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July 11, 2026

Hiding out

by David M Willis on August 24, 2021 at 12:01 am
  • 05 – As Long As It's Free
└ Tags: amber, becky, dina, dorothy, joe, joyce, lucy, sarah, walky

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    August 24, 2021 at 12:03 am | #

    look, you snost, you lost

    • Jeff K!
      Jeff K!
      August 24, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

      Good lord, Newshounds! I had completely forgotten that existed!

  2. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    August 24, 2021 at 12:04 am | #

    Gonna be honest the sentiment is nice but this party is kind of lame. There’s not even a clown.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      August 24, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

      We want a happy party, not a horror show. Take your clown loving self back to “It” and take the clown with you.

      • Wagstaff
        Wagstaff
        August 24, 2021 at 12:18 am | #

        Oh come on!

        Surely not ALL clowns are demonic monsters. Right?

        • Jamie
          Jamie
          August 24, 2021 at 12:24 am | #

          Some of them are presidents, too!

          Too soon?

          • Paradox
            Paradox
            August 24, 2021 at 9:56 am | #

            It’ll always be “too soon” because EVERY modern president is a clown

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              August 24, 2021 at 10:40 am | #

              Ahh, the smell of false equivalence in the morning.

              • Clif
                Clif
                August 24, 2021 at 3:15 pm | #

                Nobody said they were equivalent clowns.

              • Some Ed
                Some Ed
                August 24, 2021 at 5:45 pm | #

                I could go on a recap of every president since I’ve been able to vote, but I don’t want this to turn too political. Regardless of whether I voted for them or not, they’ve all been worse than I had feared possible. To be fair, that’s saying a lot for the last clown to leave office, because I’d been pretty frightened of what he’d mess up even before he was nominated. And one of those only wins that ‘worse than I’d feared possible’ because he’d managed to snooker me into thinking he might actually be a good one. If not for that, he’d have been the exception.

        • He Who Abides
          He Who Abides
          August 24, 2021 at 12:37 am | #

          Nah, some just wanna poison Gotham’s water supply.

          • mrnoidea
            mrnoidea
            August 24, 2021 at 12:57 am | #

            Pretty sure that was Scarecrow, not the Joker.

            • Sunny
              Sunny
              August 24, 2021 at 1:10 am | #

              I vaguely recall each of them trying to do it at different times.

              • Deanatay
                Deanatay
                August 24, 2021 at 9:24 am | #

                It’s a GREAT way to threaten a city. I’m surprised Gotham doesn’t have tighter security on its DWP.

            • Thag Simmons
              Thag Simmons
              August 24, 2021 at 2:14 am | #

              Both of them have tried it more than once

              • Psi Baka Onna
                Psi Baka Onna
                August 24, 2021 at 4:32 am | #

                But only one if them tried to patent the horrible mutated fish that the toxins created!

                The Gotham City Tourist Board really must insist visitors not swim in or drink the water…

        • mrnoidea
          mrnoidea
          August 24, 2021 at 12:58 am | #

          Some clowns are fish.

        • Felix
          Felix
          August 24, 2021 at 11:08 pm | #

          Yeah! There’s VR Lolathon. Wait. Oh but he only spooks for the lulz. It’s Fiiiiiiiiiine…

      • Wagstaff
        Wagstaff
        August 24, 2021 at 12:58 am | #

        Wait, did anyone else notice the RED BALLOON in the past few slides?

        • Clif
          Clif
          August 24, 2021 at 1:04 am | #

          It’s been there since the beginning of the party.
          https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/05-as-long-as-its-free/facebookinvite/

        • MacareuxMoine
          MacareuxMoine
          August 25, 2021 at 9:16 am | #

          It wasn’t in the past three strips (following Sal), so I totally forgot about it and was wondering what the heck the red blob in the first panel is.

      • Keulen
        Keulen
        August 24, 2021 at 5:40 am | #

        I’ve never understood how clowns are supposed to be funny. Clowns are creepy.

        • Some Ed
          Some Ed
          August 24, 2021 at 5:46 pm | #

          Well, isn’t the fact that clowns think they’re funny kind of hilarious?

          …

          Sorry. It was the best I could offer.

    • Sam
      Sam
      August 24, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

      Maybe Bonnie is afraid of clowns and balloons and only liked sitting on the floor eating cake.

    • tim gueguen
      tim gueguen
      August 24, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

      What do you mean? Becky’s there.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 24, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

      That’s cuz Joe’s around the corner.

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        August 24, 2021 at 12:29 am | #

        Yo! Someone finally hit the the ball I threw!

        • Clif
          Clif
          August 24, 2021 at 3:01 pm | #

          Somehow, I never thought of Joe as a clown.

  3. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    August 24, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    Come on Joe, you can handle a few emotions if there is cake involved. Right?

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      August 24, 2021 at 9:25 am | #

      “Happy Birthday. Your mom. Cake me!”

      Actually, those are Amber’s lines. Joe will have to come up with his own thing.

      • AGV
        AGV
        August 24, 2021 at 3:24 pm | #

        If Joe said that it would sound sexual

  4. Yumi
    Yumi
    August 24, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    Man, I miss being able to comfortably sit on the floor like that.

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      August 24, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

      The things you take for granted. I remember sitting like that for hours as a kid but at some point I don’t know when, just sitting for five minutes then getting up sets my knees on fire.

      • Clif
        Clif
        August 24, 2021 at 12:15 am | #

        As you get older, laying flat on your back and then getting to your feet without grabbing onto anything external is wonderful exercise. Painful, but good short term exersize.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          August 24, 2021 at 9:38 am | #

          Just don’t get up too fast, or you’ll get a head rush.

          I somehow screwed one ankle up a few years ago, something went *pop* and there’s an extra bump near the bone that sticks out. Squatting for more than a couple minutes hurts. :\

          • Some Ed
            Some Ed
            August 24, 2021 at 5:51 pm | #

            head rush is one of those funny terms to describe something in the exact opposite way that it is, right?

            I mean, when I get up too fast, what I experience is a lack of everything my brain needs to survive in plentiful supply around my brain. My perceptions can’t keep up with reality, and I worry I’ll pass out. I wouldn’t describe that as a rush. I’d say, “Don’t get up too fast or you might come close to passing out.” And expect some joker to suggest that they didn’t come close to it, they did. Like, getting somewhere doesn’t mean you’re close to that place. I’m not sure what’s closer than being there.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      August 24, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

      Imagine trying to sit on the ground the same way the Japanese do. That would be hell after like 2 minutes.

      • Wagstaff
        Wagstaff
        August 24, 2021 at 12:36 am | #

        Hmmm…. if the Japanese could do it without hurting, maybe we’re not doing it right.

      • Chris
        Chris
        August 24, 2021 at 1:13 am | #

        Seiza takes practice.

        • Wagstaff
          Wagstaff
          August 24, 2021 at 1:30 am | #

          Tell me, can a western adult adapt to Seiza and reap its benefits, or must you have done it as a child?

          • Madock345
            Madock345
            August 24, 2021 at 2:17 am | #

            You can adapt. Just expect it to take a while. I know people who started practicing sitting meditation when they were in their 50’s and can do it for hours at a time now

    • Sam
      Sam
      August 24, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

      You were able to sit on the floor comfortably? My circulatory system would cut off all circulation to my feet if I sat the wrong way on the floor. This is why we invented couches and comfy chairs I’m pretty sure.

  5. Citizen Octopus
    Citizen Octopus
    August 24, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    Cake skills trump EVERYTHING!

  6. Regalli
    Regalli
    August 24, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

    Everyone shows up for cake.

    Even Mary would show up for cake, probably. Maybe. Depending on if she thinks the cake has Gay Cooties on it.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      August 24, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

      I hope that Mary wasn’t invited, she would probably say something about Becky’s mom being in hell since she committed suicide.

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        August 24, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

        Showing up would imply Mary had even a modicum of empathy and since Joyce stated she invited everyone (I assume Mary is included in everyone) she clearly doesn’t which is sad cause I’m waiting for Mary to be more than a 2 dimensional caricature bad guy.

        • Regalli
          Regalli
          August 24, 2021 at 5:59 pm | #

          Once upon a time I wanted to see if there was depth to Mary.

          I think that ship’s long since sailed, especially since people like her do unfortunately exist, and have only gotten more normalized and visible since the strip started.

          Thanks to the sliding timescale, I suspect in a few years Mary will canonically have attended an anti-mask rally in high school.

      • Sunny
        Sunny
        August 24, 2021 at 1:19 am | #

        Joyce said “basically everybody” was invited. I am not convinced that includes Mary.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          August 24, 2021 at 7:19 am | #

          She did say she sent the invite to “everybody”, but if she hesitated over Ethan, I can’t imagine Mary was included.

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        August 24, 2021 at 5:50 pm | #

        I don’t think she was invited, but since this is a public area I think she might spend a moment being lured in by public cake before realizing she’d have to be nice to someone she disdains for long enough to receive cake.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      August 24, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

      I mean it’s technically Bonnie’s cake, even if she isn’t there for it, so Mary’d probably be more offended that they’re “glorifying the sin of suicide” or some shit.

      i mean it’s not like Mary’s ever harassed someone to the point of a suicide attempt or anything /sarcasm

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        August 24, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

        Does Mary know of Bonnie? Or that she died from attempted suicide?

        • Jamie
          Jamie
          August 24, 2021 at 12:26 am | #

          Unlikely. I’m not confident even Dorothy or Dina knows.

        • Paradox
          Paradox
          August 24, 2021 at 10:00 am | #

          “Or that she dies from attempted suicide”

          Pretty sure its no longer “attempted” at that point

          • Sirksome
            Sirksome
            August 24, 2021 at 1:26 pm | #

            Bonnie died from “attempted suicide’ because it’s heavily implied her original suicide attempt didn’t work and she died later in the hospital due to complications from it.

            https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/04-is-a-song-forever/connelly/

            I’m sincerely not sure if it classifies as suicide or not. Feel free to elaborate if you do.

            • Paradox
              Paradox
              August 24, 2021 at 7:39 pm | #

              Right, I forgot about that part

              Unless the “complications” were the result of negligence on part of the hospital staff, my gut tells me it counts as suicide, but I’m honestly not sure either

  7. Wagstaff
    Wagstaff
    August 24, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

    Oh how wonderful!!! Everyone’s here for the party!!!

    *plays “Sanie cu Zurgãlãi” by Fanfare Vagabontu on Voxola PR-76*

    • eh, whatever
      eh, whatever
      August 24, 2021 at 3:49 am | #

      ă; Romanian doesn’t use ã (or have the sounds it represents e.g. in Portuguese)

      • Wagstaff
        Wagstaff
        August 24, 2021 at 1:30 pm | #

        Yeah, I was just cutting and pasting the title from YouTube.

        Makes me feel kinda bad for not knowing, because I’m actually half Romanian myself.

  8. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    August 24, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

    I’m kinda digging the gradually-developing (step-)sibling dynamic between Amber and Joe. I’ve got a feeling she’s not actually interested in the party at all, even if there is cake, and is just trying to use reverse-psychology on Joe.

    Not sure if Sarah in panel one is intimidated by the number of other people there (wonder what the record for most named characters in a single DoA strip is?) or if she’s just really enjoying the cake.

    • Rotunda
      Rotunda
      August 24, 2021 at 12:25 am | #

      Sarah likes cake. Sarah *steals* cake. https://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-10/01-birthday-pursuit/wish-2/

      • Clif
        Clif
        August 24, 2021 at 12:32 am | #

        Amber not interested in the party at all? Never underestimate the power of cake.

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      August 24, 2021 at 12:29 am | #

      I don’t think Sarah gets intimidated by large groups of people. She doesn’t like them, but she’s never shown fear. If anything, she’s delighted to get her irritation done in one fell swoop.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      August 24, 2021 at 4:38 am | #

      Well they’re fighting over the last slice of cake. I think that means they’re now level-4 siblings?

      • Miri
        Miri
        August 24, 2021 at 4:56 am | #

        I was going to say, they’re totally believable as siblings here 😁

    • Kim
      Kim
      August 24, 2021 at 5:51 am | #

      I was thinking the same!
      Great sibling-energy between these two nowadays ^^
      <3 it

      • milu
        milu
        August 24, 2021 at 11:55 am | #

        I’d say they’re about to break into a Sibling Dance

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          August 24, 2021 at 2:51 pm | #

          That certainly was . . . something.

        • AGV
          AGV
          August 24, 2021 at 3:30 pm | #

          This would be perfect with the Browns if Joyce had more than one cool sibling

  9. BBCC
    BBCC
    August 24, 2021 at 12:14 am | #

    All the more reason to hurry up and grab it.

    • MK15
      MK15
      August 24, 2021 at 12:59 am | #

      “Pass it down, Milton, there’s enough for everyone…”

  10. Nayann Martinelli
    Nayann Martinelli
    August 24, 2021 at 12:17 am | #

    Joe, my man, CAKE! I pretty sure you can deal with some feelings if there’s cake, because cakes make everything better

  11. Huehuetotl
    Huehuetotl
    August 24, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

    Cake is one of the best emotions.

  12. jeffepp
    jeffepp
    August 24, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

    “Joyce, your boyfriend is being weird again.”

    “Joe and I, um…”

    “I never said his name, but you knew who I meant. Yeah, you are.”

    “Oh, I explained it to Walkie. Do you want me to explain it to you?”

  13. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    August 24, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

    I’m great at feelings. Feeling them all in incredible intensity and making people not like me. And then feeling self loathing afterwards. I’m GREAT at feeling!

    • Clif
      Clif
      August 24, 2021 at 12:28 am | #

      Nothing you should do about feeling things, but the trick is to practice until you can fake feeling only socially acceptable levels of feeling.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      August 24, 2021 at 5:49 am | #

      I’m pretty good at feelings. I’m not so good at people.

    • hof1991
      hof1991
      August 24, 2021 at 8:40 am | #

      I believe in Marxisms like
      “Sincerity is the key to success. Once you can fake that you’ve got it made.”

    • milu
      milu
      August 24, 2021 at 11:58 am | #

      Feeling feelings. It’s a mood

  14. Clif
    Clif
    August 24, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

    Joe, if you want her to come back, you don’t give her a reason she shouldn’t come back.

  15. Johan
    Johan
    August 24, 2021 at 12:22 am | #

    Sarah is defending her slice from Joe. Look at them eyes.

    • Rabisch
      Rabisch
      August 24, 2021 at 10:32 am | #

      Amber need to make Joe go ahead, waiting for the two to start fighting and then take the slice!

  16. Kitschensyngk
    Kitschensyngk
    August 24, 2021 at 12:24 am | #

    Cake beats social hang-ups. Every time.

  17. Cmasta1992
    Cmasta1992
    August 24, 2021 at 12:25 am | #

    Amber is pretty good at mastercaketion

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      August 24, 2021 at 9:39 am | #

      Amber: Watch me cake the SHIT out of this!

      *takes bite*

      Everyone else: oooOOOOOOoooooh!!

  18. carms
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    August 24, 2021 at 12:32 am | #

    fukin cutie.

  19. brionl
    brionl
    August 24, 2021 at 12:33 am | #

    Only one slice of cake left?
    /sadtrombone for Beardy McGrizzleface

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      August 24, 2021 at 9:31 am | #

      I thought he was Stubbly McListDude.

  20. MrSmith
    MrSmith
    August 24, 2021 at 12:34 am | #

    Conflicting feelings. I want Joe to join in because personal growth and Walky needs some guy friends and Joyce would appreciate it greatly with the added bonus of more Joe and Amber interactions.

    On the other hand Becky and Sarah are, based on previous interactions with Joe, likely to say something to which Joe would likely respond in a Joe-like manner.

    Mind you cake could well be the deciding factor.

    • Wagstaff
      Wagstaff
      August 24, 2021 at 12:42 am | #

      In this regard, cake may very well be more effective than one might think.

      According to the psychological principle of Ego Depletion, the brain will seek to refill it’s glucose supply when it’s been strained for too long by activities such as paying attention, walking at a deliberate pace, resisting temptation…..

      • MrSmith
        MrSmith
        August 24, 2021 at 12:45 am | #

        Cake the great peacemaker!

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      August 24, 2021 at 12:44 am | #

      You can’t say anything stupid with a mouth full of cake so if he beats Amber to it everybody wins….except Amber who won’t have cake.

      • MrSmith
        MrSmith
        August 24, 2021 at 12:47 am | #

        Not everyone wants cake:

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVH0gZO5lq0

  21. TemporalShrew
    TemporalShrew
    August 24, 2021 at 12:45 am | #

    Should’ve bought more cake if you were going to issue a blanket invite to practically everyone you know!

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      August 24, 2021 at 2:28 am | #

      I doubt that they were expecting so large a crowd.

      • MrSmith
        MrSmith
        August 24, 2021 at 5:58 am | #

        If you’re going to have one cake you may as well have two, no one ever complained of having too many cakes

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        August 24, 2021 at 9:43 am | #

        Joyce is the main character, and she invited almost everybody she knows. If she was more genre-savvy she would’ve picked up a half-sheet at a minimum.

  22. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    August 24, 2021 at 12:58 am | #

    Look at all the happy couples.

    • Clif
      Clif
      August 24, 2021 at 1:11 am | #

      Becky and Dina. Walky and Lucy. Joyce and Dorothy.

      Also, I guess, Amber and Joe and Sarah and the balloon.

      • Keulen
        Keulen
        August 24, 2021 at 5:45 am | #

        Sarah and the balloon is clearly the best couple.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      August 24, 2021 at 9:44 am | #

      Don’t forget Danny and Sal outside.

    • milu
      milu
      August 24, 2021 at 12:02 pm | #

      Also Ruth and Jason. Wait you said happy, scratch that

  23. mrnoidea
    mrnoidea
    August 24, 2021 at 1:05 am | #

    Amber: “Look, I’ll split it in two, and—”

    Joe: “IT’S A SMALL SLICE ALREADY”

  24. Chris
    Chris
    August 24, 2021 at 1:14 am | #

    Dina next to Becky = couple.

    Walky next to Lucy = couple.

    Dorothy next to Joyce = ?

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      August 24, 2021 at 1:20 am | #

      Gotta admit, that’d be the ultimate plot swerve for the Joe/Joyce we otherwise seem to be headed for. Before Joe musters up the courage to confess his true feelings, Joyce confesses hers to Dorothy! And, like, it definitely wouldn’t come entirely out of nowhere. Joyce and Dorothy are very shippable.

      The question is what development would allow Joyce to accept these feelings, if she does indeed have them, given how much denial she’s had over having… any attraction at all to anyone.

  25. Sunny
    Sunny
    August 24, 2021 at 1:21 am | #

    The last slice is for the absent dead. Neither Amber not Joe can have it.

    • Geneseepaws
      Geneseepaws
      August 24, 2021 at 7:34 am | #

      @ Sunny: I have never understood that. Adults did it for their parties.
      But at kids parties they didn’t do that, not wishing to risk armed revolt. Plastic forks can Hurt!

  26. Bagge
    Bagge
    August 24, 2021 at 1:25 am | #

    No cake for people afraid of confronting feels

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      August 24, 2021 at 1:33 am | #

      Cake is for talkers – talking about their feelings.

  27. BenRG
    BenRG
    August 24, 2021 at 1:40 am | #

    I’m not sure if Amber is using subtle psychology on Joe to get him to sit with Joyce or if she’s just telling him up-front that if he’s not having that cake,then it’s hers!

  28. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    August 24, 2021 at 2:15 am | #

    Ah hell, now I want cake

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      August 24, 2021 at 5:46 am | #

      Same.

      • Geneseepaws
        Geneseepaws
        August 24, 2021 at 7:25 am | #

        Meh! You want cake, I want cake, we ALL want cake. I crave cake, we all do. It’s not like I have a sugar problem. I don’t, I just want a second piece now. Two pieces, it’s ok they were small, it not like I’m craving it, I just wanted a third piece. Do you want second, … where’d it all go?

  29. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    August 24, 2021 at 2:56 am | #

    Amber… TAKE IT!!! Joe made his choice, you have to make sure that last slice doesn’t start a fight between hungry friends. I’m impressed by how genuinely the dialogues between these two have become like those of brother and sister.

  30. BenRG
    BenRG
    August 24, 2021 at 3:42 am | #

    Joe and Amber are behaving more and more like siblings with every strip that they’re in together!

  31. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    August 24, 2021 at 4:11 am | #

    I’ve read (some ?) of Yotomoe’s “Walky’s harem” and he first panel sure looks like it 😀

  32. Buli-buli
    Buli-buli
    August 24, 2021 at 5:40 am | #

    Okay. I’ve decided. Considering Joyce is the one who sent out the invitations, Danny was not only not invited, he doesn’t even know it’s happening.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      August 24, 2021 at 5:51 am | #

      I agree: Remember that Joyce called Danny “Hat guy”. I don’t think that she even knows his name or anything beyond being Joe’s roomie and, depending on how insightful she is about subconscious cues, Sal’s crush.

  33. Masumi
    Masumi
    August 24, 2021 at 6:47 am | #

    Tbh, I would feel hella uncomfortable in Dorothy’s shoes there, even if she made the couple happen. I’d probably bail. Dotty’s strong in ways I am not.

    • Johan
      Johan
      August 24, 2021 at 9:49 am | #

      She made her ex unavailable on her own terms. Jennifer was proud.

  34. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    August 24, 2021 at 9:34 am | #

    Joe: Wait… Amber is now MORE SOCIAL than I am?

    What have I become??

  35. egg egg
    egg egg
    August 24, 2021 at 9:35 am | #

    I love Sarah’s face.

  36. thumb
    thumb
    August 24, 2021 at 9:51 am | #

    Oh Joe. Schoolboy with a crush. Unexpected, but makes sense.

  37. Eldritchy
    Eldritchy
    August 24, 2021 at 10:08 am | #

    Good to see that Joe and Amber are quickly growing into the sibling relationship. In other words, being little shits to each other.

  38. Joe Angel
    Joe Angel
    August 24, 2021 at 10:24 am | #

    Walky Performs A Harem.

    I mean dang, without context you’d think Joe was looking in jealousy from the corner.

  39. Spencer
    Spencer
    August 24, 2021 at 12:08 pm | #

    Joe and Joyce is gonna be funny because you’ve got a character who is terrified of emotional intimacy and you’ve got one who’s terrified of physical intimacy.

    Like I actually just want this to a million years. Dramatic misunderstandings, misinterpreted words, love triangles, thinking they’re into someone else, coming up to the edge of saying what you feel and then falling short.

    Give me my shipper goblin trash.

    • RacingTurtle
      RacingTurtle
      August 24, 2021 at 4:06 pm | #

      Gimme gimme gimme

    • Joyfulldreams
      Joyfulldreams
      August 24, 2021 at 4:49 pm | #

      YOU. You get it.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      August 24, 2021 at 5:47 pm | #

      Right? You can spend SO LONG in this terrified pining, it’s great.

    • Eldritchy
      Eldritchy
      August 25, 2021 at 7:08 am | #

      Their relationship will be
      “AHHHHHHH! FEELINGS!”
      “AHHHHHHH! PRE-MARITAL HANKY PANKY!”
      for a while

  40. milu
    milu
    August 24, 2021 at 12:13 pm | #

    Joe is like, omg omg I don’t do feelings 😨
    Amber is like, gtfo you’ve literally just had an entire conversation about feelings right in front of me. Anyway, cake

  41. Kravis
    Kravis
    August 24, 2021 at 1:54 pm | #

    The cake is not a lie, but it is a point of contention.

  42. bcb
    bcb
    August 24, 2021 at 6:52 pm | #

    Okay but Dina is ace and Amber isn’t so clearly Dina is better at cake.

  43. Megan Rivera
    Megan Rivera
    August 24, 2021 at 7:03 pm | #

    Is Joe growing his hair out?? It looks longer….

  44. Kravis
    Kravis
    August 25, 2021 at 12:03 am | #

    Motherfrakin’ Walky sure does look like freakin’ Spider-Man and his 700 girlfriends.

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