The Crucial Decision

I— h-how did you know? How did you know I leaned forwards in my chair??? We need answers, Jeph! Sincerely, the QC furry community.

Zwischen_Welten

You'd have to do some interesting clothes modifications to accommodate a tail; maybe a snap or jeans-button on the waistband and something kind of like an unzippered fly? The edges'd need to be relatively soft, because movement with anything harsh would chafe. Ow. Also, if robot tails become a Thing, I can see lots of repairs being needed for door and elevator closures on them.

YsabetJustYsabet

I know, and they're adorable. Twenty-odd different species of 'em there, too.

YsabetJustYsabet

Pretty sure only baby virginia opossums have functionally prehensile tails here in Canada.

CatCaffeine

It's going to turn out that robot buttholes were intended specifically as a tail attachment port, and the designers thought this was so obvious that they never bothered to mention it.

Stephen Wells

Zoology and ecology hobbyist here, also entering the chat. Truly the biggest question is what does the user intend to do with their tail, because if for intimidation, the dino tail would obviously be superb, but to use as a tool, a prehensile tail would be ideal.

Livy N

Give me a big floofy squirrel tail, just give it a soft contact pad towards the end for gripping things. Why limit oneself to real biology for inspiration?

Merle Blue

Yes, there was an ancient schism back in the mists of prehistory, and endless hatred and mayhem ever since.

Captain Button

Truly, Emmett is a font of wisdom.

Jon K

Australian possums have mildly floofy tails.

Ack

They even Post the patreon early Version of the comic, and the mods allow it?

Radde

Is there a difference between a furry QC fan and a QC furry fan? I feel like this question needs answer.

Daniel Rydberg

@Cogspace because real world problems scary and confusing, comic easy target. The really sad part is that they don't realize just how much wallowing in their own negativity drags down their perception of the world as a whole. I'm not saying we all need to plaster a smile on our faces and be chipper and cheerful all the time, but just taking a moment to find something positive every once in a while helps. BTW, You can find something positive here: somethingpositive.net

Orion Rhine

Wouldn't it be funny if they started a new trend of Personal Tails among AIs? Anything is possible. Also, I'd go for a possum tail, me. They're strong, the skin structure's amazing for gripping things, and I totally believe that if possums had big, elegant, floofy tails they'd be WAY more popular than they are. Possums really are cute as hell.

YsabetJustYsabet

Or snow/clouded leopard. All the fluff.

TwoRavens

first that came to mind was Etna, or possibly Helltaker Lucifer

Minzoku Bokumetsu

Some people just refuse to be happy. I really don't understand it. There's plenty of real problems in the world. Why get so butthurt about a comic?

Cogspace

I went to have a look and caught *sigh* in the first few posts. I mean people can do what they want but I don't get the negativity on that sub. Just... move on.

Nash Wolfe

Furries thinking about animal tails while me, a D&D player: what if a long devil tail with a little point at the end like a tiefling? 🤔

Robin Wyatt

Yeah, there was a big split quite a while ago. Originally it was something about people being transphobic about Claire and the mods refusing to act against that, but eventually the old one became aboute people why hate-read the comic and the new one (/r/qcontent) for people who actually enjoy it.

Grollo

Thank you, Orion. I hadn't known about the new subreddit.

Joseph Bonnar

Patreon is weird and can randomly select your email to not get the notifications anymore. I gave up on getting them to stop it after the second time and just downloaded the app. Which I suspect was deliberate.

Daniel S

The body is round.

Brent Ward

why do i not get the email notification anymore? Everything is turned on, nothing in spam. What is going on

Whisperskeep

there are actually 2 subreddits, the toxic one is the old one that everyone sensible left ages ago. EDIT: the better one is r/qcontent.

Orion Rhine

Agreed. I guess I assumed the animal examples (fox, wolf, dinosaur, dragon) were given to describe function as well as appearance, but perhaps Emmett was just referring to appearance. I will not rest until this is sorted out. How long until Pintsize requests a tail as well?

Dude. I just learned this comic has a subreddit and god _damn_ that place is toxic.

Chubby Bunny

The appearance of the tail is not what makes it prehensile. I am not aware of what Canadian wild life has prehensile tails. Admittedly, I'm not the Canadian wildlife expert in this comic.

Some Ed

Manul/Pallas Cat. Also, panel 1 is so wholesome. I love it.

Hugh Eckert

The tails Emmett described are not prehensile.

Thagomizer.

Robert

Anklyosaurus tail! Who needs prehensile when you just SMASH things?

William Cole

Emmett protests in panel 1... while clearly enjoying the attention. 🥰

Sean Kinlin

I can hear the chairs creaking!

Joseph Bonnar

Nobody ever says scorpion tail.

Timothy Roller