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Take the characters of ''[[Walkyverse|It's Walky!]]'' and ''[[Shortpacked]]'', mix it with the setting of ''[[Walkyverse|Roomies!]]'', add thirteen-years-improved writing and art and what you get is '''''Dumbing of Age'''''.
The comic is a [[Continuity Reboot]] of the [[Walkyverse]] as a whole. It reprises the ''Roomies!'' idea by putting [[Everyone Went to School Together|all the characters together at Indiana University]]--including characters who were introduced after ''It's Walky!'' was completed. It also removes the sci-fi elements in favor of just letting people bounce off each other. It is being produced concurrently with ''[[Shortpacked]]'' and, by [[Word of God]], should be considered an [[Alternate Universe]], as David Willis plans to play fast and loose with histories, plots and timing for the sake of a better finished product.
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* [[Ascended Extra]]: Ryan, who appeared in a grand total of four strips back in the ''Roomies''/''It's Walky'' days as part of a Ruth-flashback subplot, has a much bigger role here.
* [[Author Appeal]]: Willis has shown that he likes the idea of [[Alternate Universe|Alternate Universes.]]
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Joyce does ''not'' like guys who think of nothing but sex.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: {{spoiler|Sarah saves Joyce from [[Rape as Drama|date rape.]]}}
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* [[Broad Strokes]]: Willis stated at Anime Fest 2010 (where the comic was unveiled) that he plans to write the characters so that they are up to date with the other continuities. For example, Joyce starts off with the same level of maturity she had gained at the end of IW (thanks to not having been abducted and actually having a friend her own age), and Ethan came out some time in high school. This is so that he doesn't have to cover the same character arcs that people have already read.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Life seems to be developing a bit of a habit of kicking Danny in the balls.
* [[Call Back]]: According to Mike's [[Character Blog|Twitter]], his turn-ons are [https://web.archive.org/web/20120307092925/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20020511.html hats], [http://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-2-pulls-the-drama-tag/01-addicted/iloveyoumaggie/ strong tempers], and [[Refuge in Audacity|fuckable moms on the brink of death]], referencing Mike's romantic relationships in It's Walky! and Shortpacked!
* [[The Cameo]]: Apparently [[Archie Comics|Archie]] is not above attending college parties.
** [[Word of God]] says otherwise.
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* [[Gayngst]]: Ethan. He even angsts about the fact that he angsts so much.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Sarah can actually see the character's archetypes miles away, but her flaw is that she's been right so many times she's built a wall around herself so that she wouldn't need to make friends ever again.
* [[Go Mad
* [[She's Not My Girlfriend|He's Not My Boyfriend:]] Billie gets pretty vocal when Ruth asks if Walky's her boyfriend.
* [[He-Man Woman Hater]]: Walky responds to his attraction to Dorothy about as well as your average eight-year old would.
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