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[Occams Meataxe]

Tai is about a quarter second from an elbow in the snoot.

[Method of Madness]

Rather than throw fuel into the "Is Tai a sterotype of female homosexuality?" fire, I'll simply ask: was I was the only one that heard the Metal Gear "spotted by a guard" sound go off in my head at the exclamation point in panel 2?

I hope not.

I FEEL ASLEEP!

[Tova]

If it hadn't been for Meiville's heroic leap, that wouldn't have been nearly as funny.

[Coffee_Kaioken]

Dear Jeph:

What the fuck?

Sincerely,

normal average sane person super drunk person at 4 am on a whole bottle of 2007 Guenoc Zinfandel California

[Napoleon_Blownapart]

It looks like Tai is no longer the ordinary human being who wanted a serious relationship because she was sick of casual sex. Jeph has finally devolved her into the stereotypical horny lesbian imagined by all the guys in the world who still can't get over the idea of two girls doing it. WHAT A SURPRISE 

I think rather that Tai is falling back into some old habits from the Smif dorms.  She may not really know how to woo someone other than a "direct approach"!

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You know, for a comic titled "Questionable Content", Jeph's never really had much more than implied sex and conveniently censored nudity. 

No, I'm not  complaining.  It's just an observation! 

A direct approach... with TWO women. ONE of which is well known for a proclivity towards casual violence. Riiiiiiight. I stand by my original statement. Jeph hasn't really developed the character of Tai beyond the whole lesbian angle, so now he has to resort to a stereotype to drive today's comic.

[Is it cold in here?]

We've all heard of the Modesty Blanket, but a Modesty Cat is a new one.

Dora's going to have to do something, and I'm afraid it will hurt Tai. Who, granted, created this situation.

[Boomslang]

Sven was gone at that point, Boomstick.

Gah, yeah. If I ever claim expert reading comprehension, feel free to laugh yourself sick.

[Napoleon_Blownapart]

We've all heard of the Modesty Blanket, but a Modesty Cat is a new one.

Dora's going to have to do something, and I'm afraid it will hurt Tai. Who, granted, created this situation.

Are you kidding? Dora and Tai will hook up. Why? Because Dora's written to be a thoughtless, needy, and broken woman who can't get over her histrionic personality disorder. Tai is written to be a thoughtless, needy, self-serving horndog for the ladies. Jeph is dumping pretty obvious spoilers on us with strips like this.

[Kugai]

Either that or creating the most outrageous and sneaky misdirect in the history of QC.

[Napoleon_Blownapart]

Either that or creating the most outrageous and sneaky misdirect in the history of QC.

Please stop trying to give me hope. 

[Monkey Says Yes]

Both Jeph and Randy Milholland are taking their shirts off!  Hoorah!

[akronnick]

I never want to see Jeph or Randy with their shirts off.

<shudder>

[cesariojpn]

Rather than throw fuel into the "Is Tai a sterotype of female homosexuality?" fire, I'll simply ask: was I was the only one that heard the Metal Gear "spotted by a guard" sound go off in my head at the exclamation point in panel 2?

I hope not.

No, more like the Pokemon Trainers "PING!" thought bubble when they see you and go to battle you on some route in the games. 

[DSL]

For me, the punchline was the newspost's segue into "I have a new shirt for you to buy ... "

[ysth]

Either that or creating the most outrageous and sneaky misdirect in the history of QC.

Please stop trying to give me hope. 

Can't top the deus ex machina storyline, I'm afraid.  Though...that featured Dora grabbing Faye's behind just before the twist.

[SJCrew]

It looks like Tai is no longer the ordinary human being who wanted a serious relationship because she was sick of casual sex. Jeph has finally devolved her into the stereotypical horny lesbian imagined by all the guys in the world who still can't get over the idea of two girls doing it. WHAT A SURPRISE  

I was also disappointed to see her treated as essentially a walking stereotype.

What stereotype? Women can be horny and love sex too. Tai just happens the be the one female character in this strip who's least modest about it. You're really digging deep for a complaint on this one.

[iduguphergrave]

And to be fair, both times we saw Faye's lesbian sister it was pretty clear she certainly doesn't fit the stereotype. This is just how Tai is.

Also, I like the modesty cat. Nicely done, Jeph  (assuming he ever sees this).

[pwhodges]

I love the way that strips like today's expose people's hang-ups or their blinkered views of the world around them!

[Grantzilla]

...Tai, why do you insist on making me dislike you when I truly want to like you?

[Renewman]

Rather than throw fuel into the "Is Tai a sterotype of female homosexuality?" fire, I'll simply ask: was I was the only one that heard the Metal Gear "spotted by a guard" sound go off in my head at the exclamation point in panel 2?

I hope not.

You are not alone. I literally heard the alert sound in my head when I saw it. What we need to find out is how fast Tai really is? She took that shirt off way to fast and with her arms nowhere near position to take it off quickly.

My guess? Lesbian Saiyan.

[Dr. ROFLPWN]

DORA WHERE ARE YOUR BOOBS GOD DAMN

[themacnut]

I loved the Modesty Cat myself. And I really hope Jeph stays with this Monday, I'd like to see how badly Faye's hurt Tai (physically, of course) in response to her aggressiveness this comic.
 

[Forgotmytea]

I loved the Modesty Cat myself.

Haha, yeah, love Mieville

[cat_rant]

Modesty cat is both timely and awesome. I think it is more a classic case of Tai acting the ass around her current crush and not knowing how to handle herself. Therefore she resorts to old familiar routines. Tai is so on the verge of a knuckle sandwich. Personally I think that the world would be a safer place from both Tai and Dora and their personality ticks if they hook up.

 At least for a short time anyway.

[Skewbrow]

I was soooo happy to see that .... Mieville has survived two moves, a break-up, multiple encounters with Pintsize, and ... shared space with Princess.

[daryljfontaine]

<-- I was inspired.

D

[Mr_Rose]

On the topic of hangups and revelation; so when Dora flashed Marten, in a public place no less, and Raven took her top off to get Sven's attention, also in a public place, that was what?

And now, Tai, who has a crush and severe impulse control issues, does exactly what her crush just did (classic "I wanna be just like them" behaviour) then remembers they aren't alone and tries to cover her error by taking it too far (which she has done many times before) she's a "stereotypical lesbian horndog?"

[sluthy]

I don't think anything's going to come off this. I haven't seen any serious attraction to Tai coming from Dora - only that little "ohh, I love butch girls!" and fawning over her hood-piercing (whipping her top off in this situation doesn't really rate compared to getting her hood pierced in front of Marten and then showing Dora up close). Dora actually seemed pretty ambivalent to her in her last several appearances. I think the next strip will be "uh, look Tai, you're cool and all but...".

Not to mention the possible situation of Dora dumping Marten and making her next partner his boss. Not cool?

I must express my disappointment with the Bonercat plushie's complete lack of genitals. Now it's just... a cat.

Side note: WE NEED BONERCAT PLUSHIES. WITH BONERS.

[El_Flesh]

I find it very ....'victorian' for a webcomic that has such adult themes to go and put a modesty cat.
It's just boobs for chrissake!
They were part of the joke, in showing this girl's character.
 

[cat_rant]

daryljfontaine - nice avatar!

Ya know I think if modesty cat was not there. This strip *hur hur* would be more cringe and less giggle. I like the awkward  moment that Jeph has given us. It's a nice balance.

 For some reason as yet unknown to me, I think we might end up back at the secret bakery next week.

[Tergon]

I actually kind of have to agree that Tai is showing a bit of the "lesbian party-girl horndog" stereotype.  The thing is, the reason that stereotype exists is because some people are actually like that.  Tai' flashed her naughty-bits before, you know.  In fact between drunken pantslessness and her hood piercing, she's spent more time disrobed than probably any other character in QC.  We also know that she has poor impulse control at the best of times, and considering the library rave she started and the fact that she uses LSD at work, she's not exactly inhibited even when she's actually thinking about her actions.  Today's comic is... actually pretty standard, for her.  And if you've never had that one crazy friend who pulls shenanigans at every turn - maybe not at this standard, but stil - then all I can say is that you must live in a very open-minded monastery to allow you free internet access like this.

Seriously, this is such a non-issue it's not even worth waving The Useless Broom Made Entirely Out Of Dicks over.  And since the broom is, y'know, useless... that's saying something.

[mike837go]

Meiville, the modesty cat is just one in a long line of creative self-censorship by Our Hero, Jeph.

Some beer bottles saved Raven's modesty. I think a talk baloon was used too.

I have to agree that Panel 2 did send bells off in my head, since I don't know the sound from Metal Gear.

I was wondering why there was a moth in panel 2. Checkov's gun for panel 3!

[Odin]

I find it very ....'victorian' for a webcomic that has such adult themes to go and put a modesty cat.
It's just boobs for chrissake!
They were part of the joke, in showing this girl's character.
 

Your desperation to see cartoon tits notwithstanding, I'd wager the reason Jeph censors stuff like that has more to do with the artistic side of things than any actual reserve about drawing them (read: He can't draw them without them looking horribly wrong/stupid).

[Tergon]

Um... or the fact that since Jeph makes his living from the site, he has to follow ratings that his advertisers apply rather than be seen with tits all over the page.  Quite aside from the fact that he's drawn holiday cheesecake before and has a firm grasp of what a female body looks like, you might try the non-troll answer as to why he chooses to censor himself?

[snubnose]

I find it very ....'victorian' for a webcomic that has such adult themes to go and put a modesty cat.
It's just boobs for chrissake!
They were part of the joke, in showing this girl's character.

Hu ? Jeph has never shown the breasts of his female characters, so why should he start now ?

Or does the joke not work, just because of the "modesty cat" ?

Except it doesnt seem to work, but really, I have no idea why. I considered todays comic perfectly funny and absolutely in harmony with the characters, just as we knew them before.

I am totally at loss why everyone is so worked up.

[themacnut]

Could also be that Jeph's already kinda squicked out about fans crushing on his characters as is (hence the moderators' stance on such things) and so doesn't want to feed their fantasies with actual xxx-rated content featuring said characters.

[mike837go]

Quite aside from the fact that he's drawn holiday cheesecake before and has a firm grasp of what a female body looks like, you might try the non-troll answer as to why he chooses to censor himself?

How about "It's more interesting to NOT show something"? Let's talk Fan-dancing. How about how much gore was shown in ALL of Mr. Hitchock's films?

How about the title character getting 2.5 minutes of screen time because the mechanical shark didn't work properly!

LESS is more!

Grrr. Ninja'd

[Tergon]

Also a fine point!

[azurefirem]

Personally, my favorite moment was Modesty Cat leaping in to save the day.

[akronnick]

Jeph has said many times that the idea of nudity in the comic makes him feel sceevy.

I think he does it that way because that's what he's comfortable with, not from any pressure from the audience or advertisers or the Bill Donahues of the world.

Also it's funnier if you don't see 'em, as the opening scene of the second Austin Powers flick illustrates.

[kent_eh]

While I can understand why Tai doesn't bother to wear a bra...

Is she really totally comfortable doing so with Sven around?

Why should someone else get a say in your wardrobe choices?

Also, Tai doesn't think about boys that much, or concern herself with what they think about her.

[TheEvilDog]

Rather than throw fuel into the "Is Tai a sterotype of female homosexuality?" fire, I'll simply ask: was I was the only one that heard the Metal Gear "spotted by a guard" sound go off in my head at the exclamation point in panel 2?

I hope not.

Nope, I heard it too the instant I saw the second panel. And now I have the Metal Gear Solid theme running through my head.

It'll be interesting to see how Dora reacts when she realises that Tai is zooming in on her. From what we've seen in the comic, its likely that all Dora's exes have been guys, so while she does identify as bisexual, we have never seen anything that indicates that Dora has been in a relationship with another woman. Shock? Confusion? Muttered and embarressed rejection anyone?

[Hebes]

It looks like Tai is no longer the ordinary human being who wanted a serious relationship because she was sick of casual sex. Jeph has finally devolved her into the stereotypical horny lesbian imagined by all the guys in the world who still can't get over the idea of two girls doing it. WHAT A SURPRISE  

I was also disappointed to see her treated as essentially a walking stereotype.

What stereotype? Women can be horny and love sex too. Tai just happens the be the one female character in this strip who's least modest about it. You're really digging deep for a complaint on this one.

Indeed. It is also quite possible that Jeph could be using this as a silly start to an arc that gives Tai the character development you seek. Patience, friends. Also, listen to Tergon. He makes a good point.

[Odin]

Um... or the fact that since Jeph makes his living from the site, he has to follow ratings that his advertisers apply rather than be seen with tits all over the page.

You obviously haven't been seeing the same ads I have on the main site, most of them are easily worse than the stuff Jeph features in the comic proper.

Quite aside from the fact that he's drawn holiday cheesecake before and has a firm grasp of what a female body looks like, you might try the non-troll answer as to why he chooses to censor himself?

Or maybe you could pay a bit more attention to who I'm actually trolling (the people begging for cartoon tits).

[Carl-E]

Well, you may have been trolling the tit-seekers, but it came off as a jab at Jeph's artistic ability.  And while that's not really trolling, I don't think a pair of nipples is really beyond him. 

Also, whoever made the lolcat avatar, I fully expect to see that on icanhascheezburger.com!

[Black Sword]

You know, Tai, usually I find your antics amusing. Today is the first time I want Faye to visit untimely violence on you.

[Tetrinity]

To be honest, my favourite part of today's comic is Faye's expression in panel 3.

[pwhodges]

You obviously haven't been seeing the same ads I have on the main site, most of them are easily worse than the stuff Jeph features in the comic proper.

You may have seen in his Twitter that a few days ago Jeph decided to block the Snorg Tees ads from his site.

[Odin]

The only time I see Jeph's Twitter is when someone quote or links to it on these forums.

[beanzilla]

You know, for a comic titled "Questionable Content", Jeph's never really had much more than implied sex and conveniently censored nudity. 

No, I'm not  complaining.  It's just an observation! 

I would consider those things fairly questionable.   Sure, these things come up in close groups of friends, but they're not necessarily standard topics of polite situations.  To me, the questionability arises from the appropriateness of the topics in the presence of a general population.  Topics like this aren't comfortable for many; and yet, they are not outright taboo.

I don't know. I may be over thinking this.  My 2˘.