Getting Faye On Board
Hi Faye your hair is cute
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Faye's buffness is giving me the vapours...
Came back to say the beefier Faye is nicely done. Read the next two but it didn't stand out to me. Clearly bulked up but this first panel is striking. Well done.
Damn, when did Faye become a muscle waifu?
Like a million strips ago. Remember: "It's okay baby, we can ogle her together."
I know Pintsize deserves some comeuppance for all of his shenanigans, but Marten would still miss the little bastard.
She's been getting more buff since working with Bubbles in the shop, as mentioned in past strips.
Has Faye been working out? She looks a bit more ripped than I remember.
"Imagine your new life in the off world colonies (CubeTown)! A chance to start again (without Pintsize)!" such seductive advertising
So many people are assuming that Marten is serious. He's joking. He's allowed to joke. And as many have pointed out, Pintsize has been a complete chaos goblin, so Marten should get some slack for joking.
Is it that people are assuming that Marten is serious, or that so many people are *hoping* that Marten is serious?
stronk 😍
Faye still has her permanent sex hair, I see.
Again, Pintsize is a *person* and they're discussing him like a *thing* that belongs to Martin. Not good. Also, in the first frame I though Jeph was trying a new art style - then I just realised that Faye was smiling. It's so awesome to see her (sometimes) looking happy these days.
I'd argue that Marten is talking about PintSize more like a little brother than as a thing. Which, to be clear, is still incredibly shitty.
I am liking Marten very much more than usual, and usually I like him very much.
Faye looks like she's been working out in the first panel.
If she’s working out during the first panel, I assume the equipment must be outside the frame. Is she riding a peleton with the handlebars removed?
I mean, wouldn't Pintsize notice if Marten and Claire were packing up all of their stuff to completely move away? That's not like throwing some clothes into a duffel bag for a weekend trip.
It's like Marten and Faye got together and went "let's grow our hair longer"
now Marten, he was your only friend for a long time it would be a shittier thing to do to him than he has ever done to you at least ask him if he wants to come or TELL him he can't
Yeah, but, think about how funny it would be
Interesting that Claire never had a companion AI. I wonder, what was the deal around them? Were they a 'thing' and now they aren't (with more AI rights)? Or because she wasn't an only child she wasn't eligible? I'm curious.
I had the impression from the little bits of backstory we saw that the AIs were volunteering to be offered to people as a kind of therapeutic thing, sort of like a companion animal. Marten seemed pretty depressed when the strip started, and apparently had been a lot worse before that.
I mean, on one hand, Claire is right and it's not cool to dump that fallout on Faye and Bubbles... but ngl, I think it would be at least a little hilarious if they like did it for a weekend, *then* told him what's up and let him decide if he wanted to move with them or do something else.
After all the stuff Pintsize pulls...
Come on. Take Pintsize to Cubetown. Think of the possibilities!
to quote Yay: "[that] may necessitate a reappraisal of our risk assessment."
Martin may just have some unresolved rage towards Pintsize
Wouldn't you?
When you get an SO, suddenly leaving your friends behind doesn't seem so bad. That's life.
I'll just leave this here, because it can be _horribly bad_ to those left behind. https://scalawagmagazine.org/2022/04/grieving-platonic-love/
Think about it, Marten. If Pintsize has money to pay rent, he can follow you. Besides, I like his new body. We haven't seen him in a while. (Did he change during the time skip?)
Yes. He got a more human chassis, wears eccentric clothes, and can not say boobies anymore. He also is into pottery and is wanted for illegal square dance calling.
First Tall May, now Ripped Faye
Imagine what happened to Marigold and Dale.
If I learned anything from watching She-Ra and Steven Universe, it's that you don't ditch your friends.
M... muscles...
Faye looking ripped
It occurs to me, actually, that Pintsize's friendship with Claire has been the most positive one he's had, and most of his pranks towards her specifically have been pretty benign! I think if Claire had been around for the 00s she might have a different read on this, but I think it's totally understandable why she's defensive of him.
I don't think her take would be different. I feel like his pranks on her have been relatively benign because she connected with him in ways that other people have not. If she'd been around from the beginning, he'd have a much less severe reputation. If anyone's take would be different, it would be Marten's. Also, as someone pointed out in a prior comic's commentary, part of Claire's take is probably motivated by how she felt after her father just up and left. Of course, that was with mixed feelings, because her father was, well, her father. His leaving had been a good thing. But in this case, Marten and Claire leaving Pintsize would be fairly traumatic. I think of all the characters in the comic, Pintsize would handle someone that close to him leaving best, but that still doesn't make it right.
Is it just me or has the Mercury Rev poster been in that exact spot from day 1
It's just you. They took it down briefly to paint. That wasn't actually covered in any of the strips, but looking back at the earliest strips, the walls are a different color, so obviously there was some painting at some point. Since the poster doesn't match the wall color, it was taken down for a bit. ... or maybe it's a new poster that they put up over the old poster, having realized that not taking the old poster down before painting was a mistake.
faye took it well
Do we know Marten's middle name? This would be an occasion for Claire to use his middle name.
Tiberius
The obvious payoff here is that they go to tell Pintsize, he has disappeared. They cannot find him. They move and.....he's there waiting for them. "I'll always be here. Always"
He's been working with Cubetown since he got his new body
That would be pretty fuckin hilarious.
"I may be some time."
Faye looking all buff up in here!
Pintsize would either fit right in or get schooled in better behaviour at The Cube. I say take him with you for at least an introduction.
Is this all a run-up to Marten belatedly discovering that Pintsize skipped out six weeks ago?
And moving in with Willow, I suspect.
Bubbles is having all she can eat at the Buff Faye (sorry)
Matt, no.
They're gonna show up at Cubetown, only to find that Pintsize is already there and has turned the entire facility into a cult.
Joke's on him, it's already a cult.
FAYE HAIR!!!
That's just *asking* to have him show up unannounced at your new place with a rabbit skin in one hand and a funnel in the other.
Go on....
Someone's gonna wind up on the couch if he doesn't cut it.
If Marten moves out, would he take all the indie rock posters with him? Faye and Bubbles would have to figure out how to decorate the place.
*teh place
Harder sell when you're asking someone else to shoulder the fallout
Whoooaa Faye's shoulders are looking a little buff. The haircut works so well for her too!
The permanent cowlick caused by Bubbles (#3798) becomes stronger, over time.
And Pintsize has said himself that Marten has grown beyond "needing" to hang around with Pintsize. He may decide to strike out on his own or find another AI to live with.
I do believe Faye is getting the kind of physique that may allow her to crush Pintsize into a can and have bystanders ask her if she has a license for those guns she’s carrying.
But not before Pintsize asks!
Marten, your girlfriend is addressing you in bold italics.
If she were any more serious, there would be a typeface change.
Marten, no.
Marten YES
Marten. Just drop it, okay?
Losing battle, Claire...