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Marigold's OOPS!

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The entire internet is mad at me!

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Only one thing to do: Cat GIFs? LOTS of Cat GIFs.

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Here, Marten! Open it and see! Tee hee!

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Oh, hey, Emily invited you too!

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Yeah, what'd you think it was, a love letter?

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OH MY GOD YOU ARE PRECIOUS (Sh-shut up! Shut it all the way up!)

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Party at Emily Azuma's parent's lake house! (And Cristi's handwriting!)

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You should invite all your friends, too! There's plenty of room!

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A thousand people would probably be too many. (How big is your parents' lake house?)

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Faye with the watiress outfit - "Hey, Buttass, what's up?"

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Emily the intern is throwing a party, wanna come?

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Dora: Am I invited? Marten: Oh yeah, def- (Tai: AAH! AAAAH!)

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Tai: One of my interns is throwing a party. Wanna come?

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Marigold walks by. (DAT A$$)

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Angus gets caught "peeking"

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GIBBS-SMACK!

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What was that? NOTHING!

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Total Members Voted: 43

[cesariojpn]

I wonder what sort of box social Emily is throwing!

If Tai got a letter.....Sex Orgy?

*ducks thrown items*

[Method of Madness]

You are to report to the Department of Redundancy Department immediately. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200 from that automated teller machine machine.

[WAYF]

Tomorrow: Turns out it really IS a love letter, and Tai just got invited to something unrelated.

It's not that far of a logical stretch, for somebody who's just received a letter covered in hearts from a somewhat passionate and slightly cuckoo lady they've known for a few weeks.
I was certainly thinking along those lines before scrolling down a bit.

[Sorflakne]

You are to report to the Department of Redundancy Department immediately. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200 from that automated teller machine machine.

Had you linked to the DORD page, I would have reached through the monitor and slapped you.  It is too late to go on a TVTropes archive binge 



Yeah....Marten was so thinking it was a love letter.

[ElvisRevenge]

This is my second favorite QC strip ever. Wait. Maybe fourth or fifth. It's top five, no questions.

[PthariensFlame]

Yeah....Marten was so thinking fearing it was a love letter.

I think that's slightly more accurate.  I mean, look at his face in panel four!

[Tova]

Plot twist: there is a love letter inside the invitation.

[Schmorgluck]

Seriously, I hope Tai will cut Marten some slack and won't mock him too much on this, his confusion is perfectly understandable.

I mean, seriously, who here hasn't been confused when reading the strip?

EDIT: Seriously, I tend to seriously overuse the word "seriously".

[Soulsynger]

So... I guess hope dies last? (or was that slowliest... is that even a word?)

Yeah....Marten was so thinking fearing it was a love letter.

I think that's slightly more accurate.  I mean, look at his face in panel four!

Confused me, too. But the more I look at it, the less it actually amounts to any specific emotion. More like a "blank face", really.

[Schmorgluck]

Deep perplexity, maybe?

[Boomslang]

I concur. It's pretty out of left field, if she was flirting with him any time before this I am deeply perplexed too.

[Soulsynger]

Ah... that moment of self-doubting hope when in an ambiguous situation. Sweet torture, that is.

And if this is indeed foreshadowing Marten is setting himself up for "Space Lieutenant Situation Vol. II, The Banana Smoothie Letdown". °O

[Blackjoker]

Y'know Tai, when you mention how you don't have a whole lot of close friends...this kinda thing might be part of the reason.

[pwhodges]

Tee-hee!  "Envelope of Doom", indeed (title).

[VonKleist]

I seriously d´aawwwwed

[Akima]

OMG! You are all PRECIOUS!

[Mothykins]

I wonder if Tai and Marten will ever be able to engage in friendly teasing without the forums getting their panties in a twist ("LOL Tai totes deserved that lololo"; "Tai is so mean to Marten she shouldn't pick on him like that RAGE"; etc.)

[Pilchard123]

Is there another Emily in the strip that I don't know of? The envelope-giver isn't banana-smoothie-Emily. Envelope-giver isn't much taller than Marten, isn't wearing the same clothes as a couple of strips ago (not the best evidence, but...) and doesn't even look that much like Emily.

[Mr_Rose]

She has her hair up in a ponytail today. Changing clothes is a thing that happens.
And did we ever see her feet? Maybe she was in heels before and switched to flats when she decided that having her ankles to explode wasn't actually part of the job.

[pwhodges]

Jeph describes how he tightened up the dialogue for this.

[Rockman]

I think I'm used to seeing her around people a lot shorter than her lately (Momo). But I know what you mean, when I read the strip on my phone's small screen this morning I had to look twice.

[Method of Madness]

Jeph describes how he tightened up the dialogue for this.

Tai comes off much better in the real one than in the original script.

[pwhodges]

I occurs to me that we don't know if Tai's invitation had hearts on as well (it's not clear if Tai can see the front of Marten's either).

[techkid]

I occurs to me that we don't know if Tai's invitation had hearts on as well (it's not clear if Tai can see the front of Marten's either).

Because you don't see her invitation envelope, it is rather ambiguous. But Emily's character does seem the type to pretty up an invite with hearts and stars and whatnot.

Still, love Marten's reaction (many a dude has been in a similar situation before, I'll wager. Many with similar jumps to conclusion, and many of those with similar "crash and burn" results...)

[Asterus]

Plot twist: there is a love letter inside the invitation.

Plot Twist: The invitation is to a place where she can give him a love letter

[Mr_Rose]

Plot twist: there is a love letter inside the invitation.

Plot Twist: The invitation is to a place where she can give him a love letter

Double Twist: The love letter is the second clue in the SMIF Annual Scavenger Hunt. Marten remains, however, clueless.

[Mr. Doctor]

Oh my gah Marten you are so effing cute! 

[Soulsynger]

Plot twist: there is a love letter inside the invitation.

Plot Twist: The invitation is to a place where she can give him a love letter

Double Twist: The love letter is the second clue in the SMIF Annual Scavenger Hunt. Marten remains, however, clueless.

I lol'd.
Also: A QC-spinoff is spawned, named "Questionable Content: Emilumbo".

[Carl-E]

I wonder what sort of box social Emily is throwing!

A coming-out party, in which she reveals she's actually a defective An-PC. 


Or maybe an alien. 

[Madmartigan]

Tomorrow: Turns out it really IS a love letter, and Tai just got invited to something unrelated.

It's not that far of a logical stretch, for somebody who's just received a letter covered in hearts from a somewhat passionate and slightly cuckoo lady they've known for a few weeks.
I was certainly thinking along those lines before scrolling down a bit.

Exactly.  Emily is entirely zany and cuckoo or cocopuffs that I'd actually believe it.  The hearts and everything.  But we must remember, this is Emily and her....social interactions aren't exactly normal and if she's so excited to be having friends, well then...makes sense.

Marten.  Oh boy.  He looked so flattered/confused/dumbstruck.  If hitting on the Lt and contacting Padma says anything, the dude is going through a massive dry spell and at least wants to get laid.  I think he'd settle for someone just being into him again though.

I shudder at what kind of party Emily could be throwing though.

[jwhouk]

A banana smoothie party, of course.

[Madmartigan]

I concur. It's pretty out of left field, if she was flirting with him any time before this I am deeply perplexed too.

This is, Emily.  I don't she think she's aware of the normal rules of flirting.  In fact, I don't think she's aware of normal period.

She's one strange lady.  Hearts could mean she wants to turn you into an Anthro PC....

But no.  Tai's invitation really is unrelated.  There is an invitation within an invitation in the seemingly quasi-love letter that contains a map to a robot facility.

Emily will undergo a robospecies change and finally become a toaster.  Only, she needs some toast for her toaster.  That's where Marten comes in.  And no, that's not sexual.  Or is it?

[Kira]

I didn't know Emily had a Japanese last name. I figured she might be Chinese.

Oh well, in any case she could be a potential interest for Marten.
But not really, because I don't think he'd really see anything in her, unless there's something under that vapid exterior. Even Hannelore is a more viable prospect and that's a long shot considering her phobias.

Emily is the opposite of Hannelore in many ways though; she is almost childlike in her carefree naivety.. she doesn't afraid of anything either, but she seems too caught up in the little world inside her head to pay too much attention to other people around her. But who knows, maybe she isn't as shallow as she seems?

Perhaps Emily flirting with Marten could eventually trigger jealousy in Hannelore, who tries to decide rationally what Marten means to her, making her choose to confess something bold that she doesn't entirely mean....

[Barmymoo]

OK I don't get why everyone thinks Emily is so weird. Perhaps it's because I'm really weird, but I do a lot of the things that Emily does and don't think I'm that weird. Also, she has had sensible conversations too - her discussion with Momo might have started out rude but it developed into an interesting and fairly mature conversation about something that isn't off the wall.

If you go back a few strips to the banana smoothie mini-arc, you can see that Marten and Emily are very similar heights.

[Pilchard123]

Hello new hum ... new dwa ... new gno ... new individual!

[DSL]

A banana smoothie party, of course.

Man, I hate going to those. Everyone's hammered by the end of the night.

[Method of Madness]

A banana smoothie party, of course.

Man, I hate going to those. Everyone's hammered by the end of the night.

Yeah,  I honestly don't see the a-peel.

[Yarin]

its a work party

[Yarin]

Perhaps Emily flirting with Marten could eventually trigger jealousy in Hannelore, who tries to decide rationally what Marten means to her, making her choose to confess something bold that she doesn't entirely mean....

i like this idea

[DrBear]

A banana smoothie party, of course.

Man, I hate going to those. Everyone's hammered by the end of the night.

Yeah,  I honestly don't see the a-peel.

I expect a bunch of reactions to these posts.

[PthariensFlame]

Perhaps Emily flirting with Marten could eventually trigger jealousy in Hannelore, who tries to decide rationally what Marten means to her, making her choose to confess something bold that she doesn't entirely mean....

I can't speak for Emily, but Hannelore probably wouldn't do that, if she's anything like me.  She's never had a romantic relationship, not because she can't get one (I think that there are a lot more people like Clinton than she realizes.), but because she doesn't want one.  There is a huge difference between looking at sexy firemen pictures and marrying a sexy fireman, not just socially, but mentally as well.

[Thrudd]

A banana smoothie party, of course.

Sounds like good fun but I have to then ask a question ..... will there be warming of the bananas?   Also possibly other fruit like Strawberries ..... I like strawberries ... and maybe mango?

[StevenC]

Perhaps Emily flirting with Marten could eventually trigger jealousy in Hannelore, who tries to decide rationally what Marten means to her, making her choose to confess something bold that she doesn't entirely mean....

I can't speak for Emily, but Hannelore probably wouldn't do that, if she's anything like me.  She's never had a romantic relationship, not because she can't get one (I think that there are a lot more people like Clinton than she realizes.), but because she doesn't want one.  There is a huge difference between looking at sexy firemen pictures and marrying a sexy fireman, not just socially, but mentally as well.

I think it was once at least implied if not stated that she would be interested in a relationship (before/during the play date with Sven) but she is very well aware that her OCDs make it impossible for the time being.

[Schmorgluck]

Sounds like good fun but I have to then ask a question ..... will there be warming of the bananas?   Also possibly other fruit like Strawberries ..... I like strawberries ... and maybe mango?

Mango, banana and tangerine,
Sugar and ackee and cocoa bean.

(sorry, I've had this song stuck in my head for several days)

[Is it cold in here?]

OK I don't get why everyone thinks Emily is so weird. Perhaps it's because I'm really weird, but I do a lot of the things that Emily does and don't think I'm that weird. Also, she has had sensible conversations too - her discussion with Momo might have started out rude but it developed into an interesting and fairly mature conversation about something that isn't off the wall.

That was also the conversation in which she revealed her ambition to become a toaster.  Then there's her Twitter feed.

About Hannelore: 1144 has her wishing Faye could start a relationship, partly because it would give Hanners some hope for herself.

[Asterus]

I wonder what sort of box social Emily is throwing!

A coming-out party, in which she reveals she's actually a defective An-PC. 


Or maybe an alien.

You know, as flippant as it sounds, that may actually be semi-plausible. She could be a prototype hollow-child!

On a side note:

she doesn't afraid of anything either,

"doesn't afraid of anything indeed" ^.^

[Madmartigan]

OK I don't get why everyone thinks Emily is so weird. Perhaps it's because I'm really weird, but I do a lot of the things that Emily does and don't think I'm that weird. Also, she has had sensible conversations too - her discussion with Momo might have started out rude but it developed into an interesting and fairly mature conversation about something that isn't off the wall.

That was also the conversation in which she revealed her ambition to become a toaster.  Then there's her Twitter feed.

About Hannelore: 1144 has her wishing Faye could start a relationship, partly because it would give Hanners some hope for herself.

Very true.  And we must remember how far Hanners has come in her neuroses. Sleeplessness/Stress bags under her eyes are completely gone.  Opened up about her childhood to Marten and Marigold.  Joined a band.  Joined CoD as an employee.

I figure a relationship is kind of the end point or rather, the ultimate goal down the line for Hanners.  She may never completely reach it, but I don't think you can rule it out as something she'd like to try at some point.  I'm not meaning to ship in anyway, and I hope I'm not, but that's what makes it an interesting dynamic with her and Marten who have one of the closest general relationships of the entire comic if you think about it.  Who knows though?  I wouldn't mind it at all.  He'd make the most sense with Hanners as I'm not sure anyone else could handle her issues.

That's beside the point.  The point someone brought up was Emily being used to instigate some form of jealousy in Hanners she doesn't quite understand.  I don't see that in her nature.  Plus, she ships heavily in relationships in comic. 

I'm just curious about Emily and Hanners talking in general. 

And Emily is def weird.

[Barmymoo]

Oh, she's weird - but she isn't one dimensional and just weird. She isn't irrevocably weird.

[Carl-E]

I'm looking forward to another party arc. 

[Madmartigan]

I'm looking forward to another party arc.

I'd be curious if booze is involved and Emily got smashed would she role reversal and become all prim, proper, and normal or would the beast be unleashed?