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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

Perhaps 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

But 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

Never has Hanners been so relatable than that last panel hahaha

Mina (WildishWolf)

I want to see Sven dress up as a sexy fireman for Hanners. Please make it happen, Jeph.

Anya Lienau

Isn't Dora kinda busy with post-nuptual nookie to worry what Sven is doing?

Donna Flint

I screenshotted Hanners and her speech bubble in that last panel. That's totally my life rallying cry!

Michael Steamweed

I have that LEGO set!

Lee McDonough

*is* Hanners asexual, though? She obviously has her neuroses to contend with but she's also been obviously horny in the past

David Jackson

yeeeeees... the little haaaaats

enchantedsleeper

Interview and accidentally seduce 😂

enchantedsleeper

(I understood that reference)

enchantedsleeper

Normally, I am too!

alphanor

That is clearly not normal.

alphanor

Hilarious mental image!!

alphanor

You maybe mean 'arc'?

alphanor

this wholesome friendship between them absolutely adore. Svanners

Akashimo Hakubi

There was the restraint issue that led to the bad blood with Faye.

Bill Silvia

Anh is a more normal mess!

alphanor

It's progressing towards wonderful!

alphanor

Next 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

Which I’m sure Sven & Dora’s parents are grateful for that new car smell.

Miyaa

Considering 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

This must be after Hanners sterilized the walls and laundered the absolute fuck out of that bedding.

Clarence the Liar

Her opinion on watermelons could be crucial in determining their sexual compatibility!

Clarence the Liar

Just so long as she can refrain from trying to interview prospective girlfriends for him too often.

Philip Masters

Is (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

I love their friendship 💙

Cole Blackblood

"Also, Marten and Claire are waiting outside for their turn."

Searcher

You say that, but my wife and I are doing quite well. Communication and setting expectations are really important.

Thomas Halpin

Water cannon sexuality.

Sean Kinlin

Is 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

I'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

In 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

No the last thing we need is Anh having to deal with two zebras on the ark.

Miyaa

Firemen-sexual

Olivier Laroche

Does Hanners have an in-universe cannon sexuality?

Vik M.

I never expected to see Hacker's "we're just normal men, we're just innocent men" here... what the heck is happening.

Rob Chilton

I'm confused by the worry xD

enchantedsleeper

There are plurals that don't take an S, like emoji. "A handful of Lego" sounds fine to me.

enchantedsleeper

🤣But what are the boundaries?🤣😂🤣😂

Carrie

If 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

I 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

Gosh, I really hope her goal is not to be normal. That sounds terrible and not good for her.

Clifton Royston

Oh Hanners... May you never change. Except this is QC and change is inevitable.

FE

You forgot: “And then, Jeph, do whatever you feel like anyway, as that progresses the story in a logical and engaging manner.”

legobil

Perpendicular to the tangent HEYOOOO

Magic Chopstick Games

"What do you mean 'normal men'?" (I see what you did there.)

Elija Hart

Ok bud 😀 😃

Magic Chopstick Games

You know, normal-ish. Normal-adjecent. Kinda sorta normal by the power of everyone else being more weird

Bagge

Now I want an entire ark of Hannelore inviting Anh to her room to build legos with her.

Bagge

While 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

IOW "normal" is imaginary.

Opus the Poet

She 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

True. 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

Fake it 'til you make it, Hanners. Congrats. You've made it.

Michael Chui

or, 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

Be your best self, Hanners. (This is the wholesome content I crave :)

Andrew

She is also very (a)cute.

Andrew

I 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

Hanners is always normal, it's just Hanners normal.

Jared Kolbly

Fuck I want these two to have each others asexually reproduced babies!!!!!

Daniel Burnett

“By the way Hanners, this bed has been sex’d on at least twice in the last few hours.”

Joseph

god 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

Sven needs a reliably platonic friend like Hanners

Aerin Moriarty

They're a couple of good eggs.

William Cole

She asked Pintsize for pictures of sexy firemen. That does not mean she wouldn't like sexy firewomen, but it is suggestive.

jonesnori

Wait 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

Hanners · Sven = 0

tellumo

we're just normal men...

susanblackmore

This is a wholesome interaction I didn't know I needed

Ashbury Haight

Or the time with the little hats.

Jaune Jaymes

I spat my drink out at that last panel. Never stop being you, Hanners.

Hawkeye

This is sweeter than if they hooked up. Well done, Jeph

Chelsea

What is normal anyways! 😂🤣😂

Carrie

I 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

If Hanners is being QC-snark here, I'm fairly sure the universe would break

MikeT

"i" see what you did there.

ValdVin

"Normal" is an engineering term meaning at right angles to current reality caused by multiplying by the square root of -1.

Opus the Poet

Damn 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

Who said I'm worried? Perhaps I am just adding fuel to the fire.

Logan

I think they already are.

BookBeard

Normal? No need to insult your friend, Sven

Eric Sieck

I 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

Last panel is a giant mood.

TV4Fun

If 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

Never 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

We're just normal men

Lynn Shepard

I’ve always liked the relationship between Hannelore and Sven.

Thisguy

Do what? Troll people who ship them, as he has in the past, and tease people who worry about it too much?

Rhyon Ingalls

"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

You can't pick up a handful of pieces of furniture. (Well, I can't.) It's a different kind of thing.

Chris Warren

is it? I thought Lego was just the name of the company. like, I don't call my furniture "Ikeas"

Danielle Church

But normal to the floor.

Captain Button

This title has to be a reference... https://youtu.be/lr_vl62JblQ?si=XyRjhsGgdxYeR_bn

A Dark Planet, Lit By No Sun

I really think the two of them could be good for each other

Todd Ellner

I know, but I'm so used to Hanners being weird... Being normal feels off.

Joel Bateman

I really appreciate how much Sven has grown. It's nice :)

Green

Someone mark it on the calendar so we can celebrate annually.

Meghan

I 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

That last line, said in all seriousness, has got to be one of the cutest things I’ve ever “heard” from Hanners.

That Blair Guy

i love her <3

Ashley Thomas

Really hoping for a Hacker T Dog cameo 😁

Certified Nerd

Hannelore isn't ace, she's too germophobic to handle sexual contact.

Elizabeth Rosenzweig

Careful Hanners, that sounds like something a weird human would say! https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5113

BookBeard

They're friends. :)

Diptych

Technically, right now she is parallel with him.

Dean Reilly

No, her goal is to BE normal and she is making wonderful progress!

alphanor

It's a spectrum. (I...know a bit about spectra, as it turns out.)

ValdVin

How can anyone not love Hanners? She's such an icon c: But ew! Being normal?!? Screw that :P

Tabby

TOTALLY DO IT, JEFF!

Monica Gaudio

This whole setup keeps making me so nervous

Dilemma01

Spiffy Space-tronauts!

ValdVin

Maybe Hannelore should hook up with May. I am disappointed with the recent May shortage in this comic. :) p.s. It's "Legos".

Chris Warren

DON'T DO IT JEPH

Logan

Normal and Hanners in the same sentence feels cursed.

Joel Bateman

Given 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

Normal is a sliding scale.

Jose Alfredo Villalobos

This is so wholesome and wonderful.

Nancy H

A normal cis man and cis woman.

Andrea Andrew

Yes, 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

"Nor-mal?" Sounds fake.

Wynn Donivan

Normal Hanners is normal. Totally normal. Nothing to see here.

Andrew Mitchell

Always love for Hanners

JMK

Hanners has grown so much since we met her.

Doc Gumby

More normal than Anh, at least.

Bill Silvia

Heterosexual (allegedly) life partners. 😁

Andrea Andrew

Honestly if anyone can leash Sven it Hanners

Drew Basford

We're just normal men

Cas Wanden

Aww, Hanners!

D.J. Trindle

Eh, it'll go away before you know it

Michael

As much as I was hoping they would hook up, this interaction is honestly 100% better.

THE Kordepen


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