Make it go away
on November 29, 2015 at 12:01 amChapter: Anti-Joyce
Location: Read Hall lobby, Squad 128's apartment
Lookit me, usin’ this story to explain Joyce’s somewhat erratic behavior towards sexual information in Roomies!. Â Like a ninja.
Lookit me, usin’ this story to explain Joyce’s somewhat erratic behavior towards sexual information in Roomies!. Â Like a ninja.
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I’m kinda surprised that Mike doesn’t use this against her later. (Or maybe he does and I just have a bad memory.)
Consider the consequences of this. Mike’s generally willing to take a beating while being an asshole but is he willing to die for it?
Not for being an asshole, no.
Yeah, there was that one thing later on where he seemed pretty okay getting beaten to death.
Yeah Mike’s even more willing to die than anyone else. It’s why I think he’s always trying to help people despite being a gigantic asshat about. He’s trying to atone for the person he knows he is.
Well, I guess it would make sense for Anti-Joyce to have no self-preservation instinct, if she is the exact opposite.
“Exact opposite” is a bit of a hard thing to do and still have a usable character. For example, Joyce has knowledge of the English language and is capable of speech.
Joyce is also not a hunk of driftwood, the logical opposite of which is being such. And not on fire. Or radioactive.
I didn’t see anybody check Anti-Joyce with a Geiger counter . . .
Oh Mike…
Always willing to “help” in situations like this.
I can’t tell if I want to jump anti-Joyce or punch her in the throat.
Both! XD
What’s strange is that She Anti-j is saying that she needs her to tap into her rage but it seems like Sub joyce is the one with that part other her personality.
I don’t think Joyce needs Anti- for rage, but for wisdom and knowledge of things she “shouldn’t” know about.
Yeah, pretty sure Joyce has things covered on the rage front. That doesn’t mean Anti-Joyce can’t still help, of course.
You mean Wisdom and Knowledge that she knows jack shit about according to Mike.
Knowing something and being able to apply it (for a nickel) are two different things.
most promiscuous people tend to be skilled in bed, due to experience. Mike’s insult kind of makes me wonder… has Anti-Joyce had a chance to do more than sleep with Mike and assault her other two male teammates?
I think the answer lies in the fact that she’s only had her own body for a little while. So she’s opposite of Joyce in that she embraces sexual knowledge and is promiscuous, but that doesn’t mean that she’s magically granted sexual expertise that Joyce has never had.
Keep in mind, it’s Mike saying this. She might be perfectly fine in bed, even great, and he’d still insult her because he’s Mike. (Also, maybe given all the moms he’s had for a nickel, maybe his bar is set kind of high…)
I’m going to try and say this as spoiler free as possible.
Given what we learn much later about Joyce, Anti-Joyce being lousy in bed makes perfect sense.
(My bet is she lacks endurance)
I wonder, why is Anti-Joyce even doing this? What part of Joyce’s personality got mirrored into ‘hang around the people most likely to restrain and kill you while never shutting up?’ You’d think she would have ran away, gone wild and they’d have learned about her on the news.
My best guess is that she’s internalized how no one ever tries to kill Head Alien while he’s making his speeches, even though he’s not always in a position of power while doing so.
She has no sense of social restraint. She’s pure Id and Ego – She has an impulse so she follows it.
I just assumed that she wanted to hurt Joyce as much as possible (for reasons, possibly related to how some of us have aspects of ourselves that we hate and wish to get rid of), and the only way to enjoy Joyce’s suffering due to Anti-Joyce’s shit is by being in close proximity.
I think anti-Joyce stayed to embarrass and/or piss off her roomates.
As for Mike, I’ve always thought he liked Joyce, in as much as he likes anyone.
Telling Anti-joyce she sucks in bed would be the best way to hurt her (if she can be hurt) because she is super proud of her in bed skills apparently.
See, that’s the thing about doppelgangers / evil/good clones, etc. They’re inherently drawn to their other selves, to (mockingly) point out what the other is supposedly repressing, or what they’re better at than the other, with not a thought spared for self-preservation.
I’m beginning to work out why this bitch ends up with her [SPOILER REDACTED]
I don’t get why this would be real Joyce’s dark secret. The other Joyce is the opposite of her, something she is not. So how is it supposed to be embarrassing for her?
I mean I understand the intention, I get that this was written by a guy crippled by his religious extremist upbringing so I understand this is trying to be a projection, but in the comic the logic is just kinda wonky here.
At the very least, Joyce believes Anti-Joyce is indeed everything, those aspects and memories she was ashamed enough about to lead her to mindwipe herself. Now, here’s a chance all of that might be exposed… is that something she wants to happen? So, she’s trying to regain some control.
Oh mike, always so charming… Don’t worry everyone will forgive you for any kind of anger they have against you when you manage to hanky-panky amber and nate at the same time in shortpacked :p
… I’ve forgotten who Nate is, or never knew.
Mike wants his nickel back
(No reference to the band)
“You want your damn thirty dollars back? I want my KIDNEY back!”
Okay, so that’s what Mike meant about not enjoying it.