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Where’s the ka-BOOM?
There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering ka-BOOM!
you need the Ru-1355 for that.
For a moment there, I was hoping that there really was a fissile isotope of Ruthenium.
I think I saw Blaine running away with that suspiciously looked liked an Illudium PU-36 Explosive Space Modulator, so that might explain your lack of “ka-BOOM”.
“I need it to blow up your minds.
Yes, they obstruct my view of Venus!”
“Venus” being Ruth, obvs.
Billie: What if I said that our relationship has had some really toxic and self-destructive elements, and it remains to be seen whether or not I can change permanently this time or if we’re just counting down to the next horrible mishap?
Crowd: AWWWWWWW!
Billie: Also I need these glasses to see.
Crowd: BURN THE HERETIC!!!
I too was wondering how this thing really ends.
Either way, might as well enjoy the moment.
I wonder what the next Billie Sobriety Tax is going to be.
Give up, Billie.
Just accept the fact that you are adorable. Embrace the kawaii!
It’s too late Billie, now they think you’re cute as well, so they’ll like you even more.
As does Ruth by her expression in the last panel
Dang – typo in the email – scampers off
Dumbing of Age Book 10: AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
i’m more for “we’re just being performative autocrats, not actual assholes“
you can’t escape the pedestal billie
Yeah, I’m with Rose, Lucy, and Nash on this one.
AWWWWWWWW!!!
Sorry, not sorry.
Yeah. I’m with them too.
AWWWWWWWW!!!
Now, about Mike.
Agreed.
AWWWWWWWWW!!
You just can’t make a grand gesture revealing your vulnerabilities for the sake of someone you care about like that and NOT have people think it’s cute, Billie! You’re cute as hell right now!
I think Lucky was smiling happily for his roommate and the other two made the awwww.
Sorry, Billie, fangirl bug’s sunk in deep. You’re stuck with ’em forever now. 😛
But like…hard pressed to disagree. This is really cute.
At least it’s only at the fangirl-ing stage. Beware the ganfirl-ing stage…
This is almost up there with some of the strips with Dina and Becky in terms of cuteness.
Ruth’s smile in the last panel <3
Squiggly smiles are the best, IMO.
They arrreeee~ The betrayed vulnerability and suppressed relief and joy are perfect~!!!
^^^ This! ^^^ times a thousand. Very cute.
I like to view the Billie fans as metaphors for internet cults of personality where people profess love for certain actors and such and forget that the person they worship is just human.
*cues up Cult of Personality on the muzak*
Sweet, I love songs that only use the title as lyrics.
Sorry Billie, they’re gonna bury you in “AWWWWWW” the more you reveal
But at least the Awe has turned to Awwww…
I’m A Lo~o~oser
And I’m not what I appear to be…
And I’ve found someone who’s dear to me???
I dunno.
Crowd: CAN’T HEAR YOU!! TOO BUSY AWW-ING!
Loving the Ruth faces in this one.
There’s just no displeasing some people.
I’m actually really pleased about this
seeing if the images re-rolled or if I just forgot the capitalization
(it was the latter)
Like, holy shit, is Billie developing character without any external pressure to do so?
No, Ruth wants her to be better. Desires from your SO count as pressure.
Ruth’s face in the last panel is making me cry
I see Jocelyne’ s still living in a flashback to before news coverage of Mike’s death being totally ubiquitous.
Autocrats, roll out!
All shall love her and… well, just love her, I guess.
Okay, now tradition dictates that someone has to throw one of you over a couch, and then the two of you eventually fall in love via a toxic and abusive relationship…where’s your actual RA?
Wasn’t the actual RA Beatrice? I can’t really keep track of the Forest Quad gang.
Ah. Spencer. No clue where she is then.
And don’t forget, it has to be based in deep depressive tendencies only one of you has yet come to terms with and acknowledged, while the other still thinks she’s fine because she’s mostly still functional! (Or he, given Zaph’s here, but it’s just not the same when it’s a sexy heterosexual suicide pact, y’know?)
Exactly!
I feel like the RA is gonna rain on Billie’s affection-showing parade.
But… what about Mike?! It’s been a month! Has no one noticed he’s missing?
You’d think it’d be all that ver campus that someone fell of a building last night.
Sheesh. I’ll try it again: You’d think it’d be all over campus that someone fell off a building last night.
Unless Mike fell into the “Bloomington Triangle”, that little-known area of the IU campus that is at the center of countless whispered rumors of paranormal activities, inexplicable phenomena, and unexplained disappearances, in which case he will never be seen or heard from again.
Tbf, and maybe this is just because where I live has a crime problem anyway, people have died, been stabbed and gotten kidnapped on my campus and the most you’ll hear about it is a WhatsApp message not naming names and then everyone moves on with their lives
It’s been less than a day in-comic though. And I’m sure Willis is still enjoying tormenting us by not revealing what happened to Mike yet.
Also, this is great (and very sudden) progress by Billie, but I wonder if she will still refuse to identify as not-straight?
I think she’s coming a bit closer to terms with it (‘she’s my girlfriend and I love her!’), but I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s still a little internalized biphobia going on.
(Also, having another strip in which Billie openly contemplates her orientation is entirely necessary so that there can be a reference to seminal gay romcom But I’m A Cheerleader!)
Billie is starting to think about considering the possibility that she might be bi. Maybe.
I don;t understand why Ruth gathered the pod people when they were finally leaving them alone and acting normal
Specifically to ensure that they would stop being pod people, I think.
To ensure that they continue to leave them alone and act normal.
I’m starting to suspect that acting like pod people is their way of acting normal.
Because Billie wanted to be done with the pretense she’s been living in this dorm.
They’ll GIVE Ruth their femurs!!
Tribute
Huh! Color me genuinely impressed.
Seriously, Billie, you’re surprised? If there was basically a dorm full of Joyce-like crazy romantics, it’s Forrest Hall!
Their “awwwww”s somehow sound exactly like the studio audience in a cheesy 80s-to-early-90s family sitcom rerun.
*full-body shudder*
Yes.
… You made me picture Billie and Ruth as the Bundys.
… Thank you and curse you in equal measure.
I was thinking more along the lines of Full House.
Yeah, that makes more sense. I’ve just been watching a lot of Married with Children lately.
Performative autocrats… Like the villains of Cucumber Quest. That was a good webcomic. I hope the author is doing okay.
Her She-Ra novel just came out, so pretty great careerwise at least.
Gigidigi has published a She-Ra novel?????????????????
It’s a graphic novel, Legend of the Fire Princess, with the illustrations by someone else. Give it a whirl.
Good to know 🙂
HAHAHAHA RUTH’S FACE IN THE FIRST PANEL IS INCREDIBLE
So I just recently watched the Heathers musical and learned about the movie from it and now I see that Billy has this kind of Heather Duke, taking a throne as a popular top dog now that she’s not around the rest of her crowd from high school and feeling that any show of vulnerability is to be mocked, except that Billy is actually growing as a person.
Is there a plot to that musical? My partner sometimes puts on music from it when I come over, but my brain refuses to latch onto any of the words or tunes.
You cannot end a cult just by telling truth to their followers. Let’s see how they incorporate Ruth to their mythology (as a mighty goddess, for sure)
They’ll probably wind up worshipping a nearby water tower, if they’re allowed to wander far enough.
Dumbing of Age book 10: We’re Just Being Performative Autocrats, Not Actual Assholes.
The Masked Vigilante continued his one man war on crime. Working odd jobs in the day, taking food and rest when and where he could, using a number of aliases, he crisscrossed the nation. One month is Austin, a week in Chicago, a fortnight in Pasadena. Some criminals died at his hands, other were permanently injured.
His actions have not gone unnoticed. He is being tracked.
(popcorn)
AWWWWWWW♡♡♡♡ indeed. Well done Billie.
I’m getting Life of Brian vibes.
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Brian: I’m not the Messiah!
Arthur: I say you are, Lord, and I should know, I’ve followed a few!
Crowd: Hail, Messiah!
Brian: I’m not the Messiah! Will you please listen?! I’m not the Messiah, do you understand?! Honestly!
Woman: Only the true Messiah denies his divinity!
Brian: What?! Well, what sort of chance does that give me?! All right, I am the Messiah!
Crowd: He is! He is the Messiah!
Brian: Now, fuck off!
[Silence]
Arthur: How shall we fuck off, oh Lord?
Brian: Oh, just go away! Leave me alone!
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Brian: Look, you’ve got it all wrong! You don’t need to follow me. You don’t need to follow anybody! You’ve got to think for yourselves! You’re all individuals!
Crowd: [in unison] Yes! We’re all individuals!
Brian: You’re all different!
Crowd: [in unison] Yes, we are all different!
Man in crowd: I’m not…
Crowd: Shhh!
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Deffinitly Life of Brian, so I guess Life of Billie
🖒
You aren’t the only one.
Is it weird that I keep forgetting that Zaph is AFAB in this universe?
I like Billie in this ark. This is personal growth, and it’s good!
When Billie and Ruth are like this, I always hope that they can help each other and get better together.
Ark? Are they Starlost now?
OK but look at Ruth’s face in the last panel. Oh My God.
Aw, that’s adorable! It’s officially been a month since we saw Mike, though…
At this point I suspect Billy could announce she killed a man just to watch him die and she would get the same reaction. And Ruth’s goofy smile in the last panel, that is gold. Unlike the others I won’t comment on the lack of news about Mike and the dastardly duo of dicks.
Good thing you didn’t comment.