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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: akronnick on 22 Mar 2009, 22:33
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And we're back.
This is my first time for starting the WCT, be gentle.
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Daft Punk Dreams???
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I was like, WTF is going on, until that last frame.
I wish my dreams had that much detail (but also weren't as disturbing).
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OK, now that we've had the ubiquitous 'Weird Dream' Comic . . . . . .
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Man, this guest strip made me feel like I was sneaking a peek at a Warren magazine in the '70's (Wasn't old enough to buy horror mags). Well, except the Daft Punk CD. It'd have to be an 8-track of Pink Floyd.
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Yes, I think (hope) we've all been there, where it's easier to say, "Nope, no memorable dream last night," than to detail the gore-fest that would likely have me put on some kind of terrorist watchlist, or deported to some place that condones torture just because it's a safer option than therapy.
:-o
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I either don't remember my dreams or they're these huge cinematic productions. I'll tell people my disturbing dreams. I don't care how crazy or gory they are. My favorite recurring dream actually ends with me impaled through the chest and pinned to the ground, diagonal to the floor, while my side is overrun in an epic battle scene. By vampires!
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My favorite dream was the one where I achieved time travel by eating pita bread with bleach on it and stating when in time I wanted to be. It also involved a trial with the Simpsons in it, and for some reason the identity of Spiderman as Peter Parker was very important to the case.
Then there's the one where I was killed by poisonous river dolphins who broke into my house and hopped around on their tail fins.
Oddly, I don't do drugs.
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I had a dream the other night were I was anally fisting my computer keyboard. (don't even ask how that could possibly work)
I stopped looking at porn for a few days after that.
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When I was a kid I had this one where my father wanted to kill me, with a knife, and he had no face. I ran to my mother for help, but she was now also faceless and knife wielding. I don't remember how it ended, but before it was done everyone in the world was faceless and out to kill me and I was just running for my life.
I had a lot more nightmares as a child. Most of them involving someone or something trying to kill me. Paranoid much?
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I either don't remember my dreams or they're these huge cinematic productions. I'll tell people my disturbing dreams. I don't care how crazy or gory they are. My favorite recurring dream actually ends with me impaled through the chest and pinned to the ground, diagonal to the floor, while my side is overrun in an epic battle scene. By vampires!
See, my dreams rarely involve people. For a long time, it'd be stupid stuff, like a window opening, or a leaf falling, and that'd be it. Or bees chasing me.
Then after I started at the university, people started popping up in dreams, always trying to kill me.
Then there was a turn, when I'd turn and start killing my pursuers. The disturbing turn happened when I'd just start indiscriminately killing anyone else I'd come across. It got worse still when I started recognizing people, and began killing them, enjoying it in the process, then resurrecting them, and then rekilling them again in various manners.
I'm not at all a violent person in the waking world, but apparently my unconscious mind has some crazed, demonically unsatiated bloodlust.
That's the stuff where it's best not to talk about your dreams to friends.
"Yeah, so in my dream last night, I killed you several times, and tortured you, and in the dream, I liked it. Did you ever really think about how much blood there is in a human?"
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Is there a "plot" (using the term loosely here) to what I'm assuming is Hanner's dream? Or is it just random scenes mashed together? Does the girl (who looks like Faye, tbh) not believe the dark-haired man (who kind of reminds me of Martin) about a murder? And then he kills her for kissing the blonde-haired dude? Is that dude the same as the one who is holding the strange staff?
I have weird dreams anyways that make a hell of a lot less sense. I don't know why I'm trying to figure this out in the first place. Lol.
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It's actually not THAT uncommon to dream about things you've read ...
Personally I don't dream ... but if I did, I'd really have a hard time picturing Hanners reading Büchner's "Woyzeck" ... Oo
It puzzles me, why an already mentally misplaced girl would read up on something like "inner-voice-assisted murder out of envy"...
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I only dream in movies. Best one I ever had was when I dreamed a sequel to the Matrix (it was right after seeing the first movie).
Everyone I've described it to has told me it would have been better than what we actually got, but then that's not a tall order.
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Holy chocochops.
I don't like to remember my dreams. I had a dream about furries last night. Everywhere. Trying to make me one.
And...I enjoyed it. What the hell? I'm still not sure if that was a nightmare or not.
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Is there a "plot" (using the term loosely here) to what I'm assuming is Hanner's dream?
Its the comic's characters replacing those of Georg Büchner's "Woyzeck" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woyzeck), still maintaining the majority of it's plot.
(That is to say, Hanner's dream is about Marten (replacing Woyzeck) murdering Faye (replacing Marie), who cheated on him with Sven (repl. the Tambourmajor) ... )
Funny as hell, if you know about it :D
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I only dream in movies. Best one I ever had was when I dreamed a sequel to the Matrix (it was right after seeing the first movie).
Everyone I've described it to has told me it would have been better than what we actually got, but then that's not a tall order.
I think the matrix sequels would have been HELLA better if the story from two and three had been combined in one movie. If they had limited each fight/chase/"action" scene to about four minutes each they could have covered all the narrative ground in about 45 minutes.
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Is there a "plot" (using the term loosely here) to what I'm assuming is Hanner's dream?
Its the comic's characters replacing those of Georg Büchner's "Woyzeck" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woyzeck), still maintaining the majority of it's plot.
(That is to say, Hanner's dream is about Marten (replacing Woyzeck) murdering Faye (replacing Marie), who cheated on him with Sven (repl. the Tambourmajor) ... )
This explains why the comic creeped me out. I was disturbed for 2 days after watching that play, and then I think a homeless woman cursed my hometown to drown. (it didn't).
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Woooot! One really awesome Büchner Adaption (screw you Herzog!).
Gave me a big chill the first time I read it, even without notifying that this is actually Woyceck. Second reading, at sixt panel, i was all like: "Hm, who's this guy, looks like a Tambourmajor, but what the hell is he doing in this.... OMFG Büchner!" hehe
GReetz Knieps
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It may be a wonderful tribute to an obscure story (for most most of us), but I was still going WTF... And now to wait for our lord and master to give us something tomorrow.
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It's actually not THAT uncommon to dream about things you've read ...
Personally I don't dream ... but if I did, I'd really have a hard time picturing Hanners reading Büchner's "Woyzeck" ... Oo
It puzzles me, why an already mentally misplaced girl would read up on something like "inner-voice-assisted murder out of envy"...
Maybe because she's too lazy to read Crime and Punishment.
Also curse you for beating me to it. Stupid forum was down. =)
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Maybe because she's too lazy to read Crime and Punishment.
Also curse you for beating me to it. Stupid forum was down. =)
Or maybe she just doesn't know enough Russian ... :D
*gags* I'm cursed! ... next one's yours... Aigh pwomish rrch... *gurgles, dies*
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hooooly wow
that was an amazing guest strip
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I thought it thoroughly boring. I prefer the regular artist. Can't remember his name, right now.
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I had a dream once I was the new quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. My teammate - who happens to be Hugh Laurie - walks up to me before a play and says, "When you get the ball, throw it to my right." "Your right?" I say. "Yes, it's the only right I've got." So we're in position for the play (but instead of being on the field, we're gathered on the sidelines), and the player hiking me the ball is Mimi from the Drew Carey Show. I call "Hike!" and she half-heartedly dumps the ball on the ground. And then I woke up.
I'm told I need to stop eating Pop-Tarts before bed.
Dreams are fucking weird.
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Wow... That's really weird. I've also had a dream about being the QB for the Packers with Hugh Laurie on my team. Although I did fall asleep watching House... Actually come to think of it, half the cast of NCIS was on the opposing team.
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I thought the art work was amazing. I like seeing Marten, Faye and company all "realistic" looking.
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As did I. It may not have read like it, but my earlier post was a compliment. Warren may have run some schlock stories on occasion, but the art usually took what was in the mainstream comics, held it up by its ear, and delivered repeated blows to the buttocks and scrotum.
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And as if today's comic wasn't confusing enough, my web browser stopped loading it part way through, right at the panel with the close-up of Marten's eyes and I thought that was the whole comic! After struggling for a while to make heads or tails of it, I went to the forums to see if anyone could shed some light on the meaning of the comic and found myself wondering, "Why is everyone here talking about dreams?" Then I figured it out. :)
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...that was weird.
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Wow... That's really weird. I've also had a dream about being the QB for the Packers with Hugh Laurie on my team. Although I did fall asleep watching House... Actually come to think of it, half the cast of NCIS was on the opposing team.
That's just nuts. Was your Hugh Laurie talking in a British or American accent? (Mine was British)
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I thought the art work was amazing. I like seeing Marten, Faye and company all "realistic" looking.
Yeah, I agree. It really let me look at the characters to me in a new way. Was the blond guy Sven? Didn't look too much like him if it was supposed to be him. Meh
Moar Jeph!
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Yes that is supposed to be Sven (or 19th century German Sven analogue). He was difficult to draw because the Drum Major is a big brawny guy while Sven is skinny and effeminate, so he came out a bit inconsistent.
MOST IMPORTANTLY though, he isn't blond. The panel where he is leaning against the table just didn't scan very well.
Also thanks, I'm glad many of you seem to like it
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I thought it was Sven right away, and I'd never seen or heard of Woyzeck before. Something about the face looked like Sven; that, and the interraction (such as it is) with Faye.
I think my favorite panel is the last one, where they're hanging out in the apartment, Marten's hand on Dora's leg. Very natural looking.
But... since I'm not familiar with Woyzeck, who is the guy with the mustache? His conversation with Marten apparently upsets Marten quite a bit. I'm guessing that he's the one who tells Marten about Faye "cheating" with Sven.
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This comic made me happy because I didn't know Lucid TV was still updating. It had gone quiet for a long time, so I stopped checking. But it's going again! Hurray!
Anyone who hasn't read the comic before should give it a go. It is hilarious!
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But... since I'm not familiar with Woyzeck, who is the guy with the mustache? His conversation with Marten apparently upsets Marten quite a bit. I'm guessing that he's the one who tells Marten about Faye "cheating" with Sven.
In the play, Woyzeck is subject to a weird doctor's (or professor's) experiments in order to make some money. The doc sets him on a strict bean diet, disregarding all danger to health and psyche. Thus, Woyzeck hears voices in his head throughout the story and tries to explain his ideas of the "second nature" (the world behind the world, which he believes to be real as he sees it) to the doctor.
The panels show one of those occasions where Woyzeck (Marten) is called to the doctor and examined. In the screenplay, this is one of numerous scenes where Woyzecks obvious inner turmoils and confusions are ignored by the other characters, upsetting him and driving him deeper and deeper down a psychotic breakdown spiral.
The more you look at it, the better the strip gets :D
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Faye is SO hot in that guest strip.
Just thought I should say that.
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But... since I'm not familiar with Woyzeck, who is the guy with the mustache? His conversation with Marten apparently upsets Marten quite a bit. I'm guessing that he's the one who tells Marten about Faye "cheating" with Sven.
In the play, Woyzeck is subject to a weird doctor's (or professor's) experiments in order to make some money. The doc sets him on a strict bean diet, disregarding all danger to health and psyche. Thus, Woyzeck hears voices in his head throughout the story and tries to explain his ideas of the "second nature" (the world behind the world, which he believes to be real as he sees it) to the doctor.
The panels show one of those occasions where Woyzeck (Marten) is called to the doctor and examined. In the screenplay, this is one of numerous scenes where Woyzecks obvious inner turmoils and confusions are ignored by the other characters, upsetting him and driving him deeper and deeper down a psychotic breakdown spiral.
The more you look at it, the better the strip gets :D
That some deep shit there. Thanks!
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Yes that is supposed to be Sven (or 19th century German Sven analogue). He was difficult to draw because the Drum Major is a big brawny guy while Sven is skinny and effeminate, so he came out a bit inconsistent.
MOST IMPORTANTLY though, he isn't blond. The panel where he is leaning against the table just didn't scan very well.
Also thanks, I'm glad many of you seem to like it
It rawk'd \o/
Next time do The Sandman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Sandmann) - just as fucked up and a chance to include Pintsize. :3
Although I wonder if Hannelore would ever sleep again after reading even the first chapter of that thing.
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Also thanks, I'm glad many of you seem to like it
And another - good stuff!
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bahaha,
As soon as I type "woy" into Google, it immediately reads my mind...
"I stab you...wait...did I stab you with my Sex Pistol's cd? Lemme look....AH-HA, no, it was Daft Punk! Be damned Daft Punk!"
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"One More Time!"
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Pintsize totally deserved that.
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I think I prefer the original. Who'd've thought Wins could have managed that with his teeny appendages, though?
Truly, rage is an amazing thing.
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You would think Winslow would know by now not to take Pintsize's advice vis-a-vis romance.
Final results for monday's poll:
Hangus: 6 votes (10.9%)
Tai-Bird: 3 votes (5.5%)
Svawk: 5 votes (9.1%)
Startern: 5 votes (9.1%)
Fadora: 20 votes (36.4%)
Pint-tits : 16 votes (29.1)
new poll up soon.
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You know, I don't blame Pintsize, she looks Japanese. She might very well have liked sushi...
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Yeah. That tentacle is tako. For eating...
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Maybe she doesn't have the capability to consume foodstuffs and she's kinda sore about it.
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Jeph should have added the alternate as a fifth panel, that would have made it better. This could have been longer-than-usual comics week.
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TENTACLE RAPE!
*cough*
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Maybe she doesn't have the capability to consume foodstuffs and she's kinda sore about it.
Something tells me it's Pintsize that's sore. about. it.
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Yes, we've strayed deep into LOLWUT territory with this comic.
TENTACLE RAPE!
*cough*
More precisely, "Tentacoo wape!"
;) :-o
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uncle ghastly would be ever so proud of you
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uncle ghastly would be ever so proud of you
i miss that comic.
what's he up to these days?
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Boo for Winslow falling for Pintsize's stuff. YAY for Winslow sticking it to Pintsize, literally, in the end, no pun intended.
You would think that Winslow would know better though.
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Pintsize deserved that.
And probably enjoyed it.
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Just noticed Faye deleted Sven from her Twitter.
ALSO.
Glad to see that little pink haired... thing again. =]
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Yes, it's probably Splitsville for Svaye, which is good because it clears the way for Fangus.
/ducks behind keyboard.
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literally, in the end, no pun intended.
You are breaking the rules. No pun intended.
Glad to see that little pink haired... thing again. =]
When did we see her before? Does she have a name or existence in some non-QC reality?
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She's a Sony AnthroPC (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1298)
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Would've worked better if it was an eel.
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I always enjoy strips featuring Sony Anthro PC, but does she have a name?
She's so かわいい！ お持ち帰り～～！And to everyone who got that reference, おめでとうございます！
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Holy chocochops.
I don't like to remember my dreams. I had a dream about furries last night. Everywhere. Trying to make me one.
And...I enjoyed it. What the hell? I'm still not sure if that was a nightmare or not.
Heh heh...
Come to our side Zing....
As for the dream thing. I had ones as kids where I was chased by like Anime Vampires. I also have ones where I take different forms like for example. I would be a person going on some trip and some kind of School at the same time and like with in the dream I change into like the dog of the person I was. I am always in a RV when I have it and there is a TINY TINY Bathroom in the front (AS IN small for like a gerbil) and I would put my head in the little Theater like door way
THAN I get ported into a new fully ferbished Bathroom big enough for me I cant rember much past that in that dream. Also y dreams sometimes REPEAT then slefs like I would keep doing the bigging of the dream at a certain point. There is also one Dream I have sometimes where I would like be I girl I THINK I never checked :P I just asume I am a girl. But I am slowly changeing into a dog. It isnt as weird now considering I embraced my furry self. But it is still freaky considering I change into a labradore that can talk and no one freaks out badly (As in KILL IT IT IS DISGUSTING). Also Psi snuk into my dreams one way or another. As I can use telekenetics.
I dont do drugs for all who care.
Also I beleve Pintsize desered it and thnik he set it up so that happend because he likes it :P
PS: Psi is real psipog.net (http://psipog.net) I just dont have the skill to do what I do in my dream
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So, it turned out to be one of those days where you go "aww" over an Anthro-PC smiling adorably because he has a tentacle inside him. Figures...
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Maybe little HD just took it the wrong way and the tentacle was meant as a different type of weapon/fetish in addition to the eels that she can shoot from her no-no spot?
*roflself* I actually used "no-no spot" *rofl* I crack me up in my attempts not to be offensive :)
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Am I the only one who gets the impression that Pintsize is not entirely disliking his situation?
His mimic shows more of a "Hm... come to think about it."- and "This actually isn't all that bad."-like reaction ... Oo
People, we have our first ANALTHRO-PC!!!!!!! :-o
(And I am SO okay with being offensive here... "sticking it" to WhyNot is worth it :D)
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Mr. Jacques is a very twisted man. It's a very good thing.
Yeah, I agree with whomever suggested it above -- adding the end to the alternative strip to the main one for 5 panels would have been...sweet.
I must now go wipe the morning beverage off my laptop screen.
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Am I the only one who gets the impression that Pintsize is not entirely disliking his situation?
His mimic shows more of a "Hm... come to think about it."- and "This actually isn't all that bad."-like reaction ... Oo
People, we have our first ANALTHRO-PC!!!!!!! :-o
(And I am SO okay with being offensive here... "sticking it" to WhyNot is worth it :D)
Analthroat PC? Oh, you said Analthro..not analthroat. My bad...."Randall!!! You never go ass to mouth!!!!" or, to keep it all QC-like...."Raven!!!! You never go ass to mouth!"
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Its the comic's characters replacing those of Georg Büchner's "Woyzeck" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woyzeck), still maintaining the majority of it's plot.
(That is to say, Hanner's dream is about Marten (replacing Woyzeck) murdering Faye (replacing Marie), who cheated on him with Sven (repl. the Tambourmajor) ... )
And here I was thinking of Alban Berg's Wozzeck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wozzeck) (Based on Büchner's play), but that'd be because I've studied the opera. When Marten is in the lake, I can hear him, in sprechstimme (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprechstimme), crying out, "Das Wasser ist Blut!"
Marten and Faye don't have a child, so we're lucky: about the most gutwrenching part of the opera (and possibly also the play) is the ending:
Next morning, children are playing in the sunshine. The news spreads that Marie's body has been found, and they all run off to see, except for Marie's little boy, who after an oblivious moment, follows after the others.
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Its the comic's characters replacing those of Georg Büchner's "Woyzeck" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woyzeck), still maintaining the majority of it's plot.
(That is to say, Hanner's dream is about Marten (replacing Woyzeck) murdering Faye (replacing Marie), who cheated on him with Sven (repl. the Tambourmajor) ... )
And here I was thinking of Alban Berg's Wozzeck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wozzeck) (Based on Büchner's play), but that'd be because I've studied the opera. When Marten is in the lake, I can hear him, in sprechstimme (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprechstimme), crying out, "Das Wasser ist Blut!"
Marten and Faye don't have a child, so we're lucky: about the most gutwrenching part of the opera (and possibly also the play) is the ending:
Next morning, children are playing in the sunshine. The news spreads that Marie's body has been found, and they all run off to see, except for Marie's little boy, who after an oblivious moment, follows after the others.
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Rule 34: Somewhere, in the deep, dark, dank, alliterative recesses of the internet, someone who is into little robots and tentacles is wanking to this comic.
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Maybe little HD just took it the wrong way and the tentacle was meant as a different type of weapon/fetish in addition to the eels that she can shoot from her no-no spot?
*roflself* I actually used "no-no spot" *rofl* I crack me up in my attempts not to be offensive :)
I'm horrible. Everyone else was wondering "a tentacle? wtf?", while I immediately figured Pintsize wanted Sony to demonstrate her... talent.
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Rule 34: Somewhere, in the deep, dark, dank, alliterative recesses of the internet, someone who is into little robots and tentacles is wanking to this comic.
haha. sad, but sick, but true.
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We Really need to know more about the ChibiPC, She needs a name and I want to know more about her owner.
Even the linux anthro PC with the neckbeard had a name, even though he preferred not to use it.
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I always enjoy strips featuring Sony Anthro PC, but does she have a name?
She's so かわいい！ お持ち帰り～～！And to everyone who got that reference, おめでとうございます！
Er... she's so cute, I want to take her home?
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Er... she's so cute, I want to take her home?
NOT LIKE THAT PEOPLE
(I got your back caelae)
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For some reason, I think chibiPC actually would have liked to have kept the gift...
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Rule 34: Somewhere, in the deep, dark, dank, alliterative recesses of the internet, someone who is into little robots and tentacles is wanking to this comic.
STOP JUDGING MEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
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*Sigh* if we could only find the other one… Just think...
"Psychologically, this is fascinating. Doesn't it make everyone want to lock them in separate rooms and do experiments on them?…Just me, then."
Riley, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season V "The Replacement."
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Of course, Hanners would have an "Untrustworthy Animals" list.
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Hanners' list had me laughing more than anything that's been in QC for years. Brilliant comic.
Although the crosses are totally cheating on her t-shirt. That's just plain unfair.
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I would just like to thank Hannelore for helping to point out that elephants are evil. Someday they will all get angry, possibly drunk, and trample us all.
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Tuesday's Poll Results:
Pint-size should be _____ for this.
congratulated - 13 (15.9%)
flogged - 9 (11%)
scolded - 5 (6.1%)
locked in teh refridgerator - 10 (12.2%)
duck taped to the wall - 28 (34.1%)
Fadora - 17
I just have to say to the 15.9% of you people who voted for "congratulated": You sick Fucks!
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Why aren't Tapirs on the list?
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They're on Page 2.
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And why arn't Meerkats on there as well??!
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Snails win hands down! They are dirty FREAKS!! Evidence: Green Porno: Snails (http://www.sundancechannel.com/greenporno/#/watch-snail)
P.S. Isabella Rosellini should also be on the list.
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The facial expressions are very good. And I'm liking the varied angles.
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My favorite thing about this comic? The fact that it has already been referenced on the Great Auks wikipedia page.
And I vote she add 'anything encased in a shell' to her list. Clams, lobsters...etc....you can't trust things that carry their homes with them.
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That means turtles make the list. Really they should already be on there. Carry their homes, live a long time and hide their junk in their tail.
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I can only assume you've seen this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDiR7UxI8Ow) then
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Tentacle porn! Wow, QC has actually been living up to it's name recently.
I like Hanners new shirt.
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Am I the only one who gets the impression that Pintsize is not entirely disliking his situation?
His mimic shows more of a "Hm... come to think about it."- and "This actually isn't all that bad."-like reaction ... Oo
People, we have our first ANALTHRO-PC!!!!!!! :-o
(And I am SO okay with being offensive here... "sticking it" to WhyNot is worth it :D)
Analthroat PC? Oh, you said Analthro..not analthroat. My bad...."Randall!!! You never go ass to mouth!!!!" or, to keep it all QC-like...."Raven!!!! You never go ass to mouth!"
Of course Raven doesn't go ass to mouth-she doesn't like anal sex.
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From now on, I will always call alpacas "smaller, more concealable llamas".
It's a rather popular topic, after all.
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Isabella Rosellini should also be on the list.
*Sigh* How many times do I have to say this: Isabella Rossellini is not an animal! She simply gets along with them really, really well. And makes the occasional freaky movie.
The animals that should be at the top of Hanners' list are Nessie and her cousins Champ, Ogo-Pogo, et al. These fiendishly clever creatures have actually managed to convince the world that they don't even exist, never have existed, and that anyone who does believe in them is a raving loonie, all while frolicing about in broad daylight. Even the Auk hasn't managed that.
I'm telling you, keep believing it's all hooey, and we'll all rue the day, come the Nessie Revolution.
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And the Yeti. Don't forget the Yeti.
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Or Bigfoot, that motherfucker STILL freaks me out.
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No need to mention that Hanner's list is hilarious.
I wanted to say, that Hanner's shirt is awesome. Poor o gets cornered.
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And the other host of cryptos.
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I would add anything hermaphrodic - if the critter can't make up its mind as to gender then how can you trust it to make up its mind on the more important stuff.
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I'm surprised that octopodes weren't already on her list.
They're smart, fast and strong.
They can squeeze into tiny spaces.
Their eyes don't have blind spots.
They look like those slavering space creatures from the Simpsons.
Some have frightening sex organs.
Some may be capable of abstract thought.
And why are they kept in separate tanks? Obviously to keep them from making plans!
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Ooh yea, no octopi! There was some documentary/show on one of the Discovery channels a few years ago that speculated (with pretty good CGI animation) that octopi are in line to take over after the primates, or could have risen to become the dominant species had certain conditions changed. They could have become air breathing, tree swinging KINGS of the UNIVERSE.
Also, Jeph did the shoulder/hip ratio thing with Marten again so that -- EVEN WHILE HOLDING A TENTACLE -- I thought "wow, Marten's hot". I try to keep tentacles out of my world as much as possible. I'm still suffering from exposure to a particular anime of tentacle porn many years ago. NO TENTAKLEES!
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Well I for one welcome our new Eight-legged Overlords
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Wow, that's the first time I've really felt the indie in this comic in a while...Damn that's a forced hipster conversation if I've never heard one.
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I'm guessing Jeph's comment had something to do with cold medication.
In other news POSSUMS!!
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Well, if she does it in the forest. at least no-one will have to clean up the blood
Possums make good socks.
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Wednesdays Poll Results:
Other animals that can't be trusted:
Ground Hogs - 7 (13.5%)
Snails - 8 (15.4%)
Zebras - 4 (7.7%)
Toasters - 6 (11.5%)
very small rocks - 17 (32.7%)
Fadora - 10 (19.2%)
I see we have quite a few Python fans here.
As for today's comic, can it be that Faye is beginning to actually tolerate Angus' presence?
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Well I for one welcome our new Eight-legged Overlords
Actually those are spiders, octopi are are more eight-armed.
Or you could go with eight-limbed, just to stay on the safe side. :-D
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Well I for one welcome our new Eight-legged Overlords
Actually those are spiders, octopi are are more eight-armed.
Or you could go with eight-limbed, just to stay on the safe side. :-D
They have, effectively, two legs and six arms:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4517779.ece
In other news, Angus is really growing on me.
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Nr. 1368 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1368) ...
Holy three holies! Are they flirting?!?!?! :-o
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Possibly, or it could just be a conversation. In any event, it was a nice comicwith not disturbing mental images.
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Possibly, or it could just be a conversation. In any event, it was a nice comicwith not disturbing mental images.
Ugly sweater strangling and possum gnawing don't disturb you?
Um...
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Blood Party: the newest single by Dethklok?
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Possibly, or it could just be a conversation. In any event, it was a nice comicwith not disturbing mental images.
Ugly sweater strangling and possum gnawing don't disturb you?
Um...
Not nearly as much as the Manga prediliction for big eyed school girl/women, short skirts and tentacles going into places where they just should not be going.
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Considering my fetish leanings, I think a Blood Party would be awesome
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Wow, that's the first time I've really felt the indie in this comic in a while...Damn that's a forced hipster conversation if I've never heard one.
True. Not knowing what's on one's T-shirt but looking down and discovering it to be really cool must be the epitome of indie.
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Not nearly as much as the Manga prediliction for big eyed school girl/women, short skirts and tentacles going into places where they just should not be going.
You have a point. Still...ugly sweaters....gah!
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Considering my fetish leanings, I think a Blood Party would be awesome
That's...disturbing.
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Blood Party is a bad Superbad reference
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ooo Faye used a contraction, we all know that's like fourplay for her. It's so going to happen.
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either that or she is drunk
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either that or she's talking LIKE SHE NORMALLY SPEAKS NOW GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE ARCHIVES thanks...:D
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she's enjoying speaking to a guy who hasnt hurt her, isnt out of bounds due to her own rules and/or tastes or circumstances.
woo. doesnt mean she's gonna jump his bones. we'll need an actual plot arc to justify that one I think.
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I'm assuming that because he was a lost character and came back conveniently after a breakup was enough to at least start wondering...
or...hoping, anyway.
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If Angus and Faye only end up being Just Friends, it will still be good for her. She has too narrow a social circle.
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Thursday's Poll Results:
Fangus?!?!?!?!
HOORAY!!!!!1!!!!11! - 4 (8.2%)
I can see it. - 19 (38.8%)
Meh. - 9 (18.4%)
Not gonna happen. - 4 (8.2%)
OH HELL NO, Over my dead body. - 3 (6.1%)
Fadora - 10 (20.4%)
Denied!!!!
Or was he.
Was he really about to ask Faye out, or was she just hoping he'd ask her out.
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I actually voted Hooray right before it ended.
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Do I need to amend the totals or is 4 the correct total?
(I'm not actually going to change anything, you'll just have to live with the fact that your vote was meaningless, pretend like you live in Florida)
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You forgot to reset the totals.
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Thank you, totals reset, please re-vote.
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I think that the nice human moment they were having prior to the misunderstanding made her feel like maybe she gave him the wrong idea so, instead of slamming him as she has in the past, she tried to head him off in an kind, honest manner. I also think that she has grown some and so isn't as quick to stomp all over him just because she finds him attractive.
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... instead of slamming him as she has in the past, she tried to head him off in an kind, honest manner.
For Faye that would be an improvemant.
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All I have to say about this comic is...
D'AWWWWWWW. :laugh:
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I officially board the Fangus ship after this one.
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Housemate, from offpanel: "Hmmmm...Angus never asks for a second cup at home!"
Any other geezers on here who survived the seventies remember that line (and assorted variations)? Damned if I can remember the brand of coffee it plugged.
So Faye's actually having, and apparently enjoying, a conversation with Angus, since time slipped away from her. Makes you go, well, you know.
ooo Faye used a contraction, we all know that's like fourplay for her. It's so going to happen.
I don't think that's true, but I do think it's a brilliant line.
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Folgers Coffee.
Discussion (http://www.treppenwitz.com/2004/09/funny_he_never_.html)
They also did a number on this in Airplane.
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We've secretly replaced Faye's regular biting sarcasm and Angus's normal masochism with wit, charm, and pleasant conversation, let's see if they notice...
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What the hell is up with Angus's arm in the last panel? His hand, wrist, and 3/4 of his forearm have been replaced with a coffee cup.
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What the hell is up with Angus's arm in the last panel? His hand, wrist, and 3/4 of his forearm have been replaced with a coffee cup.
Actually, his forearm IS a coffee mug. It expands when full of coffee and contracts when getting empty. It's like a coffee-controlled crane-like extension of his desire for Faye and her beans ... of coffee Oo
@Faye:
Hah! I love a good trainwreck... especially Faye's since they are so damn out of character in some way :D
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yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Soulsynger, ah. I don't know how to put this, but, okay: the only way Faye's going to get better is to get out of character. As for Angus being out of character, break-ups do sometimes show one where they went wrong.
Thanks, Celticgeek. I'd forgotten about that wretch Olsen, pusher for the old Columbian Cartel (caffeine instead of cocaine, and they lived in the U.S.) being in on things. I do remember the take-off on Airplane!, though: still perhaps the greatest film ever made. It helped form my rather bizarre sense of humor, paving the way for my Terry Pratchett mania. Mr. P owes ZAZ (Bros. Zucker + Mr. Abrahams) a debt, too, methinks.
And don't call me 'Shirly.'
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I'm beginning to like the Faye-Angus dynamic, and I definitely could see them together, but I doubt it will happen right away - it's too soon after the whole Sven debacle. Like Faye said, she doesn't want a relationship just now.
Though of course, the Lord Jeph works in mysterious ways.
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Rauolefrere you are so wrong - there are two movies tied for the honour of greatest movie of all time, and Airlplane! isn't one of them. The Blues Brothers, and The Dirty Dozen
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The Blues Brothers is no more a candidate for the greatest movie of all time than I am for the position of Pope.
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are we going to have a historical recreation of the pope wars in here?
All hail discordia!
(on topic..)
Faye is cute, but i'd be a bit put off if they develop in a relationship too quickly - most of the relationships in QC have had a reasonable-ish amount of foreshadowing. Their previous verbal sparring was rather impersonal i'd say, so I'm not really thinking it'd count as character development between the two...
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Housemate, from offpanel: "Hmmmm...Angus never asks for a second cup at home!"
Any other geezers on here who survived the seventies remember that line (and assorted variations)? Damned if I can remember the brand of coffee it plugged.
So Faye's actually having, and apparently enjoying, a conversation with Angus, since time slipped away from her. Makes you go, well, you know.
ooo Faye used a contraction, we all know that's like fourplay for her. It's so going to happen.
I don't think that's true, but I do think it's a brilliant line.
Excellent Airplane reference.
I enjoyed todays comic very much. Nice to see Faye not reacting violently, although that was always funny :lol:
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(I'm not actually going to change anything, you'll just have to live with the fact that your vote was meaningless, pretend like you live in Florida)
But I actually voted correctly! And besides, we all know Florida fucks up everything and is only full of old people.
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Rauolefrere you are so wrong - there are two movies tied for the honour of greatest movie of all time, and Airlplane! isn't one of them. The Blues Brothers, and The Dirty Dozen
I say Airplane! and the Dark Knight.
jk (sorta)
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most of the relationships in QC have had a reasonable-ish amount of foreshadowing. Their previous verbal sparring was rather impersonal i'd say, so I'm not really thinking it'd count as character development between the two...
It's debatable, but there are some things that might count as foreshadowing.
Faye calls Angus "hot" in 808, and in 1144 Angus is the first person Faye thinks of when Hannelore mentions "other boys".
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true dat, he is her only potential love interest within the confines of the current characters..
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Rauolefrere you are so wrong - there are two movies tied for the honour of greatest movie of all time, and Airlplane! isn't one of them. The Blues Brothers, and The Dirty Dozen
I say Airplane! and the Dark Knight.
jk (sorta)
Surely you can't be serious?
Nice save there Faye. I think that Angus is actually growing on her.
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He is Surely, and don't call him Sirius, err...or something
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He is Surely, and don't call him Sirius, err...or something
I think the line you're looking for is
"I am serious, and don't call me Shirley!"
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I'm surprised that octopodes weren't already on her list.
I'm late, but 'grats on using the correct plural. The non-obviousness of it (octopi is wrong, period) is why I encourage people to just stick to the standard English plural formation and say "octopuses". If you don't speak Latin or Greek, don't pretend you do. Just go with the flow and speak English.
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I follow Fowler, who as long ago as the 1920s wrote, in Modern English Usage:
the only acceptable plural in English is octopuses
and went on to say that [as we know] octopi is misconceived and octopodes pedantic.
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I think the line you're looking for is
"I am serious, and don't call me Shirley!"
That's the one!
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I follow Fowler, who as long ago as the 1920s wrote, in Modern English Usage:
the only acceptable plural in English is octopuses
and went on to say that [as we know] octopi is misconceived and octopodes pedantic.
1920? Languages are always moving, changing, influencing each other and being "violated" until a violation is common enough to pass as the "correct" use of the language. Not a single person on the whole planet is speaking "the correct English of 1920" any more. Screw Fowler. :D
Couldn't care less if anyone said octopuses, octopodes or octopi. In each case I know that someone refers to more than one octopus. I prefer octopussies anyways.
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The point is not that we should speak as in 1920, but that anyone suggesting octopodes as the plural these days is already nearly a century behind the changes in the language which are, as you say, inevitable.
Change happens all the time, of course, but in language there is also the opposing tension that any change which reduces mutual understanding between communities using ostensibly the same language is not so good, and so should perhaps be moderated somewhat.
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Octopi is good enough for Websters.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/octopus
Usually that's good enough.
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Remember, dictionaries do not primarily suggest usage, they report it.
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Ha! Descriptive, not prescriptive. I always love the Nero Wolfe mysteries when Wolfe rips out pages from the latest dictionary and tosses them in the fire, deriding the editors as fools.
So when do Angus and Sven get together to kvetch about Faye?
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I would read Jimbo's book.