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WCDT 3616 to 3621 (20th to 24th November 2017)
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: War Sparrow on 19 Nov 2017, 19:54 ---I think it's a reference to Dog Rates on Twitter, where a dude rates dogs, but they are all higher than 10. "They're good dogs, Brent" comes from that.
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Ah. I was going to suggest The Mad Hatter, but then I remembered October 6th was Mad Hatter Day (10/6).
Case:
--- Quote from: Storel on 19 Nov 2017, 22:02 ---
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--- Quote from: OldGoat on 19 Nov 2017, 16:21 ---My growing dislike for Ms Birch makes the idea of an encounter with Faye very appealing, especially if the latter is in a sour mood.
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Doesn't Dora keep a longsword under the counter? (Or did they move that one to Marten's & Faye's place - i.e. is that the one that Marten threatened Clinton with when he went creepy on Hanners?)
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Technically, I believe the one at CoD was a broadsword, not a longsword. And I thought Clinton met Hanners at CoD, not at Marten's & Faye's place, so I would guess that was the same sword.
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Hmmmh - Wiki equates Broadsword with basket-hilted sword (like the Scottish Claymore - the short Claymore, not the one that looks like the Witcher's silver swords :laugh:). "Longsword" is an ambiguous term whose modern use appears to refer more to the fencing styles it supports-, specifically the grip-options the hilt permits (two-handed grip, or hand-and-a-half grip on a "Bastard Sword"), rather than only the length of the blade - in other contexts, even the short, single-handed Roman Spatha is sometimes referred to as a 'longsword'.
"Oakeshot Type 13" is what I meant (Though it could be that I misremember the hilt length of CoD's blade and it was really a single-handed "Knightly Sword")
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 20 Nov 2017, 04:54 ---What kind of long sword? Was it a basket-hilted long sword, English long sword, claymore, or zweihander?
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a) Nope, b) not familiar with the term, c) which Claymore (there's two)? and d) a Zweihänder's hilt is far too long for what Dora has (not to mention the blade ...).
I remembered it to be something like a "Oakeshot Type 13" - at longest, something with a hand-and-a-half grip hilt, i.e. neither a single-handed knightly sword, nor a Zweihänder.
(We've tons of the "Gassenhauer"-type Zweihänder lying around here. I've seen specimens that stood taller than my 1.82m when stood on the tip - 'Gassenhauer' means 'alley-hewer', and they were used against pike-formations, wielded by exceptionally tall and strong 'double-mercenaries')
I use "Langes Schwert" for types that allow two-handed fencing styles (i.e. including the "hand-and1/2" Bastard-swords), but I'd use 'Zweihänder' for something like Oakeshott type XV or the 'Gassenhauer'.
Edit: Found a reference (1323) - that's clearly a ... somethingsomething sword? :? (long-ish hilt without pommel, sooooh ... a Chinese Jian with a European cruciform cross-guard? A Bastard-sword that's shrunk in the wash?)
cesium133:
--- Quote from: Netherdan on 20 Nov 2017, 03:58 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 19 Nov 2017, 23:22 ---FWIW, if asked, I'm sure that Tilly would surrender the chair, especially if the asker can prove that she is the person whose name it bears. Frankly, a conversation between Bubbles and the 'strange, frantically helpful small human' would probably be more than a little funny!
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I'm imagining how this conversation would go:
"Hi. My name is Bubbles"
"Hi! I'm Tilly Birch!"
*awkwadly looks at each other*
*Tilly looks behind her*
*Tilly silently stand up and move aside, gesturing for Bubbles to sit down*
"Thank you Tilly Birch"
And from that point on Bubbles is the only person to call her Tilly and that makes her want to become besties with her
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Later:
Hannelore: *talking about Taffy*
Bubbles: You mean Tilly?
...and then Hannelore never uses the wrong name ever again.
Case:
--- Quote from: snufflebottoms on 20 Nov 2017, 05:35 ---Also, yeah Tilly is reminiscent of Clinton when he first started.
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Yes in terms of "violating boundaries in an unsettling manner", no in terms of "creepy persistence in violating boundaries". IMO, Clinton raised an alarm or two, whereas what Tilly raises is more like this:
--- Quote from: snufflebottoms on 20 Nov 2017, 05:35 ---Maybe she'll become likeable.
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That'd be nice, but I'm not so optimistic. I find especially unsettling her efforts at trying to negotiate conditions on a decision that is Hanner's and hers alone - there's nothing to negotiate when it comes to another person's boundaries. You accept their decision about their boundaries, unconditionally, and you f**k the hell off when they show discomfort with your presence. I don't expect Tilly to be true to her word of leaving Hanners alone should she decide not to want her services after the two days are over. Wouldn't be surprised if she'd try to invalidate Hanner's decision e.g. by trying to retroactively insert an additional condition she declares hasn't been satisfied, but was never talked about.
Another red flag is that wherever Tilly is, everything quickly becomes about her in one way or another. This is Dora's café and Hanner's workplace. In Dora's place, today's comic would mark the point where I'd kick Tilly out of my café because she's disrupting the workflow of my business.
Doesn't matter that she's kind of adorkable and horribly, pityfully messed-up, or why she does what she does - the first and only thing that matters is that she stops her creepy shit immediately. Everything else comes second-, and is secondary to that.
JoeCovenant:
I foresee Bubbles shenanigans...
Of all the places for her to be sitting - she's sitting there?
(Oh! Oh! More flimsy evidence for Nexus 9.0 !)
ALSO!
The name "misconstruing"-
Taffy. Tilly.
What's the problem?
The letters "A" and "I"
"A & I"
"AI" !!
We're through the looking glass here, people!!!!
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