Let's Talk It Out
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I just want a poster of Emily with the top half of her face above the table saying "crab crab crab crab"
panel 5. sooooo cute.
oh that's gonna come back up in a future story
crab crab crab crab
"Fitzsimmons"? lol
I say all the time that I wish I could hug people better... like hug so well it fixes people's problems. I feel like Bubbles got hugged better.
Awwwww. I'm not crying, YOU are.
How did you know?
Patreon comes right after xkcd in my list of morning webcomic links...that was weird and appropriate.
crab crab crab crab CRABOID! (I dunno, it just seems hysterical to me and I'm not smoking)
https://xkcd.com/2314/
I'M NOT CRYING...YOU'RE CRYING.
Bubbles earning some SERIOUS relationship brownie points there....
"gonna dip"?
Dip out; leave; depart. Obscure slang, but I’ve heard it before.
d'aaaww also: crab crab crab
Jeph, if Faye ran off before that lovely pay off, I swear I'll break social distancing guidlines and cry all over you.
First thing this morning I get teary-eyed. Thanks Jeph.
Nawwwwww. ^_^
am kinda hoping the next comic is just a single sustained reaction shot of Faye?
Or Faye googling "Human/AI marriage law" on her phone.
...that sounds just a tiny bit like forshadowing
The thought occurred to me as well.
BUBBLES. WHY YOU CUT SO MANY ONIONS RIGHT NAO?!?!
Wow, Faye growin up!
Indeed! I was afraid this would devolve into "Faye turns to the bottle to bury her self-doubts". This is huge progress for her.
i just love bubbles so much
Also, wonderful thing in this sequence: Faye and Bubbles had a really scary moment. Faye freaked out and ran away. Bubbles gave her space to do that. Faye talked it out, calmed down, and realized everything was actually OK and she was just having her own trauma reaction. She went back and they had an open and loving conversation. Relationship goals right here. :)
Achievement unlocked :)
Bubbles: officially the best.
Fayebles FOREVA!
Holy Shit Faye is the luckiest woman alive!
Butts are still cool though.
Bubbles is the absolute best.
Awwww.... Claire being all "I love you" warms my heart then Bubbles just goes ahead and makes it a fire. Sooooo good.
Dammit I didn't need to cry tonight.
Jeph, that is incredibly sweet. Wonderfully sweet. So sweet that I'm gonna get diabetes...
The fu-.... 'so wants to give bubble a bear hug run for a few minutes.'
"gonna dip"? I assume that is that is how the Damn Kids Today say "taking off"? Never heard that one before.
That's hot.
My SO with PTSD would be unable to read the arc where Bubbles' memory was erased. It would be too painful for her. She cannot throw away her trauma like Bubbles did. No one truly can. Is it similar to having an arc where someone in a wheelchair can miraculously walk again? Is it ableist? I'm not sure. What does everyone think? EDIT: I'm not trying to be critical of Jeph, I just want to hear other people's opinions. Does anyone with PTSD want to chime in about their experience reading this comic?
I'm not sure you can make a perfect mapping between a human with PTSD (I have problems with dissociation and hyper-vigilance, so I'm at least tangential to the topic) and an AI with Bubbles' experience. I mean, I guess none of us know! But, point being, to run with your analogy, it would be completely reasonable for there to be a story in which a formerly disabled AI (do we still call them robots? I'm losing track) was repaired, or got a new body, to the point that it's basically happened already. So... sure, Bubbles can do what Bubbles can do. I can't help but notice that Faye hasn't truly thrown away her trauma, to use your phrase. Of course, it's entirely possible that Bubbles hasn't, either. Just because you say you're fine doesn't mean you are, or always will be, or will be in every situation.
Thanks, Jeph. I needed that today.
So did I.
AND THEN THEY ALL FUCKED
BUBBLES ;~;
Bubbles is a damn treasure and exactly what we need in these trying times. That, and hawt lady-bot lovin'.
Oh dang don't tell me Faye ran away between panel 3 & 4 or I will be very squinty
Bubbles has a full sensor suite to detect Faye. I wouldn't worry.
Crab crab crab crab
Crab crab crab crab
Did I just see a flag go up?
Damn it, Jeph. It's not very often a comic strip brings tears to my eyes.
This was beautiful. Also, "FitzSimmons" is a subtle touch. Well done!
omg
Nek panel, Faye sobbing uncontrollably
This is incredibly poignant. (also my brain is just going "crab crab crab crab" now)
You know something important just happened when there isn't a punchline.
💜💜Bubbles!
Wholesome AF.
Faye, do not...I cannot stress this enough..DO NOT fuck this up.
Might want to tell Jeph that... :P (I'll go quietly, officer Raccoon.)
Omg Bubbles in that last panel :)
Bubbles, the better angel of our nature?
Goddammit I’m not crying, you’re crying! WHO’S CUTTIN ONIONS IN HERE????
Onion ninjas are sly, you have to watch out!
I would still want the memories back. Why? They're mine. I bled for them, worked for them, yearned for them, burned for them. It might change how I am now, but they are my history-and with them, I will build my future.
I doubt anyone including Bubbles would disagree. but she simply said she wouldn't TRADE what she's found to get them back.
I needed something heartwarming like this right now. Thanks.
Craaaaaaaaab
😭
and then Faye gets hit by a bus, because that's the direction 2020's going so far.
This is why QC is set in a different universe
Oh God, Bubble's expression in the last panel. I'm in tears.
Oh man that's lovely
Dawwww
Yay
imma cry D: