#walky

[billieownedcount]

First Appearance. 3 Strips In. Tone: Set.

Original Strip

[coreyww]

Okay two things.

One: Danny’s mom is a little creepy to do that.

Two: Walky needs to make good on this promise now, he’s due.

[ardiebeaphotography]

The Best Boyfriends

Joyce and Dorothy are together and that is awesome. But a huge element in each of their respective journeys - Dorothy through her compulsive do-gooding, and Joyce through her toxic religious upbringing - has been a boyfriend who not only embodies the traits they each initially found so threatening (and alluring) but who honestly wants the best for the woman he loves - and is willing and able to stand aside to allow that to happen. Willis has created some excellent men out of a horndog and goofball. That's A-grade writing.

And a bonus - immediately after Dorothy dumps Walky (April 2018) this first time...

So can we please lay off with all the "Joyce / Dorothy was completely unexpected" bullshit?

[taigan-hse]

That’s some interesting hand placement there, Dorothy

[sunday6pm-exuisking]

cat fight

dumbing of age, suddenly made me remember of this strip

[hhayfever]

Oops! All Ambers!

[solarbird]

[toolassistedrat]

Was randoming through some Old DoA today, and was struck by the tragedy of Walkys expression all the way back here.

He was *right* to be worried, he was right and he understood Billie perfectly, but because of Billies batshit toxic decisions (based) he was *wrong.* He was made to feel as if he was silly to ever be worried, like the distance between his capabilities and his ability to understand this woman who should be like a sister to him, was insurmountable. But its not, he understood her, but after this he felt like he never could.

I feel as if the story of Walky is the story of someone who was coasting through life, someone who was barely present in the self, but wanted to grow up, wanted to be better, wanted to be someone dependable, and *succeeded*. Yet because of the people around him, hes been made to think that things that should be true are false. That assumptions of his very self that should have been tossed out or reevaluted in this process of growing up, where in fact innate. (And I do think this is another example of Dorothy being bad for him, of her slowing down his growth because she isnt just okay with him stagnating from this person he hated being, but actively promoted the idea that there are parts of him, like his inability to understand Billie, even though he did, as things that are unmalleable)

Which is all to say, estrogen would continue to fix him.