Beneath The Surface
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he wants to try kneading elliots buns.
I immediately thought of *that* scene in Ghost except instead of clay it’s dough
😳 is it getting warm in here?
*cough*
The innuendo and double entendres flying. I can just imagine Clinton's mom "Check out those buns, nice and soft." LOL
she's probably right though
By the way, Jeph: thanks for mentioning baking on the pi day comic!
Yeah, mom has NO idea how deep into trashy romance/porn she's stepping here....
She kinda does, actually: https://www.patreon.com/posts/big-cat-48560049 Though she seems unaware of the subtext-flirtstorm right under her nose. Obliviousness runs in that family!
XD
Pretty sure I've seen this porn.
ngl i just spit out the noodles i was eating xD
Practically choked to death on my lunchtime sandwich :-D
W-what are you doing step-baker?
BAKA
MAXIMUM Awkwardness, Here We Come! 🚀
Time for everyone to put on old-timey costumes!
Guys, just *tell her*, okay? The longer you put this off, the more embarrassing and potentially damaging this will get.
Also, Clinton needs to make it clear that he has dibs
AND THEN THEY ALL BAKED!!
THAT'S MY SHTICK!
Aurelia does her best baking at 3am.
CLINTON! That was surprisingly suave.
Plenty of practice, putting buns in ovens of different shapes and sizes...
ah yes, the oblivious mom, unaware of her children's attempts at flirting. a classic. also, somewhere in a library, Claire's shipping senses are going haywire.
Oblivious mom, trying to flirt with the object of her son’s desire!
Somewhere Roko feels a wave of fremdschäme over her and doesn't know why.
or possibly sexuellererregung (sorry if that doesn't make sense...)
I wanna see em smooch
3 weeks on the lucky opportunities of the most obnoxious and unlikable character here (with a slight intermission on his sister). Interesting girl grabs onto him and he makes a new friend while talking about the love life from an incredibly nice, tall, strong, good looking guy who is a bouncer and a baker who has a serious crush on him. Meanwhile, Brun and Millie!? Clint is selfish and self-absorbed while being both whiny and occasionally petulant. Brun and Millie both represent effort for others, growth, and a lot of booty (collectively).
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Flour power!
Aurelia should join Deathmole :-P
*COUGH*
This text is as sub as a german U-boat in a duck pond. On the other hand, it would be really nice for Aurelia to get more social activity by really going to some sort of baking seminar / jam session. Putting current shenanigans aside, I would have loved to see this storyline.
Next week, on QC: Aurelia falls asleep during a Great British Baking Show marathon and has a vivid fantasy about a threesome with Mel Giedroic and Sue Perkins. The whole affair is judged in three rounds by Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood.
and I thought https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4366 was sub text
If that was subtext I think this is domtext
[insert 'soggy bottom' joke here] [insert joke about inserting things here]
*cough*
"Sorry, but no thank you, Aurelia. I think we'd rather figure those tricks out for ourselves."
When your parent unknowingly joins in on the inneundo
"Well, you know what they say, love goes out the door when money comes innuendo." - Marx
If this were an opera, the coughing would mean they both die of The Consumption by act V. But as this is usually a comedy not a tragedy, it clearly means they got into some hijinks at the bakery earlier and inhaled too much bread flour.
AAAHAHAHAHAH
I love Clinton's face in the 4th panel.
Not Elliot's eyes drifting toward's Aurelia's ass! Shsjsjfjj lol
I think him and Clinton are just looking away from each other.
Is she winking to *us*?
She's winking at Cosmo.
Squeeeeeeee!
YES YES YES
OH MY GOD I'M GOING TO OVERDOSE ON ADORABLY AWKWARD
Aurelia.....please stop. Wait....this is so uncomfortable and awkward...forgive me. Please, continue.
cough
DED
Just when you thought it couldn't get any more awkward, there is a knock at the door. Aurelia opens it and ushers Roko in.
I HEARD YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT BREAD
Here comes the ship, it's pulling into the station!!!
Also we now need someone for Aurelia pls
Aweeeeeee! Moar please! 😘💖🏳️🌈
please stop making me find aurelia hot, i have THINGS to DO
Aurelia: HI, I'm things!
LOL at Elliot's eyebrow elevation in panel 4.
Unlike Aurelia, Elliot can read subtext.
OMG! This cuteness is giving me life.
Dead
I don't normally comment but omg the pure innocent sweetness of this is killing me :D I love the possibilities for these two!
ITS TURNING INTO A PORNO
Roko would be very interested by the bread-based possibilities! TBH, I'm not sure how that would work in practice, but I'm not one to kink-shame.
They really knead to work this out.
D'ough!
BALLS!
Hush, Yelling Bird. You don't even have external genitalia
Aurelia, no Also, yes But, mostly, no
Look, I think I speak for everyone here when I say that we wanna see someone make an Aurelia Sandwich, just not THOSE TWO.
Another dinner guest might start wondering why there's so much blushing associated with this straightforward discussion of kitchen skills.
Oh, and we got a picture of Clinton as well as Claire.
spoons!
really excited to see her reaction when she realizes what's going on
"Oh, god, I turned this into a porno!"
Also, this is the first male/male homosexual relationship we've really seen in comic, isn't it? I mean, there's Marten's two dads, but they mostly only get talked about (although there was the wedding).
First in 'Main cast', I think
I think we need a "spicy" version of the possibilities for our patreon-only comics!
Just sayin' O T 3
What? No. Bad.
I love how Aurelia just slid her chair in right next to Elliot.
This is exactly how I expected this arc to go.
So, is anyone else gonna point out that “subtext” anagrams to “butt sex” or is that gonna fall to this lapsed theatre major, as usual? 😇 (I also totally ship this, mostly because I relate far too much)
I'm gonna steal that...
Given Clinton's dating history I would assume he isn't experienced but what about Elliott?
AURELIA. SUBTEXT. JESUS.
What is “The Holy Trinity?” Alex, I’ll take “Bread Metaphors” for 400.
Keep it in yoUR ROMANCE NOVELS, AURELIA
*screaming*
No one in this family can read a room, can they?
Definitely in “I can’t even” territory
She was already a very attractive mother but I think that hip swing firmly put her in MILF territory.
My god, they’re all horny and not smart to a disturbing degree. lolrotfl
I mean, that applies to the family, their friends, most of this fan base...
gaaaaaaaaay (i mean that in the best way possible)
Oh boy lol
it's HAPPENING
I may have let out a "squeee!"
He really didn't think it through inviting Elliot to his mom's, did he?
Clinton NEVER thinks things through. He's more the "Ready, Fire, Aim!" type.
*COUGH*
Mom isn't quite with the program yet, is she?
Well they haven't clued her in yet. I'm sure she would be cool with it if not a shipper as well.
Yeah but make the sub TEXT
Yay, progress!
Cough cough!
Wink wink nudge nudge
Couldn't be better.