# I don't quite get today's "Questionable Content" strip **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-strips\ **Created:** [April 13, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967 "2010-04-13T17:48:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 88
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1741 "2015-02-09T20:21:19Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > [Today’s comic](http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2892), with Marten and Claire being silly in the afterglow, is really sweet. Claire’s face is very cute in panels 2 and 3. I’m still trying to figure out what body positioning is happening in panel 2. In panels 1, 3 and 4 she’s facing Marten. In panel 2 he’s suddenly spooning her. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1742 "2015-02-10T02:30:15Z")
Nope. In panel 2, she’s nervous that he’s not going to be okay with her request, so she twists herself away some, mostly at her pelvis. His position relative to her torso (and particularly to her collarbone) remains pretty much constant from panel 1 to 2. Then in panel 3, she gets all bold and go-for-broke and turns back to face and fully embrace him. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1743 "2015-02-10T02:48:19Z")
That may be so, but then he goes from resting on the pillow to supported by both arms. It’s just odd. That said, tonight’s strip gave me hope for Faye. I was sure that was not how the last panel was going to go. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1744 "2015-02-10T19:41:31Z")
Well the comment at the bottom of today’s strip says “Been there, done that.” Thanks to Kamino Neko mentioning it above I now know what that’s in reference to. I can see Faye’s character mirroring Jeph’s as the story goes on. Maybe she’ll finally make some more dinosaur espresso machines (Espressosaurs). I’m sure it’s been mentioned before, but there is a pretty good wiki on QC here: [Questionable Content Wiki | Fandom](http://questionablecontent.wikia.com/wiki/Questionable_Content_Wiki) ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1745 "2015-02-11T15:39:01Z")
I will say that the interaction in #2891 was very powerful for people like me. The frames where Claire removes her panties and then says “W-well, this-this is me” hit a few people I know, and myself, very hard. I’ve been in that situation, and I cannot really describe how horrifying, what a leap of faith, it is. It feels like you’ve just chosen to walk in front of a firing squad wearing giant target. Or like stepping out over an abyss and just hoping that someone, something, will catch you. Very powerful. The artist seems to have done a decent job of capturing the emotion, as well as one could in the comic. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1746 "2015-02-11T18:06:51Z")
Una, what’s your opinion on how the trans characters are being handled in _Dumbing of Age_ and _Menage a 3_? ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1747 "2015-02-11T18:12:24Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Una, what’s your opinion on how the trans characters are being handled in _Dumbing of Age_ and _Menage a 3_? I regret that I don’t follow those comics. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1748 "2015-02-11T18:57:31Z")
There’s a trans character in Dumbing of Age? Who am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1749 "2015-02-11T20:23:59Z")
There’s a trans character in Menage a 3? Who am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1750 "2015-02-11T22:36:51Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > There’s a trans character in Menage a 3? Who am I missing? The brazilian model. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1751 "2015-02-11T23:03:07Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > There’s a trans character in Dumbing of Age? Who am I missing? [See the four strips starting here.](http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/heated/) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1752 "2015-02-11T23:52:22Z")
I don’t know if that completely went over my head the first time through or if I just forgot about her. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1753 "2015-02-12T01:32:41Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I don’t know if that completely went over my head the first time through or if I just forgot about her. Thanks! Y’r welcome – I only followed the strip very briefly but I remembered that instance, still I had to use various search terms as I could not recall exact characters. Meanwhile back at QC, Marten is in his usual mode of feeling he needs to explain what nobody asked for explaining. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1754 "2015-02-12T03:24:34Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > There’s a trans character in Dumbing of Age? Who am I missing? There are actually two of them. In addition to Jocelyn (from the above links), there’s also Carla, who’s mostly appearing as one of Sal’s extended circle. Unlike Joce, it hasn’t been explicitly stated in comic that Carla’s trans, but there’s both word of god and some little hints in the comic (knowing since before she first appeared that she was trans, all the ‘wait, I have a theory…Carla’s trans’ after both of the major ones made me laugh a bit). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1755 "2015-02-12T03:24:43Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > [See the four strips starting here.](http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/heated/) Actually, I was thinking of Carla. Willis hasn’t explicitly stated she’s trans but it seems pretty clear from some of the things that have been said. ninja’d ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1756 "2015-02-12T04:30:44Z")
I’ve only been following _Dumbing of Age_ for a month or two. Is Indiana University REALLY that LGBT? There don’t seem to be all that many straight kids in the strip. Have we just been following the non-straight characters lately, or will they change the name to Castro District U? ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1757 "2015-02-12T05:56:18Z")
I’d reckon that if you’d tally up all the characters, there would still be an overwhelmingly straight cast. It’s just that this level of representation is unusual, so it tends to stand out. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1758 "2015-02-12T17:35:58Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I’ve only been following _Dumbing of Age_ for a month or two. Is Indiana University REALLY that LGBT? There don’t seem to be all that many straight kids in the strip. Have we just been following the non-straight characters lately, or will they change the name to Castro District U? I think it’s just a cyclic thing. Willis just happens to be running some story arcs about homosexuality currently. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1759 "2015-02-12T18:00:40Z")
> [@MostlyClueless](#): > > I’d reckon that if you’d tally up all the characters, there would still be an overwhelmingly straight cast. Something like 2/3 straight and cisgender. Not sure if I’d call that overwhelming, but it’s certainly majority. And that’s just the actual significant cast of students… It’s unlikely that his selection of maybe 2 dozen characters is meant to be representative, percentage-wise, rather than simply representing a sampling of identities, and it skews straighter once the adults (teachers and parents) are included. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967/1760 "2015-02-18T03:34:54Z")
…Marten didn’t really answer the question, did he? “More to it than that? Well, since we live in Northampton, Massachusetts, dating a trans person increases my ‘awesome’ rating by a factor of ten. Also, yer cute.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=87) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-quite-get-todays-questionable-content-strip/535967.md?page=89)