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Something we haven't had in a while: MOMENT OF THE WEEK!

The Dressing Montage!
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This bar has DARTS!
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#2 cause of facial piercings - #1 is booze itself.
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"IF YOU ARE DRUNK WE WILL NOT PIERCE YOU" signs all over town.
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They WILL let you BOOK AN APPOINTMENT. And not waste your deposit...
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Marten's responsible for no shameful piercings... "I'll need a $60 deposit first."
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Claire enters the bar! "'Sup Red, pull up a stool."
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It's bolted to the floor! (So they can't be used as weapons.)
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I LOVE THIS BAR!
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Old books and huge dust plumes? IT IS MY GREATEST LIBRARY ANXIETY
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"That's not what your wife told me when she was here this morning!"
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A Jukebox that has Derek and the Dominos and Einstuerzende Neubauten?
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Two different crowds or a sign of violent schizophrenia.
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I win! You gotta give me a piggyback ride! (Aw man.)
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Faye wasn't so sure about Claire at first, but she's okay in her book.
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So how long have you had a crush on Marty?
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Claire has a sudden drinking problem.
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Author Topic: WCDT: 2791-2795 (15-19 September 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread  (Read 59100 times)

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I taught my 8 year old nannying boy that Henry Ford quote and he was pretty thrilled by it. I love kids.
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Wikipedia tells me 'the term "lumberjill" has been known for a woman who does this work, for example in Britain during World War II.'
Similarly "jackaroo" and "jillaroo" down here.

Marten and Fay walking down the street, talking. Classic QC.
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I have this suspicion someone at that bar is going to say the wrong thing regarding Sven, Dora, and Faye, and all hell is going to break loose.

So who exactly out of the gang knows about this?

So far, I know this: Marten knows of this via Dora. Dora found out via Cosette. Cosette got told of this by Steve. Steve was told directly by Sven at the Horrible Restitution.

So i'm gonna say: Wil is gonna be the one to ruin it for everyone. He probably heard of it off-panel when Steve and Sven were jabbing with each other.
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WRT the latest poll option - "She Blinded Me With Library Science" t-shirt!

Had one myself - Physics Department - Laser Lab - might even have been your university but I doubt it.
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He probably heard of it off-panel when Steve and Sven were jabbing with each other.
I like to think Wil is too professional to share anything he heard while bartending.
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If anything is going to happen, it's most likely going to be an innocuous comment from someone not directly involved (i.e. Sven, Steve, Cosette, Dora and Marten).

Claire, Tai or Faye seem to be the most likely candidates.

The real problem here is the lack of communication between people, they're all talking but not talking to each other. That's the crux of the problem here.

Though I have been noted to have been wrong on several occasions, so I'm not one to listen to about predictions.
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I taught my 8 year old nannying boy that Henry Ford quote and he was pretty thrilled by it. I love kids.
What post are you referring to?
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Oh, thanks!
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Okay, so the stools are bolted to the floor, but I bet that fish can still be used as a lethal weapon.
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I kinda like Claire sans glasses.
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Okay, so the stools are bolted to the floor, but I bet that fish can still be used as a lethal weapon.

I hope it's battery-powered and starts singing.
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Claire's always cute, no matter what. I wonder if she's still careful around Faye after the can incident, and that's why her greeting seems a little hesitant.

 It's nice to see her without her glasses again. IIRC it's been since the wedding, hasn't it?
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Claire's always cute, no matter what. I wonder if she's still careful around Faye after the can incident, and that's why her greeting seems a little hesitant.

 It's nice to see her without her glasses again. IIRC it's been since the wedding, hasn't it?

I think so, yeah. And I also wondered if she was hesitant for the same reason (Faye, on the other hand, doesn't seem to have thought much of it).
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I wonder what the name of this bar is. I'm voting for the "Big-Ass Bass".

It looks like Jimbo's kind of place.
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I don't get it.  Why would Faye like a place that keeps her away from weapons?
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It keeps everyone else away from weapons. Faye's clever enough to find one should the need occur.
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Okay, so the stools are bolted to the floor, but I bet that fish can still be used as a lethal weapon.

I hope it's battery-powered and starts singing.

Only if it sings like this:


Also, cutest Faye ever in the last panel? Possibly.

singin doo wah diddy diddy dum diddy doo
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What should Claire Wear?

The Blue Dress, cheap beer spills be damned!    1 (3.1%)
Red Flannel with Shorts!    4 (12.5%)
The Smiths shirt!    2 (6.3%)
TEH shirt!    2 (6.3%)
The Kaylee Dress!    1 (3.1%)
Yellow Shirt and Jeans!    1 (3.1%)
"I AM THE PRETTIEST PRINCESS" shirt (borrowed from Marten)    6 (18.8%)
Faye's Yellow Dress (shudder)    0 (0%)
The Swan Dress!    1 (3.1%)
Hoodie and sweats    3 (9.4%)
Something else entirely.    0 (0%)
"She Blinded Me With Library Science" t-shirt!    11 (34.4%)

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Okay, so the stools are bolted to the floor, but I bet that fish can still be used as a lethal weapon.

I hope it's battery-powered and starts singing.
When I read this I suffered a case of brain failure and thought you were talking about the stools, not the fish...  :psyduck:
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I kinda like Claire sans glasses.
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The Blue Dress, cheap beer spills be damned!    1 (3.1%)
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The Smiths shirt!    2 (6.3%)
TEH shirt!    2 (6.3%)
The Kaylee Dress!    1 (3.1%)
Yellow Shirt and Jeans!    1 (3.1%)
"I AM THE PRETTIEST PRINCESS" shirt (borrowed from Marten)    6 (18.8%)
Faye's Yellow Dress (shudder)    0 (0%)
The Swan Dress!    1 (3.1%)
Hoodie and sweats    3 (9.4%)
Something else entirely.    0 (0%)
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Thinking about it the option "Nothing" would have been nice, specially for edits.

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Clothes can be bought in any color, as long as it's black.
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I was about to be a smartass and point out that he never actually said that, but it turns out he did actually say that and QI was wrong. Bugger.
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I don't get it.  Why would Faye like a place that keeps her away from weapons?

Faye has no need for weapons, she is a weapon.

Of mass distraction.
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Drinks served in paper cups, stools sawn from logs, tables bolted to the floor. Everything too light, too heavy, or bolted down. German bars in the 30's expected brawls between Nazis and Communists.
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Claire looked really young and vulnerable.
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I don't get it.  Why would Faye like a place that keeps her away from weapons?

She's just happy to be in a place where that sort of thing would come up.
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Last panel, Faye's glass. 

The collarbone line showing through it made me thing she was drinking out of a lab beaker...


Soooo many ways the drama could go once everyone's had a few,  depending on who else shows up.  All I know is that it's impending - whatever it is! 
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This is my kinda bar!
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Am I the only one who really loves the art in today's comic for some reason? Something about it just strikes a chord with me.

Going back and reviewing it looks like Jeph has settled on a happy median between that new style he was trying and the old one. Everything is still looser, but not quite so.... Well; http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2764
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Am I the only one who feels like we are being trolled really hard?
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CUTEST  :claireface: EVARRRR!
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Am I the only one who feels like we are being trolled really hard?

If we are, it's getting old. I believe we will see some kind of development, however. Probably something breaking someone's heart.
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When I read this I suffered a case of brain failure and thought you were talking about the stools, not the fish...  :psyduck:

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I don't get it.  Why would Faye like a place that keeps her away from weapons?
Because a place that takes special measures to reduce mortality in case of a brawl probably have brawls often.
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So Claire is a recently-begun graduate student, right? And she started transitioning in college?

Well, it's a college town, so a 23-24 y/o is gonna get carded.

At what point, do you suppose, even in lib-ruhl Massachusetts, is a trans person able to change his or her gender designation on official government ID or other documents?

Claire gets carded, bartender makes some comment in front of everyone, involuntary outing?

My first thought was that Wil is the bartender and Claire's with Wil's friends, so no need to check ID. But Jeph's gone to great pains to show us that this is a different bar.

Could be a whole other kind of drama on its way.
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art's a bit on the cartoony side today. i kinda like it.
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I do think that Jeph said he wouldn't use Claire's trans status for cheap drama.
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I do think that Jeph said he wouldn't use Claire's trans status for cheap drama.

Being outed because of a small detail that didn't occur to her because she was excited about going out* with Marten is cheap drama?


*I mean this in the most general social sense possible.
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I am sorry, I did not mean it to come across as that. I meant that the implication was (I think) that he wouldn't do a "let's milk Claire's trans status for drama" story arc (then again, I may be misremembering).
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I am sorry, I did not mean it to come across as that. I meant that the implication was (I think) that he wouldn't do a "let's milk Claire's trans status for drama" story arc (then again, I may be misremembering).

No apology necessary, but thank you.

And true, but consider a few things:

-Jeph clearly stated that, when researching for Claire's backstory, he was horrified by the violence that trans people often face
-Clinton's pathological concern for Claire's safety has to have been a smoking gun of some kind.
-The gang is clearly at a townie bar outside of downtown, all of which in Northampton are like half roughneck/half hipster. The locals aren't always as friendly and welcoming and open-minded as that town as a whole takes pains to be.

To some extent (Claire' Ativan moment, her coming out to Marten and Emily in the first place) there's already been SOME drama about it.
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Claire's always cute, no matter what. I wonder if she's still careful around Faye after the can incident, and that's why her greeting seems a little hesitant.

 It's nice to see her without her glasses again. IIRC it's been since the wedding, hasn't it?

I took her greeting to be full of nerves and directed more towards towards Marten

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Claire's always cute, no matter what. I wonder if she's still careful around Faye after the can incident, and that's why her greeting seems a little hesitant.

 It's nice to see her without her glasses again. IIRC it's been since the wedding, hasn't it?

I took her greeting to be full of nerves and directed more towards towards Marten

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Claire's always cute, no matter what. I wonder if she's still careful around Faye after the can incident, and that's why her greeting seems a little hesitant.

 It's nice to see her without her glasses again. IIRC it's been since the wedding, hasn't it?

I took her greeting to be full of nerves and directed more towards towards Marten

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So Claire is a recently-begun graduate student, right? And she started transitioning in college?

Well, it's a college town, so a 23-24 y/o is gonna get carded.

At what point, do you suppose, even in lib-ruhl Massachusetts, is a trans person able to change his or her gender designation on official government ID or other documents?

Claire gets carded, bartender makes some comment in front of everyone, involuntary outing?

My first thought was that Wil is the bartender and Claire's with Wil's friends, so no need to check ID. But Jeph's gone to great pains to show us that this is a different bar.

Could be a whole other kind of drama on its way.

If this was the case, then one would think Claire would've had trouble with her "identity" at Henry Reed's Wedding not once....but twice.
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I am sorry, I did not mean it to come across as that. I meant that the implication was (I think) that he wouldn't do a "let's milk Claire's trans status for drama" story arc (then again, I may be misremembering).

No apology necessary, but thank you.

And true, but consider a few things:

-Jeph clearly stated that, when researching for Claire's backstory, he was horrified by the violence that trans people often face
-Clinton's pathological concern for Claire's safety has to have been a smoking gun of some kind.
-The gang is clearly at a townie bar outside of downtown, all of which in Northampton are like half roughneck/half hipster. The locals aren't always as friendly and welcoming and open-minded as that town as a whole takes pains to be.

To some extent (Claire' Ativan moment, her coming out to Marten and Emily in the first place) there's already been SOME drama about it.

If I had to guess I'd say they are at Hugo's which is still in Northampton proper.
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A quick moment of research reveals that it is pretty easy comparatively to get the gender marker on your ID changed in Massachusetts. All that is required is a letter from a medical professional that is treating you stating that you are the gender you identify as. Much easier than many other states which require proof of bottom surgery or just never allow it at all. So in all likelihood Claire's ID matches her gender.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to start making plans to move to Massachusetts...
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