What's In A Name

Can you imagine? Spookybot has actually found themselves _embarrassed_!...and is thus well on the road to being a mensh. (Nice character arc, Jeph.)

"foster"? Or "fosterer"?

Watching the expressions you put on Yay are very therapeutic. Thank you.

Yay, you can be spooky, mysterious, powerful, AND cute all at the same time you know. Of all the AIs out there, you'd have the most range for it, right?

Yay has very expressive shoulders for a mysterious enigmatic person.

Just a reminder, their dogs are (presuming here) retired greyhound dogs from the dog racing circuit. So imagine an announcer at Woodland Park (a gambling casino close to me where you could bet on racing greyhound) yell “And down the stretch they come! It’s Mr. Smooches in the lead with Azeroth (edit: Azathoth) only a head behind!” (The casino never could beat out the Native American casinos in eastern KS and thus went out of business in 1999.)

OK I pulled this up & at first glance I thought there was a sudden smooch in panel 3 & was all 😳😳😳

Yay is definitely my people.

Yay remains my favourite.

I am viciously torn between aroace Yay, and Yayku. D:

Aww, you dork. You can be spooky and mysterious AND an adorable sweetie at the same time

Look, Yay, it is possible to be an incomprehensibly powerful mysterious and terrifying AI god and STILL be absolutely adorable at the same time. Embrace it. Embrace the cute and the eldritch. Do both and rue be onto any who says you can't.

I have a buddy who picks his dogs names based on what they respond to. That's how he decided on Jalapeno and Mr. Bean.

We adopted a dog who was named Ford by the shelter because he and his two buddies were brought in together and they just named them car brands so they'd have a name on the site. We changed it to Mulder and he seems to like it :3

One does not simply…alter a dogs name.

I've had that exact same conversation about naming foster animals too. Had a friend who was fostering kittens, then learned that one of them had a genetic condtion that meant they would likely die before reaching adulthood, so she adopted her. She gives all of her pets space names and I told her to just keep the name she originaly gave her since that's the name she was using when she fell in love

KISS KISS KISS KISS

At some point Yay is going to pull out the Eldritch Voice and I want to see whether Roko is scared or fascinated.

I don't think you get to protest when people call you cute after naming yourself YAY NEWFRIEND.

I know Yay is non-gendered, but I keep hearing Tabitha St. Germain voicing Rarity...

Now I am outraged at the plight of the abandoned rovers.

Ok the fact Yay fosters dogs makes them even more precious!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Aw - this is sweet

So what kind of voice do you folks hear in your head for Yay?

This would be the perfect time to point out that they decided to call themselves 'Yay', if only to see them pout and justify themselves (adorably) just a little more. And I really love the relationship Yay and Roko have built.. Definitely a good friendship if nothing more.

wait Yay was wearing a SKIRTthe WHOLE TIME why is this messing me up askdfasdghadsiufajf

Now I need to look back and see if Yay only uses contractions when they're annoyed. Seems like that would be part of they're character.

Ok, I was riding on the "yay is aro af" train, but this strip... I now ship them.

Awww! Yay has the capacity for embarrassment.

I love Roko and Yay’s dynamic. Even a demigod is no match for a tired Bostonian.

yeah i ship it

Mr. Smooches is an adorable name omg

Look at that arm, though.

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