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Tai - Who will squee and try to talk her into more.

6 (8.8%)

Hanners - Who will provide her with a six page care pamphlet she has made up

22 (32.4%)

Dora - Who will be as impressed as Faye

1 (1.5%)

Emily - .................

9 (13.2%)

Cosette - Who will faint, knock over the espresso machine and wind up in Hospital

7 (10.3%)

Dale - Who has May back who also notices and says something inappropriate - as usual

4 (5.9%)

Clinton - Who will get jealous and decide to get TWO

7 (10.3%)

Butts!!!

8 (11.8%)

Waffles with Space Ham

4 (5.9%)

Total Members Voted: 66

[Zebediah]

Damn techkid now I want a meat suit.

Call Stefani Germanotta, she can get ahold of one.

In an odd bit of synchronicity, this morning I became aware of barbequed bridal gowns. The dresses aren't made out of meat, but presumably the bride would be, so it works out...

[ZoeB]

Poor Emily. I'm glad she's amongst good people now.

[jwhouk]

Who gets to draw the line?

Well, that's easy. Jeph's the artist.

[Mr_Rose]

Damn techkid now I want a meat suit.

Call Stefani Germanotta, she can get ahold of one.

Shit I wish I had Lady Gaga's number.

The more times I see those names next to each other's the more I believe she chose "Lady Gaga" because nobody would take her seriously as a musician if she used her actual name…

[toffee-skye]

aw, Angus, you tried. i do wonder where that will go; if he's got an acting-for-idiots book, is he brushing up on skills for auditions? will this make problems with Faye's new schedule? as Ass.Man. she'll be in the shop a lot more, i'd imagine.

i felt so awful for Claire. i can see why getting your ears pierced later in life can be so important (it being a very traditionally young-girl thing, like it's common practice in areas of the UK to have a girl's ears pierced at about 18months old), and having your thunder stolen when you were brave - even by someone as well-meaning as Emily - must have been a real kick in the teeth.

i tried to articulate why getting one's ears pierced when one is trans* is important too but i couldn't do it without reading it back and thinking "oy, that's bad.." so all i got on that front is: i can dig why it'd be a big thing then as well.

[GarandMarine]

Yep. I think she'd be cool as hell to hang out with, and it's always nice to have rich, famous friends.

I think that Claire just being Claire is a fundamental part of what makes her such a great character. If the gender issues and issues with transition were up front and the focus of her character, then she could come off as one dimensional, both as a character and an element of the story. Instead it's presented as what they (her issues, trans or otherwise) are, part of a complex individual, she's Claire, librarian assistant, grad student and trans person, not the trans person, Claire.

[Method of Madness]

You for got pun enthusiast

[GarandMarine]

No no, TERRIBLE pun enthusiast.

[Method of Madness]

Psh, not always. Jeph just seems to hate puns for some reason. (Or he loves them but feels bad about it)

[Pilchard123]

Would it be bad form to request panel 3 for the Caption Thread?

http://questionablecontent.net/comics/1646.png

Caption: Previously...

Angus: PBBBT!

[Is it cold in here?]

Yep. I think she'd be cool as hell to hang out with, and it's always nice to have rich, famous friends.

I think that Claire just being Claire is a fundamental part of what makes her such a great character. If the gender issues and issues with transition were up front and the focus of her character, then she could come off as one dimensional, both as a character and an element of the story. Instead it's presented as what they (her issues, trans or otherwise) are, part of a complex individual, she's Claire, librarian assistant, grad student and trans person, not the trans person, Claire.

Insightful, and I think Jeph is doing something socially useful by portraying Claire as he does. He has furiously explained that the strip isn't here to advance a social agenda, but of course every action has results and in this case the result is that a bunch of readers have a picture in their heads of a trans person who is on an equal footing with the rest of the cast.

[Method of Madness]

It's kind of sad that "be nice to everyone" is considered a social agenda, and all the more sad how sorely it needs to be said.

[MillionDollar Belt Sander]

...person who is on an equal footing with the rest of the cast.

That's one of the reasons I love the QC Universe.  Everyone,  is on equal footing with everyone else.

Martin had a fling with a darker skinned woman -- that's still considered an issue in some parts of this city.

Hanners has a form of mental illness -- her friends accept that and work with her on it.

Faye had/has issue stemming from a childhood trauma -- that's ok we'll work with you on that.

Claire is trans -- yeah so?   So how 'bout them Bills are they a football team or WHAT? 


---I wish MY world was a bit more like that.   Hell I wish I could bring myself to be more like these people... said the racist jackass in Buffalo. 

[westrim]

I don't get it. Why does it matter so much that Claire is Transylvanian? Is it prejudice against vampires? 

[SomeCanadianWeirdo]

While we're on the subject of meat suits it should be noted that LA performance artist Johanna Went wore meat as part of her stage costumes almost a decade before Gaga was born.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johanna_Went

[Near Lurker]

...yes?  So did many others... "Born This Way" was plagiarism, but that's a pretty common move.

(And of course "that dude from The Darkness in his creepy meat suit, zipped so low you can see his john- *skriiitch*")

(That one still doesn't fly for Suzanne Collins, though.  Too many other parallels.)

[GarandMarine]

Silly Fae the MONEY is what matters.


Also glad someone else got the DKM reference I was going for.

[Is it cold in here?]

There must be a Dilbert strip that applies here.

[GarandMarine]

No, that would require promotions to actually exist at Dilbert's company instead of hatred for the engineering team.

[Method of Madness]

It may have been in the show, but didn't Dilbert get promoted only to become extremely miserable and hated by everyone? (If that happened, I'm pretty sure the promotion was a punishment)

[Rghfrgl]

I don't get it. Why does it matter so much that Claire is Transylvanian? Is it prejudice against vampires? 

She is pretty pale. And not too long ago she was seen sparkling. I think she's already turned Tai.

[KOK]

That's one of the reasons I love the QC Universe.  Everyone,  is on equal footing with everyone else.

...

Claire is trans -- yeah so?   So how 'bout them Bills are they a football team or WHAT? 

Claire is trans, and has so far told one of her friends about it (that we know of). Her brother keeps expecting people to react badly to it. That none have so far may be only becuse they do not know. Claire herself has said that she has to live with that threat all the time (comic 2426).

[Carl-E]

I don't get it. Why does it matter so much that Claire is Transylvanian? Is it prejudice against vampires? 

She is pretty pale. And not too long ago she was seen sparkling. I think she's already turned Tai.

I think it's more likely that Tai'd turn Claire. 


Or at least she'd try to, if she weren't staying committed to Dora...   

[Is it cold in here?]

2426 doesn't hinge on Claire being trans, though. Any woman could have had that exact conversation. (A problem we need to solve).

The danger from bigots is important to her, but the point is that it doesn't define her, any more than "cute indie boy" defines Marten. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=30).

"Equal footing" doesn't mean she's had equally good breaks in life as the others. It means she's written as a full character and not as a Type.

[Akima]

Faye is becoming bourgeois? I think she's a little lacking in discreet charm.

[Border Reiver]

I was thinking that Dora was a great leader - able to get subordinates to assume greater responsibilities for the same remuneration.

[kyomi]

So... how many people had to look up the word "bourgeoisie" in the news post like me? >.>;

[KOK]

2426 doesn't hinge on Claire being trans, though. Any woman could have had that exact conversation. (A problem we need to solve).

You are unfortunately right. Even so, according to the text below the comic, it is about Claire being trans.

[jwhouk]

I don't get it. Why does it matter so much that Claire is Transylvanian? Is it prejudice against vampires? 

(throws wadded up pieces of paper at you while laughingly booing you)

[westrim]

If she's Transylvanian, it would go a long way towards explaining her Clairevoyance and biting wit.

So... how many people had to look up the word "bourgeoisie" in the news post like me? >.>;

Exposure to the term is pretty standard in high and middle school history books in the US (or at least in California, maybe everyone else uses Texas board approved books), mostly associated with the French revolution (in a chart of the estates) and Karl Marx. Now, whether people remember is a whole other story, like most of education.

[cesium133]

I don't get it. Why does it matter so much that Claire is Transylvanian? Is it prejudice against vampires? 

"Now that the window is clean, I can see right through it," said Claire, transparently.

*dodges the rotten tomatoes*

[Thrudd]

I don't get it. Why does it matter so much that Claire is Transylvanian? Is it prejudice against vampires? 

Oh no, it is just that some people are very allergic to vukodlak dander or just don't care for the perfume that is Allium sativum.

[Carl-E]

Then there are the rest of us who are just "allergic" to garlic and sunlight. 

[GarandMarine]

I love garlic. Vampire proof baby.


It did end my relationship with this cute Romanian girl though.... come to think of it I never saw her before the sun went down.... >.>;

[Near Lurker]

Probably for the best.  It sounds like it could have become a predatory relationship.

[Thrudd]

Truth be told, I hear most of em turn out to be a real pain in the neck. 

[Tulpa]

I find the lack of cleavage to be disturbing. With a shirt that low cut, it makes me picture faye as just having a single odd lump for boobs. Or combined with the scar at first glance, one big boob and one that's 1/10th the size of the other one.

Faye doesn't appear to be wearing a bra, unless it's a balcony style strapless one, so it's not strange she doesn't have cleavage. Although not every bra makes for cleavage either.

I don't mean pronounced cleavage, but there would still be a line there or something. Being that chesty with a shirt that low cut would make some sort of cleavage. It's like reverse boob socks. Instead of the cloth form fitting to the boobs, the boobs are molding themselves into the shape of the shirt in one awkward lump.

[Is it cold in here?]

Leeches suck your blood too, but at least they kind of grow on you after a while.

[Welu]

I don't mean pronounced cleavage, but there would still be a line there or something. Being that chesty with a shirt that low cut would make some sort of cleavage. It's like reverse boob socks. Instead of the cloth form fitting to the boobs, the boobs are molding themselves into the shape of the shirt in one awkward lump.

That is usually how it really works, breasts, the amount depending on the individual's size and structure, are usually quite malleable. I'm chesty and I find how Faye's are sitting are similar to how mine would without a bra or in a strapless one. There might be a line for one breast slightly covering the other from a more portrait angle but not necessarily, or do you definitely mean cleavage or some kind of definition for the individual breasts pronouncing the gap between them? In which case I'd say it's borderline whether the top is low enough to see that.


~~

Angus must have near permanently moved to contacts or something? I miss his glasses.

[Barmymoo]

I am large-breasted and wear tops like that to sleep in, with no bra. There is never any visible cleavage, because my breasts hang down further when I'm not wearing anything to support them.

[Case]

Leeches suck your blood too, but at least they kind of grow on you after a while.

Is it bad that my brain chooses to amuse itself by imagining you saying that in Egon Spengler's voice ("Also, I collect spores, mould and fungi ...")?

Naah, I'm good ...

[kyomi]

I miss Ghostbusters

[Kugai]

It's all about the Benjamen's baby.

[SageJiraiya]

I adore the Faye-Angus antics. BUT IF HE EVER HURTS HER I SWEAR-

[Method of Madness]

Where'd that come from? Why would he hurt her?

[Is it cold in here?]

She's easily hurt.

[Method of Madness]

And Angus isn't one to hurt somebody, so that doesn't answer the why.

[Zebediah]

In the unlikely event that Angus ever hurts Faye, first, it's probably going to be unintentional. Second, Faye has lots of defense mechanisms. Maybe too many. And they aren't necessarily good defense mechanisms. But she does have them.

[Is it cold in here?]

Not deliberately, I agree, but calling Marigold a weirdo shutin apparently hurt her.

On top of that, real relationships have ups and downs.

[SageJiraiya]

Faye seems to me like she's let down most of those defenses just for Angus. If he decided to leave her for some job, and waste all that effort it took for her to trust someone, he would go on my "QC-Characters-I-Hate" list.