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Agatha Hetrodyne/Gilgamesh Wolfenbach - Girl Genius

11 (12.2%)

Marten/Dora - Questionable Content

32 (35.6%)

Dr. Bunnigus/Reverend - Schlock Mercentary

1 (1.1%)

Haley Starshine/Elan - OOTS

13 (14.4%)

Something I've obviously overlooked

33 (36.7%)

Total Members Voted: 82

[Prince of Space]

I don't see this ending well for either of them at all. But Marigold is so so cute!  It's too bad, because Angus is lookin kinda cute here too..

 I hate it when this happens though.  You know those movies where there's a 'triangle' and these two people are obviously (to the viewer) destined to be together and that third person is just there to elicit sympathy and create tension for the romance?  Yeah, I hate that.  But obviously it works, and here it hasn't been stretched out unnecessarily.  Thank you Jeph, for moving it forward.  Can't wait for Monday.

[Kugai]

I think it's a bit simpler than that; Angus has already been referenced as the White Knight, and Marigold's basically putting his knightly chivalry to the test.  Will he decline the invitation and send her away, or will he face the challenge and unsheath his sword for battle?

So, will he honour her offer or off her honour.


*Wanders off whistling innocently*






 

[raoullefere]

I think it's a bit simpler than that; Angus has already been referenced as the White Knight, and Marigold's basically putting his knightly chivalry to the test.  Will he decline the invitation and send her away, or will he face the challenge and unsheath his sword for battle?

That's more Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and, if so, simpler it isn't. If that's the track Jeph's on, will we see Angus and Faye cuttin' heads?

[tomart]

Perfect, Kugai!     How does it go?

She offered her honor; he honored her offer.
And all night long he was honor and offer.

(except i forget who/where it's from!)    

Please, Angus, (Jeph) don't hurt Marigold's feelings!   (crosses fingers)

[Is it cold in here?]

So once again, a QC man is kissed by a woman who actually wants him while he is pining after Faye.

Like Marten before him, Angus must choose between success and Faye allure.

[Border Reiver]

For some reason I felt compelled to highlight this point in the poll

Best Kisses in webcomics

Agatha Hetrodyne/Gilgamesh Wolfenbach - Girl Genius  8 (11.6%)
Marten/Dora - Questionable Content  27 (39.1%)
Dr. Bunnigus/Reverend - Schlock Mercentary  1 (1.4%)
Haley Starshine/Elan - OOTS  8 (11.6%)
Something I've obviously overlooked  25 (36.2%)
 
Total Voters: 69

Many of you felt I overlooked the best kiss, others felt it happened here.

[no one special]

Here's to Marigold fucking Angus, freaking out when she wakes up, crying rape, and sending ol Angus McArgumentpants to PMITA prison.

*drinks*

That's federal PMITA prison to you!

[no one special]

Anyone else notice that "Awkward-bomb" abbreviates to "A-bomb"?

hehe, totally.  I was gonna say something when I first posted it, but decided not to.

Sadly, it seems that even the safety of Faye's home was not outside the blast radius after all... although it really seems more like Dora shoved Faye directly into the Blast of Awkwardness.  We can only hope that she was far enough away from the detonation that she avoided being transformed into some kind of Awkward She-Hulk.

[jwhouk]

So once again, a QC man is kissed by a woman who actually wants him while he is pining after Faye.

Like Marten before him, Angus must choose between success and Faye allure.

PHWEET! "Coldinhere, two minutes for punning!"

[Dliessmgg]

some kind of Awkward She-Hulk.

"You won't like me when I'm awkward"?

[Merrick]

That look on Angus's face is basically what Marten looked like with Dora.

And look where that ended up.

[raoullefere]

I checked them both out.  Marten has a surprised look, but I don't see the cringing that Angus seems to be engaged in. He's drawn back, while Marten hasn't. Nor are Marten's eyes pinpointed like Angus's are. In other words, Angus and Marigold may be about to break the couch frame in frenzied humping, but at the moment, Angus looks ready to bolt. Marten simply looks astonished.

[bhtooefr]

That said, IIRC, Jeph wasn't using the pinpoints in his art style at that time...

[Nightson]

You know what needs to be said.  Good for Marigold.  Instead of pining away and doing nothing, going emo over unrequited love she made a move.  The whole waiting around for the other person to initiate things is a pretty common geek failing.  So huzzah for her.

[The Duke]

Yeah, I'm with bhtooefr here, I think it's just because Jeph's art has improved since then.

[Tuitsuro]

You know what needs to be said.  Good for Marigold.  Instead of pining away and doing nothing, going emo over unrequited love she made a move.  The whole waiting around for the other person to initiate things is a pretty common geek failing.  So huzzah for her.

I'd agree with this more if she didn't have to get falling-down drunk to do it...

[akronnick]

That's federal PMITA prison to you!

Rape is only a federal crime if it happens on an Indian reservation or a federal property, so it would be the Massachusetts PMITA prison that Angus would call home.

[Varian7]

Ok, I'm not up on my Arthurian legends, but can someone explain the title of the last strip to me?

The Arthurian legend is that of Tristan and Isolde.  Tristan was sent to bring Isolde to King Mark's court so the king could marry her.  However, on the way, Tristan and Isolde accidentally drank a love potion together that had been meant to Mark and Isolde to drink together to seal their upcoming marriage in love.  As a result, Tristan and Isolde fell madly in love instead and everything became seriously screwed up.

Remember, Jeph recently posted on Twitter that he was reading History of the Medieval World by Susan Bauer.  He has also posted having read other medieval histories.  Very well rounded is our Jeph!

[michi-love]

Comparing the two strips, I have to agree - it's not got that much to do with the improved art (though, as with many comparisons you can do with nearly any strips of QC, the improvements are amazing) it has everything to do with body language. It's not JUST the pinprick-sized pupils. It's how Marten is leaning in towards Dora, obviously shocked but definitely enjoying the kiss; whereas Angus is trying to back the hell away, shocked shitless and definitely thinking somewhere along the lines of 'WTF JUST HAPPENED WTFWTFWTF DO. NOT. UNDER. STAND.'

Basically, Marten: WOAH. YES! WHOA.
Angus: WHOA. WTF. WHOA. EEEEEEEEHHHHHHH WTF.

[Watched Pot]

Yeah, regardless of artistic talent/development/style, Angus in panel 5 of 1630 would do pretty well in a "Draw a picture of a guy who has just been surprise-kissed by a girl to whom he feels no romantic or sexual attraction" contest.

[michi-love]

Also, in a "most shocking moment of my life that was not immoral or illegal" contest. Because that would, (I hope) take away most other awkward situations such as "what do you mean, you're my sister?!" among others.

Not to mention, let's remember that this was a sobering moment for Angus. His 'boozles' popped: if he even remotely wanted, or enjoyed, that liplock, he wouldn't have been shocked out of his drunken state, would he?

[The Duke]

Sure he would've!  If something is unexpected enough, it can cause remarkable clarity, whether it's good or bad.

[michi-love]

I don't know, though. Jeph built up to Dora/Marten for strips and strips and strips - Dora was interested in Marten from the moment they met. Angus and Faye have been doing their strange ritual mating dance for a very long time. It wouldn't make sense to me to throw all that time and effort spent building on that... just having Angus discard the idea of Faye - especially since she's just now warming up to him, after so very long - because his socially awkward roommate decided to take his well-meant compliments in a way he (at least, from what I believe) did not mean. I would be very disappointed if Angus/Marigold becomes an item. Of course, my opinion doesn't truly matter in the scheme of things, and it isn't as if I would stop reading, but I would be a bit put off for a while.

Besides, I'm ready for Faye to catch a break, you know? She deserves better than what's been handed to her. She's grown up a lot, has dealt with her issues, and now seems stable enough to pursue a relationship. Whereas Marigold is shaky about her self-worth, has just barely begun to build a social life, and should probably focus for a little while on something less complicated than trying to go after a roommate who she did not seem to view romantically until fairly recently, is hung up on another girl and has been for quite some time... I realize this all might not have occurred to her, but hey. It would have to me, seeing as I tend to overthink every little bit of everything.

[LeeC]

well if angus does reject marigold for faye we will then have a new angsty character which we havnt had since natasha broke up with amir.

[Sorflakne]

well if angus does reject marigold for faye we will then have a new angsty character which we havnt had since natasha broke up with amir.

And then the allosaurus got them both.

Either that or they're partying somewhere with six foot tall drunken weasels that ride around on a pterodactyl.

[raoullefere]

The Arthurian legend is that of Tristan and Isolde.  Tristan was sent to bring Isolde to King Mark's court so the king could marry her.  However, on the way, Tristan and Isolde accidentally drank a love potion together that had been meant to Mark and Isolde to drink together to seal their upcoming marriage in love.  As a result, Tristan and Isolde fell madly in love instead and everything became seriously screwed up.

I dunno, I'm liking SGatGK more and more for this, specifically because of this episode: Gawain, while completing his quest to meet the Green Knight, spends time at the Castle of Bertilak de Hautdesert, where he is tempted by the lord's wife before going on meet the Green Knight (who has been, of course, disguised as old Bert) to get his head cut off, which Gawain does—and gets away with only a nick for having lied to his host. I see that as much more a parallel then than the Tristan legend—nobody's escorting anyone anywhere, for one, and Angus is definitely running the gauntlet. Besides, we can see his 'love potion' is not in effect any longer—ye bubbles art e'en pop'd.

Of course, Jeph could turn this into The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle. But I kind of doubt it.

Still, I may be showing my prejudices; I've always hated Drystan, the silly, self-absorbed bastard. Take the girl and go, man!

You know what needs to be said.  Good for Marigold.  Instead of pining away and doing nothing, going emo over unrequited love she made a move.  The whole waiting around for the other person to initiate things is a pretty common geek failing.  So huzzah for her.

I'd agree with this more if she didn't have to get falling-down drunk to do it...

Worde to thine dam.

[jwhouk]

I checked them both out.  Marten has a surprised look, but I don't see the cringing that Angus seems to be engaged in. He's drawn back, while Marten hasn't. Nor are Marten's eyes pinpointed like Angus's are. In other words, Angus and Marigold may be about to break the couch frame in frenzied humping, but at the moment, Angus looks ready to bolt. Marten simply looks astonished.

It does look like how Faye kissed Sven, though...

[jwhouk]

I don't know, though. Jeph built up to Dora/Marten for strips and strips and strips - Dora was interested in Marten from the moment they met.
<snip>

Actually, it took two panels before she said, "Your boyfriend is a cutie" to Faye. And three more strips before Dora mentioned the "dashing young man" to Mieville...

[michi-love]

Oh, yes, well. Excuse me. I had not realized that it had taken so very long for her to develop the raging hots for him.

It does look like how Faye kissed Sven, though...

Disagreedisagree! Yes, the pinprick-sized irises are much the same, but again: look at the body language. As with Dora and Marten, Sven is leaning in towards the kiss, and would likely even without her pulling on his shirt. Yes, you could say that gesture is forcing him to lean towards her... but a grip on the front of a t-shirt isn't that constraining. Sven is not backing away, as Angus is, and that's the important part of Awkward Kiss.

[Carl-E]

But the true test is that the Marten/Dora kiss made me damp around the eyes, and the Faye/Sven kiss made me smile. 

The Marigold/Angus kiss just makes me facepalm, from the top of my bald head right down to the beared chin. 

I really can't wait to see where this is going. 

And I used to laugh at my wife for getting hooked on a soap. 

Dammit...

[LTK]

I went back a couple of strips before that kiss, and noticed Hannelore used to have freakishly long arms.

[Carl-E]

And a hyperextendable neck, too. 

[Promethean Sky]

You know what needs to be said.  Good for Marigold.  Instead of pining away and doing nothing, going emo over unrequited love she made a move.  The whole waiting around for the other person to initiate things is a pretty common geek failing.  So huzzah for her.

I'd agree with this more if she didn't have to get falling-down drunk to do it...

You obvioiusly are not geek enough to get it. That's how our mating dance functions. Bowerbirds prepare by making a fancy nest. Mantises prepare by praying to their god that it's over quickly. Geeks prepare by drinking a shitton of booze.

[raoullefere]

I really can't wait to see where this is going. 

And I used to laugh at my wife for getting hooked on a soap. 

Dammit...

If she ever asks, tell her you're crawling the net for more Keely whosname (insert fave P3 girl, model, or pronstar) pics. She'll buy it—may haul you in to see a marriage counselor or something, but anything beats seeing that little 'ha ha' smirk on her face, right?

a shitton of booze.

The new term for a 'shit-load,' I take it? Or is it a different amount? Can you tell me where it fits into the traditional units? You know, buttload <  assload < crapload < shitload < fuckload < righteous fuckload (aka holy fuckload)

[WestEnder67]

Oh, yes, well. Excuse me. I had not realized that it had taken so very long for her to develop the raging hots for him.

It does look like how Faye kissed Sven, though...

Disagreedisagree! Yes, the pinprick-sized irises are much the same, but again: look at the body language. As with Dora and Marten, Sven is leaning in towards the kiss, and would likely even without her pulling on his shirt. Yes, you could say that gesture is forcing him to lean towards her... but a grip on the front of a t-shirt isn't that constraining. Sven is not backing away, as Angus is, and that's the important part of Awkward Kiss.

To be fair, Faye is grabbing Sven by the shirt.

Or by the positioning of her hands, the nipples. Which would explain the facial expression nicely.

[celticgeek]

Faye is adept at nipple grabbing.

Nipple Grabbing

[michi-love]

... you know, this all makes much more sense now.

[Kugai]

For you and Dave Bowman?

[Moxie]

I checked them both out.  Marten has a surprised look, but I don't see the cringing that Angus seems to be engaged in. He's drawn back, while Marten hasn't. Nor are Marten's eyes pinpointed like Angus's are. In other words, Angus and Marigold may be about to break the couch frame in frenzied humping, but at the moment, Angus looks ready to bolt. Marten simply looks astonished.

Just throwing in my 2 cents of thought.

When Dora and Faye kiss Marten and Sven respectively, both boys look surprised, but not unpleased, and appear to be either a) simply letting themselves be kissed, or b) slowing being drawn into the kiss. On the other hand, Angus looks shocked, not too happy, and appears to be pulling away from Marigold. I don't think it will lead to good things.

Though, Marigold does look to be positioned a bit awkwardly, not giving her the advantage both Dora and Faye had. Or maybe she's just awkward at kissing too.

[Akima]

So someone tell me who shouted "Fuck" downstairs from Hanners?

Faye, realizing what she just did.

I read it as Dora blowing up.

[RightSaidJames]

Until reading this thread, I had no idea that the Wagner opera (Tristan und Isolde) was based upon Arthurian legend, despite the fact that at least 50% of my essays seem to involve Wagner and or Tristan in one way or another. I'm such a bad music student.

[Carl-E]

Until reading this thread, I had no idea that the Wagner opera (Tristan und Isolde) was based upon Arthurian legend, despite the fact that at least 50% of my essays seem to involve Wagner and or Tristan in one way or another. I'm such a music student.

Fixed. 

[raoullefere]

Actually, the Drystan (Tristan. what have you) legend is a Celtic (Welsh or Cornish) tale that got bundled into the Arthurian stuff by Thomas Malory. It can be and is, as I recall, told in Wagner's version (which came to him by way of a medieval German scholar, Gottfried von Strassburg, who predates Malory by a couple of centuries) without mention of Arthur.

 http://www.celtnet.org.uk/gods_d/drystan.html

[Carl-E]

And here I thought you were punning on cold medicine...

Dristan for your cold...

[RightSaidJames]

Until reading this thread, I had no idea that the Wagner opera (Tristan und Isolde) was based upon Arthurian legend, despite the fact that at least 50% of my essays seem to involve Wagner and or Tristan in one way or another. I'm such a music student.

Fixed. 

Well played

[The Duke]

The new term for a 'shit-load,' I take it? Or is it a different amount? Can you tell me where it fits into the traditional units? You know, buttload <  assload < crapload < shitload < fuckload < righteous fuckload (aka holy fuckload)

Personally, I prefer fuckton to fuckload, righteous or not.

[Carl-E]

Don't forget the metric fuckton.   That's 2.54 English fucktons, slightly less than a righteous fuckton. 

[raoullefere]

So you two are of the opinion the unit load is equivalent to ton? I'm not sure about that—somehow a crapton sounds less like a crapload than like a bad (Huey Lewis-style bad, mind) blues-rock guitarist.

[akronnick]

That's 'Clapton' not 'crapton.'

[raoullefere]

No, no, the Clapton's that thingy you hook up to a lamp so you can turn it on and off with a clap, thereby saving yourself even that minuscule bit of exercise. You know, "Clap on, clap off—Clapton!"