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Which version did you like best?

Even though he TOOK THE BEST YEARS of MY LIFE and THREW IT ALL AWAY.
- 13 (13.1%)
(Throw in something about being an amazing lover)
- 9 (9.1%)
Love can be a complicated thing.
- 1 (1%)
There was bitterness. Recrinimiation. Pain. But love was still there.
- 10 (10.1%)
Sorry for going off-script.
- 4 (4%)
Does he still get to flip the table?
- 25 (25.3%)
I'm waiting for Marten's speech.
- 5 (5.1%)
Claire REALLY has to wonder about Marten's parents.
- 13 (13.1%)
ALL the FEELS!
- 19 (19.2%)

Total Members Voted: 92


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Author Topic: WCDT: 2401-2405 (11-15 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread  (Read 88500 times)

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So we start the first week of Henry and Maurice's wedded bliss...

What could POSSIBLY go wrong?
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Drunken shenanigans, big mistakes and pillow talk by Henry and Maurice.

Possibly in that order too.
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So we start the first week of Henry and Maurice's wedded bliss...

What could POSSIBLY go wrong?

Do you really need to ask?
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So we start the first week of Henry and Maurice's wedded bliss...

What could POSSIBLY go wrong?
Do you really need to ask?
Well, it's for the poll's sake...
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Marten exposed to family dynamics may show some sides of his personality that we've only glimpsed before.
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There is possibly, just slightly possibly, a chance of a combination of "Claire's awkward moments" and "someone hits on Marten".
But then again, I don't really know how real life would work in these situations until after Jeph has drawn it. :P


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Strip Search?
Penny Arcade's Next Top Model Pop star Top Chef Webcomic Artist.


Edit: Cause they're searching for a good strip. geddit? geddit?
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I would like to modify my vote slightly: Marten gets hit on but he absolutely fails to realize it.
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I LOVE IT. ;D

Though... not in real life. Please, nobody do this in real life. :P
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HAAAAAH. New comic up...totally worth it.

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It's like watching the dress rehearsals (that we all know exist) for Dr. Phil Jerry Springer...
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Oh god, that was SOOOO uncomfortable until the last panel...


 :-D :-D :-D Loved it!   :mrgreen:
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*Cackles Madly* Perfect.

I am also somehow reminded of Aunt Penelope's great rant about why a wedding should have an ice sculpture.
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<offkeyrimshot followed by an audience groan>



It took the finest minds in both Penny Arcade and LoadingReadyRun to come up with that title. :P

I could ask so many questions about this one. Did Henry and Veronica write that together? Did Maurice and Marten lend a helping hand? Are they actually seriously considering doing this at the reception and trusting that their friends, knowing each other's character, will get the joke? Where's Claire, and what does she think of this aspect of Marten's family dynamics?

But actually, I don't want answers to any of those questions. There don't have to be answers. This can just be a sublimely silly moment in the comic. :)
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Not sure if drama overload...

... or just new take on the term "wedding crashing".


(Get it? 'Cuz there was also a meme-reference in the strip? Eh? Eh?)
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I'm claiming a hit on the drunken shenanigans part I predicted earlier. Only one out of four may be inebriated but it certainly counts as shenanigans.
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Genuinely bought it all the way up to the punchline. Bravo, Jeph.

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Oh god, that was SOOOO uncomfortable until the last panel...


 :-D :-D :-D Loved it!   :mrgreen:

Damn, this would make for one helluva wedding video.
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They've really gotten over the divorce if they can joke about it like this.

Messy divorce

Marten had some trouble with it

Many a true word is spoken in jest
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Considering the recent revelation of how they met, perhaps the anger of the first few years may have been drug-fueled?
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Marten turned out better than you'd expect if his parents had been heavy users during his formative years.
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See? It's not real. None of it's real. The characters even said so. Painting a lampshade on the fourth wall or something.
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That was awkward, right up until that last panel. Then an awkward, tentative smile appeared on my face as I tried to figure out what these crazy people were thinkin'.

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Not just drunken shenanigans, carefully planned and rehearsed drunken shenanigans! :lol:
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You know that the conversation started with, "How could we get the reception video on the top ten on YouTube?"
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You know that the conversation started with, "How could we get the reception video on the top ten on YouTube?"

At least it didn't start with, "Hold my beer and watch this."
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I can see a caption contest on that third panel with Mom grabbing Marten. OOF.
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I really love the second panel. I think it's because she looks like she's screaming into her scotch like a microphone. XD

"Hello?! HELLO?! Is this thing on or am I not drunk enough yet?!"
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reception-trolling... I love it
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You know that the conversation started with, "How could we get the reception video on the top ten on YouTube?"

YES


Also, I would like to vote for all of the above on the poll, but sadly someone neglected to include that option. :(
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Nothing like practice to make it all go smoothly 
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I was really buying that until Jeph let up the gig, although I voted for more DJ, I really hope we get to see Veronica's life move forward a little here.
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And with that little speech, we now have confirmation;

Veronica was "best man". 
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 Flip the table for happiness, and the tackle becomes a hug  :lol: .

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Dang.  Some of you people are YOUNG.    :-D

I'm going to sit over here and slowly wrinkle....   
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I'm going to sit over here and slowly wrinkle....   

Can we tweet that to our #swag friends? 'Cause that's all us youngsters do, you know  :laugh:
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Dang.  Some of you people are YOUNG.    :-D

I'm going to sit over here and slowly wrinkle....

You know you're old, when rather than finding all of your friends are getting married, you find that they're all getting divorced (or having affairs), and occasionally dying. :-(

I think Veronica's previous speech was better, but we were never going to see that in action, it would have just been repetition.  Of course, there's plenty of time for her to get really hammered, and then do a more authentic slightly off script rendition. :-D
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On a more serious note, I really liked Veronica here. It redeemed her a bit in my eyes from the whole "Marten Tiberius Reed! Apologize to your friends!" ordeal.
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On a more serious note, I really liked Veronica here. It redeemed her a bit in my eyes from the whole "Marten Tiberius Reed! Apologize to your friends!" ordeal.

Yeah...though in some ways it only shows that she isn't a total bitch to everyone, just her son when he was at a low point. This does rehabilitate her, but the aforementioned incident still sticks in my craw.
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You know what? I think I caught some of The feeeeeeels as well... That was a very nice comic.

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Awwwwww...

Love it. So does Marten get to do his embarrassing speech next, or has he forgotten about it?
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