Stare-Off
spooky?
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I learned recently that the reason cat pupils go from wide to narrow is that this is how they can more easily see prey through long grass. So it's a hunting trait.
Slight error. Yay's shirt and pants should be covered in white fur from Hercules playing/sitting on them😸😸
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
This is blasphemy but I now ship spooky and Elliot
"Spelliot"? Okay!
This makes me happy because they're friends now. <3
I see this going one of two ways: hilarious, or horribly, horribly wrong.
Those honestly sound like the same to me
this has the beginning of some AI-human S&M role play. "make me" would probably be Yay's followup. Good luck Elliot!
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That crossed arms stance looks... defensive. Like he's a woman who (thinks she) just caught a man looking at her boobs, or something.
Yeah, tough guy crossed arms you tuck your hands, whereas Elliot is more grabbing his own upper arms. Doesn't have the same "fuck you" visual effect but probably smarter for a bouncer. Things can escalate quickly, and with Elliot's stance his top arm is totally free, and his bottom arm only slightly less so.
I guess it's hard to be spooky when he's seen you fussing his cat for twenty minutes.
Elliot.. the biggest baddest softy-est most fearless-est adorable-est guy in the entire comic.
Some would say "Being intimidating is my job" but for Eliot it's "part of one of my jobs" and that's rather pleasing :)
Yes. Considering a big part of Elliot’s job would be politely and calmly asking someone that maybe they could stop drinking and maybe call it a night, and would they like him to Call them an Uber?
30 seconds later: - Strange, what's up with that red light coming from the sky? - Ah, it's just military satellite targeting system. Now, shall we try again?
For Elliot to react like that, I have to wonder what kind of assholes he's had to deal with before XD
I guess a spooky "no" is less scary than "you think you're sho tough, I'll knock your fucking head off"?
Yay has lost their mojo. Their eyes have gotten rounder and their smile cuter than the first time we saw them being *really* spooky. (That and the lack of computationally inflicted pain). https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3413
Yay can control the world's information but not get away with acting too drunk on Eliot's watch
So, what has been scary is the question to reduce Yay as little.
I mean, I know that's not the intention, but this really made me miss Alice Grove
I just hope it doesn't end in Yay attempting to find a way to be REALLY intimidating. Traumatized Elliot would totally botch his date with Clinton.
Yay's reaction here made me laugh out loud.
Oh my Lord I just got intense Bratty Sub vibes from Yay. Or maybe two switches battling for control vibes
I'm genuinely disturbed by how accurate this characterisation is... that must be why they like Roko! They WANT Officer Roko to impose some discipline on them :)
Aaaaaannd... point to Elliot.
Familiarity breeds contempt. Or at least a lack of intimidation.
I think it's the opposite. Unless someone told Elliot about Yay's capabilities off-screen he probably thinks they're just Mellon's upscale slightly arrogant friend.
Spookybot is the deity we need, but don’t deserve.
That might have gone differently if she hadn't just been fawning all over Hercules.
They. They were just fawning all over Hercules. There is noone in that room that identifies as "she".
Lol im dying of laughter rn
We are NOT accustomed to being taken less than seriously.
Well this just made me nostalgic for Alice's Grove
Alice Groove was so good
I love those eyes
Yay, he's had his nose broken by an unruly patron. Your little flashy eyes thing doesn't phase him a bit.
Elliott reminds me of a bouncer that may have worked in a nearby, ah.... Dance place nicknamed Porn in the Corn
That is both a) the best name I have heard for such a place in some time and b) conjuring unfortunate images in my imagination.
Oh no! Yay's been domesticated! They aren't spooky anymore! Haha
No longer the giant squid to everyone else's reef fish.
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Very good choice!
Spookybot... Have you uncovered a new obsession? :)
Hm...Elliot/Clinton/Yay! love triangle?
Lol. That’s the problem with people like Elliot, they lack imagination to believe that someone that small could possibly be scared and dangerous.
While it's true that Yay could easily incapacitate Elliot with hardly a touch, that would be cheating here. Any ordinary person that he might encounter as a bouncer would be easy for him to handle.
I love Elliot - he is me, a disaster bisexual. And I LOVE LOVE LOVE Spookybot's reaction!
This is easily one of my top strips.
spookybot continues to be my favorite
OH WELL PLAYED SIR! (still adorable). SPOOPYBOT HAHA
Lol! Poor spookybot. What was she expecting when they both are being intimidating and resisting each other?
1. I like where you are going with that... but... 2. Yay is a they not a she. Though this particular body might be female gendered based purely on the clothing.
Yay looks like a goth-flavored version of Clinton in these latest strips.
Elliot appears to have poor death perception.
Elliot is awake. Therefore, Death cannot take him. Not because Death has to wait until he's asleep, but because Elliot would beat Death up and keep beating him up until Death gives him something to make him go away. It's the same way Elliot got his baking skills. He got them from the Devil. Elliot didn't sell his soul-he just kept beating up the Devil until the Devil gave him something to make him go away.
Oh god it's the Alice Grove Eyes
Was totally just thinking that!
not to sound like a noob, i've been reading QC long enough that i shouldn't have to ask, but is Jeph seriously going to make us ship whichever bunch of characters happen to be sharing a frame or
Yes. All of the character exist in a state of quantum supershippingposition where all of the relationships are valid. Simultaneously. Except Bubbles/Pintsize, because there is NOT ENOUGH neurological trauma to make that work.
1) It's his job not to be intimidated by people woofing and 2) He is too nice to say "I've left scarier things than you in the toilet."
Exactly. He’s probably used to it by now too.
I love these two.
I don't know where this is going to go, but I like it!
*whispers* I ship it? No, I mustn’t
Well, let's be fair, Yay! is small, petite, and unarmed. Elliot has probably bounced GIRLS that are taller, more muscular, either wielding a bottle or straight razor (maybe both), and so drunk that the idea of getting in a fight with the human bear is a Good Idea. We've had at least one or two scenes where Elliot been half-way in a fight, bleeding, and is still being NICE while getting ready to kick somebody's ass. So, Yay! might be creepy, but Elliot's reading of Yay! is "creepy, but might be relying more on being a creepy ass that can read the room well, rather any real competence." The hilarious scene of Yay! being thrown out a window when Yay! tries to push it, going back and complaining that Elliot surprised Yay! and THIS TIME Yay! will succeed... Only to be thrown out ANOTHER window. Maybe the same one as before-windows are expensive!
As I understand it Yay is a hive mind. A “Them” not a “Him”. Their individual bodies might be gendered but subtly so. Then again they might be all barbie dolls down there. Edit: Thanks for that.
I love his little clap so much.
The idea of Spooky realizing they've lost their mojo amuses me.
Yay has the Spirit of Violence within themselves.
Look, Yay, you've got to understand. You're sober and composed, not ranting drunkenly and about to try and wield a broken whiskey bottle at him.
That’s gold!
Spookypass denied.
Yay was NOT expecting that. Eliot has seen things... patrons drunk on evil beer for one.
Elliot bounced a demon once. Not a robot that was acting like a demon. An ACTUAL demon. From Hell. Admittedly, it WAS a slow Tuesday night...
I'm so proud this cinnamon roll is so unphaseable
Yay, isn't as intimidating as they think they are. Now, if they would touch Eliot and drop him to the floor, he might be impressed.
Yeah i stopped being afraid of monsters when I realized I was bigger then them
It’s the grin, the grin tones down the scary
To wield the grin one needs the high ground
Spookybot has met its match! 😜
*their
Anyone else aroused by Yays act of defiance? No? Just me?? Got it
We wouldn’t admit to it if we were... which obviously we weren’t.
ah hahh hahahhah hahah... (breathe) Hahha haha ha....
NGL that made me legitimately concerned...
Can I get a womp
Womp womp
Ah yes the Alice Grove grin
Fuck. I totally forgot about Alice Grove. I need to go back and re-read it again!!
I mean, with normal clothing on, that demeanor is EXTREMELY not as potent.
Awww were leaning tsundere so hard
Oh noes. Yay isn’t scary.
Oh boy, I can't wait to see what happens when Yay goes super spooky.
They... were pretty spooky when they first showed up. Back in the suits/pre-athleisure wear days.
i blame hercules
Yay can’t help it, cat too powerful.
"Formerly known as spookybot" Lulz!!!😂 🙈🤣
Elliot is a bar bouncer. He doesn't scare easily! Yay is out of their depth, here!
Yay has had relatively few interactions with humans. They probably think all humans are like Faye or Emily.
Haha so off their game with him.