The Rise Of Darkness
Added 2024-10-02 01:12:40 +0000 UTCI was cackling while drawing Emmett in that last panel
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She took it pretty well when she found out about that, though. And we know that Sam looks up to Marten, but does she have much of a relationship with Claire? I think "teenager" covers it pretty nicely xD
enchantedsleeper
2024-10-15 22:27:15 +0000 UTCAdorable~
Cole Blackblood
2024-10-06 17:05:17 +0000 UTCA *DARK* magical place.
Clifton Royston
2024-10-06 08:11:35 +0000 UTCThere's always the terrible possibility that these two goths will discover brown. (Definition of steampunk, for those who haven't met it. Which makes me wonder how many AIs go through steampunk phases, and how they express it.)
Philip Masters
2024-10-04 17:22:41 +0000 UTCSomebody pointed out somewhere that Sam has recently learned that a couple of people who she likes and admires are moving away from her and out of the country, which may have triggered an excessive sense of "Life sucks! You can't trust happiness!" Plus, well, teenager.
Philip Masters
2024-10-04 17:20:25 +0000 UTCOne-winged Emmett
Uniquitous
2024-10-04 04:00:57 +0000 UTCYay pronounced it right and Jeff spelled it right: https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4882
Opus the Poet
2024-10-04 03:11:51 +0000 UTCTeen Goth ain't got nothing on Zombie cyclists. I was literally killed 2001-08-31 01:19. Then I was treated disrespectfully as they were putting me in the body bag so I complained about the rough treatment. Only thing I could feel at the time was the broken left hip, so I yelled "I broke the upper end of my femur" over and over until I passed out again, which got me jostled even worse. This was the day I discovered I can talk while unconscious as I gave an address from my senior year in High School (the year after teh youngest graduated from high school), and my parents' phone number in another state, and then started telling a joke about did anyone get the number of the truck that hit me because the buses stopped running at 2200... and that was when I regained consciousness and started complaining about my hip hurting again. If my life was a book nobody would buy it...
Opus the Poet
2024-10-04 02:44:23 +0000 UTCDsO mentioned
Frosthark
2024-10-04 00:25:20 +0000 UTCAbsolutely! I think Emmett is just a *smaller* Crushbot...
enchantedsleeper
2024-10-03 22:49:44 +0000 UTCA Canedemonm...Canademonom...Canademinom..hjkljtbrtrdglub.
Ursus Ridens
2024-10-03 21:28:46 +0000 UTCI am worried that no one got the reference... ~<3
Mitsuki Ayane
2024-10-03 21:24:56 +0000 UTCI was going to say that Emmett is just a kinder, gentler sort of Crushbot. But Crushbot actually seems to be a gentle soul in an alarming sort of chassis.
Ursus Ridens
2024-10-03 21:24:39 +0000 UTCWho says goth/emo types don't love cupcakes? ...best eaten, of course, with black frosting, in a dark cellar.
Ursus Ridens
2024-10-03 21:20:00 +0000 UTCWe know that Sam was already voluntarily hanging out with the unpopular kids (Emmett and the others at their table), so I doubt there's much that bullies could suddenly do to get to her. (Bearing in mind it's only been a few weeks since we last saw Sam). I think it's just an onset of hormones or maybe she found a death metal singer to idolise.
enchantedsleeper
2024-10-03 06:51:32 +0000 UTCyay!
Jason Pelton
2024-10-03 04:17:33 +0000 UTCHer peers probably bullied her over the Skullmaster thing.
Daryl Sawyer
2024-10-03 03:45:06 +0000 UTCYou mean Grimmantha
Billy's Butt Stuff Bodega - It's like Pottery Barn for your pooper! Located in the Dildo District near the wet Arby's!
2024-10-03 03:32:39 +0000 UTCFuck, you just made me sad that Yay is gone.
GregD
2024-10-03 03:07:16 +0000 UTCoh no!! a Canadian demon ...
Joe
2024-10-03 00:08:16 +0000 UTCAnd then the animator had a stroke and the beast died. And there was much rejoicing. (yay)
Miyaa
2024-10-02 22:32:57 +0000 UTCSchädelmeister
Sean Kinlin
2024-10-02 20:30:42 +0000 UTCI'm sure Grim Samantha and Dark Emmett are going to start a shoe-gaze band, and I can't wait to see what they call it.
Kevin Hicks
2024-10-02 19:27:59 +0000 UTCEmmett almost looks like a monk in that dark hoodie, so I half expected them to follow the incantation by hitting themself in the face with a board.
Sean Kinlin
2024-10-02 19:21:16 +0000 UTCEmmett, rather than taking Latin classes, has been learning Lätïn.
Sean Kinlin
2024-10-02 19:18:16 +0000 UTCI believe there's still a Hot Topic at the Holyoke Mall. And there's definitely a food court there.
Sean Kinlin
2024-10-02 19:12:24 +0000 UTCGlad to see Sam still has that energy in her and isn't full misery goth. Does make me wonder why she's gone goth in that case though? I could understand if it was just for the fashion, but she seems to be trying to commit to the full "doom and gloom" aspect. We probably won't get much detail on this anytime soon (if at all), but here's hoping there's at least a mini-arc coming up to explain when there's time for it!
Sarah Valentine
2024-10-02 19:01:04 +0000 UTCI was cackling while *reading* Emmett in that last panel...
Hugh Eckert
2024-10-02 16:40:38 +0000 UTCEmmet said something to Faye about how being 14 is terrible, so yes.
Hugh Eckert
2024-10-02 16:37:29 +0000 UTCWow, I go on vacation for a week and a half, I come back, there's a time jump, and a wedding, and Cosette has dumped Steve, and Sam is no longer a child (sometimes), and Emmett ... is basically still Emmett.
adrian koren
2024-10-02 16:23:36 +0000 UTCPanel 2 chipper goth Sam is just the cutest! 💖🖤💖
SilverbackRon
2024-10-02 15:44:48 +0000 UTCThey are!
SilverbackRon
2024-10-02 15:41:17 +0000 UTCI believe Sam is 14, I assume Emmett is too?
SilverbackRon
2024-10-02 15:40:20 +0000 UTCEcce helix mortis quae pro vino aperto data est, gratiam tibi ago Domine ater, benedic potum servorum suorum.
Stephen Wells
2024-10-02 15:35:00 +0000 UTCThe best goths. She's well on her way.
R. Francis Smith
2024-10-02 15:20:30 +0000 UTCWow, I didn't remember that strip AT ALL.
William Cole
2024-10-02 13:19:22 +0000 UTCCheerful super goth Sam makes me laugh so hard I need a fresh glass of liver poison.
joe velsher
2024-10-02 13:04:20 +0000 UTCSo long as he keeps his DMCA takedown requests to himself.
David Paul
2024-10-02 12:09:26 +0000 UTCWhat would break my mind right now: A panel with Yay at the wedding, with a DIFFERENT Moray style android.
Joseph Bonnar
2024-10-02 12:08:53 +0000 UTCAdorkable adoradorks, even!
David Paul
2024-10-02 12:05:11 +0000 UTCYay had a Teen Feelings moment with Roko - "we utterly loath the warm fuzzy feeling your praise gives us". We miss Yay. Sad now :(
Stephen Wells
2024-10-02 12:02:12 +0000 UTCThat break in character of Sam. Splendid.
legobil
2024-10-02 10:27:52 +0000 UTCOh Sam... Please never change.
Ingrid Nordbø
2024-10-02 10:14:29 +0000 UTCabsolute skull power corrupts skulls absoluteiy
SpookyPenguin
2024-10-02 09:56:05 +0000 UTCcorrection ADORADORKS
SpookyPenguin
2024-10-02 09:53:05 +0000 UTCmuch like the average goth/emo under that dark sad exterior is a happy cupcake loving child. ~<3
Mitsuki Ayane
2024-10-02 09:43:21 +0000 UTCAh thanks a lot for the responses fellas! Completely forgot about the original wedding venue.
Rodrigo Ourcilleon
2024-10-02 09:28:15 +0000 UTCTheory: a villain appeared on Teen Robot Mystery Squad who is SUPER GOTH and it Awakened something in Sam, who decided that she wanted to BE her and here we are.
enchantedsleeper
2024-10-02 09:00:54 +0000 UTCThey do, but because of the difference in AI maturity relative to their lifespans it typically only lasts 5-10 minutes.
enchantedsleeper
2024-10-02 08:47:07 +0000 UTCHave to? They *get* to go through that phase!
Creeperkry
2024-10-02 08:46:31 +0000 UTCEmmett is just copying Sam I think, who's discovered being goth and decided to make it her worldview. Being a ~dramatic teen kind of fits, honestly.
enchantedsleeper
2024-10-02 08:41:40 +0000 UTCPutting the "goth" in "growth"!
enchantedsleeper
2024-10-02 08:38:56 +0000 UTCHow else would the rest of us lose half our mornings to reading QC? 😆
enchantedsleeper
2024-10-02 08:38:07 +0000 UTCWe have a winner!
enchantedsleeper
2024-10-02 08:36:46 +0000 UTCIt's funny that Emmett's biggest chaos moments exclusively happen off-panel. It's like their powers don't work while observed.
enchantedsleeper
2024-10-02 08:36:15 +0000 UTC"You do? YAY!! ....I mean, ugh, that's fine I guess."
enchantedsleeper
2024-10-02 08:34:37 +0000 UTCHence why there were jokes about Sven's old bedroom in the first strip and why there's a pic of teen!Dora on the wall.
enchantedsleeper
2024-10-02 08:33:00 +0000 UTCOoooh, a canon explanation for why the wedding was at Dora's parents' house - didn't think we'd see that! That must have been stressful at the last minute.
enchantedsleeper
2024-10-02 08:31:59 +0000 UTCPlease tell me that young AIs don't have to go through this phase...
Alasdair Mackintosh
2024-10-02 07:36:39 +0000 UTCThey're at Dora's parents' house.
Eric Rucker
2024-10-02 07:34:01 +0000 UTCThis makes me think of when Skullmaster was causing trouble, and what did Skullmaster do? Go even harder!! Refuse to bow to parental pressure!! Do nothing by halves!! Be it Faye or Dora or Veronica, gotta get to the "surly 17 year old" stage in Skullmaster's journey somehow! 😂 https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2346 https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4437
Green
2024-10-02 07:06:21 +0000 UTCThe mouth wide open and pointing finger remind me of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers".
Bill Marcum
2024-10-02 06:47:48 +0000 UTCSO! ADORABLE! 🥰🖤🖤🖤
Tabby
2024-10-02 06:44:01 +0000 UTCEven if it's character goth :)
Stephen Wells
2024-10-02 06:28:19 +0000 UTCEverything is amazing
Onyx
2024-10-02 06:21:00 +0000 UTCThe Canadian Eh-gor
Andrew
2024-10-02 05:54:57 +0000 UTCIt’s probably for the best that those two never meet
Andrew
2024-10-02 05:53:10 +0000 UTCSeriously. "Death" is a Germanic word, not even Latin. :P
Michael Chui
2024-10-02 05:39:58 +0000 UTCThere we go! Reliable as always! 🤩 I was looking for that yesterday @BookBeard 😅 So, are they not at Jim and Veronicas house now, or did the incident told in today’s comic happen after that? I’m curious now!
legobil
2024-10-02 05:22:16 +0000 UTCYou always cite your sources, I appreciate the commitment
Skye
2024-10-02 05:16:08 +0000 UTCThough Sam is obviously Skullmaster's favored avatar in this plane of existence, they have been known to take other hosts. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3600
BookBeard
2024-10-02 04:58:25 +0000 UTCJim is referring to the fact that Dora and Tai had originally been planning to hold the wedding at his and Veronica's house. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4874
BookBeard
2024-10-02 04:50:19 +0000 UTCProbably the location of the wedding had to be changed, that's generally what venue would mean in this context
Cancertopia
2024-10-02 04:07:10 +0000 UTCEmmet, dark tho' you may be, you're going to have to get better at the Latin or you're never going to summon anything. I mean, 'deathicus'? Akkadian might be even better, but personally, I can never get the right cuneiform fonts.
Ursus Ridens
2024-10-02 04:02:43 +0000 UTC😂
Zig Justice
2024-10-02 04:00:54 +0000 UTCI guess my english is failing here: What does he mean by change of venue: Did Jim and co move to another house? Is the place for the wedding at a different place than originally planned? Has Jim’s bakery moved to another building? I dont’t follow. :(
Rodrigo Ourcilleon
2024-10-02 04:00:06 +0000 UTCEYEgoah
Ursus Ridens
2024-10-02 03:57:57 +0000 UTCMust have tickled Veronica when Sam asked if she had any black lipstick to spare.
Ursus Ridens
2024-10-02 03:57:14 +0000 UTCI think Sam is trying to fit in with Emmett, and Emmett is trying to fit in with Sam!
Dean Reilly
2024-10-02 03:38:26 +0000 UTC*skullcheck
Graydon Armstrong
2024-10-02 03:30:28 +0000 UTCThey're so much better, though!
Graydon Armstrong
2024-10-02 03:30:07 +0000 UTCI love how your pfp accompanies that comment, like you're pointing indignantly at the wall behind me.
Graydon Armstrong
2024-10-02 03:28:18 +0000 UTCTeens be teens …
Sparky
2024-10-02 03:27:13 +0000 UTCPerky goths gonna perk
Summer
2024-10-02 03:20:55 +0000 UTCThere's one on the wall
Not that Patrick Foltz
2024-10-02 03:09:44 +0000 UTCSam you can be fun and a goth summoning the end times, those two aren't mutually exclusive.
JoeTheCynic
2024-10-02 03:07:12 +0000 UTCI remember being an angsty teen, it was so long ago but the cringe is still strong
DonnieRamesJio
2024-10-02 02:59:18 +0000 UTCThank you Jeph, I can always count on QC to brighten my day
Eric Johnson
2024-10-02 02:54:30 +0000 UTCDORKS
Fart Captor
2024-10-02 02:54:14 +0000 UTCEmmett is much better at gothery than Sam. You would think it would come more naturally with the whole Skullmaster bit, but she's just too exuberant and energetic to really pull it off!
Paul Zagieboylo
2024-10-02 02:45:55 +0000 UTCGrim Sam and Dark Emmett are the best and we must protect them at all costs
Will Weaver
2024-10-02 02:35:33 +0000 UTCIn a week it'll be pastels. The week after it'll be weeb shit.
Omnithea
2024-10-02 02:33:27 +0000 UTCI wanna see Dora show Sam her high school pictures. :)
Yelling Bird
2024-10-02 02:25:41 +0000 UTCIs Emmet our fourth Corner Goblin?
Mitch Megaw
2024-10-02 02:21:38 +0000 UTCIgg-or.
John
2024-10-02 02:15:35 +0000 UTCMaybe, but it wouldn’t work very well or is working completely well, becuase both of them aren’t taking, “life is meaning less we must despair” or whatever it is very seriously. I get the feeling that emmett is following same. (IDK if you were joking)
Davus Otho
2024-10-02 02:14:53 +0000 UTCI love it when the kids invent goth again for the first time! It’s a beautiful tradition which I endorse!
Wednesday
2024-10-02 02:13:39 +0000 UTCVeronica has already proven herself as a pretty cool stepmom so I absolutely believe she's helping Grimm Sam and Dark Emmet with this 😂
Green
2024-10-02 02:12:47 +0000 UTCSadly, if she's doing this, she likely pretends to believe she's outgrown that bit.
Daryl Sawyer
2024-10-02 02:11:30 +0000 UTCTheory: This whole "phase" started when Faye told Sam and Emmett that ol' Spookybutt Dora was enforcing a goth dress code for the wedding and the joke just snowballed from there.
BookBeard
2024-10-02 02:09:21 +0000 UTCIt takes work.
Opus the Poet
2024-10-02 02:07:26 +0000 UTCOh, there she is! 😊
Green
2024-10-02 02:07:13 +0000 UTCReminded of God's Apology To The Universe from the Hitchhikers Guide.
Opus the Poet
2024-10-02 02:06:08 +0000 UTCEmmett is like a human version of Crushbot.
Miyaa
2024-10-02 02:03:47 +0000 UTCYes.
Opus the Poet
2024-10-02 02:03:31 +0000 UTCSame.
Miyaa
2024-10-02 02:03:24 +0000 UTCI'm really curious what *Veronica* thinks of all this.
William Cole
2024-10-02 02:02:05 +0000 UTCIs Dark Emmett summoning Yay? I mean, Gloom? Gloom Everything?
Drazi
2024-10-02 02:00:51 +0000 UTCI also want to know what Veronica’s reaction was to this.
Miyaa
2024-10-02 02:00:46 +0000 UTCI was wondering about the change in venue. I should have known that any sudden unexpected change of plans would inevitably trace back to the chaos field that surrounds Emmett.
BookBeard
2024-10-02 02:00:03 +0000 UTCI love them both and want to hug and squee and remind them the world can be a magical place, if they let their friends and loved ones help.
Spell Craft
2024-10-02 01:50:09 +0000 UTCDark Emmett looks like an Igor in the last panel. (Wait, is that EE-gor or an EYE-gor?)
Joe Bocanegra
2024-10-02 01:48:20 +0000 UTCDark Emmett and Sam would have absolutely loved hanging out at the food court and going to a mid-00s Hot Topic
KingAtticus
2024-10-02 01:46:35 +0000 UTCHow old are they now? Sam seems to have had a growth spurt… Though she does seem to be wearing platform boots…
Thisguy
2024-10-02 01:44:42 +0000 UTCD A R K E M M E T T ! !
Morgana Alexis Ravenwood
2024-10-02 01:44:03 +0000 UTCSomeone here is easily left. Not sure who
Todd Ellner
2024-10-02 01:38:26 +0000 UTCI see a smile.
Jose Alfredo Villalobos
2024-10-02 01:38:00 +0000 UTCDark Emmett is hilarious!
Jeremy
2024-10-02 01:37:10 +0000 UTCI predict an epic confrontation where Yay returns to set up the VR realm where everyone fights to redeem Dark Emmet after their fall.
Captain Button
2024-10-02 01:36:28 +0000 UTChooraaaaaay liver poison
Magic Chopstick Games
2024-10-02 01:35:02 +0000 UTCYES
Brian
2024-10-02 01:31:17 +0000 UTCEmmett, GiT (Goblin in Training)
kaitou
2024-10-02 01:30:37 +0000 UTCDid Sam become Sam from Danny Phantom?
ShadowedMage
2024-10-02 01:29:58 +0000 UTCAh, I see, their name isn’t Emmett, it’s DAAAAARK EMMETT!
el_zilcho
2024-10-02 01:29:36 +0000 UTCAt some point we have to see Dora's reaction
Crushogre
2024-10-02 01:26:59 +0000 UTCJeph - Jon Kovalic has the trademark to "perky goth"...
Joseph Houk
2024-10-02 01:24:22 +0000 UTCAren't they just the cutest?
Creeperkry
2024-10-02 01:21:07 +0000 UTCEmmett's got the right idea: There's very little that's goth about screwcaps.
ValdVin
2024-10-02 01:19:35 +0000 UTCSkullmaster never left their vessel. They simply redecorated!
Skye
2024-10-02 01:19:14 +0000 UTCwhat dark Emmet summons will conquer the universe and then apologize...
Brendan Luster
2024-10-02 01:18:34 +0000 UTCSam rolled a nat 1 on her dark goth skillcheck
Zig Justice
2024-10-02 01:18:00 +0000 UTCI foresee painful shenanigans with that corkscrew
Aditya Rameshan
2024-10-02 01:17:47 +0000 UTCIt's NICE to see character growth. :)
Joseph Bonnar
2024-10-02 01:17:15 +0000 UTCi need dark skullmaster sam
Tamara Macadam
2024-10-02 01:17:08 +0000 UTCOh god... Sam is my current vibe. I've been dressing more goth again lately, but I still have that way-too-chipper vibe... And not the haha body-in-a-wood-chipper vibe... Though a bit of that too.
Bridgette Ryan
2024-10-02 01:17:05 +0000 UTCOh dear, Emmet's chaos field is growing. Also, Sam is obviously new to this.
Tannerbot
2024-10-02 01:16:20 +0000 UTCNeed to swap that a in Darkness with an o. :)
Joshua Brumley
2024-10-02 01:16:01 +0000 UTCOh no. Jeph has made Emmitt darker and cuter. How could you?
Miyaa
2024-10-02 01:15:28 +0000 UTCSuch Focus!!!!!
Am Queue
2024-10-02 01:15:11 +0000 UTCSam is trying at least.
Doc Gumby
2024-10-02 01:15:04 +0000 UTCFirst. It's all empty and meaningless though.
TV4Fun
2024-10-02 01:14:57 +0000 UTCSo Sam is just trying to fit in with Emmett.
Andrea Andrew
2024-10-02 01:14:45 +0000 UTC
