We haven't seen Faye's sister in a long time too. Have her & Mom visit. :-DFaye's mom, her sister and her girlfriend. The one I suspect mom isn't that keen on. Make for a "interesting" time for Faye and Bubbles.
Marten hasn't had a storyline in forever. Time for his bus to come back.
There's an unresolved question about what he will do if Claire's job is out of town. Drama could ensue.
Union Robotics gets a really tough problem. Emily offers to help. Sam crosses two wires and ...So long as the next part isn't 'BOOM' or the AI getting fried that could be an interesting plot.
Huh - Northampton actually has a smaller permanent population than Amherst. Having lived in Amherst, I would not have guessed that.i
Marten hasn't had a storyline in forever. Time for his bus to come back.I get the feeling Marten is at best a bit character now. I've had that feeling for a while now but seeing Marten completely abandon his dream (after Jeph spent years not even bringing up Deathmole at all much less ever actually giving them a show or something to get some progress on that dream) for something that is tangentially related at best is what cemented it. Marten's main purpose has largely always been to just prop up the rest of the cast to keep them all together and he's become not even particularly important in that capacity anymore. I think we've reached the point in the comic when Jeph could retire Marten completely and it wouldn't completely wreck the rest of the cast.
I was thinking of one of the Emily scenarios, then I was thinking of the space station scenario - then I thought, "Why not one where Emily gets a job on the station? Where her wild talents and imagination would be appreciated!" ( and generally safer - i.e., not among the general unsuspecting population! :-P )I think the NSA has several black bag squads and a hojillion lawyers on standby to prevent exactly this situation occurring, mainly to prevent either Earth or Station suffering abrupt terminal existence failure because hypercardigans are bad enough already, thank you very much.
Heck, why not a whole spin-off on board the space station, with Emily among a population of fellow propeller-heads?! :-D
I have a favored scenario that starts like that... and continues, in this case, with these characters to:Union Robotics gets a really tough problem. Emily offers to help. Sam crosses two wires and ...So long as the next part isn't 'BOOM' or the AI getting fried that could be an interesting plot.
Union Robotics gets a really tough problem. Emily offers to help. Sam crosses two wires and ...
Roughly 30k vs. 40k, so both small-ish towns, really. But Northampton has city status and Amherst doesn't, and downtown Northampton looks more urban (despite UMass's 28-story library).East Coast small, got it.
I like the idea of Faye introducing Bubs to her mother/sis/sil and seeing the reaction. However, I would be interested to see Roko going over to the apartment that Yay has with their other instances to meet the dogs.I'd be willing to bet money that they all take turns speaking parts of the same sentence just to be annoying/show off.
Would allow for more exploration of how these instances are different from each other and give a counterpoint to Roko's own identity issues seeing this entity easily have multiple versions all with slight uniqueness born from their individual interactions in the world since they became realised. Plus you could have Roko think she's talking to Yay but its one of the others who reacts oddly to her compared to what she is used to from Yay.
BUBBLES
Alright. Pay attention now, as this is where it starts getting weird. First: Have a cookie.
The humanisation of Yay continues with a tacit admission that they do feel a certain amount of awkwardness about their past behaviour.
The humanisation of Yay continues with a tacit admission that they do feel a certain amount of awkwardness about their past behaviour. Also, yes, it is possible that they suffer from mottephobia. :-PAt a guess, they want it specifically so that they --quite literally-- don't ever have to show their faces again.
So, what does Yay want with the work being done by Invisible Emu? I know that they're paranoid about being discovered, feeding into my theory that they're a runaway NSA communications monitoring system. Do they like the idea of being literally invisible? If they were, just how would they abuse that because of their instinct to snoop?
I wonder how long it's been that Roko has wanted to meet the SpookyPups?
Okay now Jeph is *definitely* going to drop a past relationship drama bomb on Bubbles.
Or am I giving him Willis-levels of credit?
Marten hasn't had a storyline in forever. Time for his bus to come back.I get the feeling Marten is at best a bit character now. I've had that feeling for a while now but seeing Marten completely abandon his dream (after Jeph spent years not even bringing up Deathmole at all much less ever actually giving them a show or something to get some progress on that dream) for something that is tangentially related at best is what cemented it. Marten's main purpose has largely always been to just prop up the rest of the cast to keep them all together and he's become not even particularly important in that capacity anymore. I think we've reached the point in the comic when Jeph could retire Marten completely and it wouldn't completely wreck the rest of the cast.
For comic #4278... (https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4278)
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crab crab
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Aww, Bubbles. :D
One reason I want her to meet Faye's Mom is that it'd be oddly reassuring. "My daughter is in good hands" or something.
Bubbles is taking exactly the right tone here.
Some curtain-twitcher's enterprising son or grandson has looked up Bubbles's record on-line and found a long list of awards and commendations and this has led to the congregation deciding that she is a 'fine, patriotic young woman' and thus an ideal surrogate daughter of the community.
Roughly 30k vs. 40k, so both small-ish towns, really. But Northampton has city status and Amherst doesn't, and downtown Northampton looks more urban (despite UMass's 28-story library).East Coast small, got it.
EDIT: American Midwest and Southwest small involves cities with populations around 500 people or less. These are cities due to the technical definition; having at least one place of worship, at least one store, and at least one government building (usually a post office). Granted, I've seen towns with 300 people that have 3 separate churches that are all different denominations.
I am wondering, is Marten ever going to get his t-shirt back from Bubbles? It is definitely going to be stretched all out of shape.i believe that's actually Faye's shirt. She had it before she met Bubbles.
Claire had her own Teh-shirt (https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2791) before she started dating Marten.
I hope tomorrows strip starts with "art imitating life"You want a sexual assault? (https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/22/wwiis-most-iconic-kiss-wasnt-romantic-it-was-assault/)
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Depends on how he gets retired.Marten hasn't had a storyline in forever. Time for his bus to come back.I get the feeling Marten is at best a bit character now. I've had that feeling for a while now but seeing Marten completely abandon his dream (after Jeph spent years not even bringing up Deathmole at all much less ever actually giving them a show or something to get some progress on that dream) for something that is tangentially related at best is what cemented it. Marten's main purpose has largely always been to just prop up the rest of the cast to keep them all together and he's become not even particularly important in that capacity anymore. I think we've reached the point in the comic when Jeph could retire Marten completely and it wouldn't completely wreck the rest of the cast.
What about Claire?
Depends on how he gets retired.Marten hasn't had a storyline in forever. Time for his bus to come back.I get the feeling Marten is at best a bit character now. I've had that feeling for a while now but seeing Marten completely abandon his dream (after Jeph spent years not even bringing up Deathmole at all much less ever actually giving them a show or something to get some progress on that dream) for something that is tangentially related at best is what cemented it. Marten's main purpose has largely always been to just prop up the rest of the cast to keep them all together and he's become not even particularly important in that capacity anymore. I think we've reached the point in the comic when Jeph could retire Marten completely and it wouldn't completely wreck the rest of the cast.
What about Claire?
Sometimes it's best that the dead stay dead and memories stayforgottenmemories...
I posted this before but the thing is that Faye has never really had a chance to properly mourn her father. She had a total mental breakdown after seeing him killing himself and was hospitalised after a suicide attempt not to long afterwards. She then lapsed into alcoholism and had been 'self-medicating' ever since. She's never been in the position where she was able to process everything that happened to her.
Now she's been dry for a while and is in a situation where she feels relatively safe (with Bubbles and with her social connection firm thanks to her friendships), I think that it is all going to start pouring out of her in various ways and in various times. Mostly unexpectedly, like today.
Well she was in a pretty safe place with Marten for years but chose not to
Well she was in a pretty safe place with Marten for years but chose not to
She was struggling with addiction at that time and was still in such a bad place that she made two debatable suicide attempts (the fire and her drinking herself into unconsciousness).
Dangit...Faye's right. A lot of us want loved ones to come back, but in doing so everything about their lives changes and a lot of things may not be fore the better.
Sometimes it's best that the dead stay dead and memories stay forgotten...the changes aren't worth what you'll lose.
Now if you'll excuse me, someone is cutting onions near me and causing my eyes to burn :cry:
QuoteYou want a sexual assault?
Not really, no. I was thinking more along the lines of a great big hug and a passionate kiss. I had never heard about that iconic picture (that I saw in Time magazine) actually being an assault! Ya learn sumthin' new every day.
Sometimes it's best that the dead stay dead and memories stayforgottenmemories...
Fixed that for you; it's not necessary to forget, just to accept.
Sometimes it's best that the dead stay dead and memories stayforgottenmemories...
Fixed that for you; it's not necessary to forget, just to accept.
I posted this before but the thing is that Faye has never really had a chance to properly mourn her father. She had a total mental breakdown after seeing him killing himself and was hospitalised after a suicide attempt not to long afterwards. She then lapsed into alcoholism and had been 'self-medicating' ever since. She's never been in the position where she was able to process everything that happened to her.
Now she's been dry for a while and is in a situation where she feels relatively safe (with Bubbles and with her social connection firm thanks to her friendships), I think that it is all going to start pouring out of her in various ways and in various times. Mostly unexpectedly, like today.
While it is an awesome scene I couldn't help but think that Forever may not mean the same thing to each of them. I don't recall but has it ever been discussed how long AI live? Have AI been around long enough to have to deal with differences between human and AI lifespans or are AI still new enough that this hasn't come up yet?
>those kids of yours
WE ARE WORKING ON THAT TECHNOLOGY
Dangit...Faye's right. A lot of us want loved ones to come back, but in doing so everything about their lives changes and a lot of things may not be fore the better.There's an interesting exploration of this theme in Stephen Baxter's book Transcendent. A part of far-future humanity attempts first to witness, then undo, the suffering of humans in the past. But having an imperfect recreation of your dead wife turn up years later isn't as comforting as they had imagined.
Sometimes it's best that the dead stay dead and memories stay forgotten...the changes aren't worth what you'll lose.
But it was… they just got distracted in the middle a little… :P>those kids of yours
WE ARE WORKING ON THAT TECHNOLOGY
No-one ever seems to address the fact that the 2nd movie wasn't really about "Something’s gotta Be done About your kids!" at all...
I am wondering, is Marten ever going to get his t-shirt back from Bubbles? It is definitely going to be stretched all out of shape.i believe that's actually Faye's shirt. She had it before she met Bubbles.
Marten's signature shirt is the blue "Teh" shirt. And Claire may have appropriated that along the way.
No, the future kids trip was just a vehicle to get the future sports almanac into past Biff's hands.But it was… they just got distracted in the middle a little… :P>those kids of yours
WE ARE WORKING ON THAT TECHNOLOGY
No-one ever seems to address the fact that the 2nd movie wasn't really about "Something’s gotta Be done About your kids!" at all...
What I seem to recall from the directors' commentary on the DVD was that since the first film was written separately, they hadn't originally planned for any sequels. Then when they went to write the second movie, they ended up basically BSing their way out of having to make the whole movie about the kids.No, the future kids trip was just a vehicle to get the future sports almanac into past Biff's hands.But it was… they just got distracted in the middle a little… :P>those kids of yours
WE ARE WORKING ON THAT TECHNOLOGY
No-one ever seems to address the fact that the 2nd movie wasn't really about "Something’s gotta Be done About your kids!" at all...
The scene at the graveside looked like closure, but her problems persisted and got dangerously worse afterward.
No, the future kids trip was just a vehicle to get the future sports almanac into past Biff's hands.But it was… they just got distracted in the middle a little… :P>those kids of yours
WE ARE WORKING ON THAT TECHNOLOGY
No-one ever seems to address the fact that the 2nd movie wasn't really about "Something’s gotta Be done About your kids!" at all...
Well, yeah, that version of history sucked. Good thing they changed it.
They did change it, right?
When we see Old Biff return to 2015, he seems to be in some distress as he's trying to get out of the DeLorean. Fanon is that Lorraine eventually got up the (possibly liquid) courage to do him in sometime after 1985a, and he's in the process of fading out as that catches up with him.
That’s the thing though, they did fix the problem with the kids; Griff ended up in jail, so Marty jr. never went with him to do… whatever it was that go him in trouble… so Marlene has no reason to get into trouble for (failing to) bust him out. With Griff and his entire gang arrested, their influence on jr. vanishes like dust in the rain so he’s probably fine, even if he does end up halfway between Original George and Seamus in personality.No, the future kids trip was just a vehicle to get the future sports almanac into past Biff's hands.But it was… they just got distracted in the middle a little… :P>those kids of yours
WE ARE WORKING ON THAT TECHNOLOGY
No-one ever seems to address the fact that the 2nd movie wasn't really about "Something’s gotta Be done About your kids!" at all...
If you really think about it, they never got the chance because they had to fix the issue that the almanac caused so the third movie not only didn't resolve it but completely ignored it as well...so we're left to assume that he either rebuilt the time machine or used the time train to fix the issue in the future by preventing it.
I posted this before but the thing is that Faye has never really had a chance to properly mourn her father. She had a total mental breakdown after seeing him killing himself and was hospitalised after a suicide attempt not to long afterwards. She then lapsed into alcoholism and had been 'self-medicating' ever since. She's never been in the position where she was able to process everything that happened to her.
Now she's been dry for a while and is in a situation where she feels relatively safe (with Bubbles and with her social connection firm thanks to her friendships), I think that it is all going to start pouring out of her in various ways and in various times. Mostly unexpectedly, like today.
I disagree regarding her not getting the chance to properly mourn. She did, and she moved on in her own way years later. However, it's the accepting that things might have been different and maybe it's best that they not have changed that she's just now accepting. To me, those are completely different things and are not mutually exclusive. She missed him and wanted things to change as a lot of people want, but she realizes it's best to accept that she can't change the past and has a good present with her friends and Bubbles.
The scene at the graveside looked like closure, but her problems persisted and got dangerously worse afterward.