Here Come The Waterworks
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This comic strip is really hit home for me right now. My daughter is currently interviewing for a job in Japan. I'm excited for her and will miss her terribly if she goes.
Aw geez, remember last time Marten got out of bed with his girlfriend to help Faye with an emotional crisis? This isn't going to turn into one of those, um, is it?
I'm actually at that junction in one of my frequent rereads. I don't think this will go that way. Phew.
Allergies are no laughing matter.
yes. this is so sweet.
Before this week ends Faye and Marten find Pintsize curled up in a fetal ball sobbing in a corner because he damn well has the same feelings as Faye but even less ability to express them.
Tomorrow: Brun is fascinated by a machine that makes a strawberry and banana smoothies for Steve and an emu. That is why Millie is there.
aw faye T_T
Marten and Faye have been friends since #4 of the 4893 story run!! 19 real time years! You can't separate soul mates
And pintsize...?
🫂
They had probably helped each other drag their emotional baggage through the turnstiles enough times that they had become more like family than... probably even their own families, if truth were told. Still, this is a big enough Something that these two are going to have to talk it out properly. Even if (and because) it hurts.
♥️
Marten, that's not how you do hugs
Well, he _was_ conditioned by Faye to believe that touching her would result in getting severely punched.
Called it
12 hours by car. Less by train. Much less by plane or suborbital ballistic. It's not like Marten's going to the Solomon Islands or Yellowknife. Sad, but you do get used to people moving on. Even best friends.
At least he's wearing pants...
Why did your sex noises involve Moaning AND A KAZOO!?!
At the same time depending on where the kazoo is located
This feels like an ending. Along with the Dora/Tai wedding, I wonder if we're not headed for the end credits. Lotta end-ifs closing up, to pseudo-quote *Mostly Harmless*
Jeph has said this isn't the end of the strip.
Welcome to the world of grown up emotions, characters.
Aw hun
oh Faye. < /3
I do enjoy the imagery of how 'big' Faye is when she's in a good mood and being assertive, but then she is 'smaller' when she's emotionally fragile. Not sure if that's deliberate or not, but it feels like it is.
Yeah, Faye sure can get Pumped Up
Hey at least they’re wearing pants this time.
I mean, she didn't punch him first, so she really means it <3
better now than later
at least he has on pants too
4 panels, a dozen words, and I'm sobbing. Dammit Jeph WHY MUST YOU CONTROL MY EMOTIONS LIKE THIS 😭💕
& like half the words were "fucker," "bitch," & "ass"
I literally just got done watching the new Hellraiser movie and then I read this comic. The emotional whiplash is astounding.
I was disappointed. I don't remember the movie but I remember it being scary when I was a kid. As an adult I was not scared. It was just gross.
This is a tbt moment, I'm here for it, despite the pain
Awe man, the sex was so silly that Faye is crying with laughter.
Apparently the sex wasn't silly enough to undress Claire though...
I know the feeling of dealing with the thing and accepting it and continuing the day, and then getting hit with emotions like 20 minutes after going to bed.
I'm pretty sure my bestie would do literally this exact same thing, complete with the name calling text.
Thinking about the very early comics where they chosr that apartment together. Thinking about how I've been reading this for nearly ten years. Thinking about how QC has been going nearly 20 years and the old newsposts from 2003 like "wow, so many emails! I'm amazed people like this stuff, extra strip this week as thanks!". Thinking about how Faye has changed so much but still needs Marten to come outside, so nobody else hears her crying. GOD!
I suspect this hits especially hard because Faye herself DIDN'T move to follow her then-lover (Angus) to a dream job. She didn't have the strength of character that Marten is now showing in a very parallel situation.
Those relationships were not at all equivalent. Angus was fine, mostly, and they got on well. It was, I would say, an average relationship.
An end of an era. But a beginning of a new era.
Teh feels
Ah yes the "emotions don't come out till 3am" feels. I have been there.
OK the comments are too heavy today so I feel obligated to point out 1. lol @ Faye's texts, 2. obviously she didn't care if he was already awake or not, 3. Faye's ass looks AMAZING in those jeans
I was kind of surprised she didn't call him assbutt or buttass. Also, her butt kind of always looks amazing.
There it is.
Faye was fine until she saw how silly Marten looked.
He's still wearing the clown shoes.
i have a sad now
Poor Faye 😢
the thing that makes this not believable for me is that not only claire has her clothes back on but SO DOES MARTIN.
My son never wore pajamas when she was small (he says those are the right pronouns, he remembers her, he just left her behind), but does now because the drugs f**k up his body temperature regulation schedule. Dunno about Martin. Maybe they showered and got into PJs; that's my wife's schedule now that we're old and thermoregulation is trickier.
Oof, my feels. . o O (Those're gonna be sore for a couple weeks now, methinks.)
Yeah that's more like it
Yeah, Faye would never act this way if Claire is present. She is afraid of losing her best (flesh and blood) friend. But she won't let on because she couldn't love Marten and won't get in the way of his happiness. My immediate fear is that she'll fall off the wagon, and Bubbles won't understand. Sorry, I'm babbling.
IF that happens, then the supportive community Faye has built around her will help them both get through it. I feel sure of this
oh noooo
Aaaaah 😭
Wow, this hits me hard.
As much as this hurts, this shows a lot of growth for Faye.
Agreed. This is excatly what it should be. They were Teh Team QC for so long, and for this to be happening is so on-brand for her right now. Not Bubbles, not Claire, but Marten, on the stoop.
I miss little moments like these between Marten and Faye; they've come so far.
Especially Faye. She is not the same person even a thousand strips ago. Faye from the beginning would not recognize the Faye now. And that’s a good thing.
Faye's best friend and only person in the world she could trust to tell about her dad (unless she's told Bubbles off screen) is possibly leaving for who knows how long if not permanently. :(((
God it sounds so bleak when you put it like that 😭
I was wondering when the facade would crack.
THEY ARE JUST GOING TO GO CHECK IT OUT. Ok,.. maybe they are socertain cuz Claire is an obvious fit,.. but still, .....
But it's probably the first time it really felt *real* rather than theoretical so it's hitting her all at once. Even if Claire doesn't take the job it's probably good to start processing the idea emotionally...
Glad she's letting down the armor to deal with it vs putting up the strong front with Martin. Happy she said what Claire needed to hear in the moment though and talking to him later.
It's so... emotionally mature! Go Faye!
Oh =(
Because this is a great opportunity for Claire. But that would still mean that Marty would be leaving.
And the shoe drops
So glad he remembered to put pants on.
But he forgot the Hello Kitty belt!
Ruh roh. Are Faye's abandonment issues gonna come out here?
Oh yeah. Marty is her best friend.
And they could’ve been romantic at one point, though clearly not anymore, and their friendship has been inspiring.
Damnit....I knew she wasn't fine.
I sincerely hope Faye talks through all this not just with Marten, but Bubbles and Claire as well, and is honest. I worry how she will cope with this otherwise. 😟
Oh. Man…
😭😭😭😭😭
Yeah, this checks out.
Oh Faaaaaaaaye my heart!
It's the "timed" bit in "timed bomb"
Dang, should have known Faye was putting on a brave front
Ugh... this hit me in the feels.
aw jeez