The Mother Of Reinvention
Added 2025-03-10 20:17:34 +0000 UTCdang it I keep forgetting speech bubble tails
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I spent some years working in factories. Turns out that this sort of Tedsplainer misses the essential part of yer crummy, blue-collar job: the worst day at work is tomorrow, when you have to go back to it.
Ursus Ridens
2025-03-11 22:53:01 +0000 UTCAnh too bossy. So far.
Ursus Ridens
2025-03-11 22:48:19 +0000 UTCWhy not leave off the pointers on purpose? It will be a puzzle.
Carol Metzger
2025-03-11 18:12:17 +0000 UTCI'm looking forward to Ahn interacting with Sam and Emmett. They are pseudo-interns too, and have seniority on Ahn., lol.
Paul
2025-03-11 17:28:57 +0000 UTCThat’s negotiable.
Phil_M
2025-03-11 16:58:59 +0000 UTCTypo? "Talking to her..."
joFinndian
2025-03-11 16:47:51 +0000 UTCWho would be holding a leash?
Am Queue
2025-03-11 15:27:41 +0000 UTCI used that third as a profile pic on another website, people loved it and one even recognized the source.
Doc Gumby
2025-03-11 14:47:52 +0000 UTC😑
Ailadi
2025-03-11 13:17:23 +0000 UTCIt's a polyhedroncule :)
Stephen Wells
2025-03-11 13:09:09 +0000 UTCOr a night of … conversation … with Pintsize. With or without a leash.
Phil_M
2025-03-11 12:51:48 +0000 UTCI'm shipping them with Floating Black Slab Emitting a Low Hum
Not that Patrick Foltz
2025-03-11 12:16:49 +0000 UTCExcellent exposition in the replies, thanks all
fx_in_mind
2025-03-11 11:57:54 +0000 UTCSmall target area too, she'd be good at epee.
Stephen Wells
2025-03-11 11:34:26 +0000 UTCI think Anh and Cleo were the only people Tai could invite that she knew but hadn't slept with.
Stephen Wells
2025-03-11 11:33:33 +0000 UTC@William Cole why fix what ain't broke?
Opus the Poet
2025-03-11 10:01:20 +0000 UTCDoc means what Faye is referring to - "That's one outta three". She's implying that Anh has done two of those things since she arrived.
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-11 07:48:17 +0000 UTCIt’s the traditional function of heiresses.
Phil_M
2025-03-11 07:43:14 +0000 UTCRemember that Tai originally had zero entries on her list of friends to invite to the wedding. She seems to have been the queen of casual acquaintances. Dora presumably told her that she *had* to have matrons of honour, and Anh and Cleo must have been the nearest things to old friends she could come up with. Cleo did refer to Anh as a friend, but, well, a problematic one.
Phil_M
2025-03-11 07:41:14 +0000 UTCWeirdness is a symptom of Butts Disease.
Dean Reilly
2025-03-11 07:35:25 +0000 UTCAir Duct is clearly the new fan favorite character. Personally, I'm already shipping them with Left-Handed Screwdriver.
BookBeard
2025-03-11 07:24:37 +0000 UTCThe more important question: could you make her worse?
Clifton Royston
2025-03-11 06:40:26 +0000 UTCI assumed the "extravagant mistakes" referred to past activities. Buying a decrepit mansion while drunk, letting a new friend drive her Maserati and total it, crashing the family yacht into a dock while showing the captain she can steer it - you know, just typical girl stuff.
Clifton Royston
2025-03-11 06:38:44 +0000 UTCI think it's the first time she had a conversation where *she* was being real. Just because your friends try to have an honest conversation with you doesn't mean you let them, and she certainly seemed well practiced at deflection and repression. It took a hefty dose of Hanners' weapons-grade sincerity to crack that wall, which Faye then smashed through like the Kool Aid Man of unvarnished truths.
BookBeard
2025-03-11 06:18:37 +0000 UTCDude doesn't Anh have friends? You know, the ones that brought her to the wedding? What does she mean she's never had a real conversation before?!
fx_in_mind
2025-03-11 05:51:03 +0000 UTCHey, you don't need to be rich to make extravagant mistakes. Ask me how I know.
Yelling Bird
2025-03-11 05:34:53 +0000 UTCI got Disney Princess too but given Ahn's personality... maybe it's a Grinchy Princess?
Munk33 Magic
2025-03-11 05:01:09 +0000 UTCIf there's one thing I've learned from Sir Pterry it's that Heiresses and Nonprofits go together like Dragons and Turpentine (Absolutely Perfectly as long as everyone knows what they're doing).
Finvaara
2025-03-11 04:18:26 +0000 UTCAnh has quite a wingspan. She should take up fencing.
Ross TenEyck-McDowell
2025-03-11 04:14:56 +0000 UTCIt IS okay to be who you really are. Even if you don't exactly know who that is yet. As goofy fun as QC is, I really love finding so many great things in it to take seriously.
SilverbackRon
2025-03-11 04:03:06 +0000 UTCWhen you have that kind of money, you can just stay at the Ritz or jet home (to one of your homes) whenever you like.
Gargleblarg
2025-03-11 03:59:17 +0000 UTCIt's funny, but I really didn't like Ayo when she first arrived, but warmed up to her eventually. (She is still a C tier list character for me) Anh on the other hand was an immediate out of control dumpster fire and I loved her right away, as much as she annoyed me. This is just getting better and better.
SilverbackRon
2025-03-11 03:52:20 +0000 UTC@Rich I had to go back and look. Damn, you nearly killed me with that one. 🤣
SilverbackRon
2025-03-11 03:48:53 +0000 UTC*For j/k, I agree.
Matthew Reiter
2025-03-11 02:58:35 +0000 UTCwhy would i do that
Fart Captor
2025-03-11 02:41:48 +0000 UTCThat wisp of hair is anh amazing storytelling device. Love it!
JC
2025-03-11 00:53:50 +0000 UTCI think this "Ahntrepreneur" usage is the best one yet.
Michael Steamweed
2025-03-11 00:34:08 +0000 UTCThe weirdness is contagious. Faye had her inoculations, of course, but they lived together a while, so it was inevitable.
Michael Steamweed
2025-03-11 00:33:07 +0000 UTCWent cross-country. No living place or job prospect cinched.
Michael Steamweed
2025-03-11 00:31:50 +0000 UTCFor this and many other reasons, we see Bubbles as hot.
Michael Steamweed
2025-03-11 00:30:57 +0000 UTCI really hope this occurs to Bubbles soon:) we know she is adept in social judo (and in actual judo).
Stephen Wells
2025-03-11 00:29:37 +0000 UTCNah, you're spot-on. "Conversation" implies "talking". "Talking" needs an "l" in it.
Michael Steamweed
2025-03-11 00:29:06 +0000 UTCThat's "Dr. Liz Gremlin", thankyouverymuch.
Michael Steamweed
2025-03-11 00:27:52 +0000 UTCI was also thinking that. Anh and Roko could make a formidable team, were they to join forces. The sense of working for social justice might appeal to Anh's newfound reinvention ideas.
Michael Steamweed
2025-03-11 00:26:12 +0000 UTCFer shit's sake, people, maybe before jumping on a typo, scroll through the comments to see if 19 other people already have jumped on that same typo?
Rich Holmes
2025-03-11 00:26:00 +0000 UTCThat was Yay. :O
Michael Steamweed
2025-03-11 00:24:18 +0000 UTC@BookBeard • I thought you were going for “Dang Apple!” as the movie title. (Though if you were keeping it in the same area code, may I suggest “Dang Basilisk!”)
Miyaa
2025-03-11 00:22:46 +0000 UTCI dig all the motion that is being depicted by Anh’s wisp of free hair.
Nessi505
2025-03-11 00:19:28 +0000 UTCI like the middle third. Excluding the speeching bubbling, it's a perfect passing-along-of-blame.
Michael Steamweed
2025-03-11 00:18:19 +0000 UTCI thought it was more Disney-esque than Seuss-esque. I was wondering when the birds would show up to start doing chores. But, yah, I can see the Seussian vibe too. :D
Michael Steamweed
2025-03-11 00:15:32 +0000 UTCPanel 3 face! I was chortling. :D
Michael Steamweed
2025-03-11 00:13:15 +0000 UTCThat's a really good idea, ngl
Yonatan Zunger
2025-03-11 00:10:21 +0000 UTCWell then I guess I'm dumb
Kyle Conrad
2025-03-10 23:43:09 +0000 UTCI think Marten's is still working, though. And Claire has it, too. It's obviously contagious.
jonesnori
2025-03-10 23:42:36 +0000 UTCI like how Anh gets a surname but Liz is just Gremlin xD
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-10 23:18:45 +0000 UTCShe’s trying! & by “she” I mean Anh… She’s *trying* EVERYone’s nerves. Bubs is summoning some superhero-like chill here. It’s kinda hot, isn’t it?
Melissa Wilson
2025-03-10 23:11:33 +0000 UTCThanks for saving me the effort of overriding autocorrect Anh that one! 😉
Melissa Wilson
2025-03-10 23:06:56 +0000 UTCBut was that what Jeph intended?
Melissa Wilson
2025-03-10 23:04:00 +0000 UTC💯 Totally gave me Seuss vibes, too. Also made me wonder if I look that crazy, when I clasp my hands together in a sublime expression of gratitude & hopefulness… 🤣
Melissa Wilson
2025-03-10 23:01:42 +0000 UTCYes
Carrie
2025-03-10 22:57:27 +0000 UTCI thought the missing tail was deliberate because Faye was not in the panel. Only noticed it when you said you missed it.
b.evil.c
2025-03-10 22:40:54 +0000 UTCThat's quite the Dr. Seuss expression that Ahn is sporting in panel 3. Like when the Grinch's heart grows by 3 sizes.
ducksauz
2025-03-10 22:15:02 +0000 UTCNew phone wallpaper, right 1/3 of panel 1, including Anh's hand.
Rich Holmes
2025-03-10 22:14:58 +0000 UTC[movie trailer voice] "*She's* a billionaire heiress just looking for a purpose. *She's* a genius prodigy with everything to prove. They're forced to work together after both joining the same police force, despite having none of the required skills and also living in completely different countries, for reasons that will never be adequately explained. Don't miss the new must-see hit of the summer... Gremlin and Dang: Hot Mess Detectives!"
BookBeard
2025-03-10 22:08:51 +0000 UTCWho said that!? Woe is me, the speech bubble tail is missing! Hello!? D:
Xionwalker
2025-03-10 22:05:07 +0000 UTCThe day is young...
Bagge
2025-03-10 21:59:56 +0000 UTCI wouldn't touch her with a 29-and-a-half foot pole!
William Cole
2025-03-10 21:58:18 +0000 UTCYou thought that first robot-girls' night got wild? Just you wait!
William Cole
2025-03-10 21:54:52 +0000 UTCI think extended exposure to Marten's magnetic field simply magnetized Faye as well.
William Cole
2025-03-10 21:51:39 +0000 UTCCould you fix her?
William Cole
2025-03-10 21:49:12 +0000 UTCI still say sending Anh in Roko's direction is the way to go here. She has both the means and desire to help, which the AI Rights org certainly needs. And Roko could personally use the distraction of dealing with this merrily crackling dumpster fire. It's a win-win! (Okay... maybe also because I want to see the inevitable chaos when Anh and Beeps meet)
BookBeard
2025-03-10 21:42:54 +0000 UTCThe power of love! She seems to be working on her empathy too. She needs that redemption arc.
Sparky
2025-03-10 21:40:15 +0000 UTCTaking to her?
RLDel
2025-03-10 21:34:45 +0000 UTCyou can't ahnsee it?
Mark Eichin
2025-03-10 21:30:56 +0000 UTCWe'll call that one "remains to be seen".
Thunder
2025-03-10 21:29:45 +0000 UTCOk. Maybe I'm too kind or forgive too easily.... or I'm overly optimistic... but I'm totally cheering for Anh and her reinvention arc! 😶🌫️
SomeTelephoneGuy
2025-03-10 21:23:53 +0000 UTCCue the chiptune version of "Dies irae"
Emma Humphries
2025-03-10 21:19:27 +0000 UTCI'm not sure that's a mistake. Sure wasn't for Marten.
Eric Sieck
2025-03-10 21:17:56 +0000 UTCOr at the very least, a company
Eric Sieck
2025-03-10 21:17:28 +0000 UTCYou starting a harem, Faye?
Afunnythinghappedtome
2025-03-10 21:16:07 +0000 UTCIt’s spelled “anhtrepreneur”, but yes
Magic Chopstick Games
2025-03-10 21:14:20 +0000 UTCI need Liz and Anh to be in a buddy cop show where they solve crimes that aren't actually crimes, just situations they got carried away imagining that something terrible happened
rThunderbolt
2025-03-10 21:13:42 +0000 UTCNo, no..."taking to her" means liking her!
Ben R
2025-03-10 21:12:17 +0000 UTCYou also missed the "l" in "talking" in the second panel, unless I'm super blind
Kyle Conrad
2025-03-10 21:08:20 +0000 UTCOn a quest, there’s 3 of them now… that’s a party!
Andrew
2025-03-10 21:04:01 +0000 UTCWell, if you’ve decided to re-invent yourself but you don’t know who that is, “Stop being an arsehole” is a good item to tick off the list.
Sleepy John
2025-03-10 21:03:41 +0000 UTCthese days, that seems like a banal, humdrum kind of mistake.
Robert Wrigley
2025-03-10 21:00:57 +0000 UTCAir duct speaks again!
Not that Patrick Foltz
2025-03-10 20:56:26 +0000 UTCHer loose strand of hair is aloft with fervour! And whimsy!
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-10 20:53:28 +0000 UTCMy theory is that Cube town erodes the weirdness magnet's efficacy, transferring it to others. A little like a green lantern ring.
joe velsher
2025-03-10 20:51:19 +0000 UTCPresumably, taking off across the country to go to a place where she has nowhere to live and zero (paid) employment prospects.
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-10 20:50:19 +0000 UTCBubbles' blend of amusement and consternation in panel 2 is amazing.
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-10 20:49:41 +0000 UTCShe flew here from California on a whim, for starters.
Stephen Wells
2025-03-10 20:48:39 +0000 UTC🎵She's long been a stupid heiress Never giving, she just took Some say that's just a part of QC (We'll have to consult the Book [Beard]) Won't they help Anh win Her quest for freedom Only real she ever had Reinvention song Her song of freedom...🎵
Sean Kinlin
2025-03-10 20:47:53 +0000 UTCTurns out it was their flat all along.
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-10 20:47:28 +0000 UTCDid I miss the extravagant mistake?
Doc Gumby
2025-03-10 20:46:25 +0000 UTCWe all stumble over words now and then… in print that particular quirk of communication so rarely gets shown.
Ailadi
2025-03-10 20:43:09 +0000 UTCReal Conversations(tm) can do that to a person. We’re keeping her, the POTENTIAL she has is 🥰. We love Bubble’s reactions 😄 Edit: per the title, guess it’s Faye’s turn to be mommy? 👀
Ailadi
2025-03-10 20:40:31 +0000 UTCAnh will at least mix it up a little, and will spend money on extravagant mistaken parties.
Sean Kinlin
2025-03-10 20:39:16 +0000 UTCHow did Marten transfer the weirdness magnet from himself to Faye?
Miyaa
2025-03-10 20:39:13 +0000 UTCThen the Heiress got an idea. An awful idea. The Heiress got a wonderful, awful idea.
Sean Kinlin
2025-03-10 20:37:13 +0000 UTCPuppy-Ahn is … somewhat ahncanny
Ísabel Pirsic
2025-03-10 20:34:42 +0000 UTCSo the "bad end" would be Ahn turning into one of those "entrepreneurs" who spends one summer doing some blue-collar job and then goes on the TedTalk circuit about how they've "solved work"
Elberik
2025-03-10 20:31:27 +0000 UTCI can't usee it either!
Rich Holmes
2025-03-10 20:31:17 +0000 UTCNext image is Bubbles throwing her out of the window
Kevin Symonds
2025-03-10 20:29:11 +0000 UTCMental autocorrect fixed it for me until you mentioned it. Now I can't uNsee it! (yes, that typo was hysteriously comical.)
Ye Olde Phart
2025-03-10 20:29:07 +0000 UTCYay butting in from the ventilation ducts again
Rich Holmes
2025-03-10 20:26:31 +0000 UTCIndeed, she was more taking to Hanners...
Daan Wissing
2025-03-10 20:26:14 +0000 UTCNo tail-shaming!!
Van Brewer
2025-03-10 20:21:47 +0000 UTCI mean, I hope it sticks, but i fear she has a longer road ahead of her than she thinks
Tannerbot
2025-03-10 20:21:24 +0000 UTCTypo in the second panel. Should be Talking instead of Taking.
DrummerGeek
2025-03-10 20:21:18 +0000 UTC(Anh) Dang it, Jeph
enchantedsleeper
2025-03-10 20:21:13 +0000 UTCShe's a baaaaaaaaaby, a horrible lil trash baaaaaaaaaby 🥺
Fart Captor
2025-03-10 20:21:08 +0000 UTCSecond panel, Ahn bubble: Taking/Talking
Courtney Welch
2025-03-10 20:20:48 +0000 UTCDat nose
Arto Rantala
2025-03-10 20:20:40 +0000 UTCBiologists believe that speech bubbles evolved beyond the need for tails.
Nathan Kinsey
2025-03-10 20:20:36 +0000 UTCJeph, I think maybe a typo in panel two? Taking vs Talking?
Chris Weigert
2025-03-10 20:20:27 +0000 UTCI know she probably couldn't handle it right now, but an honest convo with hanners over coffee would probably do wonders for her right now.
Travis Young
2025-03-10 20:20:17 +0000 UTCTypo watch! Panel 2: “Taking” instead of “Talking”
Jessica Kotarski
2025-03-10 20:20:14 +0000 UTCPanel 3 she's looking very reformed-Grinch-y.
Andrew Denton
2025-03-10 20:20:11 +0000 UTCAhn's face in the third panel is terrifying and I'm here for it.
Emma Humphries
2025-03-10 20:19:47 +0000 UTC#lifegoalz
Brendan Luster
2025-03-10 20:19:39 +0000 UTC
