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Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: Kugai on 19 Mar 2017, 13:32
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My guess is that, this week, Jeph will try his hand at Shakespearean comedy.
Whilst the aftershocks of Renee realising that she fancies Elliott echo across The Secret Bakery, Brun makes her appearance and, in her usual direct way, decides that Elliott is 'off limits' as he and Renee had chosen each other (which they haven't). So, when Clinton comes in on a completely random errand, Brun directly asks him for a date, horrifying Renee and Elliott for differing but complimentary reasons. It is at that point (on Friday) that Renee makes the dumbest suggestion she has ever made: "Hey! Let's pretend that we are dating! That way, Brun will get jealous and try to 'steal you away'!"
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And that's a Train Wreck in the making Ben.
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And that's a Train Wreck in the making Ben.
It is, isn't it? 8-)
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"Hey! Let's pretend that we are dating! That way, Brun will get jealous and try to 'steal you away'!"
I think I'd give Jeph a little more credit than that.
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If you recall, Brun wanted to set up Renee with Pintsize (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3264). She is likely oblivious to (or just unwilling to acknowledge) Elliot's interest in her, or Renee's attraction to Elliot's abs.
It sounds less like Shakespeare than like No Exit: Renee wants Elliot who wants Brun who doesn't want anyone, but who needs Renee's place for her and the clock to stay at. All three legs of this triangle seem so obviously unworkable that all of it must be solely an excuse for laffs. Don't see any happily ever afters coming down the pike at Secret Bakery.
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OK, this sounds more like the Renee we first met so (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1845) long (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1865) ago (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1867)...
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Comic's up. Elliot is almost unbearably cute.
Just out of curiosity, why is the WCDT dated Tuesday through Saturday?
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What does "goober" mean? What is a goober?
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Just out of curiosity, why is the WCDT dated Tuesday through Saturday?
Probably because last week's was dated Monday through Saturday. Whoever did this week's presumably just added 3 days to the end of last week's.
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What does "goober" mean? What is a goober?
Elliot.
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Just out of curiosity, why is the WCDT dated Tuesday through Saturday?
Daylight Savings Time.
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What...? Dammit, Elliott, stop being such a sweet and cuddly plushie! He literally is a humanoid Labrador Retriever, isn't he?
Yes, Elliott; Renee considers herself your friend, even though your almost childlike innocence drives her to distraction sometimes. She might even be interested in being more but I don't think that she likes you enough to go that far, physical attraction or no.
Actually, now I think about it, Renee may classify as a Tsundere, at least in her reactions to Elliott.
What does "goober" mean? What is a goober?
According to the Google, an 'unsophisticated person'. Using the word might also indicate that, like Faye, Renee is from the Deep South.
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Captain Obvious here:
Elliot seems unaware that he might be attractive to women. Clearly he needs to get out more.
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What does "goober" mean? What is a goober?
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who didn't know.
Google led me to The Urban Dictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=goober) whose definition seems to describe Elliott well.
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It's not entirely a Southern thing. It's a bit of an archaic derogatory word - as in over a century and a half archaic.
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I mainly know the word "goober" from Spongebob Squarepants. They're usually goofy.
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What does "goober" mean? What is a goober?
The opposite of a booger (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=goober).
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Elliot's reaction "We're FRIENDS?!" was just adorable. :-D
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What does "goober" mean? What is a goober?
The archetypal Goober (http://mayberry.wikia.com/wiki/Goober_Pyle):
(http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/mayberry/images/4/4f/Goober_Main_2014.png/revision/latest?cb=20140201054843)
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Captain Obvious here:
Elliot seems unaware that he might be attractive to women. Clearly he needs to get out more.
I think Elliot has more wherewithal than that, but not enough to really think about why Renee would want him to take his shirt off. Wacky hijinks is probably as common a thing at the Secret Bakery as it is at Coffee of Doom.
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Renee...you're the one that screwed up here and pur Elliot in a potentially uncomfortable position, do why are you glaring at him like he crapped in your cereal?
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Renee...you're the one that screwed up here and pur Elliot in a potentially uncomfortable position, do why are you glaring at him like he crapped in your cereal?
Because he's being so sweet and innocent that acting mad is probably the only way to stop herself from glomping him and possibly frenching him there and then. After being verbally reprimanded by your boss for inappropriate behaviour to a co-worker, that is not an impulse to which you wish to succumb.
So, yeah, Marten's worst fears are true: This is a romantic comedy show.
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[Elliott] literally is a humanoid Labrador Retriever, isn't he?
A most accurate and excellent metaphor.
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Elliot's reaction "We're FRIENDS?!" was just adorable. :-D
I could swear I remember a strip a long time ago where someone else said "We're FRIENDS?!" in exactly the same way, but I can't remember who said it or when it was. Early Hanners, maybe?
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My cock-up with the date. I misread the Calendar when I glanced at it while setting up the Poll.
But Elliott is such a nice, cute goober Renee.
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Elliot's reaction "We're FRIENDS?!" was just adorable. :-D
I could swear I remember a strip a long time ago where someone else said "We're FRIENDS?!" in exactly the same way, but I can't remember who said it or when it was. Early Hanners, maybe?
Marigold?
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Elliot's reaction "We're FRIENDS?!" was just adorable. :-D
I could swear I remember a strip a long time ago where someone else said "We're FRIENDS?!" in exactly the same way, but I can't remember who said it or when it was. Early Hanners, maybe?
Marigold?
That was my next guess, but I just can't remember.
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It was Emily. Can't find the strip at the moment, but it had Gabby in it so it's fairly early in the interns' tenure.
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Found this one with Emily (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2242) saying "We're friends?" (with the help of the QC Strip-by-strip document), but I'm not sure if it's the one I'm remembering. There's not as much emphasis on "friends" as I was thinking. Still, my memory is notoriously porous, so I'll assume I was simply misremembering it unless someone finds another one.
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Found it - #2249 (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2249)
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My guess is that, this week, Jeph will try his hand at Shakespearean comedy.
Whilst the aftershocks of Renee realising that she fancies Elliott echo across The Secret Bakery, Brun makes her appearance and, in her usual direct way, decides that Elliott is 'off limits' as he and Renee had chosen each other (which they haven't). So, when Clinton comes in on a completely random errand, Brun directly asks him for a date, horrifying Renee and Elliott for differing but complimentary reasons. It is at that point (on Friday) that Renee makes the dumbest suggestion she has ever made: "Hey! Let's pretend that we are dating! That way, Brun will get jealous and try to 'steal you away'!"
I thought Shakespearean comedy mainly consisted of puns, inuendo, dick jokes, and fart jokes.
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So... Kevin Smith is Shakespear, then? :-P
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It can't be easy for Elliot. He works 2 jobs so I don't know when he'd have that much free time to go to the gym.
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Being the 'splatter' (it's like a bouncer, but harder) at the Terrible Revelation must keep you fit. :-D
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It's not entirely a Southern thing. It's a bit of an archaic derogatory word - as in over a century and a half archaic.
I've occasionally heard it in different parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri; so it's a Midlands and Greater Appalachia (http://www.npr.org/2013/11/11/244527860/forget-the-50-states-u-s-is-really-11-nations-says-author) sort of thing as well.
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Why do so many athletic types, outside of runner / skaters, forget leg day?
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So... Kevin Smith is Shakespear, then? :-P
Shakespear and Original Pronunciation
EDIT: forgot include vid title.
BTW, you can watch Hamlet performed in Original Pronunciation on YouTube.
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It can't be easy for Elliot. He works 2 jobs so I don't know when he'd have that much free time to go to the gym.
They're probably both part time.
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It's not entirely a Southern thing. It's a bit of an archaic derogatory word - as in over a century and a half archaic.
I've occasionally heard it in different parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri; so it's a Midlands and Greater Appalachia (http://www.npr.org/2013/11/11/244527860/forget-the-50-states-u-s-is-really-11-nations-says-author) sort of thing as well.
It is/was also a type of candy, chocolate-covered peanuts, sold by the folks who make Raisinettes. I haven't seen them in stores lately though, they may have fallen victim to the sudden increase in people violently allergic to peanuts.
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They make a cute couple
:-D
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It's not entirely a Southern thing. It's a bit of an archaic derogatory word - as in over a century and a half archaic.
I've occasionally heard it in different parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri; so it's a Midlands and Greater Appalachia (http://www.npr.org/2013/11/11/244527860/forget-the-50-states-u-s-is-really-11-nations-says-author) sort of thing as well.
It is/was also a type of candy, chocolate-covered peanuts, sold by the folks who make Raisinettes. I haven't seen them in stores lately though, they may have fallen victim to the sudden increase in people violently allergic to peanuts.
Or to the 2008 recession. I'll be honest, I had forgotten about those.
Though, I was referring to 'goober' usage in the same capacity as Renee had used it.
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I think that this is the moment where Elliott learns that he will never understand women or, at least, this woman in particular. That aside, I don't think he can help but be disturbed (and maybe a little flattered) that she has noticed his physique and has been thinking a lot about it.
Meanwhile, I sense some oncoming Renee angst as she starts fretting over the fact that Elliott was unaware of the fact that she considers him a friend. Is she really that bad with people? It's not exactly the sort of thing that you want to know about yourself. I'm sure that, if she asked Brun, she'd get a devastating critique of her behaviour and I'm pretty sure that's what Jeph is planning to do.
Finally: Is 'Officially Platonic Friend mode' Renee's name for her comfort zone?
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It can't be easy for Elliot. He works 2 jobs so I don't know when he'd have that much free time to go to the gym.
They're probably both part time.
Possibly, but I had 3 part time jobs at one time which made it difficult to schedule in any time at the gym... which I really couldn't afford anyway.
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It's quite possible that Elliott has some gym equipment at home and he has days set aside for different parts of the ol' body.
Suddenly, I can see Brun telling him that she would be perfectly willing to help him remember to exercise so long as she can do so at the same time. There follows a panel of nervous babbling before he realises that she literally means that, in exchange for helping Elliott keep to his work-out schedule, she would come around his place to use his gym equipment too.
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Elliot knows you can't spell "legendary" without leg day.
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Renee is just a walking bundle of sexual harassment, isn't she? For the win, lady: making comments on someone's butt!
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Renee is just a walking bundle of sexual harassment, isn't she? For the win, lady: making comments on someone's butt!
Pretty much my thoughts. It's a good thing that Jim probably didn't hear that and Elliott won't report it. "I'm sorry for sexually harassing you, sweet ass."
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Pretty much my thoughts. It's a good thing that Jim probably didn't hear that and Elliott won't report it. "I'm sorry for sexually harassing you, sweet ass."
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I find it ironic that someone built like Renee is commenting on someone elses body, especially what they could do to improve it
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Not cool, Chris.
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Not cool, Chris.
Why not? She thinks its perfectly acceptable to judge someone elses physique.
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Well, you did judge everyone who is shaped like Renee.
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Well, you did judge everyone who is shaped like Renee.
No I pointed out the hypocrisy of someone with a less than stellar body talking about someones elses physical flaws
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Not cool, Chris.
Why not? She thinks its perfectly acceptable to judge someone else's physique.
Renee is not a member of this forum. It's fine to call her out. It's not ok to do the same.
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Not cool, Chris.
Why not? She thinks its perfectly acceptable to judge someone else's physique.
Renee is not a member of this forum. It's fine to call her out. It's not ok to do the same.
Sorry I'm not meaning to be a pain but I only called Renee out, no one else so I'm not sure where you're coming from
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Your comment is phrased as "someone built like Renee". That is commenting on everyone with that same body type.
As Method said, you can call out the improper behaviour of characters but don't then repeat that improper behaviour.
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Your comment is phrased as "someone built like Renee". That is commenting on everyone with that same body type.
As Method said, you can call out the improper behaviour of characters but don't then repeat that improper behaviour.
Well I apologise then as it wasn't my intention
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Thank you for that.
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Comic's up...
And I'm not quite sure what just happened.
This strange new person has an elbow tattoo like Tai's, but if this is Tai she has a VERY new look.
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For comic #3443... (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3443)
Niiiiiice.
That is all.
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Comic's up...
And I'm not quite sure what just happened.
This strange new person has an elbow tattoo like Tai's, but if this is Tai she has a VERY new look.
That's what I thought too, but aside from the elbow tattoo and short stature there's not that much else in common.
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Nais!
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If she had glasses, it'd be a lot easier to accept her as Tai, but...I dunno. It just doesn't look like her at all, even if it's clearly supposed to be.
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I love Questionable Content. It explores deep, meaningful relationships, sensitively handles conflict and drama, explores intriguing technological possibilities, and lightens everything with a great sense of humour.
And I'm sorry, but Tai has tiny baby arms in this strip and I can't stop seeing iiiiiit
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Tai really needs to get over her own insecurities. It's like she can't handle not being the centre of Dora's attention.
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I find it ironic that someone built like Renee is commenting on someone elses body, especially what they could do to improve it
Agreed.
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I'm imagining Dora with the same delivery as Peter Falk in Princess Bride.
"Yes, you're very smart. Shut up."
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So, how many strips has it been since we last saw Tai? A lot.
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Ladies and gentlemen, we now have the QC version of FMA.
(http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/fma/images/a/a9/Muscles.png/revision/latest?cb=20130801222850)
Its just a shame that Clinton isn't missing a leg...
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"You shut your mouth, how can you say I go about things the wrong way?"
- Renee, probably
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Comic's up...
And I'm not quite sure what just happened.
This strange new person has an elbow tattoo like Tai's, but if this is Tai she has a VERY new look.
That's what I thought too, but aside from the elbow tattoo and short stature there's not that much else in common.
Art evolution (http://www.collectedcurios.com/SA_0001_small.jpg)
(http://www.collectedcurios.com/SA_0519_small.jpg)
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Comic's up...
And I'm not quite sure what just happened.
This strange new person has an elbow tattoo like Tai's, but if this is Tai she has a VERY new look.
That's what I thought too, but aside from the elbow tattoo and short stature there's not that much else in common.
If she had glasses, it'd be a lot easier to accept her as Tai, but...I dunno. It just doesn't look like her at all, even if it's clearly supposed to be.
Thought this as well, but upon viewing various previous versions, most recently 3357 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3357) and 3328 (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3328), I can find only 3 major differences. The lack of glasses, the hair (which I suspect was Jeph trying something new stylistically), and in the final panel her head shape is slightly rounder than usual.
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Firstly, this is the first occasion that I've seen in the strip where Jeph has chosen to use one of the characters to act as a mouthpiece to apologise to the audience for one of his characters and try to explain why he or she isn't so bad.
Secondly... Since when is Tai buff? Since when has Tai been completely redesigned to the point where she is unrecognisable if it weren't for her elbow tattoo? This isn't art evolution, this is radically changing how the character looks! Um... I'd also like to know why she was passed out on the counter until she reacted to Elliott's words but something tells me that I don't want to hear how crazy a job in a library can get some days. I'm thinking that the body-building thing was some kind of response on her part to Dora telling her that Faye looked hot now she was more muscular but still the head has been totally redesigned!
That aside, I'm wondering if this is some kind of ritual the body-proud have about which I am unaware. Given Dora's reaction, I'm pretty sure that it happens frequently.
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The hair reminds me of Becky from Dumbing of Age. The rest of her... if I hadn't noticed the elbow tattoo, I would have had no idea who this was.
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Same for me, until I saw the tattoo I thought this was a random customer. Glad I'm not the only one.
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Tai has been described as butch and boyish, when did she get such a huge arse?
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As I said in my post above, I think that Tai has been making a conscious effort to mimic Faye after Dora told her that she felt her new look was attractive. It would fit in with Tai's personality to feel a bit threatened by this into reworking her body a bit and giving up some of her previous androgynous look to something approaching Faye's current 'back-street tough' aesthetic.
I have said before that I think Tai had a lot of body image issues arising from the issues her sexual identity provoked in high school. Being in a relationship with Dora has cured some of them so we might also be seeing the 'real' Tai emerging without all the extra sartorial measures she used to take to hide herself away.
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As I said in my post above, I think that Tai has been making a conscious effort to mimic Faye after Dora told her that she felt her new look was attractive. It would fit in with Tai's personality to feel a bit threatened by this into reworking her body a bit and giving up some of her previous androgynous look to something approaching Faye's current 'back-street tough' aesthetic.
That's an angle I hadn't thought of when I made my post. It's more than just a "No Dora pay attention to meeeee" in the present (which is one of the reasons Tai just annoys me), but especially with the haircut I can totally see it.
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Specimens? As in, Italian Astronauts? Though Nice is in France. Not far from the border with Italy though.
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Same for me, until I saw the tattoo I thought this was a random customer. Glad I'm not the only one.
Nope, me too. I was all "Wait, what!? Ms. Flex is Tai?"
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I find it ironic that someone built like Renee is commenting on someone elses body, especially what they could do to improve it
Agreed.
I suggest you scroll up and read the thread further to see how okay this forum is with comments like the one made by Chris, which he has now withdrawn and apologised for.
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We also really haven't SEEN a lot of Dora and Tai's relationship. Hopefully Dora has a better handle on her jealousy issues.... :laugh:
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Well, Dora's been with Tai longer than with Marten (at least in number of strips).
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When I read this comic, I saw more jealousy in Tai's reaction to Dora's compliment of Elliot, rather than from Dora...
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Same. Sort of, "Oh you like that? Well how about this?"
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When I read this comic, I saw more jealousy in Tai's reaction to Dora's compliment of Elliot, rather than from Dora...
Oh yes...
The expression on her face in Panel 2 betrays exactly why what happened, for the rest of the strip, happened!
Still... "Nooice!" :)
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I find it ironic that someone built like Renee is commenting on someone elses body, especially what they could do to improve it
Agreed.
I suggest you scroll up and read the thread further to see how okay this forum is with comments like the one made by Chris, which he has now withdrawn and apologised for.
I also suggest you don't say anything on this forum along the lines of the comment you are agreeing with.
I stated my agreement with him because I thought the reaction to his comment was unfair. Obviously some people disagree, which is their right. I generally just respond rather than make comments because of such reactions. Though I do understand it is your job to keep the peace, which is appreciated :)
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Same for me, until I saw the tattoo I thought this was a random customer. Glad I'm not the only one.
Nope, me too. I was all "Wait, what!? Ms. Flex is Tai?"
Me three.
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I find it ironic that someone built like Renee is commenting on someone elses body, especially what they could do to improve it
>>> Summarily ignores all following posts that have nothing to do with the actual subject at hand <<<
Not so ironic if you actually think about it a bit.
Most critics, auditors, inspectors, editors, etc., whose job is it to look at and review the works of others do that as part of their jobs.
I know a couple of people who are master taste testers yet they can neither roast beans to perfection or age spirits to mellow ambrosia.
They know what they are looking at and can appreciate the subtleties and details of the subject even if they themselves can not achieve such on their own.
Even teaching involves knowing enough about the subject to see and point out errors or misconceptions on the part of the students as they learn yet doesn't require the talent to create.
Artwork, which there is a lot of online, from the professional to the aspiring amateur, gets criticized / complemented by pretty much anyone who sees it.
Yet there is no hue and cry that a non-artist liked something by Boris even though the sight lines are all over the place and the subjects wouldn't last 30 seconds in a real battle with the beasts as depicted, dressed they way they are.
See, I just critiqued an aspect of the art itself and the subject matter yet I do not paint or wear fantasy armor and yet I have the gall to make an informed critique on the subject matter. :-D
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Thrudd, you have brought up a point that I did not consider at all. Though I do think that the best critics and teachers are ones who are skilled in and have a deep understanding/practice of the subject.
All that said, I think it is just one more subtle way in which Renee shows how much of a hypocrite she is. One of the first times we get to know her, she is calling Marten and Steve out on how much they suck at romantic interactions. It's pretty clear now how much she also sucks at them.
We see her acting like she has her shit together so much more than Brun but she is only more stable right now because Brun lost her home and job simultaneously in a fire. Brun has shown initiative in her applications and seems more socially adapted than Renee. She understands why Renee shouldn't have teased Elliot and she judged Clinton's character pretty well. In fact, everybody seems to like her. So what her personality is a little odd? She is well adjusted.
The fact that she makes a back-handed compliment of Elliot's body is just another example. Elliot is clearly in great shape - evident not just by looks but his skills and stories as a bouncer. Meanwhile, Renee doesn't appear to be in good shape.
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I find it ironic that someone built like Renee is commenting on someone elses body, especially what they could do to improve it
Agreed.
I suggest you scroll up and read the thread further to see how okay this forum is with comments like the one made by Chris, which he has now withdrawn and apologised for.
I also suggest you don't say anything on this forum along the lines of the comment you are agreeing with.
I stated my agreement with him because I thought the reaction to his comment was unfair. Obviously some people disagree, which is their right. I generally just respond rather than make comments because of such reactions. Though I do understand it is your job to keep the peace, which is appreciated :)
I didn't ask for a justification, making snide remarks about the appearances of characters is no better than making them about our members, and this forum doesn't allow it.
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There's no need to justify my first comment. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on the snideness of the comment. No disrespect intended to you by any of my statements. I'm just here to enjoy QC discussion :angel:
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I didn't recognise Tai when I first saw her in this strip.
She has buffed up a bit and looks considerbly different from the adorable pixie shw was when we first met her.
I really don't think Tai has much to worry about as far as Dora goes, I get the impression that Dora is very settled wit her and is a lot happier person than she was when she broke up with Marten.
Next up,, the Grand Opening of the CoD Gym and Climbing Centre.
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There's no need to justify my first comment. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on the snideness of the comment. No disrespect intended to you by any of my statements. I'm just here to enjoy QC discussion :angel:
Hop in and have fun!
I really enjoyed your connecting all the places where Renee has been critical of people when she should have removed the log from her own eye first.
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As I said in my post above, I think that Tai has been making a conscious effort to mimic Faye after Dora told her that she felt her new look was attractive. It would fit in with Tai's personality to feel a bit threatened by this into reworking her body a bit and giving up some of her previous androgynous look to something approaching Faye's current 'back-street tough' aesthetic.
I have said before that I think Tai had a lot of body image issues arising from the issues her sexual identity provoked in high school. Being in a relationship with Dora has cured some of them so we might also be seeing the 'real' Tai emerging without all the extra sartorial measures she used to take to hide herself away.
Just consider what Tai was doing when we first met her. She was binding her breasts to make herself look more boyish, and in fact in strip 973 she mentions passing as a boy in the past. Maybe it had something to do with the girls she was interested in at the time. Someone with better archive fu than me will have to find where she stopped doing so. So maybe she's always been shaping herself to what she perceives her partners wanting, and this is another example.
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--Wait, wait, wait, has nobody started singing "As a specimen, yes, / I'm in-TIIIIM-IIII-DAAAA-TIIIING..."
I'm disappointed in all of you.
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I'm pleasantly bemused by Tai in the first and second panels. Potentially in the way of customers, seemingly asleep on the counter but immediately awoken and aware of her partner giving positive attention to someone else. There's a lot of personality in two panels.
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I'm pleasantly bemused by Tai in the first and second panels. Potentially in the way of customers, seemingly asleep on the counter but immediately awoken and aware of her partner giving positive attention to someone else. There's a lot of personality in two panels.
Reminds me a little of the behaviour of my two dogs (not saying Tai is a dog!) in that if you give attention to one then the other will generally insert himself between you and his brother to get more attention
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New comic.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?
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And now a moment with Pintsize ........
okay - somebody seems a little unhappy not being a buff badass - still cardboard is better than him getting his mitts on another laser. :psyduck:
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Thankfully Pintsize didn't go out and buy a big truck.
Granted, he'd have likely totaled it and/or had in impounded in less than a week.
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Level 1 armor on the left, level 87 on the right.
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"I am NOT a gun."
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Has Pintsize moved beyond his buttock obsession?
Pintsize has generally been written for laughs. But there does seem to be a therapeutic aim to at least some of his shenanigans. Perhaps there's a more serious side to him.
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Has Pintsize moved beyond his buttock obsession?
Pintsize has generally been written for laughs. But there does seem to be a therapeutic aim to at least some of his shenanigans. Perhaps there's a more serious side to him.
I got the impression he was actually trying to make a point also.
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Bubbles has learned an important survival lesson about the apartment today: When Pintsize does something weird (which is more often than not), don't mention it and certainly don't try to engage with him. Just shake your head and walk away. Seriously, your day will be better for it.
Now... Is Pintsize... jealous here? Is Jeph drawing a parallel with yesterday's strip (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3443)? Or is this another one of those times when Pintsize uses his random behaviour to try to help someone? After all, it is arguable that Bubbles is overcompensating but there's no-way to tell her this without offending her. If, instead, you mention it whilst doing something weird, it gets into her brain without having to say it in the context you intended!
Yes, I'm a believer in Pintsize being a hidden psychological genius as well as being serious about his contract duty to help his apartment-mates.
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I'm wondering if this is a lead up to Bubbles shedding the armour...
I dunno how I feel about that!
(Does she look like she's been drawn a little... squat... today?)
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Definitely rounder, I think. Combined with yesterday's Tai, I think there's another art-style change a-coming.
Is Pintsize encouraging Bubbles to think outside the box?
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Outside of her box (armour) certainly.
It's an interesting way of doing it on Pintsize's part. He's using self-mockery here - making himself look stupid to make Bubbles think seriously about whether she is clinging to a psychological security blanket that is only harming her self-image and making her seem more threatening (something she fears). She'd never listen if he had broached the subject directly but this way? This way will at least leave the thought in her mind for her to consider at a later date.
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He's using self-mockery here - making himself look stupid to make Bubbles think seriously about...
Or alternatively just being plain creepy...
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He's using self-mockery here - making himself look stupid to make Bubbles think seriously about...
Or alternatively just being plain creepy...
Is it too much to ask for both?
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Bubbles mentioned that the Pintsize units were originally built for military purposes maybe the cardboard armor is an approximation of what they looked like in combat mode.
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What strikes me as the more important question is this: Since it's now a bit messed up, how does Bubbles style her hair? Do they make robo-hair-product? Does she have to wash it? :psyduck:
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Outside of her box (armour) certainly.
It's an interesting way of doing it on Pintsize's part. He's using self-mockery here - making himself look stupid to make Bubbles think seriously about whether she is clinging to a psychological security blanket that is only harming her self-image and making her seem more threatening (something she fears). She'd never listen if he had broached the subject directly but this way? This way will at least leave the thought in her mind for her to consider at a later date.
Uhmh - I read it completely different from the "intervention"-type of scene you lay out (Mostly because 'subtle' isn't in Pintsize's vocabulary).
I read it as Pintsize, inhabiting a de-mobbed military chassis, being plagued by ... 'chassis-envy'. Complete with Trump-style denial & deflection.
Poor mite ... :evil:
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Or it may just be Pintsize being Pintsize
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What strikes me as the more important question is this: Since it's now a bit messed up, how does Bubbles style her hair? Do they make robo-hair-product? Does she have to wash it? :psyduck:
Can't answer those direct questions, but I have noticed that Bubbles' hair has been a decent reflection of her emotional state. At the beginning, it was a straight flat helmet (reflecting her initial very guarded attitude). After the party debacle and the subsequent rapprochement with Faye, Bubbles hair showed a bit of variation at the edges. Eventually as Bubbles opened up to Faye, the hair became a softer organic shape. Now that Bubbles is at loose ends and hanging with Pintsize, her hair is downright bedraggled, at least by Bubbles standards.
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Possibly her 'hair' is in fact fiber optic material and serves both as decoration AND a sophisticated sensor net. :-P
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I visit and say "Ohh! Early comic! Sweet!"
Then I'm, "Wait, what is that ad?"
(http://racerhistory.com/_images/QC1.jpg)
Certainly not what I'm used to seeing..
On a comic note, I love Brun sleeping with the clock.
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Well now you know that she always gets up on time. :clairedoge:
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Certainly not what I'm used to seeing..
I think that I might report that advert to Jeph for being sexist and racist.
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Well now you know that she always gets up on time. :clairedoge:
Didn't notice that, but now I'm thinking her old apartment looked like Doc Brown's place in the first scene from Back to the Future.
And Brun proves her true calling again.
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I know that Brun really and genuinely is trying to help here but something tells me that her advice wasn't exactly something Renee will find useful when it's pretty clear that she just wants a hug.
However, I do think that Brun is all hugged out at the moment. All her spare affection has already been given to that darn clock! I mean, I know it is probably the most valuable thing that she arguably owns at the moment but something tells me that it is even more valuable than that to her!
In Brun's defence, she has only just woken up so I doubt that she's bringing her A-game to this conversation.
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While Brun's advice is funny here, in essence it is of course similar to 'don't worry so much about it', a brilliant piece of advice I have been given on numerous occasions. Yep, Ted-talk worthy insight.
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On a comic note, I love Brun sleeping with the clock.
I hadn't clocked that. It's the minute details that matter.
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On a comic note, I love Brun sleeping with the clock.
I hadn't clocked that. It's the minute details that matter.
Whaddabout that punnage, folks? Let's give TinPenguin a big hand!
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On a comic note, I love Brun sleeping with the clock.
I hadn't clocked that. It's the minute details that matter.
Whaddabout that punnage, folks? Let's give TinPenguin a big hand!
Seconded.
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Good to see Renee realising what she did.
Also, when is Pintsize finally getting a body upgrade? I bet he has saved money all this time for a super deluxe model...which then turns out to b the most attractive male in the QC cast.
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On a comic note, I love Brun sleeping with the clock.
I hadn't clocked that. It's the minute details that matter.
Whaddabout that punnage, folks? Let's give TinPenguin a big hand!
Seconded.
I'm not sure I can face another pun thread.
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That should be the first question for the next White House press conference:
"Mr. Spicer - Has the President considered NOT making terrible decisions?"
(The second question, of course, should be: "Mr. Spicer - Have you noticed that your nose appears to be growing?")
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Also, when is Pintsize finally getting a body upgrade? I bet he has saved money all this time for a super deluxe model...which then turns out to b the most attractive male in the QC cast.
Maybe he likes his current chassis too much to want another one? Not every AI has a dream of being nearly indistinguishable from a human like Momo does or wants to be a fighter jet like May does after all!
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Or Corpse Witch. You'd think someone with an illegal business could get a high end chassis.
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On a comic note, I love Brun sleeping with the clock.
I hadn't clocked that. It's the minute details that matter.
Whaddabout that punnage, folks? Let's give TinPenguin a big hand!
Seconded.
I'm not sure I can face another pun thread.
Don't be alarmed or get all wound up. The pendulum will swing the other way in time.
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Maybe he likes his current chassis too much to want another one? Not every AI has a dream of being nearly indistinguishable from a human like Momo does or wants to be a fighter jet like May does after all!
But this very last comic with him seems to indicate he is unsatisfied. And before he wished for thumbs etc.
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Maybe he likes his current chassis too much to want another one? Not every AI has a dream of being nearly indistinguishable from a human like Momo does or wants to be a fighter jet like May does after all!
But this very last comic with him seems to indicate he is unsatisfied. And before he wished for thumbs etc.
But what he really wants is a sixteen inch prehensile co- (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1459)
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On a comic note, I love Brun sleeping with the clock.
I hadn't clocked that. It's the minute details that matter.
Whaddabout that punnage, folks? Let's give TinPenguin a big hand!
Seconded.
I'm not sure I can face another pun thread.
Don't be alarmed or get all wound up. The pendulum will swing the other way in time.
Good, since we gotta get back in time ...
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I hadn't clocked that. It's the minute details that matter.
I'll second that.
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On a comic note, I love Brun sleeping with the clock.
I hadn't clocked that. It's the minute details that matter.
Whaddabout that punnage, folks? Let's give TinPenguin a big hand!
Seconded.
I'm not sure I can face another pun thread.
Don't be alarmed or get all wound up. The pendulum will swing the other way in time.
Good, since we gotta get back in time ...
Don't bet the future on the roll of the dice.
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Epiphany moment for Renee??
Time will tell.
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This thread is getting heavy.
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Easier said than done, Brun. Much easier said than done!
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C-c-c-c-c-comboooo-breaker!
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I hadn't clocked that. It's the minute details that matter.
I'll second that.
You were the second person to make that joke :claireface:
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Certainly not what I'm used to seeing..
I think that I might report that advert to Jeph for being sexist and racist.
What is the best way to do that? Or should I just bombard him on all platforms?
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Contact info for Jeph: http://www.questionablecontent.net/contact.php (http://www.questionablecontent.net/contact.php)
Probably a good idea to include the screenshot of the ad too. I'm sure he'll appreciate it - he tends to take action pretty quickly on inappropriate ads.
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I hadn't clocked that. It's the minute details that matter.
I'll second that.
You were the second person to make that joke :claireface:
It's like a feeling of deja vu....
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A stopped clock is right twice a day...
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I had an old LED clock that stopped. It was blank all the time. Maybe it was Schrodinger's clock. Maybe it wasn't.