Topic: WCDT 4496-4500 (5th April through 9th April, 2021) (Read 19851 times)

shanejayell · « **on:** 04 Apr 2021, 17:39 »

Happy Easter!

(I'm posting Sunday...)

shanejayell · « **Reply #1 on:** 04 Apr 2021, 18:27 »

https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4496

Comics's up!

Never make avatar choices while REALLY high.

Farideh · « **Reply #2 on:** 04 Apr 2021, 20:13 »

Still, Aurelia's reasoning DID make sense.

Oenone · « **Reply #3 on:** 04 Apr 2021, 21:46 »

Lol I hope I have as much fun during my second adolescence as Aurelia seems to be having.

Thrillho · « **Reply #4 on:** 05 Apr 2021, 05:38 »

Aurelia doing this with her life now that her children are adults is pretty much a key reason why I never want to have children

Oenone · « **Reply #5 on:** 05 Apr 2021, 08:22 »

Do you think it’s just the no kids thing? I think part of it is the “no fucks given” attitude I’ve seen a lot of women develop in their 40s

Thrillho · « **Reply #6 on:** 05 Apr 2021, 09:16 »

Well, why exactly did they need to give fucks before 40?

I know that there are vast numbers of reasons but 'being a parent' or seeming appealing to people in order to become one definitely influence how many fucks a lot of people give.

I will admit though I am being presumptuous.

hedgie · « **Reply #7 on:** 05 Apr 2021, 10:03 »

Usually, one gives fucks before becoming a parent.

Farideh · « **Reply #8 on:** 05 Apr 2021, 13:10 »

Afterwards as well, most of the time.

hedgie · « **Reply #9 on:** 05 Apr 2021, 14:25 »

Heh. If the Pythons have taught me anything, is that the Catholics spawn hundreds of children per couple, because they don’t believe in birth control. Protestants have only a couple of children, despite condoms and the like being okay, but sex being bad.

SpanielBear · « **Reply #10 on:** 05 Apr 2021, 15:11 »

Quote from: hedgie on 05 Apr 2021, 14:25

Heh. If the Pythons have taught me anything, is that the Catholics spawn hundreds of children per couple, because they don’t believe in birth control. Protestants have only a couple of children, despite condoms and the like being okay, but sex being bad.

That’s why the English school system makes sure to emphasise the importance of foreplay...

Farideh · « **Reply #11 on:** 05 Apr 2021, 18:13 »

New comic!

OF COURSE she is. I sense shenanigans in the future

zioninavision · « **Reply #12 on:** 05 Apr 2021, 18:41 »

Quote from: zioninavision on 28 Mar 2021, 19:43

honestly this is one of the bigger reveals between both QC and Alice Grove!!

Maybe Yay already knows about this if they have checked, or Dale and Marigold among others may have sometimes watched her streams without full knowledge, but really this is a very big secret that will probably be to the delight and surprise of much of the cast!!

this is much better than i was wondering!!! What will even happen now?? Jeph is very good at introducing new and beautifully weird new plot elements. from re-reading, although i am about two years out from where we are now, it seems like it has been a while since a new story for Marigold and Dale! of course, this has been going on for a while based on the subscriber amount mentioned by Aurelia!!

shanejayell · « **Reply #13 on:** 05 Apr 2021, 19:03 »

Ha! Tho it would have been funnier if it had been more unexpected. Like Marten.

Rincewind · « **Reply #14 on:** 05 Apr 2021, 19:11 »

I can see no possible way that this could go worng.

de_la_Nae · « **Reply #15 on:** 05 Apr 2021, 19:16 »

ahem

lolololol

DaiJB · « **Reply #16 on:** 05 Apr 2021, 19:38 »

How could this go pear-shaped? Let me count the ways...

edit: So Marigold is Burger Oni ("Of course she is")
So, now I want to know who SexDrawer69 is...
I mean - chances are, we know them too, right?

Magniras · « **Reply #17 on:** 05 Apr 2021, 21:01 »

What if this is all just an elaborate lead-up to Jeph announcing his own debut?

BenRG · « **Reply #18 on:** 05 Apr 2021, 23:16 »

For some reason, I think that this is all going to go horribly wrong in a basically unintentionally comedic way. Has Clinton ever had a fangirl gush at him? If not, how will he handle it this time?

Also: Of course, Marigold has her own weird vtube persona. However, something tells me that 'Burger Oni' might bring with her their own incorrect assumptions and expectations that Marigold can't live up to. Also, I'm trying to work out what's happening in panel 4. My best guess is that Marigold and Dale like to do things with her 'in character'.

MattStriker · « **Reply #19 on:** 06 Apr 2021, 01:31 »

The thicc plottens.

traroth · « **Reply #20 on:** 06 Apr 2021, 03:14 »

All of a sudden, all those characters have an intense online activity which we didn't knew anything about. That's a bit weird.

It makes sense, because in that aspect, the comic was derivating further and further from our world, in which everybody is constantly online, so I suspect JJ wanted to kind of catch up.

Thrillho · « **Reply #21 on:** 06 Apr 2021, 04:12 »

How much do you mention your online life to your lifespace friends?

APersonAmI · « **Reply #22 on:** 06 Apr 2021, 05:04 »

I'll admit, this comic took me several reads to parce, and I'm still unclear on some of it. What I think is happening:

Aurelia and Clinton are streaming Mario or something while high.
Marigold is watching the stream and thinks Clinton is cute.
I'm not entirely sure what panel 4 is meant to say, but I think it may be just foreshadowing for the reveal that Marigold is BurgerOni?
Marigold asks Dale to make the commenters behave while she streams.
And finally, BurgerOni asks if Aurelia and Clinton want to... meet over a Discord call? Or something?

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #23 on:** 06 Apr 2021, 06:59 »

Quote from: traroth on 06 Apr 2021, 03:14

All of a sudden, all those characters have an intense online activity which we didn't knew anything about. That's a bit weird.

Uhhh…?
Marigold and Dale have been online gaming turbo nerds since their very beginning. Their whole original interaction was a silly feud over being on opposite player factions in WoW.

Clinton doesn’t count because he’s been roped into this by his mom, and Aurelia’s whole bit for quite a while has been a midlife crisis/second teenagerdom.

Who else are you talking about that qualifies as “all these” exactly?

Perfectly Reasonable · « **Reply #24 on:** 06 Apr 2021, 07:45 »

Quote from: DaiJB on 05 Apr 2021, 19:38

How could this go pear-shaped? Let me count the ways...

edit: So Marigold is Burger Oni ("Of course she is")
So, now I want to know who SexDrawer69 is...
I mean - chances are, we know them too, right?

Hint: who else do we know in this comic who can draw?

BenRG · « **Reply #25 on:** 06 Apr 2021, 07:50 »

Quote from: DaiJB on 05 Apr 2021, 19:38

How could this go pear-shaped? Let me count the ways...

It's fairly simple. Marigold and Clinton meet at the Horrible Revelation to talk about just how weird the vtuber scene is. For purely psychotropic reasons, Clinton is more relaxed than usual and really has a good time with Marigold. Elliot sees them and, being Elliot, assumes that Clinton has met his One True Love (which comes as news to Clinton and Marigold later on).

Much angst, misunderstanding and drama ensues.

Aegir · « **Reply #26 on:** 06 Apr 2021, 08:26 »

Quote from: traroth on 06 Apr 2021, 03:14

All of a sudden, all those characters have an intense online activity which we didn't knew anything about. That's a bit weird.

It makes sense, because in that aspect, the comic was derivating further and further from our world, in which everybody is constantly online, so I suspect JJ wanted to kind of catch up.

It's weird too because Twitch got to the level of where it would be conceivable that someone other than a huge gamer nerd would have heard of it because of the pandemic, which did not befall the QC-verse. Pretty much everyone these days is far more online than they were 13 months ago.

I know it would be sort of weird in a different way to show them all dealing with the pandemic and have them just in their apartments talking to each other on Zoom or something, but the fact is the pandemic has drastically altered the world as we know it and will have a permanent impact on society. QC in its attempt to remain contemporary will therefore inevitably be influenced by the pandemic, but without a pandemic actually occurring. Sort of strange.

Christophelous · « **Reply #27 on:** 06 Apr 2021, 09:59 »

Quote from: BenRG on 05 Apr 2021, 23:16

Also, I'm trying to work out what's happening in panel 4. My best guess is that Marigold and Dale like to do things with her 'in character'.

Went back and looked, and I noticed the glasses. It'd be real easy to do "things" in character if those glasses could help...

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #28 on:** 06 Apr 2021, 10:33 »

Panels 3/4 I see as Dale wondering what vtubers look like IRL and Marigold saying he knows that about at least one - not necessarily anything about doing things in character. I think the (eyebrow waggle, smirk coquettishly) "you know what I look like" has an unspoken "in more ways than others".

Farideh · « **Reply #29 on:** 06 Apr 2021, 14:17 »

That was pretty much my interpretation as well.

ischaemia · « **Reply #30 on:** 06 Apr 2021, 14:49 »

Quote from: traroth on 06 Apr 2021, 03:14

All of a sudden, all those characters have an intense online activity which we didn't knew anything about. That's a bit weird.

I'd like to think of it less as sudden and more as the characters continuing their lives outside of the panels; we just were focused on different glimpses of other elements of their continuous lives, and now we have the leisure to focus on this fragment of it.

shanejayell · « **Reply #31 on:** 06 Apr 2021, 17:11 »

It fits with earlier bits. Both Dale and Marigold were gamers in earlier strips...

Farideh · « **Reply #32 on:** 06 Apr 2021, 18:30 »

New comic.

Awww, cute sparkly Elliot! It looks like he has fireflies dancing around his head.

Freaking out about a new relationship seems like par for the course to me. "Yay, make outs! Now all I have to do is NOT MESS IT UP".

shanejayell · « **Reply #33 on:** 06 Apr 2021, 18:57 »

Yup, that's adorbs.

de_la_Nae · « **Reply #34 on:** 06 Apr 2021, 18:58 »

Gnabberwocky · « **Reply #35 on:** 06 Apr 2021, 19:02 »

"I know that face. That's your 'screaming internally' face."

Salty · « **Reply #36 on:** 06 Apr 2021, 21:15 »

I do so enjoy a bait-and-switch!

BenRG · « **Reply #37 on:** 06 Apr 2021, 23:06 »

I'm not sure if Jeph could more clearly signal about the content for the following few weeks. What he's saying is that: Self-sabotage is on the way. Mistakes are going to be made. Hilarity will ensue. Hard lessons will be learned.

If I also may add, at the very least, Marigold and Clinton are going to wonder how having a beer with a new friend can be interpreted as being an 'OTP'. However, they may rightly wish to blame over-exposure to cheap romcoms and shounen animé for a romantic mind. Also, in Elliot's case, a reflexive expectation that things will go wrong that possibly indicates therapy is required.

EDIT
'Or'? I meant 'also'!

ihaveavoice · « **Reply #38 on:** 07 Apr 2021, 02:03 »

I think it's more likely that what's coming is one of QC's classic anxiety-defusing friend conversations, which are a favorite part of the comic for me. Especially if it involves more cuteness from Elliot's thoughts!

Oenone · « **Reply #39 on:** 07 Apr 2021, 03:48 »

BRun
BRUN
Who and what else was on that chart???

Marco · « **Reply #40 on:** 07 Apr 2021, 06:48 »

Quote from: Oenone on 07 Apr 2021, 03:48

BRun
BRUN
Who and what else was on that chart???

Maybe this: https://www.questionablecontent.net/cast/castchart.jpg.

Aegir · « **Reply #41 on:** 07 Apr 2021, 09:49 »

Text post from Jeph below today's comic: "remember when my comic wasn't about vtubers with horrific avatars? Yeah me neither"

So people who from last week's thread who don't understand why I found them disturbing - Jeph intentionally drew them that way.

TheEternalPeanut · « **Reply #42 on:** 07 Apr 2021, 13:36 »

Quote from: Marco on 07 Apr 2021, 06:48

Maybe this: https://www.questionablecontent.net/cast/castchart.jpg.

I can't wait for an update to this chart with both Clinton-Elliot, and Marigold-Aurelia connections

Farideh · « **Reply #43 on:** 07 Apr 2021, 18:42 »

Comic up.

I now have this mental vision of the Cheshire Cat saying 'we're all freaking out on the inside here'

Salty · « **Reply #44 on:** 07 Apr 2021, 18:56 »

Good old "shit, I actually want to keep this one"

shanejayell · « **Reply #45 on:** 07 Apr 2021, 19:15 »

Yup, that's a thing...

DaiJB · « **Reply #46 on:** 07 Apr 2021, 19:41 »

I hope that's just friendly chatting and not chatting up...

NO Dan, please don't turn into a real Shitty Dan...

Gyrre · « **Reply #47 on:** 07 Apr 2021, 21:16 »

Quote from: Perfectly Reasonable on 06 Apr 2021, 07:45

Quote from: DaiJB on 05 Apr 2021, 19:38
How could this go pear-shaped? Let me count the ways...

edit: So Marigold is Burger Oni ("Of course she is")
So, now I want to know who SexDrawer69 is...
I mean - chances are, we know them too, right?

Hint: who else do we know in this comic who can draw?

Going by the username, I'm guessing it's some with blue hair.

Oenone · « **Reply #48 on:** 07 Apr 2021, 21:35 »

I thought SD69 might be Momo since it sounded like Momo sometimes moderated the MM chat.

Gosh gosh GOSH if Renee self sabotages because of anxiety!!!!! My nerves can’t take this

sitnspin · « **Reply #49 on:** 07 Apr 2021, 21:39 »

Once you accept that all relationships are temporary and thus inevitably end, it is much easier to live in the now.

Jeph Jacques's comics discussion forums

Poll

How would the robots celebrate Easter?

Author Topic: WCDT 4496-4500 (5th April through 9th April, 2021) (Read 19851 times)