Topic: WCDT 4446-4450 (the 25th through 29th of January, 2021) (Read 36961 times)

QuestionableIntentions · « **Reply #50 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 02:27 »

WTH? Who tf is this person, why does she think it's okay to get involved in this situation???

I hope Clinton tells her to fuck right off!

BenRG · « **Reply #51 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 02:35 »

Quote from: QuestionableIntentions on 27 Jan 2021, 02:27

WTH? Who tf is this person, why does she think it's okay to get involved in this situation???

I hope Clinton tells her to fuck right off!

Unfortunately, she's more likely to be an author mouthpiece there to explain to Clinton why it's okay for him to be in a relationship with Elliot despite his misgivings and nerves. This means that she is invested in a certain degree of authority by the nature of her purpose. Clinton and, possibly, Elliot will respond to her appropriately, no matter how bizarre it would be from an in-universe perspective.

oddtail · « **Reply #52 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 02:58 »

I wouldn't be so harsh as to tell her to fuck off. But yes, in a sane world Clinton's reaction should be something to the tune of "I appreciate your concern, but this is my business and I don't want to talk to a stranger about this".

Which is of course why it won't happen.

Meander · « **Reply #53 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 03:06 »

Luckily Willow is far too adorbs to brush off.

Hello Willow!

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #54 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 04:58 »

What if Iris is the victim of a bad driver update and she’s actually expressing joyful enthusiasm?

Edit: also, Willow reminds me of someone but I can’t figure out who exactly… anyone else having that kind of deja vu?

Malovich · « **Reply #55 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 06:50 »

Willow: I am every slashfic'r and I stan you guys

Clinton: ?? I have an entire life, you know

Perfectly Reasonable · « **Reply #56 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 06:53 »

We need to drive Willow to despair to see if that will cause Iris to perk up. It's clear that Willow is so chirpy because she's sucking all the cheer out of Iris.

BenRG · « **Reply #57 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 06:57 »

Quote from: Mr_Rose on 27 Jan 2021, 04:58

Edit: also, Willow reminds me of someone but I can’t figure out who exactly… anyone else having that kind of deja vu?

Over on the salty subreddit, someone suggested that she's a redo of Marigold for the emerging Secret Bakery core cast (aka 'Core Cast v.2'). Specifically: White plus-size female with glasses, poor-to-non-existent social filter, yaoi addiction and a robot friend who is basically her own missing psychological half (the cynical sceptic to her enthusiastic optimist in this case). I have no idea how accurate that might be but it did make me raise my eyebrows and admit that it sounds plausible.

Farideh · « **Reply #58 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 13:41 »

Quote from: BenRG on 27 Jan 2021, 02:35

Unfortunately, she's more likely to be an author mouthpiece there to explain to Clinton why it's okay for him to be in a relationship with Elliot despite his misgivings and nerves. This means that she is invested in a certain degree of authority by the nature of her purpose. Clinton and, possibly, Elliot will respond to her appropriately, no matter how bizarre it would be from an in-universe perspective.

Hmmm, I don't know. If Jeph wanted Clinton and Elliot to be in a relationship that badly, he would've done that years ago. At the moment, every time they seem to be getting close, something happens to screw it up. I'm getting the feeling that Jeph has different plans for these two.

Wingy · « **Reply #59 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 13:57 »

Quote from: Farideh on 27 Jan 2021, 13:41

I'm getting the feeling that Jeph has different plans for these two.

And I keep thinking that Roko is going to be involved somehow, but I can't put a finger on why I think that.

Farideh · « **Reply #60 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 14:06 »

Quote from: Wingy on 27 Jan 2021, 13:57

And I keep thinking that Roko is going to be involved somehow, but I can't put a finger on why I think that.

Elliot bakes bread + Roko really loves bread = match made in Heaven?

I'm not sure if that would be a good thing for Roko. Her synapses would blow from all the constant excitement

Gnabberwocky · « **Reply #61 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 15:27 »

Or maybe even a match made in leaven.

...sorry.

Farideh · « **Reply #62 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 15:35 »

Only if they rise to the occasion

Gnabberwocky · « **Reply #63 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 15:46 »

Possibly only if they establish a relationship based on crust

Farideh · « **Reply #64 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 16:13 »

Of course. Otherwise, their love would crumble.

Gnabberwocky · « **Reply #65 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 16:28 »

These things happen. It is a slice of life comic, after all.

Farideh · « **Reply #66 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 16:30 »

It should be fine as long as neither of them become too kneady.

I'm going to stop now

hedgie · « **Reply #67 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 16:45 »

Quote from: Wingy on 27 Jan 2021, 13:57

Quote from: Farideh on 27 Jan 2021, 13:41
I'm getting the feeling that Jeph has different plans for these two.
And I keep thinking that Roko is going to be involved somehow, but I can't put a finger on why I think that.

Human abs?

cesium133 · « **Reply #68 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 16:51 »

It might be worth noting that the human abs she was fantasizing about were Clinton's.

And I will not give even a crumb to this string of puns.

Gnabberwocky · « **Reply #69 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 17:02 »

Quote from: cesium133 on 27 Jan 2021, 16:51

It might be worth noting that the human abs she was fantasizing about were Clinton's.

And I will not give even a crumb to this string of puns.

Unfortunate, but I guess we can dough without you.

okay okay I'll stop

shanejayell · « **Reply #70 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 18:13 »

Comics up. Hex-mex? Really, Jeph? *lol*

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #71 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 18:15 »

Anyone else get the feeling that Clinton is going to end up going out with Willow?

MrNumbers · « **Reply #72 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 18:19 »

How could he go out with someone who gets his order wrong?

(Also this is Very Relatable #content)

Gnabberwocky · « **Reply #73 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 18:27 »

Maybe she's not the most realistic of characters, but I'm really liking OMG so far.

Farideh · « **Reply #74 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 18:38 »

Wow, Clinton really needs to vent if he's willing to talk to an almost perfect stranger. His self-acceptance still has a ways to go.

hedgie · « **Reply #75 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 18:51 »

Sometimes, it’s quite easy to at least temporarily bond with a stranger, or virtual stranger like that. I’ve had extremely deep interactions with people I barely knew, but we were the right people for one another at the right time (and for once, even my mind isn’t in the gutter).

Gyrre · « **Reply #76 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 20:28 »

Quote from: shanejayell on 27 Jan 2021, 18:13

Comics up. Hex-mex? Really, Jeph? *lol*

And being her surname is 'Dragonfang', I'm going to go out on a limb and guess she changed her legal name the first chance she got. No judgement. Just a guess.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #77 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 20:30 »

Hey now, she comes from a long line of Dragonfangs. All the way back to when they were Dinosaurfangs.

Torlek · « **Reply #78 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 21:32 »

Quote

Willow Dragonfang

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Hex-Mex Pagan Taqueria

[Faye]This friggin' town.[/faye]

SeattleCrochetWoman · « **Reply #79 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 22:51 »

Quote from: BenRG on 27 Jan 2021, 06:57

Quote from: Mr_Rose on 27 Jan 2021, 04:58
Edit: also, Willow reminds me of someone but I can’t figure out who exactly… anyone else having that kind of deja vu?

Over on the salty subreddit, someone suggested that she's a redo of Marigold for the emerging Secret Bakery core cast (aka 'Core Cast v.2'). Specifically: White plus-size female with glasses, poor-to-non-existent social filter, yaoi addiction and a robot friend who is basically her own missing psychological half (the cynical sceptic to her enthusiastic optimist in this case). I have no idea how accurate that might be but it did make me raise my eyebrows and admit that it sounds plausible.

Except with an outgoing personality instead of social anxiety.

Magniras · « **Reply #80 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 23:24 »

Hex-mex sounds like it could be good, but what would it be?

BenRG · « **Reply #81 on:** 27 Jan 2021, 23:29 »

When I first saw today's strip on Patreon yesterday, it annoyed me. I really thought that Jeph had literally put out an exposition page with Willow as the face of a text-to-speech app. On second reading (yes, this morning is only my second reading; the first and Jeph's really vicious "I hate my readership" tweet yesterday made me that mad), I can see that it's somewhat more subtle than that. I still think that this is just Jeph, having given up making Clinton go for a relationship with Elliot in any way that seems in-character, has decided to insert a deus ex machina to persuade him to do so. However, I will grant that he succeeds in giving Willow some extra dimensions.

Most specifically, the dimension he gave her is that she's giving Clinton really mixed messages. I wonder if she's aware that her behaviour could be viewed as flirty to the point where she is more interested in Clinton than she is in Clinton being cute with Elliot. We'll see.

Quote from: Castlerook on 27 Jan 2021, 18:15

Anyone else get the feeling that Clinton is going to end up going out with Willow?

That would be a very unexpected but interesting twist. However, IMO, Jeph is so committed to Clintelliot to annoy the part of his readership that he dislikes that he might ignore a more plausible and interesting alternative.

Once again, we'll see.

mneme · « **Reply #82 on:** 28 Jan 2021, 01:05 »

I thought I rememered the order argument!

Since nobody else has posted, the last time we were in Hex-Mex (although I'm 90% sure we didn't get a name for it at the time) was here:

https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4330

I believe that's Willow's first (unnamed) appearance.

BenRG · « **Reply #83 on:** 28 Jan 2021, 01:27 »

Quote from: mneme on 28 Jan 2021, 01:05

I believe that's Willow's first (unnamed) appearance.

No, Willow, Iris and Yesmini's first appearance was much, much further back. It was when Emily created super-suits for the CoD staff. the three Fates were random customers who agreed that Dale looked super-hot in skin-tight spandex. Marigold somehow restrained the urge to slaughter all three of them for looking at her man in such a way.

Mordhaus · « **Reply #84 on:** 28 Jan 2021, 01:56 »

All aboard the S.S. Winton!

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #85 on:** 28 Jan 2021, 02:00 »

Quote from: BenRG on 28 Jan 2021, 01:27

Quote from: mneme on 28 Jan 2021, 01:05
I believe that's Willow's first (unnamed) appearance.

No, Willow, Iris and Yesmini's first appearance was much, much further back. It was when Emily created super-suits for the CoD staff. the three Fates were random customers who agreed that Dale looked super-hot in skin-tight spandex. Marigold somehow restrained the urge to slaughter all three of them for looking at her man in such a way.

I think that was half confusion that people might actually be envious of her and half proprietary pride that stayed her hand, rather than any altruistic feeling. If it happens again, I doubt she’d be so passive.

Meander · « **Reply #86 on:** 28 Jan 2021, 02:30 »

Whatever deep psychological reasons Jeph may have for inserting Willow Dragonfang aside, I would die for her.

traroth · « **Reply #87 on:** 28 Jan 2021, 06:11 »

Quote from: Tova on 26 Jan 2021, 22:53

Quote from: Gyrre on 26 Jan 2021, 20:44
Quote from: traroth on 26 Jan 2021, 10:39
I'm surprised to see "brioche" in a poll about bread...

My vote would go to Kartoffelbrot, but it's not available in the poll. The topic of bread always make emerge my german roots. German bread with french cheese and wine...

'Other' should be one of the options.

As I understand it, brioche is a dessert bread.

It’s not. At least, not exclusively. It is well suited to desserts of course.

Just as an example, the current trend towards brioche burger buns.

Edit: In case you (traroth) are labouring under the misapprehension that brioche is cake because of the common English rendering of the famous phrase, “ Qu'ils mangent de la brioche” — let them eat cake — that’s a mistranslation. Brioche is a bread.

You know I'm french, right?

Perfectly Reasonable · « **Reply #88 on:** 28 Jan 2021, 08:03 »

Quote from: BenRG on 28 Jan 2021, 01:27

Quote from: mneme on 28 Jan 2021, 01:05
I believe that's Willow's first (unnamed) appearance.

No, Willow, Iris and Yesmini's first appearance was much, much further back. It was when Emily created super-suits for the CoD staff. the three Fates were random customers who agreed that Dale looked super-hot in skin-tight spandex. Marigold somehow restrained the urge to slaughter all three of them for looking at her man in such a way.

That was 3931. Willow's next appearance was in 3943, when Brün was on her way to the bank.

Gnabberwocky · « **Reply #89 on:** 28 Jan 2021, 10:47 »

Quote from: BenRG on 27 Jan 2021, 23:29

(yes, this morning is only my second reading; the first and Jeph's really vicious "I hate my readership" tweet yesterday made me that mad)

I agree, yes, Jeph does often have the tendency to state his opinion strongly and without filters. I disagree with your interpretation of the tweets: it felt less "all my readers are idiots and I don't care about them" and more "people, this is MY comic."

Also, take a moment to look at things from his point of view. He's spent seventeen years cultivating this passion project, learning to draw and write well nearly from the ground up. He quit his day job, risking his own comfort to focus on this comic full-time. He's built a beautiful, complete universe, incredible and relatable characters, and engaging storylines. He is known almost exclusively for his work on this specific comic. He spends hundreds of hours a year on it. He's created a paradise for thousands of readers over seventeen freaking years, which is literally longer than I've been alive. And then, everywhere he looks, in places he didn't create and has no influence in, there's hundreds of people telling him he's doing it wrong.

None of this is directed at you. I don't necessarily agree with how he put it. All I'm saying is, I kind of understand why he said what he did.

Farideh · « **Reply #90 on:** 28 Jan 2021, 14:08 »

I'm not on Twitter, and thus I haven't read the tweet in question. All I know is that I love this comic, and if some of the storylines resonate less with me than others... That's just the way it is. Art cannot always please everyone, anytime. It's highly subjective and colored by own opinions and life experiences.

Personally, I still ship Elliot and Clinton. I think they could be good together, as long as they keep talking and are willing to take the other person into consideration. That said, I can also see why some of the other comic readers are bothered by it. So actually, either outcome would be fine with me. If Clinton and Elliot talk/think about it a bit more and then decide that pursuing the relationship isn't for them: great! That would be some nice character development too.

DaiJB · « **Reply #91 on:** 28 Jan 2021, 15:14 »

Quote from: hedgie on 27 Jan 2021, 18:51

Sometimes, it’s quite easy to at least temporarily bond with a stranger, or virtual stranger like that. I’ve had extremely deep interactions with people I barely knew, but we were the right people for one another at the right time (and for once, even my mind isn’t in the gutter).

This. After all, isn't that what a psychiatrist, counsellor, or even your stereotypical barman is for? That is, unburdening yourself (at least temporarily) on another person?

hedgie · « **Reply #92 on:** 28 Jan 2021, 16:28 »

Or sharing an experience.

Gnabberwocky · « **Reply #93 on:** 28 Jan 2021, 18:19 »

Comic is here.

Clinton's being pretty passive-aggressive, which we don't usually see from him. I wonder how much of that has to do with his discomfort with the current situation.

Wingy · « **Reply #94 on:** 28 Jan 2021, 18:24 »

I'm not sure I'd call Iris blue. And why are there two anime-bots chasing a duck in the background?

SmilingCat · « **Reply #95 on:** 28 Jan 2021, 18:25 »

A!

Also, maybe Iris is a Fugate descendant and added the cosmetic seam because she was self conscious and it was cheaper than prescription grade methylene blue.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #96 on:** 28 Jan 2021, 18:26 »

Judging by some of the background characters, I'm guessing Jeph is a fan of Hololive En.

SmilingCat · « **Reply #97 on:** 28 Jan 2021, 18:27 »

Quote from: Wingy on 28 Jan 2021, 18:24

I'm not sure I'd call Iris blue. And why are there two anime-bots chasing a duck in the background?

Are you sure it's a rabbit hole you're prepared to go down?

Farideh · « **Reply #98 on:** 28 Jan 2021, 18:28 »

Iris is blue-gray, I'd call that blue.

I noticed the background, and assumed that I was missing some obscure knowledge to properly identify the duck-chasers

Hypersapien · « **Reply #99 on:** 28 Jan 2021, 19:08 »

A world that has humanlike AI with civil rights could also have head reattachment surgery.

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Which bread would you like to taste if Elliot or Renee were to make it?

Author Topic: WCDT 4446-4450 (the 25th through 29th of January, 2021) (Read 36961 times)

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