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Too much cake-mix

May got too excited with Pintsize

May had a nasty meet-up with Yelling Bird

SOMEONE had to clean up Dale's bed!

The obligatory reference to synthetic ham

MAY IS MELTING FROM ALL THE SQUEE

May found Marigolds stache of sexy dude pictures

butts

[hedgie]

What is the dimension of nerdspace?

I wonder if it's anything like L-space.

[Kugai]

And do you need to brew a nice hot cup of Tea to reach it?

[ankhtahr]

What is the dimension of nerdspace?

I wonder if it's anything like L-space.

This sudden jump from Linear Algebra to Pratchett hurts my brain.

[cesium133]

And do you need to brew a nice hot cup of Tea to reach it?

You may need to argue with a robot in an Italian restaurant to reach it.

[MooskiNet]

Or just jump on a chesterfield sofa in an open field...

[Is it cold in here?]

There's some cog psych research that indicates people make worse decisions when their blood sugar is low. Marten may be doing exactly the right thing.

[Aziraphale]

Don't know where my electronic thumb is, but I've got my towel. Let's do this.

[ysth]

What is the dimension of nerdspace?

I wonder if it's anything like L-space.

This sudden jump from Linear Algebra to Pratchett hurts my brain.

More like E-space.

[CompSarge]

Part of me wonders if a small part of Marten's needing to process the events of the night have to do with a certain sentiment he expressed in the past. I know Jeph's matured as both a writer and a person since all that time ago, but Marten's had considerably less in-comic time to reach the same level of maturity.

[DrClef]

Part of me wonders if a small part of Marten's needing to process the events of the night have to do with a certain sentiment he expressed in the past. I know Jeph's matured as both a writer and a person since all that time ago, but Marten's had considerably less in-comic time to reach the same level of maturity.

Honestly, I think Marten only replied that way because he knew Dora was joking, and it was a case of snark meeting snark. I doubt that either of them would have made that joke if they'd actually known any transfolk. Not necessarily saying it's HONORABLE AND PERFECT SOCIAL JUSTICAR behavior, but it's pretty human.

[iandanger]

I wonder if the last few comics going up early has caused a deluge of 7pm-10pm refresh requests each day since

[jwhouk]

He's been regularly putting up the comic at around 9-10 PM ET for a while now.

[MooskiNet]

Yeah I'm pretty guilty of using up his bandwidth in the past hour or so.

The second panel with Claire and Marten, though- man, she looks vulnerable there.  I think half the reason I'd love to see this work out is it would kill me to see that kid get hurt.

[ankhtahr]

yep, between 3 and 4 am here. Often right before I go to bed. Or right after I wake up. Depends on the way my sleep schedule is fucked.

Spot on…

Ohmygodohmygodohmygod this is going to be awesome. I hope.

[MooskiNet]

Holy. Shit.

[jwhouk]

Uhm.... Wow.

Note to the Wiki people: a new character has been introduced!

[ankhtahr]

Let the speculation commence. Did Marten meet her on the way to the diner?

Edit: Ooh, another theory: Claire talked to her mother about the night, and she decided to take matters into her own hands.

[jwhouk]

Let the speculation commence. Did Marten meet her on the way to the diner?

That's gotta be it. But how did she know who he was?

[Aziraphale]

That was... unexpected.

[HES]

Whaaaaa

Those pancakes turned his mood around quickly

Warning - while you were typing everyone realised the new comic was up

[RyanW1019]

Wow! I'm sure we feel almost as blindsided as Claire.

Also, Marten looks cheerful! At the very least he's not freaking out, or looking like he wants to be anywhere other than where he is.

Also, this is off-topic, but I just noticed that we all have 0 to 5 stars next to our usernames. Are those a direct function of number of posts or is there something I missed?

[ankhtahr]

And just like last week I'm once again calling a cliffhanger tomorrow.

I'm getting more sure of my "Claire talked about Marten" theory the more I think about it.

[HES]

Edit: Ooh, another theory: Claire talked to her mother about the night, and she decided to take matters into her own hands.

This is what I assumed

[jwhouk]

Let the speculation commence. Did Marten meet her on the way to the diner?

Edit: Ooh, another theory: Claire talked to her mother about the night, and she decided to take matters into her own hands.

That would make two mothers wanting to pair the two of them up... Remember VV back at the wedding?

[iandanger]

Hurh, what, how, and I'm hyperventilating.

[ankhtahr]

Yep. Claire's mother approves of Marten, Marten's mother approves of Claire. When are they getting married? 

Edit: jwhouk, is it just me, or have we both pretty much been thinking the same things over the last few minutes?

[Saabstory88]

I have been following this comic for years. I have only joined the forums to get in on the craziness of the current story arc. As much as people will say that some of this is out of character, I feel like this particular arc is a truly brilliant one. The way this whole situation has played out, and the pacing of the development truly shows how good Jeph has become at crafting a compelling, and emotionally gripping storyline. That is all.

[reicreature]

Marten is at her house!!!!
Her mom is cooking him breakfast!!!!
Aaaaaaaaaahhhhh what?!


I won't lie, when I saw this the first time I thought Claire's mom was also Claire and I thought we had plunged into a Lynchian style dream...and then freaked out when I realized what was going on.

hah, and tomorrow is the last comic of the week. Aaahhhhh!

[MooskiNet]

Okay, now I can go to bed happy.  My wife is shaking her head at me 'cause I'm grinning like an idiot.

[ankhtahr]

Now I'm sure that it'll turn out well in the end. Claire was sober, and she was definitely interested last night. Her biggest trouble seemed to be Marten acting only on impulse. Seems like Marten definitely meant something as well, and it wasn't just the alcohol talking or him giving innocent headscratches.

[Zebediah]

I won't lie, when I saw this the first time I thought Claire's mom was also Claire and I thought we had plunged into a Lynchian style dream...and then freaked out when I realized what was going on.

Yeah, me too. What... the... hell? Then I realized that Claire looks just like her mom.

[Comic Strip Critic]

Poor Claire looks terrified, not that I can really blame her. Even her voice is shaking a bit, if her speech bubble is any indication! I'm kind of hoping the next day or two is her pulling Mom aside and doing that whole "why is he here and where did you find him" deal. Let us know Mom's character a bit, and get the exposition out of the way.

[ankhtahr]

Well, they look similar, but I think it's definitely pronounced that she's a different character, art-wise. Her chin is less pointy, her face is rounder, somehow she has a slight Hanneresque hint about her as well.

[T]

I won't lie, when I saw this the first time I thought Claire's mom was also Claire and I thought we had plunged into a Lynchian style dream...and then freaked out when I realized what was going on.

Yeah, me too. What... the... hell? Then I realized that Claire looks just like her mom.

They are all clones! This is a family of clones! 

[grouchygizmo]

Long time guest lurker, first time posting. Breaking the silence only to say this:

Claire is super adorable in her jammies. XD

[Neko_Ali]

Of course they're clones. How did you think gingers reproduced with their perfectly awesome hair?

Yeah, this kind of blindsided me as well. But you know, I think it's a good thing. They can now talk about what happened last night with each other in a more sober light. Without a lot of waffling back and forth on what they think, or getting ham-handed advice from friends.

[lot_jockey]

Why is Claire's mom in the diner or near it("He was having diner pancakes")? How did she know who Marten is? They've never met!

[Nyithra]

I like where this is going.

[jwhouk]

Yep. Claire's mother approves of Marten, Marten's mother approves of Claire. When are they getting married? 

Edit: jwhouk, is it just me, or have we both pretty much been thinking the same things over the last few minutes?

Great minds and all that...

[iandanger]

Anyone want to place bets on cute to awkward ratio of said sober conversation?

[ankhtahr]

Maybe we'll even top last week's page count! Tomorrow's strip will be awesome for sure, and lots of discussions might be spawned! And Masterpiece will make history by having an extremely large average WCDT-post-count!

[Truec]

Does Northhampton just have shitty diners or something?  Diner pancakes are good.

[T]

Of course they're clones. How did you think gingers reproduced with their perfectly awesome hair?

Yeah, this kind of blindsided me as well. But you know, I think it's a good thing. They can now talk about what happened last night with each other in a more sober light. Without a lot of waffling back and forth on what they think, or getting ham-handed advice from friends.

Also there was an old post mentioning how Claire trans status was foreshadowed by her lips.

Sorry if someone's mentioned this already...  But there was another visual foreshadowing that Claire was trans which exists.

Male characters do not have lips in QC, only female characters.  Claire has no lips.  That's an indication that she's genetically male, as it's a universal sex trait in the QC universe.

Maybe this was just a mistake. Jeph might have used Claire as base to make her mother but he is also very attentive to details making this all strange.

That aside her mother is also a cutie!

[Is it cold in here?]

But Clairemom's are much better.

I prefer having talks like that without any parents on the premises, though.

[HES]

Does Northhampton just have shitty diners or something?  Diner pancakes are good.

Yeah, but not "mums cooking" good

[T]

Does Northhampton just have shitty diners or something?  Diner pancakes are good.

Yeah, but not "mums cooking" good

I wonder who made the dinners at Marten's family? His mother doesn't sounds like the kind that is into cooking...

[neurocase]

I WAS SO BLINDSIDED BY THIS but now I'm really happy ahhhhh

This can only mean good things, in my mind. If Marten was willing to take Claire's mom up on the invitation, that means he wasn't completely freaked out about the happenings the night before. Otherwise, he would either not be there at all, or would look uncomfortable as hell. But buddy is smiling and genuine and sober and this can only lead to GOOD THINGS *clutches at face*

[Is it cold in here?]

It's bad manners to analyze a real trans person's appearance for ways to misgender them, of course. Looking for clues in Jeph's artwork is certainly a thing but talking about Claire is a chance to practice how we'll talk about trans people who actually exist.

[iandanger]

Also there was an old post mentioning how Claire trans status was foreshadowed by her lips.

Sorry if someone's mentioned this already...  But there was another visual foreshadowing that Claire was trans which exists.

Male characters do not have lips in QC, only female characters.  Claire has no lips.  That's an indication that she's genetically male, as it's a universal sex trait in the QC universe.

Maybe this was just a mistake. Jeph might have used Claire as base to make her mother but he is also very attentive to details making this all strange.

That aside her mother is also a cutie!

How did I read this comic for the last 8 years and not notice that

[Zebediah]

I wonder who made the dinners at Marten's family? His mother doesn't sounds like the kind that is into cooking...

Veronica doesn't seem like she'd be into knitting either, but she made the Worry Hat. So you never know.