page 1355 – prodigious levels of “AWWW”
Whatever issues Bridget and Alphonse may eventually grow up with, parental neglect and abandonment issues will never be among them.
Anyway, I’m gong ahead and letting this page go up a few hours early in order to celebrate this page NOT getting done in the wee. hours of the morning… and also to preemptively apologize for when NEXT week’s page is inevitably late due to me spending the weekend on the traditional end-of-the-month Patreon scramble. Stupid February always sneaking up on me… Hopefully, though, this SHOULDN’T affect this week’s TWC Voting Incentive. Lord knows I’ve already missed too many of those this month…
EDIT: New Voting Incentive is indeed up!
oh that is adorable. they will have very interesting expectations when they start building relationships in the future.
Of course, in this case “building relationships” could involve actual literal building, as in constructing a person to have a relationship with out of spare parts.
not spare parts. their momma taught them to find the best parts for making people they love
Sometimes, you can make the best kids from leftovers….
https://faroutthere.com/comic/page-132-unnatural-strength-not-available-in-all-models/
It’s proven surprisingly hard for me to come up with a joke in response to this that DOESN’T come off as way weirder than intended
I feel like Tabitha is, understandably, accidentally projecting Layla’s issues as a potential future problem for Bridget. They’re not the same person, but they do have similarities in their broad-strokes personality traits. They both act aloof and uncaring about other’s opinions, for example, while caring deeply about their close parental unit. So Tabitha, being a good parent, wants to ensure that Bridget NEVER goes through what Layla’s going through.
Yeah, you pretty much nailed it.
to be fair, seeing the result of a parent not showing enough affection is a good reason to shower your kid in more affection. most reasons to do so are good reasons to do so
And this is the funny thing: it’s not as if Tabitha wasn’t already showering them with copious amounts of praise and affection already, it’s just that now she feels compelled to do it EVEN MORE.
She’s totally cheating by using the same text twice, though. Tabitha should know that the nitpicking audience is going to zoom in to read the tiny text.
Hey, she’s just being thorough and clearly stating what she’s always telling everybody else, regardless of how redundant it may or may not be!
It’s just that she doesn’t do it for Bridget in public often because she knows Bridget isn’t comfortable with it. Which is why we don’t see her showering Bridget with Praise regularly in the comic, but we do see her praising Alphonse.
Yeah, not only does Bridget dislike the thought of having her coolness compromised in public, she also dislikes the thought of Tabitha compromising her OWN coolness.
Does that mean it would be better for Bridget to get public praise & affirmations from Alphonse than Tabitha? Okay, he’s MUTE, like Bridget is, but he can seemingly mystically manipulate technology, so he could control some floating fireworks-signs to float above Bridget’s head spelling out “Incredible Sister!” in a celebratory fashion.
i want this now!
Upon seeing your reply, Aqua, I have come to the conclusion that I’m a monster. I am close to cackling, and am mainly avoiding doing so for personal reasons.
Unfortunately, Alphonse would probably be too bashful to do something so ostentatious, especially after seeing Bridget get embarrassed over lesser shows of affecton.
…HOWEVER, that would only apply in public, whe other people would see. He might be willing to show off a bit more when it’s just the two of them. (Though the bigger question THERE is: how often is Tabitha not hovering over them?)
depends on if you include remote surveillance. Alphonse maybe able to detect such things making it still count as hovering.
i assume she gives them time away from her direct supervision because of parenting books talking about the importance of building your children’s independence. but i also assume she keeps a distant eye, and has scrapbooks of their adventures by the time they come back.
I can see Tabitha leaving the kids alone (in each other’s company) semi-regularly. Either to find something in their extensive warehouses, to help or “help” her father with his own experiments, or because there’s a possibility for one of the two of them to get a booboo if they’re in the room, and Tabitha is NOT going to stand for that.
These periods, I mentally reason, only last about an hour or three at most, with the possibility of her checking in on them every half hour. Part of the reason she does it is to ensure they’re comfortable with their alone time instead of developing to be completely emotionally dependent on her. She wants her kids to eventually be independent, and part of that is allowing them some time unsupervised.