Topic: WCT March 1-5, 2010 (Read 86303 times)

westrim · « **Reply #200 on:** 04 Mar 2010, 22:14 »

Quote from: daryljfontaine on 04 Mar 2010, 20:36

Quote from: Wiregeek on 04 Mar 2010, 15:03
WHERE IS THE CAT ASS.

Winslow is the Cat Ass Trophy.

D

If the comic took place a little further south it would be Cat Ass Tropic!

Carl-E · « **Reply #201 on:** 04 Mar 2010, 22:21 »

[facepalm]

jwhouk · « **Reply #202 on:** 04 Mar 2010, 22:40 »

Wait a minute - Coffee of Doom has a basement?

Kugai · « **Reply #203 on:** 04 Mar 2010, 22:53 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 04 Mar 2010, 22:40

Wait a minute - Coffee of Doom has a basement?

Yes, it's where they're keeping Raven.

BTW, you forgot the Yuri option in the Poll

Carl-E · « **Reply #204 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 00:00 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 04 Mar 2010, 22:40

Wait a minute - Coffee of Doom has a basement?

Where's this come from? Was it mentioned somewhere? Not in this week's comics or this thread... or any of the others...

What'd I miss??

Confuzzled again, consarn it!

Carl-E · « **Reply #205 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 00:03 »

Poor Marigold. Sometimes you really should just keep your mouth closed.

But then you wouldn't be Marigold...

Character development must be hell on the characters!

Tuitsuro · « **Reply #206 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 00:11 »

Must have been that bitch Kathy Lee Gifford.

Nightson · « **Reply #207 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 00:14 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 05 Mar 2010, 00:00

Quote from: jwhouk on 04 Mar 2010, 22:40
Wait a minute - Coffee of Doom has a basement?

Where's this come from? Was it mentioned somewhere? Not in this week's comics or this thread... or any of the others...

What'd I miss??

Confuzzled again, consarn it!

http://twitter.com/jephjacques/qccast/

^

Nodaisho · « **Reply #208 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 00:14 »

I'm afraid I have a lack of comprehension as to what a death metal latte would consist of. I know, I should be ashamed, but I'm only human. Could someone please provide me with a moment of clarity?

scarred · « **Reply #209 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 00:16 »

MARIGOLDS MAKES AWKWARD, IS ADORABLE

ANGUS SUCKS DICKS

FAYES BOOOOOOOBS

= THREAD

AngryCallCenterAgent · « **Reply #210 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 00:17 »

So Marigold appears intimidated by Faye. ("Your grasp of the obvious is inspiring." - Shepard, Mass Effect)

Oh well, at least Angus is sandwiched between two hawt girls with glasses on. Lucky dog.

Dliessmgg · « **Reply #211 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 00:17 »

Quote from: Nodaisho on 05 Mar 2010, 00:14

I'm afraid I have a lack of comprehension as to what a death metal latte would consist of. I know, I should be ashamed, but I'm only human. Could someone please provide me with a moment of clarity?

It's a latte with bullets in it.

(Get it? Bullets? Death metal?)

Nodaisho · « **Reply #212 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 00:21 »

It would have to be cookie-flavored as well.

Akima · « **Reply #213 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 00:27 »

I had never heard of a pool noodle until today. Google was my friend, but can I have that brain cell back please? Pool noodle? WTF?

Following links from Wikipedia's entry on pool noodles (of course there is one!) led me into a murky world of boffers, LARP-safe weapons, and eventually Jugger. Yes, people actually play the sport from Salute Of The Jugger, a V-grade post-apocalyptic SF film that I only watched because it had Joan Chen in it. No dog skulls though - lame!

Anyway, Faye's wit may not be a rapier, but it's certainly not a pool-noodle. More like a crowbar or pickaxe-handle, I'd say. I love Angus' expression in the third panel.

Tuitsuro · « **Reply #214 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 00:37 »

Suddenly, Angus gets the feeling that bringing Marigold by may have been a very, very bad idea.

It's like sending a small child into a field of landmines.

Malek · « **Reply #215 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 00:45 »

Well... this got awkward...

jwhouk · « **Reply #216 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 00:56 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 05 Mar 2010, 00:00

Quote from: jwhouk on 04 Mar 2010, 22:40
Wait a minute - Coffee of Doom has a basement?

Where's this come from? Was it mentioned somewhere? Not in this week's comics or this thread... or any of the others...

What'd I miss??

Confuzzled again, consarn it!

A little birdie told me. Dora's considering possibly turning it into a cafe area... but Faye's afraid of rats down there.

raoullefere · « **Reply #217 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 01:18 »

Quote from: Akima on 05 Mar 2010, 00:27

I had never heard of a pool noodle until today. Google was my friend, but can I have that brain cell back please? Pool noodle? WTF?

Anyway, Faye's wit may not be a rapier, but it's certainly not a pool-noodle. More like a crowbar or pickaxe-handle, I'd say. I love Angus' expression in the third panel.

Brain cell: if you've only had one brain cell tied up by sill facts gleaned from the internet, feel fortunate. I had far too many brain cells devoted to useless information before the interwebs cobbed things up worse—now I barely know anything useful at all. Take pool-noodle—I knew these flotation objects by term water log, not to be confused with pool log, which is something people with pools use to torture their children. "I don't care if your friends are coming over—see here? That means it's time to add (insert name of chemical which will render said pool life-threatening for the next few hours)."

Faye's got more of a broadsword wit—sharp enough for the thrust, but sooner or later she winds up bashing people with the pommel.

Quote from: Carl-E on 05 Mar 2010, 00:03

Character development must be hell on the characters!

Why should they be different?

snubnose · « **Reply #218 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 03:42 »

I dont know what a pool noodle is and I dont care. I'm free !

Border Reiver · « **Reply #219 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 04:38 »

Faye's definitely using the wrong metaphor - her wit is more akin to a half brick in a sock. Or if we must carry on with the edged weapons analogies, a Danish broad axe.

Dliessmgg · « **Reply #220 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 04:58 »

Quote from: Border Reiver on 05 Mar 2010, 04:38

her wit is more akin to a half brick in a sock.

If you don't pay attention, you can hit yourself?

SigPig · « **Reply #221 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 06:06 »

Why do I always choose pancakes in these things? Maybe I shouldn't participate first thing in the morning.

Near Lurker · « **Reply #222 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 06:14 »

"I've never even seen a dick in real life" is probably something she knows Angus well enough not to say in front of him.

...unless that's the idea.

DavidGrohl · « **Reply #223 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 06:31 »

Marigold's Haruhi hoodie is tits.

Dliessmgg · « **Reply #224 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 08:13 »

Quote from: DavidGrohl on 05 Mar 2010, 06:31

Marigold has tits.

TheKingOfFuzz · « **Reply #225 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 08:16 »

lol death metal latte

sitnspin · « **Reply #226 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 08:26 »

awww now i want to hug Mar-bear.

and i want a death metal latte. they sound wicked awesome. i might have to introduce them if i ever go back to being a barrista.

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #227 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 09:22 »

Maybe death-metal lattes contain milk sourced from cows grown in fields that have an unfortunately high uranium and/or lead content?

Tuitsuro · « **Reply #228 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 09:41 »

No, that's the Chernobyl Chai.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #229 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 10:15 »

As best I remember, the strip (as opposed to Twitter) has never mentioned Coffee of Doom having a basement. Someone who is a True Master of the archives may correct me.

Dliessmgg · « **Reply #230 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 10:35 »

Ohnorobot says no to basement.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #231 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 11:22 »

By the way, Bad Faye, No Faye Biscuit.

Marigirl isn't a consenting player like Dora or Angus, and she's not a friendly person who needs to be driven away so Faye can avoid human contact like Raven. Marigirl also clearly does not have Pennelope's relative strength and can be hurt easily.

Raven's theory, as presented to Pennelope, is that Faye just doesn't know any other way to interact with people. Faye should learn. She's got plenty of opportunity with her crowd.

What Faye is doing now is attacking the weak: in short, bullying.

~~Schmorgluck~~ · « **Reply #232 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 11:54 »

The title of this comic makes me all weepy. I can relate to Marigold on many levels.

Binary · « **Reply #233 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 12:18 »

Quote from: Dliessmgg on 05 Mar 2010, 10:35

Ohnorobot says no to basement.

1) The basement thing wouldn't show up because it's not from the strip, it's from a recent exchange on Jeph's QCcast twitter page. However...

2) ...I lost faith in Ohnorobot after I tried to check something that happened during the Nerd-con arc but Ohnorobot couldn't find "nerd-con". A brute force skim through the QC archives shows that word is definitely used here. So I experimented further, and Ohnorobot won't find this strip if you search for "GLAAD" or "Mar-Mar" or "Thurston" or "Ichiro" or "cartoonists", all words that occur in the dialogue. If you search for "Les Paul" it finds some strips, but not the one Jeph did to mark his death.

Either their database is incomplete or their search algorithm is broken.

Also it claims "searching 1,747 episodes of Questionable Content" when we're only up to #1615. Bah!

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #234 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 12:28 »

Ohnorobot is missing the recent ones and has a lacuna roughly between 920 and 980 (which includes some pretty good story).

The question was whether Twitter was the first mention of the basement. Apparently it is.

Moxie · « **Reply #235 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 12:35 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 05 Mar 2010, 11:22

By the way, Bad Faye, No Faye Biscuit.

Marigirl isn't a consenting player like Dora or Angus, and she's not a friendly person who needs to be driven away so Faye can avoid human contact like Raven. Marigirl also clearly does not have Pennelope's relative strength and can be hurt easily.

Raven's theory, as presented to Pennelope, is that Faye just doesn't know any other way to interact with people. Faye should learn. She's got plenty of opportunity with her crowd.

What Faye is doing now is attacking the weak: in short, bullying.

I pretty much agree, but I wouldn't go so far as to call it bullying...yet. We know that Marigold more than likely isn't going to stand up for herself, but Faye may be assuming she will (after all, Marigold hangs out with Angus, right?)

I would say that Faye is a bully who justifies it as she's protecting herself from getting hurt. What she doesn't realize is that her actions may cause others to hurt like she herself did/does. If she does realize that, a defining moment in her character will show: she'll choose to continue, or look for another way to interact with people. (Hopefully, talking with Dr. Corrinne will help her with this all.)

douggerel · « **Reply #236 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 12:42 »

Faye won't keep picking on Marigold; she hunts for sport, and Marigold is as sporting as an upside-down turtle. So maybe Faye will learn a little bit of restraint. Or Marigold will grow a little spine. But either way there will be hot girls in glasses!

Tuitsuro · « **Reply #237 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 13:07 »

It's classic bullying, it's also Faye just plain not liking Marigold. But she's not actively seeking a confrontation with Marigold, either. This is Faye's turf, and Marigold made a choice to step on it, so she can't really complain about the harassment.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #238 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 13:49 »

Was the bar Faye's turf, or should it be considered neutral territory?

Dora thought Faye was out of line there for jumping on Marigold about ordering a Mountain Dew.

Sorflakne · « **Reply #239 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 13:59 »

Quote from: Tuitsuro on 05 Mar 2010, 13:07

It's classic bullying, it's also Faye just plain not liking Marigold. But she's not actively seeking a confrontation with Marigold, either. This is Faye's turf, and Marigold made a choice to step on it, so she can't really complain about the harassment.

Faye doesn't not like Marigold, she's just hard on people she doesn't know well. And besides, once you step inside Coffee of Doom, you are fair play for whatever wit or jabs that come at you, regardless of your standing with the barristas. Though I must agree with doug in that Mari does need a backbone.

I'm not gonna say I'd be against seeing Faye and Mari have a throw-down if Faye finds out Mari has a crush on Angus, though.

Dliessmgg · « **Reply #240 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 14:30 »

That's improbable, since Faye sees Angus as a friend. However, is it too ooc for her to support Mari if she finds out?

Wiregeek · « **Reply #241 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 15:13 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 05 Mar 2010, 11:22

By the way, Bad Faye, No Faye Biscuit.

What Faye is doing now is attacking the weak: in short, bullying.

this, this, a thousand times this. Faye's letting her bitch flag fly, and hopefully gets shut down like a nuclear reactor with a leaky oil pump.

nichidani · « **Reply #242 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 15:27 »

I am kind of crossing my fingers for a strip in which Marigold snaps and tells Faye off, and Faye is forced to evaluate her bitchiness.

... it would be good character development, and would possibly segue into Faye going back to therapy (as I know a handful of fans are missing some Dr. Corrine action.)

Akima · « **Reply #243 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 16:04 »

Quote from: Nodaisho on 05 Mar 2010, 00:14

I'm afraid I have a lack of comprehension as to what a death metal latte would consist of.

Hmmm... Surely if you're really metal, you wouldn't drink latte at all. Milk dilution is for the weak!
Akima's Specials:

Kugai · « **Reply #244 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 16:12 »

*Crickets Chirp*

See, this is why Marigold doesn't go out much.

Poor girl

DoubleJ · « **Reply #245 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 17:30 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 05 Mar 2010, 12:28

Ohnorobot is missing the recent ones and has a lacuna roughly between 920 and 980 (which includes some pretty good story).

It also has quite a few duplicates, which is why there are 1700+ out of barely 1600 comics.

Carl-E · « **Reply #246 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 18:01 »

Quote from: Wiregeek on 05 Mar 2010, 15:13

Faye's letting her bitch flag fly, and hopefully gets shut down like a nuclear reactor with a leaky oil pump.

She just did. And she did it herself. Just look at the expression in the last panel. I doubt she'll be her usual snarkasaurus to Marigold for a while...

Until they know each other a little better, of course. And that's just beginning!

Tuitsuro · « **Reply #247 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 18:12 »

Quote from: Sorflakne on 05 Mar 2010, 13:59

Faye doesn't not like Marigold, she's just hard on people she doesn't know well.

That could very well be true. I just get the distinct impression that there's something about Mari which absolutely pisses Faye off.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #248 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 18:18 »

Quote from: Raven

Are you always this mean to people you barely even know?

Tuitsuro · « **Reply #249 on:** 05 Mar 2010, 18:51 »

Actually, going back, maybe the reason is because every person in this comic defends her simply because she's an introverted shut-in. Marigold doesn't really seem to notice it, but her personality gets her quite a bit of attention.

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