I don't quite get today's "Questionable Content" strip

[Miller]

Originally Posted by MilTan

Dora, however, is just neurotic and insecure. I don't remember if that's ever been justified.

Yeah, I think it has. When she was a teenager, girls kept making friends with her as an excuse to get to her brother. Once Sven was done with them, they were done with Dora. End result is, she's always questioning the motives of people who are close to her, because she has a history of people pretending to like her for ulterior reasons.

[astro]

Originally Posted by Bosstone

I think the point is that even quiet, withdrawn, socially awkward nerds aren't necessarily physically unattractive. And it's something that wouldn't really have been noticed under her normal choice of clothing.

Personally I curse the frustration of fiction. She's geeky/nerdy, plays WoW, has a decent figure, no impairing mental disorders (as yet noticed, anyway), and is single. Damn you, Jeph!

She's emotionally needy and vulnerable, has a spotlight on her big breasts, throws blood out of her nose when overly excited or anxious, gets drunk easily, and per her interaction with Angus will practically go down on you for smiling at her.

I don't see this ending well.

[Rala]

Originally Posted by MsWhatsit

Just thought I'd stop back in to say that thanks to this thread, I spent the past week reading all of the QC strips from the very beginning. I'm all caught up now, and feeling oddly depressed about it. Like, I have to wait a whole day for each new strip now?

Same here.

[Quartz]

I'm beginning to lose track of who's who - let alone who's lusting after whom.

[Ferret Herder]

Originally Posted by astro

She's emotionally needy and vulnerable, has a spotlight on her big breasts, throws blood out of her nose when overly excited or anxious, gets drunk easily, and per her interaction with Angus will practically go down on you for smiling at her.

I don't see this ending well.

And now they're trying to set her up with an Alliance NElf rogue - yuck! At least this shows she's not completely desperate.

[Bosstone]

Originally Posted by Quartz

I'm beginning to lose track of who's who - let alone who's lusting after whom.

I suspect that's why Emo Poet has the silly mustache now, since he and Angus (and Sven, for that matter) tend to look alike.

[Tom Tildrum]

Originally Posted by astro

She's emotionally needy and vulnerable, has a spotlight on her big breasts, throws blood out of her nose when overly excited or anxious, gets drunk easily, and per her interaction with Angus will practically go down on you for smiling at her.

I don't see this ending well.

She's already been felt up by Pintsize.

[jayjay]

Originally Posted by Tom Tildrum

She's already been felt up by Pintsize.

But then, who hasn't, really?

[Kamino Neko]

I'm rather shocked that her main is MariGoldfarm...

That's not a main name for a serious player...that's an alt name at best.

(On the other hand, they are SO going to hook up. Nerdragelove, FTW.)

[Bosstone]

Originally Posted by Tengu

I'm rather shocked that her main is MariGoldfarm...

That's not a main name for a serious player...that's an alt name at best.

Alts can become mains. Plus it says something about her character, that she likes lame puns and geek jokes. If my name was Marigold, I might have come up with the same.

Also, it's not certain that Jeph is a WoW player. He might know enough to make Marigold convincing, but there could still be slipups like that.

[Little Nemo]

Also, it's not certain that Jeph is a WoW player.

He's already said he doesn't play.

[Darth Sensitive]

I want Raven back

[Kamino Neko]

Originally Posted by Bosstone

Plus it says something about her character, that she likes lame puns and geek jokes.

No, it says that she's a gold farmer, not a serious player - which is the exact opposite of what it should be saying about her.

[Munch]

Originally Posted by Tengu

No, it says that she's a gold farmer, not a serious player

No, it doesn't. It's just a convenient name that plays on her real-life name.

Yes - gold farmer characters might be more apt to use a name like that. Yes, non-gold farmers would be less apt. But there's no reason to be absolute about it. We've seen her play - we know she's not a gold farmer.

[Kamino Neko]

Originally Posted by Munch

We've seen her play - we know she's not a gold farmer.

Which is my point, exactly - she's a serious, raid-focussed player.

Therefor, her main would not be named like a gold-farming alt.

[MsWhatsit]

This thread renews my already-firm belief that I'm super glad not to be a WoW player.

[Miller]

Originally Posted by Tengu

Which is my point, exactly - she's a serious, raid-focussed player.

Therefor, her main would not be named like a gold-farming alt.

You're reading way too much into her name. It's a joke. Lot's of players, even hard core players, have joke names. Even on their main characters.

[Bosstone]

Originally Posted by Munch

No, it doesn't. It's just a convenient name that plays on her real-life name.

Yes - gold farmer characters might be more apt to use a name like that. Yes, non-gold farmers would be less apt. But there's no reason to be absolute about it. We've seen her play - we know she's not a gold farmer.

Actually, I can tell you from experience they're not. Farmers are wise enough not to advertise their intention that way. Spammers generate randomized names like Jctzycq and goldsellers use unassuming names; I had one contact me in game and his name was more conventional than Marigold's. It's just a geek pun in her case.

Originally Posted by MsWhatsit

This thread renews my already-firm belief that I'm super glad not to be a WoW player.

WoW iz srs bsns.

[Munch]

Originally Posted by Miller

You're reading way too much into her name. It's a joke. Lot's of players, even hard core players, have joke names. Even on their main characters.

Bingo. It's just a joke people - written by a confessed non-WoW player. Reading too much into it is the same as trying to explain a joke - it just manages to ruin the fun.

[Little Nemo]

WoW iz srs bsns.

Wow, those is serious bosoms?

Applicable in this case I suppose.

[BrotherCadfael]

"Homeric" is, I believe, the adjective.

[jayjay]

Originally Posted by BrotherCadfael

"Homeric" is, I believe, the adjective.

If they come loose, they'll strike you blind?

[Mister Rik]

Originally Posted by Bosstone

Actually, I can tell you from experience they're not. Farmers are wise enough not to advertise their intention that way. Spammers generate randomized names like Jctzycq and goldsellers use unassuming names; I had one contact me in game and his name was more conventional than Marigold's. It's just a geek pun in her case.WoW iz srs bsns.

You probably already know that some of my Horde toons have joke names - I have an orc warrior named Pinezensuuz (which nobody outside the SDMB would get), and a hot little blood elf warlock named Hexpot. And I used to have an undead mage named Wossname, as a Pratchett tribute. The majority of my toons have "proper" names.

[MostlyClueless]

Originally Posted by Mister Rik

and a hot little blood elf warlock named Hexpot.

That's frickin' awesome.

[tr0psn4j]

Anyone seen today's strip?

It's kind of painful, I've been there, done that.

[squeegee]

Originally Posted by tr0psn4j

Anyone seen today's strip?

It's kind of painful, I've been there, done that.

You told her that skirt made her ass look fat?


I'm a little perturbed about all the no-consequences guy-punching the last couple of strips.

[The Controvert]

Since Angus got punched off-camera, I'll make up what happened:

After Faye and Hanners brought baked goods, Angus asked for a donut. So he got a Hertz donut from Faye.

[Mister Rik]

I love Hanners' face in the second panel

[Little Nemo]

"Homeric" is, I believe, the adjective.

If they come loose, they'll strike you blind?

You could spend ten years wandering around on them?

[Rysto]

Originally Posted by squeegee

I'm a little perturbed about all the no-consequences guy-punching the last couple of strips.

As opposed to the first 1600 stripes of no-consequence guy-punching?

[squeegee]

Originally Posted by Rysto

As opposed to the first 1600 stripes of no-consequence guy-punching?

Well, we usually don't see a pair of men used as a punching bag in adjacent strips. So it has escalated somewhat. And Faye was supposedly getting better and not doing this, but now both her and Dora battering their men.

[Munch]

I don't understand people getting worked up over the punching. The consequences of a boyfriend telling their girlfriend "they look fat in that skirt" - even as a joke - would result in a heated diatribe of anger/perturbation. Who wants to read 4 paragraphs of anger in a comic strip, when a light "you deserved that" jab in the arm expresses the exact same thing? This isn't domestic abuse - it's "show them, don't tell them" storytelling.

[squeegee]

I'm not worked up about it, I can see it's in service of a punchline. It's more of a "wtf, Jeph?" thing for me -- Faye is supposedly getting over some of her issues and less prickly than before, she's trying really hard to be okay with getting closer to Angus. And then she up and punches the guy on this "playdate" she arranged specifically to hang out with him. It just doesn't add up.

Anyway, this really isn't a big deal to me, and I'll sleep fine tonight and the strip will proceed and I'll keep reading it, it's a good strip. I just think the punching was a bit much, but what the hell.

[Knorf]

Originally Posted by Bosstone

WoW iz srs bsns.

Originally Posted by Little Nemo

Wow, those is serious bosoms?

I think "bsns" is short for bosons.

Or maybe bassoons.

Not sure which.

[Ferret Herder]

Originally Posted by squeegee

I'm not worked up about it, I can see it's in service of a punchline. It's more of a "wtf, Jeph?" thing for me -- Faye is supposedly getting over some of her issues and less prickly than before, she's trying really hard to be okay with getting closer to Angus. And then she up and punches the guy on this "playdate" she arranged specifically to hang out with him. It just doesn't add up.

Anyway, this really isn't a big deal to me, and I'll sleep fine tonight and the strip will proceed and I'll keep reading it, it's a good strip. I just think the punching was a bit much, but what the hell.

Plus the actual use of icepacks is a tad over the top if he's just trying to be cute. It's one thing to say "ow, need some ice on this, she's feisty today/I shot off my mouth", but when it's shown that the guys are actually using icepacks, that makes me a little WTF-y about it.

[Little Nemo]

Is Tai supposed to be of some non-Caucasian ethnicity? Or does she just use bad artificial tanner? She has that weird looking orange skin tone.

[Bosstone]

Originally Posted by Ferret Herder

Plus the actual use of icepacks is a tad over the top if he's just trying to be cute. It's one thing to say "ow, need some ice on this, she's feisty today/I shot off my mouth", but when it's shown that the guys are actually using icepacks, that makes me a little WTF-y about it.

This is the same comic strip that has anthropomorphic PCs, The Vespa Avenger, secret agents, etc. It's a not-serious comic masquerading as a normal if witty relationship comic. Jeph's not above going for visual gags.

[Ephemera]

Originally Posted by Little Nemo

Is Tai supposed to be of some non-Caucasian ethnicity? Or does she just use bad artificial tanner? She has that weird looking orange skin tone.

I've always taken her as ambiguously brown.

[Knorf]

Originally Posted by Little Nemo

Is Tai supposed to be of some non-Caucasian ethnicity? Or does she just use bad artificial tanner? She has that weird looking orange skin tone.

Latina imo.

[astro]

Apparently the artist got a fan spanking for a particularly gratuitous scene and changed it.

I thought the Friday comic was a bit exploitative of poor little Sweet-tits getting firecrackers shot out of her ass crack by Yelling Bird, but some people really didn't like it so he changed it mid-stream to the reverse. .

I've never seen him do that before.

[tr0psn4j]

Yeah the original was stupid. The new one is slightly funnier I guess. I'm not offended by it or anything, just didn't care for it much.

[astro]

Originally Posted by tr0psn4j

Yeah the original was stupid. The new one is slightly funnier I guess. I'm not offended by it or anything, just didn't care for it much.

The new strip isn't funny at all. The original was just more of the ritualized abuse the Sweet tits character takes off yelling bird. It was just weird to see him using her a receptacle while verbally abusing her. I think he (the artist) got yelled at for going too far and this is his deliberately lame "Well pardon me!" retort.

[Mister Rik]

But based on the original, I gotta say Sweet Tits has a sweet ass as well

[Enright3]

The original was IMO much funnier. Today's strip was phoned in though.

[Bosstone]

Originally Posted by Enright3

The original was IMO much funnier. Today's strip was phoned in though.

Eh, just a little character development. Marigold got an ego boost and is relaxing about Angus and Faye.

[Ferret Herder]

When the hell did Marigold have time to find a guy to smooch at that party, much less get felt up? The only "new" eligible guy she met was Dale (pizza dude/NElf rogue) and and the tension in the room was for PvPing each other. The rest of the time she's shocked about Angus and Faye, and then laughing at their predicament. Are we going to get a flashback scene tomorrow where she and Dale started talking nerdy to each other and she experiences the love that dare not speak its name (Horde-Alliance crossover)?

[Kamino Neko]

She's talking about when she kissed Angus. Although the boob touching wasn't really his idea.

I love Hanners and Momo's faces in the last panel...their differing reactions (despite the same 'OOOOH!') are fun.

[Ferret Herder]

Ah yeah, I assumed for some reason that she was talking about the events of party since they were talking about her Angus+Faye discovery there, but that's true, she had the (alcohol-fueled) courage to kiss a guy.

[Little Nemo]

The only "new" eligible guy she met was Dale (pizza dude/NElf rogue) and and the tension in the room was for PvPing each other. The rest of the time she's shocked about Angus and Faye, and then laughing at their predicament. Are we going to get a flashback scene tomorrow where she and Dale started talking nerdy to each other and she experiences the love that dare not speak its name (Horde-Alliance crossover)?

You're forgetting the other guy she's met recently - Sven. Marigold might have have gotten over her crush on Angus so quickly by transferring it to Sven.

[Kamino Neko]

Originally Posted by Ferret Herder

The only "new" eligible guy she met was Dale (pizza dude/NElf rogue) and and the tension in the room was for PvPing each other.

Back to here...I did see some potential there, personally...

Which gives me the image of them doing the deed, and her calling him Alliance Scum in the throes of passion. Which delights me.

(On the other hand, as of yesterday, he's looking kinda creepy...)