It's Sort Of Like That

Seriously we need a Miltank cameo.

I think she is trying to not laugh. Epic level troll.

the expressions in panels 2 & 3 kill me. Claire's affectionate bemusement turning to utter disbelief... Aurelia's eager attentiveness.... magnifique

Ok this comic explains why she calls herself a vtuber when everyone I know on Twitch only uses that term as a joke

This reminds me a bit of when my mother heard a song by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, and asked me what the name of their band meant. I told her she was too young to know.

Aurelia!! You clean up that desktop right now, young lady!

Furries run the internet.

I couldn't understand at first why Clare looks so furious in panel 4, but then I thought about how I would feel if I were forced to explain the world of furries to my mother.

I love Aurelia's little *v* face in panel 3 haha

Are you a furry if your otherkin identity has scales?

God, I love these people. Thank you Jeph.

Did you hear the one about the furry who used heroin? They were a furry with the syringe on top.

Furries make the internet work, duh. But as a furry, I accept her into the community. Don't see a lot of cow fursonas

To paraphrase, "fucking furries, how do they work?" My money is on Aurelia trolling Claire, because it wouldn't be the first time.

I love how this community has developed around the comic to the point that so many of us see it as a safe space to be genuine about our own selves. Many spaces—online or off—are nowhere near ready for folks to discuss topics like “what is a furry, anyway?” from the perspective of self-identifying as one. Thanks, Jeph for creating this space and indirectly guiding it through your art; thanks, qc patron community for being you!

panel 3 has ruined me. it's so perfect. my mum's gotten really into Good Omens fanfic and I've had this moment with her a couple of times

As a furry myself, i am fully willing to accept Aurelia as an honorary member of our community,..

Marten focuses on the important issues in panel 1

Rule34 in comic form, actualise!

NO DON'T TELL HER! She might go down the rabbit hole and never come back!

It's always those mammalocentric furries. What about warties? Scalies? Slimies? Shellies?

Her desktop looks slightly worse than mine with files stored directly on it. Seems legit.

this comic best appreciated with Jephs comments in context.

I've never agreed with Marten more.

This strip is perfection. Thank you, Jeph! 🤣💜

Gotta catch 'em all? All four of them, anyway...... ^_^

Man, I just realised, I've been regularly reading this for 6 years now. This comic has been RUNNING for my entire life. Christ, jeph

Bless you, Jeph.. Bleph

Honestly, the compartmentalization is believable. I knew people did like "Let's Play"s of video games, but I literally had no idea before this storyline that people streamed themselves playing games with animated avatars. 😆

I don't think Aurelia is trolling. She doesn't seem like the trolling type. I think she asked a genuine, sincere question & doesn't realize how ridiculous it is that she missed that. Marten got it--perfect compartmentalization.

Do you wish you could remain yourself (sentient, memories, ability to speak, etc) but with animal features? Do you wish for the wings of a bird, a cat’s grace, the eyes of a hawk, or a dog’s wagging tail? If you would honestly prefer a body with animal features/traits- YOU ARE A FURRY. It doesn’t have to be sexual AT ALL 😹 people focus so strongly on the kink portion, but I shouldn’t be surprised since humans are obsessed with genitals and reproduction 😹

“Is it like Pokemon?” …Sometimes?

This is sort of on the level of someone I know coming up with the idea that "VR could be really great for porn!" ...and then I had to explain the current state of affairs in that regard. Heavily bowdlerized, to keep his brain from exploding. (I finally got to use "bowdlerize" in a sentence!)

OH GOD, I WANNA HEAR EVERY GODDAMN WORD OF THIS CONVERSATION FROM THIS POINT FORWARD!

This is how Moms get revenge for those toddler questions isn't it.

PANEL THREE!

I'm a furry and I don't even know.

Furry is different, so knowing that family it's possible that she doesn't know - kinda like Claire not knowing what a vtuber is....but knowing what a furry is. They seem to have an amazing ability to know some things but not other related things.

Baa-aa?

Oh god I can't. This is too funny :D

omg I can only DREAM of reaching this level of parenthood, absolutely flawless

Furry = Furfrou?

We can never really be sure

To be honest. I’m not sure of the exact definition of ‘furry’. I think the definition changes a lot based on the perspective. Can a non furry who only has a base view really know the definition? And does it really matter these days?

I love this family so very much. They are all their own special brand of crazy.

She'll need that chair back eventually, Marten.

Aurelia’s hair is just perfect for this. It’s like wha?

Furries are impossible to describe.

BULLSHIT, AURELIA

Ok, the random desktop icon placement is making my skin itch. 😂

Yeah. Panel three. She knows full well about furries. And when did Claire become an expert.

Are furries still a thing?

That small smile. She knows.

Furries are your friends and colleagues in the IT department.

She's mastered the "sometimes, you just don't want to know" part of the internet.

._.

I'm fucking CREASED.

She TROLLING her baby girl!