Know When To Hold 'Em
babby dora?!@!>?
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I'd still like to know how many ounces are in a WTF sized Latte.
They were really a couple first (although not declared) and business partners second.
Oh no
Another way of phrasing it: if you get romantically involved with a business partner, make sure it doesn't end.
Don't do that to them, Jeph. Happily Ever After... That's what we need. Please.
Someone probably already pointed it out but there's an apostrophe missing in panel 2
This is very true. I foolishly took the risk. It didn't end well.
You know, the real question that jumps into my mind is what motivated that bit of advice from Mr Bianchi. I'm sure that there's a tale to tell there! FWIW, panel 2 is an excellent current-style reinterpretation of 'Witchy Goth' Dora from the earliest (pre-500) strips.
Given how Dora and Marten's relationship turned out, and what Sven told us about Dora's previous romantic partners, that's STELLAR advice from her dad.
Dora settled for getting romantically involved with roommates and friends of business partners.
Hunky Dora
Working for friends can turn out badly. At least there's usually sex with romantic involvement between partners.
I think I like Gothy 2003 Dora better than Curmudgeon 20XX Dora. ALSO, maybe this isn’t “ominous foreshadowing.” I would think at least Bubbles would be aware of the perils of getting romantic with your business partner. Besides, Dora’s Dad’s advice is actually terrible advice. That would imply every husband and wife or family business, even the Yakuza kind, could never fully succeed because of romance or family bonding.
Well, there is a world of difference between a husband and wife - or any other already established romantic relationship, I suppose - going into business, and two people already in business together suddenly becoming romantically entangled. Romance changes the dynamics of a business relationship, far more dramatically than business changes the dynamics of a marriage. So Dora's Dad's advice really is sound. They key to either one surviving, of course, is being able to leave the romance at home when you go to work, and leave the business at work when you go home.
Awww, look at baby Dora *_*
Dora's father's advice is actually sound. My father gave me the same advice when I first started working too. It can work out, but based on my observations, that accounts for an extremely small % of instances.
That’s Dora’s father in this strip.
DROID 06 TOLD NEVER TO DEVELOP FEELINGS FOR BUILDING BEING DESTROYED.
I love that DROID 06 made perhaps 2 appearances in the strip, but his spirit live on through Patreon commenters :-)
Is that Dora from when you were drawing her at the beginning of the strip, or is it 15 years before the time the comic is set in today, or...?
I believe it means it's Dora with the sort of aesthetic she had at the beginning of the strip. The current date in QC-time is deliberately vague, but I just don't think Dora's old enough to have been running Coffee of Doom for fifteen years!
Adorable
A-DORA-BLE
I see a looming iceberg awaiting the ship...
You need to do what everyone else was doing in 2003!
I missed Spookybutt-era Dora and didnt even realize it
Eh, we knew they were taking a risk there. Just about everything about their relationship is uncharted territory. I have faith in them. Plus, it's not like *all* couple-run businesses fail. I mean, family businesses are called family businesses because they're run by families!
Also, sixty-nine dollars for a WTF macchiato? ...nice.
PLEASE don't have this as foreshadowing. MY SHIP DAMN IT
Faye totally knows Dora just dodged that one.
No foreshadowing bad stuff for Fayebles!! No! Bad Jeph, bad!!
Jeph knows what he's doing. He's proved that. Not going to interfere... Next extra comic - can we have an all-retro 2003 revisit comic?!
NOOOOOOO DORRRRAAAAAAAAA NOOOOOOOOO!
Eep.
This makes me want to go back and reread from the beginner. Been a while since I've done that.
I'm going to ignore this foreshadowing on principle
No no no my ship will not founder on the doomed relationship rocks. Smooth sailing on all seas!
Jeph, Jeph, Jeph..... if you ruin this for us, if for whatever reason you find a way to break bubbles hydrolic heart or Faye’s battered one.... I have a very particular set of skills, I will find, and I will kill you! But seriously please let them be happy.
This x 100.
Looooooooommming Dooooooooom!
Think happy thoughts, think happy thoughts, think happy thoughts...
Ignoring ominous foreshadowing to squee at baby Dora
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I don't like this foreshadowing