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WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« on: 14 Oct 2018, 14:38 »

If one of the mods wants to put in a poll, go for it.

Otherwise - it's a hair-raising week.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #1 on: 14 Oct 2018, 16:02 »

Soooo… hairy hijinks ahoy! What sort of extent are we looking at? Accidental ‘stache, or dayglo Cousin Itt?
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #2 on: 14 Oct 2018, 18:46 »

Halloween is coming.  Momo may become an AI werewolf.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #3 on: 14 Oct 2018, 18:50 »

Comic’s up.


And I totally called this one. Lots of hair, and Momo loves it. :D
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #4 on: 14 Oct 2018, 19:02 »

And it is her opinion that matters most.

I hope it's more maintainable than Claire's.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #5 on: 14 Oct 2018, 19:16 »

Eeewwwww.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #6 on: 14 Oct 2018, 19:23 »

Yeah, the description of what would happen...  :-o

Mind you, it COULD also be Bubbles messing with her.  :-P

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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #7 on: 14 Oct 2018, 19:28 »

Momo finally feels like hersELF again
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #9 on: 14 Oct 2018, 19:38 »

So how long before someone posts about how disappointed they are with Jeph taking this comic in such a dedicated long-hair direction and how it's tainting his artistic vision
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #10 on: 14 Oct 2018, 19:42 »

I love Momo's new hair!  So does she!  Yay!
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #11 on: 14 Oct 2018, 19:46 »

Just goes to show that if you could second guess The Rule of Funny, it wouldn't be nearly as funny.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #12 on: 14 Oct 2018, 20:13 »

I for one, am disappointed by the lack of a beard on Momo from submerging her head in hair solution
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #13 on: 14 Oct 2018, 20:28 »

The answer to the added poll is chocolate. It is always chocolate.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #14 on: 14 Oct 2018, 21:45 »

Yeah, the description of what would happen...  :-o

Mind you, it COULD also be Bubbles messing with her.  :-P

Alternatively, the robots have secured the Ark of the Covenant.

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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #15 on: 14 Oct 2018, 21:45 »

Ok, apparently she wanted hair halfway down her back. While 6-8 hours still seems long to me, there's gotta be a market for a faster... solution. *Ba-dum-TSH!*
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #16 on: 14 Oct 2018, 22:30 »

I for one, am disappointed by the lack of a beard on Momo from submerging her head in hair solution

Don't forget the massive eyebrows.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #17 on: 14 Oct 2018, 22:55 »

I for one, am disappointed by the lack of a beard on Momo from submerging her head in hair solution

Don't forget the massive eyebrows.

Could be made of a different type of fiber and seeing as how Momo has no facial hair there wouldn’t be anything for the solution to build off of so I can believe this.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #18 on: 14 Oct 2018, 23:17 »

I like this new hairstyle. It takes us back to Momo's roots.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #19 on: 14 Oct 2018, 23:17 »

Well, that got dark in a hurry.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #20 on: 14 Oct 2018, 23:19 »

Wow! Momo has never before been so animé! Her hair is a lot longer than it was before but Momo seems to like that; one suspects that she's always had the urge to look like a Magical Girl!

The conversation about the toxicity of the hair growth chemical is the point when we're reminded that, as well as being her girlfriend, Bubbles is Faye's thinking-brain assistance AI. Faye has as many impulse control problems as May in her own way. For example, at this point, she's being prevented from putting her head in a bucket of caustic chemicals that crystallise into hair-simulating polymer chains.

That said... Maybe the idea itself isn't unthinkable. Some mind of chemical that crystallises into Keratin? Hair extensions might be easier but, still, something interests me about a 'fast forward' hair growth system.

Finally, I know it's the arm of the engine hoist but doesn't it look like Bubbles has a bolt-action rifle slung over her back? It's just the position of it in every panel!
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #21 on: 15 Oct 2018, 00:14 »

If Momo would install Vocaloid, she‘d be the perfekt Megurine Luka.  :-D

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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #22 on: 15 Oct 2018, 01:10 »

Ok, now check if the belly button still works...
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #23 on: 15 Oct 2018, 02:32 »

I for one, am disappointed by the lack of a beard on Momo from submerging her head in hair solution

Don't forget the massive eyebrows.

Could be made of a different type of fiber and seeing as how Momo has no facial hair there wouldn’t be anything for the solution to build off of so I can believe this.


IIRC the polymer solution only lengthens already existing fibers, and the eyebrows are either growth-resistant for obvious reasons, or flat out incompatible to growth.

Seems like Bubbles managed to help Momo out of a hairy situation.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #24 on: 15 Oct 2018, 02:37 »

Wow! Momo has never before been so animé!

You do realise that she started of as a chibi. You don't get more anime than that.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #25 on: 15 Oct 2018, 02:45 »

Seems like Bubbles managed to help Momo out of a hairy situation.

She was lucky to escape a brush with danger.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #26 on: 15 Oct 2018, 04:14 »

I for one embrace Disney Princess Momo.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #27 on: 15 Oct 2018, 04:17 »

Momo looks like a fairy, now...
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #28 on: 15 Oct 2018, 04:30 »

Now for a styling montage?
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #29 on: 15 Oct 2018, 05:13 »

I for one embrace Disney Princess Momo-noke.

Fixed that for you.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #30 on: 15 Oct 2018, 05:18 »

That joke is way better and now I'm mad.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #31 on: 15 Oct 2018, 05:32 »

I like how when her hair first got singed there were haters complaining another character fell to Jeph's "short girl hair" fav look, and now she's got hair longer than she started with.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #32 on: 15 Oct 2018, 06:51 »

I'll cop that I was frustrated with Jeph seeming to follow a pattern he's displayed before. However now Momo has extra long hair and I think it's adorable she's delighted with her new look that she wouldn't have got without the rice incident.

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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #33 on: 15 Oct 2018, 07:57 »

It feels like Momo is supposed to be a nod to a certain anime character, and I can't recall who. It's on the tip of my brain. Either way, she's super adorable with her new hair.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #34 on: 15 Oct 2018, 10:56 »

Quick! Fetch a leek!
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #35 on: 15 Oct 2018, 11:47 »

It feels like Momo is supposed to be a nod to a certain anime character, and I can't recall who. It's on the tip of my brain. Either way, she's super adorable with her new hair.

Your brain has a tip?  :-P
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« Reply #37 on: 15 Oct 2018, 13:59 »

It feels like Momo is supposed to be a nod to a certain anime character, and I can't recall who. It's on the tip of my brain. Either way, she's super adorable with her new hair.

Your brain has a tip?  :-P

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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #38 on: 15 Oct 2018, 15:00 »

One of my partners used to have hair about this length. It is not easy to maintain. I suspect it being synthetic will make that quite a bit easier.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #39 on: 15 Oct 2018, 18:38 »

So how long before someone posts about how disappointed they are with Jeph taking this comic in such a dedicated long-hair direction and how it's tainting his artistic vision

I may have accidentally lit the ember that started that dumpster fire and then walked away without realizing last week...

For the record, I just found it mildly irritating since variety is the spice, and also Sam looks awful. I don't like think Jeph is a bad writer or anything. It was more of a throw away comment.

I like Momo's new hair. I'd like more stories with her anyway & I'd like to see her do cool new things.

Anyway hope everyone is having a pleasant day!
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #40 on: 15 Oct 2018, 18:52 »

Y'know, Momo's line about a newfound respect for hair just made me think of the time Delenn grew hair on Babylon 5, and she had to call Ivanova for help because she didn't know she was supposed to wash it.   :laugh:
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #41 on: 15 Oct 2018, 19:35 »

Comic’s up.

The way Bubbles trims hair is... alarming.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #42 on: 15 Oct 2018, 19:36 »

Another example of robot salons being a horrifying place for organic folk.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #43 on: 15 Oct 2018, 19:40 »

Rapturous Momo is about to become a wallpaper.

And enjoy her super long hair while it lasts, folks.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #44 on: 15 Oct 2018, 20:08 »

At least she isn't using the concrete saw.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #45 on: 15 Oct 2018, 20:32 »

I think that's a Buck 119.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #46 on: 15 Oct 2018, 20:52 »

Well, that got dark in a hurry.

How does it go? "Too much sunshine makes a desert." Something like that.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #47 on: 15 Oct 2018, 23:09 »

Bubbles defused nukes as a party trick so this comes as no surprise.
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Re: WCDT 15-19 October 2018 (3851-3855)
« Reply #49 on: 15 Oct 2018, 23:20 »

Panel 4 is a huge payoff in this strip. Momo's happy little (ignorant) smile, Bubbles psyching herself up for a swing and Faye's look of horror as she tries to process what's about to happen. It all tells the joke without much in the way of exposition.

Someone over on Patreon pointed out just how amazing it is what Bubbles is about to do. To cut hair with something like a sword swing would require not only a ludicrously-sharp cutting edge, it would also require enormously high swing energy and precision following of a convex curved surface. Basically, this is less a knife cut than precision surgery done in an eye-blink!

Finally, one nice touch Jeph remembered to do: Hair is heavy in large amounts, so we loose a lot of Momo's floof because the long strands are dragging themselves out straighter.
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