Topic: WCDT 2937-2941 (13 - 17 April 2015) (Read 46276 times)

Kugai · « **on:** 11 Apr 2015, 21:23 »

It's astounding
Time is fleeting
Madness takes control.

Gladstone · « **Reply #1 on:** 11 Apr 2015, 21:28 »

You keep bringing up Emily "climbing the flagpole." Is that a sex thing? It sounds like a sex thing.

Rghfrgl · « **Reply #2 on:** 11 Apr 2015, 21:28 »

This week on QC.

I don't know what we're doing in Vegas, but Emily sure looks pretty in that dress.

BenRG · « **Reply #3 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 00:30 »

I'm pretty sure that, whatever happens, Emily is going to be serenely unaware of how strange an evening Clinton has had. The thing awaiting revelation will be whether she asks him on a second date or if she tells him that they can onlybe ffriends, because he is "too weird" for her.

Way out there possibility: She punches out someone for being mean to Clinton. When he catches up, he realises that, beneath the blood on her knuckles, he can see metal.

"Clinton... I'm not a real girl!"

osaka · « **Reply #4 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 04:56 »

Please no. I'm pretty sure that Clinton would get back to creepy stalker mode if he discovered Emily was a bot.

hedgie · « **Reply #5 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 06:27 »

Quote from: Kugai on 11 Apr 2015, 21:23

It's astounding
Time is fleeting
Madness takes control.

I've got to keep control.
I remember doing the Time Warp.
Drinking those moments when
The blackness would hit me.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #6 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 08:17 »

Quote from: Kugai on 11 Apr 2015, 21:23

Madness takes control.

I do?

osaka · « **Reply #7 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 08:18 »

Quote from: ssǝupɐW ɟo poɥʇǝW on 12 Apr 2015, 08:17

Quote from: Kugai on 11 Apr 2015, 21:23
Madness takes control.
I do?

You're only the Method tho. There's a higher something that is taking control.

~~valkygrrl~~ · « **Reply #8 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 08:19 »

Quote from: ssǝupɐW ɟo poɥʇǝW on 12 Apr 2015, 08:17

Quote from: Kugai on 11 Apr 2015, 21:23
Madness takes control.
I do?

No, it is toll you take.

I have exact change.

DillyDolly · « **Reply #9 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 08:33 »

For some reason, I think Clinton won't get a black eye from the big guy but somewhere else...but if he does? The guy was at least decent enough to let him take off his snazzy new glasses—as both the frames and lens appear in tact when he calls Claire.

chaospersonified · « **Reply #10 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 09:11 »

Quote from: DillyDolly on 12 Apr 2015, 08:33

The guy was at least decent enough to let him take off his snazzy new glasses—as both the frames and lens appear in tact when he calls Claire.

It IS possible to get a black eye while wearing glasses without the glasses being broken, I can say from experience. Unlikely, but possible.

Gladstone · « **Reply #11 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 11:51 »

So, the glasses may be an improvement, the hair will grow back, and Clinton probably has plenty of Emergency Bowties waiting back at the dorm, but that tattoo of his is going to be much harder to get rid of, and I'm still of the opinion that, regardless of the fuck-it high he's on now, he's going to regret it later. Hell, the look on his face as he was getting it made it clear that he was already full of regret. It might be a cool design, but it definitely doesn't reflect Clinton's attitude about his prosthetic hand, and I worry that we're going to end the night with Clinton going "well, my new girlfriend is impressed with it, so everything's cool!"

His reaction when Claire called him seems to indicate that he's definitely not pleased about the events of the date, but there's always the possibility that it's a fake-out, and one smooch on the cheek from Emily will magically make everything better. Please, no. Clinton has clearly been embarrassed and humiliated (largely by his own doing), and that needs to be acknowledged as valid, not swept under the rug and treated as a bunch of comic mishaps. Otherwise, he'll never be anything more than the resident butt monkey. (Warning: TV Tropes link)

tywren · « **Reply #12 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 12:41 »

Quote from: Gladstone on 12 Apr 2015, 11:51

So, the glasses may be an improvement, the hair will grow back, and Clinton probably has plenty of Emergency Bowties waiting back at the dorm, but that tattoo of his is going to be much harder to get rid of, and I'm still of the opinion that, regardless of the fuck-it high he's on now, he's going to regret it later. Hell, the look on his face as he was getting it made it clear that he was already full of regret. It might be a cool design, but it definitely doesn't reflect Clinton's attitude about his prosthetic hand, and I worry that we're going to end the night with Clinton going "well, my new girlfriend is impressed with it, so everything's cool!"

His reaction when Claire called him seems to indicate that he's definitely not pleased about the events of the date, but there's always the possibility that it's a fake-out, and one smooch on the cheek from Emily will magically make everything better. Please, no. Clinton has clearly been embarrassed and humiliated (largely by his own doing), and that needs to be acknowledged as valid, not swept under the rug and treated as a bunch of comic mishaps. Otherwise, he'll never be anything more than the resident butt monkey. (Warning: TV Tropes link)

I'm still hoping that the end result is that someone starts in with the "I'm sorry your date was a disaster" line, and he replies with "Are you Kidding me?! That's the most fun i've had in my entire life!" You'll note that once he started to just say "Fuck it" to everything he seems to actually be having a good time. You don't see him have nearly so much fun at the lake house party.

Gladstone · « **Reply #13 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 13:16 »

Quote from: tywren on 12 Apr 2015, 12:41

I'm still hoping that the end result is that someone starts in with the "I'm sorry your date was a disaster" line, and he replies with "Are you Kidding me?! That's the most fun i've had in my entire life!" You'll note that once he started to just say "Fuck it" to everything he seems to actually be having a good time. You don't see him have nearly so much fun at the lake house party.

Seems to me his "Fuck it!" is short for "Well, I've already made one giant mistake tonight, so fuck it, how much worse can it get?" And then he spends the next several hours changing his image as if there's no going back. Doesn't look like he's having fun, and that smile looks very forced.

Just gonna quote myself here:

Quote from: Gladstone on 08 Apr 2015, 20:44

I've never experienced the traumatic loss of a hand, but if I did, and if I was able to replace it with a prosthetic hand on the technological level of the QC-verse, then I might actually consider poking mild fun at myself and my condition with a somewhat-lighthearted tattoo showing off that I was a "cyborg." Maybe. Obviously I can't really know for sure, but I can guess. But Clinton isn't as casually easygoing as I imagine myself to be. Sure, he's not ashamed of his injury, and he's definitely not shy about displaying his cybernetic replacement, but one thing Clinton is definitely NOT, is casually-lighthearted about it. He's proud of his hand and somewhat confrontational about it (as demonstrated by his refusal to wear a flesh covering), but a jokey tattoo completely destroys that image. He is going to regret this for a long, long time.

chaospersonified · « **Reply #14 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 13:18 »

Quote from: tywren on 12 Apr 2015, 12:41

I'm still hoping that the end result is that someone starts in with the "I'm sorry your date was a disaster" line, and he replies with "Are you Kidding me?! That's the most fun i've had in my entire life!" You'll note that once he started to just say "Fuck it" to everything he seems to actually be having a good time. You don't see him have nearly so much fun at the lake house party.

And so born is Clinton, adrenaline junkie extraordinaire

Gladstone · « **Reply #15 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 13:24 »

And all he needed was a makeover to bring him out of his shell!

Wait.

BenRG · « **Reply #16 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 13:34 »

FWIW, I'm expecting Clinton to have a sort of 'hangover' day where he keeps on expecting people to laugh at him and at his bitterly-regretted choices. By the time he gets to the Library to tell Emily that they can't date anymore (because she brings out the worst in him), he no longer knows if that is what he wants to do.

Omega Entity · « **Reply #17 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 14:00 »

Quote from: DillyDolly on 12 Apr 2015, 08:33

For some reason, I think Clinton won't get a black eye from the big guy but somewhere else...but if he does? The guy was at least decent enough to let him take off his snazzy new glasses—as both the frames and lens appear in tact when he calls Claire.

Or rather, when Claire calls him.

My vote is that it's something completely unrelated to angry dude. It'd be too predictable.

Kugai · « **Reply #18 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 15:12 »

Quote from: Gladstone on 11 Apr 2015, 21:28

You keep bringing up Emily "climbing the flagpole." Is that a sex thing? It sounds like a sex thing.

Look to Clinton's right

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2931

DSL · « **Reply #19 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 17:22 »

JUst right this moment occurred to me that "cookies" reminded Claire about Clinton's date. And Clinton's clearly tossed his. Maybe this is a regular thing with him in social situations.

vforvancouver · « **Reply #20 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 19:27 »

Well, one thing we can be sure about: Claire is just as good as Ms. Reed at segues. http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2409

cesium133 · « **Reply #21 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 19:34 »

New comic...

...and it looks like the "vomit" was actually blood and beer.

stephber · « **Reply #22 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 19:34 »

Comics up! That explains his shirt.

~~valkygrrl~~ · « **Reply #23 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 19:37 »

Hi Eliot!

starkruzr · « **Reply #24 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 19:39 »

Well, I guess I'll be the first one to post it.

I have completely forgotten who Eliot is.

FunkyTuba · « **Reply #25 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 19:39 »

ELLIOTT!

hedgie · « **Reply #26 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 19:39 »

Why do I think that Elliott's method of "educating" such a person would be making him sit down and listen to a lecture about proper behaviour until he *wished* to just get beaten-up?

vforvancouver · « **Reply #27 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 19:40 »

Elliott is being so calm he's terrifying...

aliensporebomb · « **Reply #28 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 19:40 »

So much excitement!

Estron · « **Reply #29 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 19:41 »

Well, that was an elliottus ex machina, wasn't it?

cesium133 · « **Reply #30 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 19:41 »

Quote from: starkruzr on 12 Apr 2015, 19:39

Well, I guess I'll be the first one to post it.

I have completely forgotten who Eliot is.

He worked at the Secret Bakery. He's either moonlighting as a bouncer now, or he's quit at the Secret Bakery.

DrBear · « **Reply #31 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 19:42 »

When Eliott lectures you on interpersonal behaviour, you'd better listen.
You wouldn't like to see him when he's angry.

TRVA123 · « **Reply #32 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 19:44 »

I really enjoy Elliot's character! I hope he becomes a bit more regular!

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #33 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 19:44 »

So does this explain the black eye? Because to me it looked like Big Guy punched Clinton in the nose.

jheartney · « **Reply #34 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 19:46 »

Why did the robot hand switch sides?

vforvancouver · « **Reply #35 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 19:47 »

Waitaminute...

...aren't Clinnnntonnn's hands mixed on frame 2? I'm trying to figure how his left hand is briefly his right hand.

TRVA123 · « **Reply #36 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 19:47 »

Quote from: Neko_Ali on 12 Apr 2015, 19:44

So does this explain the black eye? Because to me it looked like Big Guy punched Clinton in the nose.

I think being punched in the nose can give people back eyes. although usually both eyes, not just one.

Quote from: jheartney on 12 Apr 2015, 19:46

Why did the robot hand switch sides?

That is how hard he was punched!

Gladstone · « **Reply #37 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 19:53 »

Oh my, Elliott is a bit more broad-shouldered than I remember. Also, taller. Half a head taller than Punching Guy, who is half a head taller than Emily, who is also tall...it's a shame we don't have any of the regular characters in this strip, for height comparison. Still, Elliott's bigger than I remember him. Wouldn't've even recognized him if Jeph hadn't specifically identified him.

hedgie · « **Reply #38 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 19:55 »

Quote from: TRVA123 on 12 Apr 2015, 19:44

I really enjoy Elliot's character! I hope he becomes a bit more regular!

That would depend largely on his diet.

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #39 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 19:57 »

Quote from: vforvancouver on 12 Apr 2015, 19:47

Waitaminute...

...aren't Clinnnntonnn's hands mixed on frame 2? I'm trying to figure how his left hand is briefly his right hand.

Waaaaait, his robot hand didn't switch sides.... The guy punched him so hard he grew 2 right hands!

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #40 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 19:59 »

Quote from: cesium133 on 12 Apr 2015, 19:41

Quote from: starkruzr on 12 Apr 2015, 19:39
Well, I guess I'll be the first one to post it.

I have completely forgotten who Eliot is.
He worked at the Secret Bakery. He's either moonlighting as a bouncer now, or he's quit at the Secret Bakery.

My money's on him quitting the Secret Bakery after Padma (who he had a huge crush on) moved away.

bhtooefr · « **Reply #41 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 20:09 »

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1883

He's been moonlighting as a bouncer for a while, because that's before Padma moved away (or even Marten started dating her).

Half Empty Coffee Cup · « **Reply #42 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 20:10 »

Eliot, the eye of the storm, the leaf in the breeze, the bouncer at this bar.

He's going to teach you manners.

Tova · « **Reply #43 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 20:11 »

Elliot has been working as a bouncer at The Horrible Revelation for some time.

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1883

Meh too slow

Stoon · « **Reply #44 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 20:13 »

Elliot's always been good at looming.

Aziraphale · « **Reply #45 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 20:15 »

Quote from: hedgie on 12 Apr 2015, 19:39

Why do I think that Elliott's method of "educating" such a person would be making him sit down and listen to a lecture about proper behaviour until he *wished* to just get beaten-up?

Exactly what I was thinking. From anyone else that'd be a threat; Elliott probably meant it quite literally.

PopuluxeCowboy · « **Reply #46 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 20:17 »

Quote from: cesium133 on 12 Apr 2015, 19:41

He worked at the Secret Bakery. He's either moonlighting as a bouncer now, or he's quit at the Secret Bakery.

I don't see why it has to be one or the other. He could easily still be working at the Secret Bakery and is just at that bar having a beer after work.

Any bets on Emily falling for Elliott, the Interpersonal Behavior Explainer?

Elder Sign · « **Reply #47 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 20:27 »

I too am impressed how the jerkass dude was able to punch Clinton hard enough to warp reality itself. Though I suppose in a bar with a Lovecraftian name, such happenings are to be expected; I wouldn't be surprised to find a portal to a nether-dimension in the basement, or in a broom closet.

Quote from: PopuluxeCowboy on 12 Apr 2015, 20:17

Any bets on Emily falling for Elliott, the Interpersonal Behavior Explainer?

I have a feeling they're too far apart on the sanity spectrum for that to work out, and/or Elliott might still be residually hung up on Padma.

Though Clinton and Emily and Elliott becoming good friends? Now that strikes me as very possible.

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #48 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 20:28 »

Quote from: bhtooefr on 12 Apr 2015, 20:09

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1883

He's been moonlighting as a bouncer for a while, because that's before Padma moved away (or even Marten started dating her).

They're the same Elliott???

I, I, I genuinely did not realize that...

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #49 on:** 12 Apr 2015, 20:34 »

Quote from: PopuluxeCowboy on 12 Apr 2015, 20:17

I don't see why it has to be one or the other. He could easily still be working at the Secret Bakery and is just at that bar having a beer after work.

His shirt says "SECURITY".

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Any bets on Emily falling for Elliott, the Interpersonal Behavior Explainer?

According to my experience, pretty Asian women don't fall for tall, built, shy guys who have impressive looming ability.

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