Waffles! Sports-team stuff is fail! Take it to We Like Sports (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,23909.0.html).
Waffles is the obvious choice. After all waffles have appeared more than once in QC. Baseball has not.
Thinking about it Hannelore could be a baseball fan. All the statistics kept for the sport would be right up her alley.
Marten prefers a different type of sport[/url] (last panel).Bearsball, only on ESPN 8 - THE OCHO! If it's almost a sport, we have it!
Questions of the week:If I might guess the answers to those questions:
--Has Hanners stopped poking Momo?
--Has Samantha done something crazy again?
--Will Elliot confess his love to Padma?
--Will Penelope confess that she is Pizza Girl?
--Will Dale and Marigold make out?
--Has Angus officially made it to second base for the second time?
--Will there be more Butts Disease?
And most importantly, Will there be waffles?
What ?
I have no clue what this poll is about.
DA BEARS.
I was being ironic ... I really didnt knew it, but the thread made it easy.What ?
I have no clue what this poll is about.
A sport thing. The intensity of picking sides/speculation/anticipation is AFAICT at the same level as it is in your country shortly before and during one of those tournaments, where 22 dudes spend 90 minutes running up and down a field trying to kick each other and a ball covered with 12 black pentagons and 20 white hexagons.
A sport thing. The intensity of picking sides/speculation/anticipation is AFAICT at the same level as it is in your country shortly before and during one of those tournaments, where 22 dudes spend 90 minutes running up and down a field trying to kick each other and a ball covered with 12 black pentagons and 20 white hexagons.
Who's winning?
Baseball and nonsense in equal measure.
DA BEARS.
Re:2031: Is that Sweet Tits reading the book on Bird Care?
She's there to make sure Marten doesn't notice nothing outside his immediate environs is real.Re:2031: Is that Sweet Tits reading the book on Bird Care?
Given that she was keeping an eye on Marten and Steve, I'm beginning to wonder if she's about to get an official role in the strip.
Ok folks, we've seen a suspiciously familiar red-head reading a book on bird care. This is about the 3rd time someone like that has appeared.
I say we keep an eye out in the next few (hundred) strips for an incredibly shaggy white dog.
Maybe he has already appeared and we haven't spotted him. :psyduck:
Ok folks, we've seen a suspiciously familiar red-head reading a book on bird care. This is about the 3rd time someone like that has appeared.
I say we keep an eye out in the next few (hundred) strips for an incredibly shaggy white dog.
Maybe he has already appeared and we haven't spotted him. :psyduck:
Good god,
WeŽd better conduct a search, like, yesterday!!!111 :psyduck:
Dude's chin and jaw is getting giggity.
Disturbing.
is it a Sweet-Tits cameo or is she gonna be part of the story?
For some reason I think Steve looks kinda old. As in like ten years older than what he's supposed to be (mid-twenties, right?).Being a douche is so ageing.
Well, IŽd never trust anyone who wears polo-shirts anyway..
#1445this is what I had about that sweet.. red-headed girl:
#1391 (last panel?)
She better have a story arc coming up soon. Jeph has no say in the matter, it must be done.Aye, seconded. I just hope she has green pupils. So far none of the characters had those. (As far as I can recall)
I wear nothing but polo shirts (except when I'm working, when I will usually wear something nicer), but they pass all four of those, so I guess I'm ok. As for Sweet Tits, I'm pretty sure she's reading a book on bird care so she can do the opposite to Yelling Bird. Also, anytime someone says something/someone is "the x of y", I think of this (http://xkcd.com/624/).Well, IŽd never trust anyone who wears polo-shirts anyway..
Hey, nothing wrong with a good polo, as long as it:
1. Isn't excessively bright/neon/fluoro
2. Isn't skintight
3. Doesn't have crappy obnoxious branding
4. Doesn't have a popped collar
It's unusual that Sweet-Tits gets such a central focus, usually panel two is the norm (looking on from background).
Does anyone have a list of canon strips she's appeared in?
Heh, love Marten's expression in the last panel.
I wear nothing but polo shirts
Gotta view that clip at another time (looks promising). I thought you were going for a Ferris Bueller reference, but that's just me :psyduck:
btw, I think you're right about 1391
I have to say I'm a trifle disappointed in everyone. Ought to be at least three pages of the stuff. You kids today. Back in my day (about a year ago, I think), we'd have had six pages of ravings ranging from the plausible to the certifiably inane.
... No no, PINTSIZE and Shame Orb!
:-P
Non-baseball related poll inbound.I find the lack of Calvinball extreme disturbing and upsetting.
I just hope she has green pupils. So far none of the characters had those. (As far as I can recall)No human has green pupils (unless they're a teacher with a class full of frogs or something :-D ).
Non-baseball related poll inbound.I find the lack of Calvinball extreme disturbing and upsetting.
OMG I forgot Calvinball!!!!!!!! *edit* fixed, votes reset *edit*I had to vote for Bayesball. It's a game probably most famous for its statistics. :wink:
Well, Marten has likened himself to another comics protagonist (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=95) whose life may or may not be affected by a diminutive redhead.
OMG I forgot Calvinball!!!!!!!! *edit* fixed, votes reset *edit*I had to vote for Bayesball. It's a game probably most famous for its statistics. :wink:(click to show/hide)
btw, I think you're right about 1391
I'm thinking not. Jeph was squeezing cameos from all of the listed webcomics in there, and I think that was one of them.
Canon Sweettits Appearances (as "filler" comics):
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1184 (First Appearance, b/w comic)
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1167 (Second Appearance, b/w comic)
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1566 (The Very Sweet-tits New Year "arc", b/w comic)
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1567 (The Very Sweet-tits New Year "arc", b/w comic)
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1568 (The Very Sweet-tits New Year "arc", b/w comic)
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1569 (The Very Sweet-tits New Year "arc", b/w comic)
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1570 (The Very Sweet-tits New Year "arc", b/w comic)
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1690 (Jeph's 30th birthday - altered strip)
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1730 (Sayanora, Shelby-Sensei! b/w comic)
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1826 (She tells YB to stop shooting)
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1901 (Yelling Bird complains about "new characters"; she's "wedged in" on 3rd panel)
Non-canon (background character):
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1184 (last panel)
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1445 (panels 1 to 3)
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1858 (1st panel)
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1863 (2nd panel)
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1919 (1st panel)
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2031 (1st/2nd panel)
You know, even without the "canon" appearances, she's already tied with Samantha, the Roomba, Jimbo and Hannelore's mom with 11 appearances in the comic.
Well, Marten has likened himself to another comics protagonist (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=95) whose life may or may not be affected by a diminutive redhead.
This being QC, it'd be irony that the redhead has a crush on Marten (instead of the other way around).
We sorta had that (I think Cosette was a redhead at the time) and that worked out ... well, it didn't. Although in the last couple interactions, you get the sense Cosette still gives a little bit of a damn about Marten, even if her social skills are on par with her basic motor skills.
I'd go with retcon.
What about this? Does this count:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1601
Is this not also Sweet-Tits in the 2nd panel? From the back, behind the bar?
Is that a retcon?
... we're reading a little bit too much into this ...
No, you see Sweet Tits is a member of the strip's crew. Marten, Faye and most of the other human cast members are blissfully unaware they're in a giant Truman Show-like system. Exceptions include Steve (who was fired for some time - the strip of him drunkenly hallucinating during his disappearance was played by another actor, who wore the large beard to disguise this fact), Dora (whose breakup with Marten and move out of Northampton was triggered by her finding out what was really going on. She originally intended to leave entirely, but was convinced to stay on a reduced schedule after she found out the world outside was even weirder) and Hanners' mum (who owns the whole enterprise and occasionally appears As Herself for amusement) and all the AnthroPCs, who are actually mere automotons voiced by humans (The "Momo's new chassis" arc was a device to allow the Momo VA to appear in-show as herself after she threatened to walk).I have to say I'm a trifle disappointed in everyone. Ought to be at least three pages of the stuff. You kids today. Back in my day (about a year ago, I think), we'd have had six pages of ravings ranging from the plausible to the certifiably inane.
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
This is CANON. Sweet-Tits is in-universe. That means the Shame Orb exists too. When will we see Shame Orb? zomg I'm now shipping Momo x Shame Orb. No no, PINTSIZE and Shame Orb!
:-P
No, you see Sweet Tits is a member of the strip's crew. Marten, Faye and most of the other human cast members are blissfully unaware they're in a giant Truman Show-like system.
Either we've got three Sweet-tits lookalikes and we're reading a little bit too much into this or her eyes change colors. Her hair hasn't been very constant either.
Either we've got three Sweet-tits lookalikes and we're reading a little bit too much into this or her eyes change colors. Her hair hasn't been very constant either.Or, and this is kinda wild, I admit, she wears colored contacts (http://color-my-eyes.com/). And dyes her hair. Them sneaky girls, they do stuff like that.
Meanwhile, Mr. Jacques sits in his Fortress of Comic Solitude, reading this thread. "The fools have fallen for it! Everything is going accoridng to plan. Mwahahahaha!"I think I covered this. At the least, I concur. And yet, I keep coming back. Got to get some snips for that chain.
On my computer screen at least, our redhead has obviously blue eyes in this comic. Which leads me to believe that she might very well be someone else - in her colored appearance in 1901 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1901) Sweet-tit's eyes are green. Of course the bird care book strongly hints to a Yelling Bird reference, and looking over all of the sightings we have her, the eye color hasn't been consistent at all.Err ... thats why I dont think all these "appearances" are Sweettitts.
Blue:
2031 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2031)
1858 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1858)
1919 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1919)
Green:
1863 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1863)
Brown:
1184 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1184)
Either we've got three Sweet-tits lookalikes and we're reading a little bit too much into this or her eyes change colors. Her hair hasn't been very constant either.
On a totally different topic: When you pronounce the Heavy Metal Umlaut Ö as it is written, like in Motörhead or Keyser Söze, it really sounds naff and silly. :-DThen again, when you write it with a normal o, "Keyser Soze" sounds really funny to a German :P
On a totally different topic: When you pronounce the Heavy Metal Umlaut Ö as it is written, like in Motörhead or Keyser Söze, it really sounds naff and silly. :-DThen again, when you write it with a normal o, "Keyser Soze" sounds really funny to a German :P
Padme appears to be genuinely thick, in the end. I am surprised, all the time I was thinking she's just horsing around with the guys.Uh-hu.
"How could I have been so oblivious" :-)
Wonder how Padma would have reacted if at the end Marten had said "No, I mean, how's the new coffee going?"?
Without umlaut you would have a hard time finding it on a Swedish/Finnish phonebook (ĆÄÖ come after Z in the alphabet over here, but IIRC in Germany A/Ä, O/Ö and U/Ü are equal for the purposes of sorting words/names).On a totally different topic: When you pronounce the Heavy Metal Umlaut Ö as it is written, like in Motörhead or Keyser Söze, it really sounds naff and silly. :-DThen again, when you write it with a normal o, "Keyser Soze" sounds really funny to a German :P
Jeez...by phone, Elliot?
I mean, I understand the reasoning...but, just....buh.
Yup, afaik e.g. A and Ä are equivalent in sorting, unless directly clashing with each other (Bar/Bär) in which case the one with A comes first.
And by the way, Steve has a really inappropriate dedication to being Marten's wing-man. I can't be the only person who's noticed this, surely? It's been most/basically all of his behaviour since #3.
Yep, I figured nothing good would come of Elliot confessing his feelings to Padma. It was already entirely too late, and now the level of awkward in tSB will be very high until Padma leaves. Nice going Marten.
Hopefully Elliot learns the life lesson to not wait so damn long next time.
I see no reason why he won't take the time to calm Padma down and assure her that she doesn't have to feel bad for not reciprocating Elliot's feelings.Oh yeah, that'll work :roll: - if Padma can turn her feelings on and off like light-switches. For a real person, not so much. How come it's OK for Elliot (the guy who is supposed to care for her) to upset Padma, just to make himself feel better? Women don't have any obligation to provide guys with emotional punching-bags, or to act as unpaid therapists.
Or at least a smack to the back of the head.
EDIT: Also, it is just me, or is Padma sounding a little reluctant at the idea of moving away? Maybe it's not set in stone as Elliot seems to think.
How come it's OK for Elliot (the guy who is supposed to care for her) to upset Padma, just to make himself feel better? Women don't have any obligation to provide guys with emotional punching-bags, or to act as unpaid therapists.
I'm disappointed in both of them. :x
Err ... what again ?!?!?I see no reason why he won't take the time to calm Padma down and assure her that she doesn't have to feel bad for not reciprocating Elliot's feelings.Oh yeah, that'll work :roll: - if Padma can turn her feelings on and off like light-switches. For a real person, not so much. How come it's OK for Elliot (the guy who is supposed to care for her) to upset Padma, just to make himself feel better? Women don't have any obligation to provide guys with emotional punching-bags, or to act as unpaid therapists.
but at least she's finally aware of her obliviousness and how it hurts people. Does anyone here remember strip 1906 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1906)?Also, #1865 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1865) and #1866 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1866)
I think that dude (Elliot) is big enough to have his own decisions.
Oh yeah, that'll work :roll: - if Padma can turn her feelings on and off like light-switches. For a real person, not so much. How come it's OK for Elliot (the guy who is supposed to care for her) to upset Padma, just to make himself feel better? Women don't have any obligation to provide guys with emotional punching-bags, or to act as unpaid therapists.Err ... what again ?!?!?
I assume that must be an example of the truely weird way asian people think, or sometimes think.
Because you execute there exactly that kind of weird logic that is found in this weird movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" where two lovers who are perfectly in love with each other, neither of them married, do not admit it to each other because of ... well I cant remember, it was some really weird social conventions. Some weird way to prove they are really in love with each other and it would be somehow "selfish" to admit it even if nobody benefits from this not admitting in the first place.
I didnt get that one too well, either.
But why again am I not supposed to tell a woman I'm in love with that I am, well, in love with her ?
And of course - Elliot doesnt tell Padma that he loves her because he wants to feel better. He has of course hope that she might love him back ! Thats why he feels better - he at least tried, even if he failed. I really cant see this as selfish. I think love is the most unselfish thing a person can do.
On my computer screen at least, our redhead has obviously blue eyes in this comic. Which leads me to believe that she might very well be someone else - in her colored appearance in 1901 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1901) Sweet-tit's eyes are green. Of course the bird care book strongly hints to a Yelling Bird reference, and looking over all of the sightings we have her, the eye color hasn't been consistent at all.Err ... thats why I dont think all these "appearances" are Sweettitts.
Blue:
2031 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2031)
1858 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1858)
1919 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1919)
Green:
1863 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1863)
Brown:
1184 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1184)
Either we've got three Sweet-tits lookalikes and we're reading a little bit too much into this or her eyes change colors. Her hair hasn't been very constant either.
Also, brown ? The last comic is simply from much too far distance to still see the color of the iris.
Finally, people can have either blue or green eyes, depending upon the light. Thats actually very common.
Women don't have any obligation to provide guys with emotional punching-bags, or to act as unpaid therapists.
Jeez...by phone, Elliot?
I mean, I understand the reasoning...but, just....buh.
I see no reason why he won't take the time to calm Padma down and assure her that she doesn't have to feel bad for not reciprocating Elliot's feelings.Oh yeah, that'll work :roll: - if Padma can turn her feelings on and off like light-switches. For a real person, not so much. How come it's OK for Elliot (the guy who is supposed to care for her) to upset Padma, just to make himself feel better? Women don't have any obligation to provide guys with emotional punching-bags, or to act as unpaid therapists.
And if Padma had said "I knew Elliott was pining for someone, but I never guessed it was me so I kept my feelings to myself - now I can tell him how I feel as well!", would everyone still be saying what a bad thing Marten did? He gave advice; it could have worked out, but it didn't. Sometimes things roll that way.
Paranoid - How does it behoove Padma to notice that Elliot likes her? How is it anyone's responsibility to know when someone else is interested in them? It is on the person who has the crush/lust/romantic interest to make that interest known. There are no mind readers. If you want someone to respond to your feelings (for good or bad) you have to actually tell them how you feel.
Hopefully the understandably mostly disinterested North American forumites have been sound asleep during the umlaut discussion?
The negative of this is that Elliot did so in probably the second worst method: via phone call instead of face-to-face. Probably "the" worst method being making someone else tell Padma this revelation.
It made perfect sense to me. Then again, I don't represent the rest of the forum here.The negative of this is that Elliot did so in probably the second worst method: via phone call instead of face-to-face. Probably "the" worst method being making someone else tell Padma this revelation.
Text message. Facebook comment. A tweet.
Just sayin; coulda been worse. In fact, as Paranoid said, the whole situation could have been worse. In my opinion, it's better this way. The truth has been thrown out and now everyone has to deal with it instead of letting it keep fermenting. The pot has been stirred and now it's time to try and cook this gumbo as best we can.
Did that make any sense
And as for that "unpaid therapists" thing, I hope you're not implying that men should NEVER tell their wife or girlfriend when they're feeling sad or angry or depressed, 'cause that's where that line of thinking leads.Of course not, but Padma is not Elliot's wife or girlfriend, and had no desire to be. Elliot has moped about her for some unspecified-but-lengthy period without being able to sack up and do something about it, and then dumps it on her in a last-minute, late-night phone call when he knows she's all geared up to move to the other side of the country. I don't see where Padma has any obligation to put up with that, or where Elliot is showing any consideration for her feelings at all. And then he phones in sick. What a mensch! I hope he at least rang Renée or someone to arrange for them to cover his shift, but I bet he didn't...
I'm not really understanding all the objections to doing this via phone call. Yes, face-to-face is better, but isn't an actual phone call still considered second best for this kind of thing? Should he have done it via Direct Message in a Words With Friends game?The negative of this is that Elliot did so in probably the second worst method: via phone call instead of face-to-face. Probably "the" worst method being making someone else tell Padma this revelation.
Text message. Facebook comment. A tweet.
Made sense to me too. What E. did wasn't the best, but it was better than pining in silence. I'll add that I don't see where Padma's obligated to do or feel -- or for that matter, notice -- anything in this case.... The pot has been stirred and now it's time to try and cook this gumbo as best we can.It made perfect sense to me. Then again, I don't represent the rest of the forum here.
Did that make any sense
I'm not really understanding all the objections to doing this via phone call. Yes, face-to-face is better, but isn't an actual phone call still considered second best for this kind of thing? Should he have done it via Direct Message in a Words With Friends game?And, hey, this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QNUvPEVxc0) was face-to-face :)
Geez Elliott, I get that you're shy - But PHONING it in???!
....... Tomorrow on Days Of Our Coffee ........
Maybe Eliott "called" up to her window from the street? With some Peter Gabriel on his boombox? Let's not rush to assumptions here.
Kugai, what do you have against pianos?
It would take like 3 Martens to even physically fill in for Elliot.
How come it's OK for Elliot to upset Padma, just to make himself feel better?
Or perhaps later, in a letter or phone call, or during a visit, when life has gone on a bit and both parties can laugh about it.?
Maybe Eliott "called" up to her window from the street? With some Peter Gabriel on his boombox? Let's not rush to assumptions here.
4. As far as Elliot's behavior goes, behold the difference between a crush and True Love. And so sorry, but he probably needed to do this, so maybe he won't sit on his hands the next time. So to speak.Uh.
One of my old bosses (that I hated) mentioned in a store meeting once that "Relationships on the job was a bad idea." This is a good reason why he was right.
One of my old bosses (that I hated) mentioned in a store meeting once that "Relationships on the job was a bad idea." This is a good reason why he was right.
In my former industry (meat processing) that was known as 'screwing the crew' and is generally a bad idea.
I should know, I have both an ex-wife and an ex-fiancé that I met at work.
In my former industry (meat processing) that was known as 'screwing the crew' and is generally a bad idea.And here I would've expected some reference to "porking" :P
Marten should step away from all of this.If he ever he becomes able to do just that, this strip would end, I'm afraid.
In my former industry (meat processing) that was known as 'screwing the crew' and is generally a bad idea."Don't get laid where you get paid." is the form in which I learned this very sound maxim.
And obviously I didn't need to worry too much about Padma's feelings.Harsh statement, woah. oO
And obviously I didn't need to worry too much about Padma's feelings.Harsh statement, woah. oO
I have to agree with Akima, I don't really care how sad Padma is. Everytime she talks it's "me, me, me". When Marten tried to talk about his feelings she skipped away.Holy! ... I've never looked at it like that. You blew my mind.
If you can't look on the bright side of things, you can always slam it into reverse and peel out.
While the detailed hands are nice, their uneasiness with the included crotch shot as well as the words "spend as much time with her as I can" while talking about grandma...is a little off-putting. I don't consider myself a dirty person but I double taked at the odd inclusion of this in the strip. Just out of place IMO.
Apparently I'm reading this a bit differently from everyone else...Sorry to quote all this but I just want to say that it's all I had to say about the strip, thanks.
It seems to me that Padma is actually a little bit interested in Marten, at least as a possible fun friend though perhaps no more than that. This makes her reaction to hearing that Marten prompted Elliott to say his bit more significant; and I read the hand-wringing as being conflicted about moving away, partly because she wants to ask Marten out again - as she then manages to get herself to do.
the brocode doesn't apply if the bros aren't even bros.
Can I just say, I love the idea of breaking up via full-page ad in a major newspaper :DMake sure to use a newspaper your (now-)ex doesn't read but her friends do, for maximum insanity.
May I add to all those nice rhymes about not dating at the workplace that despite that, most relationships start exactly there?
May I add to all those nice rhymes about not dating at the workplace that despite that, most relationships start exactly there?
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@HiFranc:
Hm... I'm an apathetic of sorts, so I still can't fully understand why she needs to actually MOVE away. Wouldn't it be a little easier if she just asked for a few months time off from the bakery to care for her grandma?
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I have to agree with Akima, I don't really care how sad Padma is. Everytime she talks it's "me, me, me". When Marten tried to talk about his feelings she skipped away. Hey Padma, if you don't want to go, then don't go. If you're going to go, stop whining about it. You're just setting yourself up to resent your grandma for ruining the best years of your life.
Personally I feel Marten should be the 'noble idiot' here. Hooking up with someone with a timer over her head doesn't sound like something that would appeal to him. If she had genuine feelings for Marten it'd be one thing, but I just don't see that. Now, as previously mentioned she might only be interested in Marten as a friend. However we shouldn't ignore that Marten is infatuated with her, even if he's man enough to put it aside for the sake of Elliot. I don't see any good coming out of this, and that's without Elliot finding out and potentially accusing Marten of some 'Keyser Soze shit'*.
That said, I also remember a QA dump of Jeph's where he lists Marten's happiness as one of the few things he's permanently written out of the script. Which means my bet's on him being the 'self-serving idiot' instead. :laugh:
*Disclaimer: Elliot's feelings for Padma are only an issue (remotely!) because there's already no real reason for Marten to pursue this already given the absence of 'true feelings' from Padma for him. If there was a chance that Padma would abandon her plans to move in order to pursue a long-term relationship with Marten then Elliot would just have to deal with it, just like Marigold had to do for Angus. I'm not saying he should be jumping for joy over the idea, just to be a man and accept that he wasn't what Padma wanted.
Grimeyville, check out Jeph's Tumblr (http://jephjacques.com/).
man I was gonna make today's comic all fancy looking and good but I'm having an anxiety attack so all I can do is try to finish it :(
May I add to all those nice rhymes about not dating at the workplace that despite that, most relationships start exactly there?
Which is why there are all those rhymes and rules, bec ause of all the times those relationships go bad and the work environment is poisoned for everyone as a result-who wants to be working around a recently broken-up couple? For that matter, who wants to BE either member of that former couple, having to work with an ex? Yes some people manage to break up amicably, but most don't. Makes for an ugly workplace situation.
As to the comic, it's rather ironic that even though Marten didn't plan things to go the way they did, they are going pretty much EXACTLY the way Steve predicted. Few will believe Marten didn't plan things this way, and Elliot won't be among those few. Marten could be in for a beating after all.
Personally I feel Marten should be the 'noble idiot' here. Hooking up with someone with a timer over her head doesn't sound like something that would appeal to him. If she had genuine feelings for Marten it'd be one thing, but I just don't see that. Now, as previously mentioned she might only be interested in Marten as a friend. However we shouldn't ignore that Marten is infatuated with her, even if he's man enough to put it aside for the sake of Elliot. I don't see any good coming out of this, and that's without Elliot finding out and potentially accusing Marten of some 'Keyser Soze shit'*.
My two best guesses where that she was holding her own hand in order to NOT reach out and grab hisIn my former industry (meat processing) that was known as 'screwing the crew' and is generally a bad idea."Don't get laid where you get paid." is the form in which I learned this very sound maxim.
I'm not sure what Jeph was trying to say with the close-up of Padma's hands, unless it was "Hey bitches, hands are hard to draw, but check this out!" She doesn't seem to be wringing them. And obviously I didn't need to worry too much about Padma's feelings.
Apparently I'm reading this a bit differently from everyone else...
It seems to me that Padma is actually a little bit interested in Marten, at least as a possible fun friend though perhaps no more than that. This makes her reaction to hearing that Marten prompted Elliott to say his bit more significant; and I read the hand-wringing as being conflicted about moving away, partly because she wants to ask Marten out again - as she then manages to get herself to do.
I will admit that the first thing that I thought when I saw panel six was "crotch shot." Maybe even "Crotch Shot!"
I'd say it's 50/50. Some people can make it work, and some people can't.
I'd say it's 50/50. Some people can make it work, and some people can't.
Yes, and the half that can't break up with the half that can. :-D
Yes, and the half that can't break up with the half that can. :-D
Did anyone see the stream for this one? I was wondering if Padma was originally smoking a cigarette in this strip and Jeph later took it out...I don't recall seeing one in either the sketch layer or the drawing layer, it *might* just be argafargl hands are hard to draw syndrome.
..Probably nothing. Has any major or supporting character smoked on-panel since early Hanners and Dora's mom?
Hm... I meant a few months to just spend the time with her grandma. Not a few months until she gets better (which - based on her tip-toeing around the issue seems unlikely anyway).[...]
@HiFranc:
Hm... I'm an apathetic of sorts, so I still can't fully understand why she needs to actually MOVE away. Wouldn't it be a little easier if she just asked for a few months time off from the bakery to care for her grandma?
Some illness last more than a few months. For example, the average life expectancy of someone suffering Alzheimer's disease (time from diagnosis) is 5 years!
Until I get my sleep schedule figured out, you should probably just assume that comics will be posted Whenever.
heaven forbid you start a successful business with your significant other - when the relationship goees south, who gets the company? Talk about a custody battle... :psyduck:HELLO LAST PAGE but to respond to this point, my mom always told me that even between married couples, you always split a business 51/49. Even if something does happen to the relationship, the more important reason to do so is that somebody always has the decisionmaking vote in day-to-day things. My parents ran two businesses that way, one with her 51, and one with his 51. Sounds reasonable to me!
... the composition of this one is really weird. Why do we see how Padma holds her hands in a frame ? Is Jeph trying to tell us something this way ?Fidgeting with Hands: This is the body's attempt to escape. (http://www.bemyastrologer.com/body_language_plus.html#hands)
That site also says something interesting (under "The Body: Clamping the neck") about Marten's classic gesture. -- Interesting site. I had a couple bosses (thankfully no longer) who probably swore by this, to the point it was impossible to tell them anything because they'd made up their minds as to what you were *really* saying.... the composition of this one is really weird. Why do we see how Padma holds her hands in a frame ? Is Jeph trying to tell us something this way ?Fidgeting with Hands: This is the body's attempt to escape. (http://www.bemyastrologer.com/body_language_plus.html#hands)
I think it's a nice way to describe Padma's feelings without having her actually say "I don't like to be in this awkward situation"
A disturbing thought: the real reason Padma is moving to Cal to grandma's is that the matriarch has arranged her to get married to a dude the family had selected a long time ago. That would explain the wringing of hands. Also, she's reluctant to tell the real reason, 'cause "her friends just wouldn't understand." I apologize for all the real and implied prejudice towards customs of foreign cultures that this post reveals.
For the first time since I started reading (#1804 and #1805, before going on the looooooong archive binge), I feel like Steve actually has a point I can agree with. :PIn this instance, Steve's one of those people with whom I hate to agree ... as far thinking Marten shouldn't be sad. Were I in M's shoes, though, I'd be thinking the "your fault" bit is out of line (I see no reason to assign "fault" here) and the Gibbs slap even more so. Then again, dating Cosette, it's probably all Steve knows ... damme, these kids are rough on one another.
(who ISN'T Sweet-Tits)Them's fightin' words.
... And I really think the only thing that deserved the dope slap was Marten's "I don't know how to dance!" line. Cue the funny learn-to-dance montage...
Wouldn't it be funny if Hanners was the one who finally taught him how? But it'll probably be Angus, we know he knows how (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1599).
Am I the only one who, after seeing Padma's hands close-up, immediately jumped to the conclusion that her grandmother is dying?I dont know how this is related to her hand gesture, but yes, we already know that her grandmother isnt well and from the way Padma said it, its implied that her grandmother will die most likely in the near future.
Wouldn't it be funny if Hanners was the one who finally taught him how?
Hoping Angus would dress properly (or at least completely).
Slapping him because he's being a dumbass right now. If he doesn't know how to dance he can either figure something out or play it by ear when he gets there. If the problem is, as you say, that he doesn't actually want to spend time with this woman then he can just say no like every other vertebrate on the planet.
It's a love tap. A swat to the back of the head. Hell, my own parents have done worse on a friendly day. You're creating an act of aggression where there is none. It's like interpreting friendly ribbing as verbal abuse.
Regardless what he feels Marten's motivations should be though it's the same overall issue. Marten's creating a mountain of drama and troubles when all that's happened is that he's been invited to a social outing. He accepted, so he must want to go. Where's this disappointment coming from? Or to use Steve's own words "For some Goddamn reason you're sad about this".
This isn't Steve pressuring Marten to bang everything that presents itself. This is Steve telling Marten to get his head out of his ass and just have fun with a cool situation. Well, okay. It might be the first one as well ;). Whatever. What do you expect from Steve?
Seriously though. If I had a friend who would go out, meet someone, get along well with them, end it with an agreement to meet up and have some fun later, and he walks away from this mopey and depressed about it, I'd be concerned. That's not a normal reaction to such a series of events. Hell, agreeing to do something that only makes you feel mopey and depressed is itself concerning behavior. If you didn't want to do this then why did you say yes? Attempting to bring his attention to the fact that he could maybe cheer up a little, that he's doing fine, is the bare minimum that would be expected of me as a friend.
Wouldn't it be funny if Hanners was the one who finally taught him how?
Why not? After all, dancing is just counting with your feet! :evil:
Well, there's a fitting artistic challenge for Jeph, should he choose to accept it. A comic involving Hanners dancing. With animation.
Speaking of Tai, wouldn't it be funny if Tai admitted to Marten that she can't dance either, and he slapped her in the back of her head too? "I'm sorry, I was hanging out with Steve all day, and apparently his douchiness is contagious." :evil:
And now for something completly different HIPSTER-GEEK: pvp-online.com (http://www.pvponline.com/2011/10/13/yu-gi-over-it/)
I will now forever imagine Steve being voiced by Mark Harmon.I think Steve, especially in the fifth panel where his long cleft chin combines with crazy eyes, looks disturbingly like Ashley Williams (http://static03.mediaite.com/themarysue/uploads/2011/07/bruce-campbell-spook-hands.jpg) (the Evil Dead one, not the Mass Effect one).
If any of my friends would hit me I would hit them back much harder, then question why I am friends with them. You don't hit people, especially in the head. No excuse. Period.I sympathise with the "don't hit people" sentiment, but if there is "No excuse. Period.", then retaliation isn't an excuse, is it? Non-violence cuts both ways.
Speaking of Tai, wouldn't it be funny if Tai admitted to Marten that she can't dance either, and he slapped her in the back of her head too? "I'm sorry, I was hanging out with Steve all day, and apparently his douchiness is contagious." :evil:
I suspect slapping Tai would not be a good idea. We've never seen any evidence she knows any martial arts, but given some of the other female members of the cast it wouldn't surprise me at all if she knows some form of ass kicking.
The Pugnacious Peach has a proven ability to make someone reconsider his life choices.
Stout,
Haven't we had this conversation before? You know, the one where there is horseplay, sass, or some other kind of interaction between friends which wouldn't necessarily be appropriate between strangers or even in every social group, but is perfectly normal between those friends? You may not accept it, but maybe it's time to acknowledge that other people interact differently to the way you do.
If any of my friends would hit me I would hit them back much harder, then question why I am friends with them. You don't hit people, especially in the head. No excuse. Period.I sympathise with the "don't hit people" sentiment, but if there is "No excuse. Period.", then retaliation isn't an excuse, is it? Non-violence cuts both ways.
Yeah, Marten looks really happy in that last panel.
Actually, I think Steve is getting the Gibbs-slap thing from Cosette. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1876)
- Leroy Jethro Gibbs, the king of the Dope Slap (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DopeSlap).
If any of my friends would hit me I would hit them back much harder, then question why I am friends with them. You don't hit people, especially in the head. No excuse. Period.
My "No excuse. Period" refers to treating your friends like a piece of shit.Really? It seems to me you were referring quite specifically to hitting. Your posting gave no hint of anything else, but whatever. Nice choreography (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Xs_8RGsp0) though.
If any of my friends would hit me I would hit them back much harder, then question why I am friends with them. You don't hit people, especially in the head. No excuse. Period.My "No excuse. Period" refers to treating your friends like a piece of shit.Really? It seems to me you were referring quite specifically to hitting. Your posting gave no hint of anything else, but whatever. Nice choreography (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Xs_8RGsp0) though.
Slaps to the back of the head are demeaning. Any head slapping, knocking, etc is demeaning. "Hello? McFly? Anyone home?". That's what I think of. Now Steve wasn't going that far, but he could make his point without hitting his friend. Like I said before, Steve would be in a crumpled heap if he did that to me. There's joking around, and then there's the "I think you're dumb so I'm going to hit you" that I wouldn't tolerate. I hope no one here accepts being hit. Look at Marten slunched over afterwards. Grow a spine.
Actually, it is a normal reaction given the situation. He's getting attached to a girl that's leaving. By going dancing he's just making it worse. He needs to find a girl who is not leaving. He also needs to find a guy friend that isn't a douche, but one thing at a time.
I'm sorry you were confused about what I said.Nice non-apology-apology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-apology_apology) :-). I am not the slightest bit confused about what you said:
If any of my friends would hit me I would hit them back much harder, then question why I am friends with them. You don't hit people, especially in the head. No excuse. Period.Note particularly: "You don't hit people. No excuse. Period." You did not say "You don't hit friends", but generalised it to "people". Nor did you say "No excuse. Except for self-defence", but simply "No excuse. Period." These are the words you chose to convey your meaning, and for which you are responsible.
Are you suggesting I should curl in a ball and get hit over and over because I never want to hit someone?I'm not suggesting anything. My original posting on this subject was simply intended to draw attention to the contradiction between "If any of my friends would hit me I would hit them back much harder", an understandable if disproportionate response, and "You don't hit people, especially in the head. No excuse. Period." I take the principle of non-violence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahimsa#Buddhism) seriously as a very difficult one to fit into a violent world, so I took you seriously.
Had I a Steve in my life at present, I'd be finding excuses not to hang out with him or trust him much, even if I still considered him a sorta-friend. The Gibbs slap is almost at the uncrossable line; it's not quite the face-pat (THAT would result in injury to Steve) but it's close.not to forget, who in the qcverse wouldn't do the same to Marten in this situation? ok, hanners and marigold^^, and Tai who would be to emo because she were after Padme too.
And as much as I'd prefer to not invoke that site that rhymes with "CB ropes," I'd say Steve has a "why you suck" speech headed his way. But who in QCverse would deliver it so that it would stick?
Also I'm starting to miss seeing Dale's eyes
Another strip where Jeph hits facial expressions out of the park (I think that is the appropriate baseball-ism). Hanners' is very nicely done.Especially love how Marigolds exclamation doesn't have an exclamation or question mark or full stop... makes it all kinds of emotionally open to interpretation. I like imagining a sort of deeply world-shaking confusion mixed with sheer shock of sudden realization.
Dale's glasses must have been darkened from the inside,
I wonder if she blew Dale's mind with the thought that she can go without gaming?
Oh, and one early vote for that last panel as a QC Caption subject.
Besides, I think the funniest part of todays comic is actually Jephs comment.
I have no clue how you could notice if an opponent of the other faction would log into Blizzards "World of Warcraft" MMORPG.
In my own MMORPG, Vanguard, you could just enter people into your "friends" list ... though I find it highly confusing that you can just do that. Seriously, you should have a way to AGREE if someone wants to be your friend and see if you log in or out. Or not agree.
Dale can change his glasses' shape & reflectivity like *snaps fingers* that: http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1895
It took some time, but the epiphany (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1475) finally caught up with Marigold! :police:
... ... persume.Most. Awesome. Word. In the thread. :-D
Another strip where Jeph hits facial expressions out of the park
geek(as an excuse, English isn't my first language, nor do I live in the US)
(save ends)
Another strip where Jeph hits facial expressions out of the park
I'm sure it's on purpose that the first three dances in the poll are Waltz, Tango and Foxtrott...So its either romantic kissing, wild/hot kissing or standart kissing? Hm...
I'm sorry you were confused about what I said.Nice non-apology-apology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-apology_apology) :-). I am not the slightest bit confused about what you said:
If any of my friends would hit me I would hit them back much harder, then question why I am friends with them. You don't hit people, especially in the head. No excuse. Period.Note particularly: "You don't hit people. No excuse. Period." You did not say "You don't hit friends", but generalised it to "people". Nor did you say "No excuse. Except for self-defence", but simply "No excuse. Period." These are the words you chose to convey your meaning, and for which you are responsible.
Are you suggesting I should curl in a ball and get hit over and over because I never want to hit someone?I'm not suggesting anything. My original posting on this subject was simply intended to draw attention to the contradiction between "If any of my friends would hit me I would hit them back much harder", an understandable if disproportionate response, and "You don't hit people, especially in the head. No excuse. Period." I take the principle of non-violence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahimsa#Buddhism) seriously as a very difficult one to fit into a violent world, so I took you seriously.
Another strip where Jeph hits facial expressions out of the park
You don't hit people's faces out of the park. No excuse.
I object to the way Stout is using the word "hitting".
It's one of those words that can mean a variety of different things and it seems to me Stout is equivocating between two of them. Any sort of physical collision between two objects can be described as them "hitting". And then there's the sense in which one uses the word to, say, accuse someone of hitting their spouse - when it means something far more specific, an abusive act with the purpose or effect of causing pain. Stout is taking something that only fits the first definition, but using the word in a way designed to provoke the sorts of emotional reaction associated with the second. I'm not saying it is or isn't intentional, but either way, it's not a tactic conducive to keeping the conversation friendly.
All you have to do is /who 'char's name' and you can find them wherever they are without having to go anywhere./who doesn't work on people of the opposite faction. He'd have to have created a Horde character in order to do this.
All you have to do is /who 'char's name' and you can find them wherever they are without having to go anywhere./who doesn't work on people of the opposite faction. He'd have to have created a Horde character in order to do this.
Dale's hair's been looking less kempt with each appearance... this one was damn near bed-head!
Stop gaming, and get a trim, willya? [/GOM]
By the way, I don't know what you're even saying here about 'friends' and 'people' because of "generalised". I also don't know what 'self-defence' is. These are not legitimate words so your statements make no sense. These are the words you chose to convey your meaning, and for which you are responsible. Do you see how annoying/demeaning this is? Please don't do that.
Yes, let's all be dicks. Everyone should make a "no excuse" joke!
Yes, let's all be dicks. Everyone should make a "no excuse" joke!
If your first reaction to some mild ribbing is to call me a dick, I'm not really surprised that you don't understand a bit of horseplay between friends.
I'm surprised you think horseplay is one guy doing the hitting and the other guy taking it. Considering Marten isn't laughing/slapping back, it is unlikely he enjoyed being hit.
Also I wonder what HE does besides playing WoW.
Especially if he's managed to get around the WoW mechanics of Alliance/Horde on a pvp server (although Jeph has said he's not quite sure how it works).Well (let's out ourselves as WoW players) by now you can create characters of both factions even on a PvP server, or use a second, trial account, which have no time limit anymore, so he could have a Horde character on Warsong to stalk her - that, or they became RealID friends to always be able to pounce on each other, as well as taunt the loser of a fight. Well, er, or Jeph's simply not that familiar with WoW. *goes back to an activity that is honestly totally not related to WoW*
What's next, pulling on her ponytail?
Wait a second. Is that poster the Punisher symbol?
Yes, let's all be dicks. Everyone should make a "no excuse" joke!
If your first reaction to some mild ribbing is to call me a dick, I'm not really surprised that you don't understand a bit of horseplay between friends.
...Friends can banter with mild ribbing. All you did was personally insult me for no reason. Call an insult whatever you want but it's still an insult.
I was gonna say, "dipping it in the inkwell", but even I'm not that old. Right, pwhodges? celticgeek? Anybody...?
By the way, I don't know what you're even saying here about 'friends' and 'people' because of "generalised". I also don't know what 'self-defence' is. These are not legitimate words so your statements make no sense. These are the words you chose to convey your meaning, and for which you are responsible. Do you see how annoying/demeaning this is? Please don't do that.
Please tell me that you know those are real words, and yes, real English words. They aren't spelled the same as we spell them in America, but they are in fact real words which fit the meaning of Akima's context as I understand it quite well.
I've been trying to stay out of this debate, and I'm hoping perhaps I just misunderstood, but if that's to be taken the way it appears, then that's one of the most ignorant arguments I've seen. You don't seem like an ignorant person, so again, I'm hoping that I misunderstood, and asking for clarification, continuing to give you the benefit of the doubt until I have confirmation one way or the other.
Since I jumped in though, physical contact is not always a bad thing, and our definitions of pain might be different. I would imagine what Marten felt was more surprise than pain. I mean yes, he felt the hand hit the back of his head, but I doubt there was any pain. Then again I believe that things like that are very open to the "victim's" perception.
I'm not saying stuff can't be discussed in a serious way but at least realize that a joke is a joke is a joke. Not something to insult strangers over the internet over.
Padma's going to leave a vacancy at The Secret Bakery,
I can't think of a current character who might fill it.
Which means .. new character!
Padma's going to leave a vacancy at The Secret Bakery,
I can't think of a current character who might fill it.
Which means .. new character!
Padma's going to leave a vacancy at The Secret Bakery,
I can't think of a current character who might fill it.
Which means .. new character!
What's next, pulling on her ponytail?
I was gonna say, "dipping it in the inkwell", but even I'm not that old. Right, pwhodges? celticgeek? Anybody...?
When I see Dale in the comic, my mind gives him his own theme/mood music, and I think if QC were animated, his lines would be delivered very dramatically/mysteriously, which would in turn make him kind of creepy, but if done properly it would be less creep and more mystery/comedy/melodrama. This mood change would of course only apply in his interactions with Marigold, though. His CoD secret menu bit and the first part of his pizza delivery would just be the normal mood of the comic, but then when he and Marigold see each other, suddenly it goes to that other mood. This is just how it goes in my head, and to me it makes Dale an awesome character, not in spite of his perceived creepiness, but in fact because of it, and the way it's played for comic effect. My head is a strange and terrible place, though.
I was gonna say, "dipping it in the inkwell", but even I'm not that old. Right, pwhodges? celticgeek? Anybody...?I don't think I've ever seen an inkwell outside historical dramas. I'm familiar with the inkstick, inkstone, and brush (together with paper, 文房四宝 or the Four Treasures Of The Study), but that probably doesn't count because they're not really used for everyday writing any more. And of course Chinese kids never do anything naughty with their ink... :angel:
Yep. I don't get the joke either, but I know enough to know it is another WoW reference.
When I see Dale in the comic, my mind gives him his own theme/mood music, and I think if QC were animated, his lines would be delivered very dramatically/mysteriously, which would in turn make him kind of creepy, but if done properly it would be less creep and more mystery/comedy/melodrama. This mood change would of course only apply in his interactions with Marigold, though. His CoD secret menu bit and the first part of his pizza delivery would just be the normal mood of the comic, but then when he and Marigold see each other, suddenly it goes to that other mood. This is just how it goes in my head, and to me it makes Dale an awesome character, not in spite of his perceived creepiness, but in fact because of it, and the way it's played for comic effect. My head is a strange and terrible place, though.When he does his Gendo eye thing I always hear Kamon from FLCL. Especially today's. I was expecting him to develop an anime sweat drop in the last panel.
Dale is getting increasingly creepy in my opinion, especially now that he's gone from stalking to camping. Anyone else recognize today's setting from this early gem (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1771)? Now I admit his first interaction (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1668) with Marigold wasn't exactly her crowning moment of maturity, but since then it seems that all he's done is constantly belittle her every chance he gets.
Yep. I don't get the joke either, but I know enough to know it is another WoW reference.
It's a D&D reference. In 4th Edition (which is what Jeph plays afaik), when you are afflicted by something (on fire, cursed with wracking pain, hobbled by a movement reduction effect) you roll to see if you 'make a save' and end the effect. Marigold's shirt says she's a geek but if she rolls well enough that will end.
I'm not saying stuff can't be discussed in a serious way but at least realize that a joke is a joke is a joke. Not something to insult strangers over the internet over.
There is nothing to prevent you or anyone ignoring any angsty parts of the discussion and talking about the things you enjoy instead; indeed, this might help to preserve balance.
Correcting someone with a slap is abusive.But see, that's the bit you're ostensibly trying to argue for. That sort of thing is a lot better received if you don't do it in language that already presupposes the point you're trying to prove.
Yep. I don't get the joke either, but I know enough to know it is another WoW reference.
It's a D&D reference.
I see progress here from 1771. Mari's cut back on whatever she's drinking from the convenience store fountain and Dale's avoided the trash can this time..
Dale is likable enough outside of WoW to be initiated into the Secret Menu at Coffee of Doom, an honor Dora didn't bestow on her brother (Faye told him) or her boyfriend. Either his taunting of Marigirl is harmless, or else he's one of those people you read about in the newspaper will all his acquaintances saying "He seemed like such a nice guy!".In my experience, people who most people treat as likeable are about as likely to be complete assholes as they are to be actually really nice people (not that these are the only options). It's usually completely obvious to me, but most people seem to be utterly oblivious.
(moderator)Correcting someone with a slap is abusive.But see, that's the bit you're ostensibly trying to argue for. That sort of thing is a lot better received if you don't do it in language that already presupposes the point you're trying to prove.
Yep. I don't get the joke either, but I know enough to know it is another WoW reference.
It's a D&D reference. In 4th Edition (which is what Jeph plays afaik), when you are afflicted by something (on fire, cursed with wracking pain, hobbled by a movement reduction effect) you roll to see if you 'make a save' and end the effect. Marigold's shirt says she's a geek but if she rolls well enough that will end.
Registered for this.
It would make no sense for Mari to have to save against being a geek, that would imply that she is not naturally one and has to keep up a ruse ( which would be a check on her... ...whatever it is in 4.0. I'm a 3.5 player. Forgive me. )
What I understand it is as is that Mari needed to constantly roll Will saves against peer pressure in order to continue the stereotypical "anti-social geek" lifestyle. She has been continuously failing recently which is either because of low rolls or because of an increasing DC ( the number your save roll needs to beat to "pass" the save ); as she becomes closer to her friends, it becomes harder to say 'no' to them. Because of these failed will saves she becomes farther from the stereotype, and her stereotypical geek personality "ends".
In the end it is a save to end, or rather a series of saves to end, but it is not as simple as implied.
But, you know, that doesn't look good on a shirt, right?
Don't worry, one rule of comedy states that any cultural reference will automatically be lost on half the audience.Catchphrase!
Don't worry, one rule of comedy states that any cultural reference will automatically be lost on half the audience.Catchphrase!
1771, Mari coming out of the shop (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1771)
2035, Mari coming out of the same shop (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2035)
Just noticed, there is definite change here. Metaphorically hinted at by cupsize. (Sorry for the bad pun and can that even be considered a metaphor?)
English is not Skewbrow's native language either; obviously we try to avoid anyone's language being an issue here.No issues here. Just having some speculatory fun. :-)
The change in size of Mari's drink was remarked on earlier, I recall.
...or were you being smart about the obviously poorly chosen pun and trying to mock me with it? English isn't my native language and I may be a bit dense here. :-DThat was not my intention. Sorry about not making it clear. I am the obtuse angle of this forum, and simply missed the pun :psyduck:
As Paul said, the native speakers are quite forgiving to us foreigners.
We better be. It's been my observation that native speakers seem to butcher English even worst than foreigners. :|Bwahaha! Amen! It seems common consensus among native speakers :)
That was a typo! Or at least, that's my story and I'm sticking to it, gosh darn it. :lol:We better be. It's been my observation that native speakers seem to butcher English even worst than foreigners. :|Bwahaha! Amen! It seems common consensus among native speakers :)