THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)
Comic Discussion => QUESTIONABLE CONTENT => Topic started by: BenRG on 11 Jun 2017, 13:59
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Okay, last week left us in a place where we can legitimately ask the question 'what next?' Personally, I think that Jeph is going to tell us a bit more about Union Robotics' first days and maybe we might see how other members of the cast get involved in it.
However, there are other possibilities. The other is for him to pursue the romcom angle by following more of Clinton's romantic misadventures. There is even the possibility of something completely unexpected coming out of left field based on some things he's been saying on Twitter recently.
As always, please remember to specify in a comment if you vote 'other'!
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Given the resistance, maybe it would be a romantic Wheatstone bridge.
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There will be repairs
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If Sam asks about costumed crime fighting, will the Pythogorian make a cameo?
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Probably, but it's more likely to be The Frog Lord
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Haven't we already seen "the first crazy customers"?
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Plus you can't leave Elliot out of the love-whatever-shape
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Love-mesh-topology.
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Comic's up.
"And now we play the waiting game..."
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"The waiting game sucks! Let's play Hungry, Hungry Hippos!"
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Didn't notice till today how much Faye's hair has grown out.
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Faye, take it from me: Waiting is the worst. Bubbles has the right idea; you need to find some busy-work to do in order to keep your mind occupied and not thinking of the bills, the taxes and the impatient creditors lining up outside your door. Note: Please don't read that latter part of my previous sentence if you are of an anxious frame of mind! :wink:
Meanwhile, Bubbles just keeps on looking more and more attractive. She's definitely on a Claire Slippery Slope to Sexy program right now!
Didn't notice till today how much Faye's hair has grown out.
Yeah, it's finally getting out of the 'buzzcut' stage. I wonder where Jeph's planning to take her aesthetic next?
Plus you can't leave Elliot out of the love-whatever-shape
Don't forget that Renee is at the other end of the shape too. Boy! People are complicated!
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Really liking Bubbles in clothes, too. :-D
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Bubbles looks great. Faye needs a book or to work on some art (no reason she can't have a side business as long as repair work comes first!).
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Of course, they're going to have to wait until 'word of mouth' builds up... Either that or paint up a sandwich board and ask for someone (Brun?) to stand in the town square to drum up business. Of course, they must email their regulars (Punchbot, Hank the Dismemberer and the like) with their new address. "Hey guys, just to let you know if you want to see us, here's where you find us!"
Nonetheless, they're going to have to deal with a few very quiet days with only a few casual enquiries including a lot of time-wasters.
Now... what are they going to do with their time?
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What to do? What to do?
Why come up with a cunning plan, that is what?
A plan for what oh so brainy one? What you ask? Why, to take over the world ... of warcraft.
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Meanwhile, Bubbles just keeps on looking more and more attractive. She's definitely on a Claire Slippery Slope to Sexy program right now!
But can she make it floofy?
I sympathize with Faye to a point, but at least she's her own boss and can do other things while waiting for the next job. My bosses won't let us bring books to read during the graveyard shift.
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two things. one for some reason i like bubbles with pants and two maybe if it gets going they can hire may as sort of an appointment maker or something.
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Faye: Oh god nobody's come in we're doomed.
Bubbles: It has been 45 minutes. :roll:
That made me grin. :-D
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Have you unlocked the door and stuck the 'OPEN' sigh out Faye??
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The millennials line is even funnier when you realize that an AI that came to be in 2000 or earlier would be considered super old, if there even were any at the time.
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Didn't notice till today how much Faye's hair has grown out.
It's been a loooong 45 minutes.
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two things. one for some reason i like bubbles with pants and two maybe if it gets going they can hire may as sort of an appointment maker or something.
Oh dear lord, the last thing you want May doing is interacting with the customers.
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New strip up.
Also, nice burn, Bubbles.
:-D
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Although, she's actually working a customer service position now...
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two things. one for some reason i like bubbles with pants and two maybe if it gets going they can hire may as sort of an appointment maker or something.
Oh dear lord, the last thing you want May doing is interacting with the customers.
to be fair most of them would be ai and you can take them over the phone.
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two things. one for some reason i like bubbles with pants and two maybe if it gets going they can hire may as sort of an appointment maker or something.
Oh dear lord, the last thing you want May doing is interacting with the customers.
to be fair most of them would be ai and you can take them over the phone.
Yeah, but May would still be dealing with customers. Or rather, she'd be inflicted on them.
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two things. one for some reason i like bubbles with pants and two maybe if it gets going they can hire may as sort of an appointment maker or something.
Oh dear lord, the last thing you want May doing is interacting with the customers.
to be fair most of them would be ai and you can take them over the phone.
Yeah, but May would still be dealing with customers. Or rather, she'd be inflicted on them.
Right I suppose we will just trust a certain ex coffee shop girl whose fave pass time is belittling those she sold coffee too. Especially since how things changed after she left it seems like Faye was the one who infected the rest to be less polite to them and such.
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You know, Faye, it is entirely your fault for encouraging Bubbles to feel so free to express herself around you. Can you really be surprised that she's learned how to tease, insult and torment from the best? Besides, what has she really said? Basically that she's a virgin and that you're not. You can take that as good and as bad as you like.
As for business...? Well, as I said yesterday, I do think that an investment in advertisement might be wise. After all, how many synthetics out there even know that you guys exist? You'll need to actively start spreading the word if you want more business!
I've been thinking about Pintsize's... um... 'accoutrement' and have decided that he's planning to use it as a walking stick and conversation piece. He'll only actually wear it when in polite company that he wishes to gross out.
Or... Maybe I have underestimated him again; he knew that business would be slow at first and so gave Faye and Bubbles a lucrative commission so that they wouldn't lose hope too quickly.
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P.S.:
I just noticed that Bubbles isn't wearing her unitard anymore. In panel 1, you can see a strip of her derma between the top and her jeans. She's wearing a tight maroon tee-shirt instead. That confirms that the unitard wasn't part of her chassis, just another bit of apparel.
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You know, Faye, it is entirely your fault for encouraging Bubbles to feel so free to express herself around you. Can you really be surprised that she's learned how to tease, insult and torment from the best? Besides, what has she really said? Basically that she's a virgin and that you're not. You can take that as good and as bad as you like.
As for business...? Well, as I said yesterday, I do think that an investment in advertisement might be wise. After all, how many synthetics out there even know that you guys exist? You'll need to actively start spreading the word if you want more business!
I've been thinking about Pintsize's... um... 'accoutrement' and have decided that he's planning to use it as a walking stick and conversation piece. He'll only actually wear it when in polite company that he wishes to gross out.
Or... Maybe I have underestimated him again; he knew that business would be slow at first and so gave Faye and Bubbles a lucrative commission so that they wouldn't lose hope too quickly.
I dunno...
It might just be perspective, but that thing looks bigger than he is!
Maybe he plans to use it as the body armour he craved! :)
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Okay, Bubbles has the best sly burn face.
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I think every small business-person, or freelancer has had days like that. "Will I ever find work?" days...
And targeting algorithms? "Come in peace, shoot to..." :psyduck:
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And targeting algorithms? "Come in peace, shoot to..." :psyduck:
More like "Your move, creep."
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Have you unlocked the door and stuck the 'OPEN' sigh out Faye??
One of the more adorable chapters of the Amber Teahouse yuri manga has the EXACT same thing happen to the owner. :laugh:
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I think I'm more curious as to whether Pintsize wants rivets with his veins. I suppose they could always tell him they are genital warts which Pintsize would likely get if he has a real penis anyway.
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I'd say that that was a second degree burn that Faye got.
I do hope things get better business wise for these two, I'd hate to think that Jeph has set things up to write a story on how they fail
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I rather doubt that is going to happen, but with a business like this it will take a little time to get started. If anything, they should be delighted they had two paying jobs even before they opened. As it is, they have to wait until someone needs repairs done, or wants custom work and has heard about them. Fortunately they already have a tiny little customer base from the old arena staff. Especially if Punchbot gets his robot gym idea up and running. Plus all the other robots they know, which is quite a few. And anyone they tell. May is actually in a prime position to help them out, though they may have to reduce their rates for some charity cases. I doubt May is the only parolee from robot jail with a bum second hand chassis that needs some work done they can't really afford, and the parole office can't pay for.
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New comic up
Looks like Faye knows anatomy and Pintsize's kryptonite.
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New comic up
Looks like Faye knows anatomy and Pintsize's kryptonite.
Or at the very least, she knows how to gouge Pintsize for all the money he's worth.
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New comic up
Looks like Faye knows anatomy and Pintsize's kryptonite.
to be fair i think everyone knows pintsizes dicktonite.
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Once again, we see the two sides of Pintsize. On obvious display is the little robot pervert that we all know and respect. On the other side, we see the friend who is trying to help Faye as well as cheer her up. When you compare her expression in panels 1 and 4, she is so much happier and not just because of the money either.
I've said this before but it is very easy to underestimate just how seriously Pintsize takes his Companion duties and the degree of subtlety with which he carries it out.
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Wonder if Pintsize specified that it should be circumcised because that's how it looks, but then again it's made of metal so they could always weld something on.
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69.
*lol*
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Nice.
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If we can find a commission that costs $42, then we'll really be onto something.
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So it would seem that Faye has Pintsize by the balls :claireface:
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I thought Bubbles was the tank.
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I thought Bubbles was the tank.
Only if she keeps on track.
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I am disappointed that there has been no discussion of the typeface Seven chose for the 'Union Robotics' sign.
Is it a real font? I have not found one like it.
It is clear that Seven wanted to suggest strength and reliability. Stripped of ornament, it suggests lack of human foibles. But not so far as a stark brutality. There is an awkwardness about the 'R', a quirkiness about the 's'. Robots are not to be denied self expression or creativity.
A good choice. If Jeph made this on his own, I am impressed.
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I thought Bubbles was the tank.
She's very self-driven.
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I thought Bubbles was the tank.
Only if she keeps on track.
And has an anti-tank rifle on hand.
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I am from the Netherlands. Bicycles all over the place. And now I am imagining a Mad-Max-style reinforced bicycle for Bubbles... One that could flatten a car if cornered...
And Hanners, dear, don't worry. I am 56, and still feel like I am playing pretend on a real life. That's what real life is.
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Well, a new character arc for Hannelore isn't something that I expected Jeph to trail any time soon. However, he has hinted to it by the way May reacted to being in the presence of The Creator's Daughter. Maybe Hannelore has been thinking about her potential influence over the AIs and how this could be used, for good or for ill. Maybe she honestly thinks that she has the responsibility to counterbalance her mother's shameless malignancy and even undo the harm that she has doubtless done to many over the years.
Still, Faye is right: Best to start with small steps. She's hardly ready to start running a metanational industrial conglomerate just yet!
Meanwhile, I suspect that Bubbles has been putting together a bucket list of things that she has never done and, now she thinks about it, regrets not doing it. However, the sort of bicycle that would support her ~300lb frame would probably look more like the comic version of Judge Dredd's Lawmaster motorcycle (http://www.mattnicholson.co.uk/3d/lawmaster/bike.jpg)!
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As someone with a fair amount of economic privilege combined with, at times, crippling mental health issues, I identify with Hanners here. I too have struggled with the fear that I am not making enough use of my privilege to help people. Much of the time it takes most of what I have just to stay alive/relatively stable, but I can't help but think I'm not doing enough.
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However, the sort of bicycle that would support her ~300lb frame would probably look more like the comic version of Judge Dredd's Lawmaster motorcycle (http://www.mattnicholson.co.uk/3d/lawmaster/bike.jpg)!
Nah. You just replace the aluminum frame with a higher density metal and give it solid rubber tires.
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A modern carbon fibre bike with appropriately specced wheels should be able to cope with Bubbles' frame just fine. She would not be the only 140kg or 150kg, rider out there, even in this universe.
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Solid tyres are never a good idea; just inflate the tyres to a higher pressure, though you might have to go to heavy-duty tyres. Fairly common or garden bikes can support very heavy guys (over 200kg in this case) (https://theamazing39stonecyclist.wordpress.com/am-i-too-heavy-for-a-bike/) without modification, though sturdy deep-V wheels with plenty of spokes might be a good idea. The traditional diamond-frame (I wouldn't recommend the much weaker traditional "ladies frame" for Bubbles, but a mixte (https://momentummag.com/mixte-vintage-frame-design-is-the-new-trend-in-stylish-city-bikes/) might be OK) is already very strong.
I would imagine that Bubbles has software to drive any military vehicle, fly helicopters, field-strip and reassemble all firearms she'd be likely to encounter etc. etc.
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Faye's metaphor sounds familiar...
But on bicycles.
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Who the heck is "Pictoria"? The poll is the only place I can find mention of that name.
If Bubbles' bike is intended for practical use rather than racing, I would go with magnesium or titanium alloy rather than carbon fiber--I picture her strapping some load on her back and getting on the bike to make a delivery. The wheels should probably be of a type built for a motor vehicle of some sort.
Has anyone been shipping Faye and Bubbles yet? They're both so...substantial. Yumm.
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Who the heck is "Pictoria"? The poll is the only place I can find mention of that name.
Pictoria is the current favoured fan-name for the tattooed waitress at the Local Burger diner who shook Clinton down for a hundred bucks for her good advice.
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Considering we have NEVER seen a robot repair place earlier in the series, one expects they'd do reasonably well... :-P
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It would be interesting to revisit Hannelore's relationship with her mother. It's certainly been awhile.
I'm not sure if Bubbles or Faye would know how to build a bicycle big enough for Bubbles, but if they do they certainly have enough free time while waiting for business to pick up.
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I'm not sure if Bubbles or Faye would know how to build a bicycle big enough for Bubbles, but if they do they certainly have enough free time while waiting for business to pick up.
They are only a couple hours drive from MIT, and I could see some guys there totally getting into a project like that. At least they could give some advice.
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Bubbles is all hot and bothered thinking of three burned out USB cables; how does she get relief?
We could start a gofundme to buy her a dongle with a loopback connection.
(Does that violate the "no discussion of private parts" rule?)
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Considering we have NEVER seen a robot repair place earlier in the series, one expects they'd do reasonably well... :-P
Isn't the robot fighting arena supposed to re-open in a more legal form? That would generate plenty of business, but I suspect it will end up having its own on-site repair just like it used to.
BTW, I think I missed something in the earlier story arch. The accountant robot that Spookybot approached about starting a more legal robot fighting venue was Punchbot, right? How did he end up working as an accountant?
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Considering we have NEVER seen a robot repair place earlier in the series, one expects they'd do reasonably well... :-P
Isn't the robot fighting arena supposed to re-open in a more legal form? That would generate plenty of business, but I suspect it will end up having its own on-site repair just like it used to.
BTW, I think I missed something in the earlier story arch. The accountant robot that Spookybot approached about starting a more legal robot fighting venue was Punchbot, right? How did he end up working as an accountant?
well we know he wasn't one of the better fighters but he enjoyed it as a way to have fun. perhaps thats his day job?
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Building Bubbles a distinctive bicycle would be a good business move, AND good for Bubbles emotionally.
Even if a relatively ordinary bike could support her, a large-frame good-looking bike with 30-inch Coker tires would be unusual enough (and on it she'd be non-threatening enough) that people would walk up to her to ask where she got it or who made it -- and then she could hand them a business card.
This is from experience, BTW. As a huge guy, when I'm walking around I often see people crossing to the other side of the street to avoid me, shying away, taking defensive postures, putting their heads down, etc... fear reactions that I'm SURE are part of Bubbles' alienation from the world. When I'm riding a bicycle though, nobody acts scared of me. It's like night and day.
Assuming that Bubbles weighs only ~180 kilos or ~400 pounds means assuming that she only weighs what a human her size would weigh, IE that she'd have approx. neutral buoyancy in water. To weigh ~130 kilos or ~300 pounds, at her height of about 2.2 meters, even a human would be skinny, and she's not. But military vehicles average about twice to three times the mass of civilian vehicles the same size, so I wouldn't take odds on her chassis mass being proportional to human mass, even for the same size.
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FWIW, I've actually heard that the Tannus solid tires aren't half bad. I've even heard of people using them on the rear of a velomobile (where extremely high speeds are routine, and a blowout could very easily result in a rollover).
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well we know he wasn't one of the better fighters but he enjoyed it as a way to have fun. perhaps thats his day job?
Duh, I see now that the QC Wiki says exactly that:
http://questionablecontent.wikia.com/wiki/Punchbot
"Despite being a regular, he has never actually won a Robot Fight. "
"In his civilian career, Punchbot is a CPA. He dislikes this profession."
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>neutral buoyancy
We have a data point about the density of AnthroPC bodies. In the lakehouse story arc, Momo was walking along the bottom of the lake.
I'd been assuming Bubbles is more heavily built than Momo but there's no real reason to assume that. Her armor would have been all the robustness she needed. Wait, was the armor powered? If not, she'd have to have the bones and muscle to carry the armor. If not, she's got enough strength in her regular chassis to punch holes in brick walls.
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I think she'd be better off skipping a Bicycle and going straight to a HarleyTrike
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Or just a Harley.
*imagines Bubbles in jeans, t-shirt and leather jacket*
*fans self*
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Doesn't she wasn't to be less intimidating?
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Strip is up.
If business is bad a few odd jobs would help pay the bills.
And I'm sure Faye and Bubbles could make a functional badass helmet for Hannelore too.
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I love the way Bubbles is chatting here. Just one of the girls, with a life experience on a par with everyone else's. As if she's never been a morose loner or anything...
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I don't know if Bubbles really would want to work on the espresso machine after what Pintsize did to it. :psyduck:
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Wait, isn't this the new espresso machine? You know, the one Dora had to buy after the old one blew up in Faye's face? If that's so - what have they been doing to it to make it so dangerous already??
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I hear you, Hanners. I hope to be healthy enough someday to have real life goals beyond survival. Slowly getting there.
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Considering we have NEVER seen a robot repair place earlier in the series, one expects they'd do reasonably well... :-P
Isn't the robot fighting arena supposed to re-open in a more legal form? That would generate plenty of business, but I suspect it will end up having its own on-site repair just like it used to.
If that's what Jeremy and Punchbot decide to do with the space, sure. It probably just hasn't taken off yet. Union Robots was pretty straight forward to set up. Faye and Bubbles knew what they wanted to do. They just needed a space and to move in and set up. Maybe get some insurance to cover if a repair job goes wrong. The fight club/gym idea will need more time to set up. Punchbot and Jeremy will have to come up with a plan on what to do, fix up the place some. Make very carefully sure that everything is above board and legal since the police are already aware of the illegal fights that took place there, but they don't have Corpse Witch's connections with the cops.
There's a very good chance though that they will turn to Union Robotics for repair work though. Bubbles and then later Faye were the repair crew. They don't have anyone else at hand. Why seek out new staff when the old staff is right there and looking for business, and are friends. It's a total no-brainer.
Also I think there would probably be less repair work. The fight club was no doubt much more violent than a robot martial arts gym would be, since in the arena the point was to disable your opponent. Assuming fight rules are similar for AI as humans, that won't fly in a legal establishment.
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You know, based on Faye and Bubbles' reaction, something tells me that the staff at Coffee of Doom ought to be more worried about the Espresso machine. I mean, Hannelore and Emily have been attempting to propitiate it with sacrificial offerings but that's always the thin end of the wedge. Yes, I'm thinking that, thanks to the power of narrative causality, being treated as a living thing has caused it to become a living thing with the approximate personality characteristics of a bloodthirsty minor god.
That said, isn't panel 3 sweet? I really think that it still surprises Hannelore sometimes to find that she has such good friends who are always there for her and want to believe in her.
Actually, I wonder if someone is going to have an idea - A tee-shirt with Hannelore's portrait and the slogan: 'I believe in Hannelore Ellicott-Chatham!'
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Considering we have NEVER seen a robot repair place earlier in the series, one expects they'd do reasonably well... :-P
Isn't the robot fighting arena supposed to re-open in a more legal form? That would generate plenty of business, but I suspect it will end up having its own on-site repair just like it used to.
BTW, I think I missed something in the earlier story arch. The accountant robot that Spookybot approached about starting a more legal robot fighting venue was Punchbot, right? How did he end up working as an accountant?
Yep...
I opined this exact same point when all this was kicking off.
They have an opening to do precisely that due to;
a) Experience doing exactly that.
b) Jeremy has always come over as friendly towards them.
c) Fighting robots will always need repairs
All they need is a mates-rates contract, and they will be the go-to Robo-Repairs place for the city's first (?) OFFICIAL Robot Fights Arena.
d) Profit!
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If Bubbles is gonna do that overhaul, won't she need to put her combat armor back on first?
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If Bubbles is gonna do that overhaul, won't she need to put her combat armor back on first?
Nooo...
Now... far be it for me to DEMAND anything of Jeph... (not that he reads tis anyway...) ;)
BUT...
In my deepest fantasies imaginiation, I can imagine Bubbles at work something akin to...
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/We_Can_Do_It%21.jpg)
:wow:
(Seriously, how cool a pastiche would that be!)
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You know, based on Faye and Bubbles' reaction, something tells me that the staff at Coffee of Doom ought to be more worried about the Espresso machine. I mean, Hannelore and Emily have been attempting to propitiate it with sacrificial offerings but that's always the thin end of the wedge. Yes, I'm thinking that, thanks to the power of narrative causality, being treated as a living thing has caused it to become a living thing with the approximate personality characteristics of a bloodthirsty minor god.
If this is true, Pintsize was taking a huge risk http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2574
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Wait, isn't this the new espresso machine? You know, the one Dora had to buy after the old one blew up in Faye's face? If that's so - what have they been doing to it to make it so dangerous already??
Any machine full of high temperature high pressure steam is dangerous, particularly if a failure of such is funny or would further the plot. As I recall, an exploding coffeemaker was featured in the opera Die Fledermaus.
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Now... far be it for me to DEMAND anything of Jeph... (not that he reads tis anyway...) ;)
BUT...
In my deepest fantasies imaginiation, I can imagine Bubbles at work something akin to...
(picture omitted)
(Seriously, how cool a pastiche would that be!)
Nononono, Faye should be the one posing like that with Bubbles standing behind her rolling her eyes.
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I just wonder if this is leading up to Hanners switching jobs and working with Faye and Bubbles.
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Dora might be a bit unhappy if Faye started to poach her employees.
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It won't be a case of poaching, it may just be a case of Hanners deciding she wants a change of direction and since she knows Faye and Bubbles anyway and feels secure enough with them to do so ........
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With business being slow maybe Hannelore could work both jobs.
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It won't be a case of poaching, it may just be a case of Hanners deciding she wants a change of direction and since she knows Faye and Bubbles anyway and feels secure enough with them to do so ........
Okay, you can go ahead and explain that to Dora. I'm sure she wouldn't be the slightest bit paranoid about it.
Regardless, Faye and Bubbles are in no position to take on extra hands right now.
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I just wonder if this is leading up to Hanners switching jobs and working with Faye and Bubbles.
No, I think it is more likely that Hannelore (with the hidden assistance of SpookyBot) will start becoming more and more involved with her synthetic siblings' lives and cultures, trying to speak up against injustice and encourage them to find true friends amongst humanity rather than abusers and exploiters. It won't be as much a job as it will be a vocation and calling - A passion and the cause which she believes will define her. Her mother is interested only in money and power; Hanners wants to counter-balance that by trying to help and bring happiness.
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First rule of a new business. Have actual, paying customers before you bring on new staff.
Faye and Bubbles are just asking Hanners for a little nudge to get them going, not to jump onboard in the mine cart ala Temple of Doom.
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Make very carefully sure that everything is above board and legal since the police are already aware of the illegal fights that took place there, but they don't have Corpse Witch's connections with the cops.
Another Corpse Witch line of bullpucky. If she ever had any real influence with the cops, Pintsize is an abstinence only Sunday school teacher and May is an under cover nun. If CW told the truth she start frying integrated circuit chips.
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Hanners could actually become a 'Silent Partner' to Faye and Bubbles. With her undoubted connections and Family Name', she might actually be just the individual to 'Nudge' their business forward.
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Make very carefully sure that everything is above board and legal since the police are already aware of the illegal fights that took place there, but they don't have Corpse Witch's connections with the cops.
Another Corpse Witch line of bullpucky. If she ever had any real influence with the cops, Pintsize is an abstinence only Sunday school teacher and May is an under cover nun. If CW told the truth she start frying integrated circuit chips.
I didn't say influence. I said connections. As in knowing who to pay off to make sure they don't get raided.
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Which reminds me, we never did find out who the "big fish" were that Officer Basilisk was angling for.
Would she have testified against them in her confession?
If there are big fish exploiting AIs, will they collide with Arrogant Architeuthis?
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I recall that some months ago, I asked:
You seem very sure that Corpse Witch is not the big fish the inspector is after. Why is that?
I feel like asking the question again now. Now that the storyline is (apparently) over, why are you still so sure?
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The way I read http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3312 was that Corpse Witch's establishment was barely even a crime, so the "bigger fish to fry" sounded like a reference to richer and more powerful villains than CW.
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That's how I initially read it as well. However. What she was doing to Bubbles certainly was a serious crime, and so that impression was quickly revised.
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The way I read http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3312 was that Corpse Witch's establishment was barely even a crime, so the "bigger fish to fry" sounded like a reference to richer and more powerful villains than CW.
If that's the case then Corpse Witch may get some witness relocation deal and possibly reappear again albeit in a different chassis.
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The way I read http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3312 was that Corpse Witch's establishment was barely even a crime, so the "bigger fish to fry" sounded like a reference to richer and more powerful villains than CW.
If that's the case then Corpse Witch may get some witness relocation deal and possibly reappear again albeit in a different chassis.
So a delivery drone for amazon?
No wait - That would be an almost dream job for someone else but without the H.E. payload unless it was Burt's Butt Burner Baked Brown Beans
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Witness protection ...
Imagine being caught between Mob bosses who don't want you to confess on the one hand, and Eminence Grise on the other hand.
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I didn't say influence. I said connections. As in knowing who to pay off to make sure they don't get raided.
Influence, "connections," same-same. If CW had any influence, or pull, or connections, Roko Racoon would have been steering clear of the place. Her implications that she had connections are no more reliable than her assurances to Bubbles that her memories were still there to be unlocked. She's a proven liar.
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Officer Basilisk may well have been the only clean cop who pressed on with investigations in spite of being instructed to drop them. Which would also explain why she never had backup.
Obviously CW's claim to have connections could have been BS. But it could also have simply been overstated (e.g. she just bribed a cop to go away once or twice, and she somewhat grandiosely refers to them as "connections').
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Connections and influence really aren't the same. Influence means she could force an issue if she needed to. She had dirt on a cop or is holding someone over them. Connections just means she knows one or more cops who is amenable to looking the other way. Though if she was bribing cops she would have some influence over them, because if she went down she could finger the dirty cop, so it's in their best interest to keep CW out of jail.
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Witness protection ...
Imagine being caught between Mob bosses who don't want you to confess on the one hand, and Eminence Grise on the other hand.
But think of the irony. Someone who wants to go to prison because it's safer there and yet cannot because the government is so pleased with the information they give her a deal regardless. And don't forget Spookybot told her to cooperate so she would be following orders.
Of course there is also my elaborate theory that a super secret organization already took custody of her so they collect information on Spookybot.