Early update for October 30, 2023
Added 2023-10-29 03:55:01 +0000 UTCi think i used panel 3 three recaptioned for a kickstarter promo image
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I feel like I'm obligated in some way to be slightly offended by Joyce, but she's too cute and I can't
Genevieve
2023-10-30 04:04:58 +0000 UTC@Shane: Re: the last paragraph, I think the difference (for Dorothy) is that her laundry lesson only involved Joyce herself, while this concerns private facts about another person (as public and well-known as those facts - well, maybe not the part about the weenus - might be to others).
Harold
2023-10-29 16:09:46 +0000 UTCI’m not sure what I think about this one. “Who is she?” Seems like a fair, even genuine question. “How do you not know?” Shouldn’t Dorothy understand the answer better before asking this? Joyce grew up in a deliberate fog and censorship about a lot of topics. My feeling is that rather than shine a ray of truth through the fog, Dorothy is deliberately pulling out the fog machine. Maybe the Keeners taught Dorothy all the proper etiquette and knowledge about trans folks, Joyce enjoyed no such instruction. And what Dorothy, unlocking the mysteries of masturbation for Joyce in the laundry room is appropriate, but telling Joyce something that by your own description was already on national news but Joyce’s parents somehow blocked is a bridge too far?
Shane Wegner
2023-10-29 15:25:03 +0000 UTCFunny how sliding back into this earlier mode for their relationship makes Dorothy seem to forget all her problems for a bit. I can almost forget them myself. The usual rule in sitcoms is "Deception is bad and leads to humiliating exposure," but I wonder if this might be an exception: maybe a little time feeling like she's "old Dorothy" is better therapy than any confession she could make. Putting her current identity crisis aside, she's still a highly intelligent young woman with good grades, employable in many fields, desirable as a friend and lover...she could ruin all that by fixating on her perceived failure, or she could accomplish quite a lot by chasing other dreams than the presidency. A lot of her current problems are problems of perspective; could this change in perspective help those problems? I'm not sure that's where this is going, but it's something to think about.
T Campbell
2023-10-29 13:33:27 +0000 UTC*squirts bottle of water* “no. That’s a bad Joyce. No.”
joe mcguire
2023-10-29 11:35:49 +0000 UTCJoyce, no.
Anna K
2023-10-29 10:38:08 +0000 UTCI think Carla would be thrilled because it means she gets to talk about herself!
Grace Kieser
2023-10-29 05:12:53 +0000 UTCHonestly, this is normal-person level of weird, not Joyce level of weird. Growth?
Bagge
2023-10-29 05:08:42 +0000 UTCCarla would be very offended by this conversation (because it demonstrates the existence of people who don't already know everything there is to know about her)
David Jackson
2023-10-29 04:50:25 +0000 UTCrip that Joyce still isn't counting booster and malaya as trans after yesterday's strip though
Sam G
2023-10-29 04:31:25 +0000 UTCmy heart grew three sizes for Dorothy this day
Sam G
2023-10-29 04:29:53 +0000 UTC*transmasc approaching a surgeon* do you want to build a weenus
Seth Aaron Hershman has they she pronouns
2023-10-29 04:27:48 +0000 UTCprogress towards joyce's education: (==3%
Seth Aaron Hershman has they she pronouns
2023-10-29 04:27:11 +0000 UTCJoe: So, what have you been up to today? Joyce: I stared at Dorothy's crotch for about a minute, then awkwardly left. Joe: ...I have complex and competing feelings about this.
C
2023-10-29 04:25:59 +0000 UTCI'm now mentally hearing panel 3 sung to the tune of "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?"
Harold
2023-10-29 04:20:51 +0000 UTCDorothy is in fine form here, conveying that both being trans and the much-more-private genital status are entirely off-limits for gossip. Joyce knows Carla as a woman, but the situation is reversed with respect to Jocelyne. Joyce's education proceeds.
Dan Rabin
2023-10-29 04:16:03 +0000 UTC
