Topic: WCT: September 7-11, 2009 (Read 48530 times)

ysth · « **on:** 06 Sep 2009, 17:25 »

Prediction: Marigold will call Hannelore for help evicting the squirrel. The squirrel will touch Hannelore's skin, sending her steadily increasing animal phobia over the edge.

Jimor · « **Reply #1 on:** 06 Sep 2009, 21:09 »

Actually, she should call Faye. Being a southern girl, she has a natural +2 vs. varmints.

akronnick · « **Reply #2 on:** 06 Sep 2009, 21:42 »

Just don't eat any stew that Faye cooks for the next couple of days after that.

And yes, I do know that I am going to Hell for perpetuating that stereotype.

LTK · « **Reply #3 on:** 06 Sep 2009, 23:55 »

Not quite. You can get a pretty good gist of it by looking at the ustream currently.

Clairvoyant comic comment: D'aww, panel 3.

ysth · « **Reply #4 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 01:22 »

The ustream show chatter is a touch too juvenile for me to cope with.

evilbobthebob · « **Reply #5 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 01:27 »

Wait, is Dora being nice to Sven

Oh no last panel

nuffsaid15 · « **Reply #6 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 01:48 »

Panel 3 is interesting... I don't think I've seen that angle used much in QC. Experimenting with new styles, Jeph? Looks good.

Akima · « **Reply #7 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 03:46 »

Yay! Dora got her sass back!

AngryCallCenterAgent · « **Reply #8 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 07:32 »

Hmm, Dora & Sven's Mom should get together with Marten's Mom one time. I've a feeling both parties would be very open to possibilities.

Ephili · « **Reply #9 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 07:44 »

Am I the only one wondering why Sven's shirt says "dust" on it?

Also, has anyone else noticed that his eyes seem redder of late than they used to be?

cgarci21 · « **Reply #10 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 08:32 »

And I was hoping the conversation had gone better than that...

Carl-E · « **Reply #11 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 08:56 »

Quote from: ysth on 07 Sep 2009, 01:22

The ustream show chatter is a touch too juvenile for me to cope with.

Yeah, it got dragged down pretty early. Mainly by the one kid who kept shouting "DOES THE CARPET MATCH THE DRAPES. HURR, HURR, HURR?" *

After everyone started talking about oriental rugs and venetian blinds, he felt obliged to explain what he meant!

God, it was painful to see. That's when I left. Schadenfreude only goes so far!

* - "HURR"s added by this poster. I could tell they were there, though.

Carl-E · « **Reply #12 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 09:16 »

Quote from: cgarci21 on 07 Sep 2009, 08:32

And I was hoping the conversation had gone better than that...

Oh, c'mon... you saw the conversation with Will! How well could the whole back alley thing have gone?

I think that we're into one doozey of an arc. I've known guys like Sven, livin' the life every teenage boy dreams of. Emotions never really show up. Sven knew something was missing before he went into the coffee shop to talk, but know he's starting to see what it is, and I think he's kinda scared.

He's got those 5 stages of grief to go through for his old life, though, and that should be fun to watch! He's already been through the denial. Angry with himself? Check. Lashing out at others, too, back at the sledding party. Let's see... bargaining, he just tried that in the back alley.

OK, now we're into depression. That leaves acceptance, but nobody's actually dead yet, so I'm thinking Rom-com, and he tries to win her back. Hilarity ensues, and with friends like theirs...

On another note, the conversation with Will has left me with Leon Redbone's version of "No Regrets" stuck in my head. And I can't find it anywhere to get it OUT!

LTK · « **Reply #13 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 09:29 »

If the chat is too much to bear, you can always toggle fullscreen.

bhtooefr · « **Reply #14 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 10:31 »

UStream is like live YouTube.

Which means live YouTube comments.

I'm an operator in an IRC channel for a UStream stream, and we found a nice idiot filter - embed the stream on another page, disable the UStream chat, and put a link in the show info to the other page, with a Java client for the new IRC channel.

The idiots can't figure out to click the link to go to the new page.

innermoppet · « **Reply #15 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 11:10 »

Awww. I actually almost feel bad for Sven.... then I don't.

I love panel three. Not only is it a new and interesting angle, I think Dora is so sweet and the panel feels full of emotion.

I likey.

weirdbeard · « **Reply #16 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 11:46 »

Quote from: cgarci21 on 07 Sep 2009, 08:32

And I was hoping the conversation had gone better than that...

i think it might have gone better than sven realized. faye's look in the last minipanel seemed much softer than a simple, 'ok fine we can be civil'
or maybe its just me preferring sven to angus.

ysth · « **Reply #17 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 12:48 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 07 Sep 2009, 09:16

OK, now we're into depression. That leaves acceptance, but nobody's actually dead yet, so I'm thinking Rom-com, and he tries to win her back. Hilarity ensues, and with friends like theirs...

On another note, the conversation with Will has left me with Leon Redbone's version of "No Regrets" stuck in my head. And I can't find it anywhere to get it OUT!

Wil, not Will. What's Rom-com? Update: Ah, http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=romcom.

evilbobthebob · « **Reply #18 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 12:49 »

Rom-Com: Romantic Comedy. Genre of film involving relationships that usually turn out fine after a series of amusing mishaps and stuff.

Jace · « **Reply #19 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 13:04 »

Here's to hoping for a twin towers joke on friday. Everyone cross their fingers.

raoullefere · « **Reply #20 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 13:12 »

I've said it before, and will say it again: Dora's the best person in the strip.

And not because she's sassy again, but because she came by to check on Sven. Jeph's fantastic art (it always amazes me how much emotion he gets into so few lines these days) makes that crystal clear.

Oh, and Carl-E, I think you've got Sven nailed down. But he's slippery, so he may revert back some stages first. I'm not sure he's ready to become the Broom in the Swiffer commercial just yet.

imenonelse · « **Reply #21 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 16:26 »

i like how this arc seems to be going, but seriously, sven needs to get them glasses back...

cgarci21 · « **Reply #22 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 16:47 »

@weirdbeard, I hope you're right. I mean, I know it didn't go well, per se, but I thought there might be little wiggle room. Really its only because I am a sucker for this type of relationship in books/comics. Romcom makes for drama with a healthy amount of snark and hilarity. A nice combination.

As for yesterdays comic, Dora shocks me yet again. I love when we get to see her and Sven together and on their own. They have a sibling dynamic that we don't get to see all that often. Its refreshingly undramatic usually and very sweet.

I'm wondering if Sven will hatch some kind of plan to get back in Faye's good graces and if Dora will be ~~stupid~~ kind enough to help him.
...I hope she is.

jonarus_drakus · « **Reply #23 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 19:01 »

As much as it pains me to do it, i feel compeled to make it my official prediction:

Sven will try to win Faye back, hyjinks ensue, then eventual success.

PS: Im not saying that i necisarily want this to happen, just that i suspect it will.

tinkerbell · « **Reply #24 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 20:41 »

Quote from: jonarus_drakus on 07 Sep 2009, 19:01

As much as it pains me to do it, i feel compeled to make it my official prediction:

Sven will try to win Faye back, hyjinks ensue, then eventual success.

PS: Im not saying that i necisarily want this to happen, just that i suspect it will.

I am unsure it can really be predicted. That is one of the things I like about QC, I can never tell what is going to happen. In that way it is a lot better than a rom-com because in a lot of those you can just tell how everything is going to end up.

I do think that if Faye and Sven get together in a proper relationship that the focus might need to shift a bit. It would be difficult to have the same level of drama around a group involving two couples.

Kugai · « **Reply #25 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 21:35 »

And Sven expected Dora to not rub his nose in it how?

It'll be interesting to see whether the SS Faye has sailed for Sven or not.

maddness · « **Reply #26 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 23:39 »

Poor Angus, he caught a broom to the face.

akronnick · « **Reply #27 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 23:39 »

Poor Angus, if it is less likely that you will be whacked in the face when hanging out at CoD with Faye, you know you've got problems.

SigPig · « **Reply #28 on:** 07 Sep 2009, 23:47 »

Well at least they got the squirrel out from underneath the bed.

imenonelse · « **Reply #29 on:** 08 Sep 2009, 01:32 »

i think that the second panel just might be my favorite scene ever... heh heh

but really, squirrels can be kamikazes.... or at least they are here in davis.. jumping out in front of you and all that

evilbobthebob · « **Reply #30 on:** 08 Sep 2009, 01:38 »

Nice of Momo to get in on the action with her weapon (I don't know the name, I assume there's some specific name for it)

0kamisama · « **Reply #31 on:** 08 Sep 2009, 02:07 »

Quote from: evilbobthebob on 08 Sep 2009, 01:38

Nice of Momo to get in on the action with her weapon (I don't know the name, I assume there's some specific name for it)

It's called a shinai, a wooden sword used in the sword-fighting style sport of kendo. For more info, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinai

Akima · « **Reply #32 on:** 08 Sep 2009, 03:17 »

Quote from: 0kamisama on 08 Sep 2009, 02:07

It's called a shinai, a wooden sword used in the sword-fighting style sport of kendo.

Does bamboo count as a wood? Technically it is a grass, but I suppose that's academic if you get wacked in the face with it. It's made of OUCH either way.

Border Reiver · « **Reply #33 on:** 08 Sep 2009, 04:16 »

Having had all three of those things flying at my head at various times (just not the same time), I'm surprised his glasses are intact.

Binary · « **Reply #34 on:** 08 Sep 2009, 05:14 »

Hilarious comic, but it raises a question in my mind. When we were introduced to Marigold, she was indifferent to sharing her bedroom with feral rats. But a squirrel - essentially a rat with an Afro tail - is relentlessly hounded out of the apartment.

Is a spring-clean by Hannelore and a night out with the gang such a powerfully civilizing experience?

akronnick · « **Reply #35 on:** 08 Sep 2009, 05:29 »

She probably was not aware of the rats before, or, was too overwhelmed by the enormity of the cleaning task to take action.

guyy · « **Reply #36 on:** 08 Sep 2009, 05:54 »

Quote from: akronnick on 08 Sep 2009, 05:29

She probably was not aware of the rats before, or, was too overwhelmed by the enormity of the cleaning task to take action.

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1413

Dora points out a rat, but Marigold doesn't seem to think it's important enough to do anything beyond saying "pet rat?". And you'd think if she hated all rodents as much as squirrels, she'd at least clean up enough to chase the rats out.

Maybe she got attacked by a rabid squirrel one time, or something.

fineout · « **Reply #37 on:** 08 Sep 2009, 06:05 »

todays was great, you can really feel the shock angus gets when the squirrel/girls attack him. as an aside has anyone notice faye is looking a bit heavier than usual in the past few weeks?

Somebody · « **Reply #38 on:** 08 Sep 2009, 06:11 »

Quote from: SigPig on 07 Sep 2009, 23:47

Well at least they got the squirrel out from underneath the bed.

Odds on it making a beeline straight for Hannelore's place: no lower than evens.

Carl-E · « **Reply #39 on:** 08 Sep 2009, 07:25 »

Quote from: fineout on 08 Sep 2009, 06:05

todays was great, you can really feel the shock angus gets when the squirrel/girls attack him. as an aside has anyone notice faye is looking a bit heavier than usual in the past few weeks?

You can't count on anything vis-a-vis character sizes. Jeph draws freehand, and different angles, etc. make the characters look different. Everyone's boobs keep changing apparent size, too. Well, at least the girl's boobs do.

The only thiings you can count on are that Faye will look aerodynamically curvaceous, and Hannelore will be a walking stick (food OCD keeps her from eating a lot).

And now I'm wondering about Raven, the only other character who was purported to be above average size... in certain areas...

Stoutfellow · « **Reply #40 on:** 08 Sep 2009, 11:35 »

I'm impressed with Momo's jumping ability; it looks like her feet are about waist-high on Angus - two, two and a half feet? - which is pretty good given those stubby little legs she's got.

LTK · « **Reply #41 on:** 08 Sep 2009, 11:48 »

Maybe she's got a jet engine hidden... somewhere.

Dliessmgg · « **Reply #42 on:** 08 Sep 2009, 12:18 »

She's a japanese AnthroPC, that means she can produce a pixelating force field, then she walks on the pixels.

LeeC · « **Reply #43 on:** 08 Sep 2009, 12:20 »

Quote from: Stoutfellow on 08 Sep 2009, 11:35

I'm impressed with Momo's jumping ability; it looks like her feet are about waist-high on Angus - two, two and a half feet? - which is pretty good given those stubby little legs she's got.

hydraulic jumping legs, she is a machine after all.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #44 on:** 08 Sep 2009, 12:31 »

It's also possible that Faye is "really" getting heavier. She seems to have backslid on the emotional progress she was making. Post-Sven, it wouldn't be surprising if she's been raiding the emergency Ben&Jerry's again.

LeeC · « **Reply #45 on:** 08 Sep 2009, 12:59 »

I have yet to see a squirrel attack on the campus, but its only been a week.

akronnick · « **Reply #46 on:** 08 Sep 2009, 18:58 »

Schadenhorny!!! Mr Jacques, you, sir, are going to Hell!
That is all.

Watched Pot · « **Reply #47 on:** 08 Sep 2009, 19:12 »

I have to say I am impressed Mr. Reed resisted the "over her shoulder boob honk" to accentuate his offer of make outs.

Carl-E · « **Reply #48 on:** 08 Sep 2009, 19:17 »

Oh, but the title - Fickenfreude?!? Pure genius!

You know, it's been a long time that Dora and Marten have been together, and I thought for a minute they'd be past the "making out at any random opportunity" stage. Then I remembered - Comic time is not real time.

How long have they been together, anyway - a couple of weeks/months in comic time? It seems like a couple of years in real time!

I'm not gonna archive dive for this, maybe some of you with time on your hands can... the semester started, mine are full!

TwistedRemedy · « **Reply #49 on:** 08 Sep 2009, 19:27 »

AUGH.
Want. To. Know. What. Was. Said.

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