Greek Chorus
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Haha....yeah they do represent the readers.
anyone else find it strange that Marten has dated (or in a relationship with) all three of these women?
Only 2 of the 3. Tai and Marten haven’t dated or hooked up. Closest I can think of is when Tai dragged Marten to a party where he hooked up with the hostess.
Geeze... Are shippers often like this? They're sounding like some sport-fans I've known who will say something similar pregame. It's not all that suprising when thinks about it, though. Fandom is fandom wether you're root, root, rooting for the home team or hanging on that "Will they/Wont they question. :)
We're not nearly as cute as Tai or Claire though.
Well, speaking only for myself, I wholeheartedly concur.
Accurate postscript is rather accurate. XD
Was... was that there before?! I didn't see it until you mentioned it.
Hey Jeph, I want to make it clear that, much as this story means to me, I will never be disappointed and bitchy if ships don't steer my way. I appreciate your work more than I can readily articulate, and all I would ever want for you is to follow your creative muse.
Excellent point, OF. I'm just along for the ride and will follow wherever Jeph leads. He's done a damn good job over the life of the comic and I trust him. I care about these characters, which means he's doing this right.
I just figured out why I'm left so cold by this strip. It's cognitive dissonance. In real life I'd never be a part of this conversation because I'm a private person, and it's important to me to respect other people's privacy. I find the thought of people talking behind my back about what I'm doing with my genitals to be repugnant. So in one sense, I'm not *any* of the characters pictured here. I'm Bubbles. But this is fiction, which affords us a third-person omniscient point of view. So I treat this differently than I would in real life. I want to know the salacious details insofar as I'm rooting for them to have good sex and please each other and be happy. So in that sense, I'm Claire. It's interesting to examine those conflicting points of view in light of the fictional situation of two people embarking on a transhuman relationship. Since human-droid pairings are so new, does it give the chorus a bit of a pass on not respecting their privacy? After all, who wouldn't root for a friend doing something with so little precedent? I curious about how Faye and Bubbles will react to the "so did you fuck or what?" comments, as Dylan said above. For her own sake, Faye has been all about that level of crude curiosity in the past, so knows she's got it coming. But she'll be protective of Bubbles, knowing that, like me, she's a private person. I look forward to seeing how Jeph handles this. Jeph, thanks for creating such a lush ecosystem for us to explore!
Tai and Claire have issues with personal boundaries. However, I am very sure that Marten and Dora's only motives are concern for the emotional safety of two friends whom they know to be damaged and emotionally fragile.
What is the reference with "Greek Chorus"?
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_chorus" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_chorus</a>
No worries guys, they are currently *very* together.
That is one apt comic title, Jeph! Me likey. =)
Given how much Tai and Claire aggravated each other when they were both working at the same library, it's genuinely funny how alike they actually are in their behaviour and approach to personal boundaries. Still, let's face it: Marten and Dora have long become used to having to be the adults in the room!
Despite how hard it was for Marten to accept that role. It comes easier for Dora - it's her job
So it would seem that Claire and Tai can't sense what's going on so their powers are limited. I'm still not sure about Hannelore.
Hanners is very powerful.
I feel like the next time they walk in someone is just going to bluntly say "so did you fuck or what?"
Word for word, that's a Faye line. But Tai could leadingly go, "So how WAS it?!"
See, Jeph is not evil. He COULD have given us this strip before he showed us Faye catching up with bubbles and we would be just as frustrated as Claire and Tai.
"And if they get together, the squee will blot out the sun"
Too late! "It's as if thousands of fans were all squeeing together, and then never stopped!"
i've never enjoyed being dunked on so much
I had to re-parse your comment to realise that you _weren't_ complaining :-)
It me!
"Dear passengers, this is your captain Jeph Jacques of the airship Faybles speaking. Thank you for choosing our company Questionable Content. We had a successful takeoff, all parameters are nominal, endorphine engines are working at optimal power levels. You may unbuckle your belts, lower your tables, and for fuck's sake stop bitching and panicking, at least for now. Drinks and cereal will be served shortly. Enjoy the journey."
(Posted again here because I only posted it on yesterday's comic 2 hours ago) ENOUGH ALREADY. I AM DYING HERE. JEPH I CANNOT WAIT ANY MORE. WHAT KIND OF CEREAL IS STEVE EATING. ENOUGH TEASING ME WITH THESE CLIFFHANGERS.
Flute Roops!
Yeah right. We're always disappointed and bitchy. That's how fandoms work. XD
So is it just me or are Martin and Dora like always on the same wavelength and then Tai and Claire are. Mirror couples.
This is one of the reasons why a Marten-Tai-Dora-Claire quartet is one of my guilty pleasures.
Uh, I was totally going aaaaaaah in a singsong way the whole time I read it. Before reading the title...
Claire and Tai represent me in more than one way! :D
Same!
Because Jeph named this "Greek Chorus", I'm hearing it as singing in my head...
Claire is about to do the Snoopy Dance.
Fair. :)
Same!
in which we are all Tai
Love love love Marty's expression in the last panel.
Bubbles will get her dream job, in New York City...
That's cold.
Awwwww, no more adorable pillow talk? Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine, I'll read it anyway 😜
We just got called out
Claire is going to spontaneously combust when she finds out...
Tai will implode into a singularity when she finds out. It'll sound like one, long, echoing "SQQQQQQUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeee.........."
I had the same thought about their business venture. Here's my prediction: Bubble and Faye will break up, or one of them will have to leave the business. They can't have both. Not right away, of course. I could see them taking a long time to come to a crisis point with their personal/business relationship--maybe years in reader time.
Hey, there's no harm in two destroyers of worlds practicing being gentle together. This arc is great fun, if just for the fact of seeing how everyone is handling it.
This is very well done.
Gaaaah I love this so much
Look how good and grownup Dora is being.
Right? She's come a long way.
Only we are Tai and Claire peering through the keyhole instead of retiring discreetly to a coffee shop. It's funny. If I were reading this on my own, I would be identifying with the fictitious omniscient observer, and would feel no shame. But because we all chatter busily about everything that happens, I feel part of a crowd of rubberneckers, and ashamed. Not enough to stop watching, or even enough to stop chattering, but enough to make the experience complex in odd ways.
There was me thinking that I was the only one who felt that way.
This is fair. Also Tai and Claire don't open their eyes once during this whole strip.
Tai and Claire are imagining the last two strips in their heads...
This comic is basically the community in a nutshell. I’m both Tai and Claire...somehow...
It's funny to me that you think we'd only be bitchy and disappointed for days.
Days in universe is years IRL though
Another strip posted, and still no trace of Steve eating cereal. I am tremendously disappointed.
the shippers and the rationalists
Now if one of them would just call them Faybles, my life would be complete.
And Marten represents Jeph.
Completely true. ❤️
An authentic look at the fandom's own comments. well done.
aaaaagh, same
Hahahahaha love it
Jeph, you are having way to much fun trolling your fans right now. 😂🙈🤣
Also - while Clair & Tai = fans/readers, Marten = Jeph
5/7 title—that’s what makes this strip for me