Topic: WCT July 6-July 10 2009 (Read 113779 times)

Is it cold in here? · « **on:** 06 Jul 2009, 01:59 »

Angus is getting more and more human and less of a cartoon figure.

Delirium · « **Reply #1 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 02:01 »

How do we know he isn't being a straw anime fan?

AngryCallCenterAgent · « **Reply #2 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 02:13 »

I'll betcha he's reading the classics into them episodes. Hey, if someone can tell me where to find the Gore Vidal reference in there somewheres...

Um, never mind. ^^;

imenonelse · « **Reply #3 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 02:22 »

i love the comic's title....

sousuke-kuuuuuuun!

akronnick · « **Reply #4 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 02:29 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 06 Jul 2009, 01:59

Angus is getting more and more human and less of a cartoon figure.

So is Hannelore. Love her "dude, it's just an anime" look in the last panel.

Delirium · « **Reply #5 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 02:30 »

I interpreted that as a look of alarm at his behaviour, one she has shown in the past.

Shadic · « **Reply #6 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 02:33 »

I laughed at this, good comic.

Also, is this the first time we've seen a panel split with a horizontal bar like that?

Delirium · « **Reply #7 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 02:40 »

No. I'm not going to trawl the archive for an example, but we've seen them before.

Fenriswolf · « **Reply #8 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 02:55 »

Oh, bravo.

akronnick · « **Reply #9 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 02:59 »

Quote from: Delirium on 06 Jul 2009, 02:30

I interpreted that as a look of alarm at his behaviour, one she has shown in the past.

You're probably right, there were bodily fluids flowing after all.

klaatu · « **Reply #10 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 03:00 »

Quote from: Delirium on 06 Jul 2009, 02:30

I interpreted that as a look of alarm at his behaviour, one she has shown in the past.

I figured she was scared of the big ball of snot he was dribbling.

Delirium · « **Reply #11 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 03:03 »

Oh good god, that WAS snot. I was hoping that was just uhhhh what do you call that thing that runs between your nose and upper lip?

EDIT: It's called the naso-labial fold. There must be a shorter term. One that doesn't have the word labia in it.

akronnick · « **Reply #12 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 03:10 »

What's wrong with labia? Labia simply means "lips." Some of us just have more lips than the rest of us.

Border Reiver · « **Reply #13 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 04:13 »

My response to this strip was, "Dude, its a cartoon. And a cartoon version of the godzilla movie at that."

Then again, the last movie that moved me to tears was Schindler's List...

Taigan · « **Reply #14 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 04:23 »

I really wish Faye was there to see this.

Geezer · « **Reply #15 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 04:50 »

It's nice that Angus is getting touch with his feminine side and all, but I think Hanners and Marigold are heading for their own episode of "The L Word"

They are watching porn together - and no, I have never watched porn with another guy. Well, once in college; but we were really drunk - oh, God...What did I do??!!!

Dokuhan · « **Reply #16 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 05:24 »

I think I'm really starting to like Angus more and more each time he's in a comic. XD

"Sousuke, noooo!" D8

Random832 · « **Reply #17 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 05:29 »

Quote from: Delirium on 06 Jul 2009, 02:40

No. I'm not going to trawl the archive for an example, but we've seen them before.

Are you sure? He's talking about the split between "Episode 3" and "Episode 6" (i.e. a horizontal bar across what is a panel in the standard layout), not the vertical bar between "Episode 11" and "Episode 14".

gocrimson · « **Reply #18 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 05:36 »

Next up, Hannelore watches Elfen Lied and goes into a catatonic state from the sight of all the high-pressure blood.

thishannah · « **Reply #19 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 06:20 »

Quote from: Delirium on 06 Jul 2009, 03:03

Oh good god, that WAS snot. I was hoping that was just uhhhh what do you call that thing that runs between your nose and upper lip?

EDIT: It's called the naso-labial fold. There must be a shorter term. One that doesn't have the word labia in it.

shorter term as requested: philtrum

yes, I made an account just so I could tell you this.

maddness · « **Reply #20 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 06:36 »

OMG!1 Angus is so sensitive ... and hot ... I totally want to jump his bones right now !1!!1!11oneexclamationpoint!

TwistedRemedy · « **Reply #21 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 06:46 »

Baww Hanners looks adorable.

Ironic Name · « **Reply #22 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 06:50 »

I thought when Hannelore exclaimed, "Magical Love Gentleman!", she was referring to Angus (gross!). Then I saw the anime talk. Have them watch "Berserk" next, PLZ1!

Jyan · « **Reply #23 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 08:35 »

Ha, I do the same thing when my friends want me to watch an anime with them. First few episodes I'll write it off, but after a few I start really getting into it.

Juniper Jade · « **Reply #24 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 08:49 »

Oh... oh God! Hannelore's face in the last panel! I died a little from how cute it was!

SleeperCylon · « **Reply #25 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 09:07 »

Honestly, though some ostensibly kiddy animes actually are nuanced and compelling, most of them are just written around providing the most fanservice possible.

Alus · « **Reply #26 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 09:34 »

And here I was thinking "hey maybe hanners and the manga girl might get it on. nerd lesbo action, yeah!"

Maybe my espectations were too high.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #27 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 09:45 »

In #780, Angus talks about how far being stupid and self-centered will get you in life. I didn't realize then that he was intended as a likable character.

He's actually more interesting this way than he would be as just a source of conflict.

philharmonic · « **Reply #28 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 09:48 »

omg hanners with the asian poses....lets see hmm ist that the shhhhhh pose? and that looks like the praying pose in the next panel. Oh and the pleading pose...classy there Jeph. Well done

skaps · « **Reply #29 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 10:03 »

Quote from: thishannah on 06 Jul 2009, 06:20

Quote from: Delirium on 06 Jul 2009, 03:03
Oh good god, that WAS snot. I was hoping that was just uhhhh what do you call that thing that runs between your nose and upper lip?

EDIT: It's called the naso-labial fold. There must be a shorter term. One that doesn't have the word labia in it.

shorter term as requested: philtrum

yes, I made an account just so I could tell you this.

I was under the impression you could also call it a cupid's bow, which is just so much cute [if not much shorter].

And please guys, no Hannelore/Marigold sex talk [hurk]. At least not until Marigold gets CLEAN. She still looks like she needs to be soaked in a bleach and water solution.

Shok Xone Studios · « **Reply #30 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 10:30 »

The very mention of the title "Magical Love Gentlemen" would have me heading for the nearest exit...like, say, a fifth-story window. Angus' ultimately willing participation and emotional involvement help solidify that stance.

Also, I hereby nominate Hanners' "DUDE SRSLY WTF" expression in the last panel for Best. Ever.

Near Lurker · « **Reply #31 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 11:02 »

So...Hannelore spontaneously decided to spend seven hours watching anime?

Someone get me Dr. Corrine's number...

Kazukagii · « **Reply #32 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 11:24 »

Having just come off from an anime convention, and being in an anime kind of mood, this comic had me laughing far more than I would have otherwise. SOUSKE-KUN!!!

Hey, if it ain't hardcore stuff, Yaoi can actually be that engaging. Er, on occasion. Like, if you do it in five year intervals >.>

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #33 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 11:28 »

Hannelore with a new interest can be a scary thing to watch. Remember when she took up the drums? The word Marten used was "focused", which was putting it mildly.

Delirium · « **Reply #34 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 11:38 »

Which leads me to believe that she doesn't just have OCD. Probably some form of PDD as well.

littlefox · « **Reply #35 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 11:41 »

Quote from: Kazukagii on 06 Jul 2009, 11:24

Hey, if it ain't hardcore stuff, Yaoi can actually be that engaging. Er, on occasion. Like, if you do it in five year intervals >.>

Actually, I think they're just watching a normal anime, not pr0n. In the previous comic, Hannelore said she was returning manga and didn't specify that it was yaoi (though presumably she borrowed yaoi as well ... and maybe those are also in that huge pile?). Based on the fact that Marigold says there's an anime to go with the manga, I think we can assume this is something with a real plot and (clearly) several episodes.

tinysmidgen · « **Reply #36 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 11:54 »

http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1420

me thinks it's probably porn-tastical

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #37 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 11:57 »

Ooh, I can be nerdishly detail oriented!

Marigold referred to the stack Hannelore brought back as "this series"(1440), implying it was just one.

In 1420, Hannelore asked to take "the whole series" of Magical Love Gentlemen.

Magical Love Gentlemen is what Hanners said they were watching in 1441.

MLG may be something mainstream with a plot, but it was enough to get Hannelore to blush.

Ghanima Atreides · « **Reply #38 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 13:02 »

Hannelore also blushed when she grabbed the butt of a static robot while thinking she was alone and no-one could see it. I think just two guys kissing would be enough to make her blush. In fact, she's known to blush quite easily.

I don't think Magical Love Gentleman is pornographic at all -for once, the girls were not at all fazed by Angus' arrival who promptly referred to it as a "dude-romance cartoon", the plot is described as "nuanced and compelling" and I doubt a straight guy would sit through several episodes of explicit guy-on-guy action then cry at the end. In fact, from everyone's behaviour I'd say it is more cheesy-romantic than porn, which is amusing since everyone was anticipating some hot Marigold/Hanners masturbation session at the very least.

JackFaerie · « **Reply #39 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 13:28 »

As someone who's actually watched this stuff on occasion: I am pretty sure all MLG has is a bunch of kissing scenes. Very romantic, emotional kissing scenes, surrounded by a lot of plot, motivated by many repressed/hidden feelings, secret betrayals, and tragic circumstances.

I would also like to say that even the "porntastic" yaoi stuff tends to have a fair amount of plot. Take the classic Ai No Kusabi: most of the plot is a string of fairly intense sex scenes. However, the plot is still a PLOT: we have an entire distopian society set up and introduced, we have class warfare, we have gangs and black market scams and discussions about eugenics and social structure and all sort of musings on what makes a society vs an individual strong or weak, etc... and we have a rather lovely forbidden love story. Just... surrounded by a lot of sex.

Or "Fake,"which was generally pg-13, but had some sex scenes. If Hannelore opened it at various points in the manga, she would probably blush. But it was about two cops solving cases, and each episode had a genuine Law-and-Order type murder/theft/organized-crime/whatever case that formed the main focus of that installment.

Kugai · « **Reply #40 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 14:04 »

I love Marigold's reaction in the last panel. I can only assume she's been getting a hard time from Angus over her fandomness, and she sees this as an amusing moment of vindication and revenge.

renrutal · « **Reply #41 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 18:10 »

Quote from: Near Lurker on 06 Jul 2009, 11:02

So...Hannelore spontaneously decided to spend seven hours watching anime?

Someone get me Dr. Corrine's number...

Less than 5 hours actually, animes usually are 24 minutes each. If you jump the intro/outro, the next episode previews, omakes, the "what happened in the last episode" parts, you usually get 18, 19 minutes tops.

ysth · « **Reply #42 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 18:46 »

Quote from: thishannah on 06 Jul 2009, 06:20

Quote from: Delirium on 06 Jul 2009, 03:03
Oh good god, that WAS snot. I was hoping that was just uhhhh what do you call that thing that runs between your nose and upper lip?

EDIT: It's called the naso-labial fold. There must be a shorter term. One that doesn't have the word labia in it.

shorter term as requested: philtrum

yes, I made an account just so I could tell you this.

We thank you.

Quote from: Ghanima Atreides on 06 Jul 2009, 13:02

everyone was anticipating some hot Marigold/Hanners masturbation session at the very least.

Not so.

Delirium · « **Reply #43 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 19:45 »

Quote from: thishannah on 06 Jul 2009, 06:20

Quote from: Delirium on 06 Jul 2009, 03:03
Oh good god, that WAS snot. I was hoping that was just uhhhh what do you call that thing that runs between your nose and upper lip?

EDIT: It's called the naso-labial fold. There must be a shorter term. One that doesn't have the word labia in it.

shorter term as requested: philtrum

yes, I made an account just so I could tell you this.

Ah, yes, forgot to thank you. Thank you.

Illjwamh · « **Reply #44 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 21:45 »

So wait...am I to understand they've been watching anime for seven hours? Don't they have jobs? Well, Hannelore really doesn't, but what about the other two?

Quote from: SleeperCylon on 06 Jul 2009, 09:07

Honestly, though some ostensibly kiddy animes actually are nuanced and compelling, most of them are just written around providing the most fanservice possible.

Ridiculous.

Orcao · « **Reply #45 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 21:57 »

Quote from: Illjwamh on 06 Jul 2009, 21:45

So wait...am I to understand they've been watching anime for seven hours? Don't they have jobs? Well, Hannelore really doesn't, but what about the other two?

~5 hours, really ~4 hours 40 minutes. Anime episodes are 20 minutes each, give or take a minute. That's assuming they did a marathon with no breaks in between episodes, and that they didn't watch the end credits every single time (though it does count for some of the opening).

Zingoleb · « **Reply #46 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 21:58 »

Hannelore counts things for a job.
Angus is a professional strawman.

Neither seem like 9-5 jobs so much as you get called in.

Marigold does...raids?

ysth · « **Reply #47 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 23:11 »

Quote from: Zingoleb on 06 Jul 2009, 21:58

Marigold does...raids?

I had to look it up: http://www.wowwiki.com/Raid

Illjwamh · « **Reply #48 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 23:11 »

Quote from: Orcao on 06 Jul 2009, 21:57

Quote from: Illjwamh on 06 Jul 2009, 21:45
So wait...am I to understand they've been watching anime for seven hours? Don't they have jobs? Well, Hannelore really doesn't, but what about the other two?

~5 hours, really ~4 hours 40 minutes. Anime episodes are 20 minutes each, give or take a minute. That's assuming they did a marathon with no breaks in between episodes, and that they didn't watch the end credits every single time (though it does count for some of the opening).

Actually, most episodes are closer to 23 minutes. If you count potty and food breaks, that amounts to somewhere between 6.5 and 7 hours for 14 episodes. I've done enough marathons to know you can't go instantly from one episode to the next all day long. There are some breaks in there. Though as you say, if they skipped the credits it would probably cut some time off.

ysth · « **Reply #49 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 23:13 »

Quote from: Illjwamh on 06 Jul 2009, 23:11

]I've done enough marathons to know you can't go instantly from one episode to the next all day long. There are some breaks in there. Though as you say, if they skipped the credits it would probably cut some time off.

I've only ever done that with Dr. Who, and it seemed to work ok for pretty extended periods of time.

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