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WCDT strips 3736-3740 (May 6th-10th 2018)
awgiedawgie:
--- Quote from: Tova on 09 May 2018, 21:51 ---If we don't get a week of bonus comics about red pen lady, I will be be disappoint. I am kinda jealous of her simple red pen pleasure.
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How about a week of Steve eating cereal, with special appearances in Steve's kitchen by Melon and the Cereal Elf. Maybe even Tortura and May. And then seeing Red Pen Lady meet up on the street with Sweet Tits. And maybe seeing Punchbot recruiting Deathbot 9000 as a security guard for the new and legal robot fighting club.
Dandi Andi:
--- Quote from: brasca on 09 May 2018, 21:31 ---I don't trust that woman with a pen. She looks far too much like Spookybot.
Returning to an empty shop shouldn't be a cause for concern so I'm thinking there's something written on the wall that's blocked by Faye's head.
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On the one hand, I don't trust Spookybot without a pen. On the other hand, I trust Spookybot completely in 100% of situations. They were strongly suggested to be a distributed AI, or a "zombie AI" as Bubbles called it. Fundamentally alien, completely amoral, only concerned with their own wellbeing and interests, and possessing vast computational power. Do as they ask and you'll be fine. Refuse and they will... compel you.
As for the empty facility, they have a business to run. Bubbles leaving the shop unattended is cause for concern on its own. While it's possible Bubbles could have gone out for supplies, it is likely that she would have waited for Faye to return unless she had some reason not to. Bubbles had a reason to go and, in her current mental state, Faye is likely to assume the worst possible reason she can think of.
BenRG:
This is the important part for Faye. I suspect that she's just going to stand there in the shop, creating ever more horrible possibilities in her head about where Bubbles may be right now. She's going to realise just how important Bubbles has become to her and just how terrible it would be if she loses her and that will be the thing that knocks down the last of her denial and the last of her wanting things to be 'like they always are'.
The real comedy will be Bubbles' reaction when she returns only to be body-tackled by a weeping Faye who starts babbling about how she loves her and needs her. It isn't that she won't enjoy having Faye give her a death-grip hug but it will still be very shocking! :lol:
Meanwhile, I'm thinking that the lady with the red pen is a fellow web-artist or possibly a particularly generous Patreon contributor who Jeph has rewarded by giving them a walk-on part. Whoever it is has a very special relationship with their pen!
awgiedawgie:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 09 May 2018, 23:14 ---This is the important part for Faye. I suspect that she's just going to stand there in the shop, creating ever more horrible possibilities in her head about where Bubbles may be right now. She's going to realise just how important Bubbles has become to her and just how terrible it would be if she loses her and that will be the thing that knocks down the last of her denial and the last of her wanting things to be 'like they always are'.
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My bet is that Faye is going to go running back to Marten screaming something to the effect of "Marty, she's gone! What am I gonna do?!"
--- Quote ---Meanwhile, I'm thinking that the lady with the red pen is a fellow web-artist or possibly a particularly generous Patreon contributor who Jeph has rewarded by giving them a walk-on part. Whoever it is has a very special relationship with their pen!
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Maybe she's a rookie MiB, and she thinks her new red pen is a Neuralyzer.
Dandi Andi:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 09 May 2018, 23:14 ---Meanwhile, I'm thinking that the lady with the red pen is a fellow web-artist or possibly a particularly generous Patreon contributor who Jeph has rewarded by giving them a walk-on part. Whoever it is has a very special relationship with their pen!
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It is also possible that Jeph simply thought the walk back to the shop needed a little more visual dynamism and created a random passer-by. Sure, the possibility that they are someone of some significance known only to Jeph offers more explanatory power, but it is not impossible that they have no significance to anyone at all. For every historical phenomenon explained as possible religious significance, I always weigh that possibility against the question "What if they were just drunk at the time?"
And yes, I think that Faye is likely to let her imagination run wild with all the ways she's just potentially ruined things with Bubbles (even though she almost certainly hasn't) and realizing the possibility that things can go wrong will bring her feelings and their relationship into sharp focus.
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