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    Now that's a question for the ages

    Should you remain prude in front of your companion robot, or it's like getting nekkid in front of a pet?

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    We won't find out until Monday. Because Jeph is a butt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Glyphstone View Post
    We won't find out until Monday. Because Jeph is a butt.
    And this is news to us?
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    Quote Originally Posted by memnarch View Post
    And this is news to us?
    The first part might be, depending on if you'd checked for an update yet.

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    Can we just feed Marten to an allosaurus already?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cikomyr View Post
    Now that's a question for the ages

    Should you remain prude in front of your companion robot, or it's like getting nekkid in front of a pet?

    (Pintsize doesn't count)
    Well, obviously in case of Pintsize the answer is "god no, don't do it, for the love of all that is good in this world". Otherwise... I guess it would feel a bit more awkward inf front of Momo than e.g. in case of Winslow but... it's kind of personal preference. And maybe something you should take about with him/her beforehand.

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    We won't find out until Monday. Because Jeph is a butt.
    If we ever find out.

    Though, I'm curious if Jeph based this on a personal experience or not...
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    At least now we know why marigold isnt freaking out. Because its marten depression week. We have to focus on him crying over how much it sucks not having a girlfriend that cares about you and who you care about and how empty meaningless sex feels. Its like listening to a subtle abstinence ad, with humor.
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    I've been following this comic for years, and I've really grown to hate almost every character. Every year they seem to grow more unbearable. At first it was Faye but by now it's almost the whole cast.

    Maybe because there isnt any character growth? I dunno, has anyone else experienced this?
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    I'm certainly getting sick of Marten's whining and moping.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spuddles View Post
    I've been following this comic for years, and I've really grown to hate almost every character. Every year they seem to grow more unbearable. At first it was Faye but by now it's almost the whole cast.

    Maybe because there isnt any character growth? I dunno, has anyone else experienced this?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cikomyr View Post
    Now that's a question for the ages

    Should you remain prude in front of your companion robot, or it's like getting nekkid in front of a pet?

    (Pintsize doesn't count)
    I don't think it's really quite *prudery* to not want to be naked in front of another sophont without cause.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spuddles View Post
    I've been following this comic for years, and I've really grown to hate almost every character. Every year they seem to grow more unbearable. At first it was Faye but by now it's almost the whole cast.

    Maybe because there isnt any character growth? I dunno, has anyone else experienced this?
    I would ask why you keep following the comic then but I recall there are just a lot of people who love following bad stuff just to complain about it...

    Well, usually I'm much more interested in the humor when I follow a story (at least a story like that) but there's definitely character growth at least for a few people... Hanners, Marbear, a while ago somewhat for Faye...
    Although, in general, I think character growth is overrated. Not everybody needs to change for a story to work. Some people are just the way they are and they are fine with it. (Well, Marten is not fine with how he is himself but still)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spuddles View Post
    I've been following this comic for years, and I've really grown to hate almost every character. Every year they seem to grow more unbearable. At first it was Faye but by now it's almost the whole cast.

    Maybe because there isnt any character growth? I dunno, has anyone else experienced this?
    Faye looked at the beginning like that kind of character who is a jerk but when you get close to her she happens to be a kind and nice person to her friends...only that, in Faye's case, she's a jerk but when you get close to her she happens to be a jerk to her friends too. But it's OK, because her friends apparently like that. And she acts as if she were awesome and had the right to treat everybody like crap.

    I think that Hanners and Momo are quite likeable, and they are growing and evolving. I like Dale too.

    Samantha and Raven are funny. I kind of like Cosette and Penelope too.

    Marten is kind of meh...the guy is kind of nice, yes, but only because he's polite and never does anything out of malice...he doesn't really does anything too look him up for. I'm quite neutral to him, he's background.

    Dora started as super-cool awesomepants perfect girlfriend, and was later downgraded to normal messed human being (which is in fact, cool). I'm quite neutral to her too.

    I strongly dislike Clinton, and I'm neutral to Claire, Emily and Tai.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kato View Post
    I would ask why you keep following the comic then but I recall there are just a lot of people who love following bad stuff just to complain about it...

    Well, usually I'm much more interested in the humor when I follow a story (at least a story like that) but there's definitely character growth at least for a few people... Hanners, Marbear, a while ago somewhat for Faye...
    Although, in general, I think character growth is overrated. Not everybody needs to change for a story to work. Some people are just the way they are and they are fine with it. (Well, Marten is not fine with how he is himself but still)
    I think I've been following the comic for ten years, or very close to that long. It's not a bad comic, it's just populated by ****ty people.

    Ive followed OotS for a similar period of time, and it wasnt until really recently when I started going back through old story arcs that I realized just how awesome of a writer the Giant is. There's been real character development. And an overarching plot, too, which maybe helps.

    QC the characters arent going anywhere in their own lives and they arent going anywhere in their relationships. Ten years of it and I've sort of realized the point of the comic, I guess. I used to think it was funny, 4 panels and a gag, or a week story arc and whacky hijinks. But looking back on a decade of these people's lives, it's almost a tragedy. Which would be unfair to call someone's mediocre life a tragedy, but christ it's like they're still 20.

    I guess you could say the same about Peanuts or the Simpsons, though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spuddles View Post
    I guess you could say the same about Peanuts or the Simpsons, though.
    Or Seinfeld. Or Friends for the first half of the run (I wouldn't know about the second half since I didn't watch much of it from after 1999). Or Doonesbury before the musical. Or pretty much any webcomic that doesn't have much in the way of plot continuity. The reason why it's more noticeable than usual here is because this is a combination gag-a-day and character-driven strip, which means it can get away with the minimal standards of continuity common to comedy-based comics while also introducing some measure of continuity as fast or as slowly as it cares to. And that's why some characters develop while others just disappear for years on end and reappear completely unchanged. And why Marten's entire life gets to be a punchline.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EnragedFilia View Post
    Or Seinfeld. Or Friends for the first half of the run (I wouldn't know about the second half since I didn't watch much of it from after 1999). Or Doonesbury before the musical. Or pretty much any webcomic that doesn't have much in the way of plot continuity. The reason why it's more noticeable than usual here is because this is a combination gag-a-day and character-driven strip, which means it can get away with the minimal standards of continuity common to comedy-based comics while also introducing some measure of continuity as fast or as slowly as it cares to. And that's why some characters develop while others just disappear for years on end and reappear completely unchanged. And why Marten's entire life gets to be a punchline.
    That does really well in summing it up, thanks.

    This latest arc just really makes stuff seem like a tragedy. Not in the immediate way of Marten's bitching, but after ten years, he's still a bitch. Poor guy :(
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spuddles View Post
    QC the characters arent going anywhere in their own lives and they arent going anywhere in their relationships. Ten years of it and I've sort of realized the point of the comic, I guess. I used to think it was funny, 4 panels and a gag, or a week story arc and whacky hijinks. But looking back on a decade of these people's lives, it's almost a tragedy. Which would be unfair to call someone's mediocre life a tragedy, but christ it's like they're still 20.

    I guess you could say the same about Peanuts or the Simpsons, though.
    How old are they, anyways? It's been 10 years, but only like, a year or 2 in-comic, maybe less. They're all in their mid-to-late 20's as far as I can tell except for Sven.
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    I THINK at the start of the comic Marten and Faye were 21/22 while Dora was 25 or so. And Hanners had her, I wanna say, 22 birthday during the comic, when Sven and Faye hooked up initially.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Glyphstone View Post
    How old are they, anyways? It's been 10 years, but only like, a year or 2 in-comic, maybe less. They're all in their mid-to-late 20's as far as I can tell except for Sven.
    That's a good point. It's been almost a day-to-day play of their life, hasnt it? Like a week of comics covers 24hrs of the QC universe.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spuddles View Post
    That's a good point. It's been almost a day-to-day play of their life, hasnt it? Like a week of comics covers 24hrs of the QC universe.
    Nothing that even. You could have a couple weeks worth of updates to cover a single party. You also got some time skips here and there, though not huge ones or anything. Im sure if you tried hard enough you could figure out some sort of timeline, or be lazy and ask jeph.
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    Turns out that Jeph had a reason to show Mopey Marten on Friday. So I'll give him a pass.

    Marten even got a bit of self-realization out of it, so win-win

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    I'd completely forgotten about the way Hannalore acted the last time Marigold had some luck with the opposite sex. Or, indeed, when she decided to be the Town Crier in regards to that occurance.

    Should be interesting to see how Hanners reacts this time. Though I suppose it might just depend on who she hears the news from.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Porthos View Post
    Should be interesting to see how Hanners reacts this time. Though I suppose it might just depend on who she hears the news from.
    Well, she might explode from... not sure what to call this.
    Anyway, Dale, if you think that's the best day of your life just wait until you start doing the really fun stuff. (Though, starting out with maple syrup I guess it was quite a bit more interesting than most first times)
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    Back to the topiv of time passing. This was apparently months since he and faye broke it off. I didnt feel like tracking down their breakup date, but if someone does we can at least see how much went on in between.
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    I know it's store policy to use the Hose if he doesn't calm down

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    I think they may just use his powers of flight and/or levitation to get things off of high shelves.
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    I guess he knows Marigold's turn-on... pancakes?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Coidzor View Post
    I think they may just use his powers of flight and/or levitation to get things off of high shelves.
    I'm afraid those only work when he got just laid... which would make for some weird situations in the shop...

    I'm not quite sure if I'm entirely comfortable with the "casual sex makes you miserable, relation ship sex makes you happy" message, intended or not. Not to promote random casual sex but... Or it's not about casual sex but about Marten being Marten.
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    You've got to remember that it was also Dale losing his virginity. No wonder he is happy.

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    (in case anyone is wondering how I knew that..)

    Sometimes you just know

    And, frankly, that is the way it should go, with someone you really like and have for a while

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