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How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« on: 11 Mar 2010, 15:58 »

Bigger boobs, mood swings, hugginess, am I wrong?
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #1 on: 11 Mar 2010, 15:59 »

I don't think she is.

There would be more barfing for one thing.
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #2 on: 11 Mar 2010, 16:09 »

Dora is not pregnant.
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #3 on: 11 Mar 2010, 16:25 »

Jeph has said before in relation to another character that he'd consider an unplanned pregnancy to be far more soap opera-like than he wants his strip to be.

But if she were, we could blame 673 if we ignored that it was a guest strip.
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #4 on: 11 Mar 2010, 17:10 »

Of course he could have an unplanned pregnancy followed up by a miscarriage. But no sane webcomic artist would dream of running a story arc as tasteless as that...
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #5 on: 11 Mar 2010, 17:16 »

Of course he could have an unplanned pregnancy followed up by a miscarriage. But no sane webcomic artist would dream of running a story arc as tasteless as that...
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #6 on: 11 Mar 2010, 19:04 »

Jeph has said before in relation to another character that he'd consider an unplanned pregnancy to be far more soap opera-like than he wants his strip to be.
What about a planned pregnancy that no one verbally acknowledges until the moment the little monster pops out? Marten and Dora could have been talking about this for months, we don't get to see every moment of their lives...
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #7 on: 11 Mar 2010, 19:06 »

You know, the weird thing is that this popped into my head immediately, too.

I don't think Jeph would do that, but who knows.
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #8 on: 11 Mar 2010, 19:35 »

Of course he could have an unplanned pregnancy followed up by a miscarriage. But no sane webcomic artist would dream of running a story arc as tasteless as that...

Especially not one named Rene Engstrom
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #9 on: 11 Mar 2010, 20:03 »

Of course he could have an unplanned pregnancy followed up by a miscarriage. But no sane webcomic artist would dream of running a story arc as tasteless as that...

Especially not one named Rene Engstrom

Anders Loves Maria doesn't have a miscarriage in it...
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #10 on: 11 Mar 2010, 20:47 »

Didn't Tina have one, years before the false pregnancy with Anders? 

And from what we know of Marten and Dora, there's no way this would be planned.  A kid (even sans-marriage) is a huge commitment. 

As in, those who plan them should be committed. 

If you wait until you're ready to have kids, you'll never have any!
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #11 on: 11 Mar 2010, 20:49 »

Oh, I think you're right. I never really paid attention to Tina, she wasn't my favorite character.
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #12 on: 11 Mar 2010, 20:51 »

Of course he could have an unplanned pregnancy followed up by a miscarriage. But no sane webcomic artist would dream of running a story arc as tasteless as that...

Especially not one named Rene Engstrom

Anders Loves Maria doesn't have a miscarriage in it...
So he's right?
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #13 on: 11 Mar 2010, 22:01 »

Bigger boobs, mood swings, hugginess, am I wrong?

Yes. 

Dora has been replaced by her evil twin.  She's subtly luring all of them into a false sense of calm before she rapes and murders everyone.
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #14 on: 11 Mar 2010, 22:52 »

Kugai, you've been reading too many TVtropes again...
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #15 on: 11 Mar 2010, 23:46 »

Kugai, you've been reading too many TVtropes again...

Then it would read:

Dora has been replaced by her Evil Twin.  She's playing a Xanatos Roulette before she turns Ax Crazy.
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #16 on: 12 Mar 2010, 00:22 »

Kugai, you've been reading too many TVtropes again...

I have resisted the lure of the dark side quite well Carl    :angel:


I can come up with things like that quite well on my own.








Scary ain't it??    :evil:
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #17 on: 12 Mar 2010, 01:15 »

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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #18 on: 12 Mar 2010, 05:45 »

Ah, the good old days!
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #19 on: 12 Mar 2010, 11:47 »

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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #20 on: 12 Mar 2010, 13:11 »

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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #21 on: 12 Mar 2010, 13:54 »

Of course he could have an unplanned pregnancy followed up by a miscarriage. But no sane webcomic artist would dream of running a story arc as tasteless as that...

Don't worry, it won't turn her into a sad sack of tears for the rest of her life.

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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #22 on: 12 Mar 2010, 19:52 »

Well, the consensus seems to be that she is not pregnant... Maybe Cristi is, and he's just subconciously reflecting that in Dora? Or it is her time of the month. Or it is just a comic.
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #23 on: 12 Mar 2010, 21:21 »

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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #24 on: 13 Mar 2010, 13:00 »

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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #25 on: 13 Mar 2010, 16:28 »

That tickled!
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #26 on: 13 Mar 2010, 19:07 »

Dora is pregnant.

WE READ YOU LIKE A BOOK JEPH  :evil:

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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #27 on: 14 Mar 2010, 10:21 »

Yes, if Jeph is Shakespeare and we are illiterate.
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #28 on: 15 Mar 2010, 11:25 »

That tickled!

Which will likely immobilze you much more efectively than destruction, besides this way we keep you around.
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #29 on: 15 Mar 2010, 23:39 »

That tickled!

Which will likely immobilze you much more efectively than destruction, besides this way we keep you around.

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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #30 on: 16 Mar 2010, 03:54 »

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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #31 on: 16 Mar 2010, 22:19 »

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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #32 on: 20 Mar 2010, 07:15 »

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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #33 on: 20 Mar 2010, 07:20 »

Of course he could have an unplanned pregnancy followed up by a miscarriage. But no sane webcomic artist would dream of running a story arc as tasteless as that...

If you're worried about good taste, you shouldn't be reading Something Positive.

(And if you're reading CTD, you have no taste.)
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #34 on: 22 Mar 2010, 18:14 »

I smell an April Fool strip.
Or not, if that was the actual plan.

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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #35 on: 24 Mar 2010, 07:06 »

i don't think martin and dora are mature enough to care for child, but luckily now they might be abble to get free pernatal care from health care reform :)
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #36 on: 24 Mar 2010, 10:44 »

Of course he could have an unplanned pregnancy followed up by a miscarriage. But no sane webcomic artist would dream of running a story arc as tasteless as that...

Especially not one named Rene Engstrom

Anders Loves Maria doesn't have a miscarriage in it...

Well, Rene never really revealed what happen to Maria and Bjorn's baby.  Unless I missed something?  I assumed it was a miscarriage, since Maria was initially so outraged by the suggestion of aborting her baby.
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #37 on: 24 Mar 2010, 11:55 »

Lets face it, as more and more webcomic artists reach a certain age, pregnancy/marriage/miscarage/divorce arcs are going to become more and more common.

Personally I thought the CAD arc was really well done. The characters really developed during it. I can't really comment on any of the other comics that have been mentioned here though, as I don't follow them.
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #38 on: 24 Mar 2010, 15:52 »

What development? The whole resolution of that arc was:

Lilah: I'm sorry I miscarried.
Ethan: Yeah well you better be.
Videogames. Heh.

Then after 5 months of lazy video game jokes, we go back to the main cast cleaning up after another one of Ethan's "wacky" adventures as though Loss never happened.

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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #39 on: 24 Mar 2010, 18:17 »

That's the CAD we know and don't really love all that much.
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #40 on: 25 Mar 2010, 02:41 »

That's the CAD we know and don't really love all that much.
And which Maddox continues to link to. This contradiction continues to bug me to this day.
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #41 on: 25 Mar 2010, 18:34 »

Or it is just a comic.

This really resolves almost all comic-related complications...
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #42 on: 25 Mar 2010, 18:40 »

I read CAD for a while and then I stopped
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #43 on: 26 Mar 2010, 01:09 »

Qu'est-ce que CAD?
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« Reply #44 on: 26 Mar 2010, 01:52 »

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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #45 on: 26 Mar 2010, 05:43 »

Qu'est-ce que CAD?

Don't go there. That's all I have to say.
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #46 on: 26 Mar 2010, 08:05 »

I read CAD for several months until I realized how deep-seated my loathing for Ethan's idiocy was.
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #47 on: 26 Mar 2010, 14:03 »

And it's at about the same time that you realize that Ethan is an autobiographical character for the author.

Which makes you want to block the site so fast it'll make your head spin.
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #48 on: 27 Mar 2010, 09:59 »

I still read CAD, I started about 3 years ago.

It's like watching a train wreck, and the body count is rising.
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Re: How Long Has Dora Been Pregnant?
« Reply #49 on: 27 Mar 2010, 12:29 »

I stopped reading CAD right around when the author mass-banned anyone who might have possibly seen a posting basically proving that he's a pedo.
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