Questionable Content 11: It's Like Seeing a Unicorn

[Max_Killjoy]

For those who don't recall just what sort of person Hannelore's mother is...

https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=913

[Max_Killjoy]

First, I love the Goth-stage teenage Dora in the photo on the wall. "Ugh, I can't believe we're taking pictures."

https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1043

Second, the main joke in this one makes me think how much things can change in a few years...

[Cikomyr]

First, I love the Goth-stage teenage Dora in the photo on the wall. "Ugh, I can't believe we're taking pictures."


Second, the main joke in this one makes me think how much things can change in a few years...

Which strip are you talking about?

[Keltest]

You know something else that weirds me out about Tilly? Their eyebrows are waaay up on their forehead because theyre above their glasses. This isn't always strange, but when she is, for example, looking downcast there ends up being more space between her eyes and eyebrows than between her eyes and mouth.

[Max_Killjoy]

Which strip are you talking about?

The one where the copy-paste of the link evidently failed.

[Wraith]

You know something else that weirds me out about Tilly? Their eyebrows are waaay up on their forehead because theyre above their glasses. This isn't always strange, but when she is, for example, looking downcast there ends up being more space between her eyes and eyebrows than between her eyes and mouth.

It's a cartoony representation of a very strong prescriptive lens, and it has some basing in real life. I, for example, have a pretty strong prescription for my spectacles, and I've been told countless times how long and luxurious my eyelashes are (they're not, but they just look that way through the lens) or how freakishly small my eyes are when I take them off.

The bigger the magnification, the more exaggerated each movement appears from the outside and it messes with how people see the proportions of your face. I think it's a very nice touch from Jeph - a subtle, but plausible, suggestion that Tilly is a stereotypical nerd with coke-bottle specs.

[Vinyadan]

Btw, if Tilly is from an important family, then maybe there's no need for such a job, gained through heredity rather than capacity.

[masterjoda99]

The arc is self-aware, and knows just how completely unnecessary, unfulfilling, and unwanted it is, and is just thumbing its nose at us at this point.

[Yana]

Which makes it ever so much worse.

[Max_Killjoy]

Hanners, stop channeling my thought process...

https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1276

[Max_Killjoy]

Back to the present... Hanners looks scarily like her mother in this one.

[eee]

Yes, Hanners, use the POWER of the Dark Side of the Force!

You'll need it. I think your mother is a master...

Back to the present... Hanners looks scarily like her mother in this one.

That's what I was thinking.

[rooster707]

Something about Hanners' head just looks... off in this comic. (Also Taffy's glasses, but that's nothing new.)

[Cikomyr]

I dont care about Taffy at this point

But i am 100% hooked about Hannelore's side of the story

[Morquard]

Am I the only one who thought at first glance that Hanners and Taffy were holding hands in the last panel?

[eee]

Ah, Dune reference. She employs a bunch of SF nerds.

Am I the only one who thought at first glance that Hanners and Taffy were holding hands in the last panel?

Hadn't thought of it; but yes, I can see how, unless you looked closely, you could get the idea.

[Cikomyr]

DUNE REFERENCE! I MISSED YOU SO MUCH!

Showdown time

[Keltest]

Is the comic going to take an abrupt turn into a fallout-esque post-apocalyptic wasteland? Because that seems like a probable outcome of this conflict.

[Wraith]

I can imagine this going one of two ways.

One is that Hannelore goes in there, busts her mom's balls, lays down the law.... And thus proves herself to be her mother's daughter after all. She has The Voice and the mentality to kick corporate ass and get exactly what she wants; welcome to the Dark Side, likely to Hannelore's disgust.

Alternatively, she tries to do that but her mom shouts her down. She tells Hannelore how weak and neurotic she is, and that she clearly needs to spend more time under supervision and/or medication.... Only for Tilly to jump in and defend their employer with unexpected vigor. They're Hannelore's PA, not her mom's, and it's their job to look after their client against any attempt at intrusion. Thus Tilly proves themselves as useful to Hannelore - while their job as a PA might not require much in the way of day-to-day activity, they are certainly going to be retained to keep Ms.Elliot-Chatham Senior at bay - and they find a permanent place in the QC roster.

Or someone gets eaten by the robo-horse and they all bond during the inevitable rescue attempt. Maybe. I'unno, it's just a theory.

[Max_Killjoy]

Going back to my archive-dive... is this before or after other comics where characters say the "singularity" has happened?

https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1586

[georgie_leech]

Going back to my archive-dive... is this before or after other comics where characters say the "singularity" has happened?

https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1586

Before, Winslow claims it happens somewhere in the 1700's. Er, in terms of comic number, I mean.

[Mith]

I can imagine this going one of two ways.

One is that Hannelore goes in there, busts her mom's balls, lays down the law.... And thus proves herself to be her mother's daughter after all. She has The Voice and the mentality to kick corporate ass and get exactly what she wants; welcome to the Dark Side, likely to Hannelore's disgust.

Alternatively, she tries to do that but her mom shouts her down. She tells Hannelore how weak and neurotic she is, and that she clearly needs to spend more time under supervision and/or medication.... Only for Tilly to jump in and defend their employer with unexpected vigor. They're Hannelore's PA, not her mom's, and it's their job to look after their client against any attempt at intrusion. Thus Tilly proves themselves as useful to Hannelore - while their job as a PA might not require much in the way of day-to-day activity, they are certainly going to be retained to keep Ms.Elliot-Chatham Senior at bay - and they find a permanent place in the QC roster.

Or someone gets eaten by the robo-horse and they all bond during the inevitable rescue attempt. Maybe. I'unno, it's just a theory.

I am hoping for a combination of the first two. It shows Hanners ability to stand for herself and Tilly to prove themself useful as a PA.

[Dukkai]

I'm hoping the robo-horse eats Tilly/Taffy...

has anyone actually died in QC? Apart from Faye's dad?

[tyckspoon]

I'm hoping the robo-horse eats Tilly/Taffy...

has anyone actually died in QC? Apart from Faye's dad?

There is that one girl who got eaten by an allosaurus. That's probably not survivable.

[Max_Killjoy]

There is that one girl who got eaten by an allosaurus. That's probably not survivable.

Happened "off-screen". There's also an unofficial comic somewhere (I can't find it now) of her missing an arm and with a pet allosaurus.

[Max_Killjoy]

Also... Faye is right:

https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1892


They're freaking out over this:

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Amhe...3!2d42.3250896

[Traab]

I drive farther than that to get to work every day. Of course, im a driver for a job too, so my sense of scale isnt that reliable either. If I drive less than 200 miles during my shift its a slow day.

This is one of the routes ive driven for part of my day as an example. There and back is a nice way to spend 5 hours of your shift, give or take.

[eee]

I'm hoping the robo-horse eats Tilly/Taffy...

has anyone actually died in QC? Apart from Faye's dad?

The supervillain Steve ("The US Department of Kicking Your Ass!") confronted does not seem to be around anymore...

[Vinyadan]

This seems to be the first time roborights are brought up: https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1900

[Traab]

Wow, laying down the law AND a bit of physical violence? Go Hanners!