First Responder
it's technically a novella
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A found _Wedding Witch_ in a Little (free) Library. Thought it was "just" urban fantasy... Witches living in Wales, collecting dangerous artefacts at their peril. Nope.
I feel a little sad for Ayo. We need somebody to give her a big hug.
Ayo, you should just stop while you're *not* ahead.
For a minute I thought we were still in the flashbacks and thought, "LOL, did Ayo ever learn?" Then I remembered we're back with new material and thought, "No, I guess not."
Apparently Ayo needs a copy of Sins of the Compressor :)
AnthroPC Porn?
Half expected more shenanigans! Tbh though for a long time now I’ve wanted to see Hanners and Sven develop a QPR. (Is that shipping? Is there a word for that?) I think it would be really good for both of them, to have a committed relationship with emotional intimacy but no physical aspect. (Also I never see QPRs in the stuff I read and I’m aroace so… you know. Wishful thinking.)
Squishing? Squish-shipping? Squipping? xD The QPR possibilities is one reason why I'm sad that we didn't get any more Brun + Millefeuille in the comic, because that felt to me to be where they were heading. I do think that Jeph is explicitly going in that direction with Yay and Roko, and I enjoy that.
This is more what I expected
Ayo continues to... huh... ~<3
Sorry Ayo. You two are just on different levels of horny. Ie, Hanners not at all, and you incredibly much so.
Hanners has some horniness, just not enough to overcome the practical issues of her cleanliness issues. Recall the comics about sailors and firefighters, and the time she groped that robot boyfriend her father sent her.
Talking about first responders reminds me of a friend-of-a-friend who used to work as a coroner for the county. He had a t-shirt that said LAST RESPONDER.
Measured, heartfelt applause :)
Seriously though. I've always have been so happy that Hannalore and Sven don't feel pressured to become a thing just because they have such an easy chemistry with each other. Like in so many other types of media it would always fall into a will they, won't they spiral. But here its just nice having two people who are close platonic friends and that is enough.
Yes! I absolutely love the way they interacted in the last few comics, because not everything is about sex and men and women can be friends and we aren't even different species.
Calling it now: whenever Jeph ends the series, the happy ending he gives Hanners is being rescued by a sexy firefighter.
This is the closest I could find: https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1224
I used to be a first responder. You've got to keep up with it though. They keep changing stuff.
Sven does have an Emotive Music Transcriptionist license.
Niiiiiice
FWIW, Ayo did use the word 'coy' correctly.
But I like that she's not sure she did.
Hanners could lend her "A Fire In His Loins". I assume Momo has finished it by now. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2958
What a great callback! I hate it when BookBeard makes me forget my own comment. Sigh.
The sexy firefighter often goes around shirtless while bottle feeding a 10-week old kitten.
Now he sounds like my type!
I, too, would like the name of this novella
"Why do firefighters wear red suspenders?" "To keep their pants up!" "Not anymore...oops!" ✂️
Personally I don't want to see Hanners be "sullied" by anyone that she doesn't fully want to be with.
By this point Hanners' kink is more for the actual firefighting than the part where he takes off the suit
QC 2026: Hanners starts a side job doing cleaning in fire stations. She sees all the firefighters. And when they're not shirtless, she even teaches them about proper cleaning and hygiene methods.
more of a calendar really
If Ayo wants a romance novel that good, there is only one solution. She must be introduced... to Rodrigo. *flamenco music intensifies* https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5535
Dammit. Just forgot tomorrow's comment as well.
Fun Fact: I was a firefighter for a hot minute. Headcanon: if we're reading about a fictional character who themself reads a book they consider fiction, then that book might indeed be about one or more of us. Conclusion: Jeph, feel free to pass along to Hanners that she's welcome to DM me. ;-)
As I understand it, many of a firefighter's minutes are hot.
"So what if I convince Sven to become a volunteer firefighter?" "Nooooo... I'm listening"
Could have gone better, but at least Ayo might get something to read. OR! A suggestion to Hanners: Introduce her to Marigold and get Maridold to loan her some yaoi.
Alternate suggestion: introduce Ayo to Bubbles and get Bubbles to loan her Sins of the Confessor.
See. We got clarity. Is there a Viking Firefighter in the cast?
I will never unsee my mental image of Hagar (the Horrible) in full firefighters garb.
Ayo, you'll go blind.
Yeah, but she might get a cool robot hand out of it. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2305
Firemen are VERY dirty. Fire is cleansing!
Ayo you can always just be gay, it's pretty easy
Ayo. Please.
Is this a Time-Traveling Viking Fireman?
My absolute favorite blurb of all time: https://lightshadowverisimilitude.tumblr.com/post/154747417155/this-is-an-actual-description-on-the-back-of-a
She couldn't handle a book that powerful
Meanwhile, I imagine Brun reads Tinglers.
I bet he’s not even forklift certified
I'm not forklift certified, but put me at the dinner table and just watch me lift that fork!
My wife swears she went to high school with Ayo, except her name was Amber.
Ayo, baby, Hanners is nice but her rage is stronger than Fayes. Just ask her mom.
oof, feeling a little called out by Ayo in that las panel...
Aww okay this does seem pretty conclusive, I admit I'm a little disappointed but I respect Hanners's right to really not be interested, obviously I would pivot here to my other Hanners ship which is Anhelore but I can't help but notice Anh is even less of a sexy firefighter from a romance novel And *I'm* less of a sexy firefighter from a romance novel than *either* of them, so my ship of Hanners with me is dead before it was even born 😩
Anh was about to come into the shop and overheard this conversation. She's already at the local firehouse filling out an application.
Given the various indications that Ayo is horny on main (Bookbeard, can you find?), this doesn't surprise me at all.
This one for example: https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5152
Ayo, shut up.
Quit while you're behind and leave bad enough alone.
She should ask Anh.
"Are there several firemen, shirtless, and are they holding puppies in casual settings?
Are you mad!? You can't combine the sexy-fireman-reflex with the cute-puppy-reflex! https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1226
Sending Hannelore a link to the Sexy Firefighters Calendar I buy the wife every year...
May I interest you in a New Zealand women’s firefighter calendar? Proceeds go to fighting breast cancer.
Ayo, sees the spinal tap amp, and tries to turn it up to 16
"I understand that reference."
How can the rest of us mere mortal men even compare to sexy fire men in romance novels??
We need to popularise a genre with much more achievable goals. Like, hypothetically, Dadbod software developer romance novels. Flawless plan.
Ayo desperately needs her brakes checked. She also desperately needs a lot of things, but this particular thing is relevant.
Insert an EMT upset that what Ayo has doesn’t have a flared base dot jpeg here.