Clever Reference

Tyler Findlay

Bubbles cannot be stopped

neriek

Just went back trying to find May's original holo form, and found this.. https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3004 Bubbles has changed quite a bit in the last 5 years o3o

Kriss Pang

Bubbles! Verbose response off please! :)

Mark Thomas

I'm sure she can put a pretty good bit of speed on a single movement, but shes too much of a tank to be a blue... Especially in her armor. Maybe a tank that can hit 30 or 40 mph on paved roads and run FOREVER without tiring, but still a tank. The Inverse Square Law hits you harder the bigger you get. Moving her body in a running motion at the speed required to make her appear as a "red blur" to human vision would put INCREDIBLE strain on every bit of her frame, especially at the joints. Assuming even that she was capable of both doing that and withstanding it, the momentum carried by her limbs at that speed would destroy the surface she ran on and splatter body parts that she touched. It would be Impossible to both move that fast AND be gentle... Watching her surprised (unarmed, except herbody itself) counter attack would probably be more like watching the Juggernaut tear into an enemy, but with Professor Hulk's intelligence

Clifton Royston

She has assumed the "I will name it Arthur" stance.

Matt Grayson

I picture a Bubbles "furious counterattack" as a reddish blur - followed by a lot of enemy equipment and uniforms simply falling apart leaving a bunch of naked disarmed soldiers. (Yay applauding politely from the sidelines with an "old fashioned, but effective" comment.)

Matt

Bubbles doesn't mess around

... I'd read it.

Mattezhion Zane Corgan Campbell

And suddenly I want to watch Bubbles streaming X-COM to see how she employs guerilla tactics.

ezazel

Yes. Just yes.

Can I use her as a reference someday? :)

Mark

Bubs does have a tendency to get intense, doesn't she? https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3277

Mark

Now Claire needs a third OTT component for her applications to go with this and Marten's cover letter https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4361

Mark

THEN unleash the spotted pucculents! https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3423

Professor Harmless

Gentlemen, you can't fight in here, this is classical literature! The History of Warfare is the next isle over!

Andrei Safta

Rogal Dorn would be proud!

Dean Reilly

Should have just paid the overdue fines...

Leak

Witty Comment.

Shane Wegner

Recon-in-force tactics are implied.

Shane Wegner

Bubbles! This is a LIBRARY! I hope you're at least using silencers! ("suppressors")

Fuzzy Logik

Oh god I forgot about Library War!

Bagge

This is gonna end up with Bubbles fighting a crocodile in an australian library, isn't it?

William Cole

Maybe an ED 209 or two.

Andrew L Butula

Given that she was disabled by an EMP, but not destroyed or even damaged beyond repair, while her squad was slaughtered around her I wouldn't bank on anything man portable.

Shane Wegner

If a Bubbles-class AI+chassis ever went rogue, I'm not sure local police forces would be sufficient to stop them. Well, if they also have a few battle-bots of their own I suppose.

Chas Simmons

I'm not clear how one would know it will be possible to "destroy in detail" -- meaning attacking fractional portions of the opposing force, one at a time -- until you know how the enemy is deployed. If their forces are concentrated, it can't be done.

Josh Levenberg

Have you seen the anime called Library War? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_War

George Bias

I'm pretty sure anything less than a .50 cal would just scuff Bubbles' paint and annoy her.

That Blair Guy

Those inter-library rivalries can get pretty intense......

Pejo

I assume you mean neurodiverse, not North Dakota or Notre Dame or any of the other things Google suggested.

Pejo

I think previous strips have shown AI characters using a phone or the like instead of more direct means, just because they wanna.

Ol' Firebones

I love Bubbles so much, you guys.

Katy Kania

As someone who does hiring in libraries, I'd hire Claire on the basis of this reference so fast

LH

i mean, i'd certainly employ her based on that reference

SpookyPenguin

Bubbles strikes me as possibly nd, that's the kind of literal answer I would expect.

Aaron Schulz

So like, do you put just bubbles(AI) and then a phone number? Do you need to explain she is an AI since she has a one word name? Do people care she is an AI? They have show the gross side of the world not liking them but like, how does that work? Does she have a phone? Does it call her head?

Alex Thompson

Bubbles: will hype you up in an interview also Bubbles: won't stand for violations of the Geneva Convention

AO is "Area of Operations", and she does have another name, but due to *things* we don't know what it is.

Paul Britt

Two questions...What is AO? ....Does Bubbles have any other name than Bubbles?

C-Cubed

A good friend? Or a good friend housed in a billion dollars of military-grade hardware?

Bubbles is amazing

😂

Everybody needs a Bubbles in their life.

Chris Weigert

I need a ride or die friend like Bubbles, dayum...

Czarzhan

"I would interrogate enemy units as to why they launched a major ground offensive against a library." This line just tickles me.

Grace Kieser

Bubbles, sweetie... Just, no.

Morgan

I'd hire her

KCT

It's a form of nepotism because they want to know if you know people who are super rich/influential.

Andrew Mitchell

Chill, Bubbles. What you said in panel 3 was enough. 🤣

drone r0m-3

I could use that kind of job reference right now.

Seth Aaron Hershman has they she pronouns

I never got personal references on applications. Like, are they just checking to make sure you have friends?

Melissa Smits

Bubs is the best. I get the sense that she's much more comfortable with her personal history now, as she's still so passionate about doing what's just/good.

Matt Grayson

And THEN she'd plant succulents...

Nicolas Demers

SHE WILL GET TO BUILD HER OWN LIBRARY

Douglas E. Smith

I am having a 'Bubbles squee' moment. Mmm. Eee.

Brian Brewer

Don't forget your armor!

This is craveworthy content

Jackie Horn

Damn, I need that reference!

Leaflemming

Those library invasion guys are going DOWN.

John Smutko

I would kill for this reference

Amy ☣

I'd watch this Bubbles defends the library movie.

Tamara Macadam

claire is going to get more job offers than there are libraries

Anthony Gaglianese

I get the feeling that Bubbles would get along well with Strax from Doctor Who. Likely a shared love of grenades, cluster mines, and acid.

doorbender

It’s the only way to be safe

Samantha Yeaman

If only Bubbles had existed in the same timeline as the Library of Alexandria.

Michael Boettger

We should all have a friend like Bubbles in our corner!

Thisguy

I love this.

doorbender

Alexandria could have used some defensive AIs

Nicholas Lopez

I love Bubbles so much

Hope

Dibs on bubs for my zombie apocalypse team

C-Cubed

I love it when Bubbles goes overboard on her statements.

gatherer818

Claire will get every job available, wherever she applies. Or else.

Cody Renton

Bubbles getting super carried away with hypothetical scenarios is the best running theme

Rachael R

I love Bubbles ❤️

Michael Boettger

And Claire! Yay!

Magic Chopstick Games

I say we dust off and research it from orbit

Matt Grayson

She'd do it, too. I've seen her fortify a library.