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Moovin' On Up

🕑 Added 2021-03-29 01:03:56 +0000 UTC

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Brent

One thing at a time

40,000 subscribers... If that's like twitch isn't that like $80,000 a month after their cut? Holy hell

Diptych

The problem with The Road to Perdition is that when you're walking down it the camera moves away from you really quick but zooms in at the same speed.

The Road to Perdition is paved with factor of ten corrections for reasons that will eventually become clear...

Am Queue

Having 40k "fans" has nothing to do with 'lonely'. Nor does having unknown-frequency "booty calls."

Jax

100% a top supporter.

Thomas Halpin

Okay, after the edit things are less shocking. It's less like finding out your mother is a secret celebrity and more like finding out your mother has a successful she side hustle doing standup comedy

Still can’t unsee that avatar :-/

Lev Vaesinis

From indie bands to vtubers... What a ride...

Wooly50

Whatever time it is, needs to be soon. V-tubers AND posssible robo waifus? How can I hop on this timeline?

Beck Archer

Lunchtime doubly so.

Jim Feldman

Probably ANYthing else

PixelThis

I always read it as an alternate now.

Just James

Lunchtime, doubly so.

Patrick Liston

Would you let your brain focus on your mother doing that, or would you prefer to distract it with other details of it?

Cleo Schmitz

I was thinking 400k subs? How many of those are not-embodied AIs? What are population numbers like?

Ben Russell-Gough

The time is always 'now', irrespective how far apart the 'now' is from the one a few years back. With regard to timelines, QC is set in an alternate universe where the first true sapient AIs self-compiled around the turn of the millennium and Congress passed an AI Emancipation and Equal Rights Act, granting them the same rights as any human citizen, in around 2010-ish. The Singularity, where AIs started building their own next generation (possibly including a pseudo-biological 'reproduction' of their intelligence algorithms) beginning in around 2015. Jeph has never said but it seems that Bubbles is a veteran of fighting in some kind of anti-terrorist campaign, possibly something historically parallel to Afghanistan.

Jeph Jacques

2006 and also 2075

Salodni Ikkis

You're not necessarily a furry if you like them big cow tiddies, right?.. right?

Mike O'Dell

Proof yet again that hysterical madness is a communicable disease and QC is a superspreader. Just as the QC setting slides by our reality like looking in the windows of a passing train, QC captures a slice of the zeitgeist unknown to many and well side their historically accommodating mindset. It’s just freakin’ brilliant!

KCkittysnores

Time is an illusion.

lazymagpie

What's the official year QC is supposed to take place in?

Bagge

PINTSIZE on the other hand...

Ben Russell-Gough

What blows my mind here is that, of all things for Clinton to react to, the one his brain settles on his mother being a *streamer*. Isn't there anything else that bothers you on this Clinton, old son? Maybe the implicit fact that she's tapping into the fetish crowd to boost her numbers?

TwoRavens

You're excused.

David S

Thanks. It's obvious now that I see it, but it being the same color as the glove confused me.

Diptych

In the first panel? It's a game controller.

David S

Okay, what's going on with her right hand? I either can't tell what's in her hand or it's done thing I've never seen before.

Kurious

I have to say that what this is doing to Clinton makes this priceless. Perfect :D

Gary Walker

Aurelia just really liked nursing.

Shane Wegner

I don't think Jeph will milk it just to skim some more creamy puns, he'll steer clear because that would be bullshit and too cheesy. He's butter than that.

Shane Wegner

SURELY Claire would recognize her own mother's voice, 3D avatar or no.

Shane Wegner

It probably has to do with Clinton knowing that 30k simo viewers is in the top 1% of streams worldwide. A famous game like Warframe will get ballpark 20k viewers during a major developer event with free giveaways. 30K+ simultaneous happens on Twitch during rare, worldwide events, like the realtime streamed Nasa Crew Dragon module first contact with the International Space Station. Clinton probably realizes the magnitude of this and it's a lot to take in at once.

She asked him

Stephen Wells

Later, Clinton: "Claire, our mother is vtubing as an anime cow lady called MommyMilkers420." Claire: "But... I watch that channel during my special private alone time..." (prolonged silence) (thousand yard stares intensify).

Mark

As the footnote says, this does indeed still not explain her streamer name.

John Seiler

I think it’s pretty touching that Aurelia had a character rig ready for her son if he ever wanted to join her stream. You know she totally has one ready for Claire.

Chris Sims

This is actually quite sweet

Moray Macdonald

This week on QC: cow puns!

I watch a couple streamers that have numbers in the low four digits for subs, with a lot being prime memberships and they take in around 100-130k usd annually (one of them is pretty open about their earnings and how swapping games cost them around 20k in 3-4 months). So subscribers in Aurelia's range?? She is doing very well for herself.

Reso

I like how last week's events telegraphed "and then clinton came out to his mom as having a same sex love interest and his mom was super supportive", but Aurelia's fursona as mommymilkers420 is what is actually happening. Clinton coming out to his mom? Nah. His mom is coming out to Clinton. Also, I just realized what could be happening here. She's coming out to her son about her secret life after realizing that he's romantically involved with a dude.

Reso

Zero. Chill.

Evgeniy Semyonov

I think something is going on in the collective subconscious - Daniel Thrasher just uploaded a cow-milking-themed video (SFW, but may require sanity check): https://youtube.com/watch?v=07YVqNyrWmQ I wonder who's next.

Brooks Moses

Aw, Aurelia is blushing! Why is nobody talking about the blushing?

SharkFist

I'm shocked by how many people are praising Aurelia and putting down Clinton here. Setting aside the awkwardness of finding out your mom portrays a four-boobed anime cow lady online, imagine agreeing to sit down and play games with someone only to find out you're being broadcast to 30k people without your prior knowledge or consent. That's kinda fucked up

Ben Russell-Gough

Yes, Clinton, your mother is Internet Famous.

Absentia

hell yeah Aurelia! use those thirsty furries to your advantage girl!

Chloë Salzenberg

Responses that range from highly amused to cheering Aurelia on remind me that a fair number of people have led remarkably sheltered lives.This is kind of like Hannelore's mom but oblivious instead of cunning. Imagine Marten's mom letting him discover *her* day job in a similarly cavalier way.

Chloë Salzenberg

More like, he can't handle being dropped into the equivalent of a stage show at a furry convention, with his mother in a sexy starring role. Without warning. I couldn't handle that either, holy shit.

Chloë Salzenberg

Clinton has trouble relaxing but he is Very Clever. Improvising uncomfortable conversation is a survival skill for people like him. ... not that I'd have personal experience or anything

Shane Wegner

30K viewers is incredible! This is easily enough to be a full-time job with a good monthly salary, based on even average bits and subscriptions. And I just know Milkmaids would be more supportive than average. Edit: When I say "good monthly salary", I estimate 30k average viewers would be bringing in on the order of tens of thousands of dollars a month in bits, subscriptions, and donations. The most viewers I know of on Twitch is kitboga. He counter-trolls phone scammers and does other hacking stuff, averages 10K viewers. https://www.twitch.tv/kitboga Pink_Sparkles only has two breasts, and her show is really about "just chatting", but they happen to be ample and are featured prominently on her stream and even in her ad banner. More power to her, she's leveraged this combination to average 5k thirrrrrsty viewers with 1M followers. If you want to see incredible stream thirst in chat comments, or just how ample I mean when I say ample, Pink_Sparkles is here: https://www.twitch.tv/pink_sparkles

Michael Boettger

What if he finds out that Claire and Marten are milkmaids?

SpookyPenguin

Ah so that's what he can't handle. Mom Is Popular On The Internet.

Everett Bradshaw

I've been turned into a cow, may I go home?

Grace Kieser

That's the second Strong Bad reference I've seen this week!

Grace Kieser

You can get really good sound out of a lav for voice! She's streaming, not producing a show where she's using a whole set

darklion

"Did you get a subscriber?" "No..." "Did you get 400,000 subscribers?" "Yes... VERY YES!" "Well do something before it gets worse!" *turns into cow*

LH

why is noone talking about Clinton's "gotta ... chew some cud"? that's some surprisingly quick thinking from him!

LH

that's the weekend cliffhanger!

Mark Thomas

I think Clinton's Continual shocked answers as the hits keep rolling incubate that none of this was normal to his childhood, which means it's all surprising and drastically out of character for what he thought he knew

kaitou

Udderly.

Diptych

Yes. Her webcam and his phone are capturing their movements and applying them to their animated avatars.

Bagge

I love how the fact that Clinton just smooched a dude he wants to explore a relationship with is in no way the most memorable thing to happen him this night.

Mitchel Huffa

No, I'm assuming she means 400k followers, 30k average stream.

Captain Button

Or borrowing Brun's harpoon...

Livy N

Wait so are her and Clinton actually showing up like that to viewers?

BobC

I had dinner with my 91 year old mom this evening. She still surprises me. Clinton deserves no less!

Andrew L Butula

I'd bet that young Aurelia was a complete dork herself. She has chill now, but one of the reasons chill is a well-regarded trait is that it's a product of maturity. She's seen a lot, done a lot, and now she knows who she is. Clinton and Claire are still figuring themselves out, which doesn't lend itself to chill.

SC

“Lonely old lady,” my ass! Well played, ma’am!

Onyx

If Clinton starts shaming her I am going to be Very Disappointed In him. He's still kinda straight-laced about some things, so I see him having to go off to process and getting told whats-what by someone. Oooo, maybe Yay?

Thisguy

My guess is a (male) ‘friend’ mentioned that phrase at ‘some point’, she thought it was cute, and adopted it.

Kenneth Carlile

If this doesn't end up with Clinton having a heart to heart with Martin, I will be surprised.

Sleepy John

Some world level mind-boggling going on.

Ace

How is he behaving? He hasn't stated any opinions about anything, he's just voiced astonishment. I don't see that that's arse-ish behaviour.

Hugh Eckert

He grew up with her as his mom. She has been secretly training him. In the Bovine Gesserit way. He is the next Kowsatz Haagendasz.

Thomas Halpin

I can get where Clinton is coming from. It's one thing to find out someone has a hobby they haven't mentioned. 400k subscribers isn't a hobby, it's a career. A successful career. Very successful. Like finding out your mom secretly runs a company that is bucking for the 501 spot in the fortune 500.

How can such a cool mom have such dorky kids?

Michael Steamweed

"COW-lossal psychic damage"! AMIRITE? :)

Mr. Ifrit

Clinton's just being infinity combo'd to oblivion by MommyMilkers420. pepeHands.

Yelling Bird

YOU SHOULDA BEEN CHEWING ELLIOT'S CUD!

Jonathan V

I get the feeling she does not make a lot of well-thought-out decisions

Simon Green

I didn't know it was possible to acquire lactose intolerance by reading the internet.

BioYuGi

This is without a doubt the best plot I've had in a webcomic ever.

Shawn K. Younkin

I need to know what games she plays now!!

Dan Tomalesky

lol this arc keeps getting better and better

Jawes

She has *how many* subscribers and she's still using **that** mic???

capnsoapy

She's the #1 streamer of all time, everyone else can retire. It's fine

Tamara Macadam

***WHAT***

Evgeniy Semyonov

This arc would end with Clinton coming into the bar, downing a shot of vodka, and telling Elliott to go and have sex with him immediately just to set his mind free from recent experience. Last panel would be Yay calmly telling Hercules "...and that's why we probably won't see Elliott here tonight. But don't worry, I'm here to feed you, given that he is suddenly indisposed."

Dean Reilly

Some kind of milking machine apparatus?

Benjamin Coomer

Clinton is having a day...

Ken

That's some funny shit right there. Killin' it Jeph, killin' it.

schmod

Well, if this is any indication of what it was like to grow up with Aurelia, I think we now know why Clinton has zero chill.

Bruce Steinberg

Aurelia is amazing, but not warning her child about her sexualized vtube avatar before live streaming with said child is not the best or well thought out decision she’s made.

Alex Kosnett

It’s cute that Clinton’s playing along with the bovine lingo.

Ted Van Roekel

Clinton has got to be the mentally toughest person alive, because anyone else would have snapped like a twig by now.

Miyaa

Nothing wrong with box wine would be my only quibble.

Binkenstein

My very important question is: How does Clinton's robot hand get shown in his cow-sona?

Joseph Bonnar

Like any Mom, I think Aurelia has been wanting to get back at Clinton for a long long time. And now she has DONE IT!!! :)

Peter McDevitt

just wait until he hears about the Onlyfans...

VGreenGoblinV

STEP ON ME MOMMY!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

Granite

Better call HVAC as we have lost all of the cool.

Dylan T

In today's episode: Clinton succumbs to existentialism

drone r0m-3

I'm more interested in the "why was she MommyMilkers420 before having the avatar" question that needs answering.

Anton

I am in hysterics, this is so good and ridiculous. I love Aurelia!!!

Rat

every night i think about how you said "it only escaltes from her." every night I go "nope this is at the peak of what my brain can even attempt to process, no way it will get worse the next night." Each night I am wrong. I have no words. Imagine your mother assigns you a fursona and its a cow twink. i know understand the phrase psychic damage.

Aurelia is out there living her best life. 💜

Natalie Scott

I'm upset

Raven Razor

This is fucking amazong

Morgan

Don't act so surprised. We already knew your mom was way cooler than you could ever hope to be. ♥️

Miyaa

And has a Silver YouTube plaque.

Michael Boettger

With that kind of money, she could be a silent partner for Union Robotics.

R L

My world is udderly shattered. Aurelia is a BADASS.

Matthew Graf

Aight I love Aurelia even more now

Miyaa

400K subscribers, assuming $5 per subscriber per month… great googly moogly. Emphasis on moo.

Aurelia Got Invited To Youtube Rewind

Michael Boettger

I love Aurelua too, but poor Clinton! Although, it's kind of understandable, her kids have grown up and living their own lives. Better than sitting around, watching reality TV and drinking box wine.