Just Innocent Men
Added 2024-11-13 02:02:36 +0000 UTC
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Hanners: "Yes, I am laundering the fuck out of these sheets. I wouldn't want to sit on them if there's any fuck left in them."
Michael Voorhis
2024-11-18 00:39:53 +0000 UTCPerhaps he's taking the "Big Bang Theory" approach. That not everyone who is somehow considered different by society needs to be "Labeled and Cured". The other characters you mention are really minor characters who we haven't even seen in ages so not sure they count much for representation, and Millefeuille isn't even human so I'm not sure "Ace" can apply to her. Also I'm not even sure we went into enough depth with the others to know if they're Ace or not.
Shawn Spencer
2024-11-16 14:39:36 +0000 UTCBut is it more representative to have another ace character (Emily, Brun, Millefeuille) or to have a heterosexual person who can't have sex for mental health reasons? Because I don't know of anyone like that who hasn't had a character arc "curing" them of their hangups. I actually think it's better Mad representation to show someone who has serious OCD having a normal life.
Elizabeth Rosenzweig
2024-11-16 14:36:17 +0000 UTCNever has Hanners been so relatable than that last panel hahaha
Mina (WildishWolf)
2024-11-14 17:01:13 +0000 UTCI want to see Sven dress up as a sexy fireman for Hanners. Please make it happen, Jeph.
Anya Lienau
2024-11-14 16:55:33 +0000 UTCIsn't Dora kinda busy with post-nuptual nookie to worry what Sven is doing?
Donna Flint
2024-11-14 10:33:12 +0000 UTCI screenshotted Hanners and her speech bubble in that last panel. That's totally my life rallying cry!
Michael Steamweed
2024-11-14 02:58:13 +0000 UTCI have that LEGO set!
Lee McDonough
2024-11-14 02:21:46 +0000 UTC*is* Hanners asexual, though? She obviously has her neuroses to contend with but she's also been obviously horny in the past
David Jackson
2024-11-14 01:44:21 +0000 UTCyeeeeees... the little haaaaats
enchantedsleeper
2024-11-13 21:17:59 +0000 UTCInterview and accidentally seduce 😂
enchantedsleeper
2024-11-13 21:17:26 +0000 UTC(I understood that reference)
enchantedsleeper
2024-11-13 21:15:23 +0000 UTCNormally, I am too!
alphanor
2024-11-13 17:47:34 +0000 UTCThat is clearly not normal.
alphanor
2024-11-13 17:46:40 +0000 UTCHilarious mental image!!
alphanor
2024-11-13 17:43:54 +0000 UTCYou maybe mean 'arc'?
alphanor
2024-11-13 17:42:17 +0000 UTCthis wholesome friendship between them absolutely adore. Svanners
Akashimo Hakubi
2024-11-13 17:28:41 +0000 UTCThere was the restraint issue that led to the bad blood with Faye.
Bill Silvia
2024-11-13 17:04:03 +0000 UTCAnh is a more normal mess!
alphanor
2024-11-13 16:59:55 +0000 UTCIt's progressing towards wonderful!
alphanor
2024-11-13 16:58:50 +0000 UTCNext week: Steve has breakfast at Cleo’s place which looks suspiciously like the Sheffield mansion from “The Nanny.” Cleo reveals she’s the heir to an juice producer who survived the Duke brothers trying to corner the frozen orange juice market in the late 1980’s.
Miyaa
2024-11-13 16:25:20 +0000 UTCWhich I’m sure Sven & Dora’s parents are grateful for that new car smell.
Miyaa
2024-11-13 16:21:55 +0000 UTCConsidering her terrible childhood, and her continuing struggles, normal would be a dream come true for her! She could then progress from there to be even more extraordinary than she already is.
alphanor
2024-11-13 16:06:12 +0000 UTCThis must be after Hanners sterilized the walls and laundered the absolute fuck out of that bedding.
Clarence the Liar
2024-11-13 16:04:08 +0000 UTCHer opinion on watermelons could be crucial in determining their sexual compatibility!
Clarence the Liar
2024-11-13 15:59:56 +0000 UTCJust so long as she can refrain from trying to interview prospective girlfriends for him too often.
Philip Masters
2024-11-13 15:49:06 +0000 UTCIs (or was) Sven really hypersexual? He looks to me like a young guy of more or less normal levels of sexuality, who just got a lot of opportunities (thanks to good looks, authorial-fiat charm, and success in his craft), and who saw very little reason not to take those opportunities. He was perfectly capable of restraint (as when he took Hanners on that pretend-date), and since he's decided that the whole thing had become rather unsatisfactory, he seems to have switched to something verging on celibacy without undue stress.
Philip Masters
2024-11-13 15:47:16 +0000 UTCI love their friendship 💙
Cole Blackblood
2024-11-13 15:11:38 +0000 UTC"Also, Marten and Claire are waiting outside for their turn."
Searcher
2024-11-13 14:35:25 +0000 UTCYou say that, but my wife and I are doing quite well. Communication and setting expectations are really important.
Thomas Halpin
2024-11-13 14:06:14 +0000 UTCWater cannon sexuality.
Sean Kinlin
2024-11-13 13:20:45 +0000 UTCIs there really a defined difference though? I mean, she -can- technically, but she doesn't want to because body fluids freak her out. And I guess so does any sort of physical contact per that comic. Although it's worth noting that she doesn't seem interested in a non-sexual relationship with anyone either. And in a way there's nothing stopping her from having a relationship with an AI, since an AI can actually be 100% sterile, which should negate her fears if that was the only issue. So I dunno, I mean it's never been addressed completely, but I feel like Hanners being Ace on at least some level makes sense because this comic is generally pretty representative, too. Perhaps it's meant to remain somewhat of a mystery. As a side note Hanners looks super weird in that comic compared to todays version of her. The art really has come a long ways.
Shawn Spencer
2024-11-13 12:40:31 +0000 UTCI'm happy the two of them are being normal, but I'm a bit worried about the state of this multiply-utilized bed. I think it's safe to assume nobody's replaced those covers and sheets yet tonight. Hanners would not be pleased to discover or contemplate all those ..... fluids.
Michael Voorhis
2024-11-13 12:26:09 +0000 UTCIn meteorology, “normal” is defined as the average temperature and precipitation over a span of the last two decades. So maybe Hannelore is normal since she was 15.
Miyaa
2024-11-13 12:13:39 +0000 UTCNo the last thing we need is Anh having to deal with two zebras on the ark.
Miyaa
2024-11-13 12:07:37 +0000 UTCFiremen-sexual
Olivier Laroche
2024-11-13 11:53:12 +0000 UTCDoes Hanners have an in-universe cannon sexuality?
Vik M.
2024-11-13 11:13:05 +0000 UTCI never expected to see Hacker's "we're just normal men, we're just innocent men" here... what the heck is happening.
Rob Chilton
2024-11-13 08:54:16 +0000 UTCI'm confused by the worry xD
enchantedsleeper
2024-11-13 08:50:57 +0000 UTCThere are plurals that don't take an S, like emoji. "A handful of Lego" sounds fine to me.
enchantedsleeper
2024-11-13 08:49:31 +0000 UTC🤣But what are the boundaries?🤣😂🤣😂
Carrie
2024-11-13 08:40:53 +0000 UTCIf this ends up with Hannelore and Sven dating: On the one hand, sure, that has been a possibility since almost a decade-and-a-half ago (#1761 *et seq.*). On the other hand, asexual plus (perhaps formerly) hypersexual can only result in sorrow. However this relationship (in the non-romantic sense of the word) works out in the end: I'm there for it!
Neil Moore
2024-11-13 07:26:14 +0000 UTCI wonder just how much Dora is freaking out by Sven and Hannelore walking up to the room of ill advised wedding hookups. "I trust him... of course I trust him... And it's not like Hannelore even... I'm sure nothing is happening..."
Bagge
2024-11-13 06:52:12 +0000 UTCGosh, I really hope her goal is not to be normal. That sounds terrible and not good for her.
Clifton Royston
2024-11-13 06:45:51 +0000 UTCOh Hanners... May you never change. Except this is QC and change is inevitable.
FE
2024-11-13 06:42:40 +0000 UTCYou forgot: “And then, Jeph, do whatever you feel like anyway, as that progresses the story in a logical and engaging manner.”
legobil
2024-11-13 06:24:02 +0000 UTCPerpendicular to the tangent HEYOOOO
Magic Chopstick Games
2024-11-13 06:01:44 +0000 UTC"What do you mean 'normal men'?" (I see what you did there.)
Elija Hart
2024-11-13 06:00:51 +0000 UTCOk bud 😀 😃
Magic Chopstick Games
2024-11-13 05:59:38 +0000 UTCYou know, normal-ish. Normal-adjecent. Kinda sorta normal by the power of everyone else being more weird
Bagge
2024-11-13 05:45:21 +0000 UTCNow I want an entire ark of Hannelore inviting Anh to her room to build legos with her.
Bagge
2024-11-13 05:44:38 +0000 UTCWhile Hanners was certainly the first to acknowledge his attempts at self-improvement, I don't think it's fair to say she's the only one. Sven and Dora had a whole reconciliation, and he and Faye have even gradually achieved a level of amicability. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3026 https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3995
BookBeard
2024-11-13 05:41:19 +0000 UTCIOW "normal" is imaginary.
Opus the Poet
2024-11-13 05:23:43 +0000 UTCShe told Marigold "I like boys, in theory" after Mari's WoW guild suggested that the two of them should "lez out". https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1493 And while it's certainly true that one can be Heteromantic-Asexual, Hanners seems to me to fall pretty squarely into the "can't" rather than "don't want to" category when it comes to sex.
BookBeard
2024-11-13 05:23:24 +0000 UTCTrue. But I prefer my interpretation tbh. :P After all, Hanners is the only one who has aknowledged his efforts to be a better person. Ever since that ”pretend date” they had. This is also why Sven felt comfortable in telling her about the May situation.
Rodrigo Ourcilleon
2024-11-13 05:18:46 +0000 UTCFake it 'til you make it, Hanners. Congrats. You've made it.
Michael Chui
2024-11-13 05:12:24 +0000 UTCor, because most women who make it up to his bedroom are horngry for him and immediately get to the boning here, he's just having a nice conversation with a friend
Blake Manor
2024-11-13 05:08:14 +0000 UTCBe your best self, Hanners. (This is the wholesome content I crave :)
Andrew
2024-11-13 05:06:46 +0000 UTCShe is also very (a)cute.
Andrew
2024-11-13 05:05:49 +0000 UTCI think some people are missunderstanding what Sven meant by ”normal”. He is not saying Hanners isn’t normal. He is thankful for her acting normal in his pressence. Unlike many others in the core-cast who still treat him as a flawed man who they can’t trust (like Faye and to some extent Marten and even Dora).
Rodrigo Ourcilleon
2024-11-13 04:53:48 +0000 UTCHanners is always normal, it's just Hanners normal.
Jared Kolbly
2024-11-13 04:40:54 +0000 UTCFuck I want these two to have each others asexually reproduced babies!!!!!
Daniel Burnett
2024-11-13 04:37:41 +0000 UTC“By the way Hanners, this bed has been sex’d on at least twice in the last few hours.”
Joseph
2024-11-13 04:28:37 +0000 UTCgod these two are adorable 🥺💖 idc if they date or not i just love their dynamic in general, i think everyone always knew hanners would be a good influence on sven but i think he's a surprisingly good influence on her too, they just have such a chill time hanging out and i love that for them bc they both need chill vibes so much honestly
Logan Nix
2024-11-13 04:27:15 +0000 UTCSven needs a reliably platonic friend like Hanners
Aerin Moriarty
2024-11-13 04:18:59 +0000 UTCThey're a couple of good eggs.
William Cole
2024-11-13 04:06:34 +0000 UTCShe asked Pintsize for pictures of sexy firemen. That does not mean she wouldn't like sexy firewomen, but it is suggestive.
jonesnori
2024-11-13 04:04:31 +0000 UTCWait when did Hanners ever specifically identify as hetero? My memory clearly isn't as good as some of ya'll. Also -technically- one can be hetero and still Ace, since there's a lot of different versions of being Ace.
Shawn Spencer
2024-11-13 03:54:02 +0000 UTCHanners · Sven = 0
tellumo
2024-11-13 03:50:39 +0000 UTCwe're just normal men...
susanblackmore
2024-11-13 03:50:17 +0000 UTCThis is a wholesome interaction I didn't know I needed
Ashbury Haight
2024-11-13 03:48:29 +0000 UTCOr the time with the little hats.
Jaune Jaymes
2024-11-13 03:39:16 +0000 UTCI spat my drink out at that last panel. Never stop being you, Hanners.
Hawkeye
2024-11-13 03:39:11 +0000 UTCThis is sweeter than if they hooked up. Well done, Jeph
Chelsea
2024-11-13 03:31:14 +0000 UTCWhat is normal anyways! 😂🤣😂
Carrie
2024-11-13 03:26:48 +0000 UTCI think I relate more and more to Hanners. Except I'm gay. And I don't want to be Ace. And I'm not a germaphobe... Ok, nope. Still just love her.
Drazi
2024-11-13 03:26:15 +0000 UTCIf Hanners is being QC-snark here, I'm fairly sure the universe would break
MikeT
2024-11-13 03:16:19 +0000 UTC"i" see what you did there.
ValdVin
2024-11-13 03:05:05 +0000 UTC"Normal" is an engineering term meaning at right angles to current reality caused by multiplying by the square root of -1.
Opus the Poet
2024-11-13 03:03:13 +0000 UTCDamn right it's legos! The company just doesn't want to risk being genericized but there's no need for everyone else to play along.
Eric Sieck
2024-11-13 02:53:19 +0000 UTCWho said I'm worried? Perhaps I am just adding fuel to the fire.
Logan
2024-11-13 02:52:33 +0000 UTCI think they already are.
BookBeard
2024-11-13 02:52:10 +0000 UTCNormal? No need to insult your friend, Sven
Eric Sieck
2024-11-13 02:51:26 +0000 UTCI just had a (charming) image of May and Sven, borrowing the puppy play accessories from Pintsize and his friend (whose name I've forgotten, if we knew it). Now there's someone who could leash Sven. :-p
Amelia Lewis
2024-11-13 02:49:49 +0000 UTCLast panel is a giant mood.
TV4Fun
2024-11-13 02:45:54 +0000 UTCIf ever a line was scripted to capture Hannelore’s heart, there it is! Not that I question Sven’s motive in the slightest… He’s grown, too, and I completely believe he appreciates that Hanners didn’t follow him up there to get railed (unlike most bridesmaids he’s probably encountered). Will she swoon, though, once the surprise and delight of being called normal wear off?
Melissa Wilson
2024-11-13 02:45:53 +0000 UTCNever happened before? Clearly Hanners is forgetting that time with Liz where they both acted totally and completely normal. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5321
BookBeard
2024-11-13 02:44:27 +0000 UTCWe're just normal men
Lynn Shepard
2024-11-13 02:43:20 +0000 UTCI’ve always liked the relationship between Hannelore and Sven.
Thisguy
2024-11-13 02:39:42 +0000 UTCDo what? Troll people who ship them, as he has in the past, and tease people who worry about it too much?
Rhyon Ingalls
2024-11-13 02:38:14 +0000 UTC"Lego" or "Lego bricks" is the plural for Lego. Technically it's LEGO, but, much like OK, the acronym has just become the word for it and doesn't need to be capitalized always.
Rhyon Ingalls
2024-11-13 02:37:36 +0000 UTCYou can't pick up a handful of pieces of furniture. (Well, I can't.) It's a different kind of thing.
Chris Warren
2024-11-13 02:35:03 +0000 UTCis it? I thought Lego was just the name of the company. like, I don't call my furniture "Ikeas"
Danielle Church
2024-11-13 02:31:55 +0000 UTCBut normal to the floor.
Captain Button
2024-11-13 02:31:26 +0000 UTCThis title has to be a reference... https://youtu.be/lr_vl62JblQ?si=XyRjhsGgdxYeR_bn
A Dark Planet, Lit By No Sun
2024-11-13 02:30:14 +0000 UTCI really think the two of them could be good for each other
Todd Ellner
2024-11-13 02:29:52 +0000 UTCI know, but I'm so used to Hanners being weird... Being normal feels off.
Joel Bateman
2024-11-13 02:27:10 +0000 UTCI really appreciate how much Sven has grown. It's nice :)
Green
2024-11-13 02:25:53 +0000 UTCSomeone mark it on the calendar so we can celebrate annually.
Meghan
2024-11-13 02:25:44 +0000 UTCI respect the wordplay, but still feel compelled to point out that none of that has anything to do with her sexual orientation. She has never been said or even implied to be ace, in fact she's explicitly self-identified as heterosexual, albeit purely theoretically at this point.
BookBeard
2024-11-13 02:23:15 +0000 UTCThat last line, said in all seriousness, has got to be one of the cutest things I’ve ever “heard” from Hanners.
That Blair Guy
2024-11-13 02:23:01 +0000 UTCi love her <3
Ashley Thomas
2024-11-13 02:21:39 +0000 UTCReally hoping for a Hacker T Dog cameo 😁
Certified Nerd
2024-11-13 02:20:55 +0000 UTCHannelore isn't ace, she's too germophobic to handle sexual contact.
Elizabeth Rosenzweig
2024-11-13 02:19:29 +0000 UTCCareful Hanners, that sounds like something a weird human would say! https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5113
BookBeard
2024-11-13 02:18:56 +0000 UTCThey're friends. :)
Diptych
2024-11-13 02:15:55 +0000 UTCTechnically, right now she is parallel with him.
Dean Reilly
2024-11-13 02:15:21 +0000 UTCNo, her goal is to BE normal and she is making wonderful progress!
alphanor
2024-11-13 02:14:14 +0000 UTCIt's a spectrum. (I...know a bit about spectra, as it turns out.)
ValdVin
2024-11-13 02:13:58 +0000 UTCHow can anyone not love Hanners? She's such an icon c: But ew! Being normal?!? Screw that :P
Tabby
2024-11-13 02:13:51 +0000 UTCTOTALLY DO IT, JEFF!
Monica Gaudio
2024-11-13 02:13:50 +0000 UTCThis whole setup keeps making me so nervous
Dilemma01
2024-11-13 02:13:14 +0000 UTCSpiffy Space-tronauts!
ValdVin
2024-11-13 02:12:43 +0000 UTCMaybe Hannelore should hook up with May. I am disappointed with the recent May shortage in this comic. :) p.s. It's "Legos".
Chris Warren
2024-11-13 02:12:06 +0000 UTCDON'T DO IT JEPH
Logan
2024-11-13 02:10:47 +0000 UTCNormal and Hanners in the same sentence feels cursed.
Joel Bateman
2024-11-13 02:09:23 +0000 UTCGiven that Hanners grew up in space with basically nobody around except a Hologram(station), her being Ace seems about right. Which makes her....A Space Ace.
Shawn Spencer
2024-11-13 02:08:51 +0000 UTCNormal is a sliding scale.
Jose Alfredo Villalobos
2024-11-13 02:08:24 +0000 UTCThis is so wholesome and wonderful.
Nancy H
2024-11-13 02:07:46 +0000 UTCA normal cis man and cis woman.
Andrea Andrew
2024-11-13 02:07:45 +0000 UTCYes, Hanners, Lego. This would have been much more realistic if Sven had a different hobby, a la: "That's surprising. Do most girls not like shortwave radios?"
ValdVin
2024-11-13 02:07:32 +0000 UTC"Nor-mal?" Sounds fake.
Wynn Donivan
2024-11-13 02:07:28 +0000 UTCNormal Hanners is normal. Totally normal. Nothing to see here.
Andrew Mitchell
2024-11-13 02:06:23 +0000 UTCAlways love for Hanners
JMK
2024-11-13 02:06:12 +0000 UTCHanners has grown so much since we met her.
Doc Gumby
2024-11-13 02:05:52 +0000 UTCMore normal than Anh, at least.
Bill Silvia
2024-11-13 02:05:45 +0000 UTCHeterosexual (allegedly) life partners. 😁
Andrea Andrew
2024-11-13 02:05:29 +0000 UTCHonestly if anyone can leash Sven it Hanners
Drew Basford
2024-11-13 02:05:25 +0000 UTCWe're just normal men
Cas Wanden
2024-11-13 02:05:22 +0000 UTCAww, Hanners!
D.J. Trindle
2024-11-13 02:04:56 +0000 UTCEh, it'll go away before you know it
Michael
2024-11-13 02:04:54 +0000 UTCAs much as I was hoping they would hook up, this interaction is honestly 100% better.
THE Kordepen
2024-11-13 02:03:35 +0000 UTC
