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Title: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Gyrre on 15 Sep 2019, 03:30
Yeah....  This was my fallback poll. If one of the mods has a better poll, feel free to change it out.

Two of the above poll options have actually been done.
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EDIT: swapped one of the poll options
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Gyrre on 15 Sep 2019, 03:37
I had thought of another song that my brain was arranging for a brass quintet last week, but I forgot what song it was.

EDIT: typo fix
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Tova on 15 Sep 2019, 16:47
'Life on Mars' by David Bowie, but it's sung by a barbershop quartet.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Zebediah on 15 Sep 2019, 17:44
“Sweet Dreams” by the Eurythmics, covered by a mariachi band.

Believe it or not, I have actually heard two different versions of this.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Gyrre on 15 Sep 2019, 17:47
Those both work.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 15 Sep 2019, 18:43
Oh Pintsize, the only thing edgy about you is your torso chassis.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: DSL on 15 Sep 2019, 20:29
Spathe Ham, but it's soy based with textured vegetable protein filler. Also sawdust.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 15 Sep 2019, 20:44
Nice to see Pintsize back.  However I suspect we're not going to see an extended appearance from him anytime soon.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: brasca on 15 Sep 2019, 20:48
Most notorious hacker in Western Massachusetts?  How’s that work?  Hacking is not bound by geography. 
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: St.Clair on 15 Sep 2019, 21:29
Time to burn some chrome.

... would you believe, tinfoil?
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Tova on 15 Sep 2019, 21:31
Most notorious hacker in Western Massachusetts?  How’s that work?  Hacking is not bound by geography.

It does sound like he's making it up, doesn't it.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Gyrre on 15 Sep 2019, 21:54
"[H]acking goggles"?!?

Who does he think he is,  Radical Edward?
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: BenRG on 15 Sep 2019, 23:15
"It's the waiting that I hate" is a pretty universal viewpoint. Stress is always made worse by unknown and unknowable factors and I've found that my imagination is both better and worse than reality ever is!

Meanwhile, I suppose we have to thank Jeph for finally answering the mystery of Pintsize. Why does he do what he does? "I just wanted to cool and edgy." In other words like any other loud-mouthed class clown. Never forget just how authentically human the AIs are! I'm not sure how to understand his attraction to Claire's feet but, then again, I freely admit to not getting most fetishes.

Most notorious hacker in Western Massachusetts?  How’s that work?  Hacking is not bound by geography. 

It is to the FBI, whose field offices (and thus suspect lists) are bound by geography.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: SmilingCat on 16 Sep 2019, 00:28
Wants to be cool and edgy and also take pictures of feet?

*Tarantino intensifies*
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Wingy on 16 Sep 2019, 03:29
I'm not sure how to understand his attraction to Claire's feet but, then again, I freely admit to not getting most fetishes.
It just means he's found a site he can post (and monetize?) pics of (trans?) feet on.  That's my guess anyway.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Wingy on 16 Sep 2019, 06:00
Given the way Clinton and Claire are drawn, I kinda doubt Claire's feet are big.  But I've been wrong before.  OTOH, I know a few larger-built women who have feet larger than some cis-men I know, so I'm not at all sure what counts as a masculine foot to begin with. 

[Edit to add] I wear a US 12 or 12.5 wide in women's shoes when I do drag for a role and have had the conversation about shoe sizes with cis-females multiple times over the years.  One of my female friends wears US size 11s, and not because her feet are fat or she wants to wear a smaller size, that's just her natural size.  And oh, does she hate shoe shopping - it so seldom results in a find...
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Marco on 16 Sep 2019, 06:07
"Anarchy in UK" by The Sex Pistols, but it's bossa nova - voice and acoustic guitar (nylon strings) only
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: JimC on 16 Sep 2019, 10:09
I once arranged a version of Freebird as a male/female folk duet, backed by a concertina...

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In any case it surely wouldn't do much good for anyone to hack into the exam board, because its not as if they sit on the results weeks before announcing. They're surely assembled very close the the publish date, just a bit of contingency.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Zebediah on 16 Sep 2019, 10:17
OTOH, I know a few larger-built women who have feet larger than some cis-men I know, so I'm not at all sure what counts as a "masculine foot" to begin with.
My wife’s feet are a bit longer than mine. Mine are much wider. Feet are feet.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Gyrre on 16 Sep 2019, 10:37
OTOH, I know a few larger-built women who have feet larger than some cis-men I know, so I'm not at all sure what counts as a "masculine foot" to begin with.
My wife’s feet are a bit longer than mine. Mine are much wider. Feet are feet.
Tangentially related. I was at the local Ren Fair over the weekend and actually found foot wear in my size. Some rope sandals in a US mens 10 6E.
They were in the discount basket at 2/3 the standard price. Turns out their 'malformed' hand-made sandals fit perfectly.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: JoeCovenant on 16 Sep 2019, 10:59
"Anarchy in UK" by The Sex Pistols, but it's bossa nova - voice and acoustic guitar (nylon strings) only

Can't be any stranger than the "French" squeezebox version on the "Swindle" soundtrack! :)

Or Tori Amos' cover of "Teen Spirit" on Piano.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 16 Sep 2019, 11:12
Size 14 Wide shoe here. I never have to buy skis. :-D
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 16 Sep 2019, 15:33
Speaking of runaway emus (https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-09-16/fugitive-emu-leads-chp-freeway-pursuit)
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Gyrre on 16 Sep 2019, 17:32
Size 14 Wide shoe here. I never have to buy skis. :-D

I just save money on snow shoes ;-)
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Wingy on 16 Sep 2019, 18:41
Those feet aren't even a womens size 10s (US) is my bet.   :claireface:

Is this the end of Pintsize and Marten's relationship?  Will Pintsize get reborn as a toaster?  Will May get Pintsize's chassis?
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Theta9 on 16 Sep 2019, 19:44
Hair-metal remake of "Make Me Lose Control" by Eric Carman.
I mean, the song's actually more than halfway there already.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Gyrre on 16 Sep 2019, 20:35
Those feet aren't even a womens size 10s (US) is my bet.   :claireface:

Is this the end of Pintsize and Marten's relationship?  Will Pintsize get reborn as a toaster?  Will May get Pintsize's chassis?
Claire's?
Probably not. Depends on how tall she is.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Hfar on 16 Sep 2019, 20:46
'Allo.  Unapologetic foot fetishist dropping in.  Can confirm that Clair does indeed have cute feet.  Unfortunately doesn't quite meet the criteria for "incredibly sexy," but that's mostly due to how high that bar is.  Would definitely having a following as an independent on Youtube or Instagram but might be an uphill battle making it as a professional foot model for magazines.

And that is my two cents.  Ciao.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: BenRG on 16 Sep 2019, 23:21
In recent years IRL, I recall that there is a recognised trend with students getting into some aspect of the sex industry in order to pay their tuition bills. However, in this case, I think it's more an aspect of Claire's dysphoria. It's simple enough; it would be a huge boost to her to be told that her body is attractive and to have people who are willing to pay to see it...?

That aside, I do recall that Marten has always felt a bit traumatised by his mother's chosen career and how it made others react to her. So I would think that he probably has a very, very large set of personal baggage and qualms that would make it hard for him to be wholeheartedly supportive if Claire wants to do this.

All this aside, I wonder if Jeph is going to use this arc to explain 'on the record' why he doesn't really do adult-only pin-ups and the like of his characters.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Zebediah on 17 Sep 2019, 02:57
Marten, you’re doing it wrong. When your girlfriend wonders aloud if she has sexy feet, the proper response is “You have amazingly sexy feet!”
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 17 Sep 2019, 03:07
Marten, you’re doing it wrong. When your girlfriend wonders aloud if she has sexy feet, the proper response is “You have amazingly sexy feet!”

To be fair, that would be true for anyone else. Not so much when your mother is Veronica Vance.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: BenRG on 17 Sep 2019, 03:10
Marten, you’re doing it wrong. When your girlfriend wonders aloud if she has sexy feet, the proper response is “You have amazingly sexy feet!”

To be fair, that would be true for anyone else. Not so much when your mother is Veronica Vance.

True; I can see Marten being reluctant to presuppose that he knows better than a subject matter expert who is immediately available to consult on the matter!
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Wingy on 17 Sep 2019, 04:56
To be fair, that would be true for anyone else. Not so much when your mother is Veronica Vance.
True; I can see Marten being reluctant to presuppose that he knows better than a subject matter expert who is immediately available to consult on the matter!
Given the discussion Claire witnessed between VV and the old-friend-photog and the impromptu upskirt photoshoot at the wedding table while Claire and Marten were there, I'm pretty sure Claire would be able to accept Marten's deferral to his mother as a subject-matter expert without hating him for not giving the expected ego-boost-statement.

... it would be a huge boost to her to be told that her body is attractive and to have people who are willing to pay to see it...?
  Two things:
A) Not all trans people are interested in external validation of some level of "hotness".  I could name names from my past, but won't.  I think this is somewhat of a fiction non-trans people try to place on trans people.
B) That said, I know cis-people who definitely would do this if they thought they could and it would be an ego-boost for them.  I can also name names from my past that share this kind of viewpoint, but won't.  I pretty sure y'all know at least 2 people like this already...
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Thrudd on 17 Sep 2019, 07:05
A quote to elaborate on my poll selection.

"And now, in honour of the 150th anniversary of Beethoven's death, I would like to play "Clear the Saloon", er, "Clair de Lune", by Debussy. I don't play Beethoven so well, but I play Debussy very badly, and Beethoven would have liked that."

If you know of whom I have quoted then you are a true person of culture.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: DSL on 17 Sep 2019, 07:48
To the Victor belong the spoils (eek) eh (squeal)(pop)
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 17 Sep 2019, 07:50
That makes sense. I might have believed Tom Lehrer but the phrasing isn't exactly like I'd expect from him.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: DSL on 17 Sep 2019, 07:55
Strauss's "Thus Spake Zarathustra" but in disco (as used in a TV commercial for a local furniture store in the 1970s).
 --or --
"1812 Overture" with accordions instead of cannon (as actually performed by the Lawrence Welk orchestra, in purple and pink tuxedos).
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Lupo on 17 Sep 2019, 08:32
Am I the only one, disgusted by the casual kicking of Pintsize? I mean, he is not physically sensitive to get hurt by that, but he must feel very unloved, even more after his kinda sad reasoning in the one before
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 17 Sep 2019, 08:46
Am I the only one, disgusted by the casual kicking of Pintsize? I mean, he is not physically sensitive to get hurt by that, but he must feel very unloved, even more after his kinda sad reasoning in the one before

Were it any other character, I'd agree, but this is Pintsize we're talking about. I'm not saying that Pintsize getting kicked or punched is right, but at his core Pintsize is a troll, but a cathartic troll. He gets a rise out of people, knowing that if they get angry/annoyed with him, they're focusing on him rather than their own (worse) problems. Yesterday, Claire was getting frustrated waiting for the results from her exams - today, she's wondering if she has sexy feet.

I don't like his methods, but there's no doubt that Pintsize fulfils his purpose as a companion AI, keeping an eye on the mental health of his companions.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Wingy on 17 Sep 2019, 09:10
... but he must feel very unloved, even more after his kinda sad reasoning in the one before
Pintsize had an existential meltdown about Marten a ways back, but yes, this is the first time I remember Marten assaulting Pintsize.  When Bubbles and Pintsize first met, Bubbles left him disassembled.  Others have assaulted pintsize on sight (Sam for one, IIRC).  Faye and the freezer.  All of which suggest Pintsize has other issues besides being unloved...
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: BenRG on 17 Sep 2019, 09:12
Am I the only one, disgusted by the casual kicking of Pintsize? I mean, he is not physically sensitive to get hurt by that, but he must feel very unloved, even more after his kinda sad reasoning in the one before

As someone on the new SubReddit pointed out: Before you judge Marten too harshly, remember that Pintsize just offered Claire illegal services in exchange for her letting him take fetish photos of her feet. I believe that Marten's reaction is proportionate (and, indeed, quite mild) to listening to the kickee sexually harass his girlfriend.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: jwhouk on 17 Sep 2019, 12:15
At least he didn't use his torso as a cereal bowl.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: hedgie on 17 Sep 2019, 13:09
Others have assaulted pintsize on sight (Sam for one, IIRC).  Faye and the freezer.  All of which suggest Pintsize has other issues besides being unloved...

Momo caved his head in after she got her new chassis.  Emily hurt her hand punching him in the head, Claire threatened him with a fate worse than death.  And of course, the reindeer.  There are probably more, but it seems as though Pintsize is an acceptable target.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 17 Sep 2019, 13:29
Welcome, new person!

Actually that bugs me too. Even though Marigold said on Twitter that the military bodies just pop back, it's still a bad state of mind you have to be in to kick somebody. Now that Jeph has reimagined AnthroPCs to have civil rights and be treated like any other people, this doesn't fit well.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 17 Sep 2019, 13:33
What bugs me is that people tend to forget that Pintsize tends to sexually harass people, even if it's with the best of intentions. That he gets away with a dent that can pop right out means that he can get away with more than a similar character.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: sitnspin on 17 Sep 2019, 13:48
Pintsize is a creepy sexually harrassing perv. If he was human, I would kick the shit out of him if he pulled half that crap with me. He is an acceptable target because he regularly engages in behaviour that warrants getting smacked.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Scarlet Manuka on 17 Sep 2019, 22:32
I once arranged a version of Freebird as a male/female folk duet, backed by a concertina...
I have to try to arrange Queen's Innuendo for an instrumental trio of flute, trombone, and cello, with the cello part not being too difficult for a student in their fourth year of learning the instrument - who, I found out on the weekend, has trouble with dotted crotchets, as well as dotted quaver - semiquaver groups.

Should be fun...  :cry:
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: BenRG on 17 Sep 2019, 23:17
One thing that makes Marten and Claire cute in a slightly alarming way is how their insecurities and natural politeness tend to reinforce each other! Still, Marten has a point: Never ask a question that you're not sure you want answered, even if it's only about your feet!

Two other things:
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Tyr on 17 Sep 2019, 23:31
I'm not sure there's a way to be totally annonymous AND provide any fetish material that exposes any portion of one's anatomy. A foot fetishist produced hard evidence exonerating Alexandria Ocasio Cortez when someone released a fake 'nude' because the individual in the photo had a condition that AOC does not possess.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Gyrre on 17 Sep 2019, 23:38
Anyways, in light of this week's poll and Deltarune part 2 releasing;
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Marco on 18 Sep 2019, 04:20
Am I the only one, disgusted by the casual kicking of Pintsize? I mean, he is not physically sensitive to get hurt by that, but he must feel very unloved, even more after his kinda sad reasoning in the one before

I'm pretty sure he was expecting to be kicked. Besides, he is build much like a cartoon character for a reason. Most of the violence in QC is stylized cartoon violence - the more the human characters gets realistically drawed, the less they punch each other.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Tai Fanboi on 18 Sep 2019, 04:34
Too much feet talk...  Never did like feet *shudder*

(https://i.imgur.com/lWLSNVn.jpg)
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Gyrre on 18 Sep 2019, 05:44
Wow.... I'd forgotten about that one.


On the note of arranging video game music, the Bobble Bobble theme (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KOuVKxzW4Do) but it's New Orleans jazz.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: DSL on 18 Sep 2019, 05:52
Interesting thing you're doing there, Marty -- you are alternately squicked by Claire even considering catering to foot fetishists, and then (sort of) encouraging. Somewhere between "What did I do?" and "What have I done?"
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Zebediah on 18 Sep 2019, 06:49
It’s because Marten strives to be nonjudgmental. He’s not crazy about the idea. But if it’s something Claire really wants to do, he’ll find a way to make peace with it rather than give her a hard time about it, because he considers his negative reaction to the idea to be his problem, not hers.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Wingy on 18 Sep 2019, 10:14
(https://i.imgur.com/lWLSNVn.jpg)
Well, that's a reasonable guess at the orbital difference between the Earth and Venus at closest approach, so you could rewrite that as:
"...would you mind keeping it on Venus?"
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Tova on 18 Sep 2019, 14:33
In panel 2, Jeph is definitely speaking through Marten

I feel like the first two panels were Jeph's very thoughts before drawing this strip.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 18 Sep 2019, 17:56
We've had a murder! I repeat, we've had a murder! May's lubricant has murdered Sven's hair!
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: cesium133 on 18 Sep 2019, 17:57
I thought it was Clinton with a slightly different hair color at first.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: brasca on 18 Sep 2019, 18:54
I know things got kinky, but what could they have been doing that would get that much fluid in his Sven’s hair?
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Stoon on 18 Sep 2019, 19:16
This is not a look I'm going to get used to.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: pendrake on 18 Sep 2019, 19:17
For comic #4094... (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4094)

1. It will be interesting to see the other girls (Dora, Faye, Hannelore, etc.) reaction(s) to Sven's new hair-"style".

2. "You cut all your friggin' hair off!  Why'd you do that?" ~ Does this men May found Sven's long hair attractive...?  Or just shock at the radical change?  (Or both?)

3. What does that bag of chips' flavor read?  I can only read "CHIP Cheezums [SOMETHING] Dill"...?
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: shanejayell on 18 Sep 2019, 19:59
BWA HA HA HA HA.

 :-D

*cough*

I mean... poor Sven. Really.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Gyrre on 18 Sep 2019, 20:39
I know things got kinky, but what could they have been doing that would get that much fluid in his Sven’s hair?
Maybe it mixed in with or got carried by his own natural oils?
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Shjade on 18 Sep 2019, 22:17
"This fuckin' body!"

100% accurate  :claireface:
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: OldGoat on 18 Sep 2019, 22:30
I'm a day late (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4093), but I'm afraid Claire has mistaken ideas about being able to maintain TOEtal anonymity on the internet.

(Sorry, but sometimes I'm not that quick with puns.)
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: cesium133 on 18 Sep 2019, 22:37
She must be careful, or she may find an arch-enemy on her heels.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: St.Clair on 18 Sep 2019, 22:54
So, first reaction, ha, cute joke.
(Second, poor May.)
But then, third:  and Jeph's war on Long Hair continues.
It's a guy's, this time, so it's a little easier to miss, but... yeah.  :-(
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: BenRG on 18 Sep 2019, 23:16
I think it just demonstrates how deeply we rely on patterns to recognise things; I had no idea that was Sven until he identified himself! I wonder how his loyal legion of fangirls are reacting to the new look?

Poor May, though! Having sex with Sven feels like it's one of the few things that she's ever experienced that was unequivocally a positive, and now her chassis had ruined that by hurting someone. Still, if nothing else, I think that May should report this intelligence to Roko. It's certainly going to help her campaign to be 're-housed' if her current chassis is not only defective, it's mildly toxic! This is turning into a public safety issue!

2. "You cut all your friggin' hair off!  Why'd you do that?" ~ Does this men May found Sven's long hair attractive...?  Or just shock at the radical change?  (Or both?)

I'm not sure but my thoughts are definitely drifting in the direction of her liking the long hair combined with shock at the change.

My biggest worry? I... honestly think that we may be getting the first pre-shocks of history repeating itself. Faye only wanted it to be sex too, at first; that didn't stop it from developing into an emotional connection that ended up hurting her and Sven both.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Penquin47 on 18 Sep 2019, 23:59
I think Faye was lying to herself the whole time.  The sex didn't happen until they'd bonded over Faye accusing him of lying about his guitar, and a couple other encounters where they weren't completely hostile to each other.  Sven, too.  They were forming a friendship, and then they fucked it up with sex, and told themselves it was only sex that they wanted with each other when it wasn't.

With May, on the other hand, it really did start off as curiosity and horniness.  This would be a good chance for Sven to demonstrate his character growth by not repeating the mistakes he made with Faye.  Of course, May's probably not ready for it, but I don't think this is going to be history repeating itself.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: oddtail on 18 Sep 2019, 23:59
I kinda wanna a running gag now with May not recognising Sven upon meeting him, for increasingly bizarre reasons.

No idea why. I just fing the idea amusing.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: rtmq0227 on 19 Sep 2019, 06:28
I know things got kinky, but what could they have been doing that would get that much fluid in his Sven’s hair?
Maybe it mixed in with or got carried by his own natural oils?

I'm reminded of the effect and power of pure water.  Whatever fluid they use may be similarly potent.
 https://www.businessinsider.com/super-kamiokande-neutrino-detector-is-unbelievably-beautiful-2018-6 (https://www.businessinsider.com/super-kamiokande-neutrino-detector-is-unbelievably-beautiful-2018-6).
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Thrudd on 19 Sep 2019, 06:39
But then, third:  and Jeph's war on Long Hair continues.
It's a guy's, this time, so it's a little easier to miss, but... yeah.  :-(
It is almost as if whenever a character with longer hair starts showing up more often that they get follically massacred.
Does this mean that he will be a major part of the story for the next little while?
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Shjade on 19 Sep 2019, 08:31
2. "You cut all your friggin' hair off!  Why'd you do that?" ~ Does this men May found Sven's long hair attractive...?  Or just shock at the radical change?  (Or both?)

I'm not sure but my thoughts are definitely drifting in the direction of her liking the long hair combined with shock at the change.

Given the previous possibly-forgotten-identity issue, there could also be the whole "how am I supposed to remember that's you if you keep changing your hair" angle/joke.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Wingy on 19 Sep 2019, 08:48
Does this mean that he will be a major part of the story for the next little while?
Maybe Sven decides to help fund May's new chassis, putting an obligation on May, who now isn't all that interested in him.   (Poor Sven.)  Oh the conflict within May....
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: St.Clair on 19 Sep 2019, 09:33
I know things got kinky, but what could they have been doing that would get that much fluid in his Sven’s hair?
Maybe it mixed in with or got carried by his own natural oils?

I'm reminded of the effect and power of pure water.  Whatever fluid they use may be similarly potent.
 https://www.businessinsider.com/super-kamiokande-neutrino-detector-is-unbelievably-beautiful-2018-6 (https://www.businessinsider.com/super-kamiokande-neutrino-detector-is-unbelievably-beautiful-2018-6).

As I've said before:  water would be a terrifying solvent if we weren't already ourselves mostly made of stuff dissolved in it.

But then, third:  and Jeph's war on Long Hair continues.
It's a guy's, this time, so it's a little easier to miss, but... yeah.  :-(
It is almost as if whenever a character with longer hair starts showing up more often that they get follically massacred.
Does this mean that he will be a major part of the story for the next little while?

I dunno if it means that Sven will be sticking around, but it is IMO part of the observed trend that Jeph himself prefers short hair (or hates drawing long, but more the first I think) and has been working his way through the cast to eliminate the latter.
I'm not a fan of it, myself.  I feel that it reduces the overall diversity of character design.  (I made a previous comparison to drawing everyone as circles, relying solely on size and color to differentiate them.)
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Roborat on 19 Sep 2019, 11:54
I am impressed, and somewhat surprised.  A whole page in the forum and not one post commenting on the title of the magazine May is reading.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: rtmq0227 on 19 Sep 2019, 13:13
I am impressed, and somewhat surprised.  A whole page in the forum and not one post commenting on the title of the magazine May is reading.

I just assume that AI are as interested in biological functions/byproducts as we are with the intellectual and philosophical experience of being an AI.  Why wouldn't there be entire magazines by and for AI dedicated to certain bodily functions?

May just wants everyone to THINK she's constantly consuming the most esoteric and taboo porn she can find.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 19 Sep 2019, 14:21
I am impressed, and somewhat surprised.  A whole page in the forum and not one post commenting on the title of the magazine May is reading.

We thought about it, but then we realised that would've been taking the piss.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Akima on 19 Sep 2019, 15:59
"This fukin' body, I swear to god"
I relate, May, I relate...
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Pygar on 19 Sep 2019, 18:39
I am impressed, and somewhat surprised.  A whole page in the forum and not one post commenting on the title of the magazine May is reading.

They've been passing up a golden opportunity...
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: bhtooefr on 19 Sep 2019, 19:30
Looks like it is her fuckin' body, literally.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: St.Clair on 19 Sep 2019, 20:03
well.  huh.
that's a thing.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: sitnspin on 19 Sep 2019, 20:14
For comic #4094... (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4094)

2. "You cut all your friggin' hair off!  Why'd you do that?" ~ Does this men May found Sven's long hair attractive...?  Or just shock at the radical change?  (Or both?)

Difficulty recognising people if they make changes to identifiable physical features is not uncommon among neurodivergent people. She may even have a form of prosopagnasia.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: shanejayell on 19 Sep 2019, 20:34
*PFFFFFT*

I was actually thinking of ASKING about his hair down there too. But I decided it wasn't tactful.

Jeph then beats me to it...

This may also confirm she's... uhm... anatomically correct down there.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Somebody on 19 Sep 2019, 20:35
Uh.... wasn't it established May was like unto a Barbie doll in certain ways?
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: shanejayell on 19 Sep 2019, 20:40
Uh.... wasn't it established May was like unto a Barbie doll in certain ways?

I remember her VR body was. Can't recall if this one was stated explicitly...
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: de_la_Nae on 19 Sep 2019, 20:49
1. This confirms nothing. Have you never slid a penis against a surface?

2. This was addressed last time they had sex.

edit: 3. this exact conversation comes up almost every time May comes up it feels like. Especially anything with her sexuality. we go round and round in the same patterns.

which... whatever i guess, maybe it's different people going round and round in the same patterns i'm just witnessing from over here. i can't tell you people apart, you're just rectangles on a website! :o
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: QuestionableIntentions on 19 Sep 2019, 20:55
Sven is loaded, right?

The solution here is clearly him buying her a new body.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: SmilingCat on 19 Sep 2019, 21:01
*Channeling my grumpy old chemist father.* Not carcinogenic? Not even according to the state of California? That is surprising!

On the subject of May's body, I feel like we've literally seen her barbie doll anatomy after her last Sven-session. Either way, Sven's apparently happy with whatever he's getting, so it's not like it matters.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: cesium133 on 19 Sep 2019, 21:58
I went to a conference in Anaheim once. The conference center had a sign on the door warning that something (what it was was not indicated by the sign) inside the convention center was a carcinogen according to the state of California.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: BenRG on 19 Sep 2019, 23:35
Yeah, this is definitely going in the direction of Sven's relationship with Faye: "Oh, yeah, that was just a one-off thing without any emotional content, want to do it again?" I'm wondering how long it will be before May's living at Sven's place and is making elaborate rationalisations for it because of course she's not Clown Boy's girlfriend!

However, we must be on the lookout for the other shoe dropping because we all know how badly the spontaneous fling between Sven and Faye ended. Of course, Sven has come a long way since then and maybe is more able to consider others before reacting on impulse to temptation... at least temptation with someone other than May. Why would this be important? Because I do think that, her demurrals aside, this really is getting more serious for both of them than May has insisted is the case. I think it was more serious for Sven from the start, or so I see in retrospect re-reading those strips.

Going meta for a moment, I think that this is the most 'adult' image that Jeph has ever published in any context, more so even than the post-coital scene that he decided to censor a few months back. Maybe I was wrong when I opinioned that he doesn't want to do stuff like this or maybe he's working himself up to it?

Sven is loaded, right?

The solution here is clearly him buying her a new body.

I still don't think that May would want 'charity'. I think that there would also be concerns from many direction that he was trying to make her his 'sex doll' or something similar. In any case, that''s missing the point because he's... er... obviously satisfied with the current level of equipment fidelity. No, I think it would be more appropriate and in-character if we had a scene of May made her own choice for herself and, if there was an element of wanting a higher-fidelity chassis, it was because she wanted to give that to Sven.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Gyrre on 20 Sep 2019, 00:05
Sven is loaded, right?

The solution here is clearly him buying her a new body.
If those on the coast would just admit it's their smog, it'd be nice.

EDIT:  Granted, the smog isn't as bad as it used to be.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Jedit on 20 Sep 2019, 00:22
1. This confirms nothing. Have you never slid a penis against a surface?

2. This was addressed last time they had sex.

Last time it was addressed with a watermelon.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Somebody on 20 Sep 2019, 04:12
Uh.... wasn't it established May was like unto a Barbie doll in certain ways?

I remember her VR body was. Can't recall if this one was stated explicitly...
https://www.questionablecontent.net/3304
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: bhtooefr on 20 Sep 2019, 04:14
Going meta for a moment, I think that this is the most 'adult' image that Jeph has ever published in any context, more so even than the post-coital scene that he decided to censor a few months back. Maybe I was wrong when I opinioned that he doesn't want to do stuff like this or maybe he's working himself up to it?

https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1334

Also, there's always Bonercat. "Adult", no, "adult", yes, if you get my drift.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: JoeCovenant on 20 Sep 2019, 05:36
Bloody hell.
I went to reply to this, got called away from my desk, and came back to find 20, 000,000 additions!

I think I can gleefully say I called this one.

Didn't think May and Sven would be a one-off.
Also think Sven may offer to get May a new body.
But this could open a very interesting avenue for personal/relationship trauma as May would then be in a body her lover helped her choose...
What if they broke up acrimoniously?  What if May's mild paranoia leads to a "He only wants to be with me because he bought the perfect body for him"? Etc etc... Could also go totally the opposite way, of course.
Sven might not offer to buy one and May get's one through Roko... But Sven could actually be attached to May's crappy old body! And find it hard to adjust to New May...

Probably overthinking it, (No, really??) but as said above.. there are a LOT of ways this could play out.

Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: BenRG on 20 Sep 2019, 05:47
It's worth noting that Jeph is generally averse to unhappy endings for main characters although, in the case of Marten, Dora and Faye, it took about 3000 strips to get there in all their cases.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Wingy on 20 Sep 2019, 10:19
If a processor swap is as simple as it was for the one fighter when CW was demonstrating to Faye that the AIs processors aren't damaged (3008), why couldn't May keep her current body (or one Roko procures for her) for daily work and then swap into Sven's dream machine for when they're playing together?  Sven could even keep it at his place so no one needs to know besides May that it's even being used?   :roll:
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Wingy on 20 Sep 2019, 10:32
Going meta for a moment, I think that this is the most 'adult' image that Jeph has ever published in any context, more so even than the post-coital scene that he decided to censor a few months back.
What about Dora and Tai in 3022?
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: mjayg on 20 Sep 2019, 10:34
That was the worst pickup line ever... even though it worked lol
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: de_la_Nae on 20 Sep 2019, 11:05
Man, I just continue to be confused by some of the chatter around this.

I wouldn't be switching my consciousness to another body based on someone I don't know much outside of banging a couple times offering to moneybags me one he'd like to fuck better. Even though I don't much care for this hellish body I live in now, lol
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: TheEvilDog on 20 Sep 2019, 11:55
Exactly. Why would Sven buy May a new body when they've only banged twice? Why would May let Sven buy her a new body, when that would make her feel more indebted to someone? Is she going to feel like a literal sextoy? Because seriously, that's what some of you are inadvertently suggesting.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Roborat on 20 Sep 2019, 12:42
I see those two idiots are at it again.  They are so cute, I hope this goes well for both of them, for a change.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: OldGoat on 20 Sep 2019, 16:55
Exactly. Why would Sven buy May a new body when they've only banged twice? Why would May let Sven buy her a new body, when that would make her feel more indebted to someone? Is she going to feel like a literal sextoy? Because seriously, that's what some of you are inadvertently suggesting.
Why?  He wants to bang her some more.  Both are more than willing to admit they're giving in to the temptations of the flesh and whatever it is that androids call it, and both would be loath to admit they're falling in love.   And that might be the point.  May isn't renown for her good choices, and being an intelligent sex toy might seem pretty appealing to her, at least at first.  But, the realization that it isn't so cool after all would be a growth opportunity for her, and Jeph is writing her as a dynamic character.

I do believe I called Sven buying May a chassis weeks ago, complete with the prediction of guilt trip dynamics.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Perfectly Reasonable on 20 Sep 2019, 20:01
Exactly the sort of question I'd expect from May. Apparently that's the back room. I'm wondering what the skullposter says.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: BenRG on 20 Sep 2019, 23:34
If a processor swap is as simple as it was for the one fighter when CW was demonstrating to Faye that the AIs processors aren't damaged (3008)...

I think that you're over-interpreting that strip. Nothing was said about body-swaps, only that the CPUs & core drives are pretty hard to damage if they're in the appropriately hardened module. Nothing was said about how easy it was to install it into a new chassis with all the issues about driver software and getting used to a new sensorium.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Eternal_Newbie on 21 Sep 2019, 02:49
Exactly. Why would Sven buy May a new body when they've only banged twice? Why would May let Sven buy her a new body, when that would make her feel more indebted to someone? Is she going to feel like a literal sextoy? Because seriously, that's what some of you are inadvertently suggesting.
Why?  He wants to bang her some more.  Both are more than willing to admit they're giving in to the temptations of the flesh and whatever it is that androids call it, and both would be loath to admit they're falling in love.   And that might be the point.  May isn't renown for her good choices, and being an intelligent sex toy might seem pretty appealing to her, at least at first.  But, the realization that it isn't so cool after all would be a growth opportunity for her, and Jeph is writing her as a dynamic character.

I do believe I called Sven buying May a chassis weeks ago, complete with the prediction of guilt trip dynamics.

I can also see May telling Sven where to shove it. IMO she would rather go through the schlep with Roko of getting this body fixed or replaced than be indebted to yet another being, even if he's a sexy dweeb, for her body, and have further obligations.

But May is hard to predict, part of why she is an interesting  character.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 21 Sep 2019, 10:19
That was the worst pickup line ever... even though it worked lol

Welcome, new person!

You got me thinking. I may start a poll in Chatter or Relate for worst pickup line ever.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 21 Sep 2019, 10:22
If a processor swap is as simple as it was for the one fighter when CW was demonstrating to Faye that the AIs processors aren't damaged (3008), why couldn't May keep her current body (or one Roko procures for her) for daily work and then swap into Sven's dream machine for when they're playing together?  Sven could even keep it at his place so no one needs to know besides May that it's even being used?   :roll:

A new body seems to affect the AI characters more like plastic surgery for a squishy as opposed to changing clothes. If she were going into every hot date with Roko-level body dysphoria that would not be good. It would be a good story line though.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Wingy on 21 Sep 2019, 14:10
If a processor swap is as simple as it was for the one fighter when CW was demonstrating to Faye that the AIs processors aren't damaged (3008)...

I think that you're over-interpreting that strip. Nothing was said about body-swaps, only that the CPUs & core drives are pretty hard to damage if they're in the appropriately hardened module. Nothing was said about how easy it was to install it into a new chassis with all the issues about driver software and getting used to a new sensorium.
All that is granted.  I can still see May, in her rush to experience the carnal, trying exactly this (if you're gonna get a sex-doll body, might a well get one with a bomb rack, etc.), even if she has to keep two boot records and duplicate registries, until she figures out what she wants to be.  Mistress to a rich songwriter might fit her self-concept for a while...  Though I can't see her doing that for long, given her reaction to the virtual maids costume.  And think of the internal conflict this could bring Bubbles and Momo as they adjust to May the golddigger.  And everyone after she decides what she really wants (poor Sven) and goes off to get it.

Or May could keep many boot records and enjoy swapping bodies to keep Sven pleasurably occupied...  One for going out dancing, one cleaning the place, one for sexy times, etc.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Nigel on 21 Sep 2019, 21:04
That was the worst pickup line ever... even though it worked lol

Which pickup line? Sven's seems obvious, but it was May who asked a very leading question. I would argue that May was the actual instigator...
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Gyrre on 22 Sep 2019, 01:02
I wasn't expecting 'Clair de Lune' by Claude Debussy, but it's noir Jazz to when the poll, but it did.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: JimC on 22 Sep 2019, 04:51
Nothing was said about how easy it was to install it into a new chassis with all the issues about driver software and getting used to a new sensorium.
Winslow seems to have swapped into new chassis fairly readily...
https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1012
https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3542
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Gyrre on 22 Sep 2019, 08:21
BTWb this is the closest I've found to noir jazz of the jazz covers so far.


EDIT: found another contender. At least for the first half.
Title: Re: WCDT strips 4091-4095 (16th-20th September 2019)
Post by: Is it cold in here? on 22 Sep 2019, 09:02
Nothing was said about how easy it was to install it into a new chassis with all the issues about driver software and getting used to a new sensorium.
Winslow seems to have swapped into new chassis fairly readily...
https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1012
https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3542

It makes sense that every individual experience would be different.