Topic: How would the QC cast members do as parents? (Read 24597 times)

de_la_Nae · « **Reply #50 on:** 17 Jan 2013, 10:57 »

Using what limited knowledge I have of human developmental cycles, I'd be more than a little concerned about a human who was essentially on life support for 18 years and then thrust out into the world.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #51 on:** 18 Jan 2013, 10:24 »

Yeah that'd be way too late. Why 18? I can see why she wouldn't want to deal with all the bodily fluid stuff, but at about 7 they can generally do that themselves anyway. But by that point you'd still have missed the formative years. Perhaps she could parent via video-link until then.

de_la_Nae · « **Reply #52 on:** 18 Jan 2013, 11:35 »

Ladies, gentlemen, and gentlebeeps! After much soul-searching I have found our parent!

Absolutely nothing can go wrong with this idea.

Bluesummers · « **Reply #53 on:** 18 Jan 2013, 21:22 »

Quote from: de_la_Nae on 18 Jan 2013, 11:35

Absolutely nothing can go wrong with this idea.

This idea is a butt and you are also a butt.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #54 on:** 18 Jan 2013, 21:34 »

This butt is a butt and you are also an idea.

Carl-E · « **Reply #55 on:** 19 Jan 2013, 11:14 »

Is there a butt to this joke?

Method of Madness · « **Reply #56 on:** 19 Jan 2013, 13:03 »

Is there a joke to this butt?

idontunderstand · « **Reply #57 on:** 19 Jan 2013, 13:39 »

A butt is a butt is a butt.

oh muses, grant me insight and inspiration...

Method of Madness · « **Reply #58 on:** 19 Jan 2013, 13:44 »

Quote from: Virgil

I sing of arms and a butt.

Carl-E · « **Reply #59 on:** 19 Jan 2013, 15:41 »

Quote from: idontunderstand on 19 Jan 2013, 13:39

A butt is a butt is a butt.

oh muses, grant me insight and inspiration...

Would a butt by any other name smell the same?

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #60 on:** 19 Jan 2013, 17:25 »

Who is the butt of this joke?

jwhouk · « **Reply #61 on:** 19 Jan 2013, 17:29 »

Great, Butts Disease has hit the message boards.

D### you, WILLIS!

DSL · « **Reply #62 on:** 19 Jan 2013, 18:36 »

Turn the other cheek.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #63 on:** 19 Jan 2013, 22:05 »

Jimbo does have money, and he could tell great bedtime stories.

DSL · « **Reply #64 on:** 19 Jan 2013, 22:29 »

He just can't take the kids to Canada.

Ever again.

Bluesummers · « **Reply #65 on:** 19 Jan 2013, 23:46 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 19 Jan 2013, 17:29

Great, Butts Disease has hit the message boards.

D### you, WILLIS!

You're welcome.

Quote from: DSL on 19 Jan 2013, 22:29

He just can't take the kids to Canada.

Ever again.

Wait WHAT?

pwhodges · « **Reply #66 on:** 20 Jan 2013, 00:28 »

Not allowed in Canada: 777

Loki · « **Reply #67 on:** 24 Feb 2013, 11:05 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 08 Jan 2013, 19:46

I never know what to say about such situations. "That sucks" seems too terse and most other things risk sounding condescending.

I know I am late to the party, but that should do. Spoilers for Avatar:The Last Airbender.

K1dmor · « **Reply #68 on:** 24 Feb 2013, 12:50 »

Quote from: Loki on 24 Feb 2013, 11:05

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 08 Jan 2013, 19:46
I never know what to say about such situations. "That sucks" seems too terse and most other things risk sounding condescending.

I know I am late to the party, but that should do. Spoilers for Avatar:The Last Airbender.
Video

Bro Code,
ARTICLE 66:
If a Bro suffers pain from a permanent dissolution of a relationship with a lady friend, a Bro shall offer nothing more than a “that sucks, man” and copious quantities of beer.

Tolf · « **Reply #69 on:** 21 Mar 2013, 04:47 »

I would like to bring up the possibility of Faye and Jimbo as parents. (You know, after a few drinks... Use your imagination there, if you will.)

pwhodges · « **Reply #70 on:** 21 Mar 2013, 04:56 »

And having raised it, what do you want to do with it? Not surreptitious shipping, I hope!

Masterpiece · « **Reply #71 on:** 21 Mar 2013, 05:04 »

Quote from: Sidhekin on 14 Jan 2013, 08:26

To Marigold ... and Emily?

When Marten spoke of having adopted another one, was Hanners implied as one of the early adoptees?

Hanners is definitely the adopted child, hence her reacting to Marten and Dora's breakup in a similar fashion to how I reacted when my parents said they were breaking up.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #72 on:** 21 Mar 2013, 10:28 »

Good thing Hanners wasn't actually their kid, Dora eats her young. (Mom nom nom)

DSL · « **Reply #73 on:** 21 Mar 2013, 13:16 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 21 Mar 2013, 10:28

Good thing Hanners wasn't actually their kid, Dora eats her young. (Mom nom nom)

So it's a good sign she's skinny, then?

Method of Madness · « **Reply #74 on:** 21 Mar 2013, 13:46 »

No, it just means Dora'll be hungry again in an hour.

94ssd · « **Reply #75 on:** 08 Apr 2013, 20:05 »

Sven and Dora's parents would actually be pretty cool parents to have, especially when weed is involved.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #76 on:** 08 Apr 2013, 20:47 »

I'd call Marten a bad parent if his kids turned out like Pintsize.

Carl-E · « **Reply #77 on:** 09 Apr 2013, 10:50 »

Well, he'd have to keep Pintsize away from his kids for... decades, or something.

And even then, they kids may still turn out that way - it's very unpredictable!

Storel · « **Reply #78 on:** 11 Apr 2013, 15:24 »

Wouldn't keeping Pintsize away from the kids make them more likely to end up like him? He becomes forbidden fruit if you do it that way. I'd say letting them see what Pintsize is really like would be the best way of ensuring they don't end up like him.

Kugai · « **Reply #79 on:** 11 Apr 2013, 22:38 »

I think you'd place Emily in the 'Crazy Aunt You Visit Once A Year' Category.

Carl-E · « **Reply #80 on:** 12 Apr 2013, 10:37 »

Quote from: Storel on 11 Apr 2013, 15:24

Wouldn't keeping Pintsize away from the kids make them more likely to end up like him? He becomes forbidden fruit if you do it that way. I'd say letting them see what Pintsize is really like would be the best way of ensuring they don't end up like him.

That's the "THIS IS FORBIDDEN" theory. If they don't even know he exists, then it's a different story.

Storel · « **Reply #81 on:** 16 Apr 2013, 01:14 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 12 Apr 2013, 10:37

That's the "THIS IS FORBIDDEN" theory. If they don't even know he exists, then it's a different story.

Well, sure, but how could you possibly keep Marten's kids unaware of Pintsize if he's living in the same house with them? And if he sends Pintsize somewhere far away, Pintsize isn't really his companion any more, and might even be able to claim Marten had broken the companion contract between them.

TinPenguin · « **Reply #82 on:** 16 Apr 2013, 13:41 »

Can't recall if it was ever mentuioned in-comic, but I'd presume that there's a clause in the companion contract that allows it to be cancelled if both parties consent. After all, people change - whether those people are AI or human.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #83 on:** 16 Apr 2013, 17:10 »

I think Jeph has said something to the effect that either party can dissolve the contract.

miados · « **Reply #84 on:** 23 Apr 2013, 07:30 »

Better than a lot of people I can think of in real life who are parents.

jwhouk · « **Reply #85 on:** 23 Apr 2013, 12:57 »

Quote from: miados on 23 Apr 2013, 07:30

Better than a lot of people I can think of in real life who are parents.

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(Or did I mean </end_thread> ? You decide.)

Loki · « **Reply #86 on:** 23 Apr 2013, 13:14 »

Did you.... just type those out as HTML entities on purpose?

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #87 on:** 23 Apr 2013, 13:25 »

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Apparently so.

jwhouk · « **Reply #88 on:** 23 Apr 2013, 13:44 »

Hm. Interesting. Note to self: using <> on Tapatalk causes the post to use the ASCII codes, not the actual character.

Carry on.

Loki · « **Reply #89 on:** 23 Apr 2013, 14:12 »

I think had you typed them out, it would have been kind of... Internet badass.

bhtooefr · « **Reply #90 on:** 23 Apr 2013, 14:21 »

On many forums that use HTML instead of (or in addition to, but usually those forums are smart enough) BBcode, you actually have to type them out.

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