Topic: WCDT: 2558-2562 (21-25 October 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread (Read 39920 times)

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #100 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 09:09 »

Except Dale has always been awkward around Marigold?
When he wasn't being creepy-stalkerish anyway. Which could be interpreted as awkwardness on its own, actually; playing a 'role' with a stereotype attached is a bunch easier than being honest with someone you like for a lot of people.

Carl-E · « **Reply #101 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 09:10 »

He's probably been worrying about this very moment since the first time Marigold threw money at him. He actually was hoping to have someone to talk to about WoW, and she got confrontational, so he escalated it online and in reality, but now they're finally alone. Together.

New territory is new.

Zebediah · « **Reply #102 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 10:28 »

Marigold also has a history of bringing out awkwardness in other people.

marsman57 · « **Reply #103 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 10:46 »

Quote from: Delator on 21 Oct 2013, 23:43

I'm going to go out on a limb and call 2259 the worst strip ever.

I can agree with this. The main problem is that it is boring, but it is also awfully just... weird. They specifically set up this get together to watch anime so it was obvious that Dale already liked it. You could have replaced that with any number of other awkward ice-breaking questions and it would have made for a better comic.

Furthermore, check out his cool in 2512/2513. Maybe he was thrown off by the helmet incident (how could he have not noticed it was still on!?), but otherwise his personality is exceptionally awkward for the circumstance. Of course, maybe he hadn't internally processed his feelings prior to this point.

Long story short though, the main problem was that it was boring.

Interesting aside, 2513 was less than a week ago in the QC universe. It's been a busy week!

Barmymoo · « **Reply #104 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 10:48 »

Strip 2259 was ages ago and not the one that we've just seen - I don't know whether the post you're quoting was a mistype or just a random statement.

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #105 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 10:49 »

Before BM
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The first 2259 is also a strip with tangible awkwardness.

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2259
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After BM
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Quote from: Barmymoo on 22 Oct 2013, 10:48

Strip 2259 was ages ago and not the one that we've just seen - I don't know whether the post you're quoting was a mistype or just a random statement.

The number at the top of the latest comic is incorrect. It should (unless it was deliberate, ofc) be 2559.

J · « **Reply #106 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 11:00 »

Quote from: marsman57 on 22 Oct 2013, 10:46

Quote from: Delator on 21 Oct 2013, 23:43
I'm going to go out on a limb and call 2259 the worst strip ever.

I can agree with this. The main problem is that it is boring, but it is also awfully just... weird. They specifically set up this get together to watch anime so it was obvious that Dale already liked it.

Kugai · « **Reply #107 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 14:54 »

Anybody hear Crickets chirping?

Cutely awkward though

Tulpa · « **Reply #108 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 17:05 »

Quote from: Border Reiver on 22 Oct 2013, 06:15

Quote from: Tulpa on 22 Oct 2013, 03:45
Where is the liquor? It should be out by now. It helps these things.

Sometimes though it just makes them worse.

Always helps me out, but I'm kind of a social alcoholic.

J · « **Reply #109 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 17:49 »

well, given what happened the last time marigold had that type of help...

LookingIn · « **Reply #110 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 18:01 »

Quote from: bjams on 21 Oct 2013, 22:14

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 21 Oct 2013, 21:47
Awkward Zone initiated!

Quick! Activate maximum ridiculosity plan Delta!!!

But how is Pintsize going to get there?

LookingIn · « **Reply #111 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 18:08 »

Awkward yet going in the right direction. She broke the ice and he needs to pick up on it and start a conversation...

At least they aren't fighting right away, and they aren't going at it like animals in heat so they are doing something right so far

94ssd · « **Reply #112 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 18:11 »

Today's comic is reminiscent of my first high school date.

Perfectly Reasonable · « **Reply #113 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 19:15 »

Heh. teh awkward is expressed in all lower case italics.

"So, um, what would you like to watch?"

Wonder how that will turn out? Can Dale even remember any anime titles?
What would be the most awkward title Dale could blurt out?

Method of Madness · « **Reply #114 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 19:45 »

He likes something she doesn't like. Comedy! (Also stern-face Momo is a plus)

Carl-E · « **Reply #115 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 19:53 »

Her initial response wasn't honest, either - she was just slipping into ~~comfortable~~ confrontational mode.

~~mustang6172~~ · « **Reply #116 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 19:59 »

Silly Marigold. The man is always right.

J · « **Reply #117 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 20:00 »

i like to think that momo's been standing there the whole time, and will continue to stand there all night

westrim · « **Reply #118 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 20:03 »

I wonder which extreme in her responses is closer to the truth?

Quote from: Perfectly Reasonable on 22 Oct 2013, 19:15

What would be the most awkward title Dale could blurt out?

Well, it isn't an anime, but the first thing that came to my mind was Hentai Kamen. I just watched it this weekend.

Quote from: mustang6172 on 22 Oct 2013, 19:59

Silly Marigold. The man is always right.

Prettttty certain that is in no way implied, intended or otherwise.

LookingIn · « **Reply #119 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 21:35 »

Moments of awkwardness and self doubt she reverts to trying to repel someone with an offhand remark rather than risk being potentially embarassed...I empathise with her, I know the reaction too well.

Momo is showing her stern face but you have to love that she is doing it for all the right reasons- that's the truest friend you could ever hope to have

Toe · « **Reply #120 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 22:07 »

Damnit, now I want a green couch with matching pants!

Tova · « **Reply #121 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 22:27 »

Quote from: J on 22 Oct 2013, 20:00

i like to think that momo's been standing there the whole time, and will continue to stand there all night

Me, I like to think that Momo simply apparated at the call of a Marigold social alert, to allow her to deliver her glare of death.

Dr. ROFLPWN · « **Reply #122 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 22:49 »

Quote from: J on 22 Oct 2013, 20:00

i like to think that momo's been standing there the whole time, and will continue to stand there all night

I, too, like this idea.

Stern-faced Momo and Marigold's sudden I WANNA MARRY IT gave me some sorely needed smiles tonight. Thanks, Jeph (not that you will read this, but the sentiment is here.)

Delator · « **Reply #123 on:** 22 Oct 2013, 23:46 »

Quote from: Dr. ROFLPWN on 22 Oct 2013, 00:59

Quote from: Westrim on 21 Oct 2013, 23:48
Quote from: Delator on 21 Oct 2013, 23:43
I'm going to go out on a limb and call 2259 the worst strip ever.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that's an awfully inflammatory thing to say without saying why you think that.
(Also today's strip was numbered 2259, when it is in fact 2559.)

Yeah, thanks for catching that...I didn't even notice. Makes me wonder how many other comics Jeph may have accidentally mislabeled.

I was commenting on 2559, not 2259

Quote from: Black Sword on 22 Oct 2013, 06:22

Am I the only one who feels Dale's personality got a bit derailed?

Nope.

Of course, he didn't have much personality in the first place, but he certainly seems to have been Flanderized a bit for plot purposes.

Quote from: marsman57 on 22 Oct 2013, 10:46

Quote from: Delator on 21 Oct 2013, 23:43
I'm going to go out on a limb and call 2259 the worst strip ever.

I can agree with this. The main problem is that it is boring, but it is also awfully just... weird.

There has to be a "worst" comic among the 2560 that have been drawn to date, and I can't honestly think of another that simultaneously did less to advance plot and was less funny than this one.

Perhaps #15

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #124 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 00:11 »

Memories of high school dates are funny precisely because they're so painful.

themacnut · « **Reply #125 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 00:21 »

And the last few comics are what happens when you don't date in high school - the awkward just gets postponed until your first dates as as adult and becomes at least ten times worse. At least they're both equally awkward around each other - if they each tried dating people with more dating experience they'd most likely look like complete losers.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #126 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 01:14 »

Hopefully in a minute Dale will collect himself and say "what didn't you like about it?" and they might actually have a proper conversation.

Anonrahem · « **Reply #127 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 01:24 »

I am calling it right now. After the Dale/Marigold arc, Martin is gonna move back to LA because he actually has no purpose in this current group of friends.

Faye + Angus
Dale + Marigold
Hannelore + Marigold
Dora + Tali
Steve + Cosette

So either Claire and Martin hookup(which everyone is secretly hoping for), or Martin fads into obscurity(He hasn't had meaningful character interaction/development sense 2458).

Food for Thought, now argue!

themacnut · « **Reply #128 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 01:28 »

I doubt very much Marten is going to want to willingly put himself back under the thumb of his domineering mother. At least if he stays on the East Coast he can keep an entire country between himself and her, thereby remaining somewhat free of her overbearing ways.

Akima · « **Reply #129 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 02:21 »

Quote from: Anonrahem on 23 Oct 2013, 01:24

Dora + Tali

And an indelible image is stamped into the minds of Mass Effect fans everywhere.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #130 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 02:22 »

Quote from: Anonrahem on 23 Oct 2013, 01:24

I am calling it right now. After the Dale/Marigold arc, ~~Martin~~ is gonna move back to LA because he actually has no purpose in this current group of friends.

Faye + Angus
Dale + Marigold
Hannelore + Marigold
Dora + Tali
Steve + Cosette

So either Claire and ~~Martin~~ hookup(which everyone is secretly hoping for), or ~~Martin~~ fads into obscurity(He hasn't had meaningful character interaction/development sense 2458).

Food for Thought, now argue!

Welcome new person. Nice to meet you here. Be advised that to work as a community, we have to follow a few easy rules.

1st off:
We have a public spelling announcement. You desperately need to visit it if you can't get the name of the main character right.

2nd:
As hard as it can be, we're not really supposed to be shipping characters. It's in the rules. There isn't really anything that suggests that Marten and Claire will get together.

Lastly:
It's Marten, not ~~Martin.~~ Sorry. It's a pet peeve of mine.

I don't see Jeph abandoning his main character. And you're not the first nor will you be the last to "call" that Marten will leave.

And for all we know, Marten could be doing quite a lot on his free time, Jephzibah just chose not to show him in the strip today.

Tova · « **Reply #131 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 02:25 »

Quote from: Anonrahem on 23 Oct 2013, 01:24

So either Claire and Martin hookup(which everyone is secretly hoping for),

Ha ha. "Secretly", yes. Nice one. Anyway, welcome to the forums.

Dr. ROFLPWN · « **Reply #132 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 02:36 »

Quote from: Anonrahem on 23 Oct 2013, 01:24

I am calling it right now. After the Dale/Marigold arc, Martin is gonna move back to LA because he actually has no purpose in this current group of friends.

Faye + Angus
Dale + Marigold
Hannelore + Marigold
Dora + Tali
Steve + Cosette

So either Claire and Martin hookup(which everyone is secretly hoping for), or Martin fads into obscurity(He hasn't had meaningful character interaction/development sense 2458).

Food for Thought, now argue!

"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act I Scene V

"[Marten] needs a [romantic partner] like a fish needs a bicycle."
Gloria Steinem

"I don't get freaky with girls, you dumb bosh'tet! No matter how hot and sorta goth and into Slayer they are! Besides, if I were going to experiment it would be with a much more military woman."
Tali'Zorah vas Normandy

"Los Angeles is like San Diego's uglier older sister that has herpes."
Justin Halpern

pwhodges · « **Reply #133 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 03:01 »

Heh - I saw Hamlet last night

(See Blog Thread)

Quote from: Anonrahem on 23 Oct 2013, 01:24

After the Dale/Marigold arc, Martin is gonna move back to LA because he actually has no purpose in this current group of friends.

There would have been more reason for him to move when Padma left - but he didn't. He has a life and friends (even if not one particular friend right now) where he is, and nothing much left to return to in CA.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #134 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 03:53 »

Quote from: Akima on 23 Oct 2013, 02:21

Quote from: Anonrahem on 23 Oct 2013, 01:24
Dora + Tali
And an indelible image is stamped into the minds of Mass Effect fans everywhere.

*charges a Carnifex pistol*

I know shipping is no mas in here any way, but thou shalt leave Tali be. Non-compliance will be met with biblical grade retribution.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #135 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 07:50 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 23 Oct 2013, 03:01

Heh - I saw Hamlet last night

*jealous*

I love Hamlet, and I'd love to see it in English one day.

Until that day, the Branagh version has to suffice. I don't want to see a translated version.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #136 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 08:04 »

Quote from: themacnut on 23 Oct 2013, 00:21

And the last few comics are what happens when you don't date in high school - the awkward just gets postponed until your first dates as as adult and becomes at least ten times worse. At least they're both equally awkward around each other - if they each tried dating people with more dating experience they'd most likely look like complete losers.

I didn't date in high school at all. My sophomore year of college, I dated a freshman girl in the beginning of the year for two weeks. It ended badly, but lots of firsts were had! Not all good ones. Several very bad ones. I'll always appreciate it, though.

(Interestingly enough, that was the first and only time I've dated a younger girl, everyone since has been older, even if just by a few months)

Wagimawr · « **Reply #137 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 09:09 »

Quote from: ankhtahr on 23 Oct 2013, 07:50

I don't want to see a translated version.

No translated versions at all?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF0k4qV1I1Y&t=4m10s

Method of Madness · « **Reply #138 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 09:14 »

That is the greatest thing ever and I am not going to watch it.

sitnspin · « **Reply #139 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 10:47 »

One of the general rules when breaking the ice is not to bring up a subject about which you feel negatively. Don't bring up a show you hate as a topic of conversation, it leaves you with nothing positive to say which backs you into a corner if the person likes the thing you do not. Bring up something you do enjoy, this keeps your conversation options open the widest. Even if they do not share your interest in the subject, you can always shift to a new topic with far less awkwardness, or even explain why you do like it. After that you can ask them what they are into and the cycle continues.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #140 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 11:02 »

There's an insight there, that Marten is a catalyst. He makes reactions happen and is more or less unchanged afterward.

Truec · « **Reply #141 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 11:27 »

Quote from: Anonrahem on 23 Oct 2013, 01:24

I am calling it right now. After the Dale/Marigold arc, Martin is gonna move back to LA because he actually has no purpose in this current group of friends.

Faye + Angus
Dale + Marigold
Hannelore + Marigold
Dora + Tali
Steve + Cosette

So either Claire and Martin hookup(which everyone is secretly hoping for), or Martin fads into obscurity(He hasn't had meaningful character interaction/development sense 2458).

Food for Thought, now argue!

I enjoy your implication that people not in a relationship have no place in a group of friends.

FunkyTuba · « **Reply #142 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 11:40 »

Quote from: Barmymoo on 23 Oct 2013, 01:14

Hopefully in a minute Dale will collect himself and say "what didn't you like about it?" and they might actually have a proper conversation.

[slow clap]

Kugai · « **Reply #143 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 12:00 »

Quote from: Dr. ROFLPWN

"I don't get freaky with girls, you dumb bosh'tet! No matter how hot and sorta goth and into Slayer they are! Besides, if I were going to experiment it would be with a much more military woman."
Tali'Zorah vas Normandy

So you're saying that Marten has to wait until he attracts the interest of a military chick?

Mama Momo keeping an eye on things is cute.

I wonder if she will use shock therapy on them?

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #144 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 12:14 »

"Mama Momo" should join "The Pugnacious Peach" as a Thing.

jwhouk · « **Reply #145 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 13:11 »

Mama Momo, here we go again...

Rghfrgl · « **Reply #146 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 13:36 »

Quote

"Mama Momo" should join "The Pugnacious Peach" as a Thing.

I want to make a joke on how they're both peaches, but I'm just not sure how to get there.

Quote from: Masterpiece on 23 Oct 2013, 02:22

There isn't really anything that suggests that Marten and Claire will get together.

I'm just splitting hairs, since it's not like I want the place to turn into fanfic central or anything, but it's absolutely been teased. And it may be just that, teasing the readers. But the foundation is set that it could go that way and it wouldn't be out of left field.

Dr. ROFLPWN · « **Reply #147 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 17:44 »

Quote from: Kugai on 23 Oct 2013, 12:00

Quote from: Dr. ROFLPWN
"I don't get freaky with girls, you dumb bosh'tet! No matter how hot and sorta goth and into Slayer they are! Besides, if I were going to experiment it would be with a much more military woman."
Tali'Zorah vas Normandy

So you're saying that Marten has to wait until he attracts the interest of a military woman?

I was mostly making a joke about the Tali/Shepard romance in Mass Effect.

...So, yes, if Marten's secret life goal is to be part of a threesome with a human lady and a Quarian one.

Also I hell of support Mama Momo being a Thing

DSL · « **Reply #148 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 17:58 »

Well, if Marten ever got to the point he could bench press about 130 pounds in one gee, there's a possibility that might be open to him, now that he knows her name.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #149 on:** 23 Oct 2013, 18:07 »

To be fair, she never specified one gee. He should've offered to bench press her then and there

THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)

Poll

So what should Marigold wear to her "date" with Dale? (Sorry, "Nothing" is not an option.)

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