Let's Talk It Out

I just want a poster of Emily with the top half of her face above the table saying "crab crab crab crab"

Kyle Jenkins

I doubt anyone including Bubbles would disagree. but she simply said she wouldn't TRADE what she's found to get them back.

Joe

panel 5. sooooo cute.

Joe

Or Faye googling "Human/AI marriage law" on her phone.

Michael Boettger

oh that's gonna come back up in a future story

Utaku Beta

crab crab crab crab

Jade Stephan

"Fitzsimmons"? lol

David Pipes

I say all the time that I wish I could hug people better... like hug so well it fixes people's problems. I feel like Bubbles got hugged better.

How did you know?

Dip out; leave; depart. Obscure slang, but I’ve heard it before.

TubaGinger

Awwwww. I'm not crying, YOU are.

Matt

Patreon comes right after xkcd in my list of morning webcomic links...that was weird and appropriate.

Sarah Manx

https://xkcd.com/2314/

David Howe

crab crab crab crab CRABOID! (I dunno, it just seems hysterical to me and I'm not smoking)

jimbo

I'M NOT CRYING...YOU'RE CRYING.

Jim

Achievement unlocked :)

David Howe

Bubbles earning some SERIOUS relationship brownie points there....

David Howe

"gonna dip"?

Wolfger

d'aaaww also: crab crab crab

Waffliesinyoface

Jeph, if Faye ran off before that lovely pay off, I swear I'll break social distancing guidlines and cry all over you.

Andrew Tate

First thing this morning I get teary-eyed. Thanks Jeph.

Jeffrey Anderson

Nawwwwww. ^_^

MercuryBuddha

happy pride month, damn

xhopeful

Indeed! I was afraid this would devolve into "Faye turns to the bottle to bury her self-doubts". This is huge progress for her.

SilverbackRon

am kinda hoping the next comic is just a single sustained reaction shot of Faye?

skinnybdink

The thought occurred to me as well.

Czarzhan

...that sounds just a tiny bit like forshadowing

Bagge

BUBBLES. WHY YOU CUT SO MANY ONIONS RIGHT NAO?!?!

TwoRavens

Wow, Faye growin up!

giacomo vaghi

i just love bubbles so much

Ashley Thomas

Also, wonderful thing in this sequence: Faye and Bubbles had a really scary moment. Faye freaked out and ran away. Bubbles gave her space to do that. Faye talked it out, calmed down, and realized everything was actually OK and she was just having her own trauma reaction. She went back and they had an open and loving conversation. Relationship goals right here. :)

Yonatan Zunger

Bubbles: officially the best.

Thomas A. Dennis

Fayebles FOREVA!

Holy Shit Faye is the luckiest woman alive!

David Perez

I was in a toxic relationship when I lived in Ithaca. It was so toxic, I went to spend a weekend in my hometown at my sister's house... and spent several months there before getting my own apartment in my hometown and going back to Ithaca to get my things and my cat. (My only regret was being away from my cat for so long.) There are many times I think about what my life would be like if I had never gotten into that relationship and moved to my hometown. Within that first year, I met my best friend and my girlfriends. I had to put up with a lot of toxic crap... but I wouldn't change it, either.

Joseph

Butts are still cool though.

Simon Green

Bubbles is the absolute best.

FeyOne

Might want to tell Jeph that... :P (I'll go quietly, officer Raccoon.)

Joseph Bonnar

Awwww.... Claire being all "I love you" warms my heart then Bubbles just goes ahead and makes it a fire. Sooooo good.

Shawn K. Younkin

Dammit I didn't need to cry tonight.

Jeph, that is incredibly sweet. Wonderfully sweet. So sweet that I'm gonna get diabetes...

Joseph Bonnar

The fu-.... 'so wants to give bubble a bear hug run for a few minutes.'

Chase the Dragon

I'm not sure you can make a perfect mapping between a human with PTSD (I have problems with dissociation and hyper-vigilance, so I'm at least tangential to the topic) and an AI with Bubbles' experience. I mean, I guess none of us know! But, point being, to run with your analogy, it would be completely reasonable for there to be a story in which a formerly disabled AI (do we still call them robots? I'm losing track) was repaired, or got a new body, to the point that it's basically happened already. So... sure, Bubbles can do what Bubbles can do. I can't help but notice that Faye hasn't truly thrown away her trauma, to use your phrase. Of course, it's entirely possible that Bubbles hasn't, either. Just because you say you're fine doesn't mean you are, or always will be, or will be in every situation.

R. Francis Smith

"gonna dip"? I assume that is that is how the Damn Kids Today say "taking off"? Never heard that one before.

Captain Button

That's hot.

Alacrity Fitzhugh

My SO with PTSD would be unable to read the arc where Bubbles' memory was erased. It would be too painful for her. She cannot throw away her trauma like Bubbles did. No one truly can. Is it similar to having an arc where someone in a wheelchair can miraculously walk again? Is it ableist? I'm not sure. What does everyone think? EDIT: I'm not trying to be critical of Jeph, I just want to hear other people's opinions. Does anyone with PTSD want to chime in about their experience reading this comic?

runrin

So did I.

Hugh Eckert

Thanks, Jeph. I needed that today.

Chris Heg

This is why QC is set in a different universe

AND THEN THEY ALL FUCKED

A sheep

Bubbles has a full sensor suite to detect Faye. I wouldn't worry.

Matt Grayson

BUBBLES ;~;

Origamigryphon

Bubbles, the better angel of our nature?

Michael Boettger

Bubbles is a damn treasure and exactly what we need in these trying times. That, and hawt lady-bot lovin'.

Anthony Gaglianese

Crab crab crab crab

Douglas E. Smith

Oh dang don't tell me Faye ran away between panel 3 & 4 or I will be very squinty

omg

R L

Crab crab crab crab

Thisguy

Did I just see a flag go up?

Jeff Hartley

Damn it, Jeph. It's not very often a comic strip brings tears to my eyes.

awgiedawgie

This was beautiful. Also, "FitzSimmons" is a subtle touch. Well done!

Norman

Nek panel, Faye sobbing uncontrollably

MikeT

This is incredibly poignant. (also my brain is just going "crab crab crab crab" now)

Anton

Onion ninjas are sly, you have to watch out!

Dean Reilly

You know something important just happened when there isn't a punchline.

Matthew Dunnachie

💜💜Bubbles!

Rosilin

Wholesome AF.

Everett Bradshaw

Faye, do not...I cannot stress this enough..DO NOT fuck this up.

Joel Bateman

Omg Bubbles in that last panel :)

Goddammit I’m not crying, you’re crying! WHO’S CUTTIN ONIONS IN HERE????

The IT Guy Eh

I would still want the memories back. Why? They're mine. I bled for them, worked for them, yearned for them, burned for them. It might change how I am now, but they are my history-and with them, I will build my future.

z

I needed something heartwarming like this right now. Thanks.

Bonnie Fiddis

Craaaaaaaaab

Jaron Mortimer

😭

Alex Ives

Oh God, Bubble's expression in the last panel. I'm in tears.

Michael Boettger

and then Faye gets hit by a bus, because that's the direction 2020's going so far.

Peter McDevitt

Oh man that's lovely

Dave, Duke of Fridges

Dawwww

Andrew Carmedelle

Yay

Adam Daw

imma cry D:

Tamara Macadam