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May 18, 2026

Ding

by David M Willis on November 10, 2024 at 12:01 am
  • 02 – The One Where Jocelyne Returns
└ Tags: jocelyne, other rachel

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    November 10, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    OUR RACHEL IS HERE

    “you mean our Other Rachel is here?”

    “which other Rachel, there are like 3 million of them”

    • clif
      clif
      November 10, 2024 at 12:17 am | #

      They’re all probably very nice.

    • anon
      anon
      November 10, 2024 at 12:19 am | #

      Next arc should be all about other rachel 8D;

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        November 10, 2024 at 6:11 am | #

        I was going to snark that this appearance makes her eligible for Patreon bonus strip voting again, but it turns out she already made one appearance after the time skip:

        https://www.dumbingofage.com/odd/

    • Tan
      Tan
      November 10, 2024 at 3:28 am | #

      Hashtag #NotMyRachel

      • Michael Steamweed
        Michael Steamweed
        November 10, 2024 at 7:48 am | #

        hashtag #otherracheltoo

    • Yet_One_More_Idiot
      Yet_One_More_Idiot
      November 10, 2024 at 8:32 am | #

      DING!

      And we all know what a DING should be followed by, right?

      …DONG!

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    November 10, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    There are 24 entries on the cast page, so Willis could pull this at least that many times were he so inclined.

    Be kinda weird when he does it with Mike.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      November 10, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

      Lets hope he doesn’t do it with Mary

      • mindbleach
        mindbleach
        November 10, 2024 at 1:03 am | #

        Jocelyne’s new secret is Joyce helping her bury a body.

        • Michael Steamweed
          Michael Steamweed
          November 10, 2024 at 7:48 am | #

          Ya know what I’m here for that arc. Let’s do it!

        • brionl
          brionl
          November 10, 2024 at 7:03 pm | #

          A friend will help you move.
          A true friend will help you move a body.

    • clif
      clif
      November 10, 2024 at 12:11 am | #

      Wierd with Mike? Not really. Having Jennifer step out twice with other people in-between will hardly be noticeable.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        November 10, 2024 at 12:12 am | #

        I could see Charlie doing that.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        November 10, 2024 at 6:12 am | #

        First Amber, then the very next elevator ride it’s Amazi-Girl, like that old vaudeville gag where the same person is carrying both ends of a long ladder across the stage.

    • FlamestAndLight
      FlamestAndLight
      November 10, 2024 at 12:55 am | #

      Mike’s not dead, she just faked her death to transition!!!

      • FlamestAndLight
        FlamestAndLight
        November 10, 2024 at 12:56 am | #

        to be clear she’s still going by Mike though. Short for Mikeala

        • Taffy
          Taffy
          November 10, 2024 at 1:59 am | #

          Wrong. She’s called Jennifer now. It’s canon, Willis confirmed it, please get with the program.

          • Mark
            Mark
            November 10, 2024 at 7:36 am | #

            Best avatar yet.

    • 3oranges
      3oranges
      November 10, 2024 at 1:59 am | #

      That can be the sequel comic to Dumbing of Age, just one person stepping out of the elevator after another while Jocelyne looks disappointed and Bart O’Ryan laughs.

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        November 10, 2024 at 5:02 am | #

        Teasing of Joss

    • Carla's #2 Fan
      Carla's #2 Fan
      November 10, 2024 at 5:59 am | #

      16-17, not all of them live there.

    • staszu13
      staszu13
      November 10, 2024 at 1:55 pm | #

      Only in the sense it would confirm he’s in witness protection

  3. Dara
    Dara
    November 10, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    goddammit willis

    • clif
      clif
      November 10, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

      Beautiful! Well done Willis.

    • Puppeteer Nessus
      Puppeteer Nessus
      November 10, 2024 at 12:31 am | #

      I really like this

    • staszu13
      staszu13
      November 10, 2024 at 1:55 pm | #

      No, it’s “damn you, Willis”

  4. Nono
    Nono
    November 10, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    The harbringer of your doom

  5. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    November 10, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    I wonder if Other Rachel is Amazi-Girl.

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      November 10, 2024 at 7:51 am | #

      Ya know, they _are_ built kind of similarly. Short; same shape. The hair difference easily could be a wig. But, I dunno, man, OR has glasses. AG doesn’t. That makes it unlikely, right?

      • Furie
        Furie
        November 10, 2024 at 9:10 am | #

        My brother in Cheese… Did you skip the strips where it’s made blatantly obvious through Jen’s fantastic detective work that Amazigirl is actually Sal? Why even bother commenting if you aren’t up on who is who?

        • Mr. Random
          Mr. Random
          November 10, 2024 at 9:34 am | #

          Jen completely glossed over the political rally where they were seen and filmed together.
          The only way that could work was if Sal had a twin.

          • Shadowsnail
            Shadowsnail
            November 10, 2024 at 10:49 am | #

            If you track heat signatures on infrared and see where AG appears from and disappears to, you will find that she is clearly Dina.

  6. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    November 10, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    I keep voting for Other Rachel. I’m very happy to see her!

  7. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    November 10, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

    Joyce is going to come in from another direction, isn’t she

    • StClair
      StClair
      November 10, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

      That’s my guess.

    • Alongcameaspider
      Alongcameaspider
      November 10, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

      Turns out she decided to take the stairs, get her steps in

      • Slartibeast Button, BIA
        Slartibeast Button, BIA
        November 10, 2024 at 12:58 am | #

        No, she has taken up Sal’s bit of always going in and out through windows.

        • Rose by Any other Name
          Rose by Any other Name
          November 10, 2024 at 8:05 am | #

          Next comic, Joyce and Sarah climbing down the side of the building.
          Joyce: “WHY did we decide to do this?!”
          Sarah: “I don’t remember!”

  8. Taigan
    Taigan
    November 10, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

    Aaaauuuggghhhhh!!!

    Damn you Willis for dragging this out further!

  9. Davus
    Davus
    November 10, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

    Willlis! Willlis! You…. You…. You….
    Okay, I have to admit, this was pretty good.

  10. Switchchris
    Switchchris
    November 10, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

    it would be hilarious if Joyce was right behind her in the elevator but you just can’t see her because of the light glare.

  11. Proto_Eevee
    Proto_Eevee
    November 10, 2024 at 12:08 am | #

    When is the other Rachel story arc

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      November 10, 2024 at 12:11 am | #

      We know so little about her.

      Maybe her hobby is riding the elevator up and down all day. who knows.

    • brute
      brute
      November 10, 2024 at 3:06 am | #

      someday, my friend

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      November 10, 2024 at 4:25 am | #

      She deserves

  12. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    November 10, 2024 at 12:09 am | #

    what that think you earthlings say? oh yeah!

    “damn you Willis!” XD

  13. True Survivor
    True Survivor
    November 10, 2024 at 12:10 am | #

    There is something subtly, indescribably terrifying about Other Rachel. I think maybe she is not simply another Rachel but truly an Other – that happens to also be a Rachel.

    • clif
      clif
      November 10, 2024 at 12:13 am | #

      She knows who lives in the rooms at the end of the hall.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      November 10, 2024 at 12:14 am | #

      Quick, zoom in, make sure her eyes aren’t buttons!

      • Slartibeast Button, BIA
        Slartibeast Button, BIA
        November 10, 2024 at 1:01 am | #

        Eyes like gimlets!

        • deliverything
          deliverything
          November 10, 2024 at 4:00 am | #

          That dwarf who owns the delicatessen on Cable Street?

          • Bobbi
            Bobbi
            November 10, 2024 at 5:10 am | #

            He does sell a mean rat pie…

            • Smallmoon
              Smallmoon
              November 10, 2024 at 5:58 am | #

              ‘Mean’ in that he plumps out the rat with chicken sometimes…

    • Savail
      Savail
      November 10, 2024 at 12:35 am | #

      But she doesn’t look anything like Lucrezia Mongfish!

      • Radiance
        Radiance
        November 10, 2024 at 2:03 am | #

        I mean, that hardly proves anything at this point…

      • Michael Steamweed
        Michael Steamweed
        November 10, 2024 at 7:59 am | #

        1. I give you +1 internet point award on this day for the Agatha reference.
        2. Really, now, The Other (TM) could look like anyone.
        3. Though, TBH, Other Rachel doesn’t look much like a Mongfish, Heterodyne, or clank. Still, Lucrezia is fiendishly clever and cleverly fiendish. Best not to take chances.

    • brute
      brute
      November 10, 2024 at 3:05 am | #

      yea, people feel that way about unattractive girls a lot ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

      • Daibhid C
        Daibhid C
        November 10, 2024 at 7:52 am | #

        Not sure what that has to do with Other Rachel, but okay.

      • Michael Steamweed
        Michael Steamweed
        November 10, 2024 at 8:00 am | #

        Speak for yourself, brute. OR looks similar to a lady I dated for a while, lo, last century.

    • Shadowsnail
      Shadowsnail
      November 10, 2024 at 10:54 am | #

      Beware the Sophomore Year and the great Roommate Shuffle when she unites with Other Monica and all are subsumed by their thrall.

  14. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    November 10, 2024 at 12:12 am | #

    How much is DYW going to torture poor Jocelyn?

  15. Tan
    Tan
    November 10, 2024 at 12:12 am | #

    So. Willis has chosen violence.

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      November 10, 2024 at 8:01 am | #

      As Saruman did say, “So, you have chosen death.”

  16. Chaucer59
    Chaucer59
    November 10, 2024 at 12:13 am | #

    One of the women men don’t see.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      November 10, 2024 at 12:39 am | #

      I’m pretty they’re gonna see her. She’s right there in the strip.

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        November 10, 2024 at 12:39 am | #

        Pretty sure*

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      November 10, 2024 at 5:29 pm | #

      Joe, is it you?

  17. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    November 10, 2024 at 12:14 am | #

    … do we really know anything about her, except that she’s been othered?

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      November 10, 2024 at 12:26 am | #

      Her last name is Moore, her birthday is Sept 9th, and her major isn’t CS.

  18. Rolf of Many Doors
    Rolf of Many Doors
    November 10, 2024 at 12:15 am | #

    Because Other Rachel has the face of not-the-person-people-are-looking-for

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      November 10, 2024 at 1:02 am | #

      [gesture]
      “This isn’t the Rachel you are looking for.”

      • Shadowsnail
        Shadowsnail
        November 10, 2024 at 10:59 am | #

        More useful in this dorm:
        “You want to go home and rethink your life.”

        • Slartibeast Button, BIA
          Slartibeast Button, BIA
          November 11, 2024 at 10:16 pm | #

          Isn’t that what Sarah used on Dana?

    • Vulcanodon
      Vulcanodon
      November 10, 2024 at 11:05 pm | #

      Rachel looks kind of sad today

  19. pope suburban
    pope suburban
    November 10, 2024 at 12:15 am | #

    I don’t mean anything by this but comedy, but you know how Carla doesn’t bother learning what anyone looks like? Well, the Jocelyne/Joyce resemblance is so strong here I’d lose it if Carla was next out, barking something at Joyce and leaving a confused Jocelyne in her wake. Mistaken identity, plus it could put Carla smack in the middle of a Joyce meltdown. Though I feel less ha-ha funny about that, because that’s a sensitive topic. Mostly I’d just like Carla’s self-absorption to keep bouncing around an awkward situation fraught with misunderstanding.

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      November 10, 2024 at 12:23 am | #

      CARLA: “Hey, it’s Jugs!”

      • Rabid Rabbit
        Rabid Rabbit
        November 10, 2024 at 12:34 am | #

        “What? No. I … don’t have jugs. I mean, I’m planning on getting them, so to speak, but — wait, what the hell?”

        “What the hell is right! Why aren’t you wearing your jugs???”

        “…I am so confused right now.”

        • Michael Steamweed
          Michael Steamweed
          November 10, 2024 at 8:03 am | #

          …dang…I’m conflicted. I both want to see that and want to not see that.

    • Nono
      Nono
      November 10, 2024 at 3:17 am | #

      There’s a significant height difference though between Joyce and Jocelyne, I hope Carla would at least notice that.

      • Thomas
        Thomas
        November 10, 2024 at 4:25 am | #

        She’d just assume Joyce was wearing the jug shoes she’d engineered for her.

      • Michael Steamweed
        Michael Steamweed
        November 10, 2024 at 8:04 am | #

        Notice something that’s (1) not Charlie or (2) not people noticing Carla?

        Why would she do that?

        (weird)

      • pope suburban
        pope suburban
        November 10, 2024 at 1:42 pm | #

        The logic is sound, but Carla once mistook Dorothy for Joyce, and while they’re roughly the same height, their builds are radically different and it was before Joyce had glasses. So I’m leaving it on the table as a viable joke. :’D

    • Shadowsnail
      Shadowsnail
      November 10, 2024 at 11:03 am | #

      Carla enters, wordlessly gives respect knuckles, and exits.

      • pope suburban
        pope suburban
        November 10, 2024 at 1:43 pm | #

        Also a rad option, and one that could still give her a vantage point on the chaos, depending on where Joyce is at the time.

  20. Shakes
    Shakes
    November 10, 2024 at 12:16 am | #

    Next: Smash cut to Dina, on her own, eating cereal.

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      November 10, 2024 at 12:18 am | #

      okay now I’m REALLY being tortured here, hope my Dina withdrawal symptoms don’t get too bad 0-0

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      November 10, 2024 at 8:04 am | #

      Dina and Steve, sitting at the same table, eating cereal.

      • Alongcameaspider
        Alongcameaspider
        November 10, 2024 at 11:14 am | #

        Steve should still be in the QC art style because I think that’d make the bit funnier

        • Michael Steamweed
          Michael Steamweed
          November 11, 2024 at 8:15 am | #

          I’d like to see that!

  21. Taffy
    Taffy
    November 10, 2024 at 12:18 am | #

    Why’s she so fuckin’ scary?

  22. Wraithy2773
    Wraithy2773
    November 10, 2024 at 12:19 am | #

    I’m calling this an honorary “Steve Eating Cereal’ strip. Beautiful trolling :D.

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      November 10, 2024 at 8:20 am | #

      Dina and Steve are eating cereal at the same table in the coffee shop.

      https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3766

      • Shadowsnail
        Shadowsnail
        November 10, 2024 at 11:38 am | #

        They meet regularly to pass messages between Amazi-Girl and Pizza Girl.

        • Peter Huppertz
          Peter Huppertz
          November 10, 2024 at 1:53 pm | #

          ^^^!
          +1

        • Michael Steamweed
          Michael Steamweed
          November 10, 2024 at 3:44 pm | #

          I miss Pizza Girl. 🙁

          • Shadowsnail
            Shadowsnail
            November 11, 2024 at 11:38 am | #

            Headcanon: Pizza Girl and Eckwyn (Raven) are now in CubeTown.

  23. DaWombat
    DaWombat
    November 10, 2024 at 12:20 am | #

    trolling us Willis…. We are not amuuuuuuuused

  24. BBCC
    BBCC
    November 10, 2024 at 12:28 am | #

    Hi, other Rachel! Thanks for scaring the bejesus out of Jocelyne!

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      November 10, 2024 at 6:20 am | #

      I don’t know why but I read this in Ralph Wiggum’s voice. “Hi, Lisa! Hi Supernintendo Chalmers!”

  25. Masumi
    Masumi
    November 10, 2024 at 12:30 am | #

    Meanwhile other Rachel is wondering why Joyce suddenly seems so disappointed to see her…

    • anonymsly
      anonymsly
      November 10, 2024 at 1:15 am | #

      And how she suddenly grew several inches.

  26. morhek
    morhek
    November 10, 2024 at 12:30 am | #

    The suspense is killing me.

    I hope it lasts.

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      November 10, 2024 at 8:21 am | #

      “Come with me, and you’ll see, a world of OSHA violations”

  27. IntangibleMatter
    IntangibleMatter
    November 10, 2024 at 12:34 am | #

    Her final face is a punch in the gut.

  28. reed
    reed
    November 10, 2024 at 12:36 am | #

    oh sorry, joyce took the stairs. exercise y’know?

  29. Qube
    Qube
    November 10, 2024 at 12:37 am | #

    JOYCE 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

  30. Speedball
    Speedball
    November 10, 2024 at 12:40 am | #

    Goddamnit Willis, you *knew* we would lose it when you teased us like this!

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      November 10, 2024 at 8:21 am | #

      He did. We did.

  31. Esolo
    Esolo
    November 10, 2024 at 12:44 am | #

    Willis you magnificent bastard.

  32. Time Sage
    Time Sage
    November 10, 2024 at 12:46 am | #

    It could have been worse. It could have been someone who’d recognize her, like Ethan or Becky.

  33. Thing2
    Thing2
    November 10, 2024 at 12:50 am | #

    XY?

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      November 10, 2024 at 1:23 am | #

      Um?

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        November 10, 2024 at 2:06 am | #

        They obviously saw Cool Rachel and got overly excited while trying to type “SEXY”, which Rachel is.

        That or they’re asking a worthless bait question that everyone understands perfectly well and the only reason to ask it in the way they did is to generate plausible deniability (which nobody will ever buy). It’s a coin flip.

        • NGPZ
          NGPZ
          November 10, 2024 at 2:09 am | #

          “I’m afraid were gonna have to kick them out, Taffy.”

          “Damn.”

          • Taffy
            Taffy
            November 10, 2024 at 2:15 am | #

            I never swear, so you know it’s intense.

      • Thing2
        Thing2
        November 10, 2024 at 4:02 am | #

        On their top. Seems a bit… Well, I dunno what?

        • Queezle
          Queezle
          November 10, 2024 at 4:15 am | #

          I do not think that that is what is on her top.

        • Thag Simmons
          Thag Simmons
          November 10, 2024 at 5:33 am | #

          Oh, I think it’s just an abstracted pattern. Not sure what exactly it’s supposed to represent, but if you’re seeing letters it’s probably just pareidoilia and not deliberate

          • Smallmoon
            Smallmoon
            November 10, 2024 at 6:07 am | #

            I think it’s butterflies.

            • Needfuldoer
              Needfuldoer
              November 10, 2024 at 6:21 am | #

              Or flowers or something.

            • Thag Simmons
              Thag Simmons
              November 10, 2024 at 8:29 am | #

              Hard to say without seeing the outfit it was based on, I don’t think there’s enough detail to make it out clearly.

            • Taffy
              Taffy
              November 10, 2024 at 11:00 am | #

              Yeah, it’s butterflies. Willis posted the shirt and overalls on Tweeter, except the one in the photo is black.

        • Mark
          Mark
          November 10, 2024 at 8:55 am | #

          Flowers and possibly hearts.

        • Taffy
          Taffy
          November 10, 2024 at 11:03 am | #

          Dude, you gotta say that shit up front. People are jumpy right now, for obvious reasons, and your comment looks like a dogwhistle. That said, I do see what you mean, now that you elaborated. It does kinda look like she’s got “XY” on her shoulders, from the way the butterfly pattern distorts.

          • NGPZ
            NGPZ
            November 10, 2024 at 4:05 pm | #

            Yeah, given how vulnerable a lot of us queers/trans folk are across the country because of this shit, benefit of the doubt is a luxury many of us cannot afford

            conscious effort has to be made to help us in these times, a very important part of which is being aware of the dog-whistles and language used to legitimize adversaries who want us displaced or even DEAD

            • Thing2
              Thing2
              November 10, 2024 at 6:38 pm | #

              NGPZ OK, so no benefit of doubt. But it does seem a little unfair when aimed at someone who has a beard, breasts, a blind vagina, no uterus or cervix, no idea what their own chromosomes are. Dog whistle? Well that was rather my point. Why was I seeing XY on the clothing of someone trans? And for those who were saying they did not see XY on the clothing, isn’t that also the point? Those that are jumpy are the ones that will see it.
              But OK, so no benefit of any doubt for me for bringing it up. My fault for seeing it, my fault for wondering if others see it, my fault for mentioning it.
              Personally I thought people here were about acceptance, esp. when you don’t know. And I’m not sure I’ve even seen unkind remarks about other readers on here before.

              • Yumi
                Yumi
                November 10, 2024 at 6:52 pm | #

                Okay, come on, you can also acknowledge that your comment was majorly lacking in context. The “my fault”s you throw out seem to miss that.

                Like, I asked, but you were definitely making me uncomfortable, and your comment read like the kind of thing a troll might post. You have context about Willis and you were uncomfortable with the idea that there might be an “XY.” We had not context about you.

              • Taffy
                Taffy
                November 10, 2024 at 6:56 pm | #

                We can’t see your beard, your genitals, whether or not you have a cervix, or anything you didn’t directly type. Stop acting like you gave any of that information.

                • Thing2
                  Thing2
                  November 10, 2024 at 10:48 pm | #

                  Taffy “We can’t see your beard, your genitals, whether or not you have a cervix, or anything you didn’t directly type. Stop acting like you gave any of that information.”
                  Exactly. Asuumptions were made.

                • Thing2
                  Thing2
                  November 10, 2024 at 11:55 pm | #

                  Taffy & Yumi, I’m acting like I failed to anticipate the reaction to what was, for me, a perfectly reasonable comment (because I knew what I meant), but, once I realised there were other interpretations, I explained what I meant. So, yeah, majorly lacking in context – is that open invitation for all the things that were said? Because by the time I explained, I knew that I already stood accused, no matter what I said, of aiming for plausible deniability.

                • Yumi
                  Yumi
                  November 11, 2024 at 12:14 am | #

                  One, honestly, not much was said. So, yeah, all things considered, I’d feel the reactions were reasonable. Two, you could have said a quick “my bad.” You made a mistake, that’s fine, but your handling afterward has been annoying.

              • NGPZ
                NGPZ
                November 10, 2024 at 9:08 pm | #

                @Thing2 very sorry about this misunderstanding, but hopefully now you understand where we coming from, and now that we know you queer you know you share in our struggles T_T

                right now I’m compiling a list of resources to help queers/trans and other vulnerable minorities in these tumultuous times, what I have thus far:

                https://weareworthfightingfor.org/ (non-profit movement committed to making sure none of Project 2025 are fulfilled)

                https://sparkspillowfort.carrd.co/ (site my friend made for trans people to gather vital information for their wellbeing)

                https://queertransproject.org/pages/build-a-queer-kit-item-list (non-profit organization and store committed to getting essential items like binders and contraception to queer and trans folk who need them)

                hope at least one of these are of use to you, we need to build community and allyship more than ever if we are to pull through these next 4 years and their aftermath ;-;

              • NGPZ
                NGPZ
                November 10, 2024 at 9:27 pm | #

                also @Thing2 I just put up a list of very common anti-trans/anti-queer and other dog whistles my friend gave me, really hope this is of help to you, we gotta help each other and arm ourselves with knowledge.

                stay safe, stay woke, and may peace be with you. 🙏🏽

                • Thing2
                  Thing2
                  November 10, 2024 at 10:53 pm | #

                  NGPZ: Thank you for the apology.
                  It is, of course, very easy to know what you (me) mean, and therefore not see other people’s possible interpretations, when you (me) post things on social media type things. And indeed, not everyone is aware of every trigger, but hopefully we learn. I just genuinely wanted to know if anyone else was seeing what I saw.
                  Proud to be WOKE (which I call With Ordinary Kndness & Empathy)

                • NGPZ
                  NGPZ
                  November 10, 2024 at 11:50 pm | #

                  it not even about triggers, and it not even your fault you used a dog-whistle by accident, which is why it had to be pointed out

                  dog-whistles are DESIGNED to be picked up and spread by people other than the alt-right to legitimize their hateful agendas via art of euphemism, including leftists who should (and need to) know better

                  i mean that why it called a dog-whistle — it’s INTENDED by propogandists who design them that only nazi “dogs” can hear it (discern it’s ACTUAL meaning and purpose)

                  also re:woke,

                  wokeness about kindness, and empathy, and a lot more.

                  it about being aware that that not everyone was born into the same culture or social/economic privilege growing up

                  it’s about being aware that bigotry spreads well beyond hate-filled hearts. no malice needed, no slurs required, just lack of concern for how the past affects the present

                  it’s about being aware that consciousness of one’s race, gender, sex, etc. does not constitute racism, sexism, etc, nor does deliberate unconsciousness of these characteristics constitute “non-bigotry”

                  it’s about being aware that bigotry is a systemic, all-encompassing thing that pervades many of the ways we are brought up to think, speak, and do things in our society because of long-standing historical circumstances, and that addressing it requires thinking critically about ourselves and our place in it

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      November 10, 2024 at 1:38 am | #

      👀

      goodbye

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      November 10, 2024 at 1:58 am | #

      X 24.6 Y 36.7, obviously. Don’t ask about the Z-axis, it doesn’t apply on this map.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        November 10, 2024 at 6:22 am | #

        There was a Z axis, but Photoshop flattened the layers down to one when it exported the strip as a .PNG.

      • Mark
        Mark
        November 10, 2024 at 8:55 am | #

        You sunk my battleship!

  34. DashWallkick
    DashWallkick
    November 10, 2024 at 1:37 am | #

    Oh god I just realized she’s going to chicken out and Joyce is going to have to piece it together from context clues and Joe going “I’m pretty sure your brother is wearing lip gloss and a dress.”

    • Tan
      Tan
      November 10, 2024 at 1:53 am | #

      Unfortunately, Joyce is a lesbian love sleuth, and so these clues will be meaningless to her because Jocelyne is straight.

      • Rose by Any other Name
        Rose by Any other Name
        November 10, 2024 at 8:15 am | #

        … didn’t Jocelyne indicate she was a lesbian while talking with Ethan.
        Something like:
        Ethan: “I’m gay.”
        Jocelyn: “That’s the problem. So am I.”
        Ethan: “Why is that – ? Oh. OH.”

        If anyone wants to link the actual comic, be my guest – I suck at doing html on this site.

        • eh, whatever
          eh, whatever
          November 10, 2024 at 8:42 am | #

          No, it’s the opposite: “I’m not actually gay.” And then she texted him her jocelynejbrown URL.

  35. Suet
    Suet
    November 10, 2024 at 1:38 am | #

    “Did Joyce grow taller?”

    No fanfare? No ominous music either?

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      November 10, 2024 at 6:26 am | #

      She got different glasses, too.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      November 10, 2024 at 6:27 am | #

      Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells plays on the hacked Muzak.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbYQYOM66MA&ab_channel=HendraSumatera%28Hendra%29

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        November 10, 2024 at 7:12 am | #

        The full 40+ minute version that helped some guy named Richard launch a little record label?

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSFyLQVw7Ao

  36. DJTsurugi
    DJTsurugi
    November 10, 2024 at 1:52 am | #

    Willis just teasing us. ~<3

  37. AGV/Ruby
    AGV/Ruby
    November 10, 2024 at 2:06 am | #

    At this point I’m more sorry for Jocelyne. She’s all nerves by now.

    • Rose by Any other Name
      Rose by Any other Name
      November 10, 2024 at 8:17 am | #

      Yeah. Everyone else is damning Willis for teasing us.
      I’m just sitting here feeling really bad for how scared Jocelyne is. Girls needs a hug, stat.

  38. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    November 10, 2024 at 2:06 am | #

    If Mary is the next, Joyce will hardly have time to understand, but will immediately rush to defend her sister.

  39. Taffy
    Taffy
    November 10, 2024 at 2:12 am | #

    Tomorrows strip, revealed early through a collaboration with Koei Tecmo in their upcoming Fatal Frame title, will feature Jocelyne interactions with Rachel, The Casey, and six kittens.

  40. Adam Black
    Adam Black
    November 10, 2024 at 2:28 am | #

    I ‘m expecting Ruth , wearing the same thing.

    • Mark
      Mark
      November 10, 2024 at 8:58 am | #

      Then it’s not just me: that is a very Ruth sort of outfit.

      • superglucose
        superglucose
        November 10, 2024 at 11:44 am | #

        not really. I can’t see Ruth wearing an overall *dress.*

        • superglucose
          superglucose
          November 10, 2024 at 11:45 am | #

          or that top. How long has she been out, because this outfit screams “my egg just cracked!”

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            November 10, 2024 at 2:40 pm | #

            I think this is the first time we’ve seen her in girl mode, even on phone calls or in solo Patreon appearances, where she wouldn’t have had to out herself to family.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          November 10, 2024 at 6:30 pm | #

          Ruth wore something similar fairly recently.

          https://www.dumbingofage.com/acting/

  41. ZerglingOne
    ZerglingOne
    November 10, 2024 at 3:11 am | #

    This is my guess (No I haven’t seen tomorrow’s strip in case I get it right) Rachel sees Jocelyne, calls her Joyce at first, but then Jocelyne suddenly has a burst of confidence, Rachel realizes it’s not Joyce, and Jocelyne introduces herself as her preferred identity. Bonus points: Final panel is Joyce standing nearby with her jaw practically on the floor.

    • Mark
      Mark
      November 10, 2024 at 9:00 am | #

      Alternate: “Hi, Rachel. Who’s your friend? She looks familiar.” Confusion!

  42. FireprincessLily
    FireprincessLily
    November 10, 2024 at 3:37 am | #

    AAAAHHHHH The more this drags on the more worried I get about it.

    You never know how family is gonna react to you coming out.

    When I first came out my “I’d love you even if you were gay” mother really didn’t like the fact that I was trans. (She got over it and we’re cool now)

    I thought coming out to her was gonna be a slam dunk, but nope. And given how Joyce has been around Carla… My tummy doesn’t like this uneasy feeling.

    • Smallmoon
      Smallmoon
      November 10, 2024 at 6:10 am | #

      I’m hoping for a re-play of “I will always have your back. You are — and have always been– my sister.”

    • morleuca
      morleuca
      November 10, 2024 at 8:20 am | #

      Still haven’t done this

  43. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    November 10, 2024 at 4:23 am | #

    I’m angry because it’s not Joyce, but I’m happy, because Other Rachel. She deserves more!

  44. Acher4
    Acher4
    November 10, 2024 at 4:44 am | #

    FFS

    Damn you, Willis!!!

    *Fist on the air*

  45. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    November 10, 2024 at 5:44 am | #

    You’re starting to look like someone’s mom looking for a student, Jocelyne

  46. TRQ
    TRQ
    November 10, 2024 at 6:09 am | #

    I love Jocelyne so fucking much.

    • Queezle
      Queezle
      November 10, 2024 at 6:49 am | #

      I just want her to be happy. I am so nervous for her.

  47. Yeet
    Yeet
    November 10, 2024 at 7:08 am | #

    can’t wait for tomorrow to swap to roller derby practice or something

  48. Adept
    Adept
    November 10, 2024 at 7:14 am | #

    I’m not trans or even queer, but this is giving me second hand anxiety >.<

    Too real.

  49. Michael Steamweed
    Michael Steamweed
    November 10, 2024 at 7:45 am | #

    Three hundred and two of us predicted a fake-out upon this day. And, lo, we received the fake-out.

    The fake-out we deserve, but not the one we need.

    (wait that doesn’t make sense…need more coffee….)

  50. morleuca
    morleuca
    November 10, 2024 at 8:23 am | #

    I have a top with sleeves like that, and they make me feel very awkward. I cannot for the life of me figure out why

  51. Mr.Morningstar
    Mr.Morningstar
    November 10, 2024 at 10:01 am | #

    Poor Jocelyn. Nerve wracking waiting to come out to someone you love.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      November 10, 2024 at 2:38 pm | #

      Kind of wonder she didn’t just say she’d come up and meet in her room.

      • brionl
        brionl
        November 10, 2024 at 7:01 pm | #

        ISTR that they don’t let non-students just wander around the dorms.
        Which is probably a generally good idea.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          November 10, 2024 at 8:50 pm | #

          They don’t? How do they stop them? She’s already in the building.

          Non-students have shown up unannounced any number of times. Not to mention Becky living there for weeks.

          You might be thinking of the encounter with scarface, but that established that the doors were locked at night, not during the day.

  52. Juanoku
    Juanoku
    November 10, 2024 at 10:42 am | #

    Oh c’mon really?
    Now i have to wait another day, that’s just a dick move

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      November 10, 2024 at 11:05 am | #

      At least the comic updates 7 days a week. I read some that only update once or twice, and goddamn do they feel slow compared to this one.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        November 10, 2024 at 2:41 pm | #

        As do I. A lot of them have more panels per update though, so it still feels slow, even if we’re not getting as much less content as it seems.

    • Vulcanodon
      Vulcanodon
      November 10, 2024 at 11:06 pm | #

      This scene is pretty realistic though. When you are really anxious to see one person come out of an elevator, other people will annoyingly show up first.

  53. Graham
    Graham
    November 10, 2024 at 3:22 pm | #

    Wow, your skin looks FANTASTIC!

  54. a/snow/mous/e
    a/snow/mous/e
    November 10, 2024 at 7:37 pm | #

    oh sweet, Joss is here! (forgot to check DoA yesterday)

  55. Nathan
    Nathan
    November 10, 2024 at 11:57 pm | #

    Hi other Rachel!

  56. Felian
    Felian
    November 11, 2024 at 12:34 pm | #

    Is it a coincidence that Jocelyne holds her arms like this? Reminds me a bit of Joyce’s trauma habit with her wrist.

  57. Darkseide
    Darkseide
    November 11, 2024 at 10:19 pm | #

    i was actually happy to see Other Rachel

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      November 22, 2024 at 8:35 pm | #

      Please, Willis, bring Other Racher back again

  58. Aura
    Aura
    December 1, 2024 at 3:50 am | #

    Commenting a bit late, but just wanted to say Jocelyne’s body language here is very expressive of very familiar feelings and I want to give her a big hug <3

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