10:13 am | #

        how about 30/70

  24. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    May 1, 2021 at 12:52 am | #

    I’m trying to recall where or when we learned that Dorothy had been a cross-country runner.  I assumed it was during the episode in Book 3 when Amazi-Girl went full parkour in making her getaway from Dorothy and Walky, but after looking back I couldn’t find anything there.

    • Nono
      Nono
      May 1, 2021 at 12:58 am | #

      It was pretty early on, before that. Dorothy was chasing Amber at night by herself.

      • cbwroses
        cbwroses
        May 1, 2021 at 1:15 am | #

        Yes. Then. Amazagirl (sp) was running away when Dorothy said she couldn’t escape due to Dorothy running cross country.
        To which AG replied that she jumped hurdles while proceeding to jump over several bushes, one after the other, thus escaping future president Keener.

        • drs
          drs
          May 1, 2021 at 2:32 am | #

          Amazi-Squirrel!

  25. Josh Spicer
    Josh Spicer
    May 1, 2021 at 1:23 am | #

    The straights are just straight-up not having a good time.

  26. Bagge
    Bagge
    May 1, 2021 at 1:27 am | #

    Go Hompk your girlfriend, Becky.

  27. TheMirai
    TheMirai
    May 1, 2021 at 1:37 am | #

    Becky desperate to fuck her girlfriend that’s pounding at the back of her eyeballs so bad it’s making her insane being the one to whip out the “are the straights okay” memetic bc she sees Dorothy being horny for less than a minute is a perfect demonstration of that memetic.

  28. RacingTurtle
    RacingTurtle
    May 1, 2021 at 1:54 am | #

    People had been insightfully pointing out that Becky’s current uncertainty about Dina are rooted in her evangelical fundamentalist upbringing—namely, that she wants to be in a position to “give in” to a horny partner, rather than choosing to embrace her own desires. This seems as good a place as any to drop a link to the comic that makes it explicit in case some haven’t seen it lately:

    https://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-10/01-birthday-pursuit/signalling/

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      May 1, 2021 at 6:11 am | #

      Yep, that is definitely making it explicit! Thanks, that strip occuring right before everything went to shit with Mike and the Evil Dad Chase means I don’t remember it as strongly.

  29. AGV
    AGV
    May 1, 2021 at 2:03 am | #

    I am a straight and I can confirm

  30. Megan Rivera
    Megan Rivera
    May 1, 2021 at 2:14 am | #

    Is that a fucking Overwatch Hanzo reference in the alt text?!?!?!

    • not someone else
      not someone else
      May 1, 2021 at 2:33 am | #

      Maybe, though it’s a much older phrase than that.

  31. foducool
    foducool
    May 1, 2021 at 2:26 am | #

    of course they’re not
    these are DIRE straights

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      May 1, 2021 at 3:32 am | #

      They’re like regular straights, but dire.

      • Fist_of_Life
        Fist_of_Life
        May 1, 2021 at 8:08 am | #

        I don’t know. I wouldn’t consider Joyce or Dorothy larger than other straights.

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          May 1, 2021 at 8:33 am | #

          Also, dire creatures tend to have sharper, more damaging natural weapons.

          So, like regular straights, but… hornier.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      May 1, 2021 at 10:13 am | #

      The Dire Straits are really good.

  32. Cmasta1992
    Cmasta1992
    May 1, 2021 at 3:46 am | #

    You’re not exactly top tier right now Becky.

  33. Jenny Islander
    Jenny Islander
    May 1, 2021 at 4:04 am | #

    I’m starting to get a distinct vibe as of this 20-something I once knew, who told me that she was going to do a thing that would fix a person, and I said No, hell no, if you do that thing then that person will be heartbroken and miserable, and she said No, my intentions are pure so nothing bad can happen, and she did the thing, and then the person was indeed heartbroken and miserable and she was all surprised Pikachu face. (But she did admit that she had screwed up.)

  34. Keulen
    Keulen
    May 1, 2021 at 5:11 am | #

    The straights are definitely not okay, but I’m so sure they gays are doing so well either. For example in this comic we’ve got Leslie who keeps going for women who are bad for her, and Becky who’s still avoiding talking about her worries with her girlfriend.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      May 1, 2021 at 6:13 am | #

      Dorothy actually seems to be one of the better-adjusted people with regards to their romantic lives in this strip. And frankly, that is an alarming statement.

      • Zaxares
        Zaxares
        May 1, 2021 at 7:47 am | #

        I hate to bring it up, but whatever happened to Mary’s “let us be holier-than-thou together” boyfriend?

        • Regalli
          Regalli
          May 1, 2021 at 8:25 am | #

          We have not seen him since September 2017, when Malaya moved into the hall and Mary tried to ‘offer some guidance,’ using scripture in a way that Malaya could con Peter into carrying the box containing Fuckface’s tank. https://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-8/01-face-the-strange/replacement/ (The strip immediately before his last, but sets up the situation.)

          So he could be offscreen because Mary’s been out of focus, or they could have broken up offscreen and it hasn’t been worth mentioning. Honestly, he could have ruptured his appendix and died over the timeskip and it would change nothing. (Especially since it could only be at most the second-most gossipworthy death in the wing that semester.) I think there was a MENTION of him after Jason was fired, but not an appearance, when Walky introduces him to the hall and they realize Walky’s friends are all girls, but I’m not certain. Between that and Joe’s line to Rachel that ‘your wing can keep Peter’ he definitely seems to have been sincerely a Mary equivalent (there was a theory briefly that he was faking to sleep with her,) but who knows. One of them could’ve had standards about the kidnapping, or he could have deemed Mary’s attraction to him Impure at some point, or they had an argument about whether or not some anime is acceptable to Good Christians. Or, again, they could still be together. No evidence to say either way.

          Either way I wouldn’t call a relationship based on their mutual feelings of superiority to everyone else particularly well-adjusted, but that’s mainly because that attitude itself is toxic as hell. I do admit they were made for each other. God help us all.

  35. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    May 1, 2021 at 5:32 am | #

    “The boyfriend shall remain gone and I am still claiming my time” is the sequel to one of Joyce’s greatest hits.

    https://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-8/04-of-mike-and-men/recuse/

  36. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    May 1, 2021 at 5:33 am | #

    Especially if they try to stop Dorothy to have a nice, innocent, very necessary and well deserved talk with Walky. Joyce, mind your own business!!!!!

  37. Regalli
    Regalli
    May 1, 2021 at 6:12 am | #

    Unfortunately, Becky, this is nothing new with Joyce. But no, she definitely is not.

  38. Amos Batista
    Amos Batista
    May 1, 2021 at 6:32 am | #

    Everybody is friends until they got in dates. Yes, it’s personal. Yes, I’ve lot a lot of friends and my brother to their dates.

  39. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    May 1, 2021 at 7:20 am | #

    Sadly this hits a little too close to home. All of my friends are either married or in long term relationships and I’ve barely talked to them, let alone seen them, in years. It’s hard to make new friends being an introvert and at my age.

    • Amos Batista
      Amos Batista
      May 1, 2021 at 11:20 am | #

      I’m 30 years old, and still felt it.

    • Dara
      Dara
      May 1, 2021 at 12:05 pm | #

      Wait’ll they have kids.

      The first rule of Baby Club is that you don’t talk to anyone not in Baby Club.

  40. Keith
    Keith
    May 1, 2021 at 7:32 am | #

    Oh, she noticed. It’s a reaction caused by male unconsciously learning the “sexy hair flip” maneuver. A very rare occurrence or so I’m told.

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      May 1, 2021 at 2:33 pm | #

      What is the male “sexy hair flip”?

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        May 1, 2021 at 4:20 pm | #

        Nevermind. Google found it for me. Apparently some people think Trudeau is offering a masterclass in it.

        • Demoted Oblivious
          Demoted Oblivious
          May 1, 2021 at 4:23 pm | #

          I on the otherhand, am learning to butcher http encoding.
          Google found Trudeau’s hair flip.

  41. Erika
    Erika
    May 1, 2021 at 7:37 am | #

    ♫ First of May, outdoor fu- oh wait, it’s January over there isn’t it.

  42. Lorien Inksong
    Lorien Inksong
    May 1, 2021 at 7:51 am | #

    Ah that magical day in every young queers’ life: realizing the straights are also really messed up despite being the majority.

  43. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    May 1, 2021 at 8:11 am | #

    run Dorothy run

  44. RedCat
    RedCat
    May 1, 2021 at 9:29 am | #

    I always thought that line was super cringy, and I was glad to see it get less common. Because it’s sooooo judgemental, I just don’t like it…

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      May 1, 2021 at 6:37 pm | #

      Honestly, as a cishet white male, I’ve always felt people who aren’t are totally allowed to make judgy generalisations on these things. Mind you, this is probably because I’m all over observing when the neurotypicals do not appear to be okay…

      • RedCat
        RedCat
        May 2, 2021 at 10:55 am | #

        I just don’t like generalisations. Not about gay women, like me, and not about “the straights”. Probably just a me-thing, but I just don’t like going and assuming stuff about people based on some characteristic they just fall into, because they don’t have any control over it.

  45. Alan in DC
    Alan in DC
    May 1, 2021 at 11:37 am | #

    Maybe the Straights are not okay, but The Kids Are All Right.

    Damn, now I want to listen to The Who.

  46. Victor Riley
    Victor Riley
    May 1, 2021 at 12:52 pm | #

    No, we’re not.

  47. Icalasari
    Icalasari
    May 1, 2021 at 3:24 pm | #

    That last panel has great meme potential

  48. Ziggy78eog
    Ziggy78eog
    May 2, 2021 at 12:52 pm | #

    Joyce is just being an outright bongo; Dorothy has every right to decide for herself, who she wants to hang out with. Dorothy needs to put Joyce in her place; she is a good friend, but that does not give her the right to dictate Dorothy’s social life.

  49. NotThatDrew
    NotThatDrew
    May 11, 2021 at 1:07 am | #

    Disregard this comment. Just testing to make sure I remember how to do [this](https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/answer-2/)

    • NotThatDrew
      NotThatDrew
      May 11, 2021 at 1:08 am | #

      Nope, that ain’t how it worked. Goddamnit, to the internet

      • NotThatDrew
        NotThatDrew
        May 11, 2021 at 1:26 am | #

        Try again

        • NotThatDrew
          NotThatDrew
          May 11, 2021 at 1:29 am | #

          Close, how bout ?

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Jules and Blackbird chilling on the couch. 
J: I'm going to my friend's Pride March in Animal crossing! Time to make a cool outfit that show off my cousins. 
B: But you already have Disaster Bisexual outfits in Animal Crossing. 
Panel 2
Jules attempts to sew a dress in the Pansexual colors.
J: I am not a disaster bisexual. I'm Pansexual.
B: What's the difference? 
J: Getting horny for way more options.
Panel 3
Blackbird flutters agitatedly at Jules, who struggles with the sewing machine. 
B: Jules you're running out of time! 
J: It's fine! I can get the dress done in time!
B: We gotta go! 
J: It's fine! I can get the dress done in time! 
B: We gotta go! We're gonna miss the march! 
J: It's fine it's fine it's fine it's--
Panel 4: 
Jules and Blackbird at the Animal Crossing Pride parade. Blackbird is in a cap with Trans flag colors and a shirt with a rainbow pattern. Jules is in a suit with a bow tie and a froggie hat. She looks a mess. 
B: Jesus God, you really are a disaster bisexual. 
J: Disaster Pansexual.
B: Right. 
B: Jesus God
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a black hoodie with hand-lettered white text reading,
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