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Dorothy knows the doors are not soundproof because she heard every cut and scream when Amber dissected Ryan’s face with his own knife, back when he was looking to end Joyce and Amber found him first.
Given that she uses those doors a lot and that college students aren’t exactly the quietest people in the world, she probably knew that long before then.
Gentle reminder to all: eating disorders are extremely common, all bodies are good bodies, we probably don’t want to the comments to devolve into lots of talk about weight.
@milu: Their comment wasn’t posted in reply to Leorale, which I think also adds to the idea that it wasn’t meant to be glib. More expanding on it in the conversation– bodies are good AND bodies are different.
I remember a few years ago, taking part in a conversation about bodies with some folks, and one commented how when they gained weight, the first place it went was to their chest. When they told their friends about this, their friends were like, “Okay, shut up, that’s nothing to complain about.” But they didn’t *like* having a larger chest. In fact, it was a great source of gender dysphoria for them, but they weren’t out as trans yet and I think even still considered themself a cis woman, so it was hard to put that into words.
So, I guess just adding another angle: sometimes the weight goes to your boobs and it SUCKS.
Watch them as they humourously violate due process and all of someone’s rights so they can catch the bad guy. It’s ok though, because they’re cute, funny, and right!
Narrator: They were not – in fact – right. The convicted person died in prison after being denied an appeal by SCOTUS despite overwhelming evidence exonerating them. The actual culprit retired in Monterey, California, had a lodge in Colorado, and did autumns in Maine, because they love watching the season turn. Buddies retired with full pensions.
there’s a whole range of issues with copaganda, not all of them necessarily present at the same time. but one they share is that they disproportionately humanize cops. whether they are portrayed as clumsy fun guys or corrupt jerks it becomes harder to see the systemic forest for the cop character trees.
But, also they are disproportionately shown in a friendly light in the media.
Ironically, the best treatment of cops is usually when they’re “rogue” cops because every other cop is dirty, corrupt, or incompetent. Even then, the issues are ones that sometimes even the Left ignores.
A lot of Left in America talk a big game about the cops but pretend that it begins with them versus the fact they are enforcing the unjust system exactly as it’s designed in Washington.
lol i’d rather ppl not see my nipples protruding even if i didn’t mind showing a bit of my cleavage but i feel like it’d be more effective to wear like a pushup bra over a normal warm and nice fitted shirt versus just like a bralette/sports bra as a top in the snow
I love these two together. Not necessarily in a healthy relationship kind of love. I just like reading them together. We need more messy sapphic relationships in the comic.
It’s been a long time since she and Dorothy have interacted, it sounds quite unlikely, but sometimes I think that it could be Becky who can really help the blonde, I mean that concern in the letter, it kind of implied that this “rivalry” It was nothing more than a game for the redhead.
maybe some kinda group intervention (well, more like sharing circle/amateur therapy 8D) of booster, becky, joyce ruth & jen and walky and anyone else being aroudn and adding their 2 cents as they say
Booster wouldn’t hesitate to do so. But I wonder if the rest would be willing to really collaborate. The only ones who would show greater confidence in talking would be Becky and Jennifer, but the latter would create more conflict with Ruth. Although Joyce would not hesitate to help, I don’t think she would be willing to provide authentic transparency. In the situation (I think she hasn’t even gone to therapy), Walky wouldn’t feel comfortable at all, but I think he would finally realize that Dorothy is a girl who can have problems like any human being and not only is she an “organizational excellence” and realizes that although it was not intentional, he also hurt her
I’d legit throw Booster at this entire cast on a one-by-one basis and see what happens. I know they’d want to help. I also know they’re a first year psych study and therefore more full of good intentions (and themselves) than praxis… But that’s already more than the campus therapists do, and Dorothy needs a friend who doesn’t idolize her.
Exactly, as much as Joyce wants to help, the result is really intriguing…and said result I fear will not be something positive, and well, if I have learned from this comic, it is to expect the unexpected.
Many in the comments have put Joyce x Dorothy on a pedestal, but two other options have recently appeared:
Jennifer and Jacob, about Jennifer I can only say that she is a loved and hated character, but to be honest I think that it would harm the poor blonde more than benefit her, although if Dorothy at some point can’t stand it anymore, she may be able to tell extremely strong truths that shocked everyone. Jacob is the least likely, however, it would be an opportunity for Dorothy to meet other people who are not from her usual circle. In fact, I have commented that even a friendship between the two is valid and acceptable, of course this would cause misunderstandings between them. Sarah and Joyce and the latter is able to encourage her partner to do something stupid, but I also want to believe that not everything is chaotic, and Sarah realizes that there is nothing like that and even sees Dorothy in a different way, well honestly, I have not seen a very strong link between the two and they are only committed to helping Joyce and I dare say that now a true link could emerge.
Amber is immersed in her own affairs, but showing that consideration in a game of Mario Kart gives her points in her favor and yes, it may sound absurd, but I think she would be the older sister that Dorothy needs.
And now, this may be the most absurd option of all, but it could be that Roz is that person.
I clarify, all this is just a personal opinion, but I agree that a person who treats Dorothy like a human being is the right option, the question is… who?
It’s all ok! ^^ I’m reading and nodding along. I think the option I like the most here is Amber, and not only because I’m biased about her, ok ok hear me out. The Mario Kart strips showed potential for a really nice complementary dynamic.
Amber is smart. Extremely so, even, but she’s not ambitious and (please correct me if I’m mistaken), she hasn’t expressed any dreams for the future – mainly because she’s until very recently not believed she has any. This… Is not great. But also, Dorothy’s idealization of a job she was ill suited for meant an extreme sort of ambition that allowed for no mistakes and was bound to do away with her mental health. So now she’s in the middle of her very own crisis of faith.
I think Dorothy could learn to chill from Amber (instead of just having a Fun Times Boyfriend), like, it’s okay if she’s not at her 10000% all the time? And Amber could learn it’s ok to see yourself living enough to graduate so what would you like to do? Notice this isn’t a “teach her” but a “learn from” – Amber wouldn’t let her get overbearing. And she’s seen The Horrors so Dorothy wouldn’t have to be Perfectly Mentally Healthy(tm) around her. IDK. It’s 5am here. But it feels nicer than Being Garbage Together At Garbage Roof. Like yeah, let’s have Saturdays of (doing) Nothing, but also, we could keep each other moving?
maybe they can circle around to helping jason stay in teh country (yeah robin did hire him but i woudln’t be surprised if no one filled out the proper paperwork to where it would be an issue with him later down the line)
It’s not my forte nowadays either tbh TwT Burnout. But yeah, god, Ruth still loves her and it would almost hurt to see if their irritation with each other wasn’t so consistently funny.
Which are famous last words. Willis will knife us with Ruth/Billie (Jennifer?) genuine feels soon, I know it.
well it probably has been a while since she’s been in canada, and just because you can doesn’t mean that an RA necessarily would go out in the same kinda atheletic wear you’d see someone in summer do
Exactly, as much as Joyce wants to help, the result is really intriguing…and said result I fear will not be something positive, and well, if I have learned from this comic, it is to expect the unexpected.
Many in the comments have put Joyce x Dorothy on a pedestal, but two other options have recently appeared:
Jennifer and Jacob, about Jennifer I can only say that she is a loved and hated character, but to be honest I think that it would harm the poor blonde more than benefit her, although if Dorothy at some point can’t stand it anymore, she may be able to tell extremely strong truths that shocked everyone. Jacob is the least likely, however, it would be an opportunity for Dorothy to meet other people who are not from her usual circle. In fact, I have commented that even a friendship between the two is valid and acceptable, of course this would cause misunderstandings between them. Sarah and Joyce and the latter is able to encourage her partner to do something stupid, but I also want to believe that not everything is chaotic, and Sarah realizes that there is nothing like that and even sees Dorothy in a different way, well honestly, I have not seen a very strong link between the two and they are only committed to helping Joyce and I dare say that now a true link could emerge.
Amber is immersed in her own affairs, but showing that consideration in a game of Mario Kart gives her points in her favor and yes, it may sound absurd, but I think she would be the older sister that Dorothy needs.
And now, this may be the most absurd option of all, but it could be that Roz is that person.
I clarify, all this is just a personal opinion, but I agree that a person who treats Dorothy like a human being is the right option, the question is… who?
Not only is Michigan in the way, the norther border for Indiana in just under 10km south of the southern most land-point in Canada (and Bloomington is around 280km further south).
But Pelee & it’s little neighbours do extend sound of norther edge of Indiana (But still far north of Bloomington area.
though there’s nothing to really STOP cold vortices of arctic wind, should one decide to wander south fom Canadia, between there and Indiana. All pret-ty flat.
I dont know how fahrenheit works but i have a few points of reference:
0 is really fucking cold
40 is freezing
100 is human body temperature
350 is pie-baking temperature
451 is paper burning temperature
(ish, the point is not for me to be literate in your freakish scale, just to get a rough sense of what americans are on about)
Metric’s good for a lot of things, even Celcius in some cases. But Fahrenheit is better for weather than C, and that’s a hill I’ll die on. 32 F is where clean water freezes, 10 is where pond water freezes, 40 is jacket weather. 50 is chilly. 70 is nice. 80 is warm. 90 is hot.
Air temperature below 0 and above 100 is where its really dangerous. -18 C to 38 C is not an intuitive scale.
Also, Canada is a really big country, winter for someone from southern Ontario is going to mean something different from someone from Vancouver, or northern Alberta.
Although, while ruth can’t be there for everyone obviously but i doubt she’s checking in as often as other ppl might need, even if dorothys issues stand out the most right now
Bit more than i can chew maybe, i keep wanting to draw huge 5-person panels with whacky poses because I’ve put in all this hard work to somehow justify a flying orgy… So that’s a bit of a challenge haha. Also i gotta be honest after all this narrative creativity that i am kinda proud of, im kind of out of ideas for the story besides some general sense of “and then they fuck.”
None of that withstanding i do have an update in the works. So at least a few more pictures should pop up in 2024 =3
But also the world is very fucked so even though im a deeply lazy person i did end up doing a lot of Palestine solidarity activism lately. Sometimes activism is self-care. Not the most conducive lifestyle to producing silly porn scifi fanart, but i do still need my escapist hobbies now and then. In the meantime, have a watercolour of a pachycephalosaur (hi Sal) headbutting a cop
(And while it’s true pachys *may* not have been using their big dome heads to headbutt each other, a) jury’s still out b) human heads have been used to headbutt other humans (and also cops) so surely pachys could (and would) do the same given half the chance.)
Milu, the entirety of these comments have me STARRY EYED. Goddamn, I love everything you’re saying and all it implies.
I’m cheering on you with the comic!!!11!! It’ll work and it’s gonna be beautiful!!11!! And also, on whichever avenue of self-care you’re choosing ;wwww;
I’m kinda afraid these two might return together. But then I remember Ruth is determined to be a healthier, better person and my fear go away. The chemistry is strong, but the desire for a good life is even stronger.
I’m kinda afraid these two might not return together. But then i remember Ruth is determined to remain a horny alcoholic and my fear goes away. The chemistry is strong and the desire for a good fuck is even stronger.
Ruth has healthy options now. Ruth also recognises that any relationship with Jennifer is like microwave popcorn. Sure, fun in the moment, but little-to-no nutritional value, is a bit cheap, and its kinda like styrafoam after awhile.
So yeah, unless Ruth has a history of making the worst choices… oh.
That doesn’t actually make what thejeff said untrue. All you’ve argued is “but BEFORE they helped each other get better, they helped each other get worse for a while”. Carla didn’t join the relationship and hold their hands and force them to get sober and go to therapy continually for months over their protests; she just happened to be part of the recovery from that one crisis point.
Sure do love this extremely revisionist version of the breakup where Ruth broke up with Billie because she “finally realized Billie was an awful partner”, instead of what actually happened on-panel, which was Ruth saying repeatedly, out loud, with her mouth, that Billie was wonderful and she’d never been happier in her life, but she was afraid that someday she might slide back into self-destructive depression and that she might take Billie with her in the process.
Is this the first conversation between Ruth and Jennifer that’s been shown since the timeskip (not including flashbacks) that’s been anything at all more than just a few short venom-laden barbs?
Ha! I spent the first three panels trying to visualise where Ruthjen were, and deciding probably a building opposite. Because obviously they wouldn’t be having this discussion less than a metre behind her.
I think they might’ve been talking in hushed tones, and that lasted for all of one panel before Jennifer started complaining about the cold and they both forgot what they were doing.
Yep, Jennifer might carry the torch for Ruth, but Asher’s holding a candle for Ethan, and his relationship with Jennifer doesn’t hold a candle to that match! Hot stuff
Man the facial expressions in this comic have really been S tier in the last month or two, I swear, I absolutely love watching a comic’s art evolve over time, it’s SO freaking cool!! ♥♥♥
The permeability of surfaces to various types of radiation is highly variable in the DOAverse. For instance, Joe was able to hide behind a glass door (and yell at Amber, IIRC, although maybe it was implied to be a stage whisper) yet remain undetected at Becky’s mom’s birthday party. And Jennifer remarked that the dorm’s interior walls are impressively soundproof or her relationship with Ruth would have been much more obvious.
Character tips for Ruth – next time, note that you would notice anyone wearing a titty shirt in freezing temperatures.
First, because this is true. Even in summer warmth, its easy to notice a titty shirt. They stand out (in more ways than one if the wearer is well endowed) even on a college campus, which is usually why someone wears one – to draw attention for whatever reason. Doing it in winter is even more of a cry for the spotlight.
Second, noting anything that personally attaches to Jennifer/Billie is… a bad idea. It lets her know she’s getting attention, particularly attention from you, Ruth. Whatever lingering attraction you feel for this woman, remember that you literally baracaded your door to keep her out. Give her space, and she’ll just be back in and hurting you again. Keep your responses general, rather than vulnerable.
Third, Ruth? You have been in that building how long? You know that glass isn’t soundproofed. You know Dorothy doesn’t care about making snowballs with reckless attire choices. Unless this is to distract her to soften her up to talk to, all you are doing is losing on both fronts with this digression.
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also that Gran must hate, if she's still alive, how Old Juliette is the same but with gray hair
one of my favorite things is when a commenter explodes WHEN DO THESE CHARACTERS GET THERAPY but directed towards a character who canonically has a regular therapist
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not within earshot so much as within earNUCLEAR BLAST
I THOUGHT THERE WERE NO ADS ON THIS COMIC DANGIT
It was a dirty trick.
That damn Willis sucked us in with his character development and emotional storylines, and just when we’re hooked . . . BAM! Ads.
Technically, it was only one.
Though equally technically, it was a re ad.
I saw four ADs.
Are you sure? I think If you count again, you’ll see that there are, in fact, 5 ads.
THERE ARE FOUR ADS!
–JLP
Counting ruth, I get 8.
I recognize this reference dot gif.
Dorothy knows the doors are not soundproof because she heard every cut and scream when Amber dissected Ryan’s face with his own knife, back when he was looking to end Joyce and Amber found him first.
Given that she uses those doors a lot and that college students aren’t exactly the quietest people in the world, she probably knew that long before then.
I think Dorothy would be more likely to become a slasher like Amber of people like Ryan than a bank robber.
MAKE THAT COMIC!
Dorothy in ten years: successful tattoo artist
Ruth aren’t you supposed to be good at sneaking up on people unnoticed
kinda hard to sneak up with a clear glass tho i only really remember her sneaking up on walky, who isn’t the most aware person to begin with lol
Snuck up on Sara when she skipped the floor meeting to go to Gallasso’s
It’s called “hiding in plain sight”
Big boobs is a fatness of sorts.
Best kind.
lol tho usually with weight gain ur fat doesn’t transfer to your boobs as much depending. tho i’d rather be completely flat myself xD
maybe she should just wear a corset underneath a sweatervest or so lol
It takes a while for fat to deposit in your breasts AND when you lose wait it’s one of the first places to lose fat.
Gentle reminder to all: eating disorders are extremely common, all bodies are good bodies, we probably don’t want to the comments to devolve into lots of talk about weight.
Yeh, that was certainly not my intention.
that’s not how boobs work I don’t think?
Generally, the body loses fat in the reverse order of gaining it. So the last place you gained weight will be the first place you lose it.
All bodies are different. I’ve seen some people who gained some weight also gain a lot of size in the chest region. Others, yes, not so much.
And yes, all bodies are good bodies, but people are -different-. *shrug*
Leorale is just reminding folks that discussions around body shape can be triggering. No need to be glib.
I don’t think they were being glib?
I might regret my comment now. I was just trying to be a little cheeky, not comment or shame bodies.
@milu: Their comment wasn’t posted in reply to Leorale, which I think also adds to the idea that it wasn’t meant to be glib. More expanding on it in the conversation– bodies are good AND bodies are different.
I remember a few years ago, taking part in a conversation about bodies with some folks, and one commented how when they gained weight, the first place it went was to their chest. When they told their friends about this, their friends were like, “Okay, shut up, that’s nothing to complain about.” But they didn’t *like* having a larger chest. In fact, it was a great source of gender dysphoria for them, but they weren’t out as trans yet and I think even still considered themself a cis woman, so it was hard to put that into words.
So, I guess just adding another angle: sometimes the weight goes to your boobs and it SUCKS.
oh ok, @yumi & @yotomoe, i must’ve misread, thanks for letting me know. @mneme sorry for that comment.
The best kinda fatness, really.
these two should be in a buddy cop movie
Femurs & Fisto: They’re (shitty) Cops.
How about we DON’T us Kit Fisto’s last name alone, lest he be confused with a certain post-apocalyptic robot whose name is a lot more appropriate?
Fisto from Fallout NV. Not just a Star Wars name.
Also one of dr kreiger’s inventions in Archer, but that was using his formal name: Mr. Fister
Also one of the heroic Masters of the Universe.
He fisted hard, but he could not fist them all.
I think they should be in a romance film.
you can do both at the same time!
Is that not what buddy cop movies are?
Except instead of being humorless bastards like real cops, they would be quirky and endearing
Oh wait, that’s every cop media already??!
Watch them as they humourously violate due process and all of someone’s rights so they can catch the bad guy. It’s ok though, because they’re cute, funny, and right!
Narrator: They were not – in fact – right. The convicted person died in prison after being denied an appeal by SCOTUS despite overwhelming evidence exonerating them. The actual culprit retired in Monterey, California, had a lodge in Colorado, and did autumns in Maine, because they love watching the season turn. Buddies retired with full pensions.
there’s a whole range of issues with copaganda, not all of them necessarily present at the same time. but one they share is that they disproportionately humanize cops. whether they are portrayed as clumsy fun guys or corrupt jerks it becomes harder to see the systemic forest for the cop character trees.
But, also they are disproportionately shown in a friendly light in the media.
Ironically, the best treatment of cops is usually when they’re “rogue” cops because every other cop is dirty, corrupt, or incompetent. Even then, the issues are ones that sometimes even the Left ignores.
A lot of Left in America talk a big game about the cops but pretend that it begins with them versus the fact they are enforcing the unjust system exactly as it’s designed in Washington.
lol rival nemesis in hitman/assassination companies would be fun
*plays “Team Rocket’s Secret Strategy” on hacked muzak*
… titty shirt…
**giggles**
heeheeheehee ^^
are shirts are titty shirts if you’re bold enough/make it tight fitted 8D;
Yeah, it’s def a skill issue. Attitude, even :3c
had a church girl yell at me for having a “belly shirt” bc it was a short shirt
(since then I have worn oversize shirts, just so I can tuck the damn things in)
(the “belly” shirt looked perfectly normal on me)
Titty Shirts in freezing temperatures are bracing, but also, a reminder that it’s not polite to point.
Subtle, sexual, numerically and syntactically symmetric with the subject – spectacular.
I bow before your brilliance, oh Lord of Puns.
I’m sure the pointing is part of what Ruth noticed.
lol i’d rather ppl not see my nipples protruding even if i didn’t mind showing a bit of my cleavage but i feel like it’d be more effective to wear like a pushup bra over a normal warm and nice fitted shirt versus just like a bralette/sports bra as a top in the snow
You could put someone’s eye out!
Another reference I “get”.
When the wise boob points at the moon, the fool stares at the nip.
nippl go *spung*
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Anno Dorotheae
You could make a religion out of this
“I bless this femur in the name of Saint Ruthless”
I love these two together. Not necessarily in a healthy relationship kind of love. I just like reading them together. We need more messy sapphic relationships in the comic.
Not quite full “they deserve each other (derogatory)” but they’re definitely pretty close
“bickered married couple but they’ve been divorced over three lifetimes/reincarnation cycles”
“I’ll find you and divorce you, every time”
“Do you promise?”
“I do.”
Again leaving things to Becky sounds like a better plan and you don’t have to go outside.
becky does care deep down, plus she’s more or less aware that dorothy turned down yale tho idk if they rly talked about walky otherwise
It’s been a long time since she and Dorothy have interacted, it sounds quite unlikely, but sometimes I think that it could be Becky who can really help the blonde, I mean that concern in the letter, it kind of implied that this “rivalry” It was nothing more than a game for the redhead.
maybe some kinda group intervention (well, more like sharing circle/amateur therapy 8D) of booster, becky, joyce ruth & jen and walky and anyone else being aroudn and adding their 2 cents as they say
Booster wouldn’t hesitate to do so. But I wonder if the rest would be willing to really collaborate. The only ones who would show greater confidence in talking would be Becky and Jennifer, but the latter would create more conflict with Ruth. Although Joyce would not hesitate to help, I don’t think she would be willing to provide authentic transparency. In the situation (I think she hasn’t even gone to therapy), Walky wouldn’t feel comfortable at all, but I think he would finally realize that Dorothy is a girl who can have problems like any human being and not only is she an “organizational excellence” and realizes that although it was not intentional, he also hurt her
I’d legit throw Booster at this entire cast on a one-by-one basis and see what happens. I know they’d want to help. I also know they’re a first year psych study and therefore more full of good intentions
(and themselves)than praxis… But that’s already more than the campus therapists do, and Dorothy needs a friend who doesn’t idolize her.Exactly, as much as Joyce wants to help, the result is really intriguing…and said result I fear will not be something positive, and well, if I have learned from this comic, it is to expect the unexpected.
Many in the comments have put Joyce x Dorothy on a pedestal, but two other options have recently appeared:
Jennifer and Jacob, about Jennifer I can only say that she is a loved and hated character, but to be honest I think that it would harm the poor blonde more than benefit her, although if Dorothy at some point can’t stand it anymore, she may be able to tell extremely strong truths that shocked everyone. Jacob is the least likely, however, it would be an opportunity for Dorothy to meet other people who are not from her usual circle. In fact, I have commented that even a friendship between the two is valid and acceptable, of course this would cause misunderstandings between them. Sarah and Joyce and the latter is able to encourage her partner to do something stupid, but I also want to believe that not everything is chaotic, and Sarah realizes that there is nothing like that and even sees Dorothy in a different way, well honestly, I have not seen a very strong link between the two and they are only committed to helping Joyce and I dare say that now a true link could emerge.
Amber is immersed in her own affairs, but showing that consideration in a game of Mario Kart gives her points in her favor and yes, it may sound absurd, but I think she would be the older sister that Dorothy needs.
And now, this may be the most absurd option of all, but it could be that Roz is that person.
I clarify, all this is just a personal opinion, but I agree that a person who treats Dorothy like a human being is the right option, the question is… who?
Sorry, I posted the comment in the wrong place.
It’s all ok! ^^ I’m reading and nodding along. I think the option I like the most here is Amber, and not only because I’m biased about her, ok ok hear me out. The Mario Kart strips showed potential for a really nice complementary dynamic.
Amber is smart. Extremely so, even, but she’s not ambitious and (please correct me if I’m mistaken), she hasn’t expressed any dreams for the future – mainly because she’s until very recently not believed she has any. This… Is not great. But also, Dorothy’s idealization of a job she was ill suited for meant an extreme sort of ambition that allowed for no mistakes and was bound to do away with her mental health. So now she’s in the middle of her very own crisis of faith.
I think Dorothy could learn to chill from Amber (instead of just having a Fun Times Boyfriend), like, it’s okay if she’s not at her 10000% all the time? And Amber could learn it’s ok to see yourself living enough to graduate so what would you like to do? Notice this isn’t a “teach her” but a “learn from” – Amber wouldn’t let her get overbearing. And she’s seen The Horrors so Dorothy wouldn’t have to be Perfectly Mentally Healthy(tm) around her. IDK. It’s 5am here. But it feels nicer than Being Garbage Together At Garbage Roof. Like yeah, let’s have Saturdays of (doing) Nothing, but also, we could keep each other moving?
Yeah, Becky masks with the same veneer of carefree goofiness as Walky.
They might be helping. After all, Dorothy finds reward and helping others and who needs help more than these poor idiots?
Reverse uno for Dotty or Reverse duo eh? Eh! Ehhhh….
maybe they can circle around to helping jason stay in teh country (yeah robin did hire him but i woudln’t be surprised if no one filled out the proper paperwork to where it would be an issue with him later down the line)
Wow, ads really are everywhere these days (lol)
Look at the ad before you Read it.
Getcha an ad blocker. I don’t see any ads.
Oh, wait. You were making a joke about the…yeah. Many people have told me my sense of humor is defective.
If it helps, I didn’t notice until, like. NOW. After a lot of ???ing :’33
Thanks. That does help, a little.
God, I’ve missed these two interacting.
What kind of Canadian are you, Ruth, come on. Y’all are insane and stand -0° Celsius in shorts, I’ve seen it.
Jennifer’s the one complaining about the cold, and she’s not Canadian
as far as we know, at least
Jennifer might be complaining. But Ruth is scandalized about her snow tank top. Why did she notice? Why doth she remark upon such sight?
Only the gods may know the answer.
Why does she sound so defensive about having noticed?
It’s very difficult to say.
But, see. Ruth was commenting on the tank top. Jennifer HAD to remark “yeah but pls remember I have fat boobs”, so this muddles things further ;3
Right! The semantic intricacies of this conversation are mindboggling
Why? Because she’s desperately in love, and also horny as a tin-peckered owl.
Was that another attempt at subtlety? I’m dropping the ball right and left.
It’s not my forte nowadays either tbh TwT Burnout. But yeah, god, Ruth still loves her and it would almost hurt to see if their irritation with each other wasn’t so consistently funny.
Which are famous last words. Willis will knife us with Ruth/Billie (Jennifer?) genuine feels soon, I know it.
when subtlety circles around to casual outright overt frankness
–Dave, it’s okay, none of them have dropped their balls yet. …neither has Howard
Well, there is a phrase I have never run across before. How does tin peckered status affect horniness?
well it probably has been a while since she’s been in canada, and just because you can doesn’t mean that an RA necessarily would go out in the same kinda atheletic wear you’d see someone in summer do
How cold does it get in Indiana btw? I have no frame of reference except “it snows on winter” (which is crazy cold to me – so it probs doesn’t count.)
Exactly, as much as Joyce wants to help, the result is really intriguing…and said result I fear will not be something positive, and well, if I have learned from this comic, it is to expect the unexpected.
Many in the comments have put Joyce x Dorothy on a pedestal, but two other options have recently appeared:
Jennifer and Jacob, about Jennifer I can only say that she is a loved and hated character, but to be honest I think that it would harm the poor blonde more than benefit her, although if Dorothy at some point can’t stand it anymore, she may be able to tell extremely strong truths that shocked everyone. Jacob is the least likely, however, it would be an opportunity for Dorothy to meet other people who are not from her usual circle. In fact, I have commented that even a friendship between the two is valid and acceptable, of course this would cause misunderstandings between them. Sarah and Joyce and the latter is able to encourage her partner to do something stupid, but I also want to believe that not everything is chaotic, and Sarah realizes that there is nothing like that and even sees Dorothy in a different way, well honestly, I have not seen a very strong link between the two and they are only committed to helping Joyce and I dare say that now a true link could emerge.
Amber is immersed in her own affairs, but showing that consideration in a game of Mario Kart gives her points in her favor and yes, it may sound absurd, but I think she would be the older sister that Dorothy needs.
And now, this may be the most absurd option of all, but it could be that Roz is that person.
I clarify, all this is just a personal opinion, but I agree that a person who treats Dorothy like a human being is the right option, the question is… who?
Sorry, I posted the comment in the wrong place.
It borders Canada? Need i say more
…Good cuz that is all i know about Indiana and even that might not be true, although there is literally no way to find out for sure
Not only is Michigan in the way, the norther border for Indiana in just under 10km south of the southern most land-point in Canada (and Bloomington is around 280km further south).
But Pelee & it’s little neighbours do extend sound of norther edge of Indiana (But still far north of Bloomington area.
haha, so that one thing i thought i knew about indiana was hilariously inaccurate, thank you XD
though there’s nothing to really STOP cold vortices of arctic wind, should one decide to wander south fom Canadia, between there and Indiana. All pret-ty flat.
20s/30s this week, looking at lows just below 0 (Fahrenheit) next week. Teens/twenties is not uncommon. The record low is -26⁰F.
Ruth could be remembering one of those “it snowed last night, now it’s 47⁰” days.
I dont know how fahrenheit works but i have a few points of reference:
0 is really fucking cold
40 is freezing
100 is human body temperature
350 is pie-baking temperature
451 is paper burning temperature
(ish, the point is not for me to be literate in your freakish scale, just to get a rough sense of what americans are on about)
Oh i also know that celsius and fahrenheit intersect at -40
Actually, 30F is closer to the point that water freezes. 40 is a little warmer than you want your fridge operating.
Metric’s good for a lot of things, even Celcius in some cases. But Fahrenheit is better for weather than C, and that’s a hill I’ll die on. 32 F is where clean water freezes, 10 is where pond water freezes, 40 is jacket weather. 50 is chilly. 70 is nice. 80 is warm. 90 is hot.
Air temperature below 0 and above 100 is where its really dangerous. -18 C to 38 C is not an intuitive scale.
Also metric weeks kind of sucked.
well, but Celsius is really good at being the system that I grew up using
(i’m being silly. i shouldn’t have called fahrenheit freakish, not because it isn’t, but because i don’t have an opinion on it actually)
Also, Canada is a really big country, winter for someone from southern Ontario is going to mean something different from someone from Vancouver, or northern Alberta.
They mean well, Dorothy, they mean well!
Do they, tho? ;P
Although, while ruth can’t be there for everyone obviously but i doubt she’s checking in as often as other ppl might need, even if dorothys issues stand out the most right now
Good intentions, bad execution.
Oh she’s fat, alright. It’s just all in my chest.
A thicc queen, as they say
grr. how about this then
*plays Home Free’s The Butts Remix on the hacked muzak*
– Oh right. you obviously just wanna fuck me!
– oh, and you don’t want to fuck me, maybe?!
– …
– …
*plays “Closer” by Nine Inch Nails on hacked muzak*
(this is the 69th comment BTW)
Nice
They should Make Love Not War about it
Haha
well, progress report:
Bit more than i can chew maybe, i keep wanting to draw huge 5-person panels with whacky poses because I’ve put in all this hard work to somehow justify a flying orgy… So that’s a bit of a challenge haha. Also i gotta be honest after all this narrative creativity that i am kinda proud of, im kind of out of ideas for the story besides some general sense of “and then they fuck.”
None of that withstanding i do have an update in the works. So at least a few more pictures should pop up in 2024 =3
But also the world is very fucked so even though im a deeply lazy person i did end up doing a lot of Palestine solidarity activism lately. Sometimes activism is self-care. Not the most conducive lifestyle to producing silly porn scifi fanart, but i do still need my escapist hobbies now and then. In the meantime, have a watercolour of a pachycephalosaur (hi Sal) headbutting a cop
(And while it’s true pachys *may* not have been using their big dome heads to headbutt each other, a) jury’s still out b) human heads have been used to headbutt other humans (and also cops) so surely pachys could (and would) do the same given half the chance.)
Milu, the entirety of these comments have me STARRY EYED. Goddamn, I love everything you’re saying and all it implies.
I’m cheering on you with the comic!!!11!! It’ll work and it’s gonna be beautiful!!11!! And also, on whichever avenue of self-care you’re choosing ;wwww;
its beautiful
it was my christmas present to my parents =D
Aren’t there enough ADs on this site already?
This is going great
Yeah, they’re definitely less than 5 feet away.
Dorothy: maybe i should approach them and say, i noticed from across the glass doors that you both seem like you could use a good fucking.
How have I gone 39 years of life and never heard a tank top called a titty shirt?
Right? I’ve gone a lot longer than that. I’m glad I didn’t die without ever hearing it.
It’s sonorous. It’s sublime. I didn’t know I needed it
It does sound a lot hotter (and hey, less classist!) than wifebeater.
[insert “Willis please do something about your website there are big ‘AD’s in the middle of the comic again” joke here]
They’ve even snuck into the hovertext. Where will it end?
I’m kinda afraid these two might return together. But then I remember Ruth is determined to be a healthier, better person and my fear go away. The chemistry is strong, but the desire for a good life is even stronger.
I’m kinda afraid these two might not return together. But then i remember Ruth is determined to remain a horny alcoholic and my fear goes away. The chemistry is strong and the desire for a good fuck is even stronger.
Ruth has healthy options now. Ruth also recognises that any relationship with Jennifer is like microwave popcorn. Sure, fun in the moment, but little-to-no nutritional value, is a bit cheap, and its kinda like styrafoam after awhile.
So yeah, unless Ruth has a history of making the worst choices… oh.
I’m pretty sure she doesn’t recognize that. I’m not even sure it’s true.
They helped each other get better, despite their problems and they’ve regressed a lot since they broke up.
I mean, no they didn’t. Ruth was getting worse and so was Jennifer until they got forced into therapy by Carla.
That doesn’t actually make what thejeff said untrue. All you’ve argued is “but BEFORE they helped each other get better, they helped each other get worse for a while”. Carla didn’t join the relationship and hold their hands and force them to get sober and go to therapy continually for months over their protests; she just happened to be part of the recovery from that one crisis point.
Sure do love this extremely revisionist version of the breakup where Ruth broke up with Billie because she “finally realized Billie was an awful partner”, instead of what actually happened on-panel, which was Ruth saying repeatedly, out loud, with her mouth, that Billie was wonderful and she’d never been happier in her life, but she was afraid that someday she might slide back into self-destructive depression and that she might take Billie with her in the process.
“Yes, mom, dad, I can hear you fighting through the door, you van stop pretending.”
Is this the first conversation between Ruth and Jennifer that’s been shown since the timeskip (not including flashbacks) that’s been anything at all more than just a few short venom-laden barbs?
And don’t forget the longer venom-lamden confrontations.
ship has been retitled Venom-Lambda
Ruth and Jennifer are the worst for each other. I love it.
right? I could just watch these two for the rest of willis’ drawing career.
Ruth: “Just because I broke up with you doesn’t I’m gonna find you less attractive!”
Jennifer: “You still could’ve had all of this if you weren’t so stubborn!”
Gosh, I wish my desire to draw wasn’t so fleeting.
Crowd: DRAW DRAW DRAW DRAW
Ha! I spent the first three panels trying to visualise where Ruthjen were, and deciding probably a building opposite. Because obviously they wouldn’t be having this discussion less than a metre behind her.
Of course they would.
I think they might’ve been talking in hushed tones, and that lasted for all of one panel before Jennifer started complaining about the cold and they both forgot what they were doing.
If the pre-complaining part was hushed, at least Dorothy wouldn’t know there was a plan aimed at her.
Give in to those negative urges just this once Dorothy.
Tattle on Jennifer.
Her boyfriend deserves to know Jennifer is flirting with her Ex again.
Also their brand of glirting is loud and disturbing in both meanings of the word.
oh i have a feeling their relationship is not long for this world anyway lol
Yep, Jennifer might carry the torch for Ruth, but Asher’s holding a candle for Ethan, and his relationship with Jennifer doesn’t hold a candle to that match! Hot stuff
Has Jennifer been getting fashion advice from Jamie McJack over at GWS?
just go outside and ask her if she wants to get railed idiots
mmm titty shirt
Man the facial expressions in this comic have really been S tier in the last month or two, I swear, I absolutely love watching a comic’s art evolve over time, it’s SO freaking cool!! ♥♥♥
The permeability of surfaces to various types of radiation is highly variable in the DOAverse. For instance, Joe was able to hide behind a glass door (and yell at Amber, IIRC, although maybe it was implied to be a stage whisper) yet remain undetected at Becky’s mom’s birthday party. And Jennifer remarked that the dorm’s interior walls are impressively soundproof or her relationship with Ruth would have been much more obvious.
Character tips for Ruth – next time, note that you would notice anyone wearing a titty shirt in freezing temperatures.
First, because this is true. Even in summer warmth, its easy to notice a titty shirt. They stand out (in more ways than one if the wearer is well endowed) even on a college campus, which is usually why someone wears one – to draw attention for whatever reason. Doing it in winter is even more of a cry for the spotlight.
Second, noting anything that personally attaches to Jennifer/Billie is… a bad idea. It lets her know she’s getting attention, particularly attention from you, Ruth. Whatever lingering attraction you feel for this woman, remember that you literally baracaded your door to keep her out. Give her space, and she’ll just be back in and hurting you again. Keep your responses general, rather than vulnerable.
Third, Ruth? You have been in that building how long? You know that glass isn’t soundproofed. You know Dorothy doesn’t care about making snowballs with reckless attire choices. Unless this is to distract her to soften her up to talk to, all you are doing is losing on both fronts with this digression.