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>Dorothy did make herself Joyce's friend and confidant
Kinda the other way around, it's Joyce who decided to start latching on Dorothy, precisely right after she learned she was an atheist.

>but "Come on, don't be a fundie"/"All the cool kids are doing it" are stock examples of manipulation.
Thing is, Dorothy never did that. The main reason Joyce turned atheist was the action of her own mother when she bailed out Becky's dad right after he had brought a shotgun to campus.