Tai Hubbert is in charge of the Smif College Williston Library and boss of Marten and Momo. She is a lesbian and a fan of Jimbo's books. Tai was one of the few characters whose last name was not known until strip 2203. Her last name is a play on the scientist who developed the theory of "Peak Oil" back in the 1950's.
Background
Employment
Besides her job at the library she is TA for a creative writing class.[1] She is also an amateur DJ,[2] working under the name Tai-Fighter.[3]
Education
Tai is a liberal arts major.[4]. She lives in residence, and has a roommate named Bri.[5]
Personality
Tai is outgoing and a good-natured boss.[6][7] She is sexually active but before dating Dora began questioning her lifestyle.[8] While generally at ease in social situations (particularly when compared with Hannelore or Marigold), she freezes up when around someone she really likes.[9]
She enjoys body modification, having multiple tattoos and a clitoral hood piercing.[10]
Sex and drugs and rock&roll
Sexuality
Tai is exclusively lesbian. See also "Relationships" below. She is known to have had sex on the photocopier at the Williston Library at Smif College.[11]
She has previously expressed a sexual interest in Hannelore,[12][13] though it's unclear how serious she is.
Drugs
At work, Tai has used marijuana[14] and LSD, which makes her "see dragons".[15] She has tranquilizers at home.[16] She also drinks alcohol socially, and attributes her low tolerance to her small frame.[17]
Music preferences
Tai has shown some interest in dubstep[18] and is mainly into "weird European electronic stuff".[19] She appears to have a poster of the French electronic music artist Vitalic in her dorm room,[20] and a T-shirt of the German techno record label BPitch Control.[21] At one point she played Gabriel Ananda's Stream of Consciousness through the library PA system.[22] She is a huge fan of German electronic musician Ellen Allien.[23][24]
Hobbies
Tai is into acting out scenes from Harry Potter books in public in costume.[25] She is fond of Adventure Time and loves to dance.
Relationships
Tai has had a complicated and dynamic pattern of relationships. Originally not into polyamory,[4] she has since experimented with it[26] but now questions whether it's right for her.[27][28]
She also foreshadows Dora and Marten's split.[29]
She has begun dating Dora.[30]
Medical issues
Tai has a latex allergy.[10]
Memorable quotes
- "Oh come on, it's bad enough knowing my liberal arts degree is gonna be useless. Don't crush ALL my hopes."[4]
- "Omigod Jimbo is SO amazing. He's like..he's like a modern-day Hemingway! Or Faulkner! Except his books are terrible."[31]
- "It was a rhetorical penis!"[32]
- "A life of recreational drug use, casual sex, and occasional studying gets boring after a while, you know."[8]
- "Want me to take off my pants and see if it does anything for you, just in case?"[33]
- "Seriously. Forget girls, I'm an audiosexual now."[34]
- "I started some slashfic that explores each possibility. Got a laptop handy?"[35]
- "HELL yes. My pussy RULES"[36]
Gallery
References
- ↑ Number 777: We May Never Know
- ↑ Number 1511: Wanna Meet That Dad
- ↑ Number 1022: Debut Single "Oops Uh Sorry Um Yeah"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Number 728: Bad News
- ↑ Number 726: Polyamory Can Be Tricky
- ↑ Number 842: A Chip Off The Ol' Block
- ↑ Number 1092: Experience Required
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Number 1593: Tainclusion
- ↑ Number 2219: Got Get 'Er
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Number 1248: That's The Hardest Part
- ↑ Number 1131: Dramatization
- ↑ Number 1243: Canadians Do It Better
- ↑ Number 1244: Disturbing Plans
- ↑ Number 2203: Hubbert's Peak
- ↑ Number 1279: Weedmaster P Is Her Dealer
- ↑ Number 1119: Not Without My Baby
- ↑ Number 1603: Put On A Dang Sweater
- ↑ Number 2261: It's Her Superpower
- ↑ Number 802: Dirty Laundry
- ↑ Number 1542: Yes, Your Honor
- ↑ Number 962: Hostage Crisis
- ↑ Number 972: Stream Of Consciousness (Original Mix)
- ↑ Number 2404: Inappropriate Metal Horns
- ↑ Number 2412: Tschüss
- ↑ Number 814: I Really Wish This Actually Existed
- ↑ 765
- ↑ Number 1595: Not Literally, Anyway
- ↑ Number 1596: Polydora
- ↑ Number 1778: Not A Snowball's Chance
- ↑ Number 2256: Accoutrement
- ↑ Number 786: Ain't Doin' Nothin'
- ↑ Number 1268: The TMI Paradox
- ↑ Number 1792: Just To Be Sure
- ↑ Number 2050: There's A Limiter To Your Love
- ↑ Number 2217: A Multitude Of Options
- ↑ Number 2257: Body Image