Post "Past The Threshold" by "jephjacques"

enchantedsleeper

Roko: TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW! DID THE DIRECTOR SEND YOU??

enchantedsleeper

I love the musical.

joFinndian

Lol like a vampire

David Paul

Anh's worst opening line upon meeting Roko: "Oh, yay, another new friend..."

Clifton Royston

Yay for 'Fun Home'!

Ktulu

It's a story. I saw many stories spoiled by bad decisions. Nobody is invulnerable to bad decisions, so I do hope you are right.

enchantedsleeper

It's about reading the vibe of the comic and Faye's relationship with Bubbles. Faye and Bubbles have a lovely, stable relationship and to throw a wrench in that for the sake of drama isn't Jeph's style. There's no reason for Faye to be remotely tempted to cheat on Bubbles, least of all with Anh, whom she barely tolerates. Faye hasn't done the hate/angry sex thing since Sven and given her experiences there I don't see her wanting to pick it back up.

enchantedsleeper

That's probably why, aside from the excuse for puns, Jeph did it xD

enchantedsleeper

Poor Ayo xD

Opus the Poet

If you're talking about Liz she never had arms before her prostheses. That's why it took so long to learn how to use them.

Opus the Poet

But we all know Faye would never cheat on Bubbles.

Opus the Poet

Anhk Anhk.

Carl G Knoblock

I wouldn't wanht to be in the blast radius.

Carl G Knoblock

I get those on icloud and Google. I hate them. I managed to kill all my Yahoo mail, because I hate their interface.

J

Sure was

Bill Silvia

Well, we know from another case study that having her arms torn off will probably not do that.

Paul Britt

Where was Anh introduced? Was she the awful woman at the wedding?

Daniel Farnitano

Anh is the worst, and I love her for it. Another horrible goblin of a person for the gang to reform!

Holly Nelson

I’m just waiting for Faye to resurrect the punchiness of her early days in Northampton. We have been woefully short of Faye-bruises for quite some time, but Ahn will, I suspect, awaken that element anew.

Captain Button

Like Colossus, made out of Organic Steel?

Captain Button

Anhk if you love AnhFaye.

Tom Clarke

And ahnoyance

A_Shadowmage_in_the_Pearlmania_War

I think you mean ahngoing

A_Shadowmage_in_the_Pearlmania_War

AHN AHN AHN AHN!!!!

lazymagpie

Ahnother one adopted

Matt Pedone

I don't know where this is going, and even if I hate it, it's okanh.

Miyaa

Now I’m wondering what a shiny Anh would look like. (Anh is, obviously, water/psychic type.)

Hugh Eckert

Opus, don't you mean an anhperson?

Fart Captor

Bubbles has nothing to worry about besides ongoing annoyance

Sam Trenery

I will tolerate Anh if it means more Faye and Bubbles screentime

Maurice Kessler

I'll remain ahn the fence until her purpose here is revealed.

Noah

I’ll be honest, I’d forgotten all about her and confused her with Ayo for a few minutes. This is in no way a comment on the writing, and is simply a side effect of my having the memory of an aging grasshopper.

Noah

Damn. Are you sure? I’ve been doing it wrong all this time?

Sean Morgan

I loathe Anh and want to punch her in her stupid face. I cannot wait to see her learn to be less of a snooty elitist tool. *grabs popcorn*

Mikey Bear

This made me exhale from my nose quicker than usual.

Mikey Bear

I hope there aren't a lot of hills where you're at, Rich. Otherwise, I hope you're at least getting great footage of cars trying and failing to navigate hills. In Portland, ice storms are a nightmare, but they're great for comedic relief on a parasocial level.

Hawkeye

I am absolutely here for this storyline. /grabs popcorn

Philip Masters

She might if we keep misspelling her name.

Philip Masters

That’s probably considered gauche, for some reason. I mean, only a minority of humans seem to have full-time robot companions; it may even be quietly considered a sign of social inadequacy to need them, in some circles. And a perpetual penumbra of robot servants would probably look messy and get in the way of your social life.

Kevin Symonds

Sadly that’s not true for me

Alethea Wiesner

I am DESPERATE to see more of Anh and her inevitable evolution.

Andromeda

I don't know why but Anh is one of my favorite characters. Not quite on Bleminda level but definitely up there.

Chris Godsey

It's like vampires, if you invite them in, it's a forever problem. Only it's less socially acceptable to stake a person rather than a vampire.

Laura Curry

If all characters were likable things would get boring quick. Who knows what her evolution will be.

ValdVin

"If I don't survive, tell my wife I said 'hello' ."

Kith penDragon

fact

Opus the Poet

A character going from lawful evil to chaotic evil still counts as character growth.

Gio C

Uh I will say, I'm very glad for the commentary text because I was like "who is this character again?"

Mooster

I don't like her, but I like you/your style. Figure it will be interesting. If nothing else I can just tune out for a few weeks. lol.

Sean Kinlin

Very Jacksonian.

legobil

You mean fahnfiction.

legobil

Bahahaha. Now I look forward to Anh meeting an angry Roko.

legobil

It’s a storylahn.

legobil

Ahnjury?

Rich Holmes

We've had a month and a half of that in Syracuse. Snow, rain, freeze, rinse, repeat.

Rich Holmes

I also found this interesting https://www.reddit.com/r/namenerds/comments/156shju/a_special_case_among_vietnamese_names_anh/ Apparently in Vietnam she'd be calling herself "Sir".

Carrie

That's when the endorphins come Anhd make everything wonderful and worthwhile.

Carrie

🤘🙂🤘

SheepFace2000

Christ this is gonna be a long arc

Melissa Wilson

Recent research reveals it’s impossible to OD Anh puns alone; you’ll be fine! The wife is welcome here, too, though!

Ktulu

I hope so.

Ktulu

I do hope so.

Stephen Wells

No, they won't.

Stephen Wells

In general, yes, in this specific case, no :)

Stephen Wells

Anh? Yay? Are you okay? Are you okay, Anh? Yay?

angrytoast777

anh inches closer to a faye related injury

Hakurei06

imaginary number territory

Pejo

okanh

Dean Reilly

Oh, that Dang technology's no Dang good.

Nulgar

Oof, Faye truly dislikes her, else she would've responded "what tits?"

enchantedsleeper

And NOW we see why Bubbles didn't hear from Faye while she was at Roko's 😅 Of all the mornings for Anh to show up, it had to be while Bubbles was elsewhere.

enchantedsleeper

The problem with describing pronunciation is that it varies a lot by accent xD I think that the way everyone in this thread pronounces "on" is different to the way I say it.

enchantedsleeper

It's always been Anh. And pronunciation guides are a great thing! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ZUz-fnSP4

enchantedsleeper

Likelihood of that is sitting in negative number territory.

Ravenswing

Hah, it's 16 degrees in Northampton right now, and the walkways are covered with ice. (We had rain a week ago that melted some of the snowpack, it promptly froze solid, and the going's treacherous.) Freeze bitch freeze!

Tom Clarke

Love seeing Anh again, you hurt Bubbles we riot.

Ktulu

I do hope it is NOT a storyline about cheating on my favourite AI.

Kevin Symonds

Didn’t like Yay really but it eventually worked but more wandering just what the he’ll you are up to generally with things for a while

Bagge

I love every moment of this

OldGoat

Let her fall head over heels in love with Barry the Whale Wanker.

Alan

He believes Anh will save the world

OldGoat

I look forward to Iris severely maiming Anh in a most NSFW fashion. Faye and Bubbles will create a life support console to keep what remains of her alive. She'll still manage to be privileged and obnoxious.

BookBeard

How about Anh and Moray? Mostly because the ship name would inevitably be MorAnh.

Andrew

What other bi-vampire rules could there be… Hate garlic breath? Lack of reflection makes putting on makeup rather difficult?

ShiningEspeon

I fucking love Anh. I’m so here for this storyline.

Brian Leahy

I admit, I was not expecting to see her again this soon, but I’m eager to see what happens next.

Ursus Ridens

The very idea of an AI digest of this strip is hilarious. (Unless it's written by, oh, say, Melon.)

Ursus Ridens

Oy

Cole Blackblood

Eh, even if I'm not a fan of Anh, Faye being herself will probably bring enough entertainment to balance it out. Also it's your comic. Not gonna tell you how to write it or complain about something you provide for free, near daily lol

Bill Silvia

I think that would have the exact opposite reaction of the one Hanners wants.

Dissociated Women Incorporated

Never change, Anh. Wait I take that back.

Ragtime

ohhhhhh i thought he was just affecting a boston accent like Roko does

Barty

You mean redemptahn?

Captain Button

I'm pleased to see there hasn't been much thread drift. People are staying Anh-topic for once.

David Paul

Danh it, Jeph! You've used up so manhy Anh puns, we're going to have to manhgle our vocabulary to balanhce things out!

Ron Hamann

Obvious Sven needs to make another mistake. He’s due. He may be in a redemption arc, but dammit, backslides are fun to watch.

Ron Hamann

Doh, Sven.

Opus the Poet

The one I know pronounces it like on with a breathy finish, sort of like "on-huh".

Fart Captor

IT'S OKAY, I LOVE MESS

Opus the Poet

You have mentioned an Unperson, wrongthinking will be punished.

Yonatan Zunger

Oh, Faye has had a bunch of growth and I love it. The fact that she's still sometimes angry and so on just means she's her, and I love that too.

Opus the Poet

@Sean Kinlin no, a tool is actually useful.

William Cole

Seth?

Opus the Poet

No, it's the realization she's an alcoholic, and overcoming same, that was her character growth.

William Cole

Nice.

William Cole

She must be a GREAT vampire, because she sure does suck.

Opus the Poet

Wouldn't you rather be called Justin? Or do you not care as long as you aren't called late for dinner?

Opus the Poet

Too many Anh puns, going into Dad joke overdose! Tell my wife I liked her.

Halloween Jack

I feel like Jeph is trying to tell us something with the text below the strip, but I cahn't quite put my finger ahn it.

BookBeard

I give the Anhris ship about five minutes before Anh says something rude to Willow and Iris gets out the knives.

Sparky

I believe in redemption.

joe velsher

Anh-Liz-Iris-Willow 4-way. Willow sways them all to the power of good. 5:1 odds

Lorelei

For what it's worth, it's okay if she doesn't date Hannelore on-screen. It's true in my fanfiction. :)

Melissa Wilson

💯 She doesn’t feel like she’s good Anhough & compensates by trying to make sure nobody else thinks they’re good Anhough either.

Melissa Wilson

🎤 “…I just rAhn, IrAnh all night Anhd day…”

Summer

I’m just going to say it now: Ahnomahntahnpeiahn

Sean Kinlin

Frowny Faye feels frustrated from frozen fool's frippery.

J

she needs to have her big personal growth moment first, then she gets the haircut

Afunnythinghappedtome

Huh, I was sure it was Ahn and not Anh, not that I know how to pronounce either of those.

J

my ahpologies, anh oversight on my paht

FuzzyDragon Cosplay

Nope I was referring to the lady who's name i think is Anh.

Sean Kinlin

"Snap-Anh" or "Strap-Anh," either way she's a tool.

Sean Kinlin

🎵"And IrAnh, IrAnh's so far away..."

Melissa Wilson

Would that be a ship called IrAnh?

Sean Kinlin

I assume you don't mean Faye.

Dave Van Domelen

"I'm freezing my tits off, and unlike some people I don't have much to spare!"

SpookyPenguin

You meahnt the dramah

Melissa Wilson

Perhaps Strap Anh?

Melissa Wilson

(Not to be confused with Anh.)

Melissa Wilson

*silent applause*

Doc Gumby

Faye does not need another PROJECT, geeze...

Josh Medin

Hey, you weren't going to just leave her on the shahlf, were you?

J

you know we live for the drama Jeph

Amelia Lewis

All these panhs. Aaaaaaaaaanhggggg!

Ben R

Conflict is good...anhm I right?

Graydon Armstrong

I think keeping the same length but with a nape undercut would suit her. It'd be an Anh-dercut.

tellumo

Snap-On, most likely ("Snap-Anh," maybe? That one doesn't quite work for me . . .)

Andrew Mitchell

Faye's got good instincts. Nothing good is going to come from this. Not anh single thing.

Graydon Armstrong

I'm surprised it doesn't look like Anh has gotten a new haircut. Well, if she's going to be a recurring character, it's only a matter of time.

Melissa Wilson

Oh yes! Bubbles in that 5th panel was *so* on!

ValdVin

Does a Savannah woman using "wicked" as an intensifier count as "character growth"? As a Yankee I'm not a neutral observer. http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2652

PixelThis

No, I think you're pretty Ahn-point with that comment 😉

Melissa Wilson

*shiver*

Jason Zions

To be fair, Clinton *was* incredibly annoying when he first showed up. (Just reread those strips last night.)

Ursus Ridens

Ahn + Gremliz 4EVA! (OK, for a time, for a while, for a short disastrous test drive, for a date that goes nowhere....)

Miyaa

Just occurred to me. She’s the heir (or possibly now the disowned heir) to Dang technology. How come she doesn’t have her own coterie of drones or other robot tech to help her on her quest to accept her orientation?

J. Howard

I'm actually excited for more Anh, call me crazy 😅

Andrea Andrew

Faye is really temperamental today. However, I guess currently, that’s Ahn point.

Ursus Ridens

Is this storyline, like so many of Jeph's, going to be anh-again, off-again?* She reminds me of Hannelore's mom. We may have to get Hanners to use The Voice to banish her. *Sorry, everyone. Couldn't help myself.

Miyaa

All hail bonercat.

Michael Schmidt

Yahoo mail has implemented some sort of "Here's an AI digest of this email in your inbox" feature which I THOUGHT I had switched off, but no: "Jeph Jacques expresses anxiety about respanning a storyline on Patreon but understands individual preferences regarding characters."

Yelling Bird

What? I like her. Also, BONERCAT RETURNS!

BookBeard

I can't wait for Bubbles to get there and give Anh the full psyops treatment. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3763

Hrafn Raudi

Yes it is kinda a butch aesthetic but a) don’t assume or impose identities on others b) Faye is soft butch at best and c) clearly you don’t know anything about this at all, Anh, your bi homework is to go read *Stone Butch Blues* and *Fun Home* Still stuck between “try to fix her” and “let her ruin me” tbh. Good work making an interesting and compelling character, Jeph!

Joseph Bonnar

You say Ahn and Iris, and I hear Judas Priest singing "Some heads are gonna roll!"

Jose Alfredo Villalobos

Aesthetics matter.

Vilinda

How dare I! It was RIGHT there too!

Cody Renton

I think you mean aganh

Tudza

Your spell checker hates you now.

Dana

Anh? Sorry I missed her.

Yonatan Zunger

Characters don't have to be nice to be interesting. I remember I thought Clinton was *incredibly* annoying when he first showed up, and he's grown fantastically. And Faye... well she's still got her core Fayeness and I'm good with that too. As, apparently, is Bubbles. So I'm looking forward to finding out who Anh becomes over time.

Rich Holmes

Past the threshold... OF PAIN

Grace Kieser

Oh! Ahn and Iris! They'd be perfect for each other!

Vilinda

NEVER LEAVE US AGAIN, AHN!!!

ValdVin

If there's anything that matters most to a repair shop, it's the aesthetic. Why, tomorrow I'm tempted to ask my mechanic where she got hers.

Octoprocessor

I've learned that when you do something I don't like, it leads to something good.

Joey Roberson-Kitzman

It’s good to have characters that people don’t like. Not everyone is likable.

Wynn Donivan

Ahngrier, you mean

Grace Kieser

Faye, once you let her in she doesn't have to leave! Disaster bisexuals follow vampire rules!

Melissa Wilson

🤣

Izzy Omega

All hail the newest disaster bi.

Melissa Wilson

Niiiiiice

Shey

I love Anh

Ron Hamann

I know she's a Capital B, but I really am curious about Ahn's arc. She's seems on the cusp of some kind of life revelation, and I miss Seth, so an arc with the two of them either growing a lot or a crash and burn for the ages is compelling.

lilibat

I do like this (I'm bi and I have seen this happen so it's funny to me). I don't like willow, I find her annoying af but eh I can live with it.

Theodore Dage

Do you mean Anh arc of redemption? Sorry, not sorry.

Melissa Wilson

@Nicholas, I believe you mean “Anhest” 😉

BookBeard

I'm going with Anh x Evil Clone Hannelore

Daryl Sawyer

She was probably raised to think this is the way wealthy heiresses are supposed to behave, and leaned into it hard to cover her feelings of inadequacy.

Melissa Wilson

Anhevitable, one might say!

Melissa Wilson

0️⃣

Joseph Bonnar

Come on, people, help me ship Ahn. I'm thinking Corpse Witch myself.

Doug DeJulio

I'm struggling to decide between immolation and a good flensing.

Melissa Wilson

Sounds a lot like “on” but a bit longer of a vowel sound Keep your soft palate lifted & try saying it while exhaling… a similar mouth shape as if saying “Ahhh” when a doctor wants to look at your throat. (At least that’s how my former colleague with the same spelling said it)

Azrux

I'm angrier at your pahns than the current storylahn

Jenni Pointon

I agree - I love an arc of redemption

Graydon Armstrong

Seriously, how shitty is she that she can't even just keep her mouth shut? It's stuff like that that really dissuades trying to empathise with her. Hurt people hurt people, but to the small extent that that could excuse this, I don't think it's quite that sort of situation anyway.

Ariamaki

Anxiety is understandable, because quality control (the other QC) has been consistanhtly slipping for anh while and dogshit characters like this anhly make it worse. They're not funny or fun, they're not evanh enjoyable to hate! There's no heel heat, there's no interesting antipathy, it's just bad writing. I genuanhly hope this "storyline" ends immediately with her leaving the shop and never reappearing aganh.

Rich Holmes

She's a Dang nuisance.

Daniel Allman

All these Ahn puns are giving me an anheurysm.

Steve McSheffrey

As long as there's a reason for her to be here, it doesn't matter if I like her. The strip would be pretty boring if every character had to pass a popularity contest to recur. BTW, what is her name? That's the one thing I don't recall from her pretty cool debut.

Finvaara

Bottahnm line, whether I like new characters being introduced or not, or old characters returning or not, trusting the creative direction of this comic has worked for the last forty-two years and I expect it to keep working. That's the facts, Ja(hn)cques.

Rich Holmes

She was smiling, no wonder.

Kith penDragon

If every character started super lovable, there would be much less room for character growth!

Melissa Wilson

Only a Dang heiress could go from a snarky “thank you” to a disdainful “ugh” in the very next panel, when she’s clearly there because she needs something.

Anthony Gaglianese

Common pronunciation, I believe.

Marc Johnson

I'm eagerly awaiting her meeting Bubbles. I'll make popcorn.

Max Cooper

I'm so excited for this storyline

Curtis Cahoon

How do you pronounce "Anh"?

dizzy ditzy

Ehehe, unlikeable characters are fun and necessary. I'm more sad that we aren't getting actual information on Yay

Lynn Shepard

I couldn't planhce her anht first, but now anhll I canh think about it how much of ahn bitch she is

Nicholas Lopez

I didn't recognize her 😭

Danny Beans

I fahnd her compelling, ahnd ahnm interested in seeing where this goes. Also, holy hell Faye in pahnel 4.

The World Famous Chocomerican

I just put the comments at 69.

Melissa Wilson

Anhough!

Rich Holmes

Didn't see her yesterday?

Simon Green

Anhd it's your comic, so you cahn decide...

Taigan

I admit I forgot her name was Anh and thought the text was supposed to be a Boston accent. 😅

Michael Boettger

Protip:don't trashtalk someones business, especially when asking a favor.

Olaf

Ahn I remember her name again, which had escaped me. Thanks, Jeph!

Robert Wrigley

Much like a vampire, she has to be invited in.

JMK

The beatings will stop when Anh improves.

Veronica Jane

How many anh's in the comic description did it take you to realise Jeph was doing a bit and not just messing up his spelling really badly? It took me two.