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Philippe and Ultra Peanut ran around naked because that's what 5 year old kids do. They haul their clothes off and run around giggling without having any loving clue why, and then an adult chases after them trying to get them dressed again which makes them run faster and laugh harder.
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DocFrance posted:Bill Watterson never said "Hmm yes, let's have a story arc exploring the deep philosophical ramifications of a boy who has been six for almost a decade." So what's the current arc about? What's with that look that his mom gives the pictures of Phillipe that all show him at the same age (5)?
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Apr 13, 2010 23:11
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DocFrance posted:Philippe is five just as Calvin is six and Bart is ten. This is never brought up as any kind of serious issue, at most you get a self-aware joke about it. Bill Watterson never said "Hmm yes, let's have a story arc exploring the deep philosophical ramifications of a boy who has been six for almost a decade." What does what Bill Watterson did or didn't do have to do with what Chris Onstad is or isn't doing?
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Apr 13, 2010 23:13
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:So what's the current arc about? What's with that look that his mom gives the pictures of Phillipe that all show him at the same age (5)? That was in reaction to his meal request.
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Apr 13, 2010 23:29
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Rodney the Piper posted:That was in reaction to his meal request. They were rhetorical questions to Doc France who I guess is trying to tell himself that a punchline is coming any day now. It'll have brown crunchy bits and delicious juices. 
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Apr 13, 2010 23:37
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I'm saying it's more about the tragedy of parents getting old and things never feeling the same as the first time than it is about a magic otter boy who never ages, and that people are reading into the "Philippe is five" thing too much.
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Apr 13, 2010 23:41
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Amateur Sketch posted:Also, the multiple pictures of "Phillipe: Age 5" are pretty creepy. There is a disturbing amount of complexity behind Phillipe being 5. It is funny that they all look like Phillipe did in the early days, with a slightly more exaggerated :3 mouth and line eyes. See, he does age.
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Apr 14, 2010 00:07
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DocFrance posted:I'm saying it's more about the tragedy of parents getting old and things never feeling the same as the first time than it is about a magic otter boy who never ages, and that people are reading into the "Philippe is five" thing too much. Exactly. And I think the creepy insistence that Philippe ask for that dinner was a way of making sure living with his mom again is what is really best for him.
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Jesus christ this thread turned into assetbar. You guys are sperging out. Stop it. This is like watching people try to debate the legal system of Kafka's The Trial. It's just missing the point. poor and weird fucked around with this message at 00:44 on Apr 14, 2010 |
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Apr 14, 2010 00:41
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God! I've never wanted to start a joint company less in my life!
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Apr 14, 2010 00:47
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Guys, we need to stop fighting and focus on what's really important. This new shirt.
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Apr 14, 2010 02:36
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EndOfTheWorld posted:
not gonna lie, "Dust in the Wind" started playing from an unseen boombox as I read this.
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Apr 14, 2010 03:34
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Here, let me cheer things up!  I re-read the Trip to Germany arc, as I visited Germany last year for work and wanted to see if I could use my newfound encyclopedic knowledge of Germany to pick up on any references to stuff in the strips. Like Ray, I flew into Frankfurt, and like Ray, I initially had problems getting a hang on the German lingo (though I did recall what "pommes oder brot" meant thanks to the strip). Unlike Ray, I did not make a suit out of copies of "Der Spiegel" nor did I partake of any fingernail schnapps (I stuck to several rounds of "ein großes hefeweizen, bitte" for my nightly imbibing). Sadly I didn't get to partake of a currywurst, either. 
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Apr 14, 2010 04:58
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Wandering Knitter posted:Guys, we need to stop fighting and focus on what's really important. unfortunately this shirt, out of context, reminds me of those Big Johnson shirts or something similar. the other day I was wearing my rabbit ambulance shirt and was asked by a stranger to explain it. with the sex bicycle shirt, I'd be embarrassed of not explaining it.
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Grandpa Pap posted:Here, let me cheer things up! I had a similar experience in Austria last month. Also I wore that Teodor shirt with all the German on it and they told me it was really bad German, although they liked the use of "Stammtisch".
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robot roll call posted:I had a similar experience in Austria last month. Also I wore that Teodor shirt with all the German on it and they told me it was really bad German, although they liked the use of "Stammtisch". Amerikanisches Schadenwasser is perfectly acceptable German, it just doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
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ZipOtter posted:Amerikanisches Schadenwasser is perfectly acceptable German, it just doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
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Fillerbunny posted:the other day I was wearing my rabbit ambulance shirt and was asked by a stranger to explain it. Because if so I'd like to know so I can address the blank stares I get after explaining my internet comic tshirt.
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robot roll call posted:I had a similar experience in Austria last month. Also I wore that Teodor shirt with all the German on it and they told me it was really bad German, although they liked the use of "Stammtisch". That is perfectly-constructed German. Austrians just really don't like anything they aren't familiar with (e.g., neologisms, non-Austrians, pubic hair that isn't platinum blonde and severely shaped). Isn't Austria still like 92% anti-Semitic? I wash my hands of these people who mocked my t-shirt with the bear carrying a big beer.
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From Dinosaur Comics: Chris, you know what you must do. The people demand a pretty princess courtroom romance from Cornelius. 
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I was trying to get my friend into Achewood and she asked me a while ago to explain why stuffed animals would be looking at porn. I had to explain that they aren't all stuffed animals.
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Apr 15, 2010 03:24
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Skadi posted:I was trying to get my friend into Achewood and she asked me a while ago to explain why stuffed animals would be looking at porn. I had to explain that they aren't all stuffed animals.
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Apr 15, 2010 03:27
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Skadi posted:I was trying to get my friend into Achewood and she asked me a while ago to explain why stuffed animals would be looking at porn. I had to explain that they aren't all stuffed animals. Wait until you have to explain how a stuffed animal gets morning wood.
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^^Edit: Well it hasn't been up in three days. Yeah basically I explained that there are real animals (the cats, Todd, and some others), the robots, and the stuffed animals (Lyle, Teodore, Philippe) and even though they are animals, robots, and stuffed animals, they still lead adult lives (save Philippe.)
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Skadi posted:^^Edit: Well it hasn't been up in three days. "Adult" lives--like "mature" content--in that it's anything but. Is what I guess you mean.
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 NEW STRIP Nightlights are simultaneously reassuring and disquieting. One of Philippe's recipes in the first cookbook mentions appetizers his mom and dad made in their house in Bourdeaux before the fire. And now his mom lives in Iowa. That little tidbit makes the sadness of the pork chop in the last strip that much worse. It is hard to top an Iowan pork tenderloin sandwich.
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Apr 15, 2010 12:19
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Oh god when will the plight of the little Otter end .
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When Philippe returns to Achewood, he will be able to turn the table on Liebot by telling tales of what are truly the saddest things.
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God I remember as a kid waking up sometimes and not knowing where I was and having no memory of how I got there and it's loving terrifying until your memory catches up and you realize you're spending the night at a friend's or you're visiting relatives somewhere. Poor little Otter
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robot touch posted:"Adult" lives--like "mature" content--in that it's anything but. Is what I guess you mean. Yeah that's a better term for it. Mature content- paying bills and buying the silence of the pizza delivery man.
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Oh man, my grandma had a junk desk drawer like the one Philippe's mom has. Instead of Tic-Tac-Toe there were Yahtzee scoresheets, a plastic hourglass from Boggle or something, and no dice. I feel for the little guy right now.
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withak posted:Why is Phillipe wearing shoes? He just got out of bed...they are slippers.
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They're his father's shoes, which are of course too big for his feet.
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Phillipe has never been depicted not wearing shoes. Now somebody will post the one strip that proves me wrong.
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Erebus posted:It is funny that they all look like Phillipe did in the early days, with a slightly more exaggerated :3 mouth and line eyes. This is actually a nice touch, because those portraits of Phillipe are the same ones from way back in this strip from April 11, 2002: http://achewood.com/index.php?date=04112002 Noticed that when I was reading a few of the Teodore's party strips from a link earlier.
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robot touch posted:"Adult" lives--like "mature" content--in that it's anything but. Is what I guess you mean. being an adult doesn't mean you get any less juvenile it just means you realize how juvenile you are
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withak posted:Why is Phillipe wearing shoes? Another older strip, recently brought up in the thread: http://achewood.com/index.php?date=04092002 Philippe has been wearing shoes for a while.
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I think he meant why was Philippe wearing shoes when he hadn't even put on pants yet. It looked like he might have been sleeping in them.
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If you have to ask why Philippe is wearing shoes without pants, you're obviously not much of an achewood fan.
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