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Proportional Response

🕑 Added 2021-10-21 01:21:14 +0000 UTC

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Bill Hall

I love the abort code!!

Steve H

I’m picturing that Dora just hears the tail end of Hanners commands and thinks it’s because Hanners thinks no one read the newsletter and is just giving up.

Jax

Didn't station send down pizza at one point?

Diana

I'm so bad at proofreading it took like 5 tries to find the mistake there.

Mad Marie

Speaking structurally, would this be considered a cantilevered cliffhanger?

Chloë Salzenberg

"You have an operational code for this?"

Chloë Salzenberg

Not what happened but it wouldn't have been the first time.

Churchill (formerly TeaBear)

I prefer the end of "Doctor Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb". Based off the same book.

That Blair Guy

Extra-Mushroom Pizza

That Blair Guy

I am _so_ disappointed not to find #cantilever trending on social media....

Jere

its the end, time to do porn and really rake in the Patreon dollars :D

Ursus Ridens

Uh, that's great, but there's a typo there... .... .... .... [reboot universe]

What if he was meant it?

Drazi

Sadly, also true.

Some Ed

@Drazi: Absolutely, and absolutely. I also recognize that not all couples are as functional as they could be. I do not feel I can safely assume they're living in matrimonial bliss until either Jeph says they are or we see it in the comic.

Some Ed

ITYM "Bubbles and (part of) Yay", as Pintsize is definitely not in his military grade chassis.

Some Ed

I can't help but feel this was already planned, and possibly even in queue.

Some Ed

Damn it, yes, I *did* mean to say "happiness is it is own rewarnd." How can you argue with that sentence? Its *perfect*!

Some Ed

Nah, Jeph did not accidentally draw her nose over her glasses in panel 4. To be clear, I'm not saying that panel 4 doesn't look like it'd be incredibly painful for Claire. I'm just saying Jeph didn't do it by mistake.

Drazi

Didn't Tilly marry Station? I feel that nuking earth should be something couples discuss

Some Ed

But does Tilly get a veto? I mean, I understand there's been some amount of reorg since they first got there. But the overall effects of that reorganization have not been clarified in any detail that I'm aware of.

Next strip, panel 1: profile view of Station and Earth. panel 2: same angle, barrage of weapons leaves Station on their way to Earth. panel 3: weapons seen steering clear, and blow up in space (or head for the sun). panel 4: Yay in front of the counter at Coffee of Doom, looking unamusedly at Hannelore while everyone else covers their head and has their eyes closed expecting imminent doom. Hannelore has eyes closed but is standing tall looking defiant. Panel 5: Hannelore senses Yay's gaze and opens an eye, making eye-contact with Yay. Yay asks (unamused) "the fuck you doing?"

Dan Wilson

I didn't notice that until you mentioned it. Given Claire's dialog in that box, that's got to be intentional. Clever, Jeph!

Jim Feldman

I know from experience what "duck and cover" means.

Joe

actually more like Failsafe. if you haven't seen it, you should. especially if you didn't live through the Cold War.

Joe

this is the End; my only friend, the End.

Darla Donahue

Well EMP would kill all AIs and gadgets but Bubbles and Pintsize (if he was still in his old body), military grade chassis are EMP proof or at least resistant.

Darla Donahue

The murderbots NEVER get to do anything fun. All the good stuff goes to the flashy bombardment systems and they just sit there being all smug and all..

William Karr

This is how the world ends. With a bang…. 300 years from now it turns into Alice Springs.

Laura Curry

Please don't joke about the last QC! It's the only comic I still read daily!

Mark

We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when...

Jim Feldman

Actually the last panel for the strip should just be a flash or all white box. Sort of the opposite of the Sopranos.

Leak

Chekhov's safeword

Leak

"Cancel the nukes, drop the moon instead!"

Marc Kevin Hall

I'm sure it's not the first time that destroying Northampton in nuclear fire has been wished for.

Bagge

Five years already, huh

Marc Kevin Hall

Wait, Andrew, are you saying that the knife is Sting?! /fuckingnerd

Marc Kevin Hall

Jeph could always do like Zdarsky and Fraction did with S*x Cr*m*n*als and jump to #6969 for the last issue, just ignoring the intervening numbers. Down with dogmatic reliance on sequential numbering!

Maybe they could use Emily's device to undo the typo before the newsletter was published?

Cass

I dread to think what apocalyptic scenes this might inspire, but Claire's glasses are crossing over her nose in the penultimate panel.

Ruth Merriam

We've all been there!

William Cole

See, this is what happens if you give a job your best.

Liam Barksdale

So funny! I've read it multiple times now and I'm is still laughing! Cantilever!

KCkittysnores

I love that Dora’s TREATING it like a safeword.

YourKingMob

I am aware, just seems there is type missing in the sentence.

J.E. Melton

Electromagnetic pulse, kills electronic gadgets, like AIs

YourKingMob

Kinetic, emp, {explosive/nuclear?} Warheads?

Mad Marie

The matrix is glitching

Miyaa

GDI

Bagge

Only Melon's butt

Andy

That was the first time in weeks I’ve laughed out loud at something.

Kyle Rudy

This is the only time in QC history I've been tempted to quit the strip. I almost want to stop reading just so this is the end of the story for me. Alllllmost.

Marc Tabor

Next strip, Stations offensive systems vs Bubbles defensive systems. What of the earth will remain???

TubaGinger

*brandishes knife* “Thank you! I hope you liked it!”

Stephen Wells

Station, fortunately, is smart enough to say "Yes, ma'am" and not actually do anything until they've checked with Tilly first.

AlexKorobeiniki

Well, it was a good run, everyone.

Todd Ellner

"Daggering" isn't the same as being stabbed.

Duncan

Is this a comment on the Patreon typo gang? 😅😅

Photon

I see what you did there

But Jeph has to leave the Patreon up so we can talk about it until the end of days.

I can't help but feel we are to blame for pointing out the typo.

Leak

*RELEASE TEH VIRUS

Leak

I love happy endings...

Leak

"Sunstone: Cantilever" - what better name for it's as-yet unnamed 4th arc?

Leak

HIP HOP - High In Plasma, High On Plasma

Leak

That's reather grim...

Leak

"In the grim future of WarHanner 2k21, there is only war - and Emperor Pintsize's nude mud wrestling trials beyond Coffee of Thunderdoom..."

Ami

Included in the bombardment payload is unit designated ALICE whereas Church is deployed to intercept.

Connor Wilson

It would be pretty funny if this was the last strip. You should delay the next one by a day and watch everyone freak out.

MasterPenDragon

I had to go back and read the newsletter again. I'm glad I did. It made Dora's response funnier.

Brian Clarke

Oh for sure. I assumed someone would let him know but , you know, gently

Michael Chui

...so I take it everyone else also noticed the typo.

Justin

It's actually the password for Dora to prove that she read the newsletter! Though I suppose it could also be the password to stop an orbital bombardment?

Bagge

Honestly, not the end of QC I expected but a pretty good ending all things considered

Don't die yelling bird, we need you!

Nicholas A Wagner

Epic post of life changing power sculpted with skill that transcends mortals and what do people get out of it? "*it's"

Krista Elliott

I feel like Pintsize is Sedna , actually.

Yelling Bird

EVERYTHING IS... GETTING... BLACK...

Richard

Oh, the light from the impacts will be _quite_ brilliant, for a few milliseconds.

R L

My issue with all of the comic today is this: THEY HAVE AN OVERRIDE CODEWORD FOR THIS. This. Situation. Happened. Before.

sjlxndr

I had to read the speech bubble three times to see the typo 🤦🏻‍♂️😅

Carrie

CANTILEVERRRRRRR

Yohannon

Damn this would have been PERFECT for an April Fool's strip.

Anthony Gaglianese

I mean....a part of me feels this is a generally reasonable response. Though another part of me has not seen NEARLY enough of the cast naked yet, so I'm hoping Station has an abort sequence.

kaitou

QC's version of "Rocks fall. Everyone dies."

Valraven

A nuclear mushroom cloud with visible butts debris caught in the blast

Thomas Halpin

Dora's reaction is priceless and I will cherish it forever.

Valraven

She already noticed the typo on her own, and was off to make it correct.

Valraven

The real question- will the comic end on #6969 or #69420?

Daniel Whitcomb

As someone who used to post stuff on the internet for a living and hated "you made a typo" comments, I am 100% on Hannelore's side here.

Shawn K. Younkin

Nuke the site from orbit, it's the only way to be sure...

Chuck Dee

I was looking for this. You took my joke, dammit!

Sir Pants

A bit of old Hanners resurfaced, and she brought Operation Scorched Earth with her.

The pace of this comic, and all the gods willing, none. xD

Yelling Bird

WELL OF COURSE I GODDAMN LIKED IT! PROBLEM IS, I ONLY HAVE SO MUCH BLOOD...

Frank Wales

As long as it's not an orbital space cannon

Alan Wiggs

RELEASE THE VIRUS

Thisguy

Ah, a case of real life writes the plot.

Mike O'Dell

RAP - Rest As Plasma

DonnieRamesJio

Love it!

Onyx

I had to read this like three times to see the typo! And I couldn't remember why Dora was saying that word so thanks - I thought it was the safe word too!

Michael Boettger

Hanners has been involved in at least one end-of-the-world scenario before. It was set several years in the future, long after she left Northampton behind. Protip: when Hanners leaves town, look for shelter.

Onyx

Perfect 👌

Please, we all know you liked it.

Yelling Bird

GAH! HELP! I'VE BEEN STABBED!

Don't worry Hanners I had to read it like 10 times before I could find the typo

Dean Reilly

Claire isn't the first one to point out the typo.

Pejo

Goddammit, I saw she had the newsletter up on her phone & I scrolled back to that comic & everything but didn't read down to the password. 😓 Thanks, more-alert-than-me readers.

Ack

It's the codeword to prove she actually read the newsletter.

Christopher Wolfe

It’s the code word to prove she read the newsletter.

Somewhat ironic (or coincidental?) given that this is a comic about pointing out a mistake, but I believe you've accidentally drawn Claire's glasses over her nose in panel 4.

And this is how my dad earned pocket money as a small boy. Grandpa got to the point where he couldn't see the typos in his newspaper after running a proof, so he called in his kids and paid them a nickel per typo spotted.

Ryan X

just expected it to be a typo in code, not a local coffee shop newsletter

red sands

cover your tracks with a crater

Chelsea

this is some excellent fourth-wall breaking/fan service ;)

Miyaa

Next week: Steve makes breakfast and realizes the kitchen is open air and the roaches are radioactive. Also Melon and Yay are there.

Vic or Vyxter

ohgdthe KNIFE

Ryan X

Pretty sure it's a codeword to override the Orbital Strike

David Durant

Oh god, you've caught butts disease too - is there no limit to it's pernicious advance!

Trevor Key

Might still be fun to take an unannounced break from the comic right after this goes up. :-P

William Davy

It's the safe word. Can't remember which comic it was but it was recent

Mad Marie

Cantilever alone for five minutes without her calling in an orbital strike?

Pejo

Why is Dora saying "cantilever"? Is that a reference?

Kenneth

Also, with the time it takes for a target package to reach CoD and the elapsed time between strips, we'd get at least 5-10 more...

Another Random User

And this is why you don’t point out typos unless you have a professional obligation to do so.

David Durant

Who many generations of character offspring are we talking about?

Matt Grayson

Last line of newsletter

fluffy

Claire why would you do this

David Durant

I freaking love that idea

Matt Grayson

Mr. Church's first name is Pintsize. No one know's why.

Absentia

nah. the last strip will jsut show a giant explosion on the side of the earth where Station destroyed the town.

I always knew a typo would cause the end of the world 😏😂

Andrew

Nuke ‘em from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure.

I can't argue that this wouldn't be a brilliant end... But I hope to die before the true end comes.

Crushogre

It went *SHUNK* in the second panel

Eric Christian Berg

I forget, what's "cantilever" a reference to?

ljdbjlasfbjk

Unless I'm confused, there won't be a comic tomorrow, because this is Friday's comic. So, commence with the burning.

Buck Caldwell

I reject your canon and substitute my own.

David

i would be incredibly sad to see the strip go but an ending like this would be so on brand i would have no choice but to salute it

awgiedawgie

"Electro-Magnetic Pizza"?

It's not a station safe word, it's the code word Hannelore put at the end of the newsletter so Dora could prove she read it.

Summer Sudbrink

And where did it go?

MikeT

Deploying pizza bombardment

Mad Marie

We have to wait for 72 hours to find out, don’t we?

Slashplane

Death of OCD, as I would expect.

Elberik

That's just Station purging every digital copy from existence.

Verteiron

Next page is just a link to Alice Grove with the caption "some time later..."

Jackie Horn

CANTILEVERRRRRRR

Andrew Mitchell

Spiders?

Buck Caldwell

I love that Dora has a Station Safeword. Has this gun been seen on the wall before? It sounds familiar but I can't place it.

It's Schrodinger's cliffhanger. It's both funny and not funny until we see if there's a comic tomorrow. (There better be a comic tomorrow. Or I'm burning it all down.)

Matthew Van Gangelen

What will we read now?

Skyler

Okay that would be hilarious though

I guess she got that cranial uplink to Station after all!

Alacrity Fitzhugh

And that's the End. QED. Fare-thee-well. Catch you on the backside. Later days and better lays. Sayonara mon frere. Peas out. We're so done we're burnt. We are an ex-parrot.