Early update for December 5, 2023
Added 2023-12-04 04:55:01 +0000 UTCquote 'dirty work' when you can
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Is no one going to mention that she is leaving the weight lifting area to go "lift weights" which is probably what the what is about
Ronokki
2023-12-04 21:27:29 +0000 UTCthere are dirty work quotes in the dialogue
David Willis
2023-12-04 14:43:04 +0000 UTCI don't recognize any "Dirty Work" quotes in the dialogue; what am I missing? Or is Willis just implying that there exists a quote from it that suits this strip?
Rob McBobson
2023-12-04 12:36:12 +0000 UTCoof there it is
Toby (she-they)
2023-12-04 09:30:30 +0000 UTCOOOOOOOOOF
Onyx
2023-12-04 07:51:39 +0000 UTCYesss Jacob. Embrace the irritation
Daniel Adams
2023-12-04 06:58:20 +0000 UTCRegarding the potential Joyce/Dorothy relationship, I think lust is less her motivation and more a possible crush/love/wanting to be open and give Joyce compliments but struggling. Other than that, totally agree with your assessment.
Andrea Andrew
2023-12-04 06:53:55 +0000 UTCSarah in the last panel "...am I the baddie?"
Shane Wegner
2023-12-04 06:46:57 +0000 UTCI find an alternate, entirely satisfactory explanation for Dorothy's leaving (opposed to this this theorized mounting Joycelust people are wanting to see) is that she's realizing she really has been a third wheel on multiple conversations, and almost just harshed her supposed friend Joyce's happiness at feeling desired, something she KNOWS Joyce has been struggling with basically her entire life. And maybe has an inkling that she's upstaging whatever Sarah was trying to accomplish with Jacob here (Sarah is shooting her own foot with an artillery piece all on her own though.) I can see Dorothy having enough self awareness to realize she's not helping either situation and enough social grace to remove herself instead of making it worse. Which would also hurt extra on Dorothy because she's been struggling with the idea that she wants to be a leader who can solve everyone's problems, but isn't really helping anyone solve even one problem here. And I've made this argument before, but _even if_ Joycelust was Dorothy's motivation (a HUGELY uncertain "if", imo), that would mean Dorothy cares about ramming her own agenda through regardless of what Joyce wants, needs, feels happy about or is ready for? And how would that be any different than the caricature of what Joe is accused of being?
Shane Wegner
2023-12-04 06:45:22 +0000 UTCI also was confused. She's looking right and up, which indicates thinking inwardly. My guess would be that she uttered the remark about going to lift weights during her reverie, then said "wha?" in response to Sarah staring after Joyce, which she is doing in both the preceding and succeeding panels.
Dan Rabin
2023-12-04 06:00:00 +0000 UTCGOTTER
Sajuuk-Khar
2023-12-04 05:58:36 +0000 UTCis Dorothy's "what" an internal conversation where she's incredulous that she's gonna lift weights, or a delayed reaction to Joyce somehow...?
darklion
2023-12-04 05:49:35 +0000 UTCAnd Jacob with the three pointer from half court!
Grace Kieser
2023-12-04 05:24:34 +0000 UTC
