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Panel 1 might as well be official confirmation that Sam has ADHD.
Y'know -- I think that Emmet has a nose that we haven't seen in this comic, Just sayin'.
"Being 14 is Horrible" Tell ya what, Emmett, sweetie... We'll trade places. You can try being 55 for awhile and see how you like that. I'd go back to being 14 in a minute
I'd go back to being 55 in a minute. Fourteen, not so much.
This is an absolutely perfect strip. So. Perfect.
EMMETT MUST BE PROTECTED AT ALL COSTS
That's just how you get Skynet to design better Terminators...
14 was probably the nadir for me in the period 10-17... not that any of my middle/high school years were what I would call "good".
I know there are robots and stuff, but the fact that PVPA (where sam goes to school) has a dedicated cafeteria with lunch tables, instead of just eating in whatever hallway or classroom you want, is somehow the weirdest part so far about the universe
My schools did, but that was back in the Neolithic. I've also seen plenty that have table that fold out of the walls in the gym. It's also weird to note that the memory is 50 years old at this point. I'm probably one of the older residents here.
School started to go really badly starting in the 13/14 timeframe when everybody got into puberty and stopped being tolerant of my neurodivergent oddness, so I very much agree.
For me at least, 14 was an island in the midst of the dark sea of 11-13 and the murky waters of 15-17. Thank goodness for all the insightful, kind, awesome teachers I encountered along the way.
Welp, I guess I have a new reason to like Sam, and another character I now feel the intense need to protect. I will fight Emmett's whole school now
13-14 was the absolute worst. Aside from perhaps now but that's different
I love Sam's level of drama in panel 1
*thinks back to when I was 14* ...yeah, yeah, this is accurate
What, *nobody* is gonna comment on the perfectly executed “failed to register the acute pee-need until the eleventh hour” bit? I’m mad *and* disappointed
Actually, no. Magic Chopstick Games managed to cover that nicely. So, no worries, somebody got it covered. That said, that actually looks fairly late into the eleventh hour. Which I think was pretty typical for me back then. I'm not sure why. We sometimes only had one working bathroom, and a couple times had one fewer working bathroom than that. When the bathroom count is that low, using the facilities at ones earliest opportunity is important. Past me was an idiot. Of course, this is not the first time that I've realized that bit. Also, I've needed to use the facilities the entire time I've been writing this comment, so current me is apparently not much more clever. Sigh.
14 was wretched, but the several years before that were worse.
14 was fine. 10-12 was hideous.
When I was 14 years old I was forbidden from using the dialup internet indefinitely as punishment for some failing or other, and almost perfected the art of sneaking online when my parents weren't home. I got caught at 15, and sent to a military academy, so I definitely didn't perfect it.
Man when I was 14 I was really into Gun's and Roses and was yelling "14 years that are gone forever" all the time... I though I was staring a great new age. So naive
You WERE starting a great new age. 15. Turns out "great" was relative, and could be considered by some to be far from ideal.
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When Faye was 14, her dad was alive. I wonder how much, if any, of the intensity of her flashback is related to a memory with him in it.
Puberty is HELL.
So say we all!
I am feeling really sad. Kid has been completely beaten down to the point of comprehensively hiding and erasing every personal detail. Bullied openly and constantly AND BELIEVES IT'S DESERVED. Fixated like a newborn duckling on the first friendly face. More red flags than May Day 1946 in Moscow. we are in serious "Take this poor child to a good mental health professional" territory.
Curious - how do you infer that from what we've seen so far? As opposed to them just being shy.
One other thing: when did Sam turn 14? I thought she was 10? Did I miss a time skip?
When she first appeared she was already old enough that her father was OK with leaving her home alone. Which may not have been the best decision... https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1957
So at what Patreon tier do we get the “14 year old Faye” drawing?
There is a lot of teenage Faye in comics 502 to 504 (CN sui.!! for 504), but of course those are from 2005, so Jeph would render her pretty differently today I guess.
My mom always told me to use they/them for people as a default for many reasons, including politeness, and there not really being a reason all the time for gender to be included in a sentence. Something about not defining people by their parts.
Well, when we use gendered pronouns it's not because we're actively trying to involve gender. It's just, if somebody wants "he/him" pronouns then I'm gonna respect that, you know? (That's not a diss, just to be clear)
Awwwww yeah I 100% understand him
Anyone else finding the white patch on Faye's throat distracting?
not til you mentioned it
"New people"
Everyone in these comments: Emmett is a non-binary bi person and this is definitive proof because no one has spoken about them and used a gender pronoun yet... Or at all. Me: Or they're an awkward binary and no one has had any need to use a pronoun and when referring to multiple people "they" is a valid thing. And awkward teens (especially guys) can fall in love *hard* with any girl that's just nice to them.
Sam literally referred to only Emmett with "they're" in the previous comic
That panel 5 of Emmett is FANTASTIC. Well done Jeph.
Eeeee well now we all want an Emmett-confides-their-crush to Sam scene
Pretty sure we just got that.
14 was awful. Hope we get to see more of Emmett, they're adorable
The comic is adorable, but I'm kinda stuck on the AI pelvis cross- section. It's this the first time we've seen that level of detail on the internals of AIs?
I think there was some similar detail in Millefuille's leg.
I have to say, few fictional characters have ever sparked such an instant "must protect" feeling in me, so well done on that. And, uh ... also agreed on that last point ...
Panel 2-3: fem vibes. Panel 3-4: masc vibes. Specifically only using they as a pronoun so far? Non-binary 14 year old incoming?
Everything about them screaming "some kinda trans" to me, and the consistent use of neutral pronouns seems to make it very clear Emmett is non-binary, imho
I hope Sam reciprocates.
Sam is a Warrior Queen. Emmett is just one of her subjects at this point
Oh my god I must hug this child.
No matter how Emmet's orientation shakes out. They are gonna fit right in. Next stop: Coffee of Doom. They'll need the Dora/Hanners/ Claire seal of approval. Momo will be easy. Marbear may adopt them as a little sibling. May?....May will have to be watched.
I could see Marigold see a lot of herself in Emmett or Emmett & Marigold are actually Aunt/Nephew or Niece or whatever would be the gender neutral equivalent. And maybe Marigold has a hoodie big enough to perfectly fit Bubbles?
ADORBS. And as many as the disasters and wrong turns have been, I would not trade any of it for being a teenager. I am SO glad I don’t ever have to do THAT again.
Emmett is adorable and I love them. Please make them permanent.
It's official. They've been adopted.
Oh man. That intense infatuation. Been there
*Oh person
Being a 14-year-old cyclops is even worse.
eye see what you did there.
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So horrible.
That last line is 100% truth. Horrible, horrible, truth. Also, I notice the they pronoun. Are we maybe getting an enby character? I'm excited about that!
Technically there already is one cannon: Tilly. They were non-binary. Also maybe Yay, though they're more of a collective.
Oddly self aware for a 14 yr old
Some of them are like that, especially those that sit at the outcasts table. Oh, sorry, I mean the unpopular kids' table. I know I was, as were all of the other 14 year olds who sat at the unpopular kids' table in my high school when I did.
Adorkable
Ooh, they have a crush on her. Took me a second to get it.
EDIT: GODDAMMIT! THEY'RE TOO CUTE AND WHOLESOME FOR ME TO MAKE A NASTY COMMENT ABOUT... AAAAAUUUUGHHHHHH! DAMN YOU JEPH!
It wasn't weird until you made it weird.
Emmett has THE BEST nose!
C r u s h b o t a p p r o v e s .
emett is adorable. so. fucking. adorable.
Oh no… cute… they need to watch LotR together
Go team.
*Melts from how adorable this is*
Raising hackles from all the criterion abuse signs. Seriously
Why is she so cute!?
They 🥰
Awww