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by David M Willis on November 13, 2023 at 12:01 am
  • 02 – It's The Love I Haven't Got
└ Tags: joyce, sarah

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    November 13, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

    “tummy wands may have been involved”

    “still saying nothing”

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      November 13, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

      12:12! =_=

      • Ryan
        Ryan
        November 13, 2023 at 12:26 am | #

        12:12! = 1:11!

        • Mark
          Mark
          November 13, 2023 at 7:02 am | #

          I suppose that to apply factorial to time you convert time to the smallest single unit, but I still don’t see how you got this.

          • the mathfessor
            the mathfessor
            November 13, 2023 at 8:49 am | #

            it’s a ratio. divide both sides by 12 and you get 1 and 11!

          • deliverything
            deliverything
            November 13, 2023 at 11:34 am | #

            I think it’s a ratio? Divide both sides by 12.

            • a/snow/mous/e
              a/snow/mous/e
              November 13, 2023 at 10:41 pm | #

              ah yes, checks out

  2. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    November 13, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

    Good. Don’t speak with your mouth full.

  3. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    November 13, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

    But, more importantly… I hope Dotty could recover the glasses safely, haha.

    • jeffepp
      jeffepp
      November 13, 2023 at 12:13 am | #

      She’s currently wearing Joyce’s. She’s too bleary to notice.

  4. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    November 13, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

    This is what comes of starring at Dorothy’s crotch all evening in search of a Secret Weenus.

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      November 13, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

      Joyce Brown: Secret Weenus Detective!

      • Pylgrim
        Pylgrim
        November 13, 2023 at 5:11 am | #

        She’s only looking for inspiration for another door whiteboard spree!

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      November 13, 2023 at 12:13 am | #

      I know “weenus” is being used as slang for “penis” in this context but I’m laughing my ass off imagining Dorothy somehow having a secret elbow.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        November 13, 2023 at 12:56 am | #

        … wait, so DOES Joyce know her crotch from her elbow?

        • Furie
          Furie
          November 13, 2023 at 3:00 am | #

          When she arrived? Not a chance. These days? Amber’s slashfic filled her in (last three words regularly used in said slashfic).

          • John Campbell
            John Campbell
            November 13, 2023 at 4:00 am | #

            I think it’s mostly hims getting filled in Amber’s fic.

  5. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    November 13, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    Most straight people probably don’t have to reaffirm their straightness in the morning I assume.

    • Ymbrael
      Ymbrael
      November 13, 2023 at 2:06 am | #

      It’s more common than you might think! But then again, my experience is only half-straight, so it might not be the best barometer…

    • Bryy
      Bryy
      November 13, 2023 at 3:58 am | #

      As much as I want to see Carol’s reaction to Joyce’s potential bisexuality, I hope we never, ever see her again. Outright saying it’s okay for people to die if the Church deems it is enough for me.

    • asmodai27
      asmodai27
      November 13, 2023 at 4:33 am | #

      My college experience is a bit dated, and in a somewhat conservative state, but male students used to do things like that pretty much all the time.
      It is a testament to how homophobic (and/or biphobic) american college culture actually is (in a conservative place at least).
      I could have put that last sentence in the past tense as I haven’t been in the US or a college in 15 years, but I am unfortunately not that hopeful.

      • Jon
        Jon
        November 13, 2023 at 8:00 am | #

        Not as prevalent in my experience, though echoes are alive and well pretty much wherever you go.

        Romesh Ranganathan has an excellent stand-up bit about this where he talks about the whole awful, ridiculous “no homo” thing homophobic people sometimes ‘jokingly’ say.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      November 13, 2023 at 8:57 am | #

      Eh, homophobic cultures can be pretty good at giving straight people massive insecurity about their own sexuality

    • Vulcanodon
      Vulcanodon
      November 13, 2023 at 9:25 am | #

      I learned early in life that acting in an effeminate way was an immediately punishable offense. That you could never let your guard down, not for a second.

      • Bryy
        Bryy
        November 13, 2023 at 6:28 pm | #

        People that are homophobic, I can figure out. People that are so sexist that they think you literally have to be a woman for walking a certain way, I can’t.

        • Rectilinear Propagation
          Rectilinear Propagation
          November 14, 2023 at 11:10 am | #

          Especially since they’re also transphobic.

    • milu
      milu
      November 13, 2023 at 9:31 am | #

      *Judith Butler has entered the chat*

  6. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    November 13, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    So Dorothy didn’t wake Joyce up when she went for her morning run? Or did she slip out of the room when no one is awake similar to one night stands?

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      November 13, 2023 at 12:17 am | #

      I don’t know, but I am baffled about how she would have managed to do either of those things. The bed seems to be too high to easily jump down off by Joyce’s feet and I would imagine the ceiling is too low to get over Joyce without and still get down without hitting her (you can’t stand and jump off).

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        November 13, 2023 at 12:19 am | #

        Maybe Joyce is just a heavy sleeper? Sometimes it’s the simple explanation that’s true.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          November 13, 2023 at 7:35 am | #

          The story needed her to, so she did.

          • milu
            milu
            November 13, 2023 at 9:31 am | #

            the plot made her sleep?? that’s so contrived

      • qrlorax
        qrlorax
        November 13, 2023 at 1:46 am | #

        most bunk beds i’ve slept on have had the end have sort of ladder rungs you climb down to get off.

      • Fnord
        Fnord
        November 13, 2023 at 10:16 am | #

        Dorothy is the new Amazi-Girl confirmed.

    • Rotunda
      Rotunda
      November 13, 2023 at 1:05 am | #

      It is likely she wished to spare Joyce the embarrassment of waking up in bed with her.

      • butting
        butting
        November 13, 2023 at 1:28 am | #

        Or the whole binge-on-Dorothy business was the dream.

        • Rotunda
          Rotunda
          November 13, 2023 at 3:41 am | #

          If it was a dream, I don’t see the point of having Joyce note the depression in the mattress; it’s also hard to account for Joyce leaving that spot open as she sleeps.
          My take is that Dorothy left very carefully, and Joyce is referring to the event as a dream because she was just wakened by an alarm, and it’s common to confuse dreaming and waking events in that state.

          • butting
            butting
            November 13, 2023 at 5:44 am | #

            The very small, elbow-sized depression in the mattress? She’s just reacting to the unwelcome reminder of her weenus. She even drops it down below her eyeline in panel four, clearly unsettled by the sight.

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      November 13, 2023 at 9:13 am | #

      she can fly when she’s dreaming.

      • milu
        milu
        November 13, 2023 at 9:33 am | #

        not without Horse though??

  7. Mydnyt
    Mydnyt
    November 13, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    This broke me out in a fit of happy cackling

  8. AK
    AK
    November 13, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    I guess Dorothy’s back to getting up at crazy hours, which is… good?

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      November 13, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

      I don’t know that it is good, but it is part of Dorothy’s routine, so doing so probably made her feel good this morning even if she is still freaking out on the inside.

  9. Grimey
    Grimey
    November 13, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    Sarah probably stated those exact same words when Dorothy was awkwardly leaving while Joyce was asleep.

  10. Vanessa
    Vanessa
    November 13, 2023 at 12:11 am | #

    Why are Joyce and Sarah both up at sunrise, they aren’t going to church are they?

    • jeffepp
      jeffepp
      November 13, 2023 at 12:21 am | #

      Probably just getting up in time for breakfast. Skipping meals is wasting meal cards.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      November 13, 2023 at 7:39 am | #

      It’s January in Indiana, sunrise is at 8 AM.

      https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/bloomington-in?month=1

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        November 13, 2023 at 8:58 am | #

        the many joys of winter

    • Angel
      Angel
      November 13, 2023 at 6:16 pm | #

      Well she might still not be getting up as early as walky ended up doing but i imagine other than the occasional bad day joyce isn’t the type to sleep in for too long/prolly has plans with joe if it’s a weekend date versus class

  11. milu
    milu
    November 13, 2023 at 12:12 am | #

    ✨CUTIES BEWARE✨

    much smutness awaits beyond the link.

    i may have gotten carried away with my gay threesome caper the other day and turned this plotless fantasy into a full-blown story (for some definition of story) of which this is part 1. Part 2 may or may not follow in the near or distant future. This is, after all, happening in a galaxy far, far away, so like, what is time.

    After a long, gruelling negotiation, Space Captain Julia Gray and President Doris Keener have finally gotten the three warring Space Vampires whose names i can’t keep straight to agree to peace. The warriors seal the deal with (obviously) a ceremonial orgy — under Captain Julia’s ever-watchful gaze. Only one small formality remains…

    • milu
      milu
      November 13, 2023 at 12:27 am | #

      …woops the last image is supposed to be the first??? for some reason i can’t fix it??? 🤷‍♀️

      • Bogeywoman
        Bogeywoman
        November 13, 2023 at 12:44 am | #

        Image order is fine now. My phone does not like that site apparently. I have to refresh the page for every image. Which I did. Totally worth the effort 😜

        (Also I may sneaky steal part of your story idea to write a short thing for my sci-fi loving lady friend if that’s okay with your lordship)

        • milu
          milu
          November 13, 2023 at 9:34 am | #

          oh hey it worked then. good! and please, use and abuse this premise

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 13, 2023 at 1:06 am | #

      Wow I’m Blown away. So many characters. So much art. And really sexy. Just absolutely fantastic work. BRAVO.

      • milu
        milu
        November 13, 2023 at 9:35 am | #

        haha thank you. ehh i may have work yet to reach your levels of sexy but, baby steps <3

  12. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    November 13, 2023 at 12:16 am | #

    re: alt-text,

    Was there a voice telling you to get up, kill and eat?

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      November 13, 2023 at 8:45 am | #

      isn’t that just like a god, to omit the oxford comma.

  13. StClair
    StClair
    November 13, 2023 at 12:18 am | #

    gals being pals

  14. Kenny Williams
    Kenny Williams
    November 13, 2023 at 12:22 am | #

    Dorothy Is ENDGAME!

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      November 13, 2023 at 7:40 am | #

      She’s going to time-travel and help her past self get home from the Delta quadrant?

  15. Illithid
    Illithid
    November 13, 2023 at 12:22 am | #

    To those talking about Dorothy slipping out while Joy was asleep, note that Joy is in different clothes.

    • Prince Mech
      Prince Mech
      November 13, 2023 at 12:26 am | #

      Or, yknow. She just put on some pyjamas while Dorothy was sleeping rather than going to sleep in a jumper and jeans.

    • V
      V
      November 13, 2023 at 12:45 am | #

      I’d assume Joyce just changed into her pajamas and got back into bed last night while Dorothy was still asleep.

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      November 13, 2023 at 1:43 am | #

      Sarah changed their clothes for them after they were asleep, and carried Dorothy back to her room and tucked her in? ok, I can see that.

  16. CrazyJ
    CrazyJ
    November 13, 2023 at 12:33 am | #

    I assume Dorothy’s dream is an infohazard that has infected Joyce.

  17. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    November 13, 2023 at 12:34 am | #

    Billie gets yoinked(NSFW)
    A request of a follow up to this comic.
    https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/03-the-butterflies-fly-away/gottagetoutof/

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      November 13, 2023 at 12:45 am | #

      I actual forgot Ruth did that. No wonder Joyce was questioning her sexuality.

    • Bash
      Bash
      November 13, 2023 at 1:59 am | #

      LOVE the look on Joyce’s face.

    • PirateTawnee
      PirateTawnee
      November 13, 2023 at 4:57 am | #

      Any day where you draw Billie is immediately better, so just, yes, thank you, more of this please.

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      November 13, 2023 at 6:23 am | #

      Just like a Leafs fan.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      November 13, 2023 at 7:46 am | #

      I forgot about that sequence! Nice job.

    • milu
      milu
      November 13, 2023 at 9:37 am | #

      bahaha
      thank you for your service <3

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      November 13, 2023 at 10:21 am | #

      The faces are excellent. So are the boobs. You’re very good at both.

  18. Meagan
    Meagan
    November 13, 2023 at 12:47 am | #

    Everyone questioning what happened last night…I’m almost positive they were in Dorothy’s room and Joyce eventually left. It looked.like they were in a downstairs bunk bed, not a top one.

    • drs
      drs
      November 13, 2023 at 1:09 am | #

      Nah, apart from the current lack of stripes on Joyce’s pillow, the two beds match up perfectly.

      https://www.dumbingofage.com/2023/comic/book-14/01-everybodys-looking-for-nothing/mrmmrrmrmimo/

    • miz
      miz
      November 13, 2023 at 1:25 am | #

      there are no “downstairs” bunk beds, in any of their dorms. the beds are all lofted above a desk.

      • Rotunda
        Rotunda
        November 13, 2023 at 3:36 am | #

        What miz says is true for double-occupancy rooms in Read Hall, which is where most of the characters live. Ruth and Carla have single-occupancy rooms with a normal bed and no loft. Forest Quad, where Lucy and Jennifer live, has double-occupancy rooms with two beds at normal height.
        [These assertions are based on what I think I’ve seen in the comic; corrections welcome.]

        • miz
          miz
          November 13, 2023 at 3:39 am | #

          nah, that’s accurate. i thought about mentioning the typical beds in the other hall but decided not to since we were talking in the context of dorothy and joyce, but you’re correct, also about the singles.

          • miz
            miz
            November 13, 2023 at 3:40 am | #

            also, even WITH those other types of beds, it’s STILL true that there’s no downstairs bunk beds anywhere, so ha!

        • HueSatLight
          HueSatLight
          November 13, 2023 at 12:15 pm | #

          Based on dialogue (Malaya commenting on the lofted beds), it sounds like the beds are configurable. But Joyce’s came pre-lofted with a ladder. I think all the beds in doubles in Read are lofted, but there’s a chance that’s because the bare background images are re-usable.

          • miz
            miz
            November 13, 2023 at 5:03 pm | #

            as rotunda pointed out, malaya’s comment stems from the fact that forest quad, where she had just moved from, had standard beds, not that the lofts are configurable. i don’t really see how they could be; you can’t put a desk OVER a bed.

            • John Campbell
              John Campbell
              November 13, 2023 at 9:51 pm | #

              My dorm had configurable lofts. Each occupant had a desk, bed, and wardrobe, and a couple of short shelf units. The rooms were just big enough that you could have a desk, bed, and wardrobe on the floor down each side of the room. But you could also stack a bed on top of the shelf units to loft it over a desk. Or, with a set of steel pins inserted into the bedposts, you could stack one bed on top of the other and have bunk beds (though I don’t recall ever seeing anybody actually set them up that way).

              My roommate and I generally had both beds lofted over the desks on one side of the room, with one of the wardrobes between them, and the other wardrobe in the corner on the other side, which left the rest of the other side for a couch, fridge, stereo, and his drafting table.

          • HueSatLight
            HueSatLight
            November 13, 2023 at 11:30 pm | #

            https://www.dumbingofage.com/smaller/ Malaya’s comment

  19. Dday
    Dday
    November 13, 2023 at 1:03 am | #

    Joyce you don’t gotta start no-homoing first thing in the morning

    • milu
      milu
      November 13, 2023 at 9:38 am | #

      well, if you don’t, you turn into a homo???

      • Bo
        Bo
        November 13, 2023 at 7:36 pm | #

        i also take my yes homo pills in the morning

  20. Bash
    Bash
    November 13, 2023 at 2:01 am | #

    Yes, the incredibly straight dream had by and incredibly straight person.

  21. The Jighole Man
    The Jighole Man
    November 13, 2023 at 2:26 am | #

    i wonder who will realize she is bi first, joyce, dorothy, or becky?

    • khn0
      khn0
      November 13, 2023 at 2:42 am | #

      Becky isn’t bi maybe?

      • Radiance
        Radiance
        November 13, 2023 at 3:42 am | #

        Hmm, I can’t remember if Becky’s ever brought up her sexuality before. I don’t think there’s been any indications one way or another.

        • Mark
          Mark
          November 13, 2023 at 7:11 am | #

          You mean, besides shouting it to all and sundry, so loudly it wound up on the cover of a book?

          • milu
            milu
            November 13, 2023 at 9:39 am | #

            there were some minor hints, it’s open to interpretation

            • Tan
              Tan
              November 13, 2023 at 11:57 pm | #

              https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/03-the-butterflies-fly-away/kinsey/

              Yes, there is uncertainty between 24 or 25 on the Kinsey scale

        • Vulcanodon
          Vulcanodon
          November 13, 2023 at 8:34 am | #

          Becky canonically is gay not bi, just ask her

      • Dday
        Dday
        November 13, 2023 at 12:37 pm | #

        Pretty sure the question meant who will realize *Joyce* is bi first. The answer is Sarah

    • Bryy
      Bryy
      November 13, 2023 at 3:54 am | #

      Joyce being bisexual would be super interesting, given how she reacted to Ruth’s boyfriend.

    • Raen
      Raen
      November 13, 2023 at 4:02 am | #

      Of the three, I think Joyce seems the only one at all likely. (…very likely at this point, honestly.) Dorothy clearly cares about Joyce, but she seems to know where she stands, although granted the “laundry” circlejerk was a little weird. Joyce is the one who’s always seeing something there that maybe she doesn’t want to be seeing.

      (Becky, of course, doesn’t even deserve a response.)

      • Daibhid C
        Daibhid C
        November 13, 2023 at 4:16 am | #

        ICBW, but I honestly read this as which of them will realise Joyce is bi first.

        • Raen
          Raen
          November 13, 2023 at 7:52 am | #

          …oh. That… actually makes more sense. In that case, I just assume Dorothy and Becky already think so, but Dorothy doesn’t want to push her, and Becky doesn’t want to come off the wrong way, especially now that she’s with Dina.

          • milu
            milu
            November 13, 2023 at 9:52 am | #

            you think Becky already suspects? i think she may go through a mini-heartbreak again when she realizes, Dina notwithstanding.

            Sarah obviously knows, though.

            • HeatherJean
              HeatherJean
              November 13, 2023 at 6:51 pm | #

              Lucy knew after just one encounter with her.
              https://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-9-comic/04-vote-for-robin/proselytize/

        • milu
          milu
          November 13, 2023 at 9:41 am | #

          ah indeed that is a less bonkers resolution of this otherwise mystifying comment XD

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      November 13, 2023 at 9:00 am | #

      did you mean someone other than becky? because becky will definitely not be doing that

    • zee
      zee
      November 13, 2023 at 11:59 am | #

      How did only one person realize that this comment is talking about Joyce specifically. Obviously. No one thinks becky is bi.

      • Drew Hargrave
        Drew Hargrave
        November 17, 2023 at 7:34 am | #

        Right? I’m so mystified by the lack pf reading comprehension.

    • TerribleTransit
      TerribleTransit
      November 13, 2023 at 12:19 pm | #

      Dorothy. There’s some evidence she has an inkling already, and is more likely to think critically about it and realize she’s bi, or at least straight with an exception, or a biromantic heterosexual, or whatever is actually going on with her.

      Joyce will realize she’s bi about three seconds after Dorothy mentions being interested in her, if that ever happens, otherwise she will continue to assert being straight indefinitely regardless of the evidence.

      Becky would sooner die than claim attraction to men. She will never realize anything because there’s nothing to realize, and she will go to her grave with the knowledge she is 100% lesbian.

  22. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    November 13, 2023 at 4:11 am | #

    Poor Joyce, she looks so disappointed. Maybe in the next strip she will think that dreams don’t leave their perfume on the bed, or something like that.

  23. PirateTawnee
    PirateTawnee
    November 13, 2023 at 4:58 am | #

    Sometimes the symbolism in dreams is just symbolism, sometimes it isn’t.

    Most of the fun is working out which is which.

  24. Suet
    Suet
    November 13, 2023 at 5:10 am | #

    Yeah, “a dream”

    Darned if you are, Joyce, and darned if you ain’t

  25. CaravanShaker
    CaravanShaker
    November 13, 2023 at 5:34 am | #

    Joyce has Dorothy’s glasses, Dorothy has Joyce’s glasses

  26. Raen
    Raen
    November 13, 2023 at 7:56 am | #

    “For the record, your girlfriend left an hour ago, your laptop screen is cracked, and I stepped on your glasses.”

  27. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    November 13, 2023 at 8:13 am | #

    How the hell is she this adorable first thing in the morning?

    • milu
      milu
      November 13, 2023 at 9:53 am | #

      afterglow.

      • Arianod
        Arianod
        November 13, 2023 at 2:18 pm | #

        BA DUM TSS

  28. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    November 13, 2023 at 9:01 am | #

    If she thinks Dorothy falling asleep watching cartoons was just a dream, I’m even more convinced that Dorothy jimmied Joyce’s lock and watched her sleep, two nights ago.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      November 13, 2023 at 10:37 am | #

      Oh yeah, that absolutely did happen.

      If Dorothy will break into Ruth’s murder cave, she will absolutely check up on Joyce in the middle of a sleepless night.

    • Mturtle7
      Mturtle7
      November 13, 2023 at 12:14 pm | #

      Ooooooh I completely forgot about that strip, honestly.

      If that was only 2 nights ago, Joyce’s pre-emptive insistence that her dream was straight this time actually makes a lot more sense. Almost enough to make her look not horribly insecure in her sexuality! ALMOST.

  29. Kazuma Taichi
    Kazuma Taichi
    November 13, 2023 at 10:16 am | #

    I think the dent on the bedding may disagree with your assessment Joyce

    • Kazuma Taichi
      Kazuma Taichi
      November 13, 2023 at 10:17 am | #

      oh jeez, Jason? alright time to play with the case in my email

      • Kazuma Taichi
        Kazuma Taichi
        November 13, 2023 at 10:17 am | #

        okay cool back to Joyce with only once change, much better

    • Angel
      Angel
      November 13, 2023 at 6:18 pm | #

      just two galpals having a platonic besties sleepover ;P

  30. Taffy
    Taffy
    November 13, 2023 at 11:29 am | #

    Notice that Joyce is wearing different clothes than her previous appearance. This means she’s changed outfits between then and now. Which further means that there is a non-zero chance she changed in front of Dorothy, leading me to the very normal and reasonable conclusion that Joyce possibly treated Dorothy to the sight of full frontal nudity last night, maybe.

    To quote Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man 2: “We don’t know for sure.”

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      November 13, 2023 at 1:07 pm | #

      Dorothy peeked, then she felt guilty and promised herself not to do it again, maybe. Like a Judy Blume book.

  31. Kelli217
    Kelli217
    November 13, 2023 at 12:05 pm | #

    So, are we good with saying that Joyce is, at this point, heterosexual but bi-romantic? She doesn’t necessarily want to engage in ‘hanky-panky’ with girls but she likes to have very close personal relationships and snuggle/cuddle?

    And still with the possibility that she might continue to change…

    • Dday
      Dday
      November 13, 2023 at 12:42 pm | #

      Maybe there’s some gray area between the two, like “bi-intimate”? There’s obviously that scene in the laundry room, plus the way Joyce was getting really interested in Jennifer’s chest (as St. Yoto recently reminded us)

      • Icalasari
        Icalasari
        November 13, 2023 at 1:26 pm | #

        Aww, Joyce is in as much denial as I once was!

        • Icalasari
          Icalasari
          November 13, 2023 at 1:26 pm | #

          Dammit didn’t notice I replied instead of posted

          Plus side, my god the avatar choice

        • Angel
          Angel
          November 13, 2023 at 6:20 pm | #

          a polycule would be ideal, if sarah doesn’t end up saying something snarky that’d freak joyce out like “you know this is technically *emotional* cheating” (which i mean can kinda be nuanced/a loaded term, since while it’s good to lean on a partner about emotional stuff, spreading that stuff among your friends would be ideal as well so it all doesn’t go on one person depending on what it is)

      • Adept
        Adept
        November 13, 2023 at 1:28 pm | #

        Identity and sexuality are both complicated. It also makes sense that she wouldn’t have the hots for her childhood friend, even if she turns out to be bi-sexual. The Westermark effect applies.

        • Raen
          Raen
          November 13, 2023 at 2:57 pm | #

          You know, it’d be the funniest thing in the world if she starts to genuinely question when Hank just figures she has a girlfriend now.

      • Schpoonman
        Schpoonman
        November 13, 2023 at 2:57 pm | #

        Well, the laundry room was Dorothy trying her hand at Joe’s “We’re going to make this sexual whether you like it or not” behavior so I wouldn’t say it’s evidence of Joyce being bi-romantic.

        • Schpoonman
          Schpoonman
          November 13, 2023 at 3:15 pm | #

          And before anyone says anything stupid, here is Dorothy and Joyce’s last interaction before “I’m going to teach you how to masturbate.”
          https://www.dumbingofage.com/2023/comic/book-13/02-turning-saints-into-the-sea/slutshamey/

          Followed by Dorothy blowing past a sexual assault victim’s boundaries.
          https://www.dumbingofage.com/2023/comic/book-13/02-turning-saints-into-the-sea/gopee/

          So please, continue to ignore all context of that night.

      • Mym
        Mym
        November 13, 2023 at 5:54 pm | #

        Was she interested in Jennifer’s chest? I thought it was Carla’s!

        • Dday
          Dday
          November 13, 2023 at 8:35 pm | #

          https://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/03-answers-in-hennessy/curiosity/
          took a little digging. the following strip seems to further suggest things

  32. yeah
    yeah
    November 13, 2023 at 12:51 pm | #

    I just love the tint on this one. it’s super pleasant to look at, it communicates the time of day instantly, and there’s a certain emotional tone that that soft rosey orange casts over proceedings. made me feel something about the funny comic strip

  33. Mym
    Mym
    November 13, 2023 at 1:19 pm | #

    Excited for her very straight wet dream about Dorothy in her bed

  34. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    November 13, 2023 at 6:54 pm | #

    no stripes on the pillow. Joyce has slid into a different dumbiverse, and nobody else will remember Dorothy. Meanwhile, Dorothy has slid into a dumbiverse with no Joyce, and the pillow is no stripes the other way.

    • Mym
      Mym
      November 13, 2023 at 7:35 pm | #

      Dorothy swapped out the pillow case so she could smell the striped one in the privacy of her own room

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        November 13, 2023 at 8:52 pm | #

        oh, that makes more sense. A sudden introduction of sci-fi wackiness so soon after some heavy drama would be quite a mood whiplash.

  35. Bo
    Bo
    November 13, 2023 at 7:32 pm | #

    the bisexual bisleptual

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