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Marigold was the last werewolf!

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Hacked Hair Emily! "You're Next!" GET AWAY

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You gotta unfair mechchaninincal 'vantage!

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Skinny dipping is kinda boring when it's just two people.

2 (4.3%)

Let's play a drinking game!

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Take a drink and say something nice about the person on your left.

1 (2.2%)

That's just group therapy with booze.

1 (2.2%)

This is gonna be GREAT! (I wanna trade seats with somebody.)

1 (2.2%)

Marten is a good person to work with.

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Faye's my (And he introduced me to so many nice people today!)

1 (2.2%)

And he showed me how to make a margarita... AND HE HAS FUNNY HAIR!

8 (17.4%)

I better move before she barfs on me. (I understand.)

1 (2.2%)

Even though he's a total jerk sometimes... (You smell.)

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The espresso machine makes a loud noise and I have to hide in the back room for a while!

7 (15.2%)

Angus puts up with my #### (And I have an amazing ####)

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I love you man! I love you! DUDE WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS

11 (23.9%)

We've lost Steve. Emily did that floppy boneless thing...

2 (4.3%)

You have nice friends. (You're one of them now!)

4 (8.7%)

I'm... "HEY ASSFARTS!"

5 (10.9%)

YER OCCUPYIN' PRIMO MAKE OUT REAL ESTATE! (Nice friends. Right.)

2 (4.3%)

Total Members Voted: 44

[Tova]

There can be nothing better than finding someone who puts up with your shit.

[Border Reiver]

Jeph's comment puts Steve's week-long bender in a new light - he might have been able to do it with only a forty (unless of course those drinks came from a 2litre stein...)

[Schmorgluck]

They've talked about it before.

Wow, I'm not sure it's the longest shot of a callback joke in QC, but I'm fairly sure it's in the top five.

Was it what Jeph was alluding to when he said he was browsing through old comics to make sure he had a joke right?

[Rockman]

Oh God, to be a lightweight and responsible for this boneyard?  And there's more.  And here, too.

I realize it's just a joke, but it's amusing to think that Steve only sipped at a few appletinis and poured out all those empties so he'd look more manly when Marten inevitably intervened.

[jwhouk]

Back to the Party! What are we REALLY waiting for?

The rest of the gang's reaction to Marigold.    14 (23.3%)
Dora's reaction to Marigold.    1 (1.7%)
TAI's reaction to Marigold.    3 (5%)
Steve's reaction - and Cosette's SMACKdown.    1 (1.7%)
Angus gets Gibbs-slapped by Faye.    3 (5%)
Someone comes up with a lame Thomas Dolby reference.    2 (3.3%)
Something completely different.    5 (8.3%)
Spathe Ham?    4 (6.7%)
Must... read... ALL the posts.    12 (20%)
I worry about you.    15 (25%)

Total Members Voted: 60

[StevenC]

Off-panel, outside the window:
"BROS BROS BROS BROS..."

[Method of Madness]

Maybe he drank too much too fast. Or maybe he just loves his bro.

[jwhouk]

That just made me think - what if Steve is actually Marten's BROTHER - but no one actually realizes it?

[Carl-E]

HA!  Called it two days ago;

What's Faye thinking to make this sound good to her? 

Just seeing everyone try to say something nice when drunk? 



"I...I lovvvve you, maaaaaannnn..."

Wait, we're not still scripting QC in here, are we? 

[Rockman]

That just made me think - what if Steve is actually Marten's BROTHER - but no one actually realizes it?

Yet another amusing thought, and according to this could mean a few things:

That Henry married one or more women before he married Veronica,

AND/OR Henry married one or more women after the divorce/coming out,

OR he got married to other men before proposing to Maurice.

I think I prefer the first option, that he had a string of unsuccessful marriages with women who wanted kids, and maybe Steve and Marten are half-brothers but don't know it yet. 

(click to show/hide)

This is beginning to look a bit like Alias' storyline, especially with Steve's stint as a secret agent...

Very silly, but still, amusing.

EDIT - Or that 'blur' in Veronica's life is when she had Steve.

[Game and Watch Forever]

Steve and Marten being related would make the incident refered to here a little more awkward for most...

[Rockman]

Just like Luke and Leia.

...okay I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

[Soulsynger]

Steve and Marten being related would make the incident refered to here a little more awkward for most...

...MAN it's weird how healthy Marten looked back then. °O

[Carl-E]

He's wering a heavyweight winter hoodie. 

[DSL]

So am I the only one -- yes? well, anyway -- wondering who said what about Hanners, who's on Clinton's left (looked like Hanners' shirt, but she's on a different couch. Gabby?)  and what he would have said, why Cosette is apparently nowhere near Steve, and what Tai would have said about Cosette, and Angus -- well, just wonder about Angus in general? I think he and Faye genuinely enjoy fucking (with) each other.

[Is it cold in here?]

Was there something about Marten not having any brothers?

I must have thought so when I put that in the wiki, but there's no citation.

[DSL]

Was there something about Marten not having any brothers?

I must have thought so when I put that in the wiki, but there's no citation.

As far as he knows, perhaps. I get the feeling Jeph writes Veronica as someone who doesn't always ... remember ... to mention certain things. Or remember them.

[iduguphergrave]

They could be half-bros. Or maybe stepbros.

[DSL]

Steve and Marten being related would make the incident refered to here a little more awkward for most...

...MAN it's weird how healthy Marten looked back then. °O

He can lift (non-bouyant) Momo up with one arm ...

[Schmorgluck]

So am I the only one -- yes? well, anyway -- wondering who said what about Hanners, who's on Clinton's left.

Gabby's the only one whose skin is that dark, so it's definitely her. I was more wondering what he might have told about her, since he doesn't know her.

[DSL]

Isn't the specific challenge to "say something nice," even if you don't know anything to "tell" about a person? It's a bit of a challenge, but you could at least come up with something superficial, e.g.

CLINTON: Gabby's hair looks nic --
GABBY: It's the HUMIDITY.

[HeavyP]

He's wering a heavyweight winter hoodie.

Even then, just compare Marten's face and neck from that comic to the last couple.  I didn't realize it until it was pointed out, but yeah, his face and neck used to be thicker.  I kind of like the old style - he still looks skinny, but not almost-emaciated like he does now.

[Pilchard123]

Speaking of callback jokes, there's also this.

[Akima]

The only way it could be would be if Tao were to have a relationship with one of the interns.

The Tao that is named is not the true Tao.

Very good call-back to the old strip. Just how many shots did Steve have to do as a result of ill-advised thumb-wrestling with a cyborg? Faye + Angus = Awww! There is something scary about espresso machines. They gurgle, fart, and spit in a most bad-tempered manner.

[Schmorgluck]

CLINTON: Gabby's hair looks nic --
GABBY: It's the HUMIDITY.

I swear, before I lost attention, that was the only remark I could imagine from Clinton.

[Kugai]

Plot Twist for next week


Marten hooks up with Steve and they move in with Dora and Tai



 

[Sorflakne]

I'm surprised Faye didn't just dump them into the lake.

[WAYF]

Hmmmmm.
Can somebody with superior archive-fu give me a rough ratio of
people whose coupling is teased for a while, then happens : people whose " " " " " ",  then doesn't happen?

It happened recently with Marten and Padma (which at the time seemed pretty unlikely to actually happen) but then it also sort of happened with Marten and Lt. Potter (which actually didn't happen).

I view Dora and Tai as more of a building up of enough confidence by the characters than a tease from Jeph though. I don't know.


Of course, we could SKIP all the teasing. Next Monday's update: Claire and Marten take Faye's advice to heart; Faye and Angus realize they now have to find a different spot.

Also I can't tell whether Claire or Marten is talking in panel 4...

[Bluesummers]

Also I can't tell whether Claire or Marten is talking in panel 4...

Marten is talking.



I don't see Claire and Marten...then again, I was a shipper for FayMar, and we know how that turned out. I just don't think she's his type...too uberbookworm for him, personality-wise.

Ah, time will tell.

[iduguphergrave]

Please, the proper portmanteau name for Faye/Marten is Farten.

Try to be professional.



Seriously though, I love Angus' face  Martens happy-drunk expression in panel 4 is good too.

[Method of Madness]

Totally read "FayMar" as Faye/Marbear

[Tova]

I love watching the whole in-comic joke, of Marten not being able to so much as glance at a girl without rampart speculation from his friends, getting played out here. It's like art imitating art. Or something.

[riccostar]

Things would get really interesting if Claire and Marten didn't want to move, I don't know how the far too intoxicated observers would react to that though.

And the question remains, will Faye ever start drinking in moderation?

[Is it cold in here?]

(quiet cough)
It is clear that everyone is just having fun, but there is a recent clump of new members who should not be given the idea that shipping and portmanteau names are an accepted part of the game here.

[Bluesummers]

Indeed right, my friend. Just having a laugh, all in good sport...but I maintain that I shan't be shipping any portmanteaus around the place. 

And the question remains, will Faye ever start drinking in moderation?

I think she's doing a good job of staying conscious, give her some credit. XD

[techkid]

(quiet cough)
It is clear that everyone is just having fun, but there is a recent clump of new members who should not be given the idea that shipping and portmanteau names are an accepted part of the game here.

I'm guessing the only shipping permitted is to Tuckahoe, NJ (or as far as funding would allow...), yes?

Faye sure knows when to cut in, doesn't she?

And the question remains, will Faye ever start drinking in moderation?

Well, she's not actually holding a bottle in the last panel, so that counts as "moderation" on her behalf.

[Mr. Doctor]

Totally read "FayMar" as Faye/Marbear

Great to know I wasn't the only one. 

[Skewbrow]

Isn't the specific challenge to "say something nice," even if you don't know anything to "tell" about a person? It's a bit of a challenge, but you could at least come up with something superficial, e.g.

CLINTON: Gabby's hair looks nic --
GABBY: It's the HUMIDITY.

At least we know who would have won that caption game.

[Carl-E]

So, what as Claire about to say? 

"I'm...

...really sorry about my brother"?

...really one of your friends now?"

...impressed at how you can put up with damn near anything"? 


Maybe this is poll fodder - any other suggestions?  You!  Keep it clean, and wipe that smirk off your face!

[Akima]

I'd have thought that making out, or just sitting, on the end of a jetty on a lake after dark would just amount to being a buffet for mosquitoes. Ross River fever; the perfect end to the day.

[Wagimawr]

(quiet cough)
It is clear that everyone is just having fun, but there is a recent clump of new members who should not be given the idea that shipping and portmanteau names are an accepted part of the game here.

I would think you'd have fun banning somebody who takes something like

Farten.

seriously.

Sounds satisfying, no?

[Carl-E]

Though not a mod, I have seen several people get banned over the years.  It is not something done lightly, nor is it something for which the adjective "fun" could be used. 

After all, a piliceman's lot is not an 'appy one

[pwhodges]

We prefer to persuade rather than punish. 

Except spammers (it's been a couple of months since the previous one, but I had the pleasure again a few minutes ago.)

[cesariojpn]

I didn't know sitting out on a jetty was romantic. Someone amuse me on this please?

[idontunderstand]

Down by the sea where I live there are plenty of them where you can sit and watch the sun set. It's plenty romantic, dude! I totally thought Marten and Claire would make out, but that would have been too damn predictable.. #notshipping #justsaying

[Schmorgluck]

I didn't know sitting out on a jetty was romantic. Someone amuse me on this please?

The swash of water (or the rote of sea), the peaceful night, the starlit sky, maybe the sunset or the moon, and the soft coolness that may rise from the water, making the prospect of getting closer all the more appealing?

[Emperor Norton]

I'm curious if Claire just doesn't drink. Nothing wrong with it if she doesn't, with her work hard mentality though I could see how she wouldn't. Also, she is the only person I've seen without bubbles.

[greywolfe]

I wonder how much more obnoxious Faye would be if someone accidentally punted her into the lake at this point......

[Border Reiver]

Obnoxious?  I think she'd be taking Angus with her given how heavily she's leaning on him.

As to the jetty - not so much.  Preferred the porch myself as the chairs were far more comfortable.

[Renewman]

So, what as Claire about to say? 

"I'm...

...really sorry about my brother"?

...really one of your friends now?"

...impressed at how you can put up with damn near anything"? 


Maybe this is poll fodder - any other suggestions?  You!  Keep it clean, and wipe that smirk off your face!

I think she was going to say, "I'm kinda jealous." The whole vibe of the conversation was of someone who isn't used to being around so many fun loving people and being accepted like a true friend. I think that's the reason Claire decided to step outside and get some air and would explain what she is talking to Marten about. Of course, here comes Faye and Angus getting ready to have sloppy kisses cutting Claire off. Gotta love it. Also where the heck is Gabby!?