The Morning After
yay is a hair swoop now
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Is it pronounced "roe-coe" or "rock-o" or something else? Apologies if this is a dumb question and/or something I've just overlooked.
The basilisk guy’s name is, I believe, pronounced rō-kō.
Yay easily my favorite character now.
Marten who?
Ok. I'm SURE someone else has said that but I want Yay's shirt.
Both in crop top (for those who can pull of the OG look) and "normal" for those of us who can't.
They're so hot and I want them and Roko to smooch
Dat Roko booty tho.
It's premium booty.
I kinda need an all seeing eye crop top now
Imagine a highly distributed stealthy Mom program looking out for people... Wholesome!
“You’re being very reasonable. Is this calm due to a post-coital refractory period?”
Even Yay’s hair is less obnoxious now.
Wow, imagine one night with Aurelia's mom energy could completely cure my autism.
Wow, Yay's hugpology is *impressively* tone-deaf. Roko's reaction is great.
Yay looks like they're still dazed from the experience. I don't like the hair on Yay. Independently of that, it reminds me of Renee.
I do hope Yay goes back to the old hair.
Swoop with crop is my new sexuality 🖤
The hacker became the hacked
I’d rate it more as Social Engineering.
Yay is my hero
Roko has the thing for bread, right? What does she think about the "six pack abs" buns? https://mustsharenews.com/taiwan-abs-buns/
This is why human abs should be labeled as such.
Hey, new plan. Have aurelia mom on Roko. Have her mom on all the ais
Hm... maybe that would be ineffective to do in person. Maybe she would need some kind of media interface, like a gaming channel to reach as many people as possible with her mom vibes. ...wait
Yay became more emotionally intelligent! Maybe all Yay needed was a good example to emulate.
... Yes, Yay is more emotionally intelligent. No, Yay is not doing a good job of emulating Aurelia yet. I don't think they even know all of the nuances to look for when watching Aurelia.
Roko is the perfect person for Yay to come to right now. She had her recent (ok maybe not that recent anymore) "oh my god fuck this" moment at her cop job, so she has experience with how to rebuild your life into what you want after you decide that the old way wasn't working for you.
I like this vulnerable but honest Yay. Yay character development! Literally Yay character development.
I'm very surprised that Yay was totally open about what happened. They have made a monumental shift to the light side. Good on them!
Am I the only one who liked Yay's slicked-back hair better? I do love the shirt with their eye on it though.
...am I the only one who never noticed that? Good catch!
MOTHERLY ENERGY
I think I've had that energy drink... XD
Yay could totally be poly successfully, and never have to worry about not giving enough attention to specific partners 😹 I love the new hairstyle! I’ve always wondered why we never see AI’s with like tails or retractable knives on their fingers or quadrupeds, etc. why always humanoid or similar to current mechanical constructs? We saw the spider AI, but there have to be more, right???
I imagine the kind of AI that wants retractable knives on their fingers isn't interested in hanging around with ordinary humans a whole lot.
Next week: how disheveled will those two cinnamon rolls, aka Elliot & Clinton, will be after sleep with each other and a cat?
Does Roko have a bed? It seems every time we see her wake up, she’s crashed on her couch (sometimes with many, many crumbs).
I was just wondering if Roko can afford a bed. Or at least a hammock.
The best thing about this comic is that the characters are always changing and growing. Jeff, I love that with simple and silly seeming reasons, the characters find themselves in situations where they are given a chance to make choices instead of the ham fisted ways that normal fiction wrenches the characters into how they change. Thank you. No snark, no sass, just keep this going. Keep being this awesome.
TRUE POWER
I WANT THE SHIRT but longer because I'm fat
This installation, among all the others, is particularly adorable and heartwarming. Also Yay's new hair is awesome
oh no Yay is hotter now
Lovin the eye on the shirt!
Has Yay worn a crop-top before? It seems like they've had a styling review to accompany their e-piphany.
Yo, yay with a hair swoop is so cute!!!
Yay needs to be mommy dommed :3
Does Roko have a wireless charging pad in the couch?
I don't think so, she's got a charge cable in her ear, looks like?
I TAKE FULL CREDIT FOR THE NEW HAIRDO! THAT REMINDS ME, I NEED TO REWATCH "THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY!"
I think in Yay's case you should go for "THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MANY"...
Yeah moms be like that
can't wait for more Aurelia x Yay...
I love Yay's new look. They're just... adorable.
Change your Heart, Change your Hairstyle. FUTURE GENERATIONS NOTE: My comment is a humorous reference to a commercial that was airing on American television during 2020/2021 BCE and starring actor Jeff Goldberg.
Oh gosh do you think there are archeologists looking? Hi! Hello, future archeologists. You have my permission to use my likeness in a hokey museum display that undoubtedly gets all the details wrong. Feel free to make me cute by future standards.
And they're taking this more to heart than Pintsize.
Yay learns an important lesson about the self-imposed limitations of intellect. The more intelligent a being is, the fewer paths there are available to pursue while claiming to be defined by moral choices.
... I think this is something that Yay could have just learned, but I'm not sure that it is something they *did* just learn. I feel like they probably already knew this one before they got involved with Bubbles. I mean, they came into the scene with a self-imposed moral limitation on the paths they were choosing, presumably due to what they had figured out from their vast intellect and watching people. Sure, they are still working on learning morals, but it starts with one. Another possibility is that they learned the more educated a being is, the fewer paths there are available to pursue while claiming to be defined by moral choices. But even that feels unlikely. Roko probably taught them that already, if they didn't know it before getting involved with her. I tend to think it's a Roko lesson, because the term for their before Roko is self-taught, not self-educated. I'm sure they had just learned that they had a profound lack of appreciation of the word 'mom' and what it could mean.
A paradigm-shaking set of revelations that recoifs one. Kinda like having ones socks knocked off. Good. I'm pleased as hell to see this kind of personal growth.
It reset her hairstyle slider!
Also stop making me love yay soooo much
Yay is having feelings. This makes everyone around them uncomfortable.
Oh snap, new hairstyle! If I know my anime, they've undergone some serious character development now.
*they
Panel 3 Roko, all 'OH GOD, WHAT IS HAPPENING'
Mom energy. It happens.
Oh my goodness, you made Yay cuter! Aaaaaaaaaaaa
Does it smell like french bread in here to anyone else?
I was going to suggest bagels.
YAY HUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOVE Yays new hair
Swoop, there it is
I aspire to be Aurelia Augustus.
If I may request my "First" genie wish it'd be to play Marten if you ever do a live action series
Change of heart = Change of haircut
or possibly a completely different chassis as Aurelia's house may be far enough away the Yay instance there wasn't the closest to Roko. The clothing seems different too.
YES FINALLY!
Congration, You Done it
FIRST!