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This Was Only Going To Go One Way

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180% mischief.

legobil

Huh. This got me searching for ways to sort colors by algorithm, and it doesn’t seem completely intuitive. I stumbled upon this link: https://tomekdev.com/posts/sorting-colors-in-js

legobil

Why does that sound like a euphemism. “bras in the front, panties in the back”

legobil

But we still love her. Despite it, or because of it? Yes.

legobil

This thread made me hungry xD

enchantedsleeper

I think that's very unlikely xD

enchantedsleeper

I don't think anyone has yet told Anh about Hanners' OCD. (Probably because it's for her to share if she chooses). Faye did tell Anh that a relationship with Hannelore was basically out of the question, but Anh just interpreted that as "she's ~far too good for me".

enchantedsleeper

Whereas mine are, within categories, organized by LRU for optimum wear-leveling of my clothes. If you look at my desk, I would appear to be very chaotic, but in fact I have a somewhat compulsive organizing streak; it's just unpredictable where it will manifest.

Clifton Royston

I firmly believe love will make us all stupid at the start …

Sparky

Can't wait for this ship to pay off in 2037.

Mohmi

You win; that’s harder!

Melissa Wilson

So I use a toaster oven and have it timed by minutes since my toaster oven’s timer setting doesn’t work.

Miyaa

So that’s who the pick-locking lawyer married.

Miyaa

Ha! 🙂‍↔️ Nope! I make thoroughly crispy & golden brown toast & it’s just right, but it’s a delicate balancing act to get the toaster back to the *perfect* setting, after my husband has used it… He doesn’t like how *actual* toast can be crumbly, so he makes his “toast” barely warmed & still soft. Honestly, I feel like we’re having all the right kinds of disagreements, after 20 years of cohabitation. 😁

Melissa Wilson

Poor Anh. But I still believe she'll get to hold hands with Hanners before long.

Chris Warren

She’s become a bit more mentally flexible, so that some pressure no longer breaks her. That’s really the best any of us with otherwise crippling mental illnesses can hope for: self-management, solid coping strategies (see “pinch hitter”) and the best friends in the world 🏳️‍🌈 To add: as far as we’re aware, Anh is not yet “read in” on Hanners’ boundaries/needs and is therefore speaking from a place of ignorance and “normality”. I do believe Hanners IS the type of person who would offer their bed to a guest (in an alternate universe without the OCD), so Anh isn’t wrong (but is definitely being Weird about it!)

Ailadi

Identity is about the self, not the other person(s). E.g. Faye now identifies as Bi, and has had one -acknowledged- attraction to someone of the same sex. Bi erasure is still a very real problem for those of us in that camp. One’s current lifestyle configuration is a separate entity than how the individual(s) in that configuration identify themselves.

Ailadi

So the ad for the "2016 Sucked" t-shirt showed up at the bottom of https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3333 and I’m wondering if there’s room to add below (in a"handwriting-looking" font): "…and 2025 looks like another…"

Claudia D.

@Opus, I will trust your assessment* and hope I can come around on Anh

Nessi505

Hanner’s drawers (of "drawers" and bras and socks) are arranged by color (like mine)…

Claudia D.

Replying to legobil: "Looking a little "eee-vile"

Claudia D.

She's not getting any more likable.

OldGoat

As opposed to socks, which should be organized by date, per Megatokyo: https://megatokyo.com/strip/649

Captain Button

No no, call him that by all means. *starts boiling the oil, sharpening the scythes*

Doc Gumby

Very possible has traveled on a European vacation.

Raymond Dannelly

Also, her face in panel 4. SUCH a gremlin.

legobil

She is fAnhtastic.

legobil

Brilliant callback and pun. Thank you for your service. 🫡

legobil

Anh, charming as she may be, might give it a run for it's money...

Brendan Luster

Technically in this case they would be underpantone values.

BookBeard

She was just looking to get railed. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5416

BookBeard

No no, she’d enjoy it too much! (Insert *Jabberwocky* scene here.)

Phil_M

But she’s not panicking. Faye might be happier if she was. She’s gone right through Denial and Acceptance into Full Time Commitment. Though honestly, I’m still not 100% certain of her bisexuality, even if she is. We’ve not seen any evidence of her being attracted to any other women. The thing with Hanners looks like a very specific fixation. Which said, the thing about the leash does suggest that she needs to work out a few things about her preferences.

Phil_M

Hanners seems to have her boundaries intruded upon fairly frequently these days, usually causing her to look mildly traumatised for a moment, but she’s capable of bouncing back okay. The yak poo incident really does seem to have helped her a lot.

Phil_M

I assume that means Pantone values?

Phil_M

Oh no. Shaming Anh by posting her literal picture? ….

legobil

Anyway, this is what I imagine when you say “literally a spiraling train wreck”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montparnasse_derailment#/media/File:Train_wreck_at_Montparnasse_1895.jpg

Phil_M

I doubt that she’s ever traveled by train in her life. Well, maybe the Orient Express.

Phil_M

BONC™️ by Chatham sounds like some sort of anti-pheromone perfume. “For the scientist who doesn’t want to be distracted by sweaty, attractive Luddites”

Richard Lindquist

Duct taped and velcroed to the wall.

Stephen Wells

Sorted by style, material, pantone-reference-color?

Kurtis S Whittington

BookBeard is apparently a Mentat specifically for QC :)

Stephen Wells

Brun AND Millefeuille or we riot :) especially as Brunfeuille are the characters most like to end up in a polycule without realising it.

Stephen Wells

Once again totally failing to beat the allegatianhs.

Stephen Wells

anh is the worst (i love her)

Bonnibel

I take back my previous statement. Anh is a SPIRALING train wreck/disaster. Literal or figurative? Yes.

legobil

I hope you're not using "gay" in a negative way.

Opus the Poet

Ah, but Anh is a /nice/ idiot.

Opus the Poet

Wow, Hannelore looks super weird in that comic.

Clifton Royston

This was absolutely the way this was always going to go.

Clifton Royston

If the timing is right, she may (briefly) meet Hanners' dad: https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5370

David Paul

Indeed she does. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1039 Which is presumably part of the reason she had so much trouble with wearing colored underwear. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1894

BookBeard

You might be toasting it too long.

BookBeard

Liz certainly seems to enjoy it. https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5197 https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5360

BookBeard

Uninvited yaks are the worst houseguests.

BookBeard

I want to say there was a comic way back mentioning that Hanners organizes her underwear by color (specifically by HEX code)

Blair Finkmoore

How do you alphabetize underwear? Bras in front and panties in the back? My guess is she has them organized by the day!

Grace Kieser

I'd say this is a prelude to Anhers being shipped, but i know Jeph prefers the SLOW burn in his relationships, especially the queer ones! Also Anh is being SUPER weird about it

Grace Kieser

Anh, you’re honestly the worst

J

Hannelore's underwear drawers are alphabetized

Bagge

Be weird, my princess!

Vilinda

Get it Anh!

Captain Button

It is a reference to the old "Here is the church" finger game.

Captain Button

Maybe Anh is the universe's way of pulling an Uno reverse card on Hanners for when she kinda-sorta stalked Marten back in the old days.

CthonicBelletrist

I love how Anh's treating this like a spy movie.

Yelling Bird

Anh hasn't realized it yet, but I'm pretty sure when Faye said "don't be weird about it", she really meant "if Hanners says the word you'll find yourself on a non-stop flight back to California courtesy of Bubbles Airlines."

BookBeard

You don't think John invested in the BONC™ by Chattham back when Station was under construction? That'd be pretty cold considering the nature of his relationship with its purveyor at the time, though I'll stipulate she'd most likely respect that.

Sean Wilson

Or as they call it, team aronym.

BookBeard

Note: the use of K to complete the acronym fuels an ongoing feud between the “proper” grammarians and the people who love clever acronyms. Those who think that C is objectively the worst letter of the alphabet (like myself) are also on team acronym for this one.

Richard Lindquist

Forget the bonk stick, this requires the Ballistic Orbital Neutralization Kannon. Station, I’m calling danger close!

Richard Lindquist

She's not ready for a girlfriend. But maybe a hookup.

Graydon Armstrong

Magremtism? Gremvity?

Graydon Armstrong

So I guess “Geoff” is right out of the question.

Dissociated Women Incorporated

It would be a bit pruney.

Graydon Armstrong

Anh, you're on probation. “Don't be weird about it” carries an implied “or else you don't get to stay here”.

Graydon Armstrong

Wow, I'm not looking forward to seeing problems relating to Hannelore's boundaries being ignored, but I'm not going to be surprised if I see that with this trajectory.

Finvaara

@sean ITYM anhsupervised

Joshua O'Madadhain

looks more like Anhcillary mercy to me, tbh

Joshua O'Madadhain

That’s the first step required to summon Skullmaster, isn’t it?

Melissa Wilson

I never thought I'd ever jump on the "impossible and never going to happen" ship, but goddamnit Jeph here we are <3

Sean Brannon

Dammit. Take your upvote.

BobC

I’m always impressed when other fans remember all these details well enough to locate and share the exact strips

Jess

Same. If I want rich people being idiots, I’ll read the news.

Nessi505

Cue “Ride of the Valkyries” & powder some extra Ativan 💕

Melissa Wilson

Plot twist: Anh ends up in a relationship with Brun. Brun enjoys being the relatively normal one with insight into the relationship, for once.

Carl Fink

Sometimes toast is hard.

Melissa Wilson

Let's be honest. There are millions of people (literally) who would do anything to have Bubbles restrain them.

Carl Fink

Thank you, Michael! *soft clap*

Melissa Wilson

Incredibly minor point, but he goes by "Jeph".

Carl Fink

SteepLed fingers? I think steeped fingers would make some pretty effed up tea. 🤢🫖

Melissa Wilson

@ValdVin I wouldn’t know, either, but to the extent logic applies, I expect that would depend upon whether one was a bad puppy or a good puppy, no?

Melissa Wilson

Marten might be able to provide a bass line.

Sean Kinlin

“Winslow, would you please coordinate with Station to arrange an orbital bombardment later today? I just have to take at least 2 more showers first…”

Melissa Wilson

With two heiresses involved, it's really more of a yacht.

BookBeard

The angle grinder demands a fresh blood sacrifice!

Doc Gumby

To answer Anh's questions: Hanners' bedroom (and the rest of her apartment) smells like fabric cleaner, she keeps her underwear in the top drawer, and she has not expressed a preference on pillow softness, but under the right circumstances they *can* serve as an acceptable alternative to hugs. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=897 https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=941 https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3534

BookBeard

I feel like Hannelore might be more dismayed by Anh’s screepy (that’s scary + creepy) fascination with the scent of her bedroom, the softness of her pillows & the location of her delicate unmentionable underthings. Showing up uninvited sort of pales in comparison.

Melissa Wilson

Faye had a therapist, but she said she wouldn’t see anyone else in her social circle. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1782

Taigan

I still don’t, though I’ll confess that I’m really not trying at ALL.

Melissa Wilson

Perhaps Marten can visit for a bit & help put an end to that?

Melissa Wilson

That was the one that came to my mind.

SilverbackRon

Faye's just paying it forward, having started out as an adopted gremlin herself.

Rob Vary

Dear Jeff, please allow this ship to sail. Sincerely, ❤️🧡🤍🩷💜.

Rawrisaur

YESS! Pejo sees! https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2189

William Cole

If all she does is torch the place, I'd say they got off lightly. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2468

BookBeard

I always thought that Hanners was the hothouse orchid of the group, but whoa

Halloween Jack

You might have hallucinated that. Or you were remembering this conversation. Or both. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3314

BookBeard

Balance of the universe. Since Faye herself did pretty much the same thing. https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=22

Michael Steamweed

I’d forgotten about that…. Though it was out of concern for Tai’s safety & given how that worked out, I highly doubt she’d do it for anyone again.

Melissa Wilson

Someone oughta get Ahn that.

Michael Steamweed

I guess that's the only way Hanners _would_ agree to let anyone sleep on her couch. If all other possibilities are worse health hazards.

Michael Steamweed

Kinda hard to find any baseline with this group!

Michael Steamweed

Not true, she let Tai sleep on her couch once. It definitely wasn't awkward or anything. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1611

BookBeard

She just doesn't know it yet. (like something else about herself that she just doesn't yet...)

Michael Steamweed

Just noticed your name! Have you ever met a Nilmerg?

Michael Steamweed

They attract them. Gremlins come to them.

Michael Steamweed

It's the steeped fingers. But she doesn't have Dale's reflecting glasses. Or a white Persian cat. She has to work on this. (Or should I say "She has to work Ahn this.")

Michael Steamweed

Maybe you could crash Ahn Hanner's couch. But I doubt it.

Michael Steamweed

OK Anh is a whole different kind of goblin from the other QC goblins & I'm coming around on her

Pejo

Anh's Scheming Face is the best

SpookyPenguin

same, this is the one that did it for me

Pejo

Okay, NOW I'm starting to get Anh. *nods*

Doc Gumby

Ann Leckie-yay! (Not our Yay😉)

FreeReedz

once you milk a yak, you can have a houseguest... it's the being uninvited that's worrying

Brendan Luster

Anhyone

Gary Levine

There was a point that Hannalore broke into their apartment and organised Faye's underwear draw, wasn't there? Or did I hallucinate that happening?

Bridgette Ryan

"Rolled-up newspaper"? I'm not hip on the subject, but does that fall under the definition of puppy play? https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5428

ValdVin

Surely Pintsize has those things tucked away in the same place as the collar & leash, right?

Melissa Wilson

True. To be fair, she didn’t sign up for this wackadoodle rodeo, though... It just showed up at her door with a suitcase. 🧳

Melissa Wilson

Poor Marten and Faye, they just can't resist adopting Gremlins

Nilbog Nerw

Is Corinne still refusing anyone else from the comic?

Captain Button

Hannalore would likely torch the apartment afterwards

Elberik

At least they probably *shouldn’t*…

Melissa Wilson

Job one needs to be getting Anh a *therapist.*

tellumo

My money's on her psychically destroying the whole area all Akira styles.

tellumo

I think that’s her frustration at yet another possibility of "Hanner niceness". But I think Melissa is right, Hanner doesn’t read as someone who would lend a mattress…

Claudia D.

Inside or outside the airlock?

Drazi

I think Anh is constantly perplexed that someone can actually be altruistic.

Sean Kinlin

She might like that

Drazi

I don't think Hanners would want normal friends, Faye

Eric Sieck

Anhcillary justice?

Sean Kinlin

They probably wouldn't trust her unsupervised around all the parts and tools.

Sean Kinlin

Anh needs friends, period!

Claudia D.

Hannelore knows the Weirding Way. Anh just knows the Weird Way.

Sean Kinlin

Ahn’s bisexual panic is way worse than even what Dorothy (DOA), Susan, and Jay (EGS) are going through.

Andrea Andrew

The face Anh pulls in panel three really doesn't go with the sentiment "She'd probably offer me her bed instead, because she's so nice".

ValdVin

I read this as "Do not make Bubbles RETRAIN YOU" and I thought - yes! that would work. Let Bubbles teach her how to interact politely with humans

Paxxie

Faye is going to need a rolled up newspaper and a spray bottle of water (at least) to get Anh to behave.

Matthew Rose

I mean she's gotten vastly better about this. But she also understands boundaries and wouldn't want anyone staying with her anyway tbh

Dave, Duke of Fridges

There is no weird without a baseline

Brian Yaras

Anhcillary damage coming.

Gary Levine

She would DEFINITELY not offer ANYone her bed. Nor would she permit anyone to sleep on her sofa. That just wouldn’t be sanitary.

Melissa Wilson

Do not make Bubbles restrain you.

Bill Silvia

She's so dumb and gay

Fart Captor

Forget shipping, Hanners might kill her (or Faye, or Dora, or....)

Not that Patrick Foltz

Job one needs to be getting Ahn a girlfriend.

Taigan

It might be better if Faye just let anh sleep at the shop, the farther away from hanners the better 😂

Aditya Rameshan

I really wanna see her meet Station for some reason...

Aerin Moriarty

Man I hate when the one loose strand of hair along the side of my face sproings up whenever I express strong emotion, happens to me all the time lol

Ashbury Haight

"Don't be WEIRD about it" Far far too late for such high hopes, Faye.

SilverbackRon

If there's one thing Anh is gonna be, it's weird.

Bee Screams

You’re not helping, Faye!

Miyaa

"Anh has never not been weird in her life." Fixed it for you.

Andrew Denton

Hanna needs to move right now.

J.C. Hewitt


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