Topic: QC and violence against men. (Read 44202 times)

Norton Quintessential · « **Reply #100 on:** 20 Feb 2009, 04:39 »

She had milk on her. What, was she supposed to sit around until it got...ripe?

championofkhorne · « **Reply #101 on:** 20 Feb 2009, 11:43 »

liquids are dangerous cuz they can burn you very easily.

boiling water being chucked at you is not fun lol

Siibillam-Law · « **Reply #102 on:** 20 Feb 2009, 13:44 »

It's fun if you're the one chucking it

...
No?

championofkhorne · « **Reply #103 on:** 21 Feb 2009, 11:15 »

not really, shit is heavy is there is any real amount.

also it gets everywhere including on you.

bad times

lily-kiernan · « **Reply #104 on:** 25 Feb 2009, 17:26 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 19 Feb 2009, 22:38

Big difference. That was just water, the other person used milk, the deadliest of the food groups.

Touche.

Guido Sarducci · « **Reply #105 on:** 25 Feb 2009, 21:30 »

Quote from: lily-kiernan on 25 Feb 2009, 17:26

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 19 Feb 2009, 22:38
Big difference. That was just water, the other person used milk, the deadliest of the food groups.

Touche.

when I first read this I thought it said douche and cringed. Somehow I got the impression somebody was having one squirted in their eyes...

*hides head in shame*

SuperSUGA · « **Reply #106 on:** 25 Feb 2009, 23:48 »

Quote from: Norton Quintessential on 20 Feb 2009, 04:39

She had milk on her. What, was she supposed to sit around until it got...ripe?

Maybe it's just me but I'd probably ask what exactly the thrower is doing, to put it politely. After that I'd probably want to clean up in the bathroom a bit before heading into the street covered in milk.

Of course, if comedy followed real life all the time it would be awful, this was just a tiny thing that felt odd to me

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #107 on:** 27 Feb 2009, 03:06 »

Fair question. We could decide that she has urban safety reflexes, like "get away from crazies ASAP".

It's more elegant to believe that she suddenly caught sight of Marten, and put two and two together.

Hey, it's the best I could come up with.

Siibillam-Law · « **Reply #108 on:** 27 Feb 2009, 07:48 »

talking about violence against men...

Dora: *SMACK*
Sven: *on the floor*

SuperSUGA · « **Reply #109 on:** 27 Feb 2009, 09:28 »

Quote from: Siibillam-Law on 27 Feb 2009, 07:48

talking about violence against men...

Dora: *SMACK*
Sven: *on the floor*

Interestingly this could be the first bit of violence carried out in the comic that wasn't as part of a joke.

lolwut · « **Reply #110 on:** 27 Feb 2009, 09:33 »

Quote from: SuperSUGA on 27 Feb 2009, 09:28

Interestingly this could be the first bit of violence carried out in the comic that wasn't as part of a joke.

so there was this suicide a few hundred comics back

pwhodges · « **Reply #111 on:** 27 Feb 2009, 09:34 »

Depends what you call a joke?

SuperSUGA · « **Reply #112 on:** 27 Feb 2009, 11:06 »

Quote from: lolwut on 27 Feb 2009, 09:33

Quote from: SuperSUGA on 27 Feb 2009, 09:28
Interestingly this could be the first bit of violence carried out in the comic that wasn't as part of a joke.

so there was this suicide a few hundred comics back

I was talking more about violence between two or more characters. Guess I should have been clearer

Siibillam-Law · « **Reply #113 on:** 27 Feb 2009, 11:33 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 27 Feb 2009, 09:34

Depends what you call a joke?

Depends what happened after. If he stood up, sent the security tape to AFV and got a few grand for it, it's good.
Or, if the hit had set off a series of other events; Marten hit him where his skull was most fragile, thus causing it to fracutre, causing brain damage. He spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair, unable to talk, except via morse code.
Now that's comedy

championofkhorne · « **Reply #114 on:** 01 Mar 2009, 10:23 »

wheelchair computer talking not guearanteed to make you as cool as stephen hawking*

ecstaticjoy · « **Reply #115 on:** 01 Mar 2009, 17:14 »

Quote

QC Discussion
Will turn Jeph into a mass-murderer someday. You'll see. You'll all see.

I hope not.

Cap'n Treacherous · « **Reply #116 on:** 01 Mar 2009, 20:32 »

This comic has had women exercising violence against men since issue 13.

I wonder what would have happened if Marten had given Faye a purple nurple.

Yeah, that's right; he'd be in jail.

benji · « **Reply #117 on:** 02 Mar 2009, 11:47 »

Those two things aren't mutually exclusive.

championofkhorne · « **Reply #118 on:** 02 Mar 2009, 18:32 »

sex in jail is bad. mmmkay

Dazed · « **Reply #119 on:** 02 Mar 2009, 19:34 »

Jens that is what I see in every QC strip you nailed it bro.

giant_bug · « **Reply #120 on:** 03 Mar 2009, 20:07 »

Also:
Getting an anvil dropped on your head is funny.
A mouse hitting a cat on the head with a mallet is funny.
A duck getting his face shot off by a rabbit with a shotgun is funny.
A rabbit in drag getting raped by a Tasmanian devil is funny.
A cat getting raped by a horny French skunk is funny.

People who don't think these things are funny shouldn't read cartoons.

AngelofShadows · « **Reply #121 on:** 04 Mar 2009, 06:26 »

I scanned this entire thread just to make this point, as it has yet to be made.....

The only real act of violence that QC commits against men is not letting all themz (the z is meant to be there, as it is important) sexy ladies gettin it on with each other.

Amiright?!

championofkhorne · « **Reply #122 on:** 04 Mar 2009, 07:13 »

amen brother

giant_bug · « **Reply #123 on:** 04 Mar 2009, 16:00 »

Quote from: Cap'n Treacherous on 01 Mar 2009, 20:32

I wonder what would have happened if Marten had given Faye a purple nurple.

Yeah, that's right; he'd be in jail.

Knowing Faye, he'd probably be in traction!

jeph · « **Reply #124 on:** 04 Mar 2009, 16:11 »

LESS POSTING

MORE HITTING

Guido Sarducci · « **Reply #125 on:** 04 Mar 2009, 19:48 »

Quote from: jeph on 04 Mar 2009, 16:11

LESS POSTING

MORE HITTING

*hits Jeph*

championofkhorne · « **Reply #126 on:** 05 Mar 2009, 15:12 »

the only hitting I do is euphemistic hitting

lolwut · « **Reply #127 on:** 06 Mar 2009, 04:45 »

Quote from: giant_bug on 03 Mar 2009, 20:07

Also:
Getting an anvil dropped on your head is funny.
A mouse hitting a cat on the head with a mallet is funny.
A duck getting his face shot off by a rabbit with a shotgun is funny.
A rabbit in drag getting raped by a Tasmanian devil is funny.
A cat getting raped by a horny French skunk is funny.

People who don't think these things are funny shouldn't read cartoons.

those things are funny as long as they're sufficiently unreal that we don't sympathise with the peril of the character

if any of those went into enough detail that the reality of the situation became, well, real, to us, then it would no longer be funny

Jace · « **Reply #128 on:** 06 Mar 2009, 05:06 »

You guys.
This is 3 pages long.
It is a fucking comic.

You are taking things way too seriously.

championofkhorne · « **Reply #129 on:** 06 Mar 2009, 17:19 »

who is taking what seriously.

I'm just here for the free cake

Surgoshan · « **Reply #130 on:** 06 Mar 2009, 17:59 »

The cake is a lie.

championofkhorne · « **Reply #131 on:** 06 Mar 2009, 19:07 »

and your jokes are old

Surgoshan · « **Reply #132 on:** 06 Mar 2009, 19:19 »

What you say!

KeepACoolin · « **Reply #133 on:** 07 Mar 2009, 18:56 »

So, do you guys liek forming babby?

championofkhorne · « **Reply #134 on:** 07 Mar 2009, 23:48 »

so i was low-riding through the archives today and I noticed it has been a long time since faye changed her glasses.

time for some new frames, bitches

Surgoshan · « **Reply #135 on:** 08 Mar 2009, 09:54 »

Tim the sorceror? He would be an awkward pair of spectacles.

championofkhorne · « **Reply #136 on:** 08 Mar 2009, 11:48 »

for everyone who thinks marten is overly passive

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=697

Siibillam-Law · « **Reply #137 on:** 08 Mar 2009, 13:49 »

Quote from: Jeans on 08 Mar 2009, 10:48

Quote from: PantsFTW on 06 Mar 2009, 05:06
You guys.
This is 3 pages long.
It is a fucking comic.

You are taking things way too seriously.

You are taking taking things too seriously WAY too seriously.

zing!

namatad · « **Reply #138 on:** 09 Mar 2009, 10:46 »

Quote from: John911 on 05 Feb 2009, 21:39

QC seems to make a few jokes about violence. Directed at men.
Domestic violence is never funny regardless of the victims sex.

you clearly have no idea what you are talking about
when faye hit martin
it has NOTHING to do with being funny
it is a creative way of showing us HOW fucked up faye is
that faye has problems and she is acting out and needs help

this issue made/makes for an interesting story line

the reason martin "takes it", is because she is a FRIEND of his and he undetstands that she is working through some INSANE rough spots
she is NOT violent towards him
she is NOT abusing him
she is acting out, screaming for help
and he is helping her

but in the tiny-brained world of PC morans, any hitting is bad

got TERRIBLE news for you
ALL humor is based on someone/something getting hurt/made fun off, what not

watch the daily show
he makes FUN of everyone

PS: do you read the strip? at no point is the violence part of a "joke", it is never something we laugh at or accept, we cringe at what must be behind it, wodnering where the story goes ....
PPS: PC - it is what's wrong with the world

The Joker · « **Reply #139 on:** 09 Mar 2009, 11:09 »

Quote from: Surgoshan on 06 Mar 2009, 19:19

What you say!

Win.

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #140 on:** 09 Mar 2009, 12:54 »

Quote from: namatad on 09 Mar 2009, 10:46

but in the tiny-brained world of PC morans

Yep.

championofkhorne · « **Reply #141 on:** 09 Mar 2009, 16:38 »

when girls get violent it usually means they are showing you they dont mind getting physical.

which means they will be in the sack that night with whoever they are punching.

giggity

nimnix · « **Reply #142 on:** 09 Mar 2009, 16:44 »

If that were true, Marten would have been a LOT happier...

championofkhorne · « **Reply #143 on:** 09 Mar 2009, 16:57 »

marten never really shows much emotion anyway. if he is happy he is like "yeah i feel pretty good" and if he is sad he is like "meh i guess ill just whine a bit"

only time he has ever really been angry was at the monk when he beat him over the head with a souffle pan.

at least that is the only time i can recall

Mr. Skawronska · « **Reply #144 on:** 09 Mar 2009, 17:45 »

Quote from: KickThatBathProf on 09 Mar 2009, 12:54

Quote from: namatad on 09 Mar 2009, 10:46
but in the tiny-brained world of PC morans

Yep.

Damn. Beat me to it.

S

dps · « **Reply #145 on:** 09 Mar 2009, 22:40 »

Personally, I don't think that anything is or should be off-limits when it comes to jokes.

Having said that, contrary to a lot that has been posted in this thread, Faye has often used or threatened to use violence against male characters (though not so much recently), and it has often been treated as a joke. And yeah, it is a double standard, because if Marten treated women the way Faye has treated men, people wouldn't find it as funny.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #146 on:** 09 Mar 2009, 23:06 »

I've seen some jokes that served no purpose except to comfort racists and let them bond with each other. I would condemn a web comic that used them.

So, why is it that it feels different to see Faye give Marten a near-concussion (378, 379) than it would feel to see Marten do the same to Faye? Is it for the same reason that all cat-and-mouse cartoon violence has the mouse winning?

Czechfury · « **Reply #147 on:** 10 Mar 2009, 00:07 »

The reason Faye's violence towards Marten can be considered amusing and acceptable, and would probably not be vice versa, is due to the fact that in our society men are taught to be aggressive and physical and women are taught to be passive. The juxtaposition of a passive (i.e. feminine) man being pushed around by an aggressive (i.e. masculine) woman creates an element of humor. I would argue that the use of violence in QC for a laugh is more about gender than anything else. I don't think comparisons to slapstick are very apt because the foundation for humor in most of QC's violence is in Marten's femininity, Faye's masculinity, or both. In fact, Marten's femininity is a recurring theme that is frequently exploited for a laugh. Part of the reason it's so funny when Marten beats up the monk is that it's Marten doing the beating.

Lyrical · « **Reply #148 on:** 11 Mar 2009, 22:42 »

With the exception of Faye decking Marten for slapping her butt, and accidentally passing out in his lap, she's only been violent toward him in a joking way, that I assume isn't actually hurting him at all. It's more common between two guys who are friends than for women to do that, but I wouldn't consider it to be a big deal. For that matter, there are plenty of people who hurt their partner in a way they like/is completely consensual.

The overall level of violence in QC is a LOT lower than Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner, GI Joe, or most other kids' cartoons!

dps · « **Reply #149 on:** 12 Mar 2009, 20:46 »

Quote from: Lyrical on 11 Mar 2009, 22:42

With the exception of Faye decking Marten for slapping her butt, and accidentally passing out in his lap, she's only been violent toward him in a joking way

That is incorrect. See #108. I'm sure I can find other examples.

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