Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT: 2026-2030 (3-7 October 2011)
DSL:
OK, for all the rampaging cuteness in the rest of the comic, what's giving me the giggles is Hanners' first line. I'm imagining "Did you fall in a LAKE?" in the squeaky voice Jeph says (in his Tumblr) she has.
stoutfiles:
--- Quote from: DSL on 05 Oct 2011, 20:27 ---OK, for all the rampaging cuteness in the rest of the comic
--- End quote ---
Can someone explain how this is cute? It'd be like Hanners going up to Marigold and pinching her fat while laughing, then continuing to do it when Marigold asks her to stop.
Momo has shown to be both very sensitive and aspiring to be more like a human. Having Hanners point out her robotic flaw and laughing about it is rude...to continue to do it after Momo says for her to stop is horrible.
themacnut:
Watch the next comic be Hanners standing there looking electro-fried and smoking while Momo stands surrounded by an electric aura and saying "I told you to stop!"
Momo would be totally justified in such retaliation. I get the feeling that Jeph isn't going to do that to Hanners though...
Paranoid:
Seriously? Personally I put it on par with being excessively tickled by someone even though you asked them to stop. I'm not exactly Mr. Sociable in real life, but even I know that this is perfectly common and acceptable behavior when among close friends, and I would like to think that Hannelore and Momo are becoming close friends by now. We've seen much worse behavior between friends on this comic in the past: just look at Faye and Marten. Surely the robotic equivalent of a poke or tickle can hardly be called rude, especially in this context. Now, if Hannelore whines about the upcoming payback Momo is planning on dishing out it'd be a different story, but I really don't see that happening.
FunkyTuba:
It's cute because Hanners can finally take a little step out of her hangup- and OCD-imposed shell and actually interact with another being in a physical way. She's getting to do at age 21 what most others got out of their system when they were four or five.
Momo's getting the other side of this: characters tended to intract with old-chassis-Momo as a doll, more than as a physical being to relate to, so she's sort of the little sister of this relationship--not necessarily what she bargained for when she asked for the new chassis.
I find this interaction charming and cute for the fact of it and also for the novelty the situation presents to both parties involved. Plus the expressions are impeccably drawn and convey emotions far beyond the text.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version