Topic: WCDT: 13-17 Dec 2010 (1816-20) (Read 288159 times)

jwhouk · « **on:** 12 Dec 2010, 07:20 »

Yet another week to ponder. Standard disclaimer: Please don't get this thread locked, 'kay?

O8h7w · « **Reply #1 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 07:30 »

Gotta love the new disclaimer

I'm hoping that we will not have anymore yelling bird... that guy creeps me out.

vettechinohio · « **Reply #2 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 08:09 »

That poll needs to be multiple choice. I hope for not only the appearance of Veronica, but for Dora's first session as well.

The Duke · « **Reply #3 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 08:53 »

I agree.

Although if Dora calls the therapist one day, it seems unlikely to me that they would set up a session for the next day, whereas Marten (that same day on the phone with his mom) said "see you tomorrow", and a day in QCtime is often a week or more, so I don't anticipate those two things being in the same week of real time. I think Jeph will want to spread each of those events out over a week to better explore both of them in detail.

Border Reiver · « **Reply #4 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 09:36 »

Nah - Miss Ellicot Chatham will continue a fine tradition by throwing up on our beleaguered hero.

Carl-E · « **Reply #5 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 09:43 »

Quote from: The Duke on 12 Dec 2010, 08:53

...if Dora calls the therapist one day, it seems unlikely to me that they would set up a session for the next day, whereas Marten (that same day on the phone with his mom) said "see you tomorrow", and a day in QCtime is often a week or more, so I don't anticipate those two things being in the same week of real time. I think Jeph will want to spread each of those events out over a week to better explore both of them in detail.

If Marten's mom stays for a few days, that's about three weeks worth of material right there.

The first therapy visit? Well, as argued last week, it may or may not be seen. but if it is, another good week and a half to two weeks worth of material.

Gotta love comic time. Reminds me of the soap my wife used to watch when we first got married. We'd go away for a week, come back, and they were still in the middle of the same argument, or getting ready for the same party, as when we'd left! It wasn't consistent, though. My favorite part was when a new kid would be born into the family, and after a few months of the show's time, the kid was going to school... or worse, graduating. Young actors would age right out of their roles before your eyes!

Oh, and Hanners doesn't vomit (barf, puke, ralph, etc), it's too icky. Can't avoid it with a stomach flu, but if she's in enough control, she just won't drink to that extent. She's not even trying to keep up with Marten, she's just keeping him company.

And of course, she'll be there for him, and help clean up when he loses his non-free lunch.

snubnose · « **Reply #6 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 12:24 »

Whow people are optimistic about Martens mom this week.

jwhouk · « **Reply #7 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 15:24 »

Quote from: vettechinohio on 12 Dec 2010, 08:09

That poll needs to be multiple choice. I hope for not only the appearance of Veronica, but for Dora's first session as well.

Can't switch it after the fact. Can only change the question and the replies.

Arancaytar · « **Reply #8 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 18:06 »

Hanners is looking after Marigold now?

Considering Hanners is traditionally the Woobie of the QC cast, that seems new. (Though she did go off on Marigold for not cleaning her room that time.)

iduguphergrave · « **Reply #9 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 18:33 »

Not the first time Hannelore has looked after Mar-bear.

Re: Comic: Yay! Return of the bourbon weasel!!!! Though his presence means Marten's in a pretty bad state of mind right now...Then again, the comic's title alone could tell you that much.

jwhouk · « **Reply #10 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 19:24 »

Geez, how could I NOT have seen "Beast of Bourbon" as an option?

St.Clair · « **Reply #11 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 19:37 »

"Can't eat, almost 85."

iduguphergrave · « **Reply #12 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 19:41 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 12 Dec 2010, 19:24

Geez, how could I NOT have seen "Beast of Bourbon" as an option?

An honest oversight considering we haven't seen it in over 1000 strips. I'm half-surprised Jeph even thought of it.*

If Marten drinks too much more Faye might walk in to him swinging a broom around the apartment trying to fight that 9-foot pterodactyl.

*I guess I feel like being an archive-diver today

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #13 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 19:46 »

Wait.... Drunken, invisible animal that can only be seen by Marten. Harvey? Check.

Nice guy constantly being battered by life and does nothing about it a la James Stewart? Check.

Does this mean we'll be seeing a QC version of Its a Wonderful Life? Dear lord...... Veronica must be trying to earn her wings....

This could be simultaneously the funniest and most depressing QC storyline to date.

0kamisama · « **Reply #14 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 20:00 »

Wow, looks like we're in for a bunch of 'new art style' renditions of familiar faces.

Dora's therapist, Veronica, and now the old drunken hallucination monsters!

Kugai · « **Reply #15 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 20:03 »

If he has a few more, will the Tequila Monster show up?

Yellowstone · « **Reply #16 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 20:09 »

If the songs Jeph uses for the strip titles are meant to be a quasi-soundtrack, Marten's not in a very good place right now...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iszGfyLf5dQ

elddiremsiht · « **Reply #17 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 21:13 »

Quote from: iduguphergrave on 12 Dec 2010, 19:41

If Marten drinks too much more Faye might walk in to him swinging a broom around the apartment trying to fight that 9-foot pterodactyl.

A... dickbroom, perhaps?

A little surprised that Hanners left. I wonder where this is going.

Dr. ROFLPWN · « **Reply #18 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 21:16 »

The Beast of Bourbon is endemic to just Marten, right? Cause I know Steve has the Tequila Monster, who came first, and was purple and green, and almost makes me want to say there's a palette swap going on, but there's deliberate variation thrown in there some places (also the Tequila Monster doesn't have a bowler hat). I don't THINK Steve's seen the yellow-blue guy.

@elddiremsiht: WELCOME TO THE PARTY MOTHERFUCKER

This is going? Nowhere good. Misery Town is likely the next stop on this cruise for just about everyone except Marigold, because she will be ensconced in her magical tropical gloryland on a seahorse.

akronnick · « **Reply #19 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 21:42 »

I think you may be over analysing the physical characteristics of a fictional* alcohol induced hallucination.*

*or is it ?!?!?!!!!

Dr. ROFLPWN · « **Reply #20 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 21:45 »

Nooooooo akronnick don't you see, the Monster and the Beast are the only real characters, the humans are the hallucination

(p.s. you are correct about what I am doing

bluh bluh

EDIT: psyduck is more appropriate than mr. green, mr. green is kind of a tool. OH GOD I HAVE TO STOP. SOMEONE SAY SOMETHING SERIOUS AND INSIGHTFUL.)

Sharp · « **Reply #21 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 21:58 »

You know, it's rare that a QC comic influences my own life, but tonight is an exception: I lost my grandfather at around 7 o'clock EST Sunday. And while I came home, fully expecting to crack open my bottle of whiskey, the threat of a horrible hallucination has changed my mind and made me smile instead.

I guess what I'm saying is: Thanks Jeph. Your comic helps in ways other have no hope of ever doing.

Carl-E · « **Reply #22 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 22:12 »

Quote from: Yellowstone on 12 Dec 2010, 20:09

If the songs Jeph uses for the strip titles are meant to be a quasi-soundtrack, Marten's not in a very good place right now...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iszGfyLf5dQ

Wow. Thanks for that.

Now I need to look up some of the others... after finals.

Wiregeek · « **Reply #23 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 22:13 »

Nothing big here... Let's see whether Marten follows this bad advice or not...

Olymander · « **Reply #24 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 22:57 »

Quote from: TheEvilDog on 12 Dec 2010, 19:46

Dear lord...... Veronica must be trying to earn her wings....

I have a dirty mind. The above-quoted line sent me in an entirely different direction.

Quote from: Sharp on 12 Dec 2010, 21:58

You know, it's rare that a QC comic influences my own life, but tonight is an exception: I lost my grandfather at around 7 o'clock EST Sunday. And while I came home, fully expecting to crack open my bottle of whiskey, the threat of a horrible hallucination has changed my mind and made me smile instead.

I guess what I'm saying is: Thanks Jeph. Your comic helps in ways other have no hope of ever doing.

I'm sorry to hear about your loss. I had a bit of a scare with both of my own grandfathers this past month (one heart attack, one broken hip), and lost my last grandmother back around... April, I think it was? We didn't always get along (my grandmother and I), but still, it does put a hole in your life. For my case, it did spark some good, as it jump-started my romantic relationship with my girlfriend, so it wasn't all bad, but still. I can only hope that in the days to come, you'll manage to find ways of coping, and that you can manage to continue on in your life.

Sorflakne · « **Reply #25 on:** 12 Dec 2010, 23:44 »

ZOMG TEH WEASELS ARE BACK!!!1!11!!!11!!1!11

That is all.

tHEfOOL · « **Reply #26 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 00:38 »

Quote from: Sharp on 12 Dec 2010, 21:58

You know, it's rare that a QC comic influences my own life, but tonight is an exception: I lost my grandfather at around 7 o'clock EST Sunday. And while I came home, fully expecting to crack open my bottle of whiskey, the threat of a horrible hallucination has changed my mind and made me smile instead.

I guess what I'm saying is: Thanks Jeph. Your comic helps in ways other have no hope of ever doing.

that really sucks, i know what losing family is like i only have one grandparent left, my grandma who is 95 years old, all three of the others dies when i was between the ages of 10-15 and there's nothing you can really do about it. my grandma had a heart attack about 5 months ago and we all though she was gonna die but she pulled through. hope you find some closure and feel better

Odal · « **Reply #27 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 01:29 »

I don't get any hallucinations... But there definitely is something that tells me that I should keep drinking even though others have left and I'm alone.

raoullefere · « **Reply #28 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 01:59 »

Yeh, now that beastie show, ev'rythin' goan be awri'. Yeh?

I have no idea why I wrote that, except the redo of Death Takes a Holiday (Meet Jerk Black, or something like that—not the best outing for teh Pitt) is on my mind.

Need to do something about that.
Sings:
I'll never be
Your Beast of Bourbon
My mouth's so dry
My head is hurtin'
Never, never never never never drinkin' JD again
Oh no!
(Doin' Chivas next time)

(Anyone else decided they might've actually had enough of Pintsize for a bit?)

Olymander · « **Reply #29 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 02:07 »

Quote from: raoullefere on 13 Dec 2010, 01:59

(Anyone else decided they might've actually had enough of Pintsize for a bit?)

Not particularly for myself, but then again, Pintsize has a way of just showing up, so I don't usually expect him one way or the other.

Loki · « **Reply #30 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 02:47 »

Quote from: St.Clair on 12 Dec 2010, 19:37

"Can't eat, almost 85."

For the record, she shouldn't need more than twelve hours and four minutes of power-leveling. That's how much the first lvl 85 on our realm needed. And hey, I was already wondering whether we would get a mention of Cataclysm from Marbear somehow.

Near Lurker · « **Reply #31 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 03:02 »

Next, Marten comes into a lot of money.

(...wait, that was Gregory Peck. Well, Stewart played him in the kind-of sequel.)

Next, Scott Brown dies and a special election puts Marten in his place.

(...okay, that one's wrong on so many levels...)

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #32 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 03:18 »

Well that's yesterday's vote out of the window.

I'm now hoping for a massive swerve where Victoria becomes Dora's therapist.

I also want to see Pintsize offer therapy to Marten dressed up as Freud.

I'm going to hold my breath until Jeph meets my perfectly reasonable and justifiable demands.

ducktape · « **Reply #33 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 04:08 »

I still think Marten may return to CoD this week, if for no other reason than to warn Dora of Veronica's IMMINENT AND IMPENDING ARRIVAL O NOES!!!1!!

Hopefully that could lead to enough of a reconciliation that Marten, Faye and Dora can be seen in the same panel again.

Though "this week" could be in-universe time ...

pwhodges · « **Reply #34 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 04:15 »

Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 13 Dec 2010, 03:18

I'm going to hold my breath until Jeph meets my perfectly reasonable and justifiable demands.

He won't you know, so leave it.

Carl-E · « **Reply #35 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 05:00 »

Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 13 Dec 2010, 03:18

I'm going to hold my breath until Jeph meets my perfectly reasonable and justifiable demands.

Blue's not really your color.

And good for Marten, at least he recognizes bad advice when he hears it. Of course, listening is another matter entirely!

Personally, I'm holding out for a booze-monster party. Where's Gary when you need him?

MillionDollar Belt Sander · « **Reply #36 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 05:15 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 13 Dec 2010, 04:15

Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 13 Dec 2010, 03:18
I'm going to hold my breath until Jeph meets my perfectly reasonable and justifiable demands.

He won't you know, so leave it.

Next time don't say anything. We could have waited for him to DROP DEAD... then we could have sold all his stuff and bought swank new QC duds!

Border Reiver · « **Reply #37 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 05:18 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 13 Dec 2010, 05:00

Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 13 Dec 2010, 03:18
I'm going to hold my breath until Jeph meets my perfectly reasonable and justifiable demands.

Blue's not really your color.

And good for Marten, at least he recognizes bad advice when he hears it. Of course, listening is another matter entirely!

Personally, I'm holding out for a booze-monster party. Where's Gary when you need him?

Marten's not drinking vermouth - yet.

zadojla · « **Reply #38 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 07:03 »

Quote from: Border Reiver on 13 Dec 2010, 05:18

Marten's not drinking vermouth - yet.

You only drink vermouth when the rest of the liquor's gone. Ever notice how dry vermouth tastes like pizza?

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #39 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 07:10 »

Apparently work takes a very dim view if you pass out and then blame it on a web comic.

Apparently this is going on my permanent record.

MillionDollar Belt Sander · « **Reply #40 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 07:40 »

Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 13 Dec 2010, 07:10

Apparently work takes a very dim view if you pass out and then blame it on a web comic.

Apparently this is going on my permanent record.

maaaaaaaaaan you're still ALIVE?! Well my day is ruined.

Rusty · « **Reply #41 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 07:53 »

wait...

did marty break out the old hoodie? its black again...

shengokai · « **Reply #42 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 07:54 »

Quote

A little surprised that Hanners left. I wonder where this is going.

To Marigold's apartment where she is dealing with that indian guy whose been stalking her.

Cammy · « **Reply #43 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 07:56 »

I can see it now; Marten dies of alcohol poisoning, and everyone hates Dora because of it. Dora then slices her wrists in the bathtub, and Faye is the one who discovers the body. Having people close to her die again makes her snap completely, and she blows her brains out.

Epilogue; Hanners and Marigold live happily ever after and have tons of babies. Pintsize rules the world with an iron/plastic fist.

Calling it now.

pwhodges · « **Reply #44 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 08:04 »

NO.

Please discuss possibilities that plausibly fit the characters in the comic, and the way the comic is written - not your fantasies.

Quote from: Rusty on 13 Dec 2010, 07:53

did marty break out the old hoodie? its black again...

It was noted the day after the breakup. But after all, he's got plenty!

themacnut · « **Reply #45 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 09:07 »

Nah Marten's ain't dying of alcohol poisoning-since he's not a habitual hard drinker he'll most likely pass out long before his blood alcohol level reaches danger levels. (plus Jeph ain't knockin' off his main character, come on now! Especially since that would actually end that character's suffering.) As for the rest...um, I'm 110% with the mod here, NO. Just NO.

The Duke · « **Reply #46 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 09:33 »

Quote from: raoullefere on 13 Dec 2010, 01:59

Sings:
I'll never be
Your Beast of Bourbon
My mouth's so dry
My head is hurtin'
Never, never never never never drinkin' JD again
Oh no!

Awesome.

Cammy · « **Reply #47 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 09:37 »

I feel rather silly for having to clarify this, but here it goes; I'm only pulling your leg.

pwhodges · « **Reply #48 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 09:41 »

Bad taste jokes are still bad taste; there's been enough of that sort of thing around here to last us forever. We're trying to improve this place, so please play ball.

Check out the welcome thread at the top for hints.

Cammy · « **Reply #49 on:** 13 Dec 2010, 09:49 »

I do apologize for entering this place of worship and pissing in the holy water.

While I don't think we'll be seeing Veronica this week (damn TSA holding her up), I think we will be seeing the first baby-steps of Dora attempting therapy.

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