Comments on: Dave Davenport Has Come Unstuck in Time: December 15-21, 2003

By: Steve Ford

Steve Ford — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 21:13:05 +0000

2023-2015=8 years late. But don’t worry, I was here during the original run. I just never got around to the director’s cut till now.

“…like I wasn’t even worth hating…”

Narbonic surprises me the number of times it hits a nerve. Just as strongly the second time as the first. Maybe I just feel my fee-fees too strongly, but this is one of the big ones. I even tried to think back to see if there’s something from my past that it evokes, but no … I just can’t stand to see true love (even Dave’s) be harshly put down.

Hang strong, Dave! It gets better. Eventually.

By: Kathy Moon (flipkat)

Kathy Moon (flipkat) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:03:26 +0000

Why do I always remember Dave's line as "For starters, Mel's President"?

By: Mike Kozar (mikekozar)

Mike Kozar (mikekozar) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:03:25 +0000

Emily: It's a valid concern! One of the most basic paradoxes of time travel is that if you go back in time and fix something, how will you know to go back and fix it? I think we can conclude that in this timeline, everything works out for the best, but what about the timeline that the Dave who never smoked created?

By: Emily NotYourBusiness (emilygirl)

Emily NotYourBusiness (emilygirl) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:03:24 +0000

I've often wondered if, in the future that will occur now that Dave has changed things, the cast elaborately staged everything that young-Dave originally saw to ensure that the changes would perpetuate. I particularly love the idea of *SPOILER* Helen hiding somewhere off-stage reading her lines while controlling a puppet brain in a tank. But then I wonder how Mell could have possibly been convinced to stick to the script.

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:03:23 +0000

(TUNE: "Twilight Time", The Platters)

Having a beer at Manganello's Irish Pub ...
But this disturbing mental image, I can't scrub!
For Helen's brain will end up ... floating in a tub ...
Unless we re-direct the Line of Time!

Helen looks so concerned there in her "evil" shirt!
If there's one thing she's learned, then it's that ... love can hurt!
But in the far-flung future, we both (spoiler alert!)
Because we re-direct the Line of Time!

By: Daffyd Wagstaff (lord_killerfish)

Daffyd Wagstaff (lord_killerfish) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:03:22 +0000

Oh Dave, I'm so disappointed. This was a perfect opportunity to say "Heh heh heh" when anyone asked what the future was like.

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:03:21 +0000

Saturday:

It's awfully forthright of Dave to even be revealing this to Helen. Most cartoon characters I know simply wouldn't be able to bring themselves to mention it.

It occurs to me that this time travel arc has only brought these two together even further - they've literally become childhood friends.

By: So It Begins (soitbegins)

So It Begins (soitbegins) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:03:20 +0000

Aw.

By: Kathy Moon (flipkat)

Kathy Moon (flipkat) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:03:19 +0000

Aw man, I forgot my apple today!

By: Adam Underfoot (unnatural20)

Adam Underfoot (unnatural20) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:03:18 +0000

I have the same lunch as Dave, most days. But yesterday I was too tired to make a sandwich and all the good lettuce was gone. And now I can't find my apple.