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WCDT 2927-2931 (30 March to 3 April 2015)

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hakko504:
First, am I the only one that felt like this strip was a callback to how lots of strips used to look in the early days of QC. A lot of text (well, not that much), where the main line of thought ends in the penultimate speech box, and then a final offhand comment by a character looking away from the others. Compare 180 (followed by another 5 or 6 examples in the next 10 strips), 253-255.
Not complaning, it was just a bit unexpected, as Jeph hasn't really used that particular technique very often lately. I can find a few more examples in the last 100 strips, but noone quite as obvious as today's. Seems like the 2x2 layout of the strip doesn't quite lend itself very well to this particular technique, and lo and behold, today's strip is mostly top down.


Offtopic:

--- Quote from: hedgie on 01 Apr 2015, 17:13 ---Omnibus editions of various Discworld books would be nice, since I only own about half of them, and would love to read the rest.  Discworld is one of the few series where I think that the work actually got better the longer that it went on.

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Actually, omnibus editions do exist, at least of the first 20 or so books. I checked my bookshelf, and I seems to have at least 6 of them. 2 covering the first 5 Rincewind books(CoM/TLF,S/FE/IT), 1 witches trilogy(ER/WS/WA), 1 City watch trilogy(G!G!/MAA/FoC), 1 Death trilogy (M/RM/SM), 1 Gods trilogy (SG/P/Hf). However, I bought these more than 10 years ago when my paperback editions of said books started to fall to pieces after too many readthroughs, and they are out of print by now. Most of them seems to be available at amazon.co.uk though. The dates listed there also seems consistent with when I recall purchasing them, 1999-2002.

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Nah, I'm good.

tywren:

--- Quote from: MrNumbers on 01 Apr 2015, 23:27 ---adorkable.
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A synonym for squee, which is something, others are frankly sick of.


--- Quote ---So for Faye to react violently - and it is violently - to someone who was just moments before excited to be helpful to her and does not have a malicious bone in her body...
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I wonder how her brother would view that statement? It seems to me that, intentional or not, many of the embarrassing, or denigrating jokes, and stories she tells at his expense carry a fair bit of malice.


--- Quote ---Faye, meanwhile, has called Claire a smartarse and a dork in this time, with Claire and Marten both copping that one on the chin with bright, proud smiles.

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And therein lies the problem, when she said those things to Marten, she was trying to draw his attention to the fact that his girlfriend was tap dancing all over her last nerve. To which he replied with an "I Know, Isn't It Great" attitude. After trying twice and failing, Faye took maters into her own hands, and i really can't fault her for it, because the person who should have been telling Clare to tone it down, was instead passively encouraging her to take it up to eleven.

Truec:
I can only assume that Faye's current attitude is due to stress.  Normally she's all for sass and wit, even at her expense.

Hmm, no link? Thought we had a link. No? Ok.

Thrillho:
Seems like a few people here haven't been around addicts, particularly addicts attempting to quit their drug of choice, too much.

Citing the behaviour of this comic as the same as the earlier, for lack of a better term less enlightened comics in terms of violent or threatening behaviour is unfair.

Faye is being an asshole in this particular strip, yes, but she's also been sober for the longest time she's been sober in a while. The times I've tried to quit smoking cold turkey, I'd have kicked my mother down the stairs for a drag, especially the first few days.

BenRG:
Okay, so this is how I see things going down. I'm probably wrong but I like this sceniario:

FRIDAY (six-panel frame)
PANEL 1: MARTEN is sitting between CLAIRE and FAYE; a barricade by choice or necessity? Who knows?
CLAIRE: "You know, you'd think that an artist would have a nice, intellectual explanation for her art!"
FAYE: "You know, you'd think that a good girlfriend would know how to treat her boyfriend's best friend!"
PANEL 2: MARTEN is now clearly trapped; FAYE and CLAIRE are leaning towards each other and getting red in the face.
CLAIRE: "For someone who's made such a screw-up of her life, you're full of advice for other people!"
FAYE: "For someone who's apparently been a wallflower up to now, you seem to know a lot about how to act!"
PANEL 4: Close up on MARTEN's face
FAYE (off-panel): "Maybe my roommate's new pet should learn respect!"
CLAIRE (off-panel): "Maybe my boyfriend's charity case should learn gratitude!"
PANEL 5: Same close up but MARTEN'S irises have gone red!
MARTEN: "That's..."
PANEL 6: MARTEN is throwing his hands up in the air. FAYE and CLAIRE are both reeling back, their hair is fear/shock spiky
MARTEN: "ENOUGH!"

MONDAY (four-panel frame)
PANEL 1 (half-height): Marten, glaring and pointing
MARTEN: "Okay, I'd hoped that I could avoid this forever but here goes!"
PANEL 2 (full height): CLAIRE, looking down in shame.
MARTEN (off panel): "Claire, I love you; you're beautiful, funny and intelligent but you've got to stop being so cruel to people!"
CLAIRE: "But..."
MARTEN (off panel): "Putting people down like that isn't cool and it isn't funny! It's unattractive Claire! It makes you look ugly and small!"
PANEL 3 (full height): FAYE, looking down in shame
MARTEN (off panel): "Faye, I love you like the sister I've never had but you can be the meanest person I've ever known!"
FAYE: "But..."
MARTEN (off panel): "I know you've had a hard life but you've got to stop treating it as a license to be a complete and utter shit to everyone you ever meet!"
PANEL 4 (half height): MARTEN is walking away from the couch as CLAIRE and FAYE look at him in shock.
MARTEN: "I'm not telling you to hug and make friends; you're both adults and you can run your own lives."
MARTEN (second balloon): "I'm just telling you to GROW UP!"
PANEL 5 (half height): FAYE and CLAIRE looking off-panel to the right
MARTEN (off panel): "I'm going to walk this off!"
SFX: DOOR SLAM
PANEL 6: FAYE and CLAIRE looking at each other fearfully
CLAIRE: "Wow! Talk about screwing up the best thing in your life in one evening!"
FAYE: "Tell me about it, sister!"

The next two strips on Tuesday and Wednesday would be a filler BUT would both have the last panel being Marten walking around or maybe leaning on a wall and rubbing the bridge of his nose somewhere in Northampton.

THURSDAY (six-panel frame)
PANEL 1: MARTEN unlocking the apartment's front door
PANEL 2: Close-up on MARTEN's face; he's wide-eyed
PANEL 3: MARTEN's POV - FAYE and CLAIRE are both standing in the middle room, looking embarrassed. Their eyes are suspiciously shiny
PANEL 4: FAYE and CLAIRE are both glomping Marten from different sides
FAYE: "MartyI'msorryI'msuchafuckupandabitchandI'msorryanddon'thatemeIpromiseI'lldobetterIswear...!"
CLAIRE: "MartenI'msorryIactlikealittlechildandI'mscaredofpeopleandpleasedon'tdumpmeIpromiseI'llstopandbenicerIpromise..."
PANEL 5: MARTEN is smiling reassuringly and trying to hug both teaful ladies at once
MARTEN: "Wow! Hey! Don't cry! It's gonna be okay! You'll see!"
PINTSIZE (Off-panel): "Wow! Is this a prelude to a make-up sex threesome? Where's my camera?"
PANEL 6: MARTEN, FAYE and CLAIRE all all glaring at PINTSIZE, who is standing on the arm of the couch.
PINTSIZE: "So... I'm thinking that the answer is 'No'. I'm going to lock myself in my cupboard now."

[EDIT]
Yeah... so I admit that there is a lot of my thoughts in Marten's rant

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