Confession: my first reaction was "wait, you want to put me in a video game?"
I'm ok with that.Confession: my first reaction was "wait, you want to put me in a video game?"
Crusader Kings II, obviously.
Pac Man, starring Pintsize, chasing porn.
Space Invader (germs), battled by Hannelore.
Asteroids (germs), battled by Hannelore.
Donkey Kong, in which Marten may or may not set and/or pursue a goal, facing obstacles that exist mainly in his mind.
Lunar Lander (Pizza Re-entry Vehicle)
Punch-out!, featuring the Robot Fight Club.
Pac Man, starring Pintsize, chasing porn.Can....can you hear us back there in the 1980s?
Space Invader (germs), battled by Hannelore.
Asteroids (germs), battled by Hannelore.
Donkey Kong, in which Marten may or may not set and/or pursue a goal, facing obstacles that exist mainly in his mind.
Lunar Lander (Pizza Re-entry Vehicle)
Punch-out!, featuring the Robot Fight Club.
Harmless? Did you see that robot hand? He could probably crush a grape with it!Perhaps she speaks with a dialect that doesn't pronounce the letter H at the beginning of words? :clairedoge:
Pac Man, starring Pintsize, chasing porn.
Space Invader (germs), battled by Hannelore.
Asteroids (germs), battled by Hannelore.
Donkey Kong, in which Marten may or may not set and/or pursue a goal, facing obstacles that exist mainly in his mind.
Lunar Lander (Pizza Re-entry Vehicle)
Punch-out!, featuring the Robot Fight Club.
I figured Space Invaders would be pizzas that need ordering.
Let's be honest here: If such a minor delay was going to make Clinton miss his bus, he was never going to make it in the first place.
a) Why is Barry her gauge of "OK"ness?
Pac Man, starring Pintsize, chasing porn.Can....can you hear us back there in the 1980s?
Space Invader (germs), battled by Hannelore.
Asteroids (germs), battled by Hannelore.
Donkey Kong, in which Marten may or may not set and/or pursue a goal, facing obstacles that exist mainly in his mind.
Lunar Lander (Pizza Re-entry Vehicle)
Punch-out!, featuring the Robot Fight Club.
I wonder just how long Clinton has been meditating aloud about his situation vis Claire, unaware of Barry's unsettling stare or the passage of time? FWIW, the likelihood that he's going to stay overnight in Northampton and that something is going to happen as a result has increased significantly.It's possible that Jeph just failed to include a transition, but seeing as Bar Lady is doing something with the same mixer as she was last comic, and Clinton's glass hasn't moved and is just as full, it's unlikely.
I agree with Jeph; that does look like a cuckoo clock!Let's be honest here: If such a minor delay was going to make Clinton miss his bus, he was never going to make it in the first place.
My guess is that the bar is adjacent to the bus station. Bar Lady probably plans her day based on the bus schedule, given that she can see the comings and goings through the windows! We also don't know how long Clinton has been sitting there, musing aloud!
It's not strange at all. She is a busy woman with a bar full of customers to deal with. It isn't her problem if Clinton is so busy thinking about his relationship with Claire that he didn't watch the time when he's supposed to get his bus.I... I just went back to reread the comic.
Minecraft. Someone needs to recreate QC Northampton in Minecraft, complete with CoD, the Horrible Revelation and the Robot Fight Club. And mod it to have anthroPC mobs.
And mod the zombies to look like hipsters, but make no other changes to them. Just because. :-D
Text an apology? If you were really sorry, you'd make a phone call.
Text an apology? If you were really sorry, you'd make a phone call.
I think she's actually sorry, but I think a call would be better, or at the very least a text asking to talk.Text an apology? If you were really sorry, you'd make a phone call.
So, you really read today's comic, and concluded from her obvious distress in the first panel, and Marten's suggestion in the fourth, that she is not really sorry? Is this what you are saying? If you are, may I see the link to the version of the comic you're looking at?
Text an apology? If you were really sorry, you'd make a phone call.
So, you really read today's comic, and concluded from her obvious distress in the first panel, and Marten's suggestion in the fourth, that she is not really sorry? Is this what you are saying? If you are, may I see the link to the version of the comic you're looking at?
Sooo, it kind of bothers me just how cis-adjacent Claire is. Like, she's fucking adorable, indistinguishable in entirety from a cis-woman, and her transition doesn't seem to have been aided by surgery at all thus far.Based purely on her hair length, we can reasonably assume that she began her transition at least four years ago. (Assuming a growth rate of about half an inch per month.) If I recall, Jeph has said that he's not going to reveal how much (If any) surgery she's had, but I don't think it's implausible that she could have had some work done in that time. Unless I'm going mad, I do remember it being mentioned that she's taking (Or took,) some level of hormone something-or-another. Looking at Clinton, if he had long hair and had been taking estrogen for 4+ years, I think he'd be able to represent himself as a cis woman as well.
Like, yeah, some of us are that lucky, but most all positive portrayals of trans people in the media involve those who can represent themselves as cis, even if they aren't. It bugs me, a bit, even though I really like her character.
Also her piercings rock.
I really want Claire and Clinton to get matching tattoos.
Also, is that a nightie?
I love how Marten knows how to rein Claire in when she gets on a roll like that.I love how it shows Marten's character development. Claire is passionate and prone to flying off the handle, and Marten obviously has found that his calm personality is fine to use as the rock that grounds her and keeps her from flying off in wild directions.
Her garment looks like a dress to me; too fitted (and maybe too plain) for a nighty.
Her garment looks like a dress to me; too fitted (and maybe too plain) for a nighty.
Bit too fitted under the chest for that, I'd say.Also, I somehow suspect that that particular trope (a woman wearing her boyfriend's shirts) is one that Claire would not particularly want to invoke.
She could have the apology tattooed on her! And take a picture of it! With her PHONE! And text Clinton the picture! Great idea, Marten!
I also wondered how well the hand worked with the display, as far as capsense.Probably better than with a flesh hand, since capacitive displays work by sensing the polarization of the charge in your finger, and metal is easier to polarize than water.
Aaand it ended with the 'Mutual admission of guilt' apology. Darn. Oh well, the execution wasn't that bad, just...
Darn.
If I NEVER read the text "bull moose fillin' the trunk with hate-jizz" again, it'll be TOO SOON!But you had to read it when you typed it! (And once more because I pointed it out, bwahahaha) :parrot:
Assuming Barry doesn't beat her to the punch... :roll:
Assuming Barry doesn't beat her to the punch... :roll:
After the story Barry just told, I don't think Clinton would get into Barry's car willingly. What if the moose comes back for another round?
I also wondered how well the hand worked with the display, as far as capsense.Probably better than with a flesh hand, since capacitive displays work by sensing the polarization of the charge in your finger, and metal is easier to polarize than water.
Probably better than with a flesh hand, since capacitive displays work by sensing the polarization of the charge in your finger, and metal is easier to polarize than water.
which is why the styluses you can buy have rubber tips.
They do look for something that's about the same size as a finger (so a narrow piece of metal wouldn't work), but a piece of metal that's the size of a finger would work fine. In fact, just for the hell of it I just tested it with a 1/2" aluminum rod and my cell phone. I'd post a video to prove it, but I'm not sure how to make my cell phone take a video of itself.Oh, that's easy; you just use your other cellphone.
Sure, but I'd always assumed that they're designed to detect a specific capacitive signature, which is why the styluses you can buy have rubber tips.
Based purely on her hair length, we can reasonably assume that she began her transition at least four years ago. (Assuming a growth rate of about half an inch per month.) If I recall, Jeph has said that he's not going to reveal how much (If any) surgery she's had, but I don't think it's implausible that she could have had some work done in that time. Unless I'm going mad, I do remember it being mentioned that she's taking (Or took,) some level of hormone something-or-another. Looking at Clinton, if he had long hair and had been taking estrogen for 4+ years, I think he'd be able to represent himself as a cis woman as well.
Your point about media portrayal is still fair, I just think it's justified in Claire's case.
(This is irrelevant, but I *did* notice that, from her first appearance in comic 2203, she's gotten *Significantly* more adorable. (At least, physically and in my personal opinion.) Chalk this up to Jeph not knowing how to draw her yet.
... but I'm not sure how to make my cell phone take a video of itself.Oh, that's easy; you just use your other cellphone.
It appears the people predicting this becoming a date between Clinton and the Beerista may be right*.At least he didn't get punched this time.
*The prerequisite for a Clinton date being disaster.
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I note with interest that Clinton's clothing is tousled but still in place, while Mlle Harpoon is in a blankie. If there'd been an assignation, the proper way to portray it would be Harpoonova in Clinton's shirt. Maybe she's the dom in this setup, and made Clinton "sing for his supper" so to speak. So the two were only halfway through their encounter when the fire started, and thus she was fully disrobed while he was merely disheveled.
Her hair even changed color.
wutThey're still at the bar. Note the bus stop immediately outside the (now burning) bar.
I note with interest that Clinton's clothing is tousled but still in place, while Mlle Harpoon is in a blankie. If there'd been an assignation, the proper way to portray it would be Harpoonova in Clinton's shirt. Maybe she's the dom in this setup, and made Clinton "sing for his supper" so to speak. So the two were only halfway through their encounter when the fire started, and thus she was fully disrobed while he was merely disheveled.
I believe that's a shock blanket. The fire department would have wrapped that around her at some point. I don't think she's disrobed in the slightest.
I believe that's a shock blanket. The fire department would have wrapped that around her at some point. I don't think she's disrobed in the slightest.
Then why is Clinton in such disarray? Where are his glasses? Why is the tattoo arm bared and not the other arm?
Whatever happened, nice foreshadowing on Jeph's part with the Titanic/iceberg image.
I believe that's a shock blanket. The fire department would have wrapped that around her at some point. I don't think she's disrobed in the slightest.
Then why is Clinton in such disarray? Where are his glasses? Why is the tattoo arm bared and not the other arm?
Whatever happened, nice foreshadowing on Jeph's part with the Titanic/iceberg image.
When this came up before, and people were saying the Marten/Claire relationship was running too smoothly, one of the trans people here said in effect "If we can't have this in reality, at least let us enjoy it in fiction".
However tasteful and experience-based, we've found that the only way to maintain a clear welcome for trans forum members is to avoid details of Claire's transition status.
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I note with interest that Clinton's clothing is tousled but still in place, while Mlle Harpoon is in a blankie. If there'd been an assignation, the proper way to portray it would be Harpoonova in Clinton's shirt. Maybe she's the dom in this setup, and made Clinton "sing for his supper" so to speak. So the two were only halfway through their encounter when the fire started, and thus she was fully disrobed while he was merely disheveled.
Most of my cameras don't do video. Only stills. One even only takes single sheets of film at a time.
Whoa what just happened!?!?!?!?!
Whoa what just happened!?!?!?!?!
I really need to get out my 4x5 again...
I really need to get out my 4x5 again...
They are pretty awesome. Even though mine doesn't have all the movements (it's a speedgraphic), it's amazing to be able to shoot 4x5 hand-held.
God DAMN IT Barry.
Then why is Clinton in such disarray? Where are his glasses? Why is the tattoo arm bared and not the other arm?
Whatever happened, nice foreshadowing on Jeph's part with the Titanic/iceberg image.
When this came up before, and people were saying the Marten/Claire relationship was running too smoothly, one of the trans people here said in effect "If we can't have this in reality, at least let us enjoy it in fiction".
However tasteful and experience-based, we've found that the only way to maintain a clear welcome for trans forum members is to avoid details of Claire's transition status.
Whoa what just happened!?!?!?!?!
That's what happens when you don't serve water.
How's about someone tosses you in a building that goes up in flames when you think you're going to have an uneventful evening, and see how put together you look when you make it out into the street!
If that wasn't bad enough I think Clinton missed the bus again.
Intelligent toasters might also hate your guts and purposefully burn down the bar.Then the toaster better either A. be ambulatory, or B. have a death wish.
I can only assume that everyone is looking at this through shipping spectacles which is ironic because it's usually me who's the hopeless romantic!
Intelligent toasters might also hate your guts and purposefully burn down the bar.Then the toaster better either A. be ambulatory, or B. have a death wish.
Whatever happened, nice foreshadowing on Jeph's part with the Titanic/iceberg image.
I appreciate "let us enjoy it in fiction", but I also don't think it's good to set a precedent of "to be happy, a trans woman must be X, Y, and Z", you know?
Thank you for your perspective (and awesome username), Persephiroth! Welcome to the forum.
Also I just noticed that Clinton is one of those strange people that delete their texts. Either that or he's never texted or been texted by Claire before.
Thank you for your perspective (and awesome username), Persephiroth! Welcome to the forum.
Also I just noticed that Clinton is one of those strange people that delete their texts. Either that or he's never texted or been texted by Claire before.
Wait, what? There are people who don't delete their texts? :-o
That's .. huh. I'd have said 'crazy' but I guess all it warrants is 'inconvenient and poor judgment.'
Why on earth would you keep old texts around?
Whoa what just happened!?!?!?!?!
Wait, what? There are people who don't delete their texts? :-oYes, though I think it is an odd habit. In the same way, some people don't clean out the "trash bin" on their computers either. Personally, I delete my all my texts as I go, keeping them only as long as they are needed.
Turns out there is no corresponding real-life bar in Northampton.
It's worth noting that Clinton lives in a dorm room and already has a jock roommate.
Did someone order toast (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=22)? With a regular toaster as I would suppose intelligent toasters (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1999) won't burn down bars.I don't want any toast.
It's worth noting that Clinton lives in a dorm room and already has a jock roommate.
Barkeep lady evicts jock roommate with harpoon. Problem solved.
Well, that's quite a bit different. Trash is trash. Duplicate files, incomplete files, superseded files, etc. Texts are communication records, and you never know when prior communications will be important.Wait, what? There are people who don't delete their texts? :-oYes, though I think it is an odd habit. In the same way, some people don't clean out the "trash bin" on their computers either. Personally, I delete my all my texts as I go, keeping them only as long as they are needed.
Did someone order toast (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=22)? With a regular toaster as I would suppose intelligent toasters (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1999) won't burn down bars.
Thank you for your perspective (and awesome username), Persephiroth! Welcome to the forum.
Also I just noticed that Clinton is one of those strange people that delete their texts. Either that or he's never texted or been texted by Claire before.
Wait, what? There are people who don't delete their texts? :-o
That's .. huh. I'd have said 'crazy' but I guess all it warrants is 'inconvenient and poor judgment.'
Why on earth would you keep old texts around?
And so, Clinton and still-unnamed Bar-lady become like Marten and Faye. Bonded by burning buildings, one kinda quiet, the other loud and violent, these things line up!
And now she's homeless
Hey! I just had a thought - What if she OWNED the Bar?!
Security?
My friend here wants some toast.Did someone order toast (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=22)? With a regular toaster as I would suppose intelligent toasters (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1999) won't burn down bars.I don't want any toast.
He doesn't want any toast.
No one around here wants any toast.
Not now, not ever.
No toast.
Texts are a long running conversation,
why would you erase the messages as they come?
I don´t think the barbelongsbelonged to mighty eyebrows girl. Her attitude is more like that of a clerk who doesn´t give a shit about his job beause she hates it anyway. But that leaves the question why she was living upstairs. Maybe she was living there anyway and only started working at the bar because that´s incredibly convenient.
Anyone who steals my phone and reads my texts will only achieve getting bored to death and giving me extra time to recover or disable it. Do you really send sensitive information via txt?Anyone who steals my phone will have to be able to crack the crypto first. Additionally, I treat any form of communication w/o end-to-end encryption to be about as private as a postcard.
My question is why would you keep texts?
I kinda hope that Bar Lady becomes a regular, but they never give her a name, or even a nickname. Like, it just never comes up.
Hmmm... Betting Clinton is going to miss the last bus and they will be looking for a place to stay together.
I kinda hope that Bar Lady becomes a regular, but they never give her a name, or even a nickname. Like, it just never comes up.
It will come up in the next comic when Clinton invites her back to his place. I wonder if she'll bring her harpoon.
Hmmm... Betting Clinton is going to miss the last bus and they will be looking for a place to stay together.
Or, you know, Clinton also has a mom who lives in Northampton. He could always just walk home and explain why he needs to crash there for the night. But where are the wacky hijinks in that story?
Indeed, that's why I delete it. I would hate to have to call up everyone I know and warn them that some asshat who stole my phone or hacked it now has a copy of everything they ever wrote to me. Some of that is extremely personal stuff, and risking their privacy would be damned rude to my correspondents. Anything I think I need to keep goes somewhere a LOT more secure than a phone. I would hate to think that anyone I correspond privately with doesn't delete old texts.In the same way, some people don't clean out the "trash bin" on their computers either. Personally, I delete my all my texts as I go, keeping them only as long as they are needed.Well, that's quite a bit different. Trash is trash. Duplicate files, incomplete files, superseded files, etc. Texts are communication records, and you never know when prior communications will be important.
At first it seemed like her punctuated syntax was to make a point, but it continues to be odd. It seems likely that English is a second language for the bartender. I wonder where she's from?
I didn't even know I *could* delete old texts until this conversation.
Clinton: Your finest beer please.
Beerista: One Antarctic Nail Ale (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nail_Brewing) coming right up.
*Clintons wallet self-combusts and quickly immolates the bar*
You're telling me they don't even protect themselves from liability in the least?They're being stored on the phone, which is your property, not necessarily on the provider's servers (although IIRC they're kept there in case of subpoena). So, it's up to you to delete them if you want to.
Does it seem odd to anyone else that the spelling dictionary used on this particular board counts "Jeph" as a misspelling?
She's obviously evil mirror universe Faye. She even has the goatee, she just moved it to her eyebrows.
She's obviously evil mirror universe Faye. She even has the goatee, she just moved it to her eyebrows.
Hey! As someone with thick eyebrows, I find it offensive that people equate thick eyebrows with evilness.
It's wrong and it's hurtful and it's mean!
And so, Clinton and still-unnamed Bar-lady become like Marten and Faye. Bonded by burning buildings, one kinda quiet, the other loud and violent, these things line up!
She's obviously evil mirror universe Faye. She even has the goatee, she just moved it to her eyebrows.
Hey! As someone with thick eyebrows, I find it offensive that people equate thick eyebrows with evilness.
It's wrong and it's hurtful and it's mean!
And so, Clinton and still-unnamed Bar-lady become like Marten and Faye. Bonded by burning buildings, one kinda quiet, the other loud and violent, these things line up!
I just have to point out that this wouldn't be the first QC relationship that began with a girl's place being on fire. OR EVEN THE SECOND: http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1552
I dunno, they're kinda bordering on Waigel-level, to me. Especially compared to how they started.
I appreciate "let us enjoy it in fiction", but I also don't think it's good to set a precedent of "to be happy, a trans woman must be X, Y, and Z", you know?
Without being ridiculous - and I do ask this as a question, not a statement posed as one - but by this measure, wouldn't any happy relationship a transperson was involved in automatically set a precedent that you 'must be x, y and z' to be happy, regardless of what 'x, y and z' were?
I appreciate "let us enjoy it in fiction", but I also don't think it's good to set a precedent of "to be happy, a trans woman must be X, Y, and Z", you know?
Without being ridiculous - and I do ask this as a question, not a statement posed as one - but by this measure, wouldn't any happy relationship a transperson was involved in automatically set a precedent that you 'must be x, y and z' to be happy, regardless of what 'x, y and z' were?
No. I see the point you're trying to make, but given that various media has very set parameters for what trans portrayals are (which is changing, albeit, slowly), there is very little variance. Were there more variety, the precedent wouldn't be as painfully obvious. For example, there are standard portrayals of cis relationships too, but there's enough variety in them that I can't put them in two solid categories.
To the general ether: I'm not trying to beat a dead horse here, and I'm not trying to start fights. I'm merely stating my opinion on a portrayal I find slightly bothersome. I am still a fan of the comic and Jeph's writing and art in general. However, I AM a part of the group he is portraying with Claire, and I feel justified stating any misgivings I may have. I don't mean to make people defensive about it--giving a critique does not mean I'm saying the comic is bad, or that Claire herself is a terrible character.
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