More importantly, could receiving cookies as thanks for keeping the contributor’s son on the straight and narrow be considered being a ‘paid consultant’?
idk I had a crappy home life and almost exclusively complained to other people who would understand rather than choosing someone with no basis of experience for commiseration and advice.
Also, texting people who have a proven track record of support and care when emotionally vulnerable instead of people with a proven track record for exploiting that emotional vulnerability and frequently harassing them.
I mean, I’m not saying Joyce and Joe should never build an actual friendship ever (though I see Joe needing to do some growing up first), but turning to him would be a grave and unnecessary risk during a weekend that is already fraught and emotionally draining as it is.
Sometimes you just need someone sympathetic and awesome because things are scary and awful and you need someone to help keep you grounded and get you through.
The fact he was the ONE person on Joyce’s “Definitely not invited” list at her dorm party seem to contradict that theory of Joe suddenly becoming a confident.
I think she was seen texting twice, and I believe the second time was more serious, and with Dorothy’s attitude here, it may of been only the first time.
But there was a sequel, wasn’t there? But like most sequels it was kinda disappointing. They just kinda redid parts of Pitch Black and Chronicles of Riddick instead of building on the story.
There was supposed to be another, different sequel, not Rule The Dark.
When he had the idea, he wrote roughy scripts for three movies. He pitched the first one because it was most like what he normally does, then planned to use that to pull off the other two and get to do interesting plot/worldbuilding stuff for once. It only kinda worked. RTD was a plan to see if there was still enthusiasm for Riddick stuff.
Actually, there was another sequel after Chronicles of Riddick called just Riddick (2013), starts basically after Riddick, as Lord Marshall of the Necromongers, is tricked by Vaako (the guy that wanted to be Lord Marshall) that he’s taking him to Furya (his lost home planet) and instead leaves him to die on a suposedly desrted planet. It’s a lot more like Pitch Black than Chronicles, with a bunch of people trapped in a planet with Riddick and a race of predatory animals that only come out from time to time (in this case it’s when it rains).
There a thing where if a brand name become ubiquitous, it can no longer be copyrighted, due to it being part of common vernacular. S’why it’s ‘Band-Aid Brand’ now.
The smart, pretty, ambitious girl with a strong work ethic is dating their slacker, immature son who previously showed no interest in anything beyond cartoons and video games.
She could have grown a second head during dinner and they would have just smiled and asked for a second drink for it.
It still may not be Dorothy, Joyce is presumably capable of texting more than one person. My money is the conversation we’ve seen is with someone else.
I don’t know. Dorothy says she’s checking in with Joyce – if you’ve been having a consistent discussion, it’s not checking in. To me, ‘checking in’ says Joyce hasn’t been talking to Dorothy and Dorothy’s sending a ‘hi, how’s everything, do you need to talk’ pulse check sort of thing.
You have a point there. Met a mom who would scream at me and try to put all the family against me just because I told her that eventually I would be the one taking care of her son instead of her (she was harrassing me about her past motherly “feats” and insinuating I wasn’t worthy), which, I mean, is strictly the truth when a couple lasts. Turned out it was the son who wasn’t very invested in caring for me, not the other way around (unsurprising considering the upbringing). But of course he’s too saintly for that.
Those mothers come across to me as psychologically incestuous. It totally grosses and creeps me out, and it’s damaging to the child.
So much agreement. My bf’s mom would’ve done the same thing. Heck, she insults me without provocation. I absolutely can’t stand mothers who think that the best way to raise their golden boy is to control them so they’re dependent on their mothers forever.
But that aside, Linda seemed pretty enthusiastic about Walky having Dorothy, so I don’t see cause for concern yet.
Yeah, sure hope so! Or else it’s gonna be so cringe-worthy. I really wonder how Dorothy’s gonna handle all the familial tensions, though. I thought she didn’t want to get too involved, but I also think she’s the type to stand by her principles if she notices that something is wrong, and she’s bound to notice sometime soon.
Sugar doesn’t make you sick, it’s your stomach resisting the transition to being awesome. So punch yourself in the gut and show your stomach who’s boss!
I know Dorothy doesn’t know about the conflict of between Sal and her mom, yet her question about the meaning in boxes really makes me feel worse for Sal for some reason…
Indeed. Because it’s kinda mean to treat anyone in the family as less important, even a newcomer, and I think that’s what she’s pointing out. But Sal’s the daughter. Ouch.
I mean, all the relationships are doomed at some point, if only because you just exhaust every story you could tell with them together. That’s the nature of ongoing fiction, and why Spider-Man sold his marriage to the devil to turn him back into a hot young 30 year old who lives with his geriatric aunt.
Though I have noticed that, other than Sal/Danny in Roomies! (which from what I understand was originally meant to happen) and Ethan/Drew in Shortpacked! (which never really went anywhere), there’s always only been one “main” relationship for characters in Willis’ works. Dina/Walky was a thing for a while in It’s Walky!, but there was never really any hope that it be the permanent couple because it was written entirely around the fact that Walky was actually attracted to Joyce.
Watch it be an engagement ring. Walky’s parents are just gonna skip over the whole dating part on behalf of their son. “A daughter-in-law who wants to be president? Please get married already!”
You mock me, I can come up with way crazier theories than that!
Heres one: Joyce’s church is secretly building a giant laser that will turn everyone into cisgender, straight, white, fundamentalist christians. Although they will build a forcefield that will keep anyone who doesn’t fit that criteria from tampering with it Joyce will ultimately be able to destroy it, because she is all of those things, but she doesn’t hate people. She will however have to fight her youth pastor one on one.
I’m going to go with that’s not too crazy, since I can easily believe that there are fundies who could wish they could do that. Though maybe replace ‘laser’ with ‘prayer’.
Y’know, I’m starting to feel like… if they’re ALL cookies, the comparative size of Sal’s box is part of a bigger problem. Because if they’re ALL just storebought cookies, what godforsaken reason would you have to make any of them different sizes? Why would you even wrap them seperately and name them, instead of insisting your children share with each other and their respective besties/girlfriends/whatever who all happen to live in the same building and interact constantly?
So they can’t… they can’t all just be cookies, can they? I hadn’t really thought about it ’til now. Nobody’s that passive-aggressive without someone noticing, are they?
I have always assumed that Dorothy will get rejected by Yale. After all, that would be the biggest upset to her plan (and life). I figure that’s the drama that will spark her character development.
Why do so many people view this as a valid reason? Like I said in another comment, if it was my family, it would’ve been viewed as basic common sense and respect to treat your children’s partner as part of the group, and therefore they would’ve most likely sent a common box for the couple.
People have different families. Mine would’ve only sent gifts to their kids. Partners may get something if they’ve been around a while and it’s a holiday, but that’s the end of it.
For one thing: because familiarity is also a driver of box sizes. Mrs Walkerton doesn’t know Dorothy’s preferences or allergies or whatever, but she’s been living with Walky for 18 years now, and should have a very good idea as to what he will or won’t enjoy, and has probably picked up things for his care package everywhere she’s been since before he even left.
Well yeah, might perhaps factor in… but since Walky’s mom showed that she was very partial, it might just not be simple as that. And if I remember well, Dorothy knows that tendency she has, which might also drive her question.
Now that we see what was in the box, I think I was right: she didn’t know Dorothy that well, so she got her something that said “I accept you even though I don’t really know you.”
“I don’t think she ever loved him.” Yotomoe turned around from a window and looked at me challengingly. “You must remember, old sport, she was very excited this afternoon. He told her those things in a way that frightened her – that made it look as if I was some kind of cheap sharper. And the result was she hardly knew what she was saying.”
I know, right? That might be the dumbest question anyone in DoA ever posited. A better question would be why is SAL’s box so much smaller than Walky’s (and the same size as Dorothy’s), but we all know the answer to that. And it’s a shitty answer. Screw you, Mrs. Walkerton!
I don’t konw why this seems so normal to you. My family sees their children’s partners as part of the family. We would’ve probably recieved a package with both our names to share, even if it was fairly new. We call that being welcoming.
They’ve been dating for like 2 weeks or so when they met with the parents. I’m glad you take relationships so seriously, but these are literally just kids who’ve been fucking for a few weeks.
It’s not just a question of “seriously”, and it’s not just a question of “me”. My whole family’s that way, and the family’s friends… and it’s more about being welcoming, inclusive and friendly than a thing about extreme seriousness. You know, like “friends of my friends are my friends, and giving is fun, let’s be kind to each other”. I’ve been on Dorothy’s end and it felt wrong.
Also, Walky’s parents haven’t been informed of the “for fun” status of the relationship, if I remember correctly, and they saw that Dorothy chose his clothes. Might seem relatively serious for a start, and she was also introduced as someone who’s very committed. I don’t think they have much reason to give her less (if they took the time to make a box, might as well go all the way, it’s not much more effort), except maybe to show some kind of hierarchy. That’s my feeling, anyway.
Walky’s actually just unleashing his Hamon bubbles at one of the Pillar Men, but Dorothy’s way more into Part 3 so she’s posing like Walky is her Stand.
1. A gas blast which will subdue her for transport to the Village.
2. The keys to a brand-new motorcycle (Sal’s is hair straightener)
3. Secret instructions on how to control Walky via his trigger phrases
4. Her ring for membership in the Illuminati
5. The keys to a brand-new motorcycle (Sal’s got Dot’s due to mislabeling)
6. A death threat about what should happen should she break Walky’s heart
7. Some pamphlets for Donald Trump, asking her to help with the family supporting his candidacy.
8. Some pamphlets for Robin DeSanto, asking her to help with the family supporting her candidacy
9. Drugs
10. Cookies
There is something really cute about the way Dorothy is cupping Walky’s face in panel 5. There is a feel about it that she just enjoys being in physical contact with him. Whenever he’s being silly or, well, just Walky, she’s got this need to hold or caress him.
That’s serious romantic feelings, IMO. I can’t help but wonder if, when the Ivy League letter arrives, Dorothy will have a serious dilemma because there is a part of her that says: “To hell with a big name school, I want to keep my Walky!”
That might be a useful gift for Dorothy to have, but it would make no sense at all for Linda to give it to her, because neither Linda nor Dorothy know that Walky is having math trouble.
“Yeah, I’m making my daughter’s box the same size as her brother’s new girlfriend who I only just met. What? Favoritism? I don’t play favorites. I love my children equally.”
So the boxes for Walky and Billie were the same size, and both contained cookies. The boxes for Dorothy and Sal are also the same size, and contents are unknown. As such, I would like to take what appears to be an unpopular/uncommon stance and that all boxes contain different items, but a similar value, and that they were packed to save size, since an increase in size can result in higher shipping charges, even if the weight is the same.
Perhaps tomorrow we will find out more info on said boxes.
Good luck with that. No way Willis set this all up to reinforce the Walkerton parents are racially prejudiced against Sal, just to derail it into “black girl sees prejudice where there isn’t any”.
I really would be interested in a Robin DeSanto/Dorothy comic. It’d be cool to have Dorothy meet someone who is used to playing the political game and giving her all of the insights an experienced (and sleazy) politician might as well as how it impacts one’s personal life.
Walky/Dorothy strikes me as one of, if not the, most likely relationship to persist through the entire series, perhaps even moreso than Becky/Dina.
The only real trigger for a breakup I could see is if one or both of them started chafing under the fact that their relationship has an expiration date.
I’m calling it now: it’s some serious family heirloom, like Walky’s grandma wedding ring or something.
Walky’s mom wants to control Walky’s life to turn him into the “perfect” son (see the comment about his major being telecommunications, even if he himself doesn’t know it yet), so she would be exactly the kind of person to “secure” the perfect daughter-in-law before Walky screws that up somehow.
Also, this is potential for drama, as both Walky and Dorothy realize this is supposedly a temporary thing. but neither likes to think about the implications of that too hard. This “gift” would force them to think about the future uncomfortable splitting off, possibly even causing the hastening of that split.
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perhaps it’s a box of campaign contributions
Do you have to file boxes of cookies with the FEC?
Can’t wait for ThinMintGate during her campaign.
It will all blow over because of the success of the DeSanto-Keener Cancer Ban Act.
If they ban cancer I can finally watch twitch streams again (:
More importantly, could receiving cookies as thanks for keeping the contributor’s son on the straight and narrow be considered being a ‘paid consultant’?
Must be a lot of support.
#Keener2016
Something else that starts with “c” . . . condoms!
Mhmm. Condoms sounds the most like walkys mum, and also the gift most likely to cuase drama, and therefore extend the plot.
I’d have gone with condoms, too.
So that’s who she’s texting.
still seems a bit too obvious why hide who it was if it was Dorothy?
I noticed Joyce was texting Joe during the last Gender Studies class, too, when I ended up re-reading for a bit.
Which does point to him but he also lack a great home life not really some one j
Joyce would complain to.
idk I had a crappy home life and almost exclusively complained to other people who would understand rather than choosing someone with no basis of experience for commiseration and advice.
Also, texting people who have a proven track record of support and care when emotionally vulnerable instead of people with a proven track record for exploiting that emotional vulnerability and frequently harassing them.
I mean, I’m not saying Joyce and Joe should never build an actual friendship ever (though I see Joe needing to do some growing up first), but turning to him would be a grave and unnecessary risk during a weekend that is already fraught and emotionally draining as it is.
Sometimes you just need someone sympathetic and awesome because things are scary and awful and you need someone to help keep you grounded and get you through.
The fact he was the ONE person on Joyce’s “Definitely not invited” list at her dorm party seem to contradict that theory of Joe suddenly becoming a confident.
It wasn’t hidden, it just wasn’t shown, because it wasn’t important enough to screw up what was already an overstuffed panel layout.
I think she was seen texting twice, and I believe the second time was more serious, and with Dorothy’s attitude here, it may of been only the first time.
It’s a secret test of character! Those cookies, though few, are more tasty than Walky’s!
More tasty than Walky’s what, hmmmm?
So cute, but I was really hoping for more Ruthless D=
I was hoping for more burglary shenanigans. I guess Willis likes to torment us, because I am DYING of suspense right now.
He’ll cut back and the burglary will already be over, the sisters will be fleeing the cops, and it turns into a Reservoir Dogs pastiche.
Sounds like reading A Song of Ice and Fire to me.
Character Name V: “Someone is totally going to find my hiding place and kill me OH NOEZ!!!”
Character Name VI: “Well that was a narrow escape that I will slowly ruminate on in great detail in order to pad out this chapter.”
…I do still love the books, but HONESTLY.
I still say he is being paid by the word.
Some mashup of “Stand By Me” and “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”
I want more Marcie cos it has been quite a while and I miss seeing ghost-hands.
Oh man, Marcie is one of the bad guys from the Chronicles of Riddick. Necro-somethings.
Necromongers! Yes, I’m sad there wasn’t a sequel to what was basically Conan the Barbarian… IN SPACE!
But there was a sequel, wasn’t there? But like most sequels it was kinda disappointing. They just kinda redid parts of Pitch Black and Chronicles of Riddick instead of building on the story.
Chronicles was the sequel itself which is why most think there was a sequel
There was supposed to be another, different sequel, not Rule The Dark.
When he had the idea, he wrote roughy scripts for three movies. He pitched the first one because it was most like what he normally does, then planned to use that to pull off the other two and get to do interesting plot/worldbuilding stuff for once. It only kinda worked. RTD was a plan to see if there was still enthusiasm for Riddick stuff.
No, there definately was another sequel after Chronicles. Unless I’m being dense and we’re ignoring it happened like Highlander 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddick_%28film%29
Actually, there was another sequel after Chronicles of Riddick called just Riddick (2013), starts basically after Riddick, as Lord Marshall of the Necromongers, is tricked by Vaako (the guy that wanted to be Lord Marshall) that he’s taking him to Furya (his lost home planet) and instead leaves him to die on a suposedly desrted planet. It’s a lot more like Pitch Black than Chronicles, with a bunch of people trapped in a planet with Riddick and a race of predatory animals that only come out from time to time (in this case it’s when it rains).
Haven’t seen Sarah in a while.
Second that! And since she was last seen bonding with our resident Clever Girl, maybe Team Dina will support the call for more Sarah . . .
Based on Preview Panels, Ruth should be back on May 1st, if not before.
Ziplog, Willis.
Er? Ziplock. Zip. Lock. You lock them closed by zipping them up.
It’s also written on the front of the freaking packaging!
um…actually it’s ziploc (c).
I’ll go wash myself now.
Not the bags that I buy.
Not everybody had the name brands growing up…
Would that be Captain’s Ziplog, Stardate 199928282?
I can honestly say I’ve never heard ziplog before
Ziplock on the other hand…
Willis is afraid of getting sued by SC Johnson.
Either that or they couldn’t agree on the product placement fee.
HELL NO! Why don’t YOU give ME $500!?
There a thing where if a brand name become ubiquitous, it can no longer be copyrighted, due to it being part of common vernacular. S’why it’s ‘Band-Aid Brand’ now.
Woah – Misread the Alt-Text as “condoms” – Scary
Appropriate Avatar. I think many a person did as well.
so much coutons.
Unsliced summer sausage too, if she isn’t vegan.
It was established early on that the summer sausage Dorothy’s been getting is sliced.
Why?
It’s pretty common in the U.S., for a wide variety of dubious reasons.
(And, man, I should’ve said “… that Dorothy’s getting in her box…”)
I wouldn’t mind if I had a care package of pumpernickel croutons. Mmmm
Croutons were seriously my favorite snack food as a kid. Parents allowed it because at least they were healthier than chips or cookies.
WHATS IN THE BOX
whats-in-the-box_o_1109495.jpg (525×686) Couldn’t resiste, sorry.
Crap, the link didn’t work.
http://img.memecdn.com/whats-in-the-box_o_1109495.jpg There you go.
A half-dead cat, of course.
a half dead cat, or half a dead cat? :ooo
Can’t tell until you look.
Schrodinger’s Cat.
OR IS IT?????
I asked Heisenberg. He’s uncertain.
I went to Wien to look for it, but it was displaced.
Let me ask my friend Wigner.
My money is on more condoms
Dodothy only likes Amazi-Girl brand.
“Amazi-condoms, always be prepared for anything!”
Heh, I wonder if she asked Amaziegirl for some more during the interview.
I never thought of that XD
Liking the “Persepolis” poster…
It’s a nice callback 😀
More importantly, it’s a good book.
I just noticed the poster. Great book. It was nice to see another perspective when it comes to Iran. The book put a human face on everything.
It’s a book ? I thought there was only a movie of it…
It’s a graphic novel originally by Marjane Satrapi.
:O
Love it! That is such a Dorothy poster to have!
The size of the box=the size of the love
What it there are gold lingots inside?
Fool’s gold maybe.
…Huh, just realized we never actually saw Dorothy interact with either of the Walkertons. Wonder what they make of her.
Well, she’s white so we know the Mom approves of her at least. Imagine if he had the nerve and poor taste to date someone of color.
They both seem optimistic here…
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/secretsrevealed/
They probably like her more than Sal, but they don’t think anybody’s good enough for their son.
I hope not for the former.
Oh, definitely the former, even if they don’t realize it.
The smart, pretty, ambitious girl with a strong work ethic is dating their slacker, immature son who previously showed no interest in anything beyond cartoons and video games.
She could have grown a second head during dinner and they would have just smiled and asked for a second drink for it.
It’s probably condoms.
Condoms… and croutons!
For zestier sex.
Or a combi-pack of croutons and ranch vinaigrette, with condoms?
Trust me you don’t want croutons anywhere near your dick.
Speaking from personal experience?
My thoughts exactly. Parental Brand Awkward Condoms: “Place on our sons dick before sex havings.” ™
“They will glare at you disapprovingly, so we don’t have to.”
“The glare will pierce deep inside you.”
There could also be dried fake bacon bits. Or normal bacon bits, I suppose. Those don’t go bad until you open them, right?
“Those don’t go bad
until you open them, right?”FTFY
I have this suspicion it’s something she won’t like.
Same here
It’s condoms. Mom’s not ready to be a Grandma.
Bad timing, though. They used up their Amazi-Condom a few books back, and they most likely fornicated at least 3 times since then.
You mean cast their bodies into the cragged shame pits of the lustwolves?
I might like that line a little too much.
Your stupid overconfidence is nostalgic.
I had forgot that line.
Now I remember that line.
Life is good.
This comment section is like a friggin’ Escher print.
At least nobody is yelling about being a lesbian.
She doesn’t want grandchildren until Walky finishes medical school.
It’s condoms with holes poked in them. Mom is super excited to be a Grandma.
Hahahaha!!
Or it is sabotaged condoms, cause mom IS ready to be a grandmom. Amazi-Gramma is always prepared.
Your mom’s box is comparatively small.
Well, it only has to be big enough for a nickel.
Well guess we know who Joyce was texting MYSTERY SOLVED👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Double misdirection!
Who else would Joyce text but one of her closest friends?
That’s right: Galasso.
This man knows.
It still may not be Dorothy, Joyce is presumably capable of texting more than one person. My money is the conversation we’ve seen is with someone else.
It’s got to be… Red Herring!
Wait there was that one time it was Red Herring!
Fred had looked like he was going to have an aneurysm in that episode.
I don’t know. Dorothy says she’s checking in with Joyce – if you’ve been having a consistent discussion, it’s not checking in. To me, ‘checking in’ says Joyce hasn’t been talking to Dorothy and Dorothy’s sending a ‘hi, how’s everything, do you need to talk’ pulse check sort of thing.
I agree with this wholeheartedly.
I bet it’s something like beef jerky instead of cookies.
Never heard them called ziplog before. Hmmm, maybe it’s a regional brand…
Nonperishable? SALADS ARE IMMORTAL????
There can be only one!?!?!?1?
The only non-perishable part of a salad is the fork you eat it with.
Well, that and those chunks of stale bread.
The way Walky’s mom reacted to her son having a girlfriend makes me hopeful that it’s a nice gift.
My own experience dating a mother’s favorite son makes me very, very scared for Dotty.
You have a point there. Met a mom who would scream at me and try to put all the family against me just because I told her that eventually I would be the one taking care of her son instead of her (she was harrassing me about her past motherly “feats” and insinuating I wasn’t worthy), which, I mean, is strictly the truth when a couple lasts. Turned out it was the son who wasn’t very invested in caring for me, not the other way around (unsurprising considering the upbringing). But of course he’s too saintly for that.
Those mothers come across to me as psychologically incestuous. It totally grosses and creeps me out, and it’s damaging to the child.
So much agreement. My bf’s mom would’ve done the same thing. Heck, she insults me without provocation. I absolutely can’t stand mothers who think that the best way to raise their golden boy is to control them so they’re dependent on their mothers forever.
But that aside, Linda seemed pretty enthusiastic about Walky having Dorothy, so I don’t see cause for concern yet.
Yeah, sure hope so! Or else it’s gonna be so cringe-worthy. I really wonder how Dorothy’s gonna handle all the familial tensions, though. I thought she didn’t want to get too involved, but I also think she’s the type to stand by her principles if she notices that something is wrong, and she’s bound to notice sometime soon.
All this talk about golden boys made me want to listen to this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8gy8l4mZIE
Dorothy obtained “Free Condoms”!
They were super effective!
Up to 99% when used correctly!
Even 99.99%!
Don’t worry, Dorothy! Your box contains only the finest Sugar-Free candy!
Now you won’t have to worry about getting sick one bit.
No-sir-ee!
The only valid sugar-free options are erythritol, xylitol and stevia. And maybe some non-cancerogen artificial ones.
But the others make great-tasting laxatives. I have some sugar-free peppermints in my pharmacy.
Or maybe it’s because his mom hardly knows you.
Sugar doesn’t make you sick, it’s your stomach resisting the transition to being awesome. So punch yourself in the gut and show your stomach who’s boss!
I’m gonna call it right now: The box contains the sacred Macguffin.
Ziplog? Is that a more wooden version of a ziplock bag?
It’s the resealable bag preferred by Honest Abe himself
I hope it isn’t a heathen package or something
A heathen package sounds good, a heathen conversion package does not.
I know Dorothy doesn’t know about the conflict of between Sal and her mom, yet her question about the meaning in boxes really makes me feel worse for Sal for some reason…
Indeed. Because it’s kinda mean to treat anyone in the family as less important, even a newcomer, and I think that’s what she’s pointing out. But Sal’s the daughter. Ouch.
I love croutons
Salad is just a delivery vehicle for croutons.
I love these two so much. They have a cute, largely drama-free relationship.
Tempting Fate?
Which of course means it’s doomed.
I mean, all the relationships are doomed at some point, if only because you just exhaust every story you could tell with them together. That’s the nature of ongoing fiction, and why Spider-Man sold his marriage to the devil to turn him back into a hot young 30 year old who lives with his geriatric aunt.
Though I have noticed that, other than Sal/Danny in Roomies! (which from what I understand was originally meant to happen) and Ethan/Drew in Shortpacked! (which never really went anywhere), there’s always only been one “main” relationship for characters in Willis’ works. Dina/Walky was a thing for a while in It’s Walky!, but there was never really any hope that it be the permanent couple because it was written entirely around the fact that Walky was actually attracted to Joyce.
She better be careful, that box might contain a drama bomb.
wow that first Dorothy speech bubble looks horrible. It’s mostly that “in.” all alone off to the left.
Yay, Dorothy!!!
Watch it be an engagement ring. Walky’s parents are just gonna skip over the whole dating part on behalf of their son. “A daughter-in-law who wants to be president? Please get married already!”
PERSEPOLIS IN THE BACKGROUND! I LOVE THAT BOOK
There go all you guys’ crazy, out-there theories about who Joyce was texting lmao.
I love these two. They make me happy 🙂
You mock me, I can come up with way crazier theories than that!
Heres one: Joyce’s church is secretly building a giant laser that will turn everyone into cisgender, straight, white, fundamentalist christians. Although they will build a forcefield that will keep anyone who doesn’t fit that criteria from tampering with it Joyce will ultimately be able to destroy it, because she is all of those things, but she doesn’t hate people. She will however have to fight her youth pastor one on one.
Her lightsaber experience will no doubt come in handy.
Is it based on the work of the noted Cambridge physicist, Dr. Parsons?
I’m going to go with that’s not too crazy, since I can easily believe that there are fundies who could wish they could do that. Though maybe replace ‘laser’ with ‘prayer’.
I do have to say, it’s nice to take a break from sadness and madcap burglary schemes to just have Walky and Dorothy be adorable with each other.
Y’know, I’m starting to feel like… if they’re ALL cookies, the comparative size of Sal’s box is part of a bigger problem. Because if they’re ALL just storebought cookies, what godforsaken reason would you have to make any of them different sizes? Why would you even wrap them seperately and name them, instead of insisting your children share with each other and their respective besties/girlfriends/whatever who all happen to live in the same building and interact constantly?
So they can’t… they can’t all just be cookies, can they? I hadn’t really thought about it ’til now. Nobody’s that passive-aggressive without someone noticing, are they?
All of the cookies are poisoned, except for the bags that Walky and Billie got. It’s part of Walky’s mom’s plan to get them together.
From what I’ve read in the comments, that’s nothing for their mother.
Does anyone else wonder if the comic’s final arc is going to involve Dorothy going to Yale?
I had wonders, but not anymore! Apparently the comic will be over before their sophomore year, so Dorothy wouldn’t have transferred by then
At its current pace, we probably have about 20 years left until the comic hits summer break.
Wait, where was that stated?
I believe Word of God (somewhere).
I think in the FAQ? I saw Willis mention it somewhere but the exact place escapes me. Probably on his tumblr if not in the FAQ.
I have always assumed that Dorothy will get rejected by Yale. After all, that would be the biggest upset to her plan (and life). I figure that’s the drama that will spark her character development.
But what do I know? Nostradamus I ain’t.
You’re not her kid? Why wouldn’t he (and what should’ve been Sal) get bigger, more special boxes
Why do so many people view this as a valid reason? Like I said in another comment, if it was my family, it would’ve been viewed as basic common sense and respect to treat your children’s partner as part of the group, and therefore they would’ve most likely sent a common box for the couple.
People have different families. Mine would’ve only sent gifts to their kids. Partners may get something if they’ve been around a while and it’s a holiday, but that’s the end of it.
Yeah but Dorothy obviously comes from a much warmer family. Hence her enquiry.
For one thing: because familiarity is also a driver of box sizes. Mrs Walkerton doesn’t know Dorothy’s preferences or allergies or whatever, but she’s been living with Walky for 18 years now, and should have a very good idea as to what he will or won’t enjoy, and has probably picked up things for his care package everywhere she’s been since before he even left.
Well yeah, might perhaps factor in… but since Walky’s mom showed that she was very partial, it might just not be simple as that. And if I remember well, Dorothy knows that tendency she has, which might also drive her question.
Now that we see what was in the box, I think I was right: she didn’t know Dorothy that well, so she got her something that said “I accept you even though I don’t really know you.”
DOTTY!!!!!
And now, for some cute relationship interaction before we cut back to the regular homophobia and depression.
I’ve just got a bad feeling that Dorothy is going to be at ground zero when Danny has his talk with his GF and there is a devastating Amberuption.
Those maths results are hiding somewhere.
http://imgur.com/LKdUWZo
Oh. I made this btw
Well, few people can resist his caramel skin.
I’m with Dotty. Walky’s cookies are the best cookies.
Nice 🙂
Man, Yoto, you draw a lot of cute girls in their underwear.
What sinister motive lies behind this veil of deceit.
“I don’t think she ever loved him.” Yotomoe turned around from a window and looked at me challengingly. “You must remember, old sport, she was very excited this afternoon. He told her those things in a way that frightened her – that made it look as if I was some kind of cheap sharper. And the result was she hardly knew what she was saying.”
Wow! Gatsby? All out of the blue? Nice!
I’ve got this horrible feeling that Dorothy’s gift will turn out to be some sort of passive-aggressive insult. Linda is just that kind of person.
Just want to point out that, just because she’s currently checking in with Joyce doesn’t mean Joyce has been texting her the whole time.
Sure, it makes the most sense for that to be the case. But you could say the same thing before.
Whats in the Box!
What’s in the fucking box!?
ikr and we don’t know what’s in Sal’s yet…
Uh, cuz you’re not her kid and also she just met you and barely knows you?
I know, right? That might be the dumbest question anyone in DoA ever posited. A better question would be why is SAL’s box so much smaller than Walky’s (and the same size as Dorothy’s), but we all know the answer to that. And it’s a shitty answer. Screw you, Mrs. Walkerton!
Yeah but she doesn’t know Sal’s box size
I don’t konw why this seems so normal to you. My family sees their children’s partners as part of the family. We would’ve probably recieved a package with both our names to share, even if it was fairly new. We call that being welcoming.
They’ve been dating for like 2 weeks or so when they met with the parents. I’m glad you take relationships so seriously, but these are literally just kids who’ve been fucking for a few weeks.
It’s not just a question of “seriously”, and it’s not just a question of “me”. My whole family’s that way, and the family’s friends… and it’s more about being welcoming, inclusive and friendly than a thing about extreme seriousness. You know, like “friends of my friends are my friends, and giving is fun, let’s be kind to each other”. I’ve been on Dorothy’s end and it felt wrong.
Also, Walky’s parents haven’t been informed of the “for fun” status of the relationship, if I remember correctly, and they saw that Dorothy chose his clothes. Might seem relatively serious for a start, and she was also introduced as someone who’s very committed. I don’t think they have much reason to give her less (if they took the time to make a box, might as well go all the way, it’s not much more effort), except maybe to show some kind of hierarchy. That’s my feeling, anyway.
I believe she means that in less of a “Hey, why is mine smaller? No fair!” way and in more of a “Hmm…Mine is smaller, so what might it be?” way.
Interesting hypothesis!
The weird posing/touching going on in the 3rd and 5th panels reminds me a lot of jojo. Probably because I’m currently reading steel ball run.
Walky’s actually just unleashing his Hamon bubbles at one of the Pillar Men, but Dorothy’s way more into Part 3 so she’s posing like Walky is her Stand.
Am I the only one who now wants to see Dorothy handling the care and maintenance of sugar-crash!Walky?
My speculation on what’s in the box?
1. A gas blast which will subdue her for transport to the Village.
2. The keys to a brand-new motorcycle (Sal’s is hair straightener)
3. Secret instructions on how to control Walky via his trigger phrases
4. Her ring for membership in the Illuminati
5. The keys to a brand-new motorcycle (Sal’s got Dot’s due to mislabeling)
6. A death threat about what should happen should she break Walky’s heart
7. Some pamphlets for Donald Trump, asking her to help with the family supporting his candidacy.
8. Some pamphlets for Robin DeSanto, asking her to help with the family supporting her candidacy
9. Drugs
10. Cookies
Maybe a piece of clothing?
There is something really cute about the way Dorothy is cupping Walky’s face in panel 5. There is a feel about it that she just enjoys being in physical contact with him. Whenever he’s being silly or, well, just Walky, she’s got this need to hold or caress him.
That’s serious romantic feelings, IMO. I can’t help but wonder if, when the Ivy League letter arrives, Dorothy will have a serious dilemma because there is a part of her that says: “To hell with a big name school, I want to keep my Walky!”
… I love croutons. I would actually love a box of them.
A wild guess I now, and highly unlikely, but a set of CDs on how to tutor in Maths perhaps?
That might be a useful gift for Dorothy to have, but it would make no sense at all for Linda to give it to her, because neither Linda nor Dorothy know that Walky is having math trouble.
“Yeah, I’m making my daughter’s box the same size as her brother’s new girlfriend who I only just met. What? Favoritism? I don’t play favorites. I love my children equally.”
“Equally to the lightness of their skin, I mean. What, isn’t that how everyone does it?”
Is the poster in the last panel Persepolis ?
Probably? I remember seeing a Persepolis poster in Dorothy’s room before. (And she did mention it as her favorite movie I think?)
Yes, her favorite movie.
And the poster:
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/06-strange-beerfellows/studying-2/
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/02-choosing-my-religion/piercing-2/
Here’s a better view of it from an earlier strip. And Dorothy did mention the movie in the Gender Studies class when they were talking about the Bechdel test.
Texting Dorothy confirmed.
Texting-Walky-through-Dorothy confirmed.
Okay.
Persepolis! The comic was amazing, but I guess Dorothy has only seen the movie?
It’s Dorothy…I’m pretty sure she’s read the book
So the boxes for Walky and Billie were the same size, and both contained cookies. The boxes for Dorothy and Sal are also the same size, and contents are unknown. As such, I would like to take what appears to be an unpopular/uncommon stance and that all boxes contain different items, but a similar value, and that they were packed to save size, since an increase in size can result in higher shipping charges, even if the weight is the same.
Perhaps tomorrow we will find out more info on said boxes.
This is David “Damn You” Willis comic. There is no hope. There is only the attempt at not being too soul-shattered by the end of it.
You have no way to survive. Make your time.
Good luck with that. No way Willis set this all up to reinforce the Walkerton parents are racially prejudiced against Sal, just to derail it into “black girl sees prejudice where there isn’t any”.
I think it’s fairly likely that it ends up being something that Linda thinks makes for good parenting.
That I believe.
Ooh you are right, they might be chocolates instead of cookies. Chocolates are compact.
ooooh persepolis poster!!
Dorothy = Girlfriend of the year
I really would be interested in a Robin DeSanto/Dorothy comic. It’d be cool to have Dorothy meet someone who is used to playing the political game and giving her all of the insights an experienced (and sleazy) politician might as well as how it impacts one’s personal life.
I will never get tired of seeing these two be happy together.
Walky/Dorothy strikes me as one of, if not the, most likely relationship to persist through the entire series, perhaps even moreso than Becky/Dina.
The only real trigger for a breakup I could see is if one or both of them started chafing under the fact that their relationship has an expiration date.
No, they’ll start chafing because her box is comparatively small.
That’s why foreplay is important.
Again demonstrating that the best relationships are not between people who are the same, but between people who compliment each other.
I think you meant “complement” each other, but compliments are good too.
Does the box contain condiments?
Just condoms.
I think it’s very important to compliment each other in a relationship.
There’s something weirdly dramatic about Dorothy’s pose in that last panel. Like she’s getting ready to deliver a Shakespearean soliloquy.
“Alas, poor Walky! I knew him, comparatively small box; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy…”
I’m calling it now: it’s some serious family heirloom, like Walky’s grandma wedding ring or something.
Walky’s mom wants to control Walky’s life to turn him into the “perfect” son (see the comment about his major being telecommunications, even if he himself doesn’t know it yet), so she would be exactly the kind of person to “secure” the perfect daughter-in-law before Walky screws that up somehow.
Also, this is potential for drama, as both Walky and Dorothy realize this is supposedly a temporary thing. but neither likes to think about the implications of that too hard. This “gift” would force them to think about the future uncomfortable splitting off, possibly even causing the hastening of that split.