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Mrm mrr mrmimo

by David M Willis on November 7, 2023 at 12:01 am
  • 01 – Everybody's Looking for Nothing
└ Tags: dorothy, joyce

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  1. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    November 7, 2023 at 12:02 am | #

    Aw. This is sweet.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      November 7, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

      They’ve been very cute this chapter.

      • clif
        clif
        November 7, 2023 at 12:39 am | #

        I was going to post Dumbing of Age 14: Mrm mrr mrmimo, but then I looked over at the Willis XTwitter feed.

        • Thag Simmons
          Thag Simmons
          November 7, 2023 at 12:44 am | #

          You don’t have to call it X.

          • Thomas
            Thomas
            November 7, 2023 at 1:10 am | #

            …and its current sorry state is better indicated with Q anyway. That can be Q for QAnon, but primarily Q for Quitter.

          • Chris Phoenix
            Chris Phoenix
            November 7, 2023 at 4:18 am | #

            Xitter, with the X pronounced as “sh”

            • FlamestAndLight
              FlamestAndLight
              November 7, 2023 at 3:39 pm | #

              Like in Nahuatl!

          • Mark
            Mark
            November 7, 2023 at 6:33 am | #

            I’m quietly amused by all the explanations out there that might as well have been phrased, “X, which is really Twitter.”

            • Thag Simmons
              Thag Simmons
              November 7, 2023 at 7:30 am | #

              Nobody actually calls it X! It’s a horrible rebrand.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            November 7, 2023 at 8:05 am | #

            “This is an X Twitter!”

        • Xaeon
          Xaeon
          November 7, 2023 at 8:42 am | #

          In his position I would have had trouble resisting the urge to go with “Dumbing of Age 14: One more episode?” just to mess with the audience.

  2. quark
    quark
    November 7, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

    ok lets hope she has a better dream this time around

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      November 7, 2023 at 11:55 pm | #

      this time, she pets the horse

  3. Mym
    Mym
    November 7, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

    Now kiss

    • Angel
      Angel
      November 7, 2023 at 12:45 am | #

      lol i wonder how sarah would feel about joyce ending up with dorothy over joe haha

      • Nono
        Nono
        November 7, 2023 at 12:50 am | #

        Dorothy over Joe would be a different kind of Slipshine.

      • Schpoonman
        Schpoonman
        November 7, 2023 at 1:18 am | #

        Sarah fucking sucks right now so anything that goes counter to her current characterization is almost certainly a positive for whoever encounters it.

        • Mym
          Mym
          November 7, 2023 at 1:24 am | #

          I’m still a believer that Sarah can turn it around. If this comment section can desperately cling to Lucy/Walky, I can also have dreams

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      November 7, 2023 at 12:47 am | #

      One day, Mym, one day

      • Mym
        Mym
        November 7, 2023 at 1:41 am | #

        There are so many breadcrumbs for this ship, I’m clinging

    • butting
      butting
      November 7, 2023 at 1:50 am | #

      Only Lucy has the power.

      • Mym
        Mym
        November 7, 2023 at 2:08 am | #

        Listen, if Lucy brings my ship to fruition, I will take back all my Anti-Lucy propaganda and I will pray to her above the false got Yoto

  4. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    November 7, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

    This is a very sweet scene… so what is going to come along the next day and ruin it?

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      November 7, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

      I don’t even know who that even is.

      • NGPZ
        NGPZ
        November 7, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

        Lyle, Lucy’s brother!

        • Kyrik Michalowski
          Kyrik Michalowski
          November 7, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

          Ah, I totally forgot about him.

        • Pergola
          Pergola
          November 7, 2023 at 5:43 pm | #

          Is he responsible for the grav reshuffle? Except that I still have Lucy?

          • NGPZ
            NGPZ
            November 7, 2023 at 6:34 pm | #

            Nah. Post-timeskip Jacob got added last

            Also, lucky you still got Lucy because the spinner just happened to land on her (1/30 chance)

      • Kyrik Michalowski
        Kyrik Michalowski
        November 7, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

        Nice, but not Sal.

        • Kyrik Michalowski
          Kyrik Michalowski
          November 7, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

          Fuck no.

          • Kyrik Michalowski
            Kyrik Michalowski
            November 7, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

            Excellent, but not Sal.

            • Kyrik Michalowski
              Kyrik Michalowski
              November 7, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

              Not again!

              • Kyrik Michalowski
                Kyrik Michalowski
                November 7, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

                HOORAY!!!

                • NGPZ
                  NGPZ
                  November 7, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

                  🥳

              • Reltzik
                Reltzik
                November 7, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

                And there it is.

              • Masumi
                Masumi
                November 7, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

                What do you have against me me?

                • Kyrik Michalowski
                  Kyrik Michalowski
                  November 7, 2023 at 12:12 am | #

                  Reminding me of a teacher with similar social skills that I hated.

                • clif
                  clif
                  November 7, 2023 at 12:20 am | #

                  But congrats all the same.

                • Jess
                  Jess
                  November 7, 2023 at 12:24 am | #

                  this thread is EXTREMELY entertaining to read

                • Mym
                  Mym
                  November 7, 2023 at 4:16 pm | #

                  Team Sal!! Let’s have everyone be Sal lol

              • Cholma
                Cholma
                November 7, 2023 at 12:36 am | #

                You DO know you could just save your favorite Sal image, then upload it as your permanent avatar on the Gravatar site, yes?

                • clif
                  clif
                  November 7, 2023 at 12:42 am | #

                  That’s …. That’s… that’s cheating! [/scandalized voice tone]

                • Dara
                  Dara
                  November 7, 2023 at 1:14 am | #

                  You can even clip your own from the comic that isn’t one of the general options and upload it and now people think it’s part of the rotation because you clipped it from the comic ^_^

                • Leorale
                  Leorale
                  November 7, 2023 at 1:35 am | #

                  Or you can choose whichever default avatar looks most like you, and edit it in MS Paint for a kinda Willis-style version of your face, and then upload *that* to the Gravatar website.

                  (it was many years ago, I have glasses now and am a better artist than I was then. But that’s okay, close enough.)

                • HueSatLight
                  HueSatLight
                  November 7, 2023 at 2:38 am | #

                  You can look at the last time you did grav roulette, assuming you do them in a reproducible order, or leave hints in the comment text what your capitalization was.

                • Slartibeast Button, BIA
                  Slartibeast Button, BIA
                  November 7, 2023 at 3:40 pm | #

                  Or even a picture from some other webcomic, or your favorite anime.

            • Vulcanodon
              Vulcanodon
              November 7, 2023 at 6:40 am | #

              Highly recommend Gravatar site

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      November 7, 2023 at 1:05 am | #

      Next chapter name is from a lyric in That Thing You Do. So maybe just Joyce being with Joe is going to give Dorothy heartache she doesn’t understand.

  5. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    November 7, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

    🥹 🥰
    aaaaaawwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeee

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      November 7, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

      *plays “Emerald Tide” by Michael J. Murphy on Hacked Muzak*

      • Plain Marie
        Plain Marie
        November 7, 2023 at 6:24 am | #

        Hey, where is StevenB these days? Hacked Muzak is usually his thing too.

        • NGPZ
          NGPZ
          November 7, 2023 at 1:43 pm | #

          I dunno, hopefully he alright.

          (he has ADHD and might be taking a much needed sabbatical ^^)

  6. Grimey
    Grimey
    November 7, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    So we can confirm that Walky and Joyce both can help Dorothy hit the relax button, right? Not that this comes as a shock to anyone but what does it mean for Dorothy long term.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      November 7, 2023 at 12:19 am | #

      That she has only a handful of people she lets get that close to her, I’d think.

  7. Bryy
    Bryy
    November 7, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    This is so good.

  8. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    November 7, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    And here she is still under the covers–!!

    • Aura
      Aura
      November 7, 2023 at 12:13 am | #

      Ohh, very nicely done!

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      November 7, 2023 at 12:37 am | #

      More seriously, I think there’s been a role reversal, or at least a change in their dynamic. Joyce feels the amount of helpingness between them has been tragically uneven. And now she’s helping not because she’s obligated, but because she can and Dorothy needs it. She’s tucked her in after she drifted to sleep, that’s symbolic. Joyce is a mom friend now too.

      • nicoleandmaggie
        nicoleandmaggie
        November 7, 2023 at 4:47 pm | #

        Fingers crossed!

    • Hazel
      Hazel
      November 7, 2023 at 12:05 pm | #

      This might be enough to make me believe that Joyce/Dorothy could be endgame.

  9. Dday
    Dday
    November 7, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    Good gravy willis why do you keep doing this to us

    • jeffepp
      jeffepp
      November 7, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

      Sadism.

      • Jo_Cubstar
        Jo_Cubstar
        November 7, 2023 at 12:13 am | #

        😮 is Willis an emotional sadist… interesting

        • clif
          clif
          November 7, 2023 at 12:23 am | #

          And we keep returning day after day. And what does that say about us?

          • Jo_Cubstar
            Jo_Cubstar
            November 7, 2023 at 1:04 am | #

            I mean, it’s nothing I didn’t already know about myself 🤣😅

    • butting
      butting
      November 7, 2023 at 3:30 am | #

      Because the old argument about whether eternal damnation means instant annihilation or ongoing torment is being worked out in the DYW-verse too. And alas, so far it looks like no matter how much we damn Willis, we’re somehow being set up to be tormented over and over and over in return.

      • Mark
        Mark
        November 7, 2023 at 6:40 am | #

        You’ve gone and reminded me of that ST:TNG episode in which Picard and that Cardassian jailer were torturing each other to see who breaks first.

        • Dday
          Dday
          November 7, 2023 at 11:51 am | #

          My favorite part was the dramatic ending where Picard holds up the half-eaten sandwich to the jailer and declares
          THERE
          ARE
          FOUR
          BITES

    • Plain Marie
      Plain Marie
      November 7, 2023 at 6:20 am | #

      Because this is life. Maybe not our personal life(or maybe it is sometimes), but still.

  10. Taffy
    Taffy
    November 7, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    AAAAWWWW

    • clif
      clif
      November 7, 2023 at 12:43 am | #

      Yeah.

  11. Coatl
    Coatl
    November 7, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    You would think that everything would be fine, for the moment perhaps, but we know that Dorothy has to be honest sooner or later. Leaving that aside, they cannot deny that
    Dorothy looks very beautiful in these panels

    • Smallmoon
      Smallmoon
      November 7, 2023 at 6:54 am | #

      In my head;
      Dorothy doesn’t have the nightmare tonight, and locks in, consciously or unconsciously, that being near Joyce reassures her and keeps the nightmare away. She keeps ‘nodding off’ next to Joyce for the rest of the year, and once they’re no longer in the dorms and now in a house that Joyce, Joe, Sarah, Carla, Walky, and Sal are renting together, Joyce twigs onto “Is Dorothy narcoleptic?” and frog-marches her to a sleep specialist in a mirror of how Dorothy frog-marched her to the ophthalmologist.

  12. Rotunda
    Rotunda
    November 7, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    Whatever I may feel about Dorothy not telling Joyce about her problems is erased by Joyce’s unconditional caring about her friend. I have been out-unconditioned by a fictional character.

  13. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    November 7, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    That’s really cute, but I beg of you, put the glasses somewhere less risky

    • Aura
      Aura
      November 7, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

      Please listen to this cat 😬

      • NGPZ
        NGPZ
        November 7, 2023 at 12:17 am | #

        I mean at this point it may force Dorothy to take another much needed day off if they DO break. So win-win, really.

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        November 7, 2023 at 12:42 am | #

        There’s a meganekko pun here somewhere.

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      November 7, 2023 at 11:56 pm | #

      Joyce hasn’t had them long enough to know not to break them =p

  14. BBCC
    BBCC
    November 7, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

    Awwww, this is so sweet. I hope Dorothy feels better tomorrow.

  15. Masumi
    Masumi
    November 7, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

    Cute!

    But don’t put those glasses there, they’re gonna get sat on o.o

    • Coatl
      Coatl
      November 7, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

      haha, maybe it’s an excuse for Joyce to help Dorothy

  16. Jo_Cubstar
    Jo_Cubstar
    November 7, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

    Damn you Willis and your end of storyline!!!! I wanted more from this cuteness MORE!!!!!

  17. Schpoonman
    Schpoonman
    November 7, 2023 at 12:12 am | #

    Is it way too much to say I enjoy all the Joyce/Dorothy baiting specifically to spite the sealion on Patreon that drove me to nuke my account there?

    But really, it was incredibly irking to have literally every comment section for any given JoJo strip to be riddled with “BuT DoRoThY” including “Joyce is only interested in Joe for his body,” alongside the strip where Joyce was explicitly disappointed with Joe for being a “libido with a face.”

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      November 8, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

      …wait, what happened on Patreon again? What’s this sea lion thing?

  18. jeffepp
    jeffepp
    November 7, 2023 at 12:20 am | #

    So, as they sleep cuddled together, Dorothy will wake from a troubled dream, and find herself in Joyce’s arms. She’ll then… [Blank]

    • clif
      clif
      November 7, 2023 at 12:28 am | #

      [Blank]? Everybody’s looking for nothing and now at long last we have found it.

    • StClair
      StClair
      November 7, 2023 at 2:16 am | #

      Charles Nelson Reilly!

      • jeffepp
        jeffepp
        November 7, 2023 at 11:42 am | #

        Ah, a fellow person of taste.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          November 7, 2023 at 3:41 pm | #

          Giddyup, Gene!

  19. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    November 7, 2023 at 12:24 am | #

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

  20. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    November 7, 2023 at 12:25 am | #

    Couldn’t decide whether I wanted to comment something shippy but I’m preeetty sure my last Grav roll was Daisy so pretty much any comment I could write is gonna come off as wanting these two to kiss so… yeah.

    It cute

  21. BarerMender
    BarerMender
    November 7, 2023 at 12:27 am | #

    The fifth frame confused me for a second. Is Joyce grabbing– No, she’s pulling up a blanket. Yeah, that would’ve been weird. Still, I’m a little disappointed.

  22. Radiance
    Radiance
    November 7, 2023 at 12:27 am | #

    Aww. They’re such good friends.

    • morleuca
      morleuca
      November 7, 2023 at 5:14 am | #

      They could even be roommates!

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        November 7, 2023 at 3:48 pm | #

        They are pals!

  23. UrsulaDavina
    UrsulaDavina
    November 7, 2023 at 12:33 am | #

    This is so damn sweet i can’t take I have headbutt something to balance it out .

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      November 7, 2023 at 12:39 am | #

      If you’re serious about that, good news. Bob Knight is now dead. Really.

      • Schpoonman
        Schpoonman
        November 7, 2023 at 1:09 am | #

        Good fucking riddance.

      • UrsulaDavina
        UrsulaDavina
        November 7, 2023 at 3:36 am | #

        I have this qued up for such occasions https://youtu.be/cXVZVCoaxM4?si=C0ePChrI5oVj049L

      • Schpoonman
        Schpoonman
        November 7, 2023 at 4:54 am | #

        Jeeeeesus fucking Christ, the shitstain supported Trump? He should have died decades ago.

        • Amós Batista
          Amós Batista
          November 7, 2023 at 1:45 pm | #

          Ehh, due to his nature…

  24. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    November 7, 2023 at 12:38 am | #

    Gokuro-sama, Dorothi.

  25. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    November 7, 2023 at 12:41 am | #

    One more episode of what?

    • Angel
      Angel
      November 7, 2023 at 12:47 am | #

      i assume either that monkey masters series or another thing they’re both into lol

      • butting
        butting
        November 7, 2023 at 1:53 am | #

        Nah. Something with horses.

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        November 7, 2023 at 6:49 pm | #

        like last time https://www.dumbingofage.com/fun-3/

  26. skel
    skel
    November 7, 2023 at 12:41 am | #

    As a bi fem person I am genuinely shipping them as exactly what they are.

  27. TrueVCU
    TrueVCU
    November 7, 2023 at 12:42 am | #

    Ok, raise your hand if for a second you thought Joyce gave Dorothy’s boobs a feels

    • Rowan
      Rowan
      November 7, 2023 at 12:47 am | #

      Appropriate gravitar 😜

      • TrueVCU
        TrueVCU
        November 7, 2023 at 8:56 pm | #

        The gods have favored me this day

    • Weatherheight
      Weatherheight
      November 7, 2023 at 1:39 am | #

      ::raises a front hoof::

      • butting
        butting
        November 7, 2023 at 7:07 am | #

        *looks up from notes*

        Sorry, was that a yay or a neigh?

        • JR
          JR
          November 7, 2023 at 11:29 am | #

          Well done. I somehow never tire of that joke.

    • Leadsynth
      Leadsynth
      November 7, 2023 at 10:46 am | #

      Yep, I definitely did. But it’s probably because I looked at that panel first before reading anything.

  28. Suet
    Suet
    November 7, 2023 at 12:45 am | #

    Wonder what Dotty summoned with that, that’s a hard thing to utter

    If you act like this again tho, Joyce, it’s on you now.

  29. ADLegend21
    ADLegend21
    November 7, 2023 at 2:05 am | #

    [chanting] throuple throuple throuple!

    • justin8448
      justin8448
      November 7, 2023 at 2:21 am | #

      Joyce cannonically knows what polyamory is…

    • Mym
      Mym
      November 7, 2023 at 2:24 am | #

      Good gravatar for this one

      • ADLegend21
        ADLegend21
        November 7, 2023 at 6:13 pm | #

        gotta love when Gravatar helps with a joke

    • jeffepp
      jeffepp
      November 7, 2023 at 11:45 am | #

      This has been the clear solution for some time.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      November 7, 2023 at 6:26 pm | #

      Joe and Dorothy as sister wives, just since I can’t picture Joe and Dorothy hooking up. Neither would be super comfortable with that.

    • Bo
      Bo
      November 13, 2023 at 7:45 pm | #

      joe gets to live his ‘multiple b*tches’ fantasy but PLOT TWIST it ISNT b*tches its the WOMAN he loves and her romantic best friend! :0

  30. DashWallkick
    DashWallkick
    November 7, 2023 at 2:40 am | #

    It’s very insightful and sweet that Joyce has enough emotional intelligence to see Dorothy is struggling, give her some problems to fix, and subtly comfort her about things she can’t control. Joyce can be devious in her own way and fixing the problem so they Dotty doesn’t even know she did anything is so smart.

  31. Acher4
    Acher4
    November 7, 2023 at 2:55 am | #

    Mmmr Rrrmmrr Mrmmmr mmmrrmrmrmm! 😀

  32. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    November 7, 2023 at 3:25 am | #

    It’s-a me, mrmimo!

    • Suet
      Suet
      November 7, 2023 at 4:53 am | #

      It’s my favouwite Disney pwincess, mrmimo

      • J.Gawain
        J.Gawain
        November 7, 2023 at 8:11 am | #

        If ye could be bwave, would ye? mrmimo would.

        • Bo
          Bo
          November 13, 2023 at 7:46 pm | #

          im merobiba!

  33. Vulcanodon
    Vulcanodon
    November 7, 2023 at 6:44 am | #

    Awww, this is sweet. A very nice ending to the storyline.
    (Whispers to Joyce: “Put the glasses someplace safe”)

    • Amelie Wikström
      Amelie Wikström
      November 7, 2023 at 9:21 am | #

      Oh yeah, she’s had her own glasses like a week now, it’s the perfect time to learn about how expensive it gets to forget about them and roll over them in bed. Why not make it two pairs for one.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        November 7, 2023 at 10:30 am | #

        Been there done that.

        On your face or in their case! Never on a surface someone is likely to walk or sit on!

        One time in middle school a teacher got pissed at me for reading a book in my lap, so she grabbed the book and violently slammed it down on the desk, partially brnding my glasses. They blamed me because I was “reading wrong”.

        • vlademir1
          vlademir1
          November 7, 2023 at 2:27 pm | #

          I’ve heard, and experienced, some real horror stories regarding teachers but “reading wrong” both tracks with that and yet is entirely novel.

  34. Sigivald
    Sigivald
    November 7, 2023 at 10:18 am | #

    End of storyline … or … surprise end of entire strip?

    (Naw, but you could do a lot worse for an ending.)

    • Null Set
      Null Set
      November 7, 2023 at 11:54 am | #

      Willis already has comics uploaded thru the end of May.

  35. Adept
    Adept
    November 7, 2023 at 12:27 pm | #

    Aww… That was cute.

    • Adept
      Adept
      November 7, 2023 at 12:28 pm | #

      But my avatar is still wrong 🙁

  36. Booyahman
    Booyahman
    November 7, 2023 at 5:11 pm | #

    Not quite sure what Joyce is doing with her expression in Panel 4. She’s got like a frazzled look??? I guess she’s holding in a laugh?

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      November 7, 2023 at 6:25 pm | #

      I think it’s just a little fond smile.

      • Booyahman
        Booyahman
        November 7, 2023 at 10:06 pm | #

        I’m more on the eyes than the lips, the dot eyes transition is different from the other panels

  37. GoblinBagsSumo
    GoblinBagsSumo
    November 7, 2023 at 6:09 pm | #

    I love it. I feel like right now we’re all Jennifer in the last panel of this comic: https://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-8/01-face-the-strange/truce-2/

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      November 13, 2023 at 4:20 am | #

      I mean, I’m sure there are some people who want to spray them with a garden hose, but I’m not sure it’s the consensus opinion.

  38. Lia
    Lia
    November 7, 2023 at 6:35 pm | #

    THIS is yuri

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