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All of this talk of Jones not understanding emotions and just mimicking them leads me to believe that she's not any kind of elemental or golem, but rather, she's just a high functioning autist. She sinks in water because she wears a heavy comfort vest to make her feel like she's being hugged all the time to self-stim and she punches through walls without hesitation because she just doesn't realize it's supposed to hurt.
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I think most autistic people still age though. I just caught up with the comic on Tuesday, and even though I just read all of it in a few days I still have the problem of re-reading it as I click links on here. Personally I think the stone elemental thing seems to fit fairly well, but I feel like it might be something else because that feels like it's too easy of a guess. She could still be an autistic rock I guess.
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Oct 5, 2012 17:17
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And the sword thing? Come on, follow through all the way.
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Oct 5, 2012 17:18
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UberJew posted:Let's not forget Replicant! Or reploid "Let me tell you about my motherly actions..."
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Oct 5, 2012 17:18
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Tom, you would make a terrible detective.
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Oct 5, 2012 17:22
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I thought I remembered somebody once coming into this thread and explaining that in a myth Coyote once "lost an eye" that went wandering off into the sky or something. That would possibly fit Jones, especially with the "stolen name" angle.
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Fuligin posted:I thought I remembered somebody once coming into this thread and explaining that in a myth Coyote once "lost an eye" that went wandering off into the sky or something. That would possibly fit Jones, especially with the "stolen name" angle.
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If I think about it, a combination of the Jeanne theory and the Golem theory kinda makes sense. Diego was the golem builder. Perhaps he tried to create a human-like golem in Jeanne's image after her death, but in the end it had no emotions and didn't love him. Maybe the court co-opted her as a spy on the forest, earning her the Wandering Eye nickname. I dunno, I'm just spitballin.
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Oct 5, 2012 20:32
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WeaponBoy posted:Tom, you would make a terrible detective. What are you talking about? He solved the mystery of how Donny and Jimmy-Jims met. That question has been on everyone's mind.
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Oct 5, 2012 20:44
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Rincewind posted:Kat's summer holiday letters to Annie mention her dad's relatives in Scotland, so yeah, he's just a Scottish guy, not some kind of weird forest mole or something. From forgetting important details like the ears and character backstories 
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Oct 5, 2012 21:15
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Did we already know that Jones was ageless (or near to it) before this update? Cause that seems like a thing that was also solved.
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Oct 5, 2012 21:31
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I really really don't think she's ageless here guys. She looks clearly younger in this last page, and her dress is making me think that she's an older student here, possibly in her last year - Head Girl? Just because she's introducing Donny to Eglamore doesn't mean that she's a teacher. My money's on earth elemental spirit.
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Oct 5, 2012 22:01
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Haledjian posted:Did we already know that Jones was ageless (or near to it) before this update? Cause that seems like a thing that was also solved. There is this: http://www.formspring.me/gunnerkrigg/q/242446003 Though true to form, it's not exactly specific.
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Oct 5, 2012 22:28
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I just said the following, aloud, in the appropriate accent: "That just raises FURTHER questions!" Can't wait until Monday.
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Oct 5, 2012 22:30
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Brannock posted:I really really don't think she's ageless here guys. She looks clearly younger in this last page, and her dress is making me think that she's an older student here, possibly in her last year - Head Girl? She's way taller than Donny and Eglamore on that page, even though we know that Jones is really short-- so she must be a good deal older than them here. But in the present day pages, she looks younger than Eglamore and the rest of that generation of characters. Also, her face has been drawn the same in all these flashback scenes, it's just her hair and clothes that are different.
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Rincewind posted:Kat's summer holiday letters to Annie mention her dad's relatives in Scotland, so yeah, he's just a Scottish guy, not some kind of weird forest mole or something. I kind of assumed Donny was from the Court, in the same way Kat is, since it appears to be in Scotland. But I guess if it's made up of people from all over the place there probably wouldn't be a local "court accent"
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Also, Scotland could have forest moles.
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I really have no concrete idea as to who/what Jones is, but I'm leaning toward the earth elemental theory. I'm not sure how that explains the apparent non-aging, though. The Jimmy Jones relationship certainly has gotten stranger now. Also Donny was such an adorable kid I can't stand it!   
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Dodgeball posted:I just said the following, aloud, in the appropriate accent: Here, allow me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59GwT_Qlj0Y
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Prison Warden posted:I kind of assumed Donny was from the Court, in the same way Kat is, since it appears to be in Scotland. But I guess if it's made up of people from all over the place there probably wouldn't be a local "court accent" I thought the Court was on the outskirts of Birmingham?
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Oct 6, 2012 10:33
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Ursine Asylum posted:Jo Jones and Jimmy Jims. And on this page: Jo Jones, Jimmy Jims, and Donny Donlan.
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Oct 6, 2012 10:44
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If they were anything like my friends, it would not surprise me at all if Jimmy Jims got coined as revenge for Donny Dons.
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Brannock posted:I really really don't think she's ageless here guys. She looks clearly younger in this last page, and her dress is making me think that she's an older student here, possibly in her last year - Head Girl? I kind of had a mix of this. I don't figure she's ageless, but it seems she ages incredibly slowly. Even still, I was thinking she was a prefect or older 'student' rather than a teacher though I can't really explain why I'm going with that assumption right now. I'm guessing elemental or a kind of troll-type thing anyway. Tom's said she mightn't be based on a myth, but could still be inspired by one and trolls did turn to stone, and some could appear as near human if I recall. This is a daft theory I'm grasping at straws. 
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Oh. My. Gosh! You guys!
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Let's see, She doesn't age, is possibly a robot, made of human beliefs, has a thing for Jimmy Jims. GUYS I'VE CRACKED THE CASE! Jones is a Love Machine.
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Oct 6, 2012 19:07
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But does she work on anybody but Jim?
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Oct 6, 2012 19:10
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But don't Love Machines need a prominent solar plate? Like this:
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Oct 6, 2012 19:46
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Tom I was kidding when I said the whole chapter is just Jones going back in time. WHY IS IT ACTUALLY HAPPENING.
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Oct 6, 2012 20:46
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Is next page going to be Jones going all  at a baby?
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Parsley posted:I kind of had a mix of this. I don't figure she's ageless, but it seems she ages incredibly slowly. Even still, I was thinking she was a prefect or older 'student' rather than a teacher though I can't really explain why I'm going with that assumption right now. I like that theory. It makes more sense than my "human without a soul" one.
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http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=369 Tries to annoy people to see what they do. You know who else does that? Trolls.
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jfjnpxmy posted:http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=369 You may be onto something there. (Also, she's one to talk.)
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I for one am quite content to see all the mysteries have been solved
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Daius posted:I thought the Court was on the outskirts of Birmingham? It's pretty big - it could be both.
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I finally got caught up after archive binging on and off for literally years. It took awhile because Gunnerkrigg Court isn't the kind of webcomic I usually go for, but what eventually grew on me was the great tone, awesome characters, and straight-up charm of the story's imaginative world. It's pretty bitchin'. And you guys are thinking too small. Jones is a whole mix of fantastical creatures- troll, robot, ghost, elemental, and alien. All of them.
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Oct 7, 2012 05:17
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Jones is a Jones.
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Tollymain posted:Jones is a Jones. How dare you imply there is more than one Jones? Jones is Jones, simple as that. (For serious, the whole earth elemental to Annie's fire elemental thing actually strikes me as likely, and cool.
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Pester posted:You may be onto something there. (Also, she's one to talk.) I just realized Eggie's desperate retreat in the next page might not just be comic relief undressing a female student, but also him remembering Surma. Creepy
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Cyphoderus posted:I just realized Eggie's desperate retreat in the next page might not just be comic relief undressing a female student, but also him remembering Surma. Creepy Alternatively, realizing that he was showing shades of his old affection for Surma in front of his "maybe-sorta" girlfriend.
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thespaceinvader posted:How dare you imply there is more than one Jones? "The wonderful thing about Joneses is I'm the only one."
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