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A Lengthy Dynasty

Richard is in safe hands

A Lengthy Dynasty

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Psychosomatic.

Watson

But they didn't say that was a thing that bothered them most about americans, they said it was a thing that really bothered them minimizing it by saying there are worse things is not giving perspective, it's being rude. Use that knowledge as you will

Rhyon Ingalls

Milk! And rectangles.

Diptych

What does that mean??

Spartan Windrider

Hanners and Sven are sitting on his bed. I sense an oncoming orgy -- of over-analysis. (Here, and possibly there.)

Ursus Ridens

Goes for us, too. Most of our cells die and are replaced every so often. (Not, I'm told, brain neurons.) Or at least that's what the guy who started typing this comment thought.

Ursus Ridens

I use the XKCD scheme where allowed.

Todd Ellner

Cool wayback callback.

ValdVin

But does that make any difference? There are no labels identifying belly vs. butt bricks. To say they are different is getting into very sticky and ambiguous philosophical territory. As long as they match the original shape and color, they should be interchangeable for Richard. Perhaps there is deeper meaning here that I am missing completely? (Perhaps Sven has identified each block separately - but that would mean that each block would always be placed in its' correct position upon reassembly). We need more data!

alphanor

Ahh, but as many Lego bricks are interchangeable (especially as he's pretty monochrome) it's distinctly possible Richard 14's belly was Richard 8's butt!

Eric Lusby

That Johnny Cash comment could mean anything... :D

Kurt Larson

Frontier psychiatrist (crazy song, check out the YouTube video).

Opus the Poet

Richard of Theseus.

Rapto

I’m standing by for the weekend cliffhanger panel when Hannelore kisses Sven. Real twist/growth will be Dora not being pissed off at all. That’s on my bingo card. We’re locked in. Edit: oops, I’m seeing there was a “read more” button on your comment. Your expectations are more wholesome than mine, but I’m here either or neither.

will davison

Just like Mr. Soft Owl!

Hugh Eckert

'inbrications'

David Boyd

Omg that whole exchange was adorable.

Mae.Bee

I see this relationship ( Hanners and Sven) having the potential to be the perfect opportunity for Hanners to become more accustomed to more normal human contact. (Hanners has stated in the comic that she would like to be more normal, but she doesn't really expect the situation to change). If Sven makes it perfectly clear that he does not see Hanners as a sexual object, they could explore getting Hanners used to simple contact. They could start with hand holding, perhaps progress to an arm across her shoulders and then maybe a hug. (She has been able to hug people in very specific situations, but she is generally averse to it). If there is no pressure on Hanners to progress at a set schedule, I think that she could handle it. It would probably take a goodly amount of time, but if there were no expectations or scheduled goals, and if Sven (and Hanners) were very patient, I think good things could result.

alphanor

I don't think this is a classic Ship of Theseus situation. In the original story, the ship was slowly, over time, replaced piece by piece, leading to the question of whether it was still the same ship. With regard to Richard, he has apparently been reconstituted numerous times, presumably following accidents where he fell, breaking into his constituent parts. He was then reassembled with the same pieces into the same configuration. This is a temporal issue, since he is identical to his original condition, but he has been disassembled several times. But he is unquestionably still the Richard Sven started with, unless changes were made in his various, if you will excuse the term, incarnations.

alphanor

DON'T TELL HER THAT

Sydney J Freedberg

Two solid platonics?

Leak

...off to Theseus?

Leak

"correct horse battery staple"

Leak

OGLES

Jono Hayward

Lesgo!

Leak

Simultaneously?

Ross

Oh great, now I'm going to have "What if Cash & Glass collaborated" in my head all week.

Ross

Fairway Rage?

Edward Clayton Andrew

Same.

alphanor

@bookbeard: High school classmate said he changed his first name to (of all things) Bodeen, but he'll always be a Dick to me!

allanfranta

I tried to re-establish a platonic relationship after 50-ish years, it did not go well.

allanfranta

Also, while Hannelore as usual is perfectly sincere, Sven is just along for the bit in the last two panels (and Hannelore gets it and engages with the bit in the last panel, which makes her smile such a thing of wonder)

Bagge

@bookbeard: Heinlein wrote Friday that had a poly serial marriage that would be a ship of Theseus, so it's doable for fictional characters, I don't think most humans would last long in it.

allanfranta

I know I've heard that one but it's been a while, I'll give it another listen today, thanks

Jane the Inscrutable

Languages morph, the language of Shakespeare is not the language we use today. Dammit.

allanfranta

Faraday cage?

Diptych

That toy needs therapy!

Diptych

BookBeard is giving you a perspective; use it as you will.

allanfranta

I was unaware not saying "Legos" was even a thing until this thread.

Daryl Sawyer

I’m just going on what the Community outreach told all of the LEGO Fan clubs a few years I had the told that it was LEGO and in all those communicators we receive it is written at LEGO So we AFOLs (Adult Fans of LEGO). Have embraced this

Lord Travis Lance the 3rd Matheson esq

Maybe Hanners will be the sensible person that can tell Sven to stop being an idiot and talk to May again :)

Stephen Wells

Note that nothing is necessarily replaced when Richard reinstantiates. The mere process of disassembly and reassembly apparently destroys his identity. (Which is a bit strong, really; when someone has an extremity chopped off and surgically reattached, are they not the same person.) So this isn't quite a Ship of Theseus analogy.

Philip Masters

But would he leave his focus mechanism permanently at his parents' place, rather than keeping it around to, you know, use for focusing? I think that Sven is simply showing his vulnerable side here. He generally presents as a cynic (especially about his own work) and was previously an habitual womaniser, but hey, underneath all that, he has a sentimental attachment to memories of his childhood, and Richard clearly loomed large in that. Richard is a symbol more than a tool.

Philip Masters

I'm guessing that the door is about to hurtle open, followed by an "Oh, sorry" from the couple responsible. Bonus points if somebody else asks "Why did you stop?" and gets the reply "Sven and Hanners are in there", and then somebody's brain melts.

Philip Masters

Much obliged! Clearly I am due for an end-to-end reread.

Melissa Wilson

They are talking past each other a little bit, Hanners probably means putting the same blocks back in the exact same place, and Sven is probably thinking of just making the same design.

Geoff Keating

This strip reads equally well as "these guys are the best platonic friends and are really good for each other's personal growth" or as "Hanners is about to mount him like a thoroughbred" depending on audience horniness level :) they do make very good pals.

Stephen Wells

Same

Graham McGill

The story ends with orbital bombardment, courtesy of Station.

David Paul

pals! pals! pals! *bangs clipboard*

Boots McGoot

idk how much overlap Jeph's musical tastes & mine have but this one is 100% correct (also Joanna Newsom not being for me, & Jeph saying "not for me" instead of saying something sucks or the like)

Pejo

It can also be a curseword in bare feet in the dark!

Charles Hirst

Who says platonic friendship can’t evolve into romantics, asexual or not? I’m pretty sure Sven is quite aware of Hanners intimacy issues, and frankly doesn’t seem to have many carnal desires at all right now. After all he did thank Hanners for stepping in when dear Anh was smarming all over him.

legobil

Why on earth would you think that's my biggest problem with Americans?

Cas Wanden

If that's the biggest problem you have with Americans then you haven't been paying attention, and for that I envy you.

BookBeard

Richard has seen some shit. Probably needs therapy 😕

Opus the Poet

Now there is one

R L

Kinda like the "Lord Of The Ringos"? https://happytoast.co.uk/drawings/#lordringos

Leak

Panel 1, Sven DID open, he is just choosing to board it up before Hanners see their scandalous acts.

legobil

It hasn't yet occurred to her. When it does, she might go into shock. Or not, she has broken through a lot of her anxieties.

Clifton Royston

Indeed, Richard possesses these titles of nobility, and a great many others, but among his friends he prefers to be known simply as Bricky Dick.

BookBeard

THANK YOU LEARNING THAT AMERICANS SAY "LEGOS" WAS AN UNCOMFORTABLE MOMENT IN MY LIFE THAT I HAVE YET TO FULLY MOVE ON FROM

Cas Wanden

Unless your pet is named Herb. Those herbivores are vicious.

BookBeard

What, no "The Richard of Theseus" gag?

Steve DeGroof

Big Joyce and Joe energy from dumbing of age

Sierra G

It's a shame Lego still has to be in the closet in this day and age

Steve Prowse

Meet cute?

Matthew Van Gangelen

The topic of the self as a composite of building blocks that none in itself contains the selfness

Bagge

...now I also understand the closet jokes!

djellafine

Oh I see! I missed a comic!

djellafine

Amazing! It leads a charmed life.

William Cole

I legit thought Richard was the name of the bed until now

djellafine

The topic of...Legos?

djellafine

Yeah, if they take it slow enough to adapt to Hanners and Sven is willing to put in (heh) that effort, and wait, I don’t see why this platonic friendship could not eventually develop into romance. But yeah, I think it’s gonna take time. I mean, Hanners is in a wildly different place than early in the comic.

legobil

Also, the other couple is under the bed

Pete

Panel 1, Sven is deciding not to open the cupboard after hearing a muffled giggle.

Pete

Are we missing the last panel? Where Marten & Claire and/or Tai & Dora storms in to have furious sex on that bed.

legobil

It's a wide, wide spectrum.

BookBeard

I really want these two to get together. Carnally.

Uniquitous

I am expecting Marten and Claire to come bursting into the room as it has been designated as the hookup room. They see Hanners and Sven together on the bed .... to what conclusions will they jump?! Probably none since this is Questionable Content and not Three's Company.

SilverbackRon

I'm a big fan of Brandi Carlile in general, but her version of that song is superlative.

Halloween Jack

Better Cat puke than Steve’s um milk?

Miyaa

I think he is just checking to see how badly that door is broken.

SilverbackRon

Hannelore says "Legos" -- I think I'm in love.

Chris Warren

That is the real question here!

SilverbackRon

100% I say this as a guy who falls in love at the drop of a hat, but not every relationships needs to be romantic.

A Dark Planet, Lit By No Sun

I love this moment, it's so tender

Jasper

That is how it was explained to me by a friend and avid lego nerd. If I was misinformed I am fully prepared to retract my pedantry (I mean, in this specific instance. I'll continue to be insufferable know-it-all in general)

BookBeard

If I had to choose one artist's complete discography to be stuck on a desert island with, I'd be fine with just Kris's rough demos for the rest of my life.

Jane the Inscrutable

Like many of Kris's compositions, it benefits from a minimalist presentation.

Diptych

@Melissa Wilson @Populuxe I'm a certified rules lawyer, I LOVE technically correct!

Not that Patrick Foltz

This sounds like it could be a potentially disturbing topic of conversation for Hannelore. I love that she's still comfortable talking about this with Sven

Bagge

Shh! Don't jinx it!!

Maurice Kessler

Sensory seeking autistic can be very slutty don't ask me how I know lol

Shey

Put this on my list of charming conversations I never expected to see happen.

Maurice Kessler

I really dig their friendship

Shey

I still ship these two and refuse to stop.

Rabbit

Ooh, good question!

jonesnori

No, but if people want to be correct, they had better be.

Thomas N Wyndham

The original studio version of "Sunday Morning Coming Down" needs to lose the horn section tbh. Several live versions are superior.

Jane the Inscrutable

Also 1077. As far as I can recall those are her only three appearances. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1077

BookBeard

Hey! They're using up prime make-out territory!

Captain Button

Are you sure? I couldn't find a single mixed-case instance on this page https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/lego-group/the-lego-brand

Constantine Hannaher

Luke Cage?

Edward Clayton Andrew

Johnny Cage?

Mad Marie

Triceratops, that's above board. However, if a carnivore asks for the name of a pet or loved one, don't give it to them...it's a trap.

Mad Marie

They're so cute! They make great platonic buddies.

A Dark Planet, Lit By No Sun

Prescriptive grammarian, then?

Carl Fink

Legso.

Graydon Armstrong

Svannelore is happening?!

Graydon Armstrong

I thought the plural of Lego bricks was "ouch!"

Drazi

Princess is in a few strips, including https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=877 https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1189

ValdVin

Have we met Sven’s cat? If so, what hole in my brain did it fall through?!? I have zero memory of it & somehow cat ownership seems incongruent with my understanding of him…

Melissa Wilson

Honestly, the lead up to this situation has me concerned despite logic. Surely not, right..? Guys?

Xionwalker

I am an autistic (former) slut. Just because you’re autistic doesn’t mean you’re not good at getting into people’s pants.

Brian

He used to be a slut, so I don't know if he could be that and autistic. He hasn't shown any other spectrum tendencies AFAIK.

The World Famous Chocomerican

Strictly speaking the word ‘Lego’ should be used as an adjective; a Lego set, a Lego brick, a Lego Minifig.

Thomas N Wyndham

Same tbh. It's odd to consider Hanners actually going for such a thing, but considering the progress she's made just in general, this feels closer to the realm of possibility than it would have in years past.

Alias Fakename

I ship Hanners with both Ann and Sven. :) I hope something comes

Monica Gaudio

It’s also the kind of correct, which, from my own personal experience, is most likely to get one called a pedant, a know-it-all, or a pedantic-know-it-all-{insert the expletive/slur of your choice here}, yet it remains the objective best, as well as my personal favorite, kind of correct. ✅

Melissa Wilson

Thanks, once again, dear BookBeard, for the required perspective to put my head aright!

Melissa Wilson

i still say legos i don’t care

Chris

I ship them in a queerplatonic relationship.

Hrafn Raudi

... I ship them.

KiTA

Huh. I always thought that the pedantically correct form was "frozen waffles," but it has too many syllables for most people, and the 'l' is at the wrong end.

Amelia Lewis

You are technically correct., the best kind of correct.

Populuxe

Hanners and Sven sitting on his old bed... the possibilities are not quite, albeit asymptotically close to, zero

PixelThis

how is she handling sitting on that DNA riddled bed right now? at least two couples have hooked up on it just today.

Ashley Thomas

Does that mean it's pronounced the German way?

Eric Sieck

Probably!

Eric Sieck

Chicken in Black is his most underrated though

Eric Sieck

I don’t think it’s *overrated* but I do like the NiN version. Johnny Cash was clearly working through some shit there, though, and that gives it a hell of a punch.

Ash

awww

Tamara Macadam

"If you ship six characters in a polycule, and one of them gets eaten by an allosaurus and you replace them with a new character, and this happens again and again until the original characters are all gone, is it any longer the same ship?"

BookBeard

His cover of The Mercy Seat isn’t as good as the version on Live Seeds because Nick Cave is ridiculously better live idk…

Ash

The bed lives!

Not that Patrick Foltz

So I have to ask, is Sven autistic? Some autistic people will use an object or two as a focus mechanism (in private) even as adults. I use two pens for that purpose at times. Richard might be Sven’s focus which is why he is good enough to be a multimillionaire ad jingle song writer.

Miyaa

Away with the music of Broadway! Be off with your Irving Berlin Oh, I'd give no quarter To Kern or Cole Porter And Gershwin keeps pounding on tin!

ValdVin

Actually that's just how it's stylized in the logo. The product name, as used in the company name and their various trademarks, only capitalizes the first letter.

BookBeard

I cannot!!

Kenneth Harris

Not sure I was around the commenting community for that one. It should be noted that I'm making most comments in jest. This comic has some of the most realistic and healthy responses to most emotional, social, and sexual situations. I clutch my pearls only as a joke.

Kenneth Harris

I'm shipping it and you can't stop me!!

Adarsh Nednur

Hot damn there have been so many extremely cute comics during this storyline

Green

Mine wants "conversation talk chat chitchat colloquy" as a passphrase. She is a Thesaurus

Todd Ellner

Although he did go through a phase where he was trying to connect with his Lego heritage and would only listen to traditional Danish folk music.

BookBeard

Love that Jeph knows that the plural of LEGO is LEGO, but if you want to be technical about it, it is LEGO, not Lego. But hey, got the important language issue sorted.

Lord Travis Lance the 3rd Matheson esq

Agreed Sean, it's not a bad cover but it does not hit me in the heart in the same way as Reznor's original did when I was in high school.

Nikki

Scenes from a porn parody of The Italian Job.

Diptych

I like it okay, but it's not as good as the original. Also the cover by Unwoman is better than the Cash version.

Sean Kinlin

Them being platonic confidants is all established, though? Hell, Jeph trolled people shipping them awhile back

Rhyon Ingalls

They skipped past the montage of Hanners meticulously removing the old sheets, putting on new bedding, arranging the pillows, calling the hazmat disposal team she keeps on speed dial...

BookBeard

So there’s Sven with Hanners, probably not hooking up.

Andrea Andrew

Watching Highwaymen videos after Kris's passing and, man, those guys were clearly close but there was also quite the vibes disparity between them. Johnny's respecting the flag, no matter how badly it's been tarnished, while Kris isn't openly calling for a global revolution, he's just saying it would be a good idea.

Diptych

You said 'cover', therefore you pass the test

MikeT

The Shipping of Theseus, a Questionable Content Comment Section Light Novel

Ed Marshall

Which dinosaur is one of YOUR security questions? The triceratops at my bank wants the name of my first pet...

Doc Gumby

I'm gonna be that person who says his cover of "Hurt" is way overrated.

Nikki

But neither of these characters are asexual, as far as we're aware, and we're specifically discussing platonic relationships and not romantic ones?

Diptych

That's the real reason Richard won't talk to him. Playing guitar in front of a creature with such short arms is just cruel.

BookBeard

Nope. One or more asexual people can have a romantic relationship and go on dates just like the rest of us.

David Durant

I dunno... The cover band I'm in plays "Jackson" and I (the keyboard player) just kinda go to my Happy Place while trundling through that one while the yahoos two-step themselves silly. That one might qualify as overrated. 😜

Dallas Hicks

Richard only listens to Wagner and Strauss.

Sean Kinlin

And then he claim he was just playing his favourite Jon Cage song...

Edward Clayton Andrew

The correct plural is "Legtopi"

BookBeard

One of the things I've always liked about Sven is that, while he's (or was) a bit of a player, he's pretty good about boundaries (clueless a couple of times, see talking to Faye about still being in love with her). And as such, with Hanners' being clearly defined, it's his (perhaps only) lady friend who he can't be attracted to, which means that he can have this kind, wholesome conversation while they're sitting on the bed set aside for sexy times and it not be weird.

Travis Young

I know where those lead to!! Heathens, the lot of you!

Kenneth Harris

He might be putting the doors back on.

Sean Kinlin

I have a hard time believing that she thinks it is safe to sit on without collapsing!

Errol Cavit

I'm wondering about Momo now.

Joseph Bonnar

Jeph, I have never loved you more than I did after reading this. Far too many people say “legos”

Jono Hayward

Hanners: Is that...? Sven: WD-40 stains. Hanners: how...? Sven: don't ask.

Bridgette Ryan

What, have an entirely wholesome and innocent conversation with a friend?

BookBeard

I think that's just called 'hanging out'.

Diptych

I like how the first thing Sven does is check the closet. He learned his lesson. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5423

BookBeard

Hanners deserves better, do not do this!

Kenneth Harris

So this is the "ship of Theseus" version of a lego dinosaur?

Michael Boettger

Actually, it was Richard the 14th that broke away from the Anglican church over differences in music tastes. The Archbishop was super into the Beatles, and Richard was having none of that! Also, he wanted to divorce his husband.

Bridgette Ryan

Stop making me ship these two! I don’t like it but I ship nonetheless. Yarrr! 🏴‍☠️

Daniel Burnett

Fuck you [complimentary]

Travis Young

I’m having a hard time believing Hanners would sit on a bed that had recently been defiled by multiple couples.

Heather King

Theseus’ Rex

Andrew

the richard of theseus

borkkorb

Ok, are we building up to a platonic dating situation with Sven and Hanners because they are just adorable together.

Taigan

This is so wholesome wtf...

Spacey02111

Aww, this is nice

KingAtticus

I love that picture in the background of little Sven with his guitar

Ashbury Haight

Sven, I think your friend has earned the title "Richard XIV" by now. Although "Richard of Theseus" would be cool also.

ValdVin

This is a great conversation.

Randall Norman Pick

I like this for them

Michael


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