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It's been like 8 years since we last saw Kaitlin, but for her it's only been 5 months! (Kaitlin is Becky's former roommate before Becky got yanked out of college for gayness (with Kaitlin).)

also i forgot about the "no appearances since the timeskip" rule before i wrote it whoops, you pulled one over on me this time

those trips and their purposes are real, btw

3/25 bonus strip: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-strip-for-125262674

5/25 bonus strip: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-strip-for-129963811

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DonnieRamesJio

I'm so sorry, I don't remember who any of these people are.

Kiri Blackthorn

kaitlin was becky's roommate at anderson, i don't think we've seen the other one before

Zesstra

"While we're in the country, can we check out Lesbos? For... poetry reasons?"

Captain Button

But is she actually interested in Chester, or is that a ruse to explain why she isn't interested in any other guys? But she can't pursue Chester since he's taken.

Ouri Maler

I don't believe she's into Chester. She's into his girlfriend, who happens to be clinging to him.

C

Hopefully things go better with Chester's Girlfriend than they did with Becky...well, I at least mean I hope she doesn't get her kicked out too.

Corronchilejano

It's not Chester (exclusively?) she's eyeing.

Harold

@DonnieJamesRio: Willis explains who Kaitlin is, underneath the strip.

Tom @ Magic Chopstick Games

“…and what do you think of Chester’s big, dumb girlfriend, on a scale of zero to six?”

Andrea Andrew

Man, i feel bad for Kaitlin. She’s really got it worse than Dorothy. At least Dots coming out at the university is accepted societally.

Andrea Andrew

Is that Dorothy and Joyce’s daughter from the future? Her gaydar is worse than both her mothers.

Andrea Andrew

I hope Chester’s girlfriend is bi and dumps him for Kaitlin!

C.T. Phipps

Kaitlin must join the main cast! :)

Kyle

What's the "no appearances since the timeskip" rule

Giant Speck

Something about the art style of this strip makes it feel like it's part of a completely separate webcomic which happens to be set in the same universe.

Andrea Andrew

The Helluva Boss to DOA’s Hazbin Hotel, which itself is the Tenchi Universe to several previous continuities.

Kelly (they-them)

Willis lays it out in every voting post for the subject of bonus strips

Kelly (they-them)

Oh. Kaitlin isn't pretending to be into Chester. She's into his clingy girlfriend and that attraction is being misread. I feel so bad for Kaitlin

Jesse

Probably because location and characters are so unfamiliar to the series.

Michael Steamweed

So, you're saying Willis is working on a spinoff comic ("Numbing of Age"? "Bumbling of Age"? "Succumbing To Age"??)? :)

A. B. Cianchetti

I remember Kaitlin! I also remember Chester… unfortunately. 🤢

Taffy

Does the blonde have a name? If not, I'm calling her Minnie.

Jasmijn Wellner

I guess she needs someone to her what she did to Becky (no not that, get your mind out of the gutter)

Jess

Same chester who Billie punched at prom? Or guy with the same name?

Harold

@Andrea Andrew: It’s the pharmacist’s daughter

Astariel

Very unlikely that a gay couple would send their child to an uber-Christian college that punishes you for being gay.

Ragtime

Aw I was hoping she had a girlfriend by now, her last appearance was so sad.

HueStL

I get the Greece joke. Kudos, as it were.

Harold

@Kyle: Generally, if a character hasn't appeared in the comic since the end of Book 10 (when the timeskip between October and the beginning of the second semester occurs), they're ineligible for bonus strip voting, because Willis doesn't want to reveal anything about their current circumstances too soon. Until their reappearances, characters like Ethan, Jacob, Carol Brown (BOO! HISS!) and, most notably (and persistently, in terms of how often people voted for her anyway), Jocelyne were off limits. Off the top of my head, the most prominent characters who are still ineligible are Hank Brown and The Great Faz. I'm sure there are others I'm missing. (For God's sake, don't say Ryan.)

Harold

@Astariel: Well, it wasn't meant to be taken seriously. I was building on Andrea noticing a resemblance.

Harold

@Jarrod Lombardo: Willis explains who Kaitlin is, underneath the strip.

Andrea Andrew

Exactly! She has Dorothy’s hair and Joyce’s eyes.

Harold

@HueStL: It's more of an amusing coincidence than a joke - Willis notes in the description that these *are*, in fact, real-life spring break trips at Anderson University.

E

I was wondering why I felt like I just heard that name in DoA

Bagge

:-(

Onyx

I think this doesn't actually break the "appeared since the time skip" rule - If we weren't going to see her again, than she exists outside of the before/after continuum, and is therefore perfectly admissible for the bonus strips.

Anna K

Not sure how well anyone remembers "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", but when I see Greece described as "the cradle of civilisation", I imagine the description was written by Gus Portokalos from that film. Give him a word, any word, and he'll show you that the root of that word is Greek!

C.T. Phipps

Well she's appeared now so we can request her every month forever!

C.T. Phipps

Sadly, as long as she stays in the closet, it's going to remain sad. Mind you, her parents can't keep blaming Becky.

C.T. Phipps

She can transfer with Liz, who is her best friend but doesn't realize that she's into her!

C.T. Phipps

Hey, Chester could literally be the one non-Tristan guy at Anderson!

C.T. Phipps

Maybe the couple secretly smuggle out people like Kaitlin

David M Willis

eventually we will learn she stays behind in greece to get gay-married since you can do that there now

Carolyn C.

The dorm Billifer got moved to already stole the McAwesome's cast, though! XD

Maude Reads Things

Go get that clingy girlfriend, Kaitlyn! And if it's the same Chester Jennifer knew, punch him in the nads again for good measure.

Onyx

PLEASE - don't leave her in that sad awful place!

Charlotte

Yay, Kaitlyn! <3

HueStL

"olives, Greece’s homegrown contribution to the world" its the gift that keeps on giving.

Rebirth_Exo

Dang, it's been a while since we've seen Kaitlin. Eight years, that would be around December 2016. It's funny, as Kaitlin as a character isn't much, but with her outing Becky, she unknowingly set up the chain of events that would cause the death of three people(Mike, Blaine, and Ross) and cause Carol to lose her Church and Husband. Despite having no importance at all, she is more or less a fixed point in the DOA story.

Maybeeus

My immediate thought when seeing Kaitlin here was "oh she's a dorothy" and suddenly several things quickly clicked in place at once.