Ah

God damn Jacques, you got me right in the feels

oof. as someone who lost a parent in a traumatic way at a young age....this is painfully realistic.

One of those things I think about since my mom died when I was 17.

Kuragari

That was one of the most real and intense strips you have done. Thank you

Giving up what you have now to get back what you had is going backwards. You'd be killing the person you are now on a might-have-been.

Jeffrey Nonken

I SURE AM

Dev

Aw dang, poor Faye. This is rough.

Dev

I'm not crying, you're crying. :'(

Catherine Germann

Humans, full of emotional landmines. <3

Marc Tabor

Bubbles face in the last panel is a work of art and more expression in a single drawing than a lot of people can manage in their lives. Well done, jeph.

Absolutely true. It can take most of your life, or unfortunately longer, for some.

David Pipes

The webcomic creators I follow seem to be sharing a brain this week. Yesterday it was crabs, and today it's apparently death. (Regardless, this was beautifully done, as always. 🧡)

Sarah Manx

Little need to fear that, fortunately- https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3016

Mark

Joseph found the strip. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3256

Mark

damn. that stuff never really leaves you, makes me wonder how human beings survive at all.

jimbo

If you didn’t read QC from the beginning (or at least strip 500, which was 15 years ago) and want to read up on Faye’s Dad, someone called pjunk has links to all of the relevant strips in this Reddit post called “Milestones: Faye opening up about her dad” https://www.reddit.com/r/questionablecontent/comments/6d3uba/milestones_faye_opening_up_about_her_dad/ Caution: There’s quite a lot more onions to be cut when you follow that link.

Tim Weber

Oh... Faye... *Hugs*

FeyOne

*cries*

Bagge

That got me right in the feels. Thank you for not walking away from the hard parts.

Brad

My dad died when I was 17 years old. 55 years later? True, so painfully true.

The lesson Spider-man didn't learn.

Frédéric B.

I forgot my permission slip, I didn't know there was a feels trip every day this week.

Thomas Halpin

Two of us

Faye finally getting to this point rounds out the story arc that started 17 real-world years ago. Given that it's shorter in QC time, I think she's done damn well to get here however long it's been. It takes a lot of us out here in the RW a lot longer to deal with our shit.

Clifton Royston

Christ, it was literally my father’s birthday....

VGreenGoblinV

I lost my mom when I was a kid, and I've got a family with nearly-grown kids of my own now and yeah, right there with Faye, of course I am. I've always had the trauma of it but the trauma isn't all I am, and I think my mom would understand.

R. Francis Smith

I hear ya Faye 😿

Julia Allen-Hesse

I’d say the relationship of Faye and Bubbles is some of your finest writing ever, but it’s more honest to say you keep up this standard of excellence on almost every character relationship you’ve written. You’re knocking it out of the park, and also extracting tears across the board.

Mattezhion Zane Corgan Campbell

You made me sob. Fuck you Jeph. Thank you.

aww, so sorry for your loss =(

Minzoku Bokumetsu

Emergency Bunny Rabbit is an excellent substitute if you don't own a Worry Hat.

SilverbackRon

Ffffuuuuuuu... I just had a flashback to the strip that showed Faye when "it" happened. Fast forward to now, and not only has she grown up physically, but mentally as well. And her finally coming to terms with what she experienced (and having Bubbles there to comfort her) really hits hard. Jeph, you know how to force tears out of everyone. Kudos.

Bailey Tighe

I just lost my dad and OOF

GodsInTheCogs

You making a 6"3 big beard 350 pound crying like a baby

GREAT NOW IM CRYING AT SCHOOL

Gods, yes, I know I do.

Hugh Eckert

The feels

Sorastro

Oof this got me right in the feels. That second panel broke my heart!

Oh Faye. 😞

Diptych

Um. Wow. OK. Time to break out the emergency bunny rabbit. (A plushy I hug when I need some uncomplicated tranquility and joy in my life. Like now.) Emergency bunny rabbit has been seeing a lot of use, lately.

Alex Borders

Wow. Lovely. That was good theater.

Maurice Kessler

how dare you make me feel things

Cody Renton

This is absolutely brilliant storytelling, illustrated perfectly both in word and in image. Bravo, Jeph.

Creepy Cat Lady

I believe I need to up my Patreon commitment! I don’t know how you’re planning to round out the week, but if that damn shouting bird shows up...

No that would be an orgy. And those are on hold during the covid-19 crisis.

Matthew Van Gangelen

Bubbles has no idea what she lost on her way here. Faye, by contrast, knows exactly what she lost and is coming to terms with it.

Tim Eldred

I've only been in since 2008, but Jeph hasn't disappointed me yet...

This isn't everyone fucking at all.

A sheep

I love how well you drew the emotion in her face in panel 2

Caleb Hill

... Feels wrong somehow. There's a leap somewhere that makes no sense.

z

damn this hits close to home

Levi

One final comment, then I'm gonna shut up for a while. (At least 17 seconds!) Tomorrow's strip will be the end of week cliffhanger, right? What the HELL is Jeph gonna do to top this off?

Joseph Bonnar

Has Faye ever told Bubbles that story??

MikeT

OMG, I love these two so much. And I love this entire series. And... yeah.

Yonatan Zunger

Woof. This hits hard

Dylan T

Random internet stranger zen hugs!

Jonathan Smith

I've lost a parent, and... yeah.

emmavoid

Jeph - kudos man, seriously. You're crafting this great story with dynamic and changing characters facing serious issues, and you are telling it with sensitivity and grace. And still managing to throw in a random butt joke at times. Love it.

Jonathan Smith

SO MANY FEELS

Rosilin

This was so well done. Excellent storytelling

David Perez

One page of Faye & Bubbles post cuddles scene first, then Melon silliness.

Miyaa

And just like that: punched in the feels. Ohhh, she really needed this. ❤

Fay Roberts

By the way, Jeph? If there is some way to get today's strip as a print, I'll pay good money for it.

Joseph Bonnar

Aaaaaaaaaaaand there's a long-game full circle. Well played.

James A. Whitney

Dude too much feelz and seriousness! Break it up!

Chase the Dragon

Ho-lee-crap. Damn Jeph you're good.

Risa Wolf

NOT what I expected at all. Bloody hell. Jeph even made ME cry, and the last time that happened there was an unsupervised child ripping onions apart in the grocery store!

Joseph Bonnar

Heartbreaking, yet hopeful (the whole arc, but especially this page). Well done, Jeph.

William Cole

QC comments are the best comments. Just what I need...

At least she had Bubbles right there when this hit. That is too big to deal with alone in the dark.

My mom was a grade-A POS and her dying saved me in a lot of ways. Took me near a decade to have the moment Faye is having. This hits different.

And after all this seriousness, I think we're about due for a little Melon or Pintsize silliness... or even Steve eating cereal (with another surprise visit from the cereal fairy).

awgiedawgie

I lost my dad 20 years ago tomorrow. This comic. It hits hard.

Sara Grace

Yes, they talked about her dad’s suicide in the series of strips where she was gonna get drunk and Bubbles insisted on staying with her. If that’s what you were asking? (Sorry if this was rhetorical not trying to comicsplain to you)

OW MY FEELS. ;n;

Forgettable

Choo choo, all aboard the train to Uglycryville

Shaun

So many onions being cut...

Gerry

This is a great moment in Faye's road to recovery. Let's all savor it <3

Everett Bradshaw

Jeph. I respect you and the story you are writing. And I'm in it for the long haul. But if you are setting us up for Bubbles' mysterious ex to come and mess things up, forgiveness will not be granted.

Vicki McLachlan

Yeah. I mean, I have found that talking over my catherses with my therapist has helped with making the "getting better because of it" work even better, but still; this is a good thing indeed.

Brooks Moses

Damn does bubbles even know about this?

Verteiron

Right on the feels

Joseph

Oh Faye, <3

Rob

Damn, after everything from the past week of RL, and you got me in the feels.

Emma Humphries

I think that’s very mature of Faye to acknowledge 💜

Faye. <3 I think she's finally coming to terms with her trauma. So proud of her.

Samantha Yeaman

I think almost everyone can relate to this. You want desperately to undo something horrible in your past, but you can't, because doing so would destroy something wonderful in your present.

awgiedawgie

Oh my God. No, she doesn't need therapy. She's just experienced a catharsis. And she'll only heal and get better because of it.

Michael Boettger

Damn it, Jeph, you're really hitting me hard right now. Have I mentioned how much I love QC? Because I absolutely fricking love QC.

Celine Chamberlin

Happily, that's a false dichotomy.

Kajsa Anderson

She has a therapist, but it might be good for Faye to make an emergency appointment anyway.

Miyaa

Oof, that's a big hit. But, for better or worse, she's right. The big decisions in her life from that came from his suicide, especially her tendency towards alcohol which eventually led towards her getting fired, hence how she met Bubbles in the first place. And if that hadn't happened, would Yay have ever come in to help Bubbles? And it's important to think that just because she got him 'back', he wouldn't be 'better', and that might just make things worse.

BioYuGi

*offers Faye internet hugs*

Nascha Morrison

How dare you, Jeph. How dare you absolutely nail this.

R L

Oh, my poor girls. :(

Mandy Hoskins

Jeph you dick. You made me cry

Joel Bateman

Steve apologizes, but he’s finishing up a making homemade version of an Outback Steakhouse® Bloomin’ Onion.

Miyaa

...Oh.

EnterTheHero

Why are you making me cry

ViennaStar

Oh... That cuts deep... In a good way.

Vilinda

Oooooffffff. ♥️♥️♥️♥️

Lex

I hate when my allergies act up, my eyes water... I get all red eyed and weepy... Cripes dude... the feels. Damn feels.

Obliviontoad

poor baby. get this girl in therapy please.

runrin

Oh.

Errol Lobo

:(

Tamara Macadam

Who's cutting onions?!

Lord Crusade

Ouch. And good.

Alacrity Fitzhugh

:( oh boy

Matthew Bernal

Oof ouch owie my feels

Yeah...

Edward Clayton Andrews