Diplomacy
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Is Emmet from Minnesota? "You don't gotta be a wimp aboat it." 'aboat'? That's a very definite 'a' character there.
I thought it was Canada.
Sneaky Bubbles is Sneaky :D
Questionable Content: Where assholes get redemption arcs since August 1st, 2003.
I'm still waiting for Corpse Witch's. :)
Hmm, maybe not a blush. Just a red tinge. I i need better glasses
Stealth Bubbles Stubbles
Harry was texting someone on the previous page, so I'm guessing he was checking in with the person (parent, counselor, whatever) who prompted him to go apologize. That said, the prompting probably only happened in the first place because the fight was out of character for him, and he realized he fucked up but didn't know how to dig himself out of it. (The last thing anyone teaches a white dude how to do is apologize. >_> ) He just seems like an awkward kid who isn't super-great at navigating conflict (literally every teenager), and Emmett is just done with having to put up with this shit everywhere they go.
Harry was on his phone on the previous page. Harry is a 14-year-old kid. No further explanation required.
i absolutely love how harry is drawn since he showed up. It’s so expressive and brings across that awkwardness of certain teenage boys so well
It should come as no surprise that Bubbles can move silently if she wishes to.
Her face, though xD
Emmett continues to be my favorite character. Fifth panel Emmett ain't takin' no shit.
That's a look that says "you're lucky I can't light things on fire with my mind, because I'm genuinely trying."
I did not notice the giant robot lady on my first read.
S’what happens if you pay too much attention to the basketball. Which is either a reference you absolutely know or you’re staring at your screen as though I were a mad person. If the latter, I commend the ”Experiments” section of the “Inattentional blindness” Wikipedia article to your attention. :) (I suspect this crowd will, by and large, know the reference. But just in case, etc).
Ugh. This reminds me of a conversation I had in fourth grade with my buddy, the Elementary School Principal: "Packy, I don't care how obnoxious he was or how much he deserved it. You. Can't. Shove. A. Cupcake. In. Another. Boy's. Face."
Honestly, it depends on the cupcake. Also, my high school cafeteria didn’t have or allow cupcakes. I am sad now.
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Yeah, lay it on him, Emmett! Also, props to Tol for talking to Dr Bennett first. Probably blew up a couple betting pools.
As the mother, Becky outranks Bubbles in this situation. It's just standard protocol to report to the superior officer before engaging.
This takes me back to when I was a councilor at a juvie hall. Yes, I used to work with troubled youth. I was good at it too.
I guess it takes a troubled youth to council a troubled youth?
Bubbles is apparently better at stealth than one would assume
You can take the robot out the military but you can't take the military out the robot
One would think Jeph has a teenager at home! This is so spot on.
I heard a rumor that he actually used to BE a teenager! Sounds pretty unlikely to me though.
I can't see the word "teens" or "teenagers" without hearing it in the voice of Sebastian the crab.
See for me when I read those words i hear Ivan Ooze from the power rangers movie.
Sneaky Bubs is Sneaky 🥰🥰🥰
🫲 T E E N S ! 🫱
The box was thrown pretty fast, though. Harry may suspect Sam of juicing.
ouch
We should be grateful Sam didn’t throw Stone in a glass house.
Sorry. That was a Harry joke.
I love Bubbles in the background...
"Is Bubbles gonna have to choke a bitch?"
*Meanwhile in Bubbles' head* [Emmett Threat Evaluation Protocol] Target Identified: Harry Stone Known Weakness: Chokeholds, Juice Boxes, Impractical Footwear Threat Level: Total Wimp Assessment: Emmett got dis Recommendation: Fall back to domicile and have tea with Becky
Tea and further assessment with Becky.
"Would it make things better if I let Sam thrown a full juice box at me?" " 'How about a nice Hawaiian Punch' ?" " What is 'Hawaiian Punch' ?"
*WHAM* "Aloha."
“Bubbles in the Background” is a pretty good replacement for “heroes in a half shell” 🤔
Robot power!
Is this story line twisting towards Emmett and Harry deciding they like each other, and maybe deep down Harry is secretly questioning his own identity, then Sam feels left out and gets mad at both of them? It's not what I'm hoping for...just raising the idea.
Harry questioning his own identity is certainly possible, as is them becoming friends as a result. Sam being "left out", however, is deeply unlikely. Even if you ignore the obvious crush, Sam seems to be literally the first friend Emmett ever made, and the only person to actually defend them. Not something they are going to abandon lightly, much less for some "cant take a juicebox to the face" wimp.
When the hell did teens become this reasonable? 😂😂 Man, being a Gen X teen in rural Western Australia was a VERY different experience to what I'm seeing here.... 🤔🤔🤔
To be fair, I’ve heard there’s nothing to do in Perth.
Bubbles on bouncing overwatch.
Subtle inclusion for tomorrow's installment indeed
it takes a village
Without reading it, my first thought from the title was the fictional board game in the movie version of "The Mouse That Roared." Which isn't the real venerable and famous board game "Diplomacy" about World War 1.
I don't remember the board game so now I guess I need to rewatch the movie.
Wimp aboat! Wimp aboat!
🎶"Stealthy Bubbles... In the house... Stealthy Bubbles... Quiet as a mouse..."🎶
why isn't bubbles wearing a ghillie suit?
What Bubbles. I didn't see her
So long as they can show a bit of grace, they'll be okay.
Who is grace and how were they involved?
At least to me this seems much less like Harry is interested in Emmett and more that he's just trying to be a reasonable person. The big problem here is that, from my experience, the kind of people that verbally or physically bully others in their teens just aren't reasonable people. They may become so in time but at this age if they're called out on the actions they're far more likely to just double down. Maybe Harry is an exception but suddenly being "I admire you for being different" feels like a significantly unlikely jump in character from any bully I've known.
On the other hand, quickly switching loyalties to the person that won the fight sounds *exactly* like a bully enabler.
Oh hai Bubbles
i think bubbles learned scuttling techniques from yay
Or maybe learned stealth from Liz.
Honestly, Capri-Sun hasn’t been the same since they started appearing in bottles even though I know the capri-sun pouches are still available. Harry is like not even box juice level of cool. He’s like Sunny D level of cool.
He's a bit of a Sunny D-bag.
Haha, I didn't even see Bubbles on my first read through.
Bubbles is a master of stealth!
aboat?
Aboat
*sidle*sidle*sidle*
See, I knew they weren't gonna let Harry off the hook that easy. You fuckin' tell him, Emmett.
Emmett was just momentarily flustered by the apology. They have remembered their true devotion.
Fight fight fight! Kiss kiss kiss!
Bothofthoseseemunlikely bothofthoseseemunlikely bothofthoseseemunlikely!
Hmmm. Puppets can help them figure this all out with out juice boxes. Maybe start a foam dart Humans v Zombies team to work on cooperation strategies?
Suggesting puppets to resolve such a situation just makes me think of Tip Willikin from Skin Horse.
This is REALLY starting to feel like the equivalent of "pulling on the girl's pigtails because you like her". Newsflash: it wasn't great when you were 7, and the closer you get to adulthood, the stupider it gets.
In this case I think his attraction is genuine and the rancor accidentally incurred, as opposed to instigating something to get them to talk to him
Ah, juiceboxes. The ultimate arbiters of strength of... something... something... I want some juice.
Yeah, a little juice would hit the spot right now.
Bubbles doing the most obvious sneaking ever is hysterical.
Bubbles is not specced for stealth. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3142
Sneaky Bubbles can sneak.
I love Emmett so much
Background Bubbles is a treasure.
No no Bubbles, you probably should keep an eye on what's going on here
1. I wonder if Bubbles can hear what’s going on out there anyway. 2. It can be useful for background players to sort out what they think is going on and how they think they should deal with possibilities.
They're so cute omg omg omg
Sam and Emmett? I agree.