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WCDT 2932-2936 (6th to 10th April 2015)

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BenRG:
Here's my semi-parody predication for next week:

MONDAY
The guy at the bar tells a stammering Clinton that he's ruined 'my best shirt'. Clinton does something stupid like say: "That's your best shirt?!?" and the guy hits him in the cheek, just in the right place to blacken an eye without breaking his glasses.

TUESDAY
The guy has grabbed Clinton by the hair and is raising a bottle over his head to glass him. In the second panel, Emily blocks the down stroke saying something like "Hey! That's not nice!" Then she delivers an almighty karate punch to the gut that doubles the guy over. Penultimate panel is Clinton and Emily looking down whilst the guy (out of shot) pukes on Clinton's shoes (Clinton's narration - "Well, at least it can't get any worse!"). Final panel is Emily and Clinton in the distance by the bar. In the extreme foreground are two hands, one holding a heavy monkey wrench and the other adorned with brass knuckles (Clinton's narration - "Fuck. Me and my big mouth.").

WEDNESDAY
First panel: Clinton is saying: "Emily, we need to get out of here!" Next to him, Emily is in a classic martial arts stance
Second panel is a close up of Clinton's face, eyes small saying: "We... need... to...?"
The next panel is a full-width of Emily dancing through the crowd of guys and knocking them aside like they were paper sculptures. Penultimate panel is Emiily ramming a pool cue into one guy's gut whilst another tries to grab her around the throat in a sleeper hold. Final panel is Clinton ducking to one side as the guy who was trying to grab Emily crashing into the mirror behind the bar, blood and teeth flying in his wake (Clinton's narration - "Okay, how do I get off this ride?")

THURSDAY
Starts with a double-height, double-width panel of Emily standing, facing away, in a 'ready' posture, legs slightly spread, holding a baseball bat in one hand and that monkey wrench in the other. Maybe one shoulder strap on her dress is torn and there is a tear in her skirt. She's looking over her shoulder and smiling her mild, friendly smile at our POV. In the background about a dozen roughs are draped over the furniture or hanging through broken windows. One is even dangling from the suspended light strip over the pool table! (Clinton's narration - First box: "Oh..." Second box: "My..." Third box: "God!")
Penultimate panel is Emily offering Clinton a pair of steel-capped boots. "Here Clinnnton! Your shoes are ruined but these should fit you!"
"Um... Thanks! Where did...?"
Last panel is Emily in her usual 'innocent and coy' posture; Clinton now has the boots. "Oh, a guy here in the bar gave them to me! He told me that I could have them! Tee-hee!" Clinton's eyes are bugging out.
Suggested strip title: 'River of Serenity'

FRIDAY
First panel is Clinton finishing his call with Claire.
CLAIRE (over 'phone): "Oh my god! You look awful! Do you need me to pick you up?"
CLINTON: "Nah, it looks worse than it is. I'll see you Saturday for family brunch, okay?"
Next panel: Clinton putting away his 'phone and looking up at Emily, who is still managing to look cute, innocent and maybe a little hopeful.
Next panel: Emily tells Clinton that she had a great time and she hopes that he did too. Does he want to have another date some time? (Clinton's narration - "Say no, you idiot! Run! Run whilst you still can!")
Next panel is a shocked Clinton looking at a hopeful Emily (from her POV). (Clinton's narration - At top of page: "SAY NO! SAY NO!"). Clinton says aloud: "Er... Yes?" (Clinton's narration - At bottom of page: "Oh for fuck's sake!")
Penultimate panel is Clinton and Emily; Emily is clapping and saying "Yay!" (Clinton's narration - "Oh, well...!").
Final panel is Emily giving Clinton a little smooch on the cheek. (Clinton's narration - "Y'know, I really could get used to this!")

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Sullivan:

--- Quote from: anahata on 09 Apr 2015, 23:26 ---Enough of Clinton's side of the story. Now I want to hear Emily's view of it. And it's Friday...

--- End quote ---

Questionable Roshomon!

CM_albion:
Aaaand my sympathy for Clinton the twit went right.out.the.window.

Emily is not cuckoolandering a nervous man anymore, this is a twit who threw himself off the deep end. getting everything he deserved in his ridiculous, pompous, dare one even say pathetic attempt to reshape himself on a girls whims.

on the plus side, we now don't need to blame Emily for his suffering.

Thrudd:

--- Quote from: Gnomeybum on 09 Apr 2015, 05:44 ---So yeah, working on that assumption, the desire to see her in a qipao/cheongsam/ao dai is a little bit of shaky ground racially, as two of those are traditional Chinese dresses and the other is, according to Wikipedia, Viatnamese. I'm not saying it wouldn't be amazing to see Emily in some sort of traditional dress, but I think we have to be careful when making statements like that because it does almost become a case of 'all Asian is the same Asian'.

--- End quote ---
Substitute European for Asian and see where you stand.

A cute girl in a Dirndl or a Vyshyvanka is still a cute girl though "I" think Emily would look better in the latter.


--- Quote from: CM_albion on 10 Apr 2015, 04:19 ---Aaaand my sympathy for Clinton the twit went right.out.the.window.

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YMMV depending on life experiences but I am more in agreement with some of the other posters here.
As an analogy, think of this as Clinton asking help in learning to swim and being tossed into the pool at the water park. He can dog paddle but is heading for the wave machine.
Poor guy has social shortcomings and is only learning of them through hard painful experience. aka the shocking lesson regarding personal space trumping exuberant fascination.
His internal monologue is one of, I can almost say Terror, yet his actions are more like he is on autopilot, being agreeable to whatever those around him suggest .
The why is he like this is something we will hopefully learn as time goes on and "He that writes" does not get bored with the character and feeds him to the Allosaurus.

Zebediah:
After thinking about this arc for a bit, it dawned on me: When it comes to women (or at least Emily), Clinton is actually more spineless than Marten. We may be getting a glimpse of how Marten was at the age of, oh, 16. Marten has learned from his experiences and that puts him in the perfect position to mentor Clinton in the art of dating women.

Marten as Obi-Wan to Clinton's Luke. I can see it. (Or would Clinton be Anakin? Which would make Emily Padme... Nah, that's stretching the analogy too far.)

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