I'm hoping Veronica's little CoD visit leads to (at some point, it's only been a couple days, after all ...) some sort of conversation between Marten and Dora. Not a makeup/relationship reset, but them being willing to talk to each other, or even just be in the same room, to keep the social circle from fracturing too much / keep Faye from feeling too awkward about the whole thing.
... :-D And grits. :-P With brown sugar. :evil:
Marten wouldn't let things get awkward between his friends.
Especially if his mom's genes are dominant.Ba-doom tish!
Well, other than saying that she was completely normal to Hanner's face--which would be "nice" for Hanners to know, really (that odd case of someone that obviously genuinely believes that she's not psychotic), and ripping Marten a new one, she's been the epitome of "not mean," given the obvious comparison to her own mother, who dared her to touch the men's toilet seat at a bar.
They'll be lucky if they can maintain a decent friendship after this.
Yarr, there be a nasty storm afoot in the Sea of QC, been blowing ever since November with nary a break.They'll be lucky if they can maintain a decent friendship after this.
Oh, hell no. If a friendship can't withstand a little awkwardness, it wasn't much of a friendship in the first place! Their friendship's built on more than the underlying sexual tension/attraction they had for one another at the beginning. If that were all there were, then yes, this would've torpedoed it. This is nothing more than some choppy seas.
[/nautical relationship metaphors]
Well, if there was any chance at all of the Marten-Faye ship limping to port, Marten's offhand comment just blew that chance out of the water. That ship is now on it's way to the bottom of a deep ocean trench. In pieces.There wasn't any chance at all. Jeph has been hammering that point home pretty strongly in both the strip and in his comments under the strip. It's getting a bit tiresome now. We know, Jeph. I'm sure you're probably sick of the shippers right now, but please don't take it out on everyone. The forum has been well behaved lately.
They'll be lucky if they can maintain a decent friendship after this.I really hope you're wrong. Then again, in my circles that 'awkward zone' would last about two minutes until someone else made a vulgar remark about something less sensitive. It shouldn't be that big of a deal, really.
There seems to be as much romantic tension as ever between Marten and Faye. Over the past few days (in comic time), both characters have been acting equivocally on the matter.I'd love to be able to agree with you, but Jeph has pretty much sunk the ship with a nuclear warhead. I think the only thing at issue here is Faye's natural vanity, her assumption that of course she'd be a great girlfriend for Marten and that he'd be damned lucky to have her. Marten has certainly always played up to that impression in the past, giving her a welcome boost to her self-esteem whenever she needed it.
He's dismissive of the idea of a relationship with Faye in today's strip, but when he was hammered a couple nights ago, it sure seemed like he was still interested in her.You don't suppose that when he was plastered, he just saw a pair of fine boobs and a big round ass and lunged for them? I don't know about you, but I don't make rational decisions about relationships when I'm drunk, I think with my libido instead. Bad decisions frequently result.
I have to say, when Marten basically begged for a punching with the "amazing sex" comment, but Faye just sat there looking rejected, it was one of the saddest things I've ever seen in the comic. Faye too sad to punch Marten? Daaaaaaang.I do consider your interpretation one of the possibilities, but it's also possible that she reacted with horror rather than with feelings of rejection. It's also possible that she was expecting and hoping to get the aforementioned ego-stroking treatment that she has always got from Marten before now, and was just sad because this is the first time he's ever failed to play up to her. Even when he was drunk, he still affirmed her status as a desirable and sexy woman.
Now she kicks him out, and he's left in another building, away from Hannelore, too far to commute to the library, Steve is called up into active duty again, and...That would be a huge over-reaction, don't you think? If she didn't kick him out for drunken attempts to hit on her, she's not going to do so for this... and besides, one tenant in a shared apartment can't just kick the other one out. At least not where I come from...
Marten's drunk comments and actions could be taken as hostile. We don't know what he did, but Faye certainly wasn't playful about punching him.Is that in response to me? I certainly agree with your point, but you have to admit, it didn't break the trend of his reactions to her. That's an important point. Until today's strip, he has never varied in his assessment of her as a potential girlfriend. Even when he was with Dora, he never said "Well, thank God I dodged that bullet."
Faye too sad to punch Marten? Daaaaaaang.
I don't consider it a guarantee that Marten will lose Faye's friendship-but look at the expression on Faye's face at Marten's comment-she seems actually HURT by his comment. At the very least they're certainly going to be in the Awkward Zone for awhile.Oh great. More comics that aren't fun to read. :-(
First off: to those of you who are saying that Jeph has no intention of getting Marten and Faye into a relationship, I think you're right (at least for the foreseeable future of the comic). That being said, the romantic tension between the two has been a defining theme of these characters--and even of the comic itself--since the very beginning. I don't think it will be going away any time soon.It seems to me that Jeph is deliberately putting distance between Faye and Marten, not just as a potential couple, but also in their friendship. I wouldn't be surprised if the romantic tension not only stopped dead as a direct result of this, but if in the long term Faye even moved in with Angus. That of course would have nothing to do with today's events, but it would have the effect of making her far less close with Marten.
Martin's lunging for some T&A at the end of the strip may have been a product of an alcohol-enhanced libido, but his lament about breaking through Faye's defenses, only to see her end up with other guys, seemed to be heartfelt.I can't be that sure, myself. Having just gone through a breakup, he was no doubt feeling bitter about relationships in general...
And Biscuit, even with true friends, there are certain things you never joke about with them.I'll accept that freely, and agree with it. I can't see that this should be one of 'em though. It's a standard wisecrack, too cliché to be either especially funny or offensive. I don't even accept that Faye is offended by it. For all we know the moment could have lasted an incredibly short time, and she could have been more bothered by Marten agreeing with his mom than with the vulgarity.
it'd have to be pretty ridiculous waffles then....
Is it strange that I don't even consider what Marten said to be a problem? It was a vulgar wisecrack, and that's all.
Any friend you could lose with that remark is a friend you never really had.
Faye could, of course, return the awkwardness in spades by telling him about his drunken pass...
But I hope that's not the way it goes; not least, Hanners would finally implode with embarrassment.
It's been said that the only people who hate JoePa are Nazis and Pitt fans :-D. I'll go ahead and assume you're still bitter about Joe ruining your perfect season in '81. No hard feelings though; it's not like this is the PennLive forum.
I need a beer. No, three beers.
Talk about sticking both your feet down your throat.
I expect Jeph to do something completely unexpected to end this
Remember, being big and popular does not make you a good school. It can, however, make you a bully. And emblematic of that is paying an octogenarian who should've retired 20 years ago over a million dollars a year for doing next to nothing - his coaching staff does all the work.**Disclaimer** Off topic, but i hardly ever post anyway so what the heck... I have a positive PSU bias because my mother worked a very low-level job for them, but it was enough to get both my brothers and I the 75% staff tuition discount...effectively 12 years of classes for the price of 3. That said, find one single credible source (someone with a believable claim to inside knowledge of the athletic program) who agrees that Joe does "next to nothing". Not everyone involved in the program likes him. Several people, student athletes as well as staff, have left or transferred on less than ideal terms, yet among all their criticisms, explicit and veiled, no one has ever said Joe doesn't do the work of a college head coach. Many of the current staff (Tom Bradley?) would significantly benefit from forcing his retirement, but no one has made any attempt whatsoever since they started winning again after the 2000-2004 slump. If you worked for Penn State, maybe you know something I don't, but every argument I've heard in favor of his retirement always boils down to "LOL, he is teh old, LOL".
Well, somebody else had cited it as evidence that Marten was still interested in the Pugnacious Peach, which *is* possible, but on that occasion he had gone beyond Crude Pass into Insulting And Possibly Dangerous.Marten's drunk comments and actions could be taken as hostile. We don't know what he did, but Faye certainly wasn't playful about punching him.Is that in response to me? I certainly agree with your point, but you have to admit, it didn't break the trend of his reactions to her. That's an important point. Until today's strip, he has never varied in his assessment of her as a potential girlfriend. Even when he was with Dora, he never said "Well, thank God I dodged that bullet."
If I've missed your point, please elaborate. :)
NB: I have edited my post, since it appears that I didn't quote the points I was responding to correctly. Please re-read my post above to see if that clarifies what I was trying to say.
STEAK WAFFLES!!1!
"The Belgian waffle is a type of waffle identified by its larger size, lighter batter and higher grid pattern which forms deep pockets and has larger squares. In Belgium, there are a number of different types of waffle, including the Brussels waffle, the Liège waffle and the stroopwafel; what is known in North America as the "Belgian waffle" is most similar to the Brussels waffle. As opposed to a traditional waffle, the Belgian waffle attributes its height to the use of yeast batter instead of a pancake batter.[1] They are often eaten as a breakfast food. In North America, they are usually served with butter (or margarine) and maple syrup or with vanilla ice cream and fresh fruit (such as strawberries) as a dessert."STEAK WAFFLES!!1!
Staffles? Sounds like a German word. Or a Dutch word. But waffles themselves are Belgian which isn't too far off so I guess it makes sense. Are all waffles Belgian? If they are then why do we only call Belgian waffles as such? Wouldn't all waffles be Belgian waffles? And where does steak originally come from?
/stream of conciousness
Now she kicks him out, and he's left in another building, away from Hannelore, too far to commute to the library, Steve is called up into active duty again, and...Who would guard Faye's toaster?
And where does steak originally come from?
Yep, things are going to be seriously awkward between them for quite awhile, could even get ugly.
And where does steak originally come from?
Kowloon? Macao? Coward, South Carolina?
D
It's - it's from cows. Steak comes from cow meat. Steak is cow meat.
I mean, come on. This break up has been on the horizon for a long time. I get it, you really cared about her, blah blah blah. She also snubbed and degraded you all the time and made you feel like shit. Move on. Not to Faye.
I mean, come on. This break up has been on the horizon for a long time. I get it, you really cared about her, blah blah blah. She also snubbed and degraded you all the time and made you feel like shit. Move on. Not to Faye.
Well, to be fair - and I absolutely agree that this isn't going to spell the end of the Faye/Marten friendship, because that would be insane to end a friendship over something so trivial - but to be fair, only a few days, maybe a week has passed since the breakup for the characters. It feels much longer to us because we've been doing these strips since, what, November or something? It's been 41 strips now. So it feels way longer for us, but it hasn't been nearly so long for them. Marten gets to be a mopeypants for a little while. As the song says, breaking up is hard to do.
Minute steak, on the other hand, comes from Minute, France, at 43° 58' N / 1° 16' E.
Yes, I am making this up.
STEAK WAFFLES!!1!
Staffles? Sounds like a German word. Or a Dutch word. But waffles themselves are Belgian which isn't too far off so I guess it makes sense. Are all waffles Belgian? If they are then why do we only call Belgian waffles as such? Wouldn't all waffles be Belgian waffles? And where does steak originally come from?
/stream of conciousness
In the previous awkward zone, the bartender produced the clothing and hats on request - this time, it seems, the hats appeared by magic.
Netram Deer-in-the-headlights, is more like it.
I only wish my name was that easily transposed.
I dont like polls without Hanners. :cry:
See, that awkward wasn't a big deal. But yes, in a few days/maybe a week (comic) time, Marten should go see Dora, maybe at Svens, and hash out an attempt at a less awkward future for all.
@PenSwordAccord: I'm generally fairly relaxed about spelling, but I do think we should try to get the names of the characters we discuss right. Curious as it seems, it's not Martin but Marten.
You mean Netram's debut in CoD. I've never been to an ostrich race, sounds like fun.
@PenSwordAccord: I'm generally fairly relaxed about spelling, but I do think we should try to get the names of the characters we discuss right. Curious as it seems, it's not Martin but Marten.
QC Discussion: "Dear Jeff, how does Martin type with boxing gloves on?"
I don't post usually, but that poll had me cracking up with the choice for a rubbish bowler from the West Indies...lord knows we have too many rubbish bowlers as it stands here in the WI, don't need Marten to join the ranks. :-P
...
There are just some no-go topics with people, that, no matter the circumstances, will never be funny to them. Sometimes, that pain is just too nasty to be made light of, and for some people it can be enough to ruin even the steadiest friendships.
Or cows that can be armed and ready to fight at a minute's notice!
You know, like....like minutemen. Minutecows?
:psyduck:
He's a ... weasel?
That ain't good.
You mean Netram's debut in CoD. I've never been to an ostrich race, sounds like fun.
They are hella fun. They hold races just down the road from me: Ostrich Racing News (http://phoenix.about.com/cs/events/a/ostrich01.htm)
I thought a stake through the heart was supposed to... you know, foof the vampire into dust or something. Least, that's what happens every time I've seen it in the movies.Disintegrating into dust is a recent trope. You just haven't watched enough old Hammer Horror movies on late-night TV. Or read Bram Stoker in full-weird psycho-sexual flood:
I like that in the span of time between sightings of the Russian army hat, it's style has gone from indy to mainstream... the damn furry flap things are in every mall store and Wal*mart in the country now!The "Russian army hat" is a ushanka. Popular in China (http://www.chinacartimes.com/wp-content/05.jpg) too. And you know they've gone mainstream when there is a website devoted to selling them. (http://ushankahat.com/) Capitalism good, tovarich!
This blog post uses misogynist sexism as an example - no trigger warnings I can see: http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2009/08/terrible-bargain-we-have-regretfully.htmlThank you for linking to this excellent article.
This blog post uses misogynist sexism as an example - no trigger warnings I can see: http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2009/08/terrible-bargain-we-have-regretfully.htmlThank you for linking to this excellent article.
See? I knew it was something like that. My lingo is bad. Gotta go brush up.What's funny is, I don't generally follow cricket. Being a Yank and all, of course. But I do know my googlies from my leg turns.(A pedantic cricket fan writes...):
"Leg turns"? Do you mean "leg breaks"?
Errrrr....I didn't link that article.....I apologise. My nested-quote-parsing-fu deserted me, and I should have attributed the link to DJRubberducky:
This blog post uses misogynist sexism as an example - no trigger warnings I can see: http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2009/08/terrible-bargain-we-have-regretfully.html
Disintegrating into dust is a recent trope. You just haven't watched enough old Hammer Horror movies on late-night TV. Or read Bram Stoker in full-weird psycho-sexual flood:Bram Stokers vampires already disintegrated into dust as well, if the vampire was old enough. More specifically, the vampire would revert to its natural state. That would translate, for really old vampires, to turn into dust almost immediately.
@PenSwordAccord: I'm generally fairly relaxed about spelling, but I do think we should try to get the names of the characters we discuss right. Curious as it seems, it's not Martin but Marten.
QC Discussion: "Dear Jeff, how does Martin type with boxing gloves on?"
I'm a little late with this, but Hanners in a baseball cap and hoodie could only be cuter if she managed pigtailsBLEARGH
Various opinions on the spelling of Vladek, it seems...
(http://cassland.org/images/Vladek.png)
Buffy Summers the vampire slayer stakes a vampire, and *poof* it turns to dust.Family friendly dust...
Various opinions on the spelling of Vladek, it seems...
I'm a little late with this, but Hanners in a baseball cap and hoodie could only be cuter if she managed pigtailsBLEARGH
BLAGH BLUGH HRRRRGGGGGG
BLAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHH
Never fucking say that again.
Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
Who lives in a pineapple under the Sea?
<snip>
Or even better still - he should open his own coffee shop with Hannelore and his big-chested roommate...
and be in direct competition with his ex!
Betcha Beatrice would bankroll him.
Or even better still - he should open his own coffee shop with Hannelore and his big-chested roommate...
and be in direct competition with his ex!
I didn't realize Marten was such a Anthro PC racist. I would totally trust Winston to make coffee. They could probably make a sweet Wi-fi coffee robot so he can serve it up telekentically.
Vladek's Beverage Emporium
You want coffee? Maybe I get you coffee. Maybe I get you PUNCH IN THE FACE.
I smell another t-shirt! It's right up there with the Pugnacious Peach! Barista's everywhere would buy the Vladeks shirt.
Hell I'm a receptionist and I'd buy that shirt.
I tend to prefer coffehouses with too many hippies.
Harder to come by here in the South than where I'm from, though. :-(
Pintsize can't be representative of EVERY AnthroPC. Doesn't Mari have an APC that's reasonably functional without being perverted or odd? (aside from the squirrel thing)
Pintsize can't be representative of EVERY AnthroPC. Doesn't Mari have an APC that's reasonably functional without being perverted or odd? (aside from the squirrel thing)Even Momo-tan has sexual fantasies about Sven (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1658), and sprays ill-controlled lightning-bolts (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1474) around. And then there's the whole live eels (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1298) thing...
There's NO WAY Coffee of Doom is the only 'acceptable' place for Marten.
He needs to never go in there again. If it were the real world!
But yeah, it was a poorly timed and sad attempt at humor from a guy who's wayyy off his game. No harm, no foul, just a moment of awkward.
There's NO WAY Coffee of Doom is the only 'acceptable' place for Marten.
He needs to never go in there again. If it were the real world!
Man, some people must live in an odd real world if breaking up with someone because of issues that have nothing to do with compatibility for friendship means NEVER GOING NEAR THEM AGAIN.
(I mean, yeah, go somewhere else for a while and give space, but SERIOUSLY, wth guys.)
Sorry, but you are wrong. Hanners with pigtails and a baseball cap would be downright adorable.I'm a little late with this, but Hanners in a baseball cap and hoodie could only be cuter if she managed pigtailsBLEARGH
BLAGH BLUGH HRRRRGGGGGG
BLAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHH
Never fucking say that again.
I think Marten should just go to Coffee of Doom ironically
(NOTE: the previous eight in the list above are actual coffee houses in Northampton, Massachusetts. The more you know...)
I think Marten should just go to Coffee of Doom ironically
as a person from a country (holland) with very precise and strict city planning, do all small american towns have a layout like this?
Over here in Germany (which is basically next door to you) we have plenty of cities with what they call "radial streets", ie streets leading away from a church, marketplace etc. in every direction you can imagine, because most cities are pretty old and were founded in the middle ages. Don't you have such cities? :?
should she not be working
Remember, America didn't have a "middle ages" like us in Europe. The reason tourists from over there are so "ooh! aah!" in European cities is that they really haven't seen stuff that old before.
do all small american towns have a layout like this?
The La-Li-Lu-Lo-Lo!?
http://mimg.ugo.com/200812/14244/the-patriots.jpg
The La-Li-Lu-Lo-Lo!?
http://mimg.ugo.com/200812/14244/the-patriots.jpg
Whas the image you meant to link 12 blurry men's faces? 'cause that's what I'm getting.
If so, I don't get it.
Yeah, to us "really old stuff" is something from the 1700's. Or, in some places in the Northeast and Southwest, 1600's.Only if you restrict yourself to artefacts of European colonisation, and ignore, for example, the ancient pueblos of the Southwest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Pueblo_Peoples) :-D
Is it possible that there is a cute blond chick in NoHo who's crazier than Hannelore?
We must know more about fairy princess costume chick!!!
Only if you restrict yourself to artefacts of European colonisation, and ignore, for example, the ancient pueblos of the Southwest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Pueblo_Peoples) :-D
<snip>
Real faeries are a whole lot scarier.
It's the PATRIOTS! (http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r99/Mace32/119b5172.jpg)
Whas the image you meant to link 12 blurry men's faces? 'cause that's what I'm getting.
If so, I don't get it.
Well, as our knowledge about genetics improves further, creating reallife unicorns will probably be possible soon.
Also, in a world with little androids, its very likely that creating an artificial unicorn isnt so hard either.
<snip>
Real faeries are a whole lot scarier.
No they're not. Just ask Brooke McEldowney (http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/).
We must know more about fairy princess costume chick!!!It's Pizza Girl's other facade. :roll:
Hmm, I wonder if Marten would also have worldview collapse from a dragon...
Well, as our knowledge about genetics improves further, creating reallife unicorns will probably be possible soon.
Also, in a world with little androids, its very likely that creating an artificial unicorn isnt so hard either.
so daddy little princess can abuse/neglect a unicorn instead of a regular horse?
plus it'l be a long time untill its financially worth it to create a unicorn, or there have to be scientists that actually make this for their experiment instead of a 4-asses monkey
(NOTE: the previous eight in the list above are actual coffee houses in Northampton, Massachusetts. The more you know...)
never google mapped northampton before, but it doesnt look like much on maps/satallite doesnt have streetview sadly
as a person from a country (holland) with very precise and strict city planning, do all small american towns have a layout like this?
i cant make heads or tails of what 'downtown' is here, its shops and houses mixed all over the place ;o plus it kinda looks like a dump from space
I don't know what you are talking about. :roll:
Hmm, I wonder if Marten would also have worldview collapse from a dragon...
who in their right mind would wear a fairy costume outdoors?
The La-Li-Lu-Lo-Lo!?(http://images.wikia.com/newgrounds/images/0/02/Metal_Gear_Awesome.jpg)
http://mimg.ugo.com/200812/14244/the-patriots.jpg
She didn't REALLY say la-li-lu-le-lo. You nanomachines made you THINK she did.
Uh, I doubt anyone would dare abusing a huge animal with a pointy horn.
She didn't REALLY say la-li-lu-le-lo. You nanomachines made you THINK she did.
la-li-lu-le-lo is, in fact, a formula to summon Cthulhu.Uh, I doubt anyone would dare abusing a huge animal with a pointy horn.
Clearly, you have never been to the "furry porn" side of the internet, sir. It is part of the rule 34 country and shares a border with the 4chan peninsula. This fact has lead to grim border wars during the last century.
She didn't REALLY say la-li-lu-le-lo. You nanomachines made you THINK she did.
la-li-lu-le-lo is, in fact, a formula to summon Cthulhu.Uh, I doubt anyone would dare abusing a huge animal with a pointy horn.
Clearly, you have never been to the "furry porn" side of the internet, sir. It is part of the rule 34 country and shares a border with the 4chan peninsula. This fact has lead to grim border wars during the last century.
In either case, I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit.
It's the only way to be sure.
There's NO WAY Coffee of Doom is the only 'acceptable' place for Marten.
He needs to never go in there again. If it were the real world!
Man, some people must live in an odd real world if breaking up with someone because of issues that have nothing to do with compatibility for friendship means NEVER GOING NEAR THEM AGAIN.
(I mean, yeah, go somewhere else for a while and give space, but SERIOUSLY, wth guys.)
For many people, in many social circles, never seeing or talking to your ex again is a common result of a breakup. Common enough in that it's unusual when it doesn't happen. And remember, Marten is NOT friends with any of his other exes. He doesn't see or talk to Vicki, for example, and he's fine with that. It may be different in your social circle, but that's your social circle.
Sure, and I was conscious of that while writing; but in the context of the origins of current town plans, the point is valid, I think.Indeed, as I thought when I was posting. :wink: When it comes to ancient urban plans, I give you the hutong (http://www.beijingholiday.com/assets/images/attractions/drum-tower/hutongs-as-viewed-from-drum-tower-wangfujing-street.jpg) of Beijing, and yes, there really are streets (http://www.beijingholiday.com/assets/images/attractions/bike-tour/hutong.jpg) down there. The Chinese approach to urban development is generally just to send in the bulldozers, and the hutong are rapidly disappearing except for patches preserved for tourism.
When it comes to ancient urban plans, I give you the hutong (http://www.beijingholiday.com/assets/images/attractions/drum-tower/hutongs-as-viewed-from-drum-tower-wangfujing-street.jpg) of Beijing, and yes, there really are streets (http://www.beijingholiday.com/assets/images/attractions/bike-tour/hutong.jpg) down there.
Sure, those ones aren't, the ones that swap babies in cribs, slaughter you for looking at them, and hunt mercilessly on particular nights of the year - those generally don't get portrayed in a comic strip.
If they run into Harry, Ron and Hermione, I'll probably pass out.shhh not in fornt of the muggles ;)
If they run into Harry, Ron and Hermione, I'll probably pass out.shhh not in fornt of the muggles ;)
Script's done! NOW ALL I HAVE TO DO IS COME UP WITH FOUR NEW CHARACTER DESIGNS
AND multiple complex new interior backgrounds. HAHAHAHA THIS COMIC IS GOING TO TAKE 10 HOURS TO DRAW HAFLHFAHLDLFFLAH
Remember, America didn't have a "middle ages" like us in Europe. The reason tourists from over there are so "ooh! aah!" in European cities is that they really haven't seen stuff that old before.
Yeah, to us "really old stuff" is something from the 1700's. Or, in some places in the Northeast and Southwest, 1600's.
(To my shame, it's only "1800's" in my neck of the woods.)
Brace yourself, folks:Hmm OK, I'll check back tomorrow if he's done yet.Quote from: Jeph via TwitterScript's done! NOW ALL I HAVE TO DO IS COME UP WITH FOUR NEW CHARACTER DESIGNSQuote from: Jeph via TwitterAND multiple complex new interior backgrounds. HAHAHAHA THIS COMIC IS GOING TO TAKE 10 HOURS TO DRAW HAFLHFAHLDLFFLAH
ho boy o_O
Brace yourself, folks:Quote from: Jeph via TwitterScript's done! NOW ALL I HAVE TO DO IS COME UP WITH FOUR NEW CHARACTER DESIGNSQuote from: Jeph via TwitterAND multiple complex new interior backgrounds. HAHAHAHA THIS COMIC IS GOING TO TAKE 10 HOURS TO DRAW HAFLHFAHLDLFFLAH
ho boy o_O
I'll call it.
NEW LOVE INTEREST FOR MARTIN AT THE BAKERY!!!!
No, not the Fairy. Unless it's abit more....dark?:
Jeph could always replace her with Mysterious Dancing Fairy.
I'd welcome it. A positive-attituded blonde girl with offhanded connections to an evil world-dominating mega PMC?
Heck yes!
What other alt would there be?.....Alt-Yelling Bird!?!!?
the horror, the horror
Obviously that'd be a cat that flew right up to you and whispered menacing obscenities in your ear.
Will one of them be Vladek? Oh please let one of them be Vladek.
(Unlikely perhaps but I want to see the man behind the fists. I imagine him scarred, on his arms and hands more than his face, a moustache that is grey and thick and proud. His eyes speak of dark deeds in the name of his Rodina; his perpetual grimace of his livid contempt for his current occupation.
Tortura is his niece.)
Obviously that'd be a cat that flew right up to you and whispered menacing obscenities in your ear.
Fixed for you. 'Cause that's the only way it makes any sense at all!
You think a flying cat is feasible in the QC universe?
Hmm.
Nevermind; Marten would have a difficult time pulling Mr. Mopey anywhere. That is a large man.
Whenever you talk about tvtropes, you're supposed to add a link (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ObviousTrap).
What other alt would there be?.....Alt-Yelling Bird!?!!?
the horror, the horror
Queue the Marten/Bakery-Girl shippers!
Which of the various possibilities for PMC were you referring to?
Possible. Marten and Steve don't have too many facial characteristics that are easily picked up on, like Dora and Faye.
Either way, I DO want to meet Hannersatz.
All right, here's my take:
Guy 1 (brown hair, plaid shirt, looks like an "X" on his neck): "Mirror" version of Steve.
Guy 2 (light brown hair, white shirt, muscular):non-indie-boy"Mirror" version of Marten.
Gal 1 (long hair, in apron): "Mirror" version of Dora.
Gal 2 (short hair, glasses, flannel shirt): "Mirror" version of Faye.
I was thinking on my way in to work (dangerous, especially with all the fresh snow...)
Where does Dora get the muffins and brownies? They're not baked at CoD, there was discussion of putting in a kitchen once, but it went nowhere...
The Secret Bakery is the perfect supplier - when people ask, "Where do you get your delicious [insert baked good]?" you can say,
"It's a Secret..."
I was thinking on my way in to work (dangerous, especially with all the fresh snow...)
Where does Dora get the muffins and brownies? They're not baked at CoD, there was discussion of putting in a kitchen once, but it went nowhere...
The Secret Bakery is the perfect supplier - when people ask, "Where do you get your delicious [insert baked good]?" you can say,
"It's a Secret..."
whats the last two's origin anyway? they kinda lack any african features, their more indian looking like morgue girl...whatever her name was again
I am looking forward to seeing alternate-universe AnthroPCs.
They could be doppelgangers (has anyone ever noticed what an awesome word that is?), or it might be Jeph making a statement on how everyone goes through the problems the main cast is going through right now. Maybe it's just intended to make Marten feel better about himself. Or drive him insane.
What is the dark grey upricght standing thingy in panel one? The thing at the right of the door.
(http://i53.tinypic.com/2nvezio.gif)
Is it just me, or does the one girl in the 4th panel look like a black Tai?
Alt-Pintsize is a British gentleman with tophat and monocle. He is serving tea every time a visitor drops by, no one ever asks where he gets it from.
Also, a Farinograph (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farinograph) seems fairly esoteric, baking-equipment-wise. (I know, too little too late.)
Is it just me, or does the one girl in the 4th panel look like a black Tai?We'll know for sure if she attends a black Tai party.
Is it just me, or does the one girl in the 4th panel look like a black Tai?Black Tai? Can't be, she's not wearing a tux... :-D (Edit: Dang! Somebody beat me to it.)
As for the new characters, the taller on could easily be African-American, with straightened hair (very common in these parts). The other one looks more southeast-asian to me, Indian, Pakistani, that neighborhood? I can even hear her with an accent... but she probably doesn't have one, unless she puts one on to seem exotic (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=822). :-PI'm not even going to guess. The shorter dark-complexioned girl (Faytima? Fayndira?) appears to have a nose-ring, but that is hardly decisive nowadays. She certainly seems remarkably relaxed about a fire in the "engine-room" of a bakery. I'm guessing that the "giant blender thing" is a spiral kneading machine (http://www.archiexpo.com/architecture-design-manufacturer/spiral-kneader-284.html), assuming they bake on the premises.
Gal 2 (short hair, glasses, flannel shirt): "Mirror" version of Faye.
You think a flying cat is feasible in the QC universe?
Hmm.
And for the record, there's already been a flying cat in the QC-verse. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1666)
Is it just me, or does the one girl in the 4th panel look like a black Tai?We'll know for sure if she attends a black Tai party.
Whenever you talk about tvtropes, you're supposed to add a link (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ObviousTrap).Ooh, I haven't been to that page yet... *click*
Is there a bakery near CoD?
The alternate Hanners is either the opposite of OCD, or has another mental disease like schizophrenia
Also, a Farinograph (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farinograph) seems fairly esoteric, baking-equipment-wise. (I know, too little too late.)
Totally blind, but I must have missed the trigger for this reference...
Same here - it's not in the twitter feed, either.
-- no, scratch that Psyduck, and substitute this (http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxhq3gRPpw1qalbabo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2&Expires=1295758062&Signature=62GdFS1a4fpgoHy148xxDANszPg%3D)
Yes it was (just need to scroll down):
But... I did... must've missed it!QuoteOn Twitter in response, Argylegasm was more timely in suggesting a fondant press (perhaps he watches Ace of Cakes?). Though a spiral kneading machine sounds good too. Not sure how any of these things would catch on fire, though. :wink:
The spiral kneading machine definitely would - big, heavy duty electric motor (some of 'em run on 220 current), and an older under-maintained one with cracking insulation on the wires is ripe for overheating. Give it a little splash of oil or butter by accident, and voila! Instant disaster!
To be honest, the only fondant presses I've ever seen or heard of are manual, and that's really hard to catch on fire!
Besides, the spiral kneaders really do look like giant mixers/blenders!
Same here - it's not in the twitter feed, either.
Yes it was (just need to scroll down):
Out of curiosity, why do some of you seem to think that alternate = opposite?
-- no, scratch that Psyduck, and substitute this (http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxhq3gRPpw1qalbabo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2&Expires=1295758062&Signature=62GdFS1a4fpgoHy148xxDANszPg%3D)
Awesome tinduck!
Or is it a heavy metal duck?
maybe Samurai Duck? (sounds like a dinner at a faux asian restaurant)
Possible. Marten and Steve don't have too many facial characteristics that are easily picked up on, like Dora and Faye.
Either way, I DO want to meet Hannersatz.
Ha!
Between HannErsatz and PseuDora, I crown you the king of doppelganger names.
Out of curiosity, why do some of you seem to think that alternate = opposite?I would guess that many of them are too used to "alternate endings" which usually tend to be fairly different from the "regular" endings. Total guess, though, as I've not been participating much in that portion of the conversation.
The spiral kneading machine definitely would - big, heavy duty electric motor (some of 'em run on 220 current), and an older under-maintained one with cracking insulation on the wires is ripe for overheating. Give it a little splash of oil or butter by accident, and voila! Instant disaster!"220 current"? Is that USAnian for three-phase electric power or something? Most of the world uses 200-240V mains power (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Weltkarte_der_Netzspannungen_und_Netzfrequenzen.svg) just to run its toasters, kettles etc.
Actually, the term "220v" and "240v" in terms of outlet are used interchangeably
It's possible that they all run on miniature nuclear reactors, but I doubt it.
Will one of them be Vladek? Oh please let one of them be Vladek.
(Unlikely perhaps but I want to see the man behind the fists. I imagine him scarred, on his arms and hands more than his face, a moustache that is grey and thick and proud. His eyes speak of dark deeds in the name of his Rodina; his perpetual grimace of his livid contempt for his current occupation.
Whenever you talk about tvtropes, you're supposed to add a link (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ObviousTrap).
I'd want to know where Momo's hook-up is... but only in her big sized self.
And once more it is demonstrated that there are only 37 people in the universe. That's why you keep running into them.
Pintsize rejoiced over Marten getting an income because it would ensure him a source of "delicious alternating current". There's never been a mention of batteries, but presumably if they had their own reactors then they wouldn't need house current.
Whenever you talk about tvtropes, you're supposed to add a link (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ObviousTrap).
Is the secret bakery girls indian or black?