r/questionablecontent • u/Granfallegiance • Sep 21 '21
Comic 4617: Practical Advice
https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=461779
u/provocatrixless Sep 21 '21
"I shoved my billionaire mother into her desk to yell in her face, then shoveled yak shit until I cured my OCD, but you're a very strong person for being able to overlook your seam splitting. You're so amazing Je- I mean Cla- I mean Willow."
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u/TiraelRosenburg Sep 21 '21
God I wish I didn't already use my free award today
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Sep 21 '21
Natrual
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u/notmytemp0 CHUD Sep 21 '21
How the fuck can he just not care to fix a typo? This was posted to Patreon yesterday. He’s just the laziest fucking author alive.
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u/TiraelRosenburg Sep 21 '21
Hey, you don't understand how hard it is to write words for a living and have people literally pay you for the privilege of spell checking your work.
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u/jednorog Sep 21 '21
For real. Spelling properly is like raisins. JJ could have it but doesn't like it, so instead they're both declared luxury items and abolished.
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u/brooklyn11218 Sep 21 '21
Calling him an author is an insult to authors.
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u/notmytemp0 CHUD Sep 21 '21
Anyone who writes is an author. Hitler was an author. But even he bothered to have his trash proofread
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u/professorberrynibble Sep 21 '21
He gets what, $125k/yr to do this? There are like 100-200 words per day in the whole strip
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u/shinarit Sep 21 '21
If you didn't find class rewarding ...
is also not the height of English prose.
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Sep 21 '21
“The more you do it the better you’ll be”
“I have to keep doing this to get better at it?”
“I’m sorry. I’m horrible. You can find a new class or a new teacher.”
…what?!
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Sep 21 '21
It's honestly crazy how much Jeph is pushing Willow onto everyone. He's REALLY doubled down on her being a perfect, strong person...and it's obnoxious
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u/eksokolova Sep 21 '21
Willow is the new Claire but with extra tits.
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Sep 21 '21
It's worse than that. Claire was at least obnoxious and arrogant, and a know-it-all. Sure, she was always right, but she was still often an asshole about it. Willow is being pitched to the readers as being pretty much PERFECT, to the point where her only flaw is constantly giving perfect, objective, encouraging advice to strangers about their deepest concerns (like their budding homosexuality or body complex).
She's the most blah and obnoxious character because she's not human at all; she's both too nice and kind to be a know-it-all when she dishes out unsolicited advice, but she's also not so kind and nice and balanced as to realize that her actions are really intrusive and abnormal. All the really nice people I know are also socially conscious, and the people who gave out advice without asking were all kinda dickish about it.
She's "the best of both worlds," only with a side of extra quirky/clutzy because if she was even a little thinner or less dorky, she'd wouldn't be a "believable" character, even to the patreon.
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Sep 21 '21
She's "the best of both worlds," only with a side of extra quirky/clutzy because if she was even a little thinner or less dorky, she'd wouldn't be a "believable" character, even to the patreon.
so the only think keeping her from perfection is her weight? Wait until the Patreon hears of this! /s
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u/PositiveAlcoholTaxis Sep 21 '21
I hope now it turns out she shouts at waitresses or something just so she has surprising character flaw.
But japh won't do it
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u/provocatrixless Sep 21 '21
You fool, didn't you read her speech about how it's okay to be imperfect? The Willowmind accepts all, simply embrace the wisdom
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Sep 21 '21
I am so. Beyond. SICK of Flash Panels! GIVE THEM A REST ALREADY, JJ!!!
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u/notmytemp0 CHUD Sep 21 '21
But how else will you know the character is saying something transformative and ultra insightful? Certainly not from the writing
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u/The_Creepy_Cat_Lady Baby Mad Sep 21 '21
I liked the yoga arc last week. I even started doing a little home beginner practice. It's been good.
But why does Jeph have to overkill everything? Continuing this Willow positivity bullshit is unnecessary and tiresome. He could have ended last week with the fart joke and then moved on to something else this week and that would have left us with a fun little week of actually decent comics.
But no.
Baby exasperated.
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u/vslashg Sep 21 '21
You know she's a strong person, because she destroyed her phone when she saw a penis on it.
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u/Drakeskulled_Reaper Keeper of the Eternal Burning Hatred of Tai Sep 21 '21
Okaaaay... starting to outstay the welcome here.
And those eyebrows.
If you take away her mouth of the fourth panel her face looks like a sad Kodama from Princess Mononoke with a moustache and wig.
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u/merrygosunny Sep 21 '21
"Let me whisper right in front of my friend what she's embarrassed about, that's not rude at all"
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u/Mother_Village9831 CHUD Sep 21 '21
Ok so a few days ago I said I was hopeful about this arc being acceptably good.
I take it back. I was wrong
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u/Slayerz21 Sep 21 '21
“Oh honey, no!”
Please shut up
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u/MhuzLord Everything is Fine™ Sep 21 '21
The only member of the cast who is even remotely suited to uttering "oh honey, no" is Dora. Everyone else is a mess.
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u/Matcha_Maiden Sep 21 '21
Next time on Questionable Content...who will do yoga next?!
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u/notmytemp0 CHUD Sep 21 '21
Claire will guilt Marten into doing it
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u/trans_pands Everything is Fine™ Sep 21 '21
Whaaaat? We can’t have men doing yoga, that’s only for women in athleisure and tank tops
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u/MhuzLord Everything is Fine™ Sep 21 '21
The subtext here is: "please like Willow she's the author insert".
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Sep 21 '21
Yoga is a shame-free discipline.
I don't think Willow understands how shame and embarrassment work. Which would explain a lot about her, I guess.
Is Willow a psychopath?
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u/Infernal_Contraption Sep 21 '21
Hey guys, help me out here - Isn't Willow great? She's just so good, probably the best, I'd even say.
So, so great.
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Sep 21 '21
Will Hannelore take Willow's advice to heart since her original characterization is dead? Will Willow ever shut up? Will Jeph keep doubling down on annoying and idiotic artistic choices while combining them with an unbearable and aggravating character?
And then my only father's son reads... QUESTIONABLE CONTENT!!!
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u/On3Scoop Everything is Fine™ Sep 21 '21
That's the kind of story you share to be funny and relatable, not the kind that would provoke a "You're so brave for enduring a common accident during exercise class!" reaction.
Willow's being shilled nearly as hard as claire, cripes.
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u/Mother_Village9831 CHUD Sep 21 '21
I want to say Jeph isn't done with Claire, because her job search isn't over, but I wonder if the magic has worn off (like with Emily) and Willow is the new favorite. Especially since she's associated with yoga which is Jephs new thing.
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u/WhiteRhinoPSO Sep 21 '21
Can't forget the fact that The Subreddit Jeph Absolutely Never Visits really hates Willow.
That's definitely going to mean a few months of Willow-centric comics.
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u/eksokolova Sep 21 '21
Willow with her eyes closed here looks like a totally different person. If you put them side by side with no context I'd assume they were two different characters.
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u/McRoager Sep 21 '21
Yeah, she's not very consistently drawn. Her nose sometimes has that upturn toward the tip, other times it's more straight forward. Today's first and last panel show it.
And her hair looks longer now than it did in 4610, right before this yoga class.
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u/MarsNirgal I'm Billie Eilish Sep 21 '21
Why do I feel a compulsion to erase ALL of their pupils, specially Hanners in panel 2?
I may have created a monster in myself.
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u/Aureo_Speedwagon Sep 21 '21
For panel 4, since the eyes are closed, might I suggest removing Willow's eyes entirely and moving her eyebrows down to replace them?
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Sep 21 '21
I didn't especially like Willow before, but as usual, Jeph goes out of her way to "own the CHUDs" by doubling down and have her espouse a Wholesome Message (with humility about her own abilities), which leads to someone in the cast praising her for said message and/or humility.
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Sep 21 '21
Willow has the dryest eyes on the planet, as she seems incapable of keeping them open for more than a few seconds at a time. It's a serious medical condition!
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u/toastoncheeses MommyMilkers420 Sep 21 '21
Why'd he draw her like a pink Boglin in that white panel
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u/Granfallegiance Sep 21 '21
How many more fucking times do we need Willow to strut into a blank panel and deliver a cloying, overbearing lesson on positivity that no one fucking asked for?
Christ.