Teens
Teens: It's Teens™
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sometimes dudes just want a weird gal/gay/they who is a little unhinged and a lotta weird. I didn't land my bf by being the sweet, quiet type. (That being said I'm definitely still rooting for Sam and Emmett.)
Those shoes are ridiculous. I'll never understand young people.
"I'm also confused pretty much all the time and ' specially right now"--not necessarily just for teens.
Ayuh.
Excellent job, Jeph. Our brains can always be chaotic places to live, and no time more so, perhaps, than when we are teens. Bodies AND our brains are still developing, and that whole mess of hormones, neurotransmitters, and whatever other stuff we may or may not be putting into our bodies can be just an absolute hellscape for some of us. Mostly, we grow out of it. But there are reasons that you should not make permanent decisions about your future at that age. And why we need to give teens as much grace as possible when we can
Ah, the teen years. Where none of us really know why we do anything.
I'm going to wait and see where Jeph takes this before I start the shipping. Hell, I'm STILL waiting on "SixPint"! (Pintsize and Droid 06 are MADE for each other.)
I'm sticking with Droid 06 and Anh. Mostly because the ship name can be AnhDroid.
:Gasp: A rival for Grim Samantha to get jealous over?
Grim Samantha does not get jealous. Grim Samantha gets *vengeance*.
Also, my comment was based off the blush
Jeph: Man, the principal characters in my comic have grown up and are all mature and stuff. Jeph: time to add in some TEEN ANGST
Listen listen sometimes we deserve some high-energy, low-stakes teen angst sometimes. As a treat.
Emmett needs to stop slouching, it's bad for their back.
Please keep in mind that these are small humans with unfinished brains. They’re going to be messy little idiots. And thank you for everyone keeping things civil, even though there are some strong opinions at play.
Beethoven's 5th reminds Hannalore of Canada! Jeph, did you get a prize for that non-sequitur? 'Cause it was pretty good For the rest this is from 1336
Being a teen is weird and complicated. Making friends is weird and complicated. Making friends as a teen is highly weird, but somehow slightly less complicated? I hope this Harry boy becomes a good ally for Emmett. It's good to have good people on your side.
This is like one of those passages in the Iliad where two heroes almost kill each other and then stop, talk about how their grandfathers were allies, and exchange armour as a sign of respect.
Can you all please stop shipping them until we actually have an indication that that’s where it’s going. Seriously you’re jumping the gun and the fact that it’s someone who just like the day before participated in bullying Emmett makes it kind of not cool
This is sort of what I was thinking. As if an adult was about to say "he only bullied you because he likes you."
Harry has unlocked a new fetish! No but seriously they are kinda cute, both of them.
Ew
"Um you can choke me again if you liked it...."
They're kids, dude.
He went to apologize in Crocs?? &^%$/
That was my thought last comic 🤣🤣
I've decided this kid is an egg and it's gonna end up asking Emmett where to get new pronouns
I admit I have been wondering if that was the case...
Ah, to be young and confused again, as opposed to currently being old and confused again.
It looks like Emmett made a friend, which is good because they don't make friends easily.
I still have no idea what gender Emmett is, what gender they want to be, or even if they have a preference.
They're non-binary, so their gender is custom rather than one of the two usual presets
My take, for the little it's worth, is that the initial bullying was the usual "I'm not queer, YOU'RE queer" defense mechanism. If so, Sam's defense of Emmett may have helped him realize he can be queer and still have friends. His parents may also have helped. So this may be more a found family situation than a ship. You can find an extended family even if your birth family is good.
That would be a cool outcome for sure! Though I wonder about Harry's parents given that he thought it was cool and a good idea to misgender someone on purpose, but it could be that he has shitty friend-influences and his parents are immediately making clear this is Not On. I have hope ^^
BookBeard, you were right, and I was wrong. Thank goodness for that. Now... What happens when Bubbles walks in?
Already there, I bet. She spotted them from a few blocks away and is monitoring the situation from a discreet distance.
Good start. Puppetry - next? I’d a different thought - let’s ween Croc Boy from thinking about near death experiences to begin with. Build on positivity.
Yeah, Harry clearly has his own emotional development issues.
They're TeenTastic(tm)!
I understood that reference.
shipping feels wildly premature when we still dont know the full context of the fight & emmet does not look especially pleased with this turn of events in the last panel. more like concerned and confused
Emmett's just hitting puberty and is feeling some attraction to Harry but somewhere in their mind, maybe not too deep, they're thinking of their relationship with Sam. Puberty's confusing enough for a cis kid. I'd be concerned and confused, too.
oooooohhh? could this be young loooooove~?
Ffs why
Shhiiiiiipppppiiiiiing!
We weirdos have more fun.
See he gets it. He now realizes Emmet is fakking cool.
Three seconds into the chokehold Harry was thinking "Oh damn, it was all true..." https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4711
Funny. I had this incident recently where i got bodyshamed really hard by someone on discord, and got really upset about it, and she apologized and now we're friends instead of acquaintances. Yeah, there's no obligation to show an olive branch to one who wronged you, but if you can manage it and the other party is genuinely contrite it can be an opportunity to salvage a shitty situation and get something nice out of it
I'm glad the other person apologised, because ugh, I feel that ><
There seems to be rather a lot of people who think they know where this story is going and are not happy about it. I love this comment section, but prophets we most definitely ain't, and I'd estimate a 15% success rate at best with this sort of assumption. Perhaps the author *isn't* going to do the thing that hasn't actually happened yet. Maybe hold onto that outrage until the conversation has a chance to... y'know... happen. Or, if I may paraphrase a very wise and chill individual: "Stop yelling at Jeph because you made up a stupid version of him in your head!" https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5264
Too true, you!
[I'm wearing Crocs and socks *and* cargo shorts *right now* and giving a middle finger *and* the rude V-sign to the world]
called it!
🙄
oh dear god the teen romantic awkwardness
Kiiiiinda thought this would be the case
Raise your hand if you never want to go through all that teen-stuff again. So awkward, so painful, so dang confusing.
To be fair, the lack of life experience is a major part of what makes being a teenager so awful. Every single aspect of your existence being in constant flux is hard when you don't have any real, solid frames of reference to fall back on or work out from. The raging hormone hellscape your body turns into doesn't help, either, but an adult mind would have a MUCH easier time handling that shitshow. Not saying it wouldn't still suck, but if the you that you are now were to be stuffed back into a teenage body, it would be lightyears less terrible than it was the first time around.
Hey Harry, have you by any chance got an uncle named Elliot?
You know, there is a bit of a resemblance. If it weren't for the different surnames he could be Elliot's little brother. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4498
🧦🐊 I must be getting old. I don't understand today's teenagers at all. What's the point of combining ventilated footwear with socks?!
If you get blisters easily, the socks cushion the skin. If you’re gardening the socks keep small pebbles and grit from grinding against the skin.The shoes are also comfier if the temperature drops.
Me too, Emmett. Me too.
...but where did the drink cup go?
That was a phone, and presumably into the pocket.
I hope Sam’s ship with Emmett isn’t sunk.
emmett has two hands
Not every incident of two people being minimally polite or decent to each other has to result in a ship or even in being friends. No, not even in a comic strip, not even in QC. For goodness' sake people, please settle down.
You are fighting the tide, friend.
Harry's also dressed perfectly to blend in with the sky.
Now that you mention it, his crocs are the color of the bushes and his shorts match the grass perfectly. Clearly Harry has some sort of chameleon-like camouflage defence that activates when he feels awkward.
Yessss, now bow to them and ask them to be your sensei!
This would be acceptable.
Okay, this is adorable
Teens, Man, Teens! Pre-Teens, Proto-Teens, Tumblr Teens, Mid-Teens, Salteens, Post-Teens, Seapunk Teens, Fat Teens, Skinny Teens, Teens Who Climb On Rocks. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2421
And then it got all ruined by TikTok Teens™.
RIP Michael Hutchence. #INXSFETISH
Look, Emmett, if he shows up outside your place holding up a boombox playing Never Tear Us Apart, run.
I was not expecting this adorableness, but I am FUCKING HERE for it! Crushbot approves!
I'm here for Harry's growth arc. May he develop a friendship with Emmett and become a better human in the process.
Turns out Harry did come to finish the fight - with Friendship.
FRIENDSHIP....FRIENDSHIP!?
Weird and Confused, directed by Jeph Linklater.
“Teens Say the Weirdest Things!” by Jeph Linklater.
Now kiss!
Though Harry has walked through the valley of the shadow of death, he shall fear no Emmett.
Funnily enough, in Hebrew mythology a golem is activated by writing "emet" or "truth" on it, and disabled by erasing the first letter leaving "mēt" or "death." So in more ways than one he was close to death.
No. Please no "i abused you because i like you" arcs.
That's...clearly not what's happening here
apology or not, I'm not quite on board with "intentional misgendering" as the initial moment of a meet-cute.
I am hoping the next comic is Emmett coming back inside having choked him out again for weird about all this being a meet-cute from his perspective
Oh no
socks and crocs, just one red flag after another with this boy
And in the background Becky is frightened that she made a grave error, which she did.
OH NO. Harry no baka. (Harry, you idiot.)
All according to keikaku.
Oh! Oh no?
Teens? It doesn’t get less awkward over the next 50 years. Trust me.
There's a saying in our family - "The first hundred years are the worst!"
So when's the wedding?
Ewww. Dude. Sam is still the owner of Emmett’s heart.
Emmett's getting a boyfriend!
Emmett likes Sam.
I feel like this was inevitable
Oh.
Oh no. They awakened something in him.
THE SNEAKER MUST AWAKEN!
Everyone likes this
Not Sam >:)
oh no, it's teens
(said with both horror and endearment)
Nope. The harbor is empty. No ships here. But it is really foggy.
So...Sam is going to be jealous of this, right?
I do think this *could* be the setup for a Sam jealousy plotline, yeah xD I don't want to jump the gun on any shipping or especially any feelings on Emmett's part, but my first thought was "op, Sam might have a rival". Especially because she hasn't been there to witness Harry sorta potentially redeeming himself.
Oh... oh no, they're cute together.
OH.
Aww they are adorable
Oh