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May 22, 2026

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by David M Willis on May 31, 2024 at 12:01 am
  • 04 – For Me It Was Tuesday
└ Tags: dorothy, walky

Discussion (165) ¬

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  1. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    May 31, 2024 at 12:02 am | #

    Dotty this is not an ideal way to rekindle a relationship

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      May 31, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

      who said that was her (only?) intention?

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      May 31, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

      Still, intimacy itself isn’t a bad thing.

    • Throwatron
      Throwatron
      May 31, 2024 at 12:41 am | #

      okay thats true

      but its a great way to bang repeatedly to resolve the sexual tension

    • Pylgrim
      Pylgrim
      May 31, 2024 at 3:16 am | #

      On the contrary. Lighthearted silliness is probably keeping Walky’s wariness away. Too serious/romantic would probably get him into panic mode.

    • Zaxares
      Zaxares
      May 31, 2024 at 7:11 am | #

      At least Walky’s looking more comfortable about it now. Two strips ago, when he said “I missed you”, he had this whole “Oh shit, should I have said that? Do I MEAN it? Is this gonna be bad for Dorothy? I shouldn’t have said it.” look on his face. Especially on the panel where he was snarking about “Yep, it’s like we never broke up at all.” It looks like he has decided that Dorothy (and himself) would be happier being back together.

      I just wonder how poor Lucy’s gonna take this once she finds out. :/

      • Allen Alberti
        Allen Alberti
        May 31, 2024 at 2:38 pm | #

        Lucy never knew or cared about the REAL Walky anyway, just the version that exists in her mind.

        • Felian
          Felian
          May 31, 2024 at 5:21 pm | #

          That doesn’t mean that it won’t hurt her.

          Plus, it’s much harder to have a mind-Walky and pretend it’s the real one, when you can see the real one doing something that doesn’t fit your narrative at all, like dating his ex instead of hoping to get back together with you…….

    • Nymph
      Nymph
      May 31, 2024 at 8:02 pm | #

      I’m not sure why you think that? They’ve talked a bit, checked in on each other’s feelings, had several kinds of intimacy, I’m honestly not sure what more you want from this situation to be the “ideal”.

  2. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    May 31, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    ah

  3. IntangibleMatter
    IntangibleMatter
    May 31, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    alt text: He could make it better by different types for different people mentioned

  4. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    May 31, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    Hate it when the alt-text beats me to my comment.

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      May 31, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

      Kinky

    • Steamweed
      Steamweed
      May 31, 2024 at 7:41 am | #

      I hope you consented first before getting beaten!

    • SailorCakes
      SailorCakes
      May 31, 2024 at 9:05 am | #

      It’s Willis way of first commenting in semi secret.

  5. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    May 31, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    These two have the weirdest dynamic sometimes in a way that still feels… oddly organic, really. I dig them.

    • Coatl
      Coatl
      May 31, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

      It’s a natural dynamism, that’s why it’s great

  6. Suet
    Suet
    May 31, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    I always feel like
    Joyce Brown is watchin’ me

    They won’t stop talkin’ ’bout Joyce, will they? The hidden threesome right there~

    • cbwroses
      cbwroses
      May 31, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

      Walky: “She can watch as long as I get to sing that until she leaves or I cum, whichever comes first.”

    • Freezer
      Freezer
      May 31, 2024 at 2:50 am | #

      Please accept this “+1” in lieu of an actual upvote.

    • Steamweed
      Steamweed
      May 31, 2024 at 7:44 am | #

      I’m just a Walky man with a Walky life
      I dumb from day to day, hey, hell, I pay the price
      All I want is to be left alone in my Walky home
      But why do I always feel like I’m in the Dumbing Zone?

  7. Taffy
    Taffy
    May 31, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    Somebody say “afterglow“?

  8. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    May 31, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 14: Look, We Can Get Back Together, But We Gotta Promise We’ll Stop Talkin’ ’bout Joyce in the Afterglow

  9. cbwroses
    cbwroses
    May 31, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

    That’s right, Dorothy! Keep trying until Joyce doesn’t pop up in the conversation! Either you’ll realize something about yourself, or you’ll have an excuse to catch up on weeks of (presumed) abstinence!

  10. Dot
    Dot
    May 31, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

    Well I guess that’s that. Kind of anticlimactic how they got back together honestly.

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      May 31, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

      Plenty of opportunity for it to get weird in a bad way.

      • Prince Mech
        Prince Mech
        May 31, 2024 at 12:11 am | #

        Yeah, despite most.of the comment section having the rose tinted glasses on I actually feel like this isn’t good for either of them

        In a vacuum, Wally and Dorothy are good together but right now I think they’re doing this less because they want to get back together and more because they’re both running from something.

        That’s not to say I think they need to break up and never ever date again or anything like that just… This feels founded on very shaky ground right now Nd I think this being shown right after Danny and Sal who are very happy and healfhy for another is a very deliberate narrative parallel.

        • Coatl
          Coatl
          May 31, 2024 at 12:53 am | #

          Damn, it may be, but you know, I know it sounds too optimistic on my part, but I think that with all the torment that Dorothy went through, she deserves a good time, yes, many in the comments show doubts about returning to Walky, but I feel that whatever happens next (although it is unpredictable) the dynamism between the two will continue.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          May 31, 2024 at 3:02 am | #

          I like this take. It’s a good take!

          They’re both running from their own failures into familiar territory, but they’ve both changed since they broke up a few months ago.

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      May 31, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

      Anticlimactic? They’re going for round two!

      • Bogeywoman
        Bogeywoman
        May 31, 2024 at 5:03 am | #

        Anticlimactic? They’re multi-climactic!

    • anon
      anon
      May 31, 2024 at 12:18 am | #

      That’s how life is sometimes, even if dorothy was a bit unstable at the moment before

      altho better than like a ‘casual/lighthearted proposal’/engagement ro so XD

      • Dot
        Dot
        May 31, 2024 at 11:29 am | #

        Ok, but this isn’t life, it’s a story.

        • anon
          anon
          May 31, 2024 at 3:19 pm | #

          Sure, but this webcomic does aim to be more ‘realistic’ as opposed to say, qc, even if the amazigirl stuff kinda stretches that at times

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      May 31, 2024 at 12:36 am | #

      They’ve been building to this for a while now.

    • Null Set
      Null Set
      May 31, 2024 at 10:05 am | #

      The climax was in the previous strip.

    • Makkabee
      Makkabee
      May 31, 2024 at 12:04 pm | #

      Isn’t this more postclimactic?

  11. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    May 31, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

    Walky is disappointingly unkinky. Just normal sex for Dave I guess.

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      May 31, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

      That’s a rather absurd extrapolation, and none of our business.

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        May 31, 2024 at 12:11 am | #

        David “Walky” Walkerton, known colloquially as “Dave” among the kink circles of Bloomington.

        • Steamweed
          Steamweed
          May 31, 2024 at 7:48 am | #

          He asks for a lot of unusual stuff (off-camera) in the kink circles. But is too often denied. “I’m sorry, Dave; I can’t do that.” Poor Dave.

          • Sajuuk-Khar
            Sajuuk-Khar
            May 31, 2024 at 9:42 am | #

            Ah, but you see, Dave’s real kink is in the denial.

            Especially when they refuse to open the “pod bay doors.”

            • Taffy
              Taffy
              May 31, 2024 at 10:16 am | #

              “Pod Bay Doors” of course refers to their mouths, because he wants them to vape and then blow the vapor into his wang. Nobody wants the responsibility for any complications that may be caused.

            • Steamweed
              Steamweed
              May 31, 2024 at 11:59 am | #

              Have a +1 upvote!

          • davidbreslin101
            davidbreslin101
            May 31, 2024 at 9:54 am | #

            ….and sadly Daisy wants nothing to do with his raging tandem-bicycle fetish.

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        May 31, 2024 at 12:11 am | #

        It’s none of our business to hopefully humorously speculate or make assumptions on the sexual preferences of fictional characters? What am I even reading stories for if not to do this?

        • Throwatron
          Throwatron
          May 31, 2024 at 12:43 am | #

          Also, the strip’s creator literally sells porn of the strip, which is part of the actual canon. Like, in most situations, I’d say it’s a weird aside to take, and could be inappropriate. But while it isn’t the only reason it exists, this comic is literally functioning as an ad for a premium pornography subscription.

          • NGPZ
            NGPZ
            May 31, 2024 at 4:02 pm | #

            To which I nod and say, yes, you’ve figured it out.

            Good for you, 9_9

        • Jeff K!
          Jeff K!
          May 31, 2024 at 1:12 am | #

          I think Orthogonal was inferring that Sirksome was referring to Dave Willis, the author, who has at times said that Walky is a self-insert character.

          • Thag Simmons
            Thag Simmons
            May 31, 2024 at 1:52 am | #

            Walky definitely has been a self-insert at times (especially in the old continuity) but as you can tell from him not really caring about Transformers he’s far from a 1/1 representation

          • eh, whatever
            eh, whatever
            May 31, 2024 at 4:46 am | #

            Not as much as Joyce.

        • eh, whatever
          eh, whatever
          May 31, 2024 at 4:46 am | #

          Why are you calling him “Dave” then? Literally nobody else does that!

          I have to say I didn’t notice any humor, BTW.

          • Sirksome
            Sirksome
            May 31, 2024 at 6:39 am | #

            Because David is his name? Am I not allowed to do that either? I’m not referencing the author, I just thought saying Walky’s first name was kind of cute.

            • Sajuuk-Khar
              Sajuuk-Khar
              May 31, 2024 at 9:43 am | #

              The DOA comments section’s kink, of course, is finding stupid shit to get mad at.

          • Taffy
            Taffy
            May 31, 2024 at 9:45 am | #

            “I have to say I didn’t notice any humor, BTW.”
            You actually didn’t have to say that. It’s a very strange thing to say to somebody.

          • HueSatLight
            HueSatLight
            May 31, 2024 at 10:03 am | #

            I got the joke.

      • Wereg
        Wereg
        May 31, 2024 at 12:25 am | #

        If these were real people I’d heartily agree with you. However, this is a webcomic in which the characters’ most private moments are displayed for us to watch and clap. Their sex lives are very much available for both our viewing and for us to speculate upon.

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        May 31, 2024 at 1:53 am | #

        There is literally officially produced and completely canonical pornography starring these characters

        • David
          David
          May 31, 2024 at 3:03 am | #

          It´s not porno, it´s erotica.
          Way different

          • Marianne
            Marianne
            May 31, 2024 at 3:14 am | #

            It’s called hentai. And it’s art.

          • Sye
            Sye
            May 31, 2024 at 8:06 am | #

            No, no. It’s definitely literally pornography.

            por·nog·ra·phy
            /pôrˈnäɡrəfē/
            noun
            printed or visual material containing the explicit description or display of sexual organs or activity, intended to stimulate erotic rather than aesthetic or emotional feelings.

            • Azhrei Vep
              Azhrei Vep
              May 31, 2024 at 10:33 am | #

              Well, that last part is a little iffy then. I’d say most of the pornographiques are intended to stimulate erotic and emotional feelings. Probably aesthetic too, but … honestly, that one seems weird to me anyway.

              I mean, most erotic things tend to be aesthetically pleasing, at least to the people who find them erotic.

          • StClair
            StClair
            May 31, 2024 at 9:52 pm | #

            𝔏𝔦𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢!

        • Steamweed
          Steamweed
          May 31, 2024 at 7:50 am | #

          If it doesn’t come from the Porneaux region of France, then it’s not pornographique; it’s just sparkling smut.

          • Dr. Sharks
            Dr. Sharks
            May 31, 2024 at 8:18 am | #

            Okay, A) that’s hilarious and B) I would much rather call my porn ☆sparkling smut☆ anyway.

            • Steamweed
              Steamweed
              May 31, 2024 at 12:00 pm | #

              Me (bowing in your general direction): Thank you, thank you.

    • Adam Black
      Adam Black
      May 31, 2024 at 2:01 am | #

      Considering its Wannabee Peeper Joyce as DOA official autobiographical story…

      and this is story from Xtian Fundie to Cartoon POrnlord, ans shes speedrunning it ,..

      not exactly

  12. Animedingo
    Animedingo
    May 31, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

    Ayo?

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      May 31, 2024 at 12:09 am | #

      No, she’s in that other comic, the one about grey walls.

      • Steamweed
        Steamweed
        May 31, 2024 at 7:50 am | #

        That’s a questionable assumption.

  13. Grimey
    Grimey
    May 31, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

    Eh.

    I’ve seen people get back together in worse ways.

    • Bogeywoman
      Bogeywoman
      May 31, 2024 at 5:05 am | #

      Ruth and Billie could get back together away worse (and I would be pleased because I like car crash level lesbionics)

      • Sye
        Sye
        May 31, 2024 at 8:07 am | #

        .. I can’t tell if the usage of the phrase “car crash” in the same context as Ruth is intentional or not.

        +1 for dark humor’s sake.

        • Schpoonman
          Schpoonman
          June 1, 2024 at 6:50 pm | #

          Is it not a reference to both of them? Jennifer famously had a DUI that is the reason Alice no longer speaks to her.

      • Adam Black
        Adam Black
        May 31, 2024 at 12:38 pm | #

        They will!

  14. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    May 31, 2024 at 12:09 am | #

    Dorothy : “we have a looot of catching up to do”

  15. Shakes
    Shakes
    May 31, 2024 at 12:10 am | #

    “RE-CONDOM YOURSELF!” Sounds like a command a villain barks to his killbot army.

    • Dday
      Dday
      May 31, 2024 at 12:14 am | #

      Gaddddammit now I’m hearing in The Monarch’s voice dammit dammit

      • Disastroid
        Disastroid
        May 31, 2024 at 7:37 am | #

        Re-condoming one’s self would certainly be a “dick move.”

        • Steamweed
          Steamweed
          May 31, 2024 at 7:52 am | #

          *slow applause

          (‘slow clap’ is inappropriate terminology here, since condoms are supposed to prevent that.)

      • Freemage
        Freemage
        May 31, 2024 at 11:22 am | #

        Wouldn’t it be more likely to be in Dr. Girlfriend’s voice?

      • Van Jealous
        Van Jealous
        May 31, 2024 at 2:00 pm | #

        Poor poor Malcolm!

    • Matty
      Matty
      May 31, 2024 at 11:07 am | #

      Honestly as soon as I read that I’m like “Dorothy is the master of dirty talk over here”

  16. Taffy
    Taffy
    May 31, 2024 at 12:10 am | #

    This is the coolest way they could get back together, without some other apocalyptic catastrophe spanning several hundred meters.

    • Coatl
      Coatl
      May 31, 2024 at 12:15 am | #

      After so much torment, it was time for Dorothy to have a pleasant moment, yes, there is still a lot ahead, but since there are no unnecessary weights on her, she will get ahead, she deserves it.

  17. LiterallyJustSomeGuy
    LiterallyJustSomeGuy
    May 31, 2024 at 12:15 am | #

    ✨🌈Communication! 🌈✨

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      May 31, 2024 at 2:58 am | #

      Breakdown!

  18. anon
    anon
    May 31, 2024 at 12:17 am | #

    lol is the swaetervest part of her shirt? seems easier to just keep that off completely rather than just partially re-dressing

    • eh, whatever
      eh, whatever
      May 31, 2024 at 4:48 am | #

      She kept the sweatervest on, on top of her open shirt, the whole time.

      • Disastroid
        Disastroid
        May 31, 2024 at 7:38 am | #

        It’s as though Joyce was already there with them.

      • Devin
        Devin
        May 31, 2024 at 2:14 pm | #

        This is how you know she was thinking about Joyce

  19. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    May 31, 2024 at 12:19 am | #

    Starting to feel like Joyce has that one person she tells you not to worry about energy.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      May 31, 2024 at 1:56 am | #

      Already happened with Raidah and Jacob

  20. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    May 31, 2024 at 12:23 am | #

    It’s a lot easier to not talk about Joyce afterwards if he agrees to dress up like her during.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      May 31, 2024 at 12:26 am | #

      Damn it, that’s a good idea actually

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        May 31, 2024 at 12:32 am | #

        Walky could likely pull it off too if he were more secure in himself to try cross dressing. He has a slight hint of femininity that drives the people wild.

        • Ed Callahan
          Ed Callahan
          May 31, 2024 at 11:10 am | #

          During the old continuity, Walky did dress up as Sal. That was in a combat situation, though.

          • HueSatLight
            HueSatLight
            May 31, 2024 at 2:25 pm | #

            After he went to Canada and got ‘transed’, Joe grabbed his ass, and either Tony or Jason (or both?) hit on him.

        • zee
          zee
          May 31, 2024 at 11:22 am | #

          ……
          Fuck now i really want femboy walky

          • Nymph
            Nymph
            May 31, 2024 at 8:15 pm | #

            Give us femboy walky you coward lmao

  21. Dday
    Dday
    May 31, 2024 at 12:27 am | #

    I think… where this is going isn’t gonna be Joyce/Dotty/Walky…

    IIIIII think where this is ultimately heading is gonna be Joyce/Joe/Dotty (at least once). I’m calling it now, let this post be my witness.

    • Sajuuk-Khar
      Sajuuk-Khar
      May 31, 2024 at 2:04 am | #

      Many people are saying this!

  22. Dante
    Dante
    May 31, 2024 at 12:28 am | #

    Dorothy is really keen on discovering things about herself innit. And every time, she sounds keener.

    Babygirl isn’t even trying to beat the bisexuality accusations anymore.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      May 31, 2024 at 12:42 am | #

      On some level, it’s probably that it’s no longer a serious impediment to her career goals.

      • RassilonTDavros
        RassilonTDavros
        May 31, 2024 at 12:45 am | #

        Not, of course, that there aren’t plenty of states that lack laws on the books against discriminatory anti-LGBT hiring practices, but even so the level of scrutiny isn’t the same between average jobs vs the presidency.

    • a/snow/mous/e
      a/snow/mous/e
      May 31, 2024 at 2:19 am | #

      I see what you did in that first paragraph…

      • Steamweed
        Steamweed
        May 31, 2024 at 7:55 am | #

        At first, I was “nah, wasn’t purposeful” and then I reconsidered and was “yah that’s good.”

  23. Florence
    Florence
    May 31, 2024 at 12:43 am | #

    *while on top of Walky*

    “I just think maybe you’d like Joyce more if we tried it”

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      May 31, 2024 at 1:52 am | #

      “In fact, I think I’d like Joyce more if you… were somewhere else.”

  24. wolfbeckett
    wolfbeckett
    May 31, 2024 at 12:51 am | #

    I guess I’m with others that this form of getting back together seems less than ideal but, on the other hand, I ship this couple and want them to be end game, so, whatever works to get there.

    Unless I missed it though did things officially end with Lucy? I don’t like her with Walky and think they should not be a couple but I do think the decent thing for him to do is have a 100% crystal clear conversation with her that it’s over.

    • Coatl
      Coatl
      May 31, 2024 at 12:59 am | #

      Anything can happen and I’m okay with this ship making it to the end of the story.

      Honestly, I think Lucy will now be more entertained interacting with Sarah and Jacob, but it is important for Walky to make it clear that everything is over, and she may be exaggerating, but Lucy is capable of creating a drama where she is “the misunderstood one.”

    • Bash
      Bash
      May 31, 2024 at 1:59 am | #

      I love them together so I’m happy about it, good idea or not.

      I am team “Lucy and Walky are broken up for sure.” If it was just about Linda, maybe I could call it a fight. But after that, Lucy sees things clearly for the first time and realizes her feelings for Walky are one-sided. That combination of “I deserve better,” and “I’ll see you in class,” spell a breakup for me. I really struggle to intepret that any other way.

      • twig
        twig
        May 31, 2024 at 2:03 am | #

        Yeah.

      • Adam Black
        Adam Black
        May 31, 2024 at 2:09 am | #

        You are right. It was also ambiguous, but on purpose under Lucies agency.

        You dont call dibs on ppl like a hotdog you are saving for later.
        less so get to imagine you can do that without using your words.

        people are forgetting she saw walky and spent time with him almost every day. For Months and Months.

        Its not just a Breakup, its been a friend break for walky.

        the only reason Lucy dodnt go on a date herself with jacob is she healthily chose to be alone. and said so .

        Broken up alone. By herself. She could have Told Jacob “I have a bf” or even “i might be broken up”

        Bit no, it was “yes, but maybe later”

        If she wanted walky to stand up to his mother and win her back, she waited a day too late.

        • Nymph
          Nymph
          May 31, 2024 at 8:19 pm | #

          I mostly agree, but the part at the end doesn’t track with me. Jacob offered to tag along to breakfast, he didn’t ask her out. That kind of offer wouldn’t have prompted me to say “I have a boyfriend” or otherwise no matter what my situation was.

    • twig
      twig
      May 31, 2024 at 2:03 am | #

      I think it WAS honestly very clear that Lucy officially ended things.

  25. M!a
    M!a
    May 31, 2024 at 12:53 am | #

    I’m gonna have to remember to rewind to this long string of adorkable moments, next time everything is horrible forever.

  26. Radiance
    Radiance
    May 31, 2024 at 12:54 am | #

    This is incredible.

    We’re still not quite at the high-water mark of homoeroticism established by Dorothy telling Joyce “get in loser, we’re going masturbating”. But this scene’ll get there if Dorothy brings up Joyce in the usual context of someone’s name being said during sex.

    • Steamweed
      Steamweed
      May 31, 2024 at 7:57 am | #

      “Joyce, your first lesson was jilling off. Now lesson two is getting screwed.”

  27. TrueVCU
    TrueVCU
    May 31, 2024 at 1:09 am | #

    Credit to Walky if he can keep a boner after THAT conversation

    • Steamweed
      Steamweed
      May 31, 2024 at 12:02 pm | #

      At 18 years of age? Quite easy.

      • TrueVCU
        TrueVCU
        May 31, 2024 at 5:04 pm | #

        I said

        What I said

  28. Farmer_10
    Farmer_10
    May 31, 2024 at 1:35 am | #

    I dunno if this is the best idea. Walky’s still fresh from a break-up right now and rebounding into his ex feels too much like backsliding. And I’m afraid that Dorothy might only be looking for a new project now that Joyce seems to be less of a mess. Feels more like they’re settling into the familiar rather than have to actually deal with all these new problems they’re facing. Which is such an 18-year old thing to do.

    • Adam Black
      Adam Black
      May 31, 2024 at 1:12 pm | #

      For walky it was a 2 week relationship where he was cockteased and dumped before getting laid ( and maybe he didnt want to , that much )

      Hes had multiple opportunities at Dorothy.
      and I think Rebounding into something real is Walkys Kink.
      Theyve been throught a lot together since, including the Kidnapping.

      Dorothys learned she needs people more than she thought.
      Lucy made the mistake not striking while the fire was hot with walky. Keeping her feelings to herself, then never allowing walky to ever catch up.

      Dorothy is not making that mistake. shes sharing both her feelings and her vulnerability.

      Walky didnt jump in her pants. He could have had her before multiple times and Karyoke. I think they should talk a lot more about expectations and parameters; but the alternative is FWB relationship when Dorothy wants more. They are going to keep dicking either way. Walky knows that. at least this way hes not stringing Dorothy along.

      • Nymph
        Nymph
        May 31, 2024 at 8:20 pm | #

        Wow. “Cockteased” is a wild way to describe what happened there.

  29. Adam Black
    Adam Black
    May 31, 2024 at 1:57 am | #

    Forgive if i already posted this:
    Can some PLEASE explain to me how/ why they are dressed.

    I dont get it. did they bang with clothes on ? Is this like a TV trope, like 6 feet under.

    • Bash
      Bash
      May 31, 2024 at 2:14 am | #

      They were in too much of a hurry to take their clothes off all the way. Dorothy’s pants are off, but their shirts are just pushed up.

      • Adam Black
        Adam Black
        May 31, 2024 at 2:24 am | #

        thx

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      May 31, 2024 at 3:57 pm | #

      I can understand the shirts being still on, they were in a hurry, but why does Walky still have his pants on?

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        May 31, 2024 at 9:49 pm | #

        A penis can be exposed easily by unzipping your pants and pulling your underwear slightly down. I have yet to encounter a vulva that can do the same, so away the pants go.

        I suppose you can simply pull them down a little bit, further but when it’s a full pair of pants there’s a tendency to sorta tent up and make positioning a little awkward. If she had been wearing short enough shorts, those could simply be pulled aside and/or left to dangle, but alas.

  30. CMasta1992
    CMasta1992
    May 31, 2024 at 2:24 am | #

    Dorothy needs to address being clearly horny for Joyce.

    • Dr. Sharks
      Dr. Sharks
      May 31, 2024 at 11:53 am | #

      I mean, she kind of just did that? What more needs to be said? People in monogamous relationships aren’t going to stop finding other people attractive.

  31. Sajuuk-Khar
    Sajuuk-Khar
    May 31, 2024 at 2:29 am | #

    Walky like Darth Vader if instead of “take the princess and the Wookiee to my ship” he alters the deal to be “they’re free to go. Also free to file a complaint with the Admiralty. It’s Piett’s ship, not mine, I’m technically just a consultant.”

  32. John Campbell
    John Campbell
    May 31, 2024 at 4:10 am | #

    Alt text: I suspect Walky’s flesh gives out before Dorothy’s willingness to get banged while talking about Joyce does.

  33. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    May 31, 2024 at 5:24 am | #

    bottomless is my weakness

  34. Lysbeth
    Lysbeth
    May 31, 2024 at 5:54 am | #

    Surprise! Joyce is actually in the closet

    • Lysbeth
      Lysbeth
      May 31, 2024 at 5:55 am | #

      I made a poor (great) wording choice, I meant she’s hiding there

      • Steamweed
        Steamweed
        May 31, 2024 at 8:00 am | #

        Methinks Dotty is in the closet, too. All alone in that confined, cozy darkness with Joyce.

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      May 31, 2024 at 8:34 am | #

      Okay, that was smart

  35. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    May 31, 2024 at 6:01 am | #

    F Wally and Lucy

  36. Mark
    Mark
    May 31, 2024 at 6:52 am | #

    Joyce peeps out from behind the drapes. “Well, actually….”

    • Steamweed
      Steamweed
      May 31, 2024 at 8:02 am | #

      Joyce (peeping out from behind the drapes; a hand covering an eye; the other hand busy elsewhere): “Well, actually…”

  37. Nicoleandmaggie
    Nicoleandmaggie
    May 31, 2024 at 7:12 am | #

    Yay safe sex!

  38. Alan in DC
    Alan in DC
    May 31, 2024 at 7:33 am | #

    Who’s room are they in?
    My first impression is that it’s Dorothy’s, since her sheet color matches her purple shirt.
    But why not Walky’s? Booster’s gotta be somewhere else by now.
    My third impression is my favorite: they just ran down the hall pulling at doorknobs till they found an unlocked room then just started bumpin’ uglies on some stranger’s bed.

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      May 31, 2024 at 9:49 am | #

      An elusive sighting of Meredith’s room.

    • cbwroses
      cbwroses
      May 31, 2024 at 12:11 pm | #

      The cover on Walky’s bed “this morning” was blue.
      So the second option on works if the sheets under the cover are purple.
      Possible, but doubtful.
      So option 1 or option 3 as the dark horse.

    • John Campbell
      John Campbell
      May 31, 2024 at 2:03 pm | #

      Sierra standing there watching them. “I don’t have to leave this time, this is my room.”

      Seriously, though, the covers match Dorothy’s from earlier in the morning when Becky was sulking at her.

  39. Theluxland
    Theluxland
    May 31, 2024 at 7:56 am | #

    I feel like it’s the first time i’ve ever seen the word re-condom. It’s just weird lol

    • Steamweed
      Steamweed
      May 31, 2024 at 8:05 am | #

      Definitely weird. English rules _clearly_ require the “-ize” suffix. Thus, “recondomize yourself” is correct. That’s just proper prescribed usage. Walky should be disappointed in Dorothy’s post-coital error.

  40. Yeet
    Yeet
    May 31, 2024 at 8:51 am | #

    feel like more conditions than that are needed on both sides
    like “be straight with me about how hardcore you’re planning on going on studying and extracurriculars”
    and “don’t eat toilet nachitos”

  41. Bryy
    Bryy
    May 31, 2024 at 8:59 am | #

    DOROTHY.

    DOTTY.

  42. Colin McKenzie
    Colin McKenzie
    May 31, 2024 at 9:22 am | #

    Frankly relieved this didn’t end with Dorothy saying she had physical desires for Joyce. Romances in this strip are complicated enough as it is.

    • John Campbell
      John Campbell
      May 31, 2024 at 9:34 am | #

      What, you think it makes it simpler if she keeps her physical desires for Joyce simmering under the surface where everyone can see them except Joyce?

    • Sajuuk-Khar
      Sajuuk-Khar
      May 31, 2024 at 9:46 am | #

      Yes, Dorothy has no physical desires for Joyce, much like the invitation to do sex stuff with Joyce (or just with Joyce present, if you’re feeling pedantic) was definitely ALWAYS a joke, and would not have been very differently reacted to if Walky was into it. ;P

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        May 31, 2024 at 10:09 am | #

        original text of the second speech bubble was “unless…”

    • Radiance
      Radiance
      May 31, 2024 at 3:50 pm | #

      Yes. It is fortunate she concluded with an entirely heterosexual statement about how she might say Joyce’s name while having sex.

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        May 31, 2024 at 5:23 pm | #

        Grace is gonna be walking past Doorothy’s dor and hear “Oh, Joyce! your dick is entirely adequate!” and wonder what’s going on in there.

    • Nymph
      Nymph
      May 31, 2024 at 8:23 pm | #

      Bisexuality, known complicator of relationships.

      (for text-tonal reasons: this is sarcasm)

  43. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    May 31, 2024 at 11:51 am | #

    Now there’s to wait to see whether Dorothy’s panic will begin that same day, when she realizes that Joyce keeps coming back to her mind, or after a few days of her being with Walky. When she’ll realize that she keeps thinking about her. I hope for a 2nd dream, possibly more explicit than the one with the horse.

    • Icalasari
      Icalasari
      May 31, 2024 at 6:57 pm | #

      It will definitely bring up hilarity with Becky. I could honestly see her do stuff like pick up Dina and placing Dina behind her when Dorothy comes by

  44. thumb
    thumb
    May 31, 2024 at 12:04 pm | #

    at least we’re aware

  45. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    May 31, 2024 at 8:40 pm | #

    Which step in her seven part plan to get Walky and Lucy back together is this?

  46. Esha
    Esha
    May 31, 2024 at 11:06 pm | #

    This is gonna be a problem, isn’t it?

  47. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    May 31, 2024 at 11:24 pm | #

    “I’m gonna enJOYCEitting on your face”

    “…”

    “DANGIT

  48. Ray
    Ray
    June 1, 2024 at 12:44 am | #

    Dorothy extending the refractory period for the next round…..

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