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by David M Willis on March 14, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Choosing My Religion
└ Tags: dorothy, walky

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  1. addude
    addude
    March 14, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Smooth, Walky.

    • OhHayMike
      OhHayMike
      March 14, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

      I thought so. I mean, the threat of litigation has always worked for me, anyway.

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        March 14, 2012 at 1:23 am | #

        And she seems to be pre-law, so she knows all about the legal ramifications. Or at the very least what a sexual offense charge would mean.

        • Historyman68
          Historyman68
          March 14, 2012 at 1:51 am | #

          Is there anyone who doesn’t know what a sexual offense charge means?

          • Steven
            Steven
            March 14, 2012 at 3:13 am | #

            Considering you can get one for even glancing the wrong way at certain people, I’d say no. No one really seems to understand how the work.

            • LiamKav
              LiamKav
              March 14, 2012 at 5:54 am | #

              “Considering you can get one for even glancing the wrong way at certain people, I’d say no.”

              Can you? Can you really?

              • AJBulldis
                AJBulldis
                March 14, 2012 at 7:52 am | #

                You’re being assaulted at this very moment.

                • octobar
                  octobar
                  March 14, 2012 at 8:02 am | #

                  By an invisible ninja.

                • shoeboxjeddy
                  shoeboxjeddy
                  March 14, 2012 at 9:09 am | #

                  Suddenly, sexual assault charges, Thousands of them.

                • lightsabermario
                  lightsabermario
                  March 14, 2012 at 4:45 pm | #

                  Billions and billions of sexual assault charges.

              • nothri
                nothri
                March 14, 2012 at 10:25 am | #

                “Considering you can get one for even glancing the wrong way at certain people, I’d say no.”

                Can you? Can you really?”

                At the very least, you can be sued. Whether or not you can be charged or convicted likely depends on the relative intelligence or lack thereof of your state’s legal system. Assuming you are from America, of course.

              • Aidenn
                Aidenn
                March 14, 2012 at 6:28 pm | #

                Harassment, not assault.

              • Hayo
                Hayo
                May 22, 2012 at 11:46 pm | #

                I almost was by a principle

            • moonracer
              moonracer
              March 14, 2012 at 2:52 pm | #

              There are a few counties in Georgia where you can be arrested for statutory rape if youre sitting in a car with someone and youre not wearing socks and shoes.

              • BriGuy
                BriGuy
                March 14, 2012 at 3:50 pm | #

                Uh…

                That’s all I have to say.

              • Valdrax
                Valdrax
                March 14, 2012 at 8:26 pm | #

                Oh? Which ones?

                (I’ll just be sitting here with a chunk of rock salt, while I await your reply.)

              • cheeseparty
                cheeseparty
                March 14, 2012 at 8:46 pm | #

                I’m pretty sure that’s an urban legend. Similarly, at my high school and a couple of camps I attended, there was a rumor that if you sat in the bed with your shoes off and your feet off the floor, it was considered “having sex.” We would have “orgies” that consisted of lots of people sitting together with their feet off the floor.

                • Blue
                  Blue
                  March 15, 2012 at 3:15 am | #

                  Did you go to CTY, by any chance? That’s where I heard the “orgy” rumor.

                  Of course, we liked calling everything “orgies” there. 😛

              • jsepeta
                jsepeta
                March 15, 2012 at 9:15 am | #

                wow, for not wearing socks and shoes? my family’s in trouble if I take them to the beach.

      • SuziRoo
        SuziRoo
        March 14, 2012 at 1:51 am | #

        Hey one blackmail-based relationship already worked, who’s to say it won’t again?

    • Aeron
      Aeron
      March 14, 2012 at 1:28 am | #

      Just the way she like him.

    • Zoey
      Zoey
      March 14, 2012 at 5:20 am | #

      That was so smooth im going to have to press charges for being a criminal……a smooth criminal….

      • Chronos
        Chronos
        March 15, 2012 at 1:28 am | #

        Mumma-say, mumma-sah, de mah-koo-sah…

  2. horerczy
    horerczy
    March 14, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Dorothy don’t lie you don’t have a God.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      March 14, 2012 at 3:27 pm | #

      Sure she does – she doesn’t have worship or respect or have faith in any god, but she does have one. In her basement, back at home. In a little cage. She likes to poke it with sticks. Ones that are on fire.

      On a similar note, as an atheist myself I’m rather conflicted; I once declared that a styrofoam cup that was sitting on my desk at the time was a god. Does that make me not an atheist anymore? I certainly believe in the cup’s existence, and nobody has yet made any convincing argument that it’s *not* a god…I’m so confused.

      • Shippy McShipper
        Shippy McShipper
        March 14, 2012 at 8:33 pm | #

        Remember, the burden of evidence would lie with you, not with the others.

        Also, I’m pretty sure that would make you a priest(ess?), so that’s still a kind of atheist. Don’t worry.

      • das-g
        das-g
        March 15, 2012 at 6:55 pm | #

        Obviously, you’re a Discordian. You just didn’t know yet. Other Discordians, on the other hand, didn’t know yet about your styrofoam cup cabal. Until now.

        FNORD?

  3. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    March 14, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    ………………….

  4. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    March 14, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    MY PENIS: I GIVE IT TO YOU

    • SlenderTroll
      SlenderTroll
      March 14, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

      For a nickel.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        March 14, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

        *then Mike shows up and sues for copyright*

        • Tan
          Tan
          March 14, 2012 at 4:17 am | #

          Trademark, I would think.

      • Khantalas
        Khantalas
        March 14, 2012 at 12:27 am | #

        In your FAAAAAAAACE?

        ((I did this wrong, didn’t I?))

        • fellixe
          fellixe
          March 14, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

          That’s complicated, see, because when done right it is still always wrong.

          • Drunken Nordmann
            Drunken Nordmann
            March 14, 2012 at 1:37 am | #

            “So wrong, yet so right”?

            • Blob Marley
              Blob Marley
              March 14, 2012 at 12:55 pm | #

              If my penis in your face for a nickel is wrong, I don’t wanna be right?

              • Khantalas
                Khantalas
                March 14, 2012 at 1:18 pm | #

                Well, now I have to press sexual assault charges.

  5. Spiffster13
    Spiffster13
    March 14, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Nice recovery walky! You are getting stronger!

  6. mechaqua
    mechaqua
    March 14, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Blackmail the essence of all great romances!

    Also
    d’awwwwwwwwwwww

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      March 14, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

      Hey, it worked for Amber and Mike in Shortpacked.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        March 14, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

        It’s kinda hard to tell if he is being sarcastic or not.

        • Aydr
          Aydr
          March 14, 2012 at 2:02 am | #

          Why would it be? it DID work… In fact, some form of manipulation seems to be the only way for a girl to get any attention from Mike.

    • Wonder Wig
      Wonder Wig
      March 14, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      That is the most threatmantic thing I’ve ever read!

      • Shippy McShipper
        Shippy McShipper
        March 14, 2012 at 8:36 pm | #

        So he should be fine, as long as he doesn’t compare her to his mom?

        • jsepeta
          jsepeta
          March 15, 2012 at 9:16 am | #

          “my mom uses more tongue.”

  7. freefall
    freefall
    March 14, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Dorothy blushing = cutest thing evar.

    • NCP19
      NCP19
      March 14, 2012 at 12:26 am | #

      I would’ve said Walky, but now we’ve covered all the bases for this comic!

  8. Khantalas
    Khantalas
    March 14, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    I just can’t wait to see how Danny and Billie will react to this development.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      March 14, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      Billie won’t care (except maybe she’ll be even more depressed since she’s supposed to be hot stuff and Walky’s got someone first.)

      Danny will spend a couple of weeks halfheartedly convincing himself he’s moved on before hanging himself.

      • Khantalas
        Khantalas
        March 14, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

        Billie might say she doesn’t care, but we all know she is secretly in love with the Walkerton siblings, so losing half of her soulmates will probably ruin her FOREVER.

        ((‘kay, that is a bit more dramatic than what will probably happen.))

        • Wack'd
          Wack'd
          March 14, 2012 at 12:44 am | #

          I had Danny hang himself. It’s going to take more than that to beat me for dramaticness.

          • Khantalas
            Khantalas
            March 14, 2012 at 12:46 am | #

            Yeah, but that is just par for the course for Danny.

          • Shippy McShipper
            Shippy McShipper
            March 14, 2012 at 8:39 pm | #

            I can beat that.

            By let’s say friday, after they are done watching the shows and/or making out, she’ll notice that she got a message from Danny. A video, assuming they both have good enough phones.
            He’s hanging himself this very moment, and daring her to come save him and/or take her back.

            • Shippy McShipper
              Shippy McShipper
              March 14, 2012 at 8:41 pm | #

              Er, take him back. Götterdämmerung!

        • Kerian
          Kerian
          March 15, 2012 at 1:04 pm | #

          I now ship Walky/Billie/Sal. I:

    • jaredstar1
      jaredstar1
      March 14, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

      Depending on how much he has recovered from the break up (last week) and how far if any place this relationship might go it might crush him (for a time anyways)

      • xainoforgv
        xainoforgv
        March 14, 2012 at 10:23 am | #

        i think a much bigger factor would be if he’s made up with amber and how he’s doing on that front

  9. sockv
    sockv
    March 14, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Death by cuteness: the entire strip!

  10. Henry
    Henry
    March 14, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Too much “d’awwww!” to handle.

  11. RJ
    RJ
    March 14, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Walky: surprisingly smooth

  12. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    March 14, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Dorothy’s smile in the last panel. (ಠ益ಠ)

    • SlenderTroll
      SlenderTroll
      March 14, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      Why does her lip look like a creepy pedo mustache?
      Most terrifying DoA panel ever.

      • Thor
        Thor
        March 14, 2012 at 1:03 am | #

        It’s always been like that. Dorothy’s lip shading has always looked like a chocolate milk mustache.

        And everyone’s noses are a diagonal line over a squished dot.

        Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.

        • TsunamiJane
          TsunamiJane
          March 14, 2012 at 9:42 am | #

          CURSE YOU THORRR!!!!

        • davidbreslin101
          davidbreslin101
          March 14, 2012 at 1:39 pm | #

          With careful training, you could probably fix it so you can’t see faces in comics anymore, just wierd squiggles and dots.

      • Historyman68
        Historyman68
        March 14, 2012 at 2:00 am | #

        She’s channeling John Waters.

  13. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    March 14, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    Kinda cute.

  14. Joe
    Joe
    March 14, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    This is adorable.
    Which means something bad is about to happen.
    Right?

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      March 14, 2012 at 2:05 am | #

      Perhaps, but not necessarily to them.

  15. turkishproverb
    turkishproverb
    March 14, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    That was a…happened.

  16. Logan_Jennings
    Logan_Jennings
    March 14, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    D’aww…

  17. LiC
    LiC
    March 14, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

    Aww… that’s cute… Although this budding adorableness may put a dampener in Dorothy’s plans for going to Harvard…

    • mechaqua
      mechaqua
      March 14, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

      Well she’ll just have to settle on Yale! 🙂

      • LiC
        LiC
        March 14, 2012 at 3:18 am | #

        >GASP!< Not Yale! :O

        • Blob Marley
          Blob Marley
          March 14, 2012 at 12:58 pm | #

          Lisa’s going to Stanford!

  18. The Blot
    The Blot
    March 14, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

    So cute! The last two days have been an unexpected, yet adorable turn for these two characters. I thought it might happen one day, but not any time soon.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      March 14, 2012 at 2:12 am | #

      It’s always nice when something happens unexpectedly quickly- that way we get to get to the ramifications, rather than being stuck in will-they-or-won’t-they forever.

      • Jimmy
        Jimmy
        March 14, 2012 at 7:55 am | #

        At the rate this comic is going we are VERY fortunate for something to happen quickly.

  19. The Sound Defense
    The Sound Defense
    March 14, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

    Walky is smoother than I give him credit for, considering how he was reacting a few days ago.

  20. Ryan
    Ryan
    March 14, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

    Yes, end on the joke Walky. Perfect strategy, no sarcasm.

  21. John
    John
    March 14, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    So cute. They make me want to choke them both.

    • John
      John
      March 14, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

      Oh, man, I’d completely forgotten I had the Mike gravatar.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        March 14, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

        It does give the comment a certain gravitas.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          March 14, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

          What’s mexican food got to do with anything? 😛

          • fellixe
            fellixe
            March 14, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

            Oh, Mexican FOOD! I was worried Kern was talking about gravy margaritas.

            • mechaqua
              mechaqua
              March 14, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

              Gravy margaritas for those who want to have psoriasis of the liver, and a heart attack!

              • fellixe
                fellixe
                March 14, 2012 at 12:54 am | #

                Especially if you include the biscuit chasers.

              • Batman1016
                Batman1016
                March 14, 2012 at 5:55 am | #

                I can’t think of a stranger affliction in the entire universe than “psoriasis of the liver.” Does your liver get all scaly and flaky, and itch a lot? Can one apply topical cream to a liver? I’m confused.

                Unless you meant “cirrhosis,” in which case YOU’RE confused.

                • AJBulldis
                  AJBulldis
                  March 14, 2012 at 8:51 am | #

                  An itchy liver would be terrible.

        • Kelly
          Kelly
          March 14, 2012 at 1:56 am | #

          Captain, we are being hailed by the GSV “Just Enough Gravitas For A DoA Comment”.

  22. Sporkaganza
    Sporkaganza
    March 14, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

    I hate that I find these two so cute together because I know this relationship is probably going to go down in flames.

    • mechaqua
      mechaqua
      March 14, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

      No I disagree this relationship will soar, like the Hindenburg!

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        March 14, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

        This will go over like a lead balloon!

        • C.
          C.
          March 14, 2012 at 1:18 am | #

          Or a balloon filled with Flotium.

        • N0083rP00F
          N0083rP00F
          March 14, 2012 at 8:59 am | #

          @Kernanator – you may not know or remember but Myth-busters proved without a shadow of a doubt that a lead balloon does go over well, it just happens to be rather delicate.
          Hmm, now that I think of it, this relationship is at the lead balloon stage

  23. Kamino Neko
    Kamino Neko
    March 14, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

    Should I be worried that this would be a perfect strategy to use with me?

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      March 14, 2012 at 12:30 am | #

      Obviously you should marry a lawyer.

      • Batman1016
        Batman1016
        March 14, 2012 at 5:56 am | #

        Just don’t ever try to DIVORCE a lawyer . . . .

  24. LimeTH
    LimeTH
    March 14, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

    Well, he handled that better than I thought he would.

  25. Bekah
    Bekah
    March 14, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

    Smooth Walky. No girl can resist moves like that.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      March 14, 2012 at 12:30 am | #

      His litigation brings all the girls to the yard.

      • mechaqua
        mechaqua
        March 14, 2012 at 12:36 am | #

        And they’re lawyers are like
        I am better than yours,
        Damn right i am better than yours,
        I can retain you,
        But I have to charge

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          March 14, 2012 at 12:42 am | #

          You beat me too it.

        • NF
          NF
          March 14, 2012 at 10:40 am | #

          This thread. Just, this thread…

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        March 14, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

        And there like,
        His lawyers are better than yours,
        Damn right they’re better than yours,

        • Drunken Nordmann
          Drunken Nordmann
          March 14, 2012 at 1:41 am | #

          Who’s your current gravatar, PM? She looks familiar.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            March 14, 2012 at 4:15 am | #

            Today’s grav is Saya from the love/horror novel, Saya no Uta(The Song of Saya).

            It is a story about a guy who develops “meat-vision” after an operation which results in him seeing the world like it is covered in meat, bones and organs and people now look like freakish monsters.

            After a few weeks, he meets Saya who ‘looks’ like a beautiful young girl to him.

            To someone with normal vision, she is a slimy tentacle monster.

            If you want check it out, here is part 1 of 38 video chapters of Saya no Uta below.

            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDHJ05TbDxU

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              March 14, 2012 at 7:28 am | #

              Today’s grav is Saya from the love/horror novel, Saya no Uta(The Song of Saya).

              It is a story about a guy who develops “meat-vision” after an operation which results in him seeing the world like it is covered in meat, blood and organs and people now look like freakish monsters.

              After a few weeks, he meets Saya, who ‘looks’ like a beautiful young girl, but to someone with normal vision, she is in fact, a slimy tentacle monster.

              • AJBulldis
                AJBulldis
                March 14, 2012 at 7:58 am | #

                He must have been really glad to…

                *shades*

                Meat her.

                • Tenn
                  Tenn
                  March 14, 2012 at 9:09 am | #

                  YEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!

                  (Well, it’s required, and I wasn’t going to stand idly by.)

                • Tenn
                  Tenn
                  March 14, 2012 at 9:11 am | #

                  That was intended as a reply to AJBulldis. I clicked on Reply, didn’t I? Durr.

                • Tenn
                  Tenn
                  March 14, 2012 at 9:14 am | #

                  OK, I def clicked Reply this time, and it still ends up at the bottom. This makes me so mad I’m going to change my randomly assigned avatar!

                  (In other words, not mad at all.)

              • Drunken Nordmann
                Drunken Nordmann
                March 14, 2012 at 7:59 am | #

                I knew it. I loved this game. The story was in a disturbing way romantic if that makes any sense.
                My favourite ending was the True Ending – it seems more like a Good Ending than the original Good Ending.

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  March 14, 2012 at 5:57 pm | #

                  The weirdwat thing is that despite knowing at Saya’s a foul-smelling tentacle slime monster from another dimension whose goal it is to wipe out humanity and turn the earth into a festering meat mass, you still kinda want to have ‘meat-vision’ and hug her.

                  Human empathy is sure scary sometimes.

        • N0083rP00F
          N0083rP00F
          March 14, 2012 at 9:04 am | #

          *head desk* – and you actually used the correct word once as well.
          There – a location in space or time
          Their – ownership of or belonging to
          They’re – contraction of They Are

  26. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    March 14, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

    *dies of cuteness*

    • Heavensrun
      Heavensrun
      March 14, 2012 at 11:50 am | #

      NOOO!

      Dammit, Willis, you see what you’ve done? People are DYING down here, and it’s all your fault!

      • Dahlia
        Dahlia
        March 14, 2012 at 12:13 pm | #

        It was so sweet I got DIABEETUS.

        • Blob Marley
          Blob Marley
          March 14, 2012 at 1:00 pm | #

          Did you grow a moustache?

          • Dahlia
            Dahlia
            March 14, 2012 at 1:29 pm | #

            …It’s a SLIGHT possibility.

  27. Rayrayrave
    Rayrayrave
    March 14, 2012 at 12:27 am | #

    cutest response ever!

  28. Scoot
    Scoot
    March 14, 2012 at 12:41 am | #

    Male tsundere, THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT!!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      March 14, 2012 at 1:09 am | #

      And not like a damn bastard. Or that creepy master slave thing that some people like. I really need to stay of the Internet.

    • Scoot
      Scoot
      March 14, 2012 at 1:44 am | #

      wat

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        March 14, 2012 at 4:18 am | #

        You really don’t want to know.

      • Blob Marley
        Blob Marley
        March 14, 2012 at 1:33 pm | #

        [Here you go](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundere)

        • Blob Marley
          Blob Marley
          March 14, 2012 at 1:36 pm | #

          Aaaaaaand I’m not on Reddit any more, Toto.

  29. Aizat
    Aizat
    March 14, 2012 at 1:07 am | #

    Can’t tell if Dorothy’s dreading it or loving it in the last panel.

    • Tandel
      Tandel
      March 14, 2012 at 1:17 am | #

      I would venture a guess with loving it. It’s just too silly. That and I think it reinforces the idea that Walky won’t be taking things too seriously too fast aka NOT Danny.

      • johannhowitzer
        johannhowitzer
        March 14, 2012 at 6:18 am | #

        I agree completely. He’s being over-the-top and in exactly the way she likes. I think her “OH MY GOD” is more “THIS GUY IS TOO CUTE.”

    • Khantalas
      Khantalas
      March 14, 2012 at 1:30 am | #

      She is deploying the McDonald’s motto.

    • Khantalas
      Khantalas
      March 14, 2012 at 1:30 am | #

      She is deploying the McDonald’s motto.

      • John
        John
        March 14, 2012 at 4:56 am | #

        “Billions and billions served”?

        • Batman1016
          Batman1016
          March 14, 2012 at 5:59 am | #

          Being that your grav is Mike, I just automatically inserted “moms” before “served,” and then tacked “For a nickle each” at the end.

          • vlademir1
            vlademir1
            March 14, 2012 at 1:56 pm | #

            You’re missing an “of” in there I think.

        • lightsabermario
          lightsabermario
          March 14, 2012 at 4:49 pm | #

          I thought that was Carl Sagan’s catchphrase.
          Has McDonald’s taken over Carl Sagan? NOOOOO!

  30. Tristan J
    Tristan J
    March 14, 2012 at 1:41 am | #

    *squee all over the fricken’ carpet*

    I’m going to be one of those crazy people who thinks that these two will get into a relationship, find a few compatibility issues, and then get through them and come out of it a stronger couple than before.

    A total impossibility, I know, but I’m a dreamer.

    • Khantalas
      Khantalas
      March 14, 2012 at 1:43 am | #

      Nothing can survive the touch of Willis. Mark my words, this relationship is doomed for failure.

      • johannhowitzer
        johannhowitzer
        March 14, 2012 at 6:20 am | #

        See, but people keep saying that about Amber and Mike, and look how far they’ve come. Also…

        *** SPOILER ALERT FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN’T READ IT’S WALKY ***

        yklaW dna ecyoJ

        • Heavensrun
          Heavensrun
          March 14, 2012 at 11:48 am | #

          I fail to see where Yklaw’s DNA comes into it, Ecyoj’d or not. Also, your puncutation and capitalization is atrocious.

        • Khantalas
          Khantalas
          March 14, 2012 at 1:16 pm | #

          Give it time. The touch of the Willis destroys all it… touches.

          • Wack'd
            Wack'd
            March 14, 2012 at 3:17 pm | #

            Last we saw them they were on the alter, so…

            • Khantalas
              Khantalas
              March 14, 2012 at 9:21 pm | #

              And divorces never happen in fiction?

    • lightsabermario
      lightsabermario
      March 14, 2012 at 4:55 pm | #

      @ Tristan J
      Dammit we just cleaned that carpet!

  31. Charles RB
    Charles RB
    March 14, 2012 at 1:42 am | #

    Dawwww!

  32. Atcote
    Atcote
    March 14, 2012 at 1:43 am | #

    This reminds me of my first kiss at university. In my tiny dark little dorm room, watching a movie (Moulin Rouge!, for the record), and some awkward hugging. Five years later, still at it.
    This leads me to a single conclusion:
    There is no more intimate environment than a student’s room with something geeky playing.

  33. b
    b
    March 14, 2012 at 1:55 am | #

    I JUST LOVE HER FACE IN THE LAST PANEL

    • Jim
      Jim
      March 14, 2012 at 2:01 am | #

      She sure dun does have a purty mouth!

    • Technyx
      Technyx
      March 14, 2012 at 2:02 am | #

      ME TOO

  34. Venn
    Venn
    March 14, 2012 at 2:26 am | #

    I, for one, find this adorable.

  35. sreiches
    sreiches
    March 14, 2012 at 3:02 am | #

    I seriously want to bottle up the way the first and last panels feel, and then dole that feeling out to myself day by day.

    • Herohatch
      Herohatch
      March 14, 2012 at 3:32 am | #

      My thoughts exactly.

  36. Roddy
    Roddy
    March 14, 2012 at 3:58 am | #

    Hey, just came across this link. I feel the need to pass it along as the DoA comic is being affected. Some jerk has put DoA on an app. probably wihtout permisson

    http://chrishanel.tumblr.com/post/19196576643/spread-the-word-theft-is-theft

    Please pass it along.

    • Haruko Hoshiko
      Haruko Hoshiko
      March 14, 2012 at 10:33 am | #

      ok, good someone got to this already. glad I searched before posting a redundant comment.

      • vlademir1
        vlademir1
        March 14, 2012 at 2:09 pm | #

        This was mentioned on Darth’s and Droids too…. Maybe it’s time to get everyone’s legal teams together and press a class action case before this ends up being the eBaum’s world fight mark II.

  37. CWR
    CWR
    March 14, 2012 at 4:18 am | #

    Isn’t Walky pulling a Joyce face in panel 4? He’s totally making a Joyce face in the last panel.

  38. TraceyD
    TraceyD
    March 14, 2012 at 5:22 am | #

    This makes me so happy I could die…but that would be bad since I should be working on an essay for my Shakespeare class and I’m just going through all the comics I follow in an attempt to put off writing it.

    But still, this brings me great joy and squee!

    • Blob Marley
      Blob Marley
      March 14, 2012 at 1:40 pm | #

      Ooh, what kind of essay? What are you studying? And most importantly, what light through yonder poseur breaks?

  39. Björn
    Björn
    March 14, 2012 at 5:29 am | #

    He speaks her language. She is so turned on by this!

  40. ADHadh
    ADHadh
    March 14, 2012 at 6:00 am | #

    Favourite strip so far and one of the previous ones had Sal undressing.

  41. Azukar
    Azukar
    March 14, 2012 at 6:02 am | #

    See? See? What did I tell you – Walky is just a long-form master of the Game 😛

    • The Aussie Bloke
      The Aussie Bloke
      March 14, 2012 at 7:47 am | #

      Damn you, I just lost the Game!

      • vlademir1
        vlademir1
        March 14, 2012 at 2:12 pm | #

        As did we all 🙁

  42. Ado
    Ado
    March 14, 2012 at 6:19 am | #

    Wow, the adorability of this strip has blown a fist sized hole in my skull. I really hope they can make it work, or atleast end on comfortable terms ’cause this is just so damn sweet its setting off my diabetes. By far my new fav strip in the comic.

    • Jackson
      Jackson
      March 14, 2012 at 4:41 pm | #

      The fact that Dorothy is hedging her bets makes me wary, but I’ve gotta admit the strip is cute.

  43. Carlos Futino
    Carlos Futino
    March 14, 2012 at 6:20 am | #

    Willis, sorry for the Off-Topic post, but are you aware of the Android App that’s been publishing webcomics without the creators consent? It seems to feature Dumbing of Age (I’m trusting on other people’s info, as I won’t download the App myself).
    Here’s a link to some info: http://chrishanel.tumblr.com/post/19196576643/spread-the-word-theft-is-theft

  44. Megamaniaco
    Megamaniaco
    March 14, 2012 at 7:30 am | #

    I feel all mushy inside. Damn you, damn you both!

  45. necrophyte
    necrophyte
    March 14, 2012 at 7:36 am | #

    THE WARMTH AND FUZZINESS

    IT BURNS

  46. Simeon
    Simeon
    March 14, 2012 at 9:29 am | #

    I saw this in the comments of another webcomic I read and thought You might like to see this since you comic is also listed.
    http://chrishanel.tumblr.com/post/19196576643/spread-the-word-theft-is-theft
    Anyway, hope it helps.

  47. David Grubb
    David Grubb
    March 14, 2012 at 9:33 am | #

    That face in the last panel…
    that face!

  48. nothri
    nothri
    March 14, 2012 at 10:28 am | #

    Ha! Walky used “Mock Litigation”. Its super-effective.

  49. Blob Marley
    Blob Marley
    March 14, 2012 at 10:56 am | #

    New most adorable Walky face.

  50. TheNameless
    TheNameless
    March 14, 2012 at 11:09 am | #

    I am DEFINITELY going to be trying this!

  51. Rachel
    Rachel
    March 14, 2012 at 11:37 am | #

    Cutest faces ever in panel three!! 😀

  52. Maycroft
    Maycroft
    March 14, 2012 at 4:21 pm | #

    AWWWW!

  53. Aegon01
    Aegon01
    March 14, 2012 at 4:29 pm | #

    Walky’s line in panel 4 was BRILLIANT.

    • johannhowitzer
      johannhowitzer
      March 14, 2012 at 9:42 pm | #

      Yeah, I can’t come up with anything better to say there, and he said it in the heat of the moment. Dorothy is 20% closer to deciding…

  54. Melizza
    Melizza
    March 14, 2012 at 4:36 pm | #

    I imploded of cuteness

  55. Keulan
    Keulan
    March 14, 2012 at 7:57 pm | #

    D’AWWWW!

  56. Volkai
    Volkai
    March 15, 2012 at 2:18 am | #

    This makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

    What’s the opposite of a “Damn You Willis”?

  57. Roborat
    Roborat
    March 15, 2012 at 4:36 pm | #

    Wow, the adorkable just ramped up by several orders of magnitude. I am not sure the internet can handle this level of cute.

  58. RandomNameGen
    RandomNameGen
    March 16, 2012 at 2:24 am | #

    All good comics about sexual harassment usually do end with a girl happily yelling “Oh My God!”.. or wait. No it’s the other way around, they don’t usually end like that.

  59. Rory
    Rory
    August 5, 2013 at 4:25 pm | #

    Awwwwww!!!

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