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WCDT strips 3706-3710 (26th to 30th March 2018)
BenRG:
Jeph seems to love creating 'odd couple' friendships in this strip. In this case, it's Melon, the eccentric and joy-filled weirdo, and Roko, the serious and socially-frustrated cop.
I love so much about this strip. Melon's completely unselfconscious love for Roko really feeds into my idea that they were crèche-sisters (compiled at the same time and were BFF's during their pre-embodiment phase). That these feelings are mutual to some extent is shown by Roko's lack of overt annoyance and the simple fact that there is a photo of her and Melon on the wall by the door. This is someone she's used to and that, despite everything, someone whose company she enjoys.
Oddly enough, this strip reminds me of Hannelore in her 'stalk Marten and Faye' phase, when she was repeatedly breaking into the apartment and demonstrating total unawareness as to why this is inappropriate. Just as I got the impression that Marten felt a certain reluctance to possibly trigger worse behaviour in Hanners by pushing back hard, I think that Roko finds it easier to indulge Melon rather than arrest her for trespass or something like that. Then, much to her shock (once again, like Marten with Hanners), she found everyone's favourite crazy synthetic was growing on her! :-D
Penquin47:
--- Quote from: St.Clair on 25 Mar 2018, 23:06 ---
--- Quote from: brasca on 25 Mar 2018, 22:37 ---This just screams buddy cop show and/or movie. Perhaps Mellon is in a special unit. It would explain how she could enter Steve's house without there being legal problems.
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We've already seen Melon's day job. Then again, she had a different roommate. Perhaps both have changed in the interim.
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Roko's not her roommate. Melon just wanted to sit on Roko's couch instead of on her own floor.
Bollthorn:
"Socially appropriate greeting!" ^_^
Melon is adorable <3
awgiedawgie:
--- Quote from: shanejayell on 25 Mar 2018, 20:46 ---No mention of poor Roko in the poll? ;)
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Roko wasn’t in any of last week’s strips.
My favourite part was Clinton acting normal. Not being all wishy-washy and second guessing himself every other sentence. He’s made a lot of progress recently.
As for today’s strip, Melon really reminds me of U.N.I.T.Y. over on Skin Horse. Her first instinct is to break down the door. She’s probably really smart in one area, but no one is quite sure what area that could be. Maybe Melon’s one area is breaking and entering.
awgiedawgie:
--- Quote from: jesslc on 25 Mar 2018, 23:01 ---
--- Quote from: shanejayell on 25 Mar 2018, 21:52 ---He had already had a pic with Melon and Roko together, so it's not like it wasn't foreshadowed... :P
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Rereading part of the archives last week, I found this strip: http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3566
I thought nothing of it at the time but in light of today's comic as well as the photo last week, I find it interesting that Roko referred to Melon as "some girl" - is she reluctant to admit she actually knows Melon?
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The picture on Roko’s wall makes me kinda wonder if maybe they’re sisters. Obviously, it couldn’t be a biological relation, but it could be a software construct, much like their gender.
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