Ménage à 3 IV: It's All Coming to a Head

[Kato]

Zii created a monster which hoist her petard? And in turn, Peggy will hoist Sonya's petard?

Well... this might be what the story is going for. (At least the Zii/Sonya bit but I don't think the same for Peggy. Though, I never was that much of a critic of Zii)


And... yeah, I guess Sonya will get her punishment in a bad way at some point. She's pretty much THE antagonist of the story right now.

[Eldan]

Unless I'm missing something, we haven't seen how that evening ended. So, I'd say the state of Zii's relationship is still open.

[Kato]

Unless I'm missing something, we haven't seen how that evening ended. So, I'd say the state of Zii's relationship is still open.

Sonya says/thinks Zii and "Blondie" broke up. Seems pretty clear to me.

[Eldan]

It's Sonya. I don't think we can trust her insight into such matters.

[SaintRidley]

It's Sonya. I don't think we can trust her insight into such matters.

More to the point, it Sonya. If thinking is part of her skillset at all, it's been absent so far.

[John Cribati]

Zii created a monster which hoist her petard? And in turn, Peggy will hoist Sonya's petard?

Pardon me, but you've misused the turn of phrase. Zii has been hoist by her own petard, meaning that, colloquially, she was screwed over by a situation that she created.

[Wraith]

Turns out that a petard is a form of shaped explosive used for breaching walls and other concrete defenses, and so the saying "hoist (lifted) by your own petard (explosive)" literally means "to blow yourself up with your own bomb".

I have learned something today.

And yet, that thing is not "a way to crowbar in a 10 year old joke originally written by Terry Pratchett", which is slightly disappointing given the ample opportunities available at the moment.

Still.... Life inside Sonya's head must be a nice place - all colourful, like it was drawn in crayon. It must occasionally be confusing, though, when you only know people by one word descriptions and yet have such a stunted vocabulary that 'Blondie' will suffice for at least half of the people you've met in one day.

And to finish, a theory on what Sandra wants Gary for: Sandra and Senna are awful with computers. So, she's hired her friend/acquaintance Gary (who she knows to be an artist and - bonus! - a nerd by having talked to Didi) to be her Graphic Designer/Head Photoshopper. Maybe?

[Coidzor]

Turns out that a petard is a form of shaped explosive used for breaching walls and other concrete defenses, and so the saying "hoist (lifted) by your own petard (explosive)" literally means "to blow yourself up with your own bomb".

I have learned something today.

And yet, that thing is not "a way to crowbar in a 10 year old joke originally written by Terry Pratchett", which is slightly disappointing given the ample opportunities available at the moment.

I always thought that it had something to do with saluting your shorts while you were still in them, I must admit.

That's nifty.

Nah. Always a good time to bring up Pratchett.

Pardon me, but you've misused the turn of phrase. Zii has been hoist by her own petard, meaning that, colloquially, she was screwed over by a situation that she created.

Zii created Sonya. Sonya allegedly bit Zii in the butt and created Peggy in the process.

The circle is complete. Now she is the master. somethingsomethingsomething dark side. somethingsomethingsomething complete...

[Kato]

And yet, that thing is not "a way to crowbar in a 10 year old joke originally written by Terry Pratchett", which is slightly disappointing given the ample opportunities available at the moment.

I always thought it had something to do with being eaten by your own (pet) monster The more you know.

(Sadly I fail to get the connection to Pterry)

Zii created Sonya. Sonya allegedly bit Zii in the butt and created Peggy in the process.

I think the critic was directed at your phrasing since you essentially said "she blew up her own bomb" not "she got blown up by her own bomb".

[Eldan]

It's an interesting thing, really.

Apparently, the Petard is a French invention. Petardier was a dangerous job: you had to run up to enemy walls or gates with a bomb on your back, afix it to that wall with rings or hooks, then run away. You couldn't run in a straight line, since you were probably under musket fire and the petard would explode in a line away from the wall.

So, rather a lot of Petardiers died by their own explosives.

[Wraith]

Apparently, the Petard is a French invention. Petardier was a dangerous job: you had to run up to enemy walls or gates with a bomb on your back, afix it to that wall with rings or hooks, then run away. You couldn't run in a straight line, since you were probably under musket fire and the petard would explode in a line away from the wall.

For reference, see the opening battle in the Russel Crowe version of Robin Hood (2010). Apparently, it's one of only two historical facts that the damn thing gets right.....

(Why yes, I DID graduate college with a degree in History AND I live in Nottingham, since you mention it....)

(Sadly I fail to get the connection to Pterry)

Re: "Hoist by your own petard".

Despite typically being interpretable as a body-part (Lord Havelock Vetinari's predecessor as Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, Mad Lord Snapcase, was noted as having been hung up by it following a revolt), according to the Dictionary of Eye-Watering Words a 'figgin' is in fact a small short-crust pastry containing raisins.

Which in turn suggests that either languages have evolved in strange and unpredicted ways over the last 30-odd years, or that there was once a huge cultural taboo associated with being suspended in the air along side a tea cake.

It is 'a pun', or, a 'play on words'. Man, I haven't read that book in the longest time.....

[Kato]

You know you've read too much Questionable Content when you read the title as "The tears must flow".


So, Zii is... well, not exactly looking for comfort from Yuki but still. And Yuki seems a lot more hung up on Gary than I expected. But then again, she did through rather great lengths to try to make it work.

[The Succubus]

I feel bad for both of them. Yes, Zii wasn't exactly an innocent bystander in her own demise but still....

[Morph Bark]

Apparently Gary now wears shades. Upgrade!

[Olinser]

I feel bad for both of them. Yes, Zii wasn't exactly an innocent bystander in her own demise but still....

That's one way of putting it. Another way is saying that it was entirely her fault. I have zero sympathy for Zii.

Yuki I actually sympathize with - issues like that can be hard to overcome.

[Somebloke]

I can see it was her fault, and I still have sympathy.

Here's hoping she learns.

[Kato]

I can see it was her fault, and I still have sympathy.

Here's hoping she learns.

Yeah, even if someone gets hurt and it's their fault you can still feel sympathy for them... Though, I'll have to say, this time it was a lot just Zii being horny and selfish. And stupid. And drunk.


I want Kiley to be my therapist. Well, not that I need a therapist. Well, maybe I need a therapist but I don't have one. I guess a bunch of people could need a therapist and don't have one. What with the stigma of going to a shrink. It's a shame really. I kind of forgot what I was about to say... Oh, yeah, Matt and Kiley are back. We'll see what they have been doing except therapy, then.


Also, @ SDB: Whatshernameagain had a horny lesbian professor... And was oblivious about it. What a shame.

And what am I missing in the new DC? Why does Chloe look like Pandora in panels 2-5?

[Pink]

And what am I missing in the new DC? Why does Chloe look like Pandora in panels 2-5?

Notice the change begins after Pandora's kiss. A friend who isn't much of a friend and such.
To be honest, DC is too new for this plot. Let us get tired of supernatural rom-com stuff before introducing all the angels and demons and such.

[Ravens_cry]

I hope she sterilizes that couch after.

[Weimann]

Given Kiley's insecurities, it's a nice touch that they're wearing shirts.

Can anyone remind me where Gary humiliated Matt?

[Traab]

Given Kiley's insecurities, it's a nice touch that they're wearing shirts.

Can anyone remind me where Gary humiliated Matt?

I think didi called out his name during sex with matt. SOME girl did at least. Oh god, the new direction is obvious, matt is going to try seducing some girl that gary is either into, or he assumes gary is into. i think for maximum hilariousness, it will be sonya. Why? Because that way we have all sorts of potential fun like, "Wow matt! I just realized that maybe I AM a lesbian after all. Thanks for helping me clear that up." And of course there is also the chance of screwing over sonya herself where she gets caught with matt and it ruins all her plans somehow.

[Olinser]

I think didi called out his name during sex with matt. SOME girl did at least. Oh god, the new direction is obvious, matt is going to try seducing some girl that gary is either into, or he assumes gary is into. i think for maximum hilariousness, it will be sonya. Why? Because that way we have all sorts of potential fun like, "Wow matt! I just realized that maybe I AM a lesbian after all. Thanks for helping me clear that up." And of course there is also the chance of screwing over sonya herself where she gets caught with matt and it ruins all her plans somehow.

Yeah, it was Didi. Who was only sleeping with him in the first place because Gary had a girlfriend.

[Kato]

I'm not sure if Kiley's devotion to her work is cute or disturbing at this point...

Well, we'll see if her new methods can help Yuki cope with her problem next, I guess?

[Somebloke]

Got a 'this site may harm your computer' warning when I tried to access the site.

[Coidzor]

Got a 'this site may harm your computer' warning when I tried to access the site.

Same here.

[Surfing HalfOrc]

Yep, me too. Damn spammers/hackers hassling webcomics.
I'm sure Giz and Dave will have their team on this as quickly as possible.

[Kato]

Huh, seems I was lucky enough to get their before it got blocked. Uhm, I could tell you what's going on but I guess you all can wait until they are done fixing this(?)

[Cikomyr]

I ignored the warning, and went it.

Pretty funny comic.

[Olinser]

Got a 'this site may harm your computer' warning when I tried to access the site.

It's BS. It's a common low-level attack, actually. The way the warning works is that when a certain number of reports appear, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY ARE LEGITIMATE, a page is recorded as an 'attack' site.

Trolls/hackers just spam a few reports from ghosted IPs and the site is tagged as an 'attack' site until they get around to removing it.

[AMX]

It's BS. It's a common low-level attack, actually. The way the warning works is that when a certain number of reports appear, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY ARE LEGITIMATE, a page is recorded as an 'attack' site.

Trolls/hackers just spam a few reports from ghosted IPs and the site is tagged as an 'attack' site until they get around to removing it.

In this case, it's a bit more involved.
They actually hacked an ad network to get all websites using it blacklisted at once.