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Grace Serenity

Dammit, Jocelyn! They were having an important moment!

The25th

They’re just here to work out a couple of relationship issues

Jeremy AR

"I was about to say some stuff i don't think i could take back."

C

...Dorothy. It's okay to admit that Joyce is your biggest crush ever.

The25th

I’m personally big fan of gay lust month

Packy Anderson

Not holding hands in the last panel... 😢

C.T. Phipps

Is Dorothy refusing to believe she doesn't want to go to Yale as anything other than a trauma response?

Harold

To be continued (not to mention clarified), I hope. Dorothy, to quote A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, how do you fuck that up?!?

Railway Series Book Club

dorothy fumbling this skill check is everything to me. i need joyce to fail the next skill check by kissing her on the mouth

KaylaZX

IM EATING DRYWALL. THIS COMIC ONLY RELEASING AT ONE STRIP PER DAY *WILL* KILL ME

5099 5618 v2.0

Ah. Yes. Edging. This is edging. Right. Got it

KaylaZX

WILLIS I WILL SEND YOU FIVE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS IF I CAN READ THE BUFFER. SERIOUS OFFER

Ria

You can tell that Jocelyn is early in her transition because her sapphic interaction detection organ has clearly not developed sufficiently to be appropriately sensitive to the situation she finds herself in

Fart Captor

"You two picked a bad time to be gay at each other, you gotta stay alert in case the cops move in"

Ria

Source: am trans and gay and would NEVER step in the way of some very visible and audible yearning of this caliber

Ria

But def would have a few years ago

voyager-ngc5195

Eh, I'm pretty sure people would have been drugged, stabbed and kidnapped within their collective friend groups regardless of whether they'd formally met or not. These two run with some pretty wild crews.

Ria

Also just nasty shit happens in usa in university

Maybeeus

What she means to say is it was worth it. edit: these two need to get together ASAP. if this keeps going on it's going to keep escalating. These two need to learn how to go on normal dates before Joyce declares a one woman war against the united states of america.

5099 5618 v2.0

Dumbing of age, vol. Xx: "So, *this* is edging."

Andrea Andrew

Yeah, I think this is the biggest hint that Joyce is her true love.

Dan Rabin

The first four panels are a continuation of Joyce and Dorothy's talk from the previous strip. I'm less interested in whatever denial is present in Dorothy's lines than I am in the fact that Joyce is prodding for understanding, and Dorothy is basically letting her. Unlike the scene in bed, sexual interaction isn't immediately available here, so they have to use words—and that's good for moving towards understanding. In panel 3 Joyce visits her I'm-responsible-for-this-mess space. Think about the day she broke off with Ethan: she seemed to think that she had done a horrible, horrible thing to have roped him into the relationship. Jocelyne's appearance interrupts the talk, and also ties off the bit of plotting that got Joyce and Dorothy into the protest site. Joyce can deliver her message. The arc might or might not move into Jocelyne's response, but the previous establishment of Jocelyne as a good listener in her talk with Dorothy may come to the fore. Jocelyne obviously looks worried about their safety, and the foreshadowed violence might start. We're in that familiar this-could-go-so-many-ways space that keeps us reading.

Corronchilejano

Holding hands up until they're in public. Their relationship's in the closet?

Acebender

oh no she let go of Dorothy

Packy Anderson

They were still holding hands through the entire crowd... until they bumped into Jocelyn.

Railway Series Book Club

i think we're already past that threshold, tbh. Julia Gray's gonna go on a rampage through DC and install President Doris as the new supreme leader!

Kelly (they-them)

I was right yesterday. Jocelyne *was* right there hearing the whole conversation. She stepped in to save Dorothy. She's a good sister and future sister-in-law

Kelly (they-them)

You wanna read the *entire* buffer for $500? I guess, you could get a wedding ring for that price - you gotta be in the "My Wife" tier to read the strip as it's being writing

Kelly (they-them)

On the contrary, she's certain these 2 were about to kiss and wanted them to think a little bit more some cop caught them doing it

Bagge

Friends hold hands during this kind of conversations, right?

Maude Reads Things

Oh I bet she is, it's saved her a very awkward conversation

TobyTura

i had this same thought when she was weirded out by the idea of saying "ily" platonically to your gal pal like. oh girl we need to get you entrenched in queer found family post-haste if you think saying ily to friends is inherently romantic LMAO. im a lesbian and me and my trans gay friend nonstop say ily to each other... its not an indicator of anything more lmfao

Sajuuk-Khar

Jocelyne saving baby bi birds from themselves

Jasmijn Wellner

tell her you're in big gay love with her you idiot (affectionate)!

Jasmijn Wellner

I don't think she noticed them before now. It doesn't look like she's acting her surprise at seeing Doyce (Jotty? is there an established ship name for those two?)

Kelly (they-them)

Oh, I'm actually joking. I like DoJo for a ship name. Or DotJoy cuz it sounds like you're having a fun time with dots

Smoochie

Listen, she’s had a lot of realizations lately. The girl has to take them one step a time or else she might crack.

NinjaZaku

Jocelyne saved you from the big reveal for now Dorothy. But not forever.

Harold

@Kelly (they-them): Oh, Joyce wants to have a fun time with Dots, all right

zee

Yeah the kidnapping thing was more Amber/amazi's "fault" (as in not their faults at all but the innocent person being targeted). It sounds like Blaine would have found some way to do something like that with or without toedad

David M Willis

it's gotta be "joyrothy" or then it's a joe/dorothy ship name

Harold

Oh. My. God. Willis just posted the most amazing (and on-topic) preview panel (dated July 1, 2026) on the DoA Tumblr. It's... I have no words. Except "YES!" Soon to be known as "The Preview Panel That Launched a Thousand Speculative Fanfics."

Harold

Just off-panel, standing next to Jocelyne: a fully supportive Hank. He'd texted Joyce looking for his daughter, because he wanted to be there for her. He accidentally misgendered her in the text, because he's still getting used to all this. (Little if any of this is likely to be true, but it would be nice, wouldn't it?)

Andrea Andrew

Did anyone else notice that Joyce actually said Danny’s name rather than refusing to acknowledge his existence? I sometimes wonder if she only ignores him because she subconsciously hates that he’s an ex of Dorothy. Eskimo buddies should get along.

John C. Kirk

When Dorothy said "It's a trauma response", I initially thought that "it" meant "not going to Yale". However, I now think that she's fast-forwarded through the conversation and replied to the unspoken implications. Joyce (spoken): "You've said many times that you'd never decide to give up on Yale for any one person. Not Danny, not Walky--" Joyce (implied): "But you've given up on Yale for me. That means that you love me more than the people you've dated." Dorothy (implied): "You're just saying that because we almost had sex last night. And yes, I liked it when you put your hand on my face. But that's not because I'm in love with you." Dorothy (spoken): "It's a trauma response! I told you." That fits in with the previous times Dorothy used that phrase: https://www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/book-15/04-the-only-exception/illuminating/ https://www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/book-15/04-the-only-exception/almosthappened/

Harold

@Andrea Andrew: Pretty sure the Hat Guy thing was just a funny running gag playing off how Joyce felt about him in the Roomies!/Walkyverse. Now that she's dating Danny's roommate/lifelong best friend, she *should* remember his name. Or, continue to call him Hat Guy ironically.

Astariel

Does this mean we're getting gay months for all the deadly sins? If so, sign me up for gay lust month.

Maybeeus

Getting the idea that Joyce thinks Dorothy is too good for her. Self loathing seems like a Secret Joyce Trait that she doesn't often share and that she was lying at the bar about sharing everything she already kinda proved it with the whole access level joke. She had to basically be directly pushed into pursuing Jacob which was spelt out loud in the comic as mirroring her relationship with Dorothy. Dorothy is this precious piece of heaven that fell out of the sky and right onto her lap one day and i think she's always just been happy taking the little bit she can get from her and savoring it. I absolutely cannot wait to see how Joyce unpacks the fact she's caused her so much pain unintentionally.

David M Willis

it's distinctly possible that she knows Dorothy dated a Danny in high school, but hasn't connected that to Hat Guy if it's funny enough, i'm not committed