Topic: WCDT: 2161-2165 (9-13 April 2012) QC: Back To Earth (Read 66367 times)

jwhouk · « **on:** 07 Apr 2012, 23:00 »

And we're off on another week of fun! This time, the kids are coming back down to earth (we hope)...

LTK · « **Reply #1 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 02:42 »

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I figure one more week of strips and we'll be done with this space station arc, barring any unexpected developments. It's been a lot of fun and I'm glad people seem to like it! But I'm also looking forward to getting back to earth.

Nope!

pwhodges · « **Reply #2 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 04:10 »

No you don't like it, or no you're not looking forward to returning to Earth?

LTK · « **Reply #3 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 04:21 »

I meant in reply to jwhouk: No, we're not coming back to Earth for another week, from the look of it.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #4 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 06:54 »

One more week of the space station arc could mean one more week in space, or one more week counting their return. We'll see by Friday, I suppose.

Gnomes2169 · « **Reply #5 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 07:03 »

If we come back this week, then everyone knows that Marigold will find the spathe ham. It's only a matter of time...

Milesb · « **Reply #6 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 08:08 »

You know the votey made me realize that if Angus and Faye really stabilize into a relationship and want to move in together, one or more of the main characters is going to lose some stability.

If Angus moves in with Faye, Marigold will be on her own and might not be able to afford to keep her apartment.

If Faye moves in with Angus then the same applies to Marten.

If they both move out, Marten and Marigold both need new flatmates.

Can you imagine Marigold and Marten sharing an apartment?

Could be an interesting opportunity for a new central character...

Snagaxela · « **Reply #7 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 09:27 »

I thought the same thing about marten and marigold. It would be very different as they are both more submissive, so there wouldn't be an alpha personality like there is with faye living there. I can't wait to see how it actually turns out.

Carl-E · « **Reply #8 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 10:44 »

This also would mean Pintsize and Momo sharing the same apartment.

~~cesariojpn~~ · « **Reply #9 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 15:18 »

What, no Pintsize Terminator Mayhem with Faye wielding a P90 and Dora with a L.A.W. with a wedding dress??

DSL · « **Reply #10 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 15:28 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 08 Apr 2012, 10:44

This also would mean Pintsize and Momo sharing the same apartment.

Making Momo the alpha.

DSL · « **Reply #11 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 15:55 »

Meanwhile, Faye and Angus move in together, and despite all precautions, have a kid. The kid has a normal, uneventful childhood and adolescence, guided by his/her childhood friends/mentors/babysitters Momo and Sam, takes an interest in running the business affairs of Secret of Doom LLC as it acquires Chatham Holdings. On graduation day, the child poses for a photo with proud parents Faye and Angus ... who are hit in the face by the TIME SNOWBALLS Hanners threw 20 years previously at the beer sledding party.

Milesb · « **Reply #12 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 16:38 »

I'd pay good money to see that happen.

jwhouk · « **Reply #13 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 17:27 »

That would be the ultimate brick joke.

...And, somewhere, sometime, Cassie Wells would laugh.

kajiura fan · « **Reply #14 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 17:30 »

Quote from: DSL on 08 Apr 2012, 15:55

Meanwhile, Faye and Angus move in together, and despite all precautions, have a kid. The kid has a normal, uneventful childhood and adolescence, guided by his/her childhood friends/mentors/babysitters Momo and Sam, takes an interest in running the business affairs of Secret of Doom LLC as it acquires Chatham Holdings. On graduation day, the child poses for a photo with proud parents Faye and Angus ... who are hit in the face by the TIME SNOWBALLS Hanners threw 20 years previously at the beer sledding party.

You are awesome. Thanks for the laugh.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #15 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 17:57 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 08 Apr 2012, 17:27

That would be the ultimate brick joke.

As a brick joke, I'd prefer if at the kid's graduation, someone mentioned that they could use an espresso. Right after saying that, the espressosaurus appears.

jwhouk · « **Reply #16 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 18:12 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 08 Apr 2012, 17:57

Quote from: jwhouk on 08 Apr 2012, 17:27
That would be the ultimate brick joke.
As a brick joke, I'd prefer if at the kid's graduation, someone mentioned that they could use an espresso. Right after saying that, the espressosaurus appears.

...and THEN the snowballs would appear.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #17 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 18:36 »

Naturally.

Kugai · « **Reply #18 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 21:23 »

Hey DSL, there's a Captian Braxton here, he wants a word with you.

DSL · « **Reply #19 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 21:48 »

Tell him the flux capacitor and multistate equivocator are still on order, and he also needs a new bopamagilvie, if he wants to approve the revised estimate.

Carl-E · « **Reply #20 on:** 08 Apr 2012, 23:18 »

...but you said it was just that the Dilithium chamber needed flushed...

squab · « **Reply #21 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 00:35 »

Stupid poll. I want to vote for like half the options.

akronnick · « **Reply #22 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 00:59 »

Well, looks like someone may be getting Extra-Terrestrial make outs after all!!!

Way to go Marigold!!

HiFranc · « **Reply #23 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 01:28 »

I'm wondering now if Marigold would be tempted to move into orbit? If she does, what does Momo do?

Mordhaus · « **Reply #24 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 01:30 »

moob?

TinPenguin · « **Reply #25 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 01:37 »

moob.

no one special · « **Reply #26 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 01:42 »

While apt, the ironic thing about the comic title is these two crazy kids are too young to even know who Richard Marx is.

Pity, that.

(also: yyyyyyeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhh girl!! Get it get it!)

WAYF · « **Reply #27 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 02:03 »

The level of desperation here is cute. Why is it cute.

Mr. Doctor · « **Reply #28 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 02:33 »

Quote from: no one special on 09 Apr 2012, 01:42

(yyyyyyeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhh girl!! Get it get it!)

Seconded!!!

HiFranc · « **Reply #29 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 02:36 »

I'm confused why Richard Marx is apt. Then again, the only song I know by him is Hazard and I don't follow celebrity gossip.

idontunderstand · « **Reply #30 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 02:46 »

Current comic went me go "YES!" and hi-five my co-worker, he has no idea why I hi-fived him now. WAHA!

jwhouk · « **Reply #31 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 03:02 »

So... is it "Right Here Waiting" (which is what Francis will likely be doing), "Endless Summer Nights" (which describes how long they've been in space), "Hold On To The Night" (which describes what they're doing NOW), or "Satisfied" (as in, "we won't give up until we're SAT-IS-FIIEEEEED")?

cpflux · « **Reply #32 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 03:20 »

"Your breath. It smells of...

Pocky."

cpflux · « **Reply #33 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 03:23 »

Quote from: TinPenguin on 09 Apr 2012, 01:37

moob.

Dude must be doing some mighty fine gropin', 'coz the last time we saw *moob* used as a sound effect, Pintsize was getting his... appendages in on them.

I mean those.

I mean her.

Carl-E · « **Reply #34 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 03:32 »

Oh, Francis. Your logic can be used to cut both ways - reasons why it won't work are also those for why it'll still be some harmless fun.

Love the switch from non-eye-contact to direct eye contact in the next-to-last two panels...

Milesb · « **Reply #35 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 03:34 »

oh it'll all end in teeeaaaars!

Carl-E · « **Reply #36 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 03:37 »

I beg to differ - they know exactly ~~who~~ what they're getting into!

specter177 · « **Reply #37 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 06:18 »

Well, Marigold moving to space WOULD solve the whole Angus moving in with Faye problem.

DrBear · « **Reply #38 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 06:22 »

Or it could be another Richard Marx song - Don't Mean Nothing.

(which used to drive my copy editor friend Frances crazy - "DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING!!!!" she would scream at the radio. I've added this for those of you who think real people don't live insane lives.)

WAYF · « **Reply #39 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 06:33 »

Quote from: cpflux on 09 Apr 2012, 03:23

Quote from: TinPenguin on 09 Apr 2012, 01:37
moob.

Dude must be doing some mighty fine gropin', 'coz the last time we saw *moob* used as a sound effect, Pintsize was getting his... appendages in on them.

I mean those.

I mean her.

I think that was "woob", but sure.

Sorflakne · « **Reply #40 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 06:36 »

Word of the week: Moob

SomeCanadianWeirdo · « **Reply #41 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 07:05 »

Marigold could become an IT specialist on the station, or something, but I really can't see it happening. There's still lots that can be done with her storywise, especially in relation to Hannelore. In a way, barring some very major changes in Hannelore's future, Marigold is the closest Hannelore is likely to get to having a child. She even grounded her. Given her impulses for order and so on connected with her OCD I can't imagine Hannelore becoming a "pet parent," to use a stupid phrase, and using a pet as a surrogate for a child. She may like kittens, but I can't imagine her putting up with the physical mess they make for very long.

As for Faye and Angus I would imagine if they decide to make things more permanent Angus will initially move in with Marten and Faye. It's only fair given that Faye had to share an appartment with Dora when she and Marten were together. How long it will last is another matter,, as is what would happen to Marigold. A thought comes to mind that she would eventually end up with Dale as a roommate one way or another. No romance, just a good old fashioned "seemingly incompatible roommates stuck together" plot.

Border Reiver · « **Reply #42 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 07:22 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 08 Apr 2012, 23:18

...but you said it was just that the Dilithium chamber needed flushed...

And we still need 10.21 Giga-watts of power.

jwhouk · « **Reply #43 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 07:37 »

Quote from: SomeCanadianWeirdo on 09 Apr 2012, 07:05

A thought comes to mind that she would eventually end up with Dale as a roommate one way or another. No romance, just a good old fashioned "seemingly incompatible roommates stuck together" plot.

That's been done to death already.

Throg · « **Reply #44 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 07:51 »

And Dale has that creepy semi-stalker thing going on with Marigold. Much nicer to get Francis York, the nice-guy, direct-approach, interstellar astrophysi-whatever-he-is.

Black Sword · « **Reply #45 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 08:09 »

Well, that was a rather passive-aggressive way to prepare for intense not-meant-to-be makeouts.

Torlek · « **Reply #46 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 08:40 »

People keep talking about Angus and Faye moving in together and I just don't see this happening unless they decide to get married. Angus and Faye are both happy with their current living arrangements and both independent enough that they'll likely stay that way. Dora only moved in with Marten because she didn't trust him and he wouldn't move away from Faye to be with her, thus exacerbating her paranoia and we all know how that went. I don't see Faye or Angus being distrusting enough of the other to need that kind of control.

As for our latest lovebirds, this won't end well. They're basically horny high schoolers for all the experience they have* and I just hope they have enough sense to stop at second base.

*- I'm going to presume that Francis is your stereotypical nerd that has never made it past second base and even then it was probably a pity grope.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #47 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 09:09 »

I disagree about Dora's reason for wanting to move in together, at the time it seemed more to do with the natural progression of the relationship. The suspicion I think came after she suggested it when they disagreed on who would move in with whom.

(Man, I wish the word "whom" wasn't a thing, it looks so weird)

iduguphergrave · « **Reply #48 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 09:10 »

Quote from: Torlek on 09 Apr 2012, 08:40

*- I'm going to presume that Francis is your stereotypical nerd that has never made it past second base and even then it was probably a pity grope.

It's never good to just presume things like that, although there is a slight desperate air to Francis. Not as much as Marigold, though, and that could just be due to space station loneliness.

Quote from: Carl-E on 09 Apr 2012, 03:37

I beg to differ - they know exactly ~~who~~ what they're getting into!

Nice

~~cesariojpn~~ · « **Reply #49 on:** 09 Apr 2012, 09:59 »

"Moob" is a sound effect? I thought that was in reference to man boobs?

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And our MOMENT OF THE WEEK is...?

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