And yet she’ll never have accumulated more sisters over the run of the comic than Joyce. Ironic, isn’t it? The one sister she couldn’t collect was herself…
I mean she’s still processing being one of the last to know and Dina (unintentionally) upstaging her at every turn. Jocelyne doesn’t seem to have picked up on that because I doubt she’d have reinforced that insecurity by proclaiming she wants another “real ass” sister if she did.
It is always a weird insecure feeling when you bring a friend to visit a family member and the family member spends most of the time complimenting them, especially if the family member doesn’t compliment you directly often.
I think Ethan’s “Tell her, ‘You will always be my sister” comment finally caught up with Joyce and she realizes Ethan was talking about Jocelyn and not Carla.
I think it might be Dina’s comment about them being inevitably wed…
Joyce is learning to be a lot more accepting, yes… but she may not have faced the gay marriage issue. She was raised on the insistence of “Man-Woman = Marriage”… so that might still be lingering.
(Our first reactions to anything is what we’ve been conditioned to do… it’s our second and beyond reactions are who we actually are.)
Her subconscious may be getting okay with the thought of 2 women getting together, or 2 dudes… but marriage is an almost mythical status that, again, she’s been conditioned to be insistent on. Heck, she started the comic with the intention of not getting an education, but to find a husband so she could be a stay-at-home-mom. None of this new acceptance thought was even on her radar… but she’s learning. (Had she not already met Carla, or learned about these things in her classes… she would have reacted WAY different to Jocelyne, I think)
She’ll check herself, deal with it, and be fine. But she’s going to have those few realization moments.
But if Becky’s your sister, and Dina becomes your sister, then, by the transitive property of sisterhood, Becky and Dina are sisters, and that just makes things weird.
Joyce’s expression is functionally unreadable, but she’s wanted a sister all her life and to not only be told after her friends but to also seemingly be upstaged by said friends must not feel great. I’m sure it’s just some miscommunication but Dina suddenly stealing the sisterly affection Joyce pined for…..it might be a rough day for her.
Yeah, and no one’s actually deliberately upstaging her or acting with malice, they were just being themselves and having fun. I hope Jocelyne picks up on that soon and assures Joyce
Exactly, the others are chatting naturally, and yes, Joyce is capable of saying something that triggers a conflict. But it’s obvious that Jocelyne is going to notice that.
I think she’s just processing but in the end it’s a good thing versus jocelyne being bitter and just coming out only online and functionally cutting off everyone in her family and ppl associated , so she has plenty of time to bond and do ‘sisterly things’ together since she made a comment way back like “i’ve wanted a sister all my life”
You know what we really need to pick this story up? For Sarah to appear shortly followed by Liz! That’s right. Let’s escalate this to an all out SISTER WAR! Then we’ll see who’s really the best adoptive sister/real sister to their shorter, possibly autistic, sibling!
Joyce seems to be uncertain about how many sisters her sister has, I hope they talk it out and Joyce doesn’t do something irrational to try to “prove” she’s cool enough to be Jocelyn’s sister.
Well, Dina is gay and autistic… Joyce is just autistic… But there might be some pictures on her phone right now that she could take advantage of to show how gay she is…
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Dino digga gonna teach them sisters to ride on a ball!!! ^^
*plays “Cha-La Head-Cha-La” from Dragon Ball Z CD on hacked muzak*
“You have sisters with fake asses?”
(did this damn Grav get fixed yet)
They’re very mulish.
X-D
it seems to be a confused sarah, so i think so?
Dina is not only the best character, she’s fully self-aware about being the best character.
Okay, so Jocelyne and Dina haven’t met before.
My guess is Jocelyne came out to Becky in a phone call and Dina just happened to be in the room at the time
Jocelyne is collecting all the sisters. She’ll pick up Sarah by the end of this trip as well. And maybe a few more.
“How many sisters we got on this strip anyhow?”
“YO!”
“…I knew it, I’m surrounded by sisters.”
And yet she’ll never have accumulated more sisters over the run of the comic than Joyce. Ironic, isn’t it? The one sister she couldn’t collect was herself…
Liz, too!
There are too many sisters…..Don’t worry. Much like the line this references this cryptic threat will never be paid off.
“Do you know what you get if you feed a tribble?”
I can’t tell what emotion Joyce is having in the last panel
Maybe feeling insecure, like she’s not cool enough to be Jocelyne’s sister
She was the last to hear about Jocelyn (in her mind) and now probably feels replaced
I feel like she’s remembering what Ethan told her, the ‘always be your sister’ line. The emphasis on that word makes me think it’s likely…
Joyce’s big sister wants different sisters that aren’t Joyce.
I mean she’s still processing being one of the last to know and Dina (unintentionally) upstaging her at every turn. Jocelyne doesn’t seem to have picked up on that because I doubt she’d have reinforced that insecurity by proclaiming she wants another “real ass” sister if she did.
It is always a weird insecure feeling when you bring a friend to visit a family member and the family member spends most of the time complimenting them, especially if the family member doesn’t compliment you directly often.
I think Ethan’s “Tell her, ‘You will always be my sister” comment finally caught up with Joyce and she realizes Ethan was talking about Jocelyn and not Carla.
Yep that’s what I’m thinking too
I think it might be Dina’s comment about them being inevitably wed…
Joyce is learning to be a lot more accepting, yes… but she may not have faced the gay marriage issue. She was raised on the insistence of “Man-Woman = Marriage”… so that might still be lingering.
(Our first reactions to anything is what we’ve been conditioned to do… it’s our second and beyond reactions are who we actually are.)
Her subconscious may be getting okay with the thought of 2 women getting together, or 2 dudes… but marriage is an almost mythical status that, again, she’s been conditioned to be insistent on. Heck, she started the comic with the intention of not getting an education, but to find a husband so she could be a stay-at-home-mom. None of this new acceptance thought was even on her radar… but she’s learning. (Had she not already met Carla, or learned about these things in her classes… she would have reacted WAY different to Jocelyne, I think)
She’ll check herself, deal with it, and be fine. But she’s going to have those few realization moments.
She’s already RPed being married to Dorothy…
Joyce’s reaction to Becky & Dina’s potential marriage already happened: https://www.dumbingofage.com/2023/comic/book-13/02-turning-saints-into-the-sea/kindasorta/
Aww Joyce. Lotta stuff is changing again
Joyce is feeling? Neglected? Abandoned? Left for dead?
“You let her know that she is– and has always been– your sister.”
A wizard is never lame. Nor is he tryhard. He always comes off exactly as cool as he means to.
But if Becky’s your sister, and Dina becomes your sister, then, by the transitive property of sisterhood, Becky and Dina are sisters, and that just makes things weird.
Joyce’s expression is functionally unreadable, but she’s wanted a sister all her life and to not only be told after her friends but to also seemingly be upstaged by said friends must not feel great. I’m sure it’s just some miscommunication but Dina suddenly stealing the sisterly affection Joyce pined for…..it might be a rough day for her.
Yeah, and no one’s actually deliberately upstaging her or acting with malice, they were just being themselves and having fun. I hope Jocelyne picks up on that soon and assures Joyce
Exactly, the others are chatting naturally, and yes, Joyce is capable of saying something that triggers a conflict. But it’s obvious that Jocelyne is going to notice that.
I think she’s just processing but in the end it’s a good thing versus jocelyne being bitter and just coming out only online and functionally cutting off everyone in her family and ppl associated , so she has plenty of time to bond and do ‘sisterly things’ together since she made a comment way back like “i’ve wanted a sister all my life”
Joyce: That’s a big HECK NO, Joss-ter! I have lost a LOT of my hangups recently, but incest is still a hard NO!
*Off to one side, Becky’s face turns red, steam starts to rise from her collar*
*Dina walks over*
Dina: You are imagining having sex with me as your sister.
Becky: Hey, the lure of the forbidden is powerful!
D: But, you have no experience of having siblings… I see. You are imagining having sex with me as Joyce.
B: Y- you still love me, right?
D: I do.
B: Thank God!
THREE WAY!
THREE WAY!
THREE WAY!
You know what we really need to pick this story up? For Sarah to appear shortly followed by Liz! That’s right. Let’s escalate this to an all out SISTER WAR! Then we’ll see who’s really the best adoptive sister/real sister to their shorter, possibly autistic, sibling!
Sisters before Misters!
Joyce; lets just adopt most of the female cast at this point.
Joyce seems to be uncertain about how many sisters her sister has, I hope they talk it out and Joyce doesn’t do something irrational to try to “prove” she’s cool enough to be Jocelyn’s sister.
Oh who am I kidding she’s Joyce
Exactly, the question here is….
How will she demonstrate?
Well, Dina is gay and autistic… Joyce is just autistic… But there might be some pictures on her phone right now that she could take advantage of to show how gay she is…
Joyce must introduce her other sister!
starting to get a big ass sorority, huh, Joyce
But that would make the inevitable wedding incestuous.
Is “adoptcest” an established fetish?
Yes
Being exactly as cool as you choose to be is *super* cool. Keep up the good work, Dina.
I think she’s remembering Ambers Wisdom here on this,
that its squishy to slash your adopted family
er squicky
And squishy!
Oh no: last panel with action going to the left (Joyce walking), instead right.
You can left Christianity, but the stigma never left you…
I don’t see why not, Joyce has already adopted half the female cast as a sister.
Noone is at fault here.
But Joyce is right to feel a bit betrayed with all of this, isn’t she?