Post "New Fetish Unlocked" by "jephjacques"

enchantedsleeper

Numpty is really more Scottish...

Philip Masters

Trouble is, any mention of Sven puts Dora into No More Fucks To Give mode, regardless of collateral damage.

enchantedsleeper

Alpha Centauri! That's always nice this time of year.

enchantedsleeper

Hear hear!!

enchantedsleeper

However, she and Tai managed to pick up on the subject of the conversation somehow, which is impressive if they didn't hear how it began, since the only thing the other bridesmaid is saying is "You're an heiress".

That Blair Guy

I'm still half-expecting Marten to get an unexpected phone call from Padma or Delilah. It's unlikely at this point, both characters are pretty far in the past for readers, and yet.... (Yeah, something like that would totally change the comic's vibe, I don't see babies happening for any of the main characters.)

Hugh Eckert

Each other.

Hugh Eckert

Pintsize is always behaving. Mostly he's behaving *badly*.

OldGoat

Congrats, @Joe, you sent me to Google. But now I know what "zaftig" means.

Graydon Armstrong

Digging the colour coordination on purple girl. Dress, hair, lipstick, none of it the same but just different enough to all work really nicely together.

legobil

That is a TSW, not a TW, right?

Cass

Sorry about that Ursus, next time I'll include a timesink warning.

legobil

God damnit, I forgot to uncheck the box of “not participate in capitalism” again.

legobil

Now, if only it is also available in Lego.

Onyx

Doesn't mean there's not a mouseover stuck in there somewhere!

Jim Feldman

An amazing one given that she can't handle close human contact. That noted, she actually went on a date with Sven a long time ago.

Justin

In my headcannon, Pintsize's twin is an accountant for a collection of non-profits, who enjoys building model sailboats in his spare time and regularly volunteers tutoring kids in math.

Dallas Hicks

Well, that's MY new fetish now. *puts robots in suggestive poses*

Ursus Ridens

In the basement? Do you have any idea what they might be doing down there?

Justin

It's not completely clear that Dora heard Anh's earlier comment to that involved Hannalore. She probably only heard the part about her wanting to have sex with Sven.

Ursus Ridens

Thanks for that, Cass. But do you realize that having gone to #4974, if you proceed just a few strips on you get into the arc where Liz drags Marten off in his search for coffee -- and there goes your evening? Dang.

Ursus Ridens

We know how much Jeph likes drawing crowds!

Opus the Poet

I just checked and the buffer is loaded through July 5 2025.

Diptych

Absolutely bouncing on that white swan.

Thomas Beckett

I ship Hanners and Sven! With an unexpected pregnancy resulting. How's that for a plot complication?

ValdVin

This entry is full of great expressions, not just the quartet in the foregrounds, but others (Emmett, Pintsize, Hanners, Sven, &c) too.

Lucas Werkmeister

Dora and Tai might not have heard Anh insulting Hanners if they only walked over in panel 2.

SheepFace2000

Anh I will throw hands if you don’t rephrase that

jonesnori

She looks pretty normal-sized to me. *I'm* zaftig.

Opus the Poet

It's going to be a while, last I checked the buffer was loaded to sometime in 2025.

Leak

Or it turns out the T-Rex was Pintsize in costume all along...

OldGoat

I hope Anh wakes up in bed with Pintsize. Who has filmed the encounter.

Tatiana

I'm surprised Dora didn't defend Hanners either just " have at him"

Green

I'm mostly bothered by the fact that she would say something so mean and nasty about a friend of the brides' at their own wedding, knowing it's a small, intimate event where they were very careful and thoughtful of who to invite, only wanting the most important people to them to be there.

Eric Sieck

I'm usually not a prescriptivist, but "an" before a non-silent h can fuck right off.

Eric Sieck

Holy shit, how did I forget that goddess-tier pun?

Eric Sieck

I respect her lack of shame

Andrew L Butula

I think you're right. Pintesize is pretty thin. Or narrow I guess.

Claudia D.

Could Yay be peering through a crack in the fence? Where ARE you, Yay?

Yelling Bird

I can't get off without the Lego T-Rex watching.

Cole Blackblood

Jealousy is an ugly color. Hope Hanners remains safe if she gets *this* worked up over a potential missed chance.

SilverbackRon

I would like to point out that in the previous comic 5410, Hanners actually did the T. Rex pose! Foreshadowing?! (No it is not)

SilverbackRon

I know that in the past, Jeph will add friends and such from IRL into the background of many of his crowd shots. I wonder if he has snuck some of his friends into any of these wedding scenes? I like to think he has. Even if I don't know them, I like imagining him giving little shout outs to his friends, and that they recognize each other in the background. 😎

SilverbackRon

Nah, she would still be an heiress. When either parent dies, she will inherit several metric fuck-tons of money, wealth and power.

SilverbackRon

@Clifton Royston damn, now I wanna try that.

SilverbackRon

As I understand it, Emmett is supposedly about 14 before the pre-wedding time jump, which doesn't look to have been very long. By that age, they should know all about sex even it they haven't done anything with that knowledge yet. Maybe that is the title of the comic and Emmett just got a fetish unlocked.

SilverbackRon

Willow has far more pronounced eyebrows, making her stand out easily. This young lady has a vaguely similar body type however.

SilverbackRon

Congrats to Yelling Bird! @Leak Ouch, lol

SilverbackRon

@Philip Masters Kind of like how, in my lifetime, the Alpha Centauri star system has moved closer to us. It's still so far away that it doesn't really matter.

SilverbackRon

Emmett is still crushing on Sam. They are just getting an earful of this story about sex between Sven and Ahn and being watched by a T. Rex. Maybe it is the closest thing to a sexy/kinky conversation they have had? They certainly seem interested in listening.

SilverbackRon

I have seen the Hannersven ship mentioned many times. I honestly don't think it could work without huge changes to the basic makeup of Hannelore. But some kind of open non-monogamy, purely romantic relation with Hannelore allowed her space actually makes a bit of sense. Then again I think we are all just a bunch of horny people projecting, so the there is *that* to consider too. hahaha

Joe

I'd say she's beyond "not-skinny". she's positively zaftig.

Philip Masters

I'm sure that Emmet is old enough to have learned of the basics by now. The much bigger worry will be when they're old enough to actually try it. Because Emmet.

Philip Masters

I seem to recall Jeph saying somewhere that she was a very long way indeed from being capable of a physical relationship. I mean, she may be measurably closer now, but that's "closer", not "close".

Joseph Bonnar

DARK Emmett.

Philip Masters

Available from any good Lego store, I believe. Or from Amazon.

Miyaa

The last thing we want is Pintsize having any siblings let alone a twin.

Miyaa

I’m more interested in how does Tai know about these two wealthy knuckleheads? Daughters of SMIF College Board of Directors?

Daryl Sawyer

I never got the impression that Hannelore was her aversion to touch, just that she had an an aversion to touch... and that's been receding as the years went by.

Shawn K. Younkin

They are awkwardly trying to hide a boner.

William Cole

Oh damn, now I'm jealous.

Opus the Poet

I understood that reference dot gif.

Opus the Poet

Proof that Adam is either from some part of the former British empire, or an Anglophile.

Opus the Poet

@Carin Maja Brooks, I can see Banners dying a virgin in spite of getting married to Sven.

Opus the Poet

So who's the not-skinny one with the maroon hair, now that we know who Ahn is.

Cass

After she cut her mom out of her life, Hannelore donated all her investments to charity. She doesn't get any money from her dad, as all his money goes to keeping the space station staffed and flying. Despite this, she still sees herself as having more money than she needs. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4974

Captain Button

The problem isn't the Lego T-Rex, it is Dina showing up to critique it right in the middle.

Leak

*microwave ding* "Fetisch is' fertisch!"

Leak

Doesn't that hurt? D:

David Paul

What do you mean, Duncan? :P

Leak

You can thank Johannes Gutenberg, or rather William Caxton, for that - and "The invention that broke English spelling": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syp1DVQgN_g

David Paul

She liked the look of "sexy firemen", but found them to be "kind of sweaty" up close. But then, being shoulder deep birthing a yak was certainly a change in Hanners. Overall, though, I think there is still orders of magnitude between either of those and "sexy Hanners". https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1219 https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1226 https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4053

Dave, Duke of Fridges

Honestly yeah same. Or even just sven learning to keep it in his pants and go at someone elses pace, but i could see them doing ethical non-monogamy

Duncan

Wriggling Dung Yak Mulcher?

Leak

4/5 stars on Trebuchetr

Graydon Armstrong

ICWYDT

David Paul

Pintsize, mid-flight: "It's alright, I guess. I mean, it doesn't have the same heft as Bubbles, but..."

David Paul

Must be his evil twin, out to ruin his reputation. Wait, that's not right...

Graydon Armstrong

Sam, and is building up the courage to ask Dora for goth tips to woo her.

Graydon Armstrong

Not cool, Anh.

Andreas "Rowas" Lind-Sahlin

Dora is saying Lego T-Rex like it's a bad thing :O

Ste Saunders

Also "h" is weird, some "h" words still get "an" traditionally. An historian, etc. Apparently the UK is maintaining that more than the US does though, and it seems at this point neither is considered the "correct" way to do it.

Clifton Royston

Break the rules! A nectarine and tomato salad is actually very good when they're both fresh and ripe. Great summer dish. No Hanners in it, true, but a little Lemon is OK.

Darnel D Cooper

Okay,.. I'm going to say it - Pint size is BEHAVING.

Miyaa

Dora & Tai wide-eyes as they gaze at the trebuchet. Dora: Should we test it…? Tai: Already on it. (Yells) Hey, Pintsize!

Leak

Maybe one of the wedding gifts turns out to be a trebuchet?

Leak

Why not butts?

Leak

Anh... here... we... GO! *furious hydraulic press noises*

Leak

Ohhh... I hope he does it with that Jeph Jacques guy next!

Shane Wegner

There’s a dinobot Trex transformer, so you can have it both ways.

Miyaa

You know, we’ve seen Hannelore reject her mother but not her family’s estate and the wealthy privilege that comes with that. Her dad is probably extremely very wealthy himself in a pop-science/batman/ironman sort of way. She works with Dora for the social benefit of the job and not for the additional income it brings. Am I missing some plot point where Hannelore eschews her family’s dual wealth?

Joseph Bonnar

Yet.

Onyx

I am now waiting for a response caption from Willis.

Charles Hirst

Like the C being silent in a modern audio artform.

Daniel Blom Paulsen

Indeed ... Feels like some internalized misogyny on Anh's part, the way she completely misread Hanners as competition and instantly started bitching about her. Here's hoping she gets properly called out for it.

Daniel Blom Paulsen

I believe that's the wall behind him, so alas, I don't think it's a backless dress. I do hope it's a dress, though, because that'd be cute AF.

Eric Rucker

In US English, the H is silent, so heiress *does* effectively start with a vowel.

MultiKoopa

it's because the h is silent here, so it starts with a vowel sound

Timothy Roller

I want a Lego T-Rex...

Davus Otho

Is it just me or should it be "a heiress" instead of "an heiress"? Like I thought that it is supposed to be "an" before any word that starts with a vowel, but maybe "h" is not counted? (Edit: It appears the comic is correct, and English grammar is weird.)

William Burns

*nods* Damn you Willis! *tips drink down throat*

Mitsuki Ayane

Damn you Willis for having the same brainwaves as Jeph! ~<3

Miyaa

I’m surprised that Pintsize has yet to be thrown out of the wedding reception yet.

Andrew L Butula

I think that it's something two-toned. The shading under his arm is slightly different than his arm shading, grey instead of light blue. Or my eyes are messed up.

George Bias

Anh's gonna bang a gong.

Carin Maja Brooks

@enchantedsleeper, definitely could see Sven and Hanners developing a completely romantic but sexually open relationship... and could see this circumstance being what kicks that off

enchantedsleeper

I buy the idea that they're the only friends Tai has never hooked up with. I bet Anh is straight, even xD

enchantedsleeper

Game recognises game...

enchantedsleeper

Dra-ma dra-ma dra-ma

enchantedsleeper

Having looked at Panel 1 again, Pintsize just walked that way and it seems likely that Emmett is watching him uneasily.

enchantedsleeper

WDYM!! He looks super cute!

enchantedsleeper

Well, it's possible to have aesthetic attraction to a person or people without wanting to actively bone them. That and also being ace is a spectrum - so Hanners could still be on it and want sex. I do think that going from "she hugs people now" to "having sex" is a leap, though.

enchantedsleeper

Not sure they're crushing, they just look kind of unhappy in the corner there 🤔 (Maybe Emmett is checking out the competition and *Sam* is crushing on Dora)

enchantedsleeper

I think Sven would want a sexual component to the relationship - any relationship that he was in - and that really isn't Hanners' jam, so I can't see it lasting (unless it's an open/poly relationship)

Bill Silvia

Hanners would be very unhappy in a fruit salad.

Photon

That would be... Dora?

SpookyPenguin

I don't think you're getting the joke here, I have both.

Carl Fink

Hannelore is an heiress, in fact. She just gave away all the money.

Peter Shaw

For the win!😁

Carl Fink

We know she has a paraphilia for hot firemen.

Daryl Sawyer

I dunno. Not a hookup, but I could see Hannelore turning out to be Sven's first actual girlfriend.

Amelia Lewis

Maybe an aikini? Pouch with the thong splitting in two to wrap around thighs and rejoin the front, matching the top that we can see with its loops around the armholes.

5099 5618

Gotcha. Thanks. I just couldn't tell (especially since people aren't dressed like they normally are, here, because it's a formal event)

5099 5618

That was my first guess, except her face-shape didn't quite match

Rob Vary

I honestly have trouble thinking of a QC character *less* likely to try and hook up with Sven than Hanners. Bubbles, maybe.

David Durant

I'm not sure she is. There's been many conversations, almost since the start of the comic, about the kind of men she finds attractive. For the longest time she couldn't contemplate doing anything about it because of her huge touch-phobia. Now she's back from her travels and actively hugging people we don't know where that might eventually lead.

Carrie

🤣😂

William Cole

That's a *different* fetish.

William Cole

LEGO sandworm (at minifig scale) would be awesome.

Michael Phillips

But I think it's Rex

William Cole

A LEGO Yellow Submarine set *was* made, but I think it was a limited edition thing. Search EBay & be prepared to pay handsomely.

Michael Phillips

In my head, a Lego dinosaur has the voice of Rex from toy story. While clearly a transformers dinosaur is going to be grimlock from the 1980s transformers run. And I don't know which. I want watching me have sex less

Minzoku Bokumetsu

Maybe it's "skinny blonde" as some newfangled hair colour?

Chelsea

Need to see Pintsize's outfit plz

Minzoku Bokumetsu

depends on the wedding! I... am aware of fully-nude ones =o

Minzoku Bokumetsu

I wanna say, better the LEGO T. Rex or Pintsize (any iteration thereof)?

Drazi

Who's Emmett crushing on?

Drazi

Wait till you find out Hanners is ace ☺️

Sean Kinlin

🎵Do the Numpty Nump Watch me do the Numpty Nump!

Creeperkry

You're engaged, Yelling Bird? Congratulations!

Sean Kinlin

A T-Rex watches while you Get It On, Bang a Gong, Get It On?

FreeReedz

Two points for”numpty”. Great word.

Sean Kinlin

Igotthatreference.gif

Sean Kinlin

At least she didn't call her basic.

kupo

As a Lego builder, I feel called out. To be fair though, my wife got used to it.

David Durant

It's possible Tai needs better friends and that Emmett needs to be more subtle eavesdropping on nearby adults talking about sex.

Dave Van Domelen

Alternately, Eric Schwartz's beat.

Yelling Bird

My fiance and I both do LEGO.

Jessica Kotarski

What about a Lego version of the main characters of Dune along with an Ornithopter?

David Durant

Nah. It's one of Tai's bridesmaids (along with the heiress). No names for either of them yet AFAIK.

SpookyPenguin

And maybe a Yellow Submarine. Same friend.

Adam with two As, a D, and an M

1) What's wrong with a Lego T-Rex in the room? 2) They're friends who enjoy each other's company, you jealous numpty. Also, one of your friend's wife's best friends, so, you know. Don't be an asshole.

SpookyPenguin

What about a LEGO Saturn V? Asking for a ... friend.

Cancertopia

True, I phrased poorly.

Dallas Hicks

That's why I have to keep all my Transformers in the basement, Jeph.

Skye

Pintsize that is not wedding appropriate xD

alphanor

"reference'?

Jon Daneman

No, but I was definitely reading it as the answer to "what new fetish?"

Joseph Houk

I do believe that is Ms. Dragonfang, aka WIllow

alphanor

His small smile promises no good will come of this.

Czarzhan

And a whole decade of easter-egg in-jokes *poof* into oblivion...

rhekke

No, Pintsize is absolutely rocking a pink backless dress.

Brendan Luster

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Lego Man

Veronica Jane

Are we supposed to read "David Willis, that is" in the same tone they say "Oil, that is" in the Beverley Hillbillies theme song? Because I absolutely am.

ValdVin

They are Tai's bridesmaids, if that's what you mean. (Fessin' time: The prior strip was here for three days and I didn't connect them to the earlier "You may now Wife the Wife" one.)