Topic: Anyone else not digging purple-haired Dora? (Read 24805 times)

TheMusicalVito · « **on:** 13 Nov 2010, 08:11 »

I dunno, she doesn't look like her at all anymore. What happened

helloandgoodbye · « **Reply #1 on:** 13 Nov 2010, 12:23 »

Dude, old news is old.

But yeah, she's hotter with black hair.

JD · « **Reply #2 on:** 13 Nov 2010, 12:45 »

I like how she doesn't look like marten's sister now.

jwhouk · « **Reply #3 on:** 13 Nov 2010, 13:46 »

She could just let it grow out again, but then Jeph would have to remember to darken the tips.

Carl-E · « **Reply #4 on:** 13 Nov 2010, 15:46 »

Can always dye it back to black!

hannahsaurusrex · « **Reply #5 on:** 13 Nov 2010, 16:03 »

I kinda love the purple hair.

It suits her more than black or her natural blonde. She's too spunky for brunette. She's too grounded for pink or green. Purple fits her eccentric personality but doesn't scream at people for attention.

Now, I would LOVE it if she grew her hair out again and actually committed. Then maybe red.

Carl-E · « **Reply #6 on:** 13 Nov 2010, 16:22 »

Like your avatar?

And, guessing by extension, yourself?

hannahsaurusrex · « **Reply #7 on:** 13 Nov 2010, 20:37 »

Similar to my avatar, but not similar to my real life appearance (Although I did dye it for my April O'Neil costume this year)

Here's kinda what I was thinking, but I'm still not sold. I think purple is still better.

IanClark · « **Reply #8 on:** 14 Nov 2010, 00:41 »

^ Looks too Hanna Barbera. Any look that isn't at least slightly goth robs her of her personality.

hannahsaurusrex · « **Reply #9 on:** 14 Nov 2010, 00:50 »

Yeah, the more I look at it the less I like red.

I was thinking Run Lola Run, not Hanna Barbera

LeeC · « **Reply #10 on:** 14 Nov 2010, 23:34 »

I actually quite liked her with the blonde with black tips.

Sorflakne · « **Reply #11 on:** 15 Nov 2010, 00:11 »

Quote from: LeeC on 14 Nov 2010, 23:34

I actually quite liked her with the blonde with black tips.

This

Carl-E · « **Reply #12 on:** 15 Nov 2010, 01:05 »

Arky · « **Reply #13 on:** 15 Nov 2010, 02:07 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 15 Nov 2010, 01:05

Win.

Karilyn · « **Reply #14 on:** 15 Nov 2010, 02:46 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 15 Nov 2010, 01:05

fail.

Loki · « **Reply #15 on:** 15 Nov 2010, 02:52 »

Isn't there an "auto-win if drawn by Jeph"-rule? There should be one.

Akima · « **Reply #16 on:** 15 Nov 2010, 03:24 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 13 Nov 2010, 16:22

Like your avatar? And, guessing by extension, yourself?

By that logic, I should prefer black. Oh...

raoullefere · « **Reply #17 on:** 15 Nov 2010, 20:05 »

Quote from: LeeC on 14 Nov 2010, 23:34

I actually quite liked her with the blonde with black tips.

Ditto.

And anyone who tries to beat me with a sign is eatin' it.

KateCorrigan · « **Reply #18 on:** 19 Nov 2010, 11:50 »

I'd like to see her hair ENTIRELY its natural color, w/o the black tips...then maybe she could go back to black, but it would be nice to see her Bianchiness in full swing just the once.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #19 on:** 19 Nov 2010, 13:51 »

She had problems before she went purple, but they sure seemed to accelerate after that. This is coincidence but it's a basis on which to build silly theories.

JD · « **Reply #20 on:** 22 Nov 2010, 23:04 »

Quote from: Arky on 15 Nov 2010, 02:07

Quote from: Carl-E on 15 Nov 2010, 01:05
[img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/5178208816_d469081398.jpg[img]

Win.

Quote from: Karilyn on 15 Nov 2010, 02:46

Quote from: Carl-E on 15 Nov 2010, 01:05
[img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/5178208816_d469081398.jpg[img]
fail.

oh aren't you two clever

melly21 · « **Reply #21 on:** 22 Nov 2010, 23:33 »

Quote from: LeeC on 14 Nov 2010, 23:34

I actually quite liked her with the blonde with black tips.

I was reading the archives again this weekend and I have to say this was by far my favourite Dora look! I like the purple hair don't get me wrong. The black hair made her look like Marty's sister and I think the blonde and black shaggy-ish hair just gave her a nice kinda different look in my opinion.

Carl-E · « **Reply #22 on:** 23 Nov 2010, 00:39 »

I always thought it looked a bit like ermine.

Skewbrow · « **Reply #23 on:** 23 Nov 2010, 00:47 »

A cool pic, Carl-E. Is this from "An introduction to braid groups"?

electricumbrellas · « **Reply #24 on:** 23 Nov 2010, 13:13 »

I really, really liked her with blond/black hair. It looked neat.

There are some times that I like the purple, and there are random moments that I really dislike it.

KOODustin · « **Reply #25 on:** 23 Nov 2010, 21:07 »

I liked her in all black, personally. Then again, women with crazy unnatural hair colors are generally not my cup of tea.

raoullefere · « **Reply #26 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 12:02 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 19 Nov 2010, 13:51

She had problems before she went purple, but they sure seemed to accelerate after that. This is coincidence but it's a basis on which to build silly theories.

The best, silliest theories are all built on a coincidences. Is that a coincidence? Or a pair o' docs?

akronnick · « **Reply #27 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 12:19 »

Post hoc, ergo propter hoc.

Yup, Dora dyes her hair purple then breaks up with Marten. That must be the reason. No other possible explanation. If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

William of Occam* is spinning in his grave!

*Most parsimonious, not simplest

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #28 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 13:10 »

If I may be indulged in a silly theory some more, consider that everyone who has dyed her hair purple has broken up with Marten, and since the strip began nobody who hasn't dyed her hair purple has ever broken up with Marten (Faye and Sara were never together with him).

Post hoc egro propter hoc meets universal generalization from a single data point.

akronnick · « **Reply #29 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 13:22 »

Your sample size lacks statistical significance.

jwhouk · « **Reply #30 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 16:32 »

NOTHING in this strip is of any statistical significance.

Just ask Hannelore.

tHEfOOL · « **Reply #31 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 16:48 »

i think the purple hair made her even crazier and that is why she broke up with marten, not directly because of the purple hair, but all the hair dye has finally fried her brain

akronnick · « **Reply #32 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 19:02 »

Quote from: tHEfOOL on 30 Nov 2010, 16:48

i think the purple hair made her even crazier and that is why she broke up with marten, not directly because of the purple hair, but all the hair dye has finally fried her brain

*headdesk*

*headdesk*

*headdesk*

LeeC · « **Reply #33 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 19:21 »

Quote from: akronnick on 30 Nov 2010, 19:02

Quote from: tHEfOOL on 30 Nov 2010, 16:48
i think the purple hair made her even crazier and that is why she broke up with marten, not directly because of the purple hair, but all the hair dye has finally fried her brain

*headdesk*

*headdesk*

*headdesk*

Actually, when you look at it the 3 doras have had some differences, black hair dora was the whinny insecure one. The blonde look she was a bit more warmly and nice and more maternal. The purple one was just insane and more of a bitch.

leahneedsanap · « **Reply #34 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 20:42 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 30 Nov 2010, 13:10

If I may be indulged in a silly theory some more, consider that everyone who has dyed her hair purple has broken up with Marten, and since the strip began nobody who hasn't dyed her hair purple has ever broken up with Marten (Faye and Sara were never together with him).

Post hoc egro propter hoc meets universal generalization from a single data point.

Maybe it IS the hair dye--at least indirectly. Maybe she's just cranky cause she never got caught up on her sleep. Tired and hungry is the fastest way to turn me into a rude crank who makes bad decisions and ignores other people's wants and needs.

(Maybe I should have a sandwich and take a nap, just to be safe)

Somniloquence · « **Reply #35 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 21:37 »

Maybe the hair dye is just Jeph inserting symbolism to represent the different phases of the Dora/Marten relationship. Black was her original hair color, signifying the beginning of their relationship and Dora getting together with him the way she already is. Blond with black tips represents her getting more accustomed to the relationship as she lets some of true feelings show. Purple means that she thinks things are going too good, so she MUST make a change in the relationship and do something, before he does it first.

And next? She shaves all of her hair off, signifying the end of the relationship.

tHEfOOL · « **Reply #36 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 22:25 »

Quote from: Somniloquence on 30 Nov 2010, 21:37

And next? She shaves all of her hair off, signifying the end of the relationship.

i vote this ^

Boomslang · « **Reply #37 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 22:40 »

Quote from: tHEfOOL on 30 Nov 2010, 22:25

Quote from: Somniloquence on 30 Nov 2010, 21:37
And next? She shaves all of her hair off, signifying the end of the relationship.

i vote this ^

Seconded.

Full on V for Vendetta makeover.

(why yes, that is a fetish of mine)

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #38 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 22:45 »

That's making sense.

On the nonsense front, has anyone noticed that purple hair dye contains dihydrogen monoxide? See http://dhmo.org/ for comprehensive information about this deadly chemical. It is found in the brains of all mentally ill people who've been tested for it, and is a major constituent of substances which cause impaired decision making, such as tequila. Dora would not have broken up with Marten if she had been free of dihydrogen monoxide.

Carl-E · « **Reply #39 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 22:48 »

She wouldn't be doing much at all if she were free of DHMO.

Skewbrow · « **Reply #40 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 23:11 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 30 Nov 2010, 22:45

See http://dhmo.org/ for comprehensive information about this deadly chemical.

LOL! I'm easily amused but give the designer an internet. A visit to that site made my day. A highly suspicious compound. Hanners should investigate.

Somniloquence · « **Reply #41 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 23:16 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 30 Nov 2010, 22:45

That's making sense.

On the nonsense front, has anyone noticed that purple hair dye contains dihydrogen monoxide? See http://dhmo.org/ for comprehensive information about this deadly chemical. It is found in the brains of all mentally ill people who've been tested for it, and is a major constituent of substances which cause impaired decision making, such as tequila. Dora would not have broken up with Marten if she had been free of dihydrogen monoxide.

It can also cause sunburns while swimming!

jwhouk · « **Reply #42 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 23:17 »

DHMO is known to cause problems with AnthroPC's too.

Many of the characters in the strip believe DHMO is the way to reduce the effects of a hangover, though.

Carl-E · « **Reply #43 on:** 30 Nov 2010, 23:29 »

Quote from: Skewbrow on 30 Nov 2010, 23:11

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 30 Nov 2010, 22:45
See http://dhmo.org/ for comprehensive information about this deadly chemical.

...A visit to that site made my day...

Mine, too, but indirectly! At the bottom of this site is a real ad, for Acme Klein Bottles. I met this guy about 12 years ago at a national mathematics convention (what?). He had an assortment of bottles, and we talked for a while about how to design one that could be used for everyday drinking.

Looks like he worked out hte bugs - he now sells a Klein stein!

I know what I want for Christmas...

Skewbrow · « **Reply #44 on:** 01 Dec 2010, 01:50 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 30 Nov 2010, 23:29

Mine, too, but indirectly! At the bottom of this site is a real ad, for Acme Klein Bottles.

Shop on the Mobius strip - you're always on the right side of the road.

That banner ad was, indeed, the icing on the cake. But you're saying that it's for real as opposed to, say, something that escaped from XKCD or SpikedMath? What can I say?

Whoo-pee!

Radien · « **Reply #45 on:** 01 Dec 2010, 03:04 »

I know I'm a bit late here in that I merely wish to express my opinion about the hair color change rather than amuse myself with tinfoil-hatted personality theories... but here's my take:

1. I like purple hair.
2. I think purple hair is better suited to other people than Dora, but it's so close to jet black hair that I hardly register much of a difference.
3. I agree that the black/blond hair was the most interesting of the colors that suited her.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #46 on:** 02 Dec 2010, 12:24 »

Blond and black was my favorite too, and it reflected Dora's internal conflict.

jwhouk · « **Reply #47 on:** 02 Dec 2010, 13:10 »

Oooh, higher-level meaning FTW!

Carl-E · « **Reply #48 on:** 02 Dec 2010, 13:37 »

...aaaand so the purple was her way of just covering up that internal conflict? Black did that well enough, but maybe she just needed something louder to drown out the little voices...

raoullefere · « **Reply #49 on:** 02 Dec 2010, 22:57 »

Or perhaps Dora is trying to come to terms with the shameful (to her) fact that she's a Prince freak. It's possible a good therapist can assure Dora there's nothing actually wrong with that.

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