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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: pendrake on 19 Oct 2011, 21:30
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I. Animation Style - Rather obviously, one of the most important points of an animated series is its animation.
A. Would QC:TAS be animated like how it has been drawn? I imagine Jeph would poop agitated hedgehogs over that, considering how many different art-styles there have been as QC has evolved across the years.
B. Or in a style similar to the popular DCAU? Dating back to Batman: TAS, the DCAU animation style with its more "simplistic" animation style allows for a surprising amount of flexibility and quality in its use. This is why it has been kept and used even outside of DC Comics' material.
C. Or would QC:TAS really benefit from CGI? A far cry from Tron (#1) or The Last Starfighter, where it took military-grade supercomputers to make us believe in Light Cycles and Death Blossom. Today we have weekly mass combat scenes in Star Wars: The (animated) Clone Wars done from laptops. Would QC fare better in the Computer Graphic Imaging field? And at what level of it?
D. QC: The "Anime" Series? Mentioned that here for completeness, but thinking about it too much gives me nosebleeds at the thought of a "tsundere" Faye, a "sempai" Dora, and "gravure" Marigold... :psyduck:
II. Voice Actors
Unlike Live Action, voice acting opens up a wider range of potential actors-to-role. While there are some roles that can "only" be voiced by a particular person (Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime being one of the most notable examples), QC:TAS would have a clean slate to work with. This could save a lot on production costs not having to use "big name" actors, as well as actors too old to play the role despite their being very appropriate to character.
III. What channel? What time slot? What rating?
Considering the adult-themed nature of QC, it likely would have to be on Adult Swim on Cartoon Network, but that is not a hard requirement either. Would QC be better on a different channel at a different time-slot? Or perhaps a purely web-based series?
IV. Other factors?
Probably a lot of things, the internet is full of ideas (both good and bad).
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Just don't let Blind Ferret anywhere near it. (http://i.imgur.com/YflE7.png)
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Just don't let Blind Ferret anywhere near it. (http://i.imgur.com/YflE7.png)
A-freaking-MEN.
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Patrick Warburton as all the male characters, Tara Strong as all the female characters, and H. Jon Benjamin as all the robot characters. All dialogue is shouted.
It would be awfully silly and I'd probably be the only person on earth who'd watch it, but damn I'd enjoy it.
You are wrong about being the only person to watch it, and I've put the reason why in bold. And underline. That man's voice is a treasure.
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Patrick Warburton as
Steve.
That or Tory from Mythbusters.
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Patrick Warburton will always be David Puddy in my mind.
"Yeah, that's right."
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Patrick Warburton as
Steve.
That or Tory from Mythbusters.
I say cast all of the mythbusters as voice actors. Grant is Marten, Adam is Pintsize, Kari is Raven, Tory is Steve, and Jamie is EVERYONE ELSE ALL THE TIME.
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I would watcha QC/Mythbusters crossover. Pretty much QC mixed with most of the Discovery Channel, I'd watch.
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yeah, QC/Mythbusters would totally be worth looking into.
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"Well, Jamie, today's viewer request is from Faye in Northampton, Mass, and for you, Faye, we're going to see how hard you can toss a mobile sentient AI against a wall without corrupting its porn stash. We've rigged up this compressed-air cannon ... "
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"Well, Jamie, today's viewer request is from Faye in Northampton, Mass, and for you, Faye, we're going to see how hard you can toss a mobile sentient AI against a wall without corrupting its porn stash. We've rigged up this compressed-air cannon ... "
(hands you One Interwebs)
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Hmmmmm
A DariaVerse Crossover?
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You'd be creating a snark-and-angst vortex that would implode.
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I remember liking the Daria show, but I can see the QC ladies gathering round to tell her to pull the stick out of her ass, and would she like to trade her problems for theirs?
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Some thoughts on voice-casting while Jeph remains without electricity...
I tried to avoid any particularly "big" (or "expensive") names for voice casting, since this would be for a regular animated series, or an extended number of series-episodes.
1. Marten Reed = ???
2. Faye Whitaker = ???
3. Dora Biachi = Nikki Cox (Mary Connell from Las Vegas TV series), Morena Baccarin (Inara Serra from Firefly); both ladies can do that "hard-experienced, beyond her years" kind of tone that I think Dora would have.
4. Hannelore Ellicott-Chatham = Jewel Staite (Kaylee from Firefly); someone who could have the right balance of "crazy" and "cute" for voicing.
5. Pintsize = Brent Spiner (Data from Star Trek: TNG, but has done a lot of antagonist character voice-actings), Bob Saget (suggested by others in other threads, for which I agreed it is actually a good suggestion for voice-casting)
6. Raven Pritchard = ???
7. Steve = Khary Payton (Cyborg from Teen Titans..."boo-yah!", Aqualad-Kaldur from Young Justice)
8. Sven Biachi = Val Kilmer; if anyone could voice the charming smarmosaur...
9. Penelope Gaines = ???
10. Tai = ???
11. Winslow = ???
12. Angus McPhee = Alan Tudyk (Walsh from Firefly, and many others); who better for snarky & witty remarks with great delivery?
13. Marigold Louse Farmer = Tara Strong (Raven from Teen Titans); those who suggest her for Dora, it was not a bad idea. But I think the downcast tone would suit Marigold better.
14. Amir Afridi = Oded Fehr(?)
15. Elliot = Patrick Warburton (Joe Swanson from Family Guy, The Tick, and lots others)
16. Cosette Hurlbut = ???
17. Dale = ???
18. Henry Reed = William H. Macy; the "indie" market's foremost paragon, for an "indie" themed series
19. Jimbo = John DeMaggio (Bender from Futurama, and lots others), or Adam Baldwin (Jayne Cobb from Firefly), or Ed Asner
20. Momo(-tan) = Hynden Walsh (Starfire from Teen Titans); suggested from another thread, and now I cannot hear anyone else as such... ;)
21. Padma = ???
22. Wil = ???
23. Yelling Bird = Gilbert Gottfried (who has past experience in foul-mouthed avians...)
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I imagine Amir with Kal Penn's voice...
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Kevin Conroy for Wil
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Tara Reid for Raven
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Tara Reid for Raven
Not Pauley Perette?
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No idea who she was, had to look her up, also i'm not going to watch NCIS. How does she compare?
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Pauley Perette... BRILLIANT!
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No idea who she was, had to look her up, also i'm not going to watch NCIS. How does she compare?
*GibbsSmack to the back of the head*
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Pauley Perette's got the cute-smart-goth going on, partly in real life ... you could draw people with her cred on that alone. You'd have some who'd argue that Abby (her character) would never, ever play dumb, as Blodwyn does.
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I don't really think Raven is "playing dumb". I don't think she really is dumb, either. She just has a different outlook on the world, and it doesn't always line up with common sense.
Or, as has been said on other threads and is now akronnick's sig line. she's "not clueless, just differently clued".
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She could only voice her in an animated series, though. She's a bit too old to be a live-action Raven.
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I don't really see Jewel Staite as Hanners either; she'd make a much better Faye if anything. But back to Hannelore; what about Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood from the HP films)?
On Ms. Perette's age; if thirty year olds can play teenagers, forty-two year olds can play twenty-somethings. :-P
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Remember, we're talking animation here; the voice actor doesn't have to look like the character or evem be the approx. age -- just capable of producing a voice that fits the character.
Wonder if Mark Hamill would voice Pintsize? He could do a riff on his Joker voice.
Or maybe George Takei ... He did a few other character voices on Trek animated. Not as many as Doohan, who is sadly no longer with us ...
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I like the animation style used by the Simpsons.
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it would be amazing
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I like the animation style used by the Simpsons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo&feature=player_embedded
Starting at 0:35
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1. @Kugai... Kevin Conroy can never be anyone but DCAU Batman for me. On the positive, though, he probably is the best Batman (voice-)actor of them all.
2. Likewise, Mark Hamill is the best Joker voice of them all, no one expresses the crazy/insanity of the Clown Prince of Crime like Hamill does. But I agree he could probably do some variance for a QC character as DSL has suggested.
3. Pauley Perrette probably would be in the "too expensive" category at the moment with NCIS' current popularity [and /GibbsSmack Deadlywonky 8-) ]. But yes, she could voice Raven Pritchard. Another strong choice for roles would be Dora.
4. A point I had not considered when I started this thread was how we each "hear" the QC cast in our minds. I suppose someone would have to ask Jeph for his QC Dump about how it hears his creations' voices in his mind. Personally, I think Hannelore has a higher-pitch voice in keeping with her psychoses, but also still being the cute person everyone enjoys, thus why I considered Jewel Staite.
5. A variant of The Simpsons' or Futurama's animation style could work, but not the exact style itself (I just cannot see the QC animated cast that yellow-skinned...). Personally I think using the DCAU animation style would work better for QC:TAS, if going for a longer-term series.
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Jeph has, in his Tumblr, expressed his thoughts on voices for some of his characters. Faye and Dora were characters from a game, Pintsize sounded like Orson Welles in his head (!?), and "Hannelore is squeaky."
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ISTR him saying that Dora sounded like Jane Lane from Daria.
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You're right. The game character, he said, had a sort of deadly monotone he imagined for Faye.
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I suddenly have this urge to hear Sven voiced by Patrick Stewart.
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I always thought wil had a Boston brahmin accent and that hanners sounded like kristen schaal although now that i think about it Evanna Lynch would be great
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also it could so go on adultswim I'd so watch it even if I'd never heard of qc
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I rarely watch TV, so I don't even recognize most of these actors' names. However, since no-one has made any suggestions for Penelope, I could hear her being voiced by Emily Deschanel. OTOH, I could also hear Ms. Deschanel as the voice of Marten's mom. :-D
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Actually, if we're talking about cartoon voices, we can't leave out Grey DeLisle, if only because she has the best voices. She can be both Dora and Veronica and we can throw in some cracks about how they love each other's voices too. :angel:
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Honestly I would cast Donald Glover (Troy from Community) as Marten. He has a pretty wide range with his voice that I think would work well as Marten. On that same note I would give Alison Brie the role of Hanners because she easily pulls off that normal/crazy jump in her vocal tones.
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Donald glover is a great choice community is hilarious
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I could make a small pilot, see how J.Jaques likes it.
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I would pay to see that not with money cause I don't have any of that but i can pay in giggles
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Sorry, son, your giggles are no good here!
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Lol thumb wars
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Questionable Thumbs? ... Well, that still leaves the voice-actor question.
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Ooh, that's it; forget animation, try supermarionation!
And leave Faye's joke about all of Hanners' friends being elaborate puppets in entirely intact.
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Amir could be played by danny pudi they're around the same age hell just get the whole cast of community to voice
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I could make a small pilot, see how J.Jaques likes it.
You can really do that? You have the equipment and skills?
Have you been to the "Make" forum?
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Marten: Michael Cera
Faye: Alia Shawkat or Zooey Deschanel
Dora: Ellen Page or Morena Baccarin
Hannelore: Maria Bamford (http://www.mariabamford.com/). She's far more than just the crazy shopping lady from the Target ads. She's had a long career in voiceover and her stand-up is really bent.
Raven: Pauley Perrette (NCIS)
Pintsize (voice): Jack Black. Don't hate me. His weird energy matches Pintsize's complete lack of discipline and he loves Crazy Train. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=43)
Momo is a problem. Does her voice change once she gets her new chassis? She's Sony KawaiiPC and has overtly anime styling, so would a Japanese accent be out of order? I kind of hear her with too-perfect grammar and diction, much like Kam Fong from Jpod (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcW3hQfWUK0).
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Apparently, the boss has mused on this:
- If QC ever gets optioned I will demand that Scott Bakula play Marten's dad and/or post-apocalyptic older Marten
- Angelina Jolie as Marten's mom
- Alex Skarsgard as Sven, obviously
- Lady Gaga (in a fat suit or after gaining a bunch of weight a la DeNiro in Raging Bull) as Marigold
(Same crazy outfits as she usually wears, though.) - Ke$ha as Raven because I wanna troll the audience a lil'
- Ed Asner as Pintsize. Not just the voice, they're shrink him down.
- No idea who'd play Hanners. I am not up on my young, scared-looking actresses.
- Dita Von Teese as Dora, Christina Hendricks as Faye (who CARES if she's too old)
(Now I am imagining Christina Hendricks with short hair and chunky glasses and I need to be alone for a little while) - Lots of people saying Dakota Fanning for Hanners, googled her and yeah I can see it
- OH MY GOD YES “@Tranderas: @jephjacques Could troll the audience a LOT and have Rebecca Black play Dora.”
- Pretty sure Jimbo would have to be played by @wigu
- Carey Mulligan would make a good Hanners or Tai #okayImdone
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i want a shrunken Ed Asner of my very own
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Damn. Now I want a shrunken Ed Asner with wang hands.
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eww but cute
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Sorry to bump this, but I sorta thought that Pintsize, WInslow, Momo, etc. would have identical voices as their owners, only run through auto-tune.
As for the characters, I don't really have an opinion - we all "hear" the characters in different voices, and it would be interesting to know if Jeph imagines voices for the characters as he writes the strips - but I am totally surprised nobody suggested Ellen DeGeneres as Tai.
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Jeph said once that he imagines Dora sounding like Jane Lane from Daria. Momo is "Squeaky but with very precise enunciation".
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So, basically Hynden Walch reprising her Starfire voice, only with more worldliness. Momo's no innocent.
Probably not very imaginative on my part, but we could dig up Mel Blanc and have him reprise his Twiki voice for Pintsize. Without the Beedebedebedebede.
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Mel Blac Jr.'s not only alive, but able to do most of his father's voices...
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... and June Foray's still around, so we've got things covered, then (Her Rocky the Flying Squirrel voice would be perfect for Hanners). Now, for limited animation: Filmation, Hanna-Barbera, Jay Ward or UPA style?
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Sadly, there is no way QC could become an animated show. Jeph would have to give up control of his characters for that to happen and with his attitude toward shipping, I can't imagine he'd be willing to give some random strangers in Hollywood control of his characters.
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Hollywood?
why them?
and he wouldn't need to give up anything. he could be supervisor of the production and sole copyright holder therefore complete control over the characters.
ofcourse i don't see QC being animated (not counting gif) for very various different reasons.
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Yes, but in that case he'd have to come up with the money for it.
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There's always those do-it-yourself talking Teddy bear animations, the ones with the Speak'n'Spell voices.
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and he wouldn't need to give up anything. he could be supervisor of the production and sole copyright holder therefore complete control over the characters.
Groenig did it with the Simpsons and futurama. I know, those didn't start as comics, but he did Life in Hell (http://www.futurama-area.de/LiH/oc.html) before animating a Simpson's short for the Tracy Ullman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracey_Ullman) show (and all the young'uns say, "who?").
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I just want to point out how successful CtrlAltDelete was as an animated series.
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I just want to point out that it also sucked.
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I was being sarcastic, in case anybody thought otherwise.
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I didn't, just wanted to make it more obvious.
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Oh so, wait, it WASN'T popular and that was what you were sarcastic about. I actually thought it might have been. It's not that bad for mainstream comedy.
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When I first saw this, my immediate thought was Tina Fey as Faye.
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Naaaah, I think the voice of Daria Morgandorffer would be better.
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It turns out that a Japanese localization company has taken on the task of bringing QC to our TV's. Current projected voice actor line-up:
Marten: Steve Blum
Faye: Steve Blum
Dora: Steve Blum
Steve: Steve Blum
Hannelore: Steve Blum
Pintsize: Steve Blum
Angus: Colleen O'Shaughnessey
Marigold: Bored intern
Momo: Steve Blum
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Raven - Monica Rail
Sven - Kevin Conroy
Marten - Monica Rail
Steve - Peter Cullen
Tai - Pauly Purette (Bad Spelling Night tonight)
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Purette tourette's.
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Pauley Perrette always seems like she's on cocaine when she's doing interviews.
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Purette tourette's.
You bet
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Purette tourette's.
You bet
(not yet)
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Patrick Warburton as all the male characters, Tara Strong as all the female characters, and H. Jon Benjamin as all the robot characters. All dialogue is shouted.
It would be awfully silly and I'd probably be the only person on earth who'd watch it, but damn I'd enjoy it.
You are wrong about being the only person to watch it, and I've put the reason why in bold. And underline. That man's voice is a treasure.
I'd watch cause all the dialogue is shouted. It's funny even thinking about it. Hehe.
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The first thing I thought of when I read this:
SOCK. PUPPETS. (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1407)
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Heh, as much as I loved QC and would chuckle and smile when I read the jokes, it never really made me laugh out loud until Penelope described her Raven puppet.
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Heh, as much as I loved QC and would chuckle and smile when I read the jokes, it never really made me laugh out loud until Penelope described her Raven puppet (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1353).
Added the link for those of us with crappy memories who haven't trawled the archives lately.
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Penelope has a telling line earlier in that strip: "I promise to not say anything mean by accident."
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Added the link for those of us with crappy memories who haven't trawled the archives lately.
Raises a horrible image: A group trawl through the archives, a kind of cruise, a fresh examination of the canon, for those who don't spend enough time in the QCverse and the forum already. Ewwww! And once it launched, who could stay on the dock, waving goodbye to those who had waived their sanity?
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Your metaphor hints at shipping.
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Good thing it's a metaphor, then!
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To be honest, I'm still trying to wrap my head around the comic-world concept. I've gone back to a definition a couple of times and understand it when I read it, but it's hard to connect the word with the concept. I'd better post it to my desktop. Hate to be guilty of the real thing.
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To be honest, I'm still trying to wrap my head around the comic-world concept.
It's really not worth the effort.
And, if you're older more mature than about fifteen, you're ulikely to do it by accident, because it's (by definition) out of character.
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EDIT: Wrong topic.
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To be honest, I'm still trying to wrap my head around the comic-world concept. I've gone back to a definition a couple of times and understand it when I read it, but it's hard to connect the word with the concept. I'd better post it to my desktop. Hate to be guilty of the real thing.
OK, I took another look at "shipping" in Urban Dictionary, and once I saw it was short for "relationship" and "relationshipping," both as verbs, it made more sense.
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Us old guys learn something new everyday by checking this forum.
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One of the reasons I love it here so much!
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Oh crap. Clarification: Meant to post that in the "What are your favorite strips" topic. My bad.
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BUMPITY BUMP BUMP BUMP
Bubbles: Helen Mirren. :-D
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Doing her "Tanya Kirbuk" accent.
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Howabout Grey Griffin voicing Corpse Witch?