"If We Don't Own You Yet... We Will!"
- Motto of Ellicott-Chatham Enterprises
At least they're honest about it...
No "strings" attached, Hanners?You don't need strings in space: things stay the right way up anyway.
No "strings" attached, Hanners?
You don't need strings in space: things stay the right way up anyway.
So Hanners wants to send Tilly to the largest collection of emerging technology in the known universe.........Yep.
Tilly's dad has been encouraging them to take up corporate espionage.
I see no way that this can go hilariously wrong.
Happy New Year everyone!!
Also, SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE ^_^
No "strings" attached, Hanners?
You don't need strings in space: things stay the right way up anyway.
Actually, space is very good for challenging your entire preconception of the term 'right way up'.
... about "If we don't own you we will"... Hannermom's name is Beatrice, right? The IRL Beatrice Corporation used to run ads back in the 80s pointing out how many of our everyday brands they actually owned. Hmmm...Dear God, what did she put in the Butterfingers back then? (Nestles owns them now.)
So Hanners wants to send Tilly to the largest collection of emerging technology in the known universe.........Yep.
Tilly's dad has been encouraging them to take up corporate espionage.
I see no way that this can go hilariously wrong.
:facepalm:
4D space is -my- favorite. We get an extra regular polyhedron!Yeah, and all the cool semiregular ones, too!
One half of the fandom is placated by the plot devi....I MEAN, Tilly getting a happy ending and the other half is calmed by them getting shot into space to be heard from nevermore?
Ellicot-Chatham Enterprises motto is similar to Globo-Chem's "We own everything so you don't have to"
This may seem like a good outcome for Tilly (and all of their detractors), but they might also be marooned in orbit and forced to watch cheesy movies as some kind of experiment.
This story arc is taking forever. Climb in that rocket already, Dummy! Chop chop!
That excruciating slow pace is really starting to trample on my nerves...
Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure that panel 3 tells us just what Hannelore really thinks of Tilly, even though she is being nice to them because, let's face it, that's who she is.
Yep.Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure that panel 3 tells us just what Hannelore really thinks of Tilly, even though she is being nice to them because, let's face it, that's who she is.
So, what do you think Hannelore really thinks of Tilly?
Is anybody else experiencing the bizarre phenomenon where the more you see people complaining about Tilly on the forums, the more you actually like them?
This story arc is taking forever. Climb in that rocket already, Dummy! Chop chop!
That excruciating slow pace is really starting to trample on my nerves...
Is anybody else experiencing the bizarre phenomenon where the more you see people complaining about Tilly on the forums, the more you actually like them?
I don't normally ask this kind of question, but who on the space station is going to pay Tilly for this? I can understand all amenities being covered, but what about earning actual money.
Presumably Station, considering he was able to give the Lieutenant shares in the company.IIRC those shares were a portion of his own considerable personal holdings in the company, so it would have been a private transaction.
I don't normally ask this kind of question, but who on the space station is going to pay Tilly for this? I can understand all amenities being covered, but what about earning actual money.
If your amenities are covered, you don't need actual money. But I don't doubt that if Station can offer them the job, he can get them on the paylist, too.
I suspect that one of the first tasks Station gives "assistant" Tilly will be to get a stack of paperwork to Dr. Ellicott for signatures. One of which, of course, will be an operating budget, with a subschedule "payroll", with a line item "personal assistant for Dr. Ellicott."in other words, almost EXACTLY what Beatrice did to Hanellore.
Entirely routine.
Almost, but not quite. There are two major differences.I suspect that one of the first tasks Station gives "assistant" Tilly will be to get a stack of paperwork to Dr. Ellicott for signatures. One of which, of course, will be an operating budget, with a subschedule "payroll", with a line item "personal assistant for Dr. Ellicott."in other words, almost EXACTLY what Beatrice did to Hanellore.
Entirely routine.
"Hey,here's a personal assistant!" only they also have paperwork to prove that Hannerdad approved it.
Yep.Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure that panel 3 tells us just what Hannelore really thinks of Tilly, even though she is being nice to them because, let's face it, that's who she is.
So, what do you think Hannelore really thinks of Tilly?
Seriously, seriously annoying and, worse, so lacking in self-awareness that they don't realise it unless it is rubbed in their face.
Yep.Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure that panel 3 tells us just what Hannelore really thinks of Tilly, even though she is being nice to them because, let's face it, that's who she is.
So, what do you think Hannelore really thinks of Tilly?
Seriously, seriously annoying and, worse, so lacking in self-awareness that they don't realise it unless it is rubbed in their face.
Isn't that what you think of them? :)
I don't think Hanners' feelings about Tilly are purely negative. Obviously she finds Tilly's over-enthusiasm trying, and she hasn't even tried to hide that here. But if you feel that Hanners' feelings about Tilly are of pure dislike and that she's simply lying about it it to be "nice", then I guess you think less of Hanners than I do. I don't think Hanners would be so dissembling.
- ]Hanners and Station are doing it in good faith/sans rationalizations, and- debatable, seems like Hanners is doing it mainly as guilt avoidance
- John will welcome the help.
I agree. With Hanners, what you see is what you get. She's practically the poster-girl for it.
I agree. With Hanners, what you see is what you get. She's practically the poster-girl for it.
<snip>But if you feel that Hanners' feelings about Tilly are of pure dislike and that she's simply lying about it it to be "nice", then I guess you think less of Hanners than I do. I don't think Hanners would be so dissembling.
Is anybody else experiencing the bizarre phenomenon where the more you see people complaining about Tilly on the forums, the more you actually like them?Seriously, I never got where the bile came from to begin with. The more they vent of it, the more I like the intensely determined to be a paragon of competence little bespectacled genderless person.
<snip>But if you feel that Hanners' feelings about Tilly are of pure dislike and that she's simply lying about it it to be "nice", then I guess you think less of Hanners than I do. I don't think Hanners would be so dissembling.
Uhhhh...isn't the entire reason this arc has happened because Hannelore was too "nice", on the first day, to forcibly put their foot down and say, "Nope. don't need a PA. Get the f*** away from me.", and yet, instead decided to prolong her own suffering because of Tilly's feelings?
Makes them sound like bitter rivals with Disney."If We Don't Own You Yet... We Will!"
- Motto of Ellicott-Chatham Enterprises
At least they're honest about it...
That slogan is sure to make the company so popular!
<snip>But if you feel that Hanners' feelings about Tilly are of pure dislike and that she's simply lying about it it to be "nice", then I guess you think less of Hanners than I do. I don't think Hanners would be so dissembling.
Uhhhh...isn't the entire reason this arc has happened because Hannelore was too "nice", on the first day, to forcibly put their foot down and say, "Nope. don't need a PA. Get the f*** away from me.", and yet, instead decided to prolong her own suffering because of Tilly's feelings?
Specifically, because Hanners failed to properly establish her boundaries. Something Dora, thankfully, encouraged her to do later on.
Failure to establish boundaries is not "being nice."
- ]Hanners and Station are doing it in good faith/sans rationalizations, and- debatable, seems like Hanners is doing it mainly as guilt avoidance
- John will welcome the help.
- how do we know. I imagine Beatrice thought Hanners might like the help too.
Folks, I dislike Tilly as much as the next person, but can we tone down the level of vitriol that seems to be coming from some corners of the forum? We get it, people don’t like them, it’s been said enough times elsewhere that we don’t really need to repeat it here. And as it seems, Tilly is being put on the Space Bus to a better life elsewhere, so how about people retain some dignity and calm down.
Don’t make me become Captain Reasonable. No one wants that!
*And yes, that is what's happening because no one's calling for the people who like Tilly to stop expressing their views, it's only on those who dislike them to keep their opinions to themselves...
*And yes, that is what's happening because no one's calling for the people who like Tilly to stop expressing their views, it's only on those who dislike them to keep their opinions to themselves...
I've seen very few people posting that they like Tilly.
I just keep seeing these, "well, if you didn't come here to say how much you love Tilly, don't post about them at all" takes* and it's irritating because unless they violate the forum rules or the Creator's and mod's stated wishes**, people should be free to express their dislike of a character for as long as that character is central to the current plot line without getting shut down with "well, you're being negative, so, shut up!" responses.
*And yes, that is what's happening because no one's calling for the people who like Tilly to stop expressing their views, it's only on those who dislike them to keep their opinions to themselves...
I do feel, and have previously posted, that the same negative and vitriolic post made repetitively does drag the forum down and reduce enjoyment for the rest of us. Just turn the volume dial down below 11. That's all my previous posts on the topic have tried to say.
For me, what this arc has communicated is how fundamentally nice Hannelore is, how hard it is to push her to not be nice and, perhaps, we are reminded of just how totally unhealthy her family connections are. In so many ways, the first time she's had a real support structure is after she was able to open a communication with Marten and Faye.
For me, what this arc has communicated is how fundamentally nice Hannelore is, how hard it is to push her to not be nice and, perhaps, we are reminded of just how totally unhealthy her family connections are. In so many ways, the first time she's had a real support structure is after she was able to open a communication with Marten and Faye.
And she's HUGGING somebody. I know she did it just a few strips ago, but that was heat of the moment.
Are we sure that this is still Hanners and she hasn't been replaced by an AI with a very detailed chassis?
Folks, I dislike Tilly as much as the next person, but can we tone down the level of vitriol that seems to be coming from some corners of the forum? We get it, people don’t like them, it’s been said enough times elsewhere that we don’t really need to repeat it here. And as it seems, Tilly is being put on the Space Bus to a better life elsewhere, so how about people retain some dignity and calm down.
Don’t make me become Captain Reasonable. No one wants that!
Well, if today's[Tuesday] comic was about say, Union Robotics, and clearly the beginning of a new arc, and people were still talking about their like/dislike of Tilly, I'd wholeheartedly agree with you. But to say, people can't, discuss a character that is central to a, now, three-four week arc is just unfair. And I am, definitely, not just pointing this at you Castle, I just keep seeing these, "well, if you didn't come here to say how much you love Tilly, don't post about them at all" takes* and it's irritating because unless they violate the forum rules or the Creator's and mod's stated wishes**, people should be free to express their dislike of a character for as long as that character is central to the current plot line without getting shut down with "well, you're being negative, so, shut up!" responses.
*And yes, that is what's happening because no one's calling for the people who like Tilly to stop expressing their views, it's only on those who dislike them to keep their opinions to themselves...
**And yes, I'll admit that certain people have used a dislike of Tilly to be disgustingly disrespectful towards the LGBT+ community and those people have rightly been shut down by the community and dealt with by the moderators and are currently, hopefully, rotting somewhere.
Again, not an attack on you Castle, I just happen to disagree.
This story arc is taking forever. Climb in that rocket already, Dummy! Chop chop!
That excruciating slow pace is really starting to trample on my nerves...
Folks, I dislike Tilly as much as the next person, but can we tone down the level of vitriol that seems to be coming from some corners of the forum? We get it, people don’t like them, it’s been said enough times elsewhere that we don’t really need to repeat it here. And as it seems, Tilly is being put on the Space Bus to a better life elsewhere, so how about people retain some dignity and calm down.
Don’t make me become Captain Reasonable. No one wants that!
I do feel, and have previously posted, that the same negative and vitriolic post made repetitively does drag the forum down and reduce enjoyment for the rest of us. Just turn the volume dial down below 11. That's all my previous posts on the topic have tried to say.
I very much share this sentiment, and I don't like Tilly.
Does anyone else find the amount of physical affection coming from Hanners sort of jarring? I mean there's heat of the moment, there's character progression, but I just find it odd we've seen so much of a jump to hugging Tilly 3 times in about as many strips.
Like I understand Tilly is the super special author fave right now, but when hugging her dad was such a big deal, and the closest thing from one of her oldest friends was this (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3534) only ~100 strips ago, I have to raise my eyebrows.
Ahhh.....
(https://media.giphy.com/media/xT5LMVuasYhETDlxkY/giphy.gif)
This story arc is taking forever. Climb in that rocket already, Dummy! Chop chop!
That excruciating slow pace is really starting to trample on my nerves...
Might I suggest a few comics to binge on in the meantime?
[snip]
[...] people should be free to express their dislike of a character for as long as that character is central to the current plot line without getting shut down with "well, you're being negative, so, shut up!" responses.
Ahhh.....
(https://media.giphy.com/media/xT5LMVuasYhETDlxkY/giphy.gif)
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This story arc is taking forever. Climb in that rocket already, Dummy! Chop chop!
That excruciating slow pace is really starting to trample on my nerves...
Might I suggest a few comics to binge on in the meantime?
[snip]
I'm sorry, but isn't that just a more polite form of exactly what mercykills meant with[...] people should be free to express their dislike of a character for as long as that character is central to the current plot line without getting shut down with "well, you're being negative, so, shut up!" responses.
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Does anyone else find the amount of physical affection coming from Hanners sort of jarring? I mean there's heat of the moment, there's character progression, but I just find it odd we've seen so much of a jump to hugging Tilly 3 times in about as many strips.
Like I understand Tilly is the super special author fave right now, but when hugging her dad was such a big deal, and the closest thing from one of her oldest friends was this (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3534) only ~100 strips ago, I have to raise my eyebrows.
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After all this Tilly hugging, Hanners better be hugging Marten and Company soon! :-D
Ahhh.....
(https://media.giphy.com/media/xT5LMVuasYhETDlxkY/giphy.gif)
Tilly reminds me a bit more of this Simpsons clip:
(http://i.imgur.com/Q8rNJUO.jpg)
Awww.Could be, could very well be, or some variation thereof. There's been no mention of Tilly's security clearance - that suggests Captain* Potter will come back into the picture and there's no telling what she'll uncover. The story may be going back into orbit.
Now I'm hoping there's no plot twist like Tilly phoning their dad and/or Bea and going "Just as planned...."
Could be, could very well be, or some variation thereof. There's been no mention of Tilly's security clearance - that suggests Captain* Potter will come back into the picture and there's no telling what she'll uncover. The story may be going back into orbit.
Ahhh.....
(https://media.giphy.com/media/xT5LMVuasYhETDlxkY/giphy.gif)
Tilly reminds me a bit more of this Simpsons clip:
(http://i.imgur.com/Q8rNJUO.jpg)
Awww.
Now I'm hoping there's no plot twist like Tilly phoning their dad and/or Bea and going "Just as planned...."
For what it's worth, the Tilly arc has achieved its (probably) intended outcome: Hanners' hug zone is no longer null. I find it a tiny bit pushed, myself, with the goodbye, though. The "fluids" hug was more than enough, given Hanners' SEVERE personal space restrictions so far.
That last panel made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside ^_^But is that a good thing?
It's important to remember progress with mental health isn't linear. Being able to hug someone in one circumstance doesn't mean Hannelore can hug everyone without issue from now on, or she should or will be okay with a certain circumstance based on previous moments. She's come very far but unfortunately mental illness is very messy and complicated.
For what it's worth, the Tilly arc has achieved its (probably) intended outcome: Hanners' hug zone is no longer null. I find it a tiny bit pushed, myself, with the goodbye, though. The "fluids" hug was more than enough, given Hanners' SEVERE personal space restrictions so far.
Agreed. The first time, hey, ok, extreme emotional situations can make us do things we normally wouldn't or couldn't do. But this second one? ehhhh...seems like a way to force an emotional response from the readers and to ingratiate a certain someone with the rest of us.
So 'one step backward' does not mean failure --- or rule out the possibility of another 'two steps forward'.
Thank you!
If you've experienced OCD yourself, and your experience differs from mine - being different doesn't take away from either of our experiences. Raising one to the level of universal truth very much would.
Yes, I can recommend an outstanding organisation. They were "Law Firm of the Year" in Antitrust Law just last year.Ah, the Comcast solution.
Jackson, Monk, and Rowe.
An Ellicott-Chatham Enterprises Company.
He's freakin' WRITING HANNERS AND WINSLOW OUT OF THE STRIP!
I think that this will be a bit of a fandom breaker for some too!
Is that any worse than just leaving some characters on the back burner because he's concentrating on others? I think it's better because it provides a rationale.
Not sure how to react to the new strip, except: 'curcimstances'? Does Dora's phone not have autocomplete?
“gosh guys my mom is such a horrifying rich nightmare person!!!! she thinks she can just use people and that their environments and their feelings aren’t important compared to her needs!!!!!!
time to go travel the world as a rich white tourist and ~*find myself*~”
(Bye. have a beautiful time. don’t come back.)
Comic's up!I had some weird caching glitch, so I saw the previous day's strip (and thought that Hanners had been taking style tips from Spookybot), and then came here to read the comments, and was totally discombobulated until I refreshed the strip. That was unexpected, since I'd thought Hanners was as much a Jeph-favourite as a fan-favourite.
I felt the shockwaves all over here in Sweden. That must be a huge crater!
Seriously, I did NOT see that coming.
Is that any worse than just leaving some characters on the back burner because he's concentrating on others? I think it's better because it provides a rationale.I agree. It's definitely better than just having Hanners constantly off-camera, like Penelope, for example.
There're Faye and four others in the group chat. Marten isn't in the head but Tai is. Claire has a profile pic up top but not in the conversation.
This doesn't necessarily mean she's out of the strip - her and winslow traveling could be an arc later.While I very much hope so, without a specified return date in/out of strip, she's been put on a bus indefinitely for now. My guess is that it will be at least a year IRL before Jeph even considers bringing her back. I think this is another step in showing us readers how much this strip has changed over the last years. Marten is in a happy relation with Claire, Dora is living with Tai, Hannelore is out of the strip (for now), Faye is working on robot repair in her own workshop, Pintsize has been reduced to a minimum of appearances. Quite a long way from the original premises where Marten was an indie boy longing for a girlfriend, living together with Faye, and Dora was just the owner of the Café where Faye worked. Removing Hannelore will no doubt give more focus to the newer characters and their interactions. We'll just have to wait and see where Jeph takes us. I would be happy too see the penny that Claire put on Faye's head drop sometime, but I'm equally interested in seeing the future of Clinton's dating life.
...is that Faye with the glasses up top? Because she's not added, but that's not her avatar down below... (I didn't even know Twitter had group chat).
And, um, Faye's coming off... wellll...
“gosh guys my mom is such a horrifying rich nightmare person!!!! she thinks she can just use people and that their environments and their feelings aren’t important compared to her needs!!!!!!
time to go travel the world as a rich white tourist and ~*find myself*~”
(Bye. have a beautiful time. don’t come back.)
“gosh guys my mom is such a horrifying rich nightmare person!!!! she thinks she can just use people and that their environments and their feelings aren’t important compared to her needs!!!!!!
time to go travel the world as a rich white tourist and ~*find myself*~”
(Bye. have a beautiful time. don’t come back.)
You....you can't POSSIBLY believe that's what Hannelore is doing here or that that's what Jeph is implying. This is a joke right?
This doesn't necessarily mean she's out of the strip - her and winslow traveling could be an arc later.
Claire shouldn't have a profile head up top, because Hanners adds her further down in the chat, like Marten. As to who the grey head is... ??
“gosh guys my mom is such a horrifying rich nightmare person!!!! she thinks she can just use people and that their environments and their feelings aren’t important compared to her needs!!!!!!
time to go travel the world as a rich white tourist and ~*find myself*~”
(Bye. have a beautiful time. don’t come back.)
You....you can't POSSIBLY believe that's what Hannelore is doing here or that that's what Jeph is implying. This is a joke right?
Check their posting history; they've a recent pattern of Hanners-hating.
<snip>and schadenfreud after all the jubilation over Tilly's departure yesterday.
Remember, we don't attack other posters - we counter their views if we disagree. (If you feel more is required, contact the mods)
Unexpected. Interesting tho.
I'm actually sorta sad we wont see more of Winslow at the community center. That looked interesting...
Hannelore, when you are in a crisis then breaking contact with your support structure is a big mistake.But, she's taking her most loyal (and recently anthropomorphised) friend with her. Tilly is a loyal mercenary, but still a mercenary - loyalty out of duty to their job description. Winslow's loyalty is out of pure friendship and even platonic love for Hanners.
Unexpected. Interesting tho.
I'm actually sorta sad we wont see more of Winslow at the community center. That looked interesting...
Yeah, that's a bit unfair. Winslow was starting to find his own thing, here. Hannelore is behaving like an owner, not like a friend.
I felt that way about Angus and I'm still worried that he may never return.
Hannelore, when you are in a crisis then breaking contact with your support structure is a big mistake.
But this arc has revealed that Hanners is more like her mother than she would like to think.
I'm eagerly awaiting the point at which that hint Bubbles up to into Faye's consciousness.This doesn't necessarily mean she's out of the strip - her and winslow traveling could be an arc later.I would be happy too see the penny that Claire put on Faye's head drop sometime.
I can't speak for the original poster, but I'd thought the same thing.But this arc has revealed that Hanners is more like her mother than she would like to think.
Would you like to explain that? I don's see any similarities between Hanners and her mom.
TM
Even if she stays on the road for a while we very well might get strips of Hannelore and Winslow abroad,
I can't speak for the original poster, but I'd thought the same thing.But this arc has revealed that Hanners is more like her mother than she would like to think.
Would you like to explain that? I don's see any similarities between Hanners and her mom.
TM
Hannelore walked into a room, took over, and told someone off, with absolutely no consideration for what they wanted. And then, just a few strips later, she walked into her mother's office and demanded that others *obey* her, again with no consideration of their persons.
Who is that like? Not Hannelore Ellicott-Chatham. Not John Ellicott-Chatham. Not Marten, not Dora, nor any of her other friends.
No, there's really only one person in the comic who acts that way: Beatrice Chatham.
Hanelore used to need to be tied to a bed to survive. Now she's just shown all the drive, self-possession, and willfulness of her mother.
On the chat-heads thing Claire has two twitter accounts (actual twitter https://twitter.com/hanneloreEC/following (https://twitter.com/hanneloreEC/following) ) The open account is the third head at the top of the chat. The avitar-less Claire is the locked account. I'm more surprised that she didn't include Marigold in her goodbye group as she had grown quite close to her in a relatively short time.
If you actually followd the link and scroll throw all of Hannelore's follows you would notice she is following Marigold.On the chat-heads thing Claire has two twitter accounts (actual twitter https://twitter.com/hanneloreEC/following (https://twitter.com/hanneloreEC/following) ) The open account is the third head at the top of the chat. The avitar-less Claire is the locked account. I'm more surprised that she didn't include Marigold in her goodbye group as she had grown quite close to her in a relatively short time.
I noticed that too, but it’s possible Marigold doesn’t have a Twitter account. She was never big on social networking.
Yeah, that's a bit unfair. Winslow was starting to find his own thing, here. Hannelore is behaving like an owner, not like a friend.
How do you know? Hannelore could’ve asked and if he said no then she’d find another alternative, but Winslow might want to travel and this is a chance in a lifetime.
Actually what I'm really worried about is something from Faye's contribution towards the end.I was reading that as a take that to some guy whose name is pronounced Jeff Jack...
"Jack is a bitch"
Could she perhaps be talking about Jack Daniels?
Because the rest of the comments from Faye...feel very much like Drunk!Faye and I'm wondering if she's fallen off the wagon.
Comic's Up
Now, does anybody have a spare lampshade (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHanging)? Dora seems to have used hers.
(I apologize in advance for the TV Tropes link.)
Wow! Jeph wasn't kidding when (back before Tilly's first appearance) he said he'd been going through his list of characters. How long has it been since we last saw Amanda? The answer? It was over 3,000 strips ago, when Faye helped her and her mother to come to terms with Amanda's sexuality, that's when!
This sure seems like a whole lotta panic over nothing.
You guys realize Jeph is allowed to write in other settings, right? I mean, he just demonstrated he would if he felt like it with Hanners' trip to her mom's office.
So Hannelore being on a trip isn't the same thing as writing her out. Even if she stays on the road for a while we very well might get strips of Hannelore and Winslow abroad, and I don't see any indication from this strip that the plan is to have her disappear from their lives forever anyway.
The comic is not restricted to Coffee of Doom and its immediate surroundings.
Take a breath.
Wow! Jeph wasn't kidding when (back before Tilly's first appearance) he said he'd been going through his list of characters. How long has it been since we last saw Amanda? The answer? It was over 3,000 strips ago, when Faye helped her and her mother to come to terms with Amanda's sexuality, that's when!
I think a delivery of creativity that was meant to supply everyone in an entire village all got installed in BenRG.
See, Hanners can't play her role right now in QC, because her character-actor has another gig - and it's gonna take up a LOT of her time for the next three to four years.
On the other hand, now we can speculate on the adventures of Hanners abroad.
Unexpected. Interesting tho.
I'm actually sorta sad we wont see more of Winslow at the community center. That looked interesting...
Yeah, that's a bit unfair. Winslow was starting to find his own thing, here. Hannelore is behaving like an owner, not like a friend.
How do you know? Hannelore could’ve asked and if he said no then she’d find another alternative, but Winslow might want to travel and this is a chance in a lifetime.
As for today’s strip, is that possibly Amanda’s girlfriend behind her?
Hm. Probably because I don't do TV anymore, but I don't recognize that actress.
On the other hand, now we can speculate on the adventures of Hanners abroad.
NOOOOOO kitten Hanners!! ;____; Please don't keep her and sweet lil' Winslow away for too long!!
... Also Hanners is from Yorkshire? When did that happen? :o
Hm. Probably because I don't do TV anymore, but I don't recognize that actress.
Hint: Blue box, wanders the universe, sometimes brandishes a beeping stick called a "sonic screwdriver"?
Fun fact; some folks get frown lines instead of smile lines.See, Hanners can't play her role right now in QC, because her character-actor has another gig - and it's gonna take up a LOT of her time for the next three to four years.
Hm. Probably because I don't do TV anymore, but I don't recognize that actress.
I had not really envisioned Hannelore as looking like that though. I'd pictured her as being more - well, haunted-looking, jittery, unhealthily thin, and completely unable to use makeup due to OCD "AAAGH THERE'S SOMETHING STICKING TO MY SKIN" reactions. This actress isn't unhealthily bony, she has a face that looks like it's accustomed to smiling, her makeup is perfect, and the skin around her eyes shows no signs of stress or missed sleep.
Even given green contacts for the role and a very different makeup job, I don't think she could look the way I imagine Hannelore.
Hi Amanda!Amanda would be just tactless enough to blurt out "When's the wedding" in reaction to seeing Faye and Bubbles interact, forcing them to stop avoiding the topic. It's perfect.
So... Faye/Bubbles has been a thing that has been teased/speculated about, and we're having a surprise return visit by Faye's lesbian sister... might we be seeing Faye become aware of Bubbles' more-complicated-than-just-friendship feelings for her and doing some soul-searching with the help of her sister who's been through questioning her sexuality? Even if Faye/Bubbles doesn't end up being canon at the end of it, for whatever reason (Faye isn't attracted to women in general, or robots in general, or Bubbles in specific, or Bubbles's feelings, while more than just friendship, aren't actually romantic or sexual in nature, or both, or something else entirely), it would be an interesting story and I can see Jeph wanting to tell it.
I'm surprised that Amanda is still doing that two-toned hair. Wouldn't she have gotten tired of that style ages ago?Some folks just stick with what they like.
Then again, Jeph may have been afraid no one would recognize her if she didn't have it.
Last time on QC:
1) Hannelore accosts her supposed master-of-the-Universe mother and...suffers absolutely no consequences whatsoever, because if she did, fan girls would burn down the internet and boycott Deathmole merchandise.
2) Finally realizing that Tilly is about as popular as a rat in a dark elevator, Jeph puts the poor lad/lass on a bus, er, spaceship. Good riddance.
3) And Jeph, desperate for something, *anything* to make readers forget one of the most unreedeemably awful storylines in QC history, drags out the old TV sitcom warhorse "long lost sibling of main character suddenly shows up, wacky hijinks ensue". Geez, what's next? Gilligan ruins their chances of getting off the island?
Next time on QC: Incest robot threeway! (Or more boring dialogue, your choice.)
I'm a little surprised Claire moving in is so low.
*remembers when someone insulted the comic and then announced they were leaving only to come back a year later to once again insult the comic*We've had a few of those over the years. It's a weird behaviour; kind of like dogs coming back to eat their own poop.
Look, the Tilly storyline was a giant misstep by Jeph, but it was also a story that needed to be told to facilitate the next step in Hanners' own story. And its clear that it went on a little too long. But there's no reason for barely concealed insults towards Jeph. And there's certainly no need to insult fictional characters, because, well, they're fictional.I don't know that I'd say "giant misstep" (I'd reserve that for, say, throwing in a miscarriage, or something...), but I'd entirely agree otherwise.
I for one hope that Jeph continues to periodically challenge his readers.Hear hear!
The usual thoughts about where someone like Hannelore would go to meditate and process her thoughts makes me think of a temple in the Far East, but it could also be neat to see her climbing Machu Picchu or visiting the Pyramids or Stonehenge or something like that. I actually would find it very interesting if Jeph shows more about where she goes and what she does during this excursion, how she reacts to the different culture and see the characters she might meet along the way, see her get her hands dirty working in a strange place, and somehow doesn'ta have a massive freak-out about germs and flees for the safety of home, etc.
#FollowHannelore #WhereverSheMayRoam
Though next time maybe he will sidestep the, hilarious to some, fish slap dance.I for one hope that Jeph continues to periodically challenge his readers.Hear hear!
1) Hannelore accosts her supposed master-of-the-Universe mother and...suffers absolutely no consequences whatsoever, because if she did, fan girls would burn down the internet and boycott Deathmole merchandise.Gotta say, I find it pretty funny that this bullet point simultaneously mocks "fan girls" who overreact to things in this webcomic not going the way they imagined while also holding up Hannelore's mother as "supposed master-of-the-Universe" when, as far as I can tell, only Beatrice fans seem to think of her that way ('cause the comic sure as hell doesn't support that interpretation of the character), and said fans are the only ones making a big burn-down-style fuss over her deciding not to do something horrible to her own daughter.
(A chat with Veronica might be useful.)
To admins: Since Hannelore now have left the comic, should we possibly find a new subtitle for this forum? 'Hannelore & Claire Squeee factory' doesn't seem quite appropriate anymore as there won't be much squeeing over Hannelore until she returns.