Topic: WCDT January 3-7, 2011 (1831-1835) (Read 106486 times)

jwhouk · « **on:** 02 Jan 2011, 04:26 »

First of 2011. So many possibilities. Considering how we started last year (and how it ended), what could possibly go wrong this year?

Border Reiver · « **Reply #1 on:** 02 Jan 2011, 04:42 »

First, never ask that question unless you really want an answer.

Second, I may have the same expectation for this as for Girl Genius.

Says something for Jeph.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #2 on:** 02 Jan 2011, 06:03 »

Ah yes, 2010 started with Soda and some ear fucking and ended with Marten depressed and hanging out with his mother.

My predicition for 2011? Marten and Veronica buy a hotel, but Veronica is never seen again, save for a silhoutte sitting at the window in her rocking chair. Marten occasionally looks towards the window and mutters to himself about "Mother being unhappy". He eventually changes his name to Norman.

Elsewhere, Hanners has gotten so sick of the mess and dirt in Coffee of Doom that she takes the money to be laundered (literally). Realising that no company in the state will deal with her anymore, Hanners drives off and eventually stops at a certain hotel for the night.

Which leads to the climax of the story and a reunion in the shower, where "Norman" finds Hanners in a hazmat suit, scrubbing down the walls. After chatting for several hours over coffee, Marten explains he needed a new start, hence the name change. Veronica walks in and explains she isn't happy because her new book isn't selling as well as the autobiography. Hanners gets the money cleaned and brings it back to CoD.

Veronica ultimately gets back at Dora by having Pintsize sneak into her new place and hide under the floorboards and playing a random loop of prerecored soundbites of Marten's voice, slowly driving the ex-Goth insane with the guilt of breaking up the relationship.

Faye and Angus kiss again.

Steve, Cosette, Penny and Wil appear in the comic three times each.

Marigold completes the new Cataclysm zones and impatiently waits for the new patches to unlock new raids.

Sven takes over as the new leading angst filled character.

Near Lurker · « **Reply #3 on:** 02 Jan 2011, 11:18 »

Quote from: Border Reiver on 02 Jan 2011, 04:42

Second, I may have the same expectation for this as for Girl Genius.

You want Marten to lock down the friggin' castle already, then have a threesome with Faye and Dora?

AnAverageWriter · « **Reply #4 on:** 02 Jan 2011, 11:27 »

Quote from: Near Lurker on 02 Jan 2011, 11:18

You want Marten to lock down the friggin' castle already, then have a threesome with Faye and Dora?

That...

Would...

BE AWESOME!

Carl-E · « **Reply #5 on:** 02 Jan 2011, 11:30 »

Quote from: TheEvilDog on 02 Jan 2011, 06:03

Marigold completes the new Cataclysm zones and impatiently waits for Dale.

FYP

Seriously, I think that's going to develop some this year. We'll get to watch Faye & Angus develop too, and the echoes of the Marten/Dora collapse will have some effect there. Sven and Hanners will start hanging out together, just because he knows she's safe territory. IF something happens between them at all (like a chaste kiss on the forehead either way), there will be massive freakouts, but I think Hanner's life-coping tutor is going to shift away from Marten as she broadens her horizons (no, we're not talking Taco Bell yet).

I'd like to see more of Penelope and Wil, too - things seem to be going fine, though and non-angst is boring. Same with Steve and Cosette, but she's good for some occasional slapstick, so we'll see more of her than him.

I'm most curious to see how Marten and Dora each are developed. Just in the last few weeks, Jeph has created a timesharing problem for himself - as he focuses first on one then the other of them, the one not "on camera" fades from view. I don't think he'd put either of them on a bus, but it's going to be an interesting balancing act to watch them deal with the fallout separately, with each other, and wthin their social circle.

It's going to be an interesting year...

Oh, and this just in; the following 11 consecutive prome number add up to...

157
163
167
173
179
181
191
193
197
199
211
2011

Happy new year!

pwhodges · « **Reply #6 on:** 02 Jan 2011, 14:23 »

Quote from: AnAverageWriter on 02 Jan 2011, 11:27

Quote from: Near Lurker on 02 Jan 2011, 11:18
You want Marten to lock down the friggin' castle already, then have a threesome with Faye and Dora?
That...
Would...
BE AWESOME!

Ahem! Too far out of character: 600, 1039.

kentriccubed · « **Reply #7 on:** 02 Jan 2011, 14:34 »

My new years resolution was to finally post in the forums here rather than lurk, and to not worry so much over what Jeph is planning and just go with it.

Consequently I predict the usual drama, followed by some level of friendship restructuring.

iduguphergrave · « **Reply #8 on:** 02 Jan 2011, 16:18 »

I voted for more Faye/Angus, but I'm also really looking forward to seeing Dora's therapy sessions, if Jeph shows them (which I hope he does); that would be very interesting, I think

Near Lurker · « **Reply #9 on:** 02 Jan 2011, 16:54 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 02 Jan 2011, 14:23

Ahem! Too far out of character: 600, 1039.

He doesn't have a castle, either.

jwhouk · « **Reply #10 on:** 02 Jan 2011, 18:35 »

Jeph could put Dora "on a bus", but it'd be difficult as all get-out.

I think we actually talked a bit about that in the Thread That Must Not Be Named. Writing Dora out would require someone to take over CoD (Sven and/or Hanners would be the only likely pair), or have CoD eliminated from the QCverse by an Act of God (or Cosette).

The problem with the first would be how to send Dora off to oblivion. He could go all Teh Dramaz with a Suicide Attempt, but that would be too much for Faye to handle. Dora could also do a Raven and go back to school for a business degree, but I don't think that would be "in character" for her.

The problem with the second is that eliminating CoD wouldn't necessarily eliminate Dora, but it would affect pretty much the entire cast. Faye, Penelope, Cosette and Hannelore would lose their jobs; Dora probably wouldn't be in a very good frame of mind (though it would definitely be cause for a suicide attempt, but it'd essentially put her emotionally where Faye was right before the strip began).

Only thing I can think of is that I'm glad that I'm not the one who has to figure out how to balance CoD and Dora with Marten and the rest of the cast.

EDIT: Oh, and:

Quote from: Near Lurker on 02 Jan 2011, 16:54

Quote from: pwhodges on 02 Jan 2011, 14:23
Ahem! Too far out of character: 600, 1039.

He doesn't have a castle, either.

Congratulations, you win a million Moxanna points.

Sharp · « **Reply #11 on:** 02 Jan 2011, 19:49 »

I'm looking forward to more Faye/Angus, Marten getting out of his rut, and HOPEFULLY another time-skip. Jeph has pulled it off with success before, and I think that as long as he ties up all the immediate loose ends, he could do it with little fanfare in order to help keep things exciting.

iduguphergrave · « **Reply #12 on:** 02 Jan 2011, 20:01 »

If he wanted to make things really exciting, he could do the time skip very subtly like before, but the "future" we get skipped to is a post-apocalyptic North Hampton with every citizen fending for themselves and the gang trying to survive as best they can. Dora has turned the shop into a saloon and now has an eyepatch. Nobody explains what happened or exactly how much time has passed.

ysth · « **Reply #13 on:** 02 Jan 2011, 20:10 »

You're either on the bus or you're off the bus.

jwhouk · « **Reply #14 on:** 02 Jan 2011, 21:50 »

Or the bus runs you over.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #15 on:** 02 Jan 2011, 21:54 »

Or your coat gets caught on the door of the bus and you're dragged alongside the bus for several miles...

akronnick · « **Reply #16 on:** 02 Jan 2011, 21:58 »

Sometimes you ride the bus, sometimes the bus rides you...

Wait, what?

snubnose · « **Reply #17 on:** 02 Jan 2011, 23:56 »

Moa Hanners plz

Sharp · « **Reply #18 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 00:25 »

Haha! Veronica definately knows how to work her enemies!

But it looks like Marten's hit his last straw, will we FINALLY get some advancement with Marten? Don't make me beg.

akronnick · « **Reply #19 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 00:26 »

And the hits just keep on coming...

It's official.

I no longer like Marten's mom.

Everyone knows Sven is hot, you don't need to comment, especially with Marten right there.

Not cool.

LordVaughn · « **Reply #20 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 00:27 »

Warning - while you were reading 2 new replies have been posted. You may wish to review your post.
First time it's happened.

Anyways, I almost wondered how that meeting would go when I saw it on the stream.

snubnose · « **Reply #21 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 00:28 »

LOL

Apparently Martens Mom has no problem getting younger men.

Mojo · « **Reply #22 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 00:31 »

Ok, why would it be wrong, based on her age (the theory of relativity prevents her seducing him for other, more salient reasons)? I'm in my 40s now, and I'm constantly being hit on and flirted with by 20-30 year-olds. Of course, I don't date any of them, but why would it be wrong if I did (or Veronica did with Sven)?

LordVaughn · « **Reply #23 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 00:39 »

Mojo, it's wrong because not only would she dating the brother of her son's ex, but probably might even send Dora over the edge, seeing how it would be not only someone she has admitted to masturbating to, having sex with Sven but the mother of her ex. There's a complicated rule somewhere, I know it.

Sorflakne · « **Reply #24 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 00:42 »

Quote

Sometimes you ride the bus, sometimes the bus rides you...

Wait, what?

Some days you're the monkey, some days you're the football.

Man, here I thought Veronica was going to break Sven's wrist after seeing panel 3b, until I scrolled down.

I guess her and Sven hooking up would be a great way to fuck with Dora...Sven always hooking up with the girls (which used to piss Dora off), his newest catch happening to be Dora's former favorite fetish model (and 'getting off' source) who also just happens to be the mother of her ex-boyfriend...yeah, mindfuck indeed.

Skelepunk · « **Reply #25 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 00:52 »

If I were Marten, that's exactly where I'd go, too. When in doubt, nap.
As for Mrs.Reed, although it was tactless, I cannot help but love those types of statements that point out the obvious like that. That being said, it was a bad call on her part.

Quote from: LordVaughn on 03 Jan 2011, 00:39

Mojo, it's wrong because not only would she dating the brother of her son's ex, but probably might even send Dora over the edge, seeing how it would be not only someone she has admitted to masturbating to, having sex with Sven but the mother of her ex. There's a complicated rule somewhere, I know it.

I think the rule you are looking for is rudeness. I think it would be impolite for Marten's mom to sleep with her son's ex's brother.

akronnick · « **Reply #26 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 00:57 »

Quote from: Mojo on 03 Jan 2011, 00:31

Ok, why would it be wrong, based on her age (the theory of relativity prevents her seducing him for other, more salient reasons)? I'm in my 40s now, and I'm constantly being hit on and flirted with by 20-30 year-olds. Of course, I don't date any of them, but why would it be wrong if I did (or Veronica did with Sven)?

It has absolutely nothing to do with age.

Certain persons who are related to certain other persons shall forever remain persona-non-nooki for the first person.

Otherwise it just gets wierd.

westrim · « **Reply #27 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 01:04 »

I guess Sven hasn't changed after all; it looks like he's still into whores.

Akima · « **Reply #28 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 01:10 »

I can't see Hanners' Mum being sexually kinky somehow. For her, I think, it's all about power. And wood-chippers...

The expression on Marten's Mum's face in panel three is brilliant. Art-kudos to Jeph. Also, the magazine Sven is reading...

Blackjoker · « **Reply #29 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 01:29 »

I fear the day that Martens dam bursts, when it does..the horror, the horror.

Delator · « **Reply #30 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 02:09 »

The beat panel made me laugh harder than anything else.

cyro · « **Reply #31 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 02:19 »

It's strips like this where I miss the old Sven.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #32 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 02:39 »

I'm getting quite curious about Dora, being as she hasn't made an appearance in nearly 20 episodes.

In the meantime, I'd quite like to see another excursion out of Northampton like we did with Faye. Something like a Marten & Tai roadtrip could be entertaining, getting to see characters operating out of their sphere of familiarity.

westrim · « **Reply #33 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 02:42 »

Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 03 Jan 2011, 02:39

I'm getting quite curious about Dora, being as she hasn't made an appearance in nearly 20 episodes.

In the meantime, I'd quite like to see another excursion out of Northampton like we did with Faye. Something like a Marten & Tai roadtrip could be entertaining, getting to see characters operating out of their sphere of familiarity.

episodes

Kyronea · « **Reply #34 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 03:08 »

I HAVE LURKED LONG ENOUGH.

So anyway, am I the only one mildly disappointed that we didn't get to see Sven tied up?

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #35 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 03:08 »

an incident, scene, etc., within a narrative, usually fully developed and either integrated within the main story or digressing from it.

Seems to reasonably describe each new day, strip or page of QC that gets published. Why do you feel that it's inappropriate?

snubnose · « **Reply #36 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 03:16 »

I still cant make up my mind if Sven's book reads

"Politically correct whore"

or

"Personal computer whore".

Possibly "man whore" instead of just "whore", the "man" part would be hidden.

westrim · « **Reply #37 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 03:44 »

Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 03 Jan 2011, 03:08

an incident, scene, etc., within a narrative, usually fully developed and either integrated within the main story or digressing from it.

Seems to reasonably describe each new day, strip or page of QC that gets published. Why do you feel that it's inappropriate?

Because there's only one at most to me- Marten meets his mom. That sense of the word is loose, of course, but 20 strips =/= 20 episodes just because they all end with puns. They're still the same scene/event/quantum entanglement. When you're talking about 20 strips, say 20 strips, don't use an inherently ambiguous term.

Quote from: snubnose on 03 Jan 2011, 03:16

I have no observational/analytical skills.

The computer tower on the cover is a pretty solid indicator of the second choice.

Also, it's a magazine.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #38 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 03:54 »

Quote from: westrim on 03 Jan 2011, 03:44

Because there's only one at most to me- Marten meets his mom. That sense of the word is loose, of course, but 20 strips =/= 20 episodes just because they all end with puns. They're still the same scene/event/quantum entanglement. When you're talking about 20 strips, say 20 strips, don't use an inherently ambiguous term.

I see nothing ambiguous about the word episode in the context that I used it. To me, Marten meeting his mum is either a chapter or a story arc. I also don't see ending in a pun having anything to do with the classification of an episode.

snubnose · « **Reply #39 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 04:50 »

Quote from: westrim on 03 Jan 2011, 03:44

The computer tower on the cover is a pretty solid indicator of the second choice.

Also, it's a magazine.

Uh, I cant see any computer tower on the cover, but thanks.

pwhodges · « **Reply #40 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 04:54 »

A couple of CD drives and an indicator light beneath - looks pretty like the top half of a computer tower to me.

IlGreven · « **Reply #41 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 05:12 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 02 Jan 2011, 14:23

Quote from: AnAverageWriter on 02 Jan 2011, 11:27
Quote from: Near Lurker on 02 Jan 2011, 11:18
You want Marten to lock down the friggin' castle already, then have a threesome with Faye and Dora?
That...
Would...
BE AWESOME!

Ahem! Too far out of character: 600, 1039.

Well, some would say Angry!Marten is too far out of character, too, yet it's happening. He's gonna explode on someone, and then everything will be coated in the shit furnished by the fan.

Somnus Eternus · « **Reply #42 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 05:38 »

Yes, Marten, go on and go back to bed. When you wake up, it will have all been just a dream...

...except that doesn't really work and your mom'll just find more embarrassing pictures of you or, failing that, tell some really embarrassing stories about your childhood. Oh, Mom.

jwhouk · « **Reply #43 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 06:21 »

That would be the ultimate "get back at your ex" move in the history of "get back of your exes".

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #44 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 06:29 »

I can hear the tell-tale pings of someone about to snap...

And I'm guessing so can Hanners and Tai in that last panel...

And does it look like Tai is trying to be supportive of Marten or trying to keep him from walking away by holding his wrist?

And poor show Veronica, poor show.

jwhouk · « **Reply #45 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 06:32 »

My question is, why did Sven steal that Nehru jacket out of his dad's closet?

philharmonic · « **Reply #46 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 06:33 »

Aside from the possibility of Martin meeting someone new, I was thinking Tai looks to be getting closer. Maybe its just a Onii chan thing. Oh and
HAPPY NEW YEAR BITCHES !!!!!!

ok i go back to lurking again for a few months

Border Reiver · « **Reply #47 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 07:54 »

She's just keeping him with the group, maybe offering a little support.

iduguphergrave · « **Reply #48 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 08:18 »

Mindfucking Dora is just one of the many reasons Sven might not want to sleep with Veronica....
(to be more specific, Veronica's line in the first panel of linked comic)

Wiregeek · « **Reply #49 on:** 03 Jan 2011, 08:46 »

Mrs. Robinson, Jesus Loves you!

THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)

Poll

What's going to happen before Veronica leaves town?

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