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Pintsize has it. And trust me, you DON'T want to know what he's doing with it.
We can only imagine. LOL
... where did the drone go?
Somehow I am playing in my head an endless dance remix of Strong Bad saying “where did the drone…whe-whe-whe-where did the drone g-g-g-go go go go?” on loop…
Marten wore his business t-shirt and everything
There’s no “TEH”…must be casual Friday.
@ Willow ... I feel you sooo much ... I'm like that *blush*
I'm kind of impressed so few people are bothered by the whole "I would have called the cops on a close friend thing", honestly. Having grown up in an environment that was very that - I don't know that I would respond so calmly and supportively to someone just dropping that on me, much less pressuring me to act on that anxiety.
Calling the cops is a perfectly reasonable response to finding out you were being stalked. She's a close friend now, but at the time that would've been pretty scary; even Martin picked up a taser over it.
The thing about something being your natural state is you don't always realise it's not considered normal by other people, unless it's been specifically pointed out to you. I think I agree with people saying the main concern with Willow is potentially the danger she unwittingly puts herself in.
Willow, looks like and acts like my late wife. I swear she knew and was friends with nearly everyone in our town.
Claire really shouldn't find this strange at this point.
At the business factory.
CLAIRE. THIS IS HOW YOUR WHOLE FRIEND GROUP ACTS. JESUS.
It baffles me that Claire has never encountered anyone "like this". I know quite a few people - myself included - who regularly make friends quickly and easily with total strangers.
Particularly in this comic.
Meanwhile, Pintsize is trying to have sex with the espresso machine again.
So, white coffees today?
"engaging guilt - setting two, mild irritation with self" Clair should have a widdle bit of guilt for convincing Marten to scoot. How do you assage guilt that the primary reason for your mistake doesn't know you did what you did?
Claire’s reaction worries me, but I don’t really understand the motivation behind it. She’s flying an off-red flag right now though.
As has been said in other comments, it’s not an unreasonable reaction for a woman, especially a trans woman. The problem is that she’s in a webcomic with its own unique rules, and many of the readers are judging her according to those rules. Essentially, it would be a perfectly valid reaction in the real world, but here, she’s being very wrong genre savvy.
Honestly, Willow's LACK of caution around total strangers she randomly meets would make me concerned if I knew her. No wonder Iris worries about her so much
Agreed.
Alternative ending: Willow: “Business meeting? What kind of business?” Marten: “Er…um…” Claire: “None of yours.”
Wow! All the other connections she has and I didn’t even remember that connection! But this is why Claire should just roll with it. Marten is terrible with excuses and You never know who knows who. So if you ever meet them again through mutual friends, it will be awkward because of the awkward escape excuse you made.
Marten has to go play the office role playing game, of course!
Marten doing a business, giving off Vincent Adultman vibes
Dehydrated?
Willow is just too innocent for this world!
Marten is very much in "I don't see the big deal, but there's no sense pushing it when my S/O is upset and I have no strong feelings" mode and I support it.
"Sorry Willow, Claire just reminded me that I have to parachute into a secret volcano lair in 5 minutes." "Oh, you know Doktor von Terrorhammer?"
I would think Willow would reply to that with "Oh, you know Steve, too?"
Marten works in a library. "Business meeting" could just mean reading a book. He just had to read that book at a specific time.
I’m sure he’s read “What Color is Your Parachute?” many, many times.
I'm finding Claire's reaction to Willow odd- given how nosy & meddlesome she is herself. I'm also picking up some overprotectiveness when it comes to Marten. Claire & Clinton are also similar in that they immediately assume the worst.
They are from the zero chill family.
Okay… what sort of business/side gig would Marten be in? Guitar restoration? Secret restaurant reviewer? TikTok blogger?
Marten blogs about secret guitar restoration.
Does Claire not realize this is how Marten makes friends? He literally just walks into a person and adopts them into their friend cricle.
Yes, but she was concerned that Willow might've been some kinda creeper specifically targeting him rather than just innocently bumping into him and latching on, which is a VERY reasonable concern, especially for a trans woman
She's a perfectly harmless adorable Friendship Gremlin
Claire is too pure for North Hampton
Accounting meeting 😂😂😂
6 more panels of prime Claire face!
Meeting... what is his business?
Martin, it's a board meeting
Small Town syndrome
I know right. I heard that my friend's wife was pregnant before he told me through my mother that heard it from her hairdresser that heard it from my friend's mother haha.
She is THE friend, the Ur-Buddy
Marten is TEH friend, Buddy-Zero.
Idol meeting
Billie, American, or Biblical Golden Calf?