Kass, utterly incapable of reconciliation with her own problems, promptly attempts to solve anxiety of baxxid they've just met

Well, it is a good distraction of her own problems. Burying yourself in work is a old avoidance tactic that worked in the past.

sometimes self healing begins with healing others

something about working towards an enviromnent to aid self healing?

It is completely realistic for someone to be able to better solve/help with other's issues then their own. I know from personal experiences.

Oh, I agree very much - it's just a very, very Kass thing to do.

Kass does have some experience with the feeling...

I have that exact complex.

Daww. Kass can have all the shellfish for being so awesome.

D'aaaawwww

Kass made me smile. You the artist also made me smile

I had a similar thought.
Kass has a great heart! which says a lot about the artist/writer

Yep

Can we get a transcript of what Kal is sayin? Id like to hear his excuse :p

"I'm scared. I'm sorry. I'll do better."

"your retinue has expanded"

Awwww, that face in the fifth panel is so delightfully warm and gentle, I love it!

Kass is leadership personified.

Perfect. Everybody frightened and awkward needs and welcomes a friend. That makes two of them.

That hit all the feels right there.

All the feels.

Za feelz!

Awww, Kass made a Kalgkur friend :D

Kass is 1000% senpai material <3

"When did you get so good at handling people's personal problems?"
"Since it allowed me to ignore focusing on my own."

It is utterly fascinating how, for all of her embracing of the yinglet lifestyle, Kass still holds true to the human trait of "Problems are easier to deal with when they're externalized rather than internalized."

Friendship unlocked!

I do just Love Kass' ability to be kind and gentle. What a guy

Kass is so sweet! <3

You know, that face in panel 5 makes Kass look like something he never, in her wildest dreams, ever expected she'd end up as.

She looks like a proper matriarch. Vizlet would be proud. Two utterly alien races, making a real connection to each other. Heaven only knows the yinglets could use some mentors at times.

There's some sweet empathy. Maybe Kalgur will help Kass out of her own bubble

Yannit is right: Kass is such a wonderful, good person. Even when he's struggling each day, he still stops to be there for people. This is why we love him.

Also, there is just something so fittingly silly about seeing a huge baxxid freaking out while the person in the tiny yinglet form is being the calm, reassuring voice of reason. XD

Damn, Kass is really good at this officering thing.

wow, his head is the size of a whole yinglet

Oh my GOD how do I get a boss like that

HOW

Kass pulls out a win.

I want Kass as my sempai

Good on you, Kass.

Demoflower: "Yer doin' good, lad!"

Kass entering her matri-arc

:3 this is the training phase, and something tells me shes practically going to be teacher or role model for some of the youth in the enclave showing them a different way of life / role model to aspire...I sincerely mean this Vizlet & the Trade Master are playing 4d chess while like casually chilling drinking mimosas

I disagree. Vizlet would absolute drink raw jager. Shes built different

100% agree especially with everything she deals with bless her heart she evolved past wine aunt to whiskey women. Tbh was thinking of trade master hosting when drinks came to mind X3 he strikes me as the mojito or mimosa something refreshing after committing morally questionable acts .

Aww ❤️

Soverynice Kass

It's surely because Kass is being paid to do that

Kalgkur has FWEN!

... and girlfriend too but how does this new friendship affect his relationship with Nell?

She's not Ginny, so I imagine Kass would be supportive of Kal and Nell.

You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours! This is the beginning of a beautiful relationship.

Hya, OOPsoids! I'm here to remind you once again that there's a place called "Top Web Comics" https://www.topwebcomics.com/?home=3 that compiles comics from various places. There's a bunch of cool stuff there. They have monthly votes, so you can support OOPs there. You can vote once a day per device, so your PC, laptop, tablet, phone, etc.

I've noticed that you can sometimes even get in extra votes from different IP addresses, or if you're disconnected from your IP and open up again later.
It closed out last month at 12427 votes and 73rd place. It's currently at 8021 votes and 61st place. The highest it's reached is 36th place, and the top vote getters seem to end up with something close to 60,000 votes, at least historically.

Vote early, vote often! Help OOPs get noticed!

I'll repeat my comment on this from last time:

"The numbers at TWC have gotten very strange recently. Hundreds of votes have been showing up suddenly every day, and the rankings throughout a day have been going radically up and down. I recently noticed that this is just confined to the comics in the top 100.

This is making the numbers and rankings pretty meaningless, and is really unfair to any comic not in the top 100. It also makes it a complete crapshoot where the comics end up at the end of the month. I haven't been able to find out what's going on with this."

I remember when OOPs was not in the top 100.

"Our rivals are cheating!"
"But we're cheating too."
"THEN CHEAT HARDER!"

When Kass speaks calmly and does the leader thing they really do glow.

Oh ho, Juno Reactor, very nice. It's been a while since I've listened to some Juno Reactor and you've just made me remember them.

Kass is fekkin' love.

It's Really a shame that it took Yingletification for Kass to get promoted to an officer. They really do show good leadership skills. Though, that initial dose of humility may have been a necessary catalyst to bring it out in them.

awwwww!~

Anxious murder noodle acquired.

<3 trauma buddies :3 <3 Honestly aside from the individual's personal experience I also am starting to see another angle towards this. From a tactical standpoint they both actually make up for each others flaws making them a vary powerful team, but also this can serve as an olive branch towards to enclave to be like ( Yo Braxxid and the city have a shared living space, and so can y'all) Helping to incorporate them while building solidarity between the two since Yinglets and Braxxid are both intelligent creatures, with strong survival responses.

Ranting aside I just adore these two :) Kas & Kal also has a cool duo name, and really cant wait to see how they grow....also ngl I feel like on some level Vizlet and Trade-Master are playing 4d chess to like subtly awaken Kas's maternal instinct via being more of a mentor and guiding ..probably hoping that Kas may take a more active role with helping some of the more troubled yingelts or something lol I can see the two Gendo posing in the back both with their respected aspirations. Vizlet like beaming at the notion of retiring and being more of a grand mentor role letting, and meanwhile Trade master just like :3 we have an enclave now, and we can help with education.

I'd die for this yinglet.

If we haven't seen a baxxid cry so far... I am expecting that we will soon now.

That's some pretty good leadership skills.
And some nice truth. Even if you want to be alone in the moment, knowing there's someone else helps. :)

Panel 4: That is the classiest show of compassion I've seen in a while which has zero risk of being perceived as condescending.

It also puts into perspective how damn massive Baxxids are, especially compared to yinglets.

ha ha, you're friends now

Kass is good people :]

Damn...Kass good.

Kass just did the absolute brightest thing possible. I'm so proud!

aawww <3

Honestly, I think Viracoix made a good decision in making Kass an Officer.

She's already proving to be a good leader.

But has yet to do any diplomacy. Sooner or later this grace period will come to the end, and the real paperwork will arrive! Kass is going to have to sort out the fifty-page treaty regarding the enclave's liability for crimes committed by outcasts.

this continues as always to be a really great comic

enjoying this joining of the two threads, i didn't anticipate this tbh

Aaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwww

Kass is great squad leader material.

Long-time reader, first time commenter (shy). Absolutely love your work.

Those last two panels are exactly what I needed to hear right now. Thank you.

Honestly, that's so sweet. Using one's own experiences to nurture and care for others.
That's what's great about this as well. By doing this, and going through this, Kaz will also come to terms with things themselves. Because that's the beauty of teaching - you're learning as well.

Next page. Everyone except Kal vanishes. Turns out he was alone all along. *Twilight Zone music starts to play* <^\/^>

His central left eye sees dead people

What a twist! <^\/^>

I guess you could say they are both out of place!

*Theme song plays*

I dunno what it is, but that last panel, it looks like Kalgkur is smiling.
Like a nervous but appreciative smile?
Maybe I'm weird idk lol

Aww <3

Kass is becoming a good leader. Just wait till Vizlet sees.

How wholesome~

And then Kass tfs into a Baxxid for no raisin. Spin off series

daaang Kass learning some true compassion

It's pages like this that remind me why I follow Out-Of-Placers.

Reason: "It's full of worms"

Kass being all motherly.

Valsalia For President 2028!

They can solve all of our problems, just like Kass!

The other thing I love about this, is how Viracroix and Ran both have the incredible level of common sense to stay out of this. They're both avoiding the natural urge to micromanage and they're allowing Kass and her growing team to run the show.

Granted, Viracroix expects results? But he's given every indication that he's not only patient, but understands that patience will produce valuable results.

But I've no doubt there are measures in place to generate regular reports on Kass's movements and activities. They might not be micromanaging, but they'll be aware right away if a situation arises that needs intervention.

Hey now, Kal, what would Nell think if she saw the lustful way you're gazing at that yinglet. Your skull plate will be pincushion of stone dildos in no time!

Kidding aside, Kass's comment about how other guard Baxxids have a 'look' makes me wonder how those Baxxids got their jobs. Was it a case of the trademaster requiring a levee of Baxxid soldiers from the original agreement long ago? Or was it a case of the Baxxid leadership seeing a propensity for physical aggression in certain individuals and deciding those traits needed a constructive outlet?

I ask because Baxxid are so very adverse to all things physical, even physical labor, hunting, or strong outward displays of emotion. How did these few get into a position that sometimes requires rough stuff, or at least threatening violence?

It may just be for the same reason humans often end up working undignified jobs they hate: Got to earn a living somehow. If there aren't any respectable administrative jobs open, or for those baxxid who just don't get the grades and lack family connections, there's always the guard.

KAss has a good head on their shoulders

Kass is so wonderfully good

I know I say this all the time. But God kalgkur is my favorite character. Poor little bone worm with anxiety

Slowly coming to grips with her/his changes. Kass it truly shaping into a good leader. That's some serious growth

It has sure been a minute since I listened to Juno Reactor. I remember being introduced to Navras by a Halo 2 compilation video.

Just a heads-up, the youtube video you linked to in the description says it's unavailable

What! Aw crap that ruins the obscure reference

should be fixed now

Kass Friend is Good.

And then they kissed!

Quit reading my page notes

ah creating a love train i see isher ɛ> kass ξ> kal ϵ> artist lady ੬> ??? દ> ??? ᗴ> ??? ᘍ> ??? ᘿ> ??? ℇ> ??? ↋> ??? E> eventually back to isher I am sure




and I never new there were that many backward 3 looking symbols

Early in the comic, Kass was so overwhelmed by events that he was (understandably) unable to really look outside himself. A couple of weeks to recover, and he's back to his base empathetic personality. He really does want to help.

I love how despite the situation, the goofiness, and the presentation at the start of the comic as a typical slightly dopey, selfish grunt who fancies himself to be an enterprising ideas man, he's actually really competent and kind. Did your plans for him change while you were/are writing him?

And thus a new friendship is born. :D

Kass is such a good guy. Always looking out for those around him no matter who they are.

awe so sweet.

...someone is in danger of getting a hug!

Awesome kass!

Every new bit of character development just makes me like Kass as a character more and more

love you sooo soo much keep up the great work

Man, this is so sweet I almost forget Lopin is somewhere nearby lying on the floor.

Kass’s comment about not going through this alone reminded me, for whatever reason, of a great Markiplier quote:

“We are in this together… to defeat the Huns!”