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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: maddness on 30 Aug 2009, 23:27
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Yay for Sven getting off his mopey ass and finally doing something!
It needs done, but I keep thinking they'll end up back together. :|
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Yay for angry bear!
Rawr!
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Love Faye in this one. Her face is saying this would be so much easier if you had just acted like a prick.
It needs done, but I keep thinking they'll end up back together. :|
That may be, but Sven better hope that Faye hasn't mastered the secret of the Five-point-palm Exploding Junk technique!
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Sven is acting like a mature human being.
The people who said he wasn't crushed by the breakup are right, but although he wasn't crushed he was certainly dented.
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So, whose turn is it to clean up the blood?
may be, but Sven better hope that Faye hasn't mastered the secret of the Five-point-palm Exploding Junk technique
That all depends if Pai Mei liked Coffee.
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Oh god Faye's face in panel 3
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Random question, when Faye asks if he's going to be a prick, to which specific instance is she referring? I can't remember if they had an interaction since he told her he slept with Gina Whatever, or if that is, in fact, the prick-ness to which she's referring. Thanks to anyone with a better memory than me!
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Random question, when Faye asks if he's going to be a prick, to which specific instance is she referring? I can't remember if they had an interaction since he told her he slept with Gina Whatever, or if that is, in fact, the prick-ness to which she's referring. Thanks to anyone with a better memory than me!
The drunken sledding party thingie
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1390
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The beer sledding: they saw one another, he made a snide remark about her replacing him with Angus, she walked away in a huff. If I remember correctly.
edit: aw crumbs, beaten to the punch AND with a link!
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I bet Angus can count the times he's been called a fucktoy on one finger.
I've always though that comment, aside from showing anger at the thought of being so quickly replaced, showed a certain bitterness/resentment over Faye having made him feel somewhat like a fucktoy.
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Random question, when Faye asks if he's going to be a prick, to which specific instance is she referring? I can't remember if they had an interaction since he told her he slept with Gina Whatever, or if that is, in fact, the prick-ness to which she's referring. Thanks to anyone with a better memory than me!
The drunken sledding party thingie
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1390
Merci! I knew I was forgetting something...
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Oh man maddness, that is so sad, and yet so true.... (probably).
This comic surprised me a ton; the last thing I expected was for Sven to man-up and apologize to Faye for being shitty, even go as far as to say he MISSES her.
Jeph just blew my mind, oh baby.
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(http://www.questionablecontent.net/random/what.png)
Hahahahaha
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*hits the stopwatch* And the WHAT face in Panel 3 will become someone's avatar right.....abooooooouuuuuuut............
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how the new comic would have ended IRL:
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/876/newending.jpg)
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Oh god Faye's face in panel 3
Thinking the same thing. She's like a cartoon bull.
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Now Jeph is just trolling his fanbase.
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Sven is definitely against her better judgement even as just a friend but I'm a sucker, so I'm happy about it anyway. At least I'm self aware.
Edit: I doubt Jeph cares too much what his fanbase thinks. He's been doing the comic for the better part of six years on his own steam. Why start pandering now??
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Sven mans up. Who'd'a thunk it?
He's got a good point though - even though they rarely hung out together just being friends, when they did, they really worked.
Whether they'll end up together again I'm semi-doubtful of - I don't think it could work as casual sex or friends with benefits any more, and I'm not sure either of them will want to go there on a full on room service love basis. It'll be interesting watching Sven trying to "just be friends" while Angus chases Faye, though.
Interesting that they've both matured - basically because of each other.
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jeph did an exceptional job with this strip. emotional without being melodramatic.
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I suspect Angus may not like Faye and Sven being friends again!
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ohshitohshitohshitohshit.
Niiiiiiice.
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Hmmm, interesting. Let's see whether Faye banishes Sven from the coffee shop forever on pain of impaling on the shop broadsword.
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(http://www.questionablecontent.net/random/what.png)
Hahahahaha
Faye (thinking): Dammit, now I'm gonna have to put out to get Angus to help me hide this Douchbag's body.
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First thought on reading the strip was - Someone's being a mature human being here, will there be two?
Then I thought - this would have been more fun on a Friday.
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Now Jeph is just trolling his fanbase.
lol, "now"?
But srsly... Faye's reaction says more about how she saw the relationship than it does about him.
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i really liked today's strip. i was waiting for this to happen, in some form. ^^
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Hmmm, interesting. Let's see whether Faye banishes Sven from the coffee shop forever on pain of impaling on the shop broadsword.
I am still trying to figure out what this means and how it is relevant to the comic.
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Just made an account to say how much I enjoyed today's update.
Absolutely delightful. :3
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Awesome comic today. I'd say the last two panels sum up Sven and Faye's relationship pretty well. :-)
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Today's comic caused me to de-lurk... I've been looking forward to this and look forward to what happens next. After the introduction of Marigold I was pleased to see more of the other characters again last week - and this week's starting out just fine. Also I like the way the art has been developing. And I can really relate to Faye and her not-so-simple relationships with men...
(back to lurking now)
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I enjoyed this strip immensely. I've been waiting for it and I'm happy to see Sven trying to be a grown up. I don't really see them starting a relationship back up per se but a friendship I can see. I can also totally see Faye meeting someone or starting to date someone but keeping them at arms length not because of her past but because of Sven. Maybe. Pretty much every bit of prognostication I've put forth with regards to QC has been wrong, but I keep plugging away. I figure some day I'll get to say "A-ha! I totally called it!"
I also appreciate the fact that Jeph could have left this one a weekend cliffhanger and didn't. Those drive me crazy.
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Although it is nice to see Sven acting maturely for a change, I notice he did not really apologize for anything that he has done. All he has admitted was that Faye meant more to him than just sex. That is a big step forward for Sven, but has he actually admitted to himself (let alone anyone else) that what he did was wrong?
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I remember making the WCT when Faye and Sven hooked up initially, and it was the longest thread in the forums. Sheepish Sven is cute. And perhaps he can work at gaining back our respect. I actually admire Jeph a great deal for creating a character who is this complex. The others have sort of faded. Marten likes music, Dora runs a coffee shop, Angus is annoying, Hanners is OCD. There's not much left to them. Sven is the only one who surprises us. If we have a week or so of drama-laden soap-opera-y kind of strips, I wouldn't complain a bit.
Oh, and did I mention: Sheepish Sven is cute. We missed you too, babe. Watch out for the mantackle-eating-shark Faye now keeps as a pet.
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I also appreciate the fact that Jeph could have left this one a weekend cliffhanger and didn't. Those drive me crazy.
Oh man.
Good thing this is not Milholland's comic, or else every single Friday strip would be a cliffhanger out of spite.
...Not sure how that's relevant.
Anyway, I loved the faces and while I still want to hate Sven, it's mostly faded into apathetic dislike.
Maybe he can stop being such an awful human being for a while.
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I love the last couple panels, with Faye being just barely tall enough to fit in the panel.
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The punch line is penis. It is unspoken by Faye. :mrgreen:
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So is she going to say "I missed you too", and what is she going to say instead?
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We don't know, this is to get us to come back and continue to read his work. This is a common literary tool, and developed to it's hgihest form of art in the weekly serials at the local movie house.
My bet is she probably will say that, but not directly. Much like Sven has not directly apologized.
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My bet is she's either going to kiss him or slug him.
That seems to be how their relationship dynamic works.
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Knowing Faye, she'll kiss him, then slug him, and then throw him down on top of a sack of coffee beans.
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It'll be interesting watching Sven trying to "just be friends" while Angus chases Faye, though.
Interesting that they've both matured - basically because of each other.
I love this development and could totally see the above happening. The girl who doesn't want a relationship being chased by two men!
I do hope that as Sven continues to flounder to regain her respect (which I hope he eventually does) that Faye continues to be mature about it (walking away at the sledding event rather than beating him up). I think it would be very interesting to watch both characters go through this process!
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Although it is nice to see Sven acting maturely for a change, I notice he did not really apologize for anything that he has done. All he has admitted was that Faye meant more to him than just sex. That is a big step forward for Sven,
It's a huge step forward. Put it into perspective - For all that her reactions point to it Faye never actually admitted in words that Sven meant more to her than just sex.
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Wow, this drew me out of lurking.
I have to say, I've been waiting to see where this story arc went for quite a while now.
Looking at Faye's eyes in the very last panel, I kind of expect her to leap at him and hug him. I think she still has feelings for Sven in a big way, but this is definitely very interesting.
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Hmm, surprising, and not that nice (i wish Angus sucess with Faye, since he is neither manipulable like Marten or asshole like Sven) although the expression of anger by faye owned.
BTW am i the only one to think Sven has not his glasses on to attempt his instant-seduce gaze??
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Maybe it was so that we might more easily distinguish him from Angus, since the last scene involving Faye, a guy and a door was with Angus.
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Faye's expression in the last panel makes me go "Uh-oh."
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By the way, am I the only one who likes Sven more than Angus?
Angus is just.... annoying.
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you are NOT alone in that.
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THIS is the strip I have been waiting for.
Thank you, Jeph.
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Looking at Faye's eyes in the very last panel, I kind of expect her to leap at him and hug him.
The last panel is indeed masterful. You only see the eyes, yet they say so much. There's definitely a softening going on. She's considering something, but I don't think it's going to be physical contact - not yet. He was too big an asshole, and though he's owning up to it, she's not going to let him completely off the hook that easily!
I expect things will move forward for them, and it's gong to be complicated - and at times hysterical (in every sense of the word).
Calling Dr. Corinne!
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By the way, am I the only one who likes Sven more than Angus?
Angus is just.... annoying.
Angus is more human now, but he still remains someone who wanted to set up some kind of verbal sadomasochistic relationship with a barista. The ickiness of his behaviour at his introduction is a mountain that it will take more than a couple of goats to overcome. Faye hooking up with him just feels like the icky guy managing to get the girl on the rebound.
As for giving Sven another chance - I would hope that Faye didn't have another casual relationship with Sven. Unless he commits to something which is actually a relationship, instead of something she specifically stated was sex and only sex, then I don't want either of them to go there. Although they're positive as friends, it's self-destructive of Faye to go back into a relationship like that with Sven.
But I like that Faye seems to make Sven want more than that.
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Am I the only one who's like nice one Faye, get him to go out back so you can murder him and then leave the body?
oh.
Of course I want them to be friends really, Sven is just so pretty I can't help it.
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Hmm, this is getting interesting.
Angus seems to be chillin back into the "Just Friends" zone (Though we have no idea if he'll suddenly make a move), and either doesn't mind much or is good at hiding his true intentions. Now we have Sven, who is trying to start the relationship over from scratch, as friends.
The ultimate irony would be if both Sven and Angus stop being romantically interested in Faye. Though I doubt it. Sven, while trying to make amends, I'm going to guess is still interested in Faye, he wouldn't be doing this unless he felt some connection to her. Angus seems a little more chill, but who knows.
...Now my brain hurts. I think too much about these things.
Awesome comic Jeph, worth the weekend wait.
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Is it just me, or is the last panel very reminiscent of Anders Loves Maria? Wonder if it's an influence on Jeph.
I've also been waiting for this strip. You just knew there was no way Sven was going to let Faye out of his life completely, judging by how depressed he's been since they split up. I gotta be honest and say that I like him and Angus about equally at this point. Angus started out annoying but he's kind of redeemed himself, and I've always liked Sven. Even when he's a jerk, at least he's a compelling character. I want to read more about him. Actually, I wouldn't mind reading more about Angus, either. Hmm.
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The ultimate irony would be if both Sven and Angus stop being romantically interested in Faye.
The ultimate irony would be Faye being torn between Sven and Angus and then Sven and Angus hooking up.
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Really, you had to go there?
Sure everyone here was thinking it, but did it really need to be said out loud?
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faye's face in panel 3: WIN!
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Somebody would have 'gone there' sooner or latter, it was inevitable really. Now that is been said we can move on without having to worry about it.
On the last panel... I know that look all to well, for the sake of suspense i will not divulge its meaning (from my experience) here...
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Since I too made an account just to say "Awesome comic"....
I will say this, sounding off on everything I've just been skimming over.
I like Sven much more than Angus (I find Angus stalker-creepy, and he deserves Marigold in my opinion. And I don't care if that's harsh.)
I think Faye and Sven *should* get back together. They were quite good for each other in many ways. The way I saw it, the crash-and-burn over Gina-Loose-Pants had to do with Faye's refusal to admit to herself and to Sven that she was growing more emotionally involved with him than "just sex;" also neither of them got really truly specific about NOT sleeping with other people. Sven appears to have somewhat assumed that there was no exclusivity clause in there, and Faye (obviously) seemed to feel just the opposite. Sven knew, at the time of the Gina..."encounter" shall we call it, that he 'was screwed' in more ways than one. He was thinking about Faye *during* his sex with Gina, he knew that Faye was likely to feel hurt over it, and honestly he showed a lot of spine by being completely up front and honest with Faye about the matter. Sven's pattern in the past (as I understood it) was to lie to his girls a lot because he wanted to keep the sex good and/or not hurt their various feelings. This time he's making the effort to be honest, and trying to own up. Faye reacted predictably.
Now, he did indeed act like a prick at the beer sledding thing. That I'll totally agree with. But as others have observed it seems to indicate that he feels jealousy when regarding the idea of Faye-with-another-man. In other cases he was *relieved* when some girl he had hurt found someone else. And as we see here he clearly has more feelings for Faye than just "hey let's screw" which is to his good credit. We already know, somewhat, that Faye has stronger feelings for Sven. I don't think those have gone away just because of Angus or because of time passing.
I think Faye's expression at the end of the strip indicates that she is thinking over how she feels now, and that she knows she's still got a sizeable soft spot for Sven.
I also think that she would not have been quite so pissed off in panel 3 if she weren't secretly afraid that Sven is just saying whatever needs to be said, to get back in her pants...but his next words do help allay that fear, I think.
If I were Faye I'd be straight with the man, no manipulation but also taking no bull. If they want to be friends even, it has to be with boundaries clearly marked and letting Sven know what is and is not OK with Faye : and making sure Sven tells Faye what he feels he can live with and maybe even letting her know how much commitment he is willing to make.
Oh, my stars...compromise in a relationship? Even a "just friends" relationship?! Dare I say such a thing?? :P
I can't wait to see how this plays out, and I very very much look forward to it!
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*hits the stopwatch* And the WHAT face in Panel 3 will become someone's avatar right.....abooooooouuuuuuut............
NOW!
yep, I went there.
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I like Sven much more than Angus (I find Angus stalker-creepy, and he deserves Marigold in my opinion. And I don't care if that's harsh.)
Angus and Marigold aren't the least bit interested in each other and what has Marigold done to deserve someone you find "stalker-creepy"? She seems like a very nice person from what I've seen. Is it because she's socially awkward and geeky?
I think Faye and Sven *should* get back together. They were quite good for each other in many ways.
I think, if they were to get back together, they would have to do a whole lot more growing. They were good for each other before they started sleeping together. Once they started sleeping together not only did the relationship stagnate, but they kept hurting each other in subtle ways.
The way I saw it, the crash-and-burn over Gina-Loose-Pants had to do with Faye's refusal to admit to herself and to Sven that she was growing more emotionally involved with him than "just sex;" also neither of them got really truly specific about NOT sleeping with other people. Sven appears to have somewhat assumed that there was no exclusivity clause in there, and Faye (obviously) seemed to feel just the opposite.
I figure that if someone tells you that if you sleep with someone else, the "relationship" is over, they've pretty clearly stated their position on the matter. For the record, I think Sven slept with Gina, in part, to cause the blow up with Faye. He isn't used top being in relationships, he doesn't stay with anyone for too long, he resented Faye treating him like a fuck buddy when he thought there might be more, and he may have been feeling he was getting too attached. I'm not saying it was done consciously, but I'm saying that all this stuff was probably percolating back there.
Sven knew, at the time of the Gina..."encounter" shall we call it, that he 'was screwed' in more ways than one. He was thinking about Faye *during* his sex with Gina, he knew that Faye was likely to feel hurt over it, and honestly he showed a lot of spine by being completely up front and honest with Faye about the matter. Sven's pattern in the past (as I understood it) was to lie to his girls a lot because he wanted to keep the sex good and/or not hurt their various feelings. This time he's making the effort to be honest, and trying to own up. Faye reacted predictably.
Firstly, I'd like to address this Sven being honest business. He came clean because his intern threatened to tell Faye herself is he didn't. I give him points for not letting her find out from his intern, but that's it. The fact that he was thinking about the fact that he was screwing up while he was doing makes it worse, not better. It's not like Gina held him down and forced herself on him. If he was clearheaded enough to think this was the wrong thing to do, then he was clear headed enough to not actually do it. This leads to my previous point about him subconsciously wanting to wreck things with Faye. And, really, I think any woman in Faye's position would have reacted the way she did, if not more violently.
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We male types are not always good at being clear-headed in sexual situations. Sven looked to me like he was in the classic unaware rationalization mode of "oh, I'lll just go this far and stop, that won't hurt anything".
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He was thinking about Faye *during* his sex with Gina, he knew that Faye was likely to feel hurt over it, and honestly he showed a lot of spine by being completely up front and honest with Faye about the matter.
I'm going to disagree on the spine thing. First of all, he originally said he wasn't going to tell her, then tried to weasel his way out of it before finally giving in under the threat of someone else telling her if he failed to do so quickly. (Starts at comic 1338). Second, and I would say more importantly, while I understand that the prospect of telling a girl you cheated on her (I KNOW their "arrangement" wasn't formalized, that's just a fairly concise way to describe what happened) can be scary (especially if she's as 'volatile' as Faye), I wouldn't call it bravery of any kind. It's just fulfilling an obligation you brought upon yourself. Had Sven "showed a lot of spine", he would have told Gina he was flattered but unavailable. As difficult as it can be to own up to a mistake, having the courage to do the right thing in the first place (and Sven clearly knew what the right thing would have been) is much harder. Forgive me if I won't praise a sleaze for skulking around behind the back of someone who trusted him with something important, then trying to weasel out of the consequences before finally giving in under a threat. Maybe he has changed now, but this strip (1481) is the first time he's ever shown anything like spine.
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He's making it a several day cliffhanger after all! We still don't know what happened!
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So what happened to the punchline from yesterday's strip, Jeph? Hmmm? Where's the payoff? Huh?
Honestly, you can't keep treating us like this and expect us to hang around....
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MURDERFUCK!
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Is it just me, or does Faye look larger in panel 4 than she's ever been?
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(http://www.questionablecontent.net/random/what.png)
Why do I keep thinking "pissed off Velma"?
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I am going to muderfuck (minus the fucking) the next person who says "I just registered to say blah blah blah". We have an introduction forum for a reason, you know.
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No Dora, she let him leave - She's planning to contact Vespa Avenger on the sly to deal with him. :evil:
Either that or she's hiding the fact that she called the Allosaurus.
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So what happened to the punchline from yesterday's strip, Jeph? Hmmm? Where's the payoff? Huh?
Honestly, you can't keep treating us like this and expect us to hang around....
I think today's strip was _all_ punchlines to close yesterday's script.
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So what happened to the punchline from yesterday's strip, Jeph? Hmmm? Where's the payoff? Huh?
Honestly, you can't keep treating us like this and expect us to hang around....
you might as well leave then
i have other plans than what you want to happen
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Gosh, today's strip just reminded me of how much I dislike Dora. Sorry Jeph, I know she's one of your favorites, but I find her kind of irritating. I do adore Faye- and second everyone's ogling of her face from yesterday.
I'm going to disagree on the spine thing. First of all, he originally said he wasn't going to tell her, then tried to weasel his way out of it before finally giving in under the threat of someone else telling her if he failed to do so quickly. (Starts at comic 1338). Second, and I would say more importantly, while I understand that the prospect of telling a girl you cheated on her (I KNOW their "arrangement" wasn't formalized, that's just a fairly concise way to describe what happened) can be scary (especially if she's as 'volatile' as Faye), I wouldn't call it bravery of any kind. It's just fulfilling an obligation you brought upon yourself. Had Sven "showed a lot of spine", he would have told Gina he was flattered but unavailable. As difficult as it can be to own up to a mistake, having the courage to do the right thing in the first place (and Sven clearly knew what the right thing would have been) is much harder. Forgive me if I won't praise a sleaze for skulking around behind the back of someone who trusted him with something important, then trying to weasel out of the consequences before finally giving in under a threat. Maybe he has changed now, but this strip (1481) is the first time he's ever shown anything like spine.
I've got to agree here- especially when she made it pretty damn clear that she expected monogamy even in this casual a "relationship," he's a douche once for cheating on her (especially knowing that part of why she's not doing a relationship right now is because she's kind of damaged) and a douche again for having to be bullied into telling her. That doesn't mean I don't like him- it just means I think he's a douche. He was pretty shitty to her when they were "together" and so I think Faye should have sense enough not to do anything romantic with him again.
That said... I do think he made a fantastic friend. He was definitely more supportive and better at listening to her than Dora, and since Dora and Martin have coupled up, it seems like being close with Martin is not happening. I'd like to see them hanging out more often, just to see her make fun of him and be awesome and him look stupid. I think it does both of them well.
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Gosh, today's strip just reminded me of how much I dislike Dora.
Stop hating on Dora! But that cap she's wearing is ugly...
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Sven did not cheat on Faye, he told her point blank that he might sleep with other people. He set the parameters of the relationship at that, he is not cheating if he does what he says he was going to do. If Faye could not handle that then she should have broken up with him when he said he was willing to sleep with other girls.
Sure he was a dick about it, and he was a dick about actually sleeping with Gina, but both Faye and Sven were pretty mean in that relationship.
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isn't that the same cap Penelope wore earlier?
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I don't think its the same cap, but perhaps a similar one. As an example, I have seen people with identical hats before outside of regimented occupations and sports teams - the dirt and sweat stains weren't the same, but the theory is sound.
And I must say I'm disappointed in Dora - there are so many other really horrible scenarios that she could have run through before she stopped.
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For those who so wonderfully replied to my way-too-long post, thanks! I'll try to keep my thoughts under control from now on *blushing*
For those who were like "Oh my god words words words!" I apologize for getting carried away :)
I suppose I'm too much a fan of cheesy romance novels to not entertain and cherish a small fantasy of Faye and Sven finding some sort of happiness together. Sure Sven is a douche several times over for how he treated Faye. But, if I were the kind of woman who held a *grudge* about a man in my life screwing up...heck, I'd be a nun! People are people, and I totally agree that Sven acted in an immature manner. I don't count his "weaseling" about the truth against him, because damn straight he was scared. Actions count for more than reservations, and in the end he DID tell Faye. I think we just got to see how much he really didn't want to lose her. I also got the impression that in the past, he WOULD have just "forgotten" about the matter, or lied. So it's a step in the right direction.
Hushing up now :P
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Sven did not cheat on Faye, he told her point blank that he might sleep with other people. He set the parameters of the relationship at that, he is not cheating if he does what he says he was going to do. If Faye could not handle that then she should have broken up with him when he said he was willing to sleep with other girls.
Sure he was a dick about it, and he was a dick about actually sleeping with Gina, but both Faye and Sven were pretty mean in that relationship.
I don't know if cheating is the right word but I'd say he betrayed her trust. He knew Faye would be hurt. He did it anyway. No they were not in a committed relationship, BUT Faye made it clear that whatever they had would end if he slept with someone else. If he felt that he was in the right, why not just tell her and let her leave? Instead his first reaction was to simply not tell Faye about sleeping with someone else and continue his non-relationship with her. He knew he was in the wrong or he wouldn't have worried about it. He only told her because he was threatened by his intern (who I love and miss).
Also I'd like to point to this quote from Sven when talking to Faye about sleeping with other guys girlfriends, because it made me snort to reread it:
Better a guy who know's he's an asshole than some poor schmuck who doesn't know any better and'll feel horrible afterwards.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1319
Bwhahahahah. Welcome to schmuck-hood, ya schmuck!
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Murderfuck is my new favorite word. That is just all kinds of fucking awesome.
:lol:
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The way I saw it, the crash-and-burn over Gina-Loose-Pants had to do with Faye's refusal to admit to herself and to Sven that she was growing more emotionally involved with him than "just sex;" also neither of them got really truly specific about NOT sleeping with other people. Sven appears to have somewhat assumed that there was no exclusivity clause in there, and Faye (obviously) seemed to feel just the opposite.
Reading comprehension - get you some. Faye told him straight out that if he slept around on her, the relationship was over.
Sven knew, at the time of the Gina..."encounter" shall we call it, that he 'was screwed' in more ways than one. He was thinking about Faye *during* his sex with Gina, he knew that Faye was likely to feel hurt over it, and honestly he showed a lot of spine by being completely up front and honest with Faye about the matter. Sven's pattern in the past (as I understood it) was to lie to his girls a lot because he wanted to keep the sex good and/or not hurt their various feelings. This time he's making the effort to be honest, and trying to own up. Faye reacted predictably.
Faye told him a condition of the relationship, he violated this condition, she ended the relationship. Faye reacted _well_. Your misogyny aside, Faye acted quite honorably in that situation.
if I were Faye I'd be straight with the man, no manipulation but also taking no bull. If they want to be friends even, it has to be with boundaries clearly marked and letting Sven know what is and is not OK with Faye : and making sure Sven tells Faye what he feels he can live with and maybe even letting her know how much commitment he is willing to make.
She's already done so once, and Sven skipped right on over the boundary.
I can't wait to see how this plays out, and I very very much look forward to it!
That I can agree with wholeheartedly. The rest of your post, not so much.
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I don't think its the same cap, but perhaps a similar one. As an example, I have seen people with identical hats before outside of regimented occupations and sports teams - the dirt and sweat stains weren't the same, but the theory is sound.
This is true, but I would love for this hat to be made a part of the official Coffee Of Doom uniform*.
*Uniform consists of: Band T-shirt, Jeans and or Skirt of an indie nature, comfortable shoes and Dora cap. Snark optional.
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I just registered to say.... oh wait, no I didn't. Just messing.
I wish I could get away with wearing a CSI: Murderfuck t-shirt. That's my favorite QC phrase since "Malaysian Battle Spatula."
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What would be the difference between CSI: Murderfuck and Law and Order: SVU?
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The difference in the awesomeness of the names.
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Jeez, it seems like everyone hates Angus, and he's one of my favorites. :/
Time for the LURVE TRIANGLE!!!!11111 Amirite?
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Honestly, you can't keep treating us like this and expect us to hang around....
damn, I forgot the 'sarcasm' emoticon....which one is it again?
That was supposed to be a not-so-oblique reference to the Faye/Sven situation...
you might as well leave then
i have other plans than what you want to happen
wait a minute......is Sven based on YOU???
:-D
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And then the squirrel goes and pees in the case.
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Momo is totally more entertaining than Pintsize. :-D
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Poor Momo, she was just trying to do what Marigold wanted her to do.
I think it is really awesome that out of all the QC characters Marigold is easily the geekiest as far as technology goes. I am glad it is not a guy.
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I suppose Momo can be grateful that Marigold wanted a Squirrel Drive and not a Raccoon one. :D
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Dora is pretty high on the technical savvy scale herself, and was even able to perform surgery on Pintsize. The one thing we've seen 'Gold do that Dora couldn't was repair Pintsize.
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We can add to the Sony AnthroPC attributes: Supersonic speed. I mean, Momo found and caught the squirrel before Marigold could say "I was joking!"
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I suppose Momo can be grateful that Marigold wanted a Squirrel Drive and not a Raccoon one. :D
No. Y'see a raccoon just won't fit inside the wheel of a tower PC, even if you grease it. Back in the day, I think my American colleagues used to power VAX minicomputers with raccoons (we used wombats). Even putting a squirrel in a PC is definitely over-clocking, and will cause overheating. A rat or hamster is more usual, unless you're talking about a laptop with one of those proprietary pygmy shrews.
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For a man who (likely?) doesn't typically draw squirrels, he sure does do so well.
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I suppose Momo can be grateful that Marigold wanted a Squirrel Drive and not a Raccoon one. :D
No. Y'see a raccoon just won't fit inside the wheel of a tower PC, even if you grease it. Back in the day, I think my American colleagues used to power VAX minicomputers with raccoons (we used wombats). Even putting a squirrel in a PC is definitely over-clocking, and will cause overheating. A rat or hamster is more usual, unless you're talking about a laptop with one of those proprietary pygmy shrews.
I imagine something like a ferret would be most efficient... definitely better than a wombat. I shudder to think of the size of a tower built to accommodate a wombat.
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I imagine something like a ferret would be most efficient... definitely better than a wombat. I shudder to think of the size of a tower built to accommodate a wombat.
Computers equipped with ferret drives run into problems when the ferrets start collecting and hiding shiny things ...
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I suppose Momo can be grateful that Marigold wanted a Squirrel Drive and not a Raccoon one. :D
No. Y'see a raccoon just won't fit inside the wheel of a tower PC, even if you grease it. Back in the day, I think my American colleagues used to power VAX minicomputers with raccoons (we used wombats). Even putting a squirrel in a PC is definitely over-clocking, and will cause overheating. A rat or hamster is more usual, unless you're talking about a laptop with one of those proprietary pygmy shrews.
I imagine something like a ferret would be most efficient... definitely better than a wombat. I shudder to think of the size of a tower built to accommodate a wombat.
Vaxen weren't exactly small by todays standards, but compared to the mainframes of the day, they were tiny and could fit in the corner of an office.
A standard Vax with periperals. Whoo, tape drives AND removable Winchester Hard Disks! LUXURY!
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/Vax780_small.jpeg)
A MicroVax - with built-in Winchester Hard Disk Array! Ok, I lie , it's a peripheral. The hard disk drive is on the right and its probably 20 Megabytes maximum.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Microvax_3600_(2).jpg)
Anyway, plenty of room for squirrels, badgers, beavers , woodchucks, ferrets, raccoons and wombats in there.
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I definitely laughed out loud at this comic. And the squirrel is cute.
*adjusts monocle*
WELL DONE SIR, WELL DONE!
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Just how fast can Momo move? Last time I caught a squirrel I had to shoot it first
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If she can shoot that lighting of hers at range, she could have just stunned it. Poor squirrel :oops: I friggin hate the feeling of electricity. That shit needs to stay inside wires.
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As fas as I'm concerned Marigold can wire that little bastard into the mains. Evil grey foreign devils, overrunning the ecological niche previously occupied by our cute loveable (and seriously endangered) red squirrels.
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so............ all new computer cases are black? Hmmm well come to think of it mine was too....
who sets these trends? DAMN TRENDSETTERS :-P
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Yeah, whatever happened to beige cases?
Oh wait, that's nicotine staining over a grey case...
Nevermind.
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Black is popular because it's unobtrusive. It just sort of disappears into the void. You don't have to worry about it standing out against whatever else is in the room.
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so............ all new computer cases are black? Hmmm well come to think of it mine was too....
who sets these trends? DAMN TRENDSETTERS :-P
The funny thing is that first, i thought her pants (violet) are a part of the casing, which made me think she got herself a SUN workstation, which made me wonder how can she run WoW on a ultrasparc ,..
and then i looked closer :(
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Did MOMO electrostun the squirrel? If so I want a print of that.
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The squirrel looks so... unconcerned about its fate.
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I think Momo had a fight with a squirrel family and now there's a funeral scene on the tree at the window.
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I'd say Momo got off pretty lightly:
http://www.vtwinmama.com/demonic_squirrel_riding_story.htm (http://www.vtwinmama.com/demonic_squirrel_riding_story.htm)
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I think Momo had a fight with a squirrel family and now there's a funeral scene on the tree at the window.
We can but hope. :evil:
Attempts to save our indigenous reds now include encouraging people to eat the grey invaders: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/may/11/recipes.foodanddrink (http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/may/11/recipes.foodanddrink). Apparently squirrel pasties are particularly popular (I should explain to the American readership that pasties are traditional Cornish pies, not those tassels on the nipples of burlesque dancers. Dancing with dead rodents hanging from your breasts would be... unerotic).
"Eat a grey and save a red."
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hehe makes me think of all other catroons like this
"scapel!"
"scapel"
"gauze!"
"gauze"
"jelly donout!"
"jelly- huh what?"
"hey a docs gotta eat"
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My husband prefers his squirrel with eggs, buttermilk biscuits, and white gravy. I've never eaten it myself. I'm a city girl and to me they might as well be bushy tailed rats, much like pigeons are rats with wings.
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FYI I just started here at the University of Maryland College Park and I have noticed that the squirrels on campus will walk right up to you and stare at you as if you were on display. some even follow/chase you. Kinda weird as usually anywhere else i've been they scamper off if you so much as look at them, but here they are really used to humans. Just something I noticed as far as squirrel related.
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A large squirrel would be enough for one-and-a-half people.
What is a half person? A zombie (undead)? Or did they mean peolpe like in tribe? How large is a large squirrel?
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A half-person is what's left after an encounter with the evil attack squirrel of death (see above).
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Since we're going all geeky today I might as well feed the radioactive mutant squirrels, in order.
The only squirrel related computer bit I can think of was the Squirrel SCSi add-on for the Amiga 1200.
(http://www.amiga-hardware.com/download_photos/squirrelscsi_3_big.jpg)
Vaxen may have been huge, but depending on the model they ranged from workstations through minicomputers to mainframes. I was always more partial to HP for older gear or Sun workstations once they hit the SparcStation era.
That brings me to the worry that I must have calibrated my monitor in a drunken moment, because the color of Marigold's pants is way to bright & red to be a Sun. The only thing close to that color is the dot on the faceplate of my Sun Ultra 2.
The hardware person in me did enjoy that Jeph actually drew something I recognized as a computer before the caffeine hit, but the CPU hasn't been installed yet! Given the size of some heatsinks these days I never feel comfortable doing that unless the motherboard is solidly on a flat surface.
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Sun workstations once they hit the SparcStation era.
Ah SPARCstation... :-) <--- nostalgic smile
The pizza-box that sounds like a jet-plane!
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That brings me to the worry that I must have calibrated my monitor in a drunken moment, because the color of Marigold's pants is way to bright & red to be a Sun. The only thing close to that color is the dot on the faceplate of my Sun Ultra 2.
Aww, bright and red? To me they are exactly the color of my sun blade 2000 (gotten through ebay at liq, price and used as a local server)
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Did MOMO electrostun the squirrel? If so I want a print of that.
I see MOMO going all Darth Sidious on his ass: POOOOWWWWEEEERRRRRRR!!!!
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No way, it would be overkill. That squirrel does not have the same propensity for badassery that Samuel L. Jackson does. :mrgreen:
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FYI I just started here at the University of Maryland College Park and I have noticed that the squirrels on campus will walk right up to you and stare at you as if you were on display. some even follow/chase you. Kinda weird as usually anywhere else i've been they scamper off if you so much as look at them, but here they are really used to humans. Just something I noticed as far as squirrel related.
The squirrels at UMBC are like that too. I've seen them eat cigarette butts.
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If she can shoot that lighting of hers at range, she could have just stunned it. Poor squirrel :oops: I friggin hate the feeling of electricity. That shit needs to stay inside wires.
The squirrel's definitely the calmest one in that room, so maybe it _is_ stunned.
Or suffering from Kawaii overload.
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you know, looking at the comic title, I wonder what would have happened if she did say boyfriend and not squirrel?
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D'aw, Sven genuinely feels bad and regrets what he did. Before I thought he just felt bad. 8-)
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D'aw, Sven genuinely feels bad and regrets what he did.
Well... Tactically anyway. :|
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I think this is the part where we have the side story in which Sven has issues too.
Or something.
I don't know. Dumb post is dumb.
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I think Sven still has some way before he returns to the light side.
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Did anyone else getting the feeling the last panel was breaking the fourth wall a little? Either way, I loved it!
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FYI I just started here at the University of Maryland College Park and I have noticed that the squirrels on campus will walk right up to you and stare at you as if you were on display. some even follow/chase you. Kinda weird as usually anywhere else i've been they scamper off if you so much as look at them, but here they are really used to humans. Just something I noticed as far as squirrel related.
They do that at another U of M, too- University of Michigan. If you go chkchkchk and rub your fingers together they'll get really close.
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Heavy-handed subtext? Why, whatever do you mean, Wil? That made me giggle.
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They do that at another U of M, too- University of Michigan. If you go chkchkchk and rub your fingers together they'll get really close.
Which, of course, is when you strike.
http://www.browning.com/products/catalog/firearms/detail.asp?value=006B&cat_id=051&type_id=422
Pow!
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In Australia we dont have squirrels, we hae possoms. Thier like three times the size and have razor sharp claws for mutilating annoying tourists which is thier primary diet. Localy, we have the 'Brushtail' variety, so big bushy tail like a pipe cleaner, which is useful for cleaning up the mess after the messily devour an annoyining tourist (they are quite civic minded little marsupials).
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and friggin' terrifying!
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In Australia we dont have squirrels, we hae possoms. Thier like three times the size and have razor sharp claws for mutilating annoying tourists which is thier primary diet. Localy, we have the 'Brushtail' variety, so big bushy tail like a pipe cleaner, which is useful for cleaning up the mess after the messily devour an annoyining tourist (they are quite civic minded little marsupials).
Always good to destroy a source of income for your country. :)
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Jacques: "I...I guess it didn't go as well as Sven would've liked."
But probably as well as could be expected, if they indeed just talked. What'd Sven think, a band was gonna strike up the theme from "Officer and a Gentleman"?
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Well, he IS Sven, so that may have just fell into his lap.
As so many women do.
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Did anyone else getting the feeling the last panel was breaking the fourth wall a little? Either way, I loved it!
a little??? That sound you heard was the fourth wall cascading to the ground in tiny shards. And IIRC, didn't Jeph once say that he didn't like that kinda stuff?
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If Faye and Sven don't get together soon I am going to have a Hernia.
Sven actually looks kinda pathetic in these past few strips, far from the suave "gentleman" he used to be.
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a little??? That sound you heard was the fourth wall cascading to the ground in tiny shards. And IIRC, didn't Jeph once say that he didn't like that kinda stuff?
I dunno, I could see Will picking up on something like that without having to know what necessarily went on. That sentimental advice probably sounded weird coming from Sven.
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OK, it's a little off topic, but I finally figured out what's been bothering me about the "fancy dress" sequences. It's the hats! Not the women's hats, they looked great, it's the men's hats. The brims are too small!
Now, before everybody starts calling me a costume Nazi, it's really just an aesthetic thing. I only mention it because I know Jeph is continuously trying to improve his art. Of course, I doubt he reads much of this...
Back to the hats... a bowler/Derby like Will was wearing needs to have a wider brim that curls up on the sides. The same is true of the top hats, and the body of a top hat should curve in a bit on the sides. The stovepipe style was out of fashion when Lincoln wore one, but even it had a wider brim!
Here are a couple of references...
http://www.gentlemansemporium.com/store/hats.php - Has some excellent derbies and a few "standard" top hats.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_hat - A few pictures of "the real deal".
I know, I know, it's nitpicky. It just took me a while to figure out why I found those panels jarring. I've been involved in the theater and historical recreation for way too long not to spot when an historical costume looks off, destroying the illusion. Hell, my wife was a professional costumer for over 10 years! You can't live with someone like that without some of it rubbing off...
And by the way, I thought Dora's hat was cute! I think Jeph might've been going for the pseudo-military cloth caps that are all over the place now, but it reminds me of a slightly floppy knit cap with a flat top and a brim that I had when I was a kid. It was olive colored, too.
Just the sort of thing you'd spot in a vintage clothing store / thrift shop! Makes me wonder where mine wound up...
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Did anyone else getting the feeling the last panel was breaking the fourth wall a little? Either way, I loved it!
a little??? That sound you heard was the fourth wall cascading to the ground in tiny shards. And IIRC, didn't Jeph once say that he didn't like that kinda stuff?
Not in the least. Will is a poet, he's thoroughly trained to pick up on subtext.
Whether it's there or not.
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a little??? That sound you heard was the fourth wall cascading to the ground in tiny shards. And IIRC, didn't Jeph once say that he didn't like that kinda stuff?
There isn't even a scratch in the fourth wall, Wil's simply genre savvy. It's like a villain who doesn't put the spy into an inescapable death trap because he's seen too many James Bond films.
Edit: ninja'd.
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Did anyone else getting the feeling the last panel was breaking the fourth wall a little? Either way, I loved it!
a little??? That sound you heard was the fourth wall cascading to the ground in tiny shards. And IIRC, didn't Jeph once say that he didn't like that kinda stuff?
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My, that's a rather fetching lampshade hung on that.
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Yay for Sven getting off his mopey ass and finally doing something!
It needs done, but I keep thinking they'll end up back together. :|
i'm happy too that sven came back. i was beginning to miss him. so what happen between him and faye after they talked? i really want them to get back together. they we're cute together. is jeph gonna make faye go for the other guy?
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FYI I just started here at the University of Maryland College Park and I have noticed that the squirrels on campus will walk right up to you and stare at you as if you were on display. some even follow/chase you. Kinda weird as usually anywhere else i've been they scamper off if you so much as look at them, but here they are really used to humans. Just something I noticed as far as squirrel related.
The squirrels at UMBC are like that too. I've seen them eat cigarette butts.
I heard stories that in our local pleasure park (I live in one of those Victorian seaside holiday towns in the UK) the squirrels ate the dog ends (for Americans, cigarette butts), became addicted to nicotine and then started attacking smokers to get their cigarettes. As a person who dislikes smoking (it smells bad, my main reason for disliking many things) I found this a) hilarious and b) a nice piece of poetic justice.
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Did anyone else getting the feeling the last panel was breaking the fourth wall a little? Either way, I loved it!
a little??? That sound you heard was the fourth wall cascading to the ground in tiny shards. And IIRC, didn't Jeph once say that he didn't like that kinda stuff?
It can make sense to speak of reading subtext into an ordinary conversation. Wil may simply have been saying that Sven's advice has a secondary meaning, not that Questionable Content Number 1484 has a secondary meaning. In speaking of 'subtext', he gives the point a literary connotation, but Wil is a literary fellow.
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Agree with Tago Mago. Wil is staring thoughtfully into his middle distance, not out of the frame at the reader. No fourth wall breakage here.
Bizarrely (given one of the other major topics this week), Wikipedia includes this snippet in its article on 'Breaking the Fourth Wall' - "...Marvel Comics' Squirrel Girl has also been known to address the reader at times". Goddamned convention-defying squirrels.
In other news, I have decided that Wil's cadaverous cheekbones disturb me. Very Peter Cushing - I half expect him to recite some demon-summoning incantation, or at the very least order the destruction of the planet.
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OK, it's a little off topic, but I finally figured out what's been bothering me about the "fancy dress" sequences. It's the hats! Not the women's hats, they looked great, it's the men's hats. The brims are too small!
Now, before everybody starts calling me a costume Nazi, it's really just an aesthetic thing. I only mention it because I know Jeph is continuously trying to improve his art. Of course, I doubt he reads much of this...
Back to the hats... a bowler/Derby like Will was wearing needs to have a wider brim that curls up on the sides. The same is true of the top hats, and the body of a top hat should curve in a bit on the sides. The stovepipe style was out of fashion when Lincoln wore one, but even it had a wider brim!
This. Also the fact that women wear corsets under other clothes, not AS CLOTHES in the victorian period. And they had sleeves and straps on their clothes.
HOWEVER, that is a BAR and so... it's not really historical as much as "some crap the guys who own the bar bought at a costume store". So I can let it go. Mostly.
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In Australia we dont have squirrels, we hae possoms.
In America we have both.
OK, it's a little off topic, but I finally figured out what's been bothering me about the "fancy dress" sequences. It's the hats! Not the women's hats, they looked great, it's the men's hats. The brims are too small!
Wil's hat brim has bugged me from the first, but I thought that maybe it was meant to be narrow or possibly I was misremembering the looks of a bowler.
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Poor Sven. He's such a wiener. I don't think he's ever experienced true regret before. He usually just uses a girl up until he gets bored and moves on before they matter. That's gotta burn. I wonder if this will help his writing career. There's nothing like fresh raw emotions put to paper. Mayhap he'll actually start writing music for a genre he actually listens to.
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Do you listen to Country? I think half of it is someone whining about someone they just lost.
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Do you listen to Country? I think half of it is someone whining about someone they just lost.
...and the other half is about how good life/love/country is. It's either feast or famine!
Course, the same can be said of the blues... or early rockabilly. "Heartbreak Hotel" vs. "Viva Las Vegas!"
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In Australia we dont have squirrels, we hae possoms.
In America we have both.
[Linnaeus]Technically we have opossums which are distinct from Australian possums, though in common parlance the words are often used interchangeably.[/Linnaeus]
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Do you listen to Country? I think half of it is someone whining about someone they just lost.
WTF? I know a lot of czechoslovak country (a large part of it consists of US songs with remade lyrics) but none of it can be characterised as whining. Usually the songs are about village people. or people who go kind of camping with friends , or some love histories (for example Thin Black Veil has the lyrics close to the original in content) but no such rubbish as you seem to describe. I think this knowledge is just as with the man who spoke a lot about sheepcheese dumplings (our national food, but originating from the east of the country) and someone asked him, since what he spoke did not quite fit his other info: Did you actually eat halusky (the name of the food) ? No , but my brother saw them once.
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So that's why my philosophy teacher always sayd that somebody without knowledge is somebody without an opinion! /insert now-you-know-more-pling
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Do you listen to Country? I think half of it is someone whining about someone they just lost.
WTF? I know a lot of czechoslovak country (a large part of it consists of US songs with remade lyrics) but none of it can be characterised as whining. Usually the songs are about village people. or people who go kind of camping with friends , or some love histories (for example Thin Black Veil has the lyrics close to the original in content) but no such rubbish as you seem to describe.
Well, there you go - Czeckoslovak country. I imagine some things may get a little lost in translation. But the themes are still there - village ("country") people, and how great they are; camping (or hunting, or fishing) with the "good ol' boys", and how great that is; and love. That's where you get the split - love songs are either tragic or euphoric,, there's rarely any in-between! You just don't hear, "I'm pretty satisfied, and my sex life's not bad" too often!
And songs of lost love just seem whiney to some people. Personally, I'm trying to lose someone, and it ain't workin' yet. But that's a whole 'nother story... and maybe a new country genre?
I think this knowledge is just as with the man who spoke a lot about sheepcheese dumplings (our national food, but originating from the east of the country) and someone asked him, since what he spoke did not quite fit his other info: Did you actually eat halusky (the name of the food) ? No , but my brother saw them once.
Mmmmm... haluski.... Damn, drooling on the keyboard again!
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annoying tourists which is thier primary diet.
Now, wait. With all these dangerous creatures around, is your tourism industry really so large as to be able to support both them and Drop Bears in that same ecological niche?
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My husband listens to Country music and Rock about equally. He's a country boy. I lived in his home town for a few years. Believe me, I've heard plenty of Country music. Besdies, ho says you can't enjoy something and still poke fun at it?
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My husband listens to Country music and Rock about equally. He's a country boy. I lived in his home town for a few years. Believe me, I've heard plenty of Country music. Besdies, ho says you can't enjoy something and still poke fun at it?
Well, the fun seemed as misplaced to me as making fun of George Bush for wearing pink - the subjects that you described were simply not my experience with country music. which i like a lot as well.
Maybe the new stuff is such monotonous rubbish - IMO all good music was made before 1990 (there is a number of exceptions, but plotted by quantity , it looks a lot like exponential decay
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on campus today I had a gunslinger moment with a squirrel.
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on campus today I had a gunslinger moment with a squirrel.
woooeeeooooeeeeoooooo.... waah waaaah waaaaaaahhh...
Were you good, bad, or just ugly?
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good, he was bad, and the goth chick eating by herself to the right off us was ugly :wink:
(before all kinds of hexes and curses get put on little old me I am not saying all goth chicks are ugly, in fact there are many hot ones, just this one particularity was not too physically appealing)
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Well, he IS Sven, so that may have just fell into his lap.
As so many women do.
Habits are heard to break.
Is jeph gonna make faye go for the other guy?
Yes. With a bullwhip, if need be. That be how Jeph rolls.
*snerk* Okay, I really have no idea how or if Jeph rolls, but I find the mental image of Jeph chasin' Faye around in his head with a bullwhip, shouting, "You WILL hook up with Angus, Little Missy" … intriguing.
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Well, the fun seemed as misplaced to me as making fun of George Bush for wearing pink - the subjects that you described were simply not my experience with country music.
I have no idea what the George Bush wearing pink thing is about. Something I missed, I guess?
Maybe you just haven't heard enough American Country music, because there is plenty of that stuff, that's why people joke about it. If you want, I could make you a list of songs to give a listen to. A few of my all time favorites have to be Bubba Shot the Jukebox, Friends in Low Places, Walk Softly. The first two because they're just fun to sing along to and the last one because it's got a Bluegrass feel to it, which I like.
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Well, the fun seemed as misplaced to me as making fun of George Bush for wearing pink - the subjects that you described were simply not my experience with country music.
I have no idea what the George Bush wearing pink thing is about. Something I missed, I guess?
Maybe you just haven't heard enough American Country music, because there is plenty of that stuff, that's why people joke about it. If you want, I could make you a list of songs to give a listen to. A few of my all time favorites have to be Bubba Shot the Jukebox, Friends in Low Places, Walk Softly. The first two because they're just fun to sing along to and the last one because it's got a Bluegrass feel to it, which I like.
Well it was an example of a misplaced joke - it would be absurd since bush is not known to wear pink. Same thing here - in my experience country music was not known for cheesy love songs.
Hearing the names of the songs i am starting to think that it is caused simply by me listening to older songs and to czechoslovak ones - they simply had more contentful lyrics.
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Achy Breaky Heart. Listen at your peril
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Every musical genre has its black sheep.
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My husband listens to Country music and Rock about equally. He's a country boy. I lived in his home town for a few years. Believe me, I've heard plenty of Country music. Besdies, ho says you can't enjoy something and still poke fun at it?
Our house is like that - my mom's all like "Lucinda Williams and Dixie Chicks ftw" and my dad's all like "Bruce Springsteen and Allman Brothers ftw"
I got the rock gene. lml
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How old are we talking here? The songs I listed are 17, 19, and 7 years old respectively.
Black Sheep? Are we talking specific songs or artist in general, because Trace Adkins beat Billy Ray for song with that damned Honly Tonk Badonkadonk song ... hands down.
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In Australia we dont have squirrels, we hae possoms.
In America we have both.
[Linnaeus]Technically we have opossums which are distinct from Australian possums, though in common parlance the words are often used interchangeably.[/Linnaeus]
They are indeed. According to the great manual of Wikipedia, we have 69 different species of possum in Australia. And sometimes it sounds like every single one of them is running across the roof of my house.
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czechoslovak country
... which get remade into dance songs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUydAejECak) ...
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Do you listen to Country? I think half of it is someone whining about someone they just lost.
I listen to plenty of country. I didn't suggest that country music is or isn't the appropriate genre for Sven's angst. I said maybe he'll write music for a genre he actually enjoys. Sven doesn't seem to like country music or his own songs. He's wealthy because he's a marketable song writer and doesn't have to work too hard or use any real emotions in order to sell lyrics. Now he has some real raw emotion and some serious regret and I would think that he'd be more likely to take his REAL emotions and put them in a genre of music he enjoys listening to. I'm pretty sure he's an indie music fan like Faye and Marten.
Also I think most MUSIC in general is about someone whining about someone they just lost.
Also because I have nothing else to do. A song concept for Sven:
Here's the story of your
red right knuckle
that you used to bruise my face*
as the muscle bone and sinew mangled
and the skin was roughly shed
how it whispered 'this cocksucker cheated on me'
because we are bound by dysfunctionality
and whatever differences our views have been
we'll probably end up in bed again
This is the story of your
red right knuckle...
*These are metaphorical bruises. I know that Faye never actually hit Sven.
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It's interesting that the author note actually changes the way I read that strip (especially since the note loaded and thus got read first).
Without the note, the result of Sven and Faye's talk is certainly not, uh, dumpster sex, but it could range anywhere from "Yeah, I guess we can be friends - but nothing more, ever" to "No, I never want to see you again. Don't come near the coffee shop."
With the note, it kind of implies we start with "Don't come near the coffee shop" and goes downhill from there.
Oh well - Sven looks like a classic case of "Don't know what you've got till it's gone" and unfortunately doesn't seem to know of any way to get 'it' back. If he ever finds someone he cares about again, hopefully he'll understand his feelings and summon the ability to say "no" to whoever is trying to seduce him.
As for Faye - she contributed to the downfall of their relationship by insisting it was sex and only sex, which certainly helped Sven treat the relationship as if it was disposable.
Still hoping she doesn't rebound into the arms of Slimegus though.
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For the person trying to lose someone, check out Jack Ingram's "I Can't Leave You". It's hilarious.
Every genre has its crap. I actually love "Achy Breaky Heart" and "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" just because of how over-the-top ridiculous they are.
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They are indeed. According to the great manual of Wikipedia, we have 69 different species of possum in Australia. And sometimes it sounds like every single one of them is running across the roof of my house.
I hear you, sister! I'll swear that the rotten little things wear hobnailed boots. And you can't send your anthro-PC out to zap them because they're protected :police: species. Then there are the flying-foxes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Flying-fox) that flap noisily in and out of the Banksia tree outside my bedroom in the middle of the night...
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Heh. Tonight's comic really cracked me up.
I especially loved the third frame where it shows her and the squirrel in silhouette charging towards each other -- I think that should be the next QC t-shirt!
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Am I the only one who heard music from Kill Bill when I read this one? No? Good.
Marigold needs to upgrade Momo's humor detection software, perhaps move that slider a few clicks away from 'literal' and toward 'just joking'
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How can Marigold do that when she herself has problems with taking things too literally? I suspect the main reason Momo didn't recognize the joke is that Marigold is not given to making them.*
ANd I think you are the only one, akronnick. I think I heard some pipe-laden theme from Samurai Jack.
*Edit: I mean, who thinks asking for a squirrel instead of a tool is a ripping good joke?
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Am I the only one who heard music from Kill Bill when I read this one? No? Good.
Not at first... but now I have that in my head. It helps that I can set it as a ringtone on my phone, that way I can get it out of my system.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNfwolnkJG0
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A single-stroke battle of which Miyamoto Musashi would have been proud. I can't believe that TV Tropes' entry (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main.SingleStrokeBattle) has already been updated with a citation of tonight's comic. We are such nerds.
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I seriously loved everything about this comic. I too would love to see a shirt with panel 3-4 on it.
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Momo, go get the roomba. Only he has the power to deal with the squirrel (and the profile to get under the bed).
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:-o
Momo = complete and utter awesomeness :D
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Brilliant. Just... brilliant.
If I had a tall thin monitor, panels 1-3 would now be wallpaper.
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OMG 2nd best strip EVAR
Best ever still belongs to #666 metal interlude
thank you for making my Friday
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How can Marigold do that when she herself has problems with taking things too literally? I suspect the main reason Momo didn't recognize the joke is that Marigold is not given to making them.*
ANd I think you are the only one, akronnick. I think I heard some pipe-laden theme from Samurai Jack.
*Edit: I mean, who thinks asking for a squirrel instead of a tool is a ripping good joke?
I agree, it was a bit of a stretch. I'm under the impression Jeph is leaning to 'oh man this would be so much fun to draw' instead of 'oh hey I think everyone would laugh at this', which is perfectly fine, of course, since it's his work.
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Who doesn't love the old school Ninja Gaiden reference...
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I seriously loved everything about this comic. I too would love to see a shirt with panel 3-4 on it.
Yes.
Please.
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Am I the only one who heard music from Kill Bill when I read this one? No? Good.
I imagined the music from [ur=http://www.homestarrunner.com/underconstruction.html]this cartoon[/url], since the sequences are so similar (especially with the ambiguous-climax bit).
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I love the little smile after the squirrel falls.
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So does Momo keep the kendo stick in the place as the live eels?
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*Edit: I mean, who thinks asking for a squirrel instead of a tool is a ripping good joke?
I agree, it was a bit of a stretch. I'm under the impression Jeph is leaning to 'oh man this would be so much fun to draw' instead of 'oh hey I think everyone would laugh at this', which is perfectly fine, of course, since it's his work.
Actually, I thought it was perfectly in character. It's Marigold's failing, not Jeph's. Of course, Marigold is Jeph, but Jeph is not Marigold. If you follow me.
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Actually, I thought it was perfectly in character. It's Marigold's failing, not Jeph's. Of course, Marigold is Jeph, but Jeph is not Marigold. If you follow me.
Yes he is.
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*Edit: I mean, who thinks asking for a squirrel instead of a tool is a ripping good joke?
I agree, it was a bit of a stretch. I'm under the impression Jeph is leaning to 'oh man this would be so much fun to draw' instead of 'oh hey I think everyone would laugh at this', which is perfectly fine, of course, since it's his work.
Actually, I thought it was perfectly in character. It's Marigold's failing, not Jeph's. Of course, Marigold is Jeph, but Jeph is not Marigold. If you follow me.
Definitely have to agree on that one. If it were any other character saying that you would think they had lost their edge, but for Marigold it just... works.
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...Of course, Marigold is Jeph, but Jeph is not Marigold. If you follow me.
Actually, my oldest daughter is Marigold. The room, the "pet" rats, the acne, the "all over" hair, two moles on her chin. It's uncanny, really, down to the anime and manga (yes, yaoi too, but she thinks I don't know), and the gaming.
And the absolute sense of panic when her 'puter's mother board blew the other day.
She follows QC too, and is just as oblivious as Marigold is to the whole "personal epiphany" thing. Just my liuck... I'm still waiting for Hannelore to show up and CLEAN THE FRIGGIN ROOM!!
By the way, she thought the squirrel thing was hilARious!
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Does she also read this forum? :D
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That's one for you, plethora. (Not that I'm keeping score.) But, if she is Marigold, the connection won't hit her, most likely. She'll probably just sit there wondering who that silly girl is, rejoicing that her dad hasn't found out about her interest in yaoi.
Or she would have, until I posted this. :-D
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Does she also read this forum? :D
Thankfully, no. She's too busy with school, gaming, and the other webcomics she follows. she doesn't bother with comic forums, just a couple of gaming ones.
How do I know? I have my ways. And no, they don't involve tracking software! :roll:
But Raoullefere's right, even if she finds that post, it won't hit her. Well, not right away. Afer all, she's Marigold!
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I haven't read the comic in a few weeks but just caught up.
Why does Sven look like a lesbian?
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Because he is.
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Seriously. He had the k.d. lang look going there. I didn't recognize him at first.
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Maybe he's a closet lesbian.
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yeah, i think sven looks A LOT better with the glasses. it's just not right without the glasses & the longer hair..