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Happy Birthday from Hugging Hannelore!

13 (28.3%)

Lt. Potter disrupts the D'awwwwww

6 (13%)

"That's the first time you've willingly hugged me since you were a baby!"

3 (6.5%)

A little physical contact...

0 (0%)

Schtup MY daughter, eh?

3 (6.5%)

Observatory is up at the top of the spindle... in zero-g...

0 (0%)

"Wuh... wait." KISSSS HURRRRLLL Agh!

2 (4.3%)

ANGUS DID YOU LEAVE THE TOILET SEAT UP?

3 (6.5%)

That's the most stereotypical, sitcom thing you could possibly...

0 (0%)

...You fell in? I fell in.

1 (2.2%)

You better not be making fun of me.

1 (2.2%)

Francis told me you... he told me what happened. (I'm SUCH AN IDIOT)

0 (0%)

Someday, everything is going to go right for you, and it will be so wonderful you won't even know what to do.

10 (21.7%)

...Will there be cake?

4 (8.7%)

Total Members Voted: 43

[jwhouk]

I wonder how old she was the last time she was able to give him a hug.  Four?  Five?  Maybe eight?  When did the OCD set in?  Clearly before the teen years Dr. Case described...

...She may never have been able to hug her father before.

Now THAT would be a birthday present to remember!

[Yarin]

aww so cute

[Soulsynger]

Hannerdad's left trouser pocket in panel 2 was forgotten and feels terrible because of it.

...

[vsonics]

I understand, Carl, but the replication of so many near-identical facial expressions in panel four just seemed "off" to me.

Yeah, something about the comic just didn't hit my adorable bone right, and I'm pretty sure that that's it. The beginning is really sweet, but then they're all just lookin' at them. Thank goodness Potter came in to save the day.

I couldn't help but wonder how many of them actually know Hanners either. Obviously she grew up on the station and we know that a lot of the older scientists and workers there do, but some of them look pretty young. Having them just staring at a girl they only know as "the boss's daughter" like that is even odder.

Also pointing out the differences between the panels made me notice the person on the left with their back to the scene. Also strange.

All in all, though...pretty cute. The HannerHug and having Marigold turned in towards the Science Man like that made up for some of the creepy.

[CrowFairy]

I wonder how old she was the last time she was able to give him a hug.  Four?  Five?  Maybe eight?  When did the OCD set in?  Clearly before the teen years Dr. Case described...

I started showing OCD symptoms before I could even walk and talk (even though nobody realized that's what it was until I figured it out a few years ago). Because a person with OCD is born with it, I'd guess she probably started early on in her life, too. She'd be lucky if she made it to three without showing weird signs. It also depends on how her neuroses changed over the years. Most of mine have stayed pretty constant, but I had a few things that have dropped off or changed into something else. Therefore, it is possible she lasted a little longer, but I find it unlikely. If she was a strong germophobe like that as a teen, I'd guess you're probably pretty close with age four or five. I started having very minor germophobic tendencies around the same time (kindergarten, I'd say), and she probably became aware of germs before I did (because of her family) and was smart enough to understand what they were and what they could do early enough that it's possibly been a fear for her for longer than she can remember.

Of course, this is all purely conjecture, but I feel like it is an educated enough guess that it should help to some degree.

[Border Reiver]

Lt. Potter is about to become Ms. Potter after the Major gets done with this charge report:

Lt. Potter

Charge 1:  s.92 Scandalous Conduct by Officer

In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham, at the birthday party of Dr. Chatham, when not in uniform, used offensive language and behaved in a drunken and riotous manner by yelling, "F*ck yeah!  Hug the sh*t out of him!"

Charge 2:  s.129 Conduct to the Prejudice of Good Order and Discipline

Alternate to Charge 1

In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham , at the birthday part of Dr. Chatham, while not in uniform, did completely ruin the moment by yelling, "F*ck yeah!  Hug the sh*t out of him!" at a moment of extreme "D' awwness".

Charge 3:  s.97 Drunkeness

In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham, was drunk and behaving in a disorderly manner likely to bring discredit to Her Majesty's service.

Charge 4:  s.129 Conduct to the Prejudice of Good Order and Discipline

Alternate to Charge 3

In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham, was severely intoxicated and behaving in a disorderly manner, and was rendered unfit for duty

Why yes, I have had to write a few of these up over the years.

Ruling: case dismissed.

In as much as Lt. Potter is an Officer in the United States Air Force, said Officer is not in Her Majesty's service, and this court therefore has no jurisdiction in this matter.

Not having the UCMJ handy I used the Cdn Equivalent.  I'm fairly certain my US brethern can find the equivalent sections.

It was funny though, and about the only way to avoid a large amount of us seeking compensation for the dental bills for the overly sweet comic. 

[Redball]

Lt. Potter is about to become Ms. Potter after the Major gets done with this charge report:

Lt. Potter

Charge 1:  s.92 Scandalous Conduct by Officer

In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham, at the birthday party of Dr. Chatham, when not in uniform, used offensive language and behaved in a drunken and riotous manner by yelling, "F*ck yeah!  Hug the sh*t out of him!"

Charge 2:  s.129 Conduct to the Prejudice of Good Order and Discipline

Alternate to Charge 1

In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham , at the birthday part of Dr. Chatham, while not in uniform, did completely ruin the moment by yelling, "F*ck yeah!  Hug the sh*t out of him!" at a moment of extreme "D' awwness".

Charge 3:  s.97 Drunkeness

In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham, was drunk and behaving in a disorderly manner likely to bring discredit to Her Majesty's service.

Charge 4:  s.129 Conduct to the Prejudice of Good Order and Discipline

Alternate to Charge 3

In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham, was severely intoxicated and behaving in a disorderly manner, and was rendered unfit for duty

Why yes, I have had to write a few of these up over the years.

Ruling: case dismissed.

In as much as Lt. Potter is an Officer in the United States Air Force, said Officer is not in Her Majesty's service, and this court therefore has no jurisdiction in this matter.

Instead of s.129, she might be cited under Article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

[Mr. Doctor]

Exactly... she wasn't on duty so she was just like any other civil with the right to get drunk.

I don't think military personel, especially on an active-duty station, and especially especially when commissioned, are ever entirely off-duty in the sense of being exempt from military discipline. But this is a comic, so yeah... "Hug the shit out of him" Hanners!

It would be hard to believe for me that she could get fire for getting drunk at a party.

[Kugai]

*Force 10 Glare*

"You are confined to quarters during your off duty hours for the next five days Lieutenant.  While on duty, you will report to engineering. I'm sure Lieutenant Commander Torres can find ........  suitable duties for you to perform.  Dismissed Lieutenant!"


I hope she likes scrubbing out Plasma Conduits.     




Oh, and

Dawwwwwwwwwwww

[jmucchiello]

As much as I enjoyed the complete aw-ness of the moment, I find it hard to believe that EVERYBODY at the party understood the enormity of Hanners hugging her dad. There should have been a few people who went about their business as if nothing special were going on.

[cesariojpn]

As much as I enjoyed the complete aw-ness of the moment, I find it hard to believe that EVERYBODY at the party understood the enormity of Hanners hugging her dad. There should have been a few people who went about their business as if nothing special were going on.

Or they think she had a cyborg implant.

[jwhouk]

I would suspect that, even among those who may not remember Hanners (and it seems that she hasn't been Earthside that long - it's probably only been about 9-10 years strip-time), they may know about her OCD from interactions with Dad and/or the others on the station.

Hanners leaves an impact on people whose lives intersect with hers. (I mean, look at all of us! )

[pendrake]

For comic #2146...

1. I have had no problems (quite the opposite) at how long the space story-arc has been going on, since we all know that "eventually" we will return to Northampton.  Far better than Jeph splitting the story-arc between space and Earth, I think.  For example: I love Order of the Stick and Girl Genius, but gods the way the story jumps between characters/groups across months with minor to miniscule progress...  Or the Song of Fire & Ice series, forget exactly which book it was, but there was a a point of 400+ pages of text and the most exciting and active thing that happened was an army marched across a farmer's crop field into a village .

2. Seeing singing scientist-girl's face in panel #1 (which made me chuckle), I am guessing the pirate whiskey had not aged very well.

3. It was also nice to see more than just Dr. Case tearing up at this poignant moment.

4. Drunken Lt. Potter and her (somewhat) ruining the moment is a very good reminder of why I no longer drink.  Being way in the rear of the crowd and mostly blocked from view, hopefully she is not "cheering" this moment in only a bra and panties .

5. Lt. Potter may not be discharged, or necessarily even disciplined/punished for being drunk whilst off-duty, despite opinions and military experiences from our forum-cast.  However, public drunkeness has rarely (if ever) been beneficial to one's career or service, as well.  [It certainly never helped me any...  But hey, perhaps there is a Tony Stark &/or Carol Danvers out there among the forum-cast.]

[FunkyTuba]

I noticed when we first met hannerdad that he didn't hug her.

Is this the big reveal? Or will there be something with more consequences that will come out of the trip to spaaaace!?

[cesariojpn]

I noticed when we first met hannerdad that he didn't hug her.

Is this the big reveal? Or will there be something with more consequences that will come out of the trip to spaaaace!?

Hannerdad is not the biological father of Hanners.

What a twist!

edited to add: Hannerdad reveals that he is the father of Marten or Marigold.

What a twist!

redited to add: HannerDad had a tryst with Veronica Vance. (Veronica is abit vague for a few years.) So technically, Hanners and Marten are related.

What a twist!

[Somebody]

I noticed when we first met hannerdad that he didn't hug her.

Is this the big reveal?

http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=907

PS: http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=916

[squab]

I understand, Carl, but the replication of so many near-identical facial expressions in panel four just seemed "off" to me.

Yeah, something about the comic just didn't hit my adorable bone right, and I'm pretty sure that that's it. The beginning is really sweet, but then they're all just lookin' at them. Thank goodness Potter came in to save the day.

I couldn't help but wonder how many of them actually know Hanners either. Obviously she grew up on the station and we know that a lot of the older scientists and workers there do, but some of them look pretty young. Having them just staring at a girl they only know as "the boss's daughter" like that is even odder.

Also pointing out the differences between the panels made me notice the person on the left with their back to the scene. Also strange.

All in all, though...pretty cute. The HannerHug and having Marigold turned in towards the Science Man like that made up for some of the creepy.

Well, how long ago did Hanners leave the station? She's 22 now and I'm pretty sure she was there during her teen years. As far as I know* she could have left between ages 15-17. Maybe even 18. That's only 4-7 years off station. Most of the people could have probably been there like 5 years. Yeah, most of them would at least have a 4 year degree of some sort, but everyone's a genius so some people probably got a degree and went up to the station at like 18 or something.

*sorry if it's known when she left and I'm way off

[JRDelirio]

Digging the gagging scientist quite a bit.

5. Lt. Potter may not be discharged, or necessarily even disciplined/punished for being drunk whilst off-duty, despite opinions and military experiences from our forum-cast.  However, public drunkeness has rarely (if ever) been beneficial to one's career or service, as well.

Normally for drunk and embarassing off-duty, a "counseling" is likelier to happen than actual charges being tried, unless it becomes too frequent an event or interferes with duties.   Still the articles are there, including the one of general "disreputable conduct", to be used if the command finds something more severe needs to be done.  But yeah, as was commented after her first appearances, she seems destined to just complete her mandatory tour and then her  poor judgment in her personal life will stall her career progression.

[DonInKansas]

Panel 4 is the most hilarious thing I've read in a while.  I will do this at some point.

[Sorflakne]

Lt. Potter is about to become Ms. Potter after the Major gets done with this charge report:

Lt. Potter

Charge 1:  s.92 Scandalous Conduct by Officer

In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham, at the birthday party of Dr. Chatham, when not in uniform, used offensive language and behaved in a drunken and riotous manner by yelling, "F*ck yeah!  Hug the sh*t out of him!"

Charge 2:  s.129 Conduct to the Prejudice of Good Order and Discipline

Alternate to Charge 1

In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham , at the birthday part of Dr. Chatham, while not in uniform, did completely ruin the moment by yelling, "F*ck yeah!  Hug the sh*t out of him!" at a moment of extreme "D' awwness".

Charge 3:  s.97 Drunkeness

In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham, was drunk and behaving in a disorderly manner likely to bring discredit to Her Majesty's service.

Charge 4:  s.129 Conduct to the Prejudice of Good Order and Discipline

Alternate to Charge 3

In that she, on or about March 19, 2012, at Space Station Chatham, was severely intoxicated and behaving in a disorderly manner, and was rendered unfit for duty

Why yes, I have had to write a few of these up over the years.

Pfft, if the Air Force were this strict, then about a dozen colonels and GS11-14's would be kicked out for vandalizing my unit's mascot and our HQ while they were drunk (on a work night, no less).  What did they do?  TP'd the HQ, and 'decorated' our mascot (a giant concrete gator) with a red hat, an Angry Birds bag in its mouth, chocolate syrup and maple syrup poured all over it, cotton balls, string cheese, a feather boa and more TP, topped off with a giant cardboard and marker sign mocking us.

And no, this isn't a story from "back in the day", it happened four months ago.

God I love the Air Force 

[Mad Cat]

Single malt Scotch is an acquired taste. To some neophytes, it can be like trying to drink a tree that's on fire.

[Yarin]

*Force 10 Glare*

"You are confined to quarters during your off duty hours for the next five days Lieutenant.  While on duty, you will report to engineering. I'm sure Lieutenant Commander Torres can find ........  suitable duties for you to perform.  Dismissed Lieutenant!"


I hope she likes scrubbing out Plasma Conduits.     

Yeah voyager reference for the win

[Is it cold in here?]

We don't actually know when Hannelore came down to earth. We know she's been in therapy since she was eleven, and she said that good therapy wasn't available in orbit. Put those together and you've got a case that she left the station at age 11.  (Links to relevant strips are in the wiki).

[akronnick]

In light of today's strip, Hannerdad should porbably not visit the QC discussion forums.

He just wouldn't be able to handle it. 

[Near Lurker]

"...ah... she means her!  Get her!  All she's done is stare at my penis for several minutes, I swear!"

[J]

i'll put $10 on Science-Daddy.

[Method of Madness]

At least the good Lieutenant didn't completely ruin the moment.  That was Hannerdad's job

[Is it cold in here?]

Hannerdad probably has faster reactions than Marty.

Hannelore, on the other hand, can almost teleport when she perceives a need. She could be in between them before the first blow landed.

[Skewbrow]

We don't actually know when Hannelore came down to earth. We know she's been in therapy since she was eleven, and she said that good therapy wasn't available in orbit. Put those together and you've got a case that she left the station at age 11.  (Links to relevant strips are in the wiki).

I think that Hannelore's descent to Earth is more recent than that. Her Dad did throw her a sweet-sixteen party. When she wet her pants.

[Kugai]

that all depends on whether Marten has or hasn't been taking lessons from The Pugnacious Peach J.


Marquis of Queensbury Rules?

[dreed]

huh. I had to google the word schtup to be sure that I understood it properly.
New word for my vocabulary. Thank you QC

[Carl-E]

Never pegged an Ellicott-Chatham for usig Yiddish...

[westrim]

A thousand fanhumans just cried out in glee, and more than one has gone off to write some lemon fanfiction.

"Well Hannerdad, I have gotten to second base with her..." (I don't care to go searching for the strip.)

My assumption was that she came down sometime around college age. They said that good therapy wasn't available in orbit - that doesn't mean that she wasn't getting therapy, just that it wasn't from a trained professional in the field. It's been said a couple times that she made the decision to go down, and I doubt that would have happened until she was the age of majority.

[WAYF]

Hannelore definitely could have worded that better.

And for who would win in a fight: Marten VS. John Ellicott, I'd actually bet on Marten. He may be scrawny but when he wants to he can hit really hard.

[iduguphergrave]

Yeah but that was with a "weapon." Bare-fisted, I'd say they're about evenly matched with a slight advantage to Hannerdad since he's older and more experienced.

[Akima]

Never pegged an Ellicott-Chatham for usig Yiddish...

Doesn't everyone? Do you have the chutzpah to claim you've never used bagel, glitch, klutz, schmaltz, schmuck or schlep? Come on, be a mensch and admit it! If I can use Yiddish, anyone can! I will admit, however, that schtup is not a word I use...

If Dr. E-C holds his fists like that, I don't think Marten is in much danger. Marten has a reach advantage too.

 

[jmucchiello]

I understand, Carl, but the replication of so many near-identical facial expressions in panel four just seemed "off" to me.

Yeah, something about the comic just didn't hit my adorable bone right, and I'm pretty sure that that's it. The beginning is really sweet, but then they're all just lookin' at them. Thank goodness Potter came in to save the day.

I couldn't help but wonder how many of them actually know Hanners either. Obviously she grew up on the station and we know that a lot of the older scientists and workers there do, but some of them look pretty young. Having them just staring at a girl they only know as "the boss's daughter" like that is even odder.

Also pointing out the differences between the panels made me notice the person on the left with their back to the scene. Also strange.

All in all, though...pretty cute. The HannerHug and having Marigold turned in towards the Science Man like that made up for some of the creepy.

Well, how long ago did Hanners leave the station? She's 22 now and I'm pretty sure she was there during her teen years. As far as I know* she could have left between ages 15-17. Maybe even 18. That's only 4-7 years off station. Most of the people could have probably been there like 5 years. Yeah, most of them would at least have a 4 year degree of some sort, but everyone's a genius so some people probably got a degree and went up to the station at like 18 or something.

*sorry if it's known when she left and I'm way off

This might explain my own dissatisfaction with the comic. I assumed she left the station near 11 when no good therapists could be found in space. Most of the people in the picture look young. I suspect E-C hunts down the child geniuses and lures them to work there IN SPACE at a young age. And I'm sure IN SPACE loses its luster after 5 years when you are young and have nowhere to really party.

Additionally these are scientists and they aren't social science types: you don't go into space to study people's social interaction. How many of them have average or above average social quotients? IOW, how many have the capacity to remember Dad's daughter is OCD, how exactly it mannifested, or the significance of the hug? The scene is too D'awwww.

We don't actually know when Hannelore came down to earth. We know she's been in therapy since she was eleven, and she said that good therapy wasn't available in orbit. Put those together and you've got a case that she left the station at age 11.  (Links to relevant strips are in the wiki).

I think that Hannelore's descent to Earth is more recent than that. Her Dad did throw her a sweet-sixteen party. When she wet her pants.

She didn't need to be in orbit for dad to throw her a party. Parties do happen in rented halls, I hear, perhaps even in the QC universe.

[jmucchiello]

Never pegged an Ellicott-Chatham for usig Yiddish...

Doesn't everyone? Do you have the chutzpah to claim you've never used bagel, glitch, klutz, schmaltz, schmuck or schlep? Come on, be a mensch and admit it! If I can use Yiddish, anyone can! I will admit, however, that schtup is not a word I use...

No. But for me Yiddish is comedians like Buddy Hackett. I know no one who speaks it commonly.

But seriously, who says schtup? Does anyone besides me want to go back a read all his dialog with a Yiddish accent?

[bhtooefr]

I recall a comic in which she said she poured boiling water on someone who tried to kiss her in 8th grade?

Which would put the timeline at 14 or so for her coming down to Earth, at the latest, and she had to have been functional enough to go to a school.

Edit: http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=896

[pwhodges]

I read that as that she tried to sterilise herself using the boiling water, not pouring it on the boy.

Anyway, even if she came down for school then, do we know that she stayed down rather than going back up for holidays while still at school, for instance?

[pendrake]

For comic #2147...

1. Seeing Professor Ellicot-Chatnam's reaction, it is nice to know that forum-goers are not the only ones to 'ship Hanners + Marten so easily, quickly, or misinterpretedly .

2. While I am certain the 'shippers are in high-gear for it, panel #3 where Hannelore and Marten are sharing the look towards each other was a very meaningful moment for me.  However, it was more akin to Faye & Marten's moment back at #1564 rather than anything potentially romantic.

3. Oh, and the way Hanners is depicted in panel #2 & #3 is very well done art-wise, very expressive (and cute, of course).

4. I had just been reading a science article about the Higgs Bosun particle prior to this strip.  Either that is very eerie timing, or Jeph also keeps up with current scientific fads &/or meme's (yes, there are science meme's.  be very afraid).

5. @bhtooefr... Comic #896 is what you are thinking of, I believe.  However, Hannelore used the boiling water on herself in a sterlizing panic, not on the kisser-boy.  [EDIT ADD: I see you found it yourself.  *taps com-badge* Enterprise, one Archive Jockey to beam up.  *dematerializes*]

6. Warning - While you were typing, two new replies were posted.  Fortunately one of them is in agreement with yours, so you probably do not need to revise your post.

[no one special]

Scienceweight is one division up from Mistakeweight and one division below Kittenweight.

Where is the Shakeweight division?   

[Sidhekin]

I read that as that she tried to sterilise herself using the boiling water, not pouring it on the boy.

Notice the title of that one: "Wait, On Him Or Her?"

Ambiguity intended or merely acknowledged?

[pwhodges]

Good spot - I'd say ambiguity acknowledged, but not originally intended.  Only Jeph can say, though, and he probably wouldn't even remember now.

[Border Reiver]

First thing that went through my mind on reachign the last panel was "Perhaps the smug smile was NOT the expression to have been wearing at that time Marty..."

[auctoritas]

For comic #2146...

4. Drunken Lt. Potter and her (somewhat) ruining the moment is a very good reminder of why I no longer drink.  Being way in the rear of the crowd and mostly blocked from view, hopefully she is not "cheering" this moment in only a bra and panties .

I think your hope is misplaced.  Check her uniform in the previous strips (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2132  for instance), they are most assuredly long-sleeved. 

[StevenC]

First thing that went through my mind on reachign the last panel was "Perhaps the smug smile was NOT the expression to have been wearing at that time Marty..."

Precisely. Smug smile and hands on your hips speaks "Yeah, I hit that". You might not want to look like that in front of her father.

[Throg]

Never pegged an Ellicott-Chatham for usig Yiddish...

Doesn't everyone? Do you have the chutzpah to claim you've never used bagel, glitch, klutz, schmaltz, schmuck or schlep? Come on, be a mensch and admit it! If I can use Yiddish, anyone can! I will admit, however, that schtup is not a word I use...

As an asian-american, raised in jewish suburbia, I would rate the english-yiddish axis as:
Bagel<glitch<klutz<schmuck, chutzpah<mensch<shlep<schtup<schmaltz.  (tongue firmly in cheek)

So, yeah, an Ellicott-Chatham  using a very Yiddish expression was surprising, and funny. Protective dad is protective!

[Jabberwocky]

i'll put $10 on Science-Daddy.

I wager 400 quatloos on the newcomer.

[Technoir]

Single malt Scotch is an acquired taste. To some neophytes, it can be like trying to drink a tree that's on fire.

Fo shizzle.  I'd only had mid-range blends until just a couple of years ago...the kind where you have a couple drinks and then switch to bottom shelf because your taste buds have been thoroughly desensitized and paying extra for somethign you can no longer taste appreciatively makes no sense... but then I was introduced to fine single malts... and there is such a gulf of difference! I now have a taste reference for "peaty" and "boggish". I can't describe them, but I know what they taste like, LOL. I still like blends, but I'm kind of uppity there now, and will only rape my palate with Chivas Royal Salute or JW Gold or Blue.  JW Blue, btw, has to be about the smoothest Scotch I've ever  dribbled into my boozehole.