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I don't recall seeing Faye's face drawn before exactly as it is in panel 1, but that is a _very_ Faye face. Just saying.

Ursus Ridens

MARRY'D!

Diptych

This is wildly adorable

Bagge

@Michael Steamweed: or even Anh to something.

Some Ed

@Stephen Wells: I expected them to have different meanings. The guy who caught strays in the town I lived in for my most formative years did something very different with them than those of us who picked up strays. It felt like they knew also, because he had to catch them to do his thing, they wouldn't just walk up to him to be picked up. That having been said, that wasn't at all related to the meaning catching strays came to mean, which probably would make a lot more sense if I reflected how many more people have inner city experiences while growing up than I did.

Some Ed

@BookBeard: I believe we've seen they have a moonbase they occupy simultaneously with Northampton. Most of the time, the moon is further away from Northampton than Cubetown. In the quite rare circumstances when it isn't, Yay would have bigger problems, as would everyone else. Yes, I'm sticking with most of the time. Sigh. Well, ok, would switching to the vast majority of the time suit you? We may have to agree to disagree, or maybe you'll have to accept that I know something you might not, or at least think I do. Just saying.

Some Ed

To misquote Teen Girl Squad, "WE'RE ON HONEYMOON!" (and while many, many valiant attempts are being made, there will not be a wave of babies)

Smashy smashy

Anh.

Diptych

Speaking of spelling, it's Marten, not Martin. I put that common error down to autocorrect at least some of the time.

jonesnori

I just about missed Bubbles' cute *smek* in panel five. She's doing good girlfriending here.

ValdVin

What about Dora and Tai? Isn't she friends with them?

Tuspa Mouse

She should move to Cubetown. I hear CAnhada is nice this time of year.

legobil

Speciesist.

Opus the Poet

I'm with you.

Maurice Kessler

Throuple? Wouldn't be mad at a throuple.

joFinndian

Organicist.

Phil_M

OtP: I’d assume that any relationships that Yay or the Director engaged in with anybody would be largely mediated through cyberspace, where distance is optional.

Phil_M

Faye understands trust. Anh needs growth.

Sparky

Oh good lord if this is foreshadowing of Faye and Bubs breaking up and Faye ending up with Anh imma be MAD

Naufragous Kat

I'm expecting them to come back to Anh and she's holding a cable in her mouth like a leash with her hands up like paws...

Hugh Eckert

People are continuing to drive Mad Marie anhsane, I see...

Hugh Eckert

Came here to say that...

Hugh Eckert

I'm straight but not narrow.

Hugh Eckert

The gate is straight Deep and wide Break anh through to the other side Break anh through to the other side!

Hugh Eckert

I would disagree with Yay as a “single being”, considering their parts are not a hive mind, make independent decisions and sometimes disagree. As a DID system, we can relate to Yay in a different way- we just wish we also had multiple (external) bodies! 😅

Ailadi

I'll be honest, I'd have sent her packing immediately. I trust Jeph will make this into something good but I have no empathy for Ahn.

Fabio Neves

Vitalist!

Stephen Wells

Yay is the polycule without the poly?

Greg Matyola

@Halloween Jack: I wish I could like your comment more than once.

Sean Kinlin

Looks like Faye has Ahnother pet along with Pintsize.

Greg Matyola

*sighs, hands you internet*

Halloween Jack

Not unrelated, but I'd say "power bottom."

Halloween Jack

Let's just be honest with each other and say that for some of us, we're looking for someone to tell us, "Heel."

Halloween Jack

I think the Director would make a tentacular, I mean, spectacular, parent!

Michael Steamweed

Stati-Ahn-ary. /stay-shuh-Ahn-uh-ree/

Michael Steamweed

You might be Ahn to something.

Michael Steamweed

I'm not seeing a Faye/Ahn future. I'm seeing a Faye-mentoring-Anh future.

Michael Steamweed

Parenting so low, they need a cAhnning tower to see above water.

Michael Steamweed

Hey, now! You sayin' those AIs aren't alive?!?! :O That's SO biology-ist of you! (biologist? biolist? carbonist? organist? life-sciencist? man, i'm struggling here.)

Michael Steamweed

I can see Roko moving there. I don't know what she'd do there. Right now, she's doing good with her AI advocation in-town.

Michael Steamweed

They aren't really a "collective" though, Yay is one single being that just happens to have multiple bodies, so one deciding to leave doesn't really make sense. That doesn't preclude the possibility of bodies being in Northampton and Cubetown simultaneously though, we don't know if they have a limited range for that sort of thing.

BookBeard

My headcanon resolution is that some of Yay are friends with the director while one of Yay leaves the collective to devote their life to Roko :)

Stephen Wells

But that would mean Roko would have to move to Cubetown unless Yay and the Director agreed to a LDR.

Opus the Poet

Indeed! Mad thanks to Marie for keeping the red pen anh hand. Someone has to keep us anh point!

Melissa Wilson

Bubbles made me feel so seen there! Though well-proportioned, I’ve never been a compact gal & one of the most swoon-inducing things ever said to me was “hey, little girl”

Melissa Wilson

Odd how "picking up strays" and "catching strays" have developed such different meanings.

Stephen Wells

Yes! Would *totally* pay extra for that!

Melissa Wilson

& sometimes quite easily anhtertained! But who *doesn’t* need some easy in their life right now?

Melissa Wilson

Niiiiiiiicely done, gents!

Melissa Wilson

@Not that Patrick… They might be fake, they might be lies, they might be big big big big fliiiiiiiiiiies. 😍

Melissa Wilson

…And she said, "Honey take me dancing" But they ended up by sleeping In a doorway By the bodegas and the lights anh Upper Broadway Wearing diamonds anh the soles of their shoes One of my very most favorite songs of all time, ever. *swoon*

Melissa Wilson

Boy, I hope you’re right, Stephen!

Melissa Wilson

🤣

Melissa Wilson

Adorable, Opus! Utterly adorable. 🥰 🍞 🥖 🥯

Melissa Wilson

Beeps has some factory-seconds "I (heart) Anhal" T-shirts if we need them.

Stephen Wells

Liked for Anh puns in every word of your post.

Opus the Poet

And imaginary Human Abs!

Stephen Wells

What else would you call someone who is turned on by bread?

Opus the Poet

Panel 4 is a "stop shipping, dammit" message from Jeph :)

Stephen Wells

Bookbeard! That's a deep cut even by your standards :)

Stephen Wells

Emotianhally distanht.

Stephen Wells

I treasure the fact that "Roko is just a huge pervert" is canonical :)

Stephen Wells

Our whole community is just a group of anhablers...

David Paul

Oh, today I learned!

enchantedsleeper

Montage ahead to the part where Anh arrives at the meeting with crates of company parts she has personally replaced. And notes. SO MANY notes. :3

Bear C. Brown

No means of communicatianh.

David Paul

Yes, it is how she learns and she enjoys it.

Donna Flint

After Anh is rehabilitated and dating Hannelore, I'm going to start hoping that Yay and the Director become friends.

Chris Warren

She's a bratty sub, but the brattiness is unintentional. Is it ethical to discipline her in that case?

Graydon Armstrong

This sounds equal parts funny and tragically true

Patreonreallyletsyoumakelongassusernamesguys

It's the cirr-cle of liiife (and AI).

Graydon Armstrong

Sure that she's a sub, or that it's unrelated? :)

Andrei Safta

It's a panh, you see

Lene

Unfortunately, being told to "Stay!" by a butch lady is already the best sex Anh has ever had. They will have to call in a crack team of advanced perverts (Pintsize and Roko) to deal with her.

Stephen Wells

Originally "strait and narrow" - strait means narrow! - from a bible quote: strait is the gate and narrow the way that leads to salvation. Thank you for helping me fill my trivia quota :)

Stephen Wells

Are you sure about that

R L

I love how QC is a comic about strays picking up strays. Faye picks up Anh, Faye herself was picked up by Marten. Marten was picked up by Pintsize. It all comes back to Pintsize

Bagge

Anh is also a sub, but that's unrelated

Bagge

Then comes the lead, the polycule, and Marten's mum!

Diptych

Oh, she knows "Stay" already - they could get started on the obedience training right away!

Clifton Royston

Time for me to throw that album on again too.

Clifton Royston

Hahaha, I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one who thought that in regards to the “Stay. *Stay*.” prompt.

legobil

Anhavailable.

legobil

"I'm sorry but your 'Lunch With Dad' story didn't make the cutoff for this sprint."

PostRetroism

I'm shipping Fanh.

PostRetroism

The place where I lived wasn't a safe place to be out. Where I live now is pretty cool about it.

Yelling Bird

I can call you Bubbles And Bubbles, when you call me, you can call me Anh You can call me Anh

Diptych

The Anhswer my friend Is blowing in the wind The Anhswer is blowing in the wind

Captain Button

@Mad Marie, never surranhder. We appreciate you.

Call me Ishmael.

She's a rich girl She don't try to hide it Diamonds Anh the soles of her shoes (you have, in fact, prompted me to relisten to the whole album for the thousandth time)

Diptych

Ditto, most of mine were LGBTQ, mostly trans, because trans people are most likely to be homeless.

Opus the Poet

Submacopter parenting? Let's ask Raven. (Not Amy like I first said, it was Raven who invented the submacopter.)

Allan Widner

It's the first chapter of Ol' Boatys memoir.

BookBeard

She comes back to tell me she's gone As if I didn't know that As if I didn't know my support ticket queue As if I'd never noticed The way that one lock of hair absolutely refused to be brushed back from her forehead

Diptych

Except they interacted with Liz for more than two seconds, so they know *exactly* how difficult it can be.

BookBeard

Keep her on the gay and narrow.

BookBeard

In association with Uncanine Valley Robotic Pet Adoption Agency. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3886

BookBeard

Faye told Anh to “Stay! STAY!” In other words, remain stationary. Jeph turned it into a pun by incorporating Anh’s name in the word “statianhary”.

Populuxe

Never understood what was so good about straight and narrow anyway..

Not that Patrick Foltz

My phone likes to correct it to "Nah".

BookBeard

I ship Ahn/Martin.

Diptych

She said, "Don't I know you From Dora and Tai's wedding party?" I said, "Who Anh I To blow against the wind?"

Diptych

Atlassian parenting

Not that Patrick Foltz

I hope it's not. It was kinda jarring & seemed out of nowhere.

Pejo

anhcommunicado

Minzoku Bokumetsu

I'm sure they'd have to be called frequently when Anh got out. They'll need a fence, I guess.

Ben R

Hampshire County Anhimal Control

Not that Patrick Foltz

Thank you for the correction.

Mark Nach

I still don’t get it 😔 What’s the pun?

John Burton

@Corvus Cardia It's easier to mess up than you might think given how it's pronounced.

Not that Patrick Foltz

Her parents are anhreachable.

Ailadi

Let's call their place The Pound. They can have adoption weekends and everything!

Ben R

(then "ANCH - the C is silent" popped into my head, and I don't *think* that's going to help... maybe we just need Faye to go on one of her old-style nicknaming binges :)

Mark Eichin

I don't know whether I really hope panel 3 isn't foreshadowing, or really hope it is.

Glenn

I've been keeping https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5431 open in a tab just to double check (since it's her full-name self-introduction) but then I realized it's a substring of mANHattan and mANHunt (and pirANHa but nobody can spell that.)

Mark Eichin

Anh know what Anh know I'll stay when I'm told I feel the wind blow Seems my name is a joke that'll never get old

SpookyPenguin

But they might be gianhts

Not that Patrick Foltz

--- Anh Solo

Mark Eichin

I’m with Mad Marie on this, it’s been plenty long enough to not get it by now. Also, I chortled at Jeph jumping on board the panh ship 😁

Ailadi

Our favorite trope

Not that Patrick Foltz

Anhgh, I constantly flip letters 🤦🏻 Thank you. I'd edit, but that'd invalidate your reply

Not that Patrick Foltz

“The Gang Adopts Another Stray.”

fizzlefist

Y’all please stop putting all these windmills in front of Mad Marie, it’s spelled Anh!

Magic Chopstick Games

I like your ears

Mad Marie

So, it's Ahn and Anh and Anh! It's Heaven and Hell! Oh, well.

Captain Button

Elf: Anh

Mad Marie

Anh

Mad Marie

ANH I miss Yay too.

Mad Marie

Anh

Mad Marie

Anh

Mad Marie

Joseph: Anh

Mad Marie

Anh

Mad Marie

"Submarine parenting?" I'm adopting this from now on.

Jimi Ballard

Perhaps! Also: Anh

Mad Marie

Obviously the support system is not running the literal version of Ubuntu.

Mad Marie

Chewie, I've got a bad feeling about this.

Maurice Kessler

@VladVin - thanks for making me laugh water out of my nose dude!

David Durant

Ahn Ahn Ahn Ahn Ahn!!!! (tho also speaking of absolute gremlins I miss Yay)

Max Cooper

I'd say they'll keep her on the Straight Anh Narrow, but on the first part, that tranh has left Station.

Captain Button

Faye saw Marten and Claire adopt Liz and thought "How difficult can it be?"

ValdVin

Cookie Mahnster: Stash of cookies is MINE now!

Joseph Bonnar

Here we go agahn

Not that Patrick Foltz

As god intended. Anhtended?

William Cole

Dammit, now I want to see Jeph do a sketch of a giraffe looking down at Bubbles and it says "Hi Shorty". I don't know why this image is stuck in my head.

SilverbackRon

Did you clear your cache of cookies?

Not that Patrick Foltz

No. Faye wants her to stay AHN.

Joseph Bonnar

Isn't that pretty much the specialty of The Director, at CubeTown?

Amelia Lewis

Panhtsize?

Not that Patrick Foltz

Not before we do! This is an anhgoing campaign.

SilverbackRon

Sometimes a hard reboot is the only anhswer.

SilverbackRon

Ahn so are we all.

Joseph Bonnar

Oddly, I am still down to see this.

SilverbackRon

I used to take in strays myself. Used to have a whole crew.

Yelling Bird

Bubbles only ahnswers to Faye.

Joseph Bonnar

more problem children lmao

Dave, Duke of Fridges

Pahnt pahnt maybe? *ducks*

Joseph Bonnar

Yes, and we are all so here for that. :)

Joseph Bonnar

Anhdoubtedly

BookBeard

Anh's expression in panel 1 doesn't *preclude* this having awakened something in her...

enchantedsleeper

Well, we've been helping/anhcouraging him.

Sean Kinlin

Have you tried running your emotions on Linux Mint?

ValdVin

Most things capable of friendship, anyway. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3337

BookBeard

To quote Faye, "Ew!"

Elf Sternberg

Jeph's just gonna rahn this joke into the ground, huh?

Elf Sternberg

Have you tried turning your feelings off and back on again?

BookBeard

Have we seen her react to a giraffe yet? I don't think so but I will buy tickets.

SilverbackRon

I think I'm going to start rooting for AhnSize. :p

Daryl Sawyer

It took me a minute to figure out “Remain statianhary” wasn’t a typo.

Populuxe

Awwww they have a couples pet now 🥰

Aerin Moriarty

I like that Jeph took the time to acknowledge - and nix - the potential for FayeAnh xD (~though there's nothing stopping her coming round in time for a threesome later~)

enchantedsleeper

Anh submits emotional support tickets. They keep getting closed with no reply.

Sean Kinlin

Tbh most creatures are smaller than Bubbles...

Doc Gumby

set your depth!

Brendan Luster

“Submarine parenting” — I love it!

Peter Shaw

All bots wise and wonderful

Sean Kinlin

Anh’s dad and Hanners’ mom would be the match made in hell.

Heather King

Hyperloop parenting?

Sean Kinlin

Careful talking to her like a puppy, Faye. She might be into that. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5428

BookBeard

That last look on Bubbles face says ahe would love to deep six Anh's father.

Mark Nach

"Faye wants me to stay on!"

Sean Kinlin

Bubbles is a good friend to all creatures great and small

SilverbackRon

Not for too long, I hope. And it seems more like comet parenting. They come and go but are usually distant. If you have a powerful.telescope you can see them

Todd Ellner

Excellent writing, that 4th panel is perfect

Superfarts

They can show her how to grow up, considering she has had no other guidance

DrummerGeek

GDI

Miyaa

Bubbles is so Ahnderstanding.

Doc Gumby

Bubbles going for it!

Miyaa


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