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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: Black Sword on 21 Mar 2011, 09:08
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QC is a massive comic, with tons of characters flitting in and out. The thing is, even if we don't see them, for the most part they all live in or near the same town, and go to the same hang out spots. As an example, Ellen and Natasha live in the same building as Marten, Faye, and Hanners. Probability makes it inevitable that you'll bump into someone you know.
This poll is nowhere near complete, so I'll add names as people suggest them, but it'd be cool to know who we want to see and why.
Me personally, I'm voting for an ex-encounter, be it Marten bumping into Vicky, or Steve bumping into Ellen or Meena. It would be interesting seeing how they cope with something they could not have seen coming. Or just for laughs, threesome redhead girl.
Now then... who would you like to see that we haven't seen in a while?
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Doctor Corrine.
a) She's hilarious
b) I want to see how she looks in Jeph's latest style.
Voted Lydia since Dr. Buenvenida isn't on the list and also because the same things apply to her.
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I would have voted for Lydia if Raven hadn't been in the poll. Lydia has unrealized potential.
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I'd like to see Sara or Amir. I picked Amir in the poll as I don't expect Sara back.
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How about Faye's mom popping in for a visit? That should result in a few lols with the inevitable meeting with Mr. McPhee.
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Voted for Lydia, but wouldn't mind having Raven back, too. May be during her break from school?
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How about Faye's mom popping in for a visit? That should result in a few lols with the inevitable meeting with Mr. McPhee.
Or her sister, now that Dora's single. We could have a nice little angst fest between her and Tai regarding who will be Dora's rebound relationship...
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... or after angsting over Dora, they find they were made for each other...
I know, dangerously close to a shipment, but they are the only two lesbian characters in the comic...
I voted for Lydia, for the aforementioned reasons. Although I think the semester ended and she's no longer interning, it would be nice to see her pop up in either the music industry or Sven's life again.
After that, the good Doctor, then Raven.
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Faye's sister.
The way things are going, she'd be an interesting add to the mix.
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Put me down for more office visits with Dr. Corrine.
Even though there is enough "implied action" between her and Hanners. Those sessions could be the source of some sparks.
Here's a thread crossing suggestion from my own life: What if Dr. Corrine dies unexpectedly? [We lost my ex-wife's therapist to cancer after many years of treatment]
How would loosing sombody that close impact both Hanners and Faye? Could Faye EVER trust again? Which direction would Hanners' OCD go?
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Could Faye EVER trust again? Which direction would Hanners' OCD go?
The only way it would be that kind of issue for Faye is if Corrine suicides in front of her after a therapy session or, for Hanners, invites Miggs from Silence of the Lambs to the party and she gets a handful of (censored) thrown in her face.
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I'd like to see Jimbo more. He's unusual in that he's a stark contrast to the characters in the comic, but he's still on friendly terms with them. And a lot of people's problems would benefit from simply having a different perspective to hear and think about.
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I voted for Dr. Corinne simply because I think it's high time we saw a Hanners therapy session, especially now that there's been a boner on her couch. Hell, Winslow might need the therapy.
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Nah. Blodwyn needs to come back to NoHo from spring break.
If only to give everyone the "WTF are you THINKING????" speech.
And then try to hit on Marten herself.
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Lydia for sure.
Though I'd also like to see more of the talented Ms. Riversmith.
Both of which would seem to mean more Sven, which is okay too.
I also would like to see more of Steve's exes (much more than I'd like to see more of Steve).
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Hear, hear! Totura really only worked in the context of leaving DoKYA. He's just not the dashing secret agent anymore, and Totura's not the type to settle down...
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Raven.
...Lydia is a distant second.
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Agent Turing and his trainee, VeapaAvenger
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Raven. She was the only one on that list which Jeph had around enough for me to get attached to, but disappeared without a real reason. I know after she was long gone the characters did say a reason but someone who was a significant character, imo, shouldn't be such an afterthought.
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I voted for Amanda, but I'd take her and/or her mother. With Faye finally in a real relationship it'd be good to see how her family reacts. Plus I'd like to see Angus charm Faye's mum into liking him, as opposed to her conviction that Marten was always going to end badly for Faye. :P
Raven's return... wouldn't be bad, I guess, but I don't think the story really needs her any more. She stopped Coffee Of Doom from just being the Faye & Dora Show, but she's moved on now. I see no harm in that.
Though having her randomly pop up and have a drunken fling with Marten would be hilarious. She is the only CoD girl he fantasises about, after all...
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I voted for Raven. She was like easy fodder for Faye and Dora, but she definitely held her own against them, too.
A good second would be Dr Corrine. She makes therapy almost inviting.
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Voted Sara for lack of Vespavenger or Pizza Girl.
Of course, they're all the same person anyway.
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I think Sara coming back would be more interesting if it transpired she was involved in an accident and lost her memory... She is strangely drawn to working in the coffee shop without knowing why and can't understand why they can't get her name of Sarah correct....
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Actually, I'd like Jeph to do something outlandish that includes the local cops again!
When they arrested the Vespavenger and offered Steve and Marten a beer AND a toke on some weed! Comedy GOLD!
Or when they PARTICIPATED in the beer sledding! It took me almost 10 minutes to get off the floor and stop laughing.
[Sombody, please tell me where the spellcheck is]
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Actually, I'd like Jeph to do something outlandish that includes the local cops again!
When they arrested the Vespavenger and offered Steve and Marten a beer AND a toke on some weed! Comedy GOLD!
Or when they PARTICIPATED in the beer sledding! It took me almost 10 minutes to get off the floor and stop laughing.
[Sombody, please tell me where the spellcheck is]
Use pretty much any browser other than Internet Explorer and you'll have an automatic one (it's built into Firefox, at least).
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Actually, I'd like Jeph to do something outlandish that includes the local cops again!
When they arrested the Vespavenger and offered Steve and Marten a beer AND a toke on some weed! Comedy GOLD!
Or when they PARTICIPATED in the beer sledding! It took me almost 10 minutes to get off the floor and stop laughing.
[Sombody, please tell me where the spellcheck is]
Use pretty much any browser other than Internet Explorer and you'll have an automatic one (it's built into Firefox, at least).
Pretty much this. God, I hate using IE at work.
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Use pretty much any browser other than Internet Explorer and you'll have an automatic one (it's built into Firefox, at least).
I totally didn't know this. My first reaction was that it would not help me any way, as my Firefox installation is Finnish. But the tiniest bit of googling told me that there's an add-on that allows you to switch from one dictionary to another on the fly. When I find the time I might try it out. Don't know if I can stomach a program second guessing me all the time, though? I have turned off all the language checking in M$Office SW, because ... it just doesn't work together with a lot of symbols and formulas.
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I'm sure everyone has a spellchecker horror story, but I just want to share my favorite, from early in my former newspaper job: Our first spellchecker program didn't recognize the word "jacuzzi" and a normally meticulous editor (not me, at least not that time) had automatically hit "replace" one too many times ... so we told the readership that a church singles group was having a "swim and jackass" party. That program also liked to translate one city councilman's last name as "Migraine."
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One of my best friends, an English professor, used to edit an international agricultural journal when she was a grad student. In an article on the production of brazil nuts, the author apparently misspelled "warehouse" as "wharehouse", because the spellchecker caught it and corrected it - the result was
"...the nuts were spread on the whorehouse floor overnight for drying..."
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Let's start a Raven Fan Club!
At times, she was almost as endearing as Hanners . . . I like her worldview.
Good idea, to have her and Marten cross paths (oops, is that a shipment? Sorry!)
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It seems the poll has identified a massively underserved Raven demographic. Mayhaps Jeph will show us a kindness of Raven popping out of the woodworks?
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Most definitely Raven, just because of the plot possibilities.See, Dora's my favorite character, but she's been but in the backburner since the breakup. Maybe if Raven comes, she could elaborate more into Dora's past through her.
It's either that or Vicky dating Sven/Marten/used by Angus to cheat on Faye
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Vicky would immolate in the pure bitch-fire flames of any such moves.
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And why the hell would Angus cheat on Faye?
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Maybe if Raven comes, she could elaborate more into Dora's past through her.
That is a really good point. Jeph seems to have gotten tired of Raven as a source of humor, but she's known Dora longer than anyone except Dora's family, and we're due for more explanation of Dora's history.
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Maybe if Raven comes, she could elaborate more into Dora's past through her.
That is a really good point. Jeph seems to have gotten tired of Raven as a source of humor, but she's known Dora longer than anyone except Dora's family, and we're due for more explanation of Dora's history.
Are we really? We already know the fundamentals, and anything else seems superfluous. She has brother issues, she has boyfriend issues, she has an inferiority complex that feeds all of the above. We already know her brother is likely the largest cause of the complex, so what more do we really need to know?
I'd be fine with Raven as a source of humor, but whatever light she sheds on Dora's past is superfluous and likely to be covered in therapy anyway.
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Funny stories from her youth? Dora equivilant of photo with giant dildo?
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We do know things about Dora, but we don't even know what she majored in in college, or why she went Goth (unless you believe what she said in 279).
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I picked Amir, mainly because I would love to see Marten with his band again. And if he wears long-sleeved shirts, Jeph won't have to draw his body hair! Amir was cheerful, sort of odd, and hey, maybe his taste in girlfriends will have improved. Or not. :wink:
Clearly, many of you would like to see Raven return. I wouldn't mind if she stayed away, but I also wouldn't mind if she returned. Maybe if she had changed somewhat it might be more interesting to see her again.
I actually miss Winslow, the most mild-mannered of the AnthroPCs. I hope the reason he's not really in the strip isn't for potential copyright issues, since he looks kinda like *CENSOREDBYSTEVEJOBS*
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Well, other webcomics are bringing back old female characters who used to be main cast members... but that would be, Primarily, Very Plagaristic on Jeph's part.
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Primarily, Very Plagaristic
I see what you did there.
...you're talking about Sexy Losers, right? :mrgreen:
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Doctor Corrine.
a) She's hilarious
b) I want to see how she looks in Jeph's latest style.
c) We need her now anyway because of Dora crazy.
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Dora's seeing a therapist, but it's someone else who may or may not show up on screen.
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Now there's a thought: what would be the funniest connection to someone else in the strip for Dora's therapist?
Cosette's dad?
Elliot's dad?
Padma's dad?
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Vicky's Dad?
then he might convince Dora that all of her problems stem from Martin being a clingy boyfriend or something.... Dramapocalypse abounds!
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Wait, where did we get the impression Vicky's dad thought like that?
...although I wouldn't put it past a therapist. Then again, at this point, I wouldn't put anything past that profession.
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We don't know, but would you blame him for thinking that?
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Now there's a thought: what would be the funniest connection to someone else in the strip for Dora's therapist?
President of the Northampton chapter of Sven Bianchi fan club?
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Dora specifically stated that her therapist was a "he" (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1878), by the way.
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Bring back Dora's pussy.
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Yeah, where DID Mieville end up after the break-up?
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one would assume Sven's, but would he get on with Princess? or would he get on :wink:
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Yeah, where DID Mieville end up after the break-up?
Grrr, you ruined my double entendre joke!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC8cCVtyN3A)
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Now there's a thought: what would be the funniest connection to someone else in the strip for Dora's therapist?
Cosette's dad?
Elliot's dad?
Padma's dad?
Someone who lived in Faye's old apartment building.
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one would assume Sven's, but would he get on with Princess? or would he get on :wink:
KITTIES!!
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Of these characters, I always liked Raven the best. I can see why she's not in the comic anymore, and it makes sense for her to be doing something else with her life, but I liked her good-naturedness. She had a very different sense of humor than the other cast members, and I liked her take on a lot of the things that happened.
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I don't see the talking weasels on that list.
And yes, sorry to say, Sara was eaten by that allosaurus, so unless she comes back in ghost form or covered in gore after carving her way out of its stomach with only her fingernails and half a skull of a baby triceratops, we ain't gonna see her again.
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Sara being eaten by an allosaurus, is that just a running joke or is it actually canon?
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No, it's just a joke
It was actually a Ravenous Bugblatter Beast
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No, it's just a joke
It was actually a Ravenous Bugblatter Beast
Yeah, Sarah didn't have a chance. Penelope, now ... all she would have needed to do is refuse to acknowledge it's there ("What for? I'm right!") and the Bugblatter Beast would have been forced to conclude she didn't exist, either.
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Sara being eaten by an allosaurus, is that just a running joke or is it actually canon?
It was a joke made by Jeph, but not in the comic.
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Gotcha. The "not in the comic" part was what I was looking for.
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The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine has the original, which is no longer on the QC site. The comment in question is the last line of the cast list (http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20070523114500/http://questionablecontent.net/cast.php).
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I was looking for that! I wonder why it's no longer there...I guess Jeph doesn't want to redraw the faces.
Or update the list.
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I seem to remember Jeph saying somewhere, sometime, that he was considering punting on the cast page and just referring people to Wikipedia.
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Wait, there is an in-comic reference... when Raven was first hired, she drew the employees faces on the board. That was the last reference to Sara, and ... let me see...
Yup! Elusive and hates allosauruses, #325 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=325).
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I was looking for that! I wonder why it's no longer there...I guess Jeph doesn't want to redraw the faces.
Or update the list.
I miss that artstyle period of the comic.
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I was looking for that! I wonder why it's no longer there...I guess Jeph doesn't want to redraw the faces.
Or update the list.
I miss that artstyle period of the comic.
Same. When I go back to them, it's always around the 500s-700s that I liked the artwork the most. I'm not sure what it is, because it definitely hasn't gotten worse, but I did like the artwork better overall.
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Sounds like nostalgia to me - probably for the art of the time around which you started following the comic?
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It's funny, the change is so gradual going forward you almost never think about it until you decide to look a thousand strips back, and then *BAM*
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It also is jarring when a character like Marten's mom comes back after being "away" for a few hundred strips. I mean, even Tai has changed drastically since Marty took the job at the Smif library.
I can only imagine what Ellen would look like now.
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Ellen? Don't be silly, she was eaten by a narwhal.
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Sounds like nostalgia to me - probably for the art of the time around which you started following the comic?
meh, I also really like the art in the 500-7/800s, and I began reading the comic around 1300.
There was a period between the current style and the 7/800s style when I thought the art was a bit awkward, but I really like the way Jeph is combining style and realism in the comic now.
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Sounds like nostalgia to me - probably for the art of the time around which you started following the comic?
Actually, no. I remember being shown a couple strips of the comic sometime in 2007 or 2008 and then forgetting completely about it until the name suddenly popped into mind last year around February. I've only been reading the comic for ~13 months or so.
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Sounds like nostalgia to me - probably for the art of the time around which you started following the comic?
Nah, I started reading the comic around September/November 2010. Never heard of it before that.
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Howabout Sweet Tits? (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1730)
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Although this topic has died, it seems the right place to point to something that Jeph put on his Tumblr recently about absent characters (http://tumblr.com/x8o27ob28f).
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Interesting to see Penelope and Pizza Girl back on the scene... wonder what happened there?
Backstory time! (Probably)
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wonder what happened there?
It's explained in the interview he links to under the comic.
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http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=698 introduces the notion that Pennelope is Pizza Girl. http://questionablecontent.wikia.com/wiki/Pizza_Girl has some of the backstory on Pizza Girl, who has surprisingly few appearances given her impact.
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The irony is that Pizza Girl was introduced one strip before the character that we generally consider to be Angus appeared in the strip.
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And now this (http://twitter.com/#!/jephjacques/status/75650231265542144)...
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The irony is that Pizza Girl was introduced one strip before the character that we generally consider to be Angus appeared in the strip.
Wait, do some people actually think that wasn't Angus?
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Wait, I might be thinking of an even earlier strip, then. Link me to the proto-Angus, please?
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The "proto-Angus" (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=375).
Two main reasons why it's believed (okay, at least I believe that) this is Angus:
- "The weird thing is this guy still comes in every day."
- "I think he likes us because we give him something to be mad about for the rest of the day."
Based on what Dora would say about our Mr. McPhee later ("We just call him Argument Guy" (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=783)), it's reasonable to assume that the two are one and the same.
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Oh. Yeah, wow, I'm almost positive that isn't Angus. That guy's just a douche.
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And now this (http://twitter.com/#!/jephjacques/status/75650231265542144)...
Oh please! Oh please! Oh please!
I miss Raven Dammit!
The first QC I ever read (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1111) featured Raven.
It is because of the crazy wierdness that is the banter betweem Raven and the rest of the CoD gang that I am here.
Please bring her back Mr. Jeph, sir...
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Man, how do you remember that? I just know that mine was no later than fall 2006, and I'm reasonably certain it was in the seven or eight hundreds (Tai was involved, I think).
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It's very complicated...
It involves XKCD, April Fools Day, and El Dorado.
When I read that comic, I thought that I had found something that QC was not (turns out it was just that one comic.) But I was compelled to read the entire archive on the strength of that strip alone.
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And now this (http://twitter.com/#!/jephjacques/status/75650231265542144)...
so if I understand this tweet, it sounds like Jeph is likely to respond to his "massively underserved Raven demographic"?
Yay! :-D
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He's putting together book 2, and so he's going back through the strips. Unlike most of us here, he rearely rereads his stuff - too busy writing new ones (remember how he was surprised he'd used the owl excuse once before Marten's drunk adventures?)
So he's getting a new appreciation of the old Raven. But bringing her back means writing for her... and that may not be so easy - he was differently medicated back then...
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Dude, are you trying to kill my buzz?
You're coming in here with your carefully considered opinion, etc., etc.
Why do you hate America? *
I just want Raven back.
*For the irony, I know you don't really hate America.
Do you?
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I was born a buzzkill.
It gives me a buzz...
Sorry.
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So do you get a buzz from killing your own buzz?
Doesn't that lead to a terminal case of dead-buzz/new-buzz infinite causality loop meltdown?
Or do you get a buzz by killing other's buzzes?
Which would make you more of a buzzthief than a buzzkill...
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America is kind of ok, I guess!
Also, I'm pretty sure I found out about xkcd because of that April Fool's swap, which I guess was what, three or four years ago?
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April 1, 2008. Three years ago.
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Definitely a buzztheif.
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I like everybody's points re: Raven; now would be a great time to reintroduce an updated (possibly Lady Gaga influenced? Oh come on, you KNOW she'd have gone for that) version of her.
That said, I voted Dr Corrinne because therapists are fascinating. I suspect Jeph tries to avoid her for fear of using therapy as an expository technique.
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I've got to say Tortura. There was way too much backstory there. That plus Dora's secret roasting technique may have some sort of storyline in it
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Didn't she come back to say goodbye before disappearing forever?
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She did, indeed (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1406).
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Raven's back!
So who's leaving CofD?
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No one. She left her job, right? That's why she's asking for it back.
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YAY! The Science Fairy... er, I mean Raven's back!
I'm intrigued as to where this will go.
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No one. She left her job, right? That's why she's asking for it back.
After she left, everyone else covered for her shifts (Faye, Dora and Penelope), but after a while Dora hired two part-timers (Cosette and Hannelore), so really, there isn't a position left for Raven right now, unless Dora wants more employees than she's used to having. If the place gets busier, fine, she can afford another employee without cutting other people's hours, but otherwise someone will lose out!
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Wow. This thread worked! (probably not, but the massively underserved Raven demographic can take credit anyway, right?*
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Wow. This thread worked! (probably not, but the massively undeserved Raven demographic can take credit anyway, right?
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I think his remarks on twitter about rediscovering Raven when looking at the strips again in preparation for book 2 show clearly that he has no knowledge of or interest in this thread. :-P
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I think his remarks on twitter about rediscovering Raven when looking at the strips again in preparation for book 2 show clearly that he has no knowledge of or interest in this thread. :-P
Certainly no interest in, but no knoweldge? JEPH SEES ALL KNOWS ALL (or at least his mods do. ;))
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He doesn't talk to his mods either, you know. He said Hi! to me when I was made a mod (because he does have an overall veto), but that's it. On the rare occasions he steps in here, it's as much a surprise to us as to you.
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I - wha - we were sort of cumulatively right? :psyduck:
UP IS DOWN AND DOWN IS UP
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Like when he popped in and banned [name redacted]? Not sure if anyone saw that coming.
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No, we didn't; I was in fact discussing the ban with Ben (est), but when he went to do it Jeph had already stepped in. I don't know how he knew, but he might have seen when the "report this post" button got clicked that day (it sends an email to all mods and admins), even if he doesn't generally bother to notice when that happens.
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All in all, it just proves what we all suspected. Jeph is the God of the QC-verse, with a hot link to the hell that is the QC forums :-D
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Surprised by the lack of love for Jimbo.
Don't you people know that plaid is hip?
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No, we didn't; I was in fact discussing the ban with Ben (est), but when he went to do it Jeph had already stepped in. I don't know how he knew, but he might have seen when the "report this post" button got clicked that day (it sends an email to all mods and admins), even if he doesn't generally bother to notice when that happens.
Ah, someone reported him? I figured maybe Jeph was on that thread and saw [name redacted] being a dick and banned him on the spot.
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He (who apparently shall not be named) had been around for quite a while - nearly a year, as I recall - and had shown considerable improvement. Paul (pwhodges) (before he was a mod), myself and a few others chose to interact with him in order to try and bring him around to being a productive forumite.
Considering his first several posts used the word "moron" exclusively for everyone else on the board and were made of nothing but vitriol, he'd come a long way!
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I think there is some reluctance to name Odin, seeming, as it were, to be talking behind his back; however, his posts are still there for all to see. He showed considerable intelligence, and put forward interesting ideas; but in the end he could not control his manner of debating to the extent that we wanted, even when requested to in PMs.
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Surprised by the lack of love for Jimbo.
Don't you people know that plaid is hip?
Only when worn as a Kilt
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I think there is some reluctance to name Odin, seeming, as it were, to be talking behind his back; however, his posts are still there for all to see. He showed considerable intelligence, and put forward interesting ideas; but in the end he could not control his manner of debating to the extent that we wanted, even when requested to in PMs.
Honestly, I was actually pretty surprised, especially since the post Jeph apparently banned him for wasn't really that bad at all, if I recall. Although I guess things are a little more peaceful now?
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While I can't speak for anyone else, I tend to subconsciously meet the attitude of the people I'm conversing with.
Which resulted in my conversations with Odin being a bit incendiary. I'll probably eventually get banned eventually but until then I'll be nice and genuinely contribute to the conversation when I can.
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You should make your title (sub-avatar text) "Resident Zelig".
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Just to mention, Jeph's commentary below QC 542:
"Contrary to popular belief, it would appear that Raven is occasionally capable of a bit of craftiness. She's a fun character to write!"
So I hope, and assume, that he can find that fun again. :angel:
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I somehow always felt that he-who-shall-not-be-named picked his nick on purpose. I don't remember, whether he ever explained the reason for that choice, as I tried to skip that kind of arguments. And, if you call yourself a Norse mythical (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll) being (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin), perhaps you shouldn't be surprised that it counts as strikes one and two against you on a forum, where trolling is frowned upon.
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As much as it *appears* that Raven's appearance on Thursday was unintentional, perhaps it would be best if she returned full time - or at least for the near future, so as to keep Dora from going over the edge.
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Wait, Skew, are you saying that just because trolls are Norse that anything from Norse mythology will be seen as a reference to them? Dude, that's not cool. That's like saying someone with the name Poseidon is referencing pederasty, since the Ancient Greeks were all about that shit.
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MoM, you're right, of course. I should retract that statement, but let it stay there as a sign of my stupidity. It felt like a curious coincidence at one point, but that's all it is... :oops:
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Psst: you're thinking Loki, not Odin.
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Well, to be fair to Skewbrow, Odin did behave more like a Loki...
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Moreover, from what I've picked up in Norse mythology (which is high school texts and Asatru websites, so take this with some salt and tequila), the Allfather was actually seen as sort of remote and uncaring. He was respected, and to be picked as one of his warriors in Valhalla in the afterlife was awesome. But it was Thor who seemed to be more concerned with the mortals' welfare and more responsive to their petitions.
(Though it was *Loki* who gave mankind the secret of fire. I really have to wonder what it is with the ancient pantheons and not wanting mankind to have fire. Was there a "we don't trust them to not burn the planet down" motivation, or was humanity's ability to use fire a possible threat to their divinity, or what? Add that to the list of things I don't have time to research right now and will forget I wanted to look up when I *do* have time to do it. :D )
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How to make fire is essentially the first step towards all of our modern technology. Very nearly everything we do requires fire, including eating meat if you haven't got an appendix.
Quite a lot of gods, particularly those that are alleged to be universal architects, resent others having the ability to make and destroy stuff because that's their job.
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I somehow always felt that he-who-shall-not-be-named picked his nick on purpose. I don't remember, whether he ever explained the reason for that choice, as I tried to skip that kind of arguments. And, if you call yourself a Norse mythical (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll) being (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin), perhaps you shouldn't be surprised that it counts as strikes one and two against you on a forum, where trolling is frowned upon.
Well, to be fair, Odin was also the Norse God of instigating warfare and strife in some myths/interpretations of him (and also kind of a cosmic-powered dick in the comics), so maybe that's where he was getting it from.
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Amanda Whitaker. : )
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OMG, do NOT say that. You'd be giving Jeph an idea.
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If there was a reason for her to move up North, then I could see it working.
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Like following a girlfriend who's trying to break it off but hasn't told her yet?
:psyduck:
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Why does that sound so familiar?
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No, you're thinking of a reason to move East.
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How old is Amanda now? Maybe she decides to study at Smiff to be closer to her sister.
And then she meets Tai...
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She decides that it would be easier to meet a sexy girl in Massachusetts than Georgia (okay, I really have no idea). She also wants to be closer to her sister. Tai, still reeling from Dora's rejection, meets Amanda and sparks fly. :)
Faye, of course, is less than thrilled, since she's protective of her baby sister.
Haha, anything to piss Faye off is fine by me.
From what little I do remember of Amanda, she's nothing at all like Faye.
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How old is Amanda now? Maybe she decides to study at Smiff to be closer to her sister.
And then she meets Tai...
Embarrassed admission: my first post on this forum was some (frankly awful) fanart shipping those two. I still think they'd get along! And they must be about the same age.
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How old is Amanda now? Maybe she decides to study at Smiff to be closer to her sister.
And then she meets Tai...
Embarrassed admission: my first post on this forum was some (frankly awful) fanart shipping those two. I still think they'd get along! And they must be about the same age.
(looks)
I'll agree with the "frankly awful" part. ;)
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I still think they'd get along! And they must be about the same age.
Amanda had just flunked her first year at college at the time of her last appearance, whereas Tai was a post-grad on her first. So... About a four-year difference at least?
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Wait, wait, Tai's a grad student? Where is this stated?
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I'm not sure about grad student, but she is a TA (777 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=777)) which would indicate that she's at least an upperclassman, and possibly a grad student.
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Do we know that it was Amanda's first year?
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I'm not sure about grad student, but she is a TA (777 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=777)) which would indicate that she's at least an upperclassman, and possibly a grad student.
They let undergrads TA in US colleges? I did not know that, so I assumed Tai must be postgrad.
Do we know that it was Amanda's first year?
According to Dora (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=167), Amanda was young enough to be a minor, or at least taken for a minor, and she apparently still likes Weezer (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=172). So I think it's likely.
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Only small colleges without grad programs will use seniors as TA's, but they generally won't lead classes, instead they're glorified graders.
If I remember, Tai has her own English classes, and so is most likely a grad student!
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They let undergrads TA in US colleges? I did not know that, so I assumed Tai must be postgrad.
Yes. At least, they did at my school.
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I vote for Anthro PC strips with Hannelores, martins and that nerdy girls anime one.