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Emily goes to the coffee shop to get a smoothie. Leaves with nothing but a broken heart.
Left alone, on the streets with nothing. A poor, defenseless plot. In this weather.I don't know why, but I totally read this in GLaDOS's voice. You monster.
Left alone, on the streets with nothing. A poor, defenseless plot. In this weather.I don't know why, but I totally read this in GLaDOS's voice. You monster.
Emily and Clinton and Marten and Claire double-date at The Horrible Revelation.
Emily and Clinton and Marten and Claire double-date at The Horrible Revelation.
FTFY.
Emily and Clinton and Marten and Claire double-date at The Horrible Revelation.
FTFY.
Tamok! The river Tamok! In winter!
Emily and Clinton and Marten and Claire double-date at The Horrible Revelation.
FTFY.
Tamok! The river Tamok! In winter!
That was the first place my mind went, too.
What I'd like to see this week and maybe into next (which, of course, means it'd never happen) is alternating between the Faye and Dora storylines. Dora's got three huge unresolved issues: Sven, Faye, and her own insecurity. Faye has the residual stuff from her past with her dad, as well as the alcoholism. I'd neither expect, nor want, to see everything tied up neatly in two weeks, but it'd be nice to see the ball start rolling at least. Alternating between the two could end up being a kind of point/counterpoint between the two of them (without their even having to appear together in-comic), and could also start tying up a few of the multitude of loose ends.
I'm hoping for rolling balls, as well. Frankly, it's been so long since some of these were placed on the top of the hill, I think they may have grown moss.
... and we're walking, we're walking, we're walking...
I suspected that tomorrow's strip is going to show where Martin and Claire are going. It's either CoD or the Library.
Don't know that Dora would clam up about this. After her interaction with Pen-pen, she clearly needs to talk it out.
Which takes us back to Dora-Tai this week anyway!
The worst would be Jeph retiring to do Alice full time and handing the comic over to Rob Liefeld.
Tai, Jimbo and Will start a writing group? Claire and Emily kick off a digital humanities project as part of their practicum? Marigold throws Angus a goodbye party? Momo decorates her new bedroom and invites Sven over? Claire discovers she can rasp out heavy metal vocals? Marten asks Veronica to ask Jim to hire Faye at the Secret Bakery? Pint-size speaks up at a robot support group about how he no longer feels safe sharing space with Faye? Claire and Tai take a stand against not-Smith's anti-trans policies? Faye reaches out to Sven? Deathmøle plays a fundraiser for Faye's art?
Five strips of Marten/Claire squishy schmoopy nibbly nurblies?
Hope for the best, expect the worst.
Momo decorates her new bedroom and invites Sven over?
Claire and Emily kick off a digital humanities project as part of their practicum?
Left alone, on the streets with nothing. A poor, defenseless plot. In this weather.I don't know why, but I totally read this in GLaDOS's voice. You monster.
If Liefelds drawing whose writing?
May's chassis is of scale with Momo's.
If were going by morphology alone, would it not be the same? Except blue?
Pretty sure Jeph would call all of you out on creepiness at this point.
Pretty sure Jeph would call all of you out on creepiness at this point.
They seem me rollin', they be hatin'. Because I'm an Autobot.
Also, at least Hanners knows her own limitations.
Do Hannelore's legs look unproportionally scrawny in panel 3 or is it just me?
Also, at least Hanners knows her own limitations.
Yeah, but Faye's also aware of Hanners' strengths (not least of which is not taking anyone's crap when push comes to shove). I think that probably has something to do with why she's there.
I suggest they think about dogs. That's helped Faye before.
Do Hannelore's legs look unproportionally scrawny in panel 3 or is it just me?
This looks like the start of some hijinks to me. After all, we've seen Faye get bored or annoyed. It results in strange things."Faye? Why did you build a disinfectant-spewing tyrannosaurus rex in our living room?"
So, Hannelore's power is under 8000?
The problem will be to hold herself if there is nobody around.
I can't help but feel that the next real drama bomb will hit in the next few weeks (Real time, not comic time). Dora getting called to task? Svenectomy and Svenpocolypse?
Hannelore secretly doesn't want to accidentally hurt Faye with her cyborg strength.
Hannelore is secretly the Iron Hulk; cyborg metahuman, powered by anxiety and carrot cake, driven to clean up the world (literally and figuratively)!Hannelore secretly doesn't want to accidentally hurt Faye with her cyborg strength.
Or she might hulk out. "Hanners SMASH!"
Quick point on the poll. Gabby quit her internship here (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2851) . I was under the impression that Jeph wrote her out.
Quick point on the poll. Gabby quit her internship here (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2851) . I was under the impression that Jeph wrote her out.
She potentially would have made a nice character antagonist, especially over the 'deputy manager dating an intern' issue. She'd already expressed extreme scepticism that Marten wasn't getting special treatment in exchange for looking the other way about Tai dating Dora.
Quick point on the poll. Gabby quit her internship here (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2851) . I was under the impression that Jeph wrote her out.
Humor. It is a difficult concept.
GABBY DIED ON THE BUS BACK TO HER HOME PLANET
GABBY DIED ON THE BUS BACK TO HER HOME PLANETIt was the express bacon.
I think a lot of people called Faye hanging out with Hanners and looking to her for support, and it certainly makes sense. As for Hanners though, while she may be weaker than Faye, but not necessarily meeker (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1108).
I'm hoping Hanners suggests a visit with Dr. Corrinne.
They've bonded over psychological problems before.
I'm not down with how jobs are found in the States, but I'd imagine you need references? It'll be interesting to see what Faye's is like. I doubt Dora will deliberately cause trouble for her by saying 'I fired her for being drunk', but it wouldn't surprise me if Faye struggling to find a job because of how she was fired from CoD being a plot thread.
MIB are still investigating ..........(http://i.imgur.com/U0l8vUu.jpg)
*FLASH*
Huh? What?
I can't really fully back this up, but Faye seems to have fewer friends to go to than the rest of the core cast.
I could see it happening alongside a timeskip. We see a day or two of Faye in Georgia, we come back to the comic a few weeks later.I can't really fully back this up, but Faye seems to have fewer friends to go to than the rest of the core cast.
I had the same thought recently. Remember how much support Marten got when he and Dora broke up? Faye, Tai, Hannelore, Steve, Pintsize (kinda), even Sven (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1803). Hell, even his mother flew in from California for a short visit (on her way to the city, but stil...). Who does Faye have on her side? Not many people. Hannelore, Marten, Pintsize (kinda) and Dora, mostly--and not even Dora, now. Part of me wishes she would hop on a plane and visit her mother and sister for a few weeks just to get some support (does her mom even know about her hospitalization?), but only if we get to follow along. I don't want Jeph to write her out of the comic for that length of time.
Claire seems to be trying to be supportive of Faye too. I don't think they're genuinely friends yet, but Claire is willing to make an effort.
Hit her? Yeah, Faye has had a physical violence problem, but it hasn't been as pronounced in the last 2000 strips or so. I don't think Faye would do that at all or even worry about it. I think you're on with the other reason - Hanners only works at the CoD part-time and as far as I remember still has her counting-for-money business that has to be more profitable than being a barista (Hanners affords the whole apartment on her own - it's as big as Marten and Faye's). She'd be at home a lot more than anybody else could afford, and she's really close by.I think a lot of people called Faye hanging out with Hanners and looking to her for support, and it certainly makes sense. As for Hanners though, while she may be weaker than Faye, but not necessarily meeker (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1108).
I think Faye went to Hannelore because Hanners, as noted, will put her foot down, but also because she's usually so vulnerable and sweet that Faye doesn't believe that she can bring herself to hit her, however bad it gets. Or it may be because Hanners is the only one on her day off.
Spun carbon nanotubes, duh.
Nah, Hannelore was trying to knit a space elevator cable.
Nah, it's for Tom Baker.
Okay then. Uh... We didn't see any of these giant genetically-modified rabbits at the space station, but I'm willing to accept that they're kept in an area we didn't get to look at.Spun carbon nanotubes, duh.
Source (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1269)
Gotta say, this one had me in stitches.
I really scarfed up those knitting puns. I don't mean to knit-pick, but they were real purls of humor.
I can't really fully back this up, but Faye seems to have fewer friends to go to than the rest of the core cast. Marten has Tai and Claire, Hannelore has Marigold and possibly Momo, Dora has Tai, secret bakery guy and also her employees (if that counts, at the very least they don't seem to dislike her like they dislike Faye). I'm not really bothered by Faye's prickliness, but it seems like it's isolated her even while she's part of a pretty sizable social circle. I feel like it's a bit of an unfair assessment because she did open up to Sven and Angus, and a lot of the good friends I've listed for other characters are significant others. It's just something that struck me when I tried to think of who else Faye could go to, compared to, say, Marten who honestly gets along great with everyone to the point that if he had a rough patch he could open up to most anyone in the cast at his discretion.
Maybe I'm really off-base though.
Fake Edit: To be fair she did get genuinely close to Sam
Gotta say, this one had me in stitches.
Thank you for that purl of wisdom.
I really scarfed up those knitting puns. I don't mean to knit-pick, but they were real purls of humor.
I'm not down with how jobs are found in the States, but I'd imagine you need references? It'll be interesting to see what Faye's is like. I doubt Dora will deliberately cause trouble for her by saying 'I fired her for being drunk', but it wouldn't surprise me if Faye struggling to find a job because of how she was fired from CoD being a plot thread.
Most places will give a very generic reference to be sure they don't get sued. Personally, I've always been really wary of glowing references, because it often means that they're eager to get rid of someone.
Gotta say, this one had me in stitches.
Thank you for that purl of wisdom.I really scarfed up those knitting puns. I don't mean to knit-pick, but they were real purls of humor.
Darn it, people, if you really want to blanket the forums with knitting puns, you'd better work in some new material. Otherwise, put a sock in it.
I'm not down with how jobs are found in the States, but I'd imagine you need references? It'll be interesting to see what Faye's is like. I doubt Dora will deliberately cause trouble for her by saying 'I fired her for being drunk', but it wouldn't surprise me if Faye struggling to find a job because of how she was fired from CoD being a plot thread.
Most places will give a very generic reference to be sure they don't get sued. Personally, I've always been really wary of glowing references, because it often means that they're eager to get rid of someone.
Actually, I believe it's downright illegal to say anything negative about the applicant if called for a reference, so really all it is is just verification that the applicant did, in fact, work there at some time or another.
Back on topic -
Man, you guys are really angoraing me. Stop trying to pull the wool over my eyes!
Ugh, that was terrible.
I'm so mad at the direction this thread has taken.
I'm so mad at the direction this thread has taken.
We have to entertain ourselves because tonights comic was fluff. :claireface:
I'm so mad at the direction this thread has taken.
We have to entertain ourselves because tonights comic was fluff. :claireface:
He's just crochety.
...... My sister knits... but seemingly like Hannelore, all she can knit are scarves, and many of them end up far longer than any scarf should be. Every time I see her knitting, I ask her "So, what you making? A sweater? Oh, yeah... never mind..."
I'm so mad at the direction this thread has taken.
We have to entertain ourselves because tonights comic was fluff. :claireface:
He's just crochety.
I am going to commit so much violence! The sewing kit in my house is going down now, I hope you're all happy!
It's all gone to plaid.
If you're pissed, use a urine-powered sewing machine.
I'm getting hysterical at all of this and I can't figure out why! I'm going to yell at my cat now for no reason! I have never been so frustrated by puns!
I read that whole thing like an olde-english speaker. I don't know why I'm telling you this, but I am.A good time to bring back þorn.
I read that whole thing like an olde-english speaker. I don't know why I'm telling you this, but I am.A good time to bring back þorn.
Faye has been spinning her wheels for a long time
Given that Hannelore is interested in nine-dimensional knitting, I wonder if that scarf doubles as a transwarp terminal generator?
Knitting is a lot easier to do in an apartment than welding. Maybe this is what Faye needs.
When we saw the Deathmole practice space that Amir was squatting in, it looked the sort of place that Faye could also maybe use for welding, as I recall.
Lady Gaga did it a few times.
Using welding tools during performances is more of an Industrial thing, though.
But what's her genre of music? ... crap? Is that a genre?
Lady Gaga did it a few times.
But what's her genre of music? ... crap? Is that a genre?
I did exaggerate little, she's not the worst, but I don't find any of her songs enjoyable. Which is a given because I'm currently listening to ska punk and no one listens to that anymore.
I'm currently listening to ska punk and no one listens to that anymore.
Knitting is a lot easier to do in an apartment than welding. Maybe this is what Faye needs.
Something tells me the way Hanners knits is pretty extreme.
In any case, I clearly found a buddy in Zog, HI ZOGHello:
When we saw the Deathmole practice space that Amir was squatting in, it looked the sort of place that Faye could also maybe use for welding, as I recall.Welding? In that tiny of a space?
I never actually heard of either, but I put The Specials on and am enjoying it so far. My favorite ska punk bands would be Streetlight Manifesto, The Aquabats and Less Than Jake, but the first and the last are a bit more "hard" if anything.
Knitting is a lot easier to do in an apartment than welding. Maybe this is what Faye needs.
Something tells me the way Hanners knits is pretty extreme.
She is interested in higher-dimensional knitting (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1267). The topology of 9-dimensional cardigans may be quite hairy.
In any case, I clearly found a buddy in Zog, HI ZOG
As for Gaga, I find her irritating because she clearly thinks of herself as this visionary, one of a kind artist, and from visual angles, with her videos and everything she kind of is. But musically? She hasn't evolved, she's doing nothing new or interesting - her music has never matched up to her attitude or outfits, and it's music that really stands the test of time.
As for Gaga, I find her irritating because she clearly thinks of herself as this visionary, one of a kind artist, and from visual angles, with her videos and everything she kind of is. But musically? She hasn't evolved, she's doing nothing new or interesting - her music has never matched up to her attitude or outfits, and it's music that really stands the test of time.
My issue with Gaga is that she doesn't live up to her talent. She has a heluva voice, but throws it away on much of her own stuff. Google either her Oscar performance (it was excellent) or find some of her recent duets with Tony Bennett.
Yes, that Tony Bennett. She's got mad vocal skills.
As for Gaga, I find her irritating because she clearly thinks of herself as this visionary, one of a kind artist, and from visual angles, with her videos and everything she kind of is. But musically? She hasn't evolved, she's doing nothing new or interesting - her music has never matched up to her attitude or outfits, and it's music that really stands the test of time.
My issue with Gaga is that she doesn't live up to her talent. She has a heluva voice, but throws it away on much of her own stuff. Google either her Oscar performance (it was excellent) or find some of her recent duets with Tony Bennett.
Yes, that Tony Bennett. She's got mad vocal skills.
As I suspected. Cashmere: Faye's only weakness.
Hmm, are we going see a mummified or hogtied Faye this week, as part of an effort to keep her away from booze? That creation of Hannelore's could probably be effective for either purpose.
Hmm, are we going see a mummified or hogtied Faye this week, as part of an effort to keep her away from booze? That creation of Hannelore's could probably be effective for either purpose.
You called it.
That scarf's sentient. There's an AI knitted into it. Remember Banners knits with yarn made from the hair of Giant Space Rabbits. I posit that the bunnies are intelligent, utilizing a distributed network that buds off into individual hairs. The buds can recombine into new AI entities (or it's all one entity) if close enough together (the humans on the space station do not know this. Yet.)
What has the world come to, when you are denied for linking the original artist?
Nope nope nope. If you want Kashmir today it has to be this one. Xylophones. Lots of them. Played by kids...
Only because I saw these kids today. Tomorrow we'll go back to the originals, today belongs to the young since it's the 40th anniversary of Physical Graffiti and that's an amazing bit of musicianship.
Now she'll be able to telepathically contact the Fourth Doctor via the magic of the Scarf
Going off that, has anyone ever gotten significantly angry at Hanners at all anyways?
EDIT: I checked the handy timeline. It's been about 13 weeks in-comic time since Art Guy walked away with the espressaurus.
I got to read it, you reached a few of us.
Chainmail.
Hehe, flump.That's not a flumph. This is a Flumph!Almost as good a word as defenestrate.(click to show/hide)
Chainmail.
Good luck trying to KNIT chainmail! But then again, making chainmail and other types of metal armour might be right up Faye's alley. It's surprisingly meditative, actually, and you get to manipulate metal, which is always relaxing.
Going off that, has anyone ever gotten significantly angry at Hanners at all anyways?
Why would anyone do that?
Also, I love the Hanners angel face in the last panel.
I know Jeph draws that eyes-closed "I've just had the last word" look a lot, but it does look good on her.
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Hanners looks like a patient parent speaking to a misbehaving child - that just about fits, doesn't it?
That scarf's sentient. There's an AI knitted into it. Remember Hanners knits with yarn made from the hair of Giant Space Rabbits. I posit that the bunnies are intelligent, utilizing a distributed network that buds off into individual hairs. The buds can recombine into new AI entities (or it's all one entity) if close enough together (the humans on the space station do not know this. Yet.)Woah. Neural knitwork. I like the idea.
That scarf's sentient. There's an AI knitted into it. Remember Hanners knits with yarn made from the hair of Giant Space Rabbits. I posit that the bunnies are intelligent, utilizing a distributed network that buds off into individual hairs. The buds can recombine into new AI entities (or it's all one entity) if close enough together (the humans on the space station do not know this. Yet.)Woah. Neural knitwork. I like the idea.
Going off that, has anyone ever gotten significantly angry at Hanners at all anyways?Well in-comic that was Marten on the night he brought her home (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=529). Which also makes me wonder if Faye still has that taser.
You definitely need to start a FF.Net Page ;D
You know, poor Jeph can't win, can he? He draws a Claireten strip or two and the forum spends pages bitching about it being boring and repetitive. He draws a strip of two about Faye and it's ignored in favour of weird puns and a discussion of popular music.
It's not just here either. The number of posts per strip on the Subreddit has also dropped by about 75% since the focus moved from Claireten.
You know, poor Jeph can't win, can he? He draws a Claireten strip or two and the forum spends pages bitching about it being boring and repetitive. He draws a strip of two about Faye and it's ignored in favour of weird puns and a discussion of popular music.
It's not just here either. The number of posts per strip on the Subreddit has also dropped by about 75% since the focus moved from Claireten.
I think it's just people being content with the comics? I mean, I for example enjoyed the comic - it's not the very best and most awesome Jeph has ever drawn, but it's good. It has Hanners dealing with Faye in a fun way, Character interaction, a pun! Wonderful. But I don't have much of an opinion either, except that I'm still weirded out by the extreme reactions - yeah, Faye overdid it. But pouring away alcohol like it was poison? Cleaning out the apartment? Asking somebody to stop you from buying booze? I feel the normal reaction would just be carrying on while drinking less/nothing, and asking somebody to stay with you to stop you from drinking is a good idea if you feel like you need it. Her problem is not the drink, it's her issues, and she should treat those with care and immediately (calling Dr. Corinne?). Those extreme reactions to alcohol just make the issue worse, in my opinion. If I can't stop myself from drinking if it's right in front of me and smelling delicious... all right, I get it. But if I believe my self-control is so weak that I can't stop myself from going out and buying some, there's something wrong.
But it's not a strong opinion, and I think a lot of it is just different experiences.
When there's a Clairten strip... it's frustrating. I've been ignoring it for a few strips, but the boring writing actually makes the strip a lot less enjoyable for a lot of people including me, so we tried to find out if there were like-minded people and what others thought about it. Same with people who like it a lot. I mean, the general consensus is: We like and mostly enjoy Questionable Content. We don't have to reiterate it in every post - if we didn't like it, we wouldn't be coming back. So you just see the strong mood swings - Comics that are perceived as exceptionally good, bad or those that touch us emotionally.
You know, poor Jeph can't win, can he? He draws a Claireten strip or two and the forum spends pages bitching about it being boring and repetitive. He draws a strip of two about Faye and it's ignored in favour of weird puns and a discussion of popular music.
It's not just here either. The number of posts per strip on the Subreddit has also dropped by about 75% since the focus moved from Claireten.
I think it's just people being content with the comics? I mean, I for example enjoyed the comic - it's not the very best and most awesome Jeph has ever drawn, but it's good. It has Hanners dealing with Faye in a fun way, Character interaction, a pun! Wonderful. But I don't have much of an opinion either, except that I'm still weirded out by the extreme reactions - yeah, Faye overdid it. But pouring away alcohol like it was poison? Cleaning out the apartment? Asking somebody to stop you from buying booze? I feel the normal reaction would just be carrying on while drinking less/nothing, and asking somebody to stay with you to stop you from drinking is a good idea if you feel like you need it. Her problem is not the drink, it's her issues, and she should treat those with care and immediately (calling Dr. Corinne?). Those extreme reactions to alcohol just make the issue worse, in my opinion. If I can't stop myself from drinking if it's right in front of me and smelling delicious... all right, I get it. But if I believe my self-control is so weak that I can't stop myself from going out and buying some, there's something wrong.
But it's not a strong opinion, and I think a lot of it is just different experiences.
When there's a Clairten strip... it's frustrating. I've been ignoring it for a few strips, but the boring writing actually makes the strip a lot less enjoyable for a lot of people including me, so we tried to find out if there were like-minded people and what others thought about it. Same with people who like it a lot. I mean, the general consensus is: We like and mostly enjoy Questionable Content. We don't have to reiterate it in every post - if we didn't like it, we wouldn't be coming back. So you just see the strong mood swings - Comics that are perceived as exceptionally good, bad or those that touch us emotionally.
You know, poor Jeph can't win, can he? He draws a Claireten strip or two and the forum spends pages bitching about it being boring and repetitive. He draws a strip of two about Faye and it's ignored in favour of weird puns and a discussion of popular music.
It's not just here either. The number of posts per strip on the Subreddit has also dropped by about 75% since the focus moved from Claireten.
[took my quote out for brevity]
Forgive any spelling or grammar mistakes, and lack of coherence... still no computer.
I have several alcoholics in my family. My sister was clean for years simply by virtue of it not being around and her inability to leave her house alone to purchase it (an entirely separate issue, but I digress). The moment that changed, without hesitation and self-control, she immediately descended into a drunken stupor. It was literally the forst thing she did. The fact that she was the sole caretaker of a 7 year old child didn't even matter. Addiction literally is a crippling disease for some people, and some of those people have to have some sort of support like that for theor own good. That I live over a thousand miles from my sister (though her refusal to talk to me due to my trans status likely wouldn't change if the distance were less significant) and cannot support her personally haunts me daily. I'm not at all saying that it's the same situation. Clearly it is not. However, Faye has obvious alcoholic tendencies. That she was strong enough to pour it down the sink is awesome. Deliberate avoidance and lack of opportunity to fall back into the habit are key strategies to surviving the addiction. My father did (though his situation was entirely different as well). It doesn't just take strength to be around something you are addicted to and NOT use it... it takes strength, will, and almost super-human dedication. Time away helps, but sometimes even that isn't enough.
But having supported many people through this (without something like AA) I know Faye is handling herself the right way and not overreacting at all. She should talk to her therapist, that much is true. Her friends stopping her for her own good? Definitely a good plan on her part. At least then she knows, when she eventually IS alone, she can do it because people love her enough to help her like that. Learning support is there is key.
[took my quote out for brevity]
Forgive any spelling or grammar mistakes, and lack of coherence... still no computer.
I have several alcoholics in my family. My sister was clean for years simply by virtue of it not being around and her inability to leave her house alone to purchase it (an entirely separate issue, but I digress). The moment that changed, without hesitation and self-control, she immediately descended into a drunken stupor. It was literally the forst thing she did. The fact that she was the sole caretaker of a 7 year old child didn't even matter. Addiction literally is a crippling disease for some people, and some of those people have to have some sort of support like that for theor own good. That I live over a thousand miles from my sister (though her refusal to talk to me due to my trans status likely wouldn't change if the distance were less significant) and cannot support her personally haunts me daily. I'm not at all saying that it's the same situation. Clearly it is not. However, Faye has obvious alcoholic tendencies. That she was strong enough to pour it down the sink is awesome. Deliberate avoidance and lack of opportunity to fall back into the habit are key strategies to surviving the addiction. My father did (though his situation was entirely different as well). It doesn't just take strength to be around something you are addicted to and NOT use it... it takes strength, will, and almost super-human dedication. Time away helps, but sometimes even that isn't enough.
But having supported many people through this (without something like AA) I know Faye is handling herself the right way and not overreacting at all. She should talk to her therapist, that much is true. Her friends stopping her for her own good? Definitely a good plan on her part. At least then she knows, when she eventually IS alone, she can do it because people love her enough to help her like that. Learning support is there is key.
As I said, it's very different experiences. Mine are just different than yours, and just as anecdotal. I've had to deal with alcoholics, too, and with that 'all or nothing pattern' I've learned to hate, and that 'but I'm powerless against my addiction'. I'm not saying that people should deal with all that shit on their own, on the contrary, but making a huge fuss/obsessing about it just makes it worse. From what I've seen, those that are most successful in stopping are those that either have a really strong motive, or people who just slowly quit and just don't go to extremes (any more). No excess drinking, but a beer doesn't hurt. And, the most important thing - solve or learn to deal with the huge-ass problem that drove them into addiction in the first place.
2. And there, bubbling just below the surface, is Angry Hanners.
Actually using Winslow seems like something that'd be highly inappropriate!
That's what I miss about Raven, actually. Whether she truly was just cheerfully ditzy, or actually a bit smarter and more clued-in than she let on, she seemed to have a knack for cutting through Faye's snarky self-defense and prickly BS.
Maybe Dora should bring Faye's welding gear to her apartment to spare her the embarrassment and allow them to discuss things in a more neutral environment?
If it's really heavy she could ask Sven for
Oh, right.
Going off that, has anyone ever gotten significantly angry at Hanners at all anyways?Well in-comic that was Marten on the night he brought her home (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=529). Which also makes me wonder if Faye still has that taser.
Going back and re-reading Martens first meeting with Hannelore kinda made me miss her off colored jokes and extra "crazy" fun
Going back and re-reading Martens first meeting with Hannelore kinda made me miss her off colored jokes and extra "crazy" fun
I actually preferred the early Hannelore model. For a long time, Jeph seemed to draw her as a parody of a mentally I'll person. She's started to look a lot less weird lately but I think that's mostly Jeph 's art style evolving.
I think it's just people being content with the comics?But, should they be content? That's debatable.
I think it's just people being content with the comics?
Going back and re-reading Martens first meeting with Hannelore kinda made me miss her off colored jokes and extra "crazy" fun
I actually preferred the early Hannelore model. For a long time, Jeph seemed to draw her as a parody of a mentally I'll person. She's started to look a lot less weird lately but I think that's mostly Jeph 's art style evolving.
It's funny, I was reading those early strips today and thinking the same thing. Her character had more of an edge then, and I miss that.
It's just my way of supporting the process, I guess.
And a question - do people sometimes deliberately ignore the comic for a few days and then look at several strips at once?
And a question - do people sometimes deliberately ignore the comic for a few days and then look at several strips at once?
I gather that some of us, at the more dramatic times, sit up late at night pounding the F5 key until the new comic loads.
It's just my way of supporting the process, I guess.
I usually just make sex jokes. Those help, probably.
And a question - do people sometimes deliberately ignore the comic for a few days and then look at several strips at once?
Yes, absolutely. Often makes the comic way better than if you don't.
I think it's just people being content with the comics?
Maybe it's just me but, in some ways, I consider the WCDT as being a sort of emotional tip jar. I always try to leave a comment just to prove that I appreciate Jeph not just packing up his drawing tablet and doing something else with his creative talent.
Even if, as we have had this week, a fairly run-of-the-mill set of strips, I've still tried to make comments (and made them more substantive than just 'Ooh! Cool comic!'). It's just my way of supporting the process, I guess.
I think it's just people being content with the comics?
Maybe it's just me but, in some ways, I consider the WCDT as being a sort of emotional tip jar. I always try to leave a comment just to prove that I appreciate Jeph not just packing up his drawing tablet and doing something else with his creative talent.
Even if, as we have had this week, a fairly run-of-the-mill set of strips, I've still tried to make comments (and made them more substantive than just 'Ooh! Cool comic!'). It's just my way of supporting the process, I guess.
I usually get to the forums late of a day (my geographic location and work hours conspire against me), so by the time I make it to the forums, someone has already said what I want to say, usually in a better way, too, or so many pages have been created that I simply can't keep up.
I try to contribute, in my own way. But usually it is to clarify something, or keeping up with the flow.
Marten and Momo also had trouble with the job market. The library would be too much of a cliche if Faye were to go there.
I would suspect the situation with AI's in the QCverse is similar to the situation of Shell People in the Anne McCaffrey universe.
I would suspect the situation with AI's in the QCverse is similar to the situation of Shell People in the Anne McCaffrey universe.
'splain, Lucy (I'm not familiar with them).
I think QC has taken a turn too far towards realistic for Faye to build a Fighter jet.
Shell People are born with severe birth defects, and transferred early on to egg-like (IIRC) metal enclosures fitted with life support and input-output ports. From there, they go on to control starships, installations, etc - a sort of "brain in a jar" where there's actually a whole body in there. The issue of disability is touched on; many Shell People reject any sort of pity, and may even feel superior (can you soar through space as naturally as if the ship was your meatbody, see across the entire EM spectrum, use tiny waldoes to paint a masterpiece on a pinhead, etc etc?)
... aaaaand sniped.
A remote control 1/16th model of a fighter jet that is modified to accept A.I. control, that's within Faye's capabilities (with some help from Clinton and Hanners).Accept AI control? An AI can run on something that could fit in that scale fighter jet. And Momo's old chassis could donate the hardware for that.
I think QC has taken a turn too far towards realistic for Faye to build a Fighter jet.
A full sized, armed military grade F-16-ish jet, definitely, that will never happen.
A remote control 1/16th model of a fighter jet that is modified to accept A.I. control, that's within Faye's capabilities (with some help from Clinton and Hanners).
A kit-built light sport plane.
A kit-built light sport plane.
For a second, I thought that said "knit-built." Would certainly cast Hanners' activities in a new light.
And I'm sure it'd have an interesting radar signature.
"Drone?"
"Sir, it appears to be a very large... cardigan?"
I actually don't think Faye will apologize. It seems like she's still feeling sore and embarrassed and I'm honestly waiting for her to blame Dora for her last binge.
I wonder if we won't see a familiar face or two at the support group.
In any case, I clearly found a buddy in Zog, HI ZOG(http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/babylon5/images/a/a8/Walkerface.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width/292?cb=20071018032052)
Chainmail.
Good luck trying to KNIT chainmail! But then again, making chainmail and other types of metal armour might be right up Faye's alley. It's surprisingly meditative, actually, and you get to manipulate metal, which is always relaxing.
Apparently, it's very relaxing. I was at a rather sprawling, loud, multi-day party one time where there were a bunch of SCA folks (really, do SCA folks throw any OTHER kind of party?) where I happened upon a bearded young man sitting at a table, making chain mail. I thought it a bit odd, but I watched him for a few minutes, then complimented him on the patience and the concentration it must take, especially in all that chaos. He told me he suffered from crippling social anxiety, and the only way he could really come to something like this is if he could take a break and soothe himself by doing his craft. Nice guy, and later, one of the ladies modeled the chain mail bikini he'd made for her.
A non-creepy atheist-only support group? :claireface:Less "atheist-only" and more "we're not going to tell you that your problem is a lack of faith"
My guess is Hanners saw the notice and gave Faye the paper specifically so she'd see it. The ball-murdering excuse is just face-saving on Faye's part; they both know what's actually going on.
I wonder if we won't see a familiar face or two at the support group. Steve seems to have had a booze problem after he broke up with Ellen. It was what led to his recruitment by whatever section of US intelligence he works for. It could make for a good excuse to bring back some character from the past who's been MIA for a long time.
My guess is Hanners saw the notice and gave Faye the paper specifically so she'd see it. The ball-murdering excuse is just face-saving on Faye's part; they both know what's actually going on.
I think you might be on to something.
Still wonder how they can segregate the creepy from non-creepy.
Less "atheist-only" and more "we're not going to tell you that your problem is a lack of faith"
Because there are people who do proclaim that when someone has one of any number of troubles, including, but not limited to, alcoholism.
Being someone who can actually do chainmail, it really is a pretty mindless activity once you get the hang of it. Scalemail still makes me think, though. I've also heard of chainmail described as 'knitting with metal', which is still rather apt since different patterns can be called 'weaves', and you're intertwining metal with metal, even if they are separate pieces of it.
Y'know, I didn't consider the possibility that Hannelore saw the same thing. Maybe I'm just more likely to take her dialogue at face-value, or maybe I thought she actually thought there might be jobs advertised in there. Both, actually, but mostly the face-value dialogue bit.My guess is Hanners saw the notice and gave Faye the paper specifically so she'd see it. The ball-murdering excuse is just face-saving on Faye's part; they both know what's actually going on.
I think you might be on to something.
Yup. Hanners knew exactly what she was doing. 'Cause if the paper in Northampton is anything like the papers anywhere else, there's no jobs in there.
Y'know, I didn't consider the possibility that Hannelore saw the same thing. Maybe I'm just more likely to take her dialogue at face-value, or maybe I thought she actually thought there might be jobs advertised in there. Both, actually, but mostly the face-value dialogue bit.My guess is Hanners saw the notice and gave Faye the paper specifically so she'd see it. The ball-murdering excuse is just face-saving on Faye's part; they both know what's actually going on.
I think you might be on to something.
Yup. Hanners knew exactly what she was doing. 'Cause if the paper in Northampton is anything like the papers anywhere else, there's no jobs in there.
Cloning experiment gone wrong? But then who's the original!? :psyduck:Being someone who can actually do chainmail, it really is a pretty mindless activity once you get the hang of it. Scalemail still makes me think, though. I've also heard of chainmail described as 'knitting with metal', which is still rather apt since different patterns can be called 'weaves', and you're intertwining metal with metal, even if they are separate pieces of it.
Omega, are we secretly the same person? I agree with pretty much everything you type, and I also make chainmail!
FYI SubaruIt's a YouTube vid of carbon fiber cloth, showing off the type of weave. You're not really missing anything important if you can't see it.
I know you've Posted an image or something like an image in your Post, but for some reason all I'm seeing is a blank spot beneath your Post.
Dunno whether it's me, you or the Forum, but I thought I'd just mention it.
Oh my god. Your personal title just jumped out at me. I live in a DOUBLE PENINSULA :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck:
Oh my god. Your personal title just jumped out at me. I live in a DOUBLE PENINSULA :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck:
I wonder if TRVA has an isthmus joke as well.
FYI SubaruIt's a YouTube vid of carbon fiber cloth, showing off the type of weave. You're not really missing anything important if you can't see it.
I know you've Posted an image or something like an image in your Post, but for some reason all I'm seeing is a blank spot beneath your Post.
Dunno whether it's me, you or the Forum, but I thought I'd just mention it.
And the vid-link is working on my iPad.
If he doesn't, we may be in dire straits.Oh my god. Your personal title just jumped out at me. I live in a DOUBLE PENINSULA :psyduck: :psyduck: :psyduck:
I wonder if TRVA has an isthmus joke as well.
How do you define a creep? Everybody can be creepy in some context.
Add the foreshadowing from Claire and it seems likely Jeph is going to follow through with it.
Add the foreshadowing from Claire and it seems likely Jeph is going to follow through with it.
Yeah, but just one panel later, Faye condemned the thought of it. I absolutely think it'd be wise for her, but I'm not certain it would be in character.
that's why he practically triple-underlined the fact that this group is strictly 'no-creeps'.
So, anyone have any ideas where the chickens might be?
On the other side of the road?
So, anyone have any ideas where the chickens might be?
So, anyone have any ideas where the chickens might be?
Clinton abducted them, and tied roses to each one. He plans on releasing them into the library in a ploy to confess his undying love to one Emily Azuma.
This ad seems way too convenient. It addresses exactly the problems Faye mentioned - creeps, a faith-based approach and the age gap. Like it's made for her! I can't tell if it's a joke, or a message ('if you look for it, there's exactly the support group you need! Yay support groups!') or... I don't know.
So, anyone have any ideas where the chickens might be?
KFC?
Anyway, I take two things out of Faye lying about the support group ad to Hanners.
Even more mindblowing: You can totally illustrate both parts with your hands: Right hand palm towards you, left hand flat on top with the thumb slightly downward to connect to the tip of the mitten and pinky up. Michigan! :mrgreen:
the creeps group sounds the more interesting of the two.
do the creeps think of it as the creeps' group and like it that way?
This ad seems way too convenient. It addresses exactly the problems Faye mentioned - creeps, a faith-based approach and the age gap. Like it's made for her! I can't tell if it's a joke, or a message ('if you look for it, there's exactly the support group you need! Yay support groups!') or... I don't know.
Yeah, I get it - I don't like it from a storytelling perspective though. Support groups aren't for everybody, and that's fine! Why shoehorn a character into it?
Do we even know that Faye will find the support group helpful? A while back we discussed the idea of her going to AA, and we came to the conclusion that Jeph would nix the idea, due to his own experience with getting sober.
I'm thinking if Faye does go to the support group, this will be Jeph's way of expressing it as a shitty option, and have her eventually quit and go her own way.
FYI SubaruIt's a YouTube vid of carbon fiber cloth, showing off the type of weave. You're not really missing anything important if you can't see it.
I know you've Posted an image or something like an image in your Post, but for some reason all I'm seeing is a blank spot beneath your Post.
Dunno whether it's me, you or the Forum, but I thought I'd just mention it.
And the vid-link is working on my iPad.
I'm willing to bet that there's more people who think they don't need a support group, but do, than people who don't really need one. (See "dry drunk syndrome.")
I wonder if we won't see a familiar face or two at the support group. Steve seems to have had a booze problem after he broke up with Ellen. It was what led to his recruitment by whatever section of US intelligence he works for. It could make for a good excuse to bring back some character from the past who's been MIA for a long time.
Sooo… Is this the "Faye goes to a support group" Very SpecIal Episode, or the "Faye accidentally starts Fight Club 2.0" super-extra-extremely Special Episode?
FAYE: "Padma?"
Do we even know that Faye will find the support group helpful? A while back we discussed the idea of her going to AA, and we came to the conclusion that Jeph would nix the idea, due to his own experience with getting sober.
I'm thinking if Faye does go to the support group, this will be Jeph's way of expressing it as a shitty option, and have her eventually quit and go her own way.
AA isn't the only group option out there. Besides, with groups (as with individual therapists), it takes a few tries sometimes to find the right fit, assuming the group dynamic works for you (and it doesn't for everyone).
Do we even know that Faye will find the support group helpful? A while back we discussed the idea of her going to AA, and we came to the conclusion that Jeph would nix the idea, due to his own experience with getting sober.
I'm thinking if Faye does go to the support group, this will be Jeph's way of expressing it as a shitty option, and have her eventually quit and go her own way.
AA isn't the only group option out there. Besides, with groups (as with individual therapists), it takes a few tries sometimes to find the right fit, assuming the group dynamic works for you (and it doesn't for everyone).
Has anyone tried reviving The Washingtonian Society? Having a non-theistic support group around would probably help out a lot of alcoholics who are turned off by AA's religious based program.
How were they different?
Even more mindblowing: You can totally illustrate both parts with your hands: Right hand palm towards you, left hand flat on top with the thumb slightly downward to connect to the tip of the mitten and pinky up. Michigan! :mrgreen:
And here I thought that "double peninsula" meant that you lived on the thumb. A peninsula of a peninsula would be a double peninsula. Otherwise it's just two single peninsulas passing in the night, never to meet.
I wonder if we won't see a familiar face or two at the support group. Steve seems to have had a booze problem after he broke up with Ellen. It was what led to his recruitment by whatever section of US intelligence he works for. It could make for a good excuse to bring back some character from the past who's been MIA for a long time.
Can it really be said she used to an extensive amount? We've seen her admit to being to high to work once. And she may have even been lying about it to avoid showing the interns around. Probably not, but it's still pretty uncommon for us to have actually seen or heard about her getting high, and I don't remember ever seeing her drunk. I'm just saying that use does not automatically mean excessive use.
And here I thought that "double peninsula" meant that you lived on the thumb. A peninsula of a peninsula would be a double peninsula. Otherwise it's just two single peninsulas passing in the night, never to meet.
I'd almost like to see Faye kicked out of a group like that because of her abrasiveness-- that might be come to Jesus moment for her in terms of accepting accountability for how her behavior hurts/is unfair to others.
I still contend that the first person she sees at the support group will be.... SVEN.
I still contend that the first person she sees at the support group will be.... SVEN.
I was thinking that too, earlier today. He got rebuffed by Faye roughly a week ago, according to the timeline. If Dora actually went through with her threat to cut him out of her life, and did so sometime off-panel, those two rejections by people formerly close to him may have been enough of a clue that he has some problems he needs to address? Of course, in typical Sven fashion, a regular therapist won't be enough; he'll need a bit of an audience to listen to his woes, so a support group will come in handy. Either he's in the middle of an epic rant when Faye walks in, or:
Wednesday night. Faye is leaving the therapy session at the community center. Across the hall, another room is emptying out. Somehow, in the muddle of people, she bumps into Sven.
SVEN: "Faye!"
FAYE: "You. Figures you'd be in the creepy group."
SVEN: "What the--you're the one in the creepy group, not me."
FAYE: "I'm the normal group! You're the creep!"
SVEN: "No--but--wait--"
FAYE: "But--that must mean--"
THERAPIST: *facepalm* "We have got to stop double-booking these things..."
Hehe, flump.
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Almost as good a word as defenestrate.
Knitting/Sewing puns are earlier in the thread.It's just my way of supporting the process, I guess.
I usually just make sex jokes. Those help, probably.
I'm just here for the puns.
Knitting/Sewing puns are earlier in the thread.It's just my way of supporting the process, I guess.
I usually just make sex jokes. Those help, probably.
I'm just here for the puns.
Knitting/Sewing puns are earlier in the thread.It's just my way of supporting the process, I guess.
I usually just make sex jokes. Those help, probably.
I'm just here for the puns.
I'd prefer some pearls of wisdom.
Man, I really hope the puns don't invade this new weeks WCDT as well. :roll:
I like the idea of Faye being hired to make something like a transforming monster truck. But since such things already exist in our world (google is your friend), it will have to be something more outlandish.If outlandish but not too outlandish, may I suggest Monster Truck that transforms into a Texas BBQ/smoker.
Maybe? If anything, they have to have a joke joke about a mitten-shaped peninsula. One that isn't 'Michigan is the hand and Florida is the dick'. That's one's been done.USA as the pants for Canada but what the heck is that hand doing?