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Title: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: jeanramone on 06 Jan 2009, 21:09: Should Dora be a blonde? Lets hear your thoughts.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: ~~mustang6172~~ on 06 Jan 2009, 21:15: I'd be willing to see her go blonde. Though I don't care much for the two-tone look.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Sir Ralen on 06 Jan 2009, 21:15: I am satisfied either way. Mr. Jacques would have to turn this into Chugworth Academy for me to stop reading (No offense to Mr. Cheung, but I take my cheesecake in magazine/video format, not webomic.) A little thing like hair color is no big deal.

Maybe she'll get long blonde bombshell curls? I would be amused.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: JD on 06 Jan 2009, 22:07: Yeah, I don't know why a person would care about the hair styling of a cartoon.

Boo on you, I like Chugsworth
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Sir Ralen on 06 Jan 2009, 22:24: Chugsworth has a cute art style, but it's very random and stuffed full of fanservice. I don't mind necessarily, but it doesn't really hold my attention.

On another note: I just think it would be amusing to juxtapose Dora's personality with a very classically feminine hairstyle. A big mane of curly hair would be cool, if totally out of character. It takes a lot of work to keep big hair over the line of pretty/unkempt, and if Dora's mom is any indication she'd be sitting in front of the mirror a lot to keep it that way, but it'd be rad to see Mr. Jacques draw something like that.

Edit: On reviewing the archives, I guess Dora's mom already has some pretty good body going on with her hair. Dora should totally pull a shampoo-commercial-model look.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Ducklette on 07 Jan 2009, 14:38: I think that Dora will be cute with blonde hair, and it's good that she won't be looking like Marten anymore...
Although that will make a lot of the main characters blonde, Hanners, Penelope and Dora as well now.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Siibillam-Law on 07 Jan 2009, 17:21: I like her back in her natural hair colour. The two-tone thing reminds me of a sketch i saw on Jephdraw ages ago when her hair had this little tuft of blonde at the back
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: JD on 07 Jan 2009, 19:57: I hope you start calling everyone by their last name ralen. It would feed my ego.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: ThunderPower on 07 Jan 2009, 20:17: Dora looks fine as a blonde. I like the longer hair style. I say Yay.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: nursethalia on 07 Jan 2009, 21:16: Ooh, is she growing out her natural hair? I like the new length on her, VERY cute.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: VicDor on 08 Jan 2009, 01:03: Since I started reading QC, I opposed the idea of Dora being a blonde, on account that she has brown eyes. It's genetically im-freakin'-possible. Although, I do know this girl with a case of a pigment condition (or so she says), which turns her hair blond as if she bleaches it. Though it looks like she bleaches it. But I don't know why anyone would lie about bleaching their hair.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: roxanne on 08 Jan 2009, 01:53: Quote from: VicDor on 08 Jan 2009, 01:03
Since I started reading QC, I opposed the idea of Dora being a blonde, on account that she has brown eyes. It's genetically im-freakin'-possible. Although, I do know this girl with a case of a pigment condition (or so she says), which turns her hair blond as if she bleaches it. Though it looks like she bleaches it. But I don't know why anyone would lie about bleaching their hair.

You are wrong. It is possible to have blonde hair and brown eyes.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Jace on 08 Jan 2009, 03:36: Hey VicDor, your face is genetically impossible.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: KamikaziCal on 08 Jan 2009, 03:44: Quote from: PantsFTW on 08 Jan 2009, 03:36
Hey VicDor, your face is genetically impossible.

I feel like this is as serious as the forum discussions should ever get.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: michi-love on 08 Jan 2009, 08:30: I like seeing Dora as a blonde, even though the vast majority of the female characters are now going to be blonde...
I think Dora looks good that way.
It'll be nice when her hair's all grown out and the two-tone thing is gone.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: sofiabailote on 08 Jan 2009, 11:13: Quote from: VicDor on 08 Jan 2009, 01:03
... I opposed the idea of Dora being a blonde, on account that she has brown eyes. It's genetically im-freakin'-possible...

wow... does this mean both me and my sister are genetical impossibilities? That's amazing!
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: GreyGabe on 08 Jan 2009, 11:14: Quote from: KamikaziCal on 08 Jan 2009, 03:44
Quote from: PantsFTW on 08 Jan 2009, 03:36
Hey VicDor, your face is genetically impossible.

I feel like this is as serious as the forum discussions should ever get.

PantsFTW must have been on the debate team in high school.

And am I the only one who sorta liked the two-tone hair? I guess I'm just weird, or something.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: TMac91 on 08 Jan 2009, 11:30: No, you're not. I think it looks alright.
I find it hard to imagine Dora with solid-blonde hair.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: ladydraykona on 08 Jan 2009, 12:15: I don't have a problem with it blond, but I think by the point it's as long as it's been drawn now, she would have cut the black off. I mean, she's never even had roots showing, so she'd have to dye it pretty regularly. If she's growing it out to get rid of the color, it's long enough to chop it off and just be a short-haired blond.

I like that she won't look like Marten's sister. It was a little creepy everytime they were shown in bed together.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Persona on 08 Jan 2009, 12:30: I'm intrigued by blond Dora. I honestly never pictured her blond. I'm sure she'll spice it up somehow though.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: countdrunkula on 08 Jan 2009, 15:15: I love her with black hair. I don't like the blonde at all. :|
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: SexRaptor on 08 Jan 2009, 16:02: Quote from: KamikaziCal on 08 Jan 2009, 03:44
Quote from: PantsFTW on 08 Jan 2009, 03:36
Hey VicDor, your face is genetically impossible.

I feel like this is as serious as the forum discussions should ever get.

(http://lastplacecomics.com/comics/18_Your_Mom_2006.jpg) (http://lastplacecomics.com/)

Agreed.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Lilavati on 08 Jan 2009, 18:32: Quote from: VicDor on 08 Jan 2009, 01:03
Since I started reading QC, I opposed the idea of Dora being a blonde, on account that she has brown eyes. It's genetically im-freakin'-possible. Although, I do know this girl with a case of a pigment condition (or so she says), which turns her hair blond as if she bleaches it. Though it looks like she bleaches it. But I don't know why anyone would lie about bleaching their hair.

WTF! Not only it IS genetically possible a brown-eyed blonde as it is quite common, unlike for example blue or green-eyed afro or asian people that are also possible but a lot rarer.
As for the hair condition, that is also possible. Some types of hair are quite sensitive to sun exposure or sea / pool water and end up naturally bleached. Often the effect is uneven as if the person only bleached some meches or only tip of the hair.

As for Dora´s hair, loved the two tone style. It remembers me when I started to grow my hair back to normal color except the other way round (from blonde back to brown). At the first few months it looked awful to the point I got bullied for it, but then when it reached about the ratio in Dora's hair at the comic it was awesome.

I just hope she doesn´t go for more lenght, I feel it just wouldn't match her.
I also think that when it gets all blond she will spice it up with some color effect, something more subtle than Raven's, maybe some red meches. Firey hair, that would be nice... :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Mabus_Zero on 08 Jan 2009, 19:24: I can dig the blone. I would also be able to dig her returning to black, so long as it is accompanied by a statement of, 'I remember why I dyed it black in the first place', or something like that.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: jdrobertson on 08 Jan 2009, 20:35: I'll admit the two tone thing is a bit distracting. Its like my eyes just keep focusing on the hair while I'm reading the comic. Maybe its just because I'm not used to it.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Zingoleb on 08 Jan 2009, 21:00: My hair bleaches out in sunlight.

Of course, I'm not sure anymore, I avoid sunlight at all costs.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: frullic on 08 Jan 2009, 21:07: I like darker hair but I'm not a hair-cist like some...
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: burlesquedame on 08 Jan 2009, 23:02: I thought it was Raven trying a new color at first, then read the dialog and realized, "Duh, Dora's growing her hair out!" I wonder if Dora will experiment with another color later...
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Shadowood on 09 Jan 2009, 01:07: A lot of people seem to have had trouble recognizing it as Dora at first, actually. I can see why, though I didn't have that problem at all.

I like it, personally. It suits her character very well. I dislike the black in the bangs, though [somehow those seem like they should be fully blonde] and I don't like how scraggly it is, though it gets less so each panel.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: VicDor on 09 Jan 2009, 01:31: Wow, only one post and people are already after my head.
Ok, maybe I exaggerated about the genetic impossibility, sorry if I enraged someone over the Internet, especially knowing what serious business it is. It's just that it's not much of a common thing - blond hair with brown eyes. The other way around however, is more common. Black people and Asians with gray eyes are rarer than Europeans with the same, but there's a lot of them I assure you.
I just figure people's eye color depends on hair and skin color, because for example brown eyes are brown because of melanin. So it's more likely for an Asian or African to have brown eyes rather than gray. (Note: I call green, blue and other similar eye colors gray, because they all look gray in certain lighting.)

But anyway, back to comic discussion, it's nice that Dora grows her natural color out. I think dying your hair is like putting colored lenses on or like changing your name - you're just trying to escape who you really are. But it's gonna be hard to get used to after 1300 strips of black-haired Dora.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Lyrical M on 11 Jan 2009, 07:22: Ok. Dora looks totally hot with her new hair, But i do not think that she should be completely blond. That would just be completely weird and not to mention awkward with everyone.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: michi-love on 11 Jan 2009, 08:01: Dora really does need to do something to keep herself that little bit of something special - especially with all the other blondes - once it all does grow out. Her style is unique, sure, but I can definitely see her doing tips in some color... sort of like how Raven distinguished herself with that pink, except obviously Dora wouldn't go that direction.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Lyrical M on 11 Jan 2009, 08:33: Although i can see Dora getting a new hair style, Faye is the one that needs to change her hair. It looks as though she has not changed it in a few months, i change mine every couple of weeks, when i get my hair cut. :P
But Raven has distinguished herself with the pink/purple highlights hasn't she. I hope that she keeps them.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: VicDor on 11 Jan 2009, 14:27: I vote Faye should shave her head.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: wargrafix on 13 Jan 2009, 05:32: Streaks, that would look sexy.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: JonSnow on 13 Jan 2009, 06:34: Quote from: VicDor on 11 Jan 2009, 14:27
I vote Faye should shave her head.

I second that
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Sir Ralen on 13 Jan 2009, 20:57: Quote from: Zombiedude on 07 Jan 2009, 19:57
I hope you start calling everyone by their last name ralen. It would feed my ego.

Tell me your last name and I'll start calling you by it!
Mr. Jacques is a professional artist, and I am a fan of his work. He deserves a little titular respect.

...fine

Lol. I said tit!
I turnz teh srsns down a notch kthx.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: tatte on 13 Jan 2009, 23:57: I'm not sure what she'll look like as a full blonde, but i LOVE her two tone hair. everyone seems to hate it, but i think it's a nice balance. plus then she different from hanners and penelope.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: TheDozarian on 14 Jan 2009, 06:25: Quote from: mustang6172 on 06 Jan 2009, 21:15
I'd be willing to see her go blonde. Though I don't care much for the two-tone look.

I have to agree... Not a big fan of the two tone look...
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: dunnright on 14 Jan 2009, 08:09: I really don't like the current look. Every day I log in and go "Oh yeah, I don't like it."

soz. Here's a kitteh!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3021/2568830904_33b9988de5.jpg?v=0
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Mr. Skawronska on 14 Jan 2009, 11:16: Quote
soz. Here's a kitteh!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3021/2568830904_33b9988de5.jpg?v=0

Awwww...*melts* Abee Ceede Beebe...*babbles more incoherent baby-kittyspeak*

Er, I mean...uh...*ahem*

Yeah, I like Dora as a blonde. In fact, it occurs to me even as I go through the archives once again that you know what? Not only is Dora good for Marten, but I think Marten is good for Dora.

And the blonde hair is Dora, becoming more herself, with Marten. Has this happened with her and anyone else before? Dunno.

But I see it as a good thing.

S
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: kgbisouttogetme on 14 Jan 2009, 11:25: normally i prefer to avoid perversion.... but carpet and drapes?
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: thaX on 14 Jan 2009, 13:28: I love the new style. Hope she is drawn this way for a while before it is completely grown out.

In my mind, it was needed. I kept confusing Dora with other characters for a bit when the new lines had been experimented with, before J got his grove going.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: valiantninja on 14 Jan 2009, 19:04: I agree with thaX, I hope her new style stays for a while. Also, good point about the carpet and drapes. I will ponder... :wink:

(My friend says she reminds him of a badger. :-P)
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Jeff7 on 14 Jan 2009, 19:06: She just needs to get it cut in the front so we can see her eyebrows. In a webcomic, they're kind of important for showing a character's full expression.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: improbability driver on 14 Jan 2009, 19:27: I think she'd look better once she has the black fully grown out, but I don't really mind the two-tone so much. It's the cut that bothers me - it's so messed up and the bottoms look stringy, which the black doesn't help. It just looks dirty, mostly. The last panel of today's strip was the first time I really thought it looked good.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: kaitco on 14 Jan 2009, 20:51: It took me a little while to grow accustomed to Dora's two-toned look, but a few strips later, I like it a lot. I am still pulled when it comes to one colour or the other, though. I think she would make a good blonde, but I am not sure I like three out of five of our main girls being blonde. It would feel like the balance of "power" were being shifted or something.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Jack Faros on 14 Jan 2009, 21:35: Honestly, I don't like it. To be fair though, I'm slightly biased, since I have depressing memories of a girl with black/blond hair. I probably wouldn't have such an issue if it was one way or the other, but the two tone thing's gotta go.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: TheDozarian on 15 Jan 2009, 06:17: I don't know... I kind of like the straight black hair... Not a big fan of the two-tone look... Maybe it'll grow on me...
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: -Karamazov- on 15 Jan 2009, 08:30: I've never liked the two tone look. I understand the need to grow out your hair first though to go back to your original color, I just hate the look of the transition period. Its always looked trashy to me, regardless of gender.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: SmileyBandit on 15 Jan 2009, 20:35: Dora's hot. Hentai-hot (oh yeah, it's a measurement).
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Norton Quintessential on 17 Jan 2009, 10:00: I vote "nay", because new things confuse and anger me.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: sofiabailote on 18 Jan 2009, 09:44: nay.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: VicDor on 21 Jan 2009, 11:58: Crap, I tried to find the bit from Wayne's World where Garth says "We fear change", but couldn't find it! It's so perfect for the moment!
Title: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Reddist on 21 Jan 2009, 12:32: I like it. It shows time as passed, it shows QC characters go through changes behind the scenes. Honestly I think it adds some legitamacy to these characters that things happen to them and that they make decisions away from the panels we see. Its makes QC that much less like a "Friends" sitcom with perpetually static characters, down to and including hairstyles and clothing choices.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Dokph on 22 Jan 2009, 04:06: I like it. It's sooooo cool! I've wanted to see Dora as a blonde since that comic when she said it was her natural haircolor and this is even better.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: VicDor on 22 Jan 2009, 07:11: Quote from: Reddist on 21 Jan 2009, 12:32
I like it. It shows time as passed, it shows QC characters go through changes behind the scenes. Honestly I think it adds some legitamacy to these characters that things happen to them and that they make decisions away from the panels we see. Its makes QC that much less like a "Friends" sitcom with perpetually static characters, down to and including hairstyles and clothing choices.

Actually Friends did change. Constantly. According to the fashion of the current week in which the episode aired.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: BlackBooks on 22 Jan 2009, 23:01: I vote yay. Dora looks great with the 2-tone; it makes me want to head down to Molly Maguire's (the Irish pub in Ballard) and order a black-and-tan. Oh, by the way: Dora's sword-wielding look of psycho murder at the Smif chick?

HOT.

"Those evil-natured robots, they're programmed to destroy us. She's gotta be strong to fight them, so she's taking lots of vitamins."
--The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: quantum_insanity on 23 Jan 2009, 02:59: I think she'll look good either way, although I'm not a huge fan of the two tone look.
What I don't get is how she managed to grow a months worth of hair in just a few days...
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: pwhodges on 23 Jan 2009, 03:06: Same way that it's suddenly the middle of winter, Wil's been gone for a while, etc. Jeph moved the clock.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: orgasmtechnician on 23 Jan 2009, 04:30: It took me a few seconds to appreciate that it actually WAS Dora, the first time I saw it. Overall, I liked her better before.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Siibillam-Law on 23 Jan 2009, 04:58: Quote from: pwhodges on 23 Jan 2009, 03:06
Same way that it's suddenly the middle of winter, Wil's been gone for a while, etc. Jeph moved the clock.

Wait, you can DO that in comics?
:-o
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: songblade on 23 Jan 2009, 05:03: Nay.

I loved Dora with the black hair. The two-tone look is... bleh. Blonde? Man. The universe is turning upside down.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Iridia on 23 Jan 2009, 06:12: I say no. Actually, I wouldn't mind so much if she didn't look like a skunk died on her head, in my opinion. =/
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: snowdove on 23 Jan 2009, 07:21: Nay. I think that she would look nice as a blonde, but the strip has so many blondes, and she doesn't strike me as the kind of person who would keep her natural haircolor for long. The half and half is interesting, though. I think that she would look better as a full blonde, or full black, but the half and half suits her personality better.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Smithers on 23 Jan 2009, 08:36: Nay

I really liked the short black hair, although the two-tone is growing on me. I don't think blonde hair would particularly suit Dora, and I agree with other posts that there are enough blondes in the comic already.
If she dyes it again what colour should it go?
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: ProtusMose on 23 Jan 2009, 08:44: Quote from: kgbisouttogetme on 14 Jan 2009, 11:25
normally i prefer to avoid perversion.... but carpet and drapes?

Must be shaved for Marty to not have noticed. :-o
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Naira on 23 Jan 2009, 09:09: I've always been a fan of platinum blond, personally. I think, for now, the two-tone look is pretty okay for Dora; kinda fits with her style.

To be honest (in real life), I've never been a fan of most people dyeing their hair black. Feel free to do what you want, but true black is ever so rare...so a black dye job almost always looks fake to me.

Though, I've always been a fan of Marten's black hair/blue eyes thing. Total dark Irish look.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: tacothesmurf on 23 Jan 2009, 13:36: I prefer he two tone look in all honesty. I looks like now shes 100% out of her goth phase, y'know?
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Dunnoe on 23 Jan 2009, 17:04: I like her hair. Different is good! Can't wait to find out how she looks with full-on blonde
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: dreysabriel on 23 Jan 2009, 19:34: I think dora could look good blonde, but the two-tone thing was kind of a shocker. It just sorta popped up in the comic, but i guess ive kinda gotten used to it by now. It'll be interesting to see her when she goes full blonde.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: missrachel on 23 Jan 2009, 19:42: I think it looks good. What I don't like is the low-light thing where blondes put black under their hair and you can't really see it unless they put it in a ponytail. But, to each his/her own.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: aale on 24 Jan 2009, 17:46: Quote from: mustang6172 on 06 Jan 2009, 21:15
I'd be willing to see her go blonde. Though I don't care much for the two-tone look.

But I think the two toned look matches her personality more. She can be shy and sweet... Or she can get kinky or kick your ass with a sword!
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: aale on 24 Jan 2009, 17:52: Quote from: tatte on 13 Jan 2009, 23:57
I'm not sure what she'll look like as a full blonde, but i LOVE her two tone hair. everyone seems to hate it, but i think it's a nice balance. plus then she different from hanners and penelope.

I am with you on that. You are not alone. I love the two toned look too. Matches her personality more, and her hair being that length is awesom!!!
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: aale on 24 Jan 2009, 17:56: Quote from: improbability driver on 14 Jan 2009, 19:27
I think she'd look better once she has the black fully grown out, but I don't really mind the two-tone so much. It's the cut that bothers me - it's so messed up and the bottoms look stringy, which the black doesn't help. It just looks dirty, mostly. The last panel of today's strip was the first time I really thought it looked good.

speaking about stringy. Didn't Dora state one time that she has thick or alot of hair??? If so, why would it be stringy???
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Harun on 25 Jan 2009, 21:35: I love Dora's two-tone look, although it's probably because I've had so many positive experiences with the fat-free vanilla/chocolate swirl frozen yogurt at Fresh Choice. That said, I think that if she keeps that length, she would look good if she re-dyed it. Or letting it grow even longer (YESplz). There are not enough characters with long hair.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Superkid11 on 26 Jan 2009, 12:53: I dig it.
... that's all I can say. :c
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: raoullefere on 29 Jan 2009, 15:17: I've said it elsewhere, but I'll repeat it hear. I don't usually like the two-toned hair look, but it seems to fit Dora. Which means, I suppose, that I must like it. I definitely like her face framed by longer hair. OTOH, it does seem to make her look less, well, aggressive, 'in charge,' and so on. I wonder if that's intentional on Jeph's part?
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: ModernRonin on 06 Feb 2009, 22:18: Quote from: VicDor on 21 Jan 2009, 11:58
Crap, I tried to find the bit from Wayne's World where Garth says "We fear change", but couldn't find it! It's so perfect for the moment!

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!!! OUT! OUT!! :laugh:

Try - http://www.killerclips.com/clip.php?id=22&qid=1708

ObOnTopic: I don't much care for the two-tone thing. I'm not sure I'll like blond, but I'm willing to wait and see. I am happy that Dora's growing her hair out though.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Dunnoe on 11 Feb 2009, 19:05: for her next hair change, dora should have hair like the lead singer of Tokio Hotel, amirite?

EDIT: marten and dora should look like Bill from Tokio Hotel.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: championofkhorne on 17 Feb 2009, 16:01: having red hair prevents me from dying my hair because it is just so awesome lol
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Boom on 18 Feb 2009, 22:38: I just want to say that Dora's current hair style is fucking awful.. that is all..
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: championofkhorne on 19 Feb 2009, 07:50: why are we commenting on a transition phase of hair coloring?

it is like a girl wanting long hair, so she grows it out, but people give her shit for havign medium length hair in bewteen.

it is like "well what would you suggest, then?"
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: raoullefere on 19 Feb 2009, 10:01: I think it's been pretty much established that our task on the QC forums is to quibble about every insignificant detail we can manage to point out.

Beside, it beats another round of "Gee, I sure do miss that Steve fella."
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Siibillam-Law on 19 Feb 2009, 13:51: It is common practice on these forums that whenever anything is mentioned, or anything happens to the characters, or anything happens in the background of QC strip, that there will be a topic on it, thus threads such as

Sven's Cat
So .. What happened to the couch?
Death Stare of Immortal Suffering
Tickling
Epitaph

and so on
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: hmartin89 on 19 Feb 2009, 14:54: I'm really not sure yet what I think about Dora going blonde. IT doesn't suit her personality a whole bunch. I am definitely a fan of the hair change. Her and Marten look too similar. And they're dating. So it's kind of freaky.

I'm guessing the reason for the two-tone look is because in order for her to go blonde she has to grow out the black. So it'll look messy for a while.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: championofkhorne on 20 Feb 2009, 11:37: no hair color really fits Dora's personality.

so make her hair red then it is just awesome.

like me.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 21 Feb 2009, 00:40: I liked Faye's comment about hair and personality, when Dora was still goth. Faye said of Dora's hair "It is black and spiky, like your soul".
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: championofkhorne on 21 Feb 2009, 11:23: well iono about you but i would not discribe Dora's personality as black and spikey

at least not in the context of how she acts in the comic.

pre-comic i wouldnt know
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Nebraskaguy on 23 Feb 2009, 15:18: Personally I like it. So rah-rah two tone sexy hair.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: raoullefere on 23 Feb 2009, 22:52: "Black and spiky" seems a better description of Faye's own personality than Dora's. Some people look at others and see only a mirror.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 23 Feb 2009, 23:04: Well said. Even as a goth Dora was friendlier than Faye.

Here's a thought: does Dora have a two-tone personality that matches her current hair?
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: championofkhorne on 24 Feb 2009, 15:22: actually Dora seems to have the most stable personality lately, at the beginning she was more, shall we say, risque, but now she is pretty much as stable as a girl her age can be.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 24 Feb 2009, 18:48: Dora did call it her world-hating phase. Comic 562. Or "Oh hey, now I remember why I went goth in the first place. Because people are retarded" from #279. In any case it was a pose: the compassion she's shown is the kind that comes from down deep.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Strike Da Mic on 24 Feb 2009, 23:30: Well, uhm ... as I find women with straight black hair attractive, I liked the old style better. The new one doesn't look bad though, and it's a change.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: championofkhorne on 26 Feb 2009, 19:58: Quote from: Strike Da Mic on 24 Feb 2009, 23:30
Well, uhm ... all women with hair attractive

fixed
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: TLT Thomas on 27 Feb 2009, 20:28: I dunno, I kinda like the new Dora hair. She and Marten looked too much alike when she had the black hair. I always figured she'd go for some wild color (like purple or hot pink), at least to accentuate the black.

And I concur with Jeans... Goth types are mostly real nice people. I used to go to "The Church" (Goth night at Dallas's Lizard Lounge) and hang out with them all the time.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: lyra on 27 Feb 2009, 21:40: 1. lol @ norton.
2. i vote nay
3. why isn't this a poll?
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Zingoleb on 01 Mar 2009, 03:41: Quote from: lyra on 27 Feb 2009, 21:40
3. why are we still talking about this?

Fixed
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: VicDor on 29 Sep 2014, 11:35: To anyone who still remembers this thread from 5 goddamn years ago, I have an announcement! (one I should have made more than two years ago)
According to the laws of Cosmic Karma, I am now (for more than 2 years) the uncle of a 2.5 year old boy with dirty blond hair and dark brown eyes.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Arkantos on 29 Sep 2014, 11:47: Nice necro.
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Post by: Platypodes on 29 Sep 2014, 14:50: Hahaha! That's awesome. :-D
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Thrudd on 30 Sep 2014, 09:50: It looks like this thread, like the South and yesterdays tacos, will rise again. :psyduck:

(click to show/hide)
Im not blond but I play one in DnD.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Masterpiece on 30 Sep 2014, 16:22: No.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Method of Madness on 30 Sep 2014, 18:50: NOT AN OPTION.

Also it was weird reading through this thread and seeing so many "Guests".
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Cereal_Killer on 07 Oct 2014, 12:54: I liked her better when she was more gothy actually lol
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Kugai on 07 Oct 2014, 14:30: I think what some people are forgetting is that Dora IS a natural Blonde, she only dyes her hair black.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Method of Madness on 07 Oct 2014, 16:40: Right, the question is should she keep the blonde or dye it away?
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: BenRG on 08 Oct 2014, 07:21: It's weird but it never occurred to me that Dora might not have naturally black hair, even after she mentioned her Scandinavian maternal ancestry and we saw her very blonde mother. In any case, a blonde Dora would freak me out. However, I don't think it is my call to make. If Tai thinks it's cute, then it's happening and we all know that.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: hedgie on 08 Oct 2014, 07:34: There was a time-skip at one point in the comic where she grew out her hair a bit, so there was a bunch of blonde with black bits at the ends.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Honkytonk on 08 Oct 2014, 07:45: Kind of means there was a bit of an oedipal thing going on with Sven's pre-Faye obsession with the blondes. I'm sure this has been mentioned before but I thought it worth re-mentioning.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Shjade on 08 Oct 2014, 22:06: Quote from: Honkytonk on 08 Oct 2014, 07:45
Kind of means there was a bit of an oedipal thing going on with Sven's pre-Faye obsession with the blondes.
That's a pretty huge leap to make just off of hair color.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: ~~Momatottotiasos~~ on 09 Oct 2014, 14:37: I say nay!
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Nepiophage on 09 Oct 2014, 21:23: I liked her best with purple hair http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1678 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1678)
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Carl-E on 10 Oct 2014, 08:03: That's the wonderful thing about blond hair - it takes dye much more easily than dark hair, without having to be bleached first.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: jeanramone on 17 Oct 2014, 00:06: Past jeanramone was such a shallow tart, who cares what hair colour people choose to have. :psyduck:
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 18 Oct 2014, 21:28: The purple hair was an early sign of the Martorapocalypse.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Method of Madness on 19 Oct 2014, 18:43: The purple hair was also really cool.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Stoon on 19 Oct 2014, 19:21: Redhead.

OK, maybe I'm just partial to redheads...
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Kugai on 19 Oct 2014, 22:42: Deep Purple
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Carl-E on 20 Oct 2014, 08:31: "In a gadda da vida" just sprang to mind, but that was Iron Butterfly, not Deep Purple.

"Smoke on the water". You haven't lived 'till you've heard it played the whole way through by 12 tubas. (the low brass section of our marching band was nuts...)
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Storel on 20 Oct 2014, 15:21: Quote from: Carl-E on 20 Oct 2014, 08:31
"Smoke on the water". You haven't lived 'till you've heard it played the whole way through by 12 tubas. (the low brass section of our marching band was nuts...)

Haha, now I want to hear that. That sounds awesome. :-D

BTW, why on earth did your marching band have twelve tubas? Was it a really large band? Did you have 76 trombones?
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Carl-E on 20 Oct 2014, 15:52: No, only about two dozen trombones. I was first chair of the 3rd trombones... yeah, it was pretty big, about 130 players. More if you count drums.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Method of Madness on 20 Oct 2014, 15:52: ...why wouldn't you?
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: cesium133 on 20 Oct 2014, 15:53: Quote from: Carl-E on 20 Oct 2014, 15:52
No, only about two dozen trombones. I was first chair of the 3rd trombones... yeah, it was pretty big, about 130 players. More if you count drums.
When I was in high school band, I was the low brass section. No tubas, and I was the only trombone.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Carl-E on 20 Oct 2014, 15:54: You don't know marching band drummers, do you?

They're sort of a group apart...
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Method of Madness on 20 Oct 2014, 15:55: Yes, I do, I was in marching band. Drummers are very much a part of the band, so why would you give the count but exclude the drummers?
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: MooskiNet on 20 Oct 2014, 16:00: It's funny, when I was in high school (84-86) the drummers were sort of their own entity as well, and the snare drummers were a subset of that. I could definitely see the rest of the band not counting them.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Carl-E on 20 Oct 2014, 16:02: Ours didn't seem to know that we existed most of the time, either. they were a pretty squirrely lot - coming and going, they were good, but just not really part of the group.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Method of Madness on 20 Oct 2014, 16:26: They were off on their own a bit, sure, but I can't imagine not counting them in the total. That's just insulting.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: MooskiNet on 20 Oct 2014, 16:43: I can understand that feeling, but I think it may be more a matter of 'drums were a unit unto themselves' than 'band doesn't count the drummers.' In fact, most of my memories of pep rallies were the drum folks performing exclusive of the rest of the band. I'm not sure the snare drum guys (it was always guys on snare, though the drum major my senior year was a girl) would have been insulted by not being counted as band members so much as 'Well, yeah. We're drums.'

Not saying it's always that way, but I can see where Carl-E is coming from.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Method of Madness on 20 Oct 2014, 16:57: Maybe my band was weird, because of the three years I was in it, the "drum major" was just the leader of the band...and was never a drummer.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: MooskiNet on 20 Oct 2014, 17:03: Nah, I don't think that's weird - the drum major was a flute player. I included her because it felt sorta weird saying 'snare drum guys' as though there were no way it could be anything else, so I threw in that the band leader was a girl.

Call it oversensitivity to possible sexism on my part. :-D
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: NemoX on 20 Oct 2014, 17:13: Quote from: Stoon on 19 Oct 2014, 19:21
Redhead.

OK, maybe I'm just partial to redheads...

Redheads are my kryptonite, so I agree lol However somehow I don't see that color working for her, not with her complexion. I had issues for the longest time (and it was pointed out in-comic) because of how similar Dora and Marten were in overall appearance. I liked it when she had half and half hair, Full blonde? might be interesting to see if she sticks with it. Last time it felt she had made a decision to grow it out and then just overnight dyed it again without ever seeing it thru to the end so she essentially gave up that idea
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Zebediah on 20 Oct 2014, 17:30: Quote from: Stoon on 19 Oct 2014, 19:21
Redhead.

OK, maybe I'm just partial to redheads...

Here you go:

(http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b429/zebgodwin/DoraRed.png)
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Method of Madness on 20 Oct 2014, 17:53: That looks more like Faye than Dora.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: cesium133 on 20 Oct 2014, 17:56: Quote from: MooskiNet on 20 Oct 2014, 17:03
Nah, I don't think that's weird - the drum major was a flute player. I included her because it felt sorta weird saying 'snare drum guys' as though there were no way it could be anything else, so I threw in that the band leader was a girl.

Call it oversensitivity to possible sexism on my part. :-D
The drum major for the band at my high school was a girl all four years I was there. I tried out for it my senior year, but I think I lost because the band director didn't want to give up the only trombone player... Either that or the girl who got the position was just better at it than me.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Zebediah on 21 Oct 2014, 07:16: Quote from: Method of Madness on 20 Oct 2014, 17:53
That looks more like Faye than Dora.

All right then - for the sake of comparison, here's redheaded Dora and purpleheaded Faye:

(http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b429/zebgodwin/purpleFaye.png)

I tried making Faye a blonde, but - ugh. Just no.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: BenRG on 21 Oct 2014, 07:53: Quote from: Zebediah on 21 Oct 2014, 07:16
All right then - for the sake of comparison, here's redheaded Dora and purpleheaded Faye:

(http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b429/zebgodwin/purpleFaye.png)

I tried making Faye a blonde, but - ugh. Just no.

For some reason I can see Hannelore walking in, blinking and then start babbling about dream monkeys and how she WANTS TO WAKE UP!
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Thrudd on 21 Oct 2014, 09:34: Does she mean these monkeys?(http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0002/464/MI0002464995.jpg?partner=allrovi.com)
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Post by: Kugai on 21 Oct 2014, 14:10: Or these ones?
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Method of Madness on 21 Oct 2014, 14:49: Purple haired Faye looks awesome. Redheaded Dora doesn't look like Faye in that one, though, I guess it's the shape of her face in the earlier one.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Zebediah on 21 Oct 2014, 15:10: Yes, I soon as I colored her hair purple I thought "Hey, that works!" Dora seems to agree with me.

Quote from: BenRG on 21 Oct 2014, 07:53

For some reason I can see Hannelore walking in, blinking and then start babbling about dream monkeys and how she WANTS TO WAKE UP!

Hey, if it's sexy blue monkey-girls you want, I can accommodate that too:

(http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b429/zebgodwin/blue1.png)

Yeah, it's been a slow day. I was home sick with nothing better to do but play Civ V and recolor all of Jeph's characters.
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Post by: K1dmor on 21 Oct 2014, 16:28: Quote from: Zebediah on 21 Oct 2014, 15:10
Hey, if it's sexy blue monkey-girls you want, I can accommodate that too:

(http://i.imgur.com/gAOBWHK.gif)
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Zebediah on 21 Oct 2014, 16:37: Ardent is in way over his head here.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Carl-E on 21 Oct 2014, 18:16: OK, we clearly need more frequent updates.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Thrudd on 22 Oct 2014, 10:44: I'm just waiting on the Purple Marten.
Either just the hair or in contrast to the Blue Girl Group. :clairedoge:
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: DSL on 23 Oct 2014, 06:55: If you're hoping for the bird, that's spelled "martin."
And spelling Marten's name that way will get you an admonishment from the sort of person who thinks the missing "a" in "one small step for man" is of paramount importance.
A purple weasel-like creature (a "marten") would be funny, though.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Thrudd on 23 Oct 2014, 07:31: Quote from: DSL on 23 Oct 2014, 06:55
If you're hoping for the bird, that's spelled "martin."
And spelling Marten's name that way will get you an admonishment.
A purple weasel-like creature (a "marten") would be funny, though.
"If I had wanted a bird then I would have asked for one." - John Cleese

As for the polecat or the Frank Burns archetype, the former has already been done in another thread though the latter is only obvious by its absence. [so far]
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Honkytonk on 30 Oct 2014, 07:40: Quote from: K1dmor on 21 Oct 2014, 16:28
Quote from: Zebediah on 21 Oct 2014, 15:10
Hey, if it's sexy blue monkey-girls you want, I can accommodate that too:

(http://i.imgur.com/gAOBWHK.gif)

That is glorious and I doff my cap to you.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: BenRG on 17 Mar 2015, 03:12: Quote from: BenRG on 08 Oct 2014, 07:21
However, I don't think it is my call to make. If Tai thinks it's cute, then it's happening and we all know that.

I've been thinking about this and an idea popped into my head:

Claire comes into the library one day with her hair down (lots of ways to hand-wave that; maybe it was her day off but something came up and Tai had to call her in). Tai later tells Dora that she thinks Claire's hair looks good down in a certain 'untameable wild woman' way (yes, she's talking about Claire! :-o ). Dora doesn't seem to react at first but we later see her start growing her hair out and stop dying it. Is it in response to Tai's comments or does she just fancy a change?
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Mr_Rose on 17 Mar 2015, 14:10: N.B. this is an impossible scenario as Claire is not allowed out of her house (with its specially treated hair-repelling furniture) with her hair unbound as it represents a severe public safety hazard, what with it constantly devouring road-signs, concrete pavers, and support columns.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: swapna on 17 Mar 2015, 14:48: Wow, this thread is more than SIX years old.. but I don't think Dora would be influenced by Claire's magical hair. She has her insecurities, but she's with tai now!
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: Welu on 17 Mar 2015, 15:34: Back to the topic name, my favourite Dora hair was when it was growing out. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1311) That might be my favourite art style as well which contributes to the choice.
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Post by: Jab on 18 Mar 2015, 01:22: I actually like how it looks now most of all- the Blonde/Black thing just didn't work. Though I guess it's fitting for an Indie Rock girl of sorts.
Title: Re: Dora as a blonde: Yay or Nay
Post by: BenRG on 18 Mar 2015, 01:28: Quote from: swapna on 17 Mar 2015, 14:48
Wow, this thread is more than SIX years old.. but I don't think Dora would be influenced by Claire's magical hair. She has her insecurities, but she's with tai now!

It isn't Claire's hair that would influence her but that Tai mentioned that she likes the look. I could see her thinking: "What the hell! Let's try it; I can always go back if I don't like it!"

Possible downside: she gets mistaken for her mother by Sven in an icky way! :evil: