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Coffee of Doom

Library

The Secret Bakery

At Hannermoms corporate hq

On Hannerdads space station

As Svens assistant

For Marigolds dad

The pizza place that employ(ed) Penny and Dale

The bookstore that employed Penny

The Horrible Revelation bar with Wil

The other bar

Martens old work

The Irony cafe

That place in the mall with the chassis

The roomba factory

The LANpark

Someplace else not mentioned.

[Is it cold in here?]

Come to think of it, though, microgravity might not be the best for skirt-wearing, and I do so very much enjoy skirts. Perhaps I should reconsider.

The residential areas are spun up, at least. Even if you did something experimental, the only lab we saw seemed to be as well.

EDIT: Jeph is asking on Twitter what the verb is for what a dominatrix does. Apparently the idea in the previous strip will be continued.

[westrim]

Come to think of it, though, microgravity might not be the best for skirt-wearing, and I do so very much enjoy skirts. Perhaps I should reconsider.

The residential areas are spun up, at least. Even if you did something experimental, the only lab we saw seemed to be as well.

I do not see any incompatibility between zero gravity and skirts. 

Why was the lab in a rotating area anyway? I mean, if you're going to go through the trouble of taking your equipment into space, why would you then conduct experiments just as easily done on Earth?

That aside Martinmom is B. awesome.

I have to disagree with that. It's going to take several dozen more positive appearances, or at least some regret, for me to forgive her conduct after The Breakup.

*dances on the poll in a very erotic fashion*
No coins please.

*Chucks shredded and supercompressed dollar bills*

[Is it cold in here?]

Why does Claire think Veronica is really nice?

Wouldn't any scientist want to work with the best in the field? And go where those are, be it another country or low earth orbit?

[cesariojpn]

Those eyes......nightmare fuel.

[K1dmor]

Why does Claire think Veronica is really nice?

 They didn't talk to much, after this innocent chat. But i guess they get along well.
 
 

 Also, this would be the second time we see those eyes, am i right?
 

[Akima]

Jeph is asking on Twitter what the verb is for what a dominatrix does.

Dominate? Suddenly I have a flash of a Dalek in a leather bikini shouting "Dom-in-ate! Dom-in-ATE! Dom-IN-ATE! DOM-IN-ATE!"

I don't actually enjoy rom-coms much...

[ZoeB]

I think it would be more like an educational program than a rom-com.

[bhtooefr]

I'm with Marten on this one, I can't get on board that ship.

[Is it cold in here?]

Speaking of Doctor Who and domination, though Akima's idea is going to stick in my mind for some time. Everyone knows about the Microsoft Dalek, right?

[Is it cold in here?]

Veronica's first meeting with Claire was a bit too overbearing for me to have considered it "very nice" had I been in Claire's place. Maybe when they were offscreen she saw the other side of her personality. We saw that side when VV was quite gentlemanly to Faye except for the threat.

[katsmeat]

Surely this will only work out long term if, by amazing coincidence, Jim happens to be a sub. Or if not, is happy to give her a free pass to go and domme other chaps now and again... hilarity ensues etc.

Not that I know anything at all about the dynamics of a BDSM/vanilla mixed relationships (assuming he is v.)  as pretty much the sum total of my knowledge of BDSM comes from Wikipedia and listening to Dan Savage.

[cesariojpn]

Not that I know anything at all about the dynamics of a BDSM/vanilla mixed relationships (assuming he is v.)  as pretty much the sum total of my knowledge of BDSM comes from Wikipedia and listening to Dan Savage.

BDSM relationships are a mixed bag. Many folks manage to get along very well with each other and have satisfiable/successful relationships, others kinda throw out the stigma that "Bondage is Bad" trope. And some people kinda take the power trip too far........like they think that just because you call yourself a Dominant, you have carte blanche rights to tell any submissive to submit to them immediately.

One benefit with BDSM/Fetishes is that given the various roles and fetishes out there, one can usually find a setup that suits them perfectly. Unless your fetish is like Gynophagia or something ridiculously obscure.........   

[pwhodges]

The only reason for this gag is to embarrass Marten, which it seems to be succeeding in doing.  I see absolutely no likelihood of it happening.

[Mr_Rose]

It can't just be that. Too much work for too easy a target. It's like hopping on one leg, blindfolded, while drunk, attempting to shoot the broadside of a barn. Only you're using a pre-laid cannon with the trigger cord tied to your ankle.

[Mad Cat]

Anime eyes! … IN STEREO!

[Zebediah]

I think I can guess the panel for the next QC Captions entry. 

[Border Reiver]

I think I can guess the panel for the next QC Captions entry. 

Now, why would you think that?

[Throg]

A rom-com...where the female is an ex-dominatrix, looking to retire?!

...

FUND IT

[DSL]

Cliche situation: V2 becomes instant happy little domestic with Jim as the dominant personality in the relationship. Both are insanely happy, to the point where observers get cavities just thinking about it.
Marten spends the rest of his life twitchy, waiting for something bad to happen.

... I thought QC already *was* part romcom with Marten as the straight man.

Akima: That's an interesting image. Are you envisioning the standard-chassis Dalek or a DW version of a "skin job"?

[Loki]

VV marries Jim. By the Law Of Conservation Of Comedy, it logically follows that Sam walks in on... stuff.

[Mr_Rose]

Of course, this way Marten gets to call Jim "Dad III; Vengeance"

[ankhtahr]

Sam is brought up as new Marten.

Coming soon: QC Spinoff with adult Sam frequenting a coffee shop with sassy male indie baristas…

[Zebediah]

Ah, so that's why Jeph is bringing Dale on as a barista! It all makes sense now!

No it doesn't.

[Loki]

Dale has a secret child whom he will raise to be like Marten. Or Dora. We won't be able to tell. The child will become the sassy barista.

[kent_eh]

Ummm.. Marten?

I hate to break it to you, but in the current company, you are the straight man.

[Carl-E]

Everyone knows about the Microsoft Dalek, right?

Apparently not. 


Yes, I live in a hole.  And google only got me a youtube video that's been pulled for BBC copyright restrictions...

Veronica's first meeting with Claire was a bit too overbearing for me to have considered it "very nice" had I been in Claire's place. Maybe when they were offscreen she saw the other side of her personality. We saw that side when VV was quite gentlemanly to Faye except for the threat.

Claire also spent a good bit of that visit making friends with scotch.  That may have tinted her view a bit! 

[westrim]

Claire also spent a good bit of that visit making friends with scotch.  That may have tinted her view a bit!

If they became friends, it's a pretty abusive relationship.

[Method of Madness]

A rom-com...where the female is an ex-dominatrix, looking to retire?!

SHE is a dominatrix trying to get out of the field. HE is a bakery owner. THEY FIGHT CRIME.

[westrim]

Melinda Clarke plays Veronica.

[Mr_Rose]

Nah. Torri Higginson or Michelle Morgan.

[Method of Madness]

Michelle Morgan is way too young! What about Marisa Tomei?

[Rghfrgl]

 Last panel is so kawaii that it's making me use the word kawaii.

[Game and Watch Forever]

If Marten hates being the straight man, then I suddenly understand why he seems to have such disdain for Claire puns.

[GarandMarine]

Oh Marten, the universe has made you the straight man for the entire universe, yes you get a shot in now and then, but it's just your place.

[Mr_Rose]

Michelle Morgan is way too young! What about Marisa Tomei?

Future proofing. It could take years to get this project off the ground and we want someone who can stick around for a few seasons at least.

[Method of Madness]

Wait, I thought we were talking movie, not series.

[Loki]

Well, then you thought wrong and shall be punished appropriately 

[Mr_Rose]

We're talking movie/pilot then series. It's gonna revolutionise the industry!

[Masterpiece]

Well, then you thought wrong and shall be punished appropriately 

More like PUN-ished, amirite?

(I am not. I lift the tipped pun jar, and put in 3 internets)

[Loki]

Finally.

[Game and Watch Forever]

And they fit neatly inside a single pun jar? This is sounding like an episode of the IT Crowd....

[Is it cold in here?]

The only reason for this gag is to embarrass Marten, which it seems to be succeeding in doing.  I see absolutely no likelihood of it happening.

The usual  purpose of a gag would be to keep Jim from alarming the neighbors with his reactions.

It does make sense as a shiptease as well as a joke at Marten's expense. They seemed pretty deadpan to me if it was a joke.

The Microsoft Dalek rolls around shouting "EM-BRACE! EX-TEND! EX-TERMI-I-NATE!".

[Masterpiece]

An Internet weighs about as much as a strawberry.

Not a valid youtube URL

[bhtooefr]

Also, if Marten is sick of being the straight man, I hear Steve can help him with that:

[ankhtahr]

I still have a version of Steve's face in the bottom panel with the snowflakes GIMP'd away on my harddrive as an alternative avatar from when I discovered this one…




Here it is:

[GarandMarine]

An Internet weighs about as much as a strawberry.

Not a valid youtube URL

Eh, all the DATA in the internet weighs about as much as a strawberry, but the internet would be nothing without millions of miles of infrastructure.

[Method of Madness]

Yeah, those tubes are pretty heavy.

[ankhtahr]

And all the cats in them of course…

[Mr_Rose]

I would have thought the little trucks would have been the greater mass component…

[ankhtahr]