Comic's already up and nobody else seems to have done a WCDT thread yet, so here's my first attempt at one. No, I had no idea what to ask for a poll question, so I punted.
(If anyone's wondering, every one of the possible answers is the punchline to a shaggy-dog story.)
Danielle Corsetto killed it. Absolutely killed it with her comic. She's an evil genius. Haha.
Haha that index fingers together thing! This person knows Jeph’s ladies too well.Sort of? She put her fingers together, but it wasn't only her index fingers (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2246).
Did Tai do that too when she asked Dora out? I can’t remember. I want to say she did.
Haha that index fingers together thing! This person knows Jeph’s ladies too well.Sort of? She put her fingers together, but it wasn't only her index fingers (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2246).
Did Tai do that too when she asked Dora out? I can’t remember. I want to say she did.
Try as they might, Bubbles and Faye will not be able to escape...That's actually something I expressed some concern about - for Tai's own safety. What would an ex-soldier and a compulsive puncher do if surprised by someone jumping out and throwing stuff at them?
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The Tai confetti pounce™
It's kind of in-character for this to happen, isn't it? I mean, Momo has complained about Dale and Marigold's 'enthusiastic' sex life and we know that the two of them disappeared pretty much for the day after they 'discovered' each other.
I still want to know what the costumes were, though!
Damn Karla draws May well! I'd have thought it was Jeph himself.
I doubt that any of this week's strips are going to be numbered - It's Guest Comic Week after all!
Damn Karla draws May well! I'd have thought it was Jeph himself.
It was bottom right panel (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3682) she did edit the eyes.
Wow, what a good memory you have! Thanks!
Of course, she's not just a game character - she's originally a vocaloid voicebank (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsune_Miku). I wonder if Jeph has been using her in his music.
So, Hatsune Miku, huh? Kinda playing against type, there.My niece cosplayed as her at Anime North this year ...(click to show/hide)
Looking at these past comics, it's clear why Marigold and Faye never became friends. And why Marigold and mostly everyone but Hanners aren't friends.I think her not having many friends has a lot to do with her being a terrible introvert. She's also terribly insecure. The two are related. She'd rather sit in her apartment playing video games, or working on her Dad's website, or watching anime, than go out and be with people. She considers the whole crew - yes, even Faye - to be her "friends", but she hates crowds, so she doesn't spend time with anyone but Dale now that Hannelore is away. I can sympathize... I'm much the same. I have to force myself to get out and interact with people.
I identify with Marigold the most. Jeez. People are so MEAN to her.
Miku is a pretty popular choice for young girls to dress up as, so there's probably only a couple thousand pictures to sift through... :-\So, Hatsune Miku, huh? Kinda playing against type, there.My niece cosplayed as her at Anime North this year ...(click to show/hide)
If you web search you might be lucky enough to find a pic - She is the very short, very cute, one with the costume complete with all the accessory bits sans onion only because I forgot to bring it [doh]
I never got the impression that Faye and Marigold were friends. If they are, they sure have a strange "friendship." From what I can see her friends are Dale (duh), Momo, May, Hanners, and maybe Emily.That's why I put "friends" in quotes. I don't think she actually dislikes any of them - even Faye. She's not that type of person. And she has been made to feel welcome in their "inner circle". But she doesn't spend time with anyone but those select few.
So, Hatsune Miku, huh? Kinda playing against type, there.Hmmm......(click to show/hide)
Now, there is absolutely nothing wrong with cosplay or sexy roleplay of a character with a different body type than one's own. A big part of cosplay and roleplay for many people is getting out of your own head and playing with the idea of being somebody else. But I do find it fascinating to see what kinds of characters people chose to play. Why Hatsune? She's rail-thin and has no character to speak of. I'd love to know what it is that makes Marigold look at her and think "that's someone sexy I'd want to dress up as in bed". Is it a body type she finds sexy? A type she thinks Dale would find sexy? Is it because Hatsune's lack of a defined character lets Marigold project whatever traits she wants onto her? I'd love to be able to ask her.
Seeing Pintsize's face like that is...unsettling.Pintsize reminds me of those little yellow aliens from Excel Saga.
That's why I put "friends" in quotes. I don't think she actually dislikes any of them - even Faye. She's not that type of person. And she has been made to feel welcome in their "inner circle". But she doesn't spend time with anyone but those select few.
Panel 2 indicates that Bubbles doesn't know a socket wrench from an open-end wrench.
I never got the impression that Faye and Marigold were friends. If they are, they sure have a strange "friendship." From what I can see her friends are Dale (duh), Momo, May, Hanners, and maybe Emily.
Haha that index fingers together thing! This person knows Jeph’s ladies too well.When Faye did that the other day, I found it to be one of the most adorable aspects of an overall adorable strip. As far as I've been able to determine, that was the first time she ever did that, yes?
Did Tai do that too when she asked Dora out? I can’t remember. I want to say she did.
Jeph didn't write this strip. It's all on the guest artist.Panel 2 indicates that Bubbles doesn't know a socket wrench from an open-end wrench.
Damn - I was about to post that too. I'm sure Jeph is having a bit of a joke with us. If anybody knows a socket from an open end wrench its gotta be Bubbles.
When Faye did that the other day, I found it to be one of the most adorable aspects of an overall adorable strip. As far as I've been able to determine, that was the first time she ever did that, yes?
Speaking of that gesture, I just noticed the other day that Dora did it in this strip.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3144
Nice avatar! Haha! I can see you got a higher quality image than the one I got at online-image-editor.com.
Nice avatar! Haha! I can see you got a higher quality image than the one I got at online-image-editor.com.
Hi! Funny you should mention that! Just yesterday I was lurking, and I saw yours, and I said "Oh crap, they probably think I copied them." I was going to offer to change it if you wanted, but then today I saw that you'd changed yours.
I made mine by saving the image from the main site and editing it in Paint.
I kinda want to see the rest of what Momo's reading... :psyduck:
My avatar now is more "cuddly." I hope to see a lot of them cuddling and snuggling in the future.
...boy was this some whiplash from being overjoyed with how this comic is going to being completely disappointing to see a guest comic by the gross as hell erika moen
For real tho I'm up too late and I worded that post a bit harshly. I don't want to spark any more debates on what's problematic or not. Just my personal distaste.
But I totally understand and respect if you don't feel that way.
Bah! You're hardly copying me. We both appreciate a beautiful moment. :-)
My avatar now is more "cuddly." I hope to see a lot of them cuddling and snuggling in the future."I concur" would be a Brobdingnagian understatement.
...boy was this some whiplash from being overjoyed with how this comic is going to being completely disappointing to see a guest comic by the gross as hell erika moen
Jeph wrote today's comic, so there's that at least.
It's a shame to find out the art was by somebody so problematic, because I thought today's comic was a hilarious razzing of the fanbase.
Jeph wrote today's comic, so there's that at least.
It's a shame to find out the art was by somebody so problematic, because I thought today's comic was a hilarious razzing of the fanbase.
Would you care to explain what problems the artist poses, for those of us
who are unfamiliar?
I don't know if there's a significant overlap between this forum and the Patreon. If there is, let me know, since I don't want to bore people by reposting stuff.
Plenty of people here are not on Patreon. However, note that this means we do not allow discussions of things which Patreon members may have seen but which are not yet openly public. A simple matter of not spoiling.
Well I think the weasel word is an attempt to be diplomatic and avoid being crass and insulting.
But I totally understand and respect if you don't feel that way.
In case I haven't said it before here, I love how people can have reasonable, respectful, nuanced discussions here and come to an understanding over a topic! The internet appears to be lacking in that, and it's refreshing to see decent people.
Ohhh!! Her pretty pink eyes and green hair! That's why she's called Melon. :DAnd her tunic is about the same color as a red watermelon's flesh.
I think her having the IQ of a melon is mostly an act...
I don't want to write up a callout or anything but shes made some shitty stuff in the past like a comic fetishizing trans men (https://www.darcomic.com/2009/02/17/transmen/) (all links are NSFW) and has had some bad discussions on her sex ed comic like when she talked about cuckolding (https://www.dailydot.com/irl/oh-joy-sex-toy-cuckolding-racism/) or having a guest recommend sea sponges (https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/sponge/) which can be very dangerous (https://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2016/05/18/glamour-gives-risky-period-advice-recommends-dangerous-sea-sponges/).
idk I know she's apologized for most of that and I get why people like her, but personally I just don't trust her.
For real tho I'm up too late and I worded that post a bit harshly. I don't want to spark any more debates on what's problematic or not. Just my personal distaste.
ANYWAY I still love the comic tho but that's to be expected since it's Jeph's writing
I've been following OJST since pretty much the beginning. I can't see what you "don't trust" about her or what she needs to "apologize" for. She talks about sex and talks about it honestly. All sorts of body types, preferences, likes, dislikes, and messiness. And she does it straight up, without pandering. Maybe that's why she's the one Planned Parenthood supports rather than, say, your work. Does she have personal preferences? Of course, and she's up front about that. So do you. So do I.
Her art style is quirky and idiosyncratic. Not everyone likes it, but the same can be said for any artist's work even, (say it ain't so) Jeph's.
Other commenters are correct. "Problematic" is a passive-aggressive weasel-word used to arbitrarily dismiss and silence while trying ineffectively to appear even-handed.
synonyms: difficult, hard, taxing, troublesome, tricky, awkward, controversial, ticklish, complicated, complex, knotty, thorny, prickly, vexed; informalsticky
"the pest control in this building has gotten very problematic"
I'm not sure I would recognize spinal fluid at first glance, honestly! And I've got a lot more of it than most AIs...
Somewhere, maybe someplace in DISCUSS, I personally could really use a clarification of whether "problematic" means something that's a problem, in which case it's either mild or severe, or whether it's a polite word for "bigoted", or whether it means "You did an oops there".The way I see it used most often these days as a "yellow flag" type warning about media. Which is great in my opinion because I personally like to know if I'm likely to encounter sexism/racism/homophobia/transphobia/other problematic things in a book/show/webcomic/etc so that I can make an informed decision about whether or not I want to read/watch it. For example: If I were to recommend QC to someone I would say (among other things) "It's good but some of the early strips are problematic". I would then elaborate more on the aspects that I see as problematic if requested.
“Why did you even pick the name Melon if you didn’t know what they were?”
Has it been confirmed that Pintsize went to poker night to tell the other AIs about Faye and Bubbles? Just curious.
I totally get what you mean. Faye and Bubbles' relationship is something I've found very moving, in a way I haven't found much else in a comic moving before. I am probably way too emotionally invested. Them kissing was an EXPERIENCE for me.
To address the other point: I don’t think Pintsize told the other robots about Faye and Bubbles. Whether that really was out of unprecedented decorum or a rare fit of self-preservation is open to question. But as far as we know he’s told no one, and only went to poker night to get out of the way.
the discharge of a literary capacitor
In some circles, a distinction is made between "Doylist" and "Watsonian" explanations. ("Why didn't they do this?" "It wasn't in the script!": Doylist. "They didn't know about this other thing.": Watsonian.) So what you're asking for is a Watsonian explanation of something that has an obvious Doylist explanation.
He may be a horrible little robot, but he's not an asshole. (https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3185)
Heh. I didn't even want to get into this aspect, because my post was long-winded enough. But yeah, those last two posts represent my thoughts. Clearly chassis designers put a lot of effort into facial verisimilitude, which includes a moving jaw. And if you're going to have a moving jaw, then do you just go ahead and do a tongue, vocal cords, etc.?
Heh. I didn't even want to get into this aspect, because my post was long-winded enough. But yeah, those last two posts represent my thoughts. Clearly chassis designers put a lot of effort into facial verisimilitude, which includes a moving jaw. And if you're going to have a moving jaw, then do you just go ahead and do a tongue, vocal cords, etc.?
I'd guess the moving mouth thing is more to keep them away from being too creepy looking. Human looking robots today even have moving mouths, despite using speakers, even if they're not quite as refined. Air over vocal chords seems like WAY more complexity than needed, especially since robots still sound, well, robotic-ish, based on how Jeph draws the text bubbles.
“Why did you even pick the name Melon if you didn’t know what they were?”
“I just thought it was a cool word! How was I supposed to know they were a real thing? I mean, humans have words for all kinds of things that don’t really exist, like ‘rabbit’ and ‘tortellini’ and ‘misdemeanor’!”
Er. Faye called Bubbles’ voice “pretty,” which makes me think she doesn’t sound “robotic.”
Her voice must be very special, given she has a different font, and Faye and Marten imitated her voice.
I've thought about this.
Considering, roughly, the time that Bubbles "emerged", her voicebox could only be modeled after one person.
Angelina Jolie.
Tricky. Bubbles has such a particular combination of character traits: formal, gracious, somber, fierce, fiercely honorable... and adorably goofy.You basically hit all the high points of Inara from Firefly/Serenity there, so what about Morena Baccarin? Just downshifted an octave or so.
Never heard of her. I think there are a lot of actresses who could pull off Bubbles...imho.
Ooooh, good one. Can't believe I didn't think of her!Tricky. Bubbles has such a particular combination of character traits: formal, gracious, somber, fierce, fiercely honorable... and adorably goofy.You basically hit all the high points of Inara from Firefly/Serenity there, so what about Morena Baccarin? Just downshifted an octave or so.
"I would never leave unless you asked me to."
"I would never ask you to."
From Hughyeman's signature,Quote"I would never leave unless you asked me to."
"I would never ask you to."
That was a commitment ceremony, without the ceremony. That's further than the other couples in the comic have gone.
They have cemented it in 3751 where they agreed to keep going in the face of mistakes and adversity.
If this falls short of a marriage it's only by a few inches and a couple of rings.
Faye's head is still going to explode when Bubbles proposes.
“Why did you even pick the name Melon if you didn’t know what they were?”
“I just thought it was a cool word! How was I supposed to know they were a real thing? I mean, humans have words for all kinds of things that don’t really exist, like ‘rabbit’ and ‘tortellini’ and ‘misdemeanor’!”
(https://i.imgur.com/AxASZb2.png)
Someone is eventually going to yell at me for continuing to make and post these. :-P
He may be a horrible little robot, but he's not an asshole. (https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3185)