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by David M Willis on August 2, 2015 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Walking with Dina
└ Tags: danny, dina, ethan, galasso, walky

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    August 2, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    dat GAY AGENDA

    tryna make people feel comfortable and shit

    • Wire Segal
      Wire Segal
      August 2, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

      The homosexual agenda:

      1. Do work
      2. Invest money
      3. Make people feel happy
      4: ???
      5: Profit! and friendship!

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        August 2, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

        5a. also, not being murdered for happening to exist (see also: feminist agenda, minority agenda, etc.)

        • Someone
          Someone
          August 2, 2015 at 12:30 am | #

          Is the reason I can’t get a date because some jackass keeps killing all the women?

          • MeghanTheWorldEater
            MeghanTheWorldEater
            August 2, 2015 at 12:39 am | #

            I was about to make this great joke about you being someone than I realized you actually wrote “some jackass” and now I hate you forever for ruining my joke >.<#

            • Someone
              Someone
              August 2, 2015 at 12:44 am | #

              trust me, there will be plenty of opportunities to make that joke.

              • MegaMarshmallow
                MegaMarshmallow
                August 2, 2015 at 4:46 am | #

                Yes and someone should soon.

                [Giggles tt self for almost an hour]

        • Rowen Morland
          Rowen Morland
          August 2, 2015 at 7:03 am | #

          Isn’t that just a general agenda? Does anyone like that?

          • das-g
            das-g
            August 2, 2015 at 8:18 am | #

            Rule 36(?) of the Internet:

            No matter what it is, it is somebody’s fetish. No exceptions.

            Granted, this might be a rather rare one.

          • Vincent
            Vincent
            August 30, 2015 at 1:37 pm | #

            I kind of don’t feel like investing money..?

    • Ples
      Ples
      August 2, 2015 at 4:24 am | #

      Uuuhhhh my utters

      • Packy
        Packy
        August 2, 2015 at 8:21 am | #

        Your udders?

        • Packy
          Packy
          August 2, 2015 at 8:22 am | #

          It’s a boob joke, not a correction.

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          August 2, 2015 at 5:44 pm | #

          Or is that supposed to be ‘uterus’?

  2. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    August 2, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    I wonder what Q means.

    • Mr. Random
      Mr. Random
      August 2, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

      Yep, an exact delay of 1 minute and 15 seconds.

      • darkoneko
        darkoneko
        August 2, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

        Or you could just start refreshing the page one minute and half earlier -_-

        • Mr. Random
          Mr. Random
          August 2, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

          I do. But I want to be exact. And in the interest of exactness. After further research on a random page in the archives. I’ve discovered it is actually 1 minute and 11 seconds.
          I falsely assumed that the changeover was at 1:15, due to my own error. I formerly apologize to anyone this inconvenienced.

    • m-m
      m-m
      August 2, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

      Quality. 😉

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      August 2, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      It means John de Lancie’s finest role.

      • Lokitsu
        Lokitsu
        August 2, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

        Take Q and please stuff him up a Borg’s ass, then stuff THAT up Data’s ass and throw the whole mess into a black hole.

        PLEASE.

        • evilmidnightlurker
          evilmidnightlurker
          August 2, 2015 at 3:40 am | #

          You know he’d just walk right back out and roll his eyes at you.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      August 2, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      Questioning or Queer

      • Viktoria
        Viktoria
        August 2, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

        No, clearly it stands for qllies.

        • Usayasha
          Usayasha
          August 2, 2015 at 3:38 am | #

          Qtraight qllies are an qntegral part of the LGQQQ qomunnity.

          • TsunamiJane
            TsunamiJane
            August 2, 2015 at 4:32 pm | #

            STOP, I died laughing

          • brumagem
            brumagem
            August 4, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

            I love you.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 2, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

        I think Q stands for genderQueer.

        • darkoneko
          darkoneko
          August 2, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

          And there I thought it was about Avenue Q.

        • Oddball
          Oddball
          August 2, 2015 at 9:35 am | #

          and I read that wrong and thought Plasma Mongoose stated, Gender Quest, that sounds like a video game. Now my brain thinks that’s the greatest idea ever…

          • Random Person
            Random Person
            August 2, 2015 at 10:01 am | #

            And now I’m envisioning a Pokemon-type adventure where you are asked by the professor: “are you a boy or a girl?” and you answer “I don’t know,” so you travel the world collecting various genders so that you can figure out which one you are and finally answer the question.

            • darkoneko
              darkoneko
              August 2, 2015 at 2:16 pm | #

              I think we’re on to something there.

            • xKiv
              xKiv
              August 2, 2015 at 6:28 pm | #

              On the other hand, there’s already at least one game where you can answer that boy/girl/yes/no. (it takes yes=both, no=none, so it’s still kinda binary in that regard)

              • Skilltagz
                Skilltagz
                August 2, 2015 at 10:22 pm | #

                Not at all, seeing as binary means two. Quatrinary perhaps.

        • Willoughby Chase
          Willoughby Chase
          August 2, 2015 at 2:30 pm | #

          A quill, madam. Useful for quickly penning missives to one’s acquittances.

          • TsunamiJane
            TsunamiJane
            August 2, 2015 at 4:32 pm | #

            Excellent Gravatar for that statement, sir.

          • Ntrovert60
            Ntrovert60
            August 2, 2015 at 9:04 pm | #

            Aquittances? Are those people you once knew that you have formerly known?

            • Ntrovert60
              Ntrovert60
              August 2, 2015 at 9:12 pm | #

              That SHOULD have been “Aquittances? Are those people that you once knew that you have abandoned (or they you)?

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      August 2, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

      at the cafe by work, it’s “quesadillas” =9

    • tyersome
      tyersome
      August 2, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

      Danny is mathy, but ℚ seems unreasonable … however, Q seems to work as the situation seems both charged and heated …

      • Mr. Random
        Mr. Random
        August 2, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

        Don’t be irrational. I’m sure there’s a whole other way we can derive the sum of these problems.

        • tyersome
          tyersome
          August 2, 2015 at 12:50 am | #

          Perhaps, but the plausibility of that procedure being productive is paltry …

          • Mr. Random
            Mr. Random
            August 2, 2015 at 3:11 am | #

            While he might be far a field, there’s still a basis for Danny being an ideal variation that adds to this operation. While he might not be rationally questionable, the paired order shown here is proof that there is a ring of truth to his identity crisis.

            • iforgetwhatiputhere
              iforgetwhatiputhere
              August 2, 2015 at 8:39 am | #

              Let’s get real. Sentiments are, almost by definition, irrational. We should not try to quantify things to such an extent.

      • badmartialarts
        badmartialarts
        August 2, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

        Why wouldn’t the rational numbers be reasonable?

        • tyersome
          tyersome
          August 2, 2015 at 12:52 am | #

          People preferentially pick pointless platitudes?

          • tyersome
            tyersome
            August 2, 2015 at 11:10 am | #

            … and my now semi-awake brain realizes that my comments could be interpreted as veiled hostility … especially since the implied context is ‘LGBTQ’
            … it wasn’t!
            … sorry about that 🙁

            • Mr. Random
              Mr. Random
              August 2, 2015 at 1:41 pm | #

              … Not really? Why’d you think that?

      • Jon P
        Jon P
        August 2, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

        Q is perfectly rational. It’s R\Q that’ll get ya. Which is why I’ve used “R minus Q” as a handle on some sites.

        • tyersome
          tyersome
          August 2, 2015 at 12:54 am | #

          I’m sure there must be some way to get a round that 😉

    • AustKyzor
      AustKyzor
      August 2, 2015 at 10:18 am | #

      It just means Q. The Continuum is a very integral part of our community

  3. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    August 2, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Love the hat.

  4. MeghanTheWorldEater
    MeghanTheWorldEater
    August 2, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Damnit Danny leave the fourth wall alone!

  5. Stephen R. Bierce
    Stephen R. Bierce
    August 2, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Every little thing The Reflex does/Leaves you answered with a Question Mark!

  6. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    August 2, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Damn it, first they get comfortable with their sexualities, then they get their marriages legalised. Our only recourse left is Butts Disease.

  7. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    August 2, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    “And you thought it was all about the pizzas (and subs)”

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      August 2, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      What , I thought that was the point of the entire operation?

      • gkheyf
        gkheyf
        August 2, 2015 at 2:02 am | #

        fools! glasso will rule all

  8. Taigan
    Taigan
    August 2, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    I’m pretty sure she has more than one of the hat. Could be wrong

    • MeghanTheWorldEater
      MeghanTheWorldEater
      August 2, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      Well yeah but if she just starts givin em out soon she’ll have none.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        August 2, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

        But if she shares them with a select few she can form her own Dina pack.

        • Someone
          Someone
          August 2, 2015 at 12:37 am | #

          I would join Dina’s pack

          • gkheyf
            gkheyf
            August 2, 2015 at 2:03 am | #

            all serve our behatted overlord!

            • Disloyal Subject
              Disloyal Subject
              August 2, 2015 at 3:36 pm | #

              Red Four, standing by.

              • Someone
                Someone
                August 2, 2015 at 4:00 pm | #

                Red 3, copy that.

  9. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    August 2, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Aw, Dina’s going her own way (getting more pizza ?)

    • darkoneko
      darkoneko
      August 2, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      (and subs)

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 2, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

        Who’s having the subs?

        • darkoneko
          darkoneko
          August 2, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

          Well, a dom, obv.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            August 2, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

            ^_^

            • tyersome
              tyersome
              August 2, 2015 at 1:01 am | #

              I submit … that if we dive into the depths of this question there must be other answers …

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      August 2, 2015 at 5:48 pm | #

      She must continue her Walk. What new adventure will she have? What new friends shall she help?

  10. litui
    litui
    August 2, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    o/~ c’mon polyamory o/~ *grabs popcorn*

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      August 2, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

      c’mon good decision making not based on fanservice!

      • litui
        litui
        August 2, 2015 at 2:09 am | #

        One doesn’t preclude the other… =)

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          August 2, 2015 at 8:57 am | #

          Yes it does, polyamory involving any of Danny, Ethan and Amber is a terrible decision that is doomed to explode in a horrible way and pretty much all of them have the sense to know it.

      • Rutee
        Rutee
        August 2, 2015 at 3:56 am | #

        You’re in the wrong comic, ain’t nobody making good decisions around here.

    • kinzvlle
      kinzvlle
      August 2, 2015 at 3:17 am | #

      Polygamy isn’t necessarily a bad decision. I would find it uncomfortable and I think this particular set of characters would be ill suited, but nothing wrong with it. Different strokes for diffrent folks.

      Though seeing as Danny has been shown to be very into monogamy, Amber and Ethans rocky emotional past, and the fact that Ethans coming out may havd unintenilly added to Anbers post traumatic stress I doubt these are the proper folks.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        August 2, 2015 at 9:00 am | #

        That as the pot, kinzlle. I wasn’t passing judgement on polyamory in general, it’s just a dumb idea for this group.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          August 2, 2015 at 5:23 pm | #

          not the point, not ‘not the pot’ how did that even happen?

  11. a4lbi
    a4lbi
    August 2, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

    Last Panel: fourth wall dissolves as Ethan side-eyes at Willis and Audience.

  12. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    August 2, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

    Yes, there’s more to it Danny, Dorothy mentioned bisexuality a while back.

    • Lord Stoneheart
      Lord Stoneheart
      August 2, 2015 at 12:37 am | #

      I mean she had to elaborate quite a bit, but I’m pretty sure Danny picked up on some of it. http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/03-the-butterflies-fly-away/kinsey/

      I mean he’s not as outright dismissive as he was in the strip right before that one.

  13. Edupoet81
    Edupoet81
    August 2, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

    Danny actually explained the situation reasonably well there, all things considered.
    I’ll refrain from making any jokes about Ethan saying he’s glad he came.
    And Dina is walking away. I suspect that’s all we’re going to see of this interaction between Ethan and Danny for the time being. Based on preview panels, it seems that Dina will be interacting with Joyce in the next comic.

  14. aydr
    aydr
    August 2, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

    Man, Danny’s handling this whole thing awfully well considering that the guy he’s talking to is the one who started these thoughts in the first place. That’s some pretty impressive calm right there.

    • dailybrad
      dailybrad
      August 2, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

      True. Though I think Danny also is used to being out of his depth, so life is going to need to pull out more tricks than that to fluster him. “Yeah, like I’ve never been uncomfortable before…”

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        August 2, 2015 at 3:26 am | #

        Heh, that’s true. You see the same in his interaction with Dina in the beginning of the chapter

      • Screwball
        Screwball
        August 2, 2015 at 2:26 pm | #

        True. Though I think Danny also is used to being out of his depth, so life is going to need to pull out more tricks than that to fluster him. “Yeah, like I’ve never been uncomfortable before…”
        *Cue random guy finally giving up hiding in the closet, after downing a few beers before going into the meeting for extra courage…*
        “Ahhh, stufffff this, everyone else seems to be doing it lately. HEY EVERYONE, GUESS WHAT?! I’M GAAAY!! GAY NUDE STREAK…”
        *Insert poorly executed attempt at running with pants around ankles, only to trip in front of Danny & Ethan, then much floundering as he tried getting up…*

        Moral of the story, NEVER TEMPT FATE… 😛

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      August 2, 2015 at 12:34 am | #

      Ethan just admitted to being gay to his face, that makes such confessions easier, at leats until the subject of Amber came up.

      • tyersome
        tyersome
        August 2, 2015 at 1:07 am | #

        You might even say that the subject of whether Danny had risen to the occasion had come up. That somewhat tangential curve ball got him a bit bent out of shape …

        • Darkoneko
          Darkoneko
          August 2, 2015 at 7:42 am | #

          “risen to the occasion”

          hehehehehehehehehe

          [/12 years old]

      • aydr
        aydr
        August 2, 2015 at 4:04 am | #

        I’m more referring to the fact that his unexpected but totally safe because unobtainable crush just became suddenly obtainable

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          August 2, 2015 at 9:10 am | #

          As I said a few days ago, Ethan’s still safe because he’s not making any overt moves on Danny, like Amber was. As Danny becomes more comfortable with his bisexuality his attraction to Ethan becomes no different than his attraction to Billie, fun to look at but not going to touch while he’s still with Amazi-Girl.

  15. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    August 2, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

    OK, I can pick out Walky and Galasso’s silhouettes (and they’re tagged) but I’m trying to decide if the one with the buns is Lucy? Must be an extra if not tagged though.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      August 2, 2015 at 2:37 am | #

      Buns? You mean Walky’s weird hair?

  16. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    August 2, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

    Recent fossil discoveries have uncovered a relationship between Doasaurus siegelensis and Doasaurus omalleii (name still under debate). Juvenile members of each species have been found gathered together in social situations and symbiotic relationships, with the smaller D. omalleii seemingly being protected by the considerably larger D. siegelensis. Many paleoecologists believe that this behavior was in response to aggression by members of the species Doasaurus walkertonii (specifically the more aggressive subspecies D. w. crispus). However, at a certain age and level of maturity, the association between D. siegelensis and D. omalleii seems to lessen significantly, with each species forming attachments with other species within the genus. For example, D. omalleii becomes considerably more aggressive as it matures, while forming relationships with the smaller D. saruyamensis. Mature specimens of D. siegelensis, on the other hand, has been found with two other species, both of which have yet to be named. One is considerably smaller than D. siegelensis (and seems to hover around D. w. crispus for unknown reasons), whilst the other is apoximately the same size as D. siegelensis. The relationship between these species is still under discussion. Interestingly, both species seem to form an attachment with D. wilcoxii, although the nature of these attachments is still under debate.

    • Someone
      Someone
      August 2, 2015 at 12:34 am | #

      Recently the existence of D. amazii has come under debate as some scientists now believe it is merely a modified D. omalleii. This is a disappointment for many dumbingsaur fans as the D. amzii was a popular Dumbing featured in movies such as Dumbing Park.

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      August 2, 2015 at 5:03 am | #

      There are reports of another species, Daosaurus brunneis.  Recognizable by the distinctive shape of its mouth, only one specimen has been reported as of this date, leading some paleontologists to believe that it might have been a sterile hybrid.
      However, since it has often been found in the company of Daosaurus lesbiensis, there is another school of thought that posits that both species may have reproduced by parthenogenesis.

      • Bicycle Bill
        Bicycle Bill
        August 2, 2015 at 5:11 am | #

        Sorry, that should be Doasaurus brunneis and Doasaurus lesbiensis.

        We really need an edit function on this board….

  17. Lord Stoneheart
    Lord Stoneheart
    August 2, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

    (Sees Galasso is tagged). I think that shadow is him in panel 1. I hope he’s yelling “FOOLS!”

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      August 2, 2015 at 3:19 am | #

      Headcanon

      • Darkoneko
        Darkoneko
        August 2, 2015 at 7:44 am | #

        That or someone broke into dancing.

  18. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    August 2, 2015 at 12:38 am | #

    Inverse reverse Bechdel defied again!

    But nice to see Danny and Ethan figure it out together.

    • Darkoneko
      Darkoneko
      August 2, 2015 at 7:45 am | #

      I wonder how Bechdel would work for homosexual stuff, tho.

      • Lord Stoneheart
        Lord Stoneheart
        August 2, 2015 at 9:57 am | #

        I might be completely misreading your comment, but in general anything that has two women talking about something other than a man passes the Bechdel test. As long as there’s one conversation in it, lesbian porn would pass, no matter how objectifying it is of its subjects. Which is why I feel compelled to note that the Bechdel test is not a litmus test for if a movie is feminist or not.

        (And now that I finish typing that I remember that Leslie said the same thing more effectively back in the chapter titled, “The Bechdel Test”. I would suggest searching the tags for Leslie to find it)

        • Someone
          Someone
          August 2, 2015 at 12:27 pm | #

          I’ve always wondered. Does something past the Bechdel test if it involves 2 woman talking about a guy in a non romantic or sexual way. Like what if a story involved 2 girls talking about how to defeat the resident evil overlord?

          • Spencer
            Spencer
            August 2, 2015 at 12:36 pm | #

            It would so long as that wasn’t the only thing they ever talked about.

            The Bechdel Test isn’t a theoretical feminist value test, but instead pointing out about how much of our popular fiction completely neglects any female presence.

            • darkoneko
              darkoneko
              August 2, 2015 at 2:23 pm | #

              Basically, it is necessary, but no sufficient/enough.

        • darkoneko
          darkoneko
          August 2, 2015 at 2:21 pm | #

          Granted ; but for male couples… 🙂

  19. Henry
    Henry
    August 2, 2015 at 12:39 am | #

    Get your own hat, Ethan. Or Dina will find you and, I dunno, remove your face or something.

    Sorry. Your FAAAACE.

  20. Stomato
    Stomato
    August 2, 2015 at 12:40 am | #

    Ethan continues to be adorable in Dina’s dinosaur hat.

    • gkheyf
      gkheyf
      August 2, 2015 at 2:16 am | #

      keep on keepin’ on, ethan

  21. Cerberus
    Cerberus
    August 2, 2015 at 12:42 am | #

    Okay, so so far Danny and Ethan have done some incredibly positive for the healthy exploration of their identities and are learning to actually use the space as intended to help work through the issues both external and internal keeping them from being 100% happy with their identities…

    I need to take this all in, because I fear we’ll never see an action this unambiguously healthy again for a very long time.

    • M-M
      M-M
      August 2, 2015 at 1:00 am | #

      It’s the hat. It promotes heathy living.

      • Cerberus
        Cerberus
        August 2, 2015 at 1:41 am | #

        Dina is so magical, she can cure the drama through her hats… If she assumes her full power, we’ll never be able to stop her!!!

        • gkheyf
          gkheyf
          August 2, 2015 at 2:14 am | #

          all shall be reasonable and healthy! mwahahahaha!

          • Spencer
            Spencer
            August 2, 2015 at 7:53 pm | #

            #AdorableHatsOfAge

  22. GoogerGeiger
    GoogerGeiger
    August 2, 2015 at 12:44 am | #

    I don’t quite understand the last panel. Can somebody explain?

    • Nono
      Nono
      August 2, 2015 at 12:47 am | #

      Sarcasm with a sprinkle of ‘man, I can’t believe this Questioning Meetups thing actually worked, urgh’.

  23. Twilightomens
    Twilightomens
    August 2, 2015 at 12:52 am | #

    I love the faces

    • gkheyf
      gkheyf
      August 2, 2015 at 2:15 am | #

      that’s because the quantity is low enough to process

      • Screwball
        Screwball
        August 2, 2015 at 2:30 pm | #

        No need to stop the faces…

  24. BenRG
    BenRG
    August 2, 2015 at 1:08 am | #

    There is no good experience that Danny can’t make worse with his ‘personality’. 😉

    I see that Dina is still there, forgotten as usual. I wonder if she’s going to solve at least some of Danny’s and athan’ dilemmas with her logic?

    • Idon'tcarenomore
      Idon'tcarenomore
      August 2, 2015 at 1:33 am | #

      I think she already has.

      • gkheyf
        gkheyf
        August 2, 2015 at 2:15 am | #

        ‘logic’ is slang for ‘hat’, right?

  25. JetstreamGW
    JetstreamGW
    August 2, 2015 at 2:52 am | #

    Danny! You are NOT allowed to successfully snark.

    Know your role!

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      August 2, 2015 at 4:37 am | #

      I love it, hearing snark from him is like hearing wit from a herring – completely unexpected.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        August 2, 2015 at 7:04 am | #

        He’s noticeably more relaxed and outgoing with Ethan than he is with Joe. He snarks, he’s playful, he makes jokes. With Joe, every conversation ends up painful and dramatic, while he’s able to actually be himself with Ethan.

        • Darkoneko
          Darkoneko
          August 2, 2015 at 7:47 am | #

          So, what you’re saying is that he actually had a crush on Joe all along 😀

          • Spencer
            Spencer
            August 2, 2015 at 1:39 pm | #

            Danny has better taste in dudes than that.

    • Screwball
      Screwball
      August 2, 2015 at 2:59 pm | #

      NO! Break free from your role Danny! Be free & use the backdoor access you crept in earlier to sneak in & make a mess of stuff…

      Wait, did i make 1 of those innurendo things again…?

  26. Bagge
    Bagge
    August 2, 2015 at 3:18 am | #

    Dina exit stage left

  27. Rutee
    Rutee
    August 2, 2015 at 3:58 am | #

    I hope Dina understands that this is no a thing she should tell Amber about. At least, not about Danny being there. That would just be kind of tragic.

  28. Pinja
    Pinja
    August 2, 2015 at 4:52 am | #

    Danny extends one tentative foot from the closet

    • Darkoneko
      Darkoneko
      August 2, 2015 at 7:47 am | #

      You avatar is saying “f*cking finally”

  29. Minder
    Minder
    August 2, 2015 at 5:03 am | #

    so um

    any chance of a full-size/no-dialogue version of that next-to-last panel, maybe

    these boys don’t smile enough without looking worried

  30. Chaucer59
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    August 2, 2015 at 5:21 am | #

    My adult side is pleased to see Danny earnestly questioning his sexual feelings.

    And my juvenile side wants him to plant a lip-lick on Ethan, followed immediately by the announcement of a SlipShine side story in which Ethan bones Danny with abandon, sweaty glee, and lots of lube.

    • Chaucer59
      Chaucer59
      August 2, 2015 at 5:25 am | #

      I was going to post a correction–“lip-lock” vice “lip-lick”–but it’s growing on me 🎢

      • electromagneticDestroyosaur
        electromagneticDestroyosaur
        August 2, 2015 at 3:52 pm | #

        It’s a portmanteau of “licky-style lip-locking kiss”

        *salivates*

  31. Azukar
    Azukar
    August 2, 2015 at 5:45 am | #

    Oh, that boy has hidden snark ^_^
    He’s a man after my own heart, is Danny.

  32. Spencer
    Spencer
    August 2, 2015 at 6:46 am | #

    Man, I thought this would go so much worse, but Danny’s articulating his feelings well, let alone to his crush.

    That first time you try to tell someone that “no really, I like boys and girls” it feels like you’re telling them you can see friggin’ unicorns.

    • SzL
      SzL
      August 2, 2015 at 9:03 am | #

      I honestly think I’ve gotten better reactions from claiming to believe in mythological beings, which is pretty special when you think about it.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        August 2, 2015 at 12:34 pm | #

        Heh. I was actually talking about saying the words myself for the first time. My dad (who I first came out to) took it better than I did. I was constantly second guessing and assuming that I was lying to myself, telling him how I don’t really know and I’m just saying it and I’m probably lying to myself because of reasons.

        It’s like I feel more at peace with it the more I say it. It’s more real to me now.

        • SzL
          SzL
          August 2, 2015 at 4:23 pm | #

          Aw, that’s rough to go through. I assumed it was normal somehow, despite everything society had to say to the contrary. I think it took me awhile to realise that even if its not abnormal, there’s a lot of people who neither have nor understand that experience.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      August 2, 2015 at 9:17 am | #

      *whispers* I see bisexual people.

  33. Darkoneko
    Darkoneko
    August 2, 2015 at 7:50 am | #

    So, if it’s Walky on the background, I’m wondering exactly what he’s doing.

    Galasso’s always in that pose, but it looks like he’s arguing with the person on the left.

  34. SzL
    SzL
    August 2, 2015 at 9:02 am | #

    Ok, the fact no one else has mentioned the MASSIVE pun in the title leaves me going… Willis… do *you* know you put a joke in your title???

    Whether or not its on purpose, it competed with the main punch line for cracking me up today.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      August 2, 2015 at 1:44 pm | #

      Oh, hey. I just got that.

      • SzL
        SzL
        August 2, 2015 at 4:19 pm | #

        😀 I am not alone!

    • Tenn
      Tenn
      August 2, 2015 at 6:13 pm | #

      For anyone as clueless as I was, I think SzL is talking about http://www.glad.org.

      • SzL
        SzL
        August 3, 2015 at 3:50 am | #

        Yep! Its been a part of my life for too long, I actually took a minute or two to realise this wasn’t going to be a majority interpretation. But I’m usually (irl) on the outside (or the punchline) of jokes so it was fun to wind up too far over in the other direction.

    • Smiling Cat
      Smiling Cat
      August 2, 2015 at 10:49 pm | #

      “Will you help me bury this bone?”

  35. Iamthewilrus
    Iamthewilrus
    August 2, 2015 at 9:13 am | #

    My worry is that because Dina overheard Danny admitting his nascent bisexuality, but, possible not the trepidation over whether or not he should Amber (since she exited the panels); Dina will inadvertently convey that information without realizing its significance 😮

  36. TrueVCU
    TrueVCU
    August 2, 2015 at 9:22 am | #

    And then it was revealed this was all the machinations of Mike, Lord of Torment

  37. bunivasal
    bunivasal
    August 2, 2015 at 10:46 am | #

    I love Ethan’s expression in panel 3. I feel like he’s about to start speaking Korean for some reason.

  38. kepod
    kepod
    August 2, 2015 at 11:06 am | #

    I like how Danny and Ethan wind up in matching shirts again. They were matching when they went on their trip to the comic book store, too.

    • darkoneko
      darkoneko
      August 2, 2015 at 2:31 pm | #

      It’s not exactly the same tone… Is it ?

      • Kepod
        Kepod
        August 2, 2015 at 9:28 pm | #

        No, it’s not exact, and it wasn’t quite the same the other time, either. It’s close enough that it seems similar to me.

  39. chiscii
    chiscii
    August 2, 2015 at 12:08 pm | #

    I love that at the very least they’ve came out to each other. Ethan would hate me for this, but I can’t wait to see their future interactions surrounded by the context of queerness. Like, idk, first thing that came to mind was Danny reacting sort of like Sarah when first meeting Jacob, but thing is they’ve already met and the joke’s been done. But like that sort of thing, with that cute little extra bond over dude-liking, making jokes about it, learning to have fun with themselves… it would be so cute….. [/dreaming]

  40. brumagem
    brumagem
    August 2, 2015 at 2:00 pm | #

    Oh no, I’ve changed my mind. I don’t want Ethan and Dan to bone anymore. I just want them to be queer besties forever and just talk about cute boys together.

    • darkoneko
      darkoneko
      August 2, 2015 at 2:28 pm | #

      They probably could do that with Amber as well, without much potential harm.

      She will do the pairings 🙂

  41. Betty Anne
    Betty Anne
    August 2, 2015 at 3:07 pm | #

    “So…I think I might be bi and I kinda really wanna bone your gay ex. But I still really like you.” Yep, I can see how even Danny might think twice about that. ^^;

    • Lord Stoneheart
      Lord Stoneheart
      August 2, 2015 at 7:31 pm | #

      I mean, he doesn’t have to mention the whole “Im attracted to your ex boyfriend” thing. But we have already established that Danny can’t obsfucate the truth even if it was in his best interests thing.

      • brumagem
        brumagem
        August 2, 2015 at 8:50 pm | #

        The only problem is Amberzi-Girl could be either SUPER into it or SUPER FREAKED OUT depending on her mood and how she gets the news.

  42. Havtorn
    Havtorn
    August 2, 2015 at 8:29 pm | #

    Is this actually Danny? He’s been maneuvering this very up-Dannable situation suspiciously well.

    … or is this just the calm before the storm?

    • sjmcc13
      sjmcc13
      August 2, 2015 at 10:14 pm | #

      I am thinking Calm. Somehow Amber will find out about him being a the meeting, possibly by Dina telling her, possibly by her going to see if there is any info to help Ethan and seeing them there…

      I expect #1, but hope for #2.

  43. foducool
    foducool
    August 3, 2015 at 6:51 am | #

    “I’m glad I came” is also the main reason why people with erectile dysfunction have group sessions

  44. patricklukcy13
    patricklukcy13
    August 3, 2015 at 11:59 pm | #

    how does one change their gravatar?

  45. Yarrr
    Yarrr
    January 30, 2016 at 7:48 pm | #

    It’s like doing embarrassing bonding activities with your parents. They should be silly and boring but end up being fun instead.

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