Early update for January 12, 2023
Added 2023-01-11 04:55:00 +0000 UTCit's a revelation for both of us!
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It could be the reason why Joyce really wasn't into Becky was that she basically viewed Becky as a sister. As for Dorothy, while she did think of herself as "mostly straight" at the time, she was open to the idea that it could change, IIRC. And that was quite a while ago. Maybe in the coming months, we'll see one or both of them have some new self-realizations. Or not. Either way, should be interesting.
C
2023-01-11 07:27:59 +0000 UTCAs for Joyce’s potential bi-ness, I’m vaguely open-minded to the possibility, while finding it plausible she could be straight/cis after all. There’s so much repression and so little experience it’s not easy to plot a trend yet. Data points we do have: Joyce has expressed lusty thoughts for multiple men. Joyce might have a type too- big strong athletic guys (whose names start with J) like Joe and Jacob. Strongest point against bi-ness: When Becky wanted to kiss Joyce, Joyce felt on some level she didn’t want to and said so, even though it hurt Becky’s feelings and she likes Becky a lot. It could possibly be a form of repression and denial getting in the way, but it could also be that Joyce is just straight and if so it would be polite to let her just have that. If Joyce slowly melts through the repression, discovers more about her sexuality and finds there’s some bi-ness there someday, OK. I’m skeptical until it happens and taking a Wait and See approach. There is the matter of Joyce fangirling a lot on some folks, like Dorothy and Sal. But to me, an entirely satisfactory explanation is that being a kind of Little Sister strategy where Joyce idolizes traits in them she wishes she had, such as confidently knowing what they want in life, not feeling repressed by a social group, and being comfortable with (heterosexual only) sex. Little kids do the idolize thing and look up to people until they find themselves strong enough to do their own version of the traits they like. Joyce’s upbringing could easily have left her such that all these people she met in college representing things she could develop posed a challenge of how to process them, and she picked Idolize/Fangirl as a coping mechanism. Doesn’t mean she’ll develop romantic or sexual relationships with them, Sal and Dorothy wouldn’t be interested anyway as they have stated they’re entirely strait. Maybe there’s a deeply buried seed of bisexuality under all that, and maybe there just isn’t. Time will tell.
Shane Wegner
2023-01-11 06:54:16 +0000 UTCAutism spectrum basically guaranteed has advantages to humanity to offset any social disadvantages, in the form of inventing things and novel ideas. It stands to reason that some neurotypical folks find autistic traits charming to help pair up with AS folks and keep the genes flowing in the gene pool.
Shane Wegner
2023-01-11 06:27:18 +0000 UTCI'm also envisioning Carla skating up to Joyce and Becky in the hallway: "Ruthless can threaten me all she wants - I can't hold back anymore! Joyce, this one and the other one had ---" "I already know." "Oh, FUCK!"
Harold
2023-01-11 05:23:00 +0000 UTCLMAO! Well she's not wrong
BBCC
2023-01-11 05:19:50 +0000 UTCOh man I needed this Becky time after recent Dorothy jealousy. I get it from a logical writing point, but this is a real good release of tension.
Jey Siksa
2023-01-11 05:14:06 +0000 UTCGood news, Joyce, she still treats you the same way
Bagge
2023-01-11 05:11:23 +0000 UTCIt is bi or pan.
Andrea Andrew
2023-01-11 05:10:16 +0000 UTCPerfect. Just perfect. Becky seems to be EXPECTING Joyce to announce that she's gay - given Joyce's relationship with Dorothy, she may actually have been anticipating it. After the autism reveal, we can practically see Becky's brain making the connections in panel 4 (very much like Joyce in the last panel of the previous strip), and her reaction is priceless.
Harold
2023-01-11 05:10:03 +0000 UTCLadyboner understanding is the most powerful form of understanding
Sajuuk-Khar
2023-01-11 05:04:27 +0000 UTCThere. Now they should go find Dina to tell her she can stop keeping the ex-secrets. Remember when Danny didn't want to date Amber because she resembled Dorothy? That fear of having a type worked out well!
Dan Rabin
2023-01-11 05:03:44 +0000 UTCSadly for Becky, that type isn't "gay".
LupinThe8th
2023-01-11 05:03:24 +0000 UTCWay to turn yet another thing into about you, Becky. -_- TBF in an amusing way but dang.
taekwondogirl
2023-01-11 05:03:18 +0000 UTC
