I've watched beautiful, large women sleep. I may turn it into a hobby.As long as they consent.
embedded LEDs?That would explain why Momo doesn't sweat. She glows.
embedded LEDs?That would explain why Momo doesn't sweat. She glows.
Or the lack of consent.Wait, how is consent an issue here? Am I missing something?
Or the lack of consent.Wait, how is consent an issue here? Am I missing something?
Though, Dale, it is kind of really creepy to watch someone while they sleep. Even if Marigold is beautiful. That doesn't erase the creepiness. Or the lack of consent.
Though, Dale, it is kind of really creepy to watch someone while they sleep. Even if Marigold is beautiful. That doesn't erase the creepiness. Or the lack of consent.
It was he who wanted to leave and she who insisted that he stay.
At some point, Marigold will wake up, see Dale sitting asleep on the couch and (after an optional brief freak-out) lean on him before falling asleep again.Squee
That would explain why Momo doesn't sweat. She glows.
Why does the robot blush? More to the point: how does a robot blush?The only purpose would be to interact better with humans. It is part of the overall body language that she is equipped to display (in accordance with her social interaction database). The database seems comprehensive, I really could need a copy.
What the frak is the problem with enjoying watching your relationship partner sleep.
Another observation: Before Momo got her new body, she had square speech bubbles (meaning artificial ?), whereas now they are rounded (that is, same as humans). I suppose this means that Momo's voice now is indistinguishable from a human voice.I'm quoting myself here, because I did some research. It appears that AnthroPC speech bubbles changed from square (artificial) to rounded (human) during an extended period where AnthroPCs were absent from the series. More precisely, in 1921 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1921) they were square, and in 1994 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1994) they were rounded. This corresponds to 15 weeks (our time).
Given Momo's electronic self-defense capability (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2012), Dale will not have any chance to do anything inappropriate, even if he was so inclined (which he is not). That is, unless Momo's social interaction database deems it appropriate :-D
I'm more concerned actually for Marigold. She's been socially awkward for god knows how long, so being in a date with Dale is a big shock to her it seems. Remember, this is a person who actually loathed the other over a MMO, and both antagonized each other and their first time together......was the equivalent of a shotgun wedding courtesy of Momo. And look how that turned out.As I have mentioned earlier, the Momo/Marigold companionship must be there for a reason. Momo has a mission to improve Marigold's life (because that is what she wanted to do). This is implemented by a combination of suggestions, threats, advice, comforting, and manipulation.
As much as Marigold has improved in not being socially awkward, ya can't exactly erase it all in one swoop. I imagine there will still be some lingering doubts here and there, even if Momo can vouch in the positive for Dale.
I don't know. It's just a bit squicky to me when someone watches another person sleep?Or the lack of consent.Wait, how is consent an issue here? Am I missing something?
I personally might want to know. It probably isn't really that big of an issue, if it's even one. :meh:
It might be a good idea to find a light blanket or something, and cover the Sleeping Booty.:lol: I like Sleeping Booty. But covering her up would block the nice view. However, if it is the proper thing to do, and if she gets less freaked out when she awakens, then I tend to agree.
Lets hope he doesn't overdose on the energy drinks and wind up being zombified.Dale: BRAAAAAAAAIIIIIINNNNSSSS!
In Mass Effect, Legion outright states that its body has been fitted with eyebrow-like facial features for the very purpose of better interacting with organics.Why does the robot blush? More to the point: how does a robot blush?The only purpose would be to interact better with humans. It is part of the overall body language that she is equipped to display (in accordance with her social interaction database).
What I'm getting at is that context is important!His aknowledging it being potentially creepy out of context goes a long way, but seriously Dale should relax. He's not some random creep who sneaked in to peek on a sleeping woman. He's speaking of a woman who invited him to take her out on a date. A woman who clinged to him when he told of leaving. A woman he already made out with.
Dale is aware that he could seem creepy even though he's touched by how adorable Mar-Bear can be.
I LOLd. Literally. My neighbours must hate me right now.Lets hope he doesn't overdose on the energy drinks and wind up being zombified.Dale: BRAAAAAAAAIIIIIINNNNSSSS!
Marigold: DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE!
I'm more concerned actually for Marigold. She's been socially awkward for god knows how long, so being in a date with Dale is a big shock to her it seems. Remember, this is a person who actually loathed the other over a MMO, and both antagonized each other and their first time together......was the equivalent of a shotgun wedding courtesy of Momo. And look how that turned out.As I have mentioned earlier, the Momo/Marigold companionship must be there for a reason. Momo has a mission to improve Marigold's life (because that is what she wanted to do). This is implemented by a combination of suggestions, threats, advice, comforting, and manipulation.
As much as Marigold has improved in not being socially awkward, ya can't exactly erase it all in one swoop. I imagine there will still be some lingering doubts here and there, even if Momo can vouch in the positive for Dale.
He lay, often, looking at her sleeping face in the new light that fell in through the open walls of the strange house, and he stared at her skin and hair with his mouth open, transfixed by the quick stillness of her, struck dumb with the physical fact of her existence as though she was some careless star-thing that slept on quite unaware of its incandescent power; the casualness and ease with which she slept there amazed him; he couldn’t believe that such beauty could survive without some superhumanly intense conscious effort.
Use of Weapons, Ian M. Banks
Yelling Bird can never meet the main QC cast. He MUST not. For that would mean meeting Pintsize, and the two meeting would result in a reaction not unlike putting mountain sized chunks of matter and antimatter together. Utter destruction of the Earth.
"My name is DJ Phalliz and I'm here to say, kill your friends. Kill them with a knife"
Oh, and for the record, I prefer the alternate version of today's comic (http://jephjacques.com/post/76293673190/sexy), if for nothing else than Momo's face in panel 6.
QuoteHe lay, often, looking at her sleeping face in the new light that fell in through the open walls of the strange house, and he stared at her skin and hair with his mouth open, transfixed by the quick stillness of her, struck dumb with the physical fact of her existence as though she was some careless star-thing that slept on quite unaware of its incandescent power; the casualness and ease with which she slept there amazed him; he couldn’t believe that such beauty could survive without some superhumanly intense conscious effort.
Use of Weapons, Ian M. Banks
If he had just followed high-Marigold in and watched her sleep, that would be creepy (unless maybe he was watching to make sure she didn't stop breathing, since he wouldn't know what was wrong with her). But right now, he's in the main room of her house, she's fully clad, they're chaperoned (I don't think he'd do anything otherwise, but it removes potential threat), etc, and he's just happy to be around her, not getting off on watching her sleep it off.
Oh, and for the record, I prefer the alternate version of today's comic (http://jephjacques.com/post/76293673190/sexy), if for nothing else than Momo's face in panel 6.
The "OMFG WHAT DID I DO LAST NIGHT!!!" face.I think it's rather the "my life got turned upside down and everyone acts like it's normal" face.
That's beautiful.
I actually thought the energy drink was supposed to be for Marigold. :psyduck:That was my thought too. Momo does indeed think Dale watching Marigold sleep is creepy and wants Dale to wake her up with energy drinks so he can't ogle her sleeping booty. But the other theory makes a lot of sense as well (and fits Jeph's comment better).
Let's brainstorm for the poll. My contribution: "ANAL WAFFLES" should be the last option. Because of reasons.
alternate version of today's comic (http://jephjacques.com/post/76293673190/sexy)Close enough.
I would be so creeped out by this in Marbear's shoes.
Someone needs to make a .gif of Momo slowly going into the kitchen with that face.........
Someone needs to make a .gif of Momo slowly going into the kitchen with that face.........
It's 5am I should sleep or something help
(http://i.imgur.com/DcaUiop.gif)
Wish I could fix the jerky nature of the gif but I only have Fireworks on this computer
So how do I shrink that down to Avatar size? :-DOriginal Resized
So how do I shrink that down to Avatar size? :-DOriginal Resized
(http://i.imgur.com/jBgST2u.gif)
http://i.imgur.com/jBgST2u.gif
Original Resized with slight Zoom In
(http://i.imgur.com/XjLb27c.gif)
http://i.imgur.com/XjLb27c.gif
The jerkiness still bothers me, damn you Fireworks.
I would be so creeped out by this in Marbear's shoes.
Having a trusted third party (Momo) basically give a wink/thumbs up goes a long way twords diffusing the creep/awkward/not-kosher-ness. Not something I would do however -- I would have left and given prior situations I would have made considerable effort to leave her a message "Sorry you weren't feeling well - lets try again tomorrow?"
Explanation time is drawing nigh.
Once her brain restarts.
Yeah no. If I am passing out grade fucked up and my roommate is home, and it's theoretically our first date... you should probably just go.
So i made a gif and then i came back and found that bryntheskit did one already :psyduck:.Can you combine the two?
Oh well, it's not the same style, so i'll share it anyway:
(http://i.imgur.com/vhDfnh5.gif)
Edit:
Just found out how to invert the order in Photoshop :-D So why not?:(click to show/hide)
Can you combine the two?
...everything I see is Momo.
This has meme all over it.i think we need one of the whole main cast, can't wait for the next strip to be released to see what Mar-bears reaction to Dale is going to be
This has meme all over it.
Although people do tend to awfulize quite a bit.Is that the same as catastrophize?
Dale took off the AR glasses! Maybe he's finally content with his reality.They run out of battery and the charger it's at home :-P.
Obviously, the pancakes can wait.Blasphemous!
They might not go quite that far, but they might. I suppose we'll know soon enough.I mean, I wouldn't get that is what is happening, seems soon.
....I feel like this is going in a COMPLETELY opposite direction then you people think it's going.
Sluthy, you need to put the image URL in [ img] [/ img], not [ url] [/ url]. Like so:I thought the tags were done by mistake and fixed it and then unfixed it when I realized there were no url things either. Anyway my point is I probably shouldn't have touched the post, so I undid my edit.(click to show/hide)
Sluthy, you need to put the image URL in [ img] [/ img], not [ url] [/ url].
I mean, I wouldn't get that is what is happening, seems soon.
Marigold looks hot in the morning. I have a thing for messy hair.
I'll say nice quote! I'm still part way though this novel, so ill say Cheradenine seems like ... something ... don't wana lose my head hereQuoteHe lay, often, looking at her sleeping face ...
Use of Weapons, Ian M. Banks
....I feel like this is going in a COMPLETELY opposite direction then you people think it's going.
Meh. That would be pretty tiresome. How many misunderstandings can these two have? If I were Dale, I'd get pretty discouraged if everything I did with the best of intentions was taken the wrong way...
Is that the same as catastrophize?
Not saying Momo should have felt Dale was unsafe to be around. I'm saying it's socially awkward as fuck to hang around. In the event of a date passing out you ensure she's okay, get her home and in the hands of her friends and exit, stage left, your duty as a decent human being complete, and not being a creeper to boot.Well, maybe I just like making pancakes/awesome food for people. That's my definition of performing my duty as a decent human being.
How the hell is it creepy to take care of someone who's fucked up? If you're already there, I'd argue it's pretty much your duty as a decent human being to do so.
Not saying Momo should have felt Dale was unsafe to be around. I'm saying it's socially awkward as fuck to hang around. In the event of a date passing out you ensure she's okay, get her home and in the hands of her friends and exit, stage left, your duty as a decent human being complete, and not being a creeper to boot.Well, maybe I just like making pancakes/awesome food for people. That's my definition of performing my duty as a decent human being.
Dude, chill. You know full well there's a difference between breaking into someone's house and what's happened here in the comic. I was merely professing my fondness for cooking. By the sounds of it, it seems like Momo was the one that wanted Dale to stay. And if her and Dale bond over the experience, that can only be good.Not saying Momo should have felt Dale was unsafe to be around. I'm saying it's socially awkward as fuck to hang around. In the event of a date passing out you ensure she's okay, get her home and in the hands of her friends and exit, stage left, your duty as a decent human being complete, and not being a creeper to boot.Well, maybe I just like making pancakes/awesome food for people. That's my definition of performing my duty as a decent human being.
Sneak into your next door neighbor's place around 0500 today and do your duty then. See what happens and report back.
so how could I expect a woman to take it?...how is that not an incredibly sexist question?
Seriously, cold pancakes are pretty tasty.
QuoteSeriously, cold pancakes are pretty tasty.This statement is so detached from reality that I can only assume that Jeph has been replaced by some sort of demon or warlock.
it's socially awkward as fuck to hang around.
so how could I expect a woman to take it?...how is that not an incredibly sexist question?
Well, there is that - Mae'r cablwr getlaidd.Fixed that for you.
If Marigold was in her bedroom and Dale and Momo were in the living room watching movies, then it's no different from any other roommate having a quiet late night party.+1
If Marigold was in her bedroom and Dale and Momo were in the living room watching movies, then it's no different from any other roommate having a quiet late night party.+10
Do androids dream of electric pancakes?
I know, I just wasn't sure what the etiquette was of filling the forum with GIFs like that, didn't want to look like I was spamming. Suppose the spoiler tag would've been enough.
Do androids dream of electric pancakes?
so how could I expect a woman to take it?...how is that not an incredibly sexist question?
Women tend to be more concerned about their personal safety than men, and so tend to be more prone to misinterpret men's behavior as threatening, even when said behavior is not intended as such. And yes, some men can be interpreted as more threatening than others, even when they're not trying to be.
it's socially awkward as fuck to hang around.
Yes.
It would also have been socially awkward to leave, but not as funny.
Nobody will ever take the QC characters as role models for setting good boundaries.
Do androids dream of electric pancakes?Siiiiiigquoted.
The fact that Valentine's Day is two days away makes me think he'll give this a happy ending, but the look Marigold has on her face makes me question that theory.Nah. It is the look of determination. She wants to bang ASAP. They are officially a couple on Valentine's Day.
I had considered catastrophize as a recently coined word, one that usually made me smile when I said it, say, to a howling grandchild, and looked at awfulize in your usage the same way. Your dictionary and mine contain both words, awfulize as a transitive verb, catastrophize as intransitive. Learning has occurred.Is that the same as catastrophize?This (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/awfulize) is the Definition I was using.
If Marigold was in her bedroom and Dale and Momo were in the living room watching movies, then it's no different from any other roommate having a quiet late night party.Yes!
Marigold insisted on having their date ASAP. She fell asleep. Dale spent the time bonding with Momo. Dale making pancakes and sticking around in general is basically him moving the date to whenever Marigold feels up to it--since she wanted to have it so badly. It seemed really important to her for him to be there.Yes, again! Dale suggested leaving and both Marigold and Momo asked him to stay. Furthermore, it's not as if Marbear and Dale are strangers. They have many common friends; they've already spent some time together before, both with others and alone.
I don't see how Dale staying can be wrong. That Marigold insisted that he stay may not mean much. She did not know that she would pass out. But Momo not only asked him to, when seemed close to panic when he suggested that he leave.
Meh. Waffles, Pancakes, who cares, same thing really.
Learning has occurred.
For example, four panels of Marigold eating pancakes.
Dude, what? Come on now.
...pancakes are nothing but carbs, she'll need some bacon and eggs for that.
I admit I'd be a little happier for Marigold if she were more clearly acting from affection than from desperation.Hence the disappointment.
For two people who to our knowledge were virgins up until comic 2638, never mind anxiety, 'length of time without' or inexperience, everything since the second panel on to now seems very implausible. Staying to keep an eye on her with android friend? Sure. Pancakes? Awesome. Those are adorable, and I'm totally willing to go with them. Virgin 1 dragging virgin 2 straight to home plate despite extremely little experience to our knowledge with any of the other bases (I swear I hate the baseball analogy, but it worked and I couldn't get it replaced)? Hey look, there's my disbelief. The suspension cable just snapped.
Virgin 1 dragging virgin 2 straight to home plate despite extremely little experience to our knowledge with any of the other bases (I swear I hate the baseball analogy, but it worked and I couldn't get it replaced)? Hey look, there's my disbelief. The suspension cable just snapped.
Apparently Marigold did not find it the least bit creepy. I can't say I'm shocked.Because there are a lot of folks out there with the fundamental mindset that all men are innately predators and rapists, barely under control at the best of times.
With both Marigold and Momo having made it clear that they wanted him to stay, I cannot begin to understand the fuss being made.
How are "one night stands with girls who don't shave" considered "pushing the envelope"? Waay too much attention has been given to Delilah's body hair by people on this forum.
Come on, guys.
Seriously.
/rant
Apparently Marigold did not find it the least bit creepy. I can't say I'm shocked.Because there are a lot of folks out there with the fundamental mindset that all men are innately predators and rapists, barely under control at the best of times.
With both Marigold and Momo having made it clear that they wanted him to stay, I cannot begin to understand the fuss being made.
Heck, I spoke to a mother a few years back who boasted -- boasted! -- that she'd never yet failed to ensure that her husband was never alone with their five-year-old daughter, because, well, All Men.
Wait, why would she have a stern talking-to with Momo?Maybe she thought that Momo had "stolen" her date.
I have to say I was really looking forward to something more slow paced, an awkward but cute love story between two people experiencing intimacy for the first time. An arc about the two of them feeling things they've never felt before, wanting to do things they've never done before etc. could have been very sweet. Both of them freaking out about seeing each other naked and what not.
This comic has dealt with all kinds of unconventional things like trans-sexuality, bisexuality, bdsm, one night stands with girls who don't shave, inter-racial relationships etc. and that's great but I really don't think Jeph needs to be constantly pushing the envelope so to speak. It would've been cool to see something a bit more cliched and relateable for a change of pace.
Wait, why would she have a stern talking-to with Momo?
Nah. It is the look of determination. She wants to bang ASAP. They are officially a couple on Valentine's Day.Ahh. Just as I predicted. On Valentine's day tomorrow, Marigold and Dale shall perform a double booty dance, with Faye and Angus applauding. Momo should get the Happy Arbor Day 2003 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1889) banner from Pintsize, and invite everybody to a celebration.
Because a girl who doesn't shave is unconventional, it's confronting to some extent, and isn't that what pushing the envelope is all about? Confronting your audience with something unconventional to them?Or maybe it's just confronting and unconventional to you. Be chill dude.
Because a girl who doesn't shave is unconventional, it's confronting to some extent, and isn't that what pushing the envelope is all about? Confronting your audience with something unconventional to them?Or maybe it's just confronting and unconventional to you. Be chill dude.
Regarding Marigold's innocence, she did touch a wiener. (see: http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2166)I have to say I was really looking forward to something more slow paced, an awkward but cute love story between two people experiencing intimacy for the first time. An arc about the two of them feeling things they've never felt before, wanting to do things they've never done before etc. could have been very sweet. Both of them freaking out about seeing each other naked and what not.
This comic has dealt with all kinds of unconventional things like trans-sexuality, bisexuality, bdsm, one night stands with girls who don't shave, inter-racial relationships etc. and that's great but I really don't think Jeph needs to be constantly pushing the envelope so to speak. It would've been cool to see something a bit more cliched and relateable for a change of pace.
I get wanting a cute story out of Marigold and Dale but I don't get how a romantic-awkward subplot is more relateable (on a large scale, I understand this may not be your personal experience) or likely than two adults who are attracted to each other and beginning to date and over the conventional age for virgins wanting to just go have sex.
Method of Madness: She wasn't exactly herself the night before.
Hoboy. What a mess.
Heh, well at least now I understand why it's surprising to you why so many forum members made mention of Delilah's body hair. I think we must just live in different places because where I'm from a girl who let's her body hair grow would universally be considered unconventional.Now I feel really old. When I was younger, female body hair shaving (at least on other places than the legs) was definitively considered kinky.
Regarding Marigold's innocence, she did touch a wiener. (see: http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2166)I have to say I was really looking forward to something more slow paced, an awkward but cute love story between two people experiencing intimacy for the first time. An arc about the two of them feeling things they've never felt before, wanting to do things they've never done before etc. could have been very sweet. Both of them freaking out about seeing each other naked and what not.
This comic has dealt with all kinds of unconventional things like trans-sexuality, bisexuality, bdsm, one night stands with girls who don't shave, inter-racial relationships etc. and that's great but I really don't think Jeph needs to be constantly pushing the envelope so to speak. It would've been cool to see something a bit more cliched and relateable for a change of pace.
I get wanting a cute story out of Marigold and Dale but I don't get how a romantic-awkward subplot is more relateable (on a large scale, I understand this may not be your personal experience) or likely than two adults who are attracted to each other and beginning to date and over the conventional age for virgins wanting to just go have sex.
Method of Madness: She wasn't exactly herself the night before.
Yeah you might be right about my personal experiences differing from the greater population. I just really liked the idea of an 'awkward first time' story playing out between these two love birds.
Exactly the point I was trying to make with my earlier posts about why Dale's actions could be considered creepy under different circumstances. Fortunately for him, Marigold did not consider his actions creepy, hence his apparently getting laid. But if she were less attracted to him and/or more paranoid about her safety or believed that all men are predators, things could have ended very differently for Dale.Yeah, maybe if they didn't know they each liked each other and hadn't totally made out for a few comics that could have been creepy, but they did, and it wasn't.
Exactly the point I was trying to make with my earlier posts about why Dale's actions could be considered creepy under different circumstances. Fortunately for him, Marigold did not consider his actions creepy, hence his apparently getting laid. But if she were less attracted to him and/or more paranoid about her safety or believed that all men are predators, things could have ended very differently for Dale.Yeah, maybe if they didn't know they each liked each other and hadn't totally made out for a few comics that could have been creepy, but they did, and it wasn't.
I seriously don't see how Dale staying behind to make pancakes is a big deal, are all men seen as potential rapists or something?
Let's hope it wasn't the Cosmopolitan.
Shootz - Well yeah, but being unconventional isn't a bad thing.
Well then why would you object to him including unconventional things?Shootz - Well yeah, but being unconventional isn't a bad thing.
I definitely didn't mean to imply that it was!
Let's hope it wasn't the Cosmopolitan.(click to show/hide)
I have to say I was really looking forward to something more slow paced, an awkward but cute love story between two people experiencing intimacy for the first time. An arc about the two of them feeling things they've never felt before, wanting to do things they've never done before etc. could have been very sweet. Both of them freaking out about seeing each other naked and what not.
This comic has dealt with all kinds of unconventional things like trans-sexuality, bisexuality, bdsm, one night stands with girls who don't shave, inter-racial relationships etc. and that's great but I really don't think Jeph needs to be constantly pushing the envelope so to speak. It would've been cool to see something a bit more cliched and relateable for a change of pace.
I was so confused by today's comic, because I thought yesterday Marigold was pulling Dale out into the hallway to have a stern talking-to with Momo in private. Understanding household geography is apparently quite important.
For example, four panels of Marigold eating pancakes.
Hey, she'll need the protein after brutally banging her boyfriend's bony body.
Well then why would you object to him including unconventional things?Shootz - Well yeah, but being unconventional isn't a bad thing.
I definitely didn't mean to imply that it was!
I sure do hope that increased physical intimacy without even a little bit of becoming comfortable with each other first will not just make everything between them more awkward (as I already thought yesterday)... But then, if they have breakfast in bed together, that is a good time for emotional bonding.
Also I really hope at least one of them was sufficiently prepared to have a condom at hand.
I sure do hope that increased physical intimacy without even a little bit of becoming comfortable with each other first will not just make everything between them more awkward (as I already thought yesterday)... But then, if they have breakfast in bed together, that is a good time for emotional bonding.
Also I really hope at least one of them was sufficiently prepared to have a condom at hand.
There are plenty of things you can do that you do not need a condom for. And no, I do not mean Scrabble.
(I've seen Marigold's behaviour before, in real life. Not specifically getting pancakes and syrup, but the general kind of matter-of-fact demeanour is definitely there.)Not quite sure here. Marigold seems to have been in some kind of trance ever since she waked up. But after the initial shock, realizing the date was ruined, but Dale still there (thanks to Momo), she got this determined look. Not smiling, not talking, but definitively acting.
There are plenty of things you can do that you do not need a condom for. And no, I do not mean Scrabble.
I think that a mutually orgasmic experience will be good for their social anxiety, they will both be flooded with endorphins.
Also pancakes after sex > Smoking after sexPretty much any kind of dessert after sex > smoking after sex.
There are plenty of things you can do that you do not need a condom for. And no, I do not mean Scrabble.
True. :-)I think that a mutually orgasmic experience will be good for their social anxiety, they will both be flooded with endorphins.
Not sure if there was much of an orgasmic experience if they were both virgins before (speaking from personal experience), but of course KOK is right, we don't know what they actually did and so I will stop speculating immediately. We'll see what the comic tomorrow is (maybe something completely different? E.g. back to Marten?)
Exactly the point I was trying to make with my earlier posts about why Dale's actions could be considered creepy under different circumstances. Fortunately for him, Marigold did not consider his actions creepy, hence his apparently getting laid. But if she were less attracted to him and/or more paranoid about her safety or believed that all men are predators, things could have ended very differently for Dale.
I sure do hope that increased physical intimacy without even a little bit of becoming comfortable with each other first will not just make everything between them more awkward (as I already thought yesterday)... But then, if they have breakfast in bed together, that is a good time for emotional bonding.
Also I really hope at least one of them was sufficiently prepared to have a condom at hand.
There are plenty of things you can do that you do not need a condom for. And no, I do not mean Scrabble.
Now would be a great time for Marigold's dad to show up at her door again.
"EXPLAIN NUDITY."
"Huh?"
"NUDITY. EXPLAIN IT."
"Dad, I'd like you to meet Dale..."
"DAMN IT DAMN IT DAMN IT Damn it..."
Would people who didn't know that Momo was a robot be able to tell?
I can imagine Momo preparing to support Marigold's health by discretely acquiring condoms ahead of time
Would people who didn't know that Momo was a robot be able to tell?Considering the people in-comic who didn't know Momo was a robot (Padma and Sam for example) tended to think she was ~12 years old, it might attract some unwanted attention if they see her buying condoms. :psyduck:
Would people who didn't know that Momo was a robot be able to tell?
Did I miss something where Padma and Sam thought Momo was human? Or just that they didn't comment that she was a robot? I mean, judging from the shop she bought it from, that's a fairly common or standard model she wears. And considering it was a shop in a mall, that indicates to me it's a pretty big and likely popular chain. So it's probably not uncommon to see robots with that chassis wandering around, to the point where nobody much notices or comments.
Two virgins, both alike in awkwardness,That is awesome. :-D
In fair Northampton, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new booty-dance,
Where pancake sauce makes bedding sheets unclean.
andWould people who didn't know that Momo was a robot be able to tell?With Momo, probably not, since Jim's daughter couldn't tell. On the other hand, Pintsize buying condoms (source, someone?) probably was noticeable.
Did I miss something where Padma and Sam thought Momo was human? Or just that they didn't comment that she was a robot? I mean, judging from the shop she bought it from, that's a fairly common or standard model she wears. And considering it was a shop in a mall, that indicates to me it's a pretty big and likely popular chain. So it's probably not uncommon to see robots with that chassis wandering around, to the point where nobody much notices or comments.Sam assumes Momo is a junior high student (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2012), and Padma assumes Momo is Marten's daughter (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2009)
Exactly how lifelike is Momo’s new chassis supposed to look? Sam seemed to think she was a human when she first met her, but Hannelore playing with her squeaky skin makes it seem like it’s some kind of obviously-plastic substance. So would an average passer-by take her to be a normal person (bright pink hair notwithstanding, I guess), or is she more of an Uncanny Valley machine the way some of today’s Japanese robots are?
She’s close enough that a kid could mistake her for human at first glance. But she wouldn’t fool anybody who was actually paying attention or familiar with humanoid AnthroPCs.
Fun-sized??Homeric bosoms.
Seeing as I implied I was part of one of those pairs, I'd tend to agree. I was just wondering if other people know lots of examples of this sort of archetypal couple or if I just coincidentally live around a lot of them.
EDIT: CURVY straight-haired brunette nerd girl plus scruffy-looking, gangly, doesn't-know-what-to-do-with-his-hair nerd guy, both appropriately bespectacled. At each other's throats before they were together. Way into sexing each other now. Does anyone else feel like they know these people in real life, or better yet know at least three pairs of these people in real life? Does anyone feel like they are one of these people? Because I'm starting to think there's a conspiracy.
Usually when a girl calls herself "fun-size" it means she's short.
Seeing as I implied I was part of one of those pairs, I'd tend to agree. I was just wondering if other people know lots of examples of this sort of archetypal couple or if I just coincidentally live around a lot of them.
man, it feels like forever since I've drawn Faye. Feels good.
Do you guys think QC will ever be funny again?Hey, this one was amusing -- during the first rest pause they remember, "OH, right, the pancakes!" and Mari just fetches them entirely deadpan; Momo's "syrup is for the pancakes" line. They can't all be ROFL masterpieces.
And I really don't want to know what that syrup goes on, other than the pancakes.Well, since you don't want to know I'll spoiler the answer. Even though it's quite obvious.
So the twist was that it was actually the Marten Self-Inquisition, not the Tai Inquisition. Huh.Close enough to the Mark.
OHISEEWHATYOUDIDTHERE :mrgreen:So the twist was that it was actually the Marten Self-Inquisition, not the Tai Inquisition. Huh.Close enough to the Mark.
It was totally unexpected, but now back to CoD. Marten is whining as usual, now towards Faye. Obviously, he wants everyone to know what happened, but why? Does he want them to feel sorry for him, or is it just his way to get it out of his system? If I were Faye, I would slap him, tell him to stop whining, and go home to take a shower. He must be quite smelly by now.
Close enough to the Mark.
Do pancakes count as cake? (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2150)Served like this, yes:
I had no idea my misplaced turn of phrase would spawn so many fun-sized comments.Johnny, please.Close enough to the Mark.(click to show/hide)
How do you know he has not showered? He has more than one teh-shirt.It is possible, but the storyline is probably something like this:
Honestly, as a GSP* I appreciate the comic exactly because of that.Because a GSP hates Valentine's Day? As a HMP*, but still remembering my GSP days, I can sympatize. Still, I think it is wrong that Jeph is not celebrating the day in some way. Marten at CoD could have waited until Monday (or until eternity for all I care, I am sick of his whining).(click to show/hide)
That makes no sense because the comic is not in real time. Hasn't only about a year of time passed in the preceding decade of comic?Maybe, but this does not change my theory at all. Jeph tends not to jump much backwards or forwards in time, there is a strict chronological progress in the overall story. But in order to tell parallel storylines, there must be some time jumps when shifting focus between them. Still, the time jumps tend to be quite small, Jeph likes to shift focus instead of completing one storyline before jumping back to the other. We saw this during the Space Station arc, where Angus and Faye (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2149) suddenly appeared in the middle of the arc. Jeph probably wanted us to remember that there was still life on Earth.
Honestly, as a GSP* I appreciate the comic exactly because of that.Couldn't agree more. Although I'm probably more bitter than simply grumpy, which probably explains that I'll be telling people to enjoy their VD today.(click to show/hide)
Do you guys think QC will ever be funny again?Funny ? Whats that ? Anyone needs that ? Can one eat it ?
Johnny, please.Oh hai, Mark.(click to show/hide)
:mrgreen: @Binks: I guess nobody is forcing you to read QC. If you do not like it, please find another comic that is hilarious all the time. As someone said, "It is Jeph's show, we are just here for the ride".Do you guys think QC will ever be funny again?Funny ? Whats that ? Anyone needs that ? Can one eat it ?
I thought she was cute. There is no official hierarchy of cuteness - just because she isn't your type doesn't mean she isn't anyone else's.We tend to like or dislike fictional characters, based on how they are portrayed, and our own preferences. As for Delilah, she was not my type, but I did not exactly dislike her or think she was ugly.
Boy, Marten's standards must've dropped hard if he thought Delilah was "cute."
Boy, Marten's standards must've dropped hard if he thought Delilah was "cute."
...Okay I'm going to stop coming into the comic forum again.
Oh Marten... The title of todays comic says it all for me: "Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah"It made him realize he's not interested in the casual thing. That's something, no?
I was kinda hoping Delilah's story would have helped him to not take everything so seriously all the time so that he would stop feeling sorry for himself and maybe go out from time to time, have fun and possibly meet someone interesting but alas... Marten will be Marten. :-P
Boy, Marten's standards must've dropped hard if he thought Delilah was "cute."Any chance of you not restating this opinion at least once a week any time soon?
Boy, Marten's standards must've dropped hard if he thought Delilah was "cute."
...Okay I'm going to stop coming into the comic forum again.
(http://i.imgur.com/tOXu3Hr.jpg)
Anywhere it can be licked off of.
It made him realize he's not interested in the casual thing. That's something, no?Fair point!
I wouldn't feel like celebrating VD either under those circumstances.
Hence the need to be thorough with the licking. :-DAnywhere it can be licked off of.
I hear that causes terrible risk of yeast infection.
Boy, Marten's standards must've dropped hard if he thought Delilah was "cute."Any chance of you not restating this opinion at least once a week any time soon?
Not sure honey is safer - yeast thrives on sugar.Honey has antifungal properties. Non-heated honey, anyway. Cheap honey-based products should be avoided, as they've often been heated.
Really? Cute to me seems like a term that can mean a LOT of things.
"Cute" is a term that, in my experience, is used when you don't want to admit that you had more attraction to someone than would be considered (in your mind, at least) "acceptable."
"Cute" is a term that, in my experience, is used when you don't want to admit that you had more attraction to someone than would be considered (in your mind, at least) "acceptable."
Well, that's different from the way most people use the word.
Can we all just accept that Marten found Delilah attractive, and that attractiveness is purely in the eye of the beholder?
"Cute" is a term that, in my experience, is used when you don't want to admit that you had more attraction to someone than would be considered (in your mind, at least) "acceptable."
Well, that's different from the way most people use the word.
Can we all just accept that Marten found Delilah attractive, and that attractiveness is purely in the eye of the beholder?
If we accept that attractiveness is purely in the eye of the beholder, then how are we supposed to make people feel uncomfortable with their bodies or their preferences? If we accept that people are attracted in innumerable ways to innumerable attributes, then how can we create a hierarchy of attractiveness to be packaged and sold to insecure people? How can we hold people to impossible and sometimes contradictory standards both in personal appearance and the appearance of their partner/s?
Marten and Faye are so close that it's almost like talking to himself. He can think out loud around her.
:mrgreen: @Binks: I guess nobody is forcing you to read QC. If you do not like it, please find another comic that is hilarious all the time. As someone said, "It is Jeph's show, we are just here for the ride".Do you guys think QC will ever be funny again?Funny ? Whats that ? Anyone needs that ? Can one eat it ?
As for myself, it is the combination of serious real life issues, strong personalities, development of storylines (Ok, perhaps a bit slow at times), and occasional hilarity that make me like the series. A bit of sci-fi technology also helps, happily it is not overused.
"Cute" is a term that, in my experience, is used when you don't want to admit that you had more attraction to someone than would be considered (in your mind, at least) "acceptable."
Well, that's different from the way most people use the word.
Can we all just accept that Marten found Delilah attractive, and that attractiveness is purely in the eye of the beholder?
If we accept that attractiveness is purely in the eye of the beholder, then how are we supposed to make people feel uncomfortable with their bodies or their preferences? If we accept that people are attracted in innumerable ways to innumerable attributes, then how can we create a hierarchy of attractiveness to be packaged and sold to insecure people? How can we hold people to impossible and sometimes contradictory standards both in personal appearance and the appearance of their partner/s?
It's really hard to just stop reading something that you've loved for years. You've been with it for so long and you used to love it so much so you keep reading out of hope that it will get better. I don't want to just give up on it like that and it would help if the "humor" was so sitcom-y. I get that there are serious times but you can be funny while being serious! Most of the strips nowadays have almost no dialogue and just show expressions or extremely lazy writing for the sake of the serious moments. It just really sucks seeing something you used to admire so much go to shit.
...Okay I'm going to stop coming into the comic forum again.Nooooo. I can never quite resist checking the forum, and your posts have been making the discussions on here recently much more pleasant to read.
If we accept that attractiveness is purely in the eye of the beholder, then how are we supposed to make people feel uncomfortable with their bodies or their preferences? If we accept that people are attracted in innumerable ways to innumerable attributes, then how can we create a hierarchy of attractiveness to be packaged and sold to insecure people? How can we hold people to impossible and sometimes contradictory standards both in personal appearance and the appearance of their partner/s?:-D <3
it would help if the "humor" was so sitcom-y.I would agree that the Dale/Marigold thing was a bit clichéd (we all knew it was going to happen, but the way it happened seemed like it was pushed forward, rather than a natural thing). Other than that... I'm cool with the comic.
You do notice that he tends to go back to music when he gets in this state though, so don't be surprised if we see more of Deathmole in the near future.Maybe (and hopefully) that is the direction that Jeph will take. I mean, because of Marten's influence (is the only word that comes to mind at the moment, but hopefully you know what I mean), Faye (fear of attachment, and more specifically, loss of attachment), Dora (control issues, insecurity), Hanners (extreme OCD, anxiety with human contact), and even Marbear (non-social, bordering on reclusive) have managed to pull themselves together through various means and make Normal Human Beings of themselves (more or less).
If we accept that attractiveness is purely in the eye of the beholder, then how are we supposed to make people feel uncomfortable with their bodies or their preferences? If we accept that people are attracted in innumerable ways to innumerable attributes, then how can we create a hierarchy of attractiveness to be packaged and sold to insecure people? How can we hold people to impossible and sometimes contradictory standards both in personal appearance and the appearance of their partner/s?You win so many internets with this that we'd have to borrow some from Akima to hand them to you.
Dude's got issues, sure. Hell,Tai doesn't have any issue. She's the best-adjusted character in the whole main cast. To find similarly well-adjusted characters we'd have to look into tertiary characters, namely Marten's dads.practicallyevery character does.
I dunno... I'm not getting so much whining here as Marten trying to sort out his feelings on the whole hook up. This is apparently the first time he's done something like this, and it clearly isn't what he was expecting it to be.
Long time reader, first time poster here.
Honestly, I'm beginning to worry about Marten. He's not happy and hasn't been for some time. He's becoming increasingly bitter about his life. We've already seen that bitterness move him to act out of character (refusing to see Padma for the last time) and now we've seen that sex with people he doesn't really care about won't help..not that we really though it would.
If things don't start looking up for him soon, I would not be surprised to see him consider returning home to California. Faye would be upset but she really doesn't NEED him anymore: she took what she learned stringing him along and used it to make a functional relationship of her own. Same goes for Dora.
He's made the lives of almost everyone around him better but his own is still right where it was in Comic #1...except for a more satisfying job and a buttload more people to get drunk with. That's not enough.
What if he goes back to the adoption service and gets a second AnthroPC?
He needs a friend like Momo to interfere in his life as Momo did in Marigold's.
...Okay I'm going to stop coming into the comic forum again.Nooooo. I can never quite resist checking the forum, and your posts have been making the discussions on here recently much more pleasant to read.
How bad have things got for him lately, exactly? I don't quite see what everyone's talking about - Marten seems fairly content. He doesn't have a girlfriend, sure, but he has friends he cares about, a job he doesn't hate, and music he is passionate about. Where are the comics that are making people talk like he's on the verge of a breakdown?I wouldn't call him 'on the edge of a breakdown', but he's definitely depressed. I think people are probably referring to this comic (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1818), even though that was immediately after a breakup.
How bad have things got for him lately, exactly? I don't quite see what everyone's talking about - Marten seems fairly content. He doesn't have a girlfriend, sure, but he has friends he cares about, a job he doesn't hate, and music he is passionate about. Where are the comics that are making people talk like he's on the verge of a breakdown?I wouldn't call him 'on the edge of a breakdown', but he's definitely depressed. I think people are probably referring to this comic (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1818), even though that was immediately after a breakup.
Iunno.
I wouldn't call him 'on the edge of a breakdown', but he's definitely depressed. I think people are probably referring to this comic (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1818), even though that was immediately after a breakup.
Iunno.
he's on the verge of a breakdown?
Marten seems fairly content.
Wow, okay, wasn't expecting this post.Yeah, I know, but I don't seem to have the attention span to be properly part of a forum community these days - I just check this after I read QC, often to my regret. You have just been consistently making the points I would, only more succinctly, in the face-palm discussions that have come up recently. Don't mind me though. :P
You know I meant the comic-specific subsection not the rest of the forum, right? I didn't think I added much to the weekly comic discussion threads.
Wow, okay, wasn't expecting this post.Yeah, I know, but I don't seem to have the attention span to be properly part of a forum community these days - I just check this after I read QC, often to my regret. You have just been consistently making the points I would, only more succinctly, in the face-palm discussions that have come up recently. Don't mind me though. :P
You know I meant the comic-specific subsection not the rest of the forum, right? I didn't think I added much to the weekly comic discussion threads.
How sad would that be? That Marten has done so much for the people around him but, in order to get help with his own life, he'd need to get a robot?
Robots are people too, and one chosen for stability and empathy by the adoption agency could be better for him that the slowly recovering emotional cripples who surround him now. It's noble that he helps fix them but he may be using that as a distraction from confronting what he's going to do with his own life.
AIs can succeed as therapists and life coaches. Station made a critical difference to Hannelore, for example.
Would depressed really be the word?
I think he's doing just fine, but perhaps lacks that 5-10% extra "drive" to get him closer to where he wants to be. He's perhaps on the cusp of personal success, but isn't quite there yet, and because of it he feels more inclined to dwell on events (such as the one-night-stand with Delilah) instead of just shrugging it off and moving on.
Robots are people too, and one chosen for stability and empathy by the adoption agency could be better for him that the slowly recovering emotional cripples who surround him now. It's noble that he helps fix them but he may be using that as a distraction from confronting what he's going to do with his own life.You make it sound like Marten has sacrificed his own mental health in caring for the "emotional cripples" and like being a therapist for them is the whole extent of Marten's relationships with his friends. And that is just not true. Sure, the friendship with Marten and with each other has helped the others to get some of their psychological issues under control (among other things like therapy), but it is still ordinary good friendship from which Marten has also hugely profited (as he himself admits) - just look at the first comic strips and compare him to that. I would say that for most of the comic, Marten has been happy overall.
Robots are people too, and one chosen for stability and empathy by the adoption agency could be better for him that the slowly recovering emotional cripples who surround him now. It's noble that he helps fix them but he may be using that as a distraction from confronting what he's going to do with his own life.You make it sound like Marten has sacrificed his own mental health in caring for the "emotional cripples" and like being a therapist for them is the whole extent of Marten's relationships with his friends. And that is just not true. Sure, the friendship with Marten and with each other has helped the others to get some of their psychological issues under control (among other things like therapy), but it is still ordinary good friendship from which Marten has also hugely profited (as he himself admits) - just look at the first comic strips and compare him to that. I would say that for most of the comic, Marten has been happy overall.
Also, I doubt another robot friend would help him more in finding his life's purpose than his current friends. I thought the whole point was that Marten should do something himself, not wait for others (humans or robots) to figure out what he should do. If Marten wants therapy to help with that, he should go to a professional therapist.
Well I'm glad someone else agrees with my points.I also really enjoy your contributions Gareth, you're a funny dude.
I'll stick around on the WCDTs then and see what happens. But if discussion continues to delve into the same level it has been doing lately, I think I'm going to have to step away for my own mental wellbeing because there have been times on here where I've felt like there are forumites who if they knew me, would think I should be ashamed of myself.
You make it sound like Marten has sacrificed his own mental health in caring for the "emotional cripples"
Goddamn I'm blushing over here.
Long time reader, first time poster here.
Honestly, I'm beginning to worry about Marten. He's not happy and hasn't been for some time. He's becoming increasingly bitter about his life. We've already seen that bitterness move him to act out of character (refusing to see Padma for the last time) and now we've seen that sex with people he doesn't really care about won't help..not that we really though it would.
If things don't start looking up for him soon, I would not be surprised to see him consider returning home to California. Faye would be upset but she really doesn't NEED him anymore: she took what she learned stringing him along and used it to make a functional relationship of her own. Same goes for Dora.
He's made the lives of almost everyone around him better but his own is still right where it was in Comic #1...except for a more satisfying job and a buttload more people to get drunk with. That's not enough.
Goddamn I'm blushing over here.
I also really enjoy your blushing, Gareth. It adds some much-needed color to the forum.
:3