I feel Dorothy’s friends are slightly more thankful and considerate. I doubt they would keep on taking if they knew how much Dorothy was hurting, but they can be kinda …. dumb sometimes (as suggested by the title).
also the trouble with keeping up a stoic facade as a coping mechanism to trauma is that a lot of people will assume that you are doing fine until you complete breakdown.
particularly if your peer group is a bunch of first year college students who haven’t necessarily learned to look for the warning signs, or who aren’t used to be caregivers. dorothy is everyone’s mom because everyone else hasn’t developed those skills yet, and most of them are only slooooowly beginning to realize they might need to.
That is most true for Walky and Joyce who both put Dorothy on a towering pedestal. Other character’s can see Dorothy is messing up, but Dorothy is stubborn af and refuses to accept advice anyway.
Is the dumb those who are ignorant or the one who keeps them in ignorance? I refuse to let anyone blame me for problems they never explained were problems. Even as a normal person I imagine that’d be difficult but as an Autistic I’m basically dyslexic when it comes to ‘reading’ people and so I can’t even usually guess if someone is ACTIVELY mad at me sometimes.
Only if it’s deliberate. Right now, it’s her giving him the advice she thinks he needs to be happy (and she’s not wrong–Walky IS happiest when he’s being true to his goofy-ass self and wearing it proud).
And in theory, that’s what attracted Lucy to him (well, that, and chocolate abs). So she might genuinely believe that him trying to play some role in social situations would only muck up that relationship.
Now, at the same time, am ~I~ hoping that this leads to sabotaging the breakfast and having Raidah’s ladder-climbing scheming blow up in her face? Oh, yes.
What’s the shortest ‘relationship’ in DoA? Can’t really count Joe/Joyce (that was one date) or Joyce/Jacob (that wasn’t even a date), so after Lucy/Walky it would be… Amazi-Girl/Danny?
It’s gotta be Walky/Amber, cause that was shortly after Amber (Amazi-Girl) and Danny broke up and Walky and Dorothy broke up. They were like a rebound thing I think? I just remember garbage roof being important. Also I think I accidentally flagged your comment like an idiot when I went to reply, sorry.
She’s been immunized. Honestly, Walky and Becky feel like they could/should be like…best friends. I wanna see them interact more. Even in Walkyverse I thought that.
Happy Valentine’s Day, indeed. Such delicious irony.
Then again, what love is more pure than that which is unrequited? (Serious question, all my knowledge about romantic love comes from observations of others and Hugh Grant movies. Ever seen Music and Lyrics it is fantastic.)
I was joke about it being Italian, but then I noticed that there is in fact a thin yellow stripe between the white and green lines, so… probably not. Or maybe it’s the “I’m Italian and also I fought aliens in an early 2000s webcomic” flag, I dunno.
not every striped shirt is a pride flag thing esp since dorothy said she’s straight, but wouldn’t be surprised if it was a previous school’s colors lol
Much like Walky’s striped shirt from the other day, this one isn’t actually intended to be a pride flag. It’s probably based on an actual skirt Willis found at Macy’s or something just like that one was.
I wonder what this breakfast place is? I can’t think of a breakfast place that is somehow more “real” than others. Like is it a nice diner? I’ve been to a few that served real good breakfast. Or are they going to some more upscale restaurant that serves breakfast? I kind of just don’t get it.
Probably somewhere fancy. Eggs Benedict, expensive omelette ingredients, quiches and croquettes madams, parfaits and fancy pastries. Billie said the vegetable to deep fried dough ratio would not be in Walky’s favour so I’m guessing it’ll be lots of fancy veg.
I honestly never shipped Walky and Dorothy that hard. Like I liked them in a cute puppy love kinda way but it never really hooked me the way some other couples here. But right now I’m absolutely shipping them hard. Dorothy wants him so bad, it’s cuuuute.
It can be cute so long as she doesn’t do anything based on those feelings, which she has absolutely no power over.
It’s not like there is a “he is taken so I can’t be attracted to that guy” button one can press to not be attracted to someone, but one can decide whether or not to act upon the attraction.
Still doesn’t make sense, given what Dorothy wants to achieve Walky would have no place apart from some sort of nebulous idea of Walky helping Dorothy have fun
I think they start to make more sense in the context of Dorothy starting to maybe drift away from her long-term goals and maybe having to figure out what she wants to do instead if she’s not willing to do what it takes to get to her long-term goals. Like I was not at all a big fan of them before, but I think in a context where Dorothy is changing in the way that she is, they make a lot more sense. Unfortunately she has timed her revelation very poorly.
Maybe feelings don’t always line up with goals. Maybe relationships aren’t all about how much they’ll help you achieve your ambitions.
Maybe that lines up thematically with going to breakfast with Raidah.
Bread pudding is the greatest thing ever made and why isn’t there more bread pudding options for breakfast second breakfast brunch elvensies luncheon afternoon tea dinner supper desert and midnight snack!!
I wonder how the cast of DoA would do in a survival type scenario like this where they have to use basic tools and their wits to live. Dina’s pretty book smart and she does have an edge to her that might make her okay with murdering animals to eat. Becky would probably die in a day though, right?
It seems to me that Becky has ample supplies of grit, determination, poise, and carefully honed survival reflexes. That’s how she survived growing up in a conservative christian cult while being a closeted lesbian.
It may take her a while to learn survival basics and mold herself into a new role. But in any kind of high-stakes fight, I’m betting on Becky.
https://imgur.com/a/1ZcLMj9 (NSFW)
Also just really wanted to draw Jennifer. (Fun fact I had to flip the canvas because I forgot that Jennifer’s Right leg does not lift as high as her left.)
When I was young, back before the invention of the Internets/DARPAnet, I could comfortably tuck my foot behind my head. In 2011 I fell out of a yoga pose and stuck my right foot in my right ear and permanently damaged my hip. Gotta keep on flexing those joints or they stop working. Now I can’t even touch the floor sitting in a chair.
I love that. It’s like he was there when she reminded her horrible new frenemies over and over again that her name was Billie. I still don’t buy her about face.
I think she is going to steal him from Lucy, who will be the one actually embarrassing herself. All Raidah has to do with Walky is help him study and squash all the fun out of him and he will be perfect. Just you wait he’ll be combing his hair and going by David next chapter. (I hope not.)
Raidah dating Walky (if she could even pull it off) would start with her trying to “fix” him or whatever, but end with him rubbing off on her just like with Dorothy. It starts with you buying him new clothes, and ends with you cuddling up to him, half naked, skipping classes and sleeping in until noon.
She is going to think differently, but she is going to pretend not to. She instructed goatee guy to pretend Walky’s charming too. (https://www.dumbingofage.com/pretended) I’m not sure how it fits into her revenge scheme, but it feels like it does.
But I agree, terrible advice even if we weren’t privy to what Raidah was planning. At least it’s not as bad as last time she told him to ignore his better judgment.
This whole plan to take away Sarah’s friend group shows how little Raidah knows about her. She seems to think stealing away Jennifer was some big win but I doubt Sarah even considers Jennifer more than an acquaintance. Most of her “friend group” are just people she walks to class with. Becky is supposedly a “friend” and Sarah won’t even go to Wendy’s with her. I doubt stealing Walky, if this plan even works, will actually change anything.
If i had to guess, Radiah thinks she’s slowly chipping away at the group and that she can choose who to approach next based on who us closest to Walky besides Jennifer. Its unliky to work like she expects because unlike Jennifer Walky isn’t willing to ditch his friend group to be “grown up” but I’m curious how she will react if after “befriending” them they just go on socializing with their old friends. Also curious if Jennifer realizes Radiah mostly just approached her to get back at Joyce.
At least Raidah’s plans with Walky are guaranteed not to work. The guy’s too much of a goofball wildcard, and she’s relying on cliches (she just assumes he’s into Star Wars). It’ll be like trying to control Puck.
(I still have the theory that Carl is super into Star Wars but is too ashamed to admit it)
Oof. Poor Dorothy. I still don’t think Walky and Lucy are going to last (nor do I really want them to), but it looks like he’s at bare minimum moved on from thinking of her that way. Might be some hope for Walky and Lucy yet.
Granted, I can’t help but wonder who is going to figure out that Raidah’s kind of an awful person first. Or if she manages to nuke the relationship. Lots of different ways the breakfast could play out.
Hard to tell what’s exactly on Dorothy’s mind here. Is she pining for Walky? Wishing that she could have his goofball demeanor and natural charm? Wishing she could just be a dumb teen having fun in college like him?
I dunno, Dorothy was really into it when he was acting cocky (about having the same connections she had to Robin, and also one to the Dean) when they were at the “fancy-pants lounge” for the one football game. this might be genuine.
(Not going to happen ofc… just having some mental fun here. 😛 )
With this update and the whole, her “missing the chance with Walky”.
If Head alien 2 appears from the old comic “It’s Walky”, I can totally see our DoA Dorothy being ‘that’ Dorothy.
I imagine it more to be the second wall. The one to the right, where Willis is scribbling away. Willis turns around confused as Dorothy approaches and begins berating. Willis is already a billion strips ahead, and has forgotten most of this arc.
Love to see a batch making herself miserable on purpose. We lurve to see it. ‘there’s no better use of my time’ godam Dotty you are too young to be my mother.
Oh yeah, he’s been roped into this weird situation involving Raidah and her beta orbiter males. Something to do with hurting Sarah by… eating food with Walky. Who Sarah doesn’t care about even slightly. Is that what it was? I’m not really invested in Raidah enough to go looking for her in the archives, so I’ll assume that’s what it was.
The Walkertons are also mentioned to be rich or politically influential or something similar. Enough that they went to an affluent rich kids school for elementary where they met Billie; and I assume Walky also went to a fancy high school though Sal did not.
It was never mentioned to be a rich kids school, though the fact Billie went there means there’s a more than zero chance it was. We know they went to public school (minus Sal who got a choice of Catholic school or juvie), and we know the Walkertons don’t normally get to do ‘fancy pants’ things like get box seats. They only got to that one time because Linda was friends with her ex-husband. So I dunno. Upper middle class maybe?
I think upper middle class is correct. Linda might be able to as for small favors like box seats and motorcycle privileges but no indication beyond that. I get the impression she made both of her kids attend this university because she doesn’t have much influence besides her ex.
Based on how Linda tried to get her kids into acting and stuff when young I’m under the impression that she’s not very influential herself and wanted successful children to live through.
I think she might be about to kill him. This is where she finally snaps from all the self-imposed pressure and commits actual murder. The first murdered character in this strip will be Walky.
Jennifer’s trying to be civilized. Walky is anything but, and has just been given the go-ahead from the most “Stable/normal/too-good-for-me” person he knows.
Walky will make an ass of himself, Jennifer and possibly Lucy will be mortified, Walky will be indigent that they won’t “let him be himself”
Meanwhile Joyce’s repressed guilt overcomes her and she common law marries the dryer.
Not sure he would be that bad but I do think he’s now much less likey to pretend to be “normal” and curious how far he would take it with Radiah and her side kick pretending to like him for it. Lucy also has a history of being very over enthusiastic so curious how much the new couple can act out before Jennifer goes ‘wait… are you seriously accepting anybody who’s friends with Joyce and Sarah?!’
I appreciate this arc where post-tragedy of the previous semester, almost everyone has had some sort of vehicle to heal/move on/grow, while Dorothy continues to present as being perpetually fine because she believes she needs to be bulletproof to do the things she wants to do in life. So she keeps trying to help/give and will inevitably hit a breaking point where she will be the one who needs help. I think it’s possible that there is a hookup down the road between her and Walky that leads to Walky’s situation with Lucy blowing up and Dorothy experiencing a lot of shame/resentment from others and herself, which may even be her impetus to actually leave for Yale despite feeling like she shouldn’t. Kind of feel with the way the narrative is going, an event like that may lead to her being seen as a hypocrite by Joyce, given Dorothy’s opinion about Joe (thus giving Joe more “Joementum.”) Whatever does happen, I feel quite compelled by all of the moving parts in play at this moment.
Almost definatly petty revenge with befriending walky and Lucy. Radiah resents the very thought of having breakfast with them and neither are noted to have parents that are that well connected. Radiah started out bullying Sarah and trying to turn anyone she saw Sarah socializing with against her. I think seeing Sarah with a new social group angers her because it means she’s not as influential as she thought.
Other than connections she prolly has to also socialize with ‘normies’ too, unless she’s going to a career with only ‘elite’ clients, otherwise if she has a social faux pas with an average joe, it could also be bad for a reputation depending on how Karen-y they react or if they were also secretly connected versus being outwardly bragging about their status
I’m higher than usual so this may not even be a coherent thought but: If this were an animated series, Dorothy’s last speech bubble here would be voiced and somebody would take that section of the show to just have Dorothy saying “you’re cock” in an unrelated context.
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the REAL breakfast was inside you all along
…
wait no that’s last night’s dinner being digested
I can’t tell whether that’s deep or not. I’ll have to ruminate on it some.
Let it digest, perhaps.
Once you’ve taken it all in, be ready to regurgitate it to others who could use it.
I think some bats do that.
I guano what’s going on here.
Otherwise it goes to shit.
I can’t stomach all these bad digestive jokes.
They’re seriously hard to swallow.
The whole routine is still in-testin’ (intestine)
We’re gonna eat these words 😛
For Breakfast.
@Clif For REAL Breakfast
As long as the real breakfast is not the friends you made along the way.
Ooooor it can be? It’s Valentine’s Day after all.
Hannibal Lecter has great taste in friends.
You sure that wasn’t great tastin’ friends?
Eh. Prostay-to, prostah-to.
Dorothy made two of her friends feel good today.
Though if she had thought to ask, I think Joyce would have requested the compliment, and Walky the orgasm.
Every time she does, she gives up a small piece of herself. Bit by bit. Not unlike some sort of giving tree.
I feel Dorothy’s friends are slightly more thankful and considerate. I doubt they would keep on taking if they knew how much Dorothy was hurting, but they can be kinda …. dumb sometimes (as suggested by the title).
At the moment, Joyce is kind of too absorbed in her own issues re: Joe/autism/birth control to be considerate.
also the trouble with keeping up a stoic facade as a coping mechanism to trauma is that a lot of people will assume that you are doing fine until you complete breakdown.
particularly if your peer group is a bunch of first year college students who haven’t necessarily learned to look for the warning signs, or who aren’t used to be caregivers. dorothy is everyone’s mom because everyone else hasn’t developed those skills yet, and most of them are only slooooowly beginning to realize they might need to.
That is most true for Walky and Joyce who both put Dorothy on a towering pedestal. Other character’s can see Dorothy is messing up, but Dorothy is stubborn af and refuses to accept advice anyway.
Whose advice did she stubbornly refuse to take? Becky? Jennifer? I’m not recalling this.
In general, no one looks to help the competent person until it’s too late.
Is the dumb those who are ignorant or the one who keeps them in ignorance? I refuse to let anyone blame me for problems they never explained were problems. Even as a normal person I imagine that’d be difficult but as an Autistic I’m basically dyslexic when it comes to ‘reading’ people and so I can’t even usually guess if someone is ACTIVELY mad at me sometimes.
We’re the next day now !
It’s within 24 of each other, that counts as one
Or give each of them half. A pleasant comment and just getting them really turned on.
Well ain’t that a face full of regret and pining.
Oh Dorothy! Just stop killing your self with this selflessness. 😢 This storyline is so painful.
Selflessness?
I think this is *sabotage*.
Only if it’s deliberate. Right now, it’s her giving him the advice she thinks he needs to be happy (and she’s not wrong–Walky IS happiest when he’s being true to his goofy-ass self and wearing it proud).
And in theory, that’s what attracted Lucy to him (well, that, and chocolate abs). So she might genuinely believe that him trying to play some role in social situations would only muck up that relationship.
Now, at the same time, am ~I~ hoping that this leads to sabotaging the breakfast and having Raidah’s ladder-climbing scheming blow up in her face? Oh, yes.
Haha why not both. The road to hell etc.
Walky looks unconfortably like mafia son in the last panel, brr
He’ll get along along great with Asher then. These social climbers love a good confidence man.
Down girl.
Lucy and Walky are fucking doomed.
Lucy going into obsessive jealousy mode in 3…2…1…
I never really gave them good odds but… oh boy.
Well, Lucy wanted Walky. And as soon as they got together she tried to change him into something boring. It was ment to crash and burn.
What’s the shortest ‘relationship’ in DoA? Can’t really count Joe/Joyce (that was one date) or Joyce/Jacob (that wasn’t even a date), so after Lucy/Walky it would be… Amazi-Girl/Danny?
The shortest relationship has got to be anyone Ethan dated including Mike.
Ethan said it himself, he wasn’t looking to date.
It’s gotta be Walky/Amber, cause that was shortly after Amber (Amazi-Girl) and Danny broke up and Walky and Dorothy broke up. They were like a rebound thing I think? I just remember garbage roof being important. Also I think I accidentally flagged your comment like an idiot when I went to reply, sorry.
Depends on how you want to count Dorothy/Danny. Definitely the shortest lived in comic. Definitely not in universe.
“You and Me against the world” has never been so literal.
I think Dotty’s thinking something more along the lines of “you pressing me up against the wall”.
Raidah will snap him up for sure.
Raidah, Lucy, Dorothy, possibly Asher. Who else is on the Walky train right now?
Isn’t everyone? Wasn’t there a whole storyline where literally everyone except Sal wanted a piece of Walky. No one is safe.
Correction. I think Becky was also so gay that she was immune to Walky’s new hotness.
She’s been immunized. Honestly, Walky and Becky feel like they could/should be like…best friends. I wanna see them interact more. Even in Walkyverse I thought that.
*plays Chris Isaak’s “You Can’t Do A Thing To Stop Me” on the hacked Muzak*
Happy Valentine’s Day, indeed. Such delicious irony.
Then again, what love is more pure than that which is unrequited? (Serious question, all my knowledge about romantic love comes from observations of others and Hugh Grant movies. Ever seen Music and Lyrics it is fantastic.)
Yes, and a gentle reminder that if you’re single you can still exercise self-love today. 🥰
Thanks for your concern, but I’m doing quite well. I’ll look for someone when I’m ready. I hope you have a great day.
Thanks!
We celebrated today and had a lovely day.
oh god i forgot that’s today.
Welp. That determines what Walky we’re getting.
Oh yeah, I’m sure to savor this!!! 😋☕🍩
Let’s see our ADHDemon wreck havok on the Big Bourgeois Breakfast!!! ✌😈
*plays “Comedian Gallop” on hacked muzak*
It’s also the day to celebrate Captain Cook getting cooked by indigenous hawaiians 😊
God forbid me, I laughed hard on that
They didn’t eat him, they just didn’t want their dogs to get sick, J/K
oh dorothy… but who will spare a kind word for thee?
😰 oh Dorothy!
Man, Dorothy is having one of those weeks, uh
Dumbing of Age Book 13: No Cocoa Puffs
Dina’d go raptor on that one. 😗
what pride flag is that on dorothy’s shirt
I was joke about it being Italian, but then I noticed that there is in fact a thin yellow stripe between the white and green lines, so… probably not. Or maybe it’s the “I’m Italian and also I fought aliens in an early 2000s webcomic” flag, I dunno.
If the top stripe is pink, it looks like a pansexual pride flag that hasn’t quite come together, yet. Pink, yellow, aqua.
I thought it was the pan flag when I first saw it, too
not every striped shirt is a pride flag thing esp since dorothy said she’s straight, but wouldn’t be surprised if it was a previous school’s colors lol
https://dumbingofage.tumblr.com/post/693436229190041600/dorothy there’s a close up here tho
Semmesexual.
Much like Walky’s striped shirt from the other day, this one isn’t actually intended to be a pride flag. It’s probably based on an actual skirt Willis found at Macy’s or something just like that one was.
It’s the “Wearing a Pride Flag on Your Shirt” flag.
Dorothy: Dumbing of Age’s Goro Majima.
hey lucy, you won’t believe how smart my ex girlfriend is
Ah, so Raidah is unlikely to be part of the club, then. She’s a shmoozer, so I couldn’t rule it out.
Dorothy giving good advice, just… yeah, she’s still got plenty of feelings for him, and I don’t think it’s just missing the sex.
I wonder what this breakfast place is? I can’t think of a breakfast place that is somehow more “real” than others. Like is it a nice diner? I’ve been to a few that served real good breakfast. Or are they going to some more upscale restaurant that serves breakfast? I kind of just don’t get it.
I presume it is fresh prepared snooty upperclass food. Preferably with names not in English.
Ah you’ve never been to the Flying Omlette…
Neither have I.
assuming it’s on Raidah and co’s dime, walky should order one of everything and pig out or so, if not a breakfast buffet/all you can eat or so
Probably somewhere fancy. Eggs Benedict, expensive omelette ingredients, quiches and croquettes madams, parfaits and fancy pastries. Billie said the vegetable to deep fried dough ratio would not be in Walky’s favour so I’m guessing it’ll be lots of fancy veg.
Carving stations, whole tables of tiny desserts, little glasses of juice, the coffee is served in all metal urns; no plastic
Oh, Dorothy. If only there was someone out there who loved you.
*plays “Being Alone On Valentine’s Day” by Lemon Demon on the hacked Muzak*
Oh, Dorothy. Can you be happy as president without your Walky?
No? Well, just remember. You did it to yourself.
“When somebody loved me
everything was beautiful.
Every hour we spent together
lives within my heart….”
I honestly never shipped Walky and Dorothy that hard. Like I liked them in a cute puppy love kinda way but it never really hooked me the way some other couples here. But right now I’m absolutely shipping them hard. Dorothy wants him so bad, it’s cuuuute.
It’s NOT cute. Walky has a girlfriend. A girlfriend that *Dorothy* set him up with
she did this to herself
Congratulations. You played yourself.
I’d love to see a timeskip where, if not walky, dorothy would have a trophy husband stunningly similar to him lol
I love Unrequited love! I’m a fan of Peanuts, after all.
It can be cute so long as she doesn’t do anything based on those feelings, which she has absolutely no power over.
It’s not like there is a “he is taken so I can’t be attracted to that guy” button one can press to not be attracted to someone, but one can decide whether or not to act upon the attraction.
Still doesn’t make sense, given what Dorothy wants to achieve Walky would have no place apart from some sort of nebulous idea of Walky helping Dorothy have fun
I think they start to make more sense in the context of Dorothy starting to maybe drift away from her long-term goals and maybe having to figure out what she wants to do instead if she’s not willing to do what it takes to get to her long-term goals. Like I was not at all a big fan of them before, but I think in a context where Dorothy is changing in the way that she is, they make a lot more sense. Unfortunately she has timed her revelation very poorly.
Yes that is a good point
Maybe feelings don’t always line up with goals. Maybe relationships aren’t all about how much they’ll help you achieve your ambitions.
Maybe that lines up thematically with going to breakfast with Raidah.
Very nicely put. She really does love him mores the pity.
A real breakfast still has pancakes… and meat… and bread pudding… It better be a breakfast buffet!!
Valentine’s Card idea: I’m Hungry For Your Love, but it’s full of breakfast foods.
Don’t forget the Black pudding!
Bread pudding is the greatest thing ever made and why isn’t there more bread pudding options for breakfast second breakfast brunch elvensies luncheon afternoon tea dinner supper desert and midnight snack!!
Normal things to say
I’m being reminded on why the worked, it’s been a while though.
Goofballs might be loveable (or also really annoying) but it’s very few that are taken seriously
Yet all are taken sphere-ically.
https://imgur.com/a/9FyzAzU
Got a Dina Comm. They wanted me to share it so here y’all go.
🥰🥰🥰
*plays “Bio Wars” from Godzilla OST on hacked muzak*
I wonder how the cast of DoA would do in a survival type scenario like this where they have to use basic tools and their wits to live. Dina’s pretty book smart and she does have an edge to her that might make her okay with murdering animals to eat. Becky would probably die in a day though, right?
It seems to me that Becky has ample supplies of grit, determination, poise, and carefully honed survival reflexes. That’s how she survived growing up in a conservative christian cult while being a closeted lesbian.
It may take her a while to learn survival basics and mold herself into a new role. But in any kind of high-stakes fight, I’m betting on Becky.
Flintstones DoA crossover?
I was actually thinking more like Dr Stone ⚗😎🔭
Oh, no, Dexter as The Great Gazzoo?
This is absolutely adorable!
Combine the first version of Dina with the second version of Becky and you’ve got yourself a winner!
I was thinking a while ago how Rei Hino/Sailor Mars seems to love goofballs.
https://imgur.com/a/1ZcLMj9 (NSFW)
Also just really wanted to draw Jennifer. (Fun fact I had to flip the canvas because I forgot that Jennifer’s Right leg does not lift as high as her left.)
All those years of cheer-leading really pay off! 😂
Noice.
Also… I have always wished I was flexible enough to pull something like that off.
I just wanna be flexible enough to touch my toes. Maybe do the splits.
When I was young, back before the invention of the Internets/DARPAnet, I could comfortably tuck my foot behind my head. In 2011 I fell out of a yoga pose and stuck my right foot in my right ear and permanently damaged my hip. Gotta keep on flexing those joints or they stop working. Now I can’t even touch the floor sitting in a chair.
that’s hot
I am now hoping to see B’Jennifer in the tags.
I love that. It’s like he was there when she reminded her horrible new frenemies over and over again that her name was Billie. I still don’t buy her about face.
I just read it as a slip of the tongue. Like he started to call her Billie and quickly corrected himself.
that’s how I would read a hyphen, em-dash, or elipsis, but apostrophies read as intentional to me.
Apparently I wasn’t there for that either.
I keep reading it as she has become a dragonrider.
Well you might think so, Dorothy, but I feel like Raidah is going to think differently.
I think she is going to steal him from Lucy, who will be the one actually embarrassing herself. All Raidah has to do with Walky is help him study and squash all the fun out of him and he will be perfect. Just you wait he’ll be combing his hair and going by David next chapter. (I hope not.)
Raidah dating Walky (if she could even pull it off) would start with her trying to “fix” him or whatever, but end with him rubbing off on her just like with Dorothy. It starts with you buying him new clothes, and ends with you cuddling up to him, half naked, skipping classes and sleeping in until noon.
She is going to think differently, but she is going to pretend not to. She instructed goatee guy to pretend Walky’s charming too. (https://www.dumbingofage.com/pretended) I’m not sure how it fits into her revenge scheme, but it feels like it does.
But I agree, terrible advice even if we weren’t privy to what Raidah was planning. At least it’s not as bad as last time she told him to ignore his better judgment.
Because Raidah wants to drive all Sarah’s friend group away from her. Except maybe Joyce because she’s mad at her about Jacob.
This whole plan to take away Sarah’s friend group shows how little Raidah knows about her. She seems to think stealing away Jennifer was some big win but I doubt Sarah even considers Jennifer more than an acquaintance. Most of her “friend group” are just people she walks to class with. Becky is supposedly a “friend” and Sarah won’t even go to Wendy’s with her. I doubt stealing Walky, if this plan even works, will actually change anything.
If i had to guess, Radiah thinks she’s slowly chipping away at the group and that she can choose who to approach next based on who us closest to Walky besides Jennifer. Its unliky to work like she expects because unlike Jennifer Walky isn’t willing to ditch his friend group to be “grown up” but I’m curious how she will react if after “befriending” them they just go on socializing with their old friends. Also curious if Jennifer realizes Radiah mostly just approached her to get back at Joyce.
At least Raidah’s plans with Walky are guaranteed not to work. The guy’s too much of a goofball wildcard, and she’s relying on cliches (she just assumes he’s into Star Wars). It’ll be like trying to control Puck.
(I still have the theory that Carl is super into Star Wars but is too ashamed to admit it)
That does indeed seem to be the plan.
Oof. Poor Dorothy. I still don’t think Walky and Lucy are going to last (nor do I really want them to), but it looks like he’s at bare minimum moved on from thinking of her that way. Might be some hope for Walky and Lucy yet.
Granted, I can’t help but wonder who is going to figure out that Raidah’s kind of an awful person first. Or if she manages to nuke the relationship. Lots of different ways the breakfast could play out.
Ugh, but Walky just don’t know his place, too. Can’t he even get some distance from Dorothy? Stop to ask her advice? Get so next to her.
They just bumped into each other in the elevator and talked about why there were up so early. In this case he did not seek her out for advice.
She’s gonna need a couple more cycles on the dryer.
Hard to tell what’s exactly on Dorothy’s mind here. Is she pining for Walky? Wishing that she could have his goofball demeanor and natural charm? Wishing she could just be a dumb teen having fun in college like him?
When hasn’t she?
Oh no she’s still got it bad for him
Oof. That alt-text.
Oh wow.. that’s some sabotage!
Yeah, when the last panel clicked I went “ooooooh!” in a scandalized tone out loud
I dunno, Dorothy was really into it when he was acting cocky (about having the same connections she had to Robin, and also one to the Dean) when they were at the “fancy-pants lounge” for the one football game. this might be genuine.
IMO thats the way to handle snoby people. Confident goofball is better persona than nervous “Keeping Up Appearances”
Listen all y’all, it’s a sabotage.
I can’t stand it.
I know you planned it.
Dorothy is making the face of infinite regret behind him.
“definitely not attracted to you btw”
OH MAN I AM SO READY FOR THIS DELICIOUS DISASTER
MMMMMMMMMMMMM….. BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAA!!!!
😋🍩☕️ ✌️😈
(Not going to happen ofc… just having some mental fun here. 😛 )
With this update and the whole, her “missing the chance with Walky”.
If Head alien 2 appears from the old comic “It’s Walky”, I can totally see our DoA Dorothy being ‘that’ Dorothy.
“…Ah shit, I’m still in love with him, aren’t I?”
I knew an “oh no” was warranted yesterday…
Hey, Walky.
Dorothy just gave you a major compliment and good advice all wrapped into one.
Say “thank you” before walking off.
Dorothy: Damn you, Willis!!! (Breaks the . . . 3rd wall? comic ceiling?)
I imagine it more to be the second wall. The one to the right, where Willis is scribbling away. Willis turns around confused as Dorothy approaches and begins berating. Willis is already a billion strips ahead, and has forgotten most of this arc.
Love to see a batch making herself miserable on purpose. We lurve to see it. ‘there’s no better use of my time’ godam Dotty you are too young to be my mother.
I hope that of all things Dorothy is doing for others this isn’t the one that will backfire
Already has.
What have you done, Dorothy?!
Oh yeah, he’s been roped into this weird situation involving Raidah and her beta orbiter males. Something to do with hurting Sarah by… eating food with Walky. Who Sarah doesn’t care about even slightly. Is that what it was? I’m not really invested in Raidah enough to go looking for her in the archives, so I’ll assume that’s what it was.
Anyway, I wonder what Sal and Marcie are up to.
Walky’s mom used to be married (or at least dated?) to the Dean, so Raidah is socially climbing. Or, she thinks she is.
The Walkertons are also mentioned to be rich or politically influential or something similar. Enough that they went to an affluent rich kids school for elementary where they met Billie; and I assume Walky also went to a fancy high school though Sal did not.
It was never mentioned to be a rich kids school, though the fact Billie went there means there’s a more than zero chance it was. We know they went to public school (minus Sal who got a choice of Catholic school or juvie), and we know the Walkertons don’t normally get to do ‘fancy pants’ things like get box seats. They only got to that one time because Linda was friends with her ex-husband. So I dunno. Upper middle class maybe?
I think upper middle class is correct. Linda might be able to as for small favors like box seats and motorcycle privileges but no indication beyond that. I get the impression she made both of her kids attend this university because she doesn’t have much influence besides her ex.
Based on how Linda tried to get her kids into acting and stuff when young I’m under the impression that she’s not very influential herself and wanted successful children to live through.
Raidah wants to get to know Walky for the above reasons, and Sarah is happy because she thinks it will be a disaster for Raidah.
“Beta orbit males” hahaha
Gonna call my frenemies like this.
Poor Dotty… she’s being a good friend and a good ex.
I think she might be about to kill him. This is where she finally snaps from all the self-imposed pressure and commits actual murder. The first murdered character in this strip will be Walky.
Can’t be first, Toe dad already holds that position I think.
depends on Mike’s ToD
Someone say ToD???
/random
Taffy rolled a 🎲125
(This joke is only for Final Fantasy XIV roleplayers)
That’s pest control, not murder.
You put Blaine in that category, too? Mike was still alive (for one category of “alive” ) when Blaine got
icedshot while attempting to escape.Something something different things attractive to different people, blahblahblah, bring on the imminent shit-storm.
What shit storm? I can’t see it.
Jennifer’s trying to be civilized. Walky is anything but, and has just been given the go-ahead from the most “Stable/normal/too-good-for-me” person he knows.
Walky will make an ass of himself, Jennifer and possibly Lucy will be mortified, Walky will be indigent that they won’t “let him be himself”
Meanwhile Joyce’s repressed guilt overcomes her and she common law marries the dryer.
I think Jennifer will be annoyed but Lucy will be charmed.
Walky has no obligation to tiptoe around Billie’s emotional reactions. He doesn’t owe her special behavior.
Which is how Walky should respond. But it’ll be a nice big blow up before Walky hopefully tells her to piss off this time.
Not sure he would be that bad but I do think he’s now much less likey to pretend to be “normal” and curious how far he would take it with Radiah and her side kick pretending to like him for it. Lucy also has a history of being very over enthusiastic so curious how much the new couple can act out before Jennifer goes ‘wait… are you seriously accepting anybody who’s friends with Joyce and Sarah?!’
that last panel made me cackle.
Dorothy is regretting a lot huh
Happy Valentines, Willis.
Why does this hurt so much?
Dorothy you are allowed to tell Walky you need a little bit of space, especially when it comes to talking about his new girlfriend ToT
I appreciate this arc where post-tragedy of the previous semester, almost everyone has had some sort of vehicle to heal/move on/grow, while Dorothy continues to present as being perpetually fine because she believes she needs to be bulletproof to do the things she wants to do in life. So she keeps trying to help/give and will inevitably hit a breaking point where she will be the one who needs help. I think it’s possible that there is a hookup down the road between her and Walky that leads to Walky’s situation with Lucy blowing up and Dorothy experiencing a lot of shame/resentment from others and herself, which may even be her impetus to actually leave for Yale despite feeling like she shouldn’t. Kind of feel with the way the narrative is going, an event like that may lead to her being seen as a hypocrite by Joyce, given Dorothy’s opinion about Joe (thus giving Joe more “Joementum.”) Whatever does happen, I feel quite compelled by all of the moving parts in play at this moment.
I’ll check this comment in the next semester, those are nice theories
IU is Raidah’s Yale. She’s here for the contacts. She mistakenly thinks Walky is connected. Like to the Dean and other wealthy types.
That’s definitely a lot of Raidah’s motivation in general. I’m not sure it is for Walky or even Jennifer.
I think she’s still focused on Joyce messing up her relationship with Jacob.
Almost definatly petty revenge with befriending walky and Lucy. Radiah resents the very thought of having breakfast with them and neither are noted to have parents that are that well connected. Radiah started out bullying Sarah and trying to turn anyone she saw Sarah socializing with against her. I think seeing Sarah with a new social group angers her because it means she’s not as influential as she thought.
Other than connections she prolly has to also socialize with ‘normies’ too, unless she’s going to a career with only ‘elite’ clients, otherwise if she has a social faux pas with an average joe, it could also be bad for a reputation depending on how Karen-y they react or if they were also secretly connected versus being outwardly bragging about their status
So Dorothy is understand that she still loves Walky really a lot but he’s too late, he’s gone and is all her fault?
Happy Pal-In-Time Day, Pals o’ Mine!
Happy Pal-In-Time Day to you too, Laura!!! ☺
Any plans?
Damn you Willis u_u
I still really love Walky/Dorothy and hope they get back together. I doubt they will, but there’s always that lil hope in the back of the brain…
I’m just hella disappointed at the lack of new Slipshine this Valentine’s Day. 😔
The scene required Walky jumping onto a truck and flipping Dorothy off like Amazi-Girl.
Then again, I’m a huge Amazi-Girl/Walky fan.
I’m higher than usual so this may not even be a coherent thought but: If this were an animated series, Dorothy’s last speech bubble here would be voiced and somebody would take that section of the show to just have Dorothy saying “you’re cock” in an unrelated context.
Oh how I dream of a Dumbing of Age YTP 🥰
tfw you compliment your ex and realize you still see all those nice things in them….. focus Dorothy, there’s also reasons why you broke up…
tfw you compliment your ex and realize you still see all those nice things in them….. focus Dorothy, there’s also reasons why you broke up…
I love Dorothy’s expression in the last panel. “Letting him know that may have been a mistake.”