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jafortee

“Joyce Brown: The Werdsmith” coming to hallways near you

KittyKai

NO MORE RUNNING JOYCE xD

Nejireon

Those pigs knocked over Whirl, Cyclonus, Skids, and (squints) Powerglide!

Rob McBobson

It's a small mercy for Joyce that Dorothy isn't here right now.

VengeanceKnight

“Hello, Mr. Rosenthal. Do you how do?”

ArdieBea

Ok, now let's see how much bullshit Joe's gonna put up with today.

Lazuli

how do works word

MDL

"Oh, it's everyone whose relationships I destroyed in one room!"

Maybeeus

But Joyce Hannah Brown! How do you intend to save Becky and Dina's relationship... IF YOU CAN'T EVEN SAVE YOUR OWN??????

Harold

"How do you do, fellow Joes?"

Harold

As great as this is, I'd also really like to know how the rest of the gender studies class went

Harold

Wait, Walky's there too?

5099 5618 v2.0

@Lenny Mosco Almost. I suspect the rest are on their way.

Lazuli

"hey, joe. sal and i are moving in together"

C

"...Joyce, are you okay-" "LET'S ALL DATE-WAITIMEAN-"

Fart Captor

She and Dotty seem to be doing fine, what do you mean

Morgan Byrd

Just gonna save that last panel for future use

Dan Rabin

1. Joyce's eyes get progressively tinier over the course of this strip 2. "Werds" is what she gets when words fail her—it's a failed spelling of "words" 3. We see enough of Joyce's left arm in the last two panels to see that she is still posed at the doorway as in the big borderless panel. Her super-confident run has been stopped dead in its tracks! This strip does a great job of making us feel the arrested motion. 4. Joyce's lip bites in panel 1 and panel 4 are drawn differently, and represent different emotions. Panel 1 shows grim determination; panel 4 shows... a big pile of stuff, including (but not necessarily limited to: a. Unexpected Joe—she promised to get back to him, and hasn't, b. Joe with Dina i. Rigid Joyce-brain was all full of *Becky* with Dina, ii. Rigid Joyce-brain still has herself as Joe-companion female of record, c. Dina isn't looking very crushed at the moment. i. Rigid Joyce-brain says Dina should be pining for Becky! ii. Rigid Joyce-brain asks "how can I atone for breaking you up with Becky if you don't seem broken?" d. Word-using heroic restitution-Joyce has reverted to Joyce-being-weird-again! Oh no! 5. The mini-story in this strip puts the wide multi-character scene shot in the middle, and the "establishing" shot is just a normal-size panel of Joyce running. It's nice to see the artist and the author working so well together on the craft. 6. The excitement lines above Joyce's head in the big panel might be surplus to the HUGE! exclamation in the speech balloon, but comics art conventions require them. I have to think a bit more about how this medium works.

voyager-ngc5195

"Saves us this sapphic relationship! We wants it! We needs it, must have the precious!" -Joycellum

Railway Series Book Club

im glad the comments on changed-4 were seemingly lost in the site move bc people were deadass saying "dorothy is more jakey-coded than joe" when i posted a comment variating on "i hope jakey dies". as if that meme isn't the spitting image of the joejoyce dynamic and a commentary on heteronormative posting. something something noticing how misogyny bleeds through the cracks of normal interactions

Lisa

I don't think I'd realized just how much Joyce was avoiding and dreading talking to Joe again. Makes sense though. She feels guilty about him and has no idea how to behave toward him.

jafortee

as seen in Lord of the Flings pls give us back futurewives it hurts

Logibear

"We come to it at last, the great foot-in-mouthening of our time" Dinadalf the Gray-Ace (stretching Voyager's LOTR theme)

Sajuuk-Khar

*Curb Your Enthusiasm theme plays*

Tessea

".... Not be like me and completely ignore someone I.. you need to talk to.... Oh hi, Joe!"

Logibear

I do also wonder what it would do to Joes psyche if Joyce literally runs away from this before saying any other "werds"

Tessea

It was inevitable, but _was_ hoping it wouldn't be accidental.... I have to prepare popcorn.

5099 5618 v2.0

I doubt it will happen, but if Dorothy were to kick the door down, laugh in Joe's face, and brag about how Joyce was hers now *and not his*, that would at least be symmetric. I dont think it will happen. I don't expect Dorothy to do that. I suspect Joyce has other trials ahead of her. But it's funny to think about.

Logibear

Yeah, that would be incredibly cold in retrospect to Joe and Dorothy's last conversation. Kinda funny on a meta grand scale though.

Calder Johnson

Yeah, it's a particularly awkward audience for a 'You have to get back with the person you just broke up with!!' speech, isn't it?

Shane Wegner

"Oh right, like all humans Joe has object permanence and continues to exist when I'm not looking directly at him."

Shane Wegner

And she can gloat about stealing Joyce from Joe AND Becky at the same time! That's a twofer! Three if you count collateral damage to Dina.

Nicholas A. Jalowick

That last Joyce panel is going in the hall of fame immediately. Just an all-timer right there.

Shane Wegner

I estimate it's in the ballpark of "/shrug Joyce is gonna Joyce, I always knew that about her"

Shane Wegner

'Tis worse than that. Guilty+Residual Horny!

HenryVolt

Let's be honest, she was never going to be prepared for talking to Joe again...the best way Joe can handle this is just cold indifference. Be like "oh, hey Joyce" and just go back to fixing up Dina's room.

Shane Wegner

Joyce is still alive, so you know the upper bounds of the possibility space.

Shane Wegner

She'll never become Relationship Hokage!

Logibear

Yeah, he's within his rights to just ask Dina "hey, you want me to be here for this?"

HenryVolt

Dreading implies she was giving him thought. She seemed to high on cloud nine for nearly two days for him to be on her mind.

Jesse

“Words… say… talk?” - Gunhaver, Cheat Commandos

Terra Bruder

Definitely an A+ use of off-book typography

AE Gonzalez

“[Dinosaur fact I will look up later]”

Girlycore

Joyce didn't destroy Becky/Dina's relationship.

Harold

@Shane Wegner: "You shrug, and it's the worst / Who truly stuck the knife in first?"

Harold

@Sajuuk-Khar: Coming soon - DUMBING OF AGE: THE MOVIE, directed by Robert B. Weide

CoreyWW

(Clap) LE’S GO, LE’S GO, LE’S GO

Spartacus

If Joyce and Dorothy are an airplane, they only just got free of the catapult. You can't tell if it's going to be a flight or a ballistic arc with them yet

Empress of Robots

Ahhhh paralyzed by social awkwardness Joyce is my second favorite Joyce (first favorite is still gay horny/canoodling Joyce)

Mitzi B.

What was the last time Willis used thought bubbles? I gotta say they make this comic a lot funnier, with the contrast between Joyce's coherent and determined thoughts versus her . . . werds

CoreyWW

Sometimes you read a strip update and it’s satisfying on its own, sometimes the strip just makes you vibrate wildly until the next one, this is the latter

Harold

@Logibear: Dina: "*I* do not want to be here for this"

tifani

And this is the knocking Joyce off her high horse I’ve been waiting for. There is absolutely nothing about her that made her qualified to be the one to have this discussion with Dina but because of the self delusion and inflated ego she’s been riding for days now (and because her partner in ignoring reality Dorothy encouraged it) she decided she was and by doing so put herself right in front of the person she’s been too scared to talk to for days and literally the only one she could not keep up her no shame act with. He sees right through her. So congratulations Joyce you played yourself. Now you have to have an actual grown up conversation like a grown up. Joe’s not letting her make him wait anymore.

tifani

Oh man and when she finds out he’s there because he’s doing something KIND for Dina then Joyce is going to be in real trouble. Remember his powerful sexual kindness is her weakness.

tifani

I hope she blows him again.

Ilana Feldman

Your stupid overconfidence is nostalgic, Joyce.

tifani

Came back just to make this joke: Joyce’s words work 60% of the time every time.

Astariel

Sure, he'd be within his rights for that, but if he's still hoping for a poly relationship, it's probably not the best choice.

HenryVolt

I am now convinced that's not happening.

tifani

Also has she actually stolen Joyce? Seems like Joyce is still actually very interested in Joe’s whole everything which is WHY she’s been avoiding him. Dorothy does believe she has successfully stolen Joyce though.

tifani

Dorothy “Ha ha ha ha ha ha—no I can’t do this it’s not me. Joe here’s your notarized apology for stealing Joyce.” Joe, “So is that what you think happened?” Dorothy, “What?” Joyce, “Werds…..”

Harold

"JAKE IT, IT'S THE CHEESY...Waitwhat"

Maude Reads Things

Oooooooops she forgot who Dina's third favourite person was

Harold

Dina: “Please do not do that in my room”

tifani

Joe is Dina’s third favorite person? Awww.

tifani

This friendship now means everything to me btw. I want Danny to get bumped down to Joe’s best friend number 2 after Dina. Danny would be so mad but at a loss as to how to argue against it.

tifani

This conversation has been months in the making. I am BEYOND ready. The only thing that could make me more excited is Dorothy showing up. And Becky. Yeah let’s just have a whole ass meeting about it.

tifani

Omg and what if Walky comes over to get some items for Amber?

tifani

“Save me (Dinosaur fact I will look up later)”

tifani

If this conversation doesn’t finally happen I will burn this comment section to the ground. I renewed my patreon for this. I mean I was gonna do it anyway but I did it way sooner than I was planning to.

Maude Reads Things

I think so! Her favourite is Becky (otherwise she wouldn't be so upset) and her second is her bestie, Sarah