In the French version of that movie, when the bad guy gets the famous “I have a particular set of skills, I’ll find you and I’ll kill you” phone call, he replies with a heavy Albanian accent “bon chance” instead of the grammatically correct “bonne chance”. It’s kind of become a meme in French-speaking parts of the Internet.
I dunno, this thing could still spin back up to a category 2-3 at least if Becky decides to be super aggressive about all the reasons that she doesn’t believe Joyce will be there for her forever anymore.
Good on Joyce for growin some ovaries and talking to (one of) the people she has hurt. Now Becky gotta come to terms with the fact she couldn’t get the girl, and go get her Dina back.
Oh wow, this is not what I expected. I’m actually proud of Joyce for addressing (one of) her difficulties in life.
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On the other hand, sad Becky makes me sad. I need Dina, and Becky to get back together for my own mental health.
Absolutely 100% agree. THIS is the Joyce I love, the one who is awkward and confused and clueless, but damn it she still tries her best to do right by people.
It’s the same Joyce, she’s a multidimensional human being who has flaws the same as anyone else, and it’s kinda telling the way people talk like this about a female character, condemning her when those flaws cause any actual problems, or when she makes mistakes in her messy and complicated path of self-actualization, holding up an idealized image of her and complaining whenever she doesn’t align with that image
June Gloom
oh my god yes. the way people have talked about Joyce over the years has sometimes upset me so much I almost didn’t want to keep reading the comic.
[edit] how on Earth do I add a pfp?? I’ve been away and the comment system is all different now.
“If we’re being real, Becks, then ‘No’. Sure, we’ll be friends throughout our college experience, and maybe a few years beyond, but let’s face it: life gets in the way, and people drift apart. I will still always think fondly of you. I mean, unless you go on a crime spree or something; in that case I have no memory of ever knowing you.”
I mean, I’m pretty sure if Becky goes on a crime spree then Joyce definitely knows her and that they were hanging out together on the night of June 5th, why wouldn’t they have been? That girl is ride-or-die.
i mean other than a natural drift apart, i don’t expect joyce to move halfway across the world, so as long as they stay in the same state it wouldn’t be that hard to stay in touch and catch up even if they don’t live next door anymore
True, but sometimes living even a couple cities away, especially if you work different shifts, can accelerate the drift. Friendship, like a marriage, is something to have to work at if you don’t want to lose it. Or, I can just be my typical smartass, and quote Ferris Bueller:
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
Yes, Becky. She’ll still be your best friend. Your long-standing crush on her that she doesn’t reciprocate isn’t a problem on her end. If you push her away, that’s your doing, and you need to work on that instinct yourself.
This is basically how I comfort people, and although I am known to not be a person you come to for comfort, I am a person you come to if you need advice. For… obvious reasons.
Let’s put the crush aside for a second. There is also the Big Atheist Elephant in the room that has continued to go unaddressed and may throw a wrench in this conversation.
Wait, do some elephants believe in one or more gods?
croi
I’m assuming some of them have to believe in Ganesha (Ganesh). At least Indian elephants do.
Miri
And some very large ones probably believe they are standing atop of a giant space turtle, moving their legs to allow for the passage of the sun. But they may live in an alternative universe with different laws of reality to ours, so we may not need to worry about them… Those ones probably believe in a whole pantheon, who play board games with people’s lives…(GNU)
Dot
Actually elephants have been observed engaging in mourning rituals akin to human rituals, and other similar activities. They’re extremely intelligent animals, so the idea that they may have developed some sort of religious beliefs isn’t impossible, though it would be difficult to determine.
I thought that was actually pretty well resolved? Maybe not permanently, but enough for them to be friends. I can’t recall the exact topic of the strip, but I recall them deciding to still be friends despite that difference.
hey um Mr Willis not sure if the website is still technically under construction or not but like
can the gravatars here be made bigger pretty please?
i really miss being able to see all the details on commenters’ profile pics in the old site :/
i suppose for now you could always click and use your mouse roller to zoom in ,that’s what i do, ever since i got my new computer even tho my monitor has been the same all the browsers have been small for me to where i have to zoom in on everything (tho my Eyesight was quite bad before anyways)
With Joe, Joyce’s clearly in the wrong by stringing him along while declaring Dorothy is her official one and only true love. But in regards to Becky, she really hasn’t done anything wrong after revealing that she’s with Dotty. She even tried to mend Becky’s relationship with Dina by giving Dina some REALLY stupid but sincere relationship advice. Plus, Becky seems to have forgiven Dorothy and accepted that she, Dotty, is Joyce’s girl, not her. Seeing the two of them getting out of the shower was awkward, sure, but Becky should have just gotten over it or made a snarky remark on how shower sex is never as good as people think it is.
Joyce was leaving an hour before class, right? Maybe they could go talk to each other about these feelings at, like, breakfast? Like a couple of… crying breakfast friends, or something.
Wooo! That expression last comic was all about determination to make a major important decision. YAY.
This is good. This is progress. If she can acknowledge this, there’s hope yet for more. But I also like the further depth in Becky’s issues. Somehow she tied losing Joyce *fully* in a romantic level as losing her on ALL emotional levels, aka platonic.
Now her devastation makes more sense. Even if still irrational.
So true! They’ve only been together 3 days. If basically be the Barney and Friends of Cheating! Dorothy could hardly be upset at a 3 day relationship ending!
141 thoughts on “Bicurious”
NGPZ
ooooh dear here we go
got an MRI today, wish me luck
Taffy
Best of luck!
Dara
Good luck!
RassilonTDavros
Good luck!
Bryy
good luck!
Li
Good luck!
Amós Batista
good luck 🙏🙏🙏
Queezle
good luck
IntangibleMatter
Good luck! <3
clif
Luck!
Ray Radlein
Those are fun, huh? Good luck!
embe13
Bon Chance!
eh, whatever
Bonne chance !
someone
/Taken/ reference?
In the French version of that movie, when the bad guy gets the famous “I have a particular set of skills, I’ll find you and I’ll kill you” phone call, he replies with a heavy Albanian accent “bon chance” instead of the grammatically correct “bonne chance”. It’s kind of become a meme in French-speaking parts of the Internet.
clif
DOA Comments – Educational as usual.
Dwampre Scorrigank
Good luck!
Mild Lee Interested
Just kick back and enjoy the drum and base :)
Skorpeyon
Good luck!
a/snow/mous/e
Good luck!!!
Hexx
Don’t get stuck!
TrueSurvivor
Good luck
not someone else
YES GOOD
Dot
Goddammit, no!! No!!! My drama typhoon! It’s being downgraded to a… a… a drama tropical depression! Dammit! Damn you, Mx. Willis!!!
Jay
Im still annoyed that all the Drama is Becky related bu in crying rn so dont care
Big Z
I dunno, this thing could still spin back up to a category 2-3 at least if Becky decides to be super aggressive about all the reasons that she doesn’t believe Joyce will be there for her forever anymore.
Dot
But it still wouldn’t be the perfect storm of all this happening while Joe and Dina are also there with their own axes to grind.
xaeon
It could still upgrade from here, all they have to do is kiss
Pocky
Good on Joyce for growin some ovaries and talking to (one of) the people she has hurt. Now Becky gotta come to terms with the fact she couldn’t get the girl, and go get her Dina back.
Astariel
Ouch, Becky. I hope this is going to go well, but I’m not confident.
GreyICE
Awww Becky, she’s still your best friend. Romantic attraction is just weird. It wasn’t some flaw in you that made her not interested in you sexually.
Searcher
In some was, she should be thrilled — before Joyce hooked up with Dotty, Becky was stuck in competition/co-best friends.
Now she gets to lock in best friend while Dorothy is relegated to girlfriend.
Allen Alberti
Also far more likely to be best friends with someone longer than lovers anyway.
ZombieKyrik
Oh wow, this is not what I expected. I’m actually proud of Joyce for addressing (one of) her difficulties in life.
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On the other hand, sad Becky makes me sad. I need Dina, and Becky to get back together for my own mental health.
Lumino
Absolutely 100% agree. THIS is the Joyce I love, the one who is awkward and confused and clueless, but damn it she still tries her best to do right by people.
Meadow
It’s the same Joyce, she’s a multidimensional human being who has flaws the same as anyone else, and it’s kinda telling the way people talk like this about a female character, condemning her when those flaws cause any actual problems, or when she makes mistakes in her messy and complicated path of self-actualization, holding up an idealized image of her and complaining whenever she doesn’t align with that image
June Gloom
oh my god yes. the way people have talked about Joyce over the years has sometimes upset me so much I almost didn’t want to keep reading the comic.
[edit] how on Earth do I add a pfp?? I’ve been away and the comment system is all different now.
Elf grrl
That final panel gut punched me. Oh Beckers… :(
Cholma
“If we’re being real, Becks, then ‘No’. Sure, we’ll be friends throughout our college experience, and maybe a few years beyond, but let’s face it: life gets in the way, and people drift apart. I will still always think fondly of you. I mean, unless you go on a crime spree or something; in that case I have no memory of ever knowing you.”
Viktoria
I mean, I’m pretty sure if Becky goes on a crime spree then Joyce definitely knows her and that they were hanging out together on the night of June 5th, why wouldn’t they have been? That girl is ride-or-die.
anon
i mean other than a natural drift apart, i don’t expect joyce to move halfway across the world, so as long as they stay in the same state it wouldn’t be that hard to stay in touch and catch up even if they don’t live next door anymore
Cholma
True, but sometimes living even a couple cities away, especially if you work different shifts, can accelerate the drift. Friendship, like a marriage, is something to have to work at if you don’t want to lose it. Or, I can just be my typical smartass, and quote Ferris Bueller:
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
IntangibleMatter
Yes, Becky. She’ll still be your best friend. Your long-standing crush on her that she doesn’t reciprocate isn’t a problem on her end. If you push her away, that’s your doing, and you need to work on that instinct yourself.
This is basically how I comfort people, and although I am known to not be a person you come to for comfort, I am a person you come to if you need advice. For… obvious reasons.
Dot
Joyce has given Becky several other reasons to believe that they are drifting apart.
apocryphascribe
Let’s put the crush aside for a second. There is also the Big Atheist Elephant in the room that has continued to go unaddressed and may throw a wrench in this conversation.
3oranges
Wait, do some elephants believe in one or more gods?
croi
I’m assuming some of them have to believe in Ganesha (Ganesh). At least Indian elephants do.
Miri
And some very large ones probably believe they are standing atop of a giant space turtle, moving their legs to allow for the passage of the sun. But they may live in an alternative universe with different laws of reality to ours, so we may not need to worry about them… Those ones probably believe in a whole pantheon, who play board games with people’s lives…(GNU)
Dot
Actually elephants have been observed engaging in mourning rituals akin to human rituals, and other similar activities. They’re extremely intelligent animals, so the idea that they may have developed some sort of religious beliefs isn’t impossible, though it would be difficult to determine.
Justin8448
I thought that was actually pretty well resolved? Maybe not permanently, but enough for them to be friends. I can’t recall the exact topic of the strip, but I recall them deciding to still be friends despite that difference.
Freemage
So, someone better at tracking time in this comic… How many days are we from The Kiss? Just trying to figure it out, here.
Taffy
Like 3?
RassilonTDavros
I believe it’s been three, yes. Unless there was a mini-timeskip I missed.
Astariel
Yes, the kiss was Saturday, this is Tuesday.
NGPZ
hey um Mr Willis not sure if the website is still technically under construction or not but like
can the gravatars here be made bigger pretty please?
i really miss being able to see all the details on commenters’ profile pics in the old site :/
anon
i suppose for now you could always click and use your mouse roller to zoom in ,that’s what i do, ever since i got my new computer even tho my monitor has been the same all the browsers have been small for me to where i have to zoom in on everything (tho my Eyesight was quite bad before anyways)
Stormtide Leviathan
I’m glad to see I was right; that last strip wasn’t cowardice it was determination
Lys
Welp, I did not call it, I thought she would go to Joe. I like this though, Joyce is being very mature communicating her feelings in a healthy way.
Corey C.
With Joe, Joyce’s clearly in the wrong by stringing him along while declaring Dorothy is her official one and only true love. But in regards to Becky, she really hasn’t done anything wrong after revealing that she’s with Dotty. She even tried to mend Becky’s relationship with Dina by giving Dina some REALLY stupid but sincere relationship advice. Plus, Becky seems to have forgiven Dorothy and accepted that she, Dotty, is Joyce’s girl, not her. Seeing the two of them getting out of the shower was awkward, sure, but Becky should have just gotten over it or made a snarky remark on how shower sex is never as good as people think it is.
anon
tbf she did recently run into becky, if it had been joe right after they left the shower room then maybe but bound to have this convo eventually
darkoneko
…woah
RassilonTDavros
Joyce was leaving an hour before class, right? Maybe they could go talk to each other about these feelings at, like, breakfast? Like a couple of… crying breakfast friends, or something.
Obi Kemnebi
I see what you did there
anon
they could just make it efficient and cry on the way to/during class, they’re the main castso it’s fine /i doubt the prof would care
DiDi
Wooo! That expression last comic was all about determination to make a major important decision. YAY.
This is good. This is progress. If she can acknowledge this, there’s hope yet for more. But I also like the further depth in Becky’s issues. Somehow she tied losing Joyce *fully* in a romantic level as losing her on ALL emotional levels, aka platonic.
Now her devastation makes more sense. Even if still irrational.
Rimwalker55
Having lost mom to suicide, dad to criminal violence while he was trying to kidnap her, I’m sure Becky’s issue are due to losing on the Dating Game.
Stormtide Leviathan
They’ve been growing apart for a while anyway, even on a platonic level. Which is probably why the romantic loss hurt all the more.
SaffronComic
Joyce.
Cheat on Dorothy with Becky.
Come on.
Do it.
It’ll be amazing and nothing bad will happen.
Jeff K!
“Now that I’ve heard from the ANGEL on my shoulder, does the devil on the other side have anything to add?”
Taffy
👿”Do it raw and don’t pull out. Don’t think about the logistics.”
anon
but joyce isn’t attracted to becky , no? Other than a pity kiss or them getting drunk together like she wanted
Kirdei
So true! They’ve only been together 3 days. If basically be the Barney and Friends of Cheating! Dorothy could hardly be upset at a 3 day relationship ending!
Bryy
….. Becky, you have my empathy. But my sympathy for you has run out.
clif