Ranking Dumbing of Age's Valentine's Strips by Heartbreak
16) 2020
This as nothing to do with romance good or bad. 2020 was the tenth anniversary year and guess that willis couldn't fit a little heartbreak between all the plot.
15) 2013
No heartbreak but at least it's romance. Just Billie shorting out her feeling while Daisy is into girl on girl. (of course one could argue that all of Billie/Ruth is heartbreak)
14) 2012
Losses point for being about an aftermath rather than the moment. Also no one actually breaks up over this. Like the strip of AMber catching Billie leaving Danny's room would have worked more. Amber's hurt but only until she learns that Danny was telling the truth. A bit of heartbreak for walkyverse fans as this pretty much shuts the door on Billie and Danny.
13) 2019
While embarrassing for Lucy, her attraction to Walky is still in it's infancy so it doesn't have a real sting to it. (Billie is drunk after yet another fight with Ruth but that's in the background rather than the main event of the strip)
12) 2022
Losses points because Joyce herself isn't experiencing any love issues here, just a bad period. It is juxtaposed with Dina and Bucky having sex for the first time, but that context is lost as a stand alone strip
11) 2015
Finally a break up. This is somewhat negated by this being a good thing. Joyce is realizing that she can't and shouldn't 'cure' Ethan and Ethan is realizing that he can't wish away what he is.
10) 2026
Asma lamenting her love life is something else she has to worry about. Asma is a little too new for this to go any higher but just inching into the top ten ain't bad
9) 2016
Dina being alone while Becky is there for Joyce. While this does underline the issue that leads to their fight/break up in the current storyline (feb 14 2026 as of writing this), it is somewhat negated by the fact Becky has some business in her hometown to take care of; retrieving her social security number and birth certificate.
8) 2025
Just Billie blowing her chance to reconnect to Alice before it began.
7) 2021
Lucy just throwing herself at him and Walky just picks up nothing. These two were really doomed from the start, weren't they?
6) 2023
Dorothy setting not only herself but Lucy and Walky up for heartbreak. Also derails Joe and Joyce's romance in the long run as well. Way to go Dorothy.
5) 2011
And our first valentine's day. More of the aftermath than the moment but Joe and Joyce fighting after their first date fell apart is an appropriate one
4) 2024
man, not even a dumping just a cold shoulder. Just twisting the knife in the boy
3) 2018
Dorothy dealing with her pause with Walky. Putting logic first.
2) 2017
And here we have Danny and AG/Amber fully killing their relationship. I would say it losses points for midfight instead of the start or end but hey, made it to number two
2014
And the one that started it all. That last line really just sells it.
