Popping The Question
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well, guess that ship has now sailed ...
Hope Emmett throws Harry straight into the sea
Emmett is a tough cookie, but even so, 106 miles is a hell of a throw. Maybe start with a polite refusal and see how far that gets us? https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3617
Don’t worry ms emmetsmom, the crushing quotient for this interaction has been filled in an age-appropriate manner
Lol Canadians... we feisty. There's a reason the Geneva Convention exists. 🙃
In grade school, on the bus, pulled her hair, got brained by her lunchbox. Ended up being my step-sister.
If you see Harry being put in a chokehold by Emmett, he's exactly where he wants to be.
It takes different chokes to move the world.
Now, the question is whether Mom was like this before Emmett.
The apples fall down, Newton said so.
Ah young love. :D
Ok so now we know where Emmet got their secret love of ultraviolence from. Cool cool.
Hmm I remember some posts thought he was teasing them due to crush. I dunno I got the impression it was real but between guilt and pain, not to mention Emmet sticking up for a friend, he got impressed.
I think Harry has just tipped over the borderline between “someone is different, and therefore to be taunted as an outsider” and “someone is different, and therefore to be admired as exceptional”. Both are normal human instincts, and both can cause trouble (xenophobia and celebrity ego inflation respectively). But people who live their lives stuck on the former reaction are dull and unpleasant.
"Boys only tease the ones they like"
...Is a very dangerous way of excusing stupid behaviour.
I was not expecting that intense of a Mama Bear from her, holy shit
Emmett had to get it from somewhere.... Also, Canadian. Home of the War Crimes World Champions.
Huh. I guess Becky’s threat evaluation protocol was more intimidating than Bubbles. Who would have thought.
If someone has spent much of their last fifteen years trying to keep Emmett safe, I’m not surprised if their protective reflex ends up with a hair trigger.
Almost certain that when Sam discovers someone else trying to smooch around Emmett then the ball in Sam's brain is going to drop in a big way
Oh, Harry, no...
Poor Sam. I hope she doesn’t lose Emmett here.
Nah, no chance. Emmett isn't so fickle as to abandon their best friend for the first awkward dingus to blush in their general direction.
SADDLE UP, LOCK AND LOAD! WE RIDE, BUBBLES!
Emmett’s mom has been in her share of hockey fights, I just know it
Has a women's ECAC record for Gordie Howe hat tricks.
He's just like me for real, get choked out once and you're in love.
That's what happened to Marten. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=186
Yeah, Harry... probably not the best time.
Oh, so THAT'S where they get it!
ooooh emmet gets it from mom
Wonder where they got their tendencies from... 😆
are the kids still doing the 'being mean to someone you like' thing? 'cause that's cringe
I think kids always have, and always will, do that.
Shiiiiiiiiiiip them so hard!!
No.
Methinks there don't exist enough H's and U's to properly communicate Emmett's confusion in panel 3.
I've never crushed a windpipe, Punched a few though.
Ah, yes, "Mama bear mode". Been there, had the meeting. Threatened several things. Had the clowns back down and apologize to the child in question. Got everything I wanted while the (ex)-marital unit sat there with mouth agape. Mind you, I’m 5’2". Mama bear mode is not to be trifled with.
No, no, Becky. You can't be part of this conversation. You're not wearing a hoodie. Send Bubbles instead.
Go Becky (but verify the facts first, just saying…)
Bubbles: "Ummm, do you keep anything... trachea-like in the fridge, or should I make a run to the grocery store?" https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2425
Deep cut! I'd forgotten about murder-mode.
"In fact, I'll crush it _with_ a paper towel tube!!"
Also: Becky, no
TEENS!!!!! ✊✊✊✊✊
Bubbles is like, "Trust me, you don't. It's more like crushing a stalk of celery and you can never unhear that sound."
Unless Corpse Witch steals your memories. Then you've unheard it.
I KNEW IT. Harry was totally giving off that vibe. I hope he's learned not to be a POS now, but if he hasn't, Emmett can definitely hold their own.
Depends on if he's prepared to get new friends now
heh, now we know where Emmett gets it from
Yup, I was just thinking exactly that.
Bubbles is not prepared for this
We’re not prepared for this.
In fairness to these two dorks, my high school best friend and I met when we beat the shit out of each other. So, this isn't unprecedented.
When I moved to NC in 6th grade, I had to fight a different guy in my class every week or so, and then we were cool. This was the early 70s. Fights were largely ignored by school staff unless things got out of hand.
🫳🧃 The official emojis of correcting misgendering.
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Bubbles is off put by such violence! It takes a lot to rattle Bubs! I mean, unless you're Faye.
Bubbles understands protecting your comrades in arms, but mom-mode protection is a whole nother level.
Now we see the violence inherent in the system help help I'm having my windpipe repressed.
This comment made my night better
I was into Becky before her mama bear revealed itself. Is it strange that I find her more attractive now?
By tradition, first-time Canadian mothers embark upon a ritual journey deep into the forests of northern Saskatchewan, to learn the secrets of Mama Bear Mode from actual bears.
Dude gets choked out by one cute enby... I s2g
Military robot lady is concerned with sudden violence energy from the supposedly non-violent academic.
Bubbles didn't know she was wandering into a war zone.
That expression on Bubbles is delightful. WTF?! Pause! Reevaluate!
So Emmett takes after Mom?
From 0 to 60 in half a second.
I feel like people are confusing "I was bullying you because I like you" and "I like you but all my friends think you suck so I bullied you so my friends would keep liking me because I do not like you more than I am terrified of not fitting in with my friends". Did none of y'all ever hear that Avril Lavigne song?
I’m only familiar with Skater Boy, Complicated, and So Much For My Happy Ending.
Sam: " I dont get it! I was their ride or die! We did everything together! I was the first person they always came to for support when their mom was mean! That *boy* was a total jerkface to them! Why does *he* get to date them?" Martin: "First time?"
I trust Emmett to handle this. I don't think the outcome is going to be dating Harry, but if it is, Emmett will still be friends with Sam.
That blushy look-away is *painfully* adorable. Good job, Jeph. 🥰
Ah, so the violence is hereditary
So bloodlust runs in the family!
Bubbles reassesses the situation.
Being a messy little shit doesn't excuse bad examples. That's almost like saying "boys will be boys", and "it's just a joke". Just saying. Completely unrelated, I wonder if I'm older then Jeph.
Defense Net 10's IR sensors are tripping the Blush Alarm at HQ.
Can hanging out be platonic? What about pretty coolness? Not up on kids today.
this is absolutely not a platonic ask to hang
Careful Bubbles, don't end up between Emmett and their mother!
In that situation, I don’t believe that it is Bubbles that I would be concerned about (not physically, anyway).
Why do I feel like Mommett and Faye would get along...
Now we know why Becky is overprotective of Emmett. Becky sees too much of herself in Emmett. I bet Becky fixed Canadian jeeps during the war.
Love her Momma Bear energy!
I'm going to quote Miho from Megatokyo here: "You don't have to like him back." https://megatokyo.com/strip/1617
I haven't thought about Megatokyo in a LOOOOOONG time!
calm down...they're both blushing
I think in Emmett’s case it’s more like a blush of rage
Puppetry or AD&D is one way to keep it nerdy. But again, Emmet needs their agency - I’ve seen bullies try to co-opt the defender kids. That would be bad, here.
Their agency you mean.
ahh there it is thats where they get it from
D'aww
Now bubbles knows where they get it from 😂
Oh, goodie. it's genetic!
That explains so much.
Sam will not be pleased to hear about this
Boy is like "I love the type of woman that will actually just kill me."
Person!
"I don't think it's fair you got punished more than the rest of us" - to someone who literally choked him unconscious. It's possible Harry may be a saint...
Kid logic. They were all fighting, so why should one kind of fighting (throwing a half-empty juice box) be punished worse than another kind (choking someone unconscious)?
Because I trust Jeph as a writer not to just go all in on “he was just bullying you because he likes you” I feel comfortable saying that this is, unfortunately, kind of adorable.
Knew that was coming
Now we know that chokeholds run in the family
Doesn't Clinton's robo-hand have a larynx-crushing mode?
Teenagers ... Er, Emmett's mom scares the living shit out of me
Like accidentally meeting a moose and her child.
And there's the triangle
Love a supportive momma.