Motives, Questioned

there was an indication in earlier comics that Bubbles was part of a team and the team died or had something bad happen to them.

Without sending a single instruction, this comic blew out my soundcard with the loudness of the implied drama-chord at the end. Love it.

Honestly, the way Bubbles chassis looks she was probably designed for security or military purposes. You don't get synthetic abs like those without some serious design choices behind it. I'm guessing at some point in her life she was repurposed for something far more shady. Not quite Futurama's robot mafia, but somewhere close.

So, I guess Bubbles is some sort of undercover investigator, so secret the local (incompetent) cops like Roko don't know about her. Considering Corpse Witch apparently has friends in local government, I would think she's FBI, or FAIBI (Federal Artificial Intelligence Bureau of Investigation) or whatever better acronym Jeph invents.

May continues to be one of my favorite characters.

Bubbles shot Mr. Burns.

Panel 2: Lucky for Faye, Bubbles isn't a Wookie with a life-debt.

I think it'll end up being more along the lines of emotional entrapment. The pink boss lady likely has convinced Bubbles her actions led to the death of her squad mates and from there had secretly manipulated bubbles to fear leaving her and the building. After all she was very careful to try and make bubbles feel like she was unwelcome outside. And additionally, both Pink and Bubbles had moments of consideration regarding each others treatment of Faye, as Faye is clearly disturbing a long set status quo between the two of them.

I hope having May suggest Bubbles isn't innocent in this is just a bit of misdirection by Jeph. May does tend to go to the criminal option first when trying to guess the motives of others. I'm still holding out hope that Bubbles isn't, in fact, the secret owner of the operation.

Uber sad face

Am I the only one who doesn't see any big deal with Corpse Witch's behavior? Apart from tendency to overpathos