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The explanation of "Aunt" Jane.

4 (10.8%)

An "Erotic Photographer!"

0 (0%)

Lace Panties and a Garter Belt. (I could really use some more material for my upskirt site!)

3 (8.1%)

"Marten, be a good boy and look away." (Yes, mother.)

2 (5.4%)

Does it, um, bother you? What your mother does? (Nah, I'm used to it.)

0 (0%)

It must've been weird growing up.

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It was pretty funny seeing other parents "recognize" her on Career Day...

6 (16.2%)

The Artistic Equivalent of Name Dropping (Charles Stross, Keith GWS, Cassandra Clare, Holly Black)

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Who were all those people? I have NO idea.

5 (13.5%)

A female Officiant, White Tux, a Flower Girl, Maurice comes in on... a WHITE HORSE?

6 (16.2%)

Your noble steed is now grazing on the azaelas.

2 (5.4%)

Henry Reed and Maurice Duplantier.

0 (0%)

Ring exchange, kiss, "I now pronounce you married!"

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Claire: "That's IT?"

9 (24.3%)

Total Members Voted: 35

[jwhouk]

So right now we have:

• Short Bald Guy is probably Charles Stoss (with a vote for Howard Tayler)
• Taller Black Dude w/Glasses - Keith the Mall Santa from GWS
• Brunette with the Grey streak in her hair - Holly Black (who Jeph knows)
• Redhead - Cassandra Clare (who is from Amherst and Jeph knows; one vote for Libby Bray)
• Old Lady - Unknown (though there's one vote for Hannelore's Grandma  )

[Phaelin]

Going by Twitter, the authors are Charles Stross, Holly Black, and Cassandra Clare. I will also toss my hat in for Mall Santa.

[bhtooefr]

But I thought the epileptic tree fanon was that Raven is the Chessmaster, and therefore Marten and Henry are the same person.

So the old lady? It's not Hannelore's grandma, it's Hannelore.

[cesium133]

But I thought the epileptic tree fanon was that Raven is the Chessmaster, and therefore Marten and Henry are the same person.

So the old lady? It's not Hannelore's grandma, it's Hannelore.

She'll join in a duet with Henry at the reception. "I'm my own grandma!"

[GarandMarine]

Claire, who had been thinking about possible future make-outs with Marten, decides to call it off before ever telling him, on account of his family being too weird.

Remember too... "polite society" may go "tut tut" over Veronica's exotic career... but it's vanilla compared with Claire merely existing. How the heck could Claire see Veronica as "too weird" when she herself is viewed by society at large as far, far weirder than that.  Even though she's really a bit old-fashioned and straight-arrow. Like me. She's probably used to being outside her comfort zone, she sees nothing wrong with that. Just different. Surprising, definitely. But not.. shocking. Not her style either.

I'm glad that's at least slightly reversed for me. Trans = "normal"... (who really is normal any way? I'm completely out of mine my mind, left for lunch one day and never came back) and perfectly acceptable because it's just another facet of the human condition, and as a species we should try to stop sucking about things like that.

On a comic note, any one else pulled a Martin at a family gathering? I do that every time my family gets together en masse.

"Garand! You look great! When did you get out of the Corps again?"
"Oh a few years back good to see you!"
*blather blather*
SO: "So who was that?"
Me: "Ahhhh.... I'll get back to you on that"

[Aethien]

On a comic note, any one else pulled a Martin at a family gathering? I do that every time my family gets together en masse.

Every time, for my dad's side of the family anyway. My Mom's side is simpler unless all the extended family and friends of my grandmother and god knows who else are there too which thankfully doesn't happen too often.

[jwhouk]

We interrupt the WCDT for this special announcement:


M - A - R - T - E - N


Our protagonist spells his name with an "E", not an "I".

We suspect that it was a concession by his father towards Veronica, who wanted his middle name to be "Tiberius".

Yes, it's a minor issue, but it also grates on those of us who have seen the same mistake made over and over and over and over.

Please make a note of it.

Now, back to our regularly scheduled Comic Discussion...

[Aethien]

I didn't even notice that until I did a search for martin...

[de_la_Nae]

To muddy the waters further, I used to know a guy named Martan.

[Near Lurker]

"One is a sci-fi author, one is a character from another comic, two are YA authors, and one is just a crazy old lady."

...nope, got nothin'.

[Carl-E]

Look back further in the thread.  They've all been pretty well identified. 


Well, best guesses by the forum, but that's probably damn close!

[Valdís]

Marten is "Mårten", an old Scandinavian form for Martin. Although now Martin is more common and they're generally seen as separate names.

Even if Wikipedia brings you to.. well..

[jwhouk]

I suspect that the "Old Lady" is, in fact, a relative of Jeph's.

[Blood-Tree]

Bonus cameo: The bunny ears in the bottom right corner of the final panel belong to Max (of Sam and Max).

Also: Martin's suet es tris chec.

[cesariojpn]

I suspect that the "Old Lady" is, in fact, a relative of Jeph's.

 I was gonna guess Anne Rice, but she isn't acting batshit insane.....

Bonus cameo: The bunny ears in the bottom right corner of the final panel belong to Max (of Sam and Max).

Uh, those are chairs.

[Loki]

I too mistook them for bunny ears for like the first four hours the comic was up.

[Soulsynger]

Aaaaaand he decided not to wear a tie. I guess that was just ...

... knot happenin'!

*puts on sunglasses*
YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAA-GHURLP!

[DSL]

I too mistook them for bunny ears for like the first four hours the comic was up.

I assumed you knew they were chairs and were making a joke. I thought it was a good joke.

[Sidhekin]

I too think it's a good joke.  I just don't think Loki was making it.

I still assume Blood-Tree knew they were chairs and was making a joke.

[Loki]

To clear things up a bit: I really thought those were bunny ears for a few hours, then I looked at them and was like "Wait. Those are chairs. Whoops. Best not tell anyone what I thought."

I don't know what Blood-Tree thought.

[henri bemis]

I am choosing to assume that they're chairs shaped like bunny ears, and then be sad that I didn't think of that for my own wedding.

[Kugai]

Well, at least they're not ROUS's   

[Carl-E]

YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAA-GHURLP!

Oh, sorry - here, let me remove my hand from your throat...

[henri bemis]

Well, at least they're not ROUS's   

I don't think they exist.

[jwhouk]

@hanneloreEC did you know there are people who think fluoride is a government mind control conspiracy?

@EmilyAzuma there are also people who think my dad's space station is all being faked in a hollywood studio. People are strange.

@hanneloreEC people ARE strange.

[cesium133]

@hanneloreEC did you know there are people who think fluoride is a government mind control conspiracy?

@EmilyAzuma there are also people who think my dad's space station is all being faked in a hollywood studio. People are strange.

@hanneloreEC people ARE strange.

But the government wants to control our precious bodily fluids!

[Akima]

See, this is about when Akima comes and tells me that I'm talking rubbish.

I have not done chemistry since high-school, but your explanation of isomerism looked OK to me. Should I be disturbed that I am apparently a presence looming over the forum? 

In the first panel, I can't stop noticing that the two bearded guys greeting Marten have mirrored jacket fastenings? Whether Jeph was drawing buttons or button-holes, one of those jackets is just wrong.

[Is it cold in here?]

Maybe one of them is wearing a woman's jacket.

[cesium133]

Or perhaps half the panel is flipped.

[Valdís]

Or perhaps half the panel is flipped.

http://www."http.com//www.

That link ends up crazy broken. 

[cesium133]

Oops. Forgot the forum software doesn't want quotes around URLs.

[Miglow]

The buttons only match up for the guy who isn't wearing a tuxedo. The buttons for a guy should be on the right side. This puts means the side on the left overlaps the right side. This makes it slightly more natural for a right handed person to reach into an inside left coat pocket, absolutely no idea if that is the intention.

And one other minor nitpick, it's more common for tuxes and dress jackets to only use one or two buttons. But, whatever, it is a wedding and everyone seems to be dressed pretty sharp. Close enough for me.

http://shop.nordstrom.com/c/tuxedo-shop?origin=topnav&cm_sp=Top%20Navigation-_-Men-_-Tuxedos%20&%20Formalwear

[Bluesummers]

In the first panel, I can't stop noticing that the two bearded guys greeting Marten have mirrored jacket fastenings? Whether Jeph was drawing buttons or button-holes, one of those jackets is just wrong.

Depending on the clothing designer, the buttoning may go either way. 

[Sorflakne]

I sympathize with Marten.  On just my dad's side alone, there are at minimum well over 100 relatives.  Mom's side isn't as large, but I'm related to one of the larger extended families in my home area through her, so I meet several relatives I didn't know I had every year.  I'm literally related to about half the people there in some way.

I actually almost hooked up with one of those unknown relatives during New Year's.  We were talking and the subject somehow [fortunately] turned to our families.  Turned out, her grandma was my grandma's cousin.  Talk about dodging bullets...

[celticgeek]

That is definitely an ENTRANCE!

[jwhouk]

I actually almost hooked up with one of those unknown relatives during New Year's.  We were talking and the subject somehow [fortunately] turned to our families.  Turned out, her grandma was my grandma's cousin.  Talk about dodging bullets...

That's a bit too close for comfort - second cousins.

COMIC: I was gonna say, it'd be funnier if Henry's line would have been, "Your noble steed left a trail of horse apples down the aisle."

Marten and Claire saw it coming, too - take a look at the second panel.

[MillionDollar Belt Sander]

Aaaaaand he decided not to wear a tie. I guess that was just ...

... knot happenin'!

*puts on sunglasses*
YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAA-GHURLP!

*drags body off to lab*

[mustang6172]

I actually almost hooked up with one of those unknown relatives during New Year's.  We were talking and the subject somehow [fortunately] turned to our families.  Turned out, her grandma was my grandma's cousin.  Talk about dodging bullets...

That's a bit too close for comfort - second cousins.

COMIC: I was gonna say, it'd be funnier if Henry's line would have been, "Your noble steed left a trail of horse apples down the aisle."

Marten and Claire saw it coming, too - take a look at the second panel.

Yeah.  My first reaction was, "are azeleas toxic to horses?"

After 2 minutes of internet searching, it appears they are.

[cesium133]

I sympathize with Marten.  On just my dad's side alone, there are at minimum well over 100 relatives.  Mom's side isn't as large, but I'm related to one of the larger extended families in my home area through her, so I meet several relatives I didn't know I had every year.  I'm literally related to about half the people there in some way.

I actually almost hooked up with one of those unknown relatives during New Year's.  We were talking and the subject somehow [fortunately] turned to our families.  Turned out, her grandma was my grandma's cousin.  Talk about dodging bullets...

Without going into too much detail... I can't date anyone from my hometown, because I'm related to everyone there. I didn't grow up in West Virginia, but it was close enough you can hear "Dueling Banjos" from across the river.

[Bluesummers]

NOBLE STEEEEEED!!!!

Aww, don't eat azaleas...they're not good for you, horsie...uh oh...

And poor Veronica has a "I've been outdone" look on her face.

[jwhouk]

I think it'd be funny if the officiant was Marten's real aunt.

[westrim]

I actually almost hooked up with one of those unknown relatives during New Year's.  We were talking and the subject somehow [fortunately] turned to our families.  Turned out, her grandma was my grandma's cousin.  Talk about dodging bullets...

That's one of those taboos I just didn't pick up, and as such find your terminology bemusing. It's genetically unfounded, unless it's continually done generation after generation, and many other cultures don't have a hangup about it.

Less generally, it sounds like one or both of you may have experienced genetic sexual attraction.

Should I be disturbed that I am apparently a presence looming over the forum? 

Better than being the creepy guy with one hand in his trenchcoat.

@hanneloreEC did you know there are people who think fluoride is a government mind control conspiracy?

@EmilyAzuma there are also people who think my dad's space station is all being faked in a hollywood studio. People are strange.

@hanneloreEC people ARE strange.

Methinks it would have been better if the response from Emily was "wait, it's not!?" if less character specific.

I normally don't double post, but when I do it's to prevent my comic response from my people responses.

[westrim]

Jane: Aww!
Martenmom: Maximus?
Marten: What
Claire: Meh.

[Kugai]

"Is that one of the Mareas?"     


Oh well, it could have been worse, it could have been one of the Rohirrim.

[GarandMarine]

Oh dear I'm almost hoping for a terrifying Martenmom aside about horses and her work.

Also I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one saying "No pony no! Not the Azaleas! they're really bad for you!"

[DSL]

Tip o' the hat to Jeph, from someone still not happy with his own efforts at drawing horses.

I am only sorry we cannot see the reaction of FutureLore Random Crazy Old Lady. That is her hat? Yesssss ...

[Sorflakne]

I sympathize with Marten.  On just my dad's side alone, there are at minimum well over 100 relatives.  Mom's side isn't as large, but I'm related to one of the larger extended families in my home area through her, so I meet several relatives I didn't know I had every year.  I'm literally related to about half the people there in some way.

I actually almost hooked up with one of those unknown relatives during New Year's.  We were talking and the subject somehow [fortunately] turned to our families.  Turned out, her grandma was my grandma's cousin.  Talk about dodging bullets...

Without going into too much detail... I can't date anyone from my hometown, because I'm related to everyone there. I didn't grow up in West Virginia, but it was close enough you can hear "Dueling Banjos" from across the river.

Yeah, growing up in a small town...everybody knows everybody, and you're related to everybody.

That's one of those taboos I just didn't pick up, and as such find your terminology bemusing. It's genetically unfounded, unless it's continually done generation after generation, and many other cultures don't have a hangup about it.

True, but getting intimate with someone I'm related to, even if it is a distant relation, is just not for me, I guess. 

[pwhodges]

one of those jackets is just wrong.

I'm surprised at you reinforcing such a blatantly sexist convention.

[Pilchard123]

See, this is about when Akima comes and tells me that I'm talking rubbish.

I have not done chemistry since high-school, but your explanation of isomerism looked OK to me.

I'm sure you mentioned that you're a material engineer or something. I wonder who that was, then...

EDIT: spelling fix

[Is it cold in here?]

MDBS, maybe?