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Claire tells Clinton - Drama and Violence ensue

30 (29.1%)

Veronica and Clairemom meet - Embarrassment ensues

7 (6.8%)

May and Momo bond - Chaos and mayhem ensue

7 (6.8%)

Marigold looks for a new roomie - Hilarity and cringing ensue

11 (10.7%)

Dora faces down Sven - Violence and pain ensue

1 (1%)

Clinton confronts Marten in CoD - The Pugnatious Peach ensues

11 (10.7%)

Angus returns to try and talk to Faye - Scorngasim ensues

8 (7.8%)

Tai runs into Steve - Cereal ensues

11 (10.7%)

Jeph goes on Vacation - Yelling Bird ensues

7 (6.8%)

Purple Monkey Dishwasher - The unexpected ensues

10 (9.7%)

Total Members Voted: 98

[Torlek]

I just presumed Claire's brain was overloading from all the horrible puns she could make.



Am I turning into a boring prude?

[KOK]

"Whatever you want." She wants to blush!

[Natswash]

and blush and blush and blush

[Undrneath]

The hair twirling in panel 3 is absolutely adorable.

[Nepiophage]

Though she seems to have changed into shorts during dinner.   

Having just looked over the strips from when Marten and Claire met outside the library (this morning, comic time), she has only been shown from basically thigh-level up until now. 2830 and 2833 have the most amount of leg shown, and even those pictures end above knee-height. It is entirely possible she was wearing shorts all along! (Which doesn't explain the slightly different fit... *shrug*)

Also: squee.

It seems to me that she's wearing long trousers in http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2833

Also squee ²

[Origamigryphon]

Oh gosh Claire stop being so damn cute

Squeeeee and stuff

[Is it cold in here?]

I just presumed Claire's brain was overloading from all the horrible puns she could make.



Am I turning into a boring prude?

You're just thinking outside the box.

[Half Empty Coffee Cup]

The pun-overload idea also works, even if it's not quite as cute.

[valkygrrl]

How has Claire survived the day without any kind of purse or bag?

[Magniras]

How has Claire survived the day without any kind of purse or bag?

I assume experience from living as the wrong gender.  Namely, pockets.

[MrNumbers]

Now, normally I am loathe to reply with a .gif, but Claire's reaction is just beyond words. Therefore:

[valkygrrl]

How has Claire survived the day without any kind of purse or bag?

I assume experience from living as the wrong gender.  Namely, pockets.

The guys I know tend to have backpacks or messenger bags, they need to carry stuff too.

Pockets for phone keys and wallet, okay, I'd buy it for what Marten has. All that for Claire and extra hair ties,  her hairbrush, and bottle of ativan. Her glasses case and cleaning cloth. (in the case or on your face) Mascera? Those are thick dark lashes for a redhead. Her front pockets are flat so how much stuff has she been sitting on?

[Aziraphale]

How has Claire survived the day without any kind of purse or bag?

I assume experience from living as the wrong gender.  Namely, pockets.

I never could figure out why women's clothing doesn't come with functional pockets. I haven't seen a pair of women's pants yet that had pockets that weren't completely useless.

[Rghfrgl]

Marten made fun of her hello kitty bag and she's been to ashamed ever since 

[hakko504]

Callbacks! http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1766

Seems like Jeph has gone environmental friendly this week. He's recycling a lot of stuff.

[J]

How has Claire survived the day without any kind of purse or bag?

I assume experience from living as the wrong gender.  Namely, pockets.

I never could figure out why women's clothing doesn't come with functional pockets. I haven't seen a pair of women's pants yet that had pockets that weren't completely useless.

i think it's kind of a viscous cycle type thing: women buy pocketless clothing because that's all the clothing companies make to sell them, while the companies keep making pocketless clothing because women keep buying it.

[Blackbird]

How has Claire survived the day without any kind of purse or bag?

I assume Claire drives to work/the neighbourhood the strip takes place in.  It's potentially possible that she leaves everything but her wallet and keys in her car (with a stash of hair ties, etc. in whatever cubby or desk they give her at work) and just goes from there.  The fact that her pockets aren't bulging at least a little has to be chalked up to artistic license.

[BenRG]

The contrast from the 'ice cream' callback is an interesting one. For Sven, it confirmed that there would be no sexual element to his date with Hannelore (and dropped her in his 'cute baby sister' category too). For Marten, whilst this confirms that Claire isn't ready, it does also confirm that she has the desire.

The hair twirling in panel 3 is absolutely adorable.

Yeah; combined with the blush, the nervousness of her reaction tells the story and Marten does a good job reading her and putting care before lust.

[Edit]
Restored lost opening - damn Android interface!

[Aziraphale]

How has Claire survived the day without any kind of purse or bag?

I assume experience from living as the wrong gender.  Namely, pockets.

I never could figure out why women's clothing doesn't come with functional pockets. I haven't seen a pair of women's pants yet that had pockets that weren't completely useless.

i think it's kind of a viscous cycle type thing: women buy pocketless clothing because that's all the clothing companies make to sell them, while the companies keep making pocketless clothing because women keep buying it.

Makes sense.

On the other hand, I used to have a theory about Ben and Jerry's that I think might also apply here. Used to be you couldn't find Chocolate Fudge Brownie anywhere near me, and they'd have a shit ton of Cherry Garcia. I asked at the store, and they told me they'd typically only get a couple of containers in at a time. So somebody in the front office was probably saying, "Well, Chocolate Fudge Brownie can't be popular; we only sold two pints last month. But look at all the Cherry Garcia the store has in stock. It must be popular. Send more of that."

[BenRG]

I just re-read and panel 1 has a very flirty Claire. Marten is in for an interesting time reading all those nonvocal cues!

PS - Have we seen Claire's backside during this sequence? Maybe she's wearing one of those hip bag things?

[anahata]

Marten's suggesting ice cream to spare Claire's blushes - but all the same he looks very pleased indeed that she's apparently thinking of something... a bit hotter?

[kiss-o-kill]

Callbacks! http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1766

Seems like Jeph has gone environmental friendly this week. He's recycling a lot of stuff.

Ugh. This reeks more of him forgetting he made this joke and using it again with no recollection of the past because Claire is QC's interchangeable quirky cute girl to squee over for the foreseeable future (see also Hannelore and Marigold's first few respective arcs after being introduced). And of course we can already see her mellowing out and losing any edge she had and becoming another avatar of cute faces for Jeph to churn out (see, again, Hannegold) and aughhh this comic used to be so good and this is so depressing because I love Claire for being trans but she's being caught in the tidal wave of molasses that is this comic's pacing and its characters' flanderization and I just can't.

Next up: Claire drinks alcohol and makes a funny but oh-so-darling face for 4 panels. Or did that already happen. 

[Lubricus]

Marten's suggesting ice cream to spare Claire's blushes - but all the same he looks very pleased indeed that she's apparently thinking of something... a bit hotter?

You mean coffee? 

[Lubricus]

i think it's kind of a viscous cycle type thing

A viscous cycle? Is it watery, or does it have to do with cloth of some kind? 

[gopher]

It's an odd world when Marten is the suave one.

[BenRG]

Something tells me that Claire's been reading the stories on Tai's website, specifically the more MA-rated ones about 'Michael' and 'Claudia', knowing full well that they are about her and Marten. This means that she has a very, very well-stocked imagination right now about these things.

[SubaruStephen]

"The S.S. Clairetin's boiler is starting to overheat, Cap'n, she needs coolant immediately, or it'll explode!"
"We need ice cream, stat!"

[DSL]

i think it's kind of a viscous cycle type thing

A viscous cycle? Is it watery, or does it have to do with cloth of some kind? 

I'm thinking it would be a kind of Segway, which rhymes with something at which Marten is (strategically) bad.

[kerky]

The hair twirling in panel 3 is absolutely adorable.

Well, a girl twirling her hair is considered by some as a sign of incipient arousal... Hmm....

[kerky]

You're just thinking outside the box.

 

[snubnose]

I never could figure out why women's clothing doesn't come with functional pockets. I haven't seen a pair of women's pants yet that had pockets that weren't completely useless.

Survival shops (are they even called that in english ? Shops that will sell you all kinds of stuff for the wilderness. Like these funny knifes with a compass and other stuff in them).

Their pants actually rock big time. For men too.

[Natswash]

Ah cargo pants, cargo pants for days

[Arancaytar]

NEVER TOO COLD FOR ICE CREAM

[jwhouk]

Callbacks! http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1766

Don't you mean 2260?

[BenRG]

Callbacks! http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1766

Don't you mean 2260?

If it's the same place, it certainly isn't the most well-omened of places, is it?

[A Duck]

Callbacks! http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1766

Seems like Jeph has gone environmental friendly this week. He's recycling a lot of stuff.

Ugh. This reeks more of him forgetting he made this joke and using it again with no recollection of the past because Claire is QC's interchangeable quirky cute girl to squee over for the foreseeable future (see also Hannelore and Marigold's first few respective arcs after being introduced). And of course we can already see her mellowing out and losing any edge she had and becoming another avatar of cute faces for Jeph to churn out (see, again, Hannegold) and aughhh this comic used to be so good and this is so depressing because I love Claire for being trans but she's being caught in the tidal wave of molasses that is this comic's pacing and its characters' flanderization and I just can't.

Next up: Claire drinks alcohol and makes a funny but oh-so-darling face for 4 panels. Or did that already happen. 

I believe the word you're looking for is "running gag".
(I'm not actually sure if you're being sarcastic there)

[K1dmor]

Callbacks! http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1766

Don't you mean 2260?

 

[Fig]

If Claire were to turn any more red, it'll become very difficult to distinguish where her face ends and her hair begins.

[Thrudd]

2+2 can equal five for large quantities of 2

Argh 

2 + 2 = 10₄  OR  2 + 2 = 11₃

Warning - while you were typing a new iteration of New Math was released. You may wish to begin pummelling educators using a large variety of oversized slide-rules and bound volumes of trigonometry tables.

[Magniras]

How has Claire survived the day without any kind of purse or bag?

I assume experience from living as the wrong gender.  Namely, pockets.

The guys I know tend to have backpacks or messenger bags, they need to carry stuff too.

Pockets for phone keys and wallet, okay, I'd buy it for what Marten has. All that for Claire and extra hair ties,  her hairbrush, and bottle of ativan. Her glasses case and cleaning cloth. (in the case or on your face) Mascera? Those are thick dark lashes for a redhead. Her front pockets are flat so how much stuff has she been sitting on?

Huh.  I forgot about all the extra maintenance stuff.  Maybe they have hyper space pockets that can hold anything?  Or Claire forgot her bag at the library?  Which would be dangerous, considering she's on Ativan.

[St.Clair]

How has Claire survived the day without any kind of purse or bag?

I assume experience from living as the wrong gender.  Namely, pockets.

I never could figure out why women's clothing doesn't come with functional pockets. I haven't seen a pair of women's pants yet that had pockets that weren't completely useless.

i think it's kind of a viscous cycle type thing: women buy pocketless clothing because that's all the clothing companies make to sell them, while the companies keep making pocketless clothing because women keep buying it.

As for the primary cause that started it rolling, I would guess that pockets (with things in them) would break up the outline of that perfect curvy (but not too curvy) figure that you are, naturally, starving yourself to acquire/maintain just like the media and social expectations tell you to.    

[TieDyeKat]

How has Claire survived the day without any kind of purse or bag?

I assume experience from living as the wrong gender.  Namely, pockets.

The guys I know tend to have backpacks or messenger bags, they need to carry stuff too.

Pockets for phone keys and wallet, okay, I'd buy it for what Marten has. All that for Claire and extra hair ties,  her hairbrush, and bottle of ativan. Her glasses case and cleaning cloth. (in the case or on your face) Mascera? Those are thick dark lashes for a redhead. Her front pockets are flat so how much stuff has she been sitting on?

I'm a girl and I carry in my pockets four items: wallet, keys, change purse (with lipstick) and cell phone.  Purses collect junk.

[Aziraphale]

How has Claire survived the day without any kind of purse or bag?

I assume experience from living as the wrong gender.  Namely, pockets.

The guys I know tend to have backpacks or messenger bags, they need to carry stuff too.

Pockets for phone keys and wallet, okay, I'd buy it for what Marten has. All that for Claire and extra hair ties,  her hairbrush, and bottle of ativan. Her glasses case and cleaning cloth. (in the case or on your face) Mascera? Those are thick dark lashes for a redhead. Her front pockets are flat so how much stuff has she been sitting on?

I'm a girl and I carry in my pockets four items: wallet, keys, change purse (with lipstick) and cell phone.  Purses collect junk.

That's the thing. Maybe I just don't know the right people or something, but most of the women I know travel pretty light most of the time. On the guy side of the equation... yeah, messenger bags are helpful. Or if I'm going somewhere with my camera bag, the extra stuff just gets tossed in there.

As for the primary cause that started it rolling, I would guess that pockets (with things in them) would break up the outline of that perfect curvy (but not too curvy) figure that you are, naturally, starving yourself to acquire/maintain just like the media and social expectations tell you to.    

Kinda figured that. Even the "cargo pants" I've seen for women were not only cut wrong*, but also had the useless pockets.

*i.e., not loose/baggy enough to be practical/comfortable with anything larger than a bus pass in the cargo pockets. Also happens with some men's cargo pants, much to my frustration

[Is it cold in here?]

Marten's sensitivity to what's going on is helping her relax. Sometimes you can clear the air when you hear the Claire.

[ankhtahr]

Well, a girl I've spent quite a lot of time with over the last few weeks doesn't really give damns about that and just wears men's cargo pants. But she also wears  a fanny pack all the time, so I guess she's out of damns to give and just likes practical things. She's still one of the most adorable people I know.

Somehow I love it when people put practicalness over style.

[Kugai]

Wallet and Keys in pockets in pants, but most of the rest of what I carry is in this

[ReindeerFlotilla]

How has Claire survived the day without any kind of purse or bag?

Claire can do anything. She is theKwiscotch Haderach.

Ugh. This reeks more of him forgetting he made this joke and using it again with no recollection of the past because Claire is QC's interchangeable quirky cute girl to squee over for the foreseeable future (see also Hannelore and Marigold's first few respective arcs after being introduced). And of course we can already see her mellowing out and losing any edge she had and becoming another avatar of cute faces for Jeph to churn out (see, again, Hannegold) and aughhh this comic used to be so good and this is so depressing because I love Claire for being trans but she's being caught in the tidal wave of molasses that is this comic's pacing and its characters' flanderization and I just can't.

Next up: Claire drinks alcohol and makes a funny but oh-so-darling face for 4 panels. Or did that already happen. 

Or, maybe, I don't know, a running gag. That's a thing. That happens. In webcomics.

Last month there were several predictions about stuff being drawn out ahead of the turkeyday filler. That seems to be the case. Almost all of the speculation included a drama bomb, which seems less likely. But not impossible

[J]

How has Claire survived the day without any kind of purse or bag?

I assume experience from living as the wrong gender.  Namely, pockets.

I never could figure out why women's clothing doesn't come with functional pockets. I haven't seen a pair of women's pants yet that had pockets that weren't completely useless.

i think it's kind of a viscous cycle type thing: women buy pocketless clothing because that's all the clothing companies make to sell them, while the companies keep making pocketless clothing because women keep buying it.

As for the primary cause that started it rolling, I would guess that pockets (with things in them) would break up the outline of that perfect curvy (but not too curvy) figure that you are, naturally, starving yourself to acquire/maintain just like the media and social expectations tell you to.    

certainly true, and in fact even men's suits sometimes have the pockets sewn shut for that same reason. 'tis rather silly seeming to me in either case;  sacrificing so much utility for such a minor aesthetic point.

of course one way or another, it's always the market forces that perpetuate such fuckery

[Aziraphale]

Well, a girl I've spent quite a lot of time with over the last few weeks doesn't really give damns about that and just wears men's cargo pants. But she also wears  a fanny pack all the time, so I guess she's out of damns to give and just likes practical things. She's still one of the most adorable people I know.

Somehow I love it when people put practicalness over style.

One of my exes hated clingy clothes and nicked a couple pairs of my jeans and t-shirts. The practicality aside, I think part of what I liked about it was that she was comfortable/confident enough not to give a damn.

certainly true, and in fact even men's suits sometimes have the pockets sewn shut for that same reason. 'tis rather silly seeming to me in either case;  sacrificing so much utility for such a minor aesthetic point.

of course one way or another, it's always the market forces that perpetuate such fuckery

That never bothered me as much; usually if I'm wearing a suit jacket or blazer, I'm carrying a messenger bag anyway. Phone goes in the inside pocket, wallet in a pants pocket, and everything else in the bag. I had another bag that was about half the width and the same depth as a messenger bag. Fit a hardcover book, newspaper, small umbrella, small notebook and some pens comfortably. I made the mistake of lending it to a friend who was going on vacation and he wrecked it... couldn't find another.

[osaka]

I am a man of large pockets. In the rare occasion I'd have to look dapper for something, I'd just drop everything on the jacket and have it under control. Pockets are love, pockets are life.