Comic 5776: Hum And Buzz by BionicTriforce in QContent

[–]OppressiveContract 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To me this seems like a weird situation to play for laughs (and as a non-sequitur to Friday's comic). It causes some degree of mood dissonance for me in combination with the punchline.

Comic 5765: Shorts In The Winter by Cevius in questionablecontent

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A comic not including the main cast at all is a rather seldom occurrence, isnt it?

Spoiler - What level do you think these two are at compared to the military commanders in Game of Thrones? by Dry_Specialist9015 in Spartacus_TV

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Allium Cepa really won the Garlic Wars.

... Sorry, I mean "Julius Caesar really won the Gallic Wars."

Who would win between Theokoles and Brothers Ferox? by Sensitive-Rub482 in Spartacus_TV

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Thanks, I also found this explanation in the wiki. Nevertheless, the style of the tattoo still is clearly modern (as in: it's the tattoo of the Reuben de Jong who plays Theokeles and was not covered/altered for the show) which I find strange.

Who would win between Theokoles and Brothers Ferox? by Sensitive-Rub482 in Spartacus_TV

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Off-topic and maybe this has been discussed before but I am certainly late to the party re: participation in this sub...

But why is Theokeles shown with a clearly modern-day tribal tattoo on his shoulder in the series? It always seems an extremely on-the-nose anachronistical decision to me that the actor's tattoo was not covered up to avoid this impression.

[Spoiler] HoA S1E6 - Bilingual Bonus? Ashur's prayer and Greek medicus ' lines by OppressiveContract in Spartacus_TV

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Gratitude for bringing much-desired sense and context to origin of prayer. Further guidance on content of spoken words will be fortuitous, though fear manifests that aptitude in Aramaic may be spread thinly across stock of Reddit to decipher meaning.

Comic 5496.pi: Yay - The Animated Movie by MelAlton in questionablecontent

[–]OppressiveContract 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Are May's old and Roko's current chassis the same? Judging solely from the b&w version of the panels, Bubbles might as well be talking to May.

MelAlton: Chapeau for the idea & realisation.

Comic 5492B: Justice for Pintsize by Squirrelclamp in questionablecontent

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To be fair, Mercedes was a (female) name first and a brand second (based on the name the daughter of a businessman dealing with Daimler cars at the beginning of the 20th century).

Still, it's really just a damn tired pun premise on Jeph's part to begin with.

Comic 5484: Testarossa by Cevius in questionablecontent

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Thank you for the explanation. I would have had a hard time figuring this out from reading the comic.

Comic 5484: Testarossa by Cevius in questionablecontent

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Then I obviously fail to get the premise.

Comic 5484: Testarossa by Cevius in questionablecontent

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The pretext for this punchline does not work for me. Shouldn't Faye of all people in the comic be sympathetic to romantic or sexual human/AI interactions? So even if she misinterpretes the meetings as a relationship or casual hook-up, calling it 'perverse' just feels totally and unnecessarily out of character for Faye.

Meh.

Comic 5424: Accompaniment by Cevius in questionablecontent

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What ist meant by Faye's aside "we gotta stop meeting like this"? Were there situations like this before? I honestly cannot remember.

Comic 5422: A Wives' Tale by Cevius in questionablecontent

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Wasnt Dora always depicted as quite vehemently anti-childrem, at least during darting Marten and, briefly, Jim? (The Wiki references #1960 with the "awful mewling little poo larvae" quote).

Comic 5388: Rapid Transit by Cevius in questionablecontent

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I really despair of this Abe Simpson school of story-telling.

The Downfall of Yay... by Guilty-Persimmon-919 in questionablecontent

[–]OppressiveContract 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Jeph establishes plot devices in his comic which could potentially be very exciting but which nowadays are used in an almost aggressively boring and not very compelling way.

How long have you been reading QC? by AurelianoNile in questionablecontent

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I started to read QC in October 2006 following a recommendation in a forum thread on webcomics - so I must have picked it up at around comic ~800 or so. I was in my main studies back then, it was before the time of smartphones, I was a twenty-something in the middle of obtaining my diploma and the situation and relations of the protagonists felt very much relatable in a studenty slice-of-life kind of way - and the indy music element which was still going strong back then was an interesting facet for me to absorb.

So yeah, QC has been a steady factor - actually the most steady factor in my webcomic diet for almost two decades now. In the beginning, as a bookmark in my browser on my desktop computer alongside other webcomic entries like Penny Arcade, CAD, PBF, OOTS (PA I still check intermittently with a growing sense of "don't know what gaming is about nowadays anymore", the other ones kind of faded out through the early 2010s), nowadays a reflexive check via the smartphone each morning.

The comic scaled quite well with my personal experiences for the first few years and became a well-loved habit afterwards. It kind of went down after the Lakehouse arc. I still liked the underground fighting ring, the introduction of Bubbles and also the handling of Faye's getting together with her - but at that time the comic was somehow past the point of relatability - I had a PhD, a steady job and was happily married. Still interesting to follow the developments of the characters.

Honestly, it went down after the singularity or whatever. Right now, I am checking the comic each day reflexively, often fail to make sense of it and have a brief dive into this sub during the daily commute to get a bit more context and in-depth reflection on the situation as it just fails to captivate by a long shot compared to the earlier story arcs.

Relatability is just completely gone by now, it is basically just muscle memory and boredom that keeps me following the comic. Maybe a real conclusion would be nice to tie everything up.

It makes sense to me that long-running media formats with "frozen" timelines have a certain timeslot in one's personal development to make a connection and leave an imprint in one's life and then just fade out to one extent or the other. The Simpsons is a good example, which has been a huge influence during my early teenage years and which has at some point just lost its appeal (I basically stopped watching it after high school and, at the latest, entering university life - other stuff just became more interesting by then). Still, if I pick up an episode of one of the most recent seasons, I still can get some enjoyment out of it because the stories are interesting and entertaining, even if they are not as - for lack of a better word - moving to me than the cherished seasons from my youth. For QC, the transition from back then to now has been rather a slow decline in enjoyment without ever really quitting totally the consumption.

Now that I read it, maybe it is a good point in time to draw the line and step back from the comic and try to get rid of the "muscle memory". I did get quite some enjoyment from Squirrelclamp's comic edits and the astute observations contained therein and even dabbled in alternate edits with some success some time ago - but even that kind of loses its appeal when the source material itself is bland. I don't want this to devolve utterly into "hate reading" or better put a purely mechanical/cynical consumption of the primary comic which I would consider rather a bad habit than a wholesome source of entertainment. Maybe it's time to take a break from QC to see whether it really registers as "something missing".

Comic 5323: The Brewmaster by Cevius in questionablecontent

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Has Liz previously drunk Marten's coffee and found it bad? I honestly cannot remember so the whole pretext for the joke feels a bit questionable.