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"Go home, Dora, you need a vacation."

4 (7.8%)

"Welp, I have no choice - either I hire Samantha or you cut back on your hours."

2 (3.9%)

"Don't make me bring Pintsize into this!"

2 (3.9%)

"Very simple: you let me hire someone, or I'll tell Sven to pester you into selling the place to him."

0 (0%)

"How about you go home and sleep for a few days and we can talk about this when you wake up?"

3 (5.9%)

"We need to hire Dale. The plot demands it."

16 (31.4%)

"We hire someone or I tell Tai you have a questionably-obtained social disease."

0 (0%)

"I'm serious - it's either Dale or Pintsize. Your choice."

4 (7.8%)

"No, I'm not hiring Momo. She talked about 'unfortunate circumstances' with me once."

1 (2%)

"Why are you taking business advice from Mieville?"

3 (5.9%)

"No, we are NOT starting a kickstarter to hire a house band."

0 (0%)

"That Harriet girl was in here again, and this time she dropped off her resume."

8 (15.7%)

"No, I don't know why there's a Great Pyrenees, a Bandicoot and a Dicksissel out in front."

3 (5.9%)

"We are NOT going to open a Spathe Ham and Waffles Breakfast Bar downstairs."

0 (0%)

"Something else entirely, because the forum is putting WORDS. IN. MY. MOUTH."

5 (9.8%)

Total Members Voted: 50

[jwhouk]

And here's your discussion thread and poll. Go nuts, kids.

[Zebediah]

Penny and Cosette are practically gone already. How many strips have they appeared in over the last year?

More interesting to me is the fact that Marten hasn't appeared in a strip since #2490. That's probably the longest QC has ever gone without him.

[techkid]

I'd say Marten will be back before Deathmøle start their work...

In other news, almost 3,000 people, myself included, are soon to contract an unusual case of Butts Disease (also congratulations to Jeph. Almost $90,000 and still 9 days to go!)

[westrim]

It seems pretty likely to me that the timing of their quitting was merely to induce a cliffhanger- their reasons have nothing to do with Faye.

[Bjorek]

It seems pretty likely to me that the timing of their quitting was merely to induce a cliffhanger- their reasons have nothing to do with Faye.

You think? That's too bad. I've been waiting for a long time for one of the characters to snap and just tell Faye to get fucked.

Penny seems to be the one to do it too, as she has put up with Faye's jackassery for a good long time and doesn't have anything really invested in the group or shop, she could be the one to give Faye the dose of honesty she needs. The group needs, really.

'Being an unstable cunt-zilla at any given moment who drinks into oblivion and physically abuses people isn't a 'quirk', you psycho. So yeah, I quit.' then Penny holds up a mic for whatever reason, turns it, and drops that shit. Idk, I just want someone to tell Faye off.

[Barmymoo]

I honestly think Faye has improved recently. She hasn't been as overtly unpleasant, she's mostly made slightly teasing jokes and certainly she's stopped physically attacking people. Counselling has helped, as has making proper friends. Penelope doesn't exactly pull her punches either.

[Carl-E]

yeah, she fit right in after being shanghaied. 

But I think it's advantageous timing - Penny has found a job with a publisher, and Cosette's getting back into a heavy schedule at school.  Faye was just an easy "last straw". 

And Dale needs another job... I'm really liking this idea, sorry... 

[Method of Madness]

I'm pretty sure Penny has told off Faye a few times.

[Bjorek]

They've had words a few times, but not to the healthy point Faye needs.

Someone needs to look her dead in the eye and explain that her crap isn't acceptable, and I hope Penny is the person to do it. I hope she's also the person there to yell at her again when Faye automatically attempts to jump into the bottle when something doesn't go perfect for her. Again, dropping the mic right after.

[Barmymoo]

I think you're being unfair. Faye's friends and colleagues know that she has a complicated history and emotional difficulties, and they also know that she is getting psychological help and trying to be less of a bitch. Why, in that case, would it be helpful to be downright unpleasant to her?

[Mr_Rose]

Yeah, what planet are you on that being disgusting to people improves their demeanour?
If that worked, the Internet would be a model of peace and goodwill to all… 

[Is it cold in here?]

A splash of metaphorical cold water to the face was what Faye needed in place of enabling back in the early strips. Raven's "Are you always this mean" made The Pugnacious Peach stop and think, with some immediate improvement in her behavior.

[Bjorek]

A splash of metaphorical cold water to the face was what Faye needed in place of enabling back in the early strips. Raven's "Are you always this mean" made The Pugnacious Peach stop and think, with some immediate improvement in her behavior.

I hadn't thought about that. She still seems to be a full on bitch sometimes that steamrolls everyone in her path with no backlash though, and I'm hoping she gets taken down a peg or two.

'Emotional history' or not, you don't get a pass on being awful to people all the time without there being consequences, and I'm glad both of them are quitting.

[Method of Madness]

awful to people all the time

Ok, come on now, do you really think that's the case with Faye?

[cesariojpn]

awful to people all the time

Ok, come on now, do you really think that's the case with Faye?

I have to agree; we only see bits and pieces of the "daily" activities in CoD. For all we know, Faye is more......."tolerable" off panel.

[Kugai]

Either that or both will yell "Psyche!" on Monday.

[Is it cold in here?]

Nothing wrong with Faye being exposed to the consequences of her actions.

[Method of Madness]

awful to people all the time

Ok, come on now, do you really think that's the case with Faye?

I have to agree; we only see bits and pieces of the "daily" activities in CoD. For all we know, Faye is more......."tolerable" off panel.

Even on panel she's not always that bad.

[mtmerrick]

I say one of them (probably cosette) leaves, the other stays.

[jwhouk]

awful to people all the time

Ok, come on now, do you really think that's the case with Faye?

I think Samantha would disagree with you, Bjorek. (Except for the spiders.)

[jwhouk]

Will they or won't they? Are Penny and 'Sette gone?

Yep. They won't stand to be bullied anymore.    3 (8.8%)
Cosette's probably already gone - and the curse shall be lifted!    2 (5.9%)
Penny's going to go back to her other job: PIZZA GIRL!    4 (11.8%)
C'mon, that meme's old. They're both kidding.    3 (8.8%)
Actually, Penelope's a bit tiffed she didn't get a chance to at least interview for the job.    1 (2.9%)
Cosette's got classes to miss and other limbs to break.    5 (14.7%)
That "Cafe of Doom" idea sounds good, though.    1 (2.9%)
They just don't want to work with Raven.    0 (0%)
Or get on the bus with Raven. (and Sara - poor, poor Sara.)    0 (0%)
"Dale! We have a job opening! How soon can you start?"    5 (14.7%)
Nah,  hire Momo.    1 (2.9%)
NO! Pintsize is more suited to the job!    1 (2.9%)
Insert Snarky Comment Here.    1 (2.9%)
Where's the picture of Marten's butt?    1 (2.9%)
Go for $105k, Jeph. We want that 20-page Deathmole comic.    6 (17.6%)

Total Members Voted: 34

[jwhouk]

Oh, and? I put $10 where my mouth was.

http://kck.st/14mICUU

[mustang6172]

I wonder how long it'll be before Jeph gets bored and writes out Marten, Dora, Faye, and Pintsize.

[Method of Madness]

Whoa, writing out Pintsize? Now you're just talking crazy. And Cosette for one welcomes her new assistant manager.

[jwhouk]

And comic we have!

See? It was cliffhanger city. Though after cleaning the Cave of a Thousand @$$3$, Cosette might rethink her decision...

[Rghfrgl]

 Soon, Cosette trips and falls headfirst into in the toilet. Barely survives after reluctant cpr.

[jmucchiello]

Who else thought "And peas, too." in panel 1? Anybody?

Oh, and way to assuage their fears, Faye. Good one.

[Nepiophage]

But why did Penelope's jeans suddenly turn brown? 

[Kugai]

Hehe


Cosette caught out.


Comeon guys, Hanners is right!  After all, it's not as if Faye is The Spanish Inquisition!!

[Method of Madness]

But why did Penelope's jeans suddenly turn brown? 

It's the humidity.

[FunkyTuba]

There's still room in the schedule for Dale....

[Soulsynger]

*quickly flies over the posts so far*

... am I the only one thinking the heights are a bit off in this comic? Cosette looked so very young I had to check the CAST page to make sure I didn't miss the introduction of any brunette 16-year-olds lately. °O

Or is it just crooked 8-o-clock vision?

[Rghfrgl]

 No adult human is allowed to be shorter than Tai. This new, smaller Cosette is toeing a fine line.

[cesariojpn]

No adult human is allowed to be shorter than Tai. This new, smaller Cosette is toeing a fine line.

I think Claire is smaller than Cosette.

[Akima]

I think Claire is seated while Cosette is standing in those panels.

Well, the cliff-hanger was a bit of a squib-hanger, wasn't it?

[ZoeB]

Well, the cliff-hanger was a bit of a squib-hanger, wasn't it?

[Tova]

Well, the cliff-hanger was a bit of a squib-hanger, wasn't it?

It's far from the first time that the forums have assumed some impending disaster that never eventuated, and I'm sure it won't be the last.

[techkid]

I hadn't thought about that. She still seems to be a full on bitch sometimes that steamrolls everyone in her path with no backlash though, and I'm hoping she gets taken down a peg or two.

In the last few hundred strips, Faye has been... pretty normal, actually. Yeah, she's still got an unlimited supply of sarcasm AND snark, but she has developed a hell of a lot as a character. Hell, there are people I know IRL that could do with some peg removal.

[Border Reiver]

Any of Faye's relatives in the Canadian Army?  That was a classic variation on the old "So, who's got a driver's license?" ploy of getting volunteers.

[DSL]

Good on Faye for springing the asskisser trap; her stock went up considerably with me this day. I've had a couple supervisors and one department head who, though they couldn't advertise it that openly, obviously did have openings for the "sniveling sycophant" position. And of course it was pretty easy to tell who applied.
I do so love working for myself.

[Zebediah]

Yes, that way you can be your own sniveling sycophant. 

[Carl-E]

Hey, if you want it done right...

[gopher]

Personally I'm not sure faye should be in charge of her own bowel movements never mind other people. She has little emotional stability, poor people skills and a default setting of punching things that annoy her.

[Mr_Rose]

Her greatest crime being, of course, the wearing of white tank tops, such that passersby may more easily project things onto her.

[jwhouk]

Change "punching things that annoy her" to "mope around about music" and you have Marten.

Or "play WOW all day", and bam, Marigold.

Or "obsess over cleaning or minutiae," and it's Hannelore.

Should I go on? 

[Carl-E]

Personally I'm not sure faye should be in charge of her own bowel movements never mind other people. She has little emotional stability, poor people skills and a default setting of punching things that annoy her.

I think you're getting the Faye of the first thousand comics or so confused with the more recent Faye.  She's in a stable relationship, she's been a good friend to Marten and Dora (and maybe others), she's cut waaaaaay back on the drinking, and she hasn't punched anyone since knocking offensively drunk Marten down several hundred strips ago - and those were unusual circumstances. 


I will now be proven wrong on that last point by several comics I've forgotten, but I don't care.  My point's still valid. 

[DSL]

Her greatest crime being, of course, the wearing of white tank tops, such that passersby may more easily project things onto her.

She's a movie screen?

[Carl-E]

More like a moving scream. 


That was pretty bad, wasn't it? 


[drops another quarter into the pun jar]

[94ssd]

Any of Faye's relatives in the Canadian Army?  That was a classic variation on the old "So, who's got a driver's license?" ploy of getting volunteers.

I worked at a summer camp where "so, who's hungry?" was a ploy for getting volunteers to help set up the dining hall.

[DSL]

More like a moving scream. 


That was pretty bad, wasn't it? 


[drops another quarter into the pun jar]

Eh, I'm behind on pun jar payments myself. (Drops 1940s office mimeograph machine, an internet precursor, into onto pun jar).

But really ... most of the projection onto Faye seems to me to be done by fen, particularly forumites. Allus someone for whom Faye reminds them of someone still resident in their heads whom they hate hate hate.