The strip takes a left turn at Albuquerque and we wind up in a buddy-cop arc with Officer Basilisk and Spookybot tracking down an escaped Corpse Witch.
Hilarity and awkwardness will ensue.
I have been desperately trying to catch up with Game of Thrones, and the parallels between Bubbles and Brienne of Tarth are striking.
Hilarity and awkwardness will ensue.
New strip is up!
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I'm now wondering if Snarky Wendy's social media person exists in the QC universe.
:-D :laugh: :lol:
I have been desperately trying to catch up with Game of Thrones, and the parallels between Bubbles and Brienne of Tarth are striking.I wouldn't mind if Gwendoline Christie played Bubbles in any live action QC movie.
New strip is up!
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I'm now wondering if Snarky Wendy's social media person exists in the QC universe.
:-D :laugh: :lol:
Or maybe he'll be surrounded by a mob of purple robots chanting "One of us! One of us!"
I have been desperately trying to catch up with Game of Thrones, and the parallels between Bubbles and Brienne of Tarth are striking.I wouldn't mind if Gwendoline Christie played Bubbles in any live action QC movie.
From a long-ago conversation with Claire about Clinton, I thought that he already had a cosmetic covering for the hand but preferred not to use it because he thought having an obvious robot hand was cool. Here it looks like they have to make one from scratch.
Also, since there seem to be an awful lot of life-like anthro-PCs around (such as Momo's new chassis) I would have expected "caucasian skin tone" to be a commonly available color for dermal coverings.
Bubbles is more grounded and centered than Marigold but might be subject to the same confusion about what it means when someone is finally kind. Faye would presumably turn her down but a rejection at Faye-like levels of tact and sensitivity would hurt Bubbles more than I like to think about.
Oh I don't know, maybe if Clinton dyed his hair black, put some sequins on the hand covering, he could make a decent living as a Michael Jackson impersonator.
The strip takes a left turn at Albuquerque and we wind up in a buddy-cop arc with Officer Basilisk and Spookybot tracking down an escaped Corpse Witch.
Also, since there seem to be an awful lot of life-like anthro-PCs around (such as Momo's new chassis) I would have expected "caucasian skin tone" to be a commonly available color for dermal coverings.
Comic's up!
Dick move, Clinton. You manage to slide back twelve inches for every 13 you go forward.
Why do you not consider it a normal business negotiation?
Except he’s offering to advertise for them, which is a service.
Except he’s offering to advertise for them, which is a service.
It's a rude move to negotiate about payment for parts and labor after the labor's already been done.
He got shaken down by a waitress who provided simple advice. He needs to assert himself more.
Precisely. Now, if Clinton said something like "I'll do 100 positive posts if you agree to let me have 5% of the take from every customer who tells you: 'Clinton sent me'," then Faye agreed then this would be a negotiation for advertising (if an ethically dubious one).
If we're going to break the fourth wall to explain Clinton's behaviour here, then see my sig.
If we're going to break the fourth wall to explain Clinton's behaviour here, then see my sig.
Sig being "All about the jokes", yes, and I fully agree that's why it's annoying me. Because it's not just jokes at the character's expense, it's jokes at the expense of characterization.
I used to love to watch when someone tried to haggle with my Grandfather. (outboard boat motor repair) They' try to cheat him down on price and he'd go up. And the new higher price was the new base mark, he wouldn't go back to the original.
"$250."
"How about $200?"
"How about $300?"
"Okay fine, $250."
"Nope, $300."
My wife is an artist (mostly in glass) and graphic designer. Almost anyone who asks for something to be done, wants her to do it for a discount. "It's for a charity" "I'll put it on Facebook and tell everyone to go to you for this" "I'm getting more than one, I should get a discount" and even "I'll mail you a new lock, you can install it yourself" (from a locksmith over 200 miles away... we don't need a new lock for our doors). It sometimes gets to the point where she wants to just drop it altogether. Faye is doing a service. One that takes time and skill to do. She gave her pricing up front. If you want the service done, and done well, you pay for it. Now smile and give a big thumbs up, Clinton!
Also noting; I've been thinking Dora's increasing irrelevance to the comic salvaged by making her an investor, which gives more plausible reasons to bring her back from time to time with narrative significance.She co-signed the lease, right? She shouldn't be on the hook for money unless Faye and Bubbles trash the place.
Of course their client base includes May, Pintsize, Punchbot...Quite an assortment, really. A convenience store clerk who might do a little hooking on the side, a lay-about who seems to have a few sketchy Internet side businesses, and a respected professional (certified public accountant) who moonlights as a boxer.
Of course their client base includes May, Pintsize, Punchbot...Quite an assortment, really. A convenience store clerk who might do a little hooking on the side, a lay-about who seems to have a few sketchy Internet side businesses, and a respected professional (certified public accountant) who moonlights as a boxer.
Of course their client base includes May, Pintsize, Punchbot...Quite an assortment, really. A convenience store clerk who might do a little hooking on the side, a lay-about who seems to have a few sketchy Internet side businesses, and a respected professional (certified public accountant) who moonlights as a boxer.
Whatever got May in robot jail in the first place was probably a little more spectacular than hooking
Whatever got May in robot jail in the first place was probably a little more spectacular than hooking, Pintsize has put jet engines on Roombas and done other things that destroyed property, and Punchbot seems to have zero restraint when it comes to punching things.I'm speaking of current situations. I agree regarding May, and that backstory makes it harder for me to maintain sympathy for her. (But, I think Jeph means for her to be a complicated character, albeit a superficial one on the surface. He'll get some milage out of that at a later time.)
Whatever got May in robot jail in the first place was probably a little more spectacular than hooking, Pintsize has put jet engines on Roombas and done other things that destroyed property, and Punchbot seems to have zero restraint when it comes to punching things.I'm speaking of current situations. I agree regarding May, and that backstory makes it harder for me to maintain sympathy for her. (But, I think Jeph means for her to be a complicated character, albeit a superficial one on the surface. He'll get some milage out of that at a later time.)
Making Jackass-worthy modifications to Roombas doesn't disqualify Pintsize as a lay-about, and even if he made money at it, it wouldn't count as gainful employment for the reasons you cite, among others.
As for Punchbot, he does a remarkable job of separating professional and recreational time. I didn't see a single hole in the wall or pile of wreckage that may once have been a copy machine in his office. ;)
Except he’s offering to advertise for them, which is a service.You can't buy anything with exposure™.
Except he’s offering to advertise for them, which is a service.
I will just reiterate: representing paid advertising as an honest review is plain wrong.
BTW, I can understand "May" using a client-assigned name when working off her sentence as an AI "feature" (though making her wear a sexy french maid outfit as part of a jail sentence sounds really unethical), but doesn't she have a name of her own? Or maybe her past was really so notorious that she decided she would be better off living under an assumed name.
Comic's up. And it looks like Faye is trying to dodge an awkward conversation.
Comic's up. And it looks like Faye is trying to dodge an awkward conversation.
Or, alternatively, trying to reassure a friend that an awkward conversation isn't needed... unfortunately, it probably is.
She will never admit it but I think Dale's kindness made an impression on her and she got sentimental about the name he picked.
True
But I suspect that with her near fatal brush with Alcohol Poisoning, she's learned a bit about opening up
It looks like Clinton is not the only one getting parts replaced. Faye's bosoms have gone from merely Homeric (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3523) to James Cameronian (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3527)Bras do weird things.
If I know my avoidant behavior - and believe me I know my avoidant behavior - Faye is exhibiting avoidant behavior.
My shrink told me to research avoidant personality disorder but I couldn't make myself do it.
But to me, looks like she thought it through, weighed it against everything she knows about Bubs, and came to the conclusion that a lot of us did. Platonic affection.
True, but this is also the first possibility of someone being interested in her might be a difficult thing to talk about. After all, what tipped her towards that trip to hospital was the breakdown of her relationship with Angus. Most, if not all, of Faye's main binges have been in connection with relationships (or lack thereof). This might be Faye trying to make sure she doesn't end up in that position again.
True, but this is also the first possibility of someone being interested in her might be a difficult thing to talk about. After all, what tipped her towards that trip to hospital was the breakdown of her relationship with Angus. Most, if not all, of Faye's main binges have been in connection with relationships (or lack thereof). This might be Faye trying to make sure she doesn't end up in that position again.
I can't fault Faye for overlooking the possibility that a robot may have a non-platonic interest in her. It is uncommon.
True, but this is also the first possibility of someone being interested in her might be a difficult thing to talk about. After all, what tipped her towards that trip to hospital was the breakdown of her relationship with Angus. Most, if not all, of Faye's main binges have been in connection with relationships (or lack thereof). This might be Faye trying to make sure she doesn't end up in that position again.
I can't fault Faye for overlooking the possibility that a robot may have a non-platonic interest in her. It is uncommon.
Uhmmmh - Is it, actually? Jeph hasn't explored it in the comic, true. But that could be due to many things, including 'many things Jeph' rather than 'things QC-Verse'. IIRC, he once expressed a profound dislike for some anime or other that explored the topic. Maybe he decided to 'show you how it's done right'.
I'll say this much: Bubbles' chassis has a remarkable level of human anatomical emulation. I would go so far to say that I potentially see SpookyBot's cloven hoof-prints in this: Someone is planning something and Bubbles is their tool.
I'll say this much: Bubbles' chassis has a remarkable level of human anatomical emulation. I would go so far to say that I potentially see SpookyBot's cloven hoof-prints in this: Someone is planning something and Bubbles is their tool.
After all, has anyone on here not thought Bubbles was totally... just... you know... kinda...like... Wow... Ummm...
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I can't fault Faye for overlooking the possibility that a robot may have a non-platonic interest in her. It is uncommon.
On the other hand, that would make it an sf comic rather than a relationships comic.
I can't fault Faye for overlooking the possibility that a robot may have a non-platonic interest in her. It is uncommon.
Pintsize has spent years getting her used to the idea.
And may have poisoned the ground for Bubbles in the process.
On another subject, I mourn the missed opportunity that came with writing the synthetics to have identical emotional makeups and problems to the squishies.
John Campbell challenged sf writers "Give me something that thinks as well as a man, but not like a man!". It would have been fascinating to read about entities that feel as deeply as humans but in a clearly different way.
Aww. Bubbles is dealing with new emotional issues.
I sorta hope Jeph goes slow with this. Bubbles is still recovering from her (near) slavery with Corpse Witch after all. And Faye is kinda clueless too.
Keep in mind that Faye's break up and hospitalization is not recent. There were some serious time lapses shown and Faye worked at the skate park for months it seems. So we are talking at least half a year, possibly more since the break up. I'm not saying Faye needs to hop back in the relationship saddle. Given my history that would be a real laugh. But it's not like it is a raw subject like it would have been right after the break up, and Faye has done a lot of self work and growing in the mean time.
I can't fault Faye for overlooking the possibility that a robot may have a non-platonic interest in her. It is uncommon.
Pintsize has spent years getting her used to the idea.
And may have poisoned the ground for Bubbles in the process.
On another subject, I mourn the missed opportunity that came with writing the synthetics to have identical emotional makeups and problems to the squishies.
Actually, Bubbles described some (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3239) of the other (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3240) possibilites to Faye. It was not comforting.John Campbell challenged sf writers "Give me something that thinks as well as a man, but not like a man!". It would have been fascinating to read about entities that feel as deeply as humans but in a clearly different way.
Interesting, because I have also heard the accusation that Campbell insisted that humans had to always be the smartest beings in the universe in any story he bought.
On the other hand, that would make it an sf comic rather than a relationships comic.
Do the two have to be mutually exclusive?
Science fiction has always been about exploring human nature, who we are as a species and the values we hold dear. In looking at the seemingly unknown, we learn far more about ourselves.
I sorta hope Jeph goes slow with this. Bubbles is still recovering from her (near) slavery with Corpse Witch after all.Correct me if I missed something, but IIRC bubbles' life went like this:
Technically, she wasn't constructed as a soldier. According to what she told Momo, she was an AI who volunteered to become a soldier.
Technically, she wasn't constructed as a soldier. According to what she told Momo, she was an AI who volunteered to become a soldier.
I suppose we should make the distinction right now that the chassis was designed and created for combat, but it was the AI who volunteered.
We don't know that she's ever had another body.
I am also surprised that she was allowed to keep it; I would expect the military to put your original chassis in storage somewhere, and when you are discharged you have to surrender the issued one just like humans soldiers have to turn in their ordinance.
This. Bubbles's chassis design is now obsolete, perhaps because of the EMP vulnerability that may have contributed to the loss of her squad.I am also surprised that she was allowed to keep it; I would expect the military to put your original chassis in storage somewhere, and when you are discharged you have to surrender the issued one just like humans soldiers have to turn in their ordinance.
Its possible that the military treated the chassis as a piece of surplus materiel and allowed Bubbles to keep it. Kinda like how certain units could get to keep jeeps when they were disbanded.
I mean, it doesn't have internal weapons like Pintsize's old military chassis.
BTW, I can understand "May" using a client-assigned name when working off her sentence as an AI "feature" (though making her wear a sexy french maid outfit as part of a jail sentence sounds really unethical), but doesn't she have a name of her own? Or maybe her past was really so notorious that she decided she would be better off living under an assumed name.
BTW, I can understand "May" using a client-assigned name when working off her sentence as an AI "feature" (though making her wear a sexy French maid outfit as part of a jail sentence sounds really unethical), but doesn't she have a name of her own?
I also get the feeling that AI soldiers were not generally popular, by either human or AI kind.
I hope Bubbles doesn't sniff those candles too deeply or she'll have visions of a Cliff Claven centaur trotting through a quarry.
I hope Bubbles doesn't sniff those candles too deeply or she'll have visions of a Cliff Claven centaur trotting through a quarry.
Who even makes candles with scents like that? Is there really enough demand for candles that smell like abandoned quarries and lovelorn mail carriers to warrant manufacturing them?
Who even makes candles with scents like that? Is there really enough demand for candles that smell like abandoned quarries and lovelorn mail carriers to warrant manufacturing them?
BTW, I can understand "May" using a client-assigned name when working off her sentence as an AI "feature" (though making her wear a sexy french maid outfit as part of a jail sentence sounds really unethical), but doesn't she have a name of her own? Or maybe her past was really so notorious that she decided she would be better off living under an assumed name.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2495
Apparently when she was just being kept on a server (in robot jail, but presumably also in whatever role she played where she was able to embezzle millions of dollars) she didn't have a name. Presumably names are a thing AIs take on for interacting with humans.
I hope Bubbles doesn't sniff those candles too deeply or she'll have visions of a Cliff Claven centaur trotting through a quarry.
Who even makes candles with scents like that? Is there really enough demand for candles that smell like abandoned quarries and lovelorn mail carriers to warrant manufacturing them?
Who even makes candles with scents like that? Is there really enough demand for candles that smell like abandoned quarries and lovelorn mail carriers to warrant manufacturing them?
Who even makes candles with scents like that? Is there really enough demand for candles that smell like abandoned quarries and lovelorn mail carriers to warrant manufacturing them?
These scented candles are being mentioned in a comic strip that contains counterfactual elements such as AIs with the rights of citizens, autonomous prosthetic hands, Roombas that can reproduce, orbital pizza delivery, and baristas being eaten by allosauruses. It would be reasonable to posit that the candle scents listed are two more counterfactual elements.
tl;dr version: IT'S A *&^%$#@! COMIC STRIP!
So, Bubbles is walking around in her underwear, and she hasn't changed it since she left the service!Maybe it is self cleaning.
Who even makes candles with scents like that? Is there really enough demand for candles that smell like abandoned quarries and lovelorn mail carriers to warrant manufacturing them?
The world's largest candle shop (http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/7281) is in in South Deerfield, just a few miles up the road from Northampton. Scented candles galore.
Plenty of unusual candle scents (http://www.saveonscents.com/index.php/cPath/291_366) in the real (http://www.lifehack.org/419022/20-unique-candle-scents-you-didnt-know-exist) world. (https://www.digitaltrends.com/home/20-scented-candles-with-some-really-weird-smells/)
Baby Diaper Fragrance, Perfume & Body Oil: (http://www.saveonscents.com/product_info.php/cPath/291_366/products_id/4827)
This fragrance resembles the smell of baby poo. A somewhat well requested novelty fragrance. Not for the faint of heart.
In which we are reminded robot tastes and human tastes are NOT the same. Or May is just weird. :-D :lol:
Against the backdrop of the above-mentioned candle fragrances preferred by parts of humankind, I think the question is rather:
Is May weird enough?
Against the backdrop of the above-mentioned candle fragrances preferred by parts of humankind, I think the question is rather:
Is May weird enough?
Compared to whom?
Compared to Momo? May comes off as incredibly weird.
Compared to Marten? Crazy alarms are going off left and right.
Compared to Pintsize? Mildly eccentric.
Nah, a lot of people like the smell of newly mowed grass. Abandoned quarries.. Probably not so much. Since Bubbles doesn't sweat then she wouldn't have to worry about that when it comes to getting her body suit smelly or anything. Since she's been wearing it under her armor for years apparently, it's probably plenty tough to resist tears and abrasions. And let's be honest.. She owns what, three pieces of clothing? Her body suit, her coat and the gift sweater. Since it appears to be spring or summer, the coat and sweater would look out of place, and she probably doesn't want to risk them being damaged or soiled at work.
Plenty of unusual candle scents (http://www.saveonscents.com/index.php/cPath/291_366) in the real (http://www.lifehack.org/419022/20-unique-candle-scents-you-didnt-know-exist) world. (https://www.digitaltrends.com/home/20-scented-candles-with-some-really-weird-smells/)
Compared to Pintsize? Mildly eccentric.Are you kidding? She finds his attempts at transgression BOR-ING (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3350).
.... is Momo still into Sven, or did that just go away? :-P She and Bubbles could talk.
Believe it or not, the stone quarry one probably exists IRL. There's a company that makes scented candles to help with immersion in tabletop games. I can't think of what it's called, but it's been mentioned on Critical Role during Crit-Mas.I hope Bubbles doesn't sniff those candles too deeply or she'll have visions of a Cliff Claven centaur trotting through a quarry.
Who even makes candles with scents like that? Is there really enough demand for candles that smell like abandoned quarries and lovelorn mail carriers to warrant manufacturing them?
Believe it or not, the stone quarry one probably exists IRL. There's a company that makes scented candles to help with immersion in tabletop games. I can't think of what it's called, but it's been mentioned on Critical Role during Crit-Mas.I hope Bubbles doesn't sniff those candles too deeply or she'll have visions of a Cliff Claven centaur trotting through a quarry.
Who even makes candles with scents like that? Is there really enough demand for candles that smell like abandoned quarries and lovelorn mail carriers to warrant manufacturing them?
New Comic!
May that is NOT how you get a job. Really.
Late, but I have to say I am really not a fan of the new look of Clinton's Hand, I understand wanting a design that is quicker to draw, but it looks like he's walking around with a latex glove, which does not improve Clinton's creep factor.But, it does shore up the Clueless Dork image Jeph's presenting for Clinton.
Late, but I have to say I am really not a fan of the new look of Clinton's Hand, I understand wanting a design that is quicker to draw, but it looks like he's walking around with a latex glove, which does not improve Clinton's creep factor. He should only be walking around with one glove if it's covered with rhinestones.
Late, but I have to say I am really not a fan of the new look of Clinton's Hand, I understand wanting a design that is quicker to draw, but it looks like he's walking around with a latex glove, which does not improve Clinton's creep factor. He should only be walking around with one glove if it's covered with rhinestones.
Tangent: When in Germany, don't ask for 'Rhinestones', as people will probably think you mean this (so-called "Rheinkiesel", i.e. "Rhinepebbles")
What you mean by 'Rhinestones' is (somewhat derogatorily) called 'Strass' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Friedrich_Strass) over here ...
"Sure, we haben manymany Rhein-schto-nes, du just going to ze river und just picken zem up, hehehe"
Alas, you will find no cowboys along the banks of the Rhine.
Yankee Candle has had a "new mown grass" candle for a long time. The newer "Riding Mower" scent must incorporate notes of gasoline, monoxide, and burnt oil.
He should only be walking around with one glove if it's covered with rhinestones.Shiny black leather for the Dr. Strangelove look!
I think Clinton is more of a Rotwang type:
(https://growingbranch.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/metropolis1.jpg)
Because I have the comic sensibility of a twelve year old, I always got a chuckle out of the name Rotwang. Sounds like a venereal disease.
You mean it's not another name for syphillis?
Going to hell for that one, aren't I?
Week late and a dollar short but I signed up just to ask why they didn't bring Bubbles a GIF basket instead???......
Yes. That is a good pun. Good puns are rare and should be cherished.And bad puns should be punished. :claireface:
And a bad pun would be :claireface: ?Pun-ished?