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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: no one special on 09 Nov 2009, 00:20
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Awww so proud of Faye!! :-)
I heart her progress.
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I suppose shakings are a step up from brutal punchings...
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I don't suppose people will stop thinking of Angus as a creeper, will they?
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d'aww, I really like angus in this one too, was hoping faye would since it was just a hang out thing. maybe sometime soon we'll see the whole gang again.
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I don't suppose people will stop thinking of Angus as a creeper, will they?
I already have!
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"assbutt"
faye sounds like weedmaster P
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Woho Comic !
Woho Faye !
Woho Penpen ! :D
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I don't suppose people will stop thinking of Angus as a creeper, will they?
Some people will never be ready to accept Angus. Angus and Faye could celebrate their fiftieth anniversary with their two children, six grandchildren and three cats and there will be someone on the QC Forum saying how Angus buying Faye that diamond tennis bracelette is trying too hard.
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Uh, I don't count "Not tonight, I'm still kinda thrashed, maybe another night" as not giving the run around.
Some other time is always code for run around in my world.
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From Angus' POV there's reasonable room for doubt. What shocked Faye was that it was her honest assessment of the situation, and that's the answer she gave him. No snark, no elaborate lie. She's still clearly dubious about a Date, but "hanging out" isn't going to kill her either.
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Title should'a been "shaken babe syndrome" or something. :(
Well, OK, maybe not, but I do generally prefer punny titles over the baldly descriptive.
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What's happening Faye? You're overcoming some mental blocks.
Don't worry lady, there will be others.
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Woho Comic !
Woho Faye !
Woho Penpen ! :D
Woho assbutt!
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... And the shippers rejoiced.
Also, today is the first time I actually looked at the CoD price board and it looks like they have some totally reasonable prices. I would visit if it was in my area.
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Assbutt is the worst insult I have ever heard.
Of course his butt is an ass.
also. congratulations Faye
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Gotta love panels 5/6... the lingering smile, then the sudden realization.
Pure genius!
And I'm not going to resist the temptation to say "I told you so" about Angus.
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Faye, handling things like a normal person? How boring. Dysfunctional people are more fun.
Fun to watch, that is. From a safe distance. The length of said safe distance depending on how dysfunctional they are.
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I had to go back several strips just to remember what "last night" was, and I'm figuring it was the night they were hanging out with Marten's dad. If that's the case I'm sure she'd rather just go crash after she gets off work. It's nice to see that she's not totally blowing him off and that her excuse is legit. Go Faye! ::happy dance of joy::
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Uh, I don't count "Not tonight, I'm still kinda thrashed, maybe another night" as not giving the run around. Some other time is always code for run around in my world.
Yeah, it's not like she was out late last night, or anything. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1521)
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Woo, Faye got more boring. :3
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None of the women I've known who handled boy situations normally ever called me "assbutt".
We can certainly cheer Faye's progress but "normally" doesn't apply yet.
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I don't suppose people will stop thinking of Angus as a creeper, will they?
Some people will never be ready to accept Angus. Angus and Faye could celebrate their fiftieth anniversary with their two children, six grandchildren and three cats and there will be someone on the QC Forum saying how Angus buying Faye that diamond tennis bracelette is trying too hard.
Of course, at the rate QC time flows*, Jeph will have to have had his consciousness transferred into an android body to draw this, and we will have to do likewise to see it (which is, incidentally, an answer to his post on another thread, the thread that I dare not name, or perhaps simply don't feel like naming). Other than that, though, I concur. You did forget the people who will claim that if Faye had just done the right thing, Sven wouldn't have died of that new strain of syphilis, though.
And I'm not going to resist the temptation to say "I told you so" about Angus.
Nice to see someone who knows his limits.
As for dearest Faye, I'm not sure giving Penelope whiplash makes this a completely successful effort at normalcy. But it's nice to see someone feeling they're making progress.
Edit:* an observation, not a gripe. Dammit.
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... And the shippers rejoiced.
Also, today is the first time I actually looked at the CoD price board and it looks like they have some totally reasonable prices. I would visit if it was in my area.
It's because in comic time, the QCverse is still in 2004 or something
also, what IS Angus's usual? he doesn't like coffee. so is it tea? hot chocolate?
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Uh, I don't count "Not tonight, I'm still kinda thrashed, maybe another night" as not giving the run around.
Some other time is always code for run around in my world.
It's only run around if she doesn't mean it. And, given her reaction afterward, I'm pretty sure she meant it. She wasn't being dishonest or disingenuous.
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... And the shippers rejoiced.
Also, today is the first time I actually looked at the CoD price board and it looks like they have some totally reasonable prices. I would visit if it was in my area.
It's because in comic time, the QCverse is still in 2004 or something
also, what IS Angus's usual? he doesn't like coffee. so is it tea? hot chocolate?
thats actually the same prices as the coffee shops where I am.
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Alien Mind Control
That's what it is!!
*Puts Tinfoil on head*
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Alien Mind Control
That's what it is!!
*Puts Tinfoil on head*
dang, Raven must've given the aliens the coordinates - inadvertently, of course......OR WAS IT?
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Change the location to a college campus cafeteria, and I had almost the exact same one sided conversation over 10 years ago, except Penelope was the gay classmate/friend of the guy I liked, who got him hired just to talk to me to see if I liked him. I kind of miss the days where I obsessed for hours over a bland statement from my crush... ::sigh::
And yes, I am insinuating that Faye is genuinely starting to crush on Angus. Woo!
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Theres progress and then there is PROgress, since Faye seems to to have simply switched to a new way of freaking out over 'boy things' i dont see thr PRO part of the PROgress...
Then again, maybe violently shaking Pen *IS* considered and improvement over 'random punchings' (something she hasn't done in a while anyway)...
Then again, maybe im just a negitive person...
Then again...
Then again, maybe i have run out of things to say but still dont want to stop cause im bored...
Hello?
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violently shaking Pen*IS*
Heeheehee...
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First of all, early comic. WUT?!
Second, good lord, Faye is channeling Hannelore...
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Second, good lord, Faye is channeling Hannelore...
The whole-body transplant was a complete success.
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Since Hannelore abandoned her dream of being uploaded to a machine intelligence, a transplant into a nonsmoking body was a natural step.
Edit: thinking about this some more (to waste even more time), it makes sense that she would choose Faye. Pennelope is in the best shape of the group, and Dora has a healthier lifestyle than Faye, but Hannelore would have had to avoid both as hosts because they're both in physical relationships, which Hanners can't handle. Marigold would be an option, but no way would Hanners transfer into a body with infected pimples.
It's scary when deliberate nonsense makes sense.
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I am happy for Faye, and I don't know why but the increasingly annoyed Penelope was incredibly amusing to me...perhaps my shaudenfreude level was getting low?
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violently shaking Pen*IS*
Heeheehee...
Oh god, thats just crude!
Oh God!! Why did i bring GOD! into this!
AAAAAAARGH!!!
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But see, the funny thing is, Faye's self-conversation in today's strip is totally normal!
...at least for me me it is...
...is that why i don't have a girlfriend? Damn.
NO WAIT! There are plenty of OTHER reasons I don't have a girlfriend. Wait, that doesn't make me feel any better. Damn.
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Why is penelope wearing a NASCAR shirt (Dale Earnhart's number, I thnk)? Or am I missing some other obscure cultural reference (again)...?
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Normal for Faye would be "I can't date! I have ISSUES! My father shot himself dead! No reason! My life is on hold! No room for boys! Relationships scare me! Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down!"
Okay, I made that last one up. But you get the idea.
Oh, almost forgot: "I gotta redirect my rage over my wheel-spinning self and my crack-pot dad by hitting someone!" Shaking is better. A little. As long as Penelope's brain doesn't come loose or something.
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Uh, I don't count "Not tonight, I'm still kinda thrashed, maybe another night" as not giving the run around. Some other time is always code for run around in my world.
Well, I'm mighty glad I don't inhabit your world. If I replied like Faye to a casual, weeknight, no-notice, movie invitation, and I picked up even the slightest hint that the guy was thinking "she's giving me the run-around", I'd write him off as packing way too much of a sense of entitlement. I mean sorry, a guy is not entitled to expect me to drop my plans for the evening at a moment's notice, even if they are just for dinner, a shower, and an early night. But if the guy isn't totally repulsive, "maybe another night" is a perfectly legitimate response. Would you prefer: "Fuck off! I wouldn't go out with you if you were the last man on Earth, and baby Jesus asked me to!"?
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...Would you prefer: "Fuck off! I wouldn't go out with you if you were the last man on Earth, and baby Jesus asked me to!"?
Some people would consider that a challenge...
Not me, I'm way too literal...
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Uh, I don't count "Not tonight, I'm still kinda thrashed, maybe another night" as not giving the run around.
Some other time is always code for run around in my world.
I guess people would interpret it different ways. When I was younger and too scared to reject a guy outright I would say "some other time" a lot but they always believed I was actually being sincere and wanted to do something with them some other time.
I find that if you are genuinely interested in hanging out with a guy, the best way to make sure he knows you are not giving him the run around is to offer a different night to do something. Faye probably would have saved a lot of her freakout just then if she had thought to do that.
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Give her a moment, she's kinda out of practice.
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This holds together and makes sense: the idea that Faye is sincere but doesn't have the experience to know what "maybe some other time" means (or maybe she never got a copy of the Girlese Code Book: my wife claims never to have gotten a copy herself).
Dora or Raven would have been better people to cheer on Faye's success, but Pennelope was way funnier.
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I think Jeph is mocking us, because Faye's conversation with herself totally reminded me of the way we over-analyze stuff.
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I would agree with that if I hadn't sat around having this conversation with myself all too many times, only from the other end of things. (Did she really mean some other time, or was she giving me the brush-off? etc., etc.)
Actually, Faye is contrary enough that she probably wouldn't be exulting if Dora or Raven was doing it for her, but pointing out how unsuccessful she was. Also, Raven would have been hissing 'set another time, give him another time' in Faye's ear. Dora may have a sixth sense for sexy things, but Raven is the Datemaster.
I actually saw, or think I saw, the Girlese Code Book once. Next thing I knew, I was waking up with a helluva headache and a knot on the back of my head. Saw the Great Tome of Manlaw once, too, but for some reason every page had had enough beer spilled on it that it was illegible. Or maybe that was just how it was written.
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First, the Great Tome does not exist and you should not therefore go around spreading silly rumours about it where girls could hear. Second, the beer is the writing; why else do you think we invented Beer Goggles?
:P
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"Some other time" is always code for giving the brush-off? Oh no no -- waaaaaay too efficient. Inflection, expression, body language, and context are the real code. Break that, and then you'll know how to . . . communicate! :-o Verbal ninja sneaks into conversation like wind . . .
Also, considering the way Faye has previously given Angus the brush-off (throwing him across the room, for example), he may think she's given him a come-on. "Hmm, no contusions. Maybe she likes me?" As disappointed as I was not to see Angus as Sousuke-kuuuun, it'll be fun to see where Jeph goes with this. And I am wondering where some of Marten's Ichiro pics are gonna end up -- Pintsize may have a collection of 'shopped versions already.
Raven is the Datemaster.
Ha! Love it -- I want to see that on a movie poster with Raven in appropriate Datemaster garb. :-D
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"Some other time" is always code for giving the brush-off? Oh no no -- waaaaaay too efficient. Inflection, expression, body language, and context are the real code. Break that, and then you'll know how to . . . communicate! :-o Verbal ninja sneaks into conversation like wind . . .
Also, considering the way Faye has previously given Angus the brush-off (throwing him across the room, for example), he may think she's given him a come-on. "Hmm, no contusions. Maybe she likes me?" As disappointed as I was not to see Angus as Sousuke-kuuuun, it'll be fun to see where Jeph goes with this. And I am wondering where some of Marten's Ichiro pics are gonna end up -- Pintsize may have a collection of 'shopped versions already.
He's probably going to combine them with the stills of Marten singing in a towel for accompanying his Magical Love Gentleman/xkcd slashfic. Although the difference in art between the upper and lower body might give him some trouble.
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Why is penelope wearing a NASCAR shirt (Dale Earnhart's number, I thnk)? Or am I missing some other obscure cultural reference (again)...?
Or maybe she just likes shirts with numbers on (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1284).
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I didn't realize until just now how truly amazing the artwork has become. I mean, I've noticed some differences and commented on them, but between the comic you linked and todays... just wow. The old style was certainly nothing to scoff at, but what Jeph has worked out here is very very good.
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What's happening is that through a Transdimensional Wormhole, Faye is now being subtly controlled by Marelle from Flaky Pastry.
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Oh dear god, that is something that cannot be unseen.
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haha hilarious!
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Momo, you were supposed to be the sensible robot.
Why, Momo? Why?
what are you doing you're a robot you shouldn't be doing that you don't even have pleasure sensors do you oh god i hope not don't answer that question
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Well, we have seen a tantrum out of Momo-tan before. She's apparently not as sensible at running her own life as she is at running Marigold's.
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Wow, that was hilarious.
Also there, more proof Angus isn't as creepy as people think.
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It just occurred to me...Hannelore's robot boyfriend was modeled after Ichiro, wansn't he?
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I think Momo ruined Marigold's image of her . . . . . FOREVER!
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This is what Marigold gets for failing to stock a good supply of eels.
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You people are terrible. I think its nice to see that Momo has finaly found someone :-D
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What about Winslow? If he finds out he'll be crushed!
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What about Winslow? If he finds out he'll be crushed!
Or will that be Momo?
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I thought winslow was seeing that one chick, apple?
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Hahahaha! That was hilarious!! Silly robots and their antics. :laugh:
Meanwhile...I hope Marigold doesn't read too much into this...and also doesn't find out Angus asked Faye first...
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Aww, Momo's ronery.
cute comic, and it made me laugh definitely.
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Well, Momo was clearly designed to have emotional responses so she could relate to otaku/fujoshi owners. I suppose shared interests would be par- *fzzzt* d'awww Momo's so cute when she's embarrassed *fzzt* err... what was I saying?
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I actually wonder what will happen if Pintsize learns about this.
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I warned you about Momo and that damned doll!
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I thought winslow was seeing that one chick, apple?
You mean Eve, surely? I think that might have been a brief fling though; she seems to have gone back home since then.
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Marigold, this is your cue to either stand there and go, "Icertainly know what this looks like, would you care to explain.", or to close the door after setting up the webcam - to give Twisted Kaiju theatre a run for its money.
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Several questions come to mind...
Didn't that last firmware update give Momo digits of her own?
Couldn't she satisfy any... urges that came (oops) along with that firmware update with said fingers?
If said firmware update gave her fingers... and urges... I'm sure it could have given her an... interface port... whereby the Ichiro doll's... anatomicly correct features might...
OH FUCK IT!
Interface is too close to intercourse as it is!
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OH FUCK IT!
Yeah, I think you've got the idea.
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A Droid that can BLUSH ???????????? :-o :-o :-o :-o :-o :-o :-o :-o :-o
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Am I the only one who saw that her feet have been de-updated?
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Squinting real hard. Could she be in little shoes?
I hope she still has toes. They're useful for maintaining stability.
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OK, the doll is of Sousuke-kuuuuun, yes? And anatomically correct is one thing, but anatomically . . . useful is another. Though I'm not sure it would make a difference unless he's sportin' a flashdrive down there, all hot and ready for her USB port. Hopefully Momo's embarrassment won't cause her to go all electrozap though -- she might set the doll, and the rest of the room, on fire this time.
And am I the only one who sees drama a-comin'? Well, I mean specific drama, as in Marigold will think going to the movies with Angus is a date, Faye will find out Angus asked Marigold after she said no and will think 1. it's a date and 2. Angus didn't care who went with him, and Angus will be oblivious because . . . it's not a date and he really did just want to go to the movies? OK, maybe that's not EPIC drama, but I hope Penelope is able to dodge future shakings.
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I thought winslow was seeing that one chick, apple?
You mean Eve, surely? I think that might have been a brief fling though; she seems to have gone back home since then.
ah yes, mea cupla. She's had 2 references so far. when we see her and in the chatroom when pintsize says rewiring himself didnt work.
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Poor Winslow. If that's what Momo's into, he doesn't stand a chance.
Also, I see I'm not the only one thinking Marigold might be taking this movie thing with Angus in a way he has not intended.
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I fear I, too, see that. I mean, she's gonna shower! Gal don't do that less'n she's set her sights.
Will Faye regret being 'too tired'? (Better yet, will she admit it?)
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I'm sincerely hoping Marigold is just doing her general freak out regarding any social interaction outside of a computer screen, and not because she considers the movie to be a date. She rushed to Momo when she was invited out to a bar with the crew, and did the same "Momo I'm going OUT, what do I do?!" as she's doing now, and that was a general hang out invite as well. Though if what y'all are suggesting re: Faye's reaction to this potential date pans out, the ensuing drama should be fun to witness. Her response will be telling, that's for sure.
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nah I think Marigold doesnt have any big ideas about it. I think she was just asking momo what would be the appropriate attire for going to the movies with a friend. She's still learning in a way haha.
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Well either way tomorrows comic should be fun. :-D
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HAhahahahaha, oh wow. Sometimes there is just a line where you should stop talking, Angus. :lol:
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It's nice getting some backstory out of both of them.
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HAHA nice comic today!
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Marigold+Angus. EEEEEE. Keeping my fingers crossed.
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Angus rocks.
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Marigold's coming out of her shell, just in time to find out she may have her very own stalker! Just what every girl wants, right? Some
crazed wierdo friendly guy spending his every waking moment trying to have some sort of connection to her other than knocking on her door and saying hello. I mean, what a confidence-builder!
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Bet it's Marten.
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Yeah, if I had a time machine, I'd go back and shout STFU at Angus around panel five. Of course having some weird shouting girl materialise out of thin air in a cloud of violated causality might derail the conversation anyway.
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I am starting to believe that Angus is powered by some sort of awkwardness generation field.
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Yeah, if I had a time machine, I'd go back and shout STFU at Angus around panel five. Of course having some weird shouting girl materialise out of thin air in a cloud of violated causality might derail the conversation anyway.
Nah...that would be about par for the course on some day WRT weirdness.
I vote for the fact that Faye is about to lose yet another guy. It's about time for yet another hooch binge while she realizes that despite moving towards normalcy, she's still an emotional trainwreck. After the last encounter w/ Sven I don't think it'd take much to tip her over, and it might be better in the long run if she faces her fears. Faye's not going to change or become anymore stable until then.
It's going to take a miracle or a sizable quantity of ethanol before she moves towards a healthier "I must not fear..." way of dealing with life.
Second thought: Pen^2 finds love & happiness before Faye at this rate.
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Good start to the backstory, but we still don't know how they came to live together.
Ah well, I'm sure it will be revealed in the fullness of time.
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I think the question has to be raised if Angus will end up with Merigold or Faye. :-D
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I think the question has to be raised if Angus will end up with Marigold or be a total idiot. :-D
Fixed it!
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I think its safe to say the "friend" he was referring to, was Angus.
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I am starting to believe that Angus is powered by some sort of awkwardness generation field.
I'm starting to believe that Angus is a secret agent of the DoTMI.
I think its safe to say the "friend" he was referring to, was Angus.
It's safe to say that, even though nothing points in that direction? Weird.
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I think its safe to say the "friend" he was referring to, was Angus.
OMG! He's a genius! He's been stalking her since college and even managed to get an apartment with her so that he can stalk her up close! This explains everything! Only, now she's starting to socialize and he can't have that, so he's making his move. WHY DIDN"T I SEE IT BEFORE??!!!
:-D
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Bet it's Marten.
I'm all for wildspecs but this? What? Just no.
I think its safe to say the "friend" he was referring to, was Angus.
As I've heard it used, when someone says, "my friend" that's all the information they give. Angus actually named his friend Chad, and there is a possibility that Marigold does know this Chad person, so I would say it was Chad, not Angus himself, that Angus was referring to.
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I see the shippers are out in force today. I think they are just friends.
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In Shipper-verse there is no such thing as 'just friends'.
"Wow there's a picture in the paper of Pope Benedict and Cardinal Fuffnangle smiling together. OMG THEY ARE TOTALLY AN ITEM SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!".
I think it's a neurosis caused by excessive reading of celebity magazines.
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he says "we've known each other since college" but she seems surprised that he even knew who she was in college. Something does not compute in my head.
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he says "we've known each other since college" but she seems surprised that he even knew who she was in college. Something does not compute in my head.
Well, Marigold has low self-esteem. I'm sure she knew who Angus was, but because they probably never spoke except in passing, she assumed that he never gave her a second thought. A reasonable enough conclusion. I've run into people I know from swing dancing, and they're all like, "Who are you?" Um, yeah, hi. You spent a three-and-a-half minute song with your hands all over me. :roll:
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Malsies said it better than I ever could.
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Up until this point...I thought Angus and Marigold were related. D:
Now I'm trying to remember how I got that idea in my head.
It feels like that's how they knew each other, so now I have to go look at the archives or I'll never know. :'C
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I seem to recall it being brought up in he WCT th week they went to the bar w/o Angus...
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Up until this point...I thought Angus and Marigold were related. D:
I thought for a few weeks that they were brother and sister. I'm also unsure as to how I thought that, but once there was the whole "is Marigold attractive" thing and Angus looked her up and down and said yes, I thought not.
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yeah when the "is marigold attractive" strip came out it was evident they were not related. But I think they just consider each other friends.
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Up until this point...I thought Angus and Marigold were related. D:
I thought for a few weeks that they were brother and sister. I'm also unsure as to how I thought that, but once there was the whole "is Marigold attractive" thing and Angus looked her up and down and said yes, I thought not.
Now, see...something must be wrong with me, 'cause that totally made me keep believing it.
Or maybe it's just the fact that I have no idea what it's like to have a sibling.
I just thought it seemed brotherly I DON'T KNOW WHY. D:
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[From Jeph's comment under tonight's comic]: Cutest Marigold ever in panel 2. Creepiest ever in panel five.
I dunno, I find her smile in panel five more adorable than creepy. Faye's "trying to be friendly to the customer" smile was creepy. Hannelore's "be friendly to the boy smiling at me" grin was creepy. This was adorable.
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My favorite was panel 1, the natural-looking happy Marigold. It's good to see her happy.
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Angus just wants to make Marigold happy. Aw. SO. ADORABLE. So should they be Marigus or Angold?
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Marigus, definitely.
Because not enough words rhyme with asparagus.
And Angold sounds like something from a Wagnerian opera...
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See, I would have said that Marigus sounded like another type of flower, whereas Angold sounds like some medical treatment for athlete's foot. :lol:
Nice to see Marigold being more social, even willingly, but it makes me think she might be reading into this all just a bit more than Angus intended.
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I think its safe to say the "friend" he was referring to, was Angus.
OMG! He's a genius! He's been stalking her since college and even managed to get an apartment with her so that he can stalk her up close! This explains everything! Only, now she's starting to socialize and he can't have that, so he's making his move. WHY DIDN"T I SEE IT BEFORE??!!!
:-D
Because you aren't so paranoid that you assume that everyone is not only lying, but telling and living a huge lie just to conceal their evil plans?
he says "we've known each other since college" but she seems surprised that he even knew who she was in college. Something does not compute in my head.
Apparently your college experience is incomplete, since it does not include the "mystery guy" (or girl; less common, from my experience, but I see no reason for her not to exist). Everyone you know has seen him, no one has seen him actually talking to anybody, and no one knows what he does, although at least one person of your circle is certain he was in this hundred-plus student class they were in, too. Sometimes you actually get to meet this person and discover he's cool, interesting, brilliant, obsessed, creepy, strange, non-communicative, lonely, self-absorbed, distrustful, or personally disturbs you—take about three from the list, and you might add has some odd odor. I recall about three guys like this from college (including grad school). Two I met, and one just faded away about mid-semester. Legend had it 'they' came for him (although no one ever properly established who 'they' were.)
Marigus, definitely.
Because not enough words rhyme with asparagus.
And Angold sounds like something from a Wagnerian opera...
Stop that.
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Angold sounds like some medical treatment for athlete's foot. :lol:
Or worse, a hemorrhoid cream... Or lube... :-o
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I think Marigold was more that shy, brainy, awkward kid that knows all the answers but prefers to sit in the back of the class and mumbles when called on.
Dawwwwww Mari-Bear has da crushes on Angus.
Hmmmmm
Why is it that when I se Marigus I suddenly have this image of Angus and Marigold in Roman Armour?
:D
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Mangold
Mangus
Margus
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OMG! He's a genius! He's been stalking her since college and even managed to get an apartment with her so that he can stalk her up close! This explains everything! Only, now she's starting to socialize and he can't have that, so he's making his move. WHY DIDN"T I SEE IT BEFORE??!!!
:-D
Because you aren't so paranoid that you assume that everyone is not only lying, but telling and living a huge lie just to conceal their evil plans?
Wow! This proves I'm saner than I used to be!
Apparently your college experience is incomplete, since it does not include the "mystery guy" (or girl; less common, from my experience, but I see no reason for her not to exist). Everyone you know has seen him, no one has seen him actually talking to anybody, and no one knows what he does, although at least one person of your circle is certain he was in this hundred-plus student class they were in, too. Sometimes you actually get to meet this person and discover he's cool, interesting, brilliant, obsessed, creepy, strange, non-communicative, lonely, self-absorbed, distrustful, or personally disturbs you—take about three from the list, and you might add has some odd odor. I recall about three guys like this from college (including grad school). Two I met, and one just faded away about mid-semester. Legend had it 'they' came for him (although no one ever properly established who 'they' were.)
I was that girl, only it started well before college. I think it was elementary school.
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[From Jeph's comment under tonight's comic]: Cutest Marigold ever in panel 2. Creepiest ever in panel five.
I dunno, I find her smile in panel five more adorable than creepy. Faye's "trying to be friendly to the customer" smile was creepy. Hannelore's "be friendly to the boy smiling at me" grin was creepy. This was adorable.
Remember, you're just comparing Marigold to Marigold, on that scale, the man is right. When we introduce Faye, or Hanners, then the variables change.
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[From Jeph's comment under tonight's comic]: Cutest Marigold ever in panel 2. Creepiest ever in panel five.
I dunno, I find her smile in panel five more adorable than creepy. Faye's "trying to be friendly to the customer" smile was creepy. Hannelore's "be friendly to the boy smiling at me" grin was creepy. This was adorable.
Anyone with a fixed smile on their face is creepy lookng - it's the opposite side of the uncanny valley, someone real looking a little too plastic...
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I don't know. Creepiness is, I suspect, like so many things, partially a matter of intent. Faye was trying to be creepy—Marigold's just trying to amuse. It makes me feel a little better, at any rate, as it's something one would do with a friend, not a romantic interest.
sigh Don't want the not-real comic girl to get crushed, I don't.
Because you aren't so paranoid that you assume that everyone is not only lying, but telling and living a huge lie just to conceal their evil plans?
Wow! This proves I'm saner than I used to be!
It would, except it's me making the observation.
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Can I say that I have been really, really impressed how Jeph's art accurately depicts Marigold as plain-looking? By which I mean she's not ugly, but neither does she have the secretly-stunning-without-my-glasses vibe (as opposed to, say, Penelope). She looks exactly like she should: a girl who could probably be cuter if she bothered, but is legitimately of average attractiveness. It's not really something that a lot of comics pull off well, and it goes such a long way to adding realism to Marigold's personality.
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sigh Don't want the not-real comic girl to get crushed, I don't.
She isn't going to. Because her and Angus are going to get together, and fall in love. It will be super adorable. Yayyy!
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Angus's shirt is literally everything I have ever wanted in a shirt
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I don't know if Hannelore is growing a crush for Angus. This would be immature from someone her age in general, but somehow understandable from a kind of asocial girl just going out of her shell.
The other possible explanation is that, going out of her shell, she's taking a taste for socializing and being around people. Which is even more cute and awwwwwwwsome. Reminds me of myself, back when playing tabletop roleplaying games with many like-minded yet very various people, helped me be easier around people.
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I don't know if Hannelore is growing a crush for Angus. This would be immature from someone her age in general, but somehow understandable from a kind of asocial girl just going out of her shell.
The other possible explanation is that, going out of her shell, she's taking a taste for socializing and being around people. Which is even more cute and awwwwwwwsome. Reminds me of myself, back when playing tabletop roleplaying games with many like-minded yet very various people, helped me be easier around people.
You mean Marigold, right? Hannelore is a different character.
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sigh Don't want the not-real comic girl to get crushed, I don't.
This. EXACTLY this.
I don't know. Creepiness is, I suspect, like so many things, partially a matter of intent. Faye was trying to be creepy—Marigold's just trying to amuse. It makes me feel a little better, at any rate, as it's something one would do with a friend, not a romantic interest.
But, being that she's pretty well inexperienced when it comes to the whole boy/girl interaction thing, she might not have those nuances down.
Because you aren't so paranoid that you assume that everyone is not only lying, but telling and living a huge lie just to conceal their evil plans?
Wow! This proves I'm saner than I used to be!
It would, except it's me making the observation.
Damn! Just when I thought I was making progress.
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I don't know if Hannelore is growing a crush for Angus. This would be immature from someone her age in general, but somehow understandable from a kind of asocial girl just going out of her shell.
The other possible explanation is that, going out of her shell, she's taking a taste for socializing and being around people. Which is even more cute and awwwwwwwsome. Reminds me of myself, back when playing tabletop roleplaying games with many like-minded yet very various people, helped me be easier around people.
You mean Marigold, right? Hannelore is a different character.
Yeah, I meant Marigold... What the fuck is wrong with me?
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Socially awkward women with the same vowel pattern in their names and the same number of syllables? I can see how a collision happened.
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I don't know if Hannelore is growing a crush for Angus. This would be immature from someone her age in general, but somehow understandable from a kind of asocial girl just going out of her shell.
The other possible explanation is that, going out of her shell, she's taking a taste for socializing and being around people. Which is even more cute and awwwwwwwsome. Reminds me of myself, back when playing tabletop roleplaying games with many like-minded yet very various people, helped me be easier around people.
You mean Marigold, right? Hannelore is a different character.
Yeah, I meant Marigold... What the fuck is wrong with me?
You might need glasses?
;)
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Well, based on the poll (which hasn't changed), there was a good percentage of people want me todo the polls. However there are plenty of others to do the work - many are funnier than I.
Besides, I'm off on exercise this weekend and won't be back til late Sunday - one of the rest of you will have to do it....
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I don't know. Creepiness is, I suspect, like so many things, partially a matter of intent. Faye was trying to be creepy—Marigold's just trying to amuse. It makes me feel a little better, at any rate, as it's something one would do with a friend, not a romantic interest.
But, being that she's pretty well inexperienced when it comes to the whole boy/girl interaction thing, she might not have those nuances down.
Well, great. You can just rock me to sleep tonight.
Edit: which you didn't, and I didn't sleep a wink. (starts chucking guilt by the large handfuls).
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Oh my god you guys we just bought A HOUSE
Holy crap.
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A house, awsome! Now you KNOW your popular and cool Jeph, if you wernt, you would be able to aford to buy a house...
srry, dunk... My birthday drinkfest (25 as of the 14th)... pity is was crap...
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A house, awsome! Now you KNOW your popular and cool Jeph, if you wernt, you would be able to aford to buy a house...
srry, dunk... My birthday drinkfest (25 as of the 14th)... pity is was crap...
Well happy birthday, jonarus!
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Oh my god you guys we just bought A HOUSE
Holy crap.
Yay!
Speaking of twitter, I note that pintsize0101 is following KimikoRoss.
As is hanneloreEC, but she also follows sockington, pennycat, and wilw.
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Well, based on the poll (which hasn't changed), there was a good percentage of people want me todo the polls. However there are plenty of others to do the work - many are funnier than I.
Besides, I'm off on exercise this weekend and won't be back til late Sunday - one of the rest of you will have to do it....
Or we will all patiently wait for your return...