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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: Faryshta on 07 Feb 2011, 23:38

Title: Padma?
Post by: Faryshta on 07 Feb 2011, 23:38
Who is she? Anyone know her first appearance or is this one?

Why so much hate?
Title: Re: Padma?
Post by: akronnick on 07 Feb 2011, 23:48
She works at The Secret Bakery.

Her first appearance was here (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1845).

This is the first time we've heard her name, or that she know's Angus, or that Angus frequents The Secret Bakery for that matter.

We don't know that she is Angus's ex refered to here (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1363).
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Post by: jwhouk on 08 Feb 2011, 03:26
Padma.

Hm. Mom and Dad must have been Star Wars fans.

Nice name, though.
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Post by: The Seldom Killer on 08 Feb 2011, 03:43
Although that would mean that they're of limited literacy skills and Padma is only 12.

Of course QC could be set in the future, in which case I've unwittingly been reading hipster sci-fi for years.
Title: Re: Padma?
Post by: akronnick on 08 Feb 2011, 03:56
Padma (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_(attribute)) not Padmé (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padm%C3%A9_Amidala)
Title: Re: Padma?
Post by: pwhodges on 08 Feb 2011, 04:00
Padma comes from the Sanskrit for Lotus, that some transliterate as Patma.  I know a Patma (female) married to a Padman (male), the second name meaning Lotus-hued.
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Post by: Wraith11B on 08 Feb 2011, 04:51
So, really, her parents were Harry Potter fans... not Star Wars.  *mumblesStarwarsgeeksmumbles*
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Post by: Carl-E on 08 Feb 2011, 05:08
No, they're from Pittsburgh (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6TLYwelOPk)...  (52 sec in)
Title: Re: Padma?
Post by: Border Reiver on 08 Feb 2011, 05:35
What ever the source of her name, she's an overly agressive individual - how many of your friends would take a swing at each other when first introduced just because they work at different places?
Title: Re: Padma?
Post by: smack that isaiah on 08 Feb 2011, 05:49
My first thought was that Padma was an ex of Angus's, and Faye and her were fighting Scott Pilgrim style.
Title: Re: Padma?
Post by: akronnick on 08 Feb 2011, 05:50
Maybe it's some kind of challenge-response authentication (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDhLXkRhg60) protocol.


It also parallels Marten's challenge to Angus before the date, but these two are actually skilled in hand to hand combat.
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Post by: jwhouk on 08 Feb 2011, 05:55
That does bring up a thought: what if Padma is originally from California?
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Post by: Carl-E on 08 Feb 2011, 08:48
What, another  sister he never had? 
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Post by: The Duke on 08 Feb 2011, 09:18
My first thought was that Padma was an ex of Angus's, and Faye and her were fighting Scott Pilgrim style.

Yeah, I got that vibe too.
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Post by: Kugai on 08 Feb 2011, 23:13
I wonder if she has a twin?
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Post by: ZERO on 09 Feb 2011, 23:46
PadmA - DorA
ReneE - FayE
Title: Re: Padma?
Post by: Antario on 10 Feb 2011, 00:14
nah....thats a bit to far fetched
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Post by: ZERO on 10 Feb 2011, 00:58
Oh, okay then.
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Post by: jwhouk on 10 Feb 2011, 06:22
So.

I take it that miss "SOMEthing is on fire" is Renee.

This gets more and more intriguing every second.


...


Naaaaaahhhhhhh.
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Post by: Carl-E on 10 Feb 2011, 10:09
Judging by Padma's description, it would have  to be so. 
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Post by: Phatcat29 on 10 Feb 2011, 10:36
I'm waiting for the inevitable "Secret Bakery vs Coffee of Doom Gladiator Battle Royal"

Dora will be the sole survivor, triumphing over the bodies of baristas and unknowing patrons caught in the crossfire.

Bonus points if it is done a-la-WestSideStory.  *fingersnap*
Title: Re: Padma?
Post by: Carl-E on 10 Feb 2011, 11:16
Now I wonder what weaponry The Secret Bakery has. 

Mini pie tins that throw like ninja stars?  Does the giant dough-kneader transform into a killbot?  Armored oven mitts? 
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Post by: Kugai on 10 Feb 2011, 12:50
You can't have a battle like that without giant robots
Title: Re: Padma?
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 10 Feb 2011, 14:14
The wiki lists the weapons at Coffee of Doom. The Secret Bakery would be hard-pressed to match them.
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Post by: Antario on 10 Feb 2011, 14:28
their in america arent they?   a trip to the local gun store would suffice wouldnt it :) ?
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Post by: Carl-E on 10 Feb 2011, 17:26
No, no, we're they're fighting for honor!  Guns don't determine who the better warrior is...

just who has better aim!
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Post by: Toba on 10 Feb 2011, 18:57
Yeah, 'something on fire' must be renee.
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Post by: ysth on 10 Feb 2011, 19:05
PadmA - DorA
ReneE - FayE
I just came here to post exactly that :)
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Post by: knucklesandgyros on 10 Feb 2011, 22:48
Whenever I hear Padma, I think of Top Chef and then I get hungry again. Kinda fitting since she works in a bakery. I'd laugh if Marten goes on a date with her just for the sheer bizarro world shenanigans.
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Post by: cyro on 11 Feb 2011, 03:16
Whenever I hear Padma, I think of Top Chef and then I get hungry again. Kinda fitting since she works in a bakery. I'd laugh if Marten goes on a date with her just for the sheer bizarro world shenanigans.

3 weeks from now Marten will awaken from a drunken jam session with Sven covered in the Ladies of the Secret bakery wearing nothing but a pink Banana Hammock as an eyepatch and Jesse Ventura's socks.

Chances of actually happening: 0.0248%
Chances of Hilarity: Yes (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitle3zaap0y7ym6o).
Title: Re: Padma?
Post by: Border Reiver on 11 Feb 2011, 10:36
Bonus points to jeph if Jesse is there as well
Title: Re: Padma?
Post by: horsefish on 16 Feb 2011, 21:13
Chances of Hilarity: oh great thanks now i get sucked into the evil tvtropes vortex again :psyduck: (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitle3zaap0y7ym6o).
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Post by: Sorflakne on 17 Feb 2011, 00:13
Padma.

Hm. Mom and Dad must have been Star Wars fans.

Nice name, though.
That'd either mean that she's only 4-9 years old (depending on how comic time has passed relative to the real world) and was given a massive dose of growth hormones for her to reach adulthood within a few years, or one or both of her parents somehow gained access to the prequel scripts that George had locked away somewhere before he dusted them off to start making the prequels.

Not to go off-topic, but it just bugs me that he had the prequel scripts written years, if not decades, before starting production of the prequels, yet they turned out...well...less than par with the originals.
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Post by: Mr_Rose on 17 Feb 2011, 05:46
Frankly that's because the 'original' scripts weren't written or directed by George Lucas; they were nominally his idea but the people who actually funded the production insisted on having someone competent come in and fix them. Then screwed the pooch by giving Lucas the exclusive merchandising rights, which he leveraged to buy the other rights and fund his prequels meaning there was no-one to tell him "no George, that's a dumb idea."
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Post by: Black Sword on 17 Feb 2011, 07:11
The prequels weren't that bad. Easily better than 8 out of 10 movies released in the same year as them. Problems came from Jar Jar and Hayden's lack of charisma and lack of chemistry with Natalie Portman. Although once Anakin started going dark, Hayden's acting improved.
Title: Re: Padma?
Post by: LeeC on 17 Feb 2011, 09:38
We don't know that she is Angus's ex refered to here (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1363).

Padma is not Angus's ex.  That honor goes to Renee