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I was fine with the golem idea until I thought "Well what kind of golem had a childhood?" I guess it's possible she went through some process to become non-human? Undead doesn't quite work because undead people don't tend to be super dense.
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Feb 20, 2012 19:46
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Undead golem? That would basically be like a Frankenstein's Monster, right?
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Feb 20, 2012 19:49
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Fecha posted:I was fine with the golem idea until I thought "Well what kind of golem had a childhood?" I guess it's possible she went through some process to become non-human? Wait I'm still a bit confused as to who's who in the adult flashback. Which one is Jones?
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Feb 20, 2012 20:04
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pandaK posted:Wait I'm still a bit confused as to who's who in the adult flashback. Which one is Jones? None of them. They just mention her in the second panel.
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Feb 20, 2012 20:07
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Fecha posted:I was fine with the golem idea until I thought "Well what kind of golem had a childhood?" I guess it's possible she went through some process to become non-human? Well they never said she was their age just that they knew her. Robo Pope posted:Undead golem? That would basically be like a Frankenstein's Monster, right? Pretty much, most places (by which I mean d&d and offshoots) tend to refer to them as flesh golems. Rumda fucked around with this message at 20:20 on Feb 20, 2012 |
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Feb 20, 2012 20:18
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idonotlikepeas posted:I wonder if Annie will maintain poise and dignity, collapse, or yell at him. (Or some combination of those things.) I wonder if she can set people on fire over the phone, or only in person.
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Feb 20, 2012 20:23
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idonotlikepeas posted:While I was expecting a serious turn at the end of the chapter, I admit I was not expecting this. I wonder if Annie will maintain poise and dignity, collapse, or yell at him. (Or some combination of those things.) I'm predicting that she'll be too shocked to yell at him. She may be angry later, but for now I'd say all she'll able to do is just nod along with the conversation. I somewhat doubt even be angry later on. From what I remember she seems pretty willing to put up the junk her father puts her through.
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Feb 20, 2012 20:31
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Wooooooah. That's something, right there. I think Annie might be a bit broken this time...
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Feb 20, 2012 20:59
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Y'know, I just thought the static in Dr. Carver's speech bubble was just for symbolizing that he was a great distance away from Gunnerkrigg Court/stylistic effect.  Or the court could have a barrier that disrupts signals from coming in or out, but that's just silly.Anyway, Annie's going to have a ton of questions for her father, at least. Possibly a major portion of those being about her mother and why didn't he save her or something.
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Feb 20, 2012 21:33
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The static represents a bad cell connection. A difficult metaphor to grasp I'm sure.
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Feb 20, 2012 21:35
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Have we ever seen a character on the phone before? The static could just be there to indicate that the voice is coming from the phone. Kind of like how some comics use jagged word balloons instead of round ones for voices coming from phones/speakers/walkie-talkies/etc. Man, I can't wait for next Friday...
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Feb 20, 2012 21:36
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Penguissimo posted:Have we ever seen a character on the phone before? The static could just be there to indicate that the voice is coming from the phone. Kind of like how some comics use jagged word balloons instead of round ones for voices coming from phones/speakers/walkie-talkies/etc. The operator's voice didn't have that static; the bad reception is presumably on Anthony's end.
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Feb 20, 2012 21:45
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Yeah, I was just assuming he was in Abu Dhabi or something.
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Feb 20, 2012 21:55
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Gunnerkrigg Court Thread (cellphone static discussion station)
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Cowcaster posted:The static represents a bad cell connection. A difficult metaphor to grasp I'm sure. Nope. He's definitely a robot.
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Bongo Bill posted:The operator's voice didn't have that static; the bad reception is presumably on Anthony's end.  I could have looked at the previous panel. Good call.Elftor posted:Nope. He's definitely a robot. I thought we'd figured out that Elgamore isn't a robot.
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Feb 20, 2012 22:18
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Cowcaster posted:The static represents a bad cell connection. A difficult metaphor to grasp I'm sure. The problem is not on Anthony's end though. Jones is causing static with her robotness.
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Feb 20, 2012 22:26
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Wili posted:The problem is not on Anthony's end though. Jones is causing static with her robotness. If anything, her robotness is reventing the static, because it's only present when Anthony, who is farther away, is on the line.
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Feb 20, 2012 22:28
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Or, Annie's magicity is breaking the phone. Those laptops in the fairy classroom were all broken, right? And all the... robots... nah, that can't be right, if Annie was Dresden-style walking techbane, then Jones wouldn't be working right now, right? Or Robot, at least...
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Feb 20, 2012 22:32
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Oh, wow, I just got caught up and I definitely didn't see that coming.
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Feb 20, 2012 23:30
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Talorat posted:Oh, wow, I just got caught up and I definitely didn't see that coming. I love how everything turns on a dime. Jones just whips out a cell phone and leaves a smoking bomb crater in the space of one page.
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Feb 20, 2012 23:37
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Lord of Laughton posted:Anyone have the panel handy where the comment was about how one word was more important than the others? http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=530 Oh hey.
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idonotlikepeas posted:I wonder if Annie will maintain poise and dignity, collapse, or yell at him. (Or some combination of those things.) "Antimony." "...Father?" [ Call failed ] Searching... No Service. This is why you need Argh.apk.
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Feb 20, 2012 23:54
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Tender Child Loins posted:http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=530 I'm confused. The word "hear" doesn't appear on that page at all?
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Tender Child Loins posted:http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=530 I assumed it was a joke, because "you" is the only word in bold.
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I can't help but wonder if Jones is in any way connected to this page, what with the eye symbol representing the program and all. I'm most likely way off, though. Jones turns up all over the place, and I wouldn't really call marching into Gillitie Wood a "safe location."
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Feb 21, 2012 00:01
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http://www.formspring.me/gunnerkrigg/q/251565090Tom's Formspring posted:Q: Which word on this page is more important than the others? http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=530 Which, given what we now know about Jeanne, makes some sense.
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Oh man, after how funny this chapter was, this hit really hard. But this has been one of the moments I've been dying to see since I started reading GC years ago. The next page can't come fast enough now! As an aside, I love how the phone has the little bismuth symbol on the back. The court can make anything, can't it?
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Feb 21, 2012 00:28
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Well poo poo, I actually didn't expect this.Harm Barn Gumshoe posted:Good call, dude five days ago! Almost too good........ . . . . . Regy Rusty posted:Migishu is clearly Annie's father. Good estimate, no doubt.
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Am I jumping the gun here or does volume 2 seem to be available from Archaia now? http://store.archaia.com/products/Gunnerkrigg-Court-Vol.-2%3A-Research.html I seem to have managed to order a copy at least. We'll see if they issue a refund and apology in a couple of days, if it works I'll drop Tom a donation so he sees some money from it.
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Yak of Wrath posted:http://store.archaia.com/products/Gunnerkrigg-Court-Vol.-2%3A-Research.html Ooo. If this is legit I want this very badly. Yet at the same time, does Tom see money from this?
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Matlock Birthmark posted:Ooo. If this is legit I want this very badly. Yet at the same time, does Tom see money from this? I think Tom only gets the money if you buy it from the topatoco store or directly from him at conventions. Can't really remember.
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1stGear posted:Gunnerkrigg Court Thread (cellphone static discussion station) And yet not a single person arrives at the obvious conclusion
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So I was re-reading all of Gunnerkrigg today and I stumbled upon a not-so-subtle hint at Red's name in the second Cityface comic. Sorry if this has already been discovered:Tom posted:This scene was especially difficult to film and produce. RED worked with us directly on new camera technology that was able to film the kind of scene audiences have never seen before. The cameras did the job perfectly, and we hear Peter Jackson is looking to incorporate the new camera technology from RED in his next project. His comment was, "Red is awesome. She has a strange fixation about her hair though." I normally stay out of this thread as I try to read the comic in chunks every week or so, but the last update broke my willpower. Wednesday can't come soon enough. E: Yeah, that's what I get for not reading the thread. I just noticed Annie even calls her Red just after she comes back from the forest. Fruits of the sea fucked around with this message at 08:32 on Feb 21, 2012 |
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Yeah, that's neat, but to be fair everyone's been calling them Red and Blue since their first appearance.
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Hey, I found a folder with bunch of fanart I collected in /co/ back in 2007 or 2008 and thought you guys would like to see it. Parley had just been presented back then, I think.               Many of these are from someone named MK. I think s/he used to email them to Tom, so he probably knows the author.  And this was a popular meme at the time.  And this one, too. (hope I don't get into trouble for TIMGing so many pics at once  )
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Saoshyant posted:Reginald  Related!  
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MikeJF posted:Yeah, that's neat, but to be fair everyone's been calling them Red and Blue since their first appearance. She probably needed to be named in the ether. Macaluso posted:Reginald I am drat jealous of that Coyote shirt. I've gotta get one of those at some point.
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