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by David M Willis on September 14, 2017 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Face the Strange
└ Tags: jennifer, joyce

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    September 14, 2017 at 12:02 am | #

    Billie knows what’s up

    though if she understood war, she’d know that sweater’s JUST FINE

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 14, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

      Wearing the blood of her enemies would impress a man in any proper culture.

      I bet if she presented Jacob with Ryan’s heart, he would accept it as sufficient dowry. They they could eat it at their wedding feast, and gain his strength.

      Mind you, he’s a scrawny rapist who we’ve seen get taken down twice now, so it’s not a lot of strength, but enemy hearts are tough to come by.

      • Pablo360
        Pablo360
        September 14, 2017 at 12:10 am | #

        I don’t think it’s that ‘Ryan’ was weak so much as that Joyce, Sarah, and Amber are all at least decently strong (plus Joyce kinda caught him off guard). I mean, he did escape from Sal and Amazi-Girl, so he’s at least somewhat physically capable, and a low-level Jager would probably be after his hat if he had one.

        • Positron
          Positron
          September 14, 2017 at 7:07 am | #

          To be fair, he escaped by motor vehicle. Amazi-Girl only ever caught one car, and that was with vehicular assistance *after* “Ryan’s” escape.

          • Pablo360
            Pablo360
            September 14, 2017 at 8:10 am | #

            My point is that Joyce should feel proud of her accomplishment, not that Ryan is in any way actually superior to Amazi-Girl. That said, fair enough

            • Jon Rich
              Jon Rich
              September 14, 2017 at 10:24 pm | #

              The situations were different, too. Regardless of his strength relative to Joyce, (who, as it has been mentioned, caught him off-guard) he had to beat a quick retreat, both because Sarah was attacking him with a baseball bat and because there’s very little chance of Sarah and/or the rest of the crowd letting him get away once their attention was back on him.

              We never see exactly how his fight with Amber went, but presumably it was a “classic” one-on-one fight, so that’s a much better gauge of his fighting ability. Or, since he was hospitalized and Amber lacks any clear physical wounds, his lack thereof, especially since he started the fight armed.

              • Rabid Rabbit
                Rabid Rabbit
                September 14, 2017 at 10:54 pm | #

                Leaving aside Amber’s much greater experience at fighting, while Ryan has the advantage of height over Amber, she was at the top of the stairs and had that advantage. On top of which he clearly wasn’t expecting anyone to fight back – he came to attack, not to fight. Which I’d argue means that his fighting abilities or lack thereof remain unknown, mainly because he’s a moron who didn’t think things through.

      • LookingIn
        LookingIn
        September 14, 2017 at 12:11 am | #

        It’s not the size that matters…or so we are told by the ladies

        • Pablo360
          Pablo360
          September 14, 2017 at 12:21 am | #

          I tried making that argument to the last woman who told me that, but she retorted that I had to make the 500-word minimum for that essay or I wouldn’t be able to pass that semester.

          • David
            David
            September 14, 2017 at 3:01 am | #

            Well, wrong course. In mathematics, a PhD thesis can be 4 pages + references. But those 4 pages then need to be good, like major breakthrough good.

            Very high bar, quite unlikely to clear. But then try that in literary sciences.

            • MathWizard
              MathWizard
              September 14, 2017 at 11:28 am | #

              http://www.openculture.com/2015/04/shortest-known-paper-in-a-serious-math-journal.html

              It can even be two lines.

              • Sudden Clarity Clarence
                Sudden Clarity Clarence
                September 14, 2017 at 1:01 pm | #

                That’s a paper, but it wouldn’t be enough for a Ph.D. thesis.

                There exists a math Ph.D. Thesis with 7 pages of math, 1 page of references, and 4 pages of front and back matter (title, abstract, table of contents, and biographical notes). https://mathoverflow.net/questions/54775/what-is-the-shortest-ph-d-thesis

                Some famous theses are very short. Landau’s thesis is 13 pages long, and John “A Beautiful Mind” Nash had a 26-page thesis.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        September 14, 2017 at 2:57 pm | #

        Well, if you had his heart, that would probably mean he is dead, so there wouldn’t be a whole lot of strength there.

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      September 14, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

      Billie is obviously not a fan of Velma. (she’s probably more of a Daphne fan for some reason)

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        September 14, 2017 at 12:08 am | #

        You don’t think Billie likes freckled girls with glasses who might be into chicks?

        Can’t say I agree with that assessment.

        • Cholma
          Cholma
          September 14, 2017 at 12:17 am | #

          Well, why else would she call that sweater frumpy?!

          • Pablo360
            Pablo360
            September 14, 2017 at 12:25 am | #

            Maybe she’s just overcompensating.

          • Opus the Poet
            Opus the Poet
            September 14, 2017 at 1:50 am | #

            Because Velma was trying to keep Shaggy and the guy in the ascot from hitting on her, not knowing Shaggy was Ace and Fred was sapiosexual. He finally fell in love with a TV reporter after the original series ended. Shaggy ended up with Scooby and Scrappy and some girl from the animal shelter, Daphne ended up with a second-rate Ghostbuster, and I don’t remember who Velma ended up with. Maybe Mindy Cohn, who voiced Velma and wrote for the series in the 2000’s, knows who the character eventually settled down with.

            • Cholma
              Cholma
              September 14, 2017 at 2:26 am | #

              Velma + Hot Dog Water 4EVAR

            • HeatherJean
              HeatherJean
              September 14, 2017 at 5:38 am | #

              Excuse the question, but what does “Shaggy was Ace” mean in this context?

              • Mephron
                Mephron
                September 14, 2017 at 5:46 am | #

                I believe that Opus is of the opinion that Norville “Shaggy” Jones is asexual.

                • HeatherJean
                  HeatherJean
                  September 14, 2017 at 5:48 am | #

                  That was crossed messaging. I know what “asexual” means, and was guessing that what was what “Ace” was. Sorry

            • HeatherJean
              HeatherJean
              September 14, 2017 at 5:46 am | #

              Asexual?

              • C.T Phipps
                C.T Phipps
                September 14, 2017 at 8:57 am | #

                I am of the group which maintains that Shaggy and Daphne are living together with an adopted child in THE THIRTEEN GHOSTS OF SCOOBY DOO. I always liked that ending since Fred was the Jock and a more mature Daphne saw Shaggy was the better match since, layabout or not, he was always loyal to a fault as well as supportive.

                Oh Dear Lord, I just wrote fanfic!

                • Yumi
                  Yumi
                  September 14, 2017 at 2:08 pm | #

                  I can’t accept any version in which Daphne and Velma are not endgame.

              • a/snow mous/e
                a/snow mous/e
                September 14, 2017 at 11:20 am | #

                Yes

                • a/snow mous/e
                  a/snow mous/e
                  September 14, 2017 at 11:22 am | #

                  if you read “Ace-X.U.L.” out loud, the person you’re talking to will probably be confused

      • Rabid Rabbit
        Rabid Rabbit
        September 14, 2017 at 10:58 pm | #

        To this entire thread, I have nothing to say but this: https://web.archive.org/web/20061113110233/http://www.evilkid.com/comics/EKearly/pages/fred.html

    • Big Box
      Big Box
      September 14, 2017 at 3:04 am | #

      Jennifer “War Crimes” Billingsworth

  2. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    September 14, 2017 at 12:03 am | #

    I hope this is foreshadowing to the entire cast being taken to international court for breaking the Geneva Accords. The only one who gets off is Mike. From your Mom. For a nickle.

  3. Mr. Mendo
    Mr. Mendo
    September 14, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

    Could a fifty-shenanigan pile-up be in our future?

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 14, 2017 at 12:09 am | #

      Shenanigeddon approaches.

      • Pablo360
        Pablo360
        September 14, 2017 at 12:19 am | #

        *Dina appears from a hole in the space-time continuum*

        “It appears that the fabric of reality has been weakened. I would recommend keeping any additional shenanigans, chicanery, tomfoolery, dramatic irony, wacky hijinx, or convoluted character mini-arcs to an absolute minimum.”

        • MatthewTheLucky
          MatthewTheLucky
          September 14, 2017 at 3:58 am | #

          But isn’t metahumor a form of wacky hijinx?

          • Khyrin
            Khyrin
            September 14, 2017 at 7:07 am | #

            Yup… that means only one thing.

            soggies will rule.

          • Positron
            Positron
            September 14, 2017 at 7:10 am | #

            Dina’s appearance would be the minimum amount of shenanigans.

  4. Pablo360
    Pablo360
    September 14, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

    Startup pitch: The Geneva Convention, but for dating

    • Gaia
      Gaia
      September 14, 2017 at 12:45 am | #

      I’m just gonna veto that right now.

      • Emperor Norton II
        Emperor Norton II
        September 14, 2017 at 12:50 am | #

        We veto your veto, and as Emperor of the Internet, Our veto is absolute and cannot be further vetoed.

        Because man, I like Pablo’s pitch. All is -not- fair in love, and it’s about time we made a formal document signed by all the nations, most of which then promptly forgets about it!

        • firestk
          firestk
          September 14, 2017 at 8:39 pm | #

          I read that first sentence in King Candy’s voice.

    • Br44n5m
      Br44n5m
      September 14, 2017 at 1:38 am | #

      Does that mean neither of em get Camilla?

  5. bearfuz
    bearfuz
    September 14, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

    I predict trouble. Of course, this is a Willis strip, so trouble is inevitable, we just don’t know WHEN

    • a4lbi
      a4lbi
      September 14, 2017 at 9:11 am | #

      The only accurate prediction is “SOON. Maybe. Eventually.”

    • Remmington Steele
      Remmington Steele
      September 14, 2017 at 3:58 pm | #

      No one expects … DAMN YOU WILLIS!

  6. Darkoneko
    Darkoneko
    September 14, 2017 at 12:05 am | #

    So pesky.

  7. Pablo360
    Pablo360
    September 14, 2017 at 12:05 am | #

    *plays This is War by 30 Seconds to Mars on the hacked muzak*

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      September 14, 2017 at 12:19 am | #

      What is that in your avatar picture? It looks like someone wearing the right rear fender of a car as a hat, with the rest of the car flowing off the back of her head.

      • Pablo360
        Pablo360
        September 14, 2017 at 12:24 am | #

        It’s Kazuma from the second season of Konosuba! It’s a really good comedy anime that’s rumored to be getting a third season soon, and it’s based on a light novel series that to the best of my understanding is still ongoing. Also, he’s actually under a peculiar kind of Japanese furniture that he brought into a high-fantasy universe in order to start a successful business enterprise with an immortal demon he killed.

        (It’s a really weird show.)

        • Halpful3
          Halpful3
          September 14, 2017 at 12:38 am | #

          aaand now I have the theme song stuck in my head again. (but my brain keeps substituting “konosuba” as the first word of the song. it fits the tune so well!)

        • Pablo360
          Pablo360
          September 18, 2017 at 12:24 pm | #

          And now it’s Oumae from Hibike! Euphonium

    • MatthewTheLucky
      MatthewTheLucky
      September 14, 2017 at 12:24 am | #

      What’ll it take to get you to join us, Joyce? Money? Fame? Jacob?

      • Pablo360
        Pablo360
        September 14, 2017 at 12:28 am | #

        I didn’t think this universe had any magic, but look at you, turning black people into trophies. Got some racist alchemy up in here.

        • MatthewTheLucky
          MatthewTheLucky
          September 14, 2017 at 3:32 am | #

          He just looks like a very sexy black man!

          • Pablo360
            Pablo360
            September 14, 2017 at 8:11 am | #

            So, before Joyce starts a full-on race war…

      • OnyxIdol
        OnyxIdol
        September 14, 2017 at 1:29 am | #

        SOA abridged, nice.

  8. Nono
    Nono
    September 14, 2017 at 12:05 am | #

    I’m surprised Billie hasn’t mentioned anything about the sweater being what Joyce was wearing that night, but she may have been too drunk then to remember details.

    • Romanticide
      Romanticide
      September 14, 2017 at 1:51 am | #

      Unless it’s super awesome or super awful she probably wouldn’t remember, specially if it’s something Joyce would normally wear. I suppose

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        September 14, 2017 at 9:30 am | #

        I won’t recall what typical clothes somebody else wore to a party, weeks ago. I’m lucky to recall what I wore yesterday.

  9. Ivy
    Ivy
    September 14, 2017 at 12:05 am | #

    Billie’s moving cuz of school regulations, not laws.

    • Positron
      Positron
      September 14, 2017 at 7:13 am | #

      What about school bylaws?

  10. JetstreamGW
    JetstreamGW
    September 14, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

    Bah. There are no laws about love that have forced Billie to move. There are laws about proper conduct RA conduct in the dormitory. Those rules are peripheral to love at best 😛

    • Pablo360
      Pablo360
      September 14, 2017 at 12:47 am | #

      They say a forbidden love is the strongest…

  11. Passchendaele
    Passchendaele
    September 14, 2017 at 12:07 am | #

    Love will also be corrected and organized into fair/unfair categories in the upcoming Stockholm Convention.

    • Andy
      Andy
      September 14, 2017 at 12:12 am | #

      I hear they’re going to force everyone to stay until they all get along.

      • dg
        dg
        September 14, 2017 at 12:27 am | #

        If this gambit pileup goes as badly as it could, we’ll have a Bloodbath of Stockhom on our hands.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        September 14, 2017 at 8:56 am | #

        They’ll be forced to stay at first, but then they’ll start identifying with and defending their captors.

  12. Some Random Name
    Some Random Name
    September 14, 2017 at 12:07 am | #

    I love how Joyce doesn’t realize that she and Jacob would be perfect for each other.
    …is it a race thing? I feel like it’s a race thing.

    • Pablo360
      Pablo360
      September 14, 2017 at 12:16 am | #

      And a “Sarah called dibs” thing, and a “He’s dating Raidah” thing, although the fact that the former matters sort of makes it feel like the latter doesn’t.

      But it’s probably also at least partially a race thing.

      Also I doubt she knows that his (I don’t know for sure so I’m going to guess it’s either gray asexuality or demisexuality) is kind of a perfect fit for her religion-instilled sexual neuroses, so there is some information inequality/dramatic irony.

      • SeanR
        SeanR
        September 14, 2017 at 12:26 am | #

        Don’t forget that, since she was traumatized, she was Not Looking, and managed to completely disbelieve several signals.
        She may feel differently now. She IS wearing the sweater, so Ryan getting a measure of what he deserved has freed her somewhat from her trauma.
        But also remember that humans can get a thought stuck in their head, and not revise their thoughts, plans, and expectations, even after new information has been made known.

        She doesn’t know Raidah, except as Sarah’s nemesis.

        • Pablo360
          Pablo360
          September 14, 2017 at 12:27 am | #

          She knows Sarah punched her, and she knows Sarah is her honorary big sister, so she’s inclined to not like Raidah in order to protect her positive feelings for Sarah.

          • SeanR
            SeanR
            September 14, 2017 at 12:32 am | #

            I mean she may feel differently about her chemistry with Jacob.
            That is, at the pizza dinner, she was unconsciously flirting with Jacob so much a blind man could see it, but it wasn’t ABOUT her. She wasn’t looking because of the trauma. She was there for Sarah.
            Now that she’s managed to recover enough that the sweater doesn’t cause tension on sight, she may realize she wants Jacob for herself, rather than her roommate.
            But, humans can be remarkably change-blind, even, especially, where preconceptions are concerns.

            • Pablo360
              Pablo360
              September 14, 2017 at 12:41 am | #

              That’s an angle I hadn’t considered. I do wonder how a shift in her perception of Jacob could alter her perception of Raidah, and how that could impact her relationship with Sarah. The fallout for this could fuel sitcom drama (or genuine drama) for years to come.

      • Emperor Norton II
        Emperor Norton II
        September 14, 2017 at 12:35 am | #

        Well, in Shortpacked, it was an interesting thing he had… Like, he was asexual because he was hypersexual.

        It seems weird, but I can sort of relate. I don’t drink alcohol, and hasn’t done so since I was 18*. I was never addicted, and never drank excessively, but at the same time, I already knew about myself that things I really like doing is things I’ll end up doing too much of, so I figured it was best to just stop it while I still would not get tempted to continue.

        *In Norway, beer and wine is allowed at 18, and booze at 20… And I certainly did -not- do anything before then because I grew up in a rural place

        • Yumi
          Yumi
          September 14, 2017 at 12:42 am | #

          I haven’t read Shortpacked, but from what I’ve read in comics here, it seems that Jacob there was celibate rather than asexual.

          • Emperor Norton II
            Emperor Norton II
            September 14, 2017 at 12:43 am | #

            Hmm, probably a better way of describing it, yes.

          • Yumi
            Yumi
            September 14, 2017 at 12:44 am | #

            *in comments

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            September 14, 2017 at 4:23 pm | #

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        • TemperaryObsessor
          TemperaryObsessor
          September 14, 2017 at 8:11 am | #

          He started out chaste because he had addiction issues and sex was something he was addicted too.
          I would not call him asexual unless he chose that label for himself it seems really inaccurate.

          • TemperaryObsessor
            TemperaryObsessor
            September 14, 2017 at 8:21 am | #

            Sorry Yumi already said this.

        • Chered
          Chered
          September 14, 2017 at 2:57 pm | #

          I feel you there, I do things in excess or no things at all as well.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          September 14, 2017 at 3:07 pm | #

          What does living in a rural area have to do with not drinking?

          • Kryss LaBryn
            Kryss LaBryn
            September 14, 2017 at 4:19 pm | #

            Coming from a rural part of Canada, I’d say “Not a hell of a lot.”

            • CoMa
              CoMa
              September 14, 2017 at 6:43 pm | #

              I think what was meant with “growing up in rural area” in relation to not drinking underage: they simply couldn’t possibly get alcohol from anyone while underage because if they bought it, their parents would have immediately known.
              Or a similar scenario.

              • thejeff
                thejeff
                September 14, 2017 at 9:13 pm | #

                Norway must be completely different from any rural area I’ve ever known. Or heard of.

      • Gandalf007
        Gandalf007
        September 14, 2017 at 1:18 am | #

        I think it might unintentionally be a race thing. Outwardly, Joyce might say, “I’d totally marry a black guy, as long as he loves Jesus,” while inwardly she’s never even considered Jacob as a potential member of her dating pool. Meanwhile subconsciously (and to us readers’ great delight) she has a major crush on him.

        Potential dialogue 37 comics from now (’cause webcomic time means that would be when we get to Sunday afternoon):
        Becky: Didja go to church today?
        Joyce: Yeah, I went to Jacob’s church. It was different… but nice. Yeah, let’s go with “nice”.
        Becky: Ha! I knew it! Yer totally into Jacob!
        Joyce: WHAAA? Me? And Jacob? I-I don’t like him that way… I mean, not that there’s anything wrong with him, he’s pretty great {dreamy sigh}, have you seen his… I mean–he’s dating Raidah, and Sarah kinda has dibs on him, and ohGodIshouldjustshutupalready.
        Becky: Yer cute when ya get flustered like that!

        Wait, did I just write fanfic? I think I technically did. Damn you, Willis!

        • UniqueSnowflake2
          UniqueSnowflake2
          September 14, 2017 at 3:41 pm | #

          At least it wasn’t a DoA/Harry Potter crossover. After all, after Harry and friends complete the year 7 that they missed, and graduate from Hogwarts, they’ll be the right age to be freshmen at IU. McGonagall can magically forge their transcripts and test scores. Unfortunately, they took no high-school-level math, science, English, or world history, so wacky hijinks ensue. Also Luna accidentally chugs a bottle of Felix Felicis and has a four-way with Grace, Mandy, and Sierra.

        • Uncertainty Moth
          Uncertainty Moth
          September 15, 2017 at 8:32 am | #

          This has more of a QC flow than a DoA

  13. laladoria
    laladoria
    September 14, 2017 at 12:08 am | #

    I feel like Jacob would LIKE the sweater. He did like that she stood up to her attackers, after all.

    Regardless, I can’t wait to see what Billie puts her in.

    • Pablo360
      Pablo360
      September 14, 2017 at 12:30 am | #

      I’m actually gonna call the long shot and say Joyce will end up wearing that sweater.

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        September 14, 2017 at 12:54 am | #

        Over on the Dumblr of Age, there are preview panels of Joyce (top half only) wearing what appears to be the yellow dress that Billie bought her. I would swear that somewhere I’ve seen a preview panel of her in that dress with tights on underneath, but maybe I just hallucinated that.

        But why wouldn’t Billie dress Joyce up in the dress Billie bought for her, to show off her legs? Apart from the fact that it’s October in Bloomington and probably getting cold.

        • Emperor Norton II
          Emperor Norton II
          September 14, 2017 at 1:31 am | #

          Some of us don’t follow that particular tumblr precisely because we don’t want to see those previews…

          • Marsh Maryrose
            Marsh Maryrose
            September 14, 2017 at 10:46 am | #

            But that means you also don’t get to see the best fanart. (Well, the best non-Yotomoe fanart.) And those previews are almost always posted on Willis’s twitter, too.

            …Unless you also don’t read his twitter? All that just to avoid what are really just teasers?

    • McBogue
      McBogue
      September 14, 2017 at 12:33 am | #

      Thanks to the preview panels on Willis’ Tumblr, we already know what she ends up wearing

      • Pablo360
        Pablo360
        September 14, 2017 at 12:36 am | #

        This is why I don’t gamble

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          September 14, 2017 at 3:10 pm | #

          Hmm, note to self, whatever Pablo360 calls, bet the other way. I will be rich in no time.

          • Pablo360
            Pablo360
            September 14, 2017 at 9:33 pm | #

            I also predicted that Donald Trump would win the Presidential election, that Star Wars episode VIII would include a new version of ewoks, and that Monster Rats were humans all along, so I wouldn’t bet against me either.

    • CJ
      CJ
      September 14, 2017 at 2:43 am | #

      I actually wondered about why and when Joyce changed when I looked at the previews on tumblr yesterday.

  14. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    September 14, 2017 at 12:09 am | #

    Officer Diana Ross made great advancements in the enforcement of love-related laws.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      September 14, 2017 at 9:02 am | #

      My mom used to teach 1st and 2nd Grades and that song was how she taught them to read stop signs. It was super amazing to see a room full of multicultural six-year-olds putting their hearts into that song.

  15. Emperor Norton II
    Emperor Norton II
    September 14, 2017 at 12:09 am | #

    Less than an hour before this strip came up, I commented yesterday about Billie’s depression, talking about how she needs to be seen as the helper and not the help-ee; because being the latter is weak. That the one thing that makes her feel not worthless is when she’s a “success”; because while rejecting the more obvious horrors of her father’s behaviour, some of the more insidious stuff still settled in her to fester and grow…

    Hello to today’s strip giving me confirmation on all these things!

    I mean, can you see the immediate transformation in Billie as soon as there is something she can help with, as soon as there is something she can make right?

    This is what Billie lives for.

    This is literally what Billie lives for.

    And that’s the scary part.

    • Emperor Norton II
      Emperor Norton II
      September 14, 2017 at 12:12 am | #

      And now I wish I’d put the “This is what Billie lives for” on the top of my comment.

    • Pablo360
      Pablo360
      September 14, 2017 at 12:13 am | #

      She had basically five things that defined her life in high school: Her sexuality (as in her sexual activeness, not necessarily the nature of her attractions), her popularity, alcohol, cheerleading, and being a busybody. Four of those are now to some degree or another obstructed. This is Billie clinging to the last shards of her old identity, and it is painful.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      September 14, 2017 at 12:30 am | #

      Head cheerleader, problem solver.

      There is something to be said for pouring oneself into fixing solvable problems. Who knows how many socially beneficial solutions have happened because someone was avoiding their own personal problems?

      But of course, sooner or later one runs of out motes in other people’s eyes, and is face-to-face with the terrifying possibility of having to confront the plank in one’s own eye.

      • Halpful3
        Halpful3
        September 14, 2017 at 12:40 am | #

        *whistles innocently*

        • Pablo360
          Pablo360
          September 14, 2017 at 12:42 am | #

          That is the only comment that has ever been helped by a Mary grav.

        • Emperor Norton II
          Emperor Norton II
          September 14, 2017 at 12:46 am | #

          Your choice of username has absolutely nothing to do with why you’re whistling innocently, does it?

          No, I thought not.

      • tenkiforecast
        tenkiforecast
        September 14, 2017 at 4:29 am | #

        Honestly, that’s a defining characteristic of Eleanor Roosevelt based on a number of biographies I’ve read. She threw herself into various causes, work, and the life of an activist to avoid a number of her own problems. According to the biography by Doris Kerns Goodwin, her periods of depression or melancholy were usually related to not knowing what to do next.

        • Yumi
          Yumi
          September 14, 2017 at 9:17 am | #

          Hey, my grandma met Eleanor Roosevelt! I know that really has nothing to do with anything, but I think it’s pretty cool.

          • Kryss LaBryn
            Kryss LaBryn
            September 14, 2017 at 4:22 pm | #

            It is!

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      September 14, 2017 at 11:07 pm | #

      What I can’t decide is whether this means that Billie should be the politician instead of Dorothy (though she couldn’t actually get elected, because her past would br brought up immeidately), or if someone should suggest that she go into social work instead of journalism (though she might want to work on some of her own issues first).

  16. Andy
    Andy
    September 14, 2017 at 12:12 am | #

    Silly Billie! History and war crimes are both decided by the victor. Do what you must to win and you get to decide whether or not the Geneva Conventions apply.

    • Gaia
      Gaia
      September 14, 2017 at 12:42 am | #

      Sad but true.
      Besides no one is actually going to follow the Geneva conventions if they get invaded.

      For instance if China invaded the USA, the USA would use land mines, Geneva Convention be damned.

      • CJ
        CJ
        September 14, 2017 at 2:48 am | #

        I can’t imagine the US being stupid enough to use land mines on their own territory. You always use them in enemy territory where there wreak havoc years after your war has ended.
        Or, well, I forgot about trump for a moment there…

      • Andy
        Andy
        September 14, 2017 at 7:07 am | #

        I thought if the US was invaded by China, we’d be saved by a bunch if high school kids yelling about wolverines.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        September 14, 2017 at 3:17 pm | #

        I wasn’t aware that the Geneva Convention said anything about landmines.

        • Kamino Neko
          Kamino Neko
          September 14, 2017 at 9:56 pm | #

          They don’t. It’s the Ottawa Treaty (from 1999), which bans landmines. The US didn’t sign it.

  17. pjeseb
    pjeseb
    September 14, 2017 at 12:14 am | #

    …Now I want to know what war-related activities Billie used to enjoy doing but can’t anymore since that pesky Geneva Convention.

    • Emperor Norton II
      Emperor Norton II
      September 14, 2017 at 12:18 am | #

      I think she forced her POWs to watch five seasons straight of “Paradise Hotel”.

      • Gaia
        Gaia
        September 14, 2017 at 12:38 am | #

        I….I like paradise hotel…

        • Emperor Norton II
          Emperor Norton II
          September 14, 2017 at 12:42 am | #

          My first instinct was to say all the Michael Bay Transformers movies, but I didn’t want to get banned from this comment field.

  18. butting
    butting
    September 14, 2017 at 12:14 am | #

    But what if Jacob LIKES the tattered flesh of her vanquished enemies?

    • Pablo360
      Pablo360
      September 14, 2017 at 12:17 am | #

      Nah, Jacob’s more cerebral. Joyce needs the splattered BRAINS of her vanquished enemies.

      • SeanR
        SeanR
        September 14, 2017 at 12:28 am | #

        Well, it WAS cerebral blood. The blood left his body via a newly-introduced gash to this face.

        • Pablo360
          Pablo360
          September 14, 2017 at 12:32 am | #

          True, true.

  19. Marsh Maryrose
    Marsh Maryrose
    September 14, 2017 at 12:15 am | #

    Henry Kissinger is still not sitting in a dock in the Hague defending his complicity in the carpet bombing of Laos and Cambodia. John Yu and Alberto Gonzalez are still not sitting in a dock in the Hague explaining why “enhanced interrogation” isn’t actually torture torture.

    Sliding timescale or no, I’m afraid Billie is more than a little bit behind the times with regard to the last panel.

    • DrunkenNordmann
      DrunkenNordmann
      September 14, 2017 at 3:38 am | #

      Easy answer for that: The US doesn’t recognise the International Criminal Court and did in fact pass a law that allows the government to – in the worst case – outright invade the Netherlands, should a US citizen ever be “held captive”.

      • Eldritch Gentleman
        Eldritch Gentleman
        September 14, 2017 at 3:44 am | #

        Reminds me that one line I once heard “US behaves like it doesn’t answer to International Community, Hell US behaves like it doesn’t answer to God either.”

        • AutobotDen
          AutobotDen
          September 14, 2017 at 3:52 am | #

          Depends on your definition of “God”.

          • Eldritch Gentleman
            Eldritch Gentleman
            September 14, 2017 at 4:04 am | #

            I’d go with the Christian merciful, loving and peaceful one for the sake of this argument.

            • Pablo360
              Pablo360
              September 14, 2017 at 8:12 am | #

              As opposed to the Christian vengeful, jealous and picky one.

              • Eldritch Gentleman
                Eldritch Gentleman
                September 14, 2017 at 8:29 am | #

                I think that’s the Old Testament one. Frankly I’m not even sure how it is between the two of them.

                • Yumi
                  Yumi
                  September 14, 2017 at 11:07 am | #

                  A lot of Christians’ New Testament God seems to be like that tooo.

                • Eldritch Gentleman
                  Eldritch Gentleman
                  September 14, 2017 at 12:02 pm | #

                  Mhm yeah that too.

                • Pablo360
                  Pablo360
                  September 14, 2017 at 1:33 pm | #

                  A lot of Christians are really bad at the Christ part, and only mildly good at the Ian part.

              • Minotaur
                Minotaur
                September 14, 2017 at 3:31 pm | #

                The Old Testament God is at times kinder than the New Testament one. There’s enough “I’ll make everything right” and “I’ll burn everything down” in both parts (all parts?) of the bible to confuse everyone.

                • Hannah
                  Hannah
                  September 14, 2017 at 3:48 pm | #

                  sorry, don’t know how I managed to do that

  20. Keulen
    Keulen
    September 14, 2017 at 12:16 am | #

    Sweaters can be pretty hot at times.

    • Pablo360
      Pablo360
      September 14, 2017 at 12:19 am | #

      😉

  21. auroki
    auroki
    September 14, 2017 at 12:23 am | #

    I kinda hope the next few strips are just other members of the cast redressing joyce to suit what they think she should wear to attract jacob. This would be twice now no?

  22. Puckish Rogue
    Puckish Rogue
    September 14, 2017 at 12:24 am | #

    This is going to end badly but it will be fun watching it explode, I just hope that Joe won’t be all like told-you-so-rub-it-in-her-face but more so feel bad for his friend Joyce

    and then take her on a nice, friendly date for pizza

    • Pablo360
      Pablo360
      September 14, 2017 at 12:26 am | #

      I was going to say “I so don’t want to see that” but actually I kind of do? It could be used to cement Joe’s character development, and in doing so provide a convenient bookend for his character arc. And I’m a sucker for bookends.

  23. Mr D
    Mr D
    September 14, 2017 at 12:34 am | #

    I see this ending in nothing but tears.
    I dunno if Joyce’s, Sarah’s or Raidah’s, but someone will be crying.

    SO ON OTHER MORE LIGHT HEARTED TOPICS:
    Can someone please, PLEASE explain WTF is up with the soggies in the end of Shortpacked!? I didn’t even know what soggies were before that!

    • Pablo360
      Pablo360
      September 14, 2017 at 12:38 am | #

      Old cereal commercial. I wanna say Captain Crunch. They’re a metaphor for cereal that doesn’t stay crunchy in milk. And apparently also function as a metaphor for white supremacy.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      September 14, 2017 at 7:33 pm | #

      Jacob’s. This whole situation is pretty much perfectly set up to cause him distress.

  24. Mr D
    Mr D
    September 14, 2017 at 12:35 am | #

    Also, re-rolling my grav because, being MR D, I need a different Grav.

    • Mr D
      Mr D
      September 14, 2017 at 12:35 am | #

      Dammit, who IS that?

      • Pablo360
        Pablo360
        September 14, 2017 at 12:37 am | #

        Raidah. And THAT’S Grace. And Kazuma desu.

      • Mr D
        Mr D
        September 14, 2017 at 12:37 am | #

        I have enough combinations of caps and lowercase letters to get to the millions, I hope I don’t get that far (Also, yeah, Mod, you can delete most of these posts)

        • Mr D
          Mr D
          September 14, 2017 at 12:38 am | #

          Hmm. Attempt number 4

          • Pablo360
            Pablo360
            September 14, 2017 at 12:39 am | #

            This means you win.

          • Mr. Random
            Mr. Random
            September 14, 2017 at 12:45 am | #

            Eh, A face is a face.

        • Pablo360
          Pablo360
          September 14, 2017 at 12:38 am | #

          Willis doesn’t delete posts unless they’re legitimately hateful and not in a funny way (and he does block people so I wouldn’t recommend using this as a strategy)

          • Halpful3
            Halpful3
            September 14, 2017 at 12:49 am | #

            also the spambot got a little overzealous at banning people who played grav roulette too much. hence me being stuck with the Mary avatar 😛

            sooner or later I’ll start trying to get a non-awful one, but, I keep getting distracted debating a name change… it was the name-change attempt that was my first blocked comment, so now I have a bunch of irrational feelings about it, plus I was going to put both names in the name field for a while so people wouldn’t be confused, but, that makes more work for Willis – apparently name changes go to moderation – and I worry it might attract the spambot too…

            I dunno, should I just change my name and get it over with? and maybe then if I just do one or two gravatar tests a day the spambot might not notice me…

            • Inahc
              Inahc
              September 14, 2017 at 1:05 am | #

              Fuck it, name change. bam. (please don’t be mary…)

              • Inahc
                Inahc
                September 14, 2017 at 9:09 pm | #

                yaay, I’m not mary any more! 🙂 thanks Willis 🙂

            • Leorale
              Leorale
              September 14, 2017 at 9:10 am | #

              Just get a gravatar. Then you can have whatever face you wish! (Mine is a default Joyce that I edited in MS Paint so it would look like me.)

              • Yumi
                Yumi
                September 14, 2017 at 10:47 am | #

                You know, I set mine as a Gravatar so I could just stay Daisy, but I’m not loving the decision. I don’t really want to be Daisy other places, just here, but I guess it’s fine. So what I’m saying is I get why people would rather play grav roulette over getting a Gravatar. (Also, it’s kind of fun.)

                • Leorale
                  Leorale
                  September 14, 2017 at 6:37 pm | #

                  True! In that case, hooray for fun.

                • Inahc
                  Inahc
                  September 14, 2017 at 8:35 pm | #

                  if you’re using gmail, you could set a separate gravatar for username+doa@gmail.com 🙂

                  me, I haven’t set a custom gravatar because anxiety’s being an ass about it, and I have more important things to spend my spoons on atm. (like making dinner, before I forget again… ooh, and unpacking my shiny new vacuum cleaner! 🙂 )

                  hrm. last night’s comment appears to still be in moderation? I hope this comment doesn’t get eaten… :/

                • Yumi
                  Yumi
                  September 14, 2017 at 9:25 pm | #

                  That seems like a really cool tip, but I’m not sure exactly how to go about it? Would you mind explaining a bit more?

                • Yumi
                  Yumi
                  September 14, 2017 at 9:25 pm | #

                  (If you have the spoons, no worries if you don’t.)

                • Inahc
                  Inahc
                  September 14, 2017 at 10:09 pm | #

                  instead of entering your email as username@gmail.com here, enter username+doa@gmail.com (or anything else after the +). Then go to gravatar’s site and set up a new gravatar for that address. 🙂

                • Inahc
                  Inahc
                  September 14, 2017 at 10:10 pm | #

                  heh. apparently email addresses count as urls to the mod filter, so the instructions might take a while to show up. 🙂

                • Yumi
                  Yumi
                  September 14, 2017 at 10:39 pm | #

                  Thanks, I think I managed to do it.

  25. Pablo360
    Pablo360
    September 14, 2017 at 12:45 am | #

    Well I’m talkative today. I’m sure it has nothing to do with that empty frappuccino bottle sitting on my desk.

  26. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    September 14, 2017 at 12:50 am | #

    Oh yeah, the old saying that’s practically on par with “The heart wants what the heart wants”.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      September 14, 2017 at 9:18 am | #

      It’s “the heart wants what it wants”. Probably by Emily Dickinson, but most famously used by Woody Allen to explain/excuse falling in love with his girlfriend’s adopted daughter.

  27. Bagge
    Bagge
    September 14, 2017 at 12:53 am | #

    Soooo….. Billie helps prep Joyce for her church-date with a christian hunk…

    It took some turns, but both of them have reached their goals from the beginning of the comic.

  28. Lordhaw
    Lordhaw
    September 14, 2017 at 12:54 am | #

    See? Billie cares…in her own direct way.

  29. Indiana Bones
    Indiana Bones
    September 14, 2017 at 12:55 am | #

    “And I would be gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for you pesky kids and your Geneva Convention!”

  30. motorfirebox
    motorfirebox
    September 14, 2017 at 12:58 am | #

    Show some respect, Billie. She permanently frumped up a motherfrumper’s face in that sweater.

    • Gwen
      Gwen
      September 14, 2017 at 1:32 pm | #

      Thank you for making me smile

  31. Arianod
    Arianod
    September 14, 2017 at 1:05 am | #

    Colour me surprised that Billie cares about the Geneva convention XD

  32. ailorn
    ailorn
    September 14, 2017 at 1:47 am | #

    Billie is a good friend 🙂 in her way.

  33. Badgermole
    Badgermole
    September 14, 2017 at 1:58 am | #

    Good, Joyce is being (literally!) pushed towards accepting she has a crush on Jacob.
    Now, knowing Willis, is something going to happen to the box Billie left unguarded?

    • Jhon
      Jhon
      September 14, 2017 at 11:09 pm | #

      It will spontaneously sprout an entirely unexpected banana cream pie.

  34. nlips
    nlips
    September 14, 2017 at 2:07 am | #

    Joyce is going to fail in her wooing because she’s going to end up trying too hard, dressing like Billie thinks she should, and overall not-being-Joyce.

  35. Nym
    Nym
    September 14, 2017 at 2:08 am | #

    Yes, good. *steeples fingers* This pleases me.

  36. Rukdug
    Rukdug
    September 14, 2017 at 2:10 am | #

    Oh boy oh boy. Only good things can come of this!

  37. BenRG
    BenRG
    September 14, 2017 at 2:10 am | #

    Well, it’s beginning to look like there’s literally no-one in Read Hall who thinks that Raidah deserves Jacob!

    I love moments like this from Joyce’s friends. She has a lot more of them than you would initially think. Because she tends to rub people up the wrong way with her irrepressible sunny personality, it isn’t until situations like this, when she really needs a little external advice and practical assistance, you realise that, actually, they really do like her! 🙂

    • Joe Covenant
      Joe Covenant
      September 14, 2017 at 11:57 am | #

      Or…
      Maybe they are just using her to further their ends…
      To whit – Break up Jason and Raidha.

      (Not saying she doesn’t have friends, but she’s being grade A manipulated by at least two of them right now)

  38. reaver
    reaver
    September 14, 2017 at 2:37 am | #

    Mhmm nothing says “Good christian ” Like seducing someone elses man away from them just because you don’t think they deserve them <3

  39. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    September 14, 2017 at 2:59 am | #

    Don’t just leave your box out in the open like that, Billie! Someone might snatch it!

  40. brasca1
    brasca1
    September 14, 2017 at 3:00 am | #

    I know Sarah despises Raidah, but I don’t recall Billie nursing a grudge against her. Maybe she doesn’t care one way or another and just wants to push Joyce into dating someone compatible and hot.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 14, 2017 at 3:16 am | #

      Raidah was mean to Joyce at a party which Billie attended. Billie is on mostly good terms with Joyce and Billie strikes me as the sort of person who would take that personally. Sticking a wrench into Raidah’s relationship with Jacob and helping Joyce possibly get lucky strikes me as the sort of things that an ex-Queen Bee high school cheerleader would think is an appropriate countermeasure.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        September 14, 2017 at 7:56 am | #

        Billie was also at the initial mall meeting between their gang and Raidah’s, which included some punching and the revelation of Sarah’s tragic backstory.

        OTOH, I don’t recall any indication she’s given a moment’s thought to Raidah outside of those scenes – or even really then.

        • BenRG
          BenRG
          September 14, 2017 at 8:38 am | #

          Which, in retrospect, can be interpreted as Billie being really, really good at emotional repression and quick to take the chance of revenge when it’s presented. Both of these would strike me as being in-character for her.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            September 14, 2017 at 11:08 am | #

            It could. Though I think we’d need a little more than we’ve seen yet to justify such an interpretation.

            It’s also possible the mention of Raidah was just for identification and she’s just jumping at the chance to help hook Joyce up with such a hunk. Which would also be in character.

    • Eldritch Gentleman
      Eldritch Gentleman
      September 14, 2017 at 3:28 am | #

      Well many of Billie’s life choices are kinda suspect. Also considering the social standing she was from (Cheerleader, top of the high school food chain) stabbing people you don’t care about in the face is a perfectly fine thing to do.

  41. Eldritch Gentleman
    Eldritch Gentleman
    September 14, 2017 at 3:08 am | #

    There should be some Love Convention too… Love often feels like a mental illness to me…

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      September 14, 2017 at 4:29 pm | #

      Wait, wasn’t Love Convention like an Eighties prog-rock band or something? O.o

  42. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    September 14, 2017 at 3:52 am | #

    Joyce’s smile in panel 4 is just a bit little…bashful? And hella adorable.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 14, 2017 at 4:21 am | #

      This is Joyce we’re talking about. There are few scenarios where she wouldn’t be adorable, even when punching out bad guys!

  43. Aggrax
    Aggrax
    September 14, 2017 at 4:04 am | #

    To be totally fair, the laws Billie ran afoul of actually doesn’t care about love, only sexy-making. So all’s probably still fair in love.

  44. Liliet
    Liliet
    September 14, 2017 at 4:20 am | #

    But… Billie… the sweater. It’s THE sweater. You’re missing key information!!!

  45. BenRG
    BenRG
    September 14, 2017 at 4:23 am | #

    Here’s what I’m thinking: Joyce is going to be super-nervous in the Little Yellow Dress but Jacob is going to be the perfect gentleman with her. Perhaps he’ll compliment her but he won’t treat her as a sex-object or anything like that. The consequence is that she’s going to realise that a woman can make herself look good without</i. being a slut and that's going to be another important life-lesson that moves her away from being a clone of her mother.

    • OnyxIdol
      OnyxIdol
      September 14, 2017 at 4:54 am | #

      I don’t think Joyce was ever a clone of her mother, nor is there a chance of that still happening.

      • BenRG
        BenRG
        September 14, 2017 at 6:32 am | #

        The point that I’m trying to make is that Carol wanted Joyce to be her ‘clone’ (thinking like her and acting like her).

  46. Flakky
    Flakky
    September 14, 2017 at 7:27 am | #

    Don’t worry about the pesky Geneva conventions, Billie. The US didn’t ratify that one. American exceptionalism at work.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      September 14, 2017 at 7:59 am | #

      We did ratify the initial Geneva Conventions, just not the later Protocols.

      • Flakky
        Flakky
        September 14, 2017 at 8:17 am | #

        That is true.

  47. BenRG
    BenRG
    September 14, 2017 at 7:44 am | #

    What I’m looking forward to right now is Raidah’s reaction to all this effort. Probably bemusement, unsure if she should feel threatened, insulted or flattered by what’s being done because of her.

    FWIW, I think that Joyce looks pretty attractive in almost anything she wears. She’s just got that talent, I guess.

  48. thejeff
    thejeff
    September 14, 2017 at 8:07 am | #

    And here we have Billie practicing the same kind of lack of consent matchmaking we’ve criticized Joyce for.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 14, 2017 at 8:39 am | #

      I’m guessing (having never been one or known one close enough to make an IRL judgement) that this is supposed to be some inherent characteristic of a college age woman.

  49. Fomalhaut
    Fomalhaut
    September 14, 2017 at 10:11 am | #

    It’s kinda…skeevy, that they’re both, deliberately, trying to break up someone else’s relationship.

    We may not like Raidah, but we’ve seen no indication that she is unhealthy for Jacob.

    This is just…erg. Not inducing any pride here, Billie and Joyce.

    • chris73
      chris73
      September 14, 2017 at 3:18 pm | #

      Oh yeah its going to blow up in her face but its also going to fun to watch, like a car accident in slow motion (a car accident where no one gets hurt of course)

  50. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    September 14, 2017 at 10:28 am | #

    First Dina ( http://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/03-the-thing-i-was-before/sinproofed/ ), now Billie.

    Who will be next? And wouldn’t Joyce would be easier to move if she were on wheels of some sort? (If she weren’t so lawful, perhaps skates.)

    • Emperor Norton II
      Emperor Norton II
      September 14, 2017 at 10:54 am | #

      How about AmaziGirl’s magical rollerskates? Perfect for when you mostly walk, but sometimes get pushed around!

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        September 14, 2017 at 12:31 pm | #

        But of course!

  51. Scar Man!!!
    Scar Man!!!
    September 14, 2017 at 11:32 am | #

    Please, please please no, Billy. She’s dressed perfectly for church.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 14, 2017 at 11:54 am | #

      Actually, she’s dressed perfectly to unmask Old Farmer Clark as the man imitating the Spirit of Ghostly Gulch. Traditionally (at least here in the UK), you add just a tiny little bit of formality to church wear.

      • Scar Man!!!
        Scar Man!!!
        September 14, 2017 at 1:17 pm | #

        I don’t know much about non-dress semi-formal wear for women, being a guy. A nice polo, dress shirt or sweater and khakis is formal enouvh for my synagogue

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          September 14, 2017 at 1:33 pm | #

          Polo, dress shirt, or other nice shirt plus a nice skirt (knee length) or pants is usually good enough for semi-formal. Joyce….is not wearing that.

          • Yumi
            Yumi
            September 14, 2017 at 2:11 pm | #

            Churches do differ in expectations of dress, from “casual is fine! Whatever you’d normally wear shopping!” to “Sunday Best.”

            • BBCC
              BBCC
              September 14, 2017 at 2:49 pm | #

              Oh, yeah, I meant that what Joyce is wearing is not semi-formal. Which might be fine! Her church might not be.

              • Yumi
                Yumi
                September 14, 2017 at 2:57 pm | #

                I meant to add in my comment that I wondered if she had looked up the dress expectations ahead of time, but I forgot where I was going with my comment as I wrote it. So. Yeah.

              • Emperor Norton II
                Emperor Norton II
                September 14, 2017 at 3:05 pm | #

                Since she’s going to a hippie church, I’m sure they’ll be OK with Joyce’s current outfit.

                As long as she does not tell them about the blood of her enemies.

                • BBCC
                  BBCC
                  September 14, 2017 at 3:15 pm | #

                  They probably would be, but Billie does not care.

            • Marsh Maryrose
              Marsh Maryrose
              September 14, 2017 at 10:54 pm | #

              Or you could always just put a strategically placed Dr. Pepper so God can’t see your navel.

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        September 14, 2017 at 4:35 pm | #

        It’s been a loooong time since I’ve been to a church outside of a wedding or a funeral; but back in the day, going to our Anglican church in Canada, it was pretty much the thing for women for women to wear ideally a dress or at least a skirt; I don’t recall ever seeing a woman in pants at church, although it was like thirty years ago last time, and I don’t remember specifically looking.

        But I do know that there is no way in hell my mum would have let me go in even dress pants. And my brother would *not* have been permitted jeans.

        I adore that sweater, though! I want it. Somehow it feels like I had one like that myself when I was younger, although for the life of me I don’t otherwise remember it and suspect I’m just remembering Velma’s, ha ha.

  52. Kladeos
    Kladeos
    September 14, 2017 at 2:26 pm | #

    I stop checking the comments for a couple of years and suddenly all the gravatars are minor characters? When did this happen? (Who will I be?)

    • Emperor Norton II
      Emperor Norton II
      September 14, 2017 at 2:44 pm | #

      There is nothing minor about Sierra!

      • Kladeos
        Kladeos
        September 14, 2017 at 3:04 pm | #

        Or Marcie, for that matter!

        • Remmington Steele
          Remmington Steele
          September 14, 2017 at 3:56 pm | #

          Or Jessica

          • hambone fakenamington
            hambone fakenamington
            September 14, 2017 at 4:26 pm | #

            or whoever this avatar is going to be!

            • hambone fakenamington
              hambone fakenamington
              September 14, 2017 at 4:26 pm | #

              i… don’t remember who this is

              • Yumi
                Yumi
                September 14, 2017 at 10:12 pm | #

                That’s Agatha. She’s Mormon. Seems nice. Don’t know much else about her.
                Oh, I think she seemed to support Billie and Ruth, which I thought was nice considering the views of the LDS’s.

          • King Daniel
            King Daniel
            September 14, 2017 at 4:28 pm | #

            It’s a very common name.

            (also, *points to own Ruth gravatar)

  53. John Biles
    John Biles
    September 14, 2017 at 10:41 pm | #

    In those last two panels, it looks rather like Joyce is wheeled luggage, which made me laugh.

    • Jhon
      Jhon
      September 14, 2017 at 11:21 pm | #

      Heelies. That’s what Joyce needs.

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