Topic: WCT Nov 9-13, 2009 (Read 40760 times)

giant_bug · « **Reply #100 on:** 12 Nov 2009, 12:54 »

In Shipper-verse there is no such thing as 'just friends'.

"Wow there's a picture in the paper of Pope Benedict and Cardinal Fuffnangle smiling together. OMG THEY ARE TOTALLY AN ITEM SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!".

I think it's a neurosis caused by excessive reading of celebity magazines.

no one special · « **Reply #101 on:** 12 Nov 2009, 13:05 »

he says "we've known each other since college" but she seems surprised that he even knew who she was in college. Something does not compute in my head.

Malsies · « **Reply #102 on:** 12 Nov 2009, 13:54 »

Quote from: no one special on 12 Nov 2009, 13:05

he says "we've known each other since college" but she seems surprised that he even knew who she was in college. Something does not compute in my head.

Well, Marigold has low self-esteem. I'm sure she knew who Angus was, but because they probably never spoke except in passing, she assumed that he never gave her a second thought. A reasonable enough conclusion. I've run into people I know from swing dancing, and they're all like, "Who are you?" Um, yeah, hi. You spent a three-and-a-half minute song with your hands all over me.

LeeC · « **Reply #103 on:** 12 Nov 2009, 14:27 »

Malsies said it better than I ever could.

BobtheDancingFlea · « **Reply #104 on:** 12 Nov 2009, 14:44 »

Up until this point...I thought Angus and Marigold were related. D:
Now I'm trying to remember how I got that idea in my head.
It feels like that's how they knew each other, so now I have to go look at the archives or I'll never know. :'C

Carl-E · « **Reply #105 on:** 12 Nov 2009, 15:20 »

I seem to recall it being brought up in he WCT th week they went to the bar w/o Angus...

smack that isaiah · « **Reply #106 on:** 12 Nov 2009, 17:10 »

Quote from: BobtheDancingFlea on 12 Nov 2009, 14:44

Up until this point...I thought Angus and Marigold were related. D:

I thought for a few weeks that they were brother and sister. I'm also unsure as to how I thought that, but once there was the whole "is Marigold attractive" thing and Angus looked her up and down and said yes, I thought not.

LeeC · « **Reply #107 on:** 12 Nov 2009, 17:20 »

yeah when the "is marigold attractive" strip came out it was evident they were not related. But I think they just consider each other friends.

BobtheDancingFlea · « **Reply #108 on:** 12 Nov 2009, 17:31 »

Quote from: smack that isaiah on 12 Nov 2009, 17:10

Quote from: BobtheDancingFlea on 12 Nov 2009, 14:44
Up until this point...I thought Angus and Marigold were related. D:
I thought for a few weeks that they were brother and sister. I'm also unsure as to how I thought that, but once there was the whole "is Marigold attractive" thing and Angus looked her up and down and said yes, I thought not.

Now, see...something must be wrong with me, 'cause that totally made me keep believing it.
Or maybe it's just the fact that I have no idea what it's like to have a sibling.
I just thought it seemed brotherly I DON'T KNOW WHY. D:

zagraf · « **Reply #109 on:** 12 Nov 2009, 19:47 »

[From Jeph's comment under tonight's comic]: Cutest Marigold ever in panel 2. Creepiest ever in panel five.

I dunno, I find her smile in panel five more adorable than creepy. Faye's "trying to be friendly to the customer" smile was creepy. Hannelore's "be friendly to the boy smiling at me" grin was creepy. This was adorable.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #110 on:** 12 Nov 2009, 19:53 »

My favorite was panel 1, the natural-looking happy Marigold. It's good to see her happy.

epoch · « **Reply #111 on:** 12 Nov 2009, 20:09 »

Angus just wants to make Marigold happy. Aw. SO. ADORABLE. So should they be Marigus or Angold?

Carl-E · « **Reply #112 on:** 12 Nov 2009, 20:29 »

Marigus, definitely.

Because not enough words rhyme with asparagus.

And Angold sounds like something from a Wagnerian opera...

Moxie · « **Reply #113 on:** 12 Nov 2009, 20:32 »

See, I would have said that Marigus sounded like another type of flower, whereas Angold sounds like some medical treatment for athlete's foot.

Nice to see Marigold being more social, even willingly, but it makes me think she might be reading into this all just a bit more than Angus intended.

raoullefere · « **Reply #114 on:** 12 Nov 2009, 20:46 »

Quote from: maddness on 12 Nov 2009, 09:25

Quote from: wargrafix on 12 Nov 2009, 07:30
I think its safe to say the "friend" he was referring to, was Angus.

OMG! He's a genius! He's been stalking her since college and even managed to get an apartment with her so that he can stalk her up close! This explains everything! Only, now she's starting to socialize and he can't have that, so he's making his move. WHY DIDN"T I SEE IT BEFORE??!!!

Because you aren't so paranoid that you assume that everyone is not only lying, but telling and living a huge lie just to conceal their evil plans?

Quote from: no one special on 12 Nov 2009, 13:05

he says "we've known each other since college" but she seems surprised that he even knew who she was in college. Something does not compute in my head.

Apparently your college experience is incomplete, since it does not include the "mystery guy" (or girl; less common, from my experience, but I see no reason for her not to exist). Everyone you know has seen him, no one has seen him actually talking to anybody, and no one knows what he does, although at least one person of your circle is certain he was in this hundred-plus student class they were in, too. Sometimes you actually get to meet this person and discover he's cool, interesting, brilliant, obsessed, creepy, strange, non-communicative, lonely, self-absorbed, distrustful, or personally disturbs you—take about three from the list, and you might add has some odd odor. I recall about three guys like this from college (including grad school). Two I met, and one just faded away about mid-semester. Legend had it 'they' came for him (although no one ever properly established who 'they' were.)

Quote from: Carl-E on 12 Nov 2009, 20:29

Marigus, definitely.

Because not enough words rhyme with asparagus.

And Angold sounds like something from a Wagnerian opera...

Stop that.

Akima · « **Reply #115 on:** 12 Nov 2009, 20:57 »

Quote from: Moxie on 12 Nov 2009, 20:32

Angold sounds like some medical treatment for athlete's foot.

Or worse, a hemorrhoid cream... Or lube...

Kugai · « **Reply #116 on:** 12 Nov 2009, 21:11 »

I think Marigold was more that shy, brainy, awkward kid that knows all the answers but prefers to sit in the back of the class and mumbles when called on.

Dawwwwww Mari-Bear has da crushes on Angus.

Hmmmmm

Why is it that when I se Marigus I suddenly have this image of Angus and Marigold in Roman Armour?

maddness · « **Reply #117 on:** 12 Nov 2009, 21:22 »

Mangold
Mangus
Margus
Marang
Man
Ma

Quote from: raoullefere on 12 Nov 2009, 20:46

Quote from: maddness on 12 Nov 2009, 09:25

OMG! He's a genius! He's been stalking her since college and even managed to get an apartment with her so that he can stalk her up close! This explains everything! Only, now she's starting to socialize and he can't have that, so he's making his move. WHY DIDN"T I SEE IT BEFORE??!!!

Because you aren't so paranoid that you assume that everyone is not only lying, but telling and living a huge lie just to conceal their evil plans?

Wow! This proves I'm saner than I used to be!

Quote from: raoullefere on 12 Nov 2009, 20:46

Apparently your college experience is incomplete, since it does not include the "mystery guy" (or girl; less common, from my experience, but I see no reason for her not to exist). Everyone you know has seen him, no one has seen him actually talking to anybody, and no one knows what he does, although at least one person of your circle is certain he was in this hundred-plus student class they were in, too. Sometimes you actually get to meet this person and discover he's cool, interesting, brilliant, obsessed, creepy, strange, non-communicative, lonely, self-absorbed, distrustful, or personally disturbs you—take about three from the list, and you might add has some odd odor. I recall about three guys like this from college (including grad school). Two I met, and one just faded away about mid-semester. Legend had it 'they' came for him (although no one ever properly established who 'they' were.)

I was that girl, only it started well before college. I think it was elementary school.

Border Reiver · « **Reply #118 on:** 13 Nov 2009, 04:42 »

Quote from: zagraf on 12 Nov 2009, 19:47

[From Jeph's comment under tonight's comic]: Cutest Marigold ever in panel 2. Creepiest ever in panel five.

I dunno, I find her smile in panel five more adorable than creepy. Faye's "trying to be friendly to the customer" smile was creepy. Hannelore's "be friendly to the boy smiling at me" grin was creepy. This was adorable.

Remember, you're just comparing Marigold to Marigold, on that scale, the man is right. When we introduce Faye, or Hanners, then the variables change.

Carl-E · « **Reply #119 on:** 13 Nov 2009, 05:27 »

Quote from: zagraf on 12 Nov 2009, 19:47

[From Jeph's comment under tonight's comic]: Cutest Marigold ever in panel 2. Creepiest ever in panel five.

I dunno, I find her smile in panel five more adorable than creepy. Faye's "trying to be friendly to the customer" smile was creepy. Hannelore's "be friendly to the boy smiling at me" grin was creepy. This was adorable.

Anyone with a fixed smile on their face is creepy lookng - it's the opposite side of the uncanny valley, someone real looking a little too plastic...

raoullefere · « **Reply #120 on:** 13 Nov 2009, 06:25 »

I don't know. Creepiness is, I suspect, like so many things, partially a matter of intent. Faye was trying to be creepy—Marigold's just trying to amuse. It makes me feel a little better, at any rate, as it's something one would do with a friend, not a romantic interest.

sigh Don't want the not-real comic girl to get crushed, I don't.

Quote from: maddness on 12 Nov 2009, 21:22

Quote from: raoullefere on 12 Nov 2009, 20:46
Because you aren't so paranoid that you assume that everyone is not only lying, but telling and living a huge lie just to conceal their evil plans?
Wow! This proves I'm saner than I used to be!

It would, except it's me making the observation.

rynne · « **Reply #121 on:** 13 Nov 2009, 07:42 »

Can I say that I have been really, really impressed how Jeph's art accurately depicts Marigold as plain-looking? By which I mean she's not ugly, but neither does she have the secretly-stunning-without-my-glasses vibe (as opposed to, say, Penelope). She looks exactly like she should: a girl who could probably be cuter if she bothered, but is legitimately of average attractiveness. It's not really something that a lot of comics pull off well, and it goes such a long way to adding realism to Marigold's personality.

epoch · « **Reply #122 on:** 13 Nov 2009, 07:46 »

Quote from: raoullefere on 13 Nov 2009, 06:25

sigh Don't want the not-real comic girl to get crushed, I don't.

She isn't going to. Because her and Angus are going to get together, and fall in love. It will be super adorable. Yayyy!

Abigmoron · « **Reply #123 on:** 13 Nov 2009, 09:38 »

Angus's shirt is literally everything I have ever wanted in a shirt

~~Schmorgluck~~ · « **Reply #124 on:** 13 Nov 2009, 11:08 »

I don't know if Hannelore is growing a crush for Angus. This would be immature from someone her age in general, but somehow understandable from a kind of asocial girl just going out of her shell.
The other possible explanation is that, going out of her shell, she's taking a taste for socializing and being around people. Which is even more cute and awwwwwwwsome. Reminds me of myself, back when playing tabletop roleplaying games with many like-minded yet very various people, helped me be easier around people.

epoch · « **Reply #125 on:** 13 Nov 2009, 11:22 »

Quote from: Schmorgluck on 13 Nov 2009, 11:08

I don't know if Hannelore is growing a crush for Angus. This would be immature from someone her age in general, but somehow understandable from a kind of asocial girl just going out of her shell.
The other possible explanation is that, going out of her shell, she's taking a taste for socializing and being around people. Which is even more cute and awwwwwwwsome. Reminds me of myself, back when playing tabletop roleplaying games with many like-minded yet very various people, helped me be easier around people.

You mean Marigold, right? Hannelore is a different character.

maddness · « **Reply #126 on:** 13 Nov 2009, 11:35 »

Quote from: raoullefere on 13 Nov 2009, 06:25

sigh Don't want the not-real comic girl to get crushed, I don't.

This. EXACTLY this.

Quote from: raoullefere on 13 Nov 2009, 06:25

I don't know. Creepiness is, I suspect, like so many things, partially a matter of intent. Faye was trying to be creepy—Marigold's just trying to amuse. It makes me feel a little better, at any rate, as it's something one would do with a friend, not a romantic interest.

But, being that she's pretty well inexperienced when it comes to the whole boy/girl interaction thing, she might not have those nuances down.

Quote from: raoullefere on 13 Nov 2009, 06:25

Quote from: maddness on 12 Nov 2009, 21:22
Quote from: raoullefere on 12 Nov 2009, 20:46
Because you aren't so paranoid that you assume that everyone is not only lying, but telling and living a huge lie just to conceal their evil plans?
Wow! This proves I'm saner than I used to be!
It would, except it's me making the observation.

Damn! Just when I thought I was making progress.

~~Schmorgluck~~ · « **Reply #127 on:** 13 Nov 2009, 11:54 »

Quote from: epoch on 13 Nov 2009, 11:22

Quote from: Schmorgluck on 13 Nov 2009, 11:08
I don't know if Hannelore is growing a crush for Angus. This would be immature from someone her age in general, but somehow understandable from a kind of asocial girl just going out of her shell.
The other possible explanation is that, going out of her shell, she's taking a taste for socializing and being around people. Which is even more cute and awwwwwwwsome. Reminds me of myself, back when playing tabletop roleplaying games with many like-minded yet very various people, helped me be easier around people.
You mean Marigold, right? Hannelore is a different character.

Yeah, I meant Marigold... What the fuck is wrong with me?

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #128 on:** 13 Nov 2009, 13:02 »

Socially awkward women with the same vowel pattern in their names and the same number of syllables? I can see how a collision happened.

Kugai · « **Reply #129 on:** 13 Nov 2009, 13:02 »

Quote from: Schmorgluck on 13 Nov 2009, 11:54

Quote from: epoch on 13 Nov 2009, 11:22
Quote from: Schmorgluck on 13 Nov 2009, 11:08
I don't know if Hannelore is growing a crush for Angus. This would be immature from someone her age in general, but somehow understandable from a kind of asocial girl just going out of her shell.
The other possible explanation is that, going out of her shell, she's taking a taste for socializing and being around people. Which is even more cute and awwwwwwwsome. Reminds me of myself, back when playing tabletop roleplaying games with many like-minded yet very various people, helped me be easier around people.
You mean Marigold, right? Hannelore is a different character.
Yeah, I meant Marigold... What the fuck is wrong with me?

You might need glasses?

Border Reiver · « **Reply #130 on:** 13 Nov 2009, 13:18 »

Well, based on the poll (which hasn't changed), there was a good percentage of people want me todo the polls. However there are plenty of others to do the work - many are funnier than I.

Besides, I'm off on exercise this weekend and won't be back til late Sunday - one of the rest of you will have to do it....

raoullefere · « **Reply #131 on:** 13 Nov 2009, 20:49 »

Quote from: maddness on 13 Nov 2009, 11:35

Quote from: raoullefere on 13 Nov 2009, 06:25
I don't know. Creepiness is, I suspect, like so many things, partially a matter of intent. Faye was trying to be creepy—Marigold's just trying to amuse. It makes me feel a little better, at any rate, as it's something one would do with a friend, not a romantic interest.

But, being that she's pretty well inexperienced when it comes to the whole boy/girl interaction thing, she might not have those nuances down.

Well, great. You can just rock me to sleep tonight.

Edit: which you didn't, and I didn't sleep a wink. (starts chucking guilt by the large handfuls).

LTK · « **Reply #132 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 05:17 »

Quote from: Jeph's Twitter

Oh my god you guys we just bought A HOUSE

Holy crap.

jonarus_drakus · « **Reply #133 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 08:54 »

A house, awsome! Now you KNOW your popular and cool Jeph, if you wernt, you would be able to aford to buy a house...

srry, dunk... My birthday drinkfest (25 as of the 14th)... pity is was crap...

syrupykeyboard · « **Reply #134 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 12:15 »

Quote from: jonarus_drakus on 14 Nov 2009, 08:54

A house, awsome! Now you KNOW your popular and cool Jeph, if you wernt, you would be able to aford to buy a house...

srry, dunk... My birthday drinkfest (25 as of the 14th)... pity is was crap...

Well happy birthday, jonarus!

ysth · « **Reply #135 on:** 14 Nov 2009, 19:29 »

Quote from: LTK on 14 Nov 2009, 05:17

Quote from: Jeph's Twitter
Oh my god you guys we just bought A HOUSE

Holy crap.

Yay!

Speaking of twitter, I note that pintsize0101 is following KimikoRoss.
As is hanneloreEC, but she also follows sockington, pennycat, and wilw.

ysth · « **Reply #136 on:** 15 Nov 2009, 21:07 »

Quote from: Border Reiver on 13 Nov 2009, 13:18

Well, based on the poll (which hasn't changed), there was a good percentage of people want me todo the polls. However there are plenty of others to do the work - many are funnier than I.

Besides, I'm off on exercise this weekend and won't be back til late Sunday - one of the rest of you will have to do it....

Or we will all patiently wait for your return...

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