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2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:34 am
by Dissension
[ So Delightful ]

Title Text: Only someone so arrogant would act so humble

It just so happens Zachary is also Opener-atheist.

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:05 am
by IceKitsune
I have a feeling this is going to end with the two of them becoming very good friends (maybe dating, perhaps?) and her being the only one of the forest animals that will treat him normally. I also have a feeling she is going to go back to the woods and fake believing in the Opener.

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:05 am
by silveratus
I don't know whether I want this back and forth to go on longer, or for the realization that he just doesn't want to be a prophet to get through to her.

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:06 am
by Iceheart
Don't you hate it when a culture worships you as a god, and the only member of said culture that does not worship you doesn't believe that you hate being worshiped?

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:10 am
by Vyath
Looks like Jessica is just too determined to dislike Zach at all costs :)

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:12 am
by GameCobra
She would be a good news reporter. Downplaying the truth at anytime.

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:15 am
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
IceKitsune wrote:I have a feeling this is going to end with the two of them becoming very good friends (maybe dating, perhaps?)
and the Jessica Rabbit ship begins, just as I predicted

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:17 am
by Gbr23
Oh come on Zack, dont do this thing where you´re this real nice guy who wants to help someone just because, we know you, you are not fooling anyone ! (Im joking by the way, just wanted to clarify that)

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:18 am
by Hedronal
O Zachary, this explanation may take awhile. Fortunately it's what you'd try to explain, and she came to 'talk' about. I like the distance effect in panel four, it helps with the delivery.

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:29 am
by D-Rock
Oy, she's a stubborn one. You know, I'm not surprised that she's well-versed in "the Opener's scriptures."

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:42 am
by valerio
Jesse's last words just make her disturbingly close to Bino's way of thinking...
LuckilY Grape's not around this time :lol:

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:45 am
by Welsh Halfwit
D-Rock wrote:Oy, she's a stubborn one. You know, I'm not surprised that she's well-versed in "the Opener's scriptures."
It sounds like all her friends are so she'll have heard all the scriptures if she believes them or not.

For dear Zach, life is hard
when it comes to ferals..
What he says and what he does
the truth never quite levels.
There's a reason for it all
and, if not, there's an excuse.
It makes it hard to argue
when accused of being obtuse.
She's worried and confused
and anger's her best defence
She'll make him admit fraud;
she'll break this 'mild' pretence.
So stand by for a visit, Tiny tum.
This 'prophet' is gonna come
whether it's as in the holy book
or by the power of Jess’s right hook...

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 2:34 am
by Hlaoroo
RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote: and the Jessica Rabbit ship begins, just as I predicted
Jessica Rabbit! :lol: Just wait until Roger finds out about that! :lol:

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 3:34 am
by CHAOKOCartoons
Geez, you just can't please some people huh?
RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:
IceKitsune wrote:I have a feeling this is going to end with the two of them becoming very good friends (maybe dating, perhaps?)

and the Jessica Rabbit ship begins, just as I predicted
I ship that so badly right now--I MEAN-- what?

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 4:23 am
by GeckoZY
This would be one really long night for Zach...

Anything you say or do WILL be used against you. XD

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 5:10 am
by Argent
Hammer mixed metaphors much, Jessica?

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 6:34 am
by gameangel147
Just give up, you can't win against her. But if you give up, then she will think even less of you. Either way your bucked.

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 6:36 am
by Acritic2
Zach is starting to remind me of Emmet
He too was mistaken for someone important in "The Lego Movie"
(I've only seen the trailors, but i want to see the movie soon.)

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 6:50 am
by WeirdGamer
RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:
IceKitsune wrote:I have a feeling this is going to end with the two of them becoming very good friends (maybe dating, perhaps?)
and the Jessica Rabbit ship begins, just as I predicted
I've been shipping it since the last strip. Also, no matter what the woodlanders' stance on him, poor Zach just can't win.

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 6:57 am
by Gamewolf67
By "Humility" she means "Just being plain stuboorn".

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 7:19 am
by WhoElseButQuagmire
It would be funny if Pete suddenly appeared and made Zach appear God like just to mess with the bunny :)

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 7:31 am
by Frank
I have a feeling Rick did this strip like this just so he could have fun reading the comments :lol:

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 8:38 am
by TheOne
silveratus wrote:I don't know whether I want this back and forth to go on longer, or for the realization that he just doesn't want to be a prophet to get through to her.
I would like the dialogue for the next strip to go something like this:

Zack: Look here! The only reason any of this 'Opener' nonsense keeps going on is because nobody's been listening to me! And the only reason it started is because I pushed some stupid button on a door!

Jessica: Wait, that's not what I...

Zack (interrupting): Then I was forced to stand around in a cold, dark room everyone says it was a temple until I pressed another button.

Jessica (quietly): Wait, that doesn't match what...

Zack (still monologueing): Since then, I've been mercilessly followed around, had my personal belongings stolen and can't get a moment's peace because of all the chanting outside the house at every hour!

Jessica (quietly): So that's where Falstaff and Truck keep sneaking off to.

Zack (continuing): Well I've had it! I'm sick of all the mindless followers who refuse to fend for themselves despite every opportunity. I'm sick of being harassed and stolen from!
Zack looks up and shouts at the ceiling...
HEY MISTER GIANT BIRD! GET DOWN HERE! I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME AND WE NEED TO TALK!

*POOF!*
Pete appears.

Pete (smugly): Having a nice tantrum, are we?

Zack: Shut it!

Jessica (really quietly): I'm just going to feint now, is that okay?

To be continued...

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 10:04 am
by RatHead
WhoElseButQuagmire wrote:It would be funny if Pete suddenly appeared and made Zach appear God like just to mess with the bunny :)
ROFL that would be Soo much win

Zach: "Hey what the heck? Holy Carp!"
Jess: "You're a Rabbit."
Zach: "Not what I meant"
:lol:
TheOne wrote:
silveratus wrote:I don't know whether I want this back and forth to go on longer, or for the realization that he just doesn't want to be a prophet to get through to her.
I would like the dialogue for the next strip to go something like this:

Zack: Look here! The only reason any of this 'Opener' nonsense keeps going on is because nobody's been listening to me! And the only reason it started is because I pushed some stupid button on a door!

Jessica: Wait, that's not what I...

Zack (interrupting): Then I was forced to stand around in a cold, dark room everyone says it was a temple until I pressed another button.

Jessica (quietly): Wait, that doesn't match what...

Zack (still monologueing): Since then, I've been mercilessly followed around, had my personal belongings stolen and can't get a moment's peace because of all the chanting outside the house at every hour!

Jessica (quietly): So that's where Falstaff and Truck keep sneaking off to.

Zack (continuing): Well I've had it! I'm sick of all the mindless followers who refuse to fend for themselves despite every opportunity. I'm sick of being harassed and stolen from!
Zack looks up and shouts at the ceiling...
HEY MISTER GIANT BIRD! GET DOWN HERE! I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME AND WE NEED TO TALK!

*POOF!*
Pete appears.

Pete (smugly): Having a nice tantrum, are we?

Zack: Shut it!

Jessica (really quietly): I'm just going to feint now, is that okay?

To be continued...
Yes, YES PLEASE ^THIS^ RICK Oh and BTW, TheOne, you're a scriptwiriting genius.

Sorry i haven't been making comic posts much guys, but my charge cable for my laptop is broken (in ways it "shouldn't" be) and i'm trying to get them to send me a new one for free. Now i have to use the computer in the buisness office of my apartment complex, which logs me off every hour, and is only 9-5 :(

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 10:40 am
by RioluNation
Am I the only one who knows how Zach feels? 'Cuz I certainly do.

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 10:52 am
by Perfesser_Bear
Dissension wrote:I think you should click this text and be transported to a wonderful land of comic discussion and enforced politeness. :3
I should like to respectfully ask to be impolite, please, it's all right with you. Thank you.

I'm not sure where this is going -- that is, I don't know if it's going to develop into a relationship or just teach Jessica some manners -- but i really like the direction it's taking. I'm pretty sure I have an old DVD of Life of Brian around here, somewhere...

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:17 am
by Muse
Is it just me, or does Zach look more purple than usual?

Or, am I just having a brain fart, thinking hes light grey?

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:20 am
by Silly Zealot
How does Jessica not know about Christmas?! Has she been living under a rock in the woo-?! Oh, wait!
IceKitsune wrote:I have a feeling this is going to end with the two of them becoming very good friends (maybe dating, perhaps?) and her being the only one of the forest animals that will treat him normally. I also have a feeling she is going to go back to the woods and fake believing in the Opener.
Could be, or maybe he'll somehow end up helping Ink's son and unwittingly turning Jessica into a full believer.
silveratus wrote:I don't know whether I want this back and forth to go on longer, or for the realization that he just doesn't want to be a prophet to get through to her.
It goes on to show she was not nearly as disbelieving as she.... well, believed.

I agree with TheOne: Zachary should grow a backbone and stand up to those critter bullies!
Neo, you are truly a great script writer!
Iceheart wrote:Don't you hate it when a culture worships you as a god, and the only member of said culture that does not worship you doesn't believe that you hate being worshiped?
Yes, it's a daily problem of mine. : P

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:24 am
by rickgriffin
Argent wrote:Hammer mixed metaphors much, Jessica?
I don't think she's actually played cards

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:28 am
by Welsh Halfwit
rickgriffin wrote:
Argent wrote:Hammer mixed metaphors much, Jessica?
I don't think she's actually played cards
She'd have a great poker face.

Bad hand - anger and confusion - "Who rigged these cards?"
Decent hand - Anger and confusion - "Which of these guys has a better hand and HOW?"
Winning hand - Anger and confusion - "Who's trying to make me happy by fixing the cards so I win?"

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:37 am
by aBritishfox
Welsh Halfwit wrote:
rickgriffin wrote:
Argent wrote:Hammer mixed metaphors much, Jessica?
I don't think she's actually played cards
She'd have a great poker face.

Bad hand - anger and confusion - "Who rigged these cards?"
Decent hand - Anger and confusion - "Which of these guys has a better hand and HOW?"
Winning hand - Anger and confusion - "Who's trying to make me happy by fixing the cards so I win?"
All in all, the perfect poker player.

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:16 pm
by Saturn381
Hlaoroo wrote:
RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote: and the Jessica Rabbit ship begins, just as I predicted
Jessica Rabbit! :lol: Just wait until Roger finds out about that! :lol:
Let's just hope they're just playing pattycake. :lol:

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:33 pm
by Macsen
I'm really starting to not like Jessica.

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:42 pm
by Hedronal
Silly Zealot wrote:
IceKitsune wrote:I have a feeling this is going to end with the two of them becoming very good friends (maybe dating, perhaps?) and her being the only one of the forest animals that will treat him normally. I also have a feeling she is going to go back to the woods and fake believing in the Opener.
Could be, or maybe he'll somehow end up helping Ink's son and unwittingly turning Jessica into a full believer.
Perhaps even Zach will accept the role by Openermas time.
Silly Zealot wrote:
silveratus wrote:I don't know whether I want this back and forth to go on longer, or for the realization that he just doesn't want to be a prophet to get through to her.
It goes on to show she was not nearly as disbelieving as she.... well, believed.
Rather she seems to be stubbornly keeping to her belief in who he is, and her disbelief in what he is.

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:23 pm
by aBritishfox
Kitch wrote:I'm really starting to not like Jessica.
Strange, I like her.

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:38 pm
by Vuk91
At first I tought Jessica is a stereotype of an atheist, but now, I see she's only the immature half of it. If I was her, I would inmediatelly hug Zach and say "THank you, you are on my side! I promise I will never Worship you like the other ferals do. Lets be friends forever and I love you!"

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:47 pm
by Welsh Halfwit
Vuk91 wrote:At first I tought Jessica is a stereotype of an atheist, but now, I see she's only the immature half of it. If I was her, I would inmediatelly hug Zach and say "THank you, you are on my side! I promise I will never Worship you like the other ferals do. Lets be friends forever and I love you!"
She's a realist but, like it or lump it, she's been indoctrinated into the stories of the great opener. It may take quite a few rebuttals for her to believe the legendary things 'he did' were nothing special.

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 2:13 pm
by bug1
What do ya know Zach is having a bit of opener problems. :)

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 2:33 pm
by Hedronal
Welsh Halfwit wrote:She's a realist but, like it or lump it, she's been indoctrinated into the stories of the great opener. It may take quite a few rebuttals for her to believe the legendary things 'he did' were nothing special.
I'd say Jess already believes that Zach did ordinary things, but she thinks that they were tricks of his instead of accidental or coincidences.

Re: 2013/12/16 - So Delightful

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 2:41 pm
by bug1
Welsh Halfwit wrote:
Vuk91 wrote:At first I tought Jessica is a stereotype of an atheist, but now, I see she's only the immature half of it. If I was her, I would inmediatelly hug Zach and say "THank you, you are on my side! I promise I will never Worship you like the other ferals do. Lets be friends forever and I love you!"
She's a realist but, like it or lump it, she's been indoctrinated into the stories of the great opener. It may take quite a few rebuttals for her to believe the legendary things 'he did' were nothing special.
I agree with that, I hope we see her more, she seems like she's gonna be hilarious!! :lol: