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July 9, 2026

Interception

by David M Willis on June 3, 2024 at 12:01 am
  • 04 – For Me It Was Tuesday
└ Tags: joe, joyce, sarah

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  1. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    June 3, 2024 at 12:01 am | #

    “Ryuko Joyce, it is indeed an honor to be worn by you!”

    XD

  2. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    June 3, 2024 at 12:02 am | #

    …Joyce, no

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      June 3, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

      Joyce yes.

      • Benjamin Geiger
        Benjamin Geiger
        June 3, 2024 at 1:17 am | #

        Joyce always yes!

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      June 3, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

      Joyce yes.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      June 3, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

      Sarah’s greatest fear: Joyce and Joe have begun to switch places on the Alignment Chart.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        June 3, 2024 at 12:20 am | #

        So looking forward to the Sarah face that will come from realizing that SHE’S become the puritanical wet blanket regarding sex which Joyce used to be.

        • Lilith Rose
          Lilith Rose
          June 4, 2024 at 5:02 am | #

          snort

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      June 3, 2024 at 12:13 am | #

      Joyce, yes!

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      June 3, 2024 at 12:18 am | #

      I mean, if she needs to cool down, this is the sort of mistake that’s likely to lead to her cooling down.

    • Dday
      Dday
      June 3, 2024 at 12:28 am | #

      Yes… Ha ha
      ha… YES!

    • Shade
      Shade
      June 3, 2024 at 2:47 am | #

      It’s nice to see Joyce feeling more confident.

  3. IntangibleMatter
    IntangibleMatter
    June 3, 2024 at 12:02 am | #

    Shirt stealingsharing is truly a hallmark of a good relationship

    • ian livs
      ian livs
      June 3, 2024 at 12:13 am | #

      Does it count as theft if you look them right in the face and declare your intention to take it? (My boyfriend say yes)

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        June 3, 2024 at 12:20 am | #

        I think that type of theft is typically called robbery.

        • Ymbrael
          Ymbrael
          June 3, 2024 at 12:45 am | #

          Love Mugging

          • Mark
            Mark
            June 3, 2024 at 6:41 am | #

            That’s gonna be a song title next week, isn’t it?

        • jeffepp
          jeffepp
          June 3, 2024 at 1:18 am | #

          This is the correct classification.

        • Kat
          Kat
          June 3, 2024 at 12:43 pm | #

          Is it an armed robbery if hugs are involved?

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      June 3, 2024 at 12:17 am | #

      I think there was a scene in Spartacus along those lines.

    • Nono
      Nono
      June 3, 2024 at 12:28 am | #

      Unfortunately, I’m finding out that size difference clothes sharing is cute if you are a heterosexual couple. When you’re two guys it just looks like one of you either needs to get a more fitting wardrobe or is about to get a public indecency check.

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        June 3, 2024 at 5:56 am | #

        It’s never occurred to me but, yeah, it makes sense.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      June 3, 2024 at 6:34 am | #

      This is more of a jacket hijacking. A hijacketing.

  4. Rose by Any Other Name
    Rose by Any Other Name
    June 3, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    Joe got to be both a bra and a coat today. Nice.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      June 3, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

      He’s a great outfit.

      • NGPZ
        NGPZ
        June 3, 2024 at 12:08 am | #

        Now she can synchronize even better with Joe’s Life Fibers ^-^

  5. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    June 3, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    Why do Dorothy and Joyce have the same taste in sexy clothes which is just a sweater vest over a button up with one less button?

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      June 3, 2024 at 12:16 am | #

      I was going to link Jennifer unbuttoning Joyce’s shirt (under her sweater vest) with some devastatingly clever comment, but I noticed something else.
      Look at what Joyce is wearing. Oh, and then look at what Sarah’s wearing.

      • StClair
        StClair
        June 3, 2024 at 12:41 am | #

        Good memory.

        • Clif
          Clif
          June 3, 2024 at 4:30 am | #

          Good catch.

    • Radiance
      Radiance
      June 3, 2024 at 12:17 am | #

      Joyce and Dorothy could hook up and wear each other’s clothes the morning after, and no one would ever know.

      • Schpoonman
        Schpoonman
        June 3, 2024 at 12:21 am | #

        inb4 Becky instantly recognizes one of Joyce’s sweater vests.

      • Auroki
        Auroki
        June 3, 2024 at 7:51 am | #

        I recall when Jooyce asked Dorothy to go o church with her and the only difference between their outfits was the colors of the others sweatervest

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        June 3, 2024 at 10:48 am | #

        Dorothy in teal and salmon, Joyce in lime and pink/magenta.

    • Vanessa
      Vanessa
      June 3, 2024 at 12:20 am | #

      I too noticed that Joyce is now wearing the exact same outfit, with the same cleavage-baring state of unbuttoned dishabille, that she just saw on Dorothy.

  6. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    June 3, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

    Joe is as flabbergasted as Sarah.

  7. Grimey
    Grimey
    June 3, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

    Sassy Joyce is dangerous.

  8. RacingTurtle
    RacingTurtle
    June 3, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

    Joyce this is cute as hell but you probably need a coat

    • anon
      anon
      June 3, 2024 at 12:29 am | #

      i mean if they’re going to class it prolly won’t be too bad ulness there’s a sudden snow storm.

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        June 3, 2024 at 12:42 am | #

        That shirt is not warm enough, it doesn’t matter if there’s snow falling from the sky.

        • anon
          anon
          June 3, 2024 at 3:23 pm | #

          lol well i can imagine joyce being pretty warm blooded/heated now tho there are pics out there with girls wearing mini skirts with no leggings in winter lol but i wouldn’t be surprised if some others had a spare coat to give to her in class too if she doesn’t circle back around to her room

    • Dara
      Dara
      June 3, 2024 at 12:36 am | #

      agreed on both

      particularly the latter but

  9. Suet
    Suet
    June 3, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

    Sometimes the voice of reason, sometimes the voice of remorse.

    I haven’t seen this much since Jennifer undid Joyce’s button that one time–<abbr title="Joyce hotness arc?! HELP

  10. Shakes
    Shakes
    June 3, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

    Congratulations! Your JOYCE evolved into a HUSSY.

    • Lilith Rose
      Lilith Rose
      June 4, 2024 at 5:02 am | #

      She will now start making Homestuck comics.

  11. Taffy
    Taffy
    June 3, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

    Sarah, why are you looking at Joyce’s titties?

    • StClair
      StClair
      June 3, 2024 at 12:10 am | #

      i could crawl up into them and be safe and warm forever

    • John Campbell
      John Campbell
      June 3, 2024 at 12:14 am | #

      Boob-glancing is instinctive; everybody does it.

      • Vanessa
        Vanessa
        June 3, 2024 at 12:24 am | #

        Joyce is showing off some fine boobs here, I’m sure it’s hard not to look at them.

      • eh, whatever
        eh, whatever
        June 3, 2024 at 5:41 am | #

        …if they’re into boobs.

        • John Campbell
          John Campbell
          June 3, 2024 at 12:58 pm | #

          No, really. It’s not even a sex thing. Gay men do it. Straight women do it.

          There’s a difference between glancing and leering.

          • Proto
            Proto
            June 3, 2024 at 5:50 pm | #

            Especially when it’s out of the norm for someone to wear. You can be any sexuality and go “uhhh that’s new”

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      June 3, 2024 at 12:20 am | #

      Most babies are boob-lookers. That’s where good food comes from.

    • Michael
      Michael
      June 3, 2024 at 12:20 am | #

      It’s rare to see a canon near-acknowledgement that Joyce is, in fact, stacked.

    • John Campbell
      John Campbell
      June 3, 2024 at 12:24 am | #

      Also, from Sarah’s perspective, they’re just the background for her face.

    • anon
      anon
      June 3, 2024 at 12:30 am | #

      tbf even if it wasn’t ‘unbuttoned’ assuming she’s also wearing a bra , i think her cleavage would still be noticeable

    • Steve
      Steve
      June 3, 2024 at 1:02 am | #

      It’s like staring into the sun. You make a note of it, then you look away.

    • Kimi
      Kimi
      June 3, 2024 at 6:19 am | #

      Could also just be in her line of view while looking down at Joyce, since she is taller.

  12. Dave Van Domelen
    Dave Van Domelen
    June 3, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

    “All My Attempts At Trust Backfire” does sound like a volume title.

    • Red King
      Red King
      June 3, 2024 at 11:47 pm | #

      …by Fall Out Boy

  13. Abdomino
    Abdomino
    June 3, 2024 at 12:09 am | #

    How many gay awakenings is Joyce the cause of? I think we’re up to at LEAST three.

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      June 3, 2024 at 12:18 am | #

      Becky, Dorothy, and Sarah?

  14. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    June 3, 2024 at 12:13 am | #

    This is cute but I also hate when people do this. If it’s cold out please bring your jacket. I don’t want to be the one freezing because you decided you own my clothes too just cause we’re dating. Like I’ll still do it, but I’ll be grumpy about it.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      June 3, 2024 at 12:22 am | #

      At the very least, keep your jacket on-hand as a backup.

      • anon
        anon
        June 3, 2024 at 12:42 am | #

        Yeah i’m surprised she hasn’t broken out her hoodie dress agian those were cute

    • Icalasari
      Icalasari
      June 3, 2024 at 12:31 am | #

      Eh, I think she only wants to borrow it while Joe has it on

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      June 3, 2024 at 1:03 am | #

      Yeah, he seems real torn up about it.

    • superglucose
      superglucose
      June 3, 2024 at 10:39 am | #

      Ha! One time I was walking my friend (and their boyfriend) home and they got really cold so we stopped so I could give them my jacket. Their boyfriend was like “wait won’t you be cold?” and then saw I had a sweater on underneath and was like “oh you have a backup!” and I was like, “yeah, a lesbian is always prepared”

  15. Schpoonman
    Schpoonman
    June 3, 2024 at 12:14 am | #

    Sarah still not letting Joyce be her own person.

    “I’m deciding to trust in Joyce, who I think is still going to be super defensive about her sexuality.”

    “Oh, hey, my mountain of a boyfriend!”

    “How dare?”

    • zee
      zee
      June 3, 2024 at 6:55 am | #

      Oh shut up yes she is, she’d just being mildly snarky

      • Justnobodyfqwl
        Justnobodyfqwl
        June 3, 2024 at 10:19 am | #

        I think it’s about time the comment section actually tells each other to shut up when someone takes an insanely serious and bad faith interpretation of every single punchline in in a comedy/drama comic

        • Pergola
          Pergola
          June 3, 2024 at 12:52 pm | #

          You’re no fun anymore.

        • PedanticJerkass
          PedanticJerkass
          June 3, 2024 at 2:30 pm | #

          Or, maybe, just don’t feed (what you apparently feel to be) the trolls?

          • HueSatLight
            HueSatLight
            June 3, 2024 at 11:32 pm | #

            ironic

    • Nymph
      Nymph
      June 4, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

      Yeah I need you to explain how she’s stopping Joyce from being her own person in this page.

  16. butting
    butting
    June 3, 2024 at 12:19 am | #

    “You know nothing, Joe Rosenthal.” *wriggle wriggle*

  17. Dean
    Dean
    June 3, 2024 at 12:22 am | #

    Sarah, start the reactor. Free Mars!

  18. anon
    anon
    June 3, 2024 at 12:27 am | #

    i guess it’s still cold/snowing outside? b/c my first thought was “she’s already wearing a sweatervest over a long sleeve shirt, does she really need a coat” (then again i live in teh south)

    • Mark
      Mark
      June 3, 2024 at 6:50 am | #

      In Indiana January? It could be 35⁰F outside. It could be -10. It could be 35 at sunup “rising” to -10 by afternoon.

    • Proto
      Proto
      June 3, 2024 at 5:53 pm | #

      Sweatervests only work with very narrow cold fronts!

  19. Icalasari
    Icalasari
    June 3, 2024 at 12:30 am | #

    Why is that oddly super hot to me?

  20. Florence
    Florence
    June 3, 2024 at 12:31 am | #

    It’s so basic but I love horny Joyce and sweet Joe

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      June 3, 2024 at 8:10 am | #

      The way the World turns.

  21. Chaucer59
    Chaucer59
    June 3, 2024 at 12:32 am | #

    The new Joyce: woman of the world.

  22. Rotunda
    Rotunda
    June 3, 2024 at 12:39 am | #

    I suggest that Joyce just stepped out into the hallway to see if Joe was arriving, and she’s just having some fun before picking up her jacket on the way out. She doesn’t need Sal’s jacket to look hot anymore because the hotness was between her all along.

  23. EAG46
    EAG46
    June 3, 2024 at 12:44 am | #

    I don’t know if the people in this dorm need Xanax or laxatives in the water. Maybe both.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      June 3, 2024 at 3:12 am | #

      Not sure what this means, but taking xannies and laxatives at the same time sounds like a bad idea.

      • Osopescado
        Osopescado
        June 3, 2024 at 10:03 pm | #

        Benzodiazepines can actually cause some constipation, so laxatives with xanax isn’t the worst idea. Depends on the person though because conversely they can also cause diarrhea lol.

      • Nymph
        Nymph
        June 4, 2024 at 12:09 am | #

        Like you have to poop, but you feel really calm about it.

  24. BBCC
    BBCC
    June 3, 2024 at 12:44 am | #

    Hell yeah, Joyce!

  25. Sajuuk-Khar
    Sajuuk-Khar
    June 3, 2024 at 12:55 am | #

    The jugs are out and they’re not going back in

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      June 3, 2024 at 6:40 am | #

      But she already showered…

  26. DashWallkick
    DashWallkick
    June 3, 2024 at 1:25 am | #

    Sarah estimated that Joyce knows what she’s getting into and can be trusted, but “actually might willingly lose her virginity to Joe” is still a little uncomfortable for her.

  27. SvenTS
    SvenTS
    June 3, 2024 at 1:40 am | #

    It is one thing to logically come to terms with something. It is another to deal with the emotional reaction to seeing it even after that.

    I don’t think we’re seeing any real backslide and Sarah will still pull through.

  28. Nathan
    Nathan
    June 3, 2024 at 2:08 am | #

    I love that title text

  29. Hazel
    Hazel
    June 3, 2024 at 3:09 am | #

    To be honest, it’s Sarah’s “tank over tee” look that I don’t understand.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      June 3, 2024 at 3:41 am | #

      It’s a fashion with roots in 16th-century France, specifically among the working class and especially in professions involving a lot of powder or dust. The white shirt underneath serves to cover the arms and torso to keep them clean, while the sleeveless top over it helps to soften the blow and protect the major organs if a large amount of powder (or small objects) spills. It caught on in fashion after French immigrants started coming to the United States in the 1800s, and between 1967 and 1972 it was actually a fairly punk style, with a lot of counterculture movements adopting it to make an anti-capitalist statement. Typically, the outer layer features a slogan or symbol, but there are plenty of exceptions. I wouldn’t be surprised if Sarah has French branches somewhere in her family tree.

      • Clif
        Clif
        June 3, 2024 at 4:34 am | #

        Oui.

      • eh, whatever
        eh, whatever
        June 3, 2024 at 5:45 am | #

        …d’accord…

        *backing away slowly*

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        June 3, 2024 at 8:53 am | #

        [The Spy from Team Fortress 2 noises]

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        June 3, 2024 at 10:44 am | #

        Her mother’s name is Jeanne d’Poudre, is that French?

    • zee
      zee
      June 3, 2024 at 7:00 am | #

      It’s the “started in 2010” residue. She wears it well, but I wanna see her wear the tank without the undershirt sometime. I feel like it’d be devastating. Esp if it’s with the shorts Joyce got with it. Power limiters off, Sarah at her final hotness form

      • John Campbell
        John Campbell
        June 3, 2024 at 1:02 pm | #

        Someday, in the distant future, it won’t be the middle of winter anymore.

        • HueSatLight
          HueSatLight
          June 3, 2024 at 4:15 pm | #

          winter ends because of climate change before winter ends because of March.

  30. goggleman64
    goggleman64
    June 3, 2024 at 8:10 am | #

    Ahahahahahaha, that last panel is so goddamn fun

  31. Big Z
    Big Z
    June 3, 2024 at 8:22 am | #

    Tentatively continuing to be “Go Team Sarah” as long as she maintains this degree of settled down.

  32. thumb
    thumb
    June 3, 2024 at 9:03 am | #

    Damn, Joyce spends the night with one(1) boy and now she’s fucking with everybody! Turns out it is a slippery slope after all.

  33. staszu13
    staszu13
    June 3, 2024 at 9:20 am | #

    Oh oh have we just met this universe’s Anti-Joyce? Dum dum DUM!

    • Azhrei Vep
      Azhrei Vep
      June 3, 2024 at 12:04 pm | #

      Yes. She hung out in a tree for a bit.

    • Azhrei Vep
      Azhrei Vep
      June 3, 2024 at 12:05 pm | #

      Ah ha! Here it is:
      https://www.dumbingofage.com/2023/comic/book-13/03-joementum/hussification/

  34. superglucose
    superglucose
    June 3, 2024 at 10:41 am | #

    … their first time together (Joyce’s first ever) is going to be absolutely *explosive* isn’t it.

    • John Campbell
      John Campbell
      June 3, 2024 at 2:49 pm | #

      Over in the other universe, Joyce’s first time wrecked a motel room.

      Of course, she and her partner both had superpowers in that universe.

      • Firseal
        Firseal
        June 3, 2024 at 4:13 pm | #

        Sudden release of years of repressed feelings both physical (pleasure) and emotional (lust) may well equal temporary superpowers.

  35. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    June 3, 2024 at 12:03 pm | #

    Nice to see Sarah trying really hard to change and to have a better personality. Especially after seeing Dorothy and Walky start going together though the path of what will, almost certainly, be a huge worsening.

  36. Throwatron
    Throwatron
    June 3, 2024 at 12:05 pm | #

    alt text is too real lmao

  37. Lysbeth
    Lysbeth
    June 3, 2024 at 12:35 pm | #

    I may have spent too much time on the internet but I just feel like Sarah has “this shouldn’t work but by god it works” type chemistry with about two thirds of the characters she’s talked to. She’s genuine, most people actually appreciate that about her, they tell her, she secretly likes it… Does anyone else see what I see?

    • nicoleandmaggie
      nicoleandmaggie
      June 3, 2024 at 1:18 pm | #

      I mean, that’s how I feel about her just reading her. Most of the time.

    • Yeet
      Yeet
      June 3, 2024 at 5:30 pm | #

      directness without malice is frequently well received

  38. justshy
    justshy
    June 3, 2024 at 3:54 pm | #

    I think Joe is genuinely falling in love with Joyce. She’s going to be the one that hurts him.

    • Da Boy
      Da Boy
      June 3, 2024 at 4:10 pm | #

      Let’s hope she won’t but yeah, that look he has on the last panel is like he is thinking “Holy Crap. This is the stuff I’ve been missing by reducing relationships to just sleazy sexual acts? I’ve been such a Fool!”

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