Early update for November 1, 2023
Added 2023-10-31 03:55:00 +0000 UTCand never cross those streams
Comments
Yes, I agree. Like, I ship them, and I wish they got all this gay, but if the intention is to find confort, Joyce is not a good idea right now.
Amós Batista
2023-10-31 21:23:14 +0000 UTCShout out to doing a great expression on Dorothy in side-profile in that last panel. That's hard to do!
Alexandra Falk
2023-10-31 15:23:32 +0000 UTCHonestly, it probably WOULD help Dorothy to be open about her fears with Joyce
Bagge
2023-10-31 11:02:58 +0000 UTC"If I don't have to talk about the sexual nightmares, this might actually be okay"
Genevieve
2023-10-31 06:52:09 +0000 UTCGAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
E Lyons
2023-10-31 06:36:45 +0000 UTCOh my god, good catch
E Lyons
2023-10-31 06:36:15 +0000 UTCas much as i think dorothy should balance this relationship out i reeeeally dont know if joyce would take it well that her independence is whats getting under dorothy's skin. between the autism and the sexual repression i think she'd just see it as further infantilization + underestimating her ability to make good choices.
Toby (she-they)
2023-10-31 04:54:44 +0000 UTCOh that last panel hurt. I know it's probably normal anxieties but I immediately thought of Ryan
BBCC
2023-10-31 04:48:44 +0000 UTC"I'm not afraid of disappointing Rich Mullins, I'm afraid of disappointing... you. You will be disappointed in me if I can't keep you on our horse and retroactively not get your best friend's father killed and save you from a different trauma of mine you weren't even involved in and THEY WON'T LET ME BE PRESIDENT IF I SHOW UP FOR THE STATE OF THE UNION WITHOUT PANTS! THEY'LL FIRE ME! AND I SOMEHOW ENDED UP WITH ROBIN AS MY VICE PRESIDENT!" ...yeah, Dorothy should definitely talk to somebody, but probably not Joyce first until she can disentangle her fear of failure from her kinda infantilizing fear of leaving Joyce unsupervised
Gale Tazzin
2023-10-31 04:32:42 +0000 UTCThe penultimate panel is making an actual heart shape. The subtext is getting pretty loud.
Ryan Kertai
2023-10-31 04:28:27 +0000 UTCDumbing of Age, Book 14: nNNNO?
Harold
2023-10-31 04:16:27 +0000 UTCPutting aside the "REALLY-no-heterosexual-explanation-for-this" aspects of this strip, Dorothy should consider opening up to Joyce and telling her exactly what's been going on. It could lighten her load and further deepen their connection (whatever form it might ultimately take).
Harold
2023-10-31 04:15:01 +0000 UTC
