Nothing’s worse than preparing to face the consequences of your actions only to be met with someone being the bigger person.
Though, I guess Becky’s reaction makes sense – Joyce falling in love with a girl isn’t anyone’s fault. Walky and Joe are the ones with the most reason to be mad.
i do love how dorothy’s instinctive need to blame herself for everything just, totally ignores that becky has object permanence? like, becky bore witness to the extreme 180 her mental health made on Saturday (15-4) where she started the day as an insomniac cryptid at midnight and ended seeming noticably better off! obviously she can put two and two together now that she knows you made out with joyce between those data points, and obviously she’ll prefer you kissing joyce over you being potentially suicidal!
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i love how silly dorpy is when she’s like this, it’s like crack for me
Genuinely i think Dorothy forgets that her own happiness could like. Matter? To other people? Even other people she’s done bad by??? Especially if she feels bad.
And rn she has massive blinders because…. well. She also loves joyce.
I’ll take this at face value and chalk it up to a martyr complex because if Dorothy actually wanted someone to be in her face or blame her for anything, there’s several people on campus for that.
Yeah, this is hopefully (which I say as a reader looking for drama and chaos!) a sign that her pre-getting with Joyce breakdown is coming back in full force and finally reasserting itself.
You say that but I fully believe Joyce sleeping with Joe and not telling Dorothy is still on the table
Taffy
I wouldn’t put it past Joyce to try and fuck Joe while Dorothy’s still in the room, at this point. While they’re at it, they can tape a camera to Dorothy’s head and record themselves. Joe’s already done that once, anyway.
Obviously, Becky is going for “not mad, just disappointed” because she knows that disappointment will hurt Dorothy more. This is because post-timeskip Becky is secretly Mike After Taking a Plummet Against the Tarmac.
Well. Becky’s capable of knowing this ain’t your fault, and it wouldn’t fix anything. But also admittedly I think the sheer weight of Shit Beckys Been Through kind of straw-camel-back’d her clean into just one HECK of a depression, which can present as muted emotional responses!
…but tbh I think even if Becky wasn’t. I don’t think she’d be mad AT Dorothy. I think thats part of what’s hurting her so bad, and probably tangled up in the crisis of faith. No human DID this TO her. Nobody chose to love this person and not that. Hell. I personally believe not being romantically attracted to Becky probably kept Joyce in the closet- if I didn’t fall for HER, then OBVIOUSLY.
It’s just sad. And it sucks. And it’s nobody’s fault. Unless you were raised to believe that no matter how bad things went, someone’s looking out for you somewhere.
For once I agree with Dorothy, but not just about Becky. Why aren’t more characters in their friend group angry and upset with both Joyce and Dorothy for their shitty behavior lately? I feel like that would make more sense than how we’ve seen most characters in their friend group react to the bad behavior of Doyce in this storyline so far. I feel like we haven’t had nearly enough conflict and drama from this.
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Astariel
It’s a good question. If I were Dorothy, I’d be bracing for the explosion every time I was around Becky and wondering why it wasn’t happening.
Nono
“Where’s the kaboom?”
jeffepp
The ship shattering kaboom!?
mads_in_zero
Nothing’s worse than preparing to face the consequences of your actions only to be met with someone being the bigger person.
Though, I guess Becky’s reaction makes sense – Joyce falling in love with a girl isn’t anyone’s fault. Walky and Joe are the ones with the most reason to be mad.
M!a
Hey. New comic came up quick. Nice work.
QueenofSodor
i do love how dorothy’s instinctive need to blame herself for everything just, totally ignores that becky has object permanence? like, becky bore witness to the extreme 180 her mental health made on Saturday (15-4) where she started the day as an insomniac cryptid at midnight and ended seeming noticably better off! obviously she can put two and two together now that she knows you made out with joyce between those data points, and obviously she’ll prefer you kissing joyce over you being potentially suicidal!
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i love how silly dorpy is when she’s like this, it’s like crack for me
Yumi
Also, wanting to mack on Joyce is one of the most relatable feelings in the world for Becky.
QueenofSodor
right? they have so much in common! they should have hatesex about it
Zamperla
Genuinely i think Dorothy forgets that her own happiness could like. Matter? To other people? Even other people she’s done bad by??? Especially if she feels bad.
And rn she has massive blinders because…. well. She also loves joyce.
EpochFlame
dotty is going to have a complex over this
Steamweed
“I feel guilty. Shouldn’t you scream at me or hit me or something?”
“You know it’s not all about you, yeah?”
Dot
Don’t worry Dorothy, the commentariat is happy to pick up the slack.
Isalis
Really not sure how either of them *should* be feeling right now. The whole situation is a mess.
IntangibleMatter
Becky isn’t mad, just disappointed. And mostly in herself, at that, for fumbling Dina.
Rabid Rabbit
“Because payback’s sweet, and you spent months pissing me off by not reacting to me.”
Jay
Because it’s not your fault Joyce is a twit and Becky can’t get over herself and Becky recognizes that Dorothy
DiDi
Ah… there it is.
I was waiting for Dorothy to implode. This should be amusing.
Grimey
I’ll take this at face value and chalk it up to a martyr complex because if Dorothy actually wanted someone to be in her face or blame her for anything, there’s several people on campus for that.
apocryphascribe
Yeah, this is hopefully (which I say as a reader looking for drama and chaos!) a sign that her pre-getting with Joyce breakdown is coming back in full force and finally reasserting itself.
darkoneko
“I’m used to it”
Pappenheimer
So you could tell if Dorothy breaks into your room because your laundry is folded
Taffy
“Becky, would it help your mood if we had sex? There’s a 50/50 chance Joyce is already boning Dina right now anyway.”
NGPZ
of all things, i do not have Joyce and/or Dorothy cheating on each *other* on my bingo card, hmmm
Fail Earnhardt
You say that but I fully believe Joyce sleeping with Joe and not telling Dorothy is still on the table
Taffy
I wouldn’t put it past Joyce to try and fuck Joe while Dorothy’s still in the room, at this point. While they’re at it, they can tape a camera to Dorothy’s head and record themselves. Joe’s already done that once, anyway.
NGPZ
wait he did that for reals?
sauce?
Morrison
Because you haven’t taken your jacket off yet, Dorothy.
RassilonTDavros
Obviously, Becky is going for “not mad, just disappointed” because she knows that disappointment will hurt Dorothy more. This is because post-timeskip Becky is secretly Mike After Taking a Plummet Against the Tarmac.
Foxtastic
Are the floor-clothes clean? does Becky have a clean floor-laundry pile?
NGPZ
she has a system :p
Bill Erak
Cuz it’s not your fault silly. She’s probably angrier at joyce if she’s angry at one of you.
Fail Earnhardt
Now imagine if Walky is hostile to Dorothy later and she’s completely flabbergasted by it
Zamperla
Well. Becky’s capable of knowing this ain’t your fault, and it wouldn’t fix anything. But also admittedly I think the sheer weight of Shit Beckys Been Through kind of straw-camel-back’d her clean into just one HECK of a depression, which can present as muted emotional responses!
…but tbh I think even if Becky wasn’t. I don’t think she’d be mad AT Dorothy. I think thats part of what’s hurting her so bad, and probably tangled up in the crisis of faith. No human DID this TO her. Nobody chose to love this person and not that. Hell. I personally believe not being romantically attracted to Becky probably kept Joyce in the closet- if I didn’t fall for HER, then OBVIOUSLY.
It’s just sad. And it sucks. And it’s nobody’s fault. Unless you were raised to believe that no matter how bad things went, someone’s looking out for you somewhere.
Kyulen
For once I agree with Dorothy, but not just about Becky. Why aren’t more characters in their friend group angry and upset with both Joyce and Dorothy for their shitty behavior lately? I feel like that would make more sense than how we’ve seen most characters in their friend group react to the bad behavior of Doyce in this storyline so far. I feel like we haven’t had nearly enough conflict and drama from this.
Acher4
Perhaps, Dorothy getting an excuse to clean the whole place up?
:P
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