Or The Fire Department

I mean she was only just DNA stalking him,

I didn't read this as Claire being jealous - rather concerned that Willow is going to murder him.

God damn it, Claire! He loves you! Don't pull a Dora and fuck it up with jealous insecurity.

Yes, Claire is a little over the top here.

While Hanners wasn't in her normal frame of mind she wasn't exactly pushing herself on to Marten, Claire.

All out of bright green paint??

Willow looks like a younger less cranky Faye

Claire, that's basically how Marten met _all_ his friends (except maybe that one that eats cereal all the time).

After reading the original Hannelore-meets-Marten storyline, I'm kind of thinking that knowing how they met is WHY Claire is so concerned about this.

Wow…Hannelore…smoked?!

i mean, tbf, it wasn't exactly Marten's choice.

Whoa. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=515 I went and looked: 1. Forgot ALL about Darcy. 2. Hanners was more worldly than I remembered. 3. Faye was still a hot mess then. 4. Is as dependable as the tides. (Marten)Takes a lot to weird him out.

I wonder. If Willow was a man, would this have the same reaction?

This is the kind of tension I love to see tbh, good people can still have character flaws like social obliviousness or insecurity

how are adults <i>supposed</i> to make friends

Hi Claire, welcome to Questionable Content. You must be new here.

Hmmmn. (Part two) It occurs to me that Willow coud be pulling a "Palpateen". That Sith Lord had EVERYONE FOOLED. (Of course, this is as ridiculous as Jar Jar Binks being a Sith Lord,....)

You would have called the police on Marten for being in the ladies room? Claire, I love you, but as a fellow trans lady I think that's kinda judgy. Don't be that person.

Hmmmn. Stand down Claire,... Willow appears to be clueless about these things in ref to herself. Look both ways when you cross the street......

Look, as a guy in his early 30's I kinda wish a person would show up out of nowhere and we become friends.

Where can I bet that Willow will be Marten's next gf? Is there a webcomics betting desk I can use? Because this feels like foreshadowing.

Claire, have you met your boyfriend? He's not in control of his social circle, friends just HAPPEN to him.

And if Claire had called the police on Hannelore, Hanner’s mother would probably have funnier Claire’s life. So just as well she wasn’t around back then.

Dang, OG QC is nostalgic af. Kinda miss the old style

It's not easy making new friends as an adult, Claire.

Has Marten ever met anyone any other way?

Ah, it’s all cool. Neither of you know it yet but she’s Hannelore and Marigold’s yoga instructor. Also, she knows Bubbles and Faye. So All Martin is doing is closing circles. And anything Claire does to stop that will make her look bad later.

This seems a little out of character for Claire but I'm fine with it if it leads to some drama and character development. QC characters are so chill, they never have petty fights, dug-in positions, or escalated consequences from misunderstandings. Everyone is super cool and honest and earnest and understanding. All of the will-they/won't-they plotlines either end with an emphatic "they did" or an emphatic "they didn't and never will and they're friends still and everything is copacetic". Color me basic but I wouldn't mind a little more drama. Then again, maybe I'm still butthurt about the bit with Yay talking shit about a corporate worker bee named Dave.

Willow is out-of-panel so she's not aware of what's happening atm. Claire clearly doesn't know she's in a webcomic.

Yes... all part of Willow's master plan to sow distrust. I mean, it couldn't possibly be that she's just a nice friendly person, far too obvious!

Oh boi, is this gonna be a Dora type moment building up? Idk. Just Claire's reaction reminded me of it.

They both came to a Cafe together it's not like they've made future plans. I'm not sure why Claire is freaking out. At this point I'd say they are just friendly.

"Someone call the fire department, because she's so hot she's on FIRE."

Claire, you're saying this is weird? Have you actually looked at your universe lately?

Would she be more or less suspicious if she knew she's like, the last main character to meet Willow

I love Claire, I really do, but she absolutely has not adapted to the weirdness quotient of Martin's social circles yet.

acab

Ah, right, you don't know how I've been making friends for the past two decades...

Is Claire catching a kind of SWF vibe from Willow? Because she has a point. As bless her for being so protective. If Willow were to show up at the apartment, there'd be Faye and Bubbles to contend with.

Several good distressed Claire faces in this one.

Next panel: "You know I can hear you two, right?"

Claire makes a fair point but does she know nothing about how Marten's social circle happened?

Lol, she's not wrong

Can someone who knows this comic better than I do post the link to how he met hannelore?

I’ve never seen Claire like this before.

And much of this comic wouldn't have happened.

Marten’s standard for weird is so incredibly different from most people that this doesn’t even register for him

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