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A transforming vehiclebot with an attitude (because QC needs its own Ultracar);

Claire's professor of Library Science becomes an on-page character;

Claire's dad comes crawling back; does he have an ulterior motive?

A down-and-out keyboard player who may or may not be what Deathmøle has been looking for;

A muck-raking journalist drops into Coffee of Doom and finds the scandal pit he's always hoped to find;

One of the people May's embezzlement ruined stumbles back into her life;

A Scrappy Squad of Sam's school friends; Momo's life just got... interesting;

Sven wasn't always careful enough and now there's a 5-year-old boy in his life.

Other (please specify)

[Storel]

Begin Edit:

Romantic comedies with body counts: There's Heathers, and, um... 

Maybe Ferris Bueller's Day Off, if you count the Porsche as a death? 
End Edit.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World had the potential to go there but didn't.

Haven't seen Scott Pilgrim, so was this

• because it wasn't romantic enough, or
• because no one died?

[willpell]

"Expository context"? Is Emily aware that she is in a comic or something?

Presumably she's just one of those people who lives her life as if she was the star of her own story (whether comic, movie, or whatever medium she prefers to imagine herself in).  Being raised in an incubator of pop culture as we are, that sort of behavior is only going to keep becoming more and more common; I don't find it an unrealistic character trait for someone  (particularly a "the weird one" someone) in a near-future-setting webcomic to possess.

Ohmygosh, this is really true? Women appreciate guys who show their feelings? I´m having a personal epiphany here.
I´ve been doing something wrong my whole life!
 

I for one do not believe for a moment that a guy who went around telling complete strangers "I'm really depressed, I don't think there's any purpose to my life, and frankly the behavior of everyone around me is getting on my last nerve" would be "appreciated".  I'm distinctly unhappy with Jeph for that line, although I do like where the Coffee of Doom girls took it in the subsequent strip (shorter romantic comedies would certainly be a boon, IMO).

[BenRG]

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World had the potential to go there but didn't.

Haven't seen Scott Pilgrim, so was this

• because it wasn't romantic enough, or
• because no one died?

IMHO, it wasn't a romantic comedy at all but a rather surreal slapstick parody.

[sitnspin]

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World had the potential to go there but didn't.

Haven't seen Scott Pilgrim, so was this

• because it wasn't romantic enough, or
• because no one died?

IMHO, it wasn't a romantic comedy at all but a rather surreal slapstick parody.

I recommend the comic series, the movie didn't do it justice at all. The comic series is a lot more nuanced with a lot more character development and deeper themes. The film is an incredibly shallow and pale shadow of the source material.

That aside, the film is not a romantic comedy in any traditional sense, even if has some of the thematic elements, and, although a number of people die, it is done in a cartoonish, classic videogames style. Not at all what I am imagining in regards to the idea we're discussing.

[Method of Madness]

I still hold that it fits both criteria. But even if it doesn't, Shaun of the Dead absolutely does.

[sitnspin]

Shaun definitely counts as a horror rom-com. But sadly there's no grizzly murder meet cute.

[Storel]

Shaun definitely counts as a horror rom-com. But sadly there's no grizzly murder meet cute.

And no grisly murder meet-cute, either? 

[Kugai]

Zombie Rom-Com

Let's see Hollywood run with that 




Emily, don't ever change   

[Welu]

Warm Bodies and Life After Beth already exist. I have seen Warm Bodiesand it's got a murdery meet-cute with the zombie boy killing and eating the brains of the human girl's killed boyfriend... That the zombie boy killed after being attacked by the boyfriend.

Those are also both human/zombie romance. I don't know if a zombie/zombie romance exists.

[DSL]

Grosse Pointe Blank. Hit-man meets girl he dumped in high school, Hit-man decides not to kill her dad as he's been paid to do. Everyone else, though ...

[Gyrre]

In Emily's defense, some romcoms have some pretty messed up stuff in them.

Standard example: 'There's Something About Mary' where the plot of the movie revolves arund three guys stalking Cameron Diaz's character.

Cracked.com has multiple videos and articles on why romantic comedies are bad (they've got a youtube channel).

[Neko_Ali]

Stalkers eventually winding up with the girl is the main plot of a lot of romantic comedies....

[sitnspin]

Which, as someone who has actually been stalked, I find more than a little disturbing. It kind of goes to show who is writing them.

[Mr_Rose]

Grosse Pointe Blank. Hit-man meets girl he dumped in high school, Hit-man decides not to kill her dad as he's been paid to do. Everyone else, though ...

Doesn't he go to their high school reunion and tell more or less everyone he meets (and doesn't immediately have a gun battle with) that he is in fact a hitman? Like every scene here there isn't shooting, explosions, or both goes "hi, we were in shop together, I'm an engineer now, what's up with you?" "Not much really, just a mercenary assassin."

[sitnspin]

Yea, but everyone assumes it's a joke and just plays along with it.

[Perfectly Reasonable]

Reading the Menu Board:

Small, Medium, Large Extra Large, and What the Fluff

'Large Extra Large' is a combo of 'Large' and 'Extra Large' because they got tired of explaining the difference.

The WTF Macchiato is a work of art in steamed milk, and definitely worth the price.
Expect it to take a while, though.

[Perfectly Reasonable]

New post because it's for Bleminda watchers everywhere:

'Bleminda' appears in 3113, 3126, and 3310. She wears square frame glasses, has shoulder length hair which she dyes in multi colors, and orders large lattes. In 3126 she protests at the Emily bestowed alias, but by 3310 she seems OK with it.

[cesium133]

This reminded me to finally get around to updating my character list thingamabob...

[Tova]

Bleminda revealed

[ZoeB]

For an incisive critique of research on intrinsic sex differences in behavior, by someone with a ZoeB-grade mind, see
https://www.amazon.com/Brain-Storm-Flaws-Science-Differences/dp/0674063511/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474049641&sr=8-1&keywords=brain+storm+the+flaws+in+the+science+of+sex+differences

A little dated, but that's inevitable given the fast pace of research. Excellent critique of the situation using psychological tests on cis people pre 2011. Ignores Intersex and Animal studies though, but that's necessary to support her overall thesis, one I mostly agree with because that's what the evidence says.

This book explains in detail why I wrote "Just remember that although the "gendered brain" model is appropriate to use when discussing gender identity, don't take it too far, most of what we call gender, and by that I mean 80% or more, is socially constructed. Biology is fuzzy too"

It goes a little further than I would have, but does an excellent job of showing the uncertainties involved when we ignore animal research and only look at cisgender humans, rather than trans and intersex ones too. Most of the traditional "gender differences" disappear when you look closely, or at least are shown to have a very thin evidential basis.

Sorry, it's not simple.

[Method of Madness]

Just how big IS the what the fuck size?

[BenRG]

Let's put it this way: Have you ever seen a family-size popcorn bucket? Another name for the WTF size is "To the Moooooonnn!!!"

[Neko_Ali]

Bleminda revealed

Well that explains the Bioware hoodies.

[JohnTheWysard]

I'm chuckling at the price list. I see why they price macchiatos so high - because what Charbuck's calls a macchiato has no resemblance to the real thing (a double expresso "marked" - macchiato - with a tablespoon of foam).

But I resent not being able to even ASK for a doppio with two extra shots, my usual choice! Hey folks, it's EASY!

[cesium133]

Careful. If you ask for an expresso, Dora includes Exlax as an ingredient.

[sitnspin]

As a business woman, if there's a particular item you don't want to actually make, just price it out of reach. I did that a few years ago with some art pieces at a gallery showing I had. Didn't work in my case, but the principle is there.

[Near Lurker]

Just remember, Faye, you live at 123 Lawyer St., Lawyer, MA, with Marten Lawyer.  You used to work for Coffee of Lawyer, for Marten's ex, Lawyer, who's now seeing a female lawyerbrarian, until your lawyer problem got you fired and admitted to Lawyer-Dickinson.

[Tova]

Why do people keep claiming that a macchiato contains two shots of espresso? I mean, it is if you ask for a double shot, sure.

[jheartney]

If you've never seen this, it's well worth your time. A law professor tells you why you should NEVER EVER voluntarily talk to police without a lawyer present.

Faye should just keep walking. And if the officer arrests her, she should say NOTHING till she gets an attorney.

And this would be true even if she didn't work for an illegal enterprise.

[Method of Madness]

Why do people keep claiming that a macchiato contains two shots of espresso? I mean, it is if you ask for a double shot, sure.

Agreed. A proper one has at least four.

[Tova]

You people are nuts.