[qman]/001 inky says, “hmm”
[qman]/002 inky says, “plot’s taking some interesting twists in the past couple days”
[qman]/003 Ellison says, “I look forward to when it gets back to the Q-Man punching things”
[qman]/004 inky says, “ha ha”
[qman]/005 DavidW says, “I’m mostly baffled as to what’s been happening so far. I assume, months from now, we’ll reread these strips with better understanding.”
[qman]/006 inky says, “we should discuss it here so Rob can repost it in the comments later”
[qman]/007 inky says, “anyway, one obvious thing I don’t get is the relation of number one and zed”
[qman]/008 DavidW says, “And ‘alpha prime’.”
[qman]/009 inky asks, “is the deal that zed heads a sub-organization within the organization and number one heads the whole thing?”
[qman]/010 inky asks, “so they nominally promoted the guy but actually took him off the project he was interested in?”
[qman]/011 DavidW says, “I think Alpha Prime heads the whole thing.”
[qman]/012 inky says, “hmm”
[qman]/013 DavidW asks, “The woman was the previous Number One, I think? And she said she had 144,000 children to take care of? Something like that?”
[qman]/014 inky asks, “do you think they were lying about it being a promotion then?”
[qman]/015 DavidW says, “oh no.”
[qman]/016 inky says, “I guess re-reading, number one is probably the public face of the organization”
[qman]/017 DavidW says, “Lawrence is a useful resource they don’t want to squander. But he *was* causing some sort of problem that had to be squelched.”
[qman]/018 DavidW says, “The Hierarchy is secret. I don’t think ‘public face’ is quite accurate a term.”
[qman]/019 inky says, “I’m not sure we know that”
[qman]/020 inky asks, “like, aren’t they associated with the military somehow?”
[qman]/021 DavidW says, “We know dick-all, really. I have no idea what the Hierarchy is interested in.”
[qman]/022 inky says, “also, in the last panel of http://whoistheqman.com/archives/2010/04/22/158 she calls him “colonel armstrong” with quotes”
[qman]/023 DavidW says, “Well, I believe the Col. Armstrong story is fake. That machine was feeding him artificial memories, not merely informing him of his past.”
[qman]/024 inky asks, “hmm, do we know that?”
[qman]/025 inky asks, “I am willing to believe it, but do we know i?”
[qman]/026 inky says, “^t”
[qman]/027 DavidW says, “No, we know dick-all.”
[qman]/028 DavidW says, “We can only guess.”
[qman]/029 DavidW says, “But it’s not exactly normally to strap a guy into a chair and lock a mind-thingy helmet on his head just to play a movie.”
[qman]/030 inky says, “but it’s in sense-o-vision!”
[qman]/031 DavidW says, “And, as you say, she used quotes around his name.”
[qman]/032 inky says, “the quotes may mean “this is your new name now, get used to it”"
[qman]/033 DavidW says, “Any idea why Lawrence went all whoosy? They seemed to think it was something in the wine, but I doubt it.”
[qman]/034 inky says, “hmm”
[qman]/035 inky says, “I wonder if there is any possibility he is connected to the q computer”
[qman]/036 DavidW says, “well, we know Lawrence has a secret agenda of his own.”
[qman]/038 Rob says, “I can’t tell you how satisfying it is to see people digging into a discussion of it like this”
[qman]/039 Rob says, “there’s only one question I’ll answer, because it wasn’t quite as clear as it could have been: yes, laurence put something in the wine, and when it splashed on him, he got a dose of his own medicine”
[qman]/040 DavidW says, “well, there’s a lot of questions opened up, and I imagine it’ll take many episodes to answer a handful of them.”
[qman]/041 DavidW says, “ah”
[qman]/042 Rob says, “yeah in fact I want q man to go back to punching things for a bit, just like Ellison”
[qman]/043 DavidW says, “heh heh”
[qman]/044 DavidW says, “Q Smash!”
[qman]/045 inky says, “oh, heh”
[qman]/046 Ellison says, “hee, yay”
[qman]/047 Ellison says, “not that the other stuff isn’t interesting, because now we know mustaches are evil while bearded characters have integrity (as I am interpreting it)”
[qman]/048 inky says, “ha ha”
[qman]/049 DavidW says, “It’s weird. The Q-Man, considered by himself, is being presented as some sort of hybrid of the Six Million Dollar Man and Kitt from Night Rider. Except damn near everything else in the strip is screaming that a helluva lot more is going on and things aren’t that simple at all.”
[qman]/050 Rob says, “ha ha”
[qman]/051 Rob says (to DW), “fascinating, isn’t it !”
[qman]/052 DavidW says, “well, yes”
[qman]/053 inky says, “it’s as if Rob has some hidden agenda”
[qman]/054 Ellison says, “ha ha”
[qman]/055 DavidW says, “Rob is Lawrence!”
[qman]/056 DavidW says (to inky), “Don’t drink the wine!”
[qman]/001 inky says, “hmm”
[qman]/002 inky says, “plot’s taking some interesting twists in the past couple days”
[qman]/003 Ellison says, “I look forward to when it gets back to the Q-Man punching things”
[qman]/004 inky says, “ha ha”
[qman]/005 DavidW says, “I’m mostly baffled as to what’s been happening so far. I assume, months from now, we’ll reread these strips with better understanding.”
[qman]/006 inky says, “we should discuss it here so Rob can repost it in the comments later”
[qman]/007 inky says, “anyway, one obvious thing I don’t get is the relation of number one and zed”
[qman]/008 DavidW says, “And ‘alpha prime’.”
[qman]/009 inky asks, “is the deal that zed heads a sub-organization within the organization and number one heads the whole thing?”
[qman]/010 inky asks, “so they nominally promoted the guy but actually took him off the project he was interested in?”
[qman]/011 DavidW says, “I think Alpha Prime heads the whole thing.”
[qman]/012 inky says, “hmm”
[qman]/013 DavidW asks, “The woman was the previous Number One, I think? And she said she had 144,000 children to take care of? Something like that?”
[qman]/014 inky asks, “do you think they were lying about it being a promotion then?”
[qman]/015 DavidW says, “oh no.”
[qman]/016 inky says, “I guess re-reading, number one is probably the public face of the organization”
[qman]/017 DavidW says, “Lawrence is a useful resource they don’t want to squander. But he *was* causing some sort of problem that had to be squelched.”
[qman]/018 DavidW says, “The Hierarchy is secret. I don’t think ‘public face’ is quite accurate a term.”
[qman]/019 inky says, “I’m not sure we know that”
[qman]/020 inky asks, “like, aren’t they associated with the military somehow?”
[qman]/021 DavidW says, “We know dick-all, really. I have no idea what the Hierarchy is interested in.”
[qman]/022 inky says, “also, in the last panel of http://whoistheqman.com/archives/2010/04/22/158 she calls him “colonel armstrong” with quotes”
[qman]/023 DavidW says, “Well, I believe the Col. Armstrong story is fake. That machine was feeding him artificial memories, not merely informing him of his past.”
[qman]/024 inky asks, “hmm, do we know that?”
[qman]/025 inky asks, “I am willing to believe it, but do we know i?”
[qman]/026 inky says, “^t”
[qman]/027 DavidW says, “No, we know dick-all.”
[qman]/028 DavidW says, “We can only guess.”
[qman]/029 DavidW says, “But it’s not exactly normally to strap a guy into a chair and lock a mind-thingy helmet on his head just to play a movie.”
[qman]/030 inky says, “but it’s in sense-o-vision!”
[qman]/031 DavidW says, “And, as you say, she used quotes around his name.”
[qman]/032 inky says, “the quotes may mean “this is your new name now, get used to it”"
[qman]/033 DavidW says, “Any idea why Lawrence went all whoosy? They seemed to think it was something in the wine, but I doubt it.”
[qman]/034 inky says, “hmm”
[qman]/035 inky says, “I wonder if there is any possibility he is connected to the q computer”
[qman]/036 DavidW says, “well, we know Lawrence has a secret agenda of his own.”
[qman]/038 Rob says, “I can’t tell you how satisfying it is to see people digging into a discussion of it like this”
[qman]/039 Rob says, “there’s only one question I’ll answer, because it wasn’t quite as clear as it could have been: yes, laurence put something in the wine, and when it splashed on him, he got a dose of his own medicine”
[qman]/040 DavidW says, “well, there’s a lot of questions opened up, and I imagine it’ll take many episodes to answer a handful of them.”
[qman]/041 DavidW says, “ah”
[qman]/042 Rob says, “yeah in fact I want q man to go back to punching things for a bit, just like Ellison”
[qman]/043 DavidW says, “heh heh”
[qman]/044 DavidW says, “Q Smash!”
[qman]/045 inky says, “oh, heh”
[qman]/046 Ellison says, “hee, yay”
[qman]/047 Ellison says, “not that the other stuff isn’t interesting, because now we know mustaches are evil while bearded characters have integrity (as I am interpreting it)”
[qman]/048 inky says, “ha ha”
[qman]/049 DavidW says, “It’s weird. The Q-Man, considered by himself, is being presented as some sort of hybrid of the Six Million Dollar Man and Kitt from Night Rider. Except damn near everything else in the strip is screaming that a helluva lot more is going on and things aren’t that simple at all.”
[qman]/050 Rob says, “ha ha”
[qman]/051 Rob says (to DW), “fascinating, isn’t it !”
[qman]/052 DavidW says, “well, yes”
[qman]/053 inky says, “it’s as if Rob has some hidden agenda”
[qman]/054 Ellison says, “ha ha”
[qman]/055 DavidW says, “Rob is Lawrence!”
[qman]/056 DavidW says (to inky), “Don’t drink the wine!”