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one of us, one of us, one of us Seriously, welcome, and glad you liked it.
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BlueInkAlchemist posted:My initial reaction was, naturally, "WTF ARE YOU THINKING ANNIE." The contrast between this page and the current one is beautiful, and really highlights the character development that Annie and Ysengrin have undergone. I love it.
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Jul 16, 2012 17:15
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Conot posted:Trickster does not mean harmless! Loki, the trickster god of the Nordic pantheon, at various times took body parts from others in his jokes, including Odin's eye. But this is also Gunnerkrigg Court, not Grimdark Deathmurder Comic.
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Jul 16, 2012 17:37
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Fister Roboto posted:But this is also Gunnerkrigg Court, not Grimdark Deathmurder Comic. I don't think anyone here thinks that Coyote will outright murder Annie, but I don't think it's unreasonable to suspect this may result in us seeing a different, more vengeful part of Coyote. After all, Gods aren't typically known for their restraint.
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Jul 16, 2012 17:46
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Fister Roboto posted:But this is also Gunnerkrigg Court, not Grimdark Deathmurder Comic. You say that now, but just wait until Annie's death drives Kat to lead her robot army in a genocidal war on the forest.
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Jul 16, 2012 17:55
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Coyote freaks Annie out so bad, some latent power of hers awakens, surprising everyone. Then coyote calms immediately down because that was his plan all along.
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Jul 16, 2012 18:07
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What a wonderful page. Time for some non-standard avatar sizes!    
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Jul 16, 2012 18:08
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Fister Roboto posted:But this is also Gunnerkrigg Court, not Grimdark Deathmurder Comic. Tell that to Jeanne and her elf boyfriend.
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Jul 16, 2012 18:16
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Acebuckeye13 posted:I don't think anyone here thinks that Coyote will outright murder Annie, but I don't think it's unreasonable to suspect this may result in us seeing a different, more vengeful part of Coyote. After all, Gods aren't typically known for their restraint. AE-35 Unit posted:Welp, we had a good run, folks. Pack it up, pack it in.
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Conot posted:Trickster does not mean harmless! Loki, the trickster god of the Nordic pantheon, at various times took body parts from others in his jokes, including Odin's eye. A better example of Loki's dickish tricks is the story him tricking blind Hoor into killing his brother Baldr with a mistletoe dart just because mistletoe was the one thing Frigg hadn't received an oath to not harm Baldr from.
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Jul 16, 2012 18:22
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Nipponophile posted:Tell that to Jeanne and her elf boyfriend. There's a world of difference between two minor characters getting offed in a flashback and what a lot of people are predicting in this thread happening to the protagonist.
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Jul 16, 2012 18:27
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Fister Roboto posted:There's a world of difference between two minor characters getting offed in a flashback and what a lot of people are predicting in this thread happening to the protagonist. What are they predicting happening Fister Roboto
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Jul 16, 2012 18:37
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"Hey Kat, hold my beer and watch this!"
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Jul 16, 2012 18:38
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On the subject of the band around Antimony's arm, what happened to that anyway? Did that get... resolved and I just took my eye off the ball while it happened? Or what?
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Jul 16, 2012 19:59
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Snollygoster posted:On the subject of the band around Antimony's arm, what happened to that anyway? Did that get... resolved and I just took my eye off the ball while it happened? Or what? It disintegrated when she came back from the forest.
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Jul 16, 2012 20:03
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Yeah, I don't believe that Coyote is genuinely furious here. He obviously has a sinister side to him, and he's certainly very proud, but going "MY HONOR" and lashing out in response to playful defiance seems more like a Ysengrin thing. Killing Antimony or even seriously hurting her would put a stop to whatever role she has to play in the times to come, and I can't imagine Coyote being enough of a wet blanket to end her involvement over something like a flick of a nose. This honestly just looks he and Antimony are messing with each other (and freaking out Ysengrin, who is perfect for this kind of thing). She sneaks up on Coyote, he turns into a cave and tries to eat her, he drags her out of class to make her tell him a story, she tells him to gently caress off, he pretends to freak out, and so on.
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Jul 16, 2012 20:32
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I wouldn't be surprised if the next page his crazy nutso Coyote and Annie staring each other down, and then Coyote laughing and being like JUST LIKE YOUR MOTHER, FIRE HEAD GIRL, and then he tells some backstory about Coyote's interactions with Surma. That's my prediction!
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Jul 16, 2012 20:47
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Saturday Mornings posted:Yeah, I don't believe that Coyote is genuinely furious here. He obviously has a sinister side to him, and he's certainly very proud, but going "MY HONOR" and lashing out in response to playful defiance seems more like a Ysengrin thing. Killing Antimony or even seriously hurting her would put a stop to whatever role she has to play in the times to come, and I can't imagine Coyote being enough of a wet blanket to end her involvement over something like a flick of a nose. Macaluso posted:I wouldn't be surprised if the next page his crazy nutso Coyote and Annie staring each other down, and then Coyote laughing and being like JUST LIKE YOUR MOTHER, FIRE HEAD GIRL, and then he tells some backstory about Coyote's interactions with Surma.
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Jul 16, 2012 20:50
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I'm imagining a series of progressively more insane faces, like between The Monarch and Baron von Underbheit (which I cannot for the life of me find a clip of).
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Jul 17, 2012 02:06
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Given the chapter title, Coyote's going to spill the beans on something, and he can't do that and gnaw Annie's bones at the same time. My guess is that after some intimidation attempts, Annie will negotiate a Coyote story for information about the Court. Living-mural god-dog needs to learn some tit-for-tat. Also is it just me or does Annie have a habit of making suicidally poor decisions in those woods
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Jul 17, 2012 02:12
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Haledjian posted:It's possible, but that doesn't seem like as credible of a story beat at this point. The chapter thus far's been dropping hints about Annie maybe getting too comfortable with the forest. They've already joked around and insulted Ysengrin, another joke doesn't really propel the narrative forward. Their relationship is definitely about to change, somehow. it's also been about her being willfully defiant to all forms of authority. She'll be fine but coyote is going to scare the poo poo out her before he calms himself. As tricksters go Coyote is particularly nasty, he once killed his wife and carried her around in a sack over his shoulder because he thought he would look cool with a hunch back. When he was young the great plains were actually forested. All the animals got together for dinner and didn't invite him so he burned the entire forest down killing everyone inside as revenge.
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Jul 17, 2012 02:43
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Alternate theory! Coyote isn't loving around and actually attacks Annie. Either Ysengrin or Eglamore intervenes and gets seriously wounded. Annie's hubris gets knocked down a notch, and realizes that even though she's in friendly terms with Coyote, he's still a dickweed selfish and sinister prankster god.
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Jul 17, 2012 02:47
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feetnotes posted:Coyote freaks Annie out so bad, some latent power of hers awakens, surprising everyone. Then coyote calms immediately Being whimsical and capricious cuts both ways really.
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Jul 17, 2012 03:04
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Calaveron posted:Alternate theory! Ysengrin AND Eglamore intervene. They stand, surrounded by Coyote and back into one another, turning into surprise before they realise who it is. Then they link arms, and do an awesome back to back kick routine. Coyote is unimpressed.
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Jul 17, 2012 03:25
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Jul 17, 2012 03:27
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Alternate alternate theory: Jones shows up and tells Coyote off. Or better yet, Coyote is being genuinely dangerous and is about to hurt Annie somehow, but Jones shows up and stops him using her yet-to-be-fully-defined immense powers. Really, I just hope we find out more about what Jones is this chapter.
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Jul 17, 2012 03:40
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I think this shows both a) the power of Coyote's myth and b) the effectiveness of the story. All the theories we have seen are valid at this point. Which is totally appropriate for a trickster god. My point- Don't kick gods in the nose.
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Jul 17, 2012 04:27
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I think Annie's about to start understanding just WHY the court is so drat terrified of Coyote that they'd curse one of their own to never-ending torture-haunting a river to keep out forest creatures. After all, it was so horrible that they erased the history of Jeanne but they still felt it was the right thing to do. I bet they have a group that does nothing but think up ways to fight Coyote if he ever gets serious.
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Jul 17, 2012 05:07
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REMINDER: COYOTE IS NOT YOUR BRO Coyote gets way too much slack from people despite all the horrible poo poo he's done. Hopefully this chapter will start changing some minds.
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Jul 17, 2012 05:49
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VanSandman posted:I think Annie's about to start understanding just WHY the court is so drat terrified of Coyote that they'd curse one of their own to never-ending torture-haunting a river to keep out forest creatures. After all, it was so horrible that they erased the history of Jeanne but they still felt it was the right thing to do. The whole Jeanne thing happened before Reynard/Ysengrin/Coyote showed up. "It was a little before our time."
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Jul 17, 2012 05:50
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Geekner posted:The whole Jeanne thing happened before Reynard/Ysengrin/Coyote showed up. "It was a little before our time." No, it was the creation of the Court in the forest that predated them. Coyote created the Waters to divide the two later on after he arrived, and Jeanne was set as guard soon after.
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 WARNING: Massive wall of rambly theorycrafting ahead!MoonwalkInvincible posted:Alternate alternate theory: Jones shows up and tells Coyote off. ...but then perhaps Jones really is the key. 'Jones' -- no given name, no surname, just 'Jones' -- is such an obvious pseudonym that Tom might as well be beating us over the head with a club and yelling "It's a PSEUDONYM! Totally FAKE NAME! NOT REAL!" And as if that wasn't enough, Coyote virtually verified it, saying it was a name she'd "stolen". Jones's impassive attitude and expressionless face suggest a mask, and the last time we saw her was in Annie's dream, naked yet wielding a mask. Is it possible that Jones as we know her is herself a mask, a puppet, a fake person with a fake name covering up for something else? Perhaps an n-dimensional being with a humanoid protrusion into our 3-D world, much like the 3-D sphere's circular protrusion into Flatland? Such a being would be utterly blasé about a party hat or anything else suddenly appearing or disappearing -- it could be just like picking a Flatlander up off the 2-D surface and setting it down somewhere else. Likewise, it could easily whisk Antimony or anything else from one spot in 3-D space to another. Of course it's also possible that all this theorycrafting is totally off-track and I'm full of crap. Maybe Jones is nobody and nothing but herself, sui Jone-eris.
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Jul 17, 2012 06:22
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All kinds of theories about what happens next, and every single one equally viable. This comic.
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Jul 17, 2012 06:29
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A few more I guess   the most terrible post gently caress your lovely post your post will not be as good as mine I'm the worst poster
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1stGear posted:REMINDER: COYOTE IS NOT YOUR BRO Coyote is an awesome character, though. That doesn't mean people have to like what he's done or will do; we can still appreciate the value he's added to the story the way a good enemy makes a narrative engaging. Only in this case, Coyote is played subtly enough that it's very hard to tell if he's actually a villain, an unhinged friend, or a chaotic force of nature. This is exactly why he's so interesting. This trait and his hilarious antics make him really likeable as a character even though he'd be terrifying in reality. Also, holy crap all the panels he's in are incredibly well-drawn. It's really obvious Tom loves drawing him.
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Jul 17, 2012 13:19
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Zenzirouj posted:A few more I guess  Unfortunately too large for avatarhood.
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Jul 17, 2012 15:21
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Coyote is legitimately angry here. Every time he's played pranks, his smile and bright disposition have never evaporated (see two pages ago), and in fact the only other time we've seen him out of fun-mode was the first couple pages he appeared before he learned who Annie was. Now? Well. My bet's on Coyote calming down after Ysengrin intervenes, and then we learn from one source or another about his Great Secret.
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Jul 17, 2012 18:23
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This is completely unrelated to the current situation (and what a situation it is!), but I just had a 'duh' moment while re-reading Microsat 5: It's a bit ominous that a guy named Carver would send in a request for blades, innit? I feel a bit thick for not noticing until now, though.
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Tupperwarez posted:This is completely unrelated to the current situation (and what a situation it is!), but I just had a 'duh' moment while re-reading Microsat 5: It's a bit ominous that a guy named Carver would send in a request for blades, innit? It's a bit appropriate that a guy named Carver would be a surgeon.
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