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Title: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: celticgeek on 24 May 2009, 18:42
Really enjoyed the high school pictures, especially Dora's braces. 
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: akronnick on 24 May 2009, 18:57
I want to see Faye's.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Border Reiver on 24 May 2009, 19:08
Really enjoyed the high school pictures, especially Dora's braces. 

Where would these photos be?
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: celticgeek on 24 May 2009, 19:12
Here: 

High school laser-pictures. (http://qcjeph.livejournal.com/104536.html)
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Border Reiver on 24 May 2009, 19:23
Thank you, I generally don't look at the live journal.

I would have thought that Hanners' OCD scrubbing would have precluded such a nasty case of acne.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: bhtooefr on 24 May 2009, 19:37
He linked it in the Twitter, too - if you follow the Twitter, I don't think you'll miss anything relevant.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: westrim on 24 May 2009, 19:56
"I know he visits questionable websites"
Shouldn't that have been written as, "I know he visits websites with QUESTIONABLE CONTENT?" I mean, come on.

And if Pintsize runs Windows, Winslow runs an Apple OS and the new guy runs Linux, what does Eel-butt run? The OS from Serial Experiments Lain?
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: NeverQuiteGoth on 24 May 2009, 20:11
, what does Eel-butt run?

Sun, obviously.  :wink:

@Jeph OMG are you like secretly stalking me or something? Is the character of Hannelore base on me?

lol j/k but Hanners is so similar to me its starting to freak me out lol.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Shok Xone Studios on 24 May 2009, 20:58
Awww, even the cute anime anthro-PC can sass.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: giant_bug on 24 May 2009, 21:13
I especially like the 'electric sheep' reference by Neck-Beard.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: GG Crono on 24 May 2009, 21:25
Somebody get them a sitcom! :-D
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: celticgeek on 24 May 2009, 21:39
"IT IS NOT A NECK BEARD IT IS A HEAT SINK"       PT410x
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Aegir on 24 May 2009, 22:12
I would have thought that Hanners' OCD scrubbing would have precluded such a nasty case of acne.
Why does everyone think that? Acne isn't only caused from being dirty. It's hormones, too.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 24 May 2009, 22:16
The Odd Bunch.  A new AnthroPC Comedy on NBC brought to you by Paramount.

:D

Cute pics too.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 24 May 2009, 23:10
There is, or was, a distribution called Tinfoil Hat Linux.

We've never heard what OS Chibi is running, but given that she's a Sony product it's safe to assume it's a weird proprietary one closed to external developers.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: bhtooefr on 24 May 2009, 23:13
Actually, more likely, it's Linux with weird proprietary crap on top closed to external developers. :P
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: plethora on 25 May 2009, 03:29
"I know he visits questionable websites"
Shouldn't that have been written as, "I know he visits websites with QUESTIONABLE CONTENT?" I mean, come on.

My thoughts exactly!
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Border Reiver on 25 May 2009, 04:23
Neckbeard - come to the "Discuss" forum, you'll fit in.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: snubnose on 25 May 2009, 05:00
, what does Eel-butt run?

Sun, obviously.  :wink:

AMIGA DOS !

(Yes, I know there is no such thing)
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: LTK on 25 May 2009, 06:23
Anthro-Linux has FINGERS!

I knew I would find a clue as to what happened on pintsize's twitter:

Quote
MEMORY ERROR RESULTING IN IMAGE REPOST NEED TO DEFRAGMENT HGLUHBGLHGLGGLUHLUHI////////////no carrier
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: braindead on 25 May 2009, 06:41
"I know he visits questionable websites"
Shouldn't that have been written as, "I know he visits websites with QUESTIONABLE CONTENT?" I mean, come on.

And if Pintsize runs Windows, Winslow runs an Apple OS and the new guy runs Linux, what does Eel-butt run? The OS from Serial Experiments Lain?

I was about to ask the same thing.
PS Linux dude isnt new we seen him a few times before (im too lazy to look but) i think he was there when the AntroPCs had there RPG game and im pretty sure he was there when Pint Size blew up the netwok place with his laser

and concerning "Questionable Website" i agree as well i asked my self why not questionable Content.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: talley on 25 May 2009, 08:49
As an Ubuntu user, I heartily endorse the viewpoints of the Anthro-Linux.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: MonkeyBrains on 25 May 2009, 10:16
Finally, Pintsize is back! I missed the little fellow.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: NeverQuiteGoth on 25 May 2009, 12:23
I would have thought that Hanners' OCD scrubbing would have precluded such a nasty case of acne.

You. Know. Nothing. Of acne.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 25 May 2009, 14:57
See 1105, for the formal introduction of PT410x.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: wgabrie on 25 May 2009, 17:50
Wow, compare the pink hair chibi to OS-tans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS-tan).
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: ysth on 25 May 2009, 19:00
More robots tonight, yay!

I bet myself the next wct topic would also have the year.  I win buying myself a new poetry book.  Haven't decided what.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Shok Xone Studios on 25 May 2009, 23:35
Holy crap, Penelope was a Trekkie!? (http://qcjeph.livejournal.com/) That is the most awesome horrible thing we could learn about her. That even trumps the Pizza Girl suspicions.

You realize of course, the others must one day use this as blackmail.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: AnkhWL on 25 May 2009, 23:37
I would have thought that Hanners' OCD scrubbing would have precluded such a nasty case of acne.
Why does everyone think that? Acne isn't only caused from being dirty. It's hormones, too.

Not to mention over-cleaning will destroy your skin (but because we're fantastically human, if you repair it over time it will go back to normal) and cause you to MASSIVELY over-produce oils, thus clogging up your pores even more.

Its even more vastly noticeable if someone with that harsh of a cleaning regimen stops for a couple of days (say they went camping). Pizza city.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: snubnose on 26 May 2009, 00:23
Hmm.

Are there actually people who run around in starfleet uniforms ?

I mean, in reallife ? Outside of carnival ?

And even worse, in SCHOOL ?!
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 26 May 2009, 00:30
Hmm.

Are there actually people who run around in starfleet uniforms ?

I mean, in reallife ? Outside of carnival ?

And even worse, in SCHOOL ?!


Have you never heard of The Commander?


Maybe she should shock Dora now  :D

And it looks like we're about to meet her owner.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: LTK on 26 May 2009, 01:26
Holy crap, Penelope was a Trekkie!? (http://qcjeph.livejournal.com/) That is the most awesome horrible thing we could learn about her. That even trumps the Pizza Girl suspicions.

You realize of course, the others must one day use this as blackmail.

If they ever find out, that is. Penny hasn't said a word since the Specialsaurus came off the blackboard. Maybe she's been going through her yearbook photos like Dora has, and is now cowering in a corner somewhere while her surpressed memories are coming back.

That v-hand looks pretty weird, though. Like it's permanently stuck in that gesture.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: braindead on 26 May 2009, 01:34
that last panel is priceless, specially the comment from Pinky.

Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Jeff7 on 26 May 2009, 03:56
Holy crap, Penelope was a Trekkie!? (http://qcjeph.livejournal.com/) That is the most awesome horrible thing we could learn about her. That even trumps the Pizza Girl suspicions.

You realize of course, the others must one day use this as blackmail.
Yes, this is the new most awesome thing ever, I believe.



I would have thought that Hanners' OCD scrubbing would have precluded such a nasty case of acne.
Why does everyone think that? Acne isn't only caused from being dirty. It's hormones, too.
Yes indeed.
My mom finally found the cure for her acne: menopause. I'd definitely call that a hormonal thing.

My acne's not as bad as it was in high school, but I'm 27 and it shows no signs of going away - and menopause really isn't an option for me. :laugh:

Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Evil_Lathander on 26 May 2009, 03:59
Wondering what the owner will look like.

I'm guessing fat hikikimori.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Border Reiver on 26 May 2009, 04:20
One smart alex comment on acne and I'm the bad guy.  For those who do wash and still have acne for other reasons, I apologize.

Today's stip was too cute at the end - and I hope Marten's been backing up Pintsize on a regular basis.

Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Pez001 on 26 May 2009, 04:43
Not to be rude, but I was up until 2am (EST) last night and in my time zone, Monday's comic wasn't up. Yet "May 25, 2009 11:14pm" is what the newspost at the bottom reads. There's four reasons I can think of for this happening, because it's not a browser cache issue.

(1) he's in a different time zone. If so, which one?
(2) he posts the newspost well before the comic. If so, whatever.
(3) his clocks are all horribly wrong. If so, someone please tell him before he misses a dental appointment or something!  :-D
(4) he's shifting the post times, to put it kindly. If so, why? Just post the real times.

I realize that it really doesn't matter so much, because I can just check it the next morning, but I could've sworn Jeph was an east coaster like myself...

Just trying to figure out around what time us nightowls should start checking for the new QC.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Thaes on 26 May 2009, 05:42
I bet that, instead of being a new character who may or may not become a part of the cast, the owner is in fact Angus. Or then it's Raven. She seems like one who'd have a cute AnthroPC with vaginal eels.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: moogoob on 26 May 2009, 05:52
Just came in here to say that Faye with long hair is surprisingly hot.

Damn. Now I'm one of you guys.  :-P
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Headwoünd on 26 May 2009, 06:21
I bet that, instead of being a new character who may or may not become a part of the cast, the owner is in fact Angus. Or then it's Raven. She seems like one who'd have a cute AnthroPC with vaginal eels.

The owner is female, check yesterday's comic.
But she's "very knowledgeable about AnthroPCs", i.e. high tech computer stuff. Raven puts sticky tape on cupcakes and "invented" the submacopter. Doesn't quite fit. Does not compute.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Border Reiver on 26 May 2009, 07:32
Just came in here to say that Faye with long hair is surprisingly hot.

Damn. Now I'm one of you guys.  :-P

Join us - we have doughnuts. 
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: bhtooefr on 26 May 2009, 07:55
Maybe it's VespaVenger?

Knowledgeable about technology enough to build a killer Vespa-bot.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: NeverQuiteGoth on 26 May 2009, 07:57
Not to mention over-cleaning will destroy your skin (but because we're fantastically human, if you repair it over time it will go back to normal) and cause you to MASSIVELY over-produce oils, thus clogging up your pores even more.

Its even more vastly noticeable if someone with that harsh of a cleaning regimen stops for a couple of days (say they went camping). Pizza city.

I can vouch for the accuracy of this. Boy can I vouch for the accuracy of this.  :cry:

One smart alex comment on acne and I'm the bad guy.  For those who do wash and still have acne for other reasons, I apologize.
That's not acne, though, which is why you got such a bad reaction. Blackheads and skin irritation and such that come from poor hygiene are a completely separate thing from hormonal acne.


Also, LOL DORA cute overload.


Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: philharmonic on 26 May 2009, 08:08
Just came in here to say that Faye with long hair is surprisingly hot.

Damn. Now I'm one of you guys.  :-P

Join us - we have doughnuts. 

mmmm doughnuts. Can I has doughnut?
anyway if we had a poll (not that i'm suggesting that *shudders*) i'd vote new charactor.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Border Reiver on 26 May 2009, 08:12
If you did it right the polls were fun

And yes, you can have this cruller.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Über on 26 May 2009, 09:22
I bet you anything that her owner will be that girl who wanted to ask Marten out, then talked to Dora about it. heheheh

Then again, it could be Tai or Lydia, but I think it's the unnamed girl-thrice-in-an-awkward-position.

EDIT: That unnamed character is seen here (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1322), here (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1323), and here (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1327).
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Shok Xone Studios on 26 May 2009, 10:35
Maybe it's VespaVenger?

Knowledgeable about technology enough to build a killer Vespa-bot.
Last we heard of her, Alan Turing took her into custody to offer her a government job (see #750 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=750)). Robotic expertise, check. Possible otaku tendencies, check. And the addition of an ultra-cute AnthroPC despite her warlike tendencies would be like Attila the Hun hugging a Hello Kitty doll, and therefore funny as hell. Who knows, it just might be her.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: The Joker on 26 May 2009, 11:20
I hope not.  If you don't remember, she was a total bitch.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Shok Xone Studios on 26 May 2009, 11:36
Ah, excellent point. Well, maybe the government-induced drugging and shock-therapies have taken effect and she's mellowed out a bit.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Blyss on 26 May 2009, 11:57
 :?

What is Pintsize going to be like now???

Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: giant_bug on 26 May 2009, 12:14
Hmm.

Are there actually people who run around in starfleet uniforms ?

I mean, in reallife ? Outside of carnival ?

And even worse, in SCHOOL ?!


How about on a JURY?

http://www.cnn.com/US/fringe/9603/03-14/trek.html
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Pez001 on 26 May 2009, 12:18
Can someone help me out here?

I'm not trying to criticize Jeph, I just want to know why I'm not seeing a comic at the times the newspost says it should have been posted.

Again, this is not a browser cache issue.

Not to be rude, but I was up until 2am (EST) last night and in my time zone, Monday's comic wasn't up. Yet "May 25, 2009 11:14pm" is what the newspost at the bottom reads. There's four reasons I can think of for this happening, because it's not a browser cache issue.

(1) he's in a different time zone. If so, which one?
(2) he posts the newspost well before the comic. If so, whatever.
(3) his clocks are all horribly wrong. If so, someone please tell him before he misses a dental appointment or something!  :-D
(4) he's shifting the post times, to put it kindly. If so, why? Just post the real times.

I realize that it really doesn't matter so much, because I can just check it the next morning, but I could've sworn Jeph was an east coaster like myself...

Just trying to figure out around what time us nightowls should start checking for the new QC.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: UTAlan on 26 May 2009, 12:29
I bet that, instead of being a new character who may or may not become a part of the cast, the owner is in fact Angus. Or then it's Raven. She seems like one who'd have a cute AnthroPC with vaginal eels.

Probably a new character:

Quote from: jephjacques
It'll also push some other story elements forward and maybe introduce a new character! :3
http://twitter.com/jephjacques/status/1904641919
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: UTAlan on 26 May 2009, 12:29
Are there actually people who run around in starfleet uniforms ?

My sister-in-law has a Star Trek uniform she wears on occasion.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Dickbutt on 26 May 2009, 12:34
Could this be the long awaited death of Pintsize?
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Thaes on 26 May 2009, 12:45
The owner is female, check yesterday's comic.
But she's "very knowledgeable about AnthroPCs", i.e. high tech computer stuff. Raven puts sticky tape on cupcakes and "invented" the submacopter. Doesn't quite fit. Does not compute.

Probably a new character:

Quote from: jephjacques
It'll also push some other story elements forward and maybe introduce a new character! :3
http://twitter.com/jephjacques/status/1904641919

Note to self: read things before coming up with theories.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: bicostp on 26 May 2009, 12:48
I'm not trying to criticize Jeph, I just want to know why I'm not seeing a comic at the times the newspost says it should have been posted.

The timestamp on the news post probably goes by the server's local time.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: pwhodges on 26 May 2009, 13:16
Could this be the long awaited death of Pintsize?

Well, last time he needed sorting out, it was revealed that Marten didn't have a backup (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=268).  I wonder if he's learnt his lesson?
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: LTK on 26 May 2009, 13:29
:?

What is Pintsize going to be like now???



A helpful little chore robot who is happy to keep you company while collecting the best desktop images for you from the internet, instead of pictures generally classified as NSFL?

PLEASE DON'T LEAVE US PINTSIZE!
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Shok Xone Studios on 26 May 2009, 20:25
Jeph's latest tweet suggests the ChibiAnthro's owner is someone he hasn't drawn before, so there goes the VespaVenger theory. All for the better, after some reflection.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 26 May 2009, 21:32
Utena and Anthy have just moved in


:D
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Juniper Jade on 26 May 2009, 22:54
New character, Marigold, (love the name btw) knows Angus? This could be interesting.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Deadrocks on 26 May 2009, 22:58
Yes, I like this new character.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Shok Xone Studios on 26 May 2009, 22:58
Well now. An extreme OCD sufferer living in the same building as what appears to be an unapologetic slob.

The confrontation will be epic.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: cory54321 on 26 May 2009, 22:59
New character, Marigold, (love the name btw) knows Angus? This could be interesting.

I wonder how she knows Angus. Maybe they're related? Idk...
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: kraemandrummer on 26 May 2009, 22:59
Wow
Marigold is almost a /b/tard by definition...

except there are no females on /b/..........
I was kinda hoping to see an interesting plot device come out of this new character, but not by the looks of it.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: chronoplasm on 26 May 2009, 23:05
Well now. An extreme OCD sufferer living in the same building as what appears to be an unapologetic slob.

The confrontation will be epic.

Hanners+Marigold

Hannagold?

Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: oyf on 26 May 2009, 23:06
Holy crap. Jeph has met and been in my cousin Heather's room. That is Heather. That is her room from the pocky and ramen cups to the Inu yasha posters and dirty dishes. Even the RAID excuse. . . If Angus turns out to be her cousin. . . Then Jeph's been spying on me and my family and i want royalties dammit.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: satsugaikaze on 26 May 2009, 23:15
Wait what where was Momo-tan in the last frame

POCKY, the most epic food, FTW
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 26 May 2009, 23:19
She

Knows

Angus???!


Holy crap!  Coincidence, raiseth thy head.



Marigold.   I like her already   :D

And Hanners is gonna have an apoplectic fit when she finally sees Marigold's apartment.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Deadrocks on 26 May 2009, 23:29
That's just her one room. I wonder what everything else looks like... :?
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: raoullefere on 26 May 2009, 23:48
Oy. Not exactly neat. Oh well, anyone who's an Inuyasha fan can't be all bad.

Interesting to see the Dog-demon, Jacques-style.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: JRave on 26 May 2009, 23:58
Something dawned on me.. when I read the Angus and Raid comments in #1413. 

Comic #1363.  He's pretty clear on the NO in response to World of Warcraft if you ask me.
She also has kinda of a "witch" look going with her hair like that..

But thats just me, back to lurking.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: BarGamer on 27 May 2009, 00:10
What's wrong with her room? Except for the Inuyasha poster, the rats, and the flies, it looks like MY room. (Also, I play Guild Wars, not WoW.)
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Aegir on 27 May 2009, 00:25
Wow, Marigold's apartment looks just like the bedroom I had in college.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Evil_Lathander on 27 May 2009, 00:43
HAH, at least my prediction was half true. It's a hikikimori but not truely fat.

And female.



I FULLY EXPECT LESBIAN SEX BETWEEN HANNERS AND MARIGOLD
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: braindead on 27 May 2009, 00:51
(http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj175/nsalamoun/1413.gif)

am i the only one who thinks some1 in this pic needs a new color scheme?
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: themacnut on 27 May 2009, 00:54
Quote from: Evil_Lathander
I FULLY EXPECT LESBIAN SEX BETWEEN HANNERS AND MARIGOLD

If it happens, it won't be in Marigold's apartment, that's for sure. Just standing in the doorway would probably make Hanners catatonic. :-P

Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Juniper Jade on 27 May 2009, 01:02
New character, Marigold, (love the name btw) knows Angus? This could be interesting.

I wonder how she knows Angus. Maybe they're related? Idk...
I thought about them being related but then I thought, what if she's the ex girlfriend that didn't like him going to Coffee of Doom? I think them being related is more plausible though.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: UmberGryphon on 27 May 2009, 02:11
OK, 99% of the time I understand the titles of the strips, and when I don't, I can usually figure it out.  But 1413's title is "YAOI ZONE".  My internal definition of "Yaoi" is "art that depicts male homosexual acts".  Marigold likes to read/view such things?  I suppose it wouldn't be too odd, plenty of males like to read/view art that depicts lesbians....

UmberGryphon
(who doesn't need to know this much about a character he just met)
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Leviant on 27 May 2009, 02:52
so... does YAOI mean Marigold is a dude?

with the eel and everything else, it kinda fits the fetish.

could be a plot twist.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Siibillam-Law on 27 May 2009, 02:55
So far I'm liking this new character. A one-off or here to stay?
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Manix on 27 May 2009, 02:57
so... does YAOI mean Marigold is a dude?

with the eel and everything else, it kinda fits the fetish.

could be a plot twist.

My friend, 90% of all known followers of Yaoi-style entertainment are female. Marigold is definitely female.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Siibillam-Law on 27 May 2009, 03:04
The breasts are a bit of a giveaway
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Jeff7 on 27 May 2009, 04:12
I do believe I rather like this new character.  :-D
There's something mildly familiar about her. Hmm.

(Ok, so I don't play WoW, and I don't have empty food containers and random junk....everywhere.)

Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Switchblade on 27 May 2009, 04:14
THE ANTI-HANNELORE COMETH
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: chronoplasm on 27 May 2009, 04:14
The breasts are a bit of a giveaway

Maybe he just has gynecomastia? Maybe he escaped from a penal colony for men with Klinefelter's syndrome?

Oh, and except for the food containers and the anime crap (replace it with pretentious art crap and Dungeons & Dragons stuff) that pretty much looks like my room as well.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: no one special on 27 May 2009, 04:19

Maybe it's a different Angus.  Just saying.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Thaes on 27 May 2009, 04:23
I love Marigold's hair.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: chronoplasm on 27 May 2009, 04:29
I love Marigold's hair.

I love Marigold's acne.

Remember kids: You can't spell pimple without pimp.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Border Reiver on 27 May 2009, 04:50
I've known people with rooms that nasty - some basic cleanliness does help social skills.

There's only one way to  clean that apartment - take off and nuke it from orbit - it's the only way to be sure.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: akronnick on 27 May 2009, 05:35
THE ANTI-HANNELORE COMETH

I really hope they don't meet--a matter/anti-matter annihilation event of that magnitude would take out most of the Eastern Seaboard, if not the Northern Hemisphere! The Earth would be like the Klingon moon Praxis in Star Trek VI!
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: plethora on 27 May 2009, 06:07
OK, 99% of the time I understand the titles of the strips, and when I don't, I can usually figure it out.  But 1413's title is "YAOI ZONE".  My internal definition of "Yaoi" is "art that depicts male homosexual acts".  Marigold likes to read/view such things?  I suppose it wouldn't be too odd, plenty of males like to read/view art that depicts lesbians....

Fandom. Look it up.

You know how xkcd readers have "Randall, get out of my head!" moments? This was my "Jeph, get out of my flat!" moment. Except I'm not an Inu Yasha fan.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Blayze on 27 May 2009, 06:29
THE ANTI-HANNELORE COMETH

BEHOLD, TIS HANNEROK.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: LTK on 27 May 2009, 06:33
Wow, that was anticlimactic. Marigold is exactly like I didn't think momo-tan's owner would look like. Whoopee, she has a name now!

"Pet rat?" xD
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Switchblade on 27 May 2009, 06:35
THE CHAOTIC ABYSS OF MARIGOLGIA LIES BEFORE US.

HARK! THE HUNTING CALL OF THE RAMEN BEAST!

WE MUST BE CAUTIOUS...
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: LTK on 27 May 2009, 06:40
Hey look, new QC tweets.


If they ever find out, that is. Penny hasn't said a word since the Specialsaurus came off the blackboard. Maybe she's been going through her yearbook photos like Dora has, and is now cowering in a corner somewhere while her surpressed memories are coming back.

That v-hand looks pretty weird, though. Like it's permanently stuck in that gesture.

Quote
Just found the Star Trek uniform my mom made me in my closet. Mixed feelings of nostalgia/crushing embarassment.

I knnnnnnnnnew it!
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: littlefox on 27 May 2009, 07:59
Can someone help me out here?

I'm not trying to criticize Jeph, I just want to know why I'm not seeing a comic at the times the newspost says it should have been posted.

Again, this is not a browser cache issue.

Not to be rude, but I was up until 2am (EST) last night and in my time zone, Monday's comic wasn't up. Yet "May 25, 2009 11:14pm" is what the newspost at the bottom reads. There's four reasons I can think of for this happening, because it's not a browser cache issue.

(1) he's in a different time zone. If so, which one?
(2) he posts the newspost well before the comic. If so, whatever.
(3) his clocks are all horribly wrong. If so, someone please tell him before he misses a dental appointment or something!  :-D
(4) he's shifting the post times, to put it kindly. If so, why? Just post the real times.

I realize that it really doesn't matter so much, because I can just check it the next morning, but I could've sworn Jeph was an east coaster like myself...

Just trying to figure out around what time us nightowls should start checking for the new QC.

I think that no one is answering you, because no one KNOWS.

Also, if Jeph simply uses Marigold as an opportunity to make fun of creepy cosplayers he meets at comic/anime conventions ... I'm going to be kind of disappointed. (NOTE: Not mad! Disappointed.) It's okay for him to make fun of skinny indie kids because he is one, but Jeph, are you sure you understand what type of dorkdom you're delving into here? For example, I don't think I know anyone who's into both Guild Wars and Inuyasha. I'm sure that person exists, BUT. I'm just pointing out that this looks like a smattering of random fandoms ("I've heard dorks talk about this!" "And also, this!"), not a comprehensive character. Hopefully you know someone like this and you're basing Marigold on him/her, otherwise ... this looks really random, plus titling it Yaoi Zone when there's CLEARLY no Yaoi in either the comic or Marigold's room ... it's very 'Hai gaiz Im going to try my hand at a funy stereotyep~ get it bcz anime/gamer/cosplayer?/I don't even KNOW nerds are LAEM"

In conclusion, I kind of hope Marigold goes away. They say to write what you know.

[[[[Or maybe her boyfriend walks in and takes down the guild wars poster and Marigold suddenly puts on the cat ears and Kagome cosplay and screams "OMFG I MEANT A RAID OF KAWAAAIIIII"]]]
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: dwibby on 27 May 2009, 08:21
OK, 99% of the time I understand the titles of the strips, and when I don't, I can usually figuFrom my experience re it out.  But 1413's title is "YAOI ZONE".  My internal definition of "Yaoi" is "art that depicts male homosexual acts".  Marigold likes to read/view such things?  I suppose it wouldn't be too odd, plenty of males like to read/view art that depicts lesbians....

First, take a glance at what Marigold's shirt reads. Might clear up why it's the title, might not.

As for why the girls like it, my experience has been one of two reasons. The one I have seen more often is the pairing up of two very "pretty" boys, called bishounen, in a very loving relationship, which I interpret as two characters that said girl could be attracted to in an idealized, if sometimes screwed up relationship.

Then there's the girls who just like to see two guys get it on.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: maddness on 27 May 2009, 08:24
What's wrong with her room? Except for the Inuyasha poster, the rats, and the flies, it looks like MY room. (Also, I play Guild Wars, not WoW.)

When I was single, that was soooooo my room. My desk still looks like hers, something The Man is always giving me a hard time about. I used to play GW, but I hated that the only time you had contact with other players was in town, unless you were partied before you left. On WoW I can group up with random folk out in the field whenever it's mutually beneficial. Plus I love the whole job thing.

OK, 99% of the time I understand the titles of the strips, and when I don't, I can usually figure it out.  But 1413's title is "YAOI ZONE".  My internal definition of "Yaoi" is "art that depicts male homosexual acts".  Marigold likes to read/view such things?  I suppose it wouldn't be too odd, plenty of males like to read/view art that depicts lesbians....

UmberGryphon
(who doesn't need to know this much about a character he just met)


Dude, who doesn't like a little hot man on man action now and then?!!   :laugh:


I love Marigold's acne.

Remember kids: You can't spell pimple without pimp.

Win

Also ... I think I love you ... you know ... in a non-personal internet sort of way.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Über on 27 May 2009, 08:39
Well now. An extreme OCD sufferer living in the same building as what appears to be an unapologetic slob.

The confrontation will be epic.
How do you know it's the same appartment building? Could be a compeltely different building. I guess since the AnthroPC's know each other, but that doesn't really mean anything. Pintsize seems to have no trouble getting around. They could've met on the interblag.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: LTK on 27 May 2009, 08:44
Well now. An extreme OCD sufferer living in the same building as what appears to be an unapologetic slob.

The confrontation will be epic.
How do you know it's the same appartment building? Could be a compeltely different building. I guess since the AnthroPC's know each other, but that doesn't really mean anything. Pintsize seems to have no trouble getting around. They could've met on the interblag.

Yeah, I was thinking the same... but scratch that last word.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Blyss on 27 May 2009, 08:45
Well now. An extreme OCD sufferer living in the same building as what appears to be an unapologetic slob.

The confrontation will be epic.

That was the first thing I thought when the shot of her apartment was shown.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Shok Xone Studios on 27 May 2009, 09:06
How do you know it's the same appartment building? Could be a compeltely different building. I guess since the AnthroPC's know each other, but that doesn't really mean anything. Pintsize seems to have no trouble getting around. They could've met on the interblag.

Y'know, you're right, I might have jumped the gun on that comment. In #1298 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1298), where Momo-tan first appears, Pintsize says she moved in "down the block". Which likely means literally down the block from the building, or even just down the "apartment block"...if that expression even makes sense.

Still, Hanners can probably sense the proximity. She'll smell it on Marten and Dora when next she sees them.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: bicostp on 27 May 2009, 09:14
THE ANTI-HANNELORE COMETH

Hmm... Compulsive hoarder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsive_hoarding)* vs cleanliness obsession. If they're ever in the same room together it could mean the end of the world as we know it. (You know how matter and anti-matter react?  It would be kind of like that.)

Oddly enough both issues are rooted in OCD.

* With all the old bowls with flies around, the piles of junk everywhere, and her insistence that nobody touches 'ANYTHING', it sure seems like there's something like this going on.

So will Marigold be a semi-regular like Lydia, or just a one-shot deal like Tortura?
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: teh pwn queen on 27 May 2009, 09:19
That messy room? That was mine about week ago. (Father coming into town)
That long brunette hair? That was me two years ago.
Glasses? Eleven years ago.
Gaming? Since the day I was born!
(Not really. Probably since I was four, since I think my motor functions most likely sucked for the first couple years)

I think I'm going to like this character, I certainly hope there's more of her to come...
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: philharmonic on 27 May 2009, 09:21
she kinda reminds me of Morgana (who?) http://flakypastry.runningwithpencils.com/cast.php (http://flakypastry.runningwithpencils.com/cast.php)
looks only
anyway
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Juniper Jade on 27 May 2009, 09:30
Quote
I don't think I know anyone who's into both Guild Wars and Inuyasha.
I like GW and Inu Yasha! :D

I think Marigold and Hanners are going to end up being best fwiends, a nice little odd couple set up would be cute between the two of them.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: westrim on 27 May 2009, 09:42
Is anyone else bugged by the stereotypes the new character presents? I mean, aside from Hannelore's OCD (which Jeph has too, so it's excusable), no other character has presented such an extreme set of assumptions as this one. And not good stereotypes but negative ones. As an anime and gaming fan who manages such basic skills as showering, getting haircuts, and using sinks/trashcans, it bugs me that the first representation we get of those interests in a character is a hikkikomori who is so messy they have a rat infestation.


But now that I'm finished whining, by Angus does she mean THE Angus? The one that's been heckling Faye?
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: maveric1984 on 27 May 2009, 09:53
My room used to look like that.  No rats or flys, but everything else.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: littlefox on 27 May 2009, 10:48
Is anyone else bugged by the stereotypes the new character presents? I mean, aside from Hannelore's OCD (which Jeph has too, so it's excusable), no other character has presented such an extreme set of assumptions as this one. And not good stereotypes but negative ones. As an anime and gaming fan who manages such basic skills as showering, getting haircuts, and using sinks/trashcans, it bugs me that the first representation we get of those interests in a character is a hikkikomori who is so messy they have a rat infestation.

Yes, I agree one thousandfold! I commented this morning on this thread, saying basically the same thing, but maybe a little less eloquently/nicely than you did.
I strongly dislike the stereotype that Marigold represents. Not that stereotypes can't be funny -- they DEFINITELY can be funny, and comics should be all about exaggerating for humor and blah blah (as I said in my comment, QC is basically just a mockery of indie kids and their culture, which resonates pretty well because Jeph is a part of this and knows how to represent/mock it). I just feel like this was a swing and a miss, for me and apparently you as well.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: circa_90 on 27 May 2009, 11:32
THE ANTI-HANNELORE COMETH

BEHOLD, TIS HANNEROK.

Damn it.

I REALLY wanted to make this joke.

Oh well ... missed opportunity.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: GG Crono on 27 May 2009, 11:39
Just because somebody's a hardcore gamer/otaku/etc doesn't mean they can't be a complete slob as well. It happens!
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Deadrocks on 27 May 2009, 11:46
I'm going to laugh when Marigold ends up being a hardcore runescape player. :-P
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: jeph on 27 May 2009, 12:07
Oversensitive gamers ITT
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: maddness on 27 May 2009, 12:08
Just because somebody's a hardcore gamer/otaku/etc doesn't mean they can't be a complete slob as well. It happens!

THANK YOU! The reason stereotypes exist is because some people fit them exactly.

I had this whole longer post done up about what a slobbety hoarder I was before I moved in with The Man and how I'm still into gaming and anime, but then I decided that was all unnecessary and cut it out. Then I felt the truncated post just looked weird and tacked this bit on at the end.

Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: The Joker on 27 May 2009, 12:12
I'm going to laugh when Marigold ends up being a hardcore runescape player. :-P

FUCK.

RUNESCAPE.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Schmorgluck on 27 May 2009, 12:15
Just because somebody likes games and nerdy stuff and is a complete slob doesn't mean they are a hardcore gamer, either.

*looks at Marigold's room*
*looks at his own room*
*sighs*

Excuse me, it suddenly occurs to me that I have some housework to do.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: frullic on 27 May 2009, 12:16
wow, a slob fem-anon otaku... I think I'm in love
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Blyss on 27 May 2009, 12:20
frullic - that avatar is awesome.  And I like Marigold already.

 :-D
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: johnnynutty on 27 May 2009, 14:46
Quote
Also, if Jeph simply uses Marigold as an opportunity to make fun of creepy cosplayers he meets at comic/anime conventions ... I'm going to be kind of disappointed. (NOTE: Not mad! Disappointed.) It's okay for him to make fun of skinny indie kids because he is one, but Jeph, are you sure you understand what type of dorkdom you're delving into here? For example, I don't think I know anyone who's into both Guild Wars and Inuyasha. I'm sure that person exists, BUT. I'm just pointing out that this looks like a smattering of random fandoms ("I've heard dorks talk about this!" "And also, this!"), not a comprehensive character. Hopefully you know someone like this and you're basing Marigold on him/her, otherwise ... this looks really random, plus titling it Yaoi Zone when there's CLEARLY no Yaoi in either the comic or Marigold's room ... it's very 'Hai gaiz Im going to try my hand at a funy stereotyep~ get it bcz anime/gamer/cosplayer?/I don't even KNOW nerds are LAEM"

In conclusion, I kind of hope Marigold goes away. They say to write what you know.

I disagree with the notion that there's no such thing as a broad-guage nerd. I fully admit that I'm not a king of any particular realm of nerddom, but I personally consider myself a jack of all niches. To imply that someone can't occasionally watch Inuyasha on Adult Swim before popping a Battlestar dvd in to watch while blogging about how the new Whedon-less Buffy is going to suck with WoW in another window (of course, only a level 40-something character. Being good at WoW really does take more time than any human with social skills can devote) is very limiting. There are Renaissance Nerds. None of us can clean our rooms though.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: frullic on 27 May 2009, 14:50
yeah, my room is a smelly dump with computers, screens, a lizard, and a fuckton of empty perrier bottles
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: MrDorman on 27 May 2009, 14:58
Seeing nerds of this magnitude is comforting to me in a way. Whenever I feel like a total looser, I can just think of those who are worse than I. ;p
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: BladeDancer on 27 May 2009, 15:03
Oversensitive gamers ITT

Exactly what I though when I finished reading the posts. Touchy.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Blyss on 27 May 2009, 15:49
 :lol:

I just noticed that her bed is covered with boxes of 'POCKY'!

Awesome!
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 27 May 2009, 16:14
So who are we shipping Marigold with?     Or are we referring to her as the Anti-Hanners?   
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: frullic on 27 May 2009, 16:16
shipping? "omgomgomgomgomg hanners <3 marigold lez scisors lololololol"

forums ruined my life
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Evil_Lathander on 27 May 2009, 16:49
Hanners and Marigold, sitting in a tree.
K.I.S.S.I.N.G.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Siibillam-Law on 27 May 2009, 17:17
OMG HANNIGOLD
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Jeff7 on 27 May 2009, 17:25
OMG HANNIGOLD
Or perhaps.....Mariners?


Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: est on 27 May 2009, 18:07
Or perhaps you should stop with all the lame slash fiction combos?  I know that's probably a little too much to ask, but fuck, a man can dream, right?
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: est on 27 May 2009, 18:09
I mean, it's creepy as all hell, and not the good kind of creepy.  The "get away from my window, I can hear you masturbating out there and I am calling the Police you fucking pervert!" creepy.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: frullic on 27 May 2009, 18:10
This is the internet. It is madness, also SPARTAAA! Do you seriously expect seriousness on a forum??
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: est on 27 May 2009, 18:16
I don't expect "seriousness" I just expect that people won't constantly act like skeevy fucks.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: frullic on 27 May 2009, 18:19
well, welcome to teh interwebs, leave all sanity, seriousness, or grammar behind.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: est on 27 May 2009, 18:21
Thank you for trying to tell me about the "interwebs."  How very helpful of you.

One small difference is that I can't ban people for being skeevy dickheads on "the interwebs" and I can here.

I mean, you're all "hurr hurr hurr, I wanna fuck a comic character, hurrr"

all "hurr a hurr hurr, X and Y are purdy, you should make 'em fuck, a-durrrr"

Jesus Christ, listen to yourselves.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Jeff7 on 27 May 2009, 20:09
But, is the Internet not serious business?

And besides, yes, it's a forum concerning a comic, something meant for entertainment and amusement. So we're just amusing ourselves here on the forums. We're not all about to sit pleasantly around a small table with tea and biscuits, enjoying rousing tales of frivolity from our carefree youth. Then the festivities are abruptly interrupted, and we enjoy a good-natured chuckle as a member of the group drops his monocle into his tea. The pattern of the splatter upon his top-hot is indeed most amusing. Aha! Good show then! Huzzah, what fun!

Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: frullic on 27 May 2009, 20:15
But, is the Internet not serious business?

And besides, yes, it's a forum concerning a comic, something meant for entertainment and amusement. So we're just amusing ourselves here on the forums. We're not all about to sit pleasantly around a small table with tea and biscuits, enjoying rousing tales of frivolity from our carefree youth. Then the festivities are abruptly interrupted, and we enjoy a good-natured chuckle as a member of the group drops his monocle into his tea. The pattern of the splatter upon his top-hot is indeed most amusing. Aha! Good show then! Huzzah, what fun!



A thousand internets to you sir! also Rule 20.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 27 May 2009, 20:22
I'm going to laugh when Marigold ends up being a hardcore runescape player. :-P

FUCK.

RUNESCAPE.

Shouldn't that be RUN!!!! ESCAPE!!!!  :D

Yes, I am a Runescape victim



*USS HanTai goes to Red Alert*
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: cory54321 on 27 May 2009, 21:02
*USS HanTai goes to Red Alert*

Maybe there can be a HanTai/Marigold threeway!

*ahem*

*goes back to lurking*
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Sporky on 27 May 2009, 21:18
InuYasha? Really?

Yeck.

Well, I guess a new character is still pretty cool. Why do 90% of them have to be female, though? Like seriously... I mean, the male characters aren't totally shafted, but they're a pretty small chunk of the cast.

Also this is unrelated but at first I thought Momo-tan's owner might be Sara. No, this doesn't make any sense. But it was only a wild guess anyway and I was pretty sure it wasn't the case.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Shadic on 27 May 2009, 21:24
Quote from: est
Or perhaps you should stop with all the lame slash fiction combos?  I know that's probably a little too much to ask, but fuck, a man can dream, right?

I mean, it's creepy as all hell, and not the good kind of creepy.  The "get away from my window, I can hear you masturbating out there and I am calling the Police you fucking pervert!" creepy.

I don't expect "seriousness" I just expect that people won't constantly act like skeevy fucks.
I love you.

In a non-creeper way.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: est on 27 May 2009, 21:56
Kugai and Cory have been temp-banned for three days for creepiness.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Shadic on 27 May 2009, 22:27
Annnd I'm glad I included my "Non-creepy" part.

Also, Marigold likes Hentai. As to be expected.

Wonder if the living room is as messy.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 27 May 2009, 22:37
What if Marigold is a hacker stereotype as opposed to a gamer stereotype?

The slobbery (slobbishness? slobbosity?) is part of the popular image of a hacker, she's known to have technical skillz, and invested in a high-end AnthroPC. Maybe she's a hacker into games rather than a gamer into hacking.

Feerless Preediction: she'll turn out to be more complicated than a stereotype.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Near Lurker on 27 May 2009, 22:48
Yotsuba...?

...oh...NO...
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: SilverPhoenix on 27 May 2009, 22:49
THE ANTI-HANNELORE COMETH

Hannedata?

/geek
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: BarGamer on 27 May 2009, 23:39
FUCK. RUNESCAPE.
Shouldn't that be RUN!!!! ESCAPE!!!!  :D

That is the first time I've seen that joke, given that I gave up on Runescape shortly after paid content was implemented. Props to you.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: LTK on 28 May 2009, 01:16
FUCK. RUNESCAPE.
Shouldn't that be RUN!!!! ESCAPE!!!!  :D

That is the first time I've seen that joke, given that I gave up on Runescape shortly after paid content was implemented. Props to you.

And that's the fucking fifth time this week someone said never to have heard of that painfully obvious joke. Huh?
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: BarGamer on 28 May 2009, 01:21
I just peeked into the forums to comment on Marigold.

... Which I forgot to do. Um...

She's awesome. There we go. XD
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: PrickOfDestiny on 28 May 2009, 03:22
Yotsuba...?

...oh...NO...
Yotsuba and what looks like Osaka on the right, but I'm not sure.
Jeez, my inner 4channer is showing.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: no one special on 28 May 2009, 03:32
Thank you for trying to tell me about the "interwebs."  How very helpful of you.

One small difference is that I can't ban people for being skeevy dickheads on "the interwebs" and I can here.

I mean, you're all "hurr hurr hurr, I wanna fuck a comic character, hurrr"

all "hurr a hurr hurr, X and Y are purdy, you should make 'em fuck, a-durrrr"

Jesus Christ, listen to yourselves.

Honestly, I don't think you can stop it, or even hope to contain it - at least not without some fallout.  Moreover, perhaps we should ask if it's really necessary.  I think banning people for what amounts to mostly harmless conversation is a bit much, and may lead to some bad mojo in the forums.  I know it probably won't effect the bottom line, as only 0.001% of the readers actually post here, but you get my point.  I'm not saying that some limits and rules aren't necessary - clearly, they are.  But I think in this case, people are more doing it out of fun and love (agape, not eros) for the comic, not to get their jollies.  I've seen very few if any 'OMGZ I WANNA PUT MAI WANG IN HANNERZ KEWTER' type of posts, which would clearly be way over the top and require banning.  What's here in the forums is very rarely that. 

I know it makes Jeph very uncomfortable, and I totally feel him on that and I'm sorry he has to see it, but he also hasn't gone so far as to potentially drive away some readers by banning them for it, and I think there's a lesson in that.  All in all, it's mostly jokes and good fun and love of the comic's characters.  Though it may not feel as good as acting on an impulse, let's sit back and try to enjoy the quirkiness that is the QC forums.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: no one special on 28 May 2009, 04:27

And if Pintsize runs Windows, Winslow runs an Apple OS and the new guy runs Linux

Also, just fyi, PT410X isn't new. (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1105)  Just to refresh people's memories.

Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: est on 28 May 2009, 04:35
I think that for the most part you are correct, but there are definitely some people here who take it too far and push into the creep-o-zone.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Siibillam-Law on 28 May 2009, 04:44
Or perhaps you should stop with all the lame slash fiction combos?  I know that's probably a little too much to ask, but fuck, a man can dream, right?

I was, in all effect, being sarcastic. This was to mimic and poke fun at all those cries of "Hantai" out there


Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: kraemandrummer on 28 May 2009, 05:06
As an Ubuntu user, I heartily endorse the viewpoints of the Anthro-Linux.


As an Ubuntu user, I am sick of Ubuntu


sure it is pretty cool. But still none of the programs I need to use for my synthesizer are working with Wine, the MIDI sucks in the first place, etc, etc. If I was willing to work on it, I know, I'd probably figure it out/fix it.

SO I'm going back to windows, although I don't want to.

Also, saying closed source software is slavery is like saying that people publishing books that you cannot edit is slavery. Or playing games you can't edit or design. Or buying a dog you can't genetically modify is slavery

In a couple years, I may put Arch Linux on my computer
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Random832 on 28 May 2009, 06:07
Also, saying closed source software is slavery is like saying that people publishing books that you cannot edit is slavery. Or playing games you can't edit or design.

Remember A) we're talking about a sentient computer, so software is a bit more fundamental than entertainment material. And B) a significant part of his software was written by Richard Stallman, whose views on closed source software are legendary even in this world where computers aren't ambiguously sentient.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: innermoppet on 28 May 2009, 06:16
I think it's interesting that everyone is hollering about how stereotypical Marigold is as a gamer. Yeah, the sloppy, surly computer guy is pretty typical. But being a girl myself, I think it's cool that she's a computer tech/hacker/goddess and also that she's totally into porn. Not just any old porn either. Hentai is kinky and IMHO gross as fuck. I like that about her. Already she is apologetically horny and good with machines.

Plus sometimes stereotypes are mired in truth and I know probably 30 gamers and can only think of two that are the least bit neat. The rest are nasty slobs.

At first I thought she was in a dorm because her dresser and bed are next to her front door, but Dora says there is a living room, which has me all thrown off. Why is her bedroom by the door if she is not in a dorm?
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: raoullefere on 28 May 2009, 06:26
Also, saying closed source software is slavery is like saying that people publishing books that you cannot edit is slavery. Or playing games you can't edit or design.

Remember A) we're talking about a sentient computer, so software is a bit more fundamental than entertainment material. And B) a significant part of his software was written by Richard Stallman, whose views on closed source software are legendary even in this world where computers aren't ambiguously sentient.
Yes, and having an anthropc do the Jim Morrison (ala O. Stone) bit was hilarious.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: no one special on 28 May 2009, 06:29

At first I thought she was in a dorm because her dresser and bed are next to her front door, but Dora says there is a living room, which has me all thrown off. Why is her bedroom by the door if she is not in a dorm?

Maybe she decided she wanted a huge bedroom and could do with a tiny living room, so she turned what was originally the living room into her bedroom, and she has a 12'x12' living room!   :-D
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: philharmonic on 28 May 2009, 06:50
Why can't we just enjoy Yotsuba for what she is and ignore the whole 4chan connection. Also Osaka is ok but If it where my room I'd have Ms Sakaki and Kagura too.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: maddness on 28 May 2009, 07:45
Or perhaps you should stop with all the lame slash fiction combos?  I know that's probably a little too much to ask, but fuck, a man can dream, right?

I was, in all effect, being sarcastic. This was to mimic and poke fun at all those cries of "Hantai" out there




Seriously, I've done it, mostly sarcastically, but I've never actually pictured any of the characters doing other characters. Is that what QC shipping is about? I thought most people did it for the possible hilarity, conflict, drama or character development that might follow certain personality combos.

Also ...

THE ANTI-HANNELORE COMETH

Hannedata?

/geek

You are chock full of awesome!
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: MrMonk on 28 May 2009, 18:54
At first I thought she was in a dorm because her dresser and bed are next to her front door, but Dora says there is a living room, which has me all thrown off. Why is her bedroom by the door if she is not in a dorm?

I think that's her bedroom.  It looked (strip before today's) as if Marten and Dora were already in the apartment and about to knock on Marigold's door.  Perhaps, Momo-tan let them in. 
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: innermoppet on 28 May 2009, 19:07
I think that's her bedroom.  It looked (strip before today's) as if Marten and Dora were already in the apartment and about to knock on Marigold's door.  Perhaps, Momo-tan let them in. 

Ahhh, now that I look back, that actually makes sense. I wondered why there was art hanging in the hallway.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Mr. Skawronska on 28 May 2009, 20:57
Quote
'OMGZ I WANNA PUT MAI WANG IN HANNERZ KEWTER'

Hmmm.  Now why didn't I think of that?

S
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: MrDorman on 28 May 2009, 22:12
Haha, this is getting good.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: celticgeek on 28 May 2009, 22:23
This is definitely going to be a challenge for Hannelore.  I figure that she is up to it.  Watch out, Marigold!
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: frullic on 28 May 2009, 22:30
that last line actually kinda aroused me, is it normal?
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: circa_90 on 28 May 2009, 22:31
THE ANTI-HANNELORE COMETH

BEHOLD, TIS HANNEROK.


Hannerok is nigh!
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: CcAgan on 28 May 2009, 22:32
Marigold was quite the inspiration for me.  I didn't login to run 10man Ulduar on Thursday night, instead I cleaned my apartment.

On the other hand, if Marigold went AFK in a raid I was leading to fix some one elses PC... I would have been hella pissed off.  Especially if it was a progression night.  Yoggy you will DIE, you will DIE SOON!
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Near Lurker on 28 May 2009, 22:35
O, FORTUNA, VELUT LUNA, STATU VARIABILIS...
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: akronnick on 28 May 2009, 22:48
Somsbody's been watchin' Rachel Maddow!
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Shok Xone Studios on 28 May 2009, 22:56
Hannelore will arrive at Marigold's door, she'll take one look at the mess and freeze.

Then all of a sudden, her muscles begin to bulge, a brilliant pulsing light shines all around her, and her hair turns bright white.

She then flies into the maelstrom, screaming a Valkyrie-like warcry.

I told you. EPIC.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Aegir on 28 May 2009, 23:01
Momo-Tan is really funny in panel 2.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: kraemandrummer on 28 May 2009, 23:08
I am excited

WHY did this have to be the last comic of this week?
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Jimor on 28 May 2009, 23:15
I am excited

WHY did this have to be the last comic of this week?

No kidding. I think this is the first time ever that apartment cleaning was used as a cliffhanger.

Dun dun DUNNNNNN!!  :-o
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Mojo on 28 May 2009, 23:49
Oh.  My.  God.

Hanners is going to have an aneyurism.  I mean, just wait til she finds the rats!  You know there's never just ONE.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: ThePrettyMonster on 28 May 2009, 23:55
I am excited

WHY did this have to be the last comic of this week?

No kidding. I think this is the first time ever that apartment cleaning was used as a cliffhanger.

Dun dun DUNNNNNN!!  :-o

for real man.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Kazukagii on 29 May 2009, 00:22
So now the question becomes, which will kick in first? Hanner's need to clean such a horrible mess, or a catatonic state brought on by such uncleanliness? This is getting... good.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Evil_Lathander on 29 May 2009, 01:00
I still predict lesbian sex between marigold and hanners
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: akronnick on 29 May 2009, 01:34
We're going to need Vodka, lemon juice, simple syrup and lots of them!
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: TheReaper on 29 May 2009, 02:01
I still predict lesbian sex between marigold and hanners
...And now I cannot get that mental image out of my head.
I wish death upon your pets and family.

Furthermore,
So now the question becomes, which will kick in first? Hanner's need to clean such a horrible mess, or a catatonic state brought on by such uncleanliness? This is getting... good.
I echo this.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 29 May 2009, 02:30
Bringing in Hannelore is funny, but it would be bad in "reality"(*). Marigold would probably go ballistic at having her stuff moved. Remember, she immediately and emphatically ordered her guests not to touch anything. And subjecting an OCD sufferer to that apartment would be cruel.

(*) Defined as something that happens onscreen and is consistent with the internal logic of Jeph's fictional universe.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: raoullefere on 29 May 2009, 03:29
I'm wondering if Momo-tan has tiny nozzles installed in her head to do the 'sweat' effects.

I really like Dora as she's drawn in the last panel, but what if Marigold likes her environs that way. I can see it now—she emerges to her sanitary living room to scream "Where's my stuff?"

In other words, it'll all end in tears. Maybe with some rage mixed in.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: LTK on 29 May 2009, 03:30
*flail* xD
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Jeff7 on 29 May 2009, 04:13
The apartment will certainly be sanitized after Hannelore arrives. The combination of that much matter and antimatter will create a truly epic blast of gamma radiation.

(That much overall mass turning to energy would probably also wipe out most of New England.)

Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: MillionDollar Belt Sander on 29 May 2009, 04:28
As long as they direct the blast to Rhode Island I don't mind.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: epitomynut on 29 May 2009, 04:30
Hurricane Hannelore is coming. I have the feeling this will require much alcohol.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Odin on 29 May 2009, 04:34
Hannelore will resort to arson to cleanse the filth in that apartment, mark my words.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Border Reiver on 29 May 2009, 04:41
Make a sentence with the following words:

Good Road Hell Paved With Intentions To The Is
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Tuitsuro on 29 May 2009, 04:59
Does she still have her biocontamination suit or did she burn it after the flu?  Oh, wait, she probably has a closet full...
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Thaes on 29 May 2009, 05:37
Why can't we just enjoy Yotsuba for what she is and ignore the whole 4chan connection. Also Osaka is ok but If it where my room I'd have Ms Sakaki and Kagura too.

And Chiyo, in a penguin costume.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: maddness on 29 May 2009, 06:30
If Marigold is a hoarder, she will definitely go ballistic. My mom would sometimes clean my room, when she couldn't stand the mess anymore, and I'd freak because I couldn't find anything and she'd thrown out stuff out that I wanted to keep. The mess would all be back in a matter of days, but it took me longer to get over the stuff she'd thrown out. Crazy stuff like a test that I took in 3rd grade, bits of rubber tubing, elastic strings, odd buttons, etc.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Mark7 on 29 May 2009, 07:47
Momo-Tan is the most adorable little robot EVER.

Please make one, Japanese technocrats.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: altered_carbon on 29 May 2009, 07:49
I'm not usually one to pick apart everything Dora does for signs of being a bitch, but it is a little rude to call somebody up to come clean somebody else's place without saying anything.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: bicostp on 29 May 2009, 08:45
Marigold would probably go ballistic at having her stuff moved. Remember, she immediately and emphatically ordered her guests not to touch anything. And subjecting an OCD sufferer to that apartment would be cruel.

Well, ironically the mess could have been caused by OCD. She either focuses completely on games and Japanese culture and completely ignores everything else, or is a compulsive hoarder. (Hoarding is usually tied with OCD.) I think the latter is a possibility, since she didn't want anyone touching anything (hoarders freak out if someone moves their stuff or makes them get rid of it, just like a germophobe would if you washed their bathroom with a raw chicken).

Either way, Hannelore had better bring her HazMat suit (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1315).
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Ghanima Atreides on 29 May 2009, 09:15
I'm not usually one to pick apart everything Dora does for signs of being a bitch, but it is a little rude to call somebody up to come clean somebody else's place without saying anything.

I was thinking the same thing, particularly since that person is basically a stranger. I do hope Dora plans to mention it to Marigold before Hanners shows up there with a truckload of cleaning material, although I can picture that as being one awkward conversation:

"So, person I just met, I think your house is too dirty so I called my clean freak friend to clean it for you. I hope you don't mind?"

I know I'd be pissed off. I know Dora means well, but it's none of her business.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Tuitsuro on 29 May 2009, 09:31
Well, on the one hand she might be pissed and demand they leave, no problem.  On the other hand, she's living with rats.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Ghanima Atreides on 29 May 2009, 09:43
And she will keep doing so as soon as she's done dirtying up the place...one Hanners-cleaning won't solve the problem unless Marigold actually changes her habits (or hires Hanners as a maid or something). I do agree with Dora that it's unhealthy and disgusting, though she might have been better off approaching Marigold with the idea first...it's her house after all. I am curious how it'll turn out  :laugh:
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: MrMonk on 29 May 2009, 10:03
The immovable object and the force that will not be denied.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Deadrocks on 29 May 2009, 10:24
Need like Requiem of a Dream, and like Hanners Vs Room of Death.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Blyss on 29 May 2009, 10:28
Need like Requiem of a Dream, and like Hanners Vs Room of Death.

That is definitely the soundtrack of choice for Hanners epic confrontation.

 :lol:
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 29 May 2009, 10:46
I wonder if this is the kind of thing that doesn't "really" happen, in other words that it was just there to be funny and isn't the leadin to strips in which Hannelore shows up and begins violating boundaries.

If it's "real", the other rude thing is expecting Hannelore to work for free.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: giant_bug on 29 May 2009, 11:27
I'm wondering if Momo-tan has tiny nozzles installed in her head to do the 'sweat' effects.

I noticed that, too.  That feature must have cost a helluva lot.  But I suppose it's cheap compared to the, uh, Eel Delivery Platform.

Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: disaacs on 29 May 2009, 13:52
I really like Dora, but this is a side of her that is really unexpected and disturbing. Dora can be irrational and anxious at times, but for the most part she is very open minded and doesn't question how a person might live their life.

Suddenly in this comic she is completely disgusted by how messy somebody, a complete stranger, is and unilaterally decides that something must be done. Her attitude is completely condensending. I hope she either wakes up or gets a lesson about how rude she is being.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Dunnoe on 29 May 2009, 15:40
conformity to my nonconformity. we'll see if hanners will agree to clean up some stranger's room.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Random832 on 29 May 2009, 16:39
I really like Dora, but this is a side of her that is really unexpected and disturbing. Dora can be irrational and anxious at times, but for the most part she is very open minded and doesn't question how a person might live their life.

Suddenly in this comic she is completely disgusted by how messy somebody, a complete stranger, is and unilaterally decides that something must be done. Her attitude is completely condensending. I hope she either wakes up or gets a lesson about how rude she is being.

Item 1: There are rats. And food that has attracted insects. It's not just clutter.
Item 2: She has no reason to disbelieve the statement that the only reason she hadn't hired anyone to do it was money. For that matter, we have no reason to disbelieve it. Some people have the theory that this is compulsive hoarding, but the theory that it's just laziness has some stiff competition.

Note also that she presented it to Hanners as a "challenge".
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: ctrlbuild on 29 May 2009, 17:03
Need like Requiem of a Dream, and like Hanners Vs Room of Death.

No no...this is the room of death (http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-002). Room of messy death is better.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Keebbles on 29 May 2009, 21:23
 Like I said in another thread.
 Hanners is gonna get a scouting report from her lil' apple ap-bot and come prepared.
 Wearing Daddy's latest version of High Threat Environment Powered Armor Suit - quite similar to Halo stuff.
 Marigold will go bonkers like a proper otaku over the outfit thinking it's Cosplay, until the plasma-flamer comes out and turns half her room into sanitary ash.

   Of course Hanners will have her Catch 22 moment about killing the rats when she sees how cute the babies are.  A few stiff Tom Collins or Margaritas (heavy on the tequila) will erase that problem and a Torching will proceed with extreme prejudice.

   This will result in Dora, Marteen, Pintsize and the lil deredere kawaii bot rescuing a few boxes of stuff and a computer or two and having to host the woman i their apartment... who's gonna be Marigolds new roommate? Not Hanners!

    Also Hanners might fire it up on off chance that bare chested cute firemen show up to put out the fire and get all glisteny sweaty and stuff (kinda odd that she's got an infatuation with such pictures that are in conflict with her OCD, neh? Means her hormones and curiousity win out more often than not if she can do it electronically.

    Marigold might throw a shit storm of a fit, but Hanners might direct via her high tech commlink in her HALO Hazmat Combat Suit that the firemen hose Marigold off. (might be her first shower in ages!)

   A clean marigold might actually look decent and look a lot like FAYE w/longer hair. Which would explain Angus's semi-flirting attraction to Faye and his need for abuse from Faye that he can't get from the glued-to-the-monitor ex anymore.


 All else fails, hanners walks up, looks, walks away. Hours later the group finds her getting drunk at the watering hole w/our favorite redneck Romance author and thus they are away when her father adjusts the microwave beams from his space station and turns that apartment to constituent atoms.
 
  You Know. Gotta Nuke it from Orbit. Just to be sure! (aliens FTW!) :-D
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Dunnoe on 30 May 2009, 08:11
we'll just leave it to Jeph, okay?
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: est on 30 May 2009, 08:15
Yeah, I don't understand why people speculate as to what's gonna happen, especially when they usually do such a bad job of it.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: bhtooefr on 30 May 2009, 08:36
I'm almost wondering if there was a hint of sarcasm in that post. If there was, then it's damn funny. If there wasn't, then I agree with est and Dunnoe.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: raoullefere on 30 May 2009, 09:00
Yeah, I don't understand why people speculate as to what's gonna happen, especially when they usually do such a bad job of it.
That's what we do, here on WCT, for as long as I've been following this forum. We find it entertaining, especially if, as happens every so often, one of us is right.

As I've said before, WCT  is essentially a virtual water-cooler. The conversation is inane, insane, silly, foolish, and occasionally, very rarely, astute.

And I tend to agree with Random832  about Dora's interfering, save for one problem—this is Momo-tan's version, not Marigold's. Where would Marten be if people believed Pintsize without asking him?

In jail serving as someone's girlfriend, that's where.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: BladeDancer on 30 May 2009, 09:14
So, provided Hannelore agrees to take a look, will she go catatonic from mess overload, or be disgusted and spring into action? Its an open bet, I can see it swinging either way.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: TwistedRemedy on 30 May 2009, 09:20
And or will she get pissed off because Dora's using her for her ocd like her mother did at the bar. =/
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: pwhodges on 30 May 2009, 10:53
So, provided Hannelore agrees to take a look, will she go catatonic from mess overload, or be disgusted and spring into action?

She was well up for cleaning the band's rehearsal space, remember - 865 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=865).
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: LTK on 30 May 2009, 12:20
So, provided Hannelore agrees to take a look, will she go catatonic from mess overload, or be disgusted and spring into action?

She was well up for cleaning the band's rehearsal space, remember - 865 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=865).

Well, there's a difference between 'messy' and 'Marigold', so I'm not entirely sure that goes up.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: nimnix on 30 May 2009, 13:41
She was also going to be spending plenty of time in the band's practice space.  That's not the case with Marigold's apartment.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: raoullefere on 30 May 2009, 13:55
Oh, as far as that goes, I think Hannelore's sort of a human Rug Doctor...you know, "Steaming Mad at Dirt!" It seems a bit of a crusade for her.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 30 May 2009, 16:18
Wasn't there some strip where she accompanied her cleaning with "Ride of the Valkyries"?
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Border Reiver on 30 May 2009, 17:36
No, she USUALLY plays Ride of the Valkyries.  Right then she was channelling Robert "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" Duval.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: roxy255 on 30 May 2009, 21:51
dora just wants to justify her burdgeoning desire to steal momo-tan.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: raoullefere on 31 May 2009, 09:27
Well, don't know as I can blame her for that. I'm wondering now if anthropcs come as other 'characters'? Or is she Marigold's creation?

Border, isn't the Duvall quote and "Ride" all part and parcel? Personally, I want Hanners to come into Marigold's mess and say, "I'm going to go through this filth like crap through a goose."

As if.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: bhtooefr on 31 May 2009, 09:46
It's been said that Momo-tan was a Sony product.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Border Reiver on 31 May 2009, 11:46
Raoul - probably not a choice of metaphor that Hanners would use.

And the ride comes from the first part of that scene - the napalm line is at the end. 

Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Shadic on 31 May 2009, 13:46
I dunno if anybody else has said this, but..

(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/9173/dorahead.png)

Her pants from Panel 1 complete her head in Panel 3. I can't unsee it.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: raoullefere on 31 May 2009, 16:19
Raoul - probably not a choice of metaphor that Hanners would use.
Probably not. But god, I love it so. (echoey trumpets play in the background).

I'm very proud of myself, btw that I didn't point out that that's a simi- *whack* Sorry.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Border Reiver on 31 May 2009, 16:58
My bad -
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: innermoppet on 01 Jun 2009, 06:09
I really like Dora, but this is a side of her that is really unexpected and disturbing. Dora can be irrational and anxious at times, but for the most part she is very open minded and doesn't question how a person might live their life.

Suddenly in this comic she is completely disgusted by how messy somebody, a complete stranger, is and unilaterally decides that something must be done. Her attitude is completely condensending. I hope she either wakes up or gets a lesson about how rude she is being.

Dora is channeling her inner "mommy" right now. Momo-tan is a robot but she looks much like an adorable child which is making Dora slightly insane and she is treating her like a real child. She says she's worried about Marigold, but I think it's more likely she's concerned about Momo-tan. I also don't think this is out of character for Dora. She is very overprotective when it comes to her friends, so if she sees someone (or something) that she feels is vulnerable, she reacts like a crazed momma bear. No thought, just action.

On a separate note, I think it's interesting that so many people are convinced that Marigold has OCD or a hoarding disorder. Maybe she's just a slob.  If strangers showed up at my door and asked for my help and came into my personal space, I wouldn't want them to touch my stuff either. I don't think that is unusual. IMHO, Marigold doesn't have a lot of interpersonal skills clearly and she just says what she's thinking whether it's rude or not. I know a lot of sloppy nasty gamers and they don't have hoarding disorders or OCD. They are just lazy and crazy and live in the virtual world and have little regard for the 3-D one.
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Keebbles on 01 Jun 2009, 14:25
I'm almost wondering if there was a hint of sarcasm in that post. If there was, then it's damn funny. If there wasn't, then I agree with est and Dunnoe.
  Might have been a wee bit in there... only problem there's no sarcasm font...
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Evil_Lathander on 01 Jun 2009, 14:26
I dunno if anybody else has said this, but..

(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/9173/dorahead.png)

Her pants from Panel 1 complete her head in Panel 3. I can't unsee it.

ZING
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: The Joker on 01 Jun 2009, 14:30
This is kind of unrelated but it made me laugh.

http://xkcd.com/574/
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: Kugai on 01 Jun 2009, 19:47
Poor Hanners, caught in a catch 22 situation.

Of course, she could always send Winslow out to get the Duct Tape

But then she'd have to Decontaminate Winslow!

Oh dear



:D
Title: Re: WCT: May 25-29, 2009
Post by: frullic on 01 Jun 2009, 19:56
kill it with fire?