It's Them

I think these three have trackers place on people they like ship and have an app to keep track of all of them 😋🥰

Sleeves on women's shirts might be outlawed in QC.

Claire, sitting straight up: "I SENSE A DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE"

Is this a Final Fantasy IV reference

KNOCK OFF THE WILL-THEY/WON'T-THEY BULLSHIT! MY BALLS ARE BLUER THAN ELLIOT'S!

Clinton: "And then I realised I could barely hold him with both hands, and-". Claire: *dies*.

wow. Jeph's world is like (original) Star Trek, a universe of perfect unself-conscious racial diversity!

"Now, zoom in on the hands."

Thought: we live in a culture where masculinity is so heavily policed that two men holding hands is just Not Something That Happens without it "seeming gay." A fact which leaves men so often starved for touch. That makes this moment of contact so much more powerful and intimate - for Clinton to take Elliot's hand like that is really meaningful, it's a step he took without thinking because he was so focused on the moment, and all the more genuine for it. Queer romance at its best. I love this. :)

This was enough to send my little gay heart into overdrive

I love tsundere AI lady so much...:)

THEM need to gather with the BROS

I cannot hear or read the phrase hello ladies without immediately hearing Val Venus's music in my head

I'm completely on board this ship and will haul up the anchor myself if I have to. I thought the last time we had a hand grab like that it was Faye and Sven, but it was actually Claire and Marten, so...

I want to see this entire arc strictly from their point of view

Clinton is still holding Eliot's hand :-)

I knew they were bound to make an appearance.

I feel like Them are the in universe version of the Fates, but maybe that's a reach? Either way, they are truly adorable for always being in the right place for witnessing sweet awkward moments.

I am so delighted by this whole strip

Gotta give them a hand. In every sense of the word.

I can't wait until someone fixes up THEM with The Bros.

THEY

Elliot, in addition to baking bread, apparently is a supplier of lampshades.

jeph do u want one of your subs to die from being too gay answer quickly

T H E M

The ladies are a big improvement on the bros.

Them? But they don't look like giant ants...

Ah, the life of a professional witness. :)

I really need to know who these girls are, if they’re going to be side characters, and if they’re dating each other.

Bad memory fan needs a reminder: who is them?

gaaaaaaaaaaaaay

yay! too socially awkward, but if they just shut up and touch each other, everything will be okay... they will end up making out (or more) by the end of the day.

I felt such a rush watching Clinton grab Elliot's hand 😍😍 the romantic build up has been super adorable

EEEEEEEEEE!

BROS BROS BROS BROS

But is it "The Them"? (Sorry too much of a Gaiman fan to miss this one...)

I am loving this storyline to pieces.

This is too realistic a representation of chaotic queer and I love it

BROS BROS BROS BROS!!!!!!!!

I LOVE THEM

Man, Elliot would be so embarrassed if he knew we were here every time too.

What horrific cataclysm will occur if they ever meet Chad, Brad, and Thad?

Panel #3. On the threshold of a revelation: Elliot embarrassed, Clinton processing.

I want that twink obliterated.

I relate way too hard to Elliot in this strip ...

One day Them will meet the Bros and a mighty battle will occur.

We're gonna need to know all about these three people, thank you very much.

Careful lads, the humidity in a bakery can effect the bread.

Grumpy robot lady gets grumpier every time she runs into these dorks!

I demand boy kisses

The shippers have come to see the ship!