Don't Hurt Me No More

Well played, Jeph. Well played.

jimfromtx

I think the AIs themselves don;t exactly have "models". Like, the AI is the person, not the body. So Roko's chassis may only be a couple weeks old, but Roko herself is likely at least (man this feels weird to type about an adult) 5 or 6 years old. Winslow may be older; he's been in the strip since before 1000 or whatever.

Steve

Ain’t diegesis fun?

EnterTheHero

I literally spewed coffee reading panel 2 and 3 and realizing it was the in-store audio and not just a 80's-teen-movie-style "love epiphany" shot. That was some brilliantly funny shit right there, Jeph. #bravo

Technoir

Likewise.

Technoir

what, no djent? :P

SpookyPenguin

This is so fucking cute

Nicholas Lopez

I remember when he was just an iPod. How he’s grown...

Matt Grayson

Yes. I think we didn't get that sense of scale in the past because the bot she used to be put next to was Bubbles.

Daryl Sawyer

Is Roko really that tall? Or are Winslow and May really that small.

For once, I'm less interested in a potential ship than I am in the update about May's CASE. I WANT RESOLUTION FOR MAYYYYY!

Danya Michael

wow, all this ship talk. not sure how there's so much discussion of a situation where one of them is so wildly and clearly out of the other's league. not even sure it's the same sport ...

Joe

consider an n-dimensional structure ...

Joe

It’s a good thing Roko left the bureau, because if I were Winslow I wouldn’t let any of them get intimate with me… given how, recently, the FBI has been trying to subvert the protections of Apple hardware.

Comics Ladybird

For all you talking about age, I was under the impression Winslow was an older generation AI, and that Roko was the newer model. Appearances can be deceiving.

Ted Van Roekel

OK all the shippers are having a great time back there, but I just want to say that I LOVE May's face in the last panel, so expressive. Actually one of my favourite Jeph faces ever.

I'm going to need a full scale poster of panel 2.

So, will Roko be giving May some good news? One can only hope

Michael Boettger

for some reason i'm into this ship...

runrin

For now it looks much like Momo/Sven situation, in that Winslow will be just another teenager with an impossible crush, but several years from now... Who knows.

Evgeniy Semyonov

I love last panel May face.

Timothy Mann

Timothy Mann

Well, he probably already feeds bread to the pigeons so--

quarridors

I think this may now be my favorite strip, ever. *__*

Churchill (formerly TeaBear)

we know he likes making breakfast. Toast is on his radar, at the very least

Jeff Gedney

with "Rocky Theme" music

Jeff Gedney

I think the problem with this ship is that we don’t know how much Winslow likes bread.

Daniel Rydberg

I don't care if this ship has the same chances as Momo and Sven it's just too cute.

Brent Catherman

OMG that's so cute! :3 ♥

Nicki Faulk

Not that Winslow has notised or anything...

Bagge

Roko looks adorable in panel 2!

Diptych

Melon has her companion, but Lemon .... that's just intriguing. I'd pay to see that one.

For me, its the song from Saints Row IV.

Dean Reilly

Probably just big chain bakery brands, the bread fetishist's equivalent of Pornhub.

Dean Reilly

sounds like a polish city

Ísabel Pirsic

Winslow is, for certain, patient and helpful enough to rub pumpernickel over Roko's entire surface area. Including the emblem.

Stephen Wells

Googled it to verify: '90s. Thought so. Harumph, dem kids wi' their newfangled no-music!

Ísabel Pirsic

I'm sorry but this won't do at all, I've already started shipping Winslow with the Fairy Girl and Roko with Spookybot. I'll have to redraw all of my charts.

Amazing Stace

Technically, May is a random insult generator.

Ardent Slacker

Eh, this is a canoe, maybe a raft at best tbh.

Thomas Boys

Love the perspective; drawn from Roko's viewpoint, and she's taller than he is.

Jason Zions

Winslow will get a new body just for her, one made entirely of bread

Roslow ftw!

Lars Gottlieb

Zero to aircraft carrier in one panel.

Ian Wolfe

THANKS FOR THE EARWORM

James Dore

She, a former cop wanting to fight for AI justice; He, a socialite AI from the daughter of the wealthiest humans with the power of science to boot; They, a legionnaires like AI mindset with the wealth and power of God. Together, they pet dogs!

Miyaa

Fuck. Yes. I'm super on board for a training montage where Pintsize teaches Winslow to appreciate the bread fetish.

May's face in the last panel.... X'D

KapsLocked

I used to just think of this song as that one that played during that one SNL sketch, but then someone set a video of an alien from Mass Effect 2 showing off his sick dance moves to it, and now I've got the song and listen to it every now and then. Life is funny.

Thomas A. Dennis

Considering her father's contributions to the field of AI, funding/heading up a global AI rights organization would be a GREAT direction for Hannelore's character, especially as she's starting to come into her own as an Ellicott-Chatham.

Charlotte Grubbs

Hm. This'll be interesting. Especially considering Winslow's (hesitant) urges to go use his body to help people, and he has history with volunteer work, I can see them bonding over that. But, Winslow has always come across as...very immature, to me. Like, he looks like a kid to me, while Roko comes off incredibly more mature. I wonder how a dynamic like that would/will work?

Aqua Allison

Cynic!

Prior to his odyssey with Hannelore, Winslow repeatedly expressed a desire to use his new body help other AIs and was volunteering for an AI-based charity. We even saw him successfully leading a group therapy session during which he made a breakthrough with May. The trip with Hannelore seems to have thrown him for a bit of a loop, and he's naturally anxious, but the idea that he's "merely ornamental" doesn't jibe with what we've been shown. If anything, seeing Roko in action will remind Winslow that he wanted a humanoid chassis for a reason - to actually DO things - and inspire him to get back into charity work.

Charlotte Grubbs

I'd really love a random May insult generator

cookiecryptid

Can you blame him, I mean we all love Roko?

Thomas Gymer

SHIPPERS ON DECK!!!!!

Bagge

d'awwwwwwww

Bagge

Bad news, Winslow. Roko would totally be into roughing it with scorpions.

Bagge

Ha! Time to learn how to bake bread, m'boy.

John Fiala

I don’t think Roko is gonna reciprocate, and that’ll break my heart.

winslow will have to learn about toast...

allanfranta

ahem...... ..... ..... SQQQUUUEEEEEEEEEE ..... ..... That will be all, nothing to see, move along now.

dvsDave

In a strip full of attractive characters, Roko still manages to stand out.

Populuxe

It could be a short crush, but considering the heartbeat scene, that may not be likely. I thought May was more compatible, I guess that’s not in the cards at this moment. Whether Roko still wants humans or Spookybot (😎😂) will have to be the decider.

Andrea Andrew

Heeere we go

Brent

The twist is Winslow is actually horrified by Roko and the song is causing cognitive dissonance ... nah

Minzoku Bokumetsu

YEEEEESSSS

A sheep

I do not see this working out at all. Winslow is, at best, merely ornamental to Hannilore's life and I can't see Roko ever developing respect for him in his current form. Nor would Winslow be comfortable with the uncertainties of Roko's current path. Maybe a crush will encourage Winslow to develop an actual personality and help Roko realize she has value outside of service to others, but I don't think a romantic relationship would be sustainable or even healthy for either of them long term. It would change both of them too much.

Jonathan Price

Damn - I wanted to see what would happen if Winslow x Melon or Winslow x Lemon ...

Bill Hall

Roko sprung for the hotter body with Crushbot's insurance cash. And Winslow can pretty much afford any body he wants, thanks to his patron. Jeph's just working out the consequences...

Elf Sternberg

This is Lucy (Jeph) setting up the (shipper) football for Charlie Brown (us) just before snatching it away. Don't say I didn't warn y'all!

BobC

I APPROVE

Mordaeus

MOAR SANDSTORM

MikeT

AWOOOGA! AWOOOGA! MEGACUTE ALERT! MEGACUTE ALERT! AWOOOGA! AWOOOGA! 💘👍

Andrew Tate

Wow, May actually calls Winslow her Buddy.

Thisguy

It has occurred to me that Winnie and May are the exact colors of the bubblegum cigars that we used to give out for birth announcements. Which is relevant to nothing.

Sleepy John

Ohhh Winslow. Roko is a LOT of bot.

James Roy

Hey, they're a good match. Winslow likes to watch pigeons, Roko always has plenty of bread to feed pigeons ...

Peter Jensen

Oh dear, NOT the ship I would have planned AT ALL.

Joseph Bonnar

She is out of his league in just about every respect, but, my, isn't she pretty.

Ahh ever since I read this half an hour ago that song is stuck in my head

she may be too much machine for him. but i hope he buts her a nice loaf of bread and they at the very least become friends.

Ashley Thomas

I'd ship it like the QE2! ^_^

MercuryBuddha

All a-fuckin' board!

Uniquitous

Same, Winslow.

A bread delivery AI? Wasn't it Clinton that she fantasized about?

Chason

Lets not forget she had a "drunk" fantasy with a bread delivery AI with a parking ticket problem. That bread "guy" looked a lot like Winslow.

Jim Feldman

Hell, I’M in love with Panel 2 Roko!

Mandy Hoskins

I’m with May: this song is one of the worst songs from the 1980’s.

Miyaa

How is it possible Jeph has made both Winslow & Roko more attractive and cute at the same time?!

Miyaa

Holy cow, that ship came out of nowhere and ran me over. I WANT IT!

Ted Van Roekel

I mean, I want Roko to find someone.... but Winslow? Really? Feels like a stretch.

GregD

Winslow, bud...I don't think you can handle Roko.

Joel Bateman

Oh boy

Lord Crusade

He may know how to cook flatbread over a campfire, given his journeys...

Max Kaehn

And that pleasedtomeetcha from Roko.

Michael Boettger

But can he bake?

Vianki Bruenderman

:3

Fart Captor

Winslow allies himself and Hanner's resources with Roko's foundation.

Michael Boettger

Followed by Alice Deejay: Better of Alone

drone r0m-3

DoItDoItDoItDOOOOOIIIIIITTTTTT!!!!!

The IT Guy Eh

I wonder if the shop sells bread

Daniel Burnett

Winslow's look in panel 3! Outstanding!

Michael Boettger

Next week: Winslow learns how to bake

Roko needs some love, but will she accept it? I hope so

PoorGodzilla

MAKE IT SO. I never realised I wanted something so badly.

Samantha Yeaman

Surprise!

Matt Grayson

YES

Edward Clayton Andrews

The polygon grows ever more complicated…

Ahhhhhhhhh, bot feels!

Stuart Telfer

YES

Alexander W Couzens

welp

Who doesn't have a crush on Roko, honestly?

YES.

Brian