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A goodbye

by David M Willis on November 24, 2020 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Look Straight Ahead
└ Tags: joyce, sarah

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  1. BBCC
    BBCC
    November 24, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    Best sisters ever.

    • clif
      clif
      November 24, 2020 at 7:57 am | #

      Goodbye. And Sarah was never seen again.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        November 24, 2020 at 8:48 am | #

        She has class with Prof. “Chuck” Cunningham.

        • Stephen Bierce
          Stephen Bierce
          November 24, 2020 at 12:39 pm | #

          “I’m not from ‘America’; I’m from VIRGINIA.”

          • Makkabee
            Makkabee
            December 21, 2020 at 12:49 am | #

            Unfortunately I’ve met people who unironically say that.

  2. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    November 24, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    Sarah: “DAMN IT I JINXED IT”

    • Anastasia
      Anastasia
      November 24, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

      It’d a weird day when you aren’t first.

      • clif
        clif
        November 24, 2020 at 7:58 am | #

        Ana is always first. Even when she isn’t.

    • Xaeon
      Xaeon
      November 24, 2020 at 9:10 am | #

      Your icon is in today’s comic. As you have been using it (or a variant) for a while now, I’m trying to figure out if:
      A. It’s an updated variant of an image somewhere else in the comic.
      B. Willis is reusing his artwork.
      C. Willis is intentionally referencing and/or trolling you.
      D. You are in fact a time traveler as your name might suggest.

      • egg egg
        egg egg
        November 24, 2020 at 9:50 am | #

        Willis does preview images frequently, so whenever Ana updates her gravatar it’s almost always something from the future. 😛

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          November 24, 2020 at 9:00 pm | #

          …. *two-hour internal debate about whether or not doing that counts as anachronistic*

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        November 25, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

        gotta admit that changing it sucks, for reasons

  3. Nono
    Nono
    November 24, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    Oooh are we gonna see Jacob next?

  4. Chris
    Chris
    November 24, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    Good to see Joyce being her Joycey self.

  5. Kagimizu
    Kagimizu
    November 24, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    Why do I get the feeling she’s smiling behind that tree branch?

    • StClair
      StClair
      November 24, 2020 at 12:24 am | #

      I know she is.

    • deathjavu
      deathjavu
      November 24, 2020 at 12:52 am | #

      She knows that if no one can see it, no one can prove she was smiling.

    • Tomixcomics
      Tomixcomics
      November 24, 2020 at 1:01 am | #

      Im on my phone, i zoomed in, you can most definitely see it and she most definitely is.

      • a/snow/mous/e
        a/snow/mous/e
        November 24, 2020 at 12:24 pm | #

        I’m pretty sure that’s a twig on the underside of the branch.

        • Alfa/Polaris
          Alfa/Polaris
          November 24, 2020 at 1:52 pm | #

          Check out the rest of the tree, all of the twigs are somewhat larger and clearly colored brown. The line is black, and also not connected to the tree. It’s a bit too small to *definitively* say it’s a smile, but it seems pretty likely given context. :>

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      November 24, 2020 at 1:24 am | #

      Smile confirmed.

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      November 24, 2020 at 2:40 am | #

      “All right,” said the Joyce; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      November 24, 2020 at 9:10 am | #

      Good catch, everyone!

  6. Spookyfox
    Spookyfox
    November 24, 2020 at 12:09 am | #

    that was cute

  7. Rainhat
    Rainhat
    November 24, 2020 at 12:09 am | #

    Glad for the last panel and note, otherwise it’d look like there’s just no winning with her.

  8. Anastasia
    Anastasia
    November 24, 2020 at 12:12 am | #

    Oh ♥️ she’s a happy big sis

  9. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    November 24, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

    It used to be your town
    It used to be my town too
    You never know till it all falls down
    That somebody loves you…

  10. Jordan
    Jordan
    November 24, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

    This is so cute.

  11. Jeff Harris
    Jeff Harris
    November 24, 2020 at 12:15 am | #

    Joyce is growing on Sarah (and vice-versa). Love to see that.

    • Geneseepaws
      Geneseepaws
      November 24, 2020 at 2:02 am | #

      Is this symbiotic? Or mutually parasitic? If it is a closed system and the entropy is low, it might be good for very long time! What are the energy needs of a psyche?

  12. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    November 24, 2020 at 12:16 am | #

    Digressing, does Joyce still issues with being outside alone?

    • Katerly
      Katerly
      November 24, 2020 at 12:36 am | #

      Possibly not. The two people who kidnapped her got killed. The guy who tried to rape her got hella stabbed. She’s most likely been in some therapy along with everyone else.
      I hope she’s doing better

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        November 24, 2020 at 12:06 pm | #

        Kidnappers aside, it did seem like she was doing better with it as last semester progressed. Combined with the time skip, it’s possible that she’s either healed, or has developed some (hopefully healthy) coping mechanisms.

        But you know, *time skip*, so who knows what’s going on now.

        “It was rhetorical. Put your hand down Booster!”

  13. Cmasta1992
    Cmasta1992
    November 24, 2020 at 12:17 am | #

    This is super cute

    So what fucked up thing are we headed for that we needed a quick breather

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      November 24, 2020 at 12:19 am | #

      Math class.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        November 24, 2020 at 12:43 am | #

        Dear god

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          November 24, 2020 at 1:26 am | #

          I’m sure we can integrate a breather into math class.

          • drs
            drs
            November 24, 2020 at 1:48 am | #

            I beg to differ, sir or madam.

            • Reltzik
              Reltzik
              November 24, 2020 at 4:37 am | #

              I’m not wrong, but I approve of your differential tone.

              • clif
                clif
                November 24, 2020 at 8:14 am | #

                Besides, I’m sure we can limit ourselves and converge smoothly to a set of calm and stable states.

                • Reltzik
                  Reltzik
                  November 24, 2020 at 9:38 am | #

                  I’m sure we can squeeze ourselves into that, yes. But if we jump in too eagerly, we might end up in the l’hospital.

                • clif
                  clif
                  November 24, 2020 at 1:28 pm | #

                  Not as a rule.

                • Roborat
                  Roborat
                  November 24, 2020 at 3:09 pm | #

                  This comment thread sure went off on a tangent.

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            November 24, 2020 at 9:48 am | #

            Okay, but just a little one…

      • Falcon
        Falcon
        November 24, 2020 at 2:13 am | #

        Meth class?

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      November 24, 2020 at 2:26 am | #

      Mike comes back as a zombie to attempt to eat everyone’s brains? And remind them that he banged their moms when he was alive?

      • clif
        clif
        November 24, 2020 at 8:15 am | #

        I’ll take one of your universe, please.

      • Segnosaur
        Segnosaur
        November 24, 2020 at 11:16 am | #

        Why would he have needed to be alive for that?

        Don’t be bigoted towards the metabolically challenged.

  14. woobie
    woobie
    November 24, 2020 at 12:17 am | #

    Sarah’s my favorite.

  15. Bagge
    Bagge
    November 24, 2020 at 12:25 am | #

    Stupid Joyce caring and supporting makes it really hard for Sarah to be grumpy about not being cared for or supported.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      November 24, 2020 at 2:20 am | #

      You’ve got to wonder just how little love Sarah has had in her life that Joyce is just so continually surprising to her.

      • AnnoyingFixation
        AnnoyingFixation
        November 24, 2020 at 2:30 am | #

        I lost honestly all interest at this point; Joyce had a gun pointed at her, roofied and she still sees good in Sarah. She still cares about her friends. And after everything; Joyce still has the time of day and care to say goodbye to Sarah when leaving. Even with a smile. At least fake a smile back.

        • Alfa/Polaris
          Alfa/Polaris
          November 24, 2020 at 2:41 am | #

          Sarah’s shown Joyce open kindness and support pretty frequently. She’s snarky and sour and closed off, but she does what she can, and Joyce for her part has shown that she’s aware of how Sarah works and doesn’t mind. Some people just can’t manage certain types of expression easily, and that tends to be fine with some understanding.

          • KJ
            KJ
            November 24, 2020 at 8:26 am | #

            this

        • Josh Spicer
          Josh Spicer
          November 24, 2020 at 8:23 am | #

          Just because she doesn’t smile doesn’t mean it’s not obvious that she cares. Could she afford to say it out loud now and again? Sure. But Sarah knows (or should know) that Joyce cares and Joyce knows that Sarah cares.

        • Will M
          Will M
          November 24, 2020 at 2:01 pm | #

          Traumatic events are not equivocal, and no two people should be expected to respond to them the same.

          Comparing someone else’s response to stressors or tragedies to another person’s is not cool. Because you are telling someone, “You aren’t good enough because you can’t deal with your problems like this other person.”

          Sarah has shown amazing emotional growth in the last sixish months. She never would have even admitted to feeling left out before.

          Joyce is aware of how Sarah operates, and even saying, “Get inside, you’ll be late” is a show of her caring about another person, instead of just ignoring them.

          No, it’s not the fastest progress, but just because Joyce is all sunshine and rainbows through trauma doesn’t mean Sarah has to be.

          If Sarah were making no progress, you would have a point. But she is, albeit slowly (and without professional help that all the characters in this damn strip need).

  16. Desslock
    Desslock
    November 24, 2020 at 12:25 am | #

    I hate people. I also hate the I love people.

    • Arianod
      Arianod
      November 24, 2020 at 9:32 am | #

      We thought you were dead!

  17. chris2315
    chris2315
    November 24, 2020 at 12:34 am | #

    It’s not like I wanted a goodbye or anything, baka!

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      November 24, 2020 at 9:50 am | #

      Tsundarah.

  18. Pagemistress
    Pagemistress
    November 24, 2020 at 1:02 am | #

    Aw, what a cute strip to come out on my birthday! Thanks David, Sarah, and Joyce!

    • Hazel
      Hazel
      November 24, 2020 at 1:35 am | #

      Happy Birthday random DoA reader!

    • Carla's #2 Fan
      Carla's #2 Fan
      November 24, 2020 at 7:30 am | #

      Happy birthday! I agree that this is wonderfully cute!

  19. Abbe_Faria
    Abbe_Faria
    November 24, 2020 at 1:02 am | #

    Her heart grew three sizes that day. Then immediately shrank six, imploding into a black hole from which no love could escape. The End. -SAO Abridged

    • Zor
      Zor
      November 24, 2020 at 1:17 am | #

      Gotta love SAO Abridged

    • StClair
      StClair
      November 24, 2020 at 1:24 am | #

      That’s what happens when you exceed the Chandrasekhar limit. *nods sadly*

      • clif
        clif
        November 24, 2020 at 8:26 am | #

        You’re confusing density with size. If you don’t exceed the Chandrasekhar limit, you are destined to become a white dwarf.

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          November 24, 2020 at 9:56 am | #

          So, a short, white Sarah? Would Joyce call her ‘little sister’, then?

  20. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    November 24, 2020 at 1:29 am | #

    Cuteness overload!

  21. BenRG
    BenRG
    November 24, 2020 at 2:19 am | #

    I think that the biggest shock that Sarah has ever experienced in her life is the realisation that Joyce’s kind and loving nature isn’t performance: It’s who she really is.

  22. AnnoyingFixation
    AnnoyingFixation
    November 24, 2020 at 2:24 am | #

    I’m so done with Sarah’s attitude. You have people who love and give a fuck about you and would worry tremendously. Stop acting as if you must be the stereotypical rigid person who doesn’t have any care for you. You literally knew these people for a long period of time. Even in comic book serialization; that’s a long time.

    • Alfa/Polaris
      Alfa/Polaris
      November 24, 2020 at 2:45 am | #

      I said this elsewhere, but just to reiterate, it seems less like attitude and more like inability to express in the same bright, open ways Joyce does. Sarah still shows kindness and support in her own ways, and Joyce seems pretty well-aware of how she works, not seeming to mind.

      • brute
        brute
        November 24, 2020 at 3:29 am | #

        thank you, this is what i wanted to say, but worded better than i could have.

      • BenRG
        BenRG
        November 24, 2020 at 3:38 am | #

        Agreed. Sarah has a hard time expressing her positive emotions. Joyce can annoy her but I suspect that there are some times when Sarah is basically running away so Joyce doesn’t see her cry.

      • clif
        clif
        November 24, 2020 at 8:21 am | #

        You should love people as they are, not as you think they should be.

        Warts and all. Particularly if you have a wart fetish.

    • Anon A Mouse
      Anon A Mouse
      November 24, 2020 at 8:03 am | #

      As someone who relates to Sarah a lot I just want to say that part of the issue is we can see Sarah’s thoughts and they tend to be negative but are almost certainly not directed at anyone or malicious. I’ve often been referred to by strangers or acquaintances as “cold” or “insensitive” because I don’t often show emotion or accidentally let a strange expression cross my face while in thought. Most of my close friends, on the other hand, consider me a “rock” because of apparent control of my emotions and know something is particularly wrong when I do get emotional. Suffice to say, most if not all of Sarah’s “attitude” is likely meant as defensive than offensive and certainly not as offensive as some other attitudes in this comic.

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      November 24, 2020 at 11:56 am | #

      Sorry I can’t find them right now, but several studies have shown that in a couple, it takes ten or more positive contributions to emotionally rebuild trust for *each* negative emotional contribution.

      I would posit that a similar situation exist for life in general, so for aomeone like Sarah (or myself) it’s not about just how these people are being consistently nice (for now) but that she’s lived a life of betrayal and hurt leading up to that time. Frankly, that Sarah is even voicing to herself an awareness that she felt a bit hurt by the lack of a goodbye implies that she is openning up. I don’t think she would even have noticed the lack of a goodbye in September.

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        November 24, 2020 at 12:01 pm | #

        Ah, it wasn’t too hard to find. This article cites a 5:1 ratio of positive to negative contributions, but it still shows that it’s harder to build trust than to throw it away. So if a person is living with a large debt (or worse a persistent deficit), it’s going to take a lot of work to help them find trust in people.

        https://nobaproject.com/modules/positive-relationships

  23. Nenja
    Nenja
    November 24, 2020 at 2:45 am | #

    Tsundere Sarah.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      November 24, 2020 at 9:57 am | #

      As I said above: Tsundarah.

  24. Cleo Schmitz
    Cleo Schmitz
    November 24, 2020 at 3:33 am | #

    Is that a tiny little smile in the last panel?

  25. Shanunu
    Shanunu
    November 24, 2020 at 3:35 am | #

    Did Sarah get dreads or did she just cut her hair?

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      November 24, 2020 at 6:19 pm | #

      Speaking as a curly-haired person: could be neither! The bandana smoothed Sarah’s curls out a little, so that her hair seemed longer. Without the bandana, her curls can tighten up, making them appear shorter. It’s called shrinkage.
      Or Willis could be artistically representing a twist-out look – again same length, just a different style.
      Whatever it is, I like it.

  26. JepMZ
    JepMZ
    November 24, 2020 at 5:37 am | #

    What if Billie is an undercover investigator journalist pretending to be Asher’s girlfriend due to Sal’s tip?

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      November 24, 2020 at 5:57 am | #

      I honestly don’t think that Billie is that good an actress.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      November 24, 2020 at 9:02 am | #

      She’ll come to the conclusion that Asher is Amazi-Girl.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      November 24, 2020 at 9:59 am | #

      I suggested this days ago, so I’m in.

  27. Josh Spicer
    Josh Spicer
    November 24, 2020 at 8:20 am | #

    Doooh Joyce that was sweet.

    • Josh Spicer
      Josh Spicer
      November 24, 2020 at 8:21 am | #

      And Sarah that was sweet in return.

  28. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    November 24, 2020 at 9:09 am | #

    I love these moments.

  29. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    November 24, 2020 at 10:05 am | #

    “Also, this isn’t a smile! It’s a Grimace! A pained grimace, that I was suppressing while I was around you idiots, to be polite! And I’m NOT giggling! Those are bubbles of spite emerging from my chest! SPITE!!”

    “…They sound very similar.”

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      November 24, 2020 at 3:12 pm | #

      I thought Grimace was purple?

  30. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    November 24, 2020 at 10:44 am | #

    Don’t you hate it when someone ruins your cynical internal monolouge by being genuinely nice?

  31. Jhon
    Jhon
    November 24, 2020 at 10:55 am | #

    In order to keep its source of nourishment from drying up completely, the tear-drinking monster must occasionally surrender a drop of joy.

    • Peter Huppertz
      Peter Huppertz
      November 24, 2020 at 2:31 pm | #

      > the tear-drinking monster
      You mean Willis?

      • Jhon
        Jhon
        November 24, 2020 at 4:35 pm | #

        A folktale.
        Google is my friend.

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          November 24, 2020 at 7:55 pm | #

          “Willis is just a folktale”? Well I don’t believe that!

        • Jhon
          Jhon
          November 25, 2020 at 1:19 pm | #

          I was messing with you. If you google “tear-drinking monster”, Google sees ‘drink’ and ‘monster’ and sends you a million links about monster energy drinks.
          I know of no such folktale. But there could easy be one. The monster inflicts misery on people to enjoy their tears, but is defeated when tricked into drinking the wrong sort of tears.

  32. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    November 24, 2020 at 11:09 am | #

    Awwww♡

  33. Alex C
    Alex C
    November 24, 2020 at 2:36 pm | #

    Joyce, you’re a wonderful person regardless of what universe you are depicted in.

  34. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    November 24, 2020 at 3:09 pm | #

    a pleasant surprise

  35. ElderlyMarxist
    ElderlyMarxist
    November 24, 2020 at 5:09 pm | #

    me, chanting: joyce/sarah joyce/sarah joyce/sarah

    • toadby
      toadby
      November 25, 2020 at 12:30 am | #

      same

  36. Felian
    Felian
    November 24, 2020 at 6:29 pm | #

    Sarah is actually touched! Her permanent scowl is gone…. she actually looks soft!!

  37. toadby
    toadby
    November 25, 2020 at 12:30 am | #

    not to be controversial but they should kiss

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