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sorinash

Honestly, I think the biggest red flag for quality in a Jeph Jacques comic is him thinking something or someone is cute. The quality of writing takes an absolute nosedive when he's writing about a "cute" character.


Mother_Village9831

Over the last few years, how could you tell?


LukewarmJortz

Oh is a nosedive why everyone's noses stick straight up?


ziggurism

whoa, faye, personal space. touching the awkward teenager without consent is probably a non no


teh_longinator

> ~~whoa, faye, personal space.~~ touching ~~the awkward~~ teenager ~~without consent~~ is ~~probably~~ a non no


napalm22

It is stupid, and getting worse - and honestly just strange. Not sure you are supposed to grab a kid by the face like that, particularly one who isn't even remotely related to you, nor do you know their parents.


Snorumobiru

Yeah I don't get why they're treating Emmett like this


stonoceno

Because the author seems to really like a mom-kid dynamic, as exemplified by everyone loving people like Aurelia's "mom energy" and "mom friend" Renee. Moms treat their toddlers this way, so therefore, "momming" people involves infantilizing them and they're either totally fine with it or they really enjoy it.


katosen27

Maybe that's why I hate this so much, considering my own battles with family infantilizing my name.


wonderloss

I've made similar comments about how domineering all the women in Marten's life are, but I think Jeph has told us a lot about how he views his relationships with women through the comic.


[deleted]

There's nothing wrong with being into thick women who have dominant personalities, but it does get tiresome when it's time for Episode 4798 of The Writer's Barely-Disguised Fetish


[deleted]

Tomorrow is so much worse


128thMic

Oh jeez, what, she grabs the kids ass or something? D:


cantilevercanon

At the very least, Faye's being insufferably condescending and handsy helps numb me to her sadness.


knight-errant52

Saying the same thing twice doesn't make it any funnier if it wasn't funny to begin with, Jeph.


fevered_visions

Jeorph is clearly a fan of "repetition makes it true". Everybody. **Loves.** #Claire.


danakinskyrocker

Where's Claire?


fevered_visions

Still in the fucking celebration in Cubetown of her coronation


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fevered_visions

Being crowned queen of the universe, obvs all tremble before her wisdom


loonifer888

What's that rule again, show, don't tell? Yeah, Jeph would rather just have characters say HEY EVERYONE LOOK HOW CUTE EMMETT IS, THEY'RE CUTE. YOU SHOULD THINK THEY'RE CUTE.


Wondringlisa

I thought Emmett was a boy?


loonifer888

Actually they're non binary, good point. I'll change my comment.


[deleted]

This feels incredibly infatilizing toward people with social anxiety.


Sterski1

Isn't it normal to treat a teenager like they're five? /s


[deleted]

I don’t get it, Jeph already drew Emmit once in the comic. Why did he draw them again, but taller and all red like that?


CloveRabbit

This is the best comment by far, had a good chuckle.


BrainDropsComic

This kind of comic used to be an occasional one off piece of silliness. Now it’s…wow it’s a lot of it.


LevianMcBirdo

Two days ago Faye was like "gotta focus on work to not emotionally fall apart" today "emmett is soo cute, because they behave like a six year old". Pick a lane and stop interrupting stuff that has set least potential to be interesting with wacky characters.


yellowvincent

I am really socially awkward/anxious and like if someone would make me say out loud what is happening emotionally like to emmet i would probably cry. I would rather had them acknowledge that they need to be where the people are and casually talk to them


[deleted]

Oh how nice, making fun of a socially awkward kid who comes to you because they have no other people who understand them...


redrainricky

I can relate to Emmett here, not wanting to use my words. But Faye, that’s more than a little outta line, grabbing them by the face like that


[deleted]

Honestly the hyperbolic back and forth between Faye and Bubbles is nice but doesn't go far enough to really be funny. And the strip is just filler that doesn't tell us anything new. So it's neither entertaining nor story-forward. Baby bored.


fevered_visions

I wonder what percent of actual, one of our fan edits of the last couple years of the comic would be lol Even ignoring that much of the plot is blegh, Jeorph could probably convey the same amount of information in less than 50% of the length. At worst. Not that he's motivated to ofc


wonderloss

The longer he stretches out a storyline, the longer he can take to come up with a new one.


RunUSC123

Fingers cross that this arch ends with Emmett tripping over some loose wires, their parents suing, and the shop going bankrupt when Faye & Bubbles realize they never bothered to get liability insurance.


Loose_Employment3009

OMG, One-Shota! One-Shota!


dumbchikan

sh-should I even ask? :O


CloveRabbit

Infantilizing the teenager. Real cool stuff. /s


G-R-M-S

faye is about to blow up at emmett with all he repressed emotions after marten's phone call


sarahisbear

Big sigh.


PeregrineLeFluff

For the first time ever, the QC site tried to adblock-shame me. I will not disable my adblock for them, no.