SECOND BONUS STRIP FOR JULY 2025 - JOYROTHY
Added 2025-08-02 13:00:09 +0000 UTCThe second bonus strip for July is a real strip that I yanked out to make room for that earlier Asma strip! It would've run (obviously) after today's regular website strip with Incredulous Sarah.
It was intended to be a culmination/subversion of the end of the previous storyline, where Joyce and Dorothy were in Joyce's bed playing music NOT smooching. But it's the most easily droppable strip, so YOINK to Bonus Strip Land it goes! Look, we get it, they're digging on each other!
plus its removal gives relationship paladins a small reprieve from the grievous sins occurring, i suppose
also, yes, joyce has at some prior point brushed her teeth, i swear
6/25 second bonus strip: https://www.patreon.com/posts/second-bonus-for-133814010
8/25 second bonus strip: https://www.patreon.com/posts/second-bonus-for-138351045
Comments
Clearly totally platonic. Just gals being pals.
BriSK
2025-08-04 18:56:23 +0000 UTCall of them
David Willis
2025-08-04 16:34:20 +0000 UTCIn the morning, Sarah returns to the room, followed by Becky. They see Joyce and Dorothy, still asleep, entangled in each other's arms. Becky: "Heh-heh. Lookat'em, Sarah! Anyone who didn't know better'd think they'd actually been doin' lesbian stuff with each other." Sarah: [Stares at Becky with look of incredulity]
Harold
2025-08-04 15:04:41 +0000 UTCwhich paramore song is playing on this one
faerevolt
2025-08-04 13:15:58 +0000 UTCSo many terrible things in the world right now and the reminder that people are still falling in love honestly makes me cry. I've said it here before, but queer people (and especially queer neurospicy women) choosing to embrace a new self-understanding is an incredible act of resistance against the stochastic terrorism of Christofascism and compulsory heterosexuality. It's so much more dangerous than it seems. It's just less dangerous than living a lie.
Terra Bruder
2025-08-04 05:54:39 +0000 UTCNo comment. But its cute
Jay
2025-08-04 03:39:36 +0000 UTCSeems like a pretty plot-heavy strip to cut! But maybe it'll be redundant with the next time we see 'em. Probably will.
T Campbell
2025-08-03 19:57:31 +0000 UTCIt's even better that starting in panel one they're not even touching hands. Willis does a great job with hands (and it doesn't matter he doesn't draw fingernails): https://www.tumblr.com/valdvin/789911167249301504/joyce-first-kisses?source=share
ValdVin
2025-08-03 16:40:30 +0000 UTCSICKOS.jpg and all that :3
Jasmijn Wellner
2025-08-03 09:39:36 +0000 UTC@Tessea Look, she tried.
5099 5618, Earth 80085
2025-08-03 05:45:10 +0000 UTCSarah is clearly neglecting her 'Keep Them Honest' duties.
Tessea
2025-08-03 04:42:45 +0000 UTC❤️
faerevolt
2025-08-03 04:22:25 +0000 UTCI loved the Joyce's hands detail
Amós Batista
2025-08-03 00:37:42 +0000 UTC@HueStL Seconded.
5099 5618 v2.0
2025-08-02 22:39:30 +0000 UTC@Ragtime Yup! She's going to have to reckon with that, and clean up what she can of the mess they're making.
5099 5618 v2.0
2025-08-02 22:38:49 +0000 UTCJust realized that Dorothy is a MASSIVE hypocrite. She is doing just what she criticized Joyce for with Jacob.
Ragtime
2025-08-02 22:28:58 +0000 UTC(This one comes from Mrs. 5618): "maximum easy dick move: dorothy waking up in her dorm alone, next strip"
5099 5618 v2.0
2025-08-02 22:06:11 +0000 UTCI think you answered your own question. Sometimes I doesn't matter if you did everything right. True love is a deep, carnal instinct. Though it doesn't excuse it, it transcends commonplace morality. It doesn't matter how good things are with who you've got. When you know, you know. Now, what you choose to do with that and how you go about it... That's the part I agree is being haphazardly, selfishly botched here... But they're young, stupid, and their adolescent willpower has been near-razed by the consecutive string of traumas they've been enduring. They're still kids. We're watching them learn how to be good people, the way you and I learned. But that's not an excuse, of course - They'll very very likely face consequences for this, and hopefully learn from them.
Jake Howard
2025-08-02 20:07:13 +0000 UTC(The laptop is probably fine. It fell onto Joe's blanket, I assume)
5099 5618 v2.0
2025-08-02 20:01:24 +0000 UTCT he Almost Kiss, The First Kiss, and now this; Joyce started by caressing Dorothy’s face.
AE Gonzalez
2025-08-02 19:29:32 +0000 UTCI'm struggling here, because I was rooting for Joe and Joyce long before they got together. And freaked out how, by kissing one time, they realize they have to break up with the guys without even explicitly saying it. I thought when they were going to "tell them" I thought it was, "tell them we made a mistake before they hear about it from someone else," not "tell them we're breaking up." I like these two together, but it seems mean to Joe who has been so patient. And Joyce was really into him... how can she drop him so easily?
Carl Cravens
2025-08-02 19:10:20 +0000 UTCI like that they're not using the weighted blanket. Feeling /some/ guilt, but not enough to stop. edit: I'm going to start calling the weighted blanket the guilt quilt.
HueStL
2025-08-02 18:40:27 +0000 UTCAww, this is so sweet. I love it and I love these two so much. I'm sorry this one got pulled, but I'm very glad we got to see it as a bonus.
Astariel
2025-08-02 18:16:29 +0000 UTC@BBCC I doubt they'd fool passing aircraft, at this point.
5099 5618 v2.0
2025-08-02 18:13:22 +0000 UTC@Rice She ...er... seems to have other things on her mind.
5099 5618 v2.0
2025-08-02 18:10:41 +0000 UTCI'm happy we get to see this and I want them to be together
Charlotte KL
2025-08-02 17:59:33 +0000 UTCadding amber to the list of characters whose feelings matter more than joyce's and dorothy's, and should be prioritized by the narrative at all costs lest the comic become problematique
QueenOfSodor
2025-08-02 17:20:15 +0000 UTCYou're kissing. Amber is bleeding out in the woods, and you're kissing. Edit: to be clear, I'm making a reference to the "you're laughing" meme (meme explained in this link https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/murrays-youre-laughing). I'm not earnestly implying that Dorothy and Joyce don't care about Amber. I know they think she's safe. I actually think this is a very sweet, cute moment.
Kelly (they-them)
2025-08-02 17:06:49 +0000 UTCugh, I love them so much
Amós Batista
2025-08-02 17:02:55 +0000 UTCAgatha has entered the chat
Harold
2025-08-02 17:00:13 +0000 UTCOne for the sickos
Acebender
2025-08-02 16:53:43 +0000 UTCdorothy when she realises those lips touched joe's dick like 10 minutes ago:
Rice
2025-08-02 16:40:49 +0000 UTCI'm actually so relieved they aren't using the blanket. That feels like an even bigger betrayal.
Green
2025-08-02 16:15:39 +0000 UTCCute but also yeah, I'm gonna guess they're not gonna fool Sarah
BBCC
2025-08-02 16:14:04 +0000 UTCOH MY GOD I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE THAT!! Oh my GOD, something tells me you don't want to sleep in clothes that potentially have tear gas residue or something. I know neither got a direct heat, but they were still surrounded by it, sort of like second hand smoke.
Green
2025-08-02 16:12:37 +0000 UTCi'm most worried about Joe. Like this could potentially set him so far back in his character development... I hope he handles it well and maybe we get Poly Joyce out of it, but im still so anxious.
Tsa
2025-08-02 15:55:04 +0000 UTCThis is INFURIATING, they are still in their PROTEST CLOTHES why haven't they SHOWERED
A Lorelei V
2025-08-02 15:51:12 +0000 UTC(/laptop falls to the ground) (/Brief pause. Nothing else heard) (/Resumption)
5099 5618 v2.0
2025-08-02 15:36:05 +0000 UTCD'aww
5099 5618 v2.0
2025-08-02 15:32:38 +0000 UTCAlso, lol @ the toothbrushing
Uniquitous
2025-08-02 15:26:51 +0000 UTCVery sweet.
Uniquitous
2025-08-02 15:24:54 +0000 UTCFeels like the right call to swap this one out for the Asma strip, but I'm also very glad I'm a Patreon member to see this gem (of course, will end up in the collections, as is tradition).
C
2025-08-02 15:18:40 +0000 UTCyes of all the strips from these few weeks, it was the most implicit
David Willis
2025-08-02 14:56:59 +0000 UTCAt any other time this would be the cutest possible thing and I would be grinning and bouncing and flapping my hands, but as it is now, I'm just so distressed over how much hurt will follow :')
Green
2025-08-02 14:26:29 +0000 UTCVery cute, and they didn’t make out under Joe’s blanket!
Naff
2025-08-02 14:13:19 +0000 UTCDamn. I'd buy that last frame as a poster. It's so impossibly innocent and sweet. Thank you, Willis.
William Lewis
2025-08-02 14:10:41 +0000 UTCAlso, I love the last panel as a piece of art. I feel like it captures honest unfettered intimacy in a way that transcends its context.
Morgan Byrd
2025-08-02 14:03:46 +0000 UTCThere will be Consequences™️, but also d’aww these goobers
Morgan Byrd
2025-08-02 14:01:53 +0000 UTCI will never not drop a like for a Galaxy Quest reference, please take it good sir
MrShoggoth
2025-08-02 13:39:44 +0000 UTCIt came before the Sal/Amber strip that published on the main site today
David Willis
2025-08-02 13:32:50 +0000 UTCSarah, off panel, yelling "Oh... That's not right!" like Sam Rockwell in GALAXY QUEST
Harold
2025-08-02 13:17:07 +0000 UTCHahah oh god they would be so mad if they saw this one. Last I saw they were trying to figure out how to construct the digitizer from TRON so they could be beamed into the internet and force Joyce and Dorothy to apologize, repent, and enter a nunnery
Anna Phylaxis
2025-08-02 13:15:58 +0000 UTCIt’s a story pacing thing, and also Asma fit way way better in the main storyline thing
Sajuuk-Khar
2025-08-02 13:13:45 +0000 UTCthis is gonna be the last strip in Book 15, right? feels fitting for that! i love these fruits so much
QueenOfSodor
2025-08-02 13:11:55 +0000 UTCThis might be because I haven't drunk any tea today, but why would one strip need to be yanked out to make room for another one? Isn't having more strips a good thing? Or is it a story pacing thing?
Rob McBobson
2025-08-02 13:09:41 +0000 UTCMe: it’s happening! It’s happening!🥹 Also me: omg, it’s happening. 😨
Taigan
2025-08-02 13:07:48 +0000 UTCI mean, frankly, this strip was implicit anyway.
Heatth
2025-08-02 13:07:04 +0000 UTCHonestly, like, honestly honestly, it’s *extremely* for the best this goes in Bonus Land, you made the right call
Sajuuk-Khar
2025-08-02 13:05:36 +0000 UTCOr, like, the Bush era
Rob McBobson
2025-08-02 13:04:31 +0000 UTCI mean, prior point includes the night before 🤷
Magic Chopstick Games
2025-08-02 13:03:47 +0000 UTC
