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Past The Threshold

I've got a little anhxiety about how people will respanhnd to this storyline, but I anhderstand that some folks just don't like certanh characters and that's okanh

Past The Threshold

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Roko: TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW! DID THE DIRECTOR SEND YOU??

enchantedsleeper

I love the musical.

enchantedsleeper

Lol like a vampire

joFinndian

Anh's worst opening line upon meeting Roko: "Oh, yay, another new friend..."

David Paul

Yay for 'Fun Home'!

Clifton Royston

It's a story. I saw many stories spoiled by bad decisions. Nobody is invulnerable to bad decisions, so I do hope you are right.

Ktulu

It's about reading the vibe of the comic and Faye's relationship with Bubbles. Faye and Bubbles have a lovely, stable relationship and to throw a wrench in that for the sake of drama isn't Jeph's style. There's no reason for Faye to be remotely tempted to cheat on Bubbles, least of all with Anh, whom she barely tolerates. Faye hasn't done the hate/angry sex thing since Sven and given her experiences there I don't see her wanting to pick it back up.

enchantedsleeper

That's probably why, aside from the excuse for puns, Jeph did it xD

enchantedsleeper

Poor Ayo xD

enchantedsleeper

If you're talking about Liz she never had arms before her prostheses. That's why it took so long to learn how to use them.

Opus the Poet

But we all know Faye would never cheat on Bubbles.

Opus the Poet

Anhk Anhk.

Opus the Poet

I wouldn't wanht to be in the blast radius.

Carl G Knoblock

I get those on icloud and Google. I hate them. I managed to kill all my Yahoo mail, because I hate their interface.

Carl G Knoblock

Sure was

J

Well, we know from another case study that having her arms torn off will probably not do that.

Bill Silvia

Where was Anh introduced? Was she the awful woman at the wedding?

Paul Britt

Anh is the worst, and I love her for it. Another horrible goblin of a person for the gang to reform!

Daniel Farnitano

I’m just waiting for Faye to resurrect the punchiness of her early days in Northampton. We have been woefully short of Faye-bruises for quite some time, but Ahn will, I suspect, awaken that element anew.

Holly Nelson

Like Colossus, made out of Organic Steel?

Captain Button

Anhk if you love AnhFaye.

Captain Button

And ahnoyance

Tom Clarke

I think you mean ahngoing

A_Shadowmage_in_the_Pearlmania_War

AHN AHN AHN AHN!!!!

A_Shadowmage_in_the_Pearlmania_War

Ahnother one adopted

lazymagpie

I don't know where this is going, and even if I hate it, it's okanh.

Matt Pedone

Now I’m wondering what a shiny Anh would look like. (Anh is, obviously, water/psychic type.)

Miyaa

Opus, don't you mean an anhperson?

Hugh Eckert

Bubbles has nothing to worry about besides ongoing annoyance

Fart Captor

I will tolerate Anh if it means more Faye and Bubbles screentime

Sam Trenery

I'll remain ahn the fence until her purpose here is revealed.

Maurice Kessler

I’ll be honest, I’d forgotten all about her and confused her with Ayo for a few minutes. This is in no way a comment on the writing, and is simply a side effect of my having the memory of an aging grasshopper.

Noah

Damn. Are you sure? I’ve been doing it wrong all this time?

Noah

I loathe Anh and want to punch her in her stupid face. I cannot wait to see her learn to be less of a snooty elitist tool. *grabs popcorn*

Sean Morgan

This made me exhale from my nose quicker than usual.

Mikey Bear

I hope there aren't a lot of hills where you're at, Rich. Otherwise, I hope you're at least getting great footage of cars trying and failing to navigate hills. In Portland, ice storms are a nightmare, but they're great for comedic relief on a parasocial level.

Mikey Bear

I am absolutely here for this storyline. /grabs popcorn

Hawkeye

She might if we keep misspelling her name.

Philip Masters

That’s probably considered gauche, for some reason. I mean, only a minority of humans seem to have full-time robot companions; it may even be quietly considered a sign of social inadequacy to need them, in some circles. And a perpetual penumbra of robot servants would probably look messy and get in the way of your social life.

Philip Masters

Sadly that’s not true for me

Kevin Symonds

I am DESPERATE to see more of Anh and her inevitable evolution.

Alethea Wiesner

I don't know why but Anh is one of my favorite characters. Not quite on Bleminda level but definitely up there.

Andromeda

It's like vampires, if you invite them in, it's a forever problem. Only it's less socially acceptable to stake a person rather than a vampire.

Chris Godsey

If all characters were likable things would get boring quick. Who knows what her evolution will be.

Laura Curry

"If I don't survive, tell my wife I said 'hello' ."

ValdVin

fact

Kith penDragon

A character going from lawful evil to chaotic evil still counts as character growth.

Opus the Poet

Uh I will say, I'm very glad for the commentary text because I was like "who is this character again?"

Gio C

I don't like her, but I like you/your style. Figure it will be interesting. If nothing else I can just tune out for a few weeks. lol.

Mooster

Very Jacksonian.

Sean Kinlin

You mean fahnfiction.

legobil

Bahahaha. Now I look forward to Anh meeting an angry Roko.

legobil

It’s a storylahn.

legobil

Ahnjury?

legobil

We've had a month and a half of that in Syracuse. Snow, rain, freeze, rinse, repeat.

Rich Holmes

I also found this interesting https://www.reddit.com/r/namenerds/comments/156shju/a_special_case_among_vietnamese_names_anh/ Apparently in Vietnam she'd be calling herself "Sir".

Rich Holmes

That's when the endorphins come Anhd make everything wonderful and worthwhile.

Carrie

🤘🙂🤘

Carrie

Christ this is gonna be a long arc

SheepFace2000

Recent research reveals it’s impossible to OD Anh puns alone; you’ll be fine! The wife is welcome here, too, though!

Melissa Wilson

I hope so.

Ktulu

I do hope so.

Ktulu

No, they won't.

Stephen Wells

In general, yes, in this specific case, no :)

Stephen Wells

Anh? Yay? Are you okay? Are you okay, Anh? Yay?

Stephen Wells

anh inches closer to a faye related injury

angrytoast777

imaginary number territory

Hakurei06

okanh

Pejo

Oh, that Dang technology's no Dang good.

Dean Reilly

Oof, Faye truly dislikes her, else she would've responded "what tits?"

Nulgar

And NOW we see why Bubbles didn't hear from Faye while she was at Roko's 😅 Of all the mornings for Anh to show up, it had to be while Bubbles was elsewhere.

enchantedsleeper

The problem with describing pronunciation is that it varies a lot by accent xD I think that the way everyone in this thread pronounces "on" is different to the way I say it.

enchantedsleeper

It's always been Anh. And pronunciation guides are a great thing! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ZUz-fnSP4

enchantedsleeper

Likelihood of that is sitting in negative number territory.

enchantedsleeper

Hah, it's 16 degrees in Northampton right now, and the walkways are covered with ice. (We had rain a week ago that melted some of the snowpack, it promptly froze solid, and the going's treacherous.) Freeze bitch freeze!

Ravenswing

Love seeing Anh again, you hurt Bubbles we riot.

Tom Clarke

I do hope it is NOT a storyline about cheating on my favourite AI.

Ktulu

Didn’t like Yay really but it eventually worked but more wandering just what the he’ll you are up to generally with things for a while

Kevin Symonds

I love every moment of this

Bagge

Let her fall head over heels in love with Barry the Whale Wanker.

OldGoat

He believes Anh will save the world

Alan

I look forward to Iris severely maiming Anh in a most NSFW fashion. Faye and Bubbles will create a life support console to keep what remains of her alive. She'll still manage to be privileged and obnoxious.

OldGoat

How about Anh and Moray? Mostly because the ship name would inevitably be MorAnh.

BookBeard

What other bi-vampire rules could there be… Hate garlic breath? Lack of reflection makes putting on makeup rather difficult?

Andrew

I fucking love Anh. I’m so here for this storyline.

ShiningEspeon

I admit, I was not expecting to see her again this soon, but I’m eager to see what happens next.

Brian Leahy

The very idea of an AI digest of this strip is hilarious. (Unless it's written by, oh, say, Melon.)

Ursus Ridens

Oy

Ursus Ridens

Eh, even if I'm not a fan of Anh, Faye being herself will probably bring enough entertainment to balance it out. Also it's your comic. Not gonna tell you how to write it or complain about something you provide for free, near daily lol

Cole Blackblood

I think that would have the exact opposite reaction of the one Hanners wants.

Bill Silvia

Never change, Anh. Wait I take that back.

Dissociated Women Incorporated

ohhhhhh i thought he was just affecting a boston accent like Roko does

Ragtime

You mean redemptahn?

Barty

I'm pleased to see there hasn't been much thread drift. People are staying Anh-topic for once.

Captain Button

Danh it, Jeph! You've used up so manhy Anh puns, we're going to have to manhgle our vocabulary to balanhce things out!

David Paul

Obvious Sven needs to make another mistake. He’s due. He may be in a redemption arc, but dammit, backslides are fun to watch.

Ron Hamann

Doh, Sven.

Ron Hamann

The one I know pronounces it like on with a breathy finish, sort of like "on-huh".

Opus the Poet

IT'S OKAY, I LOVE MESS

Fart Captor

You have mentioned an Unperson, wrongthinking will be punished.

Opus the Poet

Oh, Faye has had a bunch of growth and I love it. The fact that she's still sometimes angry and so on just means she's her, and I love that too.

Yonatan Zunger

@Sean Kinlin no, a tool is actually useful.

Opus the Poet

Seth?

William Cole

No, it's the realization she's an alcoholic, and overcoming same, that was her character growth.

Opus the Poet

Nice.

William Cole

She must be a GREAT vampire, because she sure does suck.

William Cole

Wouldn't you rather be called Justin? Or do you not care as long as you aren't called late for dinner?

Opus the Poet

Too many Anh puns, going into Dad joke overdose! Tell my wife I liked her.

Opus the Poet

I feel like Jeph is trying to tell us something with the text below the strip, but I cahn't quite put my finger ahn it.

Halloween Jack

I give the Anhris ship about five minutes before Anh says something rude to Willow and Iris gets out the knives.

BookBeard

I believe in redemption.

Sparky

Anh-Liz-Iris-Willow 4-way. Willow sways them all to the power of good. 5:1 odds

joe velsher

For what it's worth, it's okay if she doesn't date Hannelore on-screen. It's true in my fanfiction. :)

Lorelei

💯 She doesn’t feel like she’s good Anhough & compensates by trying to make sure nobody else thinks they’re good Anhough either.

Melissa Wilson

🎤 “…I just rAhn, IrAnh all night Anhd day…”

Melissa Wilson

I’m just going to say it now: Ahnomahntahnpeiahn

Summer

Frowny Faye feels frustrated from frozen fool's frippery.

Sean Kinlin

she needs to have her big personal growth moment first, then she gets the haircut

J

Huh, I was sure it was Ahn and not Anh, not that I know how to pronounce either of those.

Afunnythinghappedtome

my ahpologies, anh oversight on my paht

J

Nope I was referring to the lady who's name i think is Anh.

FuzzyDragon Cosplay

"Snap-Anh" or "Strap-Anh," either way she's a tool.

Sean Kinlin

🎵"And IrAnh, IrAnh's so far away..."

Sean Kinlin

Would that be a ship called IrAnh?

Melissa Wilson

I assume you don't mean Faye.

Sean Kinlin

"I'm freezing my tits off, and unlike some people I don't have much to spare!"

Dave Van Domelen

You meahnt the dramah

SpookyPenguin

Perhaps Strap Anh?

Melissa Wilson

(Not to be confused with Anh.)

Melissa Wilson

*silent applause*

Melissa Wilson

Faye does not need another PROJECT, geeze...

Doc Gumby

Hey, you weren't going to just leave her on the shahlf, were you?

Josh Medin

you know we live for the drama Jeph

J

All these panhs. Aaaaaaaaaanhggggg!

Amelia Lewis

Conflict is good...anhm I right?

Ben R

I think keeping the same length but with a nape undercut would suit her. It'd be an Anh-dercut.

Graydon Armstrong

Snap-On, most likely ("Snap-Anh," maybe? That one doesn't quite work for me . . .)

tellumo

Faye's got good instincts. Nothing good is going to come from this. Not anh single thing.

Andrew Mitchell

I'm surprised it doesn't look like Anh has gotten a new haircut. Well, if she's going to be a recurring character, it's only a matter of time.

Graydon Armstrong

Oh yes! Bubbles in that 5th panel was *so* on!

Melissa Wilson

Does a Savannah woman using "wicked" as an intensifier count as "character growth"? As a Yankee I'm not a neutral observer. http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2652

ValdVin

No, I think you're pretty Ahn-point with that comment 😉

PixelThis

*shiver*

Melissa Wilson

To be fair, Clinton *was* incredibly annoying when he first showed up. (Just reread those strips last night.)

Jason Zions

Ahn + Gremliz 4EVA! (OK, for a time, for a while, for a short disastrous test drive, for a date that goes nowhere....)

Ursus Ridens

Just occurred to me. She’s the heir (or possibly now the disowned heir) to Dang technology. How come she doesn’t have her own coterie of drones or other robot tech to help her on her quest to accept her orientation?

Miyaa

I'm actually excited for more Anh, call me crazy 😅

J. Howard

Faye is really temperamental today. However, I guess currently, that’s Ahn point.

Andrea Andrew

Is this storyline, like so many of Jeph's, going to be anh-again, off-again?* She reminds me of Hannelore's mom. We may have to get Hanners to use The Voice to banish her. *Sorry, everyone. Couldn't help myself.

Ursus Ridens

All hail bonercat.

Miyaa

Yahoo mail has implemented some sort of "Here's an AI digest of this email in your inbox" feature which I THOUGHT I had switched off, but no: "Jeph Jacques expresses anxiety about respanning a storyline on Patreon but understands individual preferences regarding characters."

Michael Schmidt

What? I like her. Also, BONERCAT RETURNS!

Yelling Bird

I can't wait for Bubbles to get there and give Anh the full psyops treatment. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3763

BookBeard

Yes it is kinda a butch aesthetic but a) don’t assume or impose identities on others b) Faye is soft butch at best and c) clearly you don’t know anything about this at all, Anh, your bi homework is to go read *Stone Butch Blues* and *Fun Home* Still stuck between “try to fix her” and “let her ruin me” tbh. Good work making an interesting and compelling character, Jeph!

Hrafn Raudi

You say Ahn and Iris, and I hear Judas Priest singing "Some heads are gonna roll!"

Joseph Bonnar

Aesthetics matter.

Jose Alfredo Villalobos

How dare I! It was RIGHT there too!

Vilinda

I think you mean aganh

Cody Renton

Your spell checker hates you now.

Tudza

Anh? Sorry I missed her.

Dana

Characters don't have to be nice to be interesting. I remember I thought Clinton was *incredibly* annoying when he first showed up, and he's grown fantastically. And Faye... well she's still got her core Fayeness and I'm good with that too. As, apparently, is Bubbles. So I'm looking forward to finding out who Anh becomes over time.

Yonatan Zunger

Past the threshold... OF PAIN

Rich Holmes

Oh! Ahn and Iris! They'd be perfect for each other!

Grace Kieser

NEVER LEAVE US AGAIN, AHN!!!

Vilinda

If there's anything that matters most to a repair shop, it's the aesthetic. Why, tomorrow I'm tempted to ask my mechanic where she got hers.

ValdVin

I've learned that when you do something I don't like, it leads to something good.

Octoprocessor

It’s good to have characters that people don’t like. Not everyone is likable.

Joey Roberson-Kitzman

Ahngrier, you mean

Wynn Donivan

Faye, once you let her in she doesn't have to leave! Disaster bisexuals follow vampire rules!

Grace Kieser

🤣

Melissa Wilson

All hail the newest disaster bi.

Izzy Omega

Niiiiiice

Melissa Wilson

I love Anh

Shey

I know she's a Capital B, but I really am curious about Ahn's arc. She's seems on the cusp of some kind of life revelation, and I miss Seth, so an arc with the two of them either growing a lot or a crash and burn for the ages is compelling.

Ron Hamann

I do like this (I'm bi and I have seen this happen so it's funny to me). I don't like willow, I find her annoying af but eh I can live with it.

lilibat

Do you mean Anh arc of redemption? Sorry, not sorry.

Theodore Dage

@Nicholas, I believe you mean “Anhest” 😉

Melissa Wilson

I'm going with Anh x Evil Clone Hannelore

BookBeard

She was probably raised to think this is the way wealthy heiresses are supposed to behave, and leaned into it hard to cover her feelings of inadequacy.

Daryl Sawyer

Anhevitable, one might say!

Melissa Wilson

0️⃣

Melissa Wilson

Come on, people, help me ship Ahn. I'm thinking Corpse Witch myself.

Joseph Bonnar

I'm struggling to decide between immolation and a good flensing.

Doug DeJulio

Sounds a lot like “on” but a bit longer of a vowel sound Keep your soft palate lifted & try saying it while exhaling… a similar mouth shape as if saying “Ahhh” when a doctor wants to look at your throat. (At least that’s how my former colleague with the same spelling said it)

Melissa Wilson

I'm angrier at your pahns than the current storylahn

Azrux

I agree - I love an arc of redemption

Jenni Pointon

Seriously, how shitty is she that she can't even just keep her mouth shut? It's stuff like that that really dissuades trying to empathise with her. Hurt people hurt people, but to the small extent that that could excuse this, I don't think it's quite that sort of situation anyway.

Graydon Armstrong

Anxiety is understandable, because quality control (the other QC) has been consistanhtly slipping for anh while and dogshit characters like this anhly make it worse. They're not funny or fun, they're not evanh enjoyable to hate! There's no heel heat, there's no interesting antipathy, it's just bad writing. I genuanhly hope this "storyline" ends immediately with her leaving the shop and never reappearing aganh.

Ariamaki

She's a Dang nuisance.

Rich Holmes

All these Ahn puns are giving me an anheurysm.

Daniel Allman

As long as there's a reason for her to be here, it doesn't matter if I like her. The strip would be pretty boring if every character had to pass a popularity contest to recur. BTW, what is her name? That's the one thing I don't recall from her pretty cool debut.

Steve McSheffrey

Bottahnm line, whether I like new characters being introduced or not, or old characters returning or not, trusting the creative direction of this comic has worked for the last forty-two years and I expect it to keep working. That's the facts, Ja(hn)cques.

Finvaara

She was smiling, no wonder.

Rich Holmes

If every character started super lovable, there would be much less room for character growth!

Kith penDragon

Only a Dang heiress could go from a snarky “thank you” to a disdainful “ugh” in the very next panel, when she’s clearly there because she needs something.

Melissa Wilson

Common pronunciation, I believe.

Anthony Gaglianese

I'm eagerly awaiting her meeting Bubbles. I'll make popcorn.

Marc Johnson

I'm so excited for this storyline

Max Cooper

How do you pronounce "Anh"?

Curtis Cahoon

Ehehe, unlikeable characters are fun and necessary. I'm more sad that we aren't getting actual information on Yay

dizzy ditzy

I couldn't planhce her anht first, but now anhll I canh think about it how much of ahn bitch she is

Lynn Shepard

I didn't recognize her 😭

Nicholas Lopez

I fahnd her compelling, ahnd ahnm interested in seeing where this goes. Also, holy hell Faye in pahnel 4.

Danny Beans

I just put the comments at 69.

The World Famous Chocomerican

Anhough!

Melissa Wilson

Didn't see her yesterday?

Rich Holmes

Anhd it's your comic, so you cahn decide...

Simon Green

I admit I forgot her name was Anh and thought the text was supposed to be a Boston accent. 😅

Taigan

Protip:don't trashtalk someones business, especially when asking a favor.

Michael Boettger

Ahn I remember her name again, which had escaped me. Thanks, Jeph!

Olaf

Much like a vampire, she has to be invited in.

Robert Wrigley

The beatings will stop when Anh improves.

JMK

How many anh's in the comic description did it take you to realise Jeph was doing a bit and not just messing up his spelling really badly? It took me two.

Veronica Jane

Anhihilation is inevitable!

Not that Patrick Foltz

I, for one welcome the advent of gay awakening (evil). But also I need to see if Yay is okay please (please)

Dominik Mrówka

Ah, there's the Anh facial expressions we all know and love.

Rich Holmes

She’s a Vahnpire?

Greg Matyola

I canh't hanhdle all the misspellings, Jeph. Anh need you to stop.

Celine Chamberlin

I mean, she’s an anhsshole, but she’s OUR anhsshole

chili sunrise

I love Anh, she's the offspring of gremlin and a forest troll. A gremlong if you will, because she's tall.

Cory Rowley

This is probably an excellent chance for her to get some personal growth.

FuzzyDragon Cosplay

Gonna be honest, haven't seen Ahn in a while and forgot she existed until I read the post caption.

Nicholas Lopez

She's been researching.

Bill Silvia


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