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Faye

Shebly

Something involving butts

[Method of Madness]

Well that's the next week's comics written. This is 100% a case of "write what you know"

I'm guessing we'll be seeing more Faye this week.


Either that or five days of Yelling Bird and Shebly. Either's good.

Or butts. Lots of butts.

[emilygrrl]

I'm surprised there's no option for the continuation of May's 'day in the life of' (and possibly moving on to Winslow and/or Pintsize) story. But I suppose that would be too obvious a choice.

[cesium133]

I think a continuation of May's 'day in the life of' would count as a subset of "Something involving Butts."

[Method of Madness]

You can think of "something involving butts" as the "other (write in thread)" option

Damn it, Cesium redtexted me to it

[Zebediah]

Five days of Shelby sniffing Faye's butt.

[Rghfrgl]

Another twitter clue from yesterday.

the google image reference photos I need for monday's comic are seriously grossing me out D:

So score one point for butts.

[Method of Madness]

False logic. Why would butts gross him out?

[cesium133]

Unless it's going to be a peek inside "Prolapse Monthly." I think that would gross just about anyone out.

[BenRG]

Jeph Tweeted that the reference images for Monday's comic are 'grossing me out'. In a later Tweet he added that this coming week's comics will be him writing 'from what you know'.

I'm thinking that Faye is going to go to her doctor's office and is going to be told just what years of hiding in a bottle has done to her body. It's going to be another step on her road to realising just how serious this matter is and to what degree she's going to have to change the way that she lives her life.

[chaospersonified]

Unless it's going to be a peek inside "Prolapse Monthly." I think that would gross just about anyone out.

Considering Jeph has said this is a "write what you know" week, I feel this would be a disturbing bit of oversharing...

[Timemaster]

Maybe we will see butts next week, but I don´t think May or prolapses will be involved. The small May-episode is an epilogue to the Momo-arc and I think this arc ist finished.
But there are plenty of possibilities for butts in QC. Maybe the Godfather Of Butts (Pintsize) will have an appearance.

But seriously I´d like to know what will happen to Faye and the relationships in the group now her friendship with Dora has taken a severe blow. That friendship existed from Doras first appearance in the early days and I do not think that the web of relationships in QC will remain unaltered by this blow.

TM

[Kugai]

Time shall tell.

[Rghfrgl]

Listen to the bunny!

[jwhouk]

What in the heck would she have picked to cause a scab like that to bleed? 

[Zebediah]

Oddly enough, I had something similar happen a couple of days ago. It was my arm, not my side, but still.

[jheartney]

Are we going to get a week of hypochondria? Or maybe some other non-cancerous illness? Hanners is too young for shingles, and I don't think she's been anywhere to get poison ivy. Vampire bats in the apartment? Bleeding diathesis? (This would explain Jeph's foray into disgusting parts of Google Imageland.)

[Truec]

I guess this means Hanners probably isn't a secret robot.  Or else she has a very advanced synthetic covering.

[SomeCanadianWeirdo]

So, who will flail around in panic more this week, Hanners, or the regulars here?

[SubaruStephen]

What in the heck would she have picked to cause a scab like that to bleed? 

Scratching at a mosquito bite in her sleep.

I've done that quite a lot, gotten bit, went to sleep, unconsciously scratched at it till it bled, then it scabs over in the night and then I wake up and freak out at the blood on the sheets.

[DSL]

A visit is indicated to You'reGonnaDie.com, known in real life as WebMD.

[TRVA123]

I do this all of the time, it looks like Hanners might have skin picking disorder.

I have a mild case, if there is anything on my skin, scab, wart, pimple, etc... I will scratch at it and try to remove it. This isn't always a conscious thing, it's like running your hand over your body and scratching at any irregularities that you find.

This kind of behavior makes perfect sense with Hanners other compulsions.

[Near Lurker]

The thing is that in the third panel, it looks very much like her finger is inside her skin, which makes me think that she cut herself in bed.  Or there's something wrong with her skin, but this would be a weird way to introduce that.

[chaospersonified]

Familiar with this kinda shit, though that's only because of weeks in the wilderness, specifically four each year, six years in a row.

Unfortunately, my response to each of these was to man up, so I am unfamiliar with what might be causing this, especially since Hanners is NOT a staff member at a boy scout camp in the depths of a hardcore, humid-as-fuck Louisiana summertime.

[chaospersonified]

In any case, this leads me to suspect that we won't get any Faye-resolution this week, unless Dora and Faye show up at the same time to wish Hanners well, WHICH SHOULD, FOR THE LOVE OF FUCK, HAPPEN!

[TRVA123]

No, she scratched at something on her skin until it began to bleed, then she looked at it and discovered that it was a mole, or something. (Omg CANCER!!)

This is thought to be an ocd/anxiety related disorder. It is relatively common, and only is classified as a disorder for people who scratch at their skin excessively. It isn't something that has a specific cause (although picking at skin can increase when the person is stressed.) Its not a case of "I moved to Louisiana and now I have skin picking disease".

I do this all of the time. I have learned how to stop myself from seriously damage my skin, but I struggle with scratching/picking/worrying at imperfections on my skin all of the time. It looks like Hanners (and maybe, by extension Jeph) might be similar.

[Tova]

My completely unscientific from-what-I-know guess is that it's a seborrheic keratosis. My only source of doubt is that it's more of an older person's thing. But it's not cancerous, and images on the internet are kind of gross, especially when you introduce bleeding into your search terms.

The guess that it's anxiety related is probably more on the money (the scratching at it thing rather than the thing itself).

[Kugai]

*Inside Hanners Brain*

ALL HANDS TO PANIC STATIONS!!
ALL HANDS TO PANIC STATIONS!!

[chaospersonified]

Its not a case of "I moved to Louisiana and now I have skin picking disease

I am taking this as directed at me and concluding you, sir, have never spent a month living in the sometimes soaked, always humd summers of the Louisiana summers. It ain't about 'picking at your skin,' it's about trenchfoot, which is the term given to the condition by fucking world war 1 soldiers, and mosquitoes, and poison ivy, and poison sumac, and a host of other potential allergens floating on the winds.

Im any case, Hanners ain't IN Louisiana, so we can forget all of this. Tis irrelevant.

[ASB84]

You know, if Jeph had thrown "The End" in there in the final panel, that might have been the most dark and twisted ending not involving an eldritch abomination.

[chaospersonified]

You know, if Jeph had thrown "The End" in there in the final panel, that might have been the most dark and twisted ending not involving an eldritch abomination.

Does it make me evil that if I were Jeph, I would have done exactly this, only to post another, entirely irrelevant strip the next day, as if I hadn't claimed the last to be a finale?

[cesium133]

You know, if Jeph had thrown "The End" in there in the final panel, that might have been the most dark and twisted ending not involving an eldritch abomination.

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The mole on Hanners' side is not a tumor; it's a developing eldritch abomination.

[ASB84]

You know, if Jeph had thrown "The End" in there in the final panel, that might have been the most dark and twisted ending not involving an eldritch abomination.

Does it make me evil that if I were Jeph, I would have done exactly this, only to post another, entirely irrelevant strip the next day, as if I hadn't claimed the last to be a finale?

Evil, no. Diabolical, maybe. I think we can all respect and admire that, though.

[chaospersonified]

I've worked my whole life to be called diabolical, and the closest I've come 'till now is 'asshole,' and 'drunk fucker.'
Tonight is a landmark occasion. Goodnight, everybody.

[Satan]

IT'S NODDA TOOMAH

[ZoeB]

I'd go see a doc.

[Timemaster]

Good morning,

Todays episode sent me through a whole turmoil of emotions.

Panel 1: "Yay, Hanners!" 
Panel 3&4: "Ugh, cancer?" 
Panel 5: "Fuck, cancer!!!!"   
Jephs commentary: "OK, no cancer." 

But I don´t know what this will be about. Maybe Hanners gets a severe anexity attac (no wonder) and the friends (including Faye and Dora) have to team up to help her out of that. I don´t know. Everything is possible from here on.

We´ll see.
TM

[BenRG]

My reaction is probably slightly different because my mother had this experience and the mole in question was precancerous. She ended up having a few lymph nodes removed because of it.

Anyway, we know that Hannelore's anxiety and hypochondria can combine to serious effect. Remember the 'meningitis' mild stress headache? Trying to convince her that she doesn't have The Big C will be difficult. Jeph hasn't really written Hannelore focus for a long time (the space arc was the last, IIRC). It will be interesting to see how he thinks the character has changed since then.

I'd go see a doc.

That would be the sensible thing to do, yes. This is Hannelore we're dealing with and, when she's on full-power anxiety, she's not always as sensible as she could be.

[Edit]
FWIW, I'm wondering if, rather than focus on maybe being sick, Jeph will focus on how this brush with mortality affects Hannelore's thinking. Maybe she starts brooding about all the things that she hasn't done yet because she is letting her fears paralyse her. So she writes a "things to do before I die" list. Some are sweet ('Have a first kiss'), some are silly ('Eat a fantastically unhealthy but delicious meal') and some show her wilder side ('Learn to pole dance').

At one point she tells Marten and Faye that one of her undone things is to have a threesome with them roleplaying as her slaves. There is a panel of Marten and Faye doing their 'freak-out' faces before Hanners flees, weeping with laughter. The last panel is her ticking 'Prank Marten and Faye' on her list.

[NilsO]

Yay, Hanners! This is going to be a very good week. My guess is that Hanners has scratched a mole, causing it to bleed. It should be enough to cause a full panic attack. What about Winslow, will he be able to help? Will Hanners run down to Faye and Marten's apartment, or to Marigold and Momo? In both cases, she might accidentally surprise someone performing sexy shenanigans. How will Claire react if Hanners comes screaming, half-naked, into Marten's room?

[BenRG]

How will Claire react if Hanners comes screaming, half-naked, into Marten's room?

Probably mostly the same way anyone else would: Surprise, outrage and embarrassment (and, likely, a thrown pillow and/or Pintsize). Then, after a tearful Hannelore tells her story, she'll end up in the middle of a three-way group hug (four-way, if Faye is awake) in the middle of which she sobs about them touching her 'unclean flesh'.

FWIW, Claire not being used to frantic friends charging in at inopportune moments is the penalty of her likely having never lived in the dorms.

[KOK]

Read your poster, Hannelore.

That looks more like a scab than a mole to me. Maybe she got a very small wound without noticing.

[Energia]

Read your poster, Hannelore.

That looks more like a scab than a mole to me. Maybe she got a very small wound without noticing.

So what has some unscrupulous miscreant inserted under her skin in the hopes that she wouldn't notice?

[Lubricus]

Possibly a psychic clone-baby? 

[NilsO]

Nice flashback to #1206 (see also #1207 and #1209). Hanners is very frightened by blood.

[Doc]

It's not a wound. It's a wormhole. On the other end there's a leaking ketchup plant.

[lummo]

Morgellons could be good for a laugh and a tear.

[NilsO]

I am not a MD, but Hanners' condition looks like Seborrheic Keratoses. Initially, I would think Hanners is too young to have this condition, but according to WebMD, it can happen also with younger people.

As an old fart, I have had this condition several times. It is harmless, and can be removed relatively painless with cryotherapy. But if you worry about melanomas, they can look scary, and your MD should have a look at them.

Anyway, back to Hanners. She now has a beginning panic attack, and needs help. I would guess the rest of the week is needed to calm Hanners down.

[NilsO]

FWIW, I'm wondering if, rather than focus on maybe being sick, Jeph will focus on how this brush with mortality affects Hannelore's thinking. Maybe she starts brooding about all the things that she hasn't done yet because she is letting her fears paralyse her. So she writes a "things to do before I die" list. Some are sweet ('Have a first kiss'), some are silly ('Eat a fantastically unhealthy but delicious meal') and some show her wilder side ('Learn to pole dance').

This is a very good and plausible theory. Although Hanners has progressed a lot throughout the series, there are a lot of phobias still remaining. My opinion is that Hanners will not be cured before she finally gets laid. A lot of hygienic phobias can be cured by irresistible libido. She may need this scare to finally break out of her shell.

[anahata]

Hanners will not be cured before she finally gets laid

Catch-22, surely?

[CM_albion]

That looks more like a scab than a mole to me. Maybe she got a very small wound without noticing.

I hate it when that happens. you go to scratch an itch, and your fingers come out coated in dry blood and you think "sonnuvabitch, when did that happen?"

[Welu]

NilsO, OCD and mental health in general is not something that has an easy cure. People live with their mental health issues their whole lives and often only manage to find coping mechanisms that make it easier to function in daily life. Saying someone can just be "cured", especially with something as condescending as "loosen up and get laid", is ableist and ridiculously ignorant.