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Just why did Bubbles have bed-head in Strip 3444?

Brun attempts to 'help' Renee in her relationship with Elliott (and with people in general)

Clinton learns that he is a straight man in this particular romantic comedy

Bubbles angst over whether she's "hiding" behind her armour

Marten tries to get Claire to relax by taking her out on a dinner date; it couldn't be more stressful!

Pintsize pours out his troubled heart at the next support group meeting (much to everyone else's distress)

Sam is still sick so Marigold has to take over her YouTube channel for a few nights

May's next probation hearing is due and she calls Momo as a character witness (!)

Hannelore and Emily's Ordinary Day At Work (as if such a thing ever happens)

Dora and Sven have to stage an intervention when their parents are arrested for DUI

Other (specify in thread)

[Mordhaus]

Ok, Bubbles smirking made my day. That is all.

[brasca]

I do believe that that is quite the smirk that Bubbles has there.


And getting business advice from Dora - she's gonna enjoy that.

Punchbot is a CPA.  He would probably be a good source too.

[Storel]

I do believe that that is quite the smirk that Bubbles has there.


And getting business advice from Dora - she's gonna enjoy that.

Punchbot is a CPA.  He would probably be a good source too.

Especially since he's just starting the process of opening a legitimate business at the former skate rink. Not only will he be up on the latest regulations and permits, he may be interested in working out a business relationship with their repair business.

And yes, Bubbles's amused smile made my day. 

[BenRG]

Something tells me that one of the big burdens Bubbles is going to have is stopping Faye from rushing off and doing things that she isn't ready (or even able) to do without forethought. This does seem to be a problem Faye has: "I have a great idea so I'm going to implement it now and my friends will back me up, even though I haven't discussed it with them, because it is a great idea!" It isn't malice, it's just over-enthusiasm. We've seen it manifested in many ways since the Time Skip, almost all of them turning out to be imposing on poor Bubbles in some way.

Based on panel 4, Bubbles is looking forward to Faye being the one reduced to squirming embarrassment for once. I'm pretty sure that Faye is worried about nothing but, as FDR said, fear is the worst thing you can fear.

A couple of interesting background events:

Panel 1: I think that the Jet Roomba has developed a taste for killing birds; it's pursuing yet another pidgeon in the upper-right corner.

Panel 2: You know, Bubbles was right, she makes just as many AIs nervous as she does humans! Just dig Blue Hair's nervous glance!

[jheartney]

There are both books and websites with plentiful advice on starting a business. Bubbles and Faye will need a space, tools, insurance and an LLC designation for their new entity. They'll want waiver forms for customers to fill out giving them permission to work on their chassis, not to mention inventory and billing software. They'll need to hire an attorney to set up the LLC and a CPA (hello Punchbot) to do (at a minimum) taxes. They'll need either a commercial small business loan to start up (meaning they'll need to write a business plan that'll pass muster at a bank), or find an investor or investors, or do a kickstarter of some sort.

There's a great starter space at the skating rink complete with tools, not to mention foot traffic from a great potential customer base. Bubbles may need to swallow her pride and use that space to start.

[Tova]

That grin makes me think of May.

Many small businesses fail. They have much homework to do.

[JimC]

Clinton's attempt to say her name is 'Brooon'. Which tells me that here is indeed an umlaut involved.

In my experience in Britain there are people who pronounce their names any way they like, and why the hell not. If Brun wants a u as in super why the hell should she need to indulge in keyboard gymnastics or explain umlouts?

[Perfectly Reasonable]

Exactly! I was thinking 'umlaut-deniers', but I like 'umlouts'. The question was how others should see her name as written. And have a chance of saying it properly.

[Skewbrow]

I do believe that that is quite the smirk that Bubbles has there.


And getting business advice from Dora - she's gonna enjoy that.

Punchbot is a CPA.  He would probably be a good source too.

Quite. It may mean that Faye should stop drawing youknowwhat in his face though. As in starting last week.

[BenRG]

Quite. It may mean that Faye should stop drawing youknowwhat in his face though. As in starting last week.

It's a mistake to try to anticipate a personality as... unique as Punchbot. I find it plausible that he considers Faye's face-art to be an act of affection.

He may be right.

[Shjade]

Bubbles' schadenfreude face in panel 4 is the best.

That is all.

[Zog]

Bubbles' smile in panel four makes me happy.

[JoeCovenant]

We've seen it manifested in many ways since the Time Skip, almost all of them turning out to be imposing on poor Bubbles in some way...

WHooaaaaaa!!

"Time Skip"? (titled, no less!)

Have I missed something glaringly obvious?

(wouldn't be the first time!)

[BenRG]

"Time Skip"? (titled, no less!)

Have I missed something glaringly obvious?

(wouldn't be the first time!)

In "Been A While, I Guess" (Strip 3126), the strip jumps forwards about three in-universe months from late summer to late autumn.

[JoeCovenant]

"Time Skip"? (titled, no less!)

Have I missed something glaringly obvious?

(wouldn't be the first time!)

In "Been A While, I Guess" (Strip 3126), the strip jumps forwards about three in-universe months from late summer to late autumn.

Well... there y'go!
The things you miss when binge reading...!

(But, on the other hand ! BEMBO!!!  "HAAAAMMMM!!!") 

(And I preferred those Dora and Emily models...)

[TinPenguin]

I coulda sworn that time-skip was only a little while ago, but it was 2015?! Did I have my own time-skip?

[Method of Madness]

I have moments like that often. It makes me realize I've been part of this forum for a lot longer than I realized (and I've been a mod for five years, holy shit).

[shanejayell]

*guiltily admits to not noticing the time skip*

 

[Rincewind]

Bubbles smile and the positioning of her hands and arms kinda has a "saucy" feel.

[Magniras]

The cutest smile I've seen in this strip. I want to protect that smile.

[heyjames4]

Haven't posted in weeks.
I really like the composition of the panels in 3448.
Kudos to Jeph for keeping up art challenge self

[Kugai]

Jeph occasionally sticks in a Temporal Shift when he wants to shift the Comic along a bit and/or decides to 'Shift Gears'.  It tends to  happen in periods of Non Connected Storylines.I think the last shift was about the third one Ives seen here since I started reading the Comic.

[shanejayell]

Yeah, there was another short time skip when Faye went to work for Corpse Witch. We saw over several panels Faye change her look over time...

[Method of Madness]

Wait, I thought that was the skip we were talking about.

[blt]

I didn't notice the Rocket Roomba in Panel 1 until the third or fourth time I passed by the page lol.

[Stoutfellow]

Comic's up!

Looking at panel 2, I have to wonder just how sharp Bubbles' hearing is.

[Method of Madness]

Considering the question mark, pretty sharp.

[Penquin47]

Spookybutt is back!  Yay!  Friendship restored!

[brasca]

The attraction must be obvious if Dora noticed in the limited amount of times they've visited.

[BenRG]

Just to make the nightmare worse, that wall o'text Dora just uttered is only the basic summary! Like she said, Faye will probably need some closet space in which to cry about the whole mess!

Spookybutt is back!  Yay!  Friendship restored!

Oh, the friendship was restored a long time ago; no, Faye uses a nickname here because she's nervous and is trying to cover it with aggressive behaviour.

The attraction must be obvious if Dora noticed in the limited amount of times they've visited.

I've got the feeling that it is a topic of gossip in Coffee of Doom! Hell there may even be a staff pool going over whether it's Bubbles or Faye who makes the first move and when!

Of course, nothing happens in a vacuum. I've got the feeling that Bubbles heard that and it is going to be another thing for her to ponder about Faye's behaviour. Inadvertently, Dora may have rigged the game and made it more likely that someone does something!

[anahata]

The attraction must be obvious if Dora noticed in the limited amount of times they've visited.

I suspect that every time Faye has visited, she's been with Bubbles.

I've got the feeling that it is a topic of gossip in Coffee of Doom!

Yeah, that too.

[Carl-E]

"Oh, that's simple!"...

[Akima]

Oh, the friendship was restored a long time ago; no, Faye uses a nickname here because she's nervous and is trying to cover it with aggressive behaviour.

Perhaps is an unconscious call-back on Faye's part to times before "stuff happened", though. Dora hasn't been "spooky" for a long time, and her gothiness lies forgotten among the debris of discarded plot elements. Only the black hair-dye remains.

"Oh, that's simple!"...

Hi Carl!

[Gyrre]

Clinton's attempt to say her name is 'Brooon'. Which tells me that here is indeed an umlaut involved.

In my experience in Britain there are people who pronounce their names any way they like, and why the hell not. If Brun wants a u as in super why the hell should she need to indulge in keyboard gymnastics or explain umlouts?

If memory serves, that's from the new rich  trying to distance themselves from their commoner beginnings.
Part of the source for the 'Bucket' 'Boquet' joke in Keeping Up Appearances.

[Method of Madness]

People's names have a legal spelling, but not a legal pronunciation, so a person could pronounce their name however they want without being wrong.

[Zebediah]

"It's spelled 'Raymond Luxury-Yacht', but it's pronounced 'Throat-Warbler Mangrove'!"

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[BenRG]

Clinton's attempt to say her name is 'Brooon'.

This fits into a theory that I have that Clinton has an occasional habit of stretching out some sounds and syllable gaps when he's talking. Thus, 'Brun' becomes 'Broon' and 'Clinton' becomes 'Clinnn-tonnn' (yes, I think Emily was imitating his own way of saying his name).

[Morituri]

While it is true that no legal requirements are made of the pronunciation of names, it is at best unfortunate when someone has some of their identity elements in conflict.  It leads, at its least serious, to miscommunications about who someone is referring to.  At worst, cognitive dissonance can be crippling.

I say this as a cognitive dissident myself; I am very familiar with this issue from my own experience.

[Method of Madness]

I mean the person can pronounce their own name however they want. They should still be consistent, though.

[blt]

My name is mispronounced so often that there are times where I'll just give up and let it go if it's close enough.  Most of the time it's not worth the effort.

But I also know people for whom pronouncing Lalonde (for example) the wrong way ("La-loaned" vs "La-lawned") is a grave insult.

[Storel]

"It's spelled 'Raymond Luxury-Yacht', but it's pronounced 'Throat-Warbler Mangrove'!"

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"I am reminded at this point of a fellow I used to know whose name was Henry, only to give you an idea of what an individualist he was, he spelt it H-E-N-3-R-Y. The 3 was silent, you see."

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[Kugai]

Given that Bubbles is a Combat Model, I would have been very surprised had she not heard  Dora's comment in Panel 2.   It should be interesting to see if she follows up on that.

Welcome to Dora's World Faye    Now you know what else she uses the Broom Closet for 

[Buggman]

This fits into a theory that I have that Clinton has an occasional habit of stretching out some sounds and syllable gaps when he's talking. Thus, 'Brun' becomes 'Broon' and 'Clinton' becomes 'Clinnn-tonnn' (yes, I think Emily was imitating his own way of saying his name).

Maybe he has a pronounced native Massachusetts accent?

Btw, help me out here: Why is mis-sexualizing a straight person (as Dora is clearly doing to Faye) NOT a horrible faux pas? Faye has never demonstrated the least interest in the ladies, and Dora knows it.

[Kugai]

Its just Dora teasing Faye like she usually does, and Faye's  comfortable enough and well used to Dora's humor to recognise it for what it is.   As for Faye being attracted to Bubbles, I think Bubbles herself is going to confront Faye about that going by her reaction in Panel 1.

Whether or not it goes that way or just remains a friendship?   Ultimately, that depends on which way Jeph jumps in this storyline. He has stated in the past that in QC World such relationships (Human/AI) are not unheard of 'Off Screen',  but he also said he'd probably never write one as Canon.

That could change though depending on what Jeph decides to do now or  in the future.

[Tova]

This ongoing conversation about how people can choose the pronunciation of their name is all very well and good, but Clinton's effort is more or less how you pronounce Brunhilde, albeit lengthened.

Here.

https://www.howtopronounce.com/german/brunhilde/

Btunhilde is *not* pronounced the way Clibton pronounced it.

[Zebediah]

Btw, help me out here: Why is mis-sexualizing a straight person (as Dora is clearly doing to Faye) NOT a horrible faux pas? Faye has never demonstrated the least interest in the ladies, and Dora knows it.

I think it's a subtle poke by Jeph at the Faye/Bubbles shippers.

[Akima]

My name is mispronounced so often that there are times where I'll just give up and let it go if it's close enough.  Most of the time it's not worth the effort.

I don't expect English-speaking people to pronounce my name correctly (that is, as a Chinese-speaker would), but it is tiresome when they can't manage the close-approximation-in-normal-English-sounds that I use myself, and insist on using German or French pronunciations that are alien to both Chinese and English.

[Method of Madness]

You mean after hearing you say it, or just by seeing it?

[Tova]

Btw, help me out here: Why is mis-sexualizing a straight person (as Dora is clearly doing to Faye) NOT a horrible faux pas? Faye has never demonstrated the least interest in the ladies, and Dora knows it.

I think it's a subtle poke by Jeph at the Faye/Bubbles shippers.

That's what I'm assuming. It's also giving Faye the chance to respond in the negative.

My name is not mispronounced, but is misspelt all the time. It's an uncommon spelling, so I just accept it. But when I write it out and it's still transcribed incorrectly, especially on things like phone line applications, I get a little grumpy.

[Method of Madness]

Anyone ever have people spell your name wrong when they're responding to you on Facebook? Even though, you know, your name is right there? That happens to me all the time, and my name is short. Sure, there are other legit ways to spell my name, but if my name is right in front of you, maybe spell it right.