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Annotations Every Day - Written by T Campbell & Flo Kahn - Illustrated by John & Jason Waltrip

Me? I'm a middle.

Ask An Adventurer – Come On, Guys.

on June 21, 2014
Chapter: Ask An Adventurer
└ Tags: Goblaurence, Gondolessa, Harky
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  1. Logan76667
    Logan76667
    June 21, 2014, 12:04 pm | # | Reply

    I didn’t think I’d ever come to say this about a Troll, but that’s hella’ cute lol

    • zero
      zero
      June 21, 2014, 7:26 pm | # | Reply

      reminds me of the Grinch

  2. Lingo
    Lingo
    June 21, 2014, 12:04 pm | # | Reply

    Best one yet.

    • Random Whatever
      Random Whatever
      June 21, 2014, 11:56 pm | # | Reply

      Yeah that tops Bro tom. I mean the answer is better than Tom’s answer, not top like in fornicatin, mate. (blush)

  3. Ganurath
    Ganurath
    June 21, 2014, 12:11 pm | # | Reply

    Trolls having a healing factor, much more suited for being a bottom.

    Also, Goblaurence is the best.

    • ThatGuy
      ThatGuy
      June 24, 2014, 3:55 am | # | Reply

      a lot of animals have spikes on their wee-wee.

      Lets hope that Avians arent the same way.

      • Borg
        Borg
        April 20, 2017, 3:50 pm | # | Reply

        Really, they ought to have cloacae.

        Well, except the ducks.

  4. Ben Solo
    Ben Solo
    June 21, 2014, 12:23 pm | # | Reply

    I am liking the “Barbarians” more and more.

  5. Taxil Necrobane
    Taxil Necrobane
    June 21, 2014, 12:39 pm | # | Reply

    I just knew that question was going to show up sooner or later. Anyway, I bet he’s the bottom from his reaction alone.

    • risky
      risky
      June 21, 2014, 12:41 pm | # | Reply

      I knew I was typing too slowly.

      • Jacquerel
        Jacquerel
        June 21, 2014, 1:33 pm | # | Reply

        I get this is all in good fun but I feel like if it’s something you think might be true, maybe you should reexamine your thought processes.
        There’s actually no reason one or the other should be any more embarassing.

        • Rukhron
          Rukhron
          June 21, 2014, 2:20 pm | # | Reply

          I could state that he being so clueless could be an evidence of being a top. Here is the thought process:

          – Top is the most male-like activity.
          – Male-like activities is the norm for males, therefore the more male-like an activity is the least it deviates from the norm.
          – The lesser deviation of the norm is less confusing
          – The lesser the confusion the lesser is the need to think about it
          – The lesser is the need to think about something the lesser will it be done to form a conciousness and knowledge of the situation
          – All this leading to not being ready to answer that simple question

          I don’t claim this is a rule, but it’s a valid thought process.

          • Helianthus
            Helianthus
            June 21, 2014, 4:02 pm | # | Reply

            Faulty premise.

            First, Top is the most male-like activity for heterosexual males. For homosexuals, no idea here, and I would’t assume.

            Second, some heterosexual males like to be under. Or have to. So, “most male-like” may no be so general. A 51% norm is quite different than a 99.9% norm.

            • NobodySpecial
              NobodySpecial
              June 21, 2014, 8:59 pm | # | Reply

              Ah, but given your premise, and given that every study of animals I’ve seen pegs homosexual activity at between 5 and 20 percent of any group, then you’re a lot closer to your 99.9 than your 51.

            • Fenlander
              Fenlander
              June 22, 2014, 2:43 am | # | Reply

              most hetro males are top because it’s just easier then having to listen to 2 hours of complaints about how her legs hurt from the effort of being on top.

              • Fenlander
                Fenlander
                June 22, 2014, 2:50 am | # | Reply

                Oh, I’ve just Googled ‘top, bottom, versatile’ and found I have led a very sheltered life. And to think, until 30 seconds ago I thought top just meant being on top.
                I’m as embarrassed as Harky :-(

            • Lev La Tikvah
              Lev La Tikvah
              June 22, 2014, 2:01 pm | # | Reply

              Maybe these fine people can help explain this.
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sv25Lrpc-Y

            • Rukhron
              Rukhron
              June 23, 2014, 2:41 am | # | Reply

              Ok… let me adjust it a bit

              – Top/Bottoms seems like an euphemism for Key/Lock to me
              – Key is the most male-like activity
              – Everything progress the same

              “I could state that he being so clueless could be an evidence of being a top.”, as I said before was a different perspective to Taxil Necrobane statement that the reaction alone warranted Harky as bottom. I then showed that examining the problem by a different perspective leads to different conclusions – and this may be applied to EVERYTHING I said, putting my guess at the wrong side.

              What I did expose was: different perspectives, different conclusions – you (and by extension me) might be wrong.

              • Rukhron
                Rukhron
                June 23, 2014, 2:58 am | # | Reply

                I just forgot one thing:

                The thought process chain together nicely – I said it was a valid thought process, not the right answer to the given problem.

                I can even point the weak link:
                I assume that Harky has less question about his uncommon relationship because he assumes a more male-like role. The very fact they both kept it hidden shows conciousness of a lack of social acceptance, which is a valid reason to devote time into thinking about what he is doing – and even discuss about with his mate.

                Again I point that my claim is: different perspectives, different conclusions
                I don’t claim do be right about their mating roles or backstories.

            • ⁣
              ⁣
              February 15, 2015, 1:49 pm | # | Reply

              its fairly straight forward…its the most male like meaning its literally what the male set of genitals’ purpose is. you’re letting compulsive pc disorder cloud your thought process

              you’re seriously pretending “i have a penis…therefore i won’t be using it” is equally straight forward to “fuck it(pun) warm holes are warm holes. dick dick dick, done”

        • davesignal
          davesignal
          June 22, 2014, 1:19 am | # | Reply

          In real life, sure.

          In the context of a comic? Eh, follows.

    • Mr. Mister
      Mr. Mister
      June 21, 2014, 7:35 pm | # | Reply

      Depending on how bird-like the birdmen are, his only option not involving optional add-ons is being a top.

      After all, birds don’t have penises: they just throw their (both literal and symilesque) shit from one’s hole to the other’s.

      • tejón
        tejón
        June 21, 2014, 9:55 pm | # | Reply

        Most, but not all birds lack penises. That sort of genitalia goes back a long way; it waslost by most avians rather than never being present in their evolutionary history.

        Which is to say, all bets are off.

        • Kamino Neko
          Kamino Neko
          June 21, 2014, 10:22 pm | # | Reply

          Ducks (at least some species), in fact, have ridiculously long penes relative to their body size. (They curl up inside the cloaca when not in use…and thus are also ridiculously skinny relative to body size.)

          • Phil
            Flo
            June 22, 2014, 12:12 am | # | Reply

            Guys.

            • mrknifey
              mrknifey
              June 22, 2014, 11:08 am | # | Reply

              hey, at least its a civil, scholarly conversation instead of something like “hehehe, she said penes” :)

            • Taxil Necrobane
              Taxil Necrobane
              June 22, 2014, 1:29 pm | # | Reply

              I’m sorry Mr. Phil. I did not expect my post to cause this.

          • umm
            umm
            June 22, 2014, 2:02 pm | # | Reply

            Look out. You’re making this NSFW for ducks.

    • Mr Ak
      Mr Ak
      June 22, 2014, 3:33 am | # | Reply

      Look, maybe I’m missing something, but this is kindaaa what y’all seem to be doing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiIoinCRQVA

      • chickpeas
        chickpeas
        June 22, 2014, 11:36 am | # | Reply

        pwned!

  6. risky
    risky
    June 21, 2014, 12:40 pm | # | Reply

    That’s a good answer, but it’s definitely a bottom’s answer.

    • Joe
      Joe
      June 21, 2014, 11:03 pm | # | Reply

      Harky’s answer isn’t typical of a top or a bottom. It’s the answer that’s typical of anyone that prefers to keep their intimate affairs intimate.
      Seriously, if someone you barely knew straight-up asked you about your sex life, how would you respond?

      • Starphoenix
        Starphoenix
        June 22, 2014, 2:01 am | # | Reply

        Non existent.

        *”weeps” in the corner*

        • Gristle McNerd
          Gristle McNerd
          June 22, 2014, 9:38 am | # | Reply

          Mind if I join ya?

          …wait, why are there quotation marks around th- ooooooh. Y’know what, I’ll leave you be.

      • ThatGuy
        ThatGuy
        June 24, 2014, 3:54 am | # | Reply

        I’m self concious about other people judging me being a bottom. I’m not self concious about people knowing i top.

        Since a man “topping” is “normal” I believe even a lot of straight men will say “well, HYPOTHETICALLY ….IF i were to have a go with a gay man, I’d top of course”

      • Borg
        Borg
        April 20, 2017, 3:56 pm | # | Reply

        That depends. How long are they willing to listen to a monologue on the role, or lack thereof, of asexuality in modern society, and do they ask follow-up questions?

  7. Ryan
    Ryan
    June 21, 2014, 12:49 pm | # | Reply

    Never thought I’d see Harky blush. Also, I really like the implication here that he has done anal.

    • Guesticus
      Guesticus
      June 22, 2014, 8:16 am | # | Reply

      The fact he is in a same-sex relationship was kinda a giving

      • Paddy
        Paddy
        June 23, 2014, 6:25 pm | # | Reply

        Not even all gay male humans do anal. We can only speculate on how a male troll and a male avian in a clandestine relationship might choose to get each other off.

  8. Chris
    Chris
    June 21, 2014, 3:23 pm | # | Reply

    It would appear that Harky has been trolled.

    • anonymous coward
      anonymous coward
      June 21, 2014, 3:26 pm | # | Reply

      That seems to be the the most likely implication of the question itself, but we still don’t know whether he’s been trolled up his or in someone else’s.

  9. Chase
    Chase
    June 21, 2014, 3:30 pm | # | Reply

    Top for sure. He doesn’t ever think about it, so it’s totally normal sounding to him.
    As they say: Ask a fish about water….

  10. TBeckett
    TBeckett
    June 21, 2014, 4:22 pm | # | Reply

    The best.

  11. Anonymouse
    Anonymouse
    June 21, 2014, 6:01 pm | # | Reply

    Gondolessa’s face kills me.

  12. coldelectrons
    coldelectrons
    June 21, 2014, 6:31 pm | # | Reply

    The best possible non-answer.

  13. coldelectrons
    coldelectrons
    June 21, 2014, 6:43 pm | # | Reply

    Maybe the question should have been “What colour handkerchiefs do you have, and which pocket do you put them in?”

    • Riotllama
      Riotllama
      June 23, 2014, 3:59 pm | # | Reply

      I would have noticed if he’d been flagging.

  14. LadyDragon
    LadyDragon
    June 21, 2014, 6:49 pm | # | Reply

    Shipping it so much harder now.

    • Guesticus
      Guesticus
      June 22, 2014, 8:17 am | # | Reply

      Shipping what? Harky and Gondy are a cannon fact

      • Not a name
        Not a name
        June 22, 2014, 10:15 am | # | Reply

        Pewpew cannons.

  15. J.R.
    J.R.
    June 21, 2014, 6:51 pm | # | Reply

    Stay classy.

  16. Pink Freud
    Pink Freud
    June 21, 2014, 9:19 pm | # | Reply

    I am Goblaurence IRL. I just am.

  17. MoarMunchikins
    MoarMunchikins
    June 21, 2014, 11:38 pm | # | Reply

    (Hell if I know how to use these avatars. Seems more complicated than its worth.)

    Yet at the same time, this page is riddled with good ones. Damn.

  18. Random Whatever
    Random Whatever
    June 21, 2014, 11:58 pm | # | Reply

    Wait a cotton-pickin minute whats Gondola laughing about?

    • CapnRis
      CapnRis
      June 22, 2014, 1:12 am | # | Reply

      Same thing the rest of us are, I imagine: Harky’s misunderstanding, and eventual embarrassment when the nature of the question is revealed.

  19. Lexible
    Lexible
    June 22, 2014, 1:00 am | # | Reply

    I like how Gondola has a uvula in the last panel.

    • chickpeas
      chickpeas
      June 22, 2014, 11:39 am | # | Reply

      why in the bleeding hells did you notice that?

  20. Tsuris
    Tsuris
    June 22, 2014, 1:02 am | # | Reply

    This answer page is gold

  21. Starphoenix
    Starphoenix
    June 22, 2014, 2:04 am | # | Reply

    I don’t know why, but I started thinking about a Tsundere Harky in a Japanese School Girl outfit.

    Harky: I-it’s not like I like you or anything… Gondolessa no baka!

    …..

    *goes to the corner*

  22. Jericho
    Jericho
    June 22, 2014, 3:13 am | # | Reply

    Everyone seems to be like “Oh, top is the more masculine position so he’d think top is normal.” But that suggests a lot. If he didn’t know what the question is asking, chances are he didn’t know what the terms implied, only working out the connection after Goblaurence… helped. There’s no proof that Harky has actually been told about sex in anyway. Perhaps he can only base his opinions off whatever him and birdbrain do. He’d obviously think that position was the norm, whatever it is, making that argument invalid. There’s also the fact that troll/avian culture could be far distant from our own in this universe, giving us less to work with.

    In conclusion, I don’t think his expression gives away as much as it would if he was human.

  23. Psolo Ghoti
    Psolo Ghoti
    June 22, 2014, 2:49 pm | # | Reply

    Is Goblaurie channelling Bugs Bunny? Either way: Most. Adorable. Harky. Ever.

    • Zippideedoodah
      Zippideedoodah
      June 24, 2014, 9:09 pm | # | Reply

      Definitely Channeling Bugs ! That was my first reaction when I saw the panel.

  24. Guesticus
    Guesticus
    June 23, 2014, 7:40 am | # | Reply

    ‘Top’ does not always refer to the ‘position’

  25. Commiekeebler
    Commiekeebler
    June 23, 2014, 8:37 am | # | Reply

    Any of you consider that it might all have been purely … platonic?

    • ThatGuy
      ThatGuy
      June 24, 2014, 3:50 am | # | Reply

      what? the relationship were they are holding each others hands and looking at each other affectionately.

      Yea, sure thats a FWB for sure.

  26. Eric
    Eric
    June 23, 2014, 2:27 pm | # | Reply

    Funny! I lol’d!

  27. ThatGuy
    ThatGuy
    June 24, 2014, 3:49 am | # | Reply

    that proves it, he’s a bottom.

  28. The Phule
    The Phule
    August 15, 2014, 3:05 pm | # | Reply

    Why do people keep saying people are tops or bottoms? Sex is sex, it’s *all* enjoyable.

  29. Paula
    Paula
    January 28, 2017, 8:15 am | # | Reply

    Oh I just love him.<3

  30. Prismo
    Prismo
    March 5, 2017, 9:29 pm | # | Reply

    I just read this again and laughed as hard as I did the first time. I fucking love this page and this whole damned comic.

  31. maggPi
    maggPi
    August 13, 2017, 1:24 pm | # | Reply

    Omicog, the last panel reminds me of Jamie Fraser in the Outlander series!!! Lolololol!! Oh, and! Gondolessa is reacting like Clair! “Snerk, bwahahaha!!”

    • maggPi
      maggPi
      August 13, 2017, 1:26 pm | # | Reply

      And Goblaurence is Murtagh!!

  32. Speedy
    Speedy
    December 24, 2018, 1:18 pm | # | Reply

    I don’t know why everyone is coming up with all these elaborate hypotheses, when the answer is glaringly obvious.

    Gondolessa is obviously the “bird” in the relationship. xD

    (Sorry, sorry. I’m not sure why I’m sorry, but I apologize nonetheless.)

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