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Clinton Clashes Clumsily - Black eye ensues

Robohand intervenes  - see above result

Jimbo steps in - Same result

Emily knows Kung-fu - Cue 'Matrix' music

Emily Climbs Flagpole just for the view

Barfight!!  Emily cleans house - Clinton thrown through window

Clinton falls off his new Boots - hence black eye.

Unspecified shenannigans

Dinner - Waffles, Spathe Eggs, Ham and Cherry Pie

Purple Monkey Dishwasher

Jeph decides to do a week of Sweet Tits.

[Estron]

Well. now, hold the phone.  A series of tweets from Jeph on Tuesday, just before noon Eastern time, seem to indicate that he may have simply forgotten to give Clinton a black eye after the bar incident.

[Method of Madness]

Oops.

[Estron]

About 11:50 Eastern time, Jeph tweeted: "Thank you to the reader who reminded me about Clinton's black eye!"
Someone responded: "I just assumed Clinton was going to be punched *again* before the end of the story."
Jeph replied: "haha I should be so cruel"
Later, another friend tweeted: "I just assumed the black eye would be the one detail never explained. "I don't want to talk about it"
To which Jeph replied "F**K that'd be PERFECT," and then: "Stuff like this is tricky to keep straight when you are your own editor."

[Sullivan]

Black eyes do take a little while to develop, so it's not really a mistake for it not to have shown up yet.

[TinPenguin]

The boots are definitely different, though.

Are they? He didn't just roll up his hems?

[Aziraphale]

I thought the same, but if you compare the two comics where we have shots of the front of his footwear, the toe area in 2931 is different than in 2933. Not sure if that's distance, or different footwear.

[jheartney]

WRT the pants and boots, why would you change those but keep the stained shirt? I'm voting for rolling up the hems of the same pants, boots were always there.

If there's no other brawling to be done, why are the suspenders off the shoulders in the cell phone pic? Also, why did Clinton remove the bandage from his new tattoo?

[Undrneath]

WRT the pants and boots, why would you change those but keep the stained shirt? I'm voting for rolling up the hems of the same pants, boots were always there.

If there's no other brawling to be done, why are the suspenders off the shoulders in the cell phone pic? Also, why did Clinton remove the bandage from his new tattoo?

Perhaps the suspenders simply got irritating, this has been an extremely long date.  As for the bandage he may have taken it off to "show off" the tattoo.

[Azumas_Revenge]

I think I've just now decided that Emily is voiced by Starfire from the Teen Titans animated series. At least that how she sounds in my head.

[Deadman]

Liking Clintons face in panel 3

[Gladstone]

Well. now, hold the phone.  A series of tweets from Jeph on Tuesday, just before noon Eastern time, seem to indicate that he may have simply forgotten to give Clinton a black eye after the bar incident.

Okay, back in the TARDIS, we're gonna set things right.

[Kugai]

I'll take the DeLorean.

[tywren]

Okay, back in the TARDIS, we're gonna set things right.

whoooooa you have a timer traveling phone booth too? Excellent!

[Gladstone]

I'll take the DeLorean.

I'd challenge you to a race, but I'm not sure Bessie can do 88 MPH...

[chaospersonified]

I'll take the DeLorean.

I'd challenge you to a race, but I'm not sure Bessie can do 88 MPH...

It occurs to me that 'Miles per hour' is a pretty useless term when you're talking about straight up changing the shape of an hour...

[SubaruStephen]

I'll take the DeLorean.

I'd challenge you to a race, but I'm not sure Bessie can do 88 MPH...

It occurs to me that 'Miles per hour' is a pretty useless term when you're talking about straight up changing the shape of an hour...

Has more to do with velocity...

And since the Delorean, Phone Booth, and Blue Police Box have been taken, I'll have to settle for getting smacked upside the head with a crowbar by some guy nicknamed "Hercules"... Hope I land in the right era, Merlin is a dick.

[Neko_Ali]

*hops into the Way Back Machine with a talking dog and kid*

[chaospersonified]

since the Delorean, Phone Booth, and Blue Police Box have been taken, I'll have to settle for getting smacked upside the head with a crowbar by some guy nicknamed "Hercules"... Hope I land in the right era, Merlin is a dick.

Lol and I'm over here like

[valkygrrl]

I'll take a vortex manipulator.

Hello Sweetie.

[Kugai]

Spoilers

[Gladstone]

I'll take a vortex manipulator.

Fresh off the wrist of a handsome time agent!

...I said off the wrist!

[DSL]

Sigh. ... OK, round the sun at Warp One.
Again.
... is that a Bird of Prey carrying a couple of whales?

The guy in the F-104 is going to be so pissed.

(Back at the bar)

(Sudden flash of blue light)
CLINTON: "Oh boy ... "

[Zebediah]

Comic's up.

I fear for what their second date is going to be like.

[Gladstone]

I knew it.  A kiss on the cheek, and The Power Of Love wins the day and cancels out anything bad that happened.

Goddamnit, it's a Steven Moffat ending.





You can have my cynicism when you pry it from my cold, dead, unloved hands.

[Penquin47]

I knew it.  A kiss on the cheek, and The Power Of Love wins the day and cancels out anything bad that happened.

Goddamnit, it's a Steven Moffat ending.

Who says it's over yet?  Clin-ton may have second thoughts once away from the pretty girl in the sundress so that Fuck It Mode ends.

[Gladstone]

Who says it's over yet?  Clin-ton may have second thoughts once away from the pretty girl in the sundress so that Fuck It Mode ends.

I like the way you think.  We should be friends.

Edit: I think you've got something there.  He'll start to saunter away, feeling all confident, then turn it into a Martenwalk when Emily's "You're so spontaneous!" sinks in and he realizes the entire date was a lie, he's stuck with a tattoo he never wanted, and that was his best bowtie.

Yessssss.  The regretttttt.  He feeeeelllssss iiiiiiitttttt....

[TieDyeKat]

I'll take the DeLorean.

I'd challenge you to a race, but I'm not sure Bessie can do 88 MPH...

It occurs to me that 'Miles per hour' is a pretty useless term when you're talking about straight up changing the shape of an hour...

Has more to do with velocity...

And since the Delorean, Phone Booth, and Blue Police Box have been taken, I'll have to settle for getting smacked upside the head with a crowbar by some guy nicknamed "Hercules"... Hope I land in the right era, Merlin is a dick.

Well damn, I guess I'm left with this.

[valkygrrl]

you could have used the hot tub instead of the tattoo.

[TieDyeKat]

you could have used the hot tub instead of the tattoo.

Why you... bite my shiny metal... daffodil.

[improvnerd]

What was so bad that happened to Clinton? (Other than getting punched.) He just did some stupid impulsive stuff, and the sky didn't fall. That's what college is supposed to be about anyway. Clinton just managed to squeeze it all into one night.

Whatever happens with Emily in the future, Clinton's horizons have been broadened. The first part of the night was him trying to be interesting, but the later part I think was really him.

Plus, in his dorm he just went from being the weird guy with the artificial hand to the cool guy with the tattoo and artificial hand.

[grez]

I hope Emily doesn't get too attached to spontaneous clinton, because I'm not sure how much more spontaneity he has in him... I mean what's left to spont that he hasn't already sponted?

[valkygrrl]

Prince Albert?

[Method of Madness]

you could have used the hot tub instead of the tattoo.

Why you... bite my shiny metal... daffodil.

Pimpmobile!

[jheartney]

I'm guessing Clinton's evening isn't over yet. Pants need to be rolled up, bandage needs to come off, and it's not dark yet. Still, so far, it's gone much better than I expected. Turns out Emily's good for Clinton (as in, being around her has made him a better person). Woo hoo.

Will they become a thing? Will she end up loving him the way he is? (Apparently not, but she may end up loving him after adjustments.)

[Radium_Coyote]

Clinton's made one of the classic blunders: letting his guard down around a pretty girl.  I have little doubt he'll pay for it, in some fashion, but we got some character development out it.

We didn't get much from Emily, but I gather no one really expected that.  And that leaves me a little disappointed.  I mean, I get this was Clinton's arc, but... she was there, as well.

[Gladstone]

What was so bad that happened to Clinton?

[...]

Plus, in his dorm he just went from being the weird guy with the artificial hand to the cool guy with the tattoo and artificial hand.

Everyone keeps forgetting  this comic.  Despite the Fuckitall-induced 180 he pulled afterward, he's clearly not happy with his decision, and in a few minutes he's going to come crashing down from his high and realize he made a giant mistake.  I know it's nice to think that Clinton will be happy he did a bunch of cool things and impressed a girl, but for him to make it through the entire evening regret-free just feels completely cheap and unrealistic.  Whoo-hoo, Clinton leveled up!  No.  Doesn't work like that, and I think I would lose a bit of respect for Jeph if he went that route and didn't give Clinton a chance to acknowledge his mistakes, actually feel some regret and/or embarrassment, face the insecurities that caused him to be "so spontaneous" around Emily, and maybe, just maybe, grow as a character.

it's not dark yet.

It's dark.

[valkygrrl]

It's dark.

You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

[jheartney]

it's not dark yet.

It's dark.

But Clinton himself isn't in shadow. In the cellphone frame here, he's shaded darker, not shown in his normal day-glo flesh tones. I think there's something still going to happen.

[Truec]

it's not dark yet.

It's dark.

But Clinton himself isn't in shadow. In the cellphone frame here, he's shaded darker, not shown in his normal day-glo flesh tones. I think there's something still going to happen.

That frame confuses me.  Clinton's shaded like he's in the dark, but there's a big shadow from him suggesting a light source to his left (right of panel).

[Kugai]

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

[Platypodes]

This could be Clinton growing through healthy experimentation, it could be Clinton fucking up and being untrue to himself.... or it could be a mixed-up combination of the two.  The two often do occur together in the rush of the moment, and afterwards one ponders it and says, "I feel good about that thing, that was awesome, but that one, ugh, never again."

[BenRG]

The most that we can say at this point is that we don't know why Clinton was so upset about the way everything went when he spoke to Claire.

Personally, I'm not entirely in favour of the 'second thoughts' theory. Yes, Emily likes his spontaneity ( which, I argue, was always there, just waiting for the right stimulus to manifest itself - specifically, a pretty girl in a sundress). However, I'm not sure that Clinton can survive much more spontaneity. That said, he doesn't strike me as the pessimistic introspective sort like Marten. He may regret but I have a feeling that he'll at least try to be positive.

Additionally, there was something about Clinton's dishevelled state when Claire called that makes me think that he has one remaining misadventure awaiting him. Not Emily's fault but, nonetheless, rounding off the evening in fine style. I'm thinking something ridiculous like Punchy Bro throwing his keys in someone's yard pool for getting him tossed out of the bar (no assault - he decided that Elliot was right in that matter)!

[Storel]

It's dark.

And we're wearing sunglasses.

Hit it.

[hedgie]

It's dark.

You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.  There is a small mailbox here.

[PopuluxeCowboy]

since the Delorean, Phone Booth, and Blue Police Box have been taken, I'll have to settle for getting smacked upside the head with a crowbar by some guy nicknamed "Hercules"... Hope I land in the right era, Merlin is a dick.

Lol and I'm over here like

If it's all the same to you guys, I'll take my time tunnel and meet you there. I might stop by the nudists on North Pine Island Road first, for some cookies and a quick hand of cards, though.

[Rghfrgl]

Additionally, there was something about Clinton's dishevelled state when Claire called that makes me think that he has one remaining misadventure awaiting him.

Well, he does still have to fight Dio.

[CaptainFish]

Incoming fabulous Clinton poses!?

Fabulous Clinton poses.

[Undrneath]

since the Delorean, Phone Booth, and Blue Police Box have been taken, I'll have to settle for getting smacked upside the head with a crowbar by some guy nicknamed "Hercules"... Hope I land in the right era, Merlin is a dick.

Lol and I'm over here like

If it's all the same to you guys, I'll take my time tunnel and meet you there. I might stop by the nudists on North Pine Island Road first, for some cookies and a quick hand of cards, though.

I'll go to a hotel in Michigan redecorate a room concentrate really hard and meet you all there. I just hope I'm not undone by a penny that I forgot I brought along.

[tywren]

Everyone keeps forgetting  this comic.  Despite the Fuckitall-induced 180 he pulled afterward, he's clearly not happy with his decision, and in a few minutes he's going to come crashing down from his high and realize he made a giant mistake.  I know it's nice to think that Clinton will be happy he did a bunch of cool things and impressed a girl, but for him to make it through the entire evening regret-free just feels completely cheap and unrealistic.  Whoo-hoo, Clinton leveled up!  No.  Doesn't work like that, and I think I would lose a bit of respect for Jeph if he went that route and didn't give Clinton a chance to acknowledge his mistakes, actually feel some regret and/or embarrassment, face the insecurities that caused him to be "so spontaneous" around Emily, and maybe, just maybe, grow as a character.

You keep thinking that regret in the moment translates to regret in perpetuity, and that's not necessarily the case. It's just as likely to regret something in the moment, but look back on it with fondness, as it is to enjoy something in the moment, and look back in regret.

If it's all the same to you guys, I'll take my time tunnel and meet you there. I might stop by the nudists on North Pine Island Road first, for some cookies and a quick hand of cards, though.

Careful, i hear that every iteration of that one has a catastrophic rate of failure that leaves people lost in the time space continuum. In fact i think the last person to try it was named Sam Becket.

[BenRG]

Seriously, has no-one else had this experience: You have an ordinary or even good day. Hell, it could be a great day but you have a series of bad experiences and suddenly you're only seeing the bad side of everything that happened to you today. I'm wondering if something like that is going to happen to Clinton.

He's going to be upset about everything. He'll spend most of the next morning complaining about it to Claire in the Library right until:

EMILY: "Good monring Clinnn-tonnn!" ((Smooch))

CLAIRE: "Why did you just kiss my brother?"

EMILY: "Shouldn't I kiss my boyfriend?"

((Brief mass paralysis followed by CLINTON performing a disco shuffle across the floor))

However, yes, there is a real risk that Clinton may decide that he needs to be spontaneous on every date and that could lead to... trouble.