Topic: Weekly comic thread 2010 September 27 - October 1 (Read 72174 times)

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #150 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 12:40 »

Eva didn't seem to feel used: she was eager for more of whatever Sven had been giving her earlier.

Carl-E · « **Reply #151 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 12:43 »

Quote from: Cold on 30 Sep 2010, 11:52

We're all missing the point here, which is that the edamame song is the cutest thing.

Quote from: Heliphyneau on 30 Sep 2010, 12:00

...(ed a ma me! sing it!)...

OK, after searching "edamame" (and "edamame song") on youtube and google, I got nuthin'.

Anyone one able to provide a link for those of us whao are less ... culturally endowed?

I mean, if it's that catchy, I could really use an earworm to replace the one that's in there now.

Border Reiver · « **Reply #152 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 12:52 »

I;m sure it wouldn't be as cute if it wasn't Hanners singing.

snubnose · « **Reply #153 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 13:28 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 30 Sep 2010, 07:31

Quote from: snubnose on 30 Sep 2010, 06:52
And yes a body that is skin and bones is never really attractive, but I doubt that is news to Sven or any other man.

The husband of a nicely-covered friend of mine has just left her for someone with borderline anorexia; there's no accounting for taste...

Theres no rules in love and war.

Still its rare.

Kugai · « **Reply #154 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 13:32 »

No, this is what a drunken depressed Sven talks about on a date.

snubnose · « **Reply #155 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 13:41 »

Quote from: BryanP on 30 Sep 2010, 09:33

Quote from: snubnose on 30 Sep 2010, 06:52
Quote from: BryanP on 30 Sep 2010, 05:39
Sven has finally realized the truth: skinny women just aren't all that interesting.
Please stop going to extremes.

Women arent digital : either skinny or chubby.

And yes a body that is skin and bones is never really attractive, but I doubt that is news to Sven or any other man.

Okay, fine. I'll restate: Sven is interested in a woman with curves. Me, personally, I find curvy women to be more aesthetically appealing than skinny women.

Thats ok, but a woman that is more slim than Faye isnt already skinny, because Faye is considered being chubby.

Raven for example was considered being very curvy and busty, but not yet chubby.

JackFaerie · « **Reply #156 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 13:48 »

Quote from: Akima on 30 Sep 2010, 03:37

Quote from: JackFaerie on 30 Sep 2010, 01:24
No, it's just what people do when they date. It's just that Sven is, yes, slightly better at it and more self-aware of how it works, and able to put it into words.
You make some very good points. However is precisely his awareness that his moves are tactics, and that he is using them to create desire in his partner without any mention at all that he is "into" the girl beyond possibly her physical attraction, that makes Sven suspect.

Eh, I still think people are reading him wayyy too harshly due to his past. Honestly, if he just wanted to get laid, why would he bother with dates and creating deeper attraction and all that? A classic bar pickup would be easier, cheaper, and yield faster results.

And he's not really *exceptionally* self-aware in terms of manipulation. Any girl picking "just the right outfit" for the date in terms of sexy/classy is equally aware--she knows why she's trying for a middle point and the effect she wants to create. Same goes for anyone priming their room for a date--they're not doing it subconsciously, they know why they are putting certain stuff away and spotlighting other things, and they know what they're trying to play to. Sven is just more *creative* because he's setting up scenarios most people simply wouldn't think of.

Also, all of you talking about how you do/do not like skinny women: you do realize it is equally as dehumanizing and insulting to us women to hear you proclaim curvy over skinny, since it still says "this is the standard that I think women ought to strive for to be attractive"? If you personally prefer curvy, fine, you can say that (although men tend to state their preferences about women ALL the time as though all of womanhood should care and rush to cater to them). But don't denigrate other body types or classify them as less desirable while you're doing so.

Cold · « **Reply #157 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 14:42 »

Quote from: Border Reiver on 30 Sep 2010, 12:52

I'm sure it wouldn't be as cute if it wasn't Hanners singing.

naturally

tomart · « **Reply #158 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 15:27 »

Ok, to restate Carl's question, bluntly:

What the heck is Hanners babbling about?

OOOoooooooohhhhh..... so obvious, really - the back of a fortune cookie where it says, How to Speak Chinese... right?

LeeC · « **Reply #159 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 16:22 »

I'm waiting for the part of the date where Hanner's tells Sven that Faye went on a date the night before and the date went awesome...to crush Sven's dreams...

bunnyThor · « **Reply #160 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 16:33 »

I highly doubt that all Sven misses is Faye's curves. If that were the case, he'd be using his patented moves on plusher ladies. Remember that he (literally) ran into Marigold, and despite her many similarities in appearance to Faye, she did not appear to light up the Sven-O-Meter at all.

One of Sven's biggest defense mechanisms is being avoidant, so I would not be at all surprised if he's still dodging self-realization, even as he claims epiphany.

Faye and Sven's relationship was a complicated little dance that stepped both around and through their various neuroses, and despite the disastrous termination, both of them were better off after than when they had started.

raoullefere · « **Reply #161 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 17:13 »

Quote from: bunnyThor on 30 Sep 2010, 16:33

I highly doubt that all Sven misses is Faye's curves. If that were the case, he'd be using his patented moves on plusher ladies. Remember that he (literally) ran into Marigold, and despite her many similarities in appearance to Faye, she did not appear to light up the Sven-O-Meter at all.

One of Sven's biggest defense mechanisms is being avoidant, so I would not be at all surprised if he's still dodging self-realization, even as he claims epiphany.

And he was so close, too. Reading panel four I thought, my god… and then there was panel five. Ah, Jeph, you're such a tease.

You know people, though, or at least the ones running around in your head.

jwhouk · « **Reply #162 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 18:28 »

Methinks this may suddenly become the date from Hades in short order...

St.Clair · « **Reply #163 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 18:45 »

Quote from: Polychrome on 30 Sep 2010, 01:35

Is that Khorne's Market in the background?
REASONABLY PRICED BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!

LOCALLY GROWN ORGANIC SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!

Carl-E · « **Reply #164 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 18:47 »

Quote from: tomart on 30 Sep 2010, 15:27

Ok, to restate Carl's question, bluntly:

What the heck is Hanners babbling about?

OOOoooooooohhhhh..... so obvious, really - the back of a fortune cookie where it says, How to Speak Chinese... right?

Wait, that's what I thought at first... then people started talking about some song.

So there isn't really an edameme song?

Damn...

Unfortunately, I now have "edameme" going through my head to the tune of "Abiyoyo".

raoullefere · « **Reply #165 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 19:17 »

Surely, there'd be little notes if she were singing? I think you were right the first time.

Also, congratulations on having something slightly weirder going through your brain than I do…maybe. (I've got one of my younger kin's softball cheers stuck in there).

foolsguinea · « **Reply #166 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 19:50 »

Hanners is eating edamame. I think she's just having fun with the word. And they're not at a Chinese restaurant.

I for one like skinny women. It's funny watching guys try to declare a standard that other guys are assumed to agree with. I suppose Marten goes either way: for skinny women (like spookybutt) & chubby ones (like crankypants).

jwhouk · « **Reply #167 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 20:51 »

Wow, is she blushing.

someone1074 · « **Reply #168 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 20:54 »

Guess Sven was right to go on a break. Though I don't quite understand why he's completely losing his cool now when he handled himself pretty well in front of other women and the opportunity to get other women recently.

For humor, I suppose.

bunnyThor · « **Reply #169 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 21:15 »

This is my favorite strip featuring Hanners ever.

~~Schmorgluck~~ · « **Reply #170 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 21:17 »

One thing to remember about Sven is that, by his own claims, he never had any girl-friend (dash added for clarity) before Faye. It isn't conclusive of the way he considers women in general, but it puts some light on what he's used to, and what set of social reflexes he has. Therefore, even if there's more to it, his thoughts about Faye are more easily formulated in terms revolving around lust.

EDIT: and what's funny is I hadn't even seen it before posting what's above, but I find today's comic strengthens my theories about Sven.

jwhouk · « **Reply #171 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 21:21 »

By the way - she's not only blushing, but she is sloooowwwwly pushing away from the table.

helloandgoodbye · « **Reply #172 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 21:42 »

For the first time in awhile, I actually laughed out loud at the comic.

Oh, Sven. You so fucked up.

Tergon · « **Reply #173 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 21:46 »

Well, I don't think anyone's going to deny that Sven was well and truly in Douche-territory in the past. Every character in the comic observes this, even Sven himself. And yeah, he's never had a "real" relationship, meaning one with a strong emotional connection, which is probably an explanation - not an excuse - for a lot of his behaviour. He hurts those who attach themselves to him emotionally because he doesn't share that attachment. To be fair, he never pretends otherwise, and is perfectly straightforward about what he expects and what he's willing to give, but still, it's douchey.

But I don't think he qualifies as such now, simply because he is trying to change. Maybe it's not for an altruistic, noble reason. Maybe he isn't doing very well. But he is trying. He knows what he was like and he doesn't want to be that guy any more. And when Hanners openly asks him questions about himself, he's giving honest answers that he has to know don't make him look good. Dude may be off his game, but he's openly admitting to his failings here, and then going against them.

As for where the date's going... well, this comic made me laugh 'til I choked on a mouthful of sandwich. But if the date doesn't end prematurely, I predict that later we'll get a blushing Hannelore asking if, when Sven said that she was super gorgeous and he'd totally do her, was it just a knee-jerk response, or does he really think that?
Not that I expect Hanners to be too receptive to it, but a lady does like to be told she's pretty. Even if it's not in the most elegant of terms.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #174 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 21:56 »

Hannelore is, entirely by accident, playing therapist and drawing Sven out.

Neskah · « **Reply #175 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 21:56 »

Oh Yay. Great way to eand the week

jeph · « **Reply #176 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 21:58 »

okay I'm drunk and reading the forums for the first time in months and am sick of you people speculating so I will just come out and say that Sven [REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED]

(PS if you seriously think Hannelore would get AT ALL flirty on this date what is wrong with you)

Steve the Pocket · « **Reply #177 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 22:09 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 30 Sep 2010, 10:45

Quote from: Steve the Pocket on 30 Sep 2010, 10:17
Best part about today's strip is the ad that popped up when I logged on.

[pic snipped]

And the mouseover.. "Not even a little bit"

Yesterday's Wrongtown ad said something about a clean restaurant...

Heehee, fun with auction-based ad services. And here Jeph thought the mindless adbots were bad...

raoullefere · « **Reply #178 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 22:12 »

RUN HANNERS! RUN FAST! RUN FAR! FLEEEE! He's got celibacy fever!

You can tell by the diarrhea mouth.

Cartilage Head · « **Reply #179 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 22:13 »

Sven is a total pathetic asshole. He is in no way endearing and a terrible character that I wish would just not be around. Maybe that is why I have been enjoying the comic more recently? Until this arc at least.

helloandgoodbye · « **Reply #180 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 22:30 »

Quote from: Cartilage Head on 30 Sep 2010, 22:13

Sven is a total pathetic asshole. He is in no way endearing and a terrible character that I wish would just not be around. Maybe that is why I have been enjoying the comic more recently? Until this arc at least.

Is it just me or do webcomic readers tend to dislike lecherous webcomic characters?

jeph · « **Reply #181 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 22:54 »

it's just you. there's no way you have enough of a sample size to indicate prejudice.

I happen to like Sven. But I totally get why ol' carty heady ain't into him.

Mojo · « **Reply #182 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 23:07 »

I happen to like Sven too. As I said MONTHS ago, he's making a genuine attempt to grow beyond the shallow man he was. There's a lot to admire in that. Hell, I wish I was observant and strong willed enough to recognize and attempt to repair my character flaws.

Moxie · « **Reply #183 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 23:08 »

Hahahahahaha, Sven's face when he realizes where he is and what he just told his "date" and is trying to backtrack is awesome!

And then last panel was even better! Excellent!

Carl-E · « **Reply #184 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 23:19 »

Damn, and he almost pulled out of that death spiral, too!

Nothing to do now but bail, and hope the flames of impact don't start a forest fire or something...

Poor Hanners, having to watch Sven self-immolate...

assuming she doesn't run first!

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #185 on:** 30 Sep 2010, 23:53 »

At least Hannelore is learning about an important class of off-nominal date, the Obsessed With The Ex date. Bad pedagogical design, though: she should first have had experience with a more functional pseudodate.

bunnyThor · « **Reply #186 on:** 01 Oct 2010, 00:27 »

Quote from: jeph on 30 Sep 2010, 21:58

okay I'm drunk and reading the forums for the first time in months

This always ends in tears.

And fissures.

Akima · « **Reply #187 on:** 01 Oct 2010, 00:28 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 30 Sep 2010, 12:43

OK, after searching "edamame" (and "edamame song") on youtube and google, I got nuthin'.

I don't think it's a song. I think Hanners is working out how to pronounce the word edamame. She appears to be reading a small packet or something. Maybe a sachet of dipping sauce (?) though that would normally be served in a bowl. It certainly won't be a fortune cookie in a Japanese restaurant, unless there's been some horrid cultural bleed-over.

Edit: Following zmeiat_joro's posting below, I consulted Wikipedia, and it seems fortune-cookies were indeed originally introduced by the Japanese. A vast load of cultural guilt is lifted from my shoulders for the nasty things, but I don't think I've ever actually been offered them in a Japanese restaurant.

Quote from: JackFaerie on 30 Sep 2010, 13:48

Also, all of you talking about how you do/do not like skinny women: you do realize it is equally as dehumanizing and insulting to us women to hear you proclaim curvy over skinny, since it still says "this is the standard that I think women ought to strive for to be attractive"? If you personally prefer curvy, fine, you can say that (although men tend to state their preferences about women ALL the time as though all of womanhood should care and rush to cater to them). But don't denigrate other body types or classify them as less desirable while you're doing so.

So true, though to be fair to most of the posters here, they were merely expressing their preference, and only a few denigrated other body types. My personal pet irritation is men who feel impelled to announce their preference/distaste for my ethnic appearance. I think Meena might sympathise.

I feel sorry for Hanners. Her educational date is turning into the equivalent of trying to learn to drive in one of those multi-car NASCAR pile-ups*. Sven has gone into kamikaze mode before, but this...

*Got to love those commentators. Though no doubt they would say that I had an accent...

Kugai · « **Reply #188 on:** 01 Oct 2010, 00:43 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 30 Sep 2010, 23:19

Nothing to do now but bail, and hope the flames of impact don't start a forest fire or something...

Too late Carl, he's already augured in

Dr. ROFLPWN · « **Reply #189 on:** 01 Oct 2010, 00:54 »

Jeph, I do not think you are drunk enough to be reading these forums.

Also I fucking love Sven today. He is awesome. And Hannelore's face is fantastic.

snubnose · « **Reply #190 on:** 01 Oct 2010, 01:44 »

LOL I have the feeling Sven would like to dig a hole now.

Karilyn · « **Reply #191 on:** 01 Oct 2010, 02:00 »

Read the comic like three times, thought every time that Sven had said "I'd totally be into you" and was confused why Hanners was reacting THAT strongly. Then I realized on the fourth thime that he said "I'd totally do you" and then I was like oh god Hanners, why are you still there? Run. Run fast.

pendrake · « **Reply #192 on:** 01 Oct 2010, 02:10 »

For comic #1765...

1. Another great week ender comic, cannot wait to see what comes next for the Hanners+Sven date, Act II.

2. I doubt I will ever get tired of seeing a blushing Hannelore.

3. Poor Sven (again), his "compliment tourettes" backfires yet again. He tried to pull up from a tailspin and has apparrently snapped off a wing and set his other engine on fire, but honest and earnest blurt-out at least. Yet despite all his flailing, I also like Sven a lot during this story-arc, perhaps it is *because* of all the flailing..

.

4. Despite the initial (&/or forthcoming) freak-out, I think it will also be interesting to how Hanners deals with the realization that boys do indeed find her attractive. Such as way back with comic #517 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=517). And let us not forget, she is currently the only single girl working at Coffee of Doom.

5. Jeph, I do not think Hannelore would get at all flirty on this date, no (at least, given her current character status/development). *That* might have crossed over to M. Night Shyamalan level plot-twisting, if she had.

6. I might be inclined to buy the Pintsize water bottle, but for something tells me it is a trap...

zmeiat_joro · « **Reply #193 on:** 01 Oct 2010, 03:27 »

Quote from: Akima on 01 Oct 2010, 00:28

It certainly won't be a fortune cookie in a Japanese restaurant, unless there's been some horrid cultural bleed-over.

I thought fortune cookies are originally Japanese?

Border Reiver · « **Reply #194 on:** 01 Oct 2010, 04:19 »

Hanner's next lesson for dating - sneaking out the back door of the restaurant and changing your phone number before your date realizes you aren't coming back from the loo.

jwhouk · « **Reply #195 on:** 01 Oct 2010, 07:02 »

Ah. Talladega. Home of the multi-car pileup. And it's a sad commentary when I can listen to Darrell Waltrip and ask, "what accent?"

Dr. ROFLPWN · « **Reply #196 on:** 01 Oct 2010, 07:50 »

Quote from: Karilyn on 01 Oct 2010, 02:00

Read the comic like three times, thought every time that Sven had said "I'd totally be into you" and was confused why Hanners was reacting THAT strongly. Then I realized on the fourth thime that he said "I'd totally do you" and then I was like oh god Hanners, why are you still there? Run. Run fast.

I am pretty sure "would be into you" was what poor Sven meant, but his brain is operating at cross purposes and is being affected by hunger, nerves, and enforced celibacy post-Faye/the fact that Hanners is exactly Sven's pre-Faye preferred body type and hairstyle. The spaceborn innocence is also a plus. I imagine Sven's brain is going like this:

Quote from: Sven's Frontal Lobe says:

All right stay classy now, show her how it is done, aw yeah, you are Sven Bianchi, you can totally use the lady powers for good

Quote from: Sven's Reptilian Brain interrupts:

OH GOD DORA IS GONNA KILL US IF WE FUCK UP AND ALSO FAYE AND I AM HUNGRY FUUUU

Quote from: Sven's Libido interjects with:

Hooooly shit, Hannelore is actually really really hot, I would totally hit that in a MINUTE

That being said, I don't really think he's being creepy and it's kind of a jerk move to be all "OMG RUN GURL". :/ Dude is being Honest. That is rare. I think we should be proud of Sven today.

foolsguinea · « **Reply #197 on:** 01 Oct 2010, 08:01 »

Thursday Question:    Which QC character(s) are most likely to make a wacky appearance during the date?

Faye &/or Angus    9 (18.8%)
Steve &/or Cosette    3 (6.3%)
some AnthroPCs    3 (6.3%)
Penelope &/or Wil    4 (8.3%)
Tai    4 (8.3%)
Marigold!?    6 (12.5%)
Sven's parent(s)    2 (4.2%)
Jimbo    1 (2.1%)
Pizza Girl &/or Vespavenger    4 (8.3%)
Raven?!!    4 (8.3%)
Sara!?!?    4 (8.3%)
Marten    0 (0%)
Dora & a bladed weapon    4 (8.3%)

Total Voters: 48

Wow, letting it go over 24 hours made a difference. After an early lead for Marigold, it's taken by Fangus. (Aye!)

Finally switching it out, & I saw the strip was up eight hours ago.

After getting some sleep, went with, "How many more pages will the date take up?" instead of, "How drunk is Sven?" or "Which non-QC character(s) are most likely to make a wacky appearance during the date?"

Border Reiver · « **Reply #198 on:** 01 Oct 2010, 08:39 »

Too bad, I was totally ready to take the "Winston Churchill and Ghandi" option.

At this point the "pretend date" is over, and as the gentleman (or at least someone who seems to want to be one) Sven's next course of action is to ask for the meals to go, escort Hanners home, apologize for his behaviour and then go back to his house to drink heavily.

The next day he gets to start manning up and taking responsibility for his actions and his feelings.

Then he writes a series of country hits based on some genuine emotions, or expands his repetoire to the Blues and sells a shitload of new songs to Cyndi Lauper.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #199 on:** 01 Oct 2010, 10:32 »

Sven is now making the discovery that so many of us have made, that the earth never opens up to swallow you when you actually need it to.

THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)

Poll

Well, this is going well. How many more pages will the date take up? (counting a page of Hanners fleeing from scary Sven)

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