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by David M Willis on November 23, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - When Somebody Loved Me
└ Tags: becky, joyce, walky

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    November 23, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    but ennui aids digestion!

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      November 23, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      Ain’t no better laxative!

      • Dreadhawk177
        Dreadhawk177
        November 23, 2014 at 1:06 am | #

        Soggies may rule?

        • thebombzen
          thebombzen
          November 23, 2014 at 2:09 am | #

          SOGGIES WILL RULE

          • Farmer_10
            Farmer_10
            November 23, 2014 at 4:21 am | #

            LIKE HELL THEY WILL *Fire machineguns wildly into the air*

            • timemonkey
              timemonkey
              November 23, 2014 at 7:39 am | #

              And now we know why they win, because Farmer_10 wasted all the ammo.

              • AustKyzor
                AustKyzor
                November 23, 2014 at 8:33 am | #

                Not as long as Commander Crunch holds fast at the helm! The Soggies will never rule!

                (also this is totally why he’s called Captain Crunch, even though his portrait clearly shows his rank to be commander – was a post-humerus promotion)

                • Dreadhawk177
                  Dreadhawk177
                  November 24, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

                  Surely you mean Commander Crisp?
                  http://www.pbfcomics.com/224/

                • BrokenEye, True False Prophet
                  BrokenEye, True False Prophet
                  September 27, 2015 at 3:22 am | #

                  No, it only looks like a Commander’s bars because you’re going by American rank insignia conventions instead of Crunch Islandic rank insignia conventions. I mean, that’s pretty clearly not an American naval officer’s uniform, Captain or otherwise.

                  Besides, I’m pretty sure he’s a Commodore or something by now.

            • Rowen Morland
              Rowen Morland
              November 23, 2014 at 6:52 pm | #

              I’m liking the avatars for the two comments above.

    • Yet_One_More_Idiot
      Yet_One_More_Idiot
      November 23, 2014 at 5:31 am | #

      Ahhh…I love the smell of existential ennui in the morning! I find it really interesting! 😀

  2. An Average Loser
    An Average Loser
    November 23, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Walky and Becky, sitting in a tree. . .

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      November 23, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      F A R T I N G!

    • Yotsuyasan
      Yotsuyasan
      November 23, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      F A R T I N G!

      First comes smell…

      Then comes disparage….

      Then comes lots of accusatory stare-age!

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 23, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

        ^ This needs a LIKE button.

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          November 23, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

          That’s what we do +1s for, right? May as well jump on that wagon now that I’m showing up frequently.
          (Darn, another avatar I don’t recognize. Got spoiled with all those EGS crops.)

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            November 23, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

            Today’s gravatar is Chiaki from Bodacious Space Pirates.

            • Kaoy
              Kaoy
              November 23, 2014 at 2:22 pm | #

              A surprisingly good show, despite its silly name. It never quite lived up to how excellent the first arc was, with the whole Yacht Club alone in space, but damn was that first arc fine. Not having the whole series live up to it is no sin.

        • Yotsuyasan
          Yotsuyasan
          November 23, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

          Thanks! (Although props to you for being a bit quicker on the “Post Comment” button with at least the first line! 😀 )

        • ShadowWing Tronix
          ShadowWing Tronix
          November 23, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

          Total agreement here, because just saying “agreed” is too short for a comment.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        November 23, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

        +2?

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          November 23, 2014 at 1:57 am | #

          +#2

          [eew]

          • Lume
            Lume
            November 23, 2014 at 8:46 am | #

            +#7

            [0_0]

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      November 23, 2014 at 8:34 am | #

      Ahn-weee!

  3. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    November 23, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    He’s funny.

    • MrSirk
      MrSirk
      November 23, 2014 at 2:49 am | #

      He’s pissed.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        November 23, 2014 at 5:24 pm | #

        He’s also specifically sitting next to Becky, I notice…

  4. MM
    MM
    November 23, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Careful, Walky. Travel too far down the road to meta-consciousness, and eventually you start seeing little yellow boxes everywhere.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      November 23, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      Aww, but the boxes are nice! we have such fun together, the boxes and I!

      • Rachel Roth
        Rachel Roth
        November 23, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

        Wait… what is that referencing?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          November 23, 2014 at 12:28 am | #

          Deadpool I believe.

          • Kelly
            Kelly
            November 23, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

            indeed
            http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081210230131/uncyclopedia/images/5/59/Deadpool_and_his_Little_Yellow_Boxes.jpg

            • SgtWadeyWilson
              SgtWadeyWilson
              November 23, 2014 at 3:18 am | #

              Sounds about right.

              • Masterofbones
                Masterofbones
                November 23, 2014 at 9:02 pm | #

                You wouldn’t know anything about *that* though

      • Aubri
        Aubri
        November 23, 2014 at 12:30 am | #

        I love you.

        • JacHunter
          JacHunter
          November 23, 2014 at 1:40 am | #

          Dibs.

  5. Xailenrath
    Xailenrath
    November 23, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    SO much truth in this strip! I feel simultaneously bad for both Walky AND Dorothy!

    • Yotsuyasan
      Yotsuyasan
      November 23, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      As Teal’c would say, “Indeed.”

      • Malchus
        Malchus
        November 23, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

        No, no, no! It’s *raises eyebrow* “Indeed.”

        *raises eyebrow* is an essential punctuation mark if you want to speak fluent Teal’c.

        • Inlaa
          Inlaa
          November 23, 2014 at 2:28 am | #

          You also need to master the stares of disappointment. He had a lot of those.

    • radcake
      radcake
      November 23, 2014 at 2:37 am | #

      For reals though, Dorothy was the one who said that Walky was basically a cheap college thill while she trains for her presidency.

  6. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    November 23, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    “The burgers has less ennui at Hungry Jacks!”

    • Kiggy
      Kiggy
      November 23, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

      That’s the Australian Burger King, isn’t it?

      Over here in the States Hungry Jack is a brand of pancake mix.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 23, 2014 at 12:30 am | #

        I did not know that. I heard that Burger King had to change it’s name due to their already being a Burger King restaurant in Oz.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          November 23, 2014 at 12:38 am | #

          The “I did not know that” was referring to the pancake mix bit not the burger bit.

      • Dragon
        Dragon
        November 23, 2014 at 12:53 am | #

        Never even heard of “Hungry Jack’s” pancakes. Are they only in one region, or something?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          November 23, 2014 at 3:10 am | #

          Who knows, chances are your supermarkets will stock many items we don’t have over here and vice versa.

          • Chris
            Chris
            November 23, 2014 at 3:33 am | #

            The difference between US stocks and Oz stocks must be vast, considering the big difference between US stocks and Canadian stocks and we share a border and (mostly) an economy.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              November 23, 2014 at 6:56 am | #

              For instance, I would be surprised if they sell the Arnott’s biscuits range over there such as Tim-Tams, Iced VoVos, Mint Slices, Monte Carlo, Milk Arrowroot, Ginger Nut and so on.

              http://www.arnotts.com/

              • Thomas64
                Thomas64
                November 23, 2014 at 8:27 am | #

                I’ve never noticed any of those, but there is a possibility that I tend to be too busy looking for European cookies (which do tend to be easy to find, at least here in Central NJ).

              • AustKyzor
                AustKyzor
                November 23, 2014 at 8:37 am | #

                That further adds to Chris’ point – hell, up here in Canada we don’t stock any of the Hostess line. No twinkies, no ding dongs, and no snowballs.

                Such is how the cookie crumbles.

                • Lel
                  Lel
                  November 23, 2014 at 6:38 pm | #

                  I’ve found Twinkies in Canada. Haven’t bought any though.

              • PoweredBySucrose
                PoweredBySucrose
                November 23, 2014 at 10:33 pm | #

                They sold Tim Tams here under the Pepperidge Farm brand for a while (complete with the tagline “Australia’s favorite [i]cookie[/i] [sic]”). I liked them, but they seem to have been withdrawn.

        • Kelly
          Kelly
          November 23, 2014 at 3:17 am | #

          I am guessing they are more back east. Never heard of them in OR, WA and MT.

          • Karfsma778
            Karfsma778
            November 23, 2014 at 6:23 am | #

            They exist in Georgia, though it is Hungry Jack, Not Jack’s.

  7. John
    John
    November 23, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    I think you have to start with a simple and work your way up, Walky.

  8. Sageress
    Sageress
    November 23, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Is it not normal to get that at McDonald’s

  9. Emoroffle
    Emoroffle
    November 23, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Just get the salad then Walky.

    • xKiv
      xKiv
      November 23, 2014 at 5:31 pm | #

      Who should get salad, then Walky?

  10. chris73
    chris73
    November 23, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Becky you sly dog you…

  11. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    November 23, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    “Okay, how about pizza?”

    “Pizza makes me long for the carefree days of my childhood.”

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      November 23, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      KFC makes me long for the days when you can buy the large tubs of potato and gravy.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        November 23, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

        McNuggets make him long for the simple days of being a bachelor who cares not for icky girls.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          November 23, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

          “Yours is indeed a tormented existence. Filled with torment. And girls. Girls with their breasts. They torment you so.”

          • Lord Geovanni
            Lord Geovanni
            November 23, 2014 at 2:38 am | #

            “So you should torment them and their breasts in turn.”

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              November 23, 2014 at 3:12 am | #

              You can if you want, assuming you don’t mind dealing with sexual assault charges that is.

              • Deanatay
                Deanatay
                November 23, 2014 at 8:41 am | #

                Unless you’re married to them, and they like it, in which case, torment away.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        November 24, 2014 at 5:04 pm | #

        We used to joke that you could use KFC gravy for pothole repairs.

    • newllend
      newllend
      November 23, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

      “How about some Ice cream ? ”

      “No not that it reminds me of my departed sister.”

      • Kirby
        Kirby
        November 23, 2014 at 5:27 am | #

        “What?! Sal died!?” “What? No. She just, like, departed and said she was going on vacation, a week ago, or something.”

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      November 23, 2014 at 12:33 am | #

      Welp, I came in too late…

  12. Malchus
    Malchus
    November 23, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    I’d love it if fastfood franchises would proudly advertise their foods as causing existential ennui. If only to see how many people would wonder what it means.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      November 23, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

      Nietzsche nachos!

      • Malchus
        Malchus
        November 23, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

        “Um, isn’t there supposed to be cheese with these nachos.”

        “Cheese too decomposes. Cheese is dead. Cheese remains dead. And we have killed it. Try the salsa instead!”

        • Wizard
          Wizard
          November 23, 2014 at 12:59 am | #

          And if you gaze long into the menu, the menu gazes also into you.

          • Arkadi
            Arkadi
            November 23, 2014 at 4:49 am | #

            Seriously, why isn’t there a Like button?????? >_<

      • nerdboy64
        nerdboy64
        November 23, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

        Freud Fries!

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 23, 2014 at 12:33 am | #

        Machiavelli Milkshakes.

        • JacHunter
          JacHunter
          November 23, 2014 at 1:43 am | #

          Now you’re just showing off.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            November 23, 2014 at 3:15 am | #

            Machiavelli Milkshakes bring all the psychopaths to the yard…

            • t00lishness
              t00lishness
              November 23, 2014 at 6:38 am | #

              *arrives for milkshakes* I’m here! Wait, wrong yard. *takes off*

      • Itama
        Itama
        November 23, 2014 at 3:14 am | #

        Plato’s potine!

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          November 23, 2014 at 3:16 am | #

          Socratic schnitzel with chips and gravy.

          • GamaranSepudomyn
            GamaranSepudomyn
            November 23, 2014 at 9:22 am | #

            Rousseau’s roast.

            • Itama
              Itama
              November 23, 2014 at 12:05 pm | #

              NietzscheMcNuggets.

              • Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
                Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
                November 23, 2014 at 5:59 pm | #

                Exstistentialism Enchiladas!

                • Itama
                  Itama
                  November 24, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

                  Stoic Stoemp.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        November 23, 2014 at 11:05 am | #

        Kafka coffee

        • gwalla
          gwalla
          November 24, 2014 at 3:44 pm | #

          Comes with a bonus cockroach at the bottom of every cup!

  13. Bagge
    Bagge
    November 23, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    Sarah: That’s what I’ve been saying for years.

  14. Yotsuyasan
    Yotsuyasan
    November 23, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

    I’m definitely torn between wanting more Ruth or Ruth/Billie strips, and also wanting more Becky goodness! Ah, well, I guess a one-strip Ruth interlude was all that storyline could sustain for the moment, at least until Ruth is done with class. So in the meantime, I guess some more Becky is definitely a good thing to hold one over!

    (Still waiting for the proverbial other shoe to drop regarding Becky… Unless the twist is… that there is no twist, she just came for a nice visit, and when she’s done, she just goes home! But nah… Willis must have something up his sleeve…)

    • Kirby
      Kirby
      November 23, 2014 at 5:28 am | #

      Judging from the revelation on Tumblr/the Comfycon Slipshine panel, I imagine we’re probably getting more Ruth and Billie soon.

      • Yotsuyasan
        Yotsuyasan
        November 23, 2014 at 8:05 am | #

        Oh…? Would you, good person, by chance have a link to this revelation?

        • Thomas64
          Thomas64
          November 23, 2014 at 10:14 am | #

          http://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/103334543867/finally

          • Yotsuyasan
            Yotsuyasan
            November 23, 2014 at 12:16 pm | #

            Ooh… Given that (if memory serves) Willis has expressed in the past that, in their current state, a Slipshine of the two of them would not be sexy (and, even as a huge shipper of those two, I’d agree) this quite gives me hope that the two of them are on a positive road.

            Or else, why would Willis do this?

            … … …

            …Unless, of course, he’s short on cash and just needs a huge infusion of Internet Porn Lord Monies! (But I’d prefer to think he hasn’t sold out quite yet…)

            • Kirby
              Kirby
              November 23, 2014 at 6:53 pm | #

              A lot of people seem to think he already has because Money is the root of all evil and all that garbage.

              I don’t think he would post it if he didn’t think the story was there for it.

            • Rutee
              Rutee
              November 23, 2014 at 10:04 pm | #

              He said “Right now”. Because they were drunk. Its probably not selling out and I will absolutely pay money for it.

  15. Random832
    Random832
    November 23, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

    Both Walky and Joyce have watched too many cliche works of fiction with this and both taken away the wrong message: The offense isn’t not saying it, it’s not loving her back. And that’s not something he can control.

    She can’t control whether she falls in love, either… this is just a tragic relationship that is nobody’s fault.

    • Thomas64
      Thomas64
      November 23, 2014 at 10:22 am | #

      Given how smitten Walky was with Dorothy right from the start, I don’t think this ship has hit the cliffs yet. Dorothy set the terms, for the relationship to be Till Yale Do Them Part, and Walky accepted that. Now Dorothy suddenly reveals a change of heart, and it has caught Walky off-balance. But they’re both smart people; they’ll figure it out.

  16. newllend
    newllend
    November 23, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

    Wow, Walky and Sarah should form a club.

    • tinfoil theory
      tinfoil theory
      November 23, 2014 at 4:06 am | #

      I’ve got this twenty-foot intermodal just standing around…

  17. Bleeters
    Bleeters
    November 23, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

    I will now proceed to read far too much into Becky sitting next to Walky rather than Joyce.

    Yes. Good.

    • Aubri
      Aubri
      November 23, 2014 at 12:32 am | #

      I assumed Becky was sitting between them, which is also just fine. She can be the meat.

    • Joe
      Joe
      November 23, 2014 at 1:24 am | #

      I’m pretty sure that’s Joyce’s shoulder we see in the lower left of the two-shots.

    • JacHunter
      JacHunter
      November 23, 2014 at 1:44 am | #

      When reading that, I assumed you steepled your fingers and nodded thoughtfully for the last part.

      • Arthur C. Clarke
        Arthur C. Clarke
        November 23, 2014 at 11:45 pm | #

        Excellent.

    • Ali
      Ali
      November 23, 2014 at 2:06 pm | #

      Are we sure it’s not Walky who chose to sit next to Becky and not the other way around? That looks like a corner behind Becky, so if they’re in a booth, she would have gone in first, and Walky would have chosen to sit next to her rather than Joyce.

  18. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    November 23, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

    Walky can sure use a break from the dramas. Hmm, wonder what Mike’s up to?

    • pyrophobia
      pyrophobia
      November 23, 2014 at 2:11 am | #

      Mike’ll give you a break all right… A break in your arm!

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        Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
        November 23, 2014 at 6:01 pm | #

        He’ll give your mom a break. From not being boned. For a nickel.

  19. Kiggy
    Kiggy
    November 23, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

    Sign me up for a cruise aboard the ship SS Wacky

  20. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    November 23, 2014 at 12:30 am | #

    And Walky will graduate and become the host of the PBS Create show The Psyche One Plate At A Time!

  21. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    November 23, 2014 at 12:33 am | #

    “Ok fine, how about pizza?”

    “GOD NOW I HAVE TO GO HIT SOMETHING, DAMMIT!”

    • Tenn
      Tenn
      November 23, 2014 at 3:46 am | #

      *clenches fists, squints towards heaven*

      “You’re TEARING ME APART, PIZZA!”

      • GWRando
        GWRando
        November 23, 2014 at 3:58 am | #

        I thought it was “You’re tearing me apart, fun-fruit trees”

      • t00lishness
        t00lishness
        November 23, 2014 at 6:40 am | #

        I want to give you all the internets for that.

      • gwalla
        gwalla
        November 24, 2014 at 3:46 pm | #

        “Oh hi Crazy Bread.”

  22. newllend
    newllend
    November 23, 2014 at 12:33 am | #

    OK here’s the thing Walky obviously loves her too but he knows Dorothy is going to realize sooner down the line that things are getting too serious and will think “shit I got to brake this off now ” and then will dump him and break his heart. He knows its going to happen sooner or later and let’s face it sooner or later it will happen.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      November 23, 2014 at 7:58 am | #

      Dorothy’s the one upping the emotional investment. Dorothy isn’t afraid of serious emotional investment and even if she transfers schools they could continue the relationship. It’s all about whether the person and relationship is worth the extra effort.

      • newllend
        newllend
        November 24, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

        Either Danny wasn’t worth much to her or she didn’t think that 4 weeks ago.

        • Reaver
          Reaver
          November 24, 2014 at 9:25 pm | #

          He wasn’t, he clung, told her her dreams were silly, and made it allllll about her and she hated it.

  23. Ashley
    Ashley
    November 23, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

    That sort of happened to me and ice cream. I always eat ice cream when I’m sad so now when I eat it my brain is like “wait, what are we sad about that we’re eating ice cream” and then I find an excuse to be sad and it all ends up with me watching some romantic comedy and crying and my roomies wondering why I’m acting like I broke up with someone when I’ve been single for a while.

  24. MrSirk
    MrSirk
    November 23, 2014 at 12:57 am | #

    You know what goes good with burgers? Relationship drama and figuring out where your life is headed after college.

    • Dorje Sylas
      Dorje Sylas
      November 23, 2014 at 5:10 pm | #

      Especially a little over a month into your first semester. Good times. No possible way the next 3.9 years of your life won’t change the outcome you establish now. 😛

  25. Lord Geovanni
    Lord Geovanni
    November 23, 2014 at 1:01 am | #

    walky only whats what he was promised he doesnt want to frig things up yet but dorothy is going back on her word and trying to push the relationship forward and walky just doesnt know what he should do not to frig up the realtionship

    • Lord Geovanni
      Lord Geovanni
      November 23, 2014 at 1:02 am | #

      walky only wants

  26. TheZachariah
    TheZachariah
    November 23, 2014 at 1:02 am | #

    Hey everybody, can we speculate on the foreshadowed meaning of Becky’s wistful stare in panel 5? I think that should be a thing.

    • Lord Geovanni
      Lord Geovanni
      November 23, 2014 at 1:49 am | #

      you must have a great mind cause you think like me

    • brumagem
      brumagem
      November 23, 2014 at 1:15 pm | #

      I interpret it as saying “Joyce, how can you not find this thing totally adorable?”

      • poofdepoof
        poofdepoof
        November 23, 2014 at 2:39 pm | #

        I like that interpretation.

    • Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
      Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
      November 23, 2014 at 7:49 pm | #

      GAZING DEEP INTO JOYCE’S MAGNIFICENT VISAGE

  27. Samuel Keith Larkin
    Samuel Keith Larkin
    November 23, 2014 at 1:05 am | #

    I know this is quite outdated, but you really need to make a Dina poster/t-shirt that revolves around the theme “She thinks the universe is billions of years old” That line was priceless.

  28. liahansen
    liahansen
    November 23, 2014 at 2:17 am | #

    Well I for one think Becky should be voiced by Linda Cardellini.

  29. pyrophobia
    pyrophobia
    November 23, 2014 at 2:19 am | #

    I want one of those ‘How Are You Feeling Today?’ posters with all of Joyce’s crazy faces
    Like today’s panel 1

    • poofdepoof
      poofdepoof
      November 23, 2014 at 4:24 am | #

      yes

  30. Adam Black
    Adam Black
    November 23, 2014 at 2:38 am | #

    Bullshit Walky,
    I can think of one-time you were promised “dinner plans”
    and You were ALL-ABOUT the feelings fest that followed

  31. barefootbiker
    barefootbiker
    November 23, 2014 at 3:08 am | #

    As much as I’m liking all this Wacky time, I’ve got to say– Becky’s lips weird me out a little.

  32. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    November 23, 2014 at 3:53 am | #

    If DoA were a musical, it would be the silliest thing ever. With nonsensical, weird, and original songs galore.

    • GWRando
      GWRando
      November 23, 2014 at 3:57 am | #

      I would so watch DoA if it were a musical… It would probably be either really funny or nonsensical. Who am I kidding? It would be both.

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        November 23, 2014 at 4:06 am | #

        Songs about butt tacos, pajama jeans, and a chorus made up of just the word “FAAAACE”.

        • Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
          Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
          November 23, 2014 at 6:04 pm | #

          LIKE YOUR FACE!
          50-PIECE MC-NUGGETS FOR JUST 10 BUCKS!
          LIKE YOUR FACE!
          AMAZING, COMFORABLE P-J JEANS!
          LIKE YOUR FACE!
          A THING THAT IS NOT A BUTT OR TACO
          LIKE YOUR FACE!
          WALKY IS QUITE MAJESTIC, BUT A FOOL!

          (Sung to the tune of Mulan’s Be A Man chorus)

          • gwalla
            gwalla
            November 24, 2014 at 3:50 pm | #

            Meanwhile I can’t help but be reminded of the Bill Plympton short “Your Face”.

    • Chris
      Chris
      November 23, 2014 at 7:16 am | #

      I’m guessing it would be something like Dr. Horrible.

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        November 23, 2014 at 7:33 am | #

        Heck yeah, you’re on my wavelength!

      • Dorje Sylas
        Dorje Sylas
        November 23, 2014 at 5:16 pm | #

        Try Gilbert and Sullivan. “[Full] of words and music, and signifying nothing.” – Tom Lehrer. 😛

  33. newllend
    newllend
    November 23, 2014 at 3:54 am | #

    Why you ask walky? Because most of the main characters are female(ya I said it, come at me if you don’t like it not like I’m coming back to read this comment)

  34. ProfessorBlind
    ProfessorBlind
    November 23, 2014 at 4:02 am | #

    Walky should really get on board with Soylent: three times the farts, zero social mealtimes.

  35. Orangey
    Orangey
    November 23, 2014 at 4:20 am | #

    Hmmmm Becky sitting next to Walky instead of Joyce? Hmmmmm

    • Kirby
      Kirby
      November 23, 2014 at 5:31 am | #

      I just take that as she wants to talk with/focus on Joyce. I tend to prefer to sit across from the person who I want to sit with, in a booth, anyway (They appear to be sitting in a half booth? Maybe?)

      But that’s just me.

      • Orangey
        Orangey
        November 23, 2014 at 4:47 pm | #

        Yeah, I get what you’re saying. I suppose I’m used to couples sitting together, so if I liked someone I definately would try and sit next to them instead of opposite, but I get why you would do it the other way ’round.

  36. Zaxares
    Zaxares
    November 23, 2014 at 4:27 am | #

    Judging by the look on Becky’s face, you’re doing it AGAIN, Walky. 😉

    But that may be for the best. I think she’s a far better fit for you than Dorothy is.

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      November 23, 2014 at 4:42 am | #

      …You know she’s looking at JOYCE in that last panel, right?

      • ninja_jesus
        ninja_jesus
        November 23, 2014 at 7:25 am | #

        And the difference in what he’d say would be…?

      • Hoboturtle
        Hoboturtle
        November 23, 2014 at 10:21 pm | #

        Why don’t we all compromise? Becky wants BOTH Joyce and Walky.

  37. Chris
    Chris
    November 23, 2014 at 7:15 am | #

    Becky seems a little Mary Sue-ish. If my past experiences with the Walkyverse proves true with the Dumbingverse, this’ll mean she’s gonna be a jerk some point in the future.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      November 23, 2014 at 8:37 am | #

      I can’t think of anyone with a decent amount of screen time who hasn’t been.

    • Aolbain
      Aolbain
      November 23, 2014 at 8:50 am | #

      I love how Mary Sue can mean anything from “Authors masturbatory self-insert” to “Haven’t been shown as a monster in the last 5 minutes”.

      • DSL
        DSL
        November 23, 2014 at 8:59 am | #

        I wonder how long before the new.edition of any dictiona consists of the covers, a title page and one page with the words, “Ah, fuck it.”

        • DSL
          DSL
          November 23, 2014 at 9:00 am | #

          *dictionary

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        November 23, 2014 at 5:22 pm | #

        “That’s such a Strawman! It’s the Strawmannest Strawman that ever Strawmanned!”

        • xKiv
          xKiv
          November 23, 2014 at 7:46 pm | #

          Actually, it’s ethics in strawman Mary Sues.

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      November 23, 2014 at 9:13 am | #

      Considering that Joyce is the author’s self insert…

    • Em
      Em
      November 23, 2014 at 10:00 pm | #

      I don’t think she will, at least not intentionally. If Becky is feeling attracted to Walky, I think the extent to what she does would be flirting.

  38. M-M
    M-M
    November 23, 2014 at 9:34 am | #

    Dude, walky, if it’s just “for-fun” and she’s making it not-fun just let it go. Walk away. Get some mcnuggets. However, it does seem like you’ve got the “protest too much” thing going on.

  39. Alexis
    Alexis
    November 23, 2014 at 9:40 am | #

    Walky.

    Cheat on Dorothy with the redhead. She seems into you.

    It’s supposed to be “for fun”, so Dorothy shouldn’t care, right? If you do it, then she’ll see how much she doesn’t care.

    … what? Oh, don’t look at me like that! Like you never wanted to purposefully orchestrate a social disaster for shits and giggles before! Come on! I’m not doing anything wrong. I’m just… trying to make OTHER people do wrong things!

  40. Alexx
    Alexx
    November 23, 2014 at 1:21 pm | #

    …how the heck did Becky become my favorite character, all the sudden?

    • chris73
      chris73
      November 23, 2014 at 7:32 pm | #

      Because red heads are naturally hot (well the girls are anyway) and she finds farts funny

  41. Vangeln
    Vangeln
    November 23, 2014 at 1:42 pm | #

    Walky and Sarah new OTP, the Dramaless Saracky.

  42. Em
    Em
    November 23, 2014 at 10:03 pm | #

    This Dorothy Chick also known as Walky’s girlfriend??? Becky let him talk about her jfc. Becky doesn’t seem the type to steal Walky away. But you never know…

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