Do you refer to the book or the movie? If the latter, you should be scolded most severely. New Battlestar Galactica is a far more acceptable reference to co-ed bathrooms in science fiction.
When the deliberate extent of brain-melting media you consume is what bullshit happens to come on the telly during family get-togethers, that’s what you get.
Yes, co-ed bathrooms exist. Well, I can only speak from personal experience. When I was in college (’88-’92) we had co-ed bathrooms in the co-ed dorms.
Yup, I was in a co-ed dorm in the early 80s. It was supposed to be separate bathrooms (there were three wings, one bathroom in each). But after about two weeks, we said screw it, and just started using the closest bathroom. It was funny that some of the guys wouldn’t use the urinals. I didn’t care. Plus it was fun seeing the girls before they got their hair done and makeup on; pretty scary sometimes. Plus, I discovered that girls can make some of the most horrible smells, much worse than guys.
Indeed they do. The bathrooms in the residence I was in weren’t that big – only 2 stalls, 2 sinks, and the shower – but they were co-ed. (Obviously, only in co-ed houses – the all-girl house, obviously, had single-sex washrooms.)
Yeah, mine was like that as well, though typical pokey british-style 😉
One person to a (cell-like) room, shared kitchen arguably not large enough to get everyone into at once, and a shared washroom with three toilet stalls, one shower, and a row of about seven washbasins… in their own stalls. It was a bit strange.
Oh and two actual baths, in their own broomcupboard-like rooms with windowless doors and external light switches. Some genius came up with that. Needless to say they weren’t much used, even though we effectively had free hot water.
She wants to vocalize to him why she’s to important to talk to him. It’s an interestingly circular logic, but at the same time, it’s a show on how she’s trying to belittle Walky to feel better about herself. Having been the center of attention for a while, having been blown off by Walky really, really has to hurt.
You obviously do not watch enough anime, though I guess it depends on how many people are required to qualify as a harem. Fushigi Yuugi & Ouran HS Host Club DEFINITELY qualify, off the top of my head.
…. how … how does tvtropes not have a “reverse harem” page? … how does it not have a “harem” page? Am I stupid or blind or something? Search-disabled?
She’s probably just looking down at her feet while she walks, I do it a lot. At least in my case it’s a common trait to pick up when you’re having self-esteem issues and a hard one to kick once you’ve picked yourself up.
Yeah, but even if you get a nice gift from the creepy stalker-guy, if they keep being creepy and stalker-guy-ish… well, then, say hello to the restraining order.
Oh I understand entirely. Had an ex-girlfriend turned stalker give me a hand-made plate with some weird poem written on it. It was a really creepy gift considering that we’d broken up about a month previous. I threw that thing out within the hour.
Billie is in denial and this is as close as we’re going to get for a while until she finally admits it to herself that she likes Walky. I have spoken. I have foreseen this.
Good, let her suffer. Both Billie and Mary were detestable in the Roomies/It’s Walky universe, and so far, Billie has not done anything in this continuity to improve my opinion of her.
(Yes, I do realize the irony of posting this comment with a Mary gravatar. Need to find out if there is a hamster gravatar.)
You’ve been practicing ways to expand “This” comments, haven’t you? Please don’t misunderstand this as an attack. It’s just been so well done it felt like it merited attention.
Hello there, first time reader, first time commentor as well. Just read all of DoA, gonna start on shortpacked and Roomies next. Anyways a question, are the two comics i havent read linked into this one or are they all different universe like things, because i notice that the charaters dont see to know each other but the readers know them and they tendicies and such. Also while i don’t know this Billie person I do know her type and it makes me happy to no end that she fell to the bottom of the pecking order now that she is in college.
No, you’re right. He TOTALLY should ignore Billie. He says a casual “hi” to her in the hallway, and she insults him and tells him to go away. There was no provocation for that. She doesn’t treat him like a friend, so why should he keep talking to her?
Actually, Billie did make tracks after math class yesterday. She met some Juniors during her afternoon English class, when she was taking her gen ed English requirement. They’re not cheerleaders but they’re awesome anyway, and they’ll buy her beer.
We just think that, because she’s kind of a prissy bongo, she’s totally lying, but really, she’s just insulting Walky and calling him a loser because she wants better for him and his childish ways, and she’s secretly awkward and terrible in serious social situations. So she’s hiding it all under her naturally prissy, bongoy exterior.
Every time Walky makes that face I imagine he turned into a zombie…it’s close enough to the real fact to work, but far enough away to be funny. I HAVE BRAINS I GIVE TO YOU!
Ruth’s a bully. She picks fights — and she’s good at it.. Billie’s just irascible, arrogant, and overconfident. Makes it easy to pick a fight with her. Be funny if Billie decides to take self-defense or martial arts classes, and finds out Ruth’s the instructor.
At the college I went to, there were a couple of buildings where discussion section spaces were in dorm space. You went to section literally between the lobby and the bathrooms. That’s why it’s only a little weird to see Walky carrying his towel and shampoo bottle where Dorothy’s walking past, possibly fresh out of a very early class.
I don’t think that architects integrate formal class space inside residence halls so closely anymore, unless the school can afford only one building.
At my school, the easiest way to get to the caf involves walking right past the guys bathroom. Probably the same sort of thing. When you take shortcuts through buildings you have to be prepared to see stuff.
To me, Walky’s lust-face reminds me of one of those doggie chew-toys, you know when the dog bites the body and all the air goes into the head, making the head expand like a balloon. Or is it a baby squeeze-toy? Maybe both.
The face Walky makes in the last panel is funny and perfect, but it has been haunting me for some unknown reason until just now: I believe it to be the same exact face I make after I turn my head and cough.
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WOO CO-ED DORMS
[our college was barely a co-ed CAMPUS]
Co-ed dorms? Pfft, that’s nothing. Co-ed bathrooms are the way to go.
Starship Troopers, yes?
Do you refer to the book or the movie? If the latter, you should be scolded most severely. New Battlestar Galactica is a far more acceptable reference to co-ed bathrooms in science fiction.
When the deliberate extent of brain-melting media you consume is what bullshit happens to come on the telly during family get-togethers, that’s what you get.
BSG bored the hell out of me, anyway *runs away*
What’s wrong with Starship Troopers, the movie? It’s amazing.
well, the shower scene is kind of weird because it’s like in the future we’ll have co-ed showers but only with nudity above the waist.
But the movie is great and if anyone says different I’ll make the gesture with my hand flying back over my head and say “whoosh” at you.
do those exist? I know many colleges are doing co-ed roommates, though, which seems a pretty big step.
Yes, co-ed bathrooms exist. Well, I can only speak from personal experience. When I was in college (’88-’92) we had co-ed bathrooms in the co-ed dorms.
Yup, I was in a co-ed dorm in the early 80s. It was supposed to be separate bathrooms (there were three wings, one bathroom in each). But after about two weeks, we said screw it, and just started using the closest bathroom. It was funny that some of the guys wouldn’t use the urinals. I didn’t care. Plus it was fun seeing the girls before they got their hair done and makeup on; pretty scary sometimes. Plus, I discovered that girls can make some of the most horrible smells, much worse than guys.
Indeed they do. The bathrooms in the residence I was in weren’t that big – only 2 stalls, 2 sinks, and the shower – but they were co-ed. (Obviously, only in co-ed houses – the all-girl house, obviously, had single-sex washrooms.)
I had co-ed dorms in college.
Oh, you meant do coed bathrooms exist.
Yeah, mine was like that as well, though typical pokey british-style 😉
One person to a (cell-like) room, shared kitchen arguably not large enough to get everyone into at once, and a shared washroom with three toilet stalls, one shower, and a row of about seven washbasins… in their own stalls. It was a bit strange.
Oh and two actual baths, in their own broomcupboard-like rooms with windowless doors and external light switches. Some genius came up with that. Needless to say they weren’t much used, even though we effectively had free hot water.
How about just a college where people are allowed to live and act like the adults they all legally are?
“Go away!”
“Get back here!”
Oh Billie, so transparent.
Oh yeah she feels really lonely but can’t help be tsundere to Walky. So cute in a way…
She’s not even trying to hide it! :D:D:D:D
I’m not even any shade of shipper for them but I admit I found that awfully suspicious.
She wants to vocalize to him why she’s to important to talk to him. It’s an interestingly circular logic, but at the same time, it’s a show on how she’s trying to belittle Walky to feel better about herself. Having been the center of attention for a while, having been blown off by Walky really, really has to hurt.
it was shortly after this that Walky became the new lead singer of the Gorillaz….
very close to 2D, but he has whites in his eyes still. from now on i’m gonna hear Walky talking like 2D in my head, lol
Add some purple hair, a creepy mustache…
Quiet you, I must make an ass of myself in front of the cute blonde girl I’m crushing on!
Deer in the headlights look?
MAYDAY MAYDAY ABANDON MISSION ABORT ABORT
ACHTUNG!
I-it’s not like I’m giving you this because I like you or anything. I just happened to have an extra one. Geez!
Tsunderes are usually female, but I guess Walky can go that route.
Was kinda thinking Billie here because she’s starting down that route herself with her mercurial “go away!” “get back here!” 😀
Ah, point. Thought you were referring to Walky “giving” the Monkey Master doll to Dorothy.
Well, why not reverse the gender roles! It’s not like there are very many “reverse-harems” out there.
You obviously do not watch enough anime, though I guess it depends on how many people are required to qualify as a harem. Fushigi Yuugi & Ouran HS Host Club DEFINITELY qualify, off the top of my head.
…. how … how does tvtropes not have a “reverse harem” page? … how does it not have a “harem” page? Am I stupid or blind or something? Search-disabled?
Is that Micheal Jordon in the second panel!? CAMEO ALERT!!!
Because every black guy in a basketball top is Michael Jordan…
Yes they are. And anyone who says otherwise is LYING
Even LeBron?
ESPECIALLY LeBron.
And Kobe? And Garnett? And Rose? Definitely Derrick Rose. Well, he’s not quite there. Yet.
/Is actual Bulls fan. Even when everyone was on the Jordan Bandwagon back in the days. Ah good times…
Y’know, Walky, you’ll never be able to kiss her if you keep trying to bite off your bottom lip like that.
….. Oh god…. He’s becoming a creeper.
tsssssssssssssssss….
That’ll earn you 5 internets.
lights are on, but Walky is not home
Anyone else wondering what exactly Dorothy is looking down at?
Also, Walky looks…erm…disturbing.
She’s probably just looking down at her feet while she walks, I do it a lot. At least in my case it’s a common trait to pick up when you’re having self-esteem issues and a hard one to kick once you’ve picked yourself up.
It’s also common when people are lost in thought
Also an easy one to pick up when you’re like me & tend to trip over every little thing in your path. Even when there’s nothing there.
If that’s a book she was carrying under her arm it might be that. Though I think that may be a towel. So your guess is as good as mine.
I initially thought Dorothy was trying to avoid eye contact with Walky, especially as she may have noticed he was in conversation with someone else.
Oh God, in that last panel Walky looks like he came straight outta Coraline. 0++++0
Maybe he’s Wybie!
…actually, that’s a terrifying thought, because their personalities are so similar. If Walky is Wybie, who do you think would be Coraline?
Uh, Billie,duh. Coraline did the whole GO AWAY!; WAIT COME BACK thing too.
My first thought was “Jack Skellington!”
hugs
BEEP. You have reached Walky. Message will be returned when Walky’s brain is back. Don’t even bother to leave a message. It will be deleted. BEEP.
It’s amazing how saying “hi” results in Billie initiating bongo-mode.
And poor Walky… he’s only a step away from a restraining order of creepiness.
I’m not so sure of that. She kept his pose-able Monkey Master®, that does say a lot.
Yeah, but even if you get a nice gift from the creepy stalker-guy, if they keep being creepy and stalker-guy-ish… well, then, say hello to the restraining order.
That’s why I threw away my stalker’s gift of pumpkin muffin and hot chocolate. Don’t give them any encouragement.
Oh I understand entirely. Had an ex-girlfriend turned stalker give me a hand-made plate with some weird poem written on it. It was a really creepy gift considering that we’d broken up about a month previous. I threw that thing out within the hour.
Yeah, that’s… weird.
“Don’t you fuckin’ say hi to me! DON’T YOU IGNORE ME WHEN I TELL YOU TO GO AWAY!!!1ONE”
o_O
Billie is in denial and this is as close as we’re going to get for a while until she finally admits it to herself that she likes Walky. I have spoken. I have foreseen this.
I’m surprised there is no Billie Walky Fanfic yet
I drew some Billie/Walky fanart but haven’t been able to upload it to a site yet.
And now I’ve written a 2244-word fanfic. I’ll have to join the forums and post it.
Billie doesn’t hate Walky, she just has such fun verbally abusing him.
Ah. What a beautiful friendship.
Walky is so in love with Dorothy he’s just walking right out of the panal. Now THAT’S love and dedication.
She’s finding it hard to no longer be the center of attention. She’s even getting pissed when Walky ignores her.
Good, let her suffer. Both Billie and Mary were detestable in the Roomies/It’s Walky universe, and so far, Billie has not done anything in this continuity to improve my opinion of her.
(Yes, I do realize the irony of posting this comment with a Mary gravatar. Need to find out if there is a hamster gravatar.)
Eh, Billie got better later on once she stopped drinking/self-medicating in one of the unhealthier ways. Mary, on the other hand…
You have no idea how much I agree with this statement O_O
You’ve been practicing ways to expand “This” comments, haven’t you? Please don’t misunderstand this as an attack. It’s just been so well done it felt like it merited attention.
Haha, yeah, I have…I wanna contribute more, but usually when I agree with somone all I usually say IS “I agree!” equivalent to a “THIS” O_o
And thus we have: hamster gravatar.
I love Walky’s Smitten Face. It’s a normal person’s Brain Hemorrhage Face.
Is there a difference?
THE EYES
How come my Gravatar no work? different email?
Ayuh. Gravatars are tied to the email account you registered them with.
I like how he actually walks straight out of the panel.
Walky looks like one of those beanbag characters from Little Big Planet.
Get back to where you once belonged!
Hello there, first time reader, first time commentor as well. Just read all of DoA, gonna start on shortpacked and Roomies next. Anyways a question, are the two comics i havent read linked into this one or are they all different universe like things, because i notice that the charaters dont see to know each other but the readers know them and they tendicies and such. Also while i don’t know this Billie person I do know her type and it makes me happy to no end that she fell to the bottom of the pecking order now that she is in college.
Never mind on the question, found a banner at shortpacked that answered my question
We got Zombie!!!!
I don’t know, I kinda think Walky SHOULD ignore Billies uppity superior attitude :/
Hes her friend but that doesn’t mean he has to put up with her crap!
No, you’re right. He TOTALLY should ignore Billie. He says a casual “hi” to her in the hallway, and she insults him and tells him to go away. There was no provocation for that. She doesn’t treat him like a friend, so why should he keep talking to her?
Hear! Hear! No reason for Walky to take the abuse.
I am now forming the “Walky’s Free From Abuse” commitee.. or the WFFA.
I also formed the “How to handle a Zombie Walky” comittee. Admistion is free.
Please join 😀
I have a feeling that’s WHY Walky is her friend. She abuses him and he just ignores it.
“Friend” might be a bit strong, imo. More likely Billie’s abuse gives Walky a free target for his snark.
EXACTLY MY POINT!!
I mean, I know I’m not the nicest person on earth, even TO my friends, but it’ll be a cold day in hell before I start treating them like that!
Because one of the two has to?
Breaking off this friendship would be just what Billie thinks she wants.
My new life’s ambition is to use the phrase “contact dork” in a serious conversation.
Every time I see the word “dork”, I shed a tear for the passing of Elf Only Inn.
Every time I see the word “dork” I think of whale penises.
I have no idea what Elf Only Inn is, but I suspect you have the advantage here.
Actually, Billie did make tracks after math class yesterday. She met some Juniors during her afternoon English class, when she was taking her gen ed English requirement. They’re not cheerleaders but they’re awesome anyway, and they’ll buy her beer.
We just think that, because she’s kind of a prissy bongo, she’s totally lying, but really, she’s just insulting Walky and calling him a loser because she wants better for him and his childish ways, and she’s secretly awkward and terrible in serious social situations. So she’s hiding it all under her naturally prissy, bongoy exterior.
Yes.
[it should be noted that the first paragraph is snarky but the rest of it isn’t]
do we really make that face around girls? damn…
Every time Walky makes that face I imagine he turned into a zombie…it’s close enough to the real fact to work, but far enough away to be funny. I HAVE BRAINS I GIVE TO YOU!
I’ll be cool with Billie the bongo as long as she gets a chance to kick Ruth’s ass.
I have no idea why do I hate Ruth so.
Ruth’s a bully. She picks fights — and she’s good at it.. Billie’s just irascible, arrogant, and overconfident. Makes it easy to pick a fight with her. Be funny if Billie decides to take self-defense or martial arts classes, and finds out Ruth’s the instructor.
Yeah, that might be it.
It is possible all my sympathy for Billie is coming for my disliking of Ruth.
At the college I went to, there were a couple of buildings where discussion section spaces were in dorm space. You went to section literally between the lobby and the bathrooms. That’s why it’s only a little weird to see Walky carrying his towel and shampoo bottle where Dorothy’s walking past, possibly fresh out of a very early class.
I don’t think that architects integrate formal class space inside residence halls so closely anymore, unless the school can afford only one building.
I thought she was just walking out of the girl’s bathroom.
but a guy is walking out too D:
I’ve seen lots of girls with that hairstyle, though.
Hard to tell if it is books or a towel. And if you look the tile is different. Maybe it is a common area, or the tv lounge?
At my school, the easiest way to get to the caf involves walking right past the guys bathroom. Probably the same sort of thing. When you take shortcuts through buildings you have to be prepared to see stuff.
I am pretty sure the ‘room’ she’s walking out of is an elevator – metal sliding door, and small panel to the right of the door.
“Pay attention when I tell you that I’m not speaking to you!”
I love Billie
So did anyone else notice that the Head Alien on Walky’s shirt from the last strip disappeared in this one?
Argh, I drew a fix for this but didn’t upload it. I’ll have to remember to do that when I get back home.
To me, Walky’s lust-face reminds me of one of those doggie chew-toys, you know when the dog bites the body and all the air goes into the head, making the head expand like a balloon. Or is it a baby squeeze-toy? Maybe both.
Maybe he’s getting the sense squeezed out of him whenever he sees Dorothy?
I’m pretty sure something else is squeezed somewhere else, if you catch my drift.
Heh, Hormone overload, begin rational thought shutdown sequence; commence swallowing lower lip, initiate ignore laws of perspective mode.
And because I have to: love that zombie FAAAAACE!
Poor Billie, she is all: come back here so I can ignore you some more.
Oh Walky… You and your hypnotic stare…
The last panel reminds me of The Walking Dead… Walky’s a love zombie!
The face Walky makes in the last panel is funny and perfect, but it has been haunting me for some unknown reason until just now: I believe it to be the same exact face I make after I turn my head and cough.
Is Walky gonna keep doing that every time he sees Dorothy?