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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: wargrafix on 01 Feb 2009, 19:56
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Lets celebrate yet another week of chaos and destruction.
Those F5 keys won't press themselves. Get to it people.
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Test, test
I passed :D
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Because I think different, I command r.
There.
There.
There.
Does the watched webcomic never post?
Edit: Hey, that worked! Oh, my! Pony-tailed Dora alert! Mmmmmm.
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Dear god, Dora's shirt...
She better not wear that thing outside in daylight, the reflection will blind folks. Blind them I say!
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She seems to be getting quite bright in her choice of attire lately. With the blonde hair and the pink... we'd better look out, she might start listening to Britney *GASP*
It'd be horrible if she turned paris-esque... I think I'd cry.
*edit* Also, what's going on with Sven and Faye??? It seems that they are quite established now.
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(http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj175/nsalamoun/d163ed87.jpg)
am i the only one who noticed this?
and i agree Dora getting way too bright
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Ha! Idon't think wearing pink shirts translates into Britany on your play list.
It just shows that Doras more then a cliche one dimensional ex goth character.
Nope, no stereo typing for this girl =D
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Maan, now that the comic has been posted for me on Sunday (West Coast ftw!), I have nothing to look forward to tomorrow.
I don't mind Dora's pinky-ness, actually. I think it fits her quite well. At least it's not in her hair *cough cough*
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hehe Settlers of Catan is a V11 boulder problem in Moe's valley Utah that happens to be on momentum video right now
http://www.momentumvm.com/cms/index.php?option=com_frontpage (http://www.momentumvm.com/cms/index.php?option=com_frontpage)
now off to bed so i can enjoy our tease of a nice day tomorrow before getting wacked with more winter
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(http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj175/nsalamoun/d163ed87.jpg)
am i the only one who noticed this?
and i agree Dora getting way too bright
Um, where do you see that?
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this is Jeph's comments on the QC Rss on my igoogle page.
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I'd be more worried if they decided to play Drunkes Fleet Commander.
Oh those poor Starfleet crews. :D
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its been a while since i heard a good Settlers of Catan reference
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Edit: Hey, that worked! Oh, my! Pony-tailed Dora alert! Mmmmmm.
Agreed. Also, Marten's line in panel three is hilarious.
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I'm actually waiting for Faye to change her hair. Dora, Raven and Hanners have. Whens our Faye gonna shake things up?
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yay for games! I loved today's comic.
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Dora's sexy today. She did her hair up-ish.
Rawk.
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..Shirt.. so.. bright... can't see.
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Thought it was Raven for a minute
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*didn't even notice dora's shirt* I'm always freaked out when people in WCT are talking about stuff in the pictures that I don't notice - I just read the dialogue and look at the heads, because they're closest to the speech bubbles - I often completely ignore the drawings. xD
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Dora's sexy today. She did her hair up-ish.
Rawk.
Actually, magneta T-shirt or no... this is the first time since the time jump that she's *looked* anything like herself to me.
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Thought it was Raven for a minute
Tell me about it.. spent half of the comic wondering why Raven's over at Marten's and was confused by the "third wheel"-line ("since when do they hang out, whatsgoingon??" D:) until it finally came to me. -_-
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They've played scrabble before, and I'm certain there was alcohol involved.
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I can attest from personal experience that drunken scrabble is pretty good.
Drunken blokus however, is totally impossible.
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I like this one, it's been too long since the three main characters actually hung out together.
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That is the first Settlers of Catan reference I've ever heard, and it couldn't have come from a better place.
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Thought it was Raven for a minute
Tell me about it.. spent half of the comic wondering why Raven's over at Marten's and was confused by the "third wheel"-line ("since when do they hang out, whatsgoingon??" D:) until it finally came to me. -_-
Same here. I think Dora needs to either cut off the black and go blonde or dye it all black again. Having two characters with the two-toned look is difficult when they already have the same physique and eye colour. I mean, I realized after the second panel that it had to be Dora, but I jumped into the comic thinking it is Raven and then started over reading the strip so I could read it with "Dora's voice" as the speech bubble instead of Raven's. It is not a big deal, but it is a bit of a distraction for now. It is like having a story full characters with rhyming names or telling the difference between Guildenstern and Rosencrantz; eventually you just start calling them "Guildencrantz and Rosenstern."
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Isn't this a bit of a repeat joke (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1065)?
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So is the drunken scrabble (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=521), but I'm not complaining.
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Noted.
Dora,Faye,Martin Vs Pintsize,Winslow and Penny in a Paintball War.
I wonder who would win.
On a side note I think Faye should try leaning Away from Sven
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I am super excited that they referenced settlers of catan. It is a way fun game.
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Dora,Faye,Martin Vs Pintsize,Winslow and Penny in a Paintball War.
I wonder who would win.
That's not hardly fair. Pintsize and Winslow are much smaller targets.
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Plus, they probably have some internal targeting system, much more reliable than human eye/hand coordination.
If not, then science has failed us.
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apparently, her clothes brighten just before she levels up.
She has been battle grinding for the last couple of days.
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Drunk Catan is hilarious... highly recommend... wood and sheep jokes galore...
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Drunk Scrabble, Strip Poker... I'd rather they did the 2nd. What's next, High Ouija?
I noticed that faye is getting more and more nervous haning around Dora and Martin, sometimes I miss the old days when all three of them could sit in the same room without some form of awkwardness. (Though I might just be referencing one of my past girlfriends and myself.)
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apparently, her clothes brighten just before she levels up.
She has been battle grinding for the last couple of days.
OOOH! Next level Dora. Does she come with Phaser eyes?
:D
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Drunk Catan is hilarious... highly recommend... wood and sheep jokes galore...
"Heh, I'll bet me rolling a four gives you wood..."
Good times.
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drunk scrabble = fun.
drunk sorry = fun
drunk risk = hilarious
drunk SoC = fun
drunk jenga = impossible
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drunk Jenga so awesome fun.
Gameplay:
1. Set up game
2. Drink
3. Play game
4. Everything falls down three turns later
5. Attempt to build again
6. Eveything falls down whilst your trying to build it up
7. You figure it's more fun to chuck the wooden blocks at everyone anyway
Also, this is turning into the "You better not be sober" thread
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Jenga is even more fun when everyone is well caffeinated.
Did you know there was a "truth or dare" version of Jenga? The blocks have questions or dares printed on them and when you pull a block, you have to do whatever is printed on it.
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apparently, her clothes brighten just before she levels up.
She has been battle grinding for the last couple of days.
OOOH! Next level Dora. Does she come with Phaser eyes?
:D
That's Raven with the laser tits.
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Drunk Catan is hilarious... highly recommend... wood and sheep jokes galore...
"Heh, I'll bet me rolling a four gives you wood..."
Good times.
I got wood for sheep! Wood For Sheep. come on guys who wants my wood for sheep?
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Playing Drunk settlers of cataan is actually pretty awesome. Watching people try to focus during the game is hilarious.
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drunk Jenga so awesome fun.
Gameplay:
1. Set up game
2. Drink
3. Play game
4. Everything falls down three turns later
5. Attempt to build again
6. Eveything falls down whilst your trying to build it up
7. You figure it's more fun to chuck the wooden blocks at everyone anyway
Also, this is turning into the "You better not be sober" thread
8. Realize the tower from step 6 fell down because you tried to build it from the top down
9. Worship random drunk friend as a god when he succeeds in building a tower from the top down
10. Realize that he is a robot from the future
11. See Terminator script for further steps
Kudos to anyone who gets the "building from the top down robot" reference.
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Did you know there was a "truth or dare" version of Jenga? The blocks have questions or dares printed on them and when you pull a block, you have to do whatever is printed on it.
Seen the Donkey Kong version?
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apparently, her clothes brighten just before she levels up.
She has been battle grinding for the last couple of days.
OOOH! Next level Dora. Does she come with Phaser eyes?
:D
That's Raven with the laser tits.
That's why I upgraded Dora to Phasers
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I don't like this direction of discomfort and awkwardness in Faye. It's starting to get a bit redundant.
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I'm actually waiting for Faye to change her hair. Dora, Raven and Hanners have. Whens our Faye gonna shake things up?
Bald is beautiful.
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Did you know there was a "truth or dare" version of Jenga? The blocks have questions or dares printed on them and when you pull a block, you have to do whatever is printed on it.
Seen the Donkey Kong version?
I have special dark glasses just to prevent that.
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Uh, oh! Has Faye challenged the Scrabble Cyborg?!
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Awww, I felt really sorry for Faye in this one. I assume she's less rational when drunk, and being around the giggly, happy couple would be hard for her under normal circumstances.
On the plus side, a scrabble-off between Faye and Hannelore could be interesting!
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Faye's drinking heavily, and the other characters don't seem alarmed about it.
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Faye's drinking heavily, and the other characters don't seem alarmed about it.
Yeah, I thought it was a little sketchy Dora and Marten asked their alcoholic friend to play a drinking game with them. I guess as long as she isn't drinking alone or to extreme excess? She's still in partial control of her motor and verbal skills in this strip.
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I lol'd at the title.
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Oooh! Tickling Hanners - The new in sport for QC.
Tai would be the gold medalist. :D ;)
I'd say at this stage Marten and Dora are closer to the wind than Faye.
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I don't think Faye necessarily counts as an alcoholic. She's was using alcohol to hide from her issues, sure, but that's not definitive of alcoholism. I'm sure she is "allowed" an occasional bevvy, especially when it's taken in a positive social environment (ie. for enjoyment, not for drowning sorrows).
That said, I'm a little suprised Dora and Marten would propose such a thing, knowing their propensity for overreaction.
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I don't think Faye necessarily counts as an alcoholic. She's was using alcohol to hide from her issues, sure, but that's not definitive of alcoholism. I'm sure she is "allowed" an occasional bevvy, especially when it's taken in a positive social environment (ie. for enjoyment, not for drowning sorrows).
That said, I'm a little suprised Dora and Marten would propose such a thing, knowing their propensity for overreaction.
Yeah, I definitely agree. My hope is that this is not how the "real" drama starts: Dora/Marten are too kissy and giggly, Faye gets uber-bitchy, an argument occurs, Marten takes a side and cue the drama. Or, perhaps I am just reaching a little too far with this one.
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Kaitco, hate to say it, but I think you're right. Notice how Faye's mood just got shot to hell by the mention of the tickling and such. Ticked facial expression, drunk bubbles aaaall gone...I don't like where this is heading. :\
Regarding the people who confused Dora with Raven...that confuses me. o_o I could tell it was Dora immediately from the body type - Raven's body is closer to Faye's than Dora's. Kind of like a combination of the two. Raven's on the skinnier side like Dora, but Raven's body is all curvy and such like Faye's, while Dora's is more angular.
Compare:
Dora - http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1330
Raven - http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1306
Oh and the thing above Raven's lip. Piercing?
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I think it was mostly a first glance at the hair that confused me.
And I dunno. Faye kinda looks depressed to me in the last one.
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Kaitco, hate to say it, but I think you're right. Notice how Faye's mood just got shot to hell by the mention of the tickling and such. Ticked facial expression, drunk bubbles aaaall gone...I don't like where this is heading. :\
Regarding the people who confused Dora with Raven...that confuses me. o_o I could tell it was Dora immediately from the body type - Raven's body is closer to Faye's than Dora's. Kind of like a combination of the two. Raven's on the skinnier side like Dora, but Raven's body is all curvy and such like Faye's, while Dora's is more angular.
Compare:
Dora - http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1330
Raven - http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1306
Oh and the thing above Raven's lip. Piercing?
id actually say in those two strips, raven looks like dora more than dora looks like dora.
PS Dora's 2 tone hair doesn't bother me as much as the long hair
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yeah, the pony-tail made me do a double-take yesterday too.
Sometimes hair gets gross at work, and you gotta put it up, but i dont like dora ponytail.
After Faye gets the hose, i hope they play settlers of catan. Drinking settlers is a good time, and something tells me that hannelore would be either terrible at it or some kind of savant.
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For some reason, the funniest part of this to me is in trying to figure out why on Earth they would even have a hose; they live in an apartment with no yard.
The obvious answer is that Faye was kidding, but that's not as funny.
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whats with Hanner's Du Rag?
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whats with Hanner's Du Rag?
It's a hat. Possibly an envy hat if the title is to be believed.
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whats with Hanner's Du Rag?
It's a hat. Possibly an envy hat if the title is to be believed.
you do realize that, that joke was related to its color right? "green with envy"
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"Tickling," eh?
Camera 3, pan left.
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Re: Dora vs Raven
I need only quote Dora herself: "Bigger boobs, people!"
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For some reason, the funniest part of this to me is in trying to figure out why on Earth they would even have a hose; they live in an apartment with no yard.
The obvious answer is that Faye was kidding, but that's not as funny.
Maybe she got partway to carrying out her threat (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=656) last time.
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Maybe it' s one of those hoses that fits on the kitchen faucet, like are used for dishwashers that aren't built in. A friend of mine lives in an older house that doesn't have the plumbing for a dishwasher, and that's what he has. It's just an ordinary piece of garden hose with a special end to go on the faucet end. I'm sure you could get longer pieces.
Yeah, the drinking game struck me as odd considering Faye's relationship with the booze -- she may not be technically an alcoholic, but she's showing tendencies to self medicate with alcohol. Of course, it could also be a "let's have fun like old times" thing, because getting drunk has been a major feature of good times in the past.
Could this be a means of driving Faye into Sven's arms beyond the occasional bootie call? I mean, relationships are about more than sex - they are about talking together and getting silly together and laughing together. Sven's thrown Faye an offer or two that didn't automatically include bumping crotches (the concert, for one).
I don't say Sven is Faye's perfect love, but he'd be a decent practice boyfriend, all things considered -- he's not likely to get hurt(or at least if Faye does break his heart, he's likely to bounce back), he's smart and independent, and he's not likely to cheat on her because he fears death from both Faye and Dora. Faye needs to at least practice having a relationship if she's ever going to get over her past and move on.
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i see some flaws in your argument there mallli_kite
1) who you're in love with or who you care about isn't like a maths equation you can't just decide who you like based on educated guesses. just because sven might not get hurt and seems to want more with faye doesn't mean faye can forget how she feels
2) faye is uber insecure, sven has a history of wham bam thank you mams and faye is already showing jealousy and insecurity in that relationship when it's only meant to be *casual* tbh i think they'd make a terrible couple first sign of a proper argument and sven will be off getting drunk and sleeping with some girl i can see that happening.
3) i think faye still has feelings for marten which she's tried to hide from but meh i dunno
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Is Hanners braless again?*
*I had all sorts of insights and commentary, but I decided to go with some verbal ogling instead.
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Is Hanners braless again?*
she totally is!
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Shaztastic, we will just have to disagree. I've watched people convince themselves they were in love through a year of marriage and a messy divorce. I've seen people who were completely in love fall apart because they didn't realize work was involved and thought it should all be fairy dust and unicorns. And you don't have to be in love to have a relationship with someone. Not every person you date (and obviously not everyone you have sex with) will be someone you love. So, I think you misinterpreted my comments, as I never mentioned nor required that Faye be in love.
You can have a pretty good time if you just manage to like someone. Friendship is as important in a long term relationship as passion -- maybe more so. Oh, and you can get over someone you were once in love with, or thought you might be in love with, or could have possibly maybe really liked a lot.
Not that anyone is going to notice me talking here -- they are oogling the Hannelore.
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My prediction:
Faye gets irritated by Dora and Marten. Goes from fun drunk to sad and angry drunk. Storms (or sneaks) off (possibly with Hanners) to go join Sven at the concert. Catches him in comprimising situation with intern (which may or may not be an innocent misunderstanding) and GIANT DRAMA explodes.
I assume.
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Didn't Faye give up drinking?
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"Not if there's gonna be that much tickling" rather implies that there is a smaller level of tickling that Hanners would tolerate.
Just thought I'd put that out there for the ooglers. :-o
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That's the way. Give 'em all erections and then hit them with something like...THIS!
http://cdn-www.cracked.com/articleimages/wong/luba_spread_hires.jpg
It could be something gross. Or maybe it's hardcore pron.
You'll never know until you check.
MUAHAHAHAHAHA
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F888er! Damn i cant belive i clicked that.
I was half expecting a large cat to yell at me for being caked with butter and being made of beef but then i noticed that my house was on fire.
I havent slept in a while.
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That's the way. Give 'em all erections and then hit them with something like...THIS!
http://cdn-www.cracked.com/articleimages/wong/luba_spread_hires.jpg
Aaaaaah, nooooo, my eyes! It's hideous!
I'm afraid to say that I too can see Faye getting all moody and sullen over the loved-up aura from the other two, especially now she's got some booze in her.
It will all end in catastrophe! But that's what I like :evil:
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Drunk Catan is hilarious... highly recommend... wood and sheep jokes galore...
"Heh, I'll bet me rolling a four gives you wood..."
Good times.
I got wood for sheep! Wood For Sheep. come on guys who wants my wood for sheep?
i will NEVER get tired of "wood for sheep" comments when it comes to settlers of catan.
that's half the fun of playing!
though, i can see how it might get a little out-of-hand when playing drunk settlers with someone newly fueled on liquid courage whipping out their wood in an attempt to trade with another attractive player. >.<
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On an unrelated topic, has anyone noticed that Lydia* (Sven's intern) looks almost identical to Meena (Steve's girlfriend)?
*Damn it took me forever to find the one comic** where her name is used. There is only one. (that I know of.)
**It's number 1229.
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On an unrelated topic, has anyone noticed that Lydia* (Sven's intern) looks almost identical to Meena (Steve's girlfriend)?
*Damn it took me forever to find the one comic** where her name is used. There is only one. (that I know of.)
**It's number 1229.
yeah when she was 1st introduced i thought it was her as well, then remembered Lydia was in a totally different field
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Wow, I learned two useful new words today! "Lucubrate", which means to study at night, and "yarwhal". Thanks, QC! :police:
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If there be yarwhales, maybe there also be purpoises. Look like porpoises, but they be havin' an agenda, ahrr.
Lydia looks about as much like Meena as she does Faye. Maybe Lydia's their bastardized clone. Come to think of it, that totally wouldn't explain her name, too.
Gads, you people are spoiled. When I first started reading QC, every third-string character looked more or less alike. An' we liked it! <waves cane furiously> Hell, we loved it!
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Now that we've all had our Faye-on-Hannelore action, let's move on.
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To be hugging Hanners? Or getting Vulcan boob squished by Faye? Ever the predicament.
Inb4 "it's a comic, they aren't real."
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So is the drunken scrabble (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=521), but I'm not complaining.
no thats the comic where we first meet out lovely Hanners.
To be hugging Hanners? Or getting Vulcan boob squished by Faye? Ever the predicament.
Inb4 "it's a comic, they aren't real."
I pick hugging hanners.
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Damn, I need to get to sleep soon. But I could sure go for some encouragement, of sorts.
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That's the start of the arc, though, in which drunken scrabble is played.
Anyway... god no, we don't need frickin Fayelore shippers. :x
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That's the start of the arc, though, in which drunken scrabble is played.
Anyway... god no, we don't need frickin Fayelore shippers. :x
That's Faylore. You have to take away part of both names before you squoosh them together, otherwise one is too dominant.
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I thought Hanners was really really good at drunk Scrabble? :?
To be hugging Hanners? Or getting Vulcan boob squished by Faye? Ever the predicament.
I pick hugging hanners.
You might as well go hug a lamppost. Fayeboobs are clearly superior.
fluba luba luba
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That's Faylore. You have to take away part of both names before you squoosh them together, otherwise one is too dominant.
This is Faye we're talking about, though. Faye? Too dominant? Never. :P
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So, does this mean that Faye is the boob ninja (or did we already know that?). Would she have compeTITion from Raven and her "truly excellent hooters?"
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Is it just me or is the art a little off this week?
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So, does this mean that Faye is the boob ninja (or did we already know that?). Would she have compeTITion from Raven and her "truly excellent hooters?"
Nope, she is a bra pirate. Let's leave it at that.
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Cheers for good times and no drama. I suppose that was inverse foreshadowing yesterday—Hanners thought there was a fight because of recent happenings. But, no: instead, peace, drunkenness, and minor titillation.
Speaking of which, the Vulcan Boob Squish looks like a good skill to practice. I'm afraid I'd never quite master it, though. :evil:
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Now that's a sleeper hold people should try more often!
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The drunken scrabble is cute and all, but I'm getting a bit impatient for the country music dealy that Sven and his intern are supposed to be going to. The potential new character(ie: the country singer whose music Sven rather likes), along with going outside of Jeph's comfort zone of indie rock, just seems like very interesting and fertile ground to explore. Hope we get there soon :-)
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Faye needs to teach me how to do that!!!
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Now watch the WWE Patent Faye's move. :D
(And I wonder if Hanners secretly enjoyed that.)
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faye's smile in panel 2 absolutely cracks me up.
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Now does that encourage the Hannefaye shippers or the Fayelore? :D
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...and Hannelore falls asleep on Martin and Faye's couch yet again. :laugh:
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Gotta love the latest QC, Vulcan Boob Squish. Rofl.
Seriously, I wonder how many Hanners needs to have until she is beatable at games like that?
I was worried for a second that Hanners might actually have had a heart-attack, until I read the last panel.
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So, does this mean that Faye is the boob ninja (or did we already know that?). Would she have compeTITion from Raven and her "truly excellent hooters?"
Nope, she is a bra pirate. Let's leave it at that.
Ah, but she's multitalented. Not only is she the bra pirate, but she's the milk ninja, the depleted uranium of femininity and so on. I see no reason she can't be a boob ninja too (especially since her bra pirate training should overlap the boob ninja traning....)
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You can't be a Pirate and a Ninja, that's just NOT done!
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THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A VULCAN BOOB SQUISH
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THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A VULCAN BOOB SQUISH
not until Faye invented it and Jeph patented it
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Looks to me like Jeph decided to finally really try out some "questionable content" ...
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Dreams of Indiana Jones are sure to follow for Hanners.
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Looks to me like Jeph decided to finally really try out some "questionable content" ...
lolol, worrrrrrrrd!
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Speaking of which, the Vulcan Boob Squish looks like a good skill to practice. I'm afraid I'd never quite master it, though. :evil:
Me neither, but I'm willing to sacrifice myself for those wishing to perfect their technique.
Edit: "What's up with what?" is possibly a typo, but considering that Marten is drunk, a passable one.
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I thought Hanners was really really good at drunk Scrabble? :?
To be hugging Hanners? Or getting Vulcan boob squished by Faye? Ever the predicament.
I pick hugging hanners.
You might as well go hug a lamppost. Fayeboobs are clearly superior.
fluba luba luba
as long as its a cute lamppost, fine.
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YAY Drunken Hanners!
Wonder where Dora went,maybe to go and throw up?
I wonder what kinda crap Pintsize is getting into.
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THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A VULCAN BOOB SQUISH
Sure there is, but only every 7 years.
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For a while I thought the Vulcan Boob Squish caused Hannelore's right eye to completely lose its colour.
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It looks to me like the strip is really jumping the shark, inasmuch as QC can. It was the complex characters which drew me in, but their development has been thrown out the window twice in as many days. Dora and Marten encourage Faye to drink to excess. Not to have a drink or two, but to get drunk. They know her issues, and to treat that so casually is not something I can believe anyone would do. Then, Faye - who can not stand to be touched unexpectedly - chooses to give Hannelore - who she knows can not stand to be touched at all - a Raven-patented hug attack. Even drunk, that is not a choice I could see her making. I hope this gets salvaged soon.
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i was re-reading the comic from the start and realized that yeah its becoming quite generic
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OH heck no. That stuff takes time -- you have some development, you have some humor, a seed or two gets planted, some potential directions appear, then there is more development. It takes weeks to go through the cycle, not days. It's not all Drama Llama stuff and it's not all gags.
If the strip ever goes over the edge, it won't be one particular day's post, but a gradual build up where we will all look back at the top of the cliff as it gets smaller and smaller and smaller...
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Mhm, just wanted to reply to some of the points renfield made.
Firstly, I believe the issue with Faye drinking was because she used drinking to drown away her feelings or something like that, not because she wouldn't be able to stop drinking once she'd opened the bottle. Therefore, it is completely a-OK for her to drink with her friends.
Secondly, I do not think that Faye "can not stand to be touched unexpectedly". I mean, Dora has grabbed her ass several times.
And thirdly, it was because Hanners cannot be normally touched that Faye used the Vulcan Boob Squish on her: she wanted to see how love Hanners's inhibitions went.
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Mhm, just wanted to reply to some of the points renfield made.
Firstly, I believe the issue with Faye drinking was because she used drinking to drown away her feelings or something like that, not because she wouldn't be able to stop drinking once she'd opened the bottle. Therefore, it is completely a-OK for her to drink with her friends.
Secondly, I do not think that Faye "can not stand to be touched unexpectedly". I mean, Dora has grabbed her ass several times.
And thirdly, it was because Hanners cannot be normally touched that Faye used the Vulcan Boob Squish on her: she wanted to see how love Hanners's inhibitions went.
right on. and, because the passing of time occurs in the comic as well, perhaps these "people" are getting comfortable with each other now that have known each other for awhile (a year? two? anyone?), to the point of sometimes being able to get past some of the issues that usually keep them 'bottled up'.
i dunno, it's just a comic after all i guess. yay boobies?
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Now is the perfect time for Hanners to start swapping fluids.
And the image of her in the first panel is fantastic.
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as long as its a cute lamppost, fine.
Be careful, some lampposts have herpes: http://twitter.com/jephjacques/status/1174577711
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Didn't anyone feel that this was a sign of Faye being over her drinking issues (ie able to have fun while drinking and not end up sad, aggressive, or on the floor) and maybe a bit over her intimacy issues (I'm not going to search for all the comics where Marten got knocked out just for MENTIONING the idea of maybe sometime in the far future considering to think about potentially touching her boobs)? Maybe the entire thing with Sven, although not ultimately satisfying, IS doing her some good.
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It looks to me like the strip is really jumping the shark, inasmuch as QC can. It was the complex characters which drew me in, but their development has been thrown out the window twice in as many days. Dora and Marten encourage Faye to drink to excess. Not to have a drink or two, but to get drunk. They know her issues, and to treat that so casually is not something I can believe anyone would do. Then, Faye - who can not stand to be touched unexpectedly - chooses to give Hannelore - who she knows can not stand to be touched at all - a Raven-patented hug attack. Even drunk, that is not a choice I could see her making. I hope this gets salvaged soon.
You seem to be living in the QC past.
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Now is the perfect time for Hanners to start swapping fluids.
While she's passed out? :-D
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as long as its a cute lamppost, fine.
Be careful, some lampposts have herpes: http://twitter.com/jephjacques/status/1174577711
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THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A VULCAN BOOB SQUISH
Sure there is, but only every 7 years.
Nice work. +1 internets.
(in case people here aren't star trek nerds, here's what I'm making fun of (http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Vulcan_death_grip).)
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Hahaha! I was introduced to "drinkin' Settlers of Catan" not 2 weeks ago at a scifi convention. Now that's just weird.
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Anyone else digging Hannelore's hat as much as I am?
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I dig it.
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LOL @ the guest strip.
And, planning? Oh my. Time to bring out the drama llama?
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Is that a scar over Faye's heart?
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She's had that for a while. Jeph just forgets to draw it.
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I love the poster over her bed:
"Have I made it abundantly clear I listen to music?"
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yay she drew in her scar!
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Well, that's what happens when you watch Romance Anime while drunk and eating Burritos.
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LOL @ the guest strip.
And, planning? Oh my. Time to bring out the drama llama?
I hope so.... although he could be planning ahead to next week and friday's comic could just be a Pintsize/Winslow one...
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I'm kinda hoping we get to see Sven and the intern at the concert. Will Sven fall for the intern? for the country singer? will he stay faithful to Faye? WHO KNOWS!
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I'd be sad too, those were kickass glasses her anime-sona had.
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I'm probably slow, but it just hit me that the boobs being squished yesterday are Faye's, not Hannelore's. Hanners is being suqished against them. :-o
Yes, I'm that thick. Or else, lacking breasts of any moment myself, I'm forever preoccupied with squishing those of the blessed sex.
Anyway, this new understanding having percolated through my rather dense cranium, I now understand why Hanners falls asleep: drunk enough not to fight being nestled against Faye's (likely incredibly comfortable) breasts, she relaxes. Which makes this strip go from a good haha to a very sad commentary on how lonely Hannelore's condition makes her.
Naturally, having figured that out, I thought I'd try to ruin the fun for everyone else, too.
About today's strip: does "for ever and ever and ever" sound kind of ominous to anyone else?
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You know, if Faye actually wanted a real relationship with Sven that was more than just sex, I think he'd actually entertain the notion. He'd probably get bored of it and hurt her feelings, but they might have a good run for a while.
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Oh, the unconscious wishful thinking. The phrase "renounced my playboy ways" makes me gigglesnort.
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Yeah, it's interesting because it's not the usual set-up where the girl is pining after the guy but the guy just wants a fuckbuddy. Sven has actually made moves to ask her on something like a real date in the past, and Faye was the one who told him it should stay casual-only. If he were a different guy, he might have started pining for Faye instead and we'd be feeling sorry for him, but he's not like that. He cut his losses, shrugged, and went "ok, if that's what she wants, I can do that too."
Of course now Faye has to deal with the fact that what she says she wants and what she does want are different things. But it's on her. Still, it's easy to sympathize because she can't help what she feels, and now she's got herself into this weird situation where she thinks Sven wouldn't want a real relationship with her, and he wouldn't ask her for one anyway because she's always said she didn't want it--and she can't make herself ask him, either.
The point where I stop sympathizing though is where she gets all jealous possessive on him, and tells him he can't flirt with or sleep with other women. She wants to be his girlfriend, maybe, but she's always said she wasn't--so why should he have to act like she is, with all the restrictions but none of the pluses?
He HAS renounced his playboy ways for all intents and purposes, since he hasn't slept with anyone else since he and Faye began hooking up.
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oh man, burn on jeph... jumped the shark and generic just from a single comic.
now someone just needs to unironically dock him indie points and the triforce of whine will be complete.
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this was a really good guest strip
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i LOVE the guest comic! im sure faye does have dreams like that even though she tries to cover it up by even more sass.
also, the art is really amazing. i love how the shadow of the window grid stretches over the room and the bed... also the poster, and all the details... really awesome.
i can see why jeph would feel the desire to go Highlander on Otter.
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Nice guest strip. I especially like the Bunny reference at the end.
I wonder what Jeph has planned for Friday?
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I hope something that makes me smile.
Things that hurt me are bad.
Also i wonder if Wil and his Biker Buddys are doing Ok.
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I wonder what's gonna be in the Friday strip that took Jeph two days...
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oh man, burn on jeph... jumped the shark and generic just from a single comic.
now someone just needs to unironically dock him indie points and the triforce of whine will be complete.
I was thinking along the same lines ...
I enjoyed this week, good stuff
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I usually don't like the guest strips (except one in particular from Chris Hastings of drmcninja.com - number 670) but this one was good too.
On a side note, Jeph's comment on Otter's drawing skills improving is dead-on - see comic 995 and then today's. Wow.
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So is that Dora's bunny? I couldnt find the comic in which she & Marty talked about it.
And IIRC, Faye's scar is on her right side.
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So is that Dora's bunny? I couldnt find the comic in which she & Marty talked about it.
And IIRC, Faye's scar is on her right side.
oh shit, you're right...
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1058 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1058)
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I wonder what's gonna be in the Friday strip that took Jeph two days...
Yeah, especially when we get quotes like "man, tonight's comic...man. I'm pushing it on this one" from his twitter.
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I'm tempted to not read it tonight for the very reason that I don't want to be cliffhangered.
ETA: After reading the comic... :(
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whoa, didn't see that coming
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Damnit Sven!!!!
:x
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Yep, screwed alright.
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Well I'll be.
If we talked about the mechanics of an espresso machine blowing up, the discussion on monday's comic should be downright epic. I call dibs on volcano jokes.
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mwahahahahaha you cant change a person deep down.
EVER!!
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heh, if thats NSFW, someone needs a job change, ASAP!
that, or a boss with a sense of humor...
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whoa, didn't see that coming
That's what she said.
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AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH OMG! Honestly, I can understand being in a situation where you're drunk and know you shouldn't be doing something and fully intend to stop before things get out of hand but then you are just kind of carried along on the wave of drunkenness. I think a lot of people have been there, so we shouldn't judge too harshly. But that doesn't excuse Sven's behavior, he should have known better than to drink enough to lower his inhibitions in the first place. I predict there will be a few people who are like, "pshh Faye deserves it," but come on, no one deserves to be cheated on. She TOLD him that theirs was an exclusive arrangement. Obviously, Faye is gonna find out, Jeph wouldn't have included this only to have it never mentioned again. The question is how? Will Sven be wracked with guilt and tell her? Will she find panties under his couch? Poor girl, she is going to be traumatized. On the plus side, perhaps Dr. Corinne will make another appearance.
Edit: omg I just realized, Faye is drunk now, too. Perhaps she will make her way over to Sven's later in the night since she is feeling depressed over Dora and Marten's adorable/nauseating tickle fight. :-D Drama!
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she told him that things were exclusive, but that she refused to be serious. c'mon. yeah sven is being a dick, but still, i'm not sure that what sven is doing is "cheating" in the ordinary sense.
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I wouldn't say he's really cheating on her. She's made it clear that if he sleeps with anyone else, she's gone, but they don't really have rules in their relationship; Sven knows where Faye stands on the issue, but he's only obligated to be exclusive with her if he wants to keep their thing going. He seems to want to, but he's allowed himself to get swept up in the moment and the drunkeness.
Still, sucks for Faye. I doubt this strip would come up unless Faye is going to find out somehow, and this'll probably ruin all chances of her admitting her feelings for him and actually having a relationship with him. It may seem cruel, but I'm interested in how this'll effect her. She'll be angry, obviously, and stop fooling around with Sven, but has she made enough progress with her abandonment issues for this to just be a break-up? Or will this seriously and deeply effect her; she was previously so scared to enter a relationship for fear of abandonment, and this is her first semi-relationship since her father's death, so I'm wondering if this is just the thing to destroy all the progress she's made.
Very interesting strip. Can't wait until Monday.
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but come on, no one deserves to be cheated on.
I'm just wondering how this counts as being cheated on, they're in an extremely open-relationship, if you count that as a relationship at all (it's more like a "casual fuck" than a "relationship").
Don't get me wrong, Faye's great and all and I feel bad for her but she knew what she was walking into, even Dora warned her what she was walking into.
At the comic: Hooray for random boobies!
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Wow. There is just no way in hell this will end well.
Though this is awesome is a few ways,Sven will die a painful death now.
*Sigh*
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It might not be "cheating" in the traditional sense, but Faye will interpret it as such. Plus, Sven knew he was doing something wrong, yet he did it anyways. Thats what really matters, regardless of the status of their relationship.
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What's interesting here is that Sven himself thinks this is a Bad Thing... he could just as easily have thought, 'Okay, Faye can't find out about this, or she'll freak out, but as long as she doesn't, it's all good.' It had been speculated plenty, but this is the first real in-strip evidence that he thinks of Faye as more than 'fun to fool around with.'
ed: Also, for those who don't remember/missed Jeph's remark in Twitter... Gina Riversmith has been mentioned previously (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1320). She's the country singer who was giving the concert. Interesting.... maybe this will make the QC-verse tabloids?
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What's interesting here is that Sven himself thinks this is a Bad Thing... he could just as easily have thought, 'Okay, Faye can't find out about this, or she'll freak out, but as long as she doesn't, it's all good.' It had been speculated plenty, but this is the first real in-strip evidence that he thinks of Faye as more than 'fun to fool around with.'
As much as he hides it, I think Sven cares about Faye - Even if only just a little. I am really hoping he is honest with Faye, even if it hurts her.
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I agree,i think he does care,but will anything come of it?
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I agree,i think he does care,but will anything come of it?
Not after this.
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i still dont think we have a full concept of exactly what faye and svens relationship entails. Yeah we have convos about being exclusive but not ready to fully commit, but all that was before the time jump. Since then they could have decided to be an actual "couple" or who knows what else. All we've learned is that she spends nights there at least on occasion, nothing has been said regarding their actual relationship.
That being said, he still knows he shouldnt been doing it, and therefore its basically cheating no matter what.
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....I'm glad he feels bad. This means he does have feelings for her, it's just a shame he got too drunk to stop himself from screwing that other girl. :|
I just hopes Sven tells Faye before she finds out through someone or something else.
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I see Faye coming over. Getting pissed. Then a long conversation. She admits she actually liked Sven, He does the same. Months of angst ensue when it looks like they are about to work it our Marten comes available!
Or Sven and Faye stop sleeping with each other.
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You know how important Faye is to Sven? He is thinking about her as he is screwing someone else. Well... he's either thinking ABOUT her, or he is thinking of his horrific death at the hands OF her.
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maybe this will make the QC-verse tabloids?
that's how I'm thinking she finds out, if she doesn't just show up
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Will Dora let Faye borrow her sword for free, or will Faye have to make a deposit?
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whoa, didn't see that coming
That's what she said.
Well while she got her ass drunk he did the same. Hey to be honest, he and faye are not in a serious relationship. If a hot chick wants to come home with you tonight, wouldn't you?
inspired by the above post:
(http://crap.fi/archive/6901.jpg)
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Also, for those who don't remember/missed Jeph's remark in Twitter... Gina Riversmith has been mentioned previously (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1320). She's the country singer who was giving the concert. Interesting.... maybe this will make the QC-verse tabloids?
Hey, that's right.
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To me, what matters most here is that Sven is the first guy Faye has been with in a really long time. She's told him that if he sleeps with anyone else they're done. So even if they aren't in your typical relationship, she would consider it cheating. A boundary was set and he crossed it. Sven knows that. He considers what he did to be bad and he knows there will be fall out. This leads me to believe that he also considers it cheating.
Any way you slice it, it looks like things are going to be exciting for a while.
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I can't believe the first thing I thought after reading this comic is "Nudity!" and lol'd.
I can just see shit hitting the fan, honestly. It seems like they were going towards exclusivity before we hit the break, and judging by Sven's thought bubbles, he knows he is doing something he shouldn't and does feel a little bad, it seems.
I can either see Sven and Faye splitting up for good, or somehow they decide to get together for real after working through this (like y'know the whole "I have feelings for you, and this made me realize this" deal). The optimist in me wishes for the latter. :\
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Oh my. Poor Faye, but trying to have your relationship cake and eat it as well never ends well. Eagerly awaiting monday's comic.
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anybody who is as possessive as her, will never find happiness.
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This comic makes me go :| .
It also makes me want Monday.
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anybody who is as possessive as her, will never find happiness.
agreed.
I think Dr.Corrine NEEDS to come back and talk to Faye about this whole situation anyway. From what I remember every time Faye tells someone about her realtionship with Sven it's always, "Oh, I had issues and didn't date one guy, so he began dating my boss, then i screwed her brother. what? no big deal." I hated how she just brushed it off. No one has seemed to actually acknowledge the Sven/Faye thing. It's about time something happened so that it is recognized.
Admittedly, this is a sucky thing to happen. No one deserves to be "cheated" on. It's going to hurt. Blood will definitely be shed.
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Ah, dirty puns, how I love thee.
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What's interesting here is that Sven himself thinks this is a Bad Thing... he could just as easily have thought, 'Okay, Faye can't find out about this, or she'll freak out, but as long as she doesn't, it's all good.' It had been speculated plenty, but this is the first real in-strip evidence that he thinks of Faye as more than 'fun to fool around with.'
As much as he hides it, I think Sven cares about Faye - Even if only just a little. I am really hoping he is honest with Faye, even if it hurts her.
Honesty: "Faye, I thought about you through the whole thing."
Somehow, I can't imagine her being conciliated.
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Gina's not...blond.
Is Faye's mere relations with Sven enough to inspire to try the other colors of the rainbow?
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Honesty: "Faye, I thought about you through the whole thing."
Somehow, I can't imagine her being conciliated.
My GAWD, what does that woman WANT?!? :-D
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anybody who is as possessive as her, will never find happiness.
Yeah that sucks for Dora, but I thought the topic was Faye.
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I'm tentatively accepting the guest strip as canon. Faye's going to crushed when she finds out about Sven and Gina.
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anybody who is as possessive as her, will never find happiness.
Yeah that sucks for Dora, but I thought the topic was Faye.
You just made me realize that the two main female characters are exceedingly possessive. I'm having one of those mind-blown moments.
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Faye's turn to clean up the blood.
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Faye murders Sven, Dora murders Faye
Hanners, suffering from the shock of it all turns completely normal,
and ends up with Marten...
I know your plan Jeph.
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A lot of people mention things like "everyone makes mistakes" which is true, but not everyone makes this kind of mistake. I think most people can get rip roaring drunk, be around good looking available people and not get "swept up in the moment" if that involves cheating. I think it takes a certain type of personality that would do this, no matter how drunk, stoned, etc they are... Sven definetly seems this kind of person. I have been very drunk many times in the company of hotties and never made this kind of mistake, nor felt inclined to cheat. Anyone agree?
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Oh, dear.
Nothing good can immediately come from this.
I just wonder how long Chekov's gun will remain in the drawer here? Will Faye find out/be told next strip, or will this remain a festering secret for 500 more strips, when Sven confesses after he proposes?
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A lot of people mention things like "everyone makes mistakes" which is true, but not everyone makes this kind of mistake. I think most people can get rip roaring drunk, be around good looking available people and not get "swept up in the moment" if that involves cheating. I think it takes a certain type of personality that would do this, no matter how drunk, stoned, etc they are... Sven definetly seems this kind of person. I have been very drunk many times in the company of hotties and never made this kind of mistake, nor felt inclined to cheat. Anyone agree?
Sven is a person for whom it is natural to do whatever he wants, just because he wants to do it. If we go by what Dora's said about him, he's never had to work for anything, and women throw themselves at him because of his natural good looks, and ability to charm. Sleeping with this girl is something that is incredibly natural for him. I've always said that Sven's sleezeball tendencies are almost at an instinctual level, just syaing he's changed doesn't mean he won't fall back into his old ways when given the chance. If Faye does dump him, expect old Sven to come back with a vengeance, at least for a little while.
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All thoughts regarding Sven's realization of the shit preparing to hit the fan and his ability to be distracted from the ongoing "encounter" without hindering his performance (as evidenced by Gina's mid-coital testimony) versus his seeming inability to alter the situation are being outweighed by an overwhelming, deafening cry of:
DAAAAAAAAAAAAA-
AAAAAAAAAAAAAA-
AAAAAAAYYYYYYY-
YYYYAAAAAAAAAA-
AAAAAAAAAAAAAA-
AAAMMMMMMMM-
MMMMMMMMMMM-
MMMMMMMMN!!!!!
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A lot of people mention things like "everyone makes mistakes" which is true, but not everyone makes this kind of mistake. I think most people can get rip roaring drunk, be around good looking available people and not get "swept up in the moment" if that involves cheating. I think it takes a certain type of personality that would do this, no matter how drunk, stoned, etc they are... Sven definetly seems this kind of person. I have been very drunk many times in the company of hotties and never made this kind of mistake, nor felt inclined to cheat. Anyone agree?
Drinking is one of the most surefire ways to fall back into old habits and patterns of behavior. People who have given up smoking often lapse back into it when drunk. Diets are ruined by drink as well. Also there are poker machines in bars for a reason. This is similar. Sven's womanizing was a habitual indulgence, and his better judgment telling him why he shouldn't have that piece of strawberry shortcake was suppressed, allowing him to rationalize himself into doom, step by step.
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I think Sven doesn't know how to say "no". It's a brand new concept in his life when it comes to attractive women and sex. He's always been a "yes" sort of guy.
I think it's also safe to say he is not conning this particular woman into thinking it's a relationship. He's her after-show pick up.
And, well, change tends to be slow. People say they want to change, and try, then slip, then try again for a longer time, then slip again.
And, as someone said, Faye has made this a casual-but-exclusive thing. It's not a relationship, and she says she doesn't want a relationship, but she wants to put relationship rules to it.
Still, I think this is the most disappointing turn the comic has taken. I had a lot of hope for Sven and I really wanted him to not screw this up. But he did it, bad choice by bad choice. He managed to say no to a woman once, while Faye was watching him, but this time he didn't.
Here's a thought -- could Sven be more serious about Faye than either realize, and this is his way of sabotaging that before he gets into commitment -- or at least wanna be commitment -- land?
There will be blood. Oh yes. I'm not even sure I want to see what is going to happen.
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There will be blood. Oh yes.
Must...resist..."I drink your milkshake" joke...OH SHIT
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Aww, I really misjudged how much of a dick Sven was. He knows Faye has trust issues... it makes me sad that he would willingly break whatever trust had built up between them. It goes beyong being a womanizer to being a jackass.
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Fuck me, I was right;
Ditto.
Maybe a plot with Sven and this mysterious country singer in the pipeline? Or Lydia moving in on her mentor?
Anyway, pretty cool strip today.
Although why the fuck is Dora carrying a sword? I mean I thought it wasn't Coffee of Doom with 'Doom' in the medieval whup-ass sense...
QC moving in a major new plot direction perhaps? Or just the end of Sven?
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It seems obvious to me that Faye getting drunk again for the first time in a while, with just her and Marten left conscious by the end of the game...
I know I'm being silly, but it all works perfectly for a setup that none of you seem to see coming.
Just ignore me. I should stop reading the comic, they're doing things against my principles.
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I still dont think this will end well.
I've thought of at least 30 ways this can end,5 end with death.
Maybe Sven realy is just a sex addict?
On a side note i havent read any posts about any of the other charctors in these kind of posts,nor any "OMIGOT LUST/HANTAI" posts...hmm...maybe they stopped?
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monday comic will be faye picking up a guy, and thinking about sven the whole way through it.
Then the circle really will be complete.
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The sad thing is, I can completely identify with Sven right now. I have had that exact same thought process many time.
I have a feeling the ramifications for him are going to be about the same as they were for me.
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<redundant> WELL IT'S ABOUT GODDAM TIME WE SAW SOME CONTENT THAT WAS ACTUALLY QUESTIONABLE </oblig> :lol:
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So Faye will be mad at Sven for doing this... She'll still go back to him eventually because the sex is good or else she'll have to find something or someone else to replace him.
It also after time may force emotions from both of them to be put out in the open and they end up working through it and making their "open-exclusive relationship" more of a "serious-exclusive relationship".
But most likely Sven won't take any of her shit and that will be that. Personality clash between the two of them for a relationship to work out.
Faye should of been sleeping around as well anyways, because fuck buddies are only about as good as the different amount of posisitions you can try with them. Just my humble opinion.
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Aww, Sven!
Enter the drama. I wonder if he'll man up and tell Faye, or if she'll just find out some other way.
Damn it.
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Aww, Sven!
Enter the drama. I wonder if he'll man up and tell Faye, or if she'll just find out some other way.
Damn it.
He feels guilty so I bet he just straight up tells her and walks away.
...and she follows.
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some how I see him fessing up. he's made a real effort to improve, and despite this setback, he's well aware he's fucking up, rather then just being totally willing.
granted that doesn't excuse the act ( even though they've both claimed they're open, he and faye both know he's on a leash. )
Still, its the first real stumble he's had since his attempt to turn over a new leaf... maybe some good will come from it after all.
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Didn't Dora warn him not to hurt Faye? Will Dora be the one to kill him?
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As much as we all know Sven is an ass and Faye's gonna be crushed, I'd like to go on the record saying I'd hit that too given the oportunity.
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Well, fuck, the next 100 comics or so are going to fucking suck.
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I think Sven doesn't know how to say "no". It's a brand new concept in his life when it comes to attractive women and sex. He's always been a "yes" sort of guy.
I think that is probably the fairest presumption about Sven I have heard. You can really sense this in the fact that he does not seem to want something to happen with this chick. She just found him sexy, as many women in this strip are prone to do, and he did what he has always done because he does not know any better. I suppose the positive thing here is that he at acknowledges that he has done wrong, but I am almost dreading what Monday's comic will bring. I just doubt Faye can "handle" something like this; she starts to get into a relationship and then he goes and "cheats" on her, like she assumed he would.
Sigh...And, I was really hoping for some-mind boggling Dora-drama to come out of all of this.
On another note: Will anyone care to venture a guess as to if this is happening simultaneously with the drunken Scrabble or if this is some other time? I am leaning towards the latter, but I am not sure.
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Aww, Sven!
Enter the drama. I wonder if he'll man up and tell Faye, or if she'll just find out some other way.
Damn it.
Keep in mind that Sven's intern was at the concert as well...
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As much as we all know Sven is an ass and Faye's gonna be crushed, I'd like to go on the record saying I'd hit that too given the opportunity.
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Who takes off all of their clothes for couch-fuckin'? Seriously nobody.
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Who takes off all of their clothes for couch-fuckin'? Seriously nobody.
R--ri-right... Right right! Nobody...<shifty eyes>
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Who takes off all of their clothes for couch-fuckin'? Seriously nobody.
R--ri-right... Right right! Nobody...<shifty eyes>
unless she's chunky I take off all her clothes. In this case she isn't so she'd be just that nakie.
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I really can't see any way forward for Sven & Faye right now. The lines were explicitly drawn just a few strips ago, and the consequences of the lines being crossed were clearly spelled out by both parties. It's a matter of face at this point, along with boundaries, definitions, and trust.
The only way for Sven's infraction to not be game-ending is if Faye commits some equal rule-breaking faux pas, and they are back on equal footing. Otherwise the relationship as we know it must end. And whether a new one can be built on the ashes will require pennance, forgiveness, and/or repentance on a monumantal scale.
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Who takes off all of their clothes for couch-fuckin'? Seriously nobody.
Sez you. I take off all my clothes regardless of the venue (except for that time in the parked car). :mrgreen:
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Who takes off all of their clothes for couch-fuckin'? Seriously nobody.
That's because this hookup is Just. That. Fucking. Hot.
That said, well, yes, Jeph is into the character torture. But let's be honest -- did anyone really think there was anything stable about Faye/Sven? Yes, Sven screwed up badly, and will pay for it. But then Faye was the one who put unrealistic expectations on the relationship. I can't see how they didn't both have it coming.
The only winner is Ms. Riversmith. (And, possibly, Dr. Corinne.)
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The only winner is Ms. Riversmith. (And, possibly, Dr. Corinne.)
sven is bangin' doctor corinne?
dude is a horndog!
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But then Faye was the one who put unrealistic expectations on the relationship.
"I expect you to not fuck someone else while we're together" is unrealistic?
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But then Faye was the one who put unrealistic expectations on the relationship.
"I expect you to not fuck someone else while we're together" is unrealistic?
It is when you consider she said this to Sven who is well known for his womanizing. In fact, what started to draw Sven further into the mix was Faye calling him out on just that. I cannot find the exact set of strips, but I am sure some other browse-savvy person can find them.
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Oh man, I did not see this coming. Prediction for Monday: Faye is going to show up, possibly to witness a money shot, and somebody is gonna fucking die. I can't wait.
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But then Faye was the one who put unrealistic expectations on the relationship.
"I expect you to not fuck someone else while we're together" is unrealistic?
It is when you consider she said this to Sven who is well known for his womanizing. In fact, what started to draw Sven further into the mix was Faye calling him out on just that.
Exactly. Faye tried to play both sides of the fence with someone she knew was a player.
I've been in an FWB arrangement myself that turned poly on me. There was no reasonable way I could say to her "you will fuck me and only me" when our arrangement was strictly informal to begin with, so I didn't hold it against her that she was sleeping with someone else at the same time. (I didn't much like talking about it, but it didn't come up much so it wasn't that bad.) If monogamy is what you want, make the commitment. (I was monogamous on my side, but that was due more to a lack of mojo on my part than any particular principle.)
Yes, Sven is being an asshole here, and he will deserve everything he gets thrown at him next week. And he knows damn well he will. But Faye was the one who left the door open; it's entirely possible Sven would have done this anyway (and how do we know he hadn't), but if she hadn't tried to create a balancing act rather than a real relationship, or if she'd simply accepted that it could be an open relationship, she could walk away knowing that whatever Sven did had nothing to do with her. But there was no agreement between them until she unilaterally dumped it on him. The blame is shared (probably about 70/30 Sven's fault, but still).
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Hm. A few thoughts.
Sven should know better, and evidently does. However, as the saying goes, old habits die hard (and I can totally understand, as I have a terrible weakness for a redhead...).
Faye should have expected something like this, and probably does. She has made her position very clear; sex, not relationship. However, what she says and what she feels are likely very different things (as is usually the case with women, in my experience). Thus, she's undoubtedly going to be hurt by this. How she responds is anyone's guess at this point. I forsee a visit to her shrink.
Dora is going to... I can't even imagine what Dora is going to do, but I know Sven isn't going to like it...
Marten will be wishy washy and supportive, then say the wrong thing (like, "you know you said you didn't want a relationship..."), leading to still more drama and conflict.
In other words, good times ahead...
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Who takes off all of their clothes for couch-fuckin'? Seriously nobody.
General rule of thumb: fewer clothes = better sex. So if you are doing your 'couch-fuckin'' as fully clothed as possible, may I humbly suggest...
Of course Faye will find out. My only question is how: from Sven himself (He doesn't seem that brave to me); from Dora seeing through Sven (but will she tell Faye and hurt her?); walking in on them (but unless they're still nekkid* and no air freshener has been applied, Sven could bareface out of this on strength of the lawyer incident); or Faye discovering physical evidence (another NSFW strip?).
I agree,i think he does care,but will anything come of it?
I'm above cheap shots. Yes. Above 'em. Beneath my dignity.
Nothing good can immediately come from this.
<Above, above. Damn it!.>
Sigh: On the contrary, looks like some immediate good will come quite soon. Or something like that.
*For those of you who don't know, this strip presents a classic case of nekkidness.
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Perhaps Sven will ask Dora to plead his case with Faye. However unpleasant that might be, he knows she won't actually kill him, because they're family.
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I actually don't see the problem. It's an open relationship, so neither Sven nor Faye can have their cake and eat it too - unless they change the boundaries of their relationship.
I agree Faye is gonna be pissed off about it, but I'm not entirely sure how severe the "betrayal" goes, Faye's got serious trust issues, but it's based on fear of abandonment, right? Sven might come through it if he tells her about it and is willing to accept whatever she throws at him because he's genuinely sorry. (because he's sticking by her...)
Also, it's probably been noted before, but...
Sven = Anders!?
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Sven = Anders!?
Oh god, I just read all of Anders loves Maria right after this strip and went from hating Sven with all of my heart, too falling in love with Anders/Maria too wanting to kill Anders.
All in all I may have grown a crush on Johan, I hope he leaves Sweden because as much as QC boys are fun I don't think any of them are great. I preferred Marten for Faye only because he was a nice guy, but Johan is the perfect guy. Sure we only like to read strips for the drama but give them girls some happiness Jeph.
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All thoughts regarding Sven's realization of the shit preparing to hit the fan and his ability to be distracted from the ongoing "encounter" without hindering his performance (as evidenced by Gina's mid-coital testimony) versus his seeming inability to alter the situation are being outweighed by an overwhelming, deafening cry of:
DAAAAAAAAAAAAA-
AAAAAAAAAAAAAA-
AAAAAAAYYYYYYY-
YYYYAAAAAAAAAA-
AAAAAAAAAAAAAA-
AAAMMMMMMMM-
MMMMMMMMMMM-
MMMMMMMMN!!!!!
I fully concur with this.
Oh well. If Faye walks in now, the only way to remedy any hurt feelings would of course be for her to join in.
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im ignoring all the potential shit about to hit the potential fan and am simply going to say this
HOT RED HEAD!!
my vote for BEST QC strip EVER!
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I'm a little surprised there hasn't been more "OMG Nekkid" considering some forumites.
I give it points for surprise value (not shocking, but definately unexpected)
Sex and nudity doesn't bother me (I used to work as a video tech for a porn compnay... long story) But I felt decidedly uncomfortable on the last panel. I guess part of me went 'Oh dear god, how many ppl will be fapping over this?'
More eagerly awaiting the repercussions to come.
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<redundant> WELL IT'S ABOUT GODDAM TIME WE SAW SOME CONTENT THAT WAS ACTUALLY QUESTIONABLE </oblig> :lol:
IRONY IS DEAD WHAT.
My first thought on reading the comic was:
Panel 1:
Sven: "Blah bloo blah noblest of intentions."
Gina: "You'd like to think that, wouldn't you." or "Skip to the end!" <-- depending on which quote from The Princess Bride you like better.
D
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You know, Sven looks pretty detached and thinking about other stuff.
He's actually screwed up good faye sex for bad hot redhead sex =(
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Intern walks in on them, lets it slip to Faye, Faye runs into Steve during bender and...
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yeah well you know how this is an open relationship...yep
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Had to happen sooner or later given Sven's history.
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Gina's not...blond.
Is Faye's mere relations with Sven enough to inspire to try the other colors of the rainbow?
Gina's a readhead. All rules of general preference are thrown out the windows when redheads are involved. By definition, simply being a redhead increases a woman's attractiveness by an astronomical factor. That being the case, if you are accosted by a redhead then you automatically succumb. It's that simple. :-)
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Cue the violent relationship ending fight, I'm not saying there will be blood, but at a minimum there will be nasty words and lotsa hurt feelings.
Looking is one thing, touching is another and this is likely beyond the Pale.
Should make for an interesting week or two of strips - thanks Jeph.
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It's going to be a catalyst forcing the two to decide what kind of relationship they want, if they want one at all. It can certainly make them break up, but I can also see it deepening their relationship. Faye might realize that if all they're sharing is sex, it's hard to put conditions of exclusivity on a guy who it seems can have sex with pretty much anyone he wants. What's his incentive?
I suspect it will take a few strips before we see where this is going.
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HA! The nonchalance on his face in contrast to the hawt specimen on his pe.. lvis ^^
My advice to Sven: Fake death. Faye's used to deal with that. [/bad taste]
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<redundant> WELL IT'S ABOUT GODDAM TIME WE SAW SOME CONTENT THAT WAS ACTUALLY QUESTIONABLE </oblig> :lol:
Questionable content?
In MY Questionable Content? :roll:
(also, hawt)
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Who takes off all of their clothes for couch-fuckin'? Seriously nobody.
R--ri-right... Right right! Nobody...<shifty eyes>
unless she's chunky I take off all her clothes. In this case she isn't so she'd be just that nakie.
... must .. resist ... Rick ... James ... joke ...
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I have a few things to say in regards to today's strip.
-Gina's breasts are a perfect size to me. Not too big, not too small, just enough I can cup 'em all. I like breasts in the B-D cup range.
-Faye walking in on them may not be bad for Sven. Faye is currently drunk as well. And evidenced by the Vulcan Boob Squish, her sexual inhibitions are lessened, possibly leaving her open to the idea of a threesome. Which would lead to more drama.
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The new XKCD (http://www.xkcd.com/540/) is amusingly appropriate.
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I think it would be kind of cool if everything wasn't all explode-y from Faye. Wouldn't it be nice if MARTEN was the one defending her honor? Thus perhaps creating a Marten-Faye vs. Dora-Sven issue? (Because c'mon... she's his sister, no matter what they say, i see her defending him because of blood, if not because Faye has been unreasonabley unwilling to commit.) I don't like the idea that Faye will freak out and be mad... I would kind of prefer her crushed, then forgiving, then moving on to be stable enough for a real relationship. With the coffee house annoyer. Or Steve. hahahaha. Maybe not Steve.
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whoa, didn't see that coming
Damnit Sven!!!!
:x
Come on, guys. Really? What did you think Sven, possibly one of the biggest manwhores ever, was going to do.
"Oh hey we can't fuck I have this girl that I fuck on a regular basis that is sort of a relationship I guess."
No.
So Faye will be mad at Sven for doing this... She'll still go back to him eventually because the sex is good or else she'll have to find something or someone else to replace him.
It also after time may force emotions from both of them to be put out in the open and they end up working through it and making their "open-exclusive relationship" more of a "serious-exclusive relationship".
But most likely Sven won't take any of her shit and that will be that. Personality clash between the two of them for a relationship to work out.
Faye should of been sleeping around as well anyways, because fuck buddies are only about as good as the different amount of posisitions you can try with them. Just my humble opinion.
So instead of sticking with one person, you advise being a slut.
And how is this "Sven not taking any of her shit?" He's fucking cheating on her, and he even knows it.
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Wait, since when has Faye expected Sven to stay loyal to her? I don't remember that happening; I know she doesn't like him screwing around but did they actually make a deal? Got a link?
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I really hope Faye doesn't have a key to Sven's Place, that could be bad for all involved...
The real question is, does Sven confess at Coffee of Doom or somewhere else. At Coffee of Doom there are witnesses, but there is also a broad sword.
Sven tells Faye, Faye bursts into sobs, all the lights go out and when they come back on, Sven is lying on the floor with the broadsword in his chest.
whodunnit?
option 1: Faye, for obvious reasons
option 2: Marten, for breaking Faye's heart
option 3: Dora, same reason
option 4: Raven, out of jealousy
option 5: Hannelore, because she's effing crazy
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It would be more amusing if Dora somehow walked in. "Dammit, I knew this would happen! Don't you $%^&* do this to her you bastard!"
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Wait, since when has Faye expected Sven to stay loyal to her? I don't remember that happening; I know she doesn't like him screwing around but did they actually make a deal? Got a link?
Faye said at one point that, in short, she didn't care, but that it was over between them if he got with anyone else.
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Come on, guys. Really? What did you think Sven, possibly one of the biggest manwhores ever, was going to do.
"Oh hey we can't fuck I have this girl that I fuck on a regular basis that is sort of a relationship I guess."
No.
......
So instead of sticking with one person, you advise being a slut.
And how is this "Sven not taking any of her shit?" He's fucking cheating on her, and he even knows it.
I honestly can't tell if you switched positions mid-post.
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I think Sven doesn't know how to say "no". It's a brand new concept in his life when it comes to attractive women and sex. He's always been a "yes" sort of guy.
I think that is probably the fairest presumption about Sven I have heard. You can really sense this in the fact that he does not seem to want something to happen with this chick. She just found him sexy, as many women in this strip are prone to do, and he did what he has always done because he does not know any better. I suppose the positive thing here is that he at acknowledges that he has done wrong, but I am almost dreading what Monday's comic will bring. I just doubt Faye can "handle" something like this; she starts to get into a relationship and then he goes and "cheats" on her, like she assumed he would.
I had another thought (happens from time to time) -- what if this is a big revelation to Sven that he has this hot sex with this redheaded singer...AND IT IS NOT SO MUCH FUN? I mean, it would seem in Sven's world that any sex not leading to an infection or an encounter with a weapon is good sex. I wonder how many times he's been with some new chickie baby and been THIS distracted? What if this sex ends up being not so much fun? He has a habitual set of responses to certain stimuli, and right now he's actually having some thoughts about what he's doing instead of just going mindlessly along. That kind of thing happens a fair bit with people trying to change destructive habits.
Could this be where he realizes he does have feelings for Faye, when he doesn't conveniently forget her in the *ahem* arms of another woman?
I'm not saying it wouldn't rip Faye up, but then again -- she's EXPECTING to be betrayed. Seriously, does she believe Sven capable of monogamy under the conditions she's specified? It's almost like she set herself up to prove her fears. (Oh, no one does that, right? No Self fulfilling prophecies and other catch phrases...)
Sigh poor Faye, though. Few things are quite so painful as saying "i told you so" to yourself.
I'm betting on the intern as the source of the information. I wonder if she was dumped at the concert, shoved off as Sven went into his little mating ritual. Did she leave on her own, by her own choice, or will she be pissed or disgusted at Sven?
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Goddammit. The FIRST TIME I DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE STRIP TITLE OMGZ.
Anyway, damn. Just, damn.
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Did I miss the comic where Sven recanted his declaration of non-exclusivity with Faye? Because otherwise I don't see how this is cheating or why Sven is thinking that he's done something wrong here.
This comic would be a lot better if Jeph wasn't such a beta male.
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I feel bad that Faye is going to get hurt, even though I'm not fond of her character, however I still don't see how it is a betrayal if the relationship is open. I'm poly, so I grant that makes my perspective somewhat different from the general population, but I seriously don't get the "OMG Sven is such an asshole" comments on this one. Yea he is hurting her, but he is not violating any rules since Faye, despite what she might really feel, has explicitly stated that they are not in a relationship. Would Sven have eventually cheated anyway? Maybe, but at least then she would be justified in her perturbation.
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Again... everyone is assuming that Sven has to tell Faye about this. Why would he? If she doesn't burst in and find them, why would he tell her? If Sven really has the epiphany that some of you(us) are describing, wouldn't telling Faye to help him get over the guilt be incredibly selfish. I know all the arguments for and against telling her so no need to rehash them.
But if Sven really wants to have a relationship with Faye, A REAL RELATIONSHIP, he needed to have this moment. He needed to understand that there was a side to himself that he had to deal with.
I mentioned in another post about addicts and relapses. If the sex thing is an addiction for Sven, why wouldn't we expect him to have the occasional relapse? Infidelity is a little harder to cope with sometimes than recurring drug use, for sure, but if you love someone with an affliction like this, you have to accept that that's part of it and either cope, or leave.
Any way you look at it, I don't think that Faye and Sven are done just yet.
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Hello.
I have registered to this forum for one reason only: I must state that
Sven's pun is entirely and totally awful. In a good way.
"Okay now I am officially screwed" --Sven
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So what if Sven hooked up with her?
People who use the term "womanizer" are being just as hypocritical about the whole situation since they think that just because he slept with Faye a few times means he is in a ball an chain situation.
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No, but they do appear to be in a relationship.
Being in a relationship means that you do need to take the other person's feelings into account every once in a while. Faye does not seem to be OK with the concept of an "open relationship", she may have difficulties articulating it, but I believe that the two them had come to an unspoken understanding of being in an exclusive relationship. And Sven has committed the cardinal relationship sin of breaking trust.
So now he has to:
a. Keep his yap shut, and carry on as before (which while possible in real life is impossible in the world of entertainment unless the author decides that it can be so - at least until he can come up with a good storyline);
b. Confess, and try to fix the relationship;
c. Confess, and break off the relationship; and
d. Seek protection in a non-extradition country.
Anyway that Jeph cares to play it is OK with me - so long as the story is entertaining.
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I can definitely see where Faye will be hurt and pissed hardcore, however...what if she's not? If we'll all refer back to comic 1328 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1328), the last time we saw Sven and Faye together, Faye doesn't exactly look happy. I'd definitely say that that isn't a sigh of contentment, so perhaps she is really unhappy with Sven, and the current state of their relationship. We can assume that this means,
A. She really cares for him and wants to move forward into a more conventional relationship, or
B. She's tired of this kind of arrangement and wants to end it.
So perhaps this ordeal will be just what she needs to allow her to do so. That some comic (1328) also provides evidence that Marten isn't happy either, which would be some serious foreshadowing for a potential Faye Marten drunken hookup, as others have said.
Course, she might just be really sad and hate Sven, and perhaps even kill him with the Malaysian battle spatula. That fucker's sharp.
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...I believe that the two them had come to an unspoken understanding of being in an exclusive relationship. And Sven has committed the cardinal relationship sin of breaking trust.
I disagree with this point. It seemed to me like Faye has avoided really talking about it truthfully and has often told Sven things which contradict her actions. You can make an argument for him knowing what she wanted with him anyway and not caring, which would make him an asshole, though. I think the more likely thing is that he honestly doesnt know what she wants and he's playing it by ear, choosing not to stick his neck out over it.
His inner commentary shows he's confused, at least; he's not playing this out like some macho manwhore, he seems to have an element of remorse about it. I mean, it might be because he's afraid of the trouble rather than the morality of it, but smeh.
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just because he slept with Faye a few times means he is in a ball an chain situation.
Er, wargrafix, weren't you paying attention to the last panel? While I agree that there's a case to be made about Faye bringing any hurt she feels on herself by fence-straddling, it's pretty clear Sven must think he's in a commitment of some sort. Otherwise, why the worry? In fact, why the 'it's only…' comments all the way through? And if you think (as opposed to saying, sometimes also known as lying) you're committed, you pretty much are, yes?
As for simply fearing trouble, Sven seems mostly to only do this after he's had his fun. We've seen this several times now. But worrying about it beforehand is new.
What would be really interesting: Faye finds out, then Sven goes into the whole Swiffer commercial* thing about it while Dora, observing her brother contrite, goes into shock. It seems completely out of character, but then it also seems to me to be out of character for Sven to give a wet slap about the next minute, relationship-wise, much less the next day. Particularly mid-coitus.
*I always thought whoever wrote "Baby Come Back" (vapid lyrics, limp melody, lame guitar lead) ought to be made to eat two thousand copies of it ('twas back in the days of vinyl). But the mariachi band actually makes it sound not half-bad.
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Gina Riversmith has no earlobes except in the last panel. What gives?
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Since Sven and Gina are having sex right now, I predict this course...
- Faye walks in
- Walks out crying (neither Gina nor Sven realize that she has seen them)
And cue ANGUS.
- Faye sleeps with Angus
- Sven finds out but doesn't reprimand Faye (even though he is hurt inside), realizing that it would be hypocritical
- Faye doesn't get mad at him either (though she is also sad inside)
- Sven wonders why she isn't angry, then finds out about Angus and Faye (Fangus?) and that Faye knows about him and Gina
And cue mind-boggling amounts of DRAMA.
*Edit: This took me so long to write I literally forgot what was at the top.
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I really hope Jeph doesn't have Faye walk in on this. I'd be more interested in seeing how Sven actually handles it if Faye doesn't know about it. It's not an exclusive relationaship but they had a friendship first and Faye expected manogamy and Sven appeared to accept her expectations. I'm curious if Sven is going to be decent, sleazy or cowardly.
A decent person would admit what they did and give Faye the option of sticking around or walking away. A sleazeball would keep sleeping with Faye and not tell her. A coward would break it off with Faye immediately and never tell her, thus sparing her heart.
What kind of guy is Sven?
I think he's a coward.
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Nothing good can immediately come from this.
Oh YES it CAN! Single-Malt Scotch time!!
Thank you Jeph, for helping me kill myself with alcohol poisioning!!!
You da man!! *HIC*
Ultimate Bitch-Slap to Faye...much high-quality drinkies for me!!
WOOHOO.
I guess Jeph figured EVERYBODY should be pickled.
Thanks again! Woohooo!!
S
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Sven's best course of action, as far as I can see ...
(1) Let Gina leave in the morning without dropping any "that was a mistake" bombs on her. She doesn't deserve them.
(2) Tell Faye "I think you should know that I slept with someone last night, and it sucked ... I'm not used to this and I think it has to do with you, I consider what I did a mistake and my relationship with you is the reason why. I feel like I owe you an apology. If you want to cut things off with me I'll understand but I also want you to know that it's also true that I want to keep things up with you, so take that for what it is."
(3) Evade beatings somehow.
I mean, if I were him, that's what I'd do.
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Sven's best course of action, as far as I can see ...
(1) Let Gina leave in the morning without dropping any "that was a mistake" bombs on her. She doesn't deserve them.
(2) Tell Faye "I think you should know that I slept with someone last night, and it sucked ... I'm not used to this and I think it has to do with you, I consider what I did a mistake and my relationship with you is the reason why. I feel like I owe you an apology. If you want to cut things off with me I'll understand but I also want you to know that it's also true that I want to keep things up with you, so take that for what it is."
(3) Evade beatings somehow.
I mean, if I were him, that's what I'd do.
Man, Sven's going to get the broadsword.
I can't wait to see faye's reaction...
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That may very well be the best course of action, but it isn't necessarily the one that will be taken - afterall, how many of the characters deal with life'd problems in a way that won't give us as much drama as Jeph can stand?
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QUE ANGUS HOOK UP!!!
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QUE ANGUS HOOK UP!!!
Hello no. I hope Angus is dead.
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It's not an exclusive relationaship but they had a friendship first and Faye expected manogamy and Sven appeared to accept her expectations. I'm curious if Sven is going to be decent, sleazy or cowardly.
A decent person would admit what they did and give Faye the option of sticking around or walking away. A sleazeball would keep sleeping with Faye and not tell her. A coward would break it off with Faye immediately and never tell her, thus sparing her heart.
What kind of guy is Sven?
I think he's a coward.
Why would not telling her, when they aren't in an acknowledged, committed relationship be being a sleezeball? And what makes you so sure that a decent person would tell her? Realistically, as I mentioned earlier, no, no, no... Let me just quote them:
My last point with Sven is this: unless Faye walks in on them, why would he be obliged to tell her? Sometimes it's better to not tell things like this just to clear your own conscience. We've discussed that in other threads in other places on the forums. But as long as he realizes what he did and doesn't let it happen again, maybe it's best if he just eats the guilt and doesn't add that stress to an otherwise, possibly burgeoning relationship... Just my two cents there...
Again... everyone is assuming that Sven has to tell Faye about this. Why would he? If she doesn't burst in and find them, why would he tell her? If Sven really has the epiphany that some of you(us) are describing, wouldn't telling Faye to help him get over the guilt be incredibly selfish. I know all the arguments for and against telling her so no need to rehash them.
But if Sven really wants to have a relationship with Faye, A REAL RELATIONSHIP, he needed to have this moment. He needed to understand that there was a side to himself that he had to deal with.
And finally:
I thought the moral of the story there was to learn to keep a secret? Just because you screwed up yourself doesn't mean you should screw things up for the other person by ending it out of guilt/hurting them with the information. (I know a lot of people will disagree with me here, but that's fine and reasonable)
I didn't tell her why I broke up with her... Just that the distance and everything made it too difficult to keep up my end of it. That I didn't want to deal with it for the next 3-4 years while she finished university. I never told her I cheated on her. And no, I don't think that keeping a secret in that situation is the wrong thing to do... She deserved better than that and we were both young. She had time to find someone else and she did... Relationships based on false pretenses, regardless of their intent, are often not long for things. And in this situation, she was forced to deal with it in a very definitive way. It gave her a solid chance for closure without the idea of what could have been...
Well, that's a lot of quoting, but in the end, it should help get my point across. Sometimes you have to deal with your own guilt and not force others to live through it just to help you do it. Sometimes a little lie is better than destroying someone's sense of being just so you can have a clear conscience. Besides, in the end, if the relationship can handle the strain, it'll handle it better later than it will now. If it's meant to be, it'll be.
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QUE ANGUS HOOK UP!!!
Hello no. I hope Angus is dead.
And AMEN to that.
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Gina Riversmith has no earlobes except in the last panel. What gives?
I'm surprised anyone was looking at her earlobes.
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Oh great, I usually read QC at school during my math hours. Well, I think I have to live with the fact that the row behind me will now think I am a pervert. At least this comic compensates this for me - it was not the worst image I stumbled upon during the math hours and the teacher wasn't nearby.
Great one, can't wait to see how the story continues - if Jeph needs a whole day to plan it, there will neither be a "I'm sorry, kisskisskiss" nor will Dora or Faye just make mincemeat of him.
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So perhaps this ordeal will be just what she needs to allow her to do so. That some comic (1328) also provides evidence that Marten isn't happy either, which would be some serious foreshadowing for a potential Faye Marten drunken hookup, as others have said.
Course, she might just be really sad and hate Sven, and perhaps even kill him with the Malaysian battle spatula. That fucker's sharp.
I don't think that Marten is unhappy, perhaps listless? I mean, just because he's sighing.... and looking pensive... maybe he's just thinking about taking his and Dora's relationship to the next level? Now *That* would be a fun house-hold to visit. Dora and Marten all loved up, Pintsize annoying the crap out of Faye... LoL.
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Why would not telling her, when they aren't in an acknowledged, committed relationship be being a sleezeball? And what makes you so sure that a decent person would tell her?
Because sex has repurcussions beside emotional ones. A decent person would not sleep with Faye again until she knew because there these things out there called STD'S. People who engage in drunken sex with strangers should be especially concerned about them. Whether they are in a committed relationship or not, Faye should get to decide if she wants to keep sleeping with him, knowing his sexual behavior. As a friend, let alone a lover, He should either tell her or he shouldn't sleep with her again. If he kept sleeping with her without telling her, he would be putting her health at risk and that would make him a "sleazeball".
A cowardly person would just end things with her (to spare her feelings) and never tell her what happened. It sounds decent from the outside but usually when you don't share the truth, it's less about sparing feelings and more about avoiding the repurcussions of your actions. Given how Sven has handled previous ex-girlfriends, I think he will take the cowardly way out and not tell her, but will end it with her.
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Since Sven and Gina are having sex right now, I predict this course...
- Faye walks in
- Walks out crying (neither Gina nor Sven realize that she has seen them)
- The next day hunts down the "woman who done her wrong"
- Warily, they look each other over to see "what Sven sees in that *****"
- DAMN!!!
- FAGINA!!!!!!!
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Hooo boy!!!
I can see a lot of drama coming out of this.
Sven Angst
More Faye angst
Dora in Kill mode
Marten in 'Your dead Sven!' mood
Personally, I think that this is the point where either Sven and Faye move on to a new level or Sven in serious danger of his life and runs off to join the Foreign Legion.
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On a completely different note, I was rather amused that the "only country singer[Sven] likes" is apparently one of the popstar-like chicks who've been overrunning and corrupting actual good country music for the last few years.
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Fagina—man, there oughta be a law. And if there ever is, ndperfesser, you better hide.
Rocketman, getting loaded and sleeping around after a gig is old school country, no matter what sex you are. Just ask Tanya Tucker.
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I have a few things to say in regards to today's strip.
-Gina's breasts are a perfect size to me. Not too big, not too small, just enough I can cup 'em all. I like breasts in the B-D cup range.
-Faye walking in on them may not be bad for Sven. Faye is currently drunk as well. And evidenced by the Vulcan Boob Squish, her sexual inhibitions are lessened, possibly leaving her open to the idea of a threesome. Which would lead to more drama.
I'm sorry, but you're disgusting.
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Rocketman, getting loaded and sleeping around after a gig is old school country, no matter what sex you are. Just ask Tanya Tucker.
Quite true. Maybe there's some hope for the newer generation yet. :wink:
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Faye isn't going to walk in, but Sven's intern is - she forgot her phone... or her house key... or something.
8-)
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...Given how Sven has handled previous ex-girlfriends, I think he will take the cowardly way out and not tell her, but will end it with her.
But, on the other side of "That Coin", we have Dora who knows Sven and has warned him about hurting Faye. So, who's to say that, even if he does choose door #2, that it won't eventually come back to bite him in the ass via Dora.
And speaking as the sister of a brother who has... attempted... Door #2? Having it bite you in the ass leads to the Coffee of Doom Broadsword sticking out your chest.
... I really hope Sven man's up though, and realizes how much of a wanker he's being.
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Ooooh I hadn't considered his intern catching them! Oh that would be awkward. Someone is probably going to catch them.
I'm really interested to see how Sven handles this. Purely from his own perspective, its a step in the right direction that he even feels concerned about it. For Sven I can imagine that being worried about the repurcussions is new for him and indicates how much he actually likes Faye.
I'm curious how Jeph will have Faye respond. He has surprised us in the past. She was very resigned when Dora made her move on Marten. Given how self-destructive her non-relationship with Sven is, I believe somewhere inside, she has known that this was coming maybe even wanted it, because she is self-defeating and she is frightened by a real relationship.
The one thing I can see Sven doing during a confrontation with Faye is to blame her for not going with him to the concert in the first place, because he invited her on a date and yet again, she turned him down.
Hmmm, I'm so excited to see what is going to happen next. DRAMZ! I don't have television so QC is my soap opera of choice.
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It's not an exclusive relationaship but they had a friendship first and Faye expected manogamy and Sven appeared to accept her expectations. I'm curious if Sven is going to be decent, sleazy or cowardly.
A decent person would admit what they did and give Faye the option of sticking around or walking away. A sleazeball would keep sleeping with Faye and not tell her. A coward would break it off with Faye immediately and never tell her, thus sparing her heart.
What kind of guy is Sven?
I think he's a coward.
Why would not telling her, when they aren't in an acknowledged, committed relationship be being a sleezeball? And what makes you so sure that a decent person would tell her? Realistically, as I mentioned earlier, no, no, no... Let me just quote them:
My last point with Sven is this: unless Faye walks in on them, why would he be obliged to tell her? Sometimes it's better to not tell things like this just to clear your own conscience. We've discussed that in other threads in other places on the forums. But as long as he realizes what he did and doesn't let it happen again, maybe it's best if he just eats the guilt and doesn't add that stress to an otherwise, possibly burgeoning relationship... Just my two cents there...
Again... everyone is assuming that Sven has to tell Faye about this. Why would he? If she doesn't burst in and find them, why would he tell her? If Sven really has the epiphany that some of you(us) are describing, wouldn't telling Faye to help him get over the guilt be incredibly selfish. I know all the arguments for and against telling her so no need to rehash them.
But if Sven really wants to have a relationship with Faye, A REAL RELATIONSHIP, he needed to have this moment. He needed to understand that there was a side to himself that he had to deal with.
And finally:
I thought the moral of the story there was to learn to keep a secret? Just because you screwed up yourself doesn't mean you should screw things up for the other person by ending it out of guilt/hurting them with the information. (I know a lot of people will disagree with me here, but that's fine and reasonable)
I didn't tell her why I broke up with her... Just that the distance and everything made it too difficult to keep up my end of it. That I didn't want to deal with it for the next 3-4 years while she finished university. I never told her I cheated on her. And no, I don't think that keeping a secret in that situation is the wrong thing to do... She deserved better than that and we were both young. She had time to find someone else and she did... Relationships based on false pretenses, regardless of their intent, are often not long for things. And in this situation, she was forced to deal with it in a very definitive way. It gave her a solid chance for closure without the idea of what could have been...
Well, that's a lot of quoting, but in the end, it should help get my point across. Sometimes you have to deal with your own guilt and not force others to live through it just to help you do it. Sometimes a little lie is better than destroying someone's sense of being just so you can have a clear conscience. Besides, in the end, if the relationship can handle the strain, it'll handle it better later than it will now. If it's meant to be, it'll be.
That was the best rationalization of shameless dishonesty I've ever read.
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(apologies if this has been said already)
I think it's funniest if you imagine that no time has passed between each of the panels.
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Didn't Faye once say that she and Sven are friends who just bump into each other a lot...at the crotch?
So Sven just bumped into an old friend, nothing wrong with that, right? ;)
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On a completely different note, I was rather amused that the "only country singer[Sven] likes" is apparently one of the popstar-like chicks who've been overrunning and corrupting actual good country music for the last few years.
When Sven first mentions her, he says that she wrote her own album that he likes. That is very untypical of the country music scene where acts have been booted out of Nashville for insisting on writing their own songs. It's loosening up finally, but for the most part producers are more interested in working the old-boy network and giving their buddies the writing gigs and tying up publishing royalties in house than doing what's right for the act.
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Have you all read the guest strip he did today? Now we know where and why Sven was drinking.
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actual good country music
Isn't that an oxymoron?
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On another note: Will anyone care to venture a guess as to if this is happening simultaneously with the drunken Scrabble or if this is some other time? I am leaning towards the latter, but I am not sure.
It's definitely the same night, because here http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1330 the drunken Scrabble begins, and Faye mentions that Sven is out at a country show (presumably the one he brings Gina home from, since it's her show) with his intern. Wait--maybe the intern (Lydia, right?) already knows he took her home.
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QC needs more strips like this.
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So perhaps this ordeal will be just what she needs to allow her to do so. That some comic (1328) also provides evidence that Marten isn't happy either, which would be some serious foreshadowing for a potential Faye Marten drunken hookup, as others have said.
Course, she might just be really sad and hate Sven, and perhaps even kill him with the Malaysian battle spatula. That fucker's sharp.
I don't think that Marten is unhappy, perhaps listless? I mean, just because he's sighing.... and looking pensive... maybe he's just thinking about taking his and Dora's relationship to the next level? Now *That* would be a fun house-hold to visit. Dora and Marten all loved up, Pintsize annoying the crap out of Faye... LoL.
That night took place (we can assume) right after the giant fight that he and Dora had regarding the girl asking him out, so I can only assume that he's not too happy with his relationship. You could be right though.
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I believe somewhere inside, she has known that this was coming maybe even wanted it, because she is self-defeating and she is frightened by a real relationship.
Yep. Love it.
The one thing I can see Sven doing during a confrontation with Faye is to blame her for not going with him to the concert in the first place, because he invited her on a date and yet again, she turned him down.
I'll drink to that.
Muahahahaha!
Thanks, Jeph!!
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note: I don't think anyone has a good reason for being surprised about questionable content in this webcomic.
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QC needs more strips like this.
But we didn't actually see them strip.
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Wait, since when has Faye expected Sven to stay loyal to her? I don't remember that happening; I know she doesn't like him screwing around but did they actually make a deal? Got a link?
Recently was this:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1307
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A quick summary of http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1307
Faye says she tried to call Sven, but his phone was dead. He says he was up all night songwriting, and forgot to plug his phone in. She accuses him of sleeping with some other girl.
Sven: "I actually was working on songs. But so what if I was with another girl? This isn't a monogamous relationship. We're just "friends", remember?"
Faye: "Just because this isn't serious, doesn't mean you can go around fucking any skank who catches your fancy. You sleep with someone else and I'm GONE."
Sven: "Great! That'll save us both an akward breakup conversation."
Is Sven a womanizer? Absolutely. But he's an honest womanizer. Anyone who says "Sven is cheating on Faye" is full of it. There's quite explicitly no commitment here. Regardless of his uncharacteristic guilt, Sven has set the ground rules perfectly clearly.
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Anyone who says "Sven is cheating on Faye" is full of it. There's quite explicitly no commitment here.
I guess that includes Sven then... since he is the one with the oh-no-I'm-not-supposed-to-be-doing-this-thoughts. Regardless of what Sven has been saying only Jeph knows how many QC-months ago, it looks like there has been a, what's the name again... development. Apparently Sven is not as nonchalant about his relationship with Faye as he used to be... Granted, a guilty conscience during the act of cheating (or whatever you like to call this) doesn't equal commitment, but if Sven was convinced that his old rules were still applying 100%, I think he would be enjoying what he is doing a liiiiittle bit more...
On another note, even though Sven is being an asshole right now I think in the long run this might actually be a good thing for him and Faye both... it's bound to push them into having to deal with their shared (albeit for different reasons) fear of commitment. There may be rage and hurting and maybe broadswords involved in the process, but that is the price we pay for growth sometimes...
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On a completely different note, I was rather amused that the "only country singer[Sven] likes" is apparently one of the popstar-like chicks who've been overrunning and corrupting actual good country music for the last few years.
When Sven first mentions her, he says that she wrote her own album that he likes. That is very untypical of the country music scene where acts have been booted out of Nashville for insisting on writing their own songs. It's loosening up finally, but for the most part producers are more interested in working the old-boy network and giving their buddies the writing gigs and tying up publishing royalties in house than doing what's right for the act.
A very notable exception is Taylor Swift, who writes nearly all of her own songs. And the ones she doesn't write by herself, she has a hand in. There are others, but she is the only one I can think of at the moment. And yes, I am a fan of her music.
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What amuses me most is how detached Sven seems through the entire process. :lol:
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Sven's probably in shock that he's actually weighing the cons of 'free' tail*.
On an unrelated note, for some reason it struck me just now how odd it is for a Lothario figure in a U.S. comic to be named 'Sven.' Sounds more like a stage Swede, i.e. someone who says things like 'Yumpin' Yimminy!" Progress, I suppose.
*Which doesn't exist. It's simply that Dora's been footing Sven's bills.
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actual good country music
Isn't that an oxymoron?
My thoughts exactly. However, I grew up in the small town midwest and was thus inundated with it by every radio station for years. I've never been able to figure out the appeal of the music or understood the "culture" surrounding it.
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On a completely different note, I was rather amused that the "only country singer[Sven] likes" is apparently one of the popstar-like chicks who've been overrunning and corrupting actual good country music for the last few years.
When Sven first mentions her, he says that she wrote her own album that he likes. That is very untypical of the country music scene where acts have been booted out of Nashville for insisting on writing their own songs. It's loosening up finally, but for the most part producers are more interested in working the old-boy network and giving their buddies the writing gigs and tying up publishing royalties in house than doing what's right for the act.
A very notable exception is Taylor Swift, who writes nearly all of her own songs. And the ones she doesn't write by herself, she has a hand in. There are others, but she is the only one I can think of at the moment. And yes, I am a fan of her music.
Sorry about that...
jk lol. I just don't like her that much is all.
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A quick summary of http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1307
Faye says she tried to call Sven, but his phone was dead. He says he was up all night songwriting, and forgot to plug his phone in. She accuses him of sleeping with some other girl.
Sven: "I actually was working on songs. But so what if I was with another girl? This isn't a monogamous relationship. We're just "friends", remember?"
Faye: "Just because this isn't serious, doesn't mean you can go around fucking any skank who catches your fancy. You sleep with someone else and I'm GONE."
Sven: "Great! That'll save us both an akward breakup conversation."
Is Sven a womanizer? Absolutely. But he's an honest womanizer. Anyone who says "Sven is cheating on Faye" is full of it. There's quite explicitly no commitment here. Regardless of his uncharacteristic guilt, Sven has set the ground rules perfectly clearly.
Still, Sven's being an asshole here. Regardless of the "lack" of commitment (He's fucking Faye, for the love of God. He's probably quite committed to certain bits of her.) he still shouldn't be sleeping around with other women.
Then again, drunken sex may possibly not count if he doesn't remember.
I still think Faye's justified in saying "you sleep with anyone other than me, you ain't sleeping with me EVER again." Possibly because the presence of fornication in a relationship means you have to be at least a tiny bit committed.
And re: Friday's comic...
Sven is absolutely hilarious. Gina whatserass is all into the sexness but Sven is like "ok what is going on this should not be happening but surprisingly I do not care..." I'm not sure how he can remain so lucid during (not just sex, but) drunken sex. Maybe he should be more worried about the death/doom/destruction soon to come with the anger of Faye.
Remember, children. A bar of chocolate will fix nearly anything with a lady. Unless she is allergic to chocolate, in which case you are screwed.
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This strip goes to show why "friends with benefits" doesnt usually work. Women get attached through sex. It sucks.
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Absolutely. And men are animals! They're only interested in one thing. Then once they've got it, there's no challenge and they're off on the prowl again.
:wink:
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This one doesn't. Sex is just sex. If I am not attached before we have sex, I'm not going to be any more attached afterward.
It's always bad to generalize. :-)
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Ah, then your "fall-for-him-and-make-him-stay-so-he-can-help-with-the-baby" hormone must not be kicking in. Ah, evolution.
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This one doesn't. Sex is just sex. If I am not attached before we have sex, I'm not going to be any more attached afterward.
It's always bad to generalize. :-)
If it's a one not stand then yeah, but we're talking about friends who make the wingwong on a regular basis. (self censorship can be funny). In that case, then after so many times, both sexes are going to get attached.
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The arc started exactly one year ago. We're coming up on V-Day again...
I can't believe it's been dragged out this long
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1079#
anyone else notice we're almost to comic # 1337? hee.
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Still, Sven's being an asshole here.
I would tend to agree. I'm just saying he's an honest asshole.
Regardless of the "lack" of commitment (He's fucking Faye, for the love of God. He's probably quite committed to certain bits of her.) he still shouldn't be sleeping around with other women.
Umm... Why shouldn't he? He told Faye it might happen. He told her flat out that given the chance, he would do it - in spite of her threats. He's been honest, and he's communicated his intentions perfectly clearly. After their conversation in 1307, Faye would have to be blind or stupid to believe that Sven is going to give up his old ways. He told her flat out: "I'll sleep with who I want, and I don't care if you leave me over it."
Then again, drunken sex may possibly not count if he doesn't remember.
That's a load of BS. If I drive while passing-out drunk and kill someone, I'm still a murderer. Doesn't make a damn bit of difference whether I remember running them over or not.
I still think Faye's justified in saying "you sleep with anyone other than me, you ain't sleeping with me EVER again."
Faye's free to run her relationships however she wants, and I've got no problem with her wanting to be monogamous. But Sven did warn her that it wasn't likely to happen with him.
Possibly because the presence of fornication in a relationship means you have to be at least a tiny bit committed.
Nah, I don't think so. For some people sex is a casual thing. They go out, pick someone up, sleep with them, make them breakfast the next morning, and then walk out the door. Then they do the same thing all over again the next week. You or I may not like these people, but the fact remains that they do exist, and they do not feel that sex implies a committed relationship.
Regardless of what Sven has been saying only Jeph knows how many QC-months ago, it looks like there has been a, what's the name again... development. Apparently Sven is not as nonchalant about his relationship with Faye as he used to be... Granted, a guilty conscience during the act of cheating (or whatever you like to call this) doesn't equal commitment, but if Sven was convinced that his old rules were still applying 100%, I think he would be enjoying what he is doing a liiiiittle bit more...
Sven is unaware of his full feelings for Faye... that part I agree with totally.
But, Sven's guilt over his hookup does not, in any way, negate his clear communication with Faye earlier. He told her very clearly that he was probably going to sleep with other girls - whether she liked it or not. And then he actually did it. He can feel guilty about it all he wants, but that doesn't make him a cheater. You can't cheat if you're not in a committed relationship. Period. And Sven and Faye's relationship is about the farthest thing from committed that there is.
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jesus christ, I got sick of this "talk about the comic" shit a lot faster than I thought I would
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Well, you hit the forums at a bad time. Half the people posting in this thread are masturbating at the same time.
Pfft. One can find tits from all over the world by typing "tits" into Google, why would you fap over this comic.
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This one doesn't. Sex is just sex. If I am not attached before we have sex, I'm not going to be any more attached afterward.
It's always bad to generalize. :-)
I agree. B/c, ...well, I'm male, and get very attached even if she said beforehand, "this is only physical"... might be because I'm not making out unless I like her...
And yes, this comic needs more of its name in its actual content... i.e., comics like this, risque... hot... ... ... I need a cold shower...
Warning - while you were typing a new reply has been posted. Kingdoms have fallen and aliens have conquered the earth. You may wish to review your post. Or the aliens might kill you. Or tentacle-rape you.
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I JOINED SOLELY FOR THE CARTOON BREASTS
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About the comic: In the first panel, you can hardly miss how Gina Riversmith's expression betrays how she knows it's gonna end in sex. Staying true to occasional Questionable Content, Jeph might as well have gone all the way in that last panel. :-D
About the drama:
The question is, will Sven mind at all that he and Faye have stopped being fuckbuddies because of his slip-up? (or whichever way he's slipping)
I envision this situation:
Sven: Faye, I'm sorry to tell you this, but I slept with another girl and so our 'relationship' has to be over. Goodbye.
Then Sven walks away before Faye can process the whole thing and punch him in the face. Unless, of course, Faye processes rather quickly and breaks his jaw before he can leave.
About the guest strip: Yay, Bunny! ^_^
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Well, you hit the forums at a bad time. Half the people posting in this thread are masturbating at the same time.
Yeah, it's hard to type anything meaningful one-handed. Look for the lack of capitalization as a clue.
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This strip goes to show why "friends with benefits" doesnt usually work. Women get attached through sex. It sucks.
So do men. and it sucks for us too.
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I couldn't figure out what was bothering me about this comic and then I realized Red McTitsy's "woo I'm fuckin" face is identical to Hannelore's "oh hey I have pneumonia (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1313)" face.
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I admit, a lot of women do get attached once sex is involved. It's a problem I have run into before, where the other girl gets way more involved than I do. Even when we agreed from the beginning that its not going to be a committed thing, sometimes it still happens.
And yes, even for a commitment-phobe like me, occasionally FWB situation turns into something more. Like it did with the woman I am dating now. Officially we are not exclusive and I can be with other girls if I want, but right now I am satisfied with just her. However, it wasn't the sex that won me over, it was her jut being awesome.s
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Hmmm people always argue over the weirdest things on these forums. I guess I don't really consider this "cheating". No they weren't dating. Many people have pointed out that Faye told him her feelings on him sleeping with someone else and basically blew them off. However they were engaging in "carnal relations". Because he exchanges regular fluids with another person I feel like Sven is obligated to let Faye know about it *if he plans to bang her again*. It isn't a matter of how much of a relationship they have or don't have. Even if they weren't' friends, I still would think that Sven has a responsibility to the person with whom he is bumping loins.
I had an ex boyfriend that engaged in sex acts with a girl with an STD and all his friends knew he'd done it and everyone knew she had it and NO ONE TOLD ME. I didn't find out until we were breaking up. So I guess I'm extra sensitive to all the ramifications of one night stands. The least you owe your sex partner is honesty so they can make informed choices about their body.
And yes, I know it's a comic strip and not real life. But it's a piece of art that deals with real life issues so it's not crazy or unreasonable to think of real life situations when you are discussing the comic strip.
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That point about the health implications is well taken. It kind of bothered me that Sven and Gina didn't allow any time for the medical history talk. Some things may not be any of Faye's business, but that absolutely is.
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That point about the health implications is well taken. It kind of bothered me that Sven and Gina didn't allow any time for the medical history talk. Some things may not be any of Faye's business, but that absolutely is.
Can you think of a way to make 'Oh by the way I used to have chlamydia' funny in any way?
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We all know there's only one way this story arc can end...
...threesome.
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I couldn't figure out what was bothering me about this comic and then I realized Red McTitsy's "woo I'm fuckin" face is identical to Hannelore's "oh hey I have pneumonia (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1313)" face.
I just realized Hannelore is saying "Millenium hand and shrimp" as she passes out... which is a Terry Pratchett reference.
that amuses me no end.
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Can you think of a way to make 'Oh by the way I used to have chlamydia' funny in any way?
I think it's pretty funny on it's own. :-D
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Can you think of a way to make 'Oh by the way I used to have chlamydia' funny in any way?
Sven: It burns the preciousss!!
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Hmmm people always argue over the weirdest things on these forums. I guess I don't really consider this "cheating". No they weren't dating. Many people have pointed out that Faye told him her feelings on him sleeping with someone else and basically blew them off. However they were engaging in "carnal relations". Because he exchanges regular fluids with another person I feel like Sven is obligated to let Faye know about it *if he plans to bang her again*. It isn't a matter of how much of a relationship they have or don't have. Even if they weren't' friends, I still would think that Sven has a responsibility to the person with whom he is bumping loins.
I had an ex boyfriend that engaged in sex acts with a girl with an STD and all his friends knew he'd done it and everyone knew she had it and NO ONE TOLD ME. I didn't find out until we were breaking up. So I guess I'm extra sensitive to all the ramifications of one night stands. The least you owe your sex partner is honesty so they can make informed choices about their body.
And yes, I know it's a comic strip and not real life. But it's a piece of art that deals with real life issues so it's not crazy or unreasonable to think of real life situations when you are discussing the comic strip.
Innermoppet -- similar story with an old, long term, supposedly committed relationship in my younger years. Let's hope Sven is a safety boy.
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Can you think of a way to make 'Oh by the way I used to have chlamydia' funny in any way?
I think it's pretty funny on it's own. :-D
Try any or all of these...
http://www.cracked.com/article_16820_25-awesome-ways-break-bad-news.html
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That point about the health implications is well taken.
Yeah, absolutely. Sven has got to be honest with Faye about this. As I think someone earlier said, she needs to hear it from him first.
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I've wondered many times: why does Faye have a reputation of being violent and scary, etc? I can't remember ever seeing her act on this. It's just something she threatens and jokes about, and everyone is afraid. But nothing ever really happens.
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Bayley: Check the archives. Especially the first 499 strips.
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Bayley: You weren't here for the part where she strangled Marten and literally chucked Angus across the room, were you?
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Bayley: You weren't here for the part where she strangled Marten and literally chucked Angus across the room, were you?
Or jousted a suspected superhero and won? Or knocked out a trained government agent?
...the list goes on.
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Can you think of a way to make 'Oh by the way I used to have chlamydia' funny in any way?
Sven: It burns the preciousss!!
Rocketman, you are the wind beneath my wings.
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Friday's comic reminds me of:
http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2008/01/03/078-2008-01-03/
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That guy has a weird art style, eh? Reminds me of those crazy drawings in coffee houses (or maybe that sort of thing is just in one I've been to).
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Girl, not guy, actually... But, yeah, it is a weird art style. (And, it's kinda jarring to see something like Jeph's guest strip in there. Not because it's not good (it's great,) but because it has a rather different style (IMO, anyway.))
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She did one for Jeph
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1195
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Basically.
Rene Engström is awesome.
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She is indeed
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On a completely different note, I was rather amused that the "only country singer[Sven] likes" is apparently one of the popstar-like chicks who've been overrunning and corrupting actual good country music for the last few years.
Says who? You haven't heard her music.