Stare-Off

Ack

I learned recently that the reason cat pupils go from wide to narrow is that this is how they can more easily see prey through long grass. So it's a hunting trait.

JourneymanWizard

"We have found the splurge for the ionizer pores a most useful investment, as we employ it in a variety of circumstances."

Scotty

Slight error. Yay's shirt and pants should be covered in white fur from Hercules playing/sitting on them😸😸

"Spelliot"? Okay!

Afunnythinghappedtome

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

This is blasphemy but I now ship spooky and Elliot

Kuragari

This makes me happy because they're friends now. <3

Azrux

Those honestly sound like the same to me

William Burns

I see this going one of two ways: hilarious, or horribly, horribly wrong.

jimbo

this has the beginning of some AI-human S&M role play. "make me" would probably be Yay's followup. Good luck Elliot!

Andrew L Butula

I think it's the opposite. Unless someone told Elliot about Yay's capabilities off-screen he probably thinks they're just Mellon's upscale slightly arrogant friend.

Andrew L Butula

Yeah, tough guy crossed arms you tuck your hands, whereas Elliot is more grabbing his own upper arms. Doesn't have the same "fuck you" visual effect but probably smarter for a bouncer. Things can escalate quickly, and with Elliot's stance his top arm is totally free, and his bottom arm only slightly less so.

lazymagpie

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Daryl Sawyer

That crossed arms stance looks... defensive. Like he's a woman who (thinks she) just caught a man looking at her boobs, or something.

Solomon Garland

I guess it's hard to be spooky when he's seen you fussing his cat for twenty minutes.

Summer Sudbrink

I like the fact that Yay is briefly surprised at how intimidating Elliot is. I wonder if she's ever felt fear before.

Elliot.. the biggest baddest softy-est most fearless-est adorable-est guy in the entire comic.

Mark

No longer the giant squid to everyone else's reef fish.

Thisguy

Yes. Considering a big part of Elliot’s job would be politely and calmly asking someone that maybe they could stop drinking and maybe call it a night, and would they like him to Call them an Uber?

Stephen Wells

I'm genuinely disturbed by how accurate this characterisation is... that must be why they like Roko! They WANT Officer Roko to impose some discipline on them :)

Stephen Wells

Some would say "Being intimidating is my job" but for Eliot it's "part of one of my jobs" and that's rather pleasing :)

Evgeniy Semyonov

30 seconds later: - Strange, what's up with that red light coming from the sky? - Ah, it's just military satellite targeting system. Now, shall we try again?

Solomon Garland

I guess a spooky "no" is less scary than "you think you're sho tough, I'll knock your fucking head off"?

Rat Mann

For Elliot to react like that, I have to wonder what kind of assholes he's had to deal with before XD

Brian English

I love Yay's "I just rolled a friggin' ONE" look. :D

Dean Reilly

Womp womp

Bruce Steinberg

Yay has lost their mojo. Their eyes have gotten rounder and their smile cuter than the first time we saw them being *really* spooky. (That and the lack of computationally inflicted pain). https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3413

Bagge

Yay can control the world's information but not get away with acting too drunk on Eliot's watch

Andrew Mitchell

Very good choice!

Akashimo Hakubi

So, what has been scary is the question to reduce Yay as little.

Leave Nelson B

Alice Groove was so good

Thomas Halpin

I mean, I know that's not the intention, but this really made me miss Alice Grove

Evgeniy Semyonov

I just hope it doesn't end in Yay attempting to find a way to be REALLY intimidating. Traumatized Elliot would totally botch his date with Clinton.

Andrew Mitchell

Yay's reaction here made me laugh out loud.

Freedom

Oh my Lord I just got intense Bratty Sub vibes from Yay. Or maybe two switches battling for control vibes

FeyOne

They. They were just fawning all over Hercules. There is noone in that room that identifies as "she".

Hugh Eckert

Aaaaaannd... point to Elliot.

Ted Van Roekel

Familiarity breeds contempt. Or at least a lack of intimidation.

Hugh Eckert

That is both a) the best name I have heard for such a place in some time and b) conjuring unfortunate images in my imagination.

MrFrenchFries

Spookybot is the deity we need, but don’t deserve.

Paracog Steadham

That might have gone differently if she hadn't just been fawning all over Hercules.

Lol im dying of laughter rn

Sleepy John

We are NOT accustomed to being taken less than seriously.

Ami

Well this just made me nostalgic for Alice's Grove

Kyle Major

I love those eyes

awgiedawgie

Yay, he's had his nose broken by an unruly patron. Your little flashy eyes thing doesn't phase him a bit.

awgiedawgie

While it's true that Yay could easily incapacitate Elliot with hardly a touch, that would be cheating here. Any ordinary person that he might encounter as a bouncer would be easy for him to handle.

GodsInTheCogs

Elliott reminds me of a bouncer that may have worked in a nearby, ah.... Dance place nicknamed Porn in the Corn

Dylan T

Oh no! Yay's been domesticated! They aren't spooky anymore! Haha

z

Hm...Elliot/Clinton/Yay! love triangle?

Matthew Van Gangelen

1. I like where you are going with that... but... 2. Yay is a they not a she. Though this particular body might be female gendered based purely on the clothing.

Aussie Jim

Frame 5 is my new game avatar - imma not asking 🖤

Onyx

This is easily one of my top strips.

Joseph Bonnar

Spookybot... Have you uncovered a new obsession? :)

Thisguy

Lol. That’s the problem with people like Elliot, they lack imagination to believe that someone that small could possibly be scared and dangerous.

Onyx

I love Elliot - he is me, a disaster bisexual. And I LOVE LOVE LOVE Spookybot's reaction!

z

Elliot is awake. Therefore, Death cannot take him. Not because Death has to wait until he's asleep, but because Elliot would beat Death up and keep beating him up until Death gives him something to make him go away. It's the same way Elliot got his baking skills. He got them from the Devil. Elliot didn't sell his soul-he just kept beating up the Devil until the Devil gave him something to make him go away.

VC

Exactly. He’s probably used to it by now too.

phoebe

spookybot continues to be my favorite

SpookyPenguin

OH WELL PLAYED SIR! (still adorable). SPOOPYBOT HAHA

z

Yes. All of the character exist in a state of quantum supershippingposition where all of the relationships are valid. Simultaneously. Except Bubbles/Pintsize, because there is NOT ENOUGH neurological trauma to make that work.

VC

Lol! Poor spookybot. What was she expecting when they both are being intimidating and resisting each other?

Scott Gosnell

Yay looks like a goth-flavored version of Clinton in these latest strips.

Matthew Van Gangelen

As I understand it Yay is a hive mind. A “Them” not a “Him”. Their individual bodies might be gendered but subtly so. Then again they might be all barbie dolls down there. Edit: Thanks for that.

Kenneth

Was totally just thinking that!

BobC

Elliot appears to have poor death perception.

James Cummings

Oh god it's the Alice Grove Eyes

skinnybdink

not to sound like a noob, i've been reading QC long enough that i shouldn't have to ask, but is Jeph seriously going to make us ship whichever bunch of characters happen to be sharing a frame or

Todd Ellner

1) It's his job not to be intimidated by people woofing and 2) He is too nice to say "I've left scarier things than you in the toilet."

JD

I love these two.

z

Elliot bounced a demon once. Not a robot that was acting like a demon. An ACTUAL demon. From Hell. Admittedly, it WAS a slow Tuesday night...

Matt Grayson

I don't know where this is going to go, but I like it!

Matthew Van Gangelen

We wouldn’t admit to it if we were... which obviously we weren’t.

Mr. Ifrit

*whispers* I ship it? No, I mustn’t

z

Well, let's be fair, Yay! is small, petite, and unarmed. Elliot has probably bounced GIRLS that are taller, more muscular, either wielding a bottle or straight razor (maybe both), and so drunk that the idea of getting in a fight with the human bear is a Good Idea. We've had at least one or two scenes where Elliot been half-way in a fight, bleeding, and is still being NICE while getting ready to kick somebody's ass. So, Yay! might be creepy, but Elliot's reading of Yay! is "creepy, but might be relying more on being a creepy ass that can read the room well, rather any real competence." The hilarious scene of Yay! being thrown out a window when Yay! tries to push it, going back and complaining that Elliot surprised Yay! and THIS TIME Yay! will succeed... Only to be thrown out ANOTHER window. Maybe the same one as before-windows are expensive!

Jackie Horn

I love his little clap so much.

BioYuGi

The idea of Spooky realizing they've lost their mojo amuses me.

Emma Humphries

Yay has the Spirit of Violence within themselves.

Graeme Lewis

Look, Yay, you've got to understand. You're sober and composed, not ranting drunkenly and about to try and wield a broken whiskey bottle at him.

Matthew Van Gangelen

That’s gold!

Spoogle McGee

Spookypass denied.

Douglas E. Smith

Yay was NOT expecting that. Eliot has seen things... patrons drunk on evil beer for one.

doorbender

To wield the grin one needs the high ground

Pejo

*their

Michael Boettger

Yay has had relatively few interactions with humans. They probably think all humans are like Faye or Emily.

Pejo

They... were pretty spooky when they first showed up. Back in the suits/pre-athleisure wear days.

Alcaria Swain

I'm so proud this cinnamon roll is so unphaseable

Michael Boettger

Yay, isn't as intimidating as they think they are. Now, if they would touch Eliot and drop him to the floor, he might be impressed.

Miyaa

Yay can’t help it, cat too powerful.

Kris

Yeah i stopped being afraid of monsters when I realized I was bigger then them

Julienne Ignace

Fuck. I totally forgot about Alice Grove. I need to go back and re-read it again!!

FuzzyDragon Cosplay

It’s the grin, the grin tones down the scary

Cliff

Spookybot has met its match! 😜

Jareth Fullbringer

Anyone else aroused by Yays act of defiance? No? Just me?? Got it

Alacrity Fitzhugh

ah hahh hahahhah hahah... (breathe) Hahha haha ha....

Jeremy Tighe

NGL that made me legitimately concerned...

Magic Chopstick Games

Can I get a womp

R L

I mean, with normal clothing on, that demeanor is EXTREMELY not as potent.

Evan

Ah yes the Alice Grove grin

Max D S

Awww were leaning tsundere so hard

Miyaa

Oh noes. Yay isn’t scary.

Tamara Macadam

i blame hercules

Nicholas Lopez

Oh boy, I can't wait to see what happens when Yay goes super spooky.

Julienne Ignace

"Formerly known as spookybot" Lulz!!!😂 🙈🤣

Grace Kieser

Elliot is a bar bouncer. He doesn't scare easily! Yay is out of their depth, here!

Fuzzy Logik

Haha so off their game with him.