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Characters get accused of being bad people.

31 (20.4%)

Someone chimes in that they miss Claire, or that they're glad she's still gone.

47 (30.9%)

Moderators forced to moderate.

22 (14.5%)

A pun is made. Forums spiral into madness.

47 (30.9%)

Kosh makes a appearance.

5 (3.3%)

Total Members Voted: 76

Voting closed: 29 Mar 2015, 17:59

[Rghfrgl]

This week Jane and Baroness Coelacanth the Third have their first support group meeting. Meanwhile with no immediate drama to deal with Marigold, Dale, Marten, Claire, Jim, Veronica, Tai and Dora all have lots of sex. Ideally with their appropriate partners.

[cesium133]

This week Jane and Baroness Coelacanth the Third have their first support group meeting. Meanwhile with no immediate drama to deal with Marigold, Dale, Marten, Claire, Jim, Veronica, Tai and Dora all have lots of sex. Ideally with their appropriate partners.

So... Marigold and Marten, Dale and Claire, Jim and Dora, and Veronica and Tai? 

[Rghfrgl]

So... Marigold and Marten, Dale and Claire, Jim and Dora, and Veronica and Tai? 

I should have added Steve and Cossette. Claire's relationship is tested when Steve, the sexy werewolf to Marten's sexy vampire, invites her in for cereal.

[Is it cold in here?]

There is no need for a Kosh appearance.

Kosh has always been here.

[valkygrrl]

If you go to Z'ha'dum there will be spathe ham.

[DSL]

MANY SUCH JOURNEYS ARE POSSIBLE. LET ME BE YOUR GUIDE.

[Zebediah]

This week Jane and Baroness Coelacanth the Third have their first support group meeting. Meanwhile with no immediate drama to deal with Marigold, Dale, Marten, Claire, Jim, Veronica, Tai and Dora all have lots of sex. Ideally with their appropriate partners.

So... Marigold and Marten, Dale and Claire, Jim and Dora, and Veronica and Tai? 

You left out Pintsize and May.

That would, of course, cause multiple simultaneous apocalypses. But it would totally be worth it. 

[Aziraphale]

This week Jane and Baroness Coelacanth the Third have their first support group meeting. Meanwhile with no immediate drama to deal with Marigold, Dale, Marten, Claire, Jim, Veronica, Tai and Dora all have lots of sex. Ideally with their appropriate partners.

So... Marigold and Marten, Dale and Claire, Jim and Dora, and Veronica and Tai? 

[Gladstone]

This week Jane and Baroness Coelacanth the Third have their first support group meeting. Meanwhile with no immediate drama to deal with Marigold, Dale, Marten, Claire, Jim, Veronica, Tai and Dora all have lots of sex. Ideally with their appropriate partners.

So... Marigold and Marten, Dale and Claire, Jim and Dora, and Veronica and Tai? 

That's so...mononormative? Monogamonormative?  Monogamousonormative?  Whatever.  Anyway, obviously we've got a Veronica/Tai/Dora thing, while Jim, left out, goes home and makes tacos.

Meanwhile, SKULLMASTER, MASTER OF SKULLS, and Momo fight crime/hunt for frogs.

[Omega Entity]

There needs to be an 'All of the Above' option up there 

[diogeneticist]

There needs to be an 'All of the Above' option up there 

And a none of the above.

With two mandatory votes.

[Endellion]

It should be a poll for what would come first, the top three occur every week.

[KOK]

Did you mean 1, 2 and 4?

[rfrank dodelijk]

oh I am glad that claire is still gone... sorry, sorry, went off a bit quick there.

[BenRG]

As I have already posted, it's obvious that this week will be the first support group meeting. This is why it may not happen because Jeph likes playing with our heads! 

It could easily be Clinton 'hanging out' with Emily (with her continually asking if this is a date). Or, maybe Claire could take Marten to a club where everyone is based on people Jeph knows IRL. Or, maybe, Momo meets a nice human who doesn't seem to have realised that she is an AI; should she tell him?

If there is one thing that you can always predict about QC, it is that it can be unpredictable!

[tywren]

If you go to Z'ha'dum there will be spathe ham.

I wonder, is spathe ham made out of spathi?

[chaospersonified]

If there is one thing that you can always predict about QC, it is that it can be unpredictable!

Are you suggesting it's always questionable what the content will be?

[Schwungrad]

That's so...mononormative? Monogamonormative?  Monogamousonormative?  Whatever.

Poly*-phobic 

[DSL]

That's so...mononormative? Monogamonormative?  Monogamousonormative?  Whatever.

Poly*-phobic 

Polyunsaturated.

[Kugai]

There is no need for a Kosh appearance.

Kosh has always been here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7XfyyKYxnU

[anahata]

Did you mean 1, 2 and 4?

I took Endellion's post as meaning the three highest-voted, not the top three in displayed order.

[Rghfrgl]

Kosh making a appearance to say he doesn't need to make a appearance? I'm not sure if that's Kosher. 

*Checks puns off the list*

[BenRG]

Here's an interesting tidbit from Jeph's Twitter feed:

You can thank Fabric 78 by Raresh for basically all of next week's comics. Excellent worktrain music.

Anyone who is familiar with that album and the artist will have to tell the rest of us whether there is any stylistic influence on next week's strips.

[jwhouk]

It appears it was just the tempo/beat of the music that kept Jeph going through drawing the strips for the week.

[cesium133]

and... Abyssinia. 

[osaka]

That's my type of moral support. "Hey, even I have made it there, so if you can't there's some stuff going on in your general direction"

But of course, not the best one. Abyssinia is off to a VERY rough start as Jane's "crutch".

[DrBear]

no familiar faces in the part of the group that showed.

[Neko_Ali]

Clearly I picked the wrong name when I filed for my name change.

[Stoon]

There is no need for a Kosh appearance.

Kosh has always been here.

[SomeCanadianWeirdo]

Unless someone arrives late, or their appearance has changed radically since Hannelore and/or Faye last saw them, I think we can write off a familiar face being part of the support group.  If there was one there Faye and Hannelore's expressions would probably reflect that fact.

[ASB84]

Seems Faye still isn't quite in the right frame of mind to get the most out of the group. Understandable, but hopefully she'll give it an honest try.

I'm glad that we're not seeing any familiar faces at the group (or so it would seem). I think that would be too cliche of a twist, and we don't really need that many characters having too big a role in the strip. Maybe some names can be dropped, one or two might give a little bit of background as a means of getting Faye to open up, but for the most part, they should basically just be extras. Kind of like the Space Station arc, where we met a couple of characters who had a prominent "guest star" role, and a bunch of others who maybe had a line or two as part of the crowd. So yeah, I think it's a good decision.

Of course, the camera could well pan around tomorrow to reveal someone we already know, but as I said, I think that'd be a cliche and corny twist. I'd suggest it would hinder the plot more than help it.

[Rghfrgl]

I think we can write off a familiar face being part of the support group.  If there was one there Faye and Hannelore's expressions would probably reflect that fact.

Marten's on the far right mostly off panel. Abby is staring while Jane is looking away pretending not to notice.

Cossette, who's been growing her hair out on the far left.

[Kugai]

And the guy with his back to us?


Either Amir or  .......

*Gasp shock horror* Dale!

[Platypodes]

Awww, Arthur is such a sweetie.

And apparently as soon as somebody else picks up the role of sweet and supportive grown-up, Hanners is free to return to anxiety and weirdness. 

"Abyssinia" is awesome.  I've got to admit that while Mommy Hanners was heartwarming, I was missing Weird Hanners for a while there.

[CMGeorge]

I keep having flashbacks to the Life Support scene from "Rent" going through my head during this plot arc, including Mark's "Oh, I'm not... I'm just here to... I don't have... I'm here with..." lyric.

I'm guessing that people who run support groups must have that kind of thing happen on a regular basis.

[Kugai]

Just shows that Hanners is doing her job right as a Support Person 

[valkygrrl]

I keep having flashbacks to the Life Support scene from "Rent" going through my head during this plot arc, including Mark's "Oh, I'm not... I'm just here to... I don't have... I'm here with..." lyric.

Welcome Abyssinia, let's continue the affirmation.

[Omega Entity]

Clearly I picked the wrong name when I filed for my name change.

As an aside, my supervisor for my summer job decided to go in a unique direction after her divorce. Rather than reclaim her maiden name, she chose a last name that, when combined with her first name, is pronounced the same as a well-known mountain range in the US (though her first name is spelled differently, it's pronounced the same as the first part of the range).

[Ourobius]

First thing I thought of.

[TinPenguin]

Clearly I picked the wrong name when I filed for my name change.

As an aside, my supervisor for my summer job decided to go in a unique direction after her divorce. Rather than reclaim her maiden name, she chose a last name that, when combined with her first name, is pronounced the same as a well-known mountain range in the US (though her first name is spelled differently, it's pronounced the same as the first part of the range).

Can't decide if Sarah Nevada or Katherine Skill.

[BenRG]

It looks like the first key learning that Faye will get from this session is how to stop Hannelore from suffering a panic attack! What's the bet that, whilst dealing with this mini-crisis, Faye will finally make eye contact with someone.

Now, who's up for a marathon deprogramming session where the main cast get together to convince Hanners that her name isn't 'Abyssinia'? The lesson being that Hannelore is not only bad at deception, she's catastrophically bad at it!

[EDIT]
Here's a thought, though. What if Arthur falls for Abyssinia? Not for Hanners but her pseudonym. I'm sure that Jeph could get some milage out of Hannelore enjoying 'being someone else'. Then, inevitably comes the moment when the truth has to come out and the consequential identity crisis. "I preferred being Abyssinia to being Hannelore!"

[tywren]

Now, who's up for a marathon deprogramming session where the main cast get together to convince Hanners that her name isn't 'Abyssinia'? The lesson being that Hannelore is not only bad at deception, she's catastrophically bad at it!

What do you mean catastrophically bad? When even the person telling the lie is convened it's true, you've hit the pinnacle of deception.

[BenRG]

Now, who's up for a marathon deprogramming session where the main cast get together to convince Hanners that her name isn't 'Abyssinia'? The lesson being that Hannelore is not only bad at deception, she's catastrophically bad at it!

What do you mean catastrophically bad? When even the person telling the lie is convened it's true, you've hit the pinnacle of deception.

Typically, in these situations, you want the liar to be able to differentiate between the lie and the truth. If they don't, then it becomes a delusion and, as Gordon the RoboSpider will testify, Hannelore already has too many of those! 

[Nepiophage]

If you go to Z'ha'dum there will be spathe ham.

I wonder, is spathe ham made out of spathi?

Spathe ham is made from spathe pigs.

(click to show/hide)

[snubnose]

I MISS CLAIRE !

...

(Wait, who is Claire ?!?)

[Cpt. Slowloader]

Clearly I picked the wrong name when I filed for my name change.

As an aside, my supervisor for my summer job decided to go in a unique direction after her divorce. Rather than reclaim her maiden name, she chose a last name that, when combined with her first name, is pronounced the same as a well-known mountain range in the US (though her first name is spelled differently, it's pronounced the same as the first part of the range).

Can't decide if Sarah Nevada or Katherine Skill.

I was thinking Adira Rondacks

[Lubricus]

I MISS PADMA!

Wait, that wasn't an option, was it? 

[Zebediah]

Spathe ham is made from spathe pigs.

(click to show/hide)

Hey,  I saw the first 20 minutes of that movie once! But I always thought it was some weird hallucination brought on by lack of sleep.

[DrBear]

You sure it wasn't Abby Lachens?

[NilsO]

I am counting 6 other people besides Jane, Abby, and Arthur. The man in the middle that we see from behind could be Dale, and the shoulder we see to the right might belong to Marten; but of course, this is highly unlikely. My guess is that all the participants are just filler characters, and if anybody new is to be introduced to the regular cast, it is Arthur.

The group as a whole appears quite young, all in their twenties. I guess all us older folks belong in the creepy group.