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Whatever happened to Pintsize?

41 (37.6%)

Faye's story v.2.0.?

21 (19.3%)

Student, Girlfriend, Librarian or some combination of all three? Claire's Dilemma?

11 (10.1%)

How do you come back from firing your best friend?

20 (18.3%)

Something completely new (give your idea in a comment, plz)?

0 (0%)

"Marten, how would you feel about having three dads?"

16 (14.7%)

Total Members Voted: 99

Voting closed: 04 Feb 2015, 06:23

[cesariojpn]

Someone saw this and is already drawing it without the censors.

I'll go check 4chan......

[Is it cold in here?]

You know, I almost hope that they don't actually shag right now.  Not for any reason that has been brought up before, but because I still fondly remember a night with a former gf, one of the earlier ones we spent together, where she and I slept together nekkid (it was before my "first time", sex-wise), there was plenty of snogging and fondling, but it was something I will always remember fondly.  I kinda want this to be similar, where they're just completely close with each other.

Not to interrupt the dawwws and squeees (as if I could halt that tsunami), but I guess this is what is actually going to happen, solely going by Marten's eyes in the last panel.
There will naked sleeping, but no sexy shenanigans. (At least not this night)

I hope they build a duvet fort.

[Kingy_who]

I hoped I wouldn't be weirded out when this happened but I did.

[Gladstone]

Welp, my curiosity got the best of me.  Self-imposed month-long QC hiatus lasted two weeks, but I think I came back at the right time.  On one hand, I found the time to read all of Dumbing of Age to distract myself.  On the other...where the hell did these "like" buttons come from?

Eh, whatever.  Happy Arbor Day 2003, everyone!  Although, did Marten even remember to revive Pintsize?  Someone else is going to have to get the banner...

[CasAttack]

I know this strip is adorable and all, and I'm gonna let it finish-

-But what in the Blue Man Group Hell is that room? Is that a pillow on the FLOOR? I don't know why but I noticed this right away and wanted to scream at Marten to get some mood lighting or something.

Also I agree with what folks are saying, Marten looks super tired.

[Is it cold in here?]

Welcome, new person!

[Estron]

As a fortyish man I feel no shame in unleashing a SQUEE for today's comic.

As a late-fiftyish man, I didn't either.

[hedgie]

I'm getting a strong urge to post that xkcd where a woman builds a pillow fort, and is accused by her friend for being "juvenile", but said friend points out that her boyfriend was in there.

[Emperor Norton]

The hallway does not have chair rail,

Panel 1, behind Claire is a chair rail and I'm pretty sure she's standing in the hallway outside the apartment.

Pretty sure that's the floor, a piece of molding, and the back wall of the hallway, judging by the ceiling line.

The floor? It's above Claire's hip. It would have to be very far away or the camera angle would have to be from the ceiling above Marten's head.

If it was chair rail on the hallway wall, it would be higher up than the chair rail you can see on the left side of the interior in that frame due to the perspective. It is lower, that is baseboard.

[Half Empty Coffee Cup]

Welp, my curiosity got the best of me.  Self-imposed month-long QC hiatus lasted two weeks, but I think I came back at the right time.  On one hand, I found the time to read all of Dumbing of Age to distract myself.  On the other...where the hell did these "like" buttons come from?

Eh, whatever.  Happy Arbor Day 2003, everyone!  Although, did Marten even remember to revive Pintsize?  Someone else is going to have to get the banner...

I think he pointedly remembered to 'forget' to power Pintsize back up until later.

[explicit]

I'm getting a strong urge to post that xkcd where a woman builds a pillow fort, and is accused by her friend for being "juvenile", but said friend points out that her boyfriend was in there.

I had that same thought, but we may have been posting that comic too often.

[Emperor Norton]

On all the discussions of building a duvet fort... Do you really think Marten is the type of dude to own a duvet?

[cesariojpn]

I think he pointedly remembered to 'forget' to power Pintsize back up until later.

Just like with Padma.

[Half Empty Coffee Cup]

On all the discussions of building a duvet fort... Do you really think Marten is the type of dude to own a duvet?

Yes. Probably gifted to him by Veronica.

[hedgie]

Much like Nietzsche quotes, xkcd is *always* relevant to any matter.

[grez]

Marten might want to think about getting a gym membership tho, bruh has a body like a rubber band could be an extra in a Gumby movie is straight up stuck together bits of taffy right now. 

[Is it cold in here?]

https://xkcd.com/219/

[SubaruStephen]

On all the discussions of building a duvet fort... Do you really think Marten is the type of dude to own a duvet?

Yes. Probably gifted to him by Veronica.

Sheets and blankets are an acceptable substitute.

[Emperor Norton]

On all the discussions of building a duvet fort... Do you really think Marten is the type of dude to own a duvet?

Yes. Probably gifted to him by Veronica.

That I can buy.

He just seems like the guy who would be still using the same comforter for the last 10 years because meh. Its probably as old as his black hoodie.

[explicit]

https://xkcd.com/219/

WE DID IT ANYWAYSSSSS!

[sluthy]

How that last panel could have gone down.

M:  Uh, maybe this was a mistake.

M:  Would you be opposed to losing 10 pounds?

M:  Listen, I gotta go.
C:  This is your apartment!
M:  Yeah, but Faye made me ditch the booze.

M:  Wow, carpet DOES match the drapes. Just...wow.

Warning - while you were typing 40 new replies have been posted. You may wish to review your post.

[CasAttack]

But there's pillow forts...

...And then there's a single pillow weeping itself to sleep on a mattress laying on the floor of a blue room...

I kid I kid. Anywho, why do I love this couple so much?

[Meilu]

Wonderful. Portraying every dream I've had of a decent sexual encounter with a guy...

Kind of bittersweet. Certainly a meritorious comic, as opposed to the overly drawn-out date that quickly seemed like a gratuitous self-congratulatory episode... or I'm just becoming a sour sort of person.

[MrNumbers]

A lot more risque than we're used to.

Actually, Jeph seems to have had a little bit of trouble with the art. Panels 3, 5 and 6 are distressingly wrong. Marten's face is wickedly asymmetrical, Claire's positioning and dimensions (panel three doesn't look hunched over, it makes her look like a pubescent midget, and the expression doesn't help) panel five Marten looks like he's levitating into a greenscreen

Panels  1, 2 and 4, though, are, much like Claire herself, absolutely beautiful.

Warning - while you were typing 3 people were more forgiving than you were. You monster.

[Omega Entity]

Perspective on Marten in panel five is kind of confusing me but I don't care because I really like it.

The whole thing, I mean, not just panel 5.

I think Jeph forgot to finish drawing the bed.

[St.Clair]

And then the forums exploded.

[mustang6172]

Food for thought:  a canopy bed is just a blanket fort for grownups.

[Kugai]

*Brain explodes*

[explicit]

Food for thought:  a canopy bed is just a blanket fort for grownups.

Lots of things can be grownup stuff if you use them the right way.

[TieDyeKat]

Dord.  Dord.  Dord-dee-dord-dee-dord...

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Today's comic has struck me dumb under several different definitions.

[Omega Entity]

The hallway does not have chair rail,

Panel 1, behind Claire is a chair rail and I'm pretty sure she's standing in the hallway outside the apartment.

Pretty sure that's the floor, a piece of molding, and the back wall of the hallway, judging by the ceiling line.

The floor? It's above Claire's hip. It would have to be very far away or the camera angle would have to be from the ceiling above Marten's head.

And yet, the ceiling line says otherwise. Eh. I still stand by what I said before.

[SubaruStephen]

And then the forums exploded.

Nah, this is more like the start of a runaway nuclear reaction, the explosion will happen some time Saturday.

Along with many many first time posters.

[Is it cold in here?]

Global Moderator Comment

Thanks to everyone for taking the discussion in good directions.

[hedgie]

They're cute together.  Most new couples are, sometimes to an obnoxious degree.  Jeph is handling this well, as far as I'm concerned, even though it's early on.  Claire has a dirtier mind (anyone who wants to do an archive trawl can show instances) than people think she has.  And like Hanners, and several other characters, she's perfectly willing to fight against the things that might frighten her.  Since she's on Lorazepam (Ativan), she obviously has anxiety issues.  She's not the type to seek out a "Dr. Feel-good".  And between this arc, and the whole Faye nearly drinking herself into oblivion, I think that this makes characters more "real".  Love, loss, depression, all parts of the human condition, and the important thing is how they end up evolving.

Now I'll need some sleep soon, but by the time I reload this thread, I'll put a beer on it being at least 15 pages.

[Emperor Norton]

And yet, the ceiling line says otherwise. Eh. I still stand by what I said before.

I'm honesty not sure why both of us have continued in this line of making sure that there is no handrail out there, considering its now been proven that the second door was almost certainly his bedroom door and we were right.

I guess its that desire to be right on the internet. Because being wrong on the internet is the worst .

[Accountancy]

It took every single ounce of my willpower to keep my squee internal.

^^^^^

[Truec]

On the other...where the hell did these "like" buttons come from?

I've wanted to ask this same question.

How that last panel could have gone down.

M:  Uh, maybe this was a mistake.

M:  Would you be opposed to losing 10 pounds?

M:  Listen, I gotta go.
C:  This is your apartment!
M:  Yeah, but Faye made me ditch the booze.

You forgot this one:

M: Damn, you are really freckly!

[DrClef]

Welp. They're frick fracking.

Kinda wish they weren't. Marten's not in a good headspace to be banging right now.

[ASB84]

This. I like this much more than the previous date Marten/Claire sequences.

This has risk, substance, closure, and moves the plot forward.

Agreed. It's a very bold move on Jeph's part, when he could have left things ambiguous, and danced around the issue. Instead, I think he's done something very positive here, not just in terms of the characters and their story, but in choosing to tell the story (and in particular, this part of the story) in a way that's tasteful and respectful. There's a genuine sweetness to this that doesn't feel over the top or corny, so I too really like it.

[Magniras]

Welp. They're frick fracking.

Kinda wish they weren't. Marten's not in a good headspace to be banging right now.

How do you know that?

[CMGeorge]

A lot more risque than we're used to.

Actually, Jeph seems to have had a little bit of trouble with the art. Panels 3, 5 and 6 are distressingly wrong. Marten's face is wickedly asymmetrical, Claire's positioning and dimensions (panel three doesn't look hunched over, it makes her look like a pubescent midget, and the expression doesn't help) panel five Marten looks like he's levitating into a greenscreen

Panels  1, 2 and 4, though, are, much like Claire herself, absolutely beautiful.

Warning - while you were typing 3 people were more forgiving than you were. You monster.

I didn't notice any of that. What I did wonder was why Claire was wearing pink slacks under her blue dress. Odd choice, that.

[Omega Entity]

And yet, the ceiling line says otherwise. Eh. I still stand by what I said before.

I'm honesty not sure why both of us have continued in this line of making sure that there is no handrail out there, considering its now been proven that the second door was almost certainly his bedroom door and we were right.

I guess its that desire to be right on the internet. Because being wrong on the internet is the worst .

You should see me at work, when a customer tries to futilely argue about specifications of products we sell, based on what the guy who happened to work in the electronics section of Walmart that day told them It's like I'm OCD about shit like that - incapable of letting it go 

[DrClef]

Welp. They're frick fracking.

Kinda wish they weren't. Marten's not in a good headspace to be banging right now.

How do you know that?

"My best friend nearly killed herself getting drunk and threw up all over my couch. Meanwhile her relationship with her former boss, my ex-girlfriend, is damaged beyond repair. My circle of friends is falling apart like a house of cards. Oh yeah, baby. Let's get some loving going on."

[Omega Entity]

A lot more risque than we're used to.

Actually, Jeph seems to have had a little bit of trouble with the art. Panels 3, 5 and 6 are distressingly wrong. Marten's face is wickedly asymmetrical, Claire's positioning and dimensions (panel three doesn't look hunched over, it makes her look like a pubescent midget, and the expression doesn't help) panel five Marten looks like he's levitating into a greenscreen

Panels  1, 2 and 4, though, are, much like Claire herself, absolutely beautiful.

Warning - while you were typing 3 people were more forgiving than you were. You monster.

I didn't notice any of that. What I did wonder was why Claire was wearing pink slacks under her blue dress. Odd choice, that.

The art itself just seems rushed in a lot of the panels.

As for the pants - I own shirts that go down beyond the hips, that are designed to be worn with pants/capris. It could very well be that kind of outfit.

[SubaruStephen]

There's a genuine sweetness to this that doesn't feel over the top or corny, so I too really like it.

Sweetness and vulnerability, she's never been naked like this (and I don't mean the lack of clothes), if Marten had rejected her at this moment, it would've shattered her, she knew that and she still did it.

Cheers for Claire for being brave.
Cheers for Marten for being a great guy.

[DSL]

Happy to say I was not at all surprised by how well Jeph did this.

[Is it cold in here?]

It was not empty words when he promised to handle whatever happened.

[Undrneath]

I'm still not completely sure if that is exhaustion in Marten's eyes or tenderness. I want to believe tenderness but the argument can be made.

[Is it cold in here?]

Why not both?

[Undrneath]

Both is a valid option as well.