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🕑 Added 2025-03-17 02:15:47 +0000 UTCbut will she stay?????
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Ursus Ridens
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.
Diptych
MARRY'D!
Bagge
This is wildly adorable
Some Ed
@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.
Smashy smashy
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)
Diptych
Anh.
jonesnori
Speaking of spelling, it's Marten, not Martin. I put that common error down to autocorrect at least some of the time.
ValdVin
I just about missed Bubbles' cute *smek* in panel five. She's doing good girlfriending here.
Tuspa Mouse
What about Dora and Tai? Isn't she friends with them?
legobil
She should move to Cubetown. I hear CAnhada is nice this time of year.
Opus the Poet
Speciesist.
Maurice Kessler
I'm with you.
joFinndian
Throuple? Wouldn't be mad at a throuple.
Phil_M
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.
Sparky
Faye understands trust. Anh needs growth.
Naufragous Kat
Oh good lord if this is foreshadowing of Faye and Bubs breaking up and Faye ending up with Anh imma be MAD
Hugh Eckert
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!
Ailadi
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! 😅
Fabio Neves
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.
Stephen Wells
Vitalist!
Greg Matyola
Yay is the polycule without the poly?
Sean Kinlin
@Halloween Jack: I wish I could like your comment more than once.
Greg Matyola
Looks like Faye has Ahnother pet along with Pintsize.
Halloween Jack
*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."
Michael Steamweed
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.
BookBeard
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.
Stephen Wells
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 :)
Opus the Poet
But that would mean Roko would have to move to Cubetown unless Yay and the Director agreed to a LDR.
Melissa Wilson
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”
Stephen Wells
Odd how "picking up strays" and "catching strays" have developed such different meanings.
Melissa Wilson
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. 🥰 🍞 🥖 🥯
Stephen Wells
Beeps has some factory-seconds "I (heart) Anhal" T-shirts if we need them.
Opus the Poet
Liked for Anh puns in every word of your post.
Stephen Wells
And imaginary Human Abs!
Opus the Poet
What else would you call someone who is turned on by bread?
Stephen Wells
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 :)
David Paul
Our whole community is just a group of anhablers...
enchantedsleeper
Oh, today I learned!
Bear C. Brown
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
David Paul
No means of communicatianh.
Donna Flint
Yes, it is how she learns and she enjoys it.
Chris Warren
After Anh is rehabilitated and dating Hannelore, I'm going to start hoping that Yay and the Director become friends.
Graydon Armstrong
She's a bratty sub, but the brattiness is unintentional. Is it ethical to discipline her in that case?
Patreonreallyletsyoumakelongassusernamesguys
This sounds equal parts funny and tragically true
Graydon Armstrong
It's the cirr-cle of liiife (and AI).
Andrei Safta
Sure that she's a sub, or that it's unrelated? :)
Lene
It's a panh, you see
Stephen Wells
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 :)
R L
Are you sure about that
Bagge
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
Diptych
Then comes the lead, the polycule, and Marten's mum!
Clifton Royston
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.
legobil
Hahaha, I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one who thought that in regards to the “Stay. *Stay*.” prompt.
legobil
Anhavailable.
PostRetroism
"I'm sorry but your 'Lunch With Dad' story didn't make the cutoff for this sprint."
PostRetroism
I'm shipping Fanh.
Yelling Bird
The place where I lived wasn't a safe place to be out. Where I live now is pretty cool about it.
Diptych
I can call you Bubbles And Bubbles, when you call me, you can call me Anh You can call me Anh
Captain Button
The Anhswer my friend Is blowing in the wind The Anhswer is blowing in the wind
Call me Ishmael.
@Mad Marie, never surranhder. We appreciate you.
Diptych
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)
Opus the Poet
Ditto, most of mine were LGBTQ, mostly trans, because trans people are most likely to be homeless.
Allan Widner
Submacopter parenting? Let's ask Raven. (Not Amy like I first said, it was Raven who invented the submacopter.)
BookBeard
It's the first chapter of Ol' Boatys memoir.
Diptych
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
BookBeard
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
Populuxe
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”.
Not that Patrick Foltz
Never understood what was so good about straight and narrow anyway..
BookBeard
My phone likes to correct it to "Nah".
Diptych
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?"
Not that Patrick Foltz
Atlassian parenting
Pejo
I hope it's not. It was kinda jarring & seemed out of nowhere.
Minzoku Bokumetsu
anhcommunicado
Ben R
I'm sure they'd have to be called frequently when Anh got out. They'll need a fence, I guess.
Not that Patrick Foltz
Hampshire County Anhimal Control
Mark Nach
Thank you for the correction.
John Burton
I still don’t get it 😔 What’s the pun?
Not that Patrick Foltz
@Corvus Cardia It's easier to mess up than you might think given how it's pronounced.
Ailadi
Her parents are anhreachable.
Ben R
Let's call their place The Pound. They can have adoption weekends and everything!
Mark Eichin
(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 :)
Glenn
I don't know whether I really hope panel 3 isn't foreshadowing, or really hope it is.
Mark Eichin
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.)
SpookyPenguin
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
Not that Patrick Foltz
But they might be gianhts
Mark Eichin
--- Anh Solo
Ailadi
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 😁
Not that Patrick Foltz
Our favorite trope
Not that Patrick Foltz
Anhgh, I constantly flip letters 🤦🏻 Thank you. I'd edit, but that'd invalidate your reply
fizzlefist
“The Gang Adopts Another Stray.”
Magic Chopstick Games
Y’all please stop putting all these windmills in front of Mad Marie, it’s spelled Anh!
Mad Marie
I like your ears
Captain Button
So, it's Ahn and Anh and Anh! It's Heaven and Hell! Oh, well.
Mad Marie
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
Jimi Ballard
"Submarine parenting?" I'm adopting this from now on.
Mad Marie
Perhaps! Also: Anh
Mad Marie
Obviously the support system is not running the literal version of Ubuntu.
Maurice Kessler
Chewie, I've got a bad feeling about this.
David Durant
@VladVin - thanks for making me laugh water out of my nose dude!
Max Cooper
Ahn Ahn Ahn Ahn Ahn!!!! (tho also speaking of absolute gremlins I miss Yay)
Captain Button
I'd say they'll keep her on the Straight Anh Narrow, but on the first part, that tranh has left Station.
ValdVin
Faye saw Marten and Claire adopt Liz and thought "How difficult can it be?"
Joseph Bonnar
Cookie Mahnster: Stash of cookies is MINE now!
Not that Patrick Foltz
Here we go agahn
William Cole
As god intended. Anhtended?
SilverbackRon
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.
Not that Patrick Foltz
Did you clear your cache of cookies?
Joseph Bonnar
No. Faye wants her to stay AHN.
Amelia Lewis
Isn't that pretty much the specialty of The Director, at CubeTown?
Not that Patrick Foltz
Panhtsize?
SilverbackRon
Not before we do! This is an anhgoing campaign.
SilverbackRon
Sometimes a hard reboot is the only anhswer.
Joseph Bonnar
Ahn so are we all.
SilverbackRon
Oddly, I am still down to see this.
Yelling Bird
I used to take in strays myself. Used to have a whole crew.
Joseph Bonnar
Bubbles only ahnswers to Faye.
Dave, Duke of Fridges
more problem children lmao
Joseph Bonnar
Pahnt pahnt maybe? *ducks*
Joseph Bonnar
Yes, and we are all so here for that. :)
BookBeard
Anhdoubtedly
enchantedsleeper
Anh's expression in panel 1 doesn't *preclude* this having awakened something in her...
Sean Kinlin
Well, we've been helping/anhcouraging him.
ValdVin
Have you tried running your emotions on Linux Mint?
BookBeard
Most things capable of friendship, anyway. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3337
Elf Sternberg
To quote Faye, "Ew!"
Elf Sternberg
Jeph's just gonna rahn this joke into the ground, huh?
BookBeard
Have you tried turning your feelings off and back on again?
SilverbackRon
Have we seen her react to a giraffe yet? I don't think so but I will buy tickets.
Daryl Sawyer
I think I'm going to start rooting for AhnSize. :p
Populuxe
It took me a minute to figure out “Remain statianhary” wasn’t a typo.
Aerin Moriarty
Awwww they have a couples pet now 🥰
enchantedsleeper
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~)
Sean Kinlin
Anh submits emotional support tickets. They keep getting closed with no reply.
Doc Gumby
Tbh most creatures are smaller than Bubbles...
Brendan Luster
set your depth!
Peter Shaw
“Submarine parenting” — I love it!
Sean Kinlin
All bots wise and wonderful
Heather King
Anh’s dad and Hanners’ mom would be the match made in hell.
Sean Kinlin
Hyperloop parenting?
BookBeard
Careful talking to her like a puppy, Faye. She might be into that. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5428
Mark Nach
That last look on Bubbles face says ahe would love to deep six Anh's father.
Sean Kinlin
"Faye wants me to stay on!"
SilverbackRon
Bubbles is a good friend to all creatures great and small
Todd Ellner
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
Superfarts
Excellent writing, that 4th panel is perfect
DrummerGeek
They can show her how to grow up, considering she has had no other guidance
Miyaa
GDI
Doc Gumby
Bubbles is so Ahnderstanding.
Miyaa
Bubbles going for it!