Social Grace
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Oh good, AI made horrors beyond my comprehension.
I have not laughed that hard in a LONG time. Thank you!
Is it just my imagination or is Moray's left pseudomammary somewhat larger than the right? Or is she just shifting around like a newlywed's water bed?
I think the latter, but could be both.
OK, I get it. Though it's not phenotypically obvious, Moray is closely related to the Igors. I mean, the Igorth.
hahahahaah holy shit
I have a hankering to watch that Cage/Travolta movie now. I remember loving it back when it was new; I hope it's held up.
I'm imagining a Don-Martin-style "SCHLORP!" sound effect between panels 5 and 6.
Everything is better with Don Martin sound effects.
Well that took a turn.
This was so hilarious I almost spat out my breakfast cereal.
But... after what?
Faaaaace Meeeaat!
was that a Faye call back?
Panels 3 & 4: for a moment I thought Moray had just, like, turned around inside her own skin; but if that were true her name tag would be on her back and it isn't. So she must have twisted her neck 180 degrees (apparently drawing fluid from her right boob in the process) but then turned the rest of the way around in a more normal fashion. Panel 6: "AAAGH!" was my second thought. My first was, "Huh, I wouldn't have expected a slime-girl body to work like that."
Unless she can change the viscosity of certain parts of her membrane, too? If she reduced it over the name tag, she could either drag it through the body (probably not cuz it'd be dripping) or swing it around the outside of the body by creating a small "float" zone in the direction of travel. Kinda like a temporary gloopy conveyor belt.
BAHAHAHAHAHA! I love a genuine "lol" moment. Thank you.
Ripping off her face is not as disturbing as having to explain why people need to wash their hands after pooping
Yes… pooping.
I wonder, it must be a conscious choice to twist 180 degree, and not just “mold her shape” the other way around? I mean we have seen what wonderful ottoman she can become. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5582
I’m a little surprised, this little maneuver didn’t cause Moray to spring a leak.
😂
A new nightmare to add to the list 🫣
Moray: "That's my secret, Liz. I always want to rip my face off! "It's so satisfying!! :D"
Moray gets through 5/6th of the strip in Adorable Goof conversational mode, and then in panel 6 we remember that she's an aspect of a basically alien intelligence.
🤣😂🤣
This is even more of an explanation as to why Moray wasn't fazed by Yay at all xD The things Moray can do with her own body are even more eldritch. Yay would probably be reluctantly impressed by the levels of body horror that Moray can reach during a casual conversation.
Yay can do eldritch things with minds though
Now Sam's going to be jealous because she can't do that.
Let's not tell Sam, or ESPECIALLY Emmett, about this incident.
I’ve previously found Moray quite attractive, last panel? Not so much.
Truly No Bound on the fun party tricks Moray can pull 🎈 (“you can use me as an [X] !” ) I still wonder about the actual consistency of Moray units: slime, jelly, non-newtonian goo/p? Leakage is also possible, implying a very liquid state. Probably she can change it arbitrarily, too.
i suspect the individual functional Moray units (Morelecules) orient to their neighbours, like starlings in a murmuration (Moraymuration), but enveloped and guided into their overall form by the distributed, networked, synergistic field of *all* her parts. Into a detachble face. Or detachable anything, I guess; given sufficiently high bandwidth links, she could split into multiple parts operating concurrently across Cubetown.
And this is why the famous video game/sci-fi/horror novel isn’t entitled “I Have No Face and I Must Make Small Talk.”
yes, because it’s so much more horrifying than the original.
"My eyes are up here! –no, wait..."
Morray's face and poise in panel 3 is really cute.
Less cute in panel 6.
Well, she temporarily forgot about her aversion to socialization in favor of her aversion to ambulatory creatures holding their own dismembered faces in their hands while they speak.
Funniest thing Morray has done in a while.
Lady Cassandra alternate universe origins? Heck I didn't expect the last panel!
Remember when Winslow learned about the uncanny valley? Some gags are eternal.
Could've been worse. Her face detached could have been doing the talking.
LOL
Jesus CHRIST, Moray, warn us next time!
Can we get that last panel with just Moray, no text?
Do you LIKE getting nightmares, Jason? Because this is how you GET nightmares.
Jeph, don't start activating my monster-fucker side. I was appreciating how wholesome everyone, especially Moray, is
Ew Ew
Hysterical!
Moray... Moray no, Moray stop. ~<3
Moray yes, Moray go!!
YESSSS
Moray is an unending delight
Panel 3 moray is really lopsided
Maybe her name tag is starting to affect her… fluid? Gel?
Checking off "body horror" on my bingo card.
Is it just me, or did morays chest get bigger?
So you're saying that your chest got bigger?
Coming soon to a theater near you! "Face-Off 2: Jello, do you know me?"
Nick Cage rubbing his hand maniacally.
Moray needs to be careful that she doesn't lose face.
She'll have to face the consequences.
This is how you argue without losing fac... Nevermind
In which Moray outfaces gremlin for nd hyperbole
As the eyes were the only non-slime surface and she was designed to interact with humans, it is not surprising that they were (very advanced) prosthetics.
She's ALL very advanced prosthetic.
This was going to be the last thing I looked at before going to bed, but I think I'm going to scroll Instagram for a while now... 😬😬
OK that was good.
Moray is SO much fun at parties!
Moray is fun everywhere—except when she has The Sads and turns into a puddle.
Everybody talking about her face and neck, but missing that she pinned her name tag on by sticking the pin straight into her chest...
How else would it stick?
"what a terrible day to have eyes"
Aaaaaaaa!
Never mind that she apparently turned her head in nearly 180° address Liz
Well, she IS a T-1000 slime girl. Easy enough to do that stuff.
OK, I know this isn't the main body related issue in this strip, but what is going on with Moray's boobs here?? In panel 3, the left one is much bigger than the right, and it manages to keep getting bigger and bigger from there
I am glad you posted I was like “do I comment or not”
Holy fuck, Jeph. That's terrifying!
You know, the face thing is better than some of my conversation starters.
Hi Moray how are you dWAAAAAAAH.
Thith ith thine
That's the stuff of nightmares!
Aaaaaaaa
Jeph, you never cease to amaze!!!!
OK, Liz, your turn in the face-off.
Eh, I suspect she'd just disarm.
Perhaps the new scientist has been putting their hands inside a Moray?
New ship incoming!
I see this exchange as proof Moray's adorable ditz persona is an act to cover up how sly she truly is. We knew she had to be more on the ball than we've been shown considering her position and her successes. I'm glad we got to see The Real Moray (TM) slap down Liz as the big reveal.
Panel 5 Moray is so glad you asked!
"How do you do that?" "Do what, wash your hands?" We've seen where Liz lives. Moray could do with giving Liz a refresher on how to wash her hands.
i love the third panel moray twist so much it looks like she stole her boob goop to move her neck and thats a fascinating insight into morayphysics
Makes me wonder if she's like the T-1000 Terminator. Because it looks like she's twisted her head so far around that it's almost backwards, and I can see her just "adjusting" herself so that she's now facing in that direction -- without having to turn around. I mean, we've already seen that she can shapeshift herself.
Everybody is delightedly shocked about Moray, but I was surprised (and pleased) by the growth I've seen in Gremlizabeth. She's trying to learn about small talk; something she never has done and is only starting to realize that she needs if she's going to make friends.
Jeph went there
actually breaking ice is strangely discomfiting to the others in the room
So is breaking wind.
lol at Moray's gross neck twist between panels 2 and 3, that rules.
Today's guest strip by David Cronenberg
The real question here, though, is "after what?"
If she's anything like me: after any time you put something in a bin, accidentally brush your hand against a bin or look to long at a bin
Adorahorrific.
Yeah I knew there was a word for how I was feeling and you hit the nail on the head head
Am I the only one concerned about the scientist in panel one who is just now learning about hand washing? Did Ignaz Semmelweis live in vain? Is Cubetown really disgusting?
To be fair, we don't know what Moray was referring to with "after". Might just be one particular activity that they didn't realize necessitated hand washing rather than an ignorance of personal hygiene in general.
Whenever I need to make small talk, I ask "Read any good movies or watch any good books lately?"
When I need to make small talk I usually just find somewhere to hide until they give up and go away or one of us dies.
Hahahahahaha
Now we know that Moray's default is derpface when not connected to cerebral processing
Surprise level: 0
a (slime) girl has no face ...
🎵 I can't feel my face when I'm with you... 🎶
I both love and hate the final panel. Well done.
Fun fact: Moray's first two sentences in the final panel are a diss in Elizabethan English.
In Elizabethan times, for the punchline they used a Guillotine. Barrel of laughs that lot!
Ok, maybe Ayo wasn’t so bad…
Another top tier QC punchline
Moray? Oh my GLOB!!!
You blew it, kid.
God! I’m not going to be able to unsee that!
I'm gonna have nightmares about it tonight.
She has a face for talking to people...
She has an inner face made for radio.
That is one hell of a comeback.
I love my big boobied slime girl. Always brightens my day.
But one boob is bigger than the other...
Wow, Moray has hidden depths!
Well, they used to be hidden...
Omgggggg why is Moray face skin so cute to me??
Does it make you want to wear it like a mask?
When you teach social grace By removing your face That's A Moray!
When your litso is gone But the eyes are still on That's a Moray!
NOPE!
As Darth Vader once said: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
One agrees
Thanks, I hate it.