I can’t help but feel like Dina’s mouth being behind that bar is hiding part of her emoting from us even though in all likelihood it’s just her normal neutral mouth…
Becky cut her hair on the 8th-9th of December and while Ruth first saw it as a Sign Of Emotional Distress from Becky, and Becky inisted that she had the hair appointment for a While to even out her haircut, the comments very quickly noted that the haircut was very Dorothy-esque. Next time in the comic someone awknowledged Becky’s ner haircut was Leslie in the January 12th Strip and again, she asked “Why” about the cut, indicating it was a Response To Something but this time Becky kinda agrees by saying she thinks she and Dina have broken up. So yes, far as I can tell Dina is the first person in the comic to point out that Becky’s imitating her “Romantic Rival” (Dina’s perspective re: Becky’s feelings for Joye)
I think the very first It’s Walky strip I saw was the Keenspot ad with the one about Walky pointing out Billie’s haircut to distract from what he was doing, so this somehow feels like an important reference.
Becky’s new haircut looked better then. “Today” it looks like the cowlicks on the sides (horns, “doinkers”, whatever) are being exaggerated just to drive the point home.
deliverything
In stressful situations, the doinkers extend and sharpen to prepare for combat.
https://bsky.app/profile/damnyouwillis.bsky.social/post/3m7iaos6td22s
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Weird for anyone to argue, because like, this was posted the same day the haircut debuted.
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Reasonable people can disagree about whether or not it looks like Dorothy’s hair, I guess, but we definitely cannot argue over whether it’s supposed to or not, haha.
This is very much Dina standing up for herself in that Becky started all this, and she’s going to have to be straightforward with Dina to fix it. She can’t just mask and pretend nothing happened. Dina values honest communication.
And Becky’s capable of that. It’s not easy, but that’s why it needs to happen to repair things.
Let’s hope she does.
Dot
Yes of course, but I don’t really think exchanging pleasantries in the middle of class precludes any of that.
Rosicrucian
Didn’t mean it to sound as if I’m arguing against you. I think we’re in agreement. I’m mainly objecting to the idea that even the tiniest bit of pushback from Dina means the Terrible Lizbians are cooked.
Ya know, we should have known at the start of the semester that “these are your lab partners for the rest of this class, no changing” was a sign of imminent breakupage
At this point I wouldn’t mind if Dina and Becky don’t get back together, because Becky clearly is still way more interested in Joyce, who she can’t have, than Dina. And I think Dina deserves someone who is fully into her over someone who still wants her old crush first.
Ooooh, Dina acting irrationally upset for extended periods of time because she is incredibly hurt and increasingly exhausted with Becky’s insecurity. I am going to enjoy this.
Is that irrational? I think it’s pretty valid to be upset and exhausted at your ex girlfriend’s insecurity in your relationship. I also think it would be valid be frustrated to discover that right after you walked out because your ex made you feel like a consolation prize the next time you see them they have altered their appearance in a way that makes them look more like the partner of their crush who you broke up over. Not that Dina is actually indicating any of that.
That’s not going to happen, because Dina isn’t capable of acting irrationally for extended periods. She says all the quiet parts out loud because somebody has to.
Y’know if I were to put on a conspiracy theory hat and that’s all this is, a baseless conspiracy theory to fan the flames and farm drama, I’d say that the “Dorothy” haircut was just a shallow attempt by Becky to appeal to Joyce’s tastes. Because despite how much it initially hurt to see Joyce was in love with a girl that wasn’t her in effect it actually raises Becky’s odds of smooching Joyce from a hard 0% to an optimistic 0.5%! This all does completely line up with Joyce and Becky’s love philosophy which seems to be bulldoze toward your desired outcome at all costs and any hurdles towards that are just part of the great love story you’ve already imagined. This also be why she’s so far not eager to get back with Dina.
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Again this is just a conspiracy theory. I don’t think Becky is really trying for that. At least not intentionally. Choosing the “Dorothy” cut over literally anything else is a little weird though.
92 thoughts on “New haircut”
Mr D
Does it tho?
Thag Simmons
Kinda. Not completely, but there’s more than a few similarities.
Armadillo
There’s enough of a resemblance that it was pointed out by multiple people when it happened back in December.
Amós Batista
No way! I’ll read some strips back, how could nobody figured it out??
DiDi
I think the difference is that Becky doesn’t have the same volume as Dorothy does in her hair.
But as far as style, it’s pretty close. Some bangs in the front and those slight waves in the back.
Steamweed
Not much? Becky has the two ahoge hairs up top. Dotty does not.
ValdVin
Becky has her Anhoges; Dorothy has her antennae. Or is it horns?
Amós Batista
they are handles 😏
zee
Not really tbh
Heavensrun
Yes.
IntangibleMatter
I can’t help but feel like Dina’s mouth being behind that bar is hiding part of her emoting from us even though in all likelihood it’s just her normal neutral mouth…
TheOthin
It doesn’t look fully hidden in the third panel.
NGPZ
TT-TT
NGPZ
*plays “Rain” from Cowboy Bebop on hacked muzak*
vlademir1
If you want, you’ll find a way ;D
Al
are things awkward?
Shmid
Is Dina the first to say this to her? Im very into that
furubatsu
Becky cut her hair on the 8th-9th of December and while Ruth first saw it as a Sign Of Emotional Distress from Becky, and Becky inisted that she had the hair appointment for a While to even out her haircut, the comments very quickly noted that the haircut was very Dorothy-esque. Next time in the comic someone awknowledged Becky’s ner haircut was Leslie in the January 12th Strip and again, she asked “Why” about the cut, indicating it was a Response To Something but this time Becky kinda agrees by saying she thinks she and Dina have broken up. So yes, far as I can tell Dina is the first person in the comic to point out that Becky’s imitating her “Romantic Rival” (Dina’s perspective re: Becky’s feelings for Joye)
Cattleprod
I think the very first It’s Walky strip I saw was the Keenspot ad with the one about Walky pointing out Billie’s haircut to distract from what he was doing, so this somehow feels like an important reference.
Morrison
Oh. Oh NO
Dot
I am vindicated once again. Let this be a lesson to all who would oppose me.
Amós Batista
I learned this lesson.
clif
I learned it less.
Grimey
Ready for Joyce to be like “I told you to be selfish! —WAIT NOT LIKE THAT!”
Pocky
they are in college
they were bound to learn something
clif
Accidents happen.
Tan
Dot was, indeed, the first to note the haircut as Dorothyesque. https://www.dumbingofage.com/comic/wellcheck/#comment-1968381
Needfuldoer
Becky’s new haircut looked better then. “Today” it looks like the cowlicks on the sides (horns, “doinkers”, whatever) are being exaggerated just to drive the point home.
deliverything
In stressful situations, the doinkers extend and sharpen to prepare for combat.
Li
https://bsky.app/profile/damnyouwillis.bsky.social/post/3m7iaos6td22s
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Weird for anyone to argue, because like, this was posted the same day the haircut debuted.
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Reasonable people can disagree about whether or not it looks like Dorothy’s hair, I guess, but we definitely cannot argue over whether it’s supposed to or not, haha.
Dot
let me have this one
Li
I mean people DID argue with you! They were just silly for doing so. 🙂
Grimey
I think that’s it for this ship guys.
Armadillo
I hope that’s it for this ship, at least for the foreseeable future. Becky needs some time to sort her shit out.
Grimey
Same. There’s a lot of stuff that can be worked through in a relationship but even Dina has her limit.
Dot
I don’t see why? They really just need to have an actual conversation about the issues in their relationship now that Becky is done dissociating.
Rosicrucian
This is very much Dina standing up for herself in that Becky started all this, and she’s going to have to be straightforward with Dina to fix it. She can’t just mask and pretend nothing happened. Dina values honest communication.
And Becky’s capable of that. It’s not easy, but that’s why it needs to happen to repair things.
Let’s hope she does.
Dot
Yes of course, but I don’t really think exchanging pleasantries in the middle of class precludes any of that.
Rosicrucian
Didn’t mean it to sound as if I’m arguing against you. I think we’re in agreement. I’m mainly objecting to the idea that even the tiniest bit of pushback from Dina means the Terrible Lizbians are cooked.
Cholma
Is this where Becky yells, “It does not! BAKA!” and then flees the room?
Steamweed
Uh oh. :O
Bill Erak
DESTROYED IN SECONDS
RassilonTDavros
Becky continues to put the “L” in “Lesbian”.
TrueSurvivor
That made me laugh. Thank you.
DiDi
Welp…
We’re off to a lovely start.
Freezer
Today on “Hurt People Hurt People…”
tim gueguen
You can hear the record scratch noise in the last panel.
Taigan
“BRB. Gotta go shave my head.”
Astariel
Ouch.
(I still don’t see it, honestly.)
quix
This but unironically :)
It’d be a powerful gesture if she could properly communicate its meaning
quix
dangit, misclick, meant to reply to Taigan above
LIGHTWEIGHT BAYBEE
oh she’s so cooked chat xD
TrueSurvivor
Which is ironic, because that was cold.
chaostails7
Dina, casually devastating
StClair
It’s not quite the same expression, but it’s what I immediately thought of:
https://www.dumbingofage.com/comic/distinction/
Dean
(David Attenborough voice) “The Velociraptor is a merciless predator…”
Freezer
+1
Stormtide Leviathan
Ya know, we should have known at the start of the semester that “these are your lab partners for the rest of this class, no changing” was a sign of imminent breakupage
Throwatron
fuck you are so right
Bryy
Figured something out, Becks?
Kyulen
At this point I wouldn’t mind if Dina and Becky don’t get back together, because Becky clearly is still way more interested in Joyce, who she can’t have, than Dina. And I think Dina deserves someone who is fully into her over someone who still wants her old crush first.
JessWitt
Oh my god, it does. Was… was it intended to look like hers?
Matt Beardface
No kidding, this is Willis’ most devastating comic yet. I mean ever. …no, I mean yet.
v
wellllllll SOMEone had to say it
DashWallkick
Ooooh, Dina acting irrationally upset for extended periods of time because she is incredibly hurt and increasingly exhausted with Becky’s insecurity. I am going to enjoy this.
Sirksome
Is that irrational? I think it’s pretty valid to be upset and exhausted at your ex girlfriend’s insecurity in your relationship. I also think it would be valid be frustrated to discover that right after you walked out because your ex made you feel like a consolation prize the next time you see them they have altered their appearance in a way that makes them look more like the partner of their crush who you broke up over. Not that Dina is actually indicating any of that.
eh, whatever
That’s not going to happen, because Dina isn’t capable of acting irrationally for extended periods. She says all the quiet parts out loud because somebody has to.
Sirksome
Don’t trust haircuts that look like Dorothy’s.
Sirksome
Y’know if I were to put on a conspiracy theory hat and that’s all this is, a baseless conspiracy theory to fan the flames and farm drama, I’d say that the “Dorothy” haircut was just a shallow attempt by Becky to appeal to Joyce’s tastes. Because despite how much it initially hurt to see Joyce was in love with a girl that wasn’t her in effect it actually raises Becky’s odds of smooching Joyce from a hard 0% to an optimistic 0.5%! This all does completely line up with Joyce and Becky’s love philosophy which seems to be bulldoze toward your desired outcome at all costs and any hurdles towards that are just part of the great love story you’ve already imagined. This also be why she’s so far not eager to get back with Dina.
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Again this is just a conspiracy theory. I don’t think Becky is really trying for that. At least not intentionally. Choosing the “Dorothy” cut over literally anything else is a little weird though.
anon
at least she didn’t dye her hair too altho tbh there’s only so many unique things she can do with hair that short
Nubetrasnochada
Ah, that’s what kept bothering me about her haircut…
Rimwalker55