History Heartwarming / DumbingOfAge

* Ethan [[spoiler: [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/used/ moving to help the clearly terrified Joyce get back home, literally minutes after she ended their "relationship."]]]]

-->'''Commenter:''' Normally I’d make a comment praising how cute the couple are together and maybe even sqee-ing to make a point, but here, I want to thank you. You’ve captured one of life’s joys. You’ve not only put on display (perhaps better than you ever have before), not only the joy of being with someone you care about, but the sheer giddiness felt from the first kiss with someone you love. And here’s the kicker, it feels simple. There’s no alcoholic suicide pact, or “just for fun boyfriend”, or even alter egos here, and while I think those are great writing that gives more depth to the characters, they niggle in the back of my mind whenever I see the relationship. Here though, you’ve created a scene so real that it made me forget about Toenail Dad or the fact that Becky shouldn’t even be at the university. You’ve created the most human moment I’ve seen in any comic strip, and I want to thank you for that from the bottom of my heart.

* Meta example. Willis understands perfectly well how sensitive a topic [[spoiler: suicide]] is so in the strip that reveals [[spoiler: that Becky's mother died this way,]] he puts up a very long warning above the strip itself advising people triggered by this to skip it. Commentators are quite pleased with him making this pre-caution.

* After all of her hard work, Becky's made it into college for real.

* [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/04-the-whiteboard-dong-bandit/asking/ Ruth and Billie's one sided pillow talk]]

-->'''Commenter:''' Normally I’d make a comment praising how cute the couple are together and maybe even sqee-ing to make a point, but here, I want to thank you. You’ve captured one of life’s joys. You’ve not only put on display (perhaps better than you ever have before), not only the joy of being with someone you care about, but the sheer giddiness felt from the first kiss with someone you love. And here’s the kicker, it feels simple. There’s no alcoholic suicide pact, or “just for fun boyfriend”, or even alter egos here, and while i think those are great writing that give more depth to the characters, they niggle in the back of my mind whenever I see the relationship. Here though, you’ve created a scene so real that it made me forget about Toenail Dad or the fact that Becky shouldn’t even be at the university. You’ve created the most human moment I’ve seen in any comic strip, and I want to thank you for that from the bottom of my heart.

* While [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/01-to-those-whod-ground-me/appraisal/ Becky and Dina smooching. ]] is adorable on it's own, what brings it here is Joyce's reaction: Just two days ago, while accepting of Becky's sexuality, Joyce could barely deal with it. Now, while she turns away to give them privacy, she smiles at her best friend and her girlfriend making out in front of her, just happy that Becky is happy.

* Meta example. Willis understands perfectly well how sensitive a topic [[spoiler: suicide]] is so in the strip that reveals [[spoiler: that Becky's mother died this way,]] he puts up a very long warning above the strip itself advising people triggered by this to skip it.Commentators are quite pleased with him making this pre-caution.

-->'''Hank''': ...it took me a while, after you'd taken your mother and me to task at the fountain, to realize. ''You'' were ''me''. That ''was'' me, doing what I thought was right, ''[[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight no quarters given]]''.

* Sarah wanted to put up Halloween decorations, but hates the idea of people knowing she likes Halloween. Joyce agrees to fake outrage at the Halloween decorations so Sarah can pretend she's doing it to get a rise out of Joyce.

* Even after Becky has moved out from Leslie's place, they are able to have a [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/02-to-remind-you-of-my-love/gather/ bonding moment.]]

'''Sarah:''' [has a EurekaMoment]

* Sarah wanted to put up Halloween decorations, but hates the idea of people knowing she likes Halloween. Joyce agrees to fake outrage at the Halloween decorations so Sarah can pretend she's doing it to get a rise out of Joyce.

* Sarah wanted to put up Halloween decorations, but hates the idea of people knowing she likes Halloween. Joyce agrees to fake outrage at the Halloween decorations so she can pretend she's doing it to get a rise out of Joyce.

-->''Becky '''is''' family. She is '''my''' family. If you want to get lunch, you '''will''' understand this.''

* In the sort of demented way only Robin can provide, there's what she and Leslie start doing after Leslie finds het sleeping on (not in) her bed. After getting past the severe sexual tension, they sit down to watch ''Steven Universe''. They're even holding hands.

** The strip right after: Joyce brings up that Dina's parents might not be so accepting of her sexuality.. reminding Dina [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/01-to-those-whod-ground-me/credited/ to tell them in the first place she has a girlfriend.]] Their response is to give Dina 200 dollars to take Becky someplace nice.

** The strip right after: Amber brings up that Dina's parents might not be so accepting of her sexuality.. reminding Dina [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/01-to-those-whod-ground-me/credited/ to tell them in the first place she has a girlfriend.]] Their response is to give Dina 200 dollars to take Becky someplace nice.

* In the sort of demented way only Robin can provide, there's what she and Leslie start doing after Leslie finds het sleeping on (not in) her bed. After getting past the severe sexual tension, they sit down to watch ''Steven Universe''. They're even holding hands.

** Even outside Joyce's immediate circle of friends, we see other girls on the floor such as Agatha and Mandy [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/02-that-perfect-girl/steplightly/ working together to keep Becky from being discovered by Ruth.]]

* The InUniverse outpouring of support that Becky's been getting - not just from Joyce, but even Joe, Billie, and Sal are committed to trying to help her out.

-->'''Hank''': ...it took me a while, after you'd taken your mother and me to task at the fountain, to realize. ''You'' were ''me''. That ''was'' me, doing what I thought was right, ''[[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight no quarters given]]''.

* Meta example. Willis understands perfectly well how sensitive a topic [[spoiler: suicide]] is so in the strip that reveals [[spoiler: that Becky's mother died this way,]] he puts up a very long warning above the strip itself advising people triggered by this to skip it.Commentators are quite pleased with him making this pre-caution.

** Furthermore, Hank [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/02-that-perfect-girl/occasionally/ voices]] his own displeasure with Ross, admitting to Joyce that he only spent time with him was because of Becky and Bonnie, but was still tempted to hit Ross over the things he would say sometimes.
--->'''Joyce''': Yeah, well, [Ross] was an ''asshole''.\\

** Furthermore, Hank [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/02-that-perfect-girl/occasionally/ voices]] his own displeasure with Ross, admitting to Joyce that he only talked with him because of Becky and Bonnie, and was tempted to hit Ross over the things he would say sometimes, and admits that the only reason the Browns spent much time with the [=MacIntyres=] was due to Joyce's friendship with Becky.

'''Hank''': Heh, ''[[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/02-that-perfect-girl/occasionally/ damn right]]'' he was.

** Furthermore, Hank [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/02-that-perfect-girl/occasionally/ voices]] his own displeasure with Ross, admitting to Joyce that he only talked with him because of Becky and Bonnie, and was tempted to hit Ross over the things he would say sometimes.

* Meta example. [[spoiler: Willis understands perfectly well how sensitive a topic suicide is, so in the strip that reveals that Becky's mother died this way, he puts up a very long warning above the strip itself advising people triggered by this to skip it. Commentators are quite pleased with him making this pre-caution.]]

** Furthermore, Hank [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/02-that-perfect-girl/occasionally/ voices]] his own displeasure with Ross, admitting to Joyce that he only talked with him because of Becky and Bonnie, and was tempted to hit Ross over the things he would say sometimes.

* [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/02-that-perfect-girl/roadtrip/ Hank Brown's reaction to seeing Becky again.]] [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/02-that-perfect-girl/humility/ All of it.]] It's not perfect, and there will probably still be issues that come up, but considering the nightmare that Becky's actual father turned out to be, it is so good to see that at least one member of Becky's second family still cares about her.