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Title: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: jwhouk on 04 Mar 2012, 05:37
Another week - but this time, with CHANGES! (Hopefully these posts won't disintegrate by Friday...)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Border Reiver on 04 Mar 2012, 05:46
So close to voting "Forums Crash, everybody cries", so close. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: DSL on 04 Mar 2012, 07:56
Seems to me the "Big Red Button" option covers quite a few of the others.

... unless you're talking about a larger-than-life representation of a certain radio and TV comedian.


... yes, I know that's "Buttons" with an "s." Go along for the sake of the joke; it needs all the help it can get.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Kugai on 04 Mar 2012, 11:12
I almost went with 'The DeeDee Option', but didn't.

I think there's a big 'Hannelore Reveal' to come.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Mr_Rose on 04 Mar 2012, 15:18
Always push the big red button. Always. No big red button has ever failed to entertain.
No little pink one either, but that's a wholly different story... :wink:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: idontunderstand on 04 Mar 2012, 15:21
You suave bastard.  :evil:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: pwhodges on 04 Mar 2012, 15:32
(http://cassland.org/images/RedButton.jpeg)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: qdanielgrant on 04 Mar 2012, 16:03
I'm wary of the big red button and expect this (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1087) , but maybe for Hanner's dad it will just be the happy birthday song with a holo cake.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: DSL on 04 Mar 2012, 16:31
If there's a song and. a cake, I hope the morning songbirds jump out of it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Throg on 04 Mar 2012, 16:57
CLONE MARTEN   :-P

Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: iduguphergrave on 04 Mar 2012, 20:10
I wanna see a robot hamster
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 04 Mar 2012, 23:02
The giant space rabbits would be cool too.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: pwhodges on 05 Mar 2012, 01:03
Hmm.  I'd rather Marten hadn't asked for the racist-grandma...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: WAYF on 05 Mar 2012, 01:08
So is Spathe Ham replacing Waffles in the poll now?
(Cause honestly, I prefer waffles.)

Edit: WOOWW, the comic when I wasn't looking.

The killer robot in a top hat is somehow cute, hilarious and scary all at the same time.
And the art is incredible. I'm not sure that's been mentioned enough times over this arc, but it really is.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: CompSarge on 05 Mar 2012, 01:08
Racist grandma lady looks like Velma.  :-o
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: akronnick on 05 Mar 2012, 01:10
Damn! those are some BIG windows!!!!  :psyduck:

(Must be made from trransparrent aluminum!)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: cesariojpn on 05 Mar 2012, 01:15
Why is Faye cosplaying as Velma from Scooby Doo doing on the station?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: steveh11 on 05 Mar 2012, 01:16
Nope, didn't get the Nichijou reference, sorry.

Note to self:  Must send Jeph a link to the Scotch Malt Whisky Society. (http://www.smws.co.uk)  Example tasting notes:
Quote
Good evening sports fans and welcome to the final of the Beach Rugby Championships in glorious Flavour-vision. Initially your nose may detect a slight prickle as it adjusts to our system, followed by the smell of damp driftwood and heather. From the pitch waft aromas of Vicks and shaving foam. On the touch line we catch the wood fired Japa-dog vendor with the salty, peaty flavour of sweet marinated salmon and hotdogs. With water the aroma of sweet tobacco drifts from the crowd along with half time oranges studded with cloves. After the match you can taste the smoky, ashy delight of our lavender and feta pizza.

 :-D :-D :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Alchemy on 05 Mar 2012, 01:24
Checking out the people in the first panel.
There appears to be a wizard in the upper right.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Carl-E on 05 Mar 2012, 01:34
VELMA LIVES!


Sorry, sorry, sorry. 


Good catch on the wizard!  Is someone setting up karaoke by the right viewscreen? 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: pwhodges on 05 Mar 2012, 01:40
Looks to me like they have a trash-can-bot on its side.

And is that a couple of Pintsize-type bots I see centre back?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Welu on 05 Mar 2012, 02:07
Those are some trousers on AutumnMan in Panel 3.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: J on 05 Mar 2012, 02:14
am i the only one who thought 'racist grandma' girl was faye at first? after that i thought maybe velma from scooby doo.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: cesariojpn on 05 Mar 2012, 02:17
Why is there a guy farting on a man in the first panel?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: pendrake on 05 Mar 2012, 02:24
For comic #2136...

1. From Jeph's Twitter feed: "if you can spot the nichijou reference, you get a prize. the prize is quiet self-satisfation."  For those wondering, it is (probably) Professor Hakase Shinonome over by the punch-bowl table (the short-statured figure with the long reddish-orange hair).

2. Aww...  poor Trashbot(?) on the right side (there is another Trashbot too, by the food buffet table).  Hope it is not "choking" on something.

3. The wizard among scientists gave me a good chuckle.

4. I also first thought "Velma Dinkley" as well for the orange sweater & glasses girl.  Got to love distinctive media icons :psyduck: .

5. Wonder what that trio in the far upper-left area are supposed to be?  (if anything)

6. I would want to try a "poetic imagery" as well as a "racist-grandma," myself.  (If I still drank)

7. Also, nice shorts(?) on "poetic imagery" drinking scientist

8. Nice tiny top-hat for the Hunter-Killer hoverbot.  Also took me a bit to notice it is also wearing a black bow-tie, hard to see since it is against the space-black field.

9. Hannelore seems to have lost her lipstick.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Binary on 05 Mar 2012, 03:13
So, a little like Larry Niven's Ringworld (http://larryniven.wikia.com/wiki/Ringworld), only with a fountain instead of the Great Ocean.  :-D

[edit]
Also, I'm having problems visually parsing panels 1 and 2. In panel 1 our protagonists appear to be standing in front of a cyan-coloured shaft (which can't be the interior shaft of a support spoke since it's on the outer wall of the ring).

In panel 2 part of the cyan area is overlapping the side viewport with some sort of sawtooth profile - so raised rather than sunken? Also can't figure out the relationship between the orange structural members/trim behind Marigold and Marten.

I missed the live comic draw, and thus any helpful view of the background without the obscuring foreground characters.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: NotsoAverageJoe on 05 Mar 2012, 03:15
Racist grandma lady looks like Velma.  :-o

really?  i was thinking Faye in Spaaaaaaaaaace.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 05 Mar 2012, 03:18
THIS WEEK:   Marty chugs a Double Racist Grandma and hits on SPAAAAAAAAAAACE FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!! only to be shot down in flames.   Possibly with a laser.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Earin on 05 Mar 2012, 03:40
Top right corner, straight from Marigold's fanfic: SPACE WIZARDS
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Border Reiver on 05 Mar 2012, 04:10
Why is Faye cosplaying as Velma from Scooby Doo doing on the station?

Drinking.

Oh, you were looking for an answer beyond the immediate?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Method of Madness on 05 Mar 2012, 04:29
"Happy birthday, racist grandma!"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Akima on 05 Mar 2012, 05:02
There is someone hanging from one of the ducted-fan killbots in panel one, next to the girl in the orange sweater (the Velma impersonator?). Is this party hijinks or did the bot slap the claws/cuffs on him and is dragging him off to the brig, airlock, agony-booth etc.?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Somebody on 05 Mar 2012, 05:18
PETRICHOR!

6. I would want to try a "poetic imagery" as well as a "racist-grandma," myself.  (If I still drank)
Aren't they the same drink, judging by the "all I'm getting"? The differing effects reflecting the drinker rather than the drink, presumably.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: pwhodges on 05 Mar 2012, 05:18
I presume the dangling is hijinks.

Are the group top left playing with a beach-ball?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: rsquared on 05 Mar 2012, 05:19
Maybe the bot was going to drag him off, but settled for taking his pants instead. (Maybe Velma convinced the bot?) So those are his boxers we see in panel 3.

I also hypothesize that Dr. Case calling attention to Hanners' lipstick made her start to get weirded out by it, so she took it off. Kind of like how sometimes a cut doesn't hurt until you notice it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: pwhodges on 05 Mar 2012, 05:22
Maybe the bot was going to drag him off, but settled for taking his pants instead.

No; you can see the guy in boxers at the right-hand drinks table in the first panel.  The Faye/Velma girl must have gone over there during the subsequent panels.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: mike837go on 05 Mar 2012, 05:24
There is someone hanging from one of the ducted-fan killbots in panel one, next to the girl in the orange sweater (the Velma impersonator?). Is this party hijinks or did the bot slap the claws/cuffs on him and is dragging him off to the brig, airlock, agony-booth etc.?
It's a tough call on who's abusing whom. My first reaction was the person was 'riding' the HK. But cuffs or chains may be involved...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Schmorgluck on 05 Mar 2012, 05:26
I guess party hijinks.

Also :
4. Poor right-side H-K hover-droid, so expressively dejected.  Perhaps we will see them serving drinks at next week's birthday party.
Good call, pendrake, good call.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: specter177 on 05 Mar 2012, 05:45
Also, I'm having problems visually parsing panels 1 and 2. In panel 1 our protagonists appear to be standing in front of a cyan-coloured shaft (which can't be the interior shaft of a support spoke since it's on the outer wall of the ring).

In panel 2 part of the cyan area is overlapping the side viewport with some sort of sawtooth profile - so raised rather than sunken? Also can't figure out the relationship between the orange structural members/trim behind Marigold and Marten.

I'm pretty sure it's part of a staircase. What you see in panel 1 is when they're at the top, while panel 2 is when they are going down.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: jwhouk on 05 Mar 2012, 06:11
8. Nice tiny top-hat for the Hunter-Killer hoverbot.  Also took me a bit to notice it is also wearing a black bow-tie, hard to see since it is against the space-black field.

9. Hannelore seems to have lost her lipstick.

I agree on #8.

I don't think Hanners has lost her lipstick - it's just that she's kept her mouth closed the entire time, so we don't "see" her lips. (And I bet that's exactly what Jeph wants us to believe, too.)

I presume the dangling is hijinks.

Are the group top left playing with a beach-ball?

That looks an AWFUL lot like Shame Orb...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: jwhouk on 05 Mar 2012, 06:23
Also, I'm having problems visually parsing panels 1 and 2. In panel 1 our protagonists appear to be standing in front of a cyan-coloured shaft (which can't be the interior shaft of a support spoke since it's on the outer wall of the ring).

It appears that they're on some sort of a balcony overlooking the "great hall", and in panel two they are descending either a staircase or a ramp.

Don't worry, I had to figure it out a bit myself. The perspective thing throws you a bit.

By the way - Marten's response is almost a throwback to the older days of the strip, when Marten would toss in a zinger after Faye or Dora would make some self-depreciating or uncanny observation. I like it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Black Sword on 05 Mar 2012, 06:25
Let me join the Thought It Was Velma Brigade. Though honestly, would it surprise anyone here if she truly ended up on the space station?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: jwhouk on 05 Mar 2012, 06:25
Let me join the Thought It Was Velma Brigade. Though honestly, would it surprise anyone here if she truly ended up on the space station?
Not in the least. :D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: J on 05 Mar 2012, 06:38
There is someone hanging from one of the ducted-fan killbots in panel one, next to the girl in the orange sweater (the Velma impersonator?). Is this party hijinks or did the bot slap the claws/cuffs on him and is dragging him off to the brig, airlock, agony-booth etc.?

definitely the agony booth (http://www.agonybooth.com/), where they will make him watch michael bay movies and then write detailed reviews of them. the only beverage he will be permitted during this process is a horrible energy drink endorsed by steven seagal (http://www.agonybooth.com/agonizer/Steven_Seagal_s_Lightning_Bolt.aspx).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Daniel Patrick Moynihan on 05 Mar 2012, 06:53
Upper left of panel one looks like one of the Aperture Science Personality Constructs, Space Sphere.  Did anyone happen to catch what the text was during the stream?


Portal 2 spoilers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeKMS62GrTI
Non spoilery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVn1oQL9sWg
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: LordVaughn on 05 Mar 2012, 07:00
I not only recognised Velma, but read her dialogue in her voice. Upon a second read, I noticed there was a wizard in the far back on the first panel.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Penheart on 05 Mar 2012, 07:21
For a while I debated whether it was either Faye or Velma. I landed on Velma since I don't think Faye could fit in Marten's carry on baggage. Which raises the question of what happened to the other scooby dooers?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Milesb on 05 Mar 2012, 07:29
I'm liking the observations!

I'm thinking last panel Hannelore is her noticing that her dad isn't anywhere to be found, cause he hasn't turned up to his own party.

Cue her going to find him at some point during the party (sometime this week) to have some character-development with her dad.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Schmorgluck on 05 Mar 2012, 07:30
Portal 2 spoilers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVn1oQL9sWg
Non spoilery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVn1oQL9sWg
Excuse me, but how can one of your links be spoilery and not the other, given that they both point to the same address?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: DSL on 05 Mar 2012, 07:40
Also, I'm having problems visually parsing panels 1 and 2. In panel 1 our protagonists appear to be standing in front of a cyan-coloured shaft (which can't be the interior shaft of a support spoke since it's on the outer wall of the ring).

In panel 2 part of the cyan area is overlapping the side viewport with some sort of sawtooth profile - so raised rather than sunken? Also can't figure out the relationship between the orange structural members/trim behind Marigold and Marten.

I'm pretty sure it's part of a staircase. What you see in panel 1 is when they're at the top, while panel 2 is when they are going down.

See the balcony-stairs at the far end of the hall in panel1? Imagine our foursome standing on an identical structure, then descending the staircase which would be to the right. Accounts for what you see in panels 1 and 2.

Also, re:the question of where the rest of Mystery Inc. is, if Ms. Dinckley is aboard: Norville and the dog are raiding the kitchen, of course, and have found the emotion-inducing variant of the scooby snacks. Fred is trying to make time with the Lt, and will shortly be stuffed out an airlock (no one will care because the Mystery Machine is in the docking spine, being upgraded to AI control) and Daphne is tied up in a storage locker because she's Daphne and that's what she does. Velma has arranged all this because, honestly, she's had enough of those doofi.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Daniel Patrick Moynihan on 05 Mar 2012, 07:43
Portal 2 spoilers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVn1oQL9sWg
Non spoilery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVn1oQL9sWg
Excuse me, but how can one of your links be spoilery and not the other, given that they both point to the same address?

Copy/paste double fail, since I had to edit to add a space. 
Spoilery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeKMS62GrTI
Non: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVn1oQL9sWg
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Omega Entity on 05 Mar 2012, 08:11
I'm liking the observations!

I'm thinking last panel Hannelore is her noticing that her dad isn't anywhere to be found, cause he hasn't turned up to his own party.

Cue her going to find him at some point during the party (sometime this week) to have some character-development with her dad.

Isn't that him explaining the new drink in panel 3?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Sorflakne on 05 Mar 2012, 08:26
Did anyone else think "Faye and Angus??" when they saw panel 3?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Near Lurker on 05 Mar 2012, 08:31
I'm thinking it's just that Velma was the only science major.  Fred is off working management, Daphne a kept woman with a gut degree in English, and Shaggy is trying to pay off art school.

Scooby is locked in a lab back on Earth, subject of a work in progress entitled "Where the Hell My Old Stoner Beard Got a Talking Dog."  Scrappy was there as well, until an extreme adverse reaction to the tests tragically forced her to put him down (she claims).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Throg on 05 Mar 2012, 09:07
Things learned today on WCDT: the plural of doofus. 

I thought that was supposed to be Velma and Shaggy.

Wondering if Jeph is going to make use of the inherent contradiction between Hannelore's father -- "I'm getting OLD and need to accomplish so much!" and Marten -- "still haven't found what I want to do."

Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Milesb on 05 Mar 2012, 09:12
Isn't that him explaining the new drink in panel 3?

I thought you were right but something nagged at me so I went back and had a few looks...

Compared to today's comic, Hannerdad as  seen here (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2129) has similar hair, but he has his little soul patch and green eyes.

The dude in today's strip/panel 3 lacks a soul patch and appears to have brown eyes..

It's either Jeph settling in on Hannersdad's character design or it's someone different. Pretty much impossible to tell at the moment I guess.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Carl-E on 05 Mar 2012, 10:08
No, J. E-C's eyes are green because that's where Hanners got hers from.  Jeph wouldn't change (or forget) that. 


And he's shorter than Herr Drinksman. 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Omega Entity on 05 Mar 2012, 10:49
Huh. Then it's a somewhat poor design choice; to have two new characters look so similar, it's really confusing. A different hair color would have been all it took to make them more discernible - a gray, for example, if he was going for the older guy look, or even simply a different hair style.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: duskirises on 05 Mar 2012, 11:49
Unless its Hanner's uncle or something.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Earin on 05 Mar 2012, 11:54
Also, re:the question of where the rest of Mystery Inc. is, if Ms. Dinckley is aboard: Norville and the dog are raiding the kitchen, of course, and have found the emotion-inducing variant of the scooby snacks. Fred is trying to make time with the Lt, and will shortly be stuffed out an airlock (no one will care because the Mystery Machine is in the docking spine, being upgraded to AI control) and Daphne is tied up in a storage locker because she's Daphne and that's what she does. Velma has arranged all this because, honestly, she's had enough of those doofi.

I actually thought that was Fred standing next to Velma, and then Shaggy on the left receiving explanation.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Carl-E on 05 Mar 2012, 12:07
Fred, Daphne and Shaggy didn't survive...

(http://cdn.jazjaz.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Scooby-Welma-Zombies.jpg)


Sorry, I just love that image! 


And damn, the search revealed this cosplayer! 

(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5293/5513416707_fe28eddfd8.jpg)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: snax on 05 Mar 2012, 12:13
http://achewood.com/index.php?date=10212005 (http://achewood.com/index.php?date=10212005)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: pwhodges on 05 Mar 2012, 12:19
Good catch!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: FunkyTuba on 05 Mar 2012, 15:18
wishing for a hi-res copy of that first panel
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Kugai on 05 Mar 2012, 16:13
Actually DSL, Fred is now working in Middle Management on Earth - It was discovered he had a fear of extreme heights on his first trip to the station.  It took Spaceship a week and six Jainitorbots to clean up the mess.  Shaggy and Scooby joined a Commune in Montana.

Daphne is there, she's just off setting up the 'Toys' in her and Velma's Quarters for the 'After Party Fun.  Cause, you know, Daph is Velma's Bitch.    :-D


A Wizard is precisely where he is supposed to be and arrives when and where he wills, and is always on time.



I'dve thought Marten would have gone with a 'Moping Indi Relaxer' - Better known as Absinthe on the rocks.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: DSL on 05 Mar 2012, 16:59
Actually DSL, ... Daphne is there, she's just off setting up the 'Toys' in her and Velma's Quarters for the 'After Party Fun.  Cause, you know, Daph is Velma's Bitch.    :-D.

No reason for our two versions to be mutually exclusive.  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Akima on 05 Mar 2012, 17:10
the only beverage he will be permitted during this process is a horrible energy drink endorsed by steven seagal (http://www.agonybooth.com/agonizer/Steven_Seagal_s_Lightning_Bolt.aspx).
I had not heard of this, and of course I had to google it...
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Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: jwhouk on 05 Mar 2012, 17:43
Transition Week - How much longer will it go on?

Until The Age of Man Has Ended.    - 4 (7%)
This'll be the last week in space. Really.    - 2 (3.5%)
The whole cast is moving up here next week!    - 3 (5.3%)
We will discover Hanner's dark secret.    - 11 (19.3%)
No, it's Station's dark secret.    - 1 (1.8%)
Nope, it's Dr. Case's secret.    - 2 (3.5%)
Marigold just wants a pony.    - 0 (0%)
We want Spathe Ham!    - 3 (5.3%)
The obligatory "Just Along For the Ride" option.    - 5 (8.8%)
Forums crash, everyone cries.    - 14 (24.6%)
"Hm, what does THIS big red button DO?"    - 12 (21.1%)

Total Voters: 57
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: wdonohue on 05 Mar 2012, 18:17
Jeph's recipe for the racist-grandma is a Palmer Cocktail with seltzer: http://www.webtender.com/db/drink/665 (a reasonable variation on the theme, so thumbs up).
Bonus drink: Fallen Leaves is also a cocktail, and an excellent use of Calvados: http://www.cocktailchronicles.com/2005/10/02/fallen-leaves/
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: DSL on 05 Mar 2012, 18:25
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I propose Akima's alternative selling of "Seagal" be allowed by the judges in honor of the sheer gloriousness of the quoted sentence.

(applauds, whistles and stomps feet to annoyance of neighbors)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: RyanW1019 on 05 Mar 2012, 21:39
Anyone else think the grey-haired guy in panel 3 looks a LOT like the store owner Dora went on a date with after her break-up?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Tova on 05 Mar 2012, 23:39
Hey, does anyone else think that -

Oh, I guess you all do. That's... good, I guess.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: westrim on 06 Mar 2012, 01:41
Did anyone else notice the nifty little tophat the deathbot had on? Or that it appeared to be giving Hannelore a haircut?

Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: cesariojpn on 06 Mar 2012, 02:48
I only came away from today's strip with thoughts of Pokemon (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/TM) and coin collecting (http://www.ngccoin.com/index.aspx). Is that odd?

Also, I didn't know Benny (http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=ytff-sunm&va=benny+black+lagoon) from Black Lagoon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lagoon) worked there. Guess he managed to leave Roanapour.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: WAYF on 06 Mar 2012, 03:11
I consider myself justifiably intimidated by the really tiny orange-haired lady who, despite her size, is determined to hold back that massive, muscly drunk person.
Kudos, nameless background lady with orange hair.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: TinPenguin on 06 Mar 2012, 03:23
Is that a very short lady, or a child genius? ;)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Sidhekin on 06 Mar 2012, 03:27
Bring your daughter to work day?

... nah, too mundane ...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: snubnose on 06 Mar 2012, 03:30
Who said Star Trek: The Next Generion would be dead ?

QC has the newest episodes of Geordi LaForge !

Technobabble at its best.  :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: WAYF on 06 Mar 2012, 04:05
Bring your daughter to work day?

... nah, too mundane ...

I don't think that Bring Your Daughter To Work day has gone over very well in AI circles, historically speaking... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_(video_game))
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Border Reiver on 06 Mar 2012, 04:27
Those conversations would be challenging for the non-sciencey type to break into.

I wonder where the head of security is?  It would be expected for him to make an appearance, do the rounds, be seen to have a drink , etc if for no other reason than to give the appearance that the security folks are human as well. 

Of course he could be dealing with Lt Potter at this point as well.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: akronnick on 06 Mar 2012, 04:43
Or maybe the USAF delegation isn't welcome at the party.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: DSL on 06 Mar 2012, 05:02
Who said Star Trek: The Next Generion would be dead ?

QC has the newest episodes of Geordi LaForge !

Technobabble at its best.  :-D

Treknobabble was never this funny.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: iduguphergrave on 06 Mar 2012, 05:34
Bring your daughter to work day?

... nah, too mundane ...

I don't think that Bring Your Daughter To Work day has gone over very well in AI circles, historically speaking... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_(video_game))

I'm pretty sure she's a little person. Otherwise Jeph wouldn't bother drawing her with a lab coat to denote her profession (only one other person is wearing one). 'Course, I would believe the child prodigy theory too.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: LTK on 06 Mar 2012, 05:43
Jeph is subscribed to Science? That's a surprise. Hmm, I vaguely remember that Cristi might have a background in science, is that correct?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: jwhouk on 06 Mar 2012, 05:58
You ALWAYS suggest that.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 06 Mar 2012, 06:12
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I propose Akima's alternative selling of "Seagal" be allowed by the judges in honor of the sheer gloriousness of the quoted sentence.

(applauds, whistles and stomps feet to annoyance of neighbors)

Actually I remember reading someplace years ago that the proper pronunciation of his name is actually close to seagull, but that apparently wasn't special enough for ole Steve.

I'm not entirely convinced glasses girl is Velma, but that guy she's with could be Shaggy with no beard. 

I'm surprised no one has commented on "scientist Sven" in panel two of 2137.

The redhead in panel three made me think of Hester from the comic Blip. (http://blipcomic.com)   However Hester has green eyes and is quite a bit taller, so this is probably some child genius who is currently working on some project.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: jwhouk on 06 Mar 2012, 06:20
Do you get the feeling no one in the room particularly notices that HannerDad isn't among them?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: pwhodges on 06 Mar 2012, 06:21
He's got research to do before he dies, remember!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Black Sword on 06 Mar 2012, 06:58
You ALWAYS suggest that.

?

Regardless, the reference is obvious.

As someone who has never seen the show, I'd be inclined to agree that that would be the reference.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Skewbrow on 06 Mar 2012, 07:36
Do you get the feeling no one in the room particularly notices that HannerDad isn't among them?

Hmm. So diverse objects of study. While HannerDad may be the leader/host/CEO/whatever of E-C technologies and this station, I don't think that he is personally involved in all the research that goes on. So, no, they haven't noticed his absence.

In at least one piece of sci-fi physicists label the astronomers as a quarrelling bunch. May be there is something to it?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: DSL on 06 Mar 2012, 08:03
Not hard to imagine ECTech as a think tank, with folks off into their own specialties; we see that at the party.
And scientists are as political (in the broad sense of how-people-get-along) as any, as full of feuds and factions as any workplace. Darwin vs. Pope, Edison vs. Tesla vs. Westinghouse, Newton vs. Everyone, disputing and debunking and rebutting and stealing, scratching and clawing and biting.  John Gribbin's "The Scientists" is a fun read, even if Gribbin occasionally gets a little too impressed with himself as a wordsmith. Sort of a "Desperate Scientists" approach to biographical history.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 06 Mar 2012, 08:46
What if orange-haired peacemaker is an AI in an Idoru chassis? It might be OK with Hannerdad as long as she wasn't a _secret_ robot.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: jmucchiello on 06 Mar 2012, 08:53
I consider myself justifiably intimidated by the really tiny orange-haired lady who, despite her size, is determined to hold back that massive, muscly drunk person.
Kudos, nameless background lady with orange hair.
Hanner's Dad is also holding that big guy back so she isn't doing it alone. (Though I suspect Dad isn't particularly strong.)

Oh, and poor Marigold.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Throg on 06 Mar 2012, 11:30
Marigold has *no reason* to resort to that particular complaint -- not when she just spent six hours closeted (literally!) with a fellow otaku. Bonding over anime and munching girl scout cookies, IN SPAAAAAAACE. 

Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Loki on 06 Mar 2012, 12:28
This has probably been mentioned before, but I found cookies to be the ultimate currency among otakus.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Asterus on 06 Mar 2012, 12:52
Portal 2 spoilers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVn1oQL9sWg
Non spoilery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVn1oQL9sWg
Excuse me, but how can one of your links be spoilery and not the other, given that they both point to the same address?
Prior to fixing, this was still valid, albeit in a possibly obnoxious way. If you watched the first link first, it'd spoil what happens. If you watched the second link after the first, it wouldn't spoil anything  :laugh:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Asterus on 06 Mar 2012, 13:01
What if orange-haired peacemaker is an AI in an Idoru chassis? It might be OK with Hannerdad as long as she wasn't a _secret_ robot.
It'd be highly amusing if Jeph went with that AND used Hakase's personality as a base (assuming the main characters interact with her at all, and assuming she's the nichijou reference mentioned on his twitter) Imagine, she could deploy her own roll cakes and sweet buns whenever she liked! Shame she would be missing the key to her rocket toe though.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: LTK on 06 Mar 2012, 13:34
Sure! No reason that Nichijou shouldn't exist in the QC universe; of course people are going to create AIs mimicing fictional characters.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: DSL on 06 Mar 2012, 13:35
Marigold has *no reason* to resort to that particular complaint -- not when she just spent six hours closeted (literally!) with a fellow otaku. Bonding over anime and munching girl scout cookies, IN SPAAAAAAACE.

Which just begins to make up for a life of ostracism. Largely self-imposed, but nonetheless ostracism.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 06 Mar 2012, 16:41
Pre-formed mingle groups, tightly focused on discussing common interests, possibly without the social awareness to say hi to a stranger and invite her to join them?

That's a graduate-level problem in social skills. Asking Hannelore or Station to make introductions would be a good move but we can't expect Marigirl to think of it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: DSL on 06 Mar 2012, 16:57
Perhaps QC's resident catalyst, currently rockin' the party dress, will rise to the occasion, with the ensuing of attendant hilarity, of course.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Kugai on 06 Mar 2012, 19:02
Perhaps Hanners should have invited DJ Tai_Fighter up to run the mix at the party.


It's always the drunk Astronemers that start the trouble isn't it.     :-D

Maybe Velma will take pity on our two heros and talk them in to going on a tour of the lower levels where 'The Station Ghost' is rumoured to dwell.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: wdonohue on 06 Mar 2012, 19:28
I consider myself justifiably intimidated by the really tiny orange-haired lady who, despite her size, is determined to hold back that massive, muscly drunk person.
Kudos, nameless background lady with orange hair.

http://nichijou.wikia.com/wiki/Hakase (http://nichijou.wikia.com/wiki/Hakase)

I'd say it was Washu-chan, but the hair isn't big enough: http://tenchi.wikia.com/wiki/Washu
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: jwhouk on 06 Mar 2012, 19:34
Some party! What's the best thing about it?

The greatest collection of brilliant minds in human history.
    1 (2.4%)
(Or so our marketing department says)
    2 (4.9%)
Drinks that evoke Emotions!
    0 (0%)
Double Racist Grandma On The Rocks
    6 (14.6%)

Fallen Leaves in Autumn!
    3 (7.3%)
Cool boxers, by the way.
    3 (7.3%)
Velma!
    5 (12.2%)
That orb thingy!
    1 (2.4%)
Space Fountain!
    1 (2.4%)
Would you LOOK at that view!
    6 (14.6%)

Space Wizards!
    2 (4.9%)
Murderbot with Top Hat and Bow Tie!
    4 (9.8%)
Spathe Ham!
    1 (2.4%)
Space Waffles?
    0 (0%)
Hanners STILL rockin' the LBD.
    5 (12.2%)
Mandatory "Just here for the party" option.
    1 (2.4%)

Total Members Voted: 41

-----

Eh, the poll doesn't format as well with the new board skins. (shrug)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Geminii on 06 Mar 2012, 22:05
I'm intrigued by the tiny redhead near the punch table who shows up in the next comic restraining Beardy McArguer.

Child prodigy? Daughter of one of the residents? Or just short?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 06 Mar 2012, 23:04
Welcome, new person!

Those are all possibilities. Another one that was mentioned earlier is an Idoru chassis. Check out the earlier discussion in this thread.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: slydon on 06 Mar 2012, 23:31
Hakase! (technically that's not her name, but just means "professor")
Jeph has already admitted he's a huge Nichijou fan.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Jesus166 on 06 Mar 2012, 23:51
Has anyone asked if raven's parents are at that party, see as they are both scientist?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 07 Mar 2012, 00:45
With her dad, in particular, being a rocket scientist.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: pwhodges on 07 Mar 2012, 01:11
So... Marten as matchmaker now, is it?

Some of the most relaxed Marten images we've seen recently, I think.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Mr. Doctor on 07 Mar 2012, 01:39
Awwww Marten being all cupid makes me feel fuzzy inside.


PS: I love how the forum looks! It has a warmer feel it.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Sidhekin on 07 Mar 2012, 01:45
Marten is looking good.  King of the situation.  Safe.

In the fourth panel (aka 2b), there's a new expression for him, I believe.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Welu on 07 Mar 2012, 02:13
Ooh, I'm looking forward to seeing how this pans out.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: westrim on 07 Mar 2012, 02:27
He better hope his jokes are supereffective.

He probably needs a Love Ball to catch her.

When he proposes (boy, that's jumping ahead just a tad, but it's in service of the joke!), he should ask if she wants to tag team battle with him for the rest of their lives.

They should be prepared for their relationship to evol-aaaaaugh!  :mrgreen:

I probably could have come up with better ones, but I'm tir- no, it's coming back with a friend!  :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Lubricus on 07 Mar 2012, 02:32
What do you know about pokemon? Hilarious!  :laugh:

Edit: OK, it just became my signature!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Delator on 07 Mar 2012, 02:33
If Marten were real, I'd shake his hand and get him another drink.

Well played, sir, very well played!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Lubricus on 07 Mar 2012, 02:45
Random space guy uses Sweet Charm! It's super effective! Marigold is confused!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: WAYF on 07 Mar 2012, 04:02
Moment of the Week right there, folks! Panel 2b!

Whatever the wing-man equivalent of a pick-up line is, that was the best one ever.

And I'm not going to let Jeph's "uh-oh" make me uneasy. I refuse to believe that anything bad will come of this situation until I see it with my own eyes!
And then of course, I will see it with my own eyes, and it will catch me completely off-guard. That's what makes QC's depressing moments so special. :P
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: dreed on 07 Mar 2012, 04:12
ugh.  poor australia.  wonder what happened to it in QCverse that it is so brown.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Border Reiver on 07 Mar 2012, 04:25
Little thing called the Great Western Desert.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Throg on 07 Mar 2012, 04:28
yaaaaaaaay for Marigold becoming the belle of the orbital ball!

Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: idontunderstand on 07 Mar 2012, 04:55
Actually I have no idea if Marten is being mean or mr nice guy here. Does Marigold even like Pokemon? Will she take this as an insult?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Mr. Doctor on 07 Mar 2012, 05:04
I'm pretty sure she likes pokemon considering the fact that she knows a lot about the subject. (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=2010)

EDIT: Not to mention Marten isn't nearly as much of an asshole as Faye was towards Will that one time (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1186)...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: TinPenguin on 07 Mar 2012, 05:07
oh no mar-bear and random space guy are gonna fall in love and get married and she is going to stay in space for ever and have space babies and we will never see her again :psyduck:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Border Reiver on 07 Mar 2012, 05:17
Better than having her eaten by the allosaurus.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Akima on 07 Mar 2012, 05:27
In the fourth panel (aka 2b), there's a new expression for him, I believe.
I do believe Marten is attempting an R. Lee Ermey face; it does not suit him.
(http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i446/ZAL77449/images.jpg)
Hanners has refreshed her lipstick; it does suit her.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 07 Mar 2012, 05:56
I wonder how he knew Marten's name?  And someone calling Marten "Mr. Reed" is amusing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: jwhouk on 07 Mar 2012, 06:29
You know something? The comic would be effective if it ended at 3B. (And it might even be more teh dramazors)

Meanwhile...

Some party! What's the best thing about it?

The greatest collection of brilliant minds in human history.     1 (1.7%)
(Or so our marketing department says)    3 (5.2%)
Drinks that evoke Emotions!    2 (3.4%)
Double Racist Grandma On The Rocks    11 (19%)
Fallen Leaves in Autumn!    3 (5.2%)
Cool boxers, by the way.    3 (5.2%)
Velma!    7 (12.1%)
That orb thingy!    1 (1.7%)
Space Fountain!    2 (3.4%)
Would you LOOK at that view!    6 (10.3%)
Space Wizards!    2 (3.4%)
Murderbot with Top Hat and Bow Tie!    6 (10.3%)
Spathe Ham!    1 (1.7%)
Space Waffles?    0 (0%)
Hanners STILL rockin' the LBD.    8 (13.8%)
Mandatory "Just here for the party" option.    2 (3.4%)

Total Members Voted: 58
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: akronnick on 07 Mar 2012, 06:33
I wonder how he knew Marten's name?  And someone calling Marten "Mr. Reed" is amusing.

It's a small station. everyone knows when visitors arrive.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: LTK on 07 Mar 2012, 06:55
Hey! Guys! Does anyone know what Cristi's occupation was before Jeph became famous?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: ecstaticjoy on 07 Mar 2012, 07:01
Panel 4 is AWESOME
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: iduguphergrave on 07 Mar 2012, 07:07
I had a feeling that at least one of them would get hit on while up there. I mean, some of these people have probably been up there for months. Probably the most isolated you could get. Lotta lonely nights...

yup gonna stop now
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Magdalena on 07 Mar 2012, 07:31
I just want to see this scientist guy not completely overwhelm Marigold and make her run off to...where-ever the lazer room is and hide. And secretly I hope he visits her on Earth during anime convention. :)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Schmorgluck on 07 Mar 2012, 07:41
I think Mr Reed just gained many points for Icebreaker of the Year. (It's waaaay too soon to say Matchmaker)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Madmartigan on 07 Mar 2012, 08:43
Marty used Psychic on Scientist.  :psyduck:

It's super effective. 

Scientist is confused.

 Scientist "attacks" Marigold with Flirting out of confusion.  -10HP!

Be careful.  Sir York may use a Love Ball.  I bet Marigold dodges and York has to use his Master Ball. :angel:

Ahhh.  Marty could be a match maker.  Lord knows he blows at matching himself to ladies.  Maybe he's better at doing it for others.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: yoshimitz707 on 07 Mar 2012, 08:48
FBI Special Agent: Francis York Morgan. Please, just call me York. It's what everyone calls me

Did that not pop into anyone else's head?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: pendrake on 07 Mar 2012, 10:45
For comic #2138... (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2138)

1. I really liked how Marten is channelling Dora for this moment.  Jeph could have subtituted Dora for Marten panel for panel in this strip without having to change any lines.  But this moment really suits Marten.

2. I also enjoyed how everyman Marten was able to cow probable I.Q. 130+ space scientist Francis York, gave me a good chuckle at panel #4.  Also enjoyed Marten being called "Mr. Reed" with nervous respect.

3. Hopefully this mini-story of Francis York and Marigold Louise Farmer will be a happy (if not "fun") one.

4. I agree with pwhodges, with these closer-up shots of Marten, it is clear now that he has lost the bags under his eyes.  Good for him (hopefully).

5. Oh good, Hanners still has her lipstick on.  I was afraid she might have nervously sucked it in and swallowed :wink: .

6. I hope there will be dancing at this party.  Jeph has said he enjoys drawing dancing strips.  Maybe even zero-G dancing.

7. With drunken prinicipled girls, nicely dressed not-cyborg girls, curvy wallflower girls, and whatever else may yet come with this story-arc, I may be moderately disappointed if with there are no zero-G make-outs resultant from all this :-\ .

8. As for what Pokemon has to do with space-time tensor fields?  There probably is a pocket monster out there that warps Euclidian space in order to attack from multiple vectors in order to strike at critical stress points.

Or laser boomerangs.
It could shoot laser boomerangs.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: cesium133 on 07 Mar 2012, 11:34
I had a feeling that at least one of them would get hit on while up there. I mean, some of these people have probably been up there for months. Probably the most isolated you could get. Lotta lonely nights...

yup gonna stop now
It's bad enough working all the time in a lab here on Earth and having no life outside of that. I can't imagine what it would be like to do that on a space station.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Schmorgluck on 07 Mar 2012, 12:24
Based on Marten's expression in the last panel (and Jeph has gone pretty good at expressions), he may have done it for both the sweet and the funny.

I have an idea about what could follow that covers both, actually:
They try to discuss their respective areas of expertises with much incomprehension growing up to hilarous degrees of awkwardness.
Then, after being embarrassed and speechless for a little while, they just end up making out.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Earin on 07 Mar 2012, 12:45
"So, um, Miss Farmer, I... I heard you like, um, Mudkips?"
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 07 Mar 2012, 13:00
What if Tensor Guy has an intracranial implant and looks up Pokemon on his way over to stare at his feet and stammer?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Carl-E on 07 Mar 2012, 13:09
If that's all he's gonna do, why bother? 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Morithias on 07 Mar 2012, 13:36
Aww...There goes my guessing. I thought Marten and Marigold were going to get together. I mean they may not be the perfect couple, but I think they could work together fairly well.

I hope Francis works out for Marigold. High time that girl got some romance plot. (She is my favorite character). Teehee.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 07 Mar 2012, 15:29
Maybe Tensor Guy will work up the courage to stare at Marigold's shoes!

Marten's been good for Marigold but there's nothing in canon to suggest them getting together. In fact, she seems to be destined for another.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Kirby-oh on 07 Mar 2012, 16:02
8. As for what Pokemon has to do with space-time tensor fields?  There probably is a pocket monster out there that warps Euclidian space in order to attack from multiple vectors in order to strike at critical stress points.

Dialga, Spacial Rend. :D

I am really enjoying this arc. It gets the characters apart and in a new situation for a while, which should be useful.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Kugai on 07 Mar 2012, 17:06
Oooh, Marten The Intimidator


Does Krod Mandoon have competition?    :-D


This could either be interesting or a very bad Shuttle wreck depending on whether Tensor Guy and MariBear get on.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: bicostp on 07 Mar 2012, 20:36
oh no mar-bear and random space guy are gonna fall in love and get married and she is going to stay in space for ever and have space babies and we will never see her again :psyduck:

Put on a bus space station.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: 1139 on 07 Mar 2012, 21:18
I predict the return of Raven and the relativistic coffee-making raptor.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Omega Entity on 07 Mar 2012, 22:22
I thought it was the brontosaur that had the teleportation issues? The raptor is in a gallery somewhere.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: idontunderstand on 07 Mar 2012, 23:50
I predict the whole station, yes, including Station, will get into Pokémon in the end and mess up the whole operation.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 08 Mar 2012, 00:06
Hannelore belongs on Cute Overload.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: 0kamisama on 08 Mar 2012, 00:07
Hanners does the cutest drawings! Hopefully Mar-bear will find a fellow geeky guy to latch onto. Would that we could all be so lucky...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: westrim on 08 Mar 2012, 00:14
Don't worry Jeph, I'm sure that tattoo will come in handy  :-D Augh, no, not the Allosaur!  :mrgreen:

I think that Africa is a tad greener than that, even if most of what we can see is Sahara.

Hannelore is positively d'awwful in that pose.

Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Binary on 08 Mar 2012, 00:32
Uh, Hannelore, that word is spelled "BATTLES"...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: cpflux on 08 Mar 2012, 00:35
I hate to be "that guy" and strain the already-visibly strained muscles in Jeph's hand (d'hohohoh), but...

I am unsure as to what "fight battes" means, Hanners!

EDIT: Though she did write "...teach me about Pokemons," so... butts.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Jynto on 08 Mar 2012, 01:15
I think that Africa is a tad greener than that, even if most of what we can see is Sahara.

I was going to say that too. It seems desertification is an even bigger problem in the QCverse than it is here. It seems to have taken hold across the entire north Africa region and Arabian peninsula, save for that green spot in Tunisia and the Nile Delta.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: WAYF on 08 Mar 2012, 02:05
"Let's have a reasonable number of babies" is such a wonderfully Hannelore-ish thing to say. ;D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: cpflux on 08 Mar 2012, 02:30
Jeph fixed Le Typo so I am ultimately pleased. :D

And after a little bit of thought, it's good to see Hanners draw VectorMan and Marigold kissing in her story without then immediately freaking out about fluid transmission and other nasties. Progress?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: JRDelirio on 08 Mar 2012, 04:40
"Let's have a reasonable number of babies" is such a wonderfully Hannelore-ish thing to say. ;D
  Absolutely.  Combined with her final expression it makes this strip.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: mike837go on 08 Mar 2012, 04:58
Auugh earworm!

The Who's "1921" from Tommy.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 08 Mar 2012, 06:02
Wild prediction:  Based on her artwork here Hannelore will eventuallky become a webcomic writer/artist.  Seriously, webcomics with much cruder art than that have been successful.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: mike837go on 08 Mar 2012, 06:11
Wild prediction:  Based on her artwork here Hannelore will eventuallky become a webcomic writer/artist.  Seriously, webcomics with much cruder art than that have been successful.
Agreed. But she'll have to work on the dialog. "...a reasonable number of babies." is just way too romantic!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: jwhouk on 08 Mar 2012, 06:13
You guys are totally missing it.

Look behind Hanners in that last panel - she's next to the rains down in Aaaaa-fri-caaa....



(runs out the door tossing some change in the pun jar)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Black Sword on 08 Mar 2012, 06:16
It took this comic to make it obvious, but Hanners is a huge shipper, isn't she?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: jwhouk on 08 Mar 2012, 06:18
It took this comic to make it obvious, but Hanners is a huge shipper, isn't she?

Yeah. That's the irony of it!
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 08 Mar 2012, 06:24
Her reaction to Marten and Dora's breakup is arguably another example of this.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Madmartigan on 08 Mar 2012, 06:45
Man I love Hanners.  Cute drawings.

"Let's have a reasonable number of babies"

"I kiss you know"

 :-D

Hanners is like a puppy in that last panel.  You just wanna pick her up and snuggle.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Dr. ROFLPWN on 08 Mar 2012, 07:45
Hannercomics are the best thing

The very best

This is a fact
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: TinPenguin on 08 Mar 2012, 07:48
Hannercomics are the best thing

The very best

Like no comic ever was?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: iduguphergrave on 08 Mar 2012, 08:24
i see what you did there
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: westrim on 08 Mar 2012, 09:35
Hannercomics are the best thing

The very best

Like no comic ever was?
To withstand phobias is her real test.
To control them is her cause.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: jmucchiello on 08 Mar 2012, 10:00
Hanners is like a puppy in that last panel.  You just wanna pick her up and snuggle.
Where's her lip color?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Redball on 08 Mar 2012, 10:28
Hanners is like a puppy in that last panel.  You just wanna pick her up and snuggle.
Where's her lip color?

Buried in Jeph's new tattoo?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: pwhodges on 08 Mar 2012, 11:02
She's got her lips pursed, which has curled the colour inside, while she waits for Marten's reaction.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Redball on 08 Mar 2012, 11:23
I think that Africa is a tad greener than that, even if most of what we can see is Sahara.

I was going to say that too. It seems desertification is an even bigger problem in the QCverse than it is here. It seems to have taken hold across the entire north Africa region and Arabian peninsula, save for that green spot in Tunisia and the Nile Delta.

Even the Nile delta is desert; to the east of it is the Red Sea.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Kugai on 08 Mar 2012, 13:48
Hmmmm

I wonder what would happen if Cartoonist Hanners got together with Writer Marigold?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Method of Madness on 08 Mar 2012, 14:14
Hanners would draw Ron Weasley and Severus Snape adopting a reasonable number of babies.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Omega Entity on 08 Mar 2012, 14:54
^
Win.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: DSL on 08 Mar 2012, 15:59
Hmmmm

I wonder what would happen if Cartoonist Hanners got together with Writer Marigold?

I think writer Hanners and artist Marigold might yield better results. Marigold seems to be the better draftsman of the two -- though she should certainly contribute to the writing.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: DiscoBear on 08 Mar 2012, 17:32
"Let's have a reasonable number of babies" is such a wonderfully Hannelore-ish thing to say. ;D
  Absolutely.  Combined with her final expression it makes this strip.

I think it's been established that Hanners likes the idea of romance when other people are involved (like when she was peeking on Marten and Padma making out). 
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Welu on 08 Mar 2012, 17:42
THIS COMIC IS ADORABLE AND HANNELORE'S SMILE IS ALSO ADORABLE
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Tova on 08 Mar 2012, 17:49
I don't get Jeph's "Uh oh." It's like he knows something we don't.

... oh right, yeah.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: iduguphergrave on 08 Mar 2012, 17:53
Remember folks, panel four WILL be in the Caption Game next week. It just has to.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Kugai on 08 Mar 2012, 20:01
[VaderVoice]NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!![/VaderVoice]



That is all.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Method of Madness on 08 Mar 2012, 20:31
(http://cache.ohinternet.com/images/5/54/DONOTWANT_Vader.jpg)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: pwhodges on 08 Mar 2012, 23:30
I think it's been established that Hanners likes the idea of romance when other people are involved (like when she was peeking on Marten and Padma making out).

Up to a point; but remember the time when Faye and Angus were making out on her sofa.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Omega Entity on 08 Mar 2012, 23:33
Well see, that's different since it was occurring in the sanctity of her apartment and had the potential of soiling her couch. If it had been in Marten and Faye's apartment, I'd bet you that she'd be stealing peeks whenever possible.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: snubnose on 09 Mar 2012, 02:33
Hanners is like a puppy in that last panel.  You just wanna pick her up and snuggle.
This is the special appeal of Hanners, you cant even snuggle up with her.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: taylorcakesxD on 09 Mar 2012, 02:47
I feel like now it is Hanners who is channeling some mixture of Dora and Faye. At least until the last panel, then she is back to being our lovable OCD Hanners.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: WAYF on 09 Mar 2012, 03:09
Sorry Hannelore, the "HE. IS. FLIRTING. WITH. YOU" is genuinely awesome, but Marten still wins moment of the week for "What do you know about Pokémon?"

But yes, when she sets her mind on something, especially something romantic, she really does. The strip from when I first discovered QC is Hannelore getting more upset over the break-up than Dora (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1805).
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: TinPenguin on 09 Mar 2012, 04:05
I'm not sure if Hanners offering that little hint is more a reflection of Francis's inept flirting, or Marigold's imperceptiveness. Probably both!

The strip from when I first discovered QC is Hannelore getting more upset over the break-up than Dora (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1805).

Regarding that break-up, something occurred to me earlier. In 2126 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2126), when Faye and Dora are sitting on the couch and discussing what to tell our space voyagers when they return... is that the first time Dora has been in the Reed-Whitaker apartment since 1797 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1797)? (or at least, the first time that we've seen?)

Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Border Reiver on 09 Mar 2012, 04:19
Remember folks, panel four WILL be in the Caption Game next week. It just has to.

Yes, and there are so many possibilities that will need to be removed for just being waaay to creepy.

And yes, I may even make one....
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: JRDelirio on 09 Mar 2012, 05:08
Welp... We have seen her before go Drill Sergeant on Faye, Marigold and others she sees as not living up to potential.  Probably a lot to do with realizing that she herself was once unable to function.
 "I'm going to wash my hands.  Get me a drink."  Outstanding (BTW remember the strips with Hannelore trying bad-tasting drinks?)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: snubnose on 09 Mar 2012, 05:31
GO HANNERS GO ! :-D

Awesome Comic ! :-D
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Method of Madness on 09 Mar 2012, 05:49
Will she show him her Pokémons?!

(That was not meant as a double entendre)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: jwhouk on 09 Mar 2012, 06:16
Welp... We have seen her before go Drill Sergeant on Faye, Marigold and others she sees as not living up to potential.  Probably a lot to do with realizing that she herself was once unable to function.
 "I'm going to wash my hands.  Get me a drink."  Outstanding (BTW remember the strips with Hannelore trying bad-tasting drinks?)

Jeph said he loved drawing those strips. :)

This is a week of awesome quotes. And IDUHG, I think the last panel of this one might be a Caption contender, too.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Welu on 09 Mar 2012, 06:35
This has been a kickass comic week I think. I really like when Jeph plays with the panel backgrounds.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Schmorgluck on 09 Mar 2012, 07:11
It's a credit to Hannelore's great progresses, that she is able to subsitute for Momo and her Social Interpretation Protocol towards Marigold.
It's also an alarming sign of how much of a shut-in Marigold is that Hanners gets to help her in this.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: jwhouk on 09 Mar 2012, 08:35
What do YOU know about Pokemon?

Greatest. Geek. Pickup. Line. EVER.    17 (26.2%)
Marten has learned a few things from Dora, it appears.    6 (9.2%)
I know plenty, thanks.    2 (3.1%)
Gotta catch 'em ALL!    7 (10.8%)
Where's the spathe ham?    2 (3.1%)
Poor Marigold won't know what hit her.    5 (7.7%)
The Major will stop him! She's his Anime Friend!    2 (3.1%)
I do not like Jeph's "Uh oh."    12 (18.5%)
This.... could be interesting.    7 (10.8%)
This... will not end well.    5 (7.7%)

Total Members Voted: 65
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Throg on 09 Mar 2012, 10:13
Oh, Marigold was getting it, between panels 3 and 5, all right -- the increasing blush.  She just didn't know how to proceed, how to either gracefully walk away or engage the guy in polite non-flirty conversation or return the flirt. 

Marigold, you station-wrecker. Major Otaku is gonna have a RIVAL. Broken hearts, strewn in her wake! Romantic triangle at the Lagrange point! Tremble at the approach of the Queen of Nerds!

I need sleep.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Alchemy on 09 Mar 2012, 11:27
I just snorted outloud when I read Hannelore's panel.

"HE. IS. FLIRTING. WITH. YOU"

Awkward Situatation amplified.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: jmucchiello on 09 Mar 2012, 12:38
Remember folks, panel four WILL be in the Caption Game next week. It just has to.
No way. Panel 6 is much, much better.

Has Marigold's acne cleared?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 09 Mar 2012, 13:38
Marigirl is probably leading a healthier lifestyle now and may have dug out of her cave far enough to be concerned about appearance and get some acne medication.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: FunkyTuba on 09 Mar 2012, 13:45
Much as I liked "what do you know about pokemon", I don't think it represents anything new in Marten's character. He already mostly had the social awareness and communications chops to pull that off.

Hanners' encouragement represents a way she's sharing her discoveries with Marigold... They're learning social awareness
as bros (plus she overcame her untouchy-unfeely-ness to deliver the message). So I voted for that.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Kugai on 09 Mar 2012, 14:14
I think Marigold was getting that fact Hanners.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: TinPenguin on 09 Mar 2012, 14:38
I don't think she was. That blushing looks more like general embarrassment at an awkward social situation.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: iduguphergrave on 09 Mar 2012, 14:56
I rather liked Hanners telling Marten to get her a drink; rawr girl. I love it when she's forceful.  :evil:
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Carl-E on 09 Mar 2012, 16:20
She's done that before - I recall the Tom Collins recipe for cleaning vomit.  It sound like her mother coming through, the casual ordering that needs be met, as opposed to the brilliant curiosity / cluelessness she's obviously gotten from her father...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: jwhouk on 09 Mar 2012, 17:31
And the MOMENT OF THE WEEK was?

The Grand Ballroom (with earthside & starside windows!)    1 (3.8%)
Double Racist Grandma on the rocks.    2 (7.7%)
What do you know about Pokemon?    7 (26.9%)
You are the man of my dreams, let's have a reasonable number of babies    4 (15.4%)
...I think you're being a little over-optimistic.    1 (3.8%)
Marigold. HE. IS. FLIRTING. WITH. YOU.    9 (34.6%)
"I'm going to wash my hands. I want a drink waiting for me when I get back..."    2 (7.7%)

Total Members Voted: 26
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Ravenswing on 09 Mar 2012, 19:33
The humor inherent in Hannelore, of all people, giving male-female interaction advice ...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Stoutfellow on 09 Mar 2012, 19:52
The humor inherent in Hannelore, of all people, giving male-female interaction advice ...
But of course: "Those who can, do..."
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 09 Mar 2012, 20:24
Hannelore seems to have a pretty good intellectual grasp of the subject, starting with her lecture to Marten in her first appearance. What she is missing is the perspective that comes with practical experience.

Why does Marigold go to parties without her portable social protocol database?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Schmorgluck on 09 Mar 2012, 21:21
Back when I was unable to engage in the dating dance due to personal issues, I was still able to help friends just by giving an outside perspective.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: jwhouk on 10 Mar 2012, 02:26
Hannelore seems to have a pretty good intellectual grasp of the subject, starting with her lecture to Marten in her first appearance. What she is missing is the perspective that comes with practical experience.

Why does Marigold go to parties without her portable social protocol database?

I believe Momo was prohibited from attending the festivities on the station.

This may beg a question: why?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: jwhouk on 10 Mar 2012, 02:27
And the MOMENT OF THE WEEK was?

The Grand Ballroom (with earthside & starside windows!)    1 (2.9%)
Killbot with top hat and bow tie!    1 (2.9%)
Double Racist Grandma on the rocks.    3 (8.8%)
Francis York    1 (2.9%)
What do you know about Pokemon?    7 (20.6%)
You are the man of my dreams, let's have a reasonable number of babies    4 (11.8%)
...I think you're being a little over-optimistic.    1 (2.9%)
Marigold. HE. IS. FLIRTING. WITH. YOU.    13 (38.2%)
Dead set on that "reasonable number of babies," huh.    1 (2.9%)
"I'm going to wash my hands. I want a drink waiting for me when I get back..."    2 (5.9%)

Total Members Voted: 34
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: TinPenguin on 10 Mar 2012, 04:06
I believe Momo was prohibited from attending the festivities on the station.

This may beg a question: why?

The station AnthroPCs are all set to male and haven't seen a female AnthroPC in years. Who knows what might happen.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: LTK on 10 Mar 2012, 04:14
I believe Momo was prohibited from attending the festivities on the station.

This may beg a question: why?
...That's not how you use 'to beg a question'.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: pwhodges on 10 Mar 2012, 04:37
I agree; but... (http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mind-your-language/2010/may/24/begging-the-question-mind-your-language)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: jwhouk on 10 Mar 2012, 05:33
Oh, come on. I'm a Midwestern American male who speaks Cheesehead on odd days, dere hey.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 10 Mar 2012, 06:41
Oh, come on. I'm a Midwestern American male who speaks Cheesehead on odd days, dere hey.

Darn toot'n.    Boy howdy.  Ya'll come here watch this now.   You dere, hold my beer, eh?
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Carl-E on 10 Mar 2012, 07:19
Yah, shoore, you betcha. 

So, pretty warm for winter dis year...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Method of Madness on 10 Mar 2012, 07:30
What is this I don't even
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 10 Mar 2012, 07:51
I believe Momo was prohibited from attending the festivities on the station.

This may beg a question: why?
...That's not how you use 'to beg a question'.

I asked why Momo wasn't there, and jwhouk posted an explanation which left open the question of "why". I believe that is a correct use of "to beg a question", and not the popular misuse where it's used as a way of saying "to invite a question".

That also leaves the question of why Marigirl hasn't taken Momo to planetside social events like the Horrible Revelation excursion.

Perhaps consumer-grade AIs are too flaky for a controlled environment. Imagine Momo having a tantrum like the one that blew up Marigirl's gaming rig, but near an important piece of equipment. One would hope that all the _really_ important machines are behind locked doors, but we can be confident that nothing there is cheap.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: jwhouk on 10 Mar 2012, 08:25
Oh, come on. I'm a Midwestern American male who speaks Cheesehead on odd days, dere hey.

Darn toot'n.    Boy howdy.  Ya'll come here watch this now.   You dere, hold my beer, eh?

You got it wrong. You're supposed to say "Oh, yah dere hey, aina?"

Yah, shoore, you betcha. 

So, pretty warm for winter dis year...

Now that's just the wrong state (I'm not in Minne-sooooota). And "pretty warm" only applies for the southern part of WIS - and NOT the part where I live.

As for Momo - maybe there is some part of the station where they use heavy-duty magnetics, which would basically destroy any APC's internal hard drive (and prevent it from "bailing out" via Wi-Fi).

IOW - visiting the Station would essentially be like us visiting the Fukushima Power Plant without a radiation protection suit.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Mr. Doctor on 10 Mar 2012, 08:51
It's also an alarming sign of how much of a shut-in Marigold is that Hanners gets to help her in this.

That's the first thing I noticed in this comic. It's quite extreme tbh.
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Carl-E on 10 Mar 2012, 18:00
Yah, shoore, you betcha. 

So, pretty warm for winter dis year...

Now that's just the wrong state (I'm not in Minne-sooooota). And "pretty warm" only applies for the southern part of WIS - and NOT the part where I live.

My bad - all those summers in Rhinelander were spent with vacationing Minnesotans...
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: jwhouk on 10 Mar 2012, 19:17
Yah, shoore, you betcha. 

So, pretty warm for winter dis year...

Now that's just the wrong state (I'm not in Minne-sooooota). And "pretty warm" only applies for the southern part of WIS - and NOT the part where I live.

My bad - all those summers in Rhinelander were spent with vacationing Minnesotans...
I'm south of Rhinelander, thankfully. (Not by much, though.)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: jwhouk on 11 Mar 2012, 20:47
Quote from: Hannelore
I'm going to wash my hands. I want a drink waiting for me when I get back, and they better be at LEAST making eye contact.
Quote from: Jeph Jacques
That may not be a realistic expectation, Hannelore.

...Which one, the drink waiting for you or the eye contact?

;)
Title: Re: WCDT: 2136-40 (5-9 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE! Week 7
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 11 Mar 2012, 22:12
The one about coming back from washing her hands as opposed to getting stuck doing it over and over?