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you know when it’s like “I didn’t even know I wanted this but now I want it SO BAD”??
WACKY
[Becky’s the Toph Beifong of DoA isn’t she]
Maybe (Becky+Carla)/2
Are you suggesting that she can also “rock your world” if you know what I mean?
“Would you say you have a ROCKY relationship lolololol??”
“Hahahahahahaha!” *points*nudges*
“I can feel the earth. move. under my feet…”
From her reaction, I think that makes Joyce Sokka
Dorothy is clearly Katara.
Walky and Aang are already quite similar.
Mary could be Azula. Mike is Zuko.
Blaine for Fire Lord?
Azula is way too awesome to be comparable to Mary in any way.
Azula >>> Mary
Captain Crazy Pants away!
No no Joyce is Aang. Rather oblivious but learning and has a very idealized world view and thinks talking solves everything (except for sexual perversion which is solved by face-punches). Also very reliant on what she was taught as a child.
and when she finally goes all levitating and glowy-eyed (or whatever the equivalent is here), she’s going to be effin’ terrifying.
The equivalent is that face she made when she decided to start punching Joe in the face.
And when she was getting Walky and Dorothy back together.
Blaine for COMBUSTION MAN
I guess that makes Walky Aang?
Waang.
Is it bad that I really wish there were people who shipped that just for that amazing, amazing name?
AAAH! NO! I’M NOT SAL ANYMORE!
What? Gravatar update?
Did you capitalize your email differently? That affects the hash function.
I don’t think it’s a gravatar update because I’m still Sarah.
Danny is Zuko, they’re both adorable fuck-ups
woops, meant to reply to the Doctor above
I think Amber is Zuko, what with the daddy issues and sometimes being a masked avenger.
My God, it’s actually scary how well that fits. I guess that means Danny is Mei….. Ya, Mei got the short end on this one.
A Joe would be Sokka?
no, Sarah is Mei, becouse she hates everybody
The Willis test: do two characters talk long enough to be shipped? (and if they don’t, is that going to stop any of us?)
They don’t even need to have even been in the same comic strip together for them to be shipped.
I KNOW, RIGHT?!
The “inaugural poop” comment in the beginning should have tipped us off.
the Chekhovest Chekhov’s Gun
Such a class act that Becky is.
that ship name just screams for this pairing to work, it’s great
becky transfers to IU, makeouts happen, Joyce and Dotty are all over the emotional map
I don’t know about Joyce, but I’m sure there are plenty of other male virgins for Dorothy to break in…
Actually, I’d’ve gone with ‘BELCHY’.
I ship them harder in one strip than I’ve shipped Walky and Dorothy in like…3 years.
I’m with ya on that
I’d ship them but I feel the relationship would be nothing but bodily functions….I ship it anyway.
their ship is a garbage scow
There’s rubbish for every trash heap.
Oh! A reference us old farts can get! Something about Scotty getting into a fight, right?
All the anime/manga references sail right over my head.
If you think about it, that’s what a lot of relationships are.
I’d’ve called them ‘BELCHY’, because of how they met. Still, I’d wonder if it’s the best ship. They’re too similar, personality-wise. I’m still rooting for ‘DORKY’.
YESSS!!!
YESS, PLEASEEEE!!!
I get the impression Becky has a few more of her sharp corners rounded off than Joyce does. ^_^
And the REAL Becky suddenly appears
Becky just rose up my Character Chart about… 4.75 points today.
(checks calculations) Hmmm….yes, her Ensemble Darkhorse rating is now up to over 600 milliUrkels (or 4.5 Fonzarellis, if you aren’t on the metric system).
Agreed. Becky, while totally gross, is also fabulous for out-burping Walky. (She made his hoodie strings sway in the breeze from her burp. That is hard to top.)
I don’t think that was from the breeze. Walky never expected that his mating call would be answered — he thought he was alone — and he flinched.
Ha!
Nope. If Walky was flinching away from the burp, the hoodie strings would trail behind, not lead the way.
Note his hair. Walky, his hoodiestring,, and his hair are all being blasted away by the force of Becky’s burp!
the burp that launched a thousand ships
an AIRSHIP lololololol
[sorry]
[[not sorry]]
this non-pun reminds me of the play “The Drowsy Chaperone”
Funny, my sister was just in that play at school a couple months ago. What did it remind you of exactly?
That ship ain’t ever runnin’ outta gas.
I’m really liking Becky, guys.
Becky best girl.
Nah I don’t trust her. She got hella secret or something. Very strong religious upbringing, travels across the country on a whim?
I don’t understand it but I have a feeling Sarah will.
It’s kind of obvious – she’s running away.
After her last conversation with Joyce, she realized that Joyce was getting everything that Becky wanted: a life independent of her parents and her upbringing, with no religious shame or compunctions.
Becky doesn’t know how conflicted Joyce is feeling. Joyce, being her lovely oblivious self, doesn’t realize that Becky feels trapped in the life that brought her so much comfort as a child. That’s the next bit of drama between the two of them.
^
Yo.
+1 more
Travels across the country on a whim
Anderson, IN to Bloomington, IN is 93 miles.
Man, Walky ..she just took you to school brah.
Yay, getting back to Joyce and Becky! If we did have to leave Ruth and Billie, that was where I was hoping the story would turn.
Anyway…
The Great “Help Yotsuyasan Choose A New Gravatar” of 2014:
The Epic and Disturbing Conclusion!
As of 11:00 p.m. yesterday, the votes (as counted by me) were as follows:
Option #1 (Ruth): 4
Option #2 (Yotsuyasan): 3
Option #3 (Blaine as The Joker): 14
And so the winner, because the internet is full of horrible people (including myself for presenting as an option in the first place), is…
Blaine!!!
So, from now on, whenever I post a comment, you will all get to enjoy that face smiling out at you!
I hope you are all happy, internet. I hope you are happy.
…
…
…
You terrible person, appropriating Dumbing of Age characters and making them comic book people.
I know! Who would do such a thing?
Joker Blaine is just disturbing on so many levels.
it works so well, though
Dude, calm. Why so serious, huh?
Hey, wanna see a magic trick?
I can make this cel phone disappear!
Well Walky, time to fail upwards…
I find it strangely appropriate that a mary gravatar is saying this.
DAAAAAAAAAAAMN! Joyce ease up
She’s worried that Walky will steal another of her friends.
She shouldn’t worry though; when Walky finds out Becky is an insane-level fundie he’ll backpedal fast.
I wouldn’t be so sure about Becky…
We have yet to see the fundieness from Becky. The suspicion is she’s fundmentaly snapped and is on the run. This would make Walky even more interesting.
Becky is sounding better and better as this comic goes on. ^_^
Yeah….which makes me nervous. I’m afraid she’s like getting married to Joyce’s date rapist or something.
Then that guy will have to deal with her burping all over him all the time. It’s her secret 20 year revenge plot.
Fuck that would suck!
Even Willis wouldn’t do THAT for drama sake… I hope…
Your face in Willis’ limited capacity for inflicting misery upon his characters and audience is refreshing. Naive, but refreshing.
Faith, not face.
FAAAAAaaa….I don’t even have the energy to say it.
You mean not FAAAAACE.
Thank you, I ran out of breath.
She plans on murdering Joyce, I bet.
She better not!
And then one day right in the middle of a storyline some character opens the door and finds Joyce dead. Final panel just says “The End”. Next strip is just author-drawn-style Willis laughing maniacally for sixteen panels (finales get larger comics). And that’s it, final comic.
He does this on the first of April, but it turns out he wasn’t kidding.
If I were a comic/web-comic artist/writer I would totally do that.
And wearing her face like a mask so Becky can steal Joyce’s life and friends. But as Pintsize found out that never works. http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2310
You say that like it’s a bad thing, Walky.
I think Walky is getting ahead of himself. Sure, he committed come “L-word” faux-pas, but that shouldn’t be grounds for break-up.
It’s his first real relationship, he doesn’t know that.
Yeah, it’s a common mistake of people new to relationships, thinking that one argument means it’s all over.
Well, they DID briefly break up over pajama pants, so…
If one argument breaks it up, that wasn’t a relationship
And she looks so composed and refined there in panel 5! With her fist pressed over her mouth.
Burping with style. A+
It’s not flying it’s Falling with style!
With Joyce’s family of brothers (mostly) I’m surprised she’s not used to this.
Burping is probably the sign of the devil in the Brown household.
“Used to it” doesn’t mean you have to like it.
I don’t think Joyce minds Becky belching, so much as she minds her belching in response to Walky.
Becky’s fun.
>You will never have your own Becky
Why oh why do I go on living?
Nice going, Calvin.
You messd up your own email address.
Anyways, as I was trying to say: why can’t I have my own Becky?
Ask The Willis for a commision…
Wow. She is normal…
Wow. Becky just shot up to like…3rd on my favorite girls list. Right behind Billie and Sierra and Above Amber and Sal.
Who’s on your least favorite girls list?
Mary, for sure.
I’m fairly certain that Mary would be on THAT list.
Joyce is probably on there. She’s cute but I can’t stand her personality.
I like her in the comic strip for some reason. IRL I am sure I wouldn’t be able to stand her. It would be like the Joyce-Dina situation, but moreso
I believe she’d treat me more like Mike – avoidance, with violence when interaction is inevitable.
The dinosaur bit is infuriating, though. “Test of faith” razzum frazzum…
Oh hey my gravatar is working. Fare thee well, leering Joe.
There’s only one person on anyone’s least favorite girl list and we all know who it is.
Really, Malaya doesn’t get any hate? She’ll be so disappointed.
Actually, I like Malaya a lot as a character, even if I probably couldn’t stand her in real life if I actually met her. She’s entertaining.
Malaya isn’t worth the energy to hate.
I’m sure Blaine would manage to get on there anyway
A whole gaggle of characters mothers. No “for a nickel” jokes this time. There are just quite a few really horrible maternal figures amongst our cast’s forebears.
How did you not see this coming, Joyce? You’ve known her for how long again?
Can Becky never leave?
Like, can she become the main character of this comic now?
agree
Uh, excuse me! Riley is due to become the main character when that slot opens up. Becky can damn way take a number!
Considering that this comic seems to run on about 1:57 scale of comic vs real time, and the fact that Riley is due to go to college in what 4-5 years? we can conclude that she will become one of the main characters in 4*57 approx 200 years.
I think Becky can keep her place warm untill then.
Based on: http://dumbingofage.tumblr.com/image/97895976082
Well, you know there are people willing to wait that long to ship Riley properly so they won’t feel scuzzy cause of her age. Then everyone could ship Riley and Howard and not feel like ‘it came from the depths of 4chan!’ or something.
Longest Jailbait Wait EVER!
Walkerton, offended greatly, immediately challenged the young woman to a farting contest, at dawn the next morning.
As they drew gas, Joyce suddenly let one rip that put them both to shame.
She would not be the first Joyce to defeat Walky with her gastrointestinal system.
The campus had to be evacuated and quarantined.
My lady and her Maid upon a merry pin,
they made a match at farting who would the wager win.
Joan lights three candles then and sets them bolt upright,
with the first fart she blew them out, with the next she gave them light.
In comes my Lady then with all her might and main,
and blew them out and in and out and in and out again.
(Can be heard here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwrrPPNR5is)
http://media2.giphy.com/media/b9aScKLxdv0Y0/giphy.gif
…”And the Landslide will bring you down”
I forecast a wave of Becky/Walky shipping.
Also I’m reminded of that scene from Revenge of the Nerds II.
“Master!”
“Soon, my son, you will take over.”
Becky ! you are now one of my favorites.
Oh no
Oh dear god no
za?
Elliot?
That guy?
Just noticed that even their eyes are practically the same
I think I know what the next slipshine project is going to be.
Walky and Becky belch and eat mcnuggets. Sounds kinda fetishy.
It’s a niche project.
That’s one of the joys of the Internets, there is literally something for everyone if you look long enough.
People who want to be anthromorphic animals? Hah, I bet-
no wait
You just had to bring that up didn’t you. >(
Mother of shipping gods!!!
The gods of shipping are pleased!!
Nice homage to that Joyce and Walky strip, too.
http://www.joyceandwalky.com/d/20070616.html
This one, for those who don’t remember.
Thanks!
Okay, 1. I ship it
2. Am I the only one who thinks Joyce looks really anime in the last panel?
“Baka! Becky-chan, do not engage in the belch duel of dishonor! Kawai!” (I don’t watch a lot of anime, in case you can’t tell)
I see it too……
Someone get joyce a Gundam pilot suit.
Will Eva do?
Joyce as Asuka? I didn’t see that coming.
That’d be Shinji that you see coming.
(I’m sorry.)
How about these: http://www.joyceandwalky.com/d/20040513.html
You do realize that sending 14yo boys to the frontlines in flying machines is not merely fiction in Japan, do you?
Ouch. I think I know the next random encounter for my gaming group now.
Egads! The game is afoot!
http://www.joyceandwalky.com/d/20070616.html
Becky’s
belchingknitting proficiency is a multiversal constant.And a new romance is belched er born.
K, so Becky is now second favorite. Any woman who can burp like that is twenty types of awesome in my book.
However, she will forever fall short behind Dina. Because Dina.
Affirmative. I’ve only met one such lady, and she is the best of aunts.
Hail Dina.
………becky/walky??? if that happens, even temporarily, talk about a dark horse ship
‘belchy’
And the new name of the strip will be “It’s Becky!”
Becky’s statement makes no sense. She just out-burped him.
no, in her context a “worse” belch is a weaker one. As in, he sucks at belching.
I think you’re seriously underestimating just how attractive someone who can out belch you is to a person like Walky. At the very least it demands respect
I have been a Willis fan from the day I discovered Walky. I backtracted to Roomies. And have been hooked since.
I didn’t start posting right away, And Never ‘Shipped’ Any Pair on Day One.
But, going back and re-reading this one again: these two are perfect for each other.
Dorothy and Walky were never going anyway regardless of Dorothy’s admission of love: she is the one that stated the rules – no commitments. Walky, complicated but simple soul that he is, believed her. Silly boy.
I don’t think a break will seriously scar either Dorothy or Walky.
Becky has gotta be added to the regulars….
The ship, it is launched.
Love is in the burp.
Everywhere I burp around.
Anybody anticipating Joe hooking up with Becky?
I’m anticipating Walky and Becky now.
Solely based on her looks (personality is for sober people, and sobriety does not facilitate the threesomes), Joe would pass her on to his wingman, Danny, so that Dan gets laid by a real woman for a change instead of passing up ex-cheeleaders and the one girl in CS for an unrealistic fantasy.
“… the one girl in CS …”
Please explain “”CS”. It does not compute.
Computer Sciences
I don’t know what it is, but red-headed girls can belch the paint off of battleships. Even the tiny ones. I have retired from the belching world because of this.
Haha, I don’t know about that dude, I’m pretty terrible at it!
Becky just gave me the biggest Whyboner.
I may regret asking, but what is a ‘whyboner’.
I presume a boner that confuses you and makes you go “Whyyyyyy”
boners can be classified into three major order; the Whyboners (bonerquerum), the IKnowThatBoners (bonerfamiliarus) and the wtfboner (bonerfromU2).
The wtfboner is probably the most contentious of the orders, originally classified as just extreme cases of bonerquerum, it is currently considered to in fact consist of two seperate orders, the wtfboner for boners that defy all reason and logic and good taste, and the wellyoucouldhavetoldmesoonerboner (bonerqueerum) for cases of surprise sexual awakenings.
It’s like, “I have the weirdest boner right now. WHYYYYY?”
I’d choose mcnuggets over Dorothy any day
Wait, the fans only just started constructing the BeckyJoyce ship. It’s not ready for navy combat!
Sucks to be it, then.
Walky… grab a (rebound) piece of that freckled ass.
What was that about failing upwards, Walky?
i don’t ship it per se because Walky and Dorothy are like the BEST
but Walky and Becky becoming unlikely pals in a way that hilariously contrasts his attitude toward Joyce? yes pls.
OK yeah I prefer this scenario
Plus Joyce’s reaction should be priceless.
Poor Joyce, all her friends likes Walky.
Ehrm
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-5/01-when-somebody-loved-me/surprise/#comment-340967
Wow.
who are you, Aolbain? Willis in disguise? from the future? tell’s!
Why not both?
I’m impressed. And you went there before seeing them side by side in matching hoodie-n-shorts outfits!
Reading that, I’m thinking Roborat is right. Only an alien in a Becky suit could burp that well.
Well, I think I may be in love.
Dammit, Willis.
I don’t think you’re over yet, Wally. I mean, Dotty’s pretty level headed. But it’s not a good thing if she doesn’t feel like talking to you, specifically, right now!
Oh shit! We were all worried about Ruth and Billie, it was all a ruse. This is where all the sadness happens. You cheeky brilliant bastard.
AHAHAHAHA! Becky, you devil, you. Puttin’ Caramel Boy in the shade like that. Next thing you’ll be sharin’ a box of McNuggets and breakin’ poor Joyce’s heart.
Now I wanna hear Aaaa … Eeee … Iiii … Oooo .. Uuuuu … urp!
…I don’t like where this is going…
I’m pretty fond of Becky honestly..
I’m kinda waiting for the other shoe….
Also Walky don’t jump to conclusions on your gf yet brah
Good Becky, she knows the status of Burp Champion is something that must be defended at all times *former high school Burp Champion*
The author is clearly shipping these two pretty hard.
I saw what you did there, Chase.
… “Here comes a new challenger!”
For Walky’s heart.
A challenger appears!
Dont tell me they will fall in love
It aint love until toys are thrown in the FAAAAACE!
Boy, he gives up easy, don’t he?
Uh oh
She’s gay. Walky has never been more turned on in his life, but this will go nowhere. Shipping will only lead to disappointment.
Ah, perfect. All the cuteness of the discussed ships with all the drama too, and a Willis-sized scoop of tragedy.
SHE HAS THE SAL ACCENT
Oh shit, Joyce has unleashed a semen demon upon the dorm!
A what?
A Demon of, or by, the seeds that make babies when combined with a womb, in the case of human reproduction.
No, I do not understand it, either.
Walky reconsiders his “Dorothy is the best possible girlfriend” position
It’s official. Becky is the total package.
This isn’t a ship, it’s a damned u-boat. It just up and surfaced when no one was expecting it.
Ship?
Ship.
Shippety shippety ship.
LET ME SING YOU THE SONG OF MY PEOPLE
… ALL BY HIMSEEEE- wait, what.
Shiping? Shiping.Yes. Wacht itch Dorochy.
Walky. One argument doesn’t mean the relationship’s over.
Just give her a little bit of time, and don’t fuck it up when you talk to her again.
He should tell her the same thing he said to Billie in the last panel yesterday.
I know a girl who burps like that.
Then she still complains when I burp or when I fart.
Just great, I have the weirdest boner right now.
Seriously, though, I think this moves Becky up close to my second favorite college girl right now, just behind Dina. If only Dina burped like that would Becky be out of the running for me.
haha walky’s face in panel 4: “D-Did that girl just burp in my FACE?!?!? EWWWWWWwwwwww!!!”
FAAAAAAAAACE.
Aw man I hope Becky and Walky become friends!
She reminds me of one of my girl friend. Up to now, nobody ever beat her in a burping contest. NOBODY.
And she’s a gamer chick too.
Woody Allen has common smelling as the courtship ritual. In this universe, belching is the preferred signifier for attraction.
Oh. My. God.
Becky, listen to that burp.
What’s that on the horizon? Is that a … new ship?
‘Also I hafta belittle my girlfriend’s declaration of love.’
I ship it. Sorry, Dorothy
Boy did I pick the wrong day to show up late. This is glorious.
That was my first thought too!
Is that the same look he gave Dorothy when he first fell for her?
New best friend!
Marlon Perkins: “Shhh, quite everybody. Here we have the shy and elusive red hooded nerdmouse, in it’s natural environment. Be quiet, we don’t want to spook it. And there is it’s mating call. And look! Look! A female has responded. Also take note that this is one of the few species where the female plumage is more colourful than the male.”
Okay now I’m trying to come up with Walky pairings that all result in funny kid names that can be in spin off or something.
Ruth + Walky = Rocky
Becky + Walky = Backy & Wacky (the twins!)
Sarah + Walky = Sacky
Dorothy + Walky = Docky
Dina + Walky = Ducky
Mike – Walky = Mocky
Carla + Walky = Cackly
Pairings with Conquest or Faz have NSFW names.
Also nothing results in Packy?…
Wow, here at first I thought Walky belched and then cracked a massive fart.
I thought he was farting on that second to last panel. Took me a while to figure out it was somebody else