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Title: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Method of Madness on 21 Jun 2015, 15:14
Well Monday's comic is up, and it's a buttchiatto.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: osaka on 21 Jun 2015, 15:18
As the Buttrocket Adventures continue, I can't help but notice that Buttrocket materialized from the macchiatto. What the fuck Dale. It was supposed to soar like an eagle.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: hedgie on 21 Jun 2015, 15:58
That's *not* a macchiatto.  Those only contain a dollop of foam atop espresso.  No milk.  Starbucks has really screwed with too many perceptions.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: wlewisiii on 21 Jun 2015, 16:01
That's *not* a macchiatto.  Those only contain a dollop of foam atop espresso.  No milk.  Starbucks has really screwed with too many perceptions.

You expect them to get that right when they aren't able to not burn the beans in thier roasters?

Staryucks - the nastiest coffee in America!
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: PopuluxeCowboy on 21 Jun 2015, 16:05
I went to check and see if a new comic was up yet, and thought I had pulled up Girls With Slingshots instead. It's nice to see Hazel and Jaimie one more time, even if they did get buttrocketed.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: hedgie on 21 Jun 2015, 16:06
To me, all dark roasts taste burnt.  Light or medium, please.  If you want a touch of the burnt flavour, mix in some dark beans with light or medium to have at least a balanced profile.  The best espresso I have had in the US was in a place that I used to work, where instead of the burnt stuff, they used a light-medium roast on the beans (closer to the medium end, but quite smooth, and could comfortably be sipped straight).
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: osaka on 21 Jun 2015, 16:15
That's *not* a macchiatto.  Those only contain a dollop of foam atop espresso.  No milk.  Starbucks has really screwed with too many perceptions.

Actually I went with what was asked for. I know shite about coffee, I'm more of the Marten school.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: chaospersonified on 21 Jun 2015, 16:16
GWS characters!

I'm with Jeph; suddenly, I'm missing the heck out of Girls With Slingshots
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Kugai on 21 Jun 2015, 23:03
Flat White please - with 3 Sugars
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Y on 21 Jun 2015, 23:26
I never knew they did latte art with a milk can, I thought that was something they did with an espresso machine's milk sidearm.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: BenRG on 22 Jun 2015, 01:25
Um... Well, I was hoping for a new QC strip. Still, it's nice seeing a new strip for Girls With Slingshots (http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/) after all this time. I've never mentioned this before, but I think that Hazel must have a heart of cold, hard stone not to have long since been wrapped around Goopy Kitty's adorable littlest finger!

Things have changed at Coffee of Doom since Faye left. I can't see them offering to do milk pictures under the Old Regime! Faye would have been more likely to give Jamie a permanent marker and a bit of card and told her to do it herself!
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: amykathleen on 22 Jun 2015, 13:58
Normally I hate guest strips, particularly when they come in the middle of something big like these have been, but I am enjoying the Buttrocket Saga so much that I think I shall eternally consider it canon.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: USS Martenclaire on 22 Jun 2015, 14:55
An asspresso.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Method of Madness on 22 Jun 2015, 16:58
I'd rather hear people say that than "expresso". (shudders)
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 22 Jun 2015, 20:56
Good for you, Guest Emily.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Gladstone on 22 Jun 2015, 20:59
They should've strapped Ted to the buttrocket.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Ravenswing on 22 Jun 2015, 21:17
Good for you, Guest Emily.

Yeah.

Besides which, if "Anonymous" was a real sentiment ...

a) Correct me if I'm wrong, but Claire being trans is not public knowledge in the social circle.  Yes?

b)  Even if it is, this wouldn't be the first social circle (or the first millionth) to accept most of the foibles of everyone in it, and promptly eject those goobers who are really in-your-face with nonacceptance.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Method of Madness on 22 Jun 2015, 21:19
Emily knows, so good on her for getting rid of...wait a second, where's rocketbutt?
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: cesium133 on 22 Jun 2015, 21:28
ButtRocket ran out of fuel and integrated itself into Ted's hairstyle.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Reaver on 22 Jun 2015, 21:56
There is no buttrocket because TED is the buttrocket.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 22 Jun 2015, 22:01
I can't believe Ted is getting removed from the strip!  Just think of all those great storylines Ted was involved in.  Now we'll never seen anything like them again.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 22 Jun 2015, 22:49
You can still follow him in the spinoff series of Ted talks.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Y on 22 Jun 2015, 22:59
That reminded me of Dilbert's Ted, which is a character that gets fired or killed a lot.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Akima on 23 Jun 2015, 00:16
An asspresso.
Emily delivered a facepresso.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: BenRG on 23 Jun 2015, 03:05
I think it is interesting to note that opinion on the Subreddit this morning is basically divided into two camps:

Firstly, there are those who seem to have got as fed up about the constant looping complaints about Claire as Jeph is and are now laughing about how even other comic artists are making fun of it too.

Secondly, there are those who are screaming 'foul' about Emily 'assaulting' someone for daring to express a contrary view. There are also a few moaning about Claire appearing even in guest strips.

Learn from that what you will.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 23 Jun 2015, 03:59
The lesson is, stay away from reddit.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Detachable Felix on 23 Jun 2015, 04:26
Extra page for today's guest strip.  (https://twitter.com/Taeshi/status/613286619303530496)
Called it
 :parrot: :parrot: :parrot: :parrot: :parrot: :parrot: :parrot: :parrot: :parrot: :parrot: :parrot: :parrot: :parrot: :parrot:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CILU7hAUEAAX94N.png)
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Method of Madness on 23 Jun 2015, 04:43
Rest in pieces, Ted.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Oenone on 23 Jun 2015, 05:55
I think Emily just leveled up in Friendship
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: aliensporebomb on 23 Jun 2015, 05:59
OMG in today's strip?  Anime Dora is .... A-DORA-BLE!

And the extra page for the guest strip.  LOL.  I was like "okay, rocketbutt, I get it, getting a little....maybe a little tired?"  The payoff.  Laughing like an idiot over here.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: katsmeat on 23 Jun 2015, 07:31
So we never get to find out what happens when a petabyte of porn lands on some remote, unsuspecting community. < sigh >

I was hoping for the emergence of very wierd kind of cargo cult. 
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Neko_Ali on 23 Jun 2015, 07:34
Based around porn? Wouldn't be that different from the rest of the world, really..
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: dexeron on 23 Jun 2015, 07:36
Emily don't play.  Emily is awesome.

Warning - while you were reading 2 new replies have been posted. You may wish to hitch a ride on the next buttrocket.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Timemaster on 23 Jun 2015, 07:43
I just hope that the extra comic makes it to the regulat QC website. This is so awsome and hilarious. :-D

TM
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: bhtooefr on 23 Jun 2015, 08:42
The comic's been updated to add those panels.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Timemaster on 23 Jun 2015, 10:50
Yesssss!!!  8-) :-D :evil:
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: PopuluxeCowboy on 23 Jun 2015, 12:49
Thank you, buttrocket!

I hope the buttrocket will be seen in the background of regular strips from time to time.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Method of Madness on 23 Jun 2015, 12:52
Rocketbutt is the Poochie of the QCverse.

(I know Jeph and everyone call it Buttrocket, but I prefer Rocketbutt and it's never been called either in-strip so there :parrot:)
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Zebediah on 23 Jun 2015, 14:51
Wow, early-early comic. And they're still talking.

Poor Pintsize.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Gladstone on 23 Jun 2015, 15:13
Rocketbutt is the Poochie of the QCverse.

(I know Jeph and everyone call it Buttrocket, but I prefer Rocketbutt and it's never been called either in-strip so there :parrot:)

Also, the latter scans better in a sonnet.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: cesium133 on 23 Jun 2015, 15:34
Wow, early-early comic. And they're still talking.

Poor Pintsize.
It's okay. He used ButtRocket to thaw himself out.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: improvnerd on 23 Jun 2015, 15:51
I still like the previous suggestion somebody made that Pintsize gets thrown in the freezer so often that he has set up his own little robotic man-cave in there.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Kugai on 23 Jun 2015, 17:13
Conclusion of The Talk II


And now Pintsize will become Mr. Freeze.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Carl-E on 23 Jun 2015, 17:34
For those who haven't seen it, or don't recall (hey, it's been over 20 30 years since I saw it in a theater...)

(http://hottytoddy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/jack-nicholson-the-shining.jpg)


 :-D
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: MrWoodchip on 23 Jun 2015, 18:02
As good as the guest comics were, I'm glad to see we're back to the story now.

Less related: What is dord, and why did Jeph reply with "does" when I sent him an email containing only that word? I think we have a mystery on our hands.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: hedgie on 23 Jun 2015, 18:05
fnord
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Stoutfellow on 23 Jun 2015, 18:30
Less related: What is dord, and why did Jeph reply with "does" when I sent him an email containing only that word? I think we have a mystery on our hands.

The keys "r" and "d" lie one step to the right of the keys "e" and "s" on a QWERTY keyboard; I think Jeph's saying that his left hand slipped.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: mustang6172 on 23 Jun 2015, 18:32
b)  Even if it is, this wouldn't be the first social circle (or the first millionth) to accept most of the foibles of everyone in it, and promptly eject those goobers who are really in-your-face with nonacceptance.

Yeah, but that's not very good writing.  The only drama left is if Faye will drink herself to death.  Ted introduced drama by having a standard of right and wrong that differed from the rest of the cast.  All that's left is a boring utopia.

Alice Grove, however, makes a much more dramatic story because Alice, Ardent, and Gavia each has their own ideas.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: chaospersonified on 23 Jun 2015, 18:54
Less related: What is dord, and why did Jeph reply with "does" when I sent him an email containing only that word? I think we have a mystery on our hands.

To the first question: 'Dord' is a word that was created by accident, when a guy writing a dictionary wrote that it meant density. He meant to say the word could be written with both a capital and lowercase letter while still being correct. It's a famous example of how English gets created: by total, cock-eyed fuck-ups.

No clue what Jeph was talking about.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: DrBear on 23 Jun 2015, 20:20
Rocketbutt is the Poochie of the QCverse.

(I know Jeph and everyone call it Buttrocket, but I prefer Rocketbutt and it's never been called either in-strip so there :parrot:)

Also, the latter scans better in a sonnet.
Or a country song.
Rocketbutt, you'll always be/Home sweet home to meeeeeee...
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: chaospersonified on 23 Jun 2015, 20:46
Rocketbutt is the Poochie of the QCverse.

(I know Jeph and everyone call it Buttrocket, but I prefer Rocketbutt and it's never been called either in-strip so there :parrot:)

Also, the latter scans better in a sonnet.
Or a country song.
Rocketbutt, you'll always be/Home sweet home to meeeeeee...

'Country song' is an inferior style to 'sonnet.'
You lose.

Unless you can recreatva sonnet that follows both the terms of the title while fitting requirements of a 'country song.'


(Mention trucks, jeans, or tractors.)

(Record that bullshit with an acoustic guitar.)

(Thank me for the #1 Country radio hit when the stupid awards come around)
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Gladstone on 23 Jun 2015, 20:58
I already wrote one rocketbutt sonnet (https://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,30711.msg1324549.html#msg1324549) and had a few lines for a second one bubbling around in my head, but nothing came of it.  Yet. 

Unless you can recreatva sonnet that follows both the terms of the title while fitting requirements of a 'country song.'


(Mention trucks, jeans, or tractors.)

Country music sonnet?  Sounds like a challenge!  Shakespearean, Petrarchan, Onegin, or Other?
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: chaospersonified on 23 Jun 2015, 21:07
Country music sonnet?  Sounds like a challenge!  Shakespearean, Petrarchan, Onegin, or Other?
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'Other.'

Try Cash.

I personally dislike every country singer that came after.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Detachable Felix on 23 Jun 2015, 21:07
Cash, eh? (Butt) Rockets In The Sky would totally work  :emotrex: :emotrex:





(edited for clarity)
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Gladstone on 23 Jun 2015, 21:19
Actually, forget I said Other.  Shakespearean (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnet#English_.28Shakespearean.29_sonnet) and Petrarchan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrarchan_sonnet) styles are the best-known, although I haven't tried the latter. Onegin stanzas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onegin_stanza) are less traditional, but I've had fun with them.  Not sure which would work best for Cash, though...
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: chaospersonified on 23 Jun 2015, 21:51
You must invent a new one. I'm currently not capable of creating a format, but it includes heartbreak.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Oenone on 23 Jun 2015, 22:30
Jeez louise, Marten and Faye would be horrible pet owners
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: chaospersonified on 23 Jun 2015, 22:36
Jeez louise, Marten and Faye would be horrible pet owners

Is this news?

Fuckinh Pintsize barely survived, and he's a goshdanged robot.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: BenRG on 23 Jun 2015, 23:21
Huh! I really was expecting to have moved on to other things. I didn't think that there was much left to say here but Jeph clearly disagrees.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: electromgneticDstroyosaur on 24 Jun 2015, 00:05
That's odd, because I thought this update kind of gave this conversation the bum's rush.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: emilygrrl on 24 Jun 2015, 00:40
Today's strip sounds exactly like the (repeated) conversation I had with my wife when we first met. Only 2 differences... I had another reason to quit drinking, and there weren't any AnthroPC's in the freezer.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Lubricus on 24 Jun 2015, 03:46
Today's strip sounds exactly like the (repeated) conversation I had with my wife when we first met. Only 2 differences... I had another reason to quit drinking, and there weren't any AnthroPC's in the freezer.

Oh, come on! EVERYONE has a few AnthroPCs in their freezer! Just admit it!  :laugh:
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Carl-E on 24 Jun 2015, 06:17
I could easily fit a couple of Momo/May sized anthroPC's in my basement deep freeze...

 :angel:
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: dexeron on 24 Jun 2015, 06:19
We are THIS CLOSE to the "Pintsize's Fortress of Solitude Awesometude" headcanon being confirmed.

Either that, or we're going to learn what happens when an Anthro-PC "freezes up."

 :claireface:


Warning - while you were typing a new reply has been posted. You may wish to go hide in the freezer for awhile.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 24 Jun 2015, 08:30
He's in no danger of freezing. He just has to play a bunch of videos while calculating pi and doing a deep zoom on the Mandelbrot set, and his CPU should heat right up.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: osaka on 24 Jun 2015, 09:12
Knowing Pintsize, he'd just render 3D Hentai in real time.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Method of Madness on 24 Jun 2015, 09:18
Is he not always doing that?
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: osaka on 24 Jun 2015, 09:25
You can crank up the framerate.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 24 Jun 2015, 10:31
He has survived an extended stay (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=524).
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: osaka on 24 Jun 2015, 13:56
Comic!

(click to show/hide)

One would've expected that his stay in the freezer would've helped with that but NOPE.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Oenone on 24 Jun 2015, 14:18
Jeez louise, Marten and Faye would be horrible pet owners

Is this news?

Fuckinh Pintsize barely survived, and he's a goshdanged robot.

I'm still hoping this is something Faye grows out of. She's still real blasé about violating others' boundaries
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Neko_Ali on 24 Jun 2015, 14:23
No Marten, no. Faye working at The Secret Bakery would be a bad idea for so many reasons.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Gladstone on 24 Jun 2015, 16:08
Well, on one hand, it would be nice to revisit the Secret Bakery more frequently, especially from Faye's perspective rather than Marten's...but on the other hand, it would just be treading water.  Faye needs to start swimming instead, because that might actually get her somewhere.  Additional nautical metaphor.  Etc.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Kugai on 24 Jun 2015, 16:21
The cold, hard facts

And now we know who began the evolution to Robot Boxing
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Near Lurker on 24 Jun 2015, 16:32
Or a country song.
Rocketbutt, you'll always be/Home sweet home to meeeeeee...

Where's Elton John when you need him?

Regardless, I'm trying to decide whether Faye's last line is a joke or the actual start of an arc.  In this comic, it could well be either...
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Rghfrgl on 24 Jun 2015, 17:48
Welder by day.

Dancer by night.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Carl-E on 24 Jun 2015, 19:43
(http://www.jeffbots.com/rockem_sockem_robots.gif)

Or, if you prefer something more modern;

(https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xaf1/t51.2885-15/s306x306/e15/11084830_948075525216507_1424845032_n.jpg)
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Perfectly Reasonable on 24 Jun 2015, 20:19
Underground robot fighting tournaments? Post Singularity, are these still a thing? Well, Underground, duh.
The more I think about this, the more I wonder. Given AIs in sophisticated chassis capable of walking, talking, and throwing Pintsize across the room --- what must the military equivalents be like? I don't think Jeph wants to go there...

Also, YAY!  for Supportive Marten.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: SubaruStephen on 24 Jun 2015, 20:41
Yay for robot fighting leagues! Faye's entry would be unstoppable.

Anyone catch the return of BattleBots on Sunday? Awesome.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 24 Jun 2015, 21:25
Actually, I think working at the Secret Bakery would be just fine because bills need to be paid.

Having, basically, given up on the daily grind to pursue my dream of webcomicing, I can tell you that not treading water is ENORMOUSLY stressful. Given everything Faye has to deal with, I think something stable is in order.

Of course, I do think she ought to explore options first. It's only been a few days, and Marten is giving her a chance (a chance a lot of people would not get). You certainly should try to make the most of it, when that happens. But you've got to be ready to do what you have to just to keep your head above water.

If you find a pace you can maintain (i.e. figure out how to float rest) treading water is exactly what you have to do until you figure out which direction you can swim in. It's no good picking the direction you want to go if it doesn't lead to the dry ground you want to stand on (or doesn't lead to dry ground at all).

I'm constantly challenged by the thought that I've made a terrible mistake, doing what I'm doing. I can't imagine trying to keep moving forward and battle addiction while trying to hold myself together in the face of abandonment issues and depression.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Gladstone on 24 Jun 2015, 21:43
Actually, I think working at the Secret Bakery would be just fine because bills need to be paid.

Having, basically, given up on the daily grind to pursue my dream of webcomicing, I can tell you that not treading water is ENORMOUSLY stressful. Given everything Faye has to deal with, I think something stable is in order.

Yeah, good point.  My bad, I was just thinking "not another bakery/coffee shop!" as if that were the only thing she'd be doing.  No reason she can't work there to get back on her feet AND work on her art/weaponry in her spare time.  And Sam could help!
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Aziraphale on 24 Jun 2015, 22:24
"Rocketbutt"? Reminds me of an Elton John song.

I'll come up with a better joke eventually.

But I think it's gonna be a long, long time.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: BenRG on 24 Jun 2015, 23:13
Okay maybe this is me or... I think that we can be sure that Jeph is reading this forum. Why? Because today's strip more-or-less summarises all the debates we've been having on the subject of Faye's new job. I take that as a tip-of-the-hat to us. It will be interesting to see where Jeph takes that thread.

Meanwhile, we've found out what prolonged exposure to very low temperatures does to Pintsize - it creates a euphoric, hallucinogenic state. Could it be that parts of his system become superconducting? Being at temperatures around 0OF for long periods are the AI equivalent of LSD?

Y'know, I think that they should put Faye in touch with May. I'm sure that she would be willing to buy a custom murder chassis, purely for those days at work!
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: QuestionableIntentions on 24 Jun 2015, 23:20
Uh yes please?

Honestly, this comic gaining a part were Faye and Pintsize battle in underground robot fights would be The. Best. Thing.

One comic: Marten "Well I do believe that post-deconstructualism in Metal-Grunge-Folk-Song medleys is..."

Next comic: Pinterminator "DO. YOU. LIKE. PORN?" KABLAAM!
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Omega Entity on 24 Jun 2015, 23:31
Next comic: Pinterminator "DO. YOU. LIKE. PORN?" KABLAAM!

My brain wants to read that as 'Pinterestminator' for some reason.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Pilchard123 on 25 Jun 2015, 00:08
Underground robot fighting tournaments? Post Singularity, are these still a thing? Well, Underground, duh.

I dunno, what about non-AI robots?
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: BenRG on 25 Jun 2015, 00:14
Underground robot fighting tournaments? Post Singularity, are these still a thing?

Given what we know about AIs in QC, I'm sure that the fighters are all volunteers who like it!
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Gladstone on 25 Jun 2015, 00:18
Okay maybe this is me or... I think that we can be sure that Jeph is reading this forum. Why? Because today's strip more-or-less summarises all the debates we've been having on the subject of Faye's new job. I take that as a tip-of-the-hat to us. It will be interesting to see where Jeph takes that thread.

Nah, more likely Jeph realized that Faye's job opportunities are limited to either a pre-existing business, or some kind of independent setup using Faye's art.  You had a good idea several weeks back with that auto-body shop (you'll have to link to it, because I can't remember when/where it was posted), but at this point in the game, establishing a new location and staffing it with a large cast of new characters would probably slow down the pace of the comic even more.  The Secret Bakery works because it's already been established, and even if we don't get to spend much time with Renee and the other employees, Sam and Jim and Veronica already have a place in the story. 

Yeah, that's a nice 180-degree turn from my earlier comment, but I'm sticking to it.  For now.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Tova on 25 Jun 2015, 00:20
No Marten, no. Faye working at The Secret Bakery would be a bad idea for so many reasons.

I'm struggling to think of a single one, to be honest.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: hedgie on 25 Jun 2015, 00:55
Underground robot fighting tournaments? Post Singularity, are these still a thing?

Given what we know about AIs in QC, I'm sure that the fighters are all volunteers who like it!

Given that they're AIs, they can probably make their pain sensors cause pleasure instead.  They might even get off on it.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: katsmeat on 25 Jun 2015, 02:08
Given what we know about AIs in QC, I'm sure that the fighters are all volunteers who like it!
Given that they're AIs, they can probably make their pain sensors cause pleasure instead.  They might even get off on it.

Indeed. Plenty of humans do.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: MrNumbers on 25 Jun 2015, 02:44
I... actually think Faye's joke suggestion would be really good for her.

Gets her more of a creative and meaningful outlet, she'd mingle with people who aren't offput by her more violent and forceful personality traits, it'd be hella cathartic for her, she has the necessary skills and type of creativity to be good at it... She knows Hannelore personally, who of course could give her some -- if reluctantly -- great insider tips.

"Working at a coffee shop again, one where they know exactly why I got fired from my last job," doesn't seem as good in comparison.

Goddamn it. Why did the fun option have to be a joke?
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: gopher on 25 Jun 2015, 04:10
Still think Faye should get on the bus to Mandyville and join Angus.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: swapna on 25 Jun 2015, 05:38
Actually, I think working at the Secret Bakery would be just fine because bills need to be paid.

Having, basically, given up on the daily grind to pursue my dream of webcomicing, I can tell you that not treading water is ENORMOUSLY stressful. Given everything Faye has to deal with, I think something stable is in order.

Of course, I do think she ought to explore options first. It's only been a few days, and Marten is giving her a chance (a chance a lot of people would not get). You certainly should try to make the most of it, when that happens. But you've got to be ready to do what you have to just to keep your head above water.

If you find a pace you can maintain (i.e. figure out how to float rest) treading water is exactly what you have to do until you figure out which direction you can swim in. It's no good picking the direction you want to go if it doesn't lead to the dry ground you want to stand on (or doesn't lead to dry ground at all).

I'm constantly challenged by the thought that I've made a terrible mistake, doing what I'm doing. I can't imagine trying to keep moving forward and battle addiction while trying to hold myself together in the face of abandonment issues and depression.

It isn't the same, though. As welder, she can work a stable job in an established business, and while she wouldn't be making art or murder-chassis, she can get paid a lot more than as barista, and might even be able to negotiate better terms. (I'm still a little disturbed over how easy she could get fired, without any kind of security or compensation or anything, and apparently she didn't get paid holidays as assistant manager. And it was only because Dora didn't file the paperwork right away that her healthcare still covered her - that's just horrible.)  And it would be a job doing what she's good at - she might be good at making coffee, but her interaction with customers would be very out of place at any other place than CoD.

On another note: That one felt very classic - funny and serious at once, driving the plot forward, with a punchline provided by our favourite seabiscuit. Awesome!
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: dexeron on 25 Jun 2015, 05:57
Possible alternate speech for Pintsize's word-bubble that would be equally as effective:

"Do the winners get porn?"

"BEEP. BEEP. NEGATIVE TEMPERATURE ERROR. PLEASE REBOOT."

"It looks like you're changing careers to robot fighting!
Would you like help?
-Get help with career change
-Just change careers without help
=Don't show me this tip again"

"I'm your huckleberry."

"WHY AM I GLUED TO MARTEN'S SHIRT?!"
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: cesium133 on 25 Jun 2015, 06:04

"BEEP. BEEP. NEGATIVE TEMPERATURE ERROR. PLEASE REBOOT."
Pintsize is a laser!?
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Jun 2015, 06:14
Not anymore.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Somnus Eternus on 25 Jun 2015, 06:27
Murder bots?  It's good to see Faye channeling her energy in a productive way.  Super proud of her aspirations.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 25 Jun 2015, 06:28
I've never heard of anyone with a sexual kink featuring robot dinosaur coffee makers.

Ms. Reed is probably friends with several.

If they're her clients, then they have money.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: BenRG on 25 Jun 2015, 06:49
I've never heard of anyone with a sexual kink featuring robot dinosaur coffee makers.

Actually, I was watching a video on YouTube last night where a seriously freaked-out woman was telling her colleague in some detail about all the human/dinosaur porn there is on the Internet. I'm talking about seriously squick-worthy stuff with massive size difference issues. Yet, the ways these were described to her by her informants indicated that they were considered great romantic works of fiction by their fans.

Rule 34 obviously applies but in an interestingly different way: Look long enough and you will find someone who is sexually interested in anything, no matter how horrifying it may seem to nearly everyone else. I'm sure that Pintsize's contact list is full of potential clients.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Neko_Ali on 25 Jun 2015, 07:21
No Marten, no. Faye working at The Secret Bakery would be a bad idea for so many reasons.

I'm struggling to think of a single one, to be honest.

1 - It continues her down the same path she was before. She was comfortable, but not really going anywhere with her job at the Coffee of Doom. She could use a shaking up of her status quo, not back sliding into where she was before she started drinking to excess.

2 - The Secret Bakery and Coffee of Doom trade beans for baked goods. Not to mention the cross over of friendships between the two  shops. Probably not a reminder Faye needs until she and Dora can reconnect, which should ideally be done on their own time, and not right not. Nor by being forced to interact through business.

3 - The culture of The Secret Bakery is way different than CoD. Faye would not be able to be her usual snarky self there, but actually treat customers with respect. This means a huge amount of stress for her.

4 - Now that Marten's suggested he help her get the job through his connections, that point is there. Even if Faye got the job on her own, the question will still remain , quietly in the background of her mind that she may have only got the job because Jim is sleeping with Marten's mom. While not at Dora's levels, Faye can be kind of paranoid like that. And it is a natural thing to wonder.

5 - Faye has wanted to do more with welding and art for a while, but is to afraid to step out of her comfort zone. Afraid enough that when flat out given the opportunity to make a lot of money with her art, she wanted to turn it down. If there is one thing Faye is very good at it's sabotaging herself to make sure things around her don't change, because she fears that change. Well now she's been kicked out and forced to change... Working another coffee shop would just let her go back and hide again.

I'm not saying TSB should be off the table as a job. I'm saying for Faye's own growth she would be better off finding work elsewhere, preferably doing something she enjoys doing. If money becomes an issue than yes, better to have a job that's not best for you rather than no job at all. But right now she has the opportunity to make some real forward steps. And working in another coffee shop would not be going forward.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Jun 2015, 07:28
Rule 34 obviously applies but in an interestingly different way: Look long enough and you will find someone who is sexually interested in anything, no matter how horrifying it may seem to nearly everyone else.
You're thinking of Rule 36.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 25 Jun 2015, 07:45
It isn't the same, though. As welder, she can work a stable job in an established business, and while she wouldn't be making art or murder-chassis, she can get paid a lot more than as barista, and might even be able to negotiate better terms. (I'm still a little disturbed over how easy she could get fired, without any kind of security or compensation or anything, and apparently she didn't get paid holidays as assistant manager. And it was only because Dora didn't file the paperwork right away that her healthcare still covered her - that's just horrible.)  And it would be a job doing what she's good at - she might be good at making coffee, but her interaction with customers would be very out of place at any other place than CoD.

On another note: That one felt very classic - funny and serious at once, driving the plot forward, with a punchline provided by our favourite seabiscuit. Awesome!

Of course it's not the same, but Faye needs to learn to modify her behavior, anyway. There's sass and then there's assault. Faye tends to live near the latter most of the time. But, setting that aside, we know Faye has skills because she's an artist, but welding a sculpture and welding, say, a pressure vessel or load bearing member (cue Pintsize) is a whole different animal. She may not be qualified to do that as work.

Also, I've done a lot of writing, professionally. You know what kills the desire to be creative? Using your creative skill to do non-creative things. After a long day of churning text for a quality management system, the last thing I wanted to see was a keyboard.

All that said, I'm not saying Faye should run off to the Bakery, right now. That would be foolish. Marten's given her time, and she should use it intelligently to find work that doesn't interfere with her creativity (Obviously working in a coffee shop was doing that, for some reason). But going to work in another coffee shop isn't doom for her.

Throwing everything on the hope of a creative endeavor is super risky. Trying to join a certified trade is a huge time sink, and costs money. Given her current lack of income, that's another problem.

Obviously, this a fictional universe with strong AI, and kinetic scorn. The issues can be papered over. All I'm saying is that working in a coffee shop would not be bad for Faye. Not bad needn't equal best. I mean, she could become President, or CEO of Apple, or an astronaut. She won't, but it is fiction, so she could. Those would pay better than welding. Why not aim high?

Jim has plenty of reason not to hire her, anyway. That is, he's familiar with her. At the same time, she's been a positive influence on Sam, and she's half the reason for a successful partnership between the Bakery and Coffee of Doom. Storywise, Faye working there, and actually using the semi-familiar job as a means of expanding her life outside of work is just good for the comic, and potentially good for Faye.

I'm not arguing that these things must occur, or the comic is bad. I'm just disagreeing with the idea that not being bold is bad for a person in Faye's position. Trying to weld professionally or as an artist would be bold and super stressful. I'm an artist who is, literally, giving it away free and I'm stressed right the hell out because it was bold move. I have depression and abandonment issues, and if I had a drinking problem, I'd be hammered. As it is, I have a procrastination problem, which you can see I indulge in. This post ain't payin' no bills.

Tony Stark was right when he told JARVIS, sometimes you've got to run before you can walk. But to borrow another line from that movie (paraphrased) Faye is not Tony Stark.

(Get Raven and Emily together to work on the hardware and software inside Faye-built chassis, and you're on to something that will either save the world, or destroy it.)
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: emilygrrl on 25 Jun 2015, 08:22
You know, it got me thinking... wasn't Faye the main selling point for Coffee of Doom, at least in the past? I wonder how CoD is doing, now that Faye is gone.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Schmee on 25 Jun 2015, 08:25
You mean when CoD was mentioned in one of those trendy hipster magazines, and a heap of people turned up trying to get sassed? I thought that was ages ago - even in comic time.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: osaka on 25 Jun 2015, 08:43
It's technically their "selling" point regardless. That would spread by word of mouth and people would be interested in the bitchy bachelorette baristas. Obviously that fad has passed, but it's probably what people remind them from.

Still, Dora had established that and Faye has trained the newcomers in contempt up until her ultimate firing. So that's taken care of.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 25 Jun 2015, 12:23
I think the Coffee at COD is the main selling point. I'd say something funny, but I got nothing.

Dora makes a good cup of joe. While they snark about (and sometimes do) serve less than standard stuff, their customers probably don't notice (the same way science proved that sommeliers can't tell "good" wine from cheap or will identify cheap wine as good if you change the label. All of those tests played on the subject's expectations.

It's not that all coffee is good and people are just stupid. It that CoD's coffee is good, and people rationalize when they get a substandard cup.

The CoD sass was what put the store on the map, but Hanners is just straight up nice, and Dale seems to be too chill for the old barista zing. Word was CoD was still growing, so odds are they outgrew that phase and the custom is there either out of nostalgia or because it's good coffee.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: jwhouk on 25 Jun 2015, 13:00
Yeah, but her coffee's nothing compared to this little place in Minneapolis...
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: cesium133 on 25 Jun 2015, 13:13
(http://geekchicelite.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/coffee1.jpg)
"What are we doing making meth?"
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Kugai on 25 Jun 2015, 15:33
Hmmmmm

I did suggest at one stage she was going to wind up as a Maintenance Worker on Hannerdads Space Station



The first rule of Robot Fight Club is you don't talk about Robot Fight Club
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: DillyDolly on 25 Jun 2015, 15:41
Huh... Don't know why, but I believe Pintsize is being serious—and not actually referring to himself.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: chaospersonified on 25 Jun 2015, 16:25
I feel this is a sign Faye might actually work as a robo-fightsuit designer.

I feel it's also incredibly likely she does this on the side whilst working at the Secret Bakery, at first, at least. That she'd apply to a job there makes sense in re-connecting her with Sam, as well as bringing Marten's mother's relationship with Jim into focus, even making the Dora situation be dealt with in some ways. Faye could deal with Dora in a professional manner, then go to an abandoned warehouse and see her designs demolishing the lesser creations of her rival robo-designers.

Oh god, that makes me think. Every horrific threat Faye's proven herself capable of thinking of, now applied to actual machines carrying them out. Faye's designs will dominate the arenas. Let's just pray the robots don't decide to turn against us.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: DSL on 25 Jun 2015, 16:28
Might we see DeathBot again? THE KILLBOT WITH NO INDOOR VOICE?
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: osaka on 25 Jun 2015, 16:30
Well, we would have to kneel to our beloved Georgian overlord. Because I feel that if the robots were to turn against Faye she'd probably be capable of smashing them to their atomic components.

Might we see DeathBot again? THE KILLBOT WITH NO INDOOR VOICE?

He's coming for spares to the all-so-raved about "Whitaker's Foundry of Pain".
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: chaospersonified on 25 Jun 2015, 16:31
Might we see DeathBot again? THE KILLBOT WITH NO INDOOR VOICE?

I think we might, as a background character if nothing else. Mayhap he would be Faye's champion? I HIGHLY doubt she'd provide Pintsize with any actual weaponry. He had that once. He got thrown out of the AI cafe place, whatever it was, because of it.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: DSL on 25 Jun 2015, 16:31
Maybe that's the guy Pintsize "totally knows." They do have a history.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Jun 2015, 16:35
The plot thickens!
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: DSL on 25 Jun 2015, 16:37
Thpeaking of thickening, can you imagine Faye and ... Whatzername, Renee? ... Working side by side, informing people things are on fire and comparing notes on Angus?
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: chaospersonified on 25 Jun 2015, 16:47
Thpeaking of thickening, can you imagine Faye and ... Whatzername, Renee? ... Working side by side, informing people things are on fire and comparing notes on Angus?

Renee is apparently a 'bizarro Faye double,' if I remember the original line. It'S not a direct quote, it wasn't specifically about Faye/Renee, but the Secret Bakery staff as a whole.

This could be very interesting, but it would invite me to wonder exactly how precise a personality clone Renee is, whether that goes all the way to drinking habits, because that would be a spot of friction. Until they hit that snag, though, I'd be LOVING it
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: mustang6172 on 25 Jun 2015, 18:44
Please let this underground robot fighting be an arc!

Thpeaking of thickening, can you imagine Faye and ... Whatzername, Renee? ... Working side by side, informing people things are on fire and comparing notes on Angus?

Renee is apparently a 'bizarro Faye double,' if I remember the original line. It'S not a direct quote, it wasn't specifically about Faye/Renee, but the Secret Bakery staff as a whole.

This could be very interesting, but it would invite me to wonder exactly how precise a personality clone Renee is, whether that goes all the way to drinking habits, because that would be a spot of friction. Until they hit that snag, though, I'd be LOVING it

A personality clone of a different race isn't "bizarro" (unless you're either racist or bizarro not racist.)
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: chaospersonified on 25 Jun 2015, 18:52
Please let this underground robot fighting be an arc!

Thpeaking of thickening, can you imagine Faye and ... Whatzername, Renee? ... Working side by side, informing people things are on fire and comparing notes on Angus?

Renee is apparently a 'bizarro Faye double,' if I remember the original line. It'S not a direct quote, it wasn't specifically about Faye/Renee, but the Secret Bakery staff as a whole.

This could be very interesting, but it would invite me to wonder exactly how precise a personality clone Renee is, whether that goes all the way to drinking habits, because that would be a spot of friction. Until they hit that snag, though, I'd be LOVING it

A personality clone of a different race isn't "bizarro" (unless you're either racist or bizarro not racist.)

I believe the exact quote concerned all of Secret Bakery.

It was from Marten, about how similar the two places were. If this is a racist statement, it's on Jeph's part.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: chaospersonified on 25 Jun 2015, 18:59
It's not a damn race statement, it's about how weirdly similar the two businesses were concerning staff.

It was weird for Marten to get kicked out of CoD by having broken up with Dora, only to have the next coffee shop he visited by a damn near identical copy featuring a sarcastic as shit barista and a thinner, hot girl in charge of her. That was what was meant by 'bizarre,' not the race issue.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Gladstone on 25 Jun 2015, 18:59
It's not bizarro-world, just alternate-universe (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1845).  And Hannelore's doppelganger is obviously Fairy Girl (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1844).

Personally, I'd like to know more about neck-tattoo guy.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Jun 2015, 19:02
She's one of the PATRIOTS.

(If we see her these days, her spirit is a little...deflated.)
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: chaospersonified on 25 Jun 2015, 19:04
It's not bizarro-world, just alternate-universe (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1845).  And Hannelore's doppelganger is obviously Fairy Girl (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1844).

Personally, I'd like to know more about neck-tattoo guy.

Thanks for the correction. Like I said, it's what I rdmembered, and memory is fickle as fuck-all

In other news—

Hold up, Hanners ISN'T fairy-girl?

I mean, I know they boh appeared in the same panel one time, but Hannelore is magical in ways we can't presume!

I am unconvinced of their duality.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Method of Madness on 25 Jun 2015, 19:12
Fairly girl is Penelope's third personality. (Her second personality is Penelope)
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: chaospersonified on 25 Jun 2015, 19:23
Fairly girl is Penelope's third personality. (Her second personality is Penelope)


This is my favorite theory.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Carl-E on 25 Jun 2015, 19:44
The "guy" is PT410X. 

That's what really happened to his head (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1921). 

[/headcanon]
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 25 Jun 2015, 20:01
Renee was not Faye's personality double. Padma was. Renee was Faye's physical double. Padma was closer to Faye's personality double.

The Bakery cast was a lot of the core cast all muddled together. Thinking about that group, I kind of don't see Faye working there. While that would definite bring more of the support cast back into focus, Elliot, Renee, and Hipster lumberjack aren't really anything and I'm not sure Jeph will want to draw all those baked goods.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: chaospersonified on 25 Jun 2015, 20:30
Renee was not Faye's personality double. Padma was. Renee was Faye's physical double. Padma was closer to Faye's personality double.

The Bakery cast was a lot of the core cast all muddled together. Thinking about that group, I kind of don't see Faye working there. While that would definite bring more of the support cast back into focus, Elliot, Renee, and Hipster lumberjack aren't really anything and I'm not sure Jeph will want to draw all those baked goods.

If Padma was Faye's personality double, then they've been missing a Faye for a while.

 You say these characters aren't anything important, but I'd have said the same of Lavender Brown in Harry Potter prior to book 4. Ultimately, by the end of book 7, my initial consideration of her character was correct, but for at least those few chapters, she ws VITAL.

Maybe these baked goods have bizarrely-flavored insides we hAve yet to see.

I'm mostly in favor of Faye being part-time Secret Bakery, part-time Robot Fight Club.

One wouldn't be enough.

I'm greedy
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: solemnwar on 25 Jun 2015, 21:04
Renee was not Faye's personality double. Padma was. Renee was Faye's physical double. Padma was closer to Faye's personality double.

The Bakery cast was a lot of the core cast all muddled together. Thinking about that group, I kind of don't see Faye working there. While that would definite bring more of the support cast back into focus, Elliot, Renee, and Hipster lumberjack aren't really anything and I'm not sure Jeph will want to draw all those baked goods.

Padma seems to imply that their personalities are at least somewhat similar in the final panel of strip 1859 (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1859). And the few times we do see Renee she seems to be kinda Faye-ish. I don't see Faye and Padma's personalities as being similar, either. To be blunt Padma is way nicer than Faye and easy-going. Faye's crass and hard to get along with even for people who like her.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: chaospersonified on 25 Jun 2015, 21:10
Renee was not Faye's personality double. Padma was. Renee was Faye's physical double. Padma was closer to Faye's personality double.

The Bakery cast was a lot of the core cast all muddled together. Thinking about that group, I kind of don't see Faye working there. While that would definite bring more of the support cast back into focus, Elliot, Renee, and Hipster lumberjack aren't really anything and I'm not sure Jeph will want to draw all those baked goods.

Padma seems to imply that their personalities are at least somewhat similar in the final panel of strip 1859 (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1859). And the few times we do see Renee she seems to be kinda Faye-ish. I don't see Faye and Padma's personalities as being similar, either. To be blunt Padma is way nicer than Faye and easy-going. Faye's crass and hard to get along with even for people who like her.

First, WELCOME, NEW PERSON!

Second, good link. You are superior to me making statements I only partially remember.

Third, though, is where I'm not on-board. I'm remembering the business negotiations between the Secret Bakery and CoD. Those were between Faye and Padma, and in that moment, the two showed the same personality traits, headstrong, and quick to dismiss nay-sayers, even though the people telling to slow their roll were 100% correct, because neither character had any authority to argue their company's position.

Point being, Padma wasn't as easy-going as your comment might suggest. She had a side to her, though the whole 'sick grandma' thing softened it for sure.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Perfectly Reasonable on 25 Jun 2015, 21:35
I've never heard of anyone with a sexual kink featuring robot dinosaur coffee makers.

Actually, I was watching a video on YouTube last night where a seriously freaked-out woman was telling her colleague in some detail about all the human/dinosaur porn there is on the Internet.

You people scare me. (backs away slowly. Google is NOT my friend...)
The point I was trying to make is that what we know as Robot Combat is going to be pretty lame in the QC-verse.  There it will be dialed Up To Eleven. Do we really want to see Pintsize in a Faye-designed murder chassis? Dominating some hapless bot? I don't think this is what we mean by "Strong AI"...

Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 25 Jun 2015, 21:46
I think its a good thing that Jeph, having created a set of clones of his main cast, proceeded to give them (at the least the two who got real screen time) traits that made them their own people. Padma was Faye, with a dash of Dora, but she was also just Padma. Elliot was Marten, but not. Hangdog, and a bit clueless, but not either of those things in exactly the same way as Marten.

It would have been easy for Jeph to just drop the gag and run with it.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: chaospersonified on 25 Jun 2015, 21:51
It seemed only in small ways that they were so similar. Elliot had the attitude, the 'oh, but the one I love is disinterested' of Marten, but also his own set of traits, kind, quiet, large and looming despite the personality.

Padma was in charge; Renee was snarky, but for the most part, in every other way, they were different people in every way. The 'alternate universe' line was largely a one-off comment that every strip since has proven more and more incorrect.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: BenRG on 25 Jun 2015, 23:21
Yes, thank you Jeph! We all knew that Pintsize 'knows a guy'! You didn't have to specify so in a strip!  :lol:

Seriously, I think that this is Jeph's way of confirming that Faye won't end up working for UURFC (Underground Ultimate Robot Fighting Championship). Pintsize encouraging or in any way proposing to enable such a plan would put Faye right off of it!
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Perfectly Reasonable on 26 Jun 2015, 00:30
This could be very cathartic for Faye --- a way to channel her frustration and resentment into an area where she excels.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Tova on 26 Jun 2015, 00:37
Like a lot of others, I hope this leads to something and isn't just a throwaway gag.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Akima on 26 Jun 2015, 02:05
Definitely. I want a Wing Chun robot with chainsaw butterfly-swords!
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: DSL on 26 Jun 2015, 02:56
Please let this underground robot fighting be an arc!

Thpeaking of thickening, can you imagine Faye and ... Whatzername, Renee? ... Working side by side, informing people things are on fire and comparing notes on Angus?

Renee is apparently a 'bizarro Faye double,' if I remember the original line. It'S not a direct quote, it wasn't specifically about Faye/Renee, but the Secret Bakery staff as a whole.

This could be very interesting, but it would invite me to wonder exactly how precise a personality clone Renee is, whether that goes all the way to drinking habits, because that would be a spot of friction. Until they hit that snag, though, I'd be LOVING it

A personality clone of a different race isn't "bizarro" (unless you're either racist or bizarro not racist.)

I believe the exact quote concerned all of Secret Bakery.

It was from Marten, about how similar the two places were. If this is a racist statement, it's on Jeph's part.

Wow, that went to some ... interesting ... places.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Wildroses on 26 Jun 2015, 03:50
Well I'll say this for Pintsize. He doesn't hold grudges.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: BenRG on 26 Jun 2015, 04:21
Well I'll say this for Pintsize. He doesn't hold grudges.

I think that Pintsize is more perceptive and understands Faye a lot better than most humans sometimes. He understands that she is battling with addiction and depression. He understands that this may lead to irrational and even violent behaviour but he does not see any purpose to treating this like a deliberate, reasoned act on her part. In any case, AnthroPCs are tough and hard to damage, so the 'no harm, no foul' rule certainly applies in his mind.

First and foremost, he is a friend who wants to help her. :angel:

If he can also advance his personal agenda of doing morally and ethically dubious things, well that's icing on the cake. :evil:
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Somnus Eternus on 26 Jun 2015, 05:56
I think that Pintsize is more perceptive and understands Faye a lot better than most humans sometimes.

Pintsize is frequently the bomb, but he's usually so busy being the bomb in the most inappropriate way possible that people overlook it.

Also, I'm really, really, really wishing Faye would take this opportunity and the comic takes on a full-blown underground robot battling storyline, with Faye selling battle chassis on the black market.  It would be glorious.   I don't have much hope, but oh man....
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Y on 26 Jun 2015, 09:55
I wonder if Momo would disapprove, since that might not be so ethical that robots/AnthroPCs are used as cheap entertainment...

Actually, I was watching a video on YouTube last night where a seriously freaked-out woman was telling her colleague in some detail about all the human/dinosaur porn there is on the Internet.
Really? I think about dinosaurs every time I need to think about something non-sexual, as I know there is no porn (that I know of) available of it (and pterosaurs and dragons aren't dinosaurs).
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 26 Jun 2015, 10:12
Really? I think about dinosaurs every time I need to think about something non-sexual, as I know there is no porn (that I know of) available of it (and pterosaurs and dragons aren't dinosaurs).

You forgot the most critical part of rule 34.

NO EXCEPTIONS.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Neko_Ali on 26 Jun 2015, 14:05
I wonder if Momo would disapprove, since that might not be so ethical that robots/AnthroPCs are used as cheap entertainment...

Actually, I was watching a video on YouTube last night where a seriously freaked-out woman was telling her colleague in some detail about all the human/dinosaur porn there is on the Internet.
Really? I think about dinosaurs every time I need to think about something non-sexual, as I know there is no porn (that I know of) available of it (and pterosaurs and dragons aren't dinosaurs).

Oh my. What a charmingly naive and peacefully oblivious life you must live. I am envious, truly. :)
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Gladstone on 26 Jun 2015, 19:01
Actually, I was watching a video on YouTube last night where a seriously freaked-out woman was telling her colleague in some detail about all the human/dinosaur porn there is on the Internet.
Really? I think about dinosaurs every time I need to think about something non-sexual, as I know there is no porn (that I know of) available of it (and pterosaurs and dragons aren't dinosaurs).

Amazon search: gay dinosaur erotica (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_12?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=gay+dinosaur+erotica&sprefix=gay+dinosaur%2Cstripbooks%2C358&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Agay+dinosaur+erotica).
Also hetero stuff (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_12?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=dinosaur+erotica&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Adinosaur+erotica), if you're so inclined.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: chaospersonified on 26 Jun 2015, 19:35
Actually, I was watching a video on YouTube last night where a seriously freaked-out woman was telling her colleague in some detail about all the human/dinosaur porn there is on the Internet.
Really? I think about dinosaurs every time I need to think about something non-sexual, as I know there is no porn (that I know of) available of it (and pterosaurs and dragons aren't dinosaurs).

Amazon search: gay dinosaur erotica (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_12?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=gay+dinosaur+erotica&sprefix=gay+dinosaur%2Cstripbooks%2C358&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Agay+dinosaur+erotica).
Also hetero stuff (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_12?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=dinosaur+erotica&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Adinosaur+erotica), if you're so inclined.

I believe Emma Blackery on Youtube did some readings from a few. Search that on Youtube if you want to hear dino erotica as read by the Essex accent.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 26 Jun 2015, 20:07
Actually, I was watching a video on YouTube last night where a seriously freaked-out woman was telling her colleague in some detail about all the human/dinosaur porn there is on the Internet.
Really? I think about dinosaurs every time I need to think about something non-sexual, as I know there is no porn (that I know of) available of it (and pterosaurs and dragons aren't dinosaurs).

Amazon search: gay dinosaur erotica (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_12?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=gay+dinosaur+erotica&sprefix=gay+dinosaur%2Cstripbooks%2C358&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Agay+dinosaur+erotica).
Also hetero stuff (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_12?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=dinosaur+erotica&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Adinosaur+erotica), if you're so inclined.

As a nod to the historic nature of they day, set aside yout inclantions and stick with first link ;P
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: Y on 27 Jun 2015, 03:33
You forgot the most critical part of rule 34.

NO EXCEPTIONS.
Wasn't Rule 35 that if there is no porn of it, it will be made?

Amazon search: gay dinosaur erotica (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_12?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=gay+dinosaur+erotica&sprefix=gay+dinosaur%2Cstripbooks%2C358&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Agay+dinosaur+erotica).
Also hetero stuff (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_12?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=dinosaur+erotica&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Adinosaur+erotica), if you're so inclined.

Seeing the earliest publication date of those I wonder if they made that after I said that there is no porn of it many years ago. Back then people tried to find it for me as well but only came up with that Pterodactyl gif. I'm not sure if I should find a new sexless subject to clear my mind and guy problem.
Title: Re: WCDT 2986-2990 (22-26 June 2015)
Post by: ReindeerFlotilla on 27 Jun 2015, 07:36
You forgot the most critical part of rule 34.

NO EXCEPTIONS.
Wasn't Rule 35 that if there is no porn of it, it will be made?

Rule 35 is why there are no exceptions to rule 34.