Topic: Characters Who Should Pop Up in the Comic Again (Read 38107 times)

Black Sword · « **on:** 21 Mar 2011, 09:08 »

QC is a massive comic, with tons of characters flitting in and out. The thing is, even if we don't see them, for the most part they all live in or near the same town, and go to the same hang out spots. As an example, Ellen and Natasha live in the same building as Marten, Faye, and Hanners. Probability makes it inevitable that you'll bump into someone you know.

This poll is nowhere near complete, so I'll add names as people suggest them, but it'd be cool to know who we want to see and why.

Me personally, I'm voting for an ex-encounter, be it Marten bumping into Vicky, or Steve bumping into Ellen or Meena. It would be interesting seeing how they cope with something they could not have seen coming. Or just for laughs, threesome redhead girl.

Now then... who would you like to see that we haven't seen in a while?

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #1 on:** 21 Mar 2011, 09:13 »

Doctor Corrine.
a) She's hilarious
b) I want to see how she looks in Jeph's latest style.

Voted Lydia since Dr. Buenvenida isn't on the list and also because the same things apply to her.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #2 on:** 21 Mar 2011, 09:49 »

I would have voted for Lydia if Raven hadn't been in the poll. Lydia has unrealized potential.

foolsguinea · « **Reply #3 on:** 21 Mar 2011, 09:54 »

I'd like to see Sara or Amir. I picked Amir in the poll as I don't expect Sara back.

Border Reiver · « **Reply #4 on:** 21 Mar 2011, 10:09 »

How about Faye's mom popping in for a visit? That should result in a few lols with the inevitable meeting with Mr. McPhee.

Skewbrow · « **Reply #5 on:** 21 Mar 2011, 10:27 »

Voted for Lydia, but wouldn't mind having Raven back, too. May be during her break from school?

akronnick · « **Reply #6 on:** 21 Mar 2011, 10:28 »

Quote from: Border Reiver on 21 Mar 2011, 10:09

How about Faye's mom popping in for a visit? That should result in a few lols with the inevitable meeting with Mr. McPhee.

Or her sister, now that Dora's single. We could have a nice little angst fest between her and Tai regarding who will be Dora's rebound relationship...

Carl-E · « **Reply #7 on:** 21 Mar 2011, 11:30 »

... or after angsting over Dora, they find they were made for each other...

I know, dangerously close to a shipment, but they are the only two lesbian characters in the comic...

I voted for Lydia, for the aforementioned reasons. Although I think the semester ended and she's no longer interning, it would be nice to see her pop up in either the music industry or Sven's life again.

After that, the good Doctor, then Raven.

Kugai · « **Reply #8 on:** 21 Mar 2011, 12:05 »

Faye's sister.

The way things are going, she'd be an interesting add to the mix.

mike837go · « **Reply #9 on:** 21 Mar 2011, 12:39 »

Put me down for more office visits with Dr. Corrine.
Even though there is enough "implied action" between her and Hanners. Those sessions could be the source of some sparks.

Here's a thread crossing suggestion from my own life: What if Dr. Corrine dies unexpectedly? [We lost my ex-wife's therapist to cancer after many years of treatment]

How would loosing sombody that close impact both Hanners and Faye? Could Faye EVER trust again? Which direction would Hanners' OCD go?

Odin · « **Reply #10 on:** 21 Mar 2011, 12:44 »

Quote from: mike837go on 21 Mar 2011, 12:39

Could Faye EVER trust again? Which direction would Hanners' OCD go?

The only way it would be that kind of issue for Faye is if Corrine suicides in front of her after a therapy session or, for Hanners, invites Miggs from Silence of the Lambs to the party and she gets a handful of (censored) thrown in her face.

Boomslang · « **Reply #11 on:** 21 Mar 2011, 13:39 »

I'd like to see Jimbo more. He's unusual in that he's a stark contrast to the characters in the comic, but he's still on friendly terms with them. And a lot of people's problems would benefit from simply having a different perspective to hear and think about.

DSL · « **Reply #12 on:** 21 Mar 2011, 14:04 »

I voted for Dr. Corinne simply because I think it's high time we saw a Hanners therapy session, especially now that there's been a boner on her couch. Hell, Winslow might need the therapy.

jwhouk · « **Reply #13 on:** 21 Mar 2011, 14:10 »

Nah. Blodwyn needs to come back to NoHo from spring break.

If only to give everyone the "WTF are you THINKING????" speech.

And then try to hit on Marten herself.

bunnyThor · « **Reply #14 on:** 21 Mar 2011, 16:08 »

Lydia for sure.

Though I'd also like to see more of the talented Ms. Riversmith.

Both of which would seem to mean more Sven, which is okay too.

I also would like to see more of Steve's exes (much more than I'd like to see more of Steve).

Carl-E · « **Reply #15 on:** 21 Mar 2011, 18:13 »

Hear, hear! Totura really only worked in the context of leaving DoKYA. He's just not the dashing secret agent anymore, and Totura's not the type to settle down...

Delator · « **Reply #16 on:** 21 Mar 2011, 21:49 »

Raven.

...Lydia is a distant second.

Kugai · « **Reply #17 on:** 21 Mar 2011, 21:56 »

Agent Turing and his trainee, VeapaAvenger

Odal · « **Reply #18 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 01:01 »

Raven. She was the only one on that list which Jeph had around enough for me to get attached to, but disappeared without a real reason. I know after she was long gone the characters did say a reason but someone who was a significant character, imo, shouldn't be such an afterthought.

Tergon · « **Reply #19 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 04:42 »

I voted for Amanda, but I'd take her and/or her mother. With Faye finally in a real relationship it'd be good to see how her family reacts. Plus I'd like to see Angus charm Faye's mum into liking him, as opposed to her conviction that Marten was always going to end badly for Faye.

Raven's return... wouldn't be bad, I guess, but I don't think the story really needs her any more. She stopped Coffee Of Doom from just being the Faye & Dora Show, but she's moved on now. I see no harm in that.
Though having her randomly pop up and have a drunken fling with Marten would be hilarious. She is the only CoD girl he fantasises about, after all...

techkid · « **Reply #20 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 06:36 »

I voted for Raven. She was like easy fodder for Faye and Dora, but she definitely held her own against them, too.

A good second would be Dr Corrine. She makes therapy almost inviting.

sterlingdragon · « **Reply #21 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 10:46 »

Voted Sara for lack of Vespavenger or Pizza Girl.

Of course, they're all the same person anyway.

John_Knee · « **Reply #22 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 10:54 »

I think Sara coming back would be more interesting if it transpired she was involved in an accident and lost her memory... She is strangely drawn to working in the coffee shop without knowing why and can't understand why they can't get her name of Sarah correct....

mike837go · « **Reply #23 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 10:59 »

Actually, I'd like Jeph to do something outlandish that includes the local cops again!

When they arrested the Vespavenger and offered Steve and Marten a beer AND a toke on some weed! Comedy GOLD!

Or when they PARTICIPATED in the beer sledding! It took me almost 10 minutes to get off the floor and stop laughing.

[Sombody, please tell me where the spellcheck is]

Odin · « **Reply #24 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 11:34 »

Quote from: mike837go on 22 Mar 2011, 10:59

Actually, I'd like Jeph to do something outlandish that includes the local cops again!

When they arrested the Vespavenger and offered Steve and Marten a beer AND a toke on some weed! Comedy GOLD!

Or when they PARTICIPATED in the beer sledding! It took me almost 10 minutes to get off the floor and stop laughing.

[Sombody, please tell me where the spellcheck is]

Use pretty much any browser other than Internet Explorer and you'll have an automatic one (it's built into Firefox, at least).

Black Sword · « **Reply #25 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 12:59 »

Quote from: Odin on 22 Mar 2011, 11:34

Quote from: mike837go on 22 Mar 2011, 10:59
Actually, I'd like Jeph to do something outlandish that includes the local cops again!

When they arrested the Vespavenger and offered Steve and Marten a beer AND a toke on some weed! Comedy GOLD!

Or when they PARTICIPATED in the beer sledding! It took me almost 10 minutes to get off the floor and stop laughing.

[Sombody, please tell me where the spellcheck is]

Use pretty much any browser other than Internet Explorer and you'll have an automatic one (it's built into Firefox, at least).

Pretty much this. God, I hate using IE at work.

Skewbrow · « **Reply #26 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 14:47 »

Quote from: Odin on 22 Mar 2011, 11:34

Use pretty much any browser other than Internet Explorer and you'll have an automatic one (it's built into Firefox, at least).

I totally didn't know this. My first reaction was that it would not help me any way, as my Firefox installation is Finnish. But the tiniest bit of googling told me that there's an add-on that allows you to switch from one dictionary to another on the fly. When I find the time I might try it out. Don't know if I can stomach a program second guessing me all the time, though? I have turned off all the language checking in M$Office SW, because ... it just doesn't work together with a lot of symbols and formulas.

DSL · « **Reply #27 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 15:51 »

I'm sure everyone has a spellchecker horror story, but I just want to share my favorite, from early in my former newspaper job: Our first spellchecker program didn't recognize the word "jacuzzi" and a normally meticulous editor (not me, at least not that time) had automatically hit "replace" one too many times ... so we told the readership that a church singles group was having a "swim and jackass" party. That program also liked to translate one city councilman's last name as "Migraine."

Carl-E · « **Reply #28 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 16:46 »

One of my best friends, an English professor, used to edit an international agricultural journal when she was a grad student. In an article on the production of brazil nuts, the author apparently misspelled "warehouse" as "wharehouse", because the spellchecker caught it and corrected it - the result was

"...the nuts were spread on the whorehouse floor overnight for drying..."

tomart · « **Reply #29 on:** 22 Mar 2011, 17:00 »

Let's start a Raven Fan Club!

At times, she was almost as endearing as Hanners . . . I like her worldview.

Good idea, to have her and Marten cross paths (oops, is that a shipment? Sorry!)

Black Sword · « **Reply #30 on:** 23 Mar 2011, 07:01 »

It seems the poll has identified a massively underserved Raven demographic. Mayhaps Jeph will show us a kindness of Raven popping out of the woodworks?

dr. nervioso · « **Reply #31 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 03:56 »

Most definitely Raven, just because of the plot possibilities.See, Dora's my favorite character, but she's been but in the backburner since the breakup. Maybe if Raven comes, she could elaborate more into Dora's past through her.

It's either that or Vicky dating Sven/Marten/used by Angus to cheat on Faye

Carl-E · « **Reply #32 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 04:19 »

Vicky would immolate in the pure bitch-fire flames of any such moves.

akronnick · « **Reply #33 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 04:59 »

And why the hell would Angus cheat on Faye?

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #34 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 08:17 »

Quote from: dr. nervioso on 24 Mar 2011, 03:56

Maybe if Raven comes, she could elaborate more into Dora's past through her.

That is a really good point. Jeph seems to have gotten tired of Raven as a source of humor, but she's known Dora longer than anyone except Dora's family, and we're due for more explanation of Dora's history.

Black Sword · « **Reply #35 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 09:46 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 24 Mar 2011, 08:17

Quote from: dr. nervioso on 24 Mar 2011, 03:56
Maybe if Raven comes, she could elaborate more into Dora's past through her.
That is a really good point. Jeph seems to have gotten tired of Raven as a source of humor, but she's known Dora longer than anyone except Dora's family, and we're due for more explanation of Dora's history.

Are we really? We already know the fundamentals, and anything else seems superfluous. She has brother issues, she has boyfriend issues, she has an inferiority complex that feeds all of the above. We already know her brother is likely the largest cause of the complex, so what more do we really need to know?

I'd be fine with Raven as a source of humor, but whatever light she sheds on Dora's past is superfluous and likely to be covered in therapy anyway.

Deadlywonky · « **Reply #36 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 10:16 »

Funny stories from her youth? Dora equivilant of photo with giant dildo?

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #37 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 13:36 »

We do know things about Dora, but we don't even know what she majored in in college, or why she went Goth (unless you believe what she said in 279).

Heliphyneau · « **Reply #38 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 15:10 »

I picked Amir, mainly because I would love to see Marten with his band again. And if he wears long-sleeved shirts, Jeph won't have to draw his body hair! Amir was cheerful, sort of odd, and hey, maybe his taste in girlfriends will have improved. Or not.

Clearly, many of you would like to see Raven return. I wouldn't mind if she stayed away, but I also wouldn't mind if she returned. Maybe if she had changed somewhat it might be more interesting to see her again.

I actually miss Winslow, the most mild-mannered of the AnthroPCs. I hope the reason he's not really in the strip isn't for potential copyright issues, since he looks kinda like *CENSOREDBYSTEVEJOBS*

jwhouk · « **Reply #39 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 16:28 »

Well, other webcomics are bringing back old female characters who used to be main cast members... but that would be, Primarily, Very Plagaristic on Jeph's part.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #40 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 18:20 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 24 Mar 2011, 16:28

Primarily, Very Plagaristic

I see what you did there.

...you're talking about Sexy Losers, right?

bicostp · « **Reply #41 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 18:39 »

Quote from: Mr_Rose on 21 Mar 2011, 09:13

Doctor Corrine.
a) She's hilarious
b) I want to see how she looks in Jeph's latest style.

c) We need her now anyway because of Dora crazy.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #42 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 18:45 »

Dora's seeing a therapist, but it's someone else who may or may not show up on screen.

jwhouk · « **Reply #43 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 20:20 »

Now there's a thought: what would be the funniest connection to someone else in the strip for Dora's therapist?

Cosette's dad?
Elliot's dad?
Padma's dad?

TRVA123 · « **Reply #44 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 20:23 »

Vicky's Dad?

then he might convince Dora that all of her problems stem from Martin being a clingy boyfriend or something.... Dramapocalypse abounds!

Near Lurker · « **Reply #45 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 20:30 »

Wait, where did we get the impression Vicky's dad thought like that?

...although I wouldn't put it past a therapist. Then again, at this point, I wouldn't put anything past that profession.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #46 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 21:24 »

We don't know, but would you blame him for thinking that?

Skewbrow · « **Reply #47 on:** 24 Mar 2011, 21:39 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 24 Mar 2011, 20:20

Now there's a thought: what would be the funniest connection to someone else in the strip for Dora's therapist?

President of the Northampton chapter of Sven Bianchi fan club?

jwhouk · « **Reply #48 on:** 25 Mar 2011, 02:23 »

Dora specifically stated that her therapist was a "he", by the way.

~~cesariojpn~~ · « **Reply #49 on:** 25 Mar 2011, 02:50 »

Bring back Dora's pussy.

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