Topic: Damn you, Willis! (Dumbing of Age) (Read 512656 times)

JoeCovenant · « **Reply #3600 on:** 28 Jun 2017, 02:19 »

I actually think "Anna" is how "Tai" would look if Willis was to do a "guest artist" slot....

Oh and.... CALLED IT !!!

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3601 on:** 28 Jun 2017, 05:11 »

Yay at them not dating anymore, boo at Mindy apparently still pining for her a decade later.

BenRG · « **Reply #3602 on:** 28 Jun 2017, 05:13 »

I suspect that this is one reason that Leslie and Mindy need Becky to set them up - It's the only way they'll shake off their abusive exes (Robin and Anne respectively).

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3603 on:** 28 Jun 2017, 05:18 »

I wouldn’t call Robin abusive and I certainly wouldn’t call her an ex.

sitnspin · « **Reply #3604 on:** 28 Jun 2017, 05:28 »

I disagree, MoM, Robin's behavior is totally abusive.

Not an ex gf, but definitely an ex crush, someone she was, until recently, quite hung up on

A Duck · « **Reply #3605 on:** 28 Jun 2017, 12:31 »

Quote from: sitnspin on 28 Jun 2017, 05:28

I disagree, MoM, Robin's behavior is totally abusive.

Not an ex gf, but definitely an ex crush, someone she was, until recently, quite hung up on

Robin is just, well, Robin. She is basically the only character that has kept the insanity of the Walkyverse in the more realistic Dumbingverse.

Quote from: BenRG on 27 Jun 2017, 23:18

Willis and Jeph are friends; they may have collaborated on character design. I'm serious.

If not collaborated, at the very least subconciously influenced each other.

sitnspin · « **Reply #3606 on:** 28 Jun 2017, 14:28 »

Quote from: A Duck on 28 Jun 2017, 12:31

Robin is just, well, Robin. She is basically the only character that has kept the insanity of the Walkyverse in the more realistic Dumbingverse.

That doesn't make her behavior any less abusive. I know nothing of her previous incarnation, but her behavior in this universe is clearly abusive.

A Duck · « **Reply #3607 on:** 28 Jun 2017, 14:57 »

Agreed. I just can't seem to frame her actions in a more realistic world.

Kugai · « **Reply #3608 on:** 28 Jun 2017, 17:05 »

Becky's Dolly Levi side is showing again

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3609 on:** 28 Jun 2017, 18:32 »

Quote from: A Duck on 28 Jun 2017, 14:57

a more realistic world.

I read the first few years of the Walkyverse, so I know this is true from a relative standpoint, but...come on, are we really calling DoA realistic? Or saying that Robin's anywhere close to the wackiest?

cesium133 · « **Reply #3610 on:** 28 Jun 2017, 21:16 »

Does Joe have a thing for religious girls that he doesn't want to admit?

A Duck · « **Reply #3611 on:** 28 Jun 2017, 21:37 »

I don't see why Carla wouldn't be on the list.

Quote from: Method of Madness on 28 Jun 2017, 18:32

Quote from: A Duck on 28 Jun 2017, 14:57
a more realistic world.
I read the first few years of the Walkyverse, so I know this is true from a relative standpoint, but...come on, are we really calling DoA realistic? Or saying that Robin's anywhere close to the wackiest?

Well, more realistic than the Walkyverse, at the very least. Way more. And I don't think anyone acts as "wacky" as her in DoA either. Specially considering she's not one of the teenage characters.

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #3612 on:** 28 Jun 2017, 22:44 »

Why is Mary so happy? This worries me.

BenRG · « **Reply #3613 on:** 28 Jun 2017, 23:15 »

Mary is human, despite her behaviour. I'm wondering if she's in love (or at least is telling herself that she's in love). It wouldn't surprise me if she came to IU with the same implicit parental objective that Joyce did - To find a husband. She may have recently succeeded in finding a boyfriend and is suddenly learning that the whole world can be all sweetness and light.

bhtooefr · « **Reply #3614 on:** 29 Jun 2017, 03:23 »

Quote from: A Duck on 28 Jun 2017, 21:37

I don't see why Carla wouldn't be on the list.

If she's not, then it'd likely be for transphobic reasons.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3615 on:** 29 Jun 2017, 14:17 »

Does Joe know she’s trans? And even if he did, would it keep her off the list entirely?

A Duck · « **Reply #3616 on:** 29 Jun 2017, 14:23 »

Quote from: BenRG on 28 Jun 2017, 23:15

Mary is human, despite her behaviour. I'm wondering if she's in love (or at least is telling herself that she's in love). It wouldn't surprise me if she came to IU with the same implicit parental objective that Joyce did - To find a husband. She may have recently succeeded in finding a boyfriend and is suddenly learning that the whole world can be all sweetness and light.

Wasn't it stabilished that Mary is happy because whatever leverage she though she lost against Billy is now back thanks to Ruth being kept as R.A?

Quote from: bhtooefr on 29 Jun 2017, 03:23

Quote from: A Duck on 28 Jun 2017, 21:37
I don't see why Carla wouldn't be on the list.
If she's not, then it'd likely be for transphobic reasons.

As immature as Joe is, he doesn't really strike me as transphobic. Dunno why.
Well, it's not like Carla would be into him, anyway. At least not sexually.

Kugai · « **Reply #3617 on:** 29 Jun 2017, 16:39 »

Plot twist: Carla is Joe's ideal 10

And I'm not liking this mood Mary's in. She's too much like Cersei Lannister for it to bode well.

A Duck · « **Reply #3618 on:** 29 Jun 2017, 22:37 »

Damnit, Becky!

Damnit, Leslie!

BenRG · « **Reply #3619 on:** 29 Jun 2017, 23:03 »

As I suspected, Leslie has the unerring talent of being attracted to the abusive one.

JoeCovenant · « **Reply #3620 on:** 30 Jun 2017, 02:50 »

Quote from: BenRG on 29 Jun 2017, 23:03

As I suspected, Leslie has the unerring talent of being attracted to the abusive one.

Aye, it's almost comforting to know that it's not only in the "straight world" that women you like seem to be attracted to erses.
Poor Mindy...

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #3621 on:** 30 Jun 2017, 05:58 »

Yup. Leslie and her poor choices in romance continues...

Kugai · « **Reply #3622 on:** 30 Jun 2017, 18:33 »

I'm with you on this one Becky

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3623 on:** 30 Jun 2017, 18:37 »

Was the double entendre intentional on Becky's part?

Kugai · « **Reply #3624 on:** 01 Jul 2017, 14:58 »

Mindy seems to be the assertive type

A Duck · « **Reply #3625 on:** 01 Jul 2017, 15:37 »

Is that Mindy not wanting Anna to take Leslie from her, or Mindy not wanting Leslie to take Anna from her?

bhtooefr · « **Reply #3626 on:** 01 Jul 2017, 17:10 »

Kugai · « **Reply #3627 on:** 02 Jul 2017, 17:25 »

Oooookay

Now things are interesting. Obviously whatever happened with Amber and Ratbag Ryan has required Dorothy to need therapy. That still leaves one unanswered question though

WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO AMBER????!!!!!!!

ChaoSera · « **Reply #3628 on:** 02 Jul 2017, 23:06 »

As for what happened to Amber, my money is on either jail or a mental health institution.

A Duck · « **Reply #3629 on:** 03 Jul 2017, 05:14 »

I think whatever she did could be considered self defense, so my money is mental health institution.

The problem is that with the speed the time advances in this comic, we might not see her for a while.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3630 on:** 03 Jul 2017, 13:56 »

YELLING!

Kugai · « **Reply #3631 on:** 03 Jul 2017, 14:43 »

So, Ryan got his ticket punched. Not too concerned about that douchebag, but what happened to Amber is going to prove interesting

As for Walky's thoughts on Dorothy's question ........

Welu · « **Reply #3632 on:** 03 Jul 2017, 14:52 »

I still doubt he's dead. Walky's phrasing could easily as mean he was only hurt.

Also I've had people say to me what Walky's saying in the first panel and ooh, that hits close to home.

BenRG · « **Reply #3633 on:** 03 Jul 2017, 23:39 »

Today's strip (7/4) reminds us that Walky is one of those special guys who doesn't know anything about some subjects beyond some misremembered trivia but treats this nonsense as the be-all and end-all of knowledge on the subject. They pursue this delusion to the point where they spend time idiotsplaining to people who really know something about the subject why they're wrong.

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #3634 on:** 04 Jul 2017, 08:43 »

That, or it's one of the characters in the cartoons that he's obsessed about and doesn't realize it was a rip-off of Doctor Who.

cesium133 · « **Reply #3635 on:** 04 Jul 2017, 09:33 »

Of course he's Mr. Who, not Doctor Who. He's a graduate student, not a postdoc.

Kugai · « **Reply #3636 on:** 04 Jul 2017, 17:34 »

I don't think even the Cvbermen would want Walkv

A Duck · « **Reply #3637 on:** 05 Jul 2017, 11:19 »

It's nice how Walky is so supportive of Dorothy, but I can't help but think their relationship is as doomed as Danny/Amber/Amazi-Girl was.

I've met a lot of people like Walky back in college, who simply can't deal with the fact they have to actually put in some effort to get good grades. Most of them dropped out like flies after the first year was up.

sitnspin · « **Reply #3638 on:** 05 Jul 2017, 14:00 »

To be fair most relationships are doomed and they all end, even the successful ones. Every relationship ends either through breakup or death.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3639 on:** 05 Jul 2017, 18:38 »

Quote from: Some douchey TV host from Justice League (the show, not the upcoming movie)

Or maybe you'd care to explain why, on your watch, 50 percent of marriages now end in divorce...and the other 50 percent in death!

Kugai · « **Reply #3640 on:** 05 Jul 2017, 18:53 »

I seriously want to give Walky this (Gp from 2:02)

Kugai · « **Reply #3641 on:** 06 Jul 2017, 16:13 »

She is so going to be disappointed in Walky when she finally finds out the truth

A Duck · « **Reply #3642 on:** 06 Jul 2017, 20:17 »

Quote from: sitnspin on 05 Jul 2017, 14:00

To be fair most relationships are doomed and they all end, even the successful ones. Every relationship ends either through breakup or death.

Fair enough, but this one seems to be doomed in a short-term basis.

sitnspin · « **Reply #3643 on:** 06 Jul 2017, 23:00 »

It was always meant to be short term. Dorothy stated that from the beginning.

BenRG · « **Reply #3644 on:** 06 Jul 2017, 23:22 »

Maybe but something tells me that Dorothy is starting to forget that and starting to want it to be more.

A Duck · « **Reply #3645 on:** 07 Jul 2017, 09:32 »

I think they both are, which is gonna make the end result horribly painful for them.

About today's comic... Goddamnit, Joe.

Kugai · « **Reply #3646 on:** 07 Jul 2017, 17:33 »

And the Plot Twist here.........

85% of the members of the Computer Science Lab willl turn out to be Female

BenRG · « **Reply #3647 on:** 07 Jul 2017, 23:31 »

Actually, there only has to be one: Amber O'Malley. I suspect that Joe being a completely insensitive misogynist towards her will be the catalyst by which Willis chooses to explain what happened to Ryan, its consequences to Amber and how it is affecting her relationships with others.

Kugai · « **Reply #3648 on:** 08 Jul 2017, 13:30 »

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3649 on:** 09 Jul 2017, 06:29 »

In hindsight, it’s not surprising that Joe is a good person to come out to. “Ok, but that’s a terrible hat” seems like a fairly reassuring response.

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