Roko And Melon Are Friends

Melon's butt flying off would fit well into that world....

They're both so cute!

Mark

Because it was hinted at several pages ago

tuypo1

In Melon's case I think we should be thankful she used the door at all rather than tunnel in through the basement or something.

Bagge

Why am I not surprised that these two hang out?

While the singularity has visited Questional Content world, it seems that P vs NP is still enough of a challenge that a door code can be three random numbers :P

蒲公英

As an ancient philosopher once opined: shippahs gon' ship

jeff fearnow

...please turn this into a 'Roko's Modern Life' joke.

MikeT

Melon and Roko met when Melon was searching for he missing , and Poko was the officer on call. Or not

Tim Williams

NEGATIVE! FULL SAIL PORT TO STARBOARD! (I know that doesn't make sense.) Yeah i'd be okay if they were hust friends, but i can still ship!

new spin off comic!

SSJ Carrot Cake

Belay that ship! They can just be friends!

jeff fearnow

I ship Melon and Roko now.

I too am a Skin monster from planet Heck. (Had to go back and reread the strip. Poor Bubbles...) <a href="http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3593" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3593</a>

Abandon other plotlines. All QC comics must now be about Melon and Roko. I'm serious, they're the best odd couple since.........time began.

Thomas Gymer

Yeah, that's my new go-to greeting. After all, what could be more socially appropriate in all situations?

Cleo Schmitz

But what about Arthur? Wait, we can ship HIM with Droid 06.

Yes, in this comic: <a href="http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3700" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">link</a>

William Burns

You can't help but wonder what Melon used to say before Roko trained her to say 'socially appropriate greeting'.

Ben Russell-Gough

Actually, no, you say 'socially appropriate greeting' to throw your weirdness into sharp relief!

Ben Russell-Gough

I'm guessing that they were compiled at the same time and were BFFs in the crèche server.

Ben Russell-Gough

So, basically, Roko his been lying on her couch all night, sulking about how her social life being sucky. Then, in one of those stunning comedic reversals, Melon comes in to remind Roko why having other people around isn't necessarily a GOOD thing. This reminds me of Hannelore's early 'Stalk Marten and Faye' phase when she freely admitted to breaking into their apartment and clearly having a difficult time understanding that doing so was socially inappropriate.

Ben Russell-Gough

You know, I thought I spotted melon on one of roko's pictures

PBManning

Roko needed to establish some boundaries after Melon asploded her butt at Roko’s face.

Andrew

I now have a new socially appropriate greeting when appropriately greeting others socially.

daGrimm

I just realized Melon is having an "out of mind experience". Perhaps a life-long one.

BobC

Found my new ship.

lilibat

how did they meet, I wonder

Waffliesinyoface

Pffft. My shipping company went bankrupt. BANKRUPT! DAMN YOU JEPH!!!

BobC

I love Roko's expression in the fourth panel XD

IC Wolf

I just assume Melon did a string of extra ridiculous crimes/dumb shit that were not technically crimes because no one thought of making a law against it, and Roko - good cop as she is - tried to teach her some socially acceptable manners.

Bagge

You can just tell that panel 2 is the result of A LOT of trial and error.

Bagge

She did know. When Roko went to get her foot fixed, she mentioned it to Faye and Bubbles.

Mark P.

Lately the thing is cops bringing in "Special Consultants" Just what knowledge could Melon have that would be useful on a case though?

Jessie Cook

This screams buddy cop movie and/or show, but I don't think Melon is in the police unless it's a special unit.

Brent Catherman

Melon is so cute in this strip! And like so many others, I adore "Socially appropriate greeting"! Your comic is always something I look forward to. Thanks for being a bright spot, Jeph.

Erin Hartshorn

Oh my God, this is beyond adorable.

Nicholas Lopez

Jeph, we need to have a comic explaining how Roko met Melon! (Was it over a dog? If so it would be really Meloncollie.)

Melon looks different somehow. Didn't she have pink ear muff looking things or something? Or were they headphones that she's always worn &amp; just isn't wearing this time? See this post for what I'm talking about <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/melon-and-of-16093046?utm_medium=post_notification_email&amp;utm_source=post_link&amp;utm_campaign=patron_engagement&amp;token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWRpc19rZXkiOiJpbnN0YW50LWFjY2Vzczo2M2Y0NDNiYi1iNzdiLTRhNjctYTdlMS1iMmY1MTYwNjBhNjcifQ.hSvAHwQXW_RmyPCNnwdQHsflIS6AZVCr9zBUPwgo6qc">https://www.patreon.com/posts/melon-and-of-16093046?utm_medium=post_notification_email&amp;utm_source=post_link&amp;utm_campaign=patron_engagement&amp;token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWRpc19rZXkiOiJpbnN0YW50LWFjY2Vzczo2M2Y0NDNiYi1iNzdiLTRhNjctYTdlMS1iMmY1MTYwNjBhNjcifQ.hSvAHwQXW_RmyPCNnwdQHsflIS6AZVCr9zBUPwgo6qc</a>

No, Roko didn't know about detachable butts. (I linked the strip below.) It's possible her friendship with Melon predates the butt incident, and that she learned about it then.

I can already see the ship sailing. RokOn! (But what about Arthur?)

But how did Roko NOT know about detachable butts? (Or did she. Time to check.) (And she didn't. And Melon, her friend... Oh dear.) <a href="http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3566" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3566</a>

I’m totally stealing “socially appropriate greeting!”

Will Weaver

Dunno if AIs do family units, but they're certainly acting like sisters. :)

Joshua Brumley

SOCIALLY APPROPRIATE GREETING!

R. Francis Smith

Oh my god Roko and Melon oh my god oh my god oh my god

Rich Holmes

Wait, so you can just say "socially appropriate greeting" and it magically makes your weirdness appropriate? This changes everything!

Jamison Town

"Socially appropriate greeting!" Will now be my go to for saying hi to random people at work.

Rick W

1-2-3.

Joseph Houk

Is Melon the only AI who's hair and eye color don't match?

Chris Heg

They seem like good friends. I wonder how they met, probably has to do with rocket butts

Kyle Major

JEPH I LOVE THIS

Fart Captor

I feel like saying "Socially appropriate greeting" to my friends and coworkers just to see the reaction

Andy Sleeper

What are the guesses on the code?

Brian Ellingboe

GREETINGS FROM HECK PLANET

I don't even lock my door

mooviies

They live in a strange alternate universe where a three digit code is enough security for somebody to feel comfortable? Jeph I was okay with butt rockets and spookybot but this is the bridge too far. Immersion lost.

Cody Renton