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I just noticed, apparently Ysengrm lost more of his ear over time, be it due to art style or something I've forgotten- Older, where he seems to be missing about half of his right ear: http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=483 Newer, where the whole thing seems to have gone: http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=1092
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I'm calling Jones as Jimmy Jims mother. I think that's weird disconnected motherly affection and James inherited some super buffness from her.
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Oct 7, 2012 23:43
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I randomly met a goon from this thread, yesterday while I was out of town. Turns out I made his avatar, too. Gunnerkrigg makes this small world come together.
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Oct 8, 2012 00:10
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thespaceinvader posted:Jones is. Just like Darkseid! (Jones is Darkseid)
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Oct 8, 2012 03:00
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Battle Pigeon posted:I just noticed, apparently Ysengrm lost more of his ear over time, be it due to art style or something I've forgotten- Coyote just wanted a snack. 
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Oct 8, 2012 04:27
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Oh god daylight savings time means I have to wait extra for Gunnerkrigg gently caress you hemispheres
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Oct 8, 2012 07:54
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Things just got spooky. On the other hand LOOK AT THAT HAT.
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Oct 8, 2012 08:03
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Off to boarding school!
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Oct 8, 2012 08:05
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Holy poo poo Jones is an airline steward  Hopefully we go centuries back on Wednesday because I can't wait for the pay-off
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Oct 8, 2012 08:04
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Wednesday's comic will just be Jones drifting along in space at the beginning of the universe. 
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Oct 8, 2012 08:11
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Desperate Character posted:Holy poo poo Jones is an airline steward
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Oct 8, 2012 08:12
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Wednesday's comic will be Jones delivering Jimmy. Friday will be Jones introducing his parents.
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Oct 8, 2012 08:14
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AE-35 Unit posted:Wednesday's comic will just be Jones drifting along in space at the beginning of the universe. That's friday, wednesday will be Jones overlooking a car with steam filled windows on makeout point.
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Oct 8, 2012 08:14
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quote:Mr. Eglamore whistles, "Do all their teachers look like that?" and Mrs. Eglamore playfully slaps him. There are tears in her eyes. Tom is a pretty good writer.
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Oct 8, 2012 08:15
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But with the exception of "the previous day" they all include James. Edit: Yeah this: MikeJF posted:Wednesday's comic will be Jones delivering Jimmy.
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Oct 8, 2012 08:18
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In a few week Jones will be saving one of Eglamore's direct ancestors from a burning cottage.
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Oct 8, 2012 08:23
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pik_d posted:But with the exception of "the previous day" they all include James. Well, she did say that she'd always be there for him. Always.
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Oct 8, 2012 08:36
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Jones is Jones.
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Oct 8, 2012 09:41
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At the conclusion of this flashback series, we learn that the human race and, indeed, life, were created by Jones and only exist so that she could eventually bring around James.
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Oct 8, 2012 09:57
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MikeJF posted:At the conclusion of this flashback series, we learn that the human race and, indeed, life, were created by Jones and only exist so that she could eventually bring around James. In the Beginning was Jones, and Jones said "let there be Jimmy Jims", and lo, it took quite a while but Jimmy Jims was there eventually. And Jones saw that Jimmy Jims was good.
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Oct 8, 2012 10:40
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She's only doing this to get close to James' eventual descendant.
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Oct 8, 2012 11:14
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Goddamnit, Jones is a loving time lord isnt she?
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Oct 8, 2012 11:32
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I could actually see this flashback series ending with her observing the founding of the court, similar to the hologram reconstruction, but instead of wearing a pencil-skirt she's in crinoline.
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Oct 8, 2012 11:49
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 At that point, it's hard to try and rationalise as Jones merely being five or years older than Jimmy Jims. Though she does look marginally younger.
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Oct 8, 2012 11:50
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Yeah this page is pretty clear that she's not aging or aging very very slowly. So we've had "A day ago" "A week ago" "Years ago" "Several years ago" "Many years ago" "Decades ago", what's next? Several decades? A century ago?
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Oct 8, 2012 13:58
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"Back in the day"?
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Oct 8, 2012 14:04
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I love how this arc has made me go awwww-uhhh--ewwww... Makes me wonder why Jones would want to be in a picture with a bunch of kids though/why James would want her to be there?
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Oct 8, 2012 14:17
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Well now we know who the next medium is, it's an in transition Jimmy Jims. Jones has been preparing her for this day for decades.
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Oct 8, 2012 15:27
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DarkCrawler posted:I love how this arc has made me go awwww-uhhh--ewwww... That we can partially answer I think: She seems to be a pretty major figure in Eglamore's life since he came to the court, so he'd probably want her to be present for whatever was the photography commemorating.
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quote:Mr. Eglamore whistles, "Do all their teachers look like that?" and Mrs. Eglamore playfully slaps him. There are tears in her eyes. Eglamore, you hound!
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Oct 8, 2012 16:12
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Jones doesn't age: confirmed. Jones is goddamned creepy: ultra-super confirmed.
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Oct 8, 2012 16:52
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Clearly Jones is Eglamore's guardian angel, or similar companion-protector figure. Coyote's theory applies to her in that she is a projection from Jimmy Jims' own mind, which explains her strength and emotional stability, and also why Surma didn't like her and ultimately paired off with Tony. Also she is not a robot android golem elemental. (Still shooting for one day making a correct prediction about this comic.)
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Oct 8, 2012 18:34
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AlexG posted:Clearly Jones is Eglamore's guardian angel, or similar companion-protector figure. Coyote's theory applies to her in that she is a projection from Jimmy Jims' own mind, which explains her strength and emotional stability, and also why Surma didn't like her and ultimately paired off with Tony. Wondering Eye would be a very appropriate name for a guardian figure. Not sure about the mental projection part of your theory though.
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Disquieting speculations aside, Friday's strip ( http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=1100 ) did actually solve one mystery for me, if only partially. The six friends (Anja, Donny, Jimmy Jims, Surma, Brinnie, and Anthony) were all brought together when they were "accidentally" stuck in Chester for their first year. Presumably, being the only six relatively normal humans among a bunch of maroons and joiks caused them to naturally gravitate to one another, in some cases forming lifelong bonds. That "error" in class assignment always seemed suspicious to me, and now we've seen Jones introducing two of them. And given her interest in Eglamore, there's no way she'd miss an error like that for a whole school year. So now we at least know the "who", if not the "why" Jones would want to bring this particular group together. Maybe we'll get some hint in the upcoming strips.
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minimalist posted:Disquieting speculations aside, Friday's strip ( http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=1100 ) did actually solve one mystery for me, if only partially. The six friends (Anja, Donny, Jimmy Jims, Surma, Brinnie, and Anthony) were all brought together when they were "accidentally" stuck in Chester for their first year. Presumably, being the only six relatively normal humans among a bunch of maroons and joiks caused them to naturally gravitate to one another, in some cases forming lifelong bonds. Oh drat, that makes me wonder if there's some sort of funky-rear end breeding program going on. 
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Oct 8, 2012 20:21
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...you know just looking back at past comics, it's not entirely certain that there is any romance between them, right...? Maybe they are just really really close or Jones doesn't just understand how affection is displayed or something.
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Oct 8, 2012 20:22
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Ursine Asylum posted:Oh drat, that makes me wonder if there's some sort of funky-rear end breeding program going on. I'm guessing a dose of destiny myself. Wait, don't the Fates have a single eye between them in some stories? Maybe she's the eye of the Fates gone walkabout.
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minimalist posted:Disquieting speculations aside, Friday's strip ( http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=1100 ) did actually solve one mystery for me, if only partially. The six friends (Anja, Donny, Jimmy Jims, Surma, Brinnie, and Anthony) were all brought together when they were "accidentally" stuck in Chester for their first year. Presumably, being the only six relatively normal humans among a bunch of maroons and joiks caused them to naturally gravitate to one another, in some cases forming lifelong bonds. I dunno, the implication I got from how Anja put it was that it was her, Surma and Brinnie in Chester, and the guys in Queslet. Donnie in particular didn't seem to know much about Anja's powers (until the tree-dog incident), which he probably would have if he'd been in the weirdo class with her. Seems to me like Donny was friends with Eglamore and Anthony (though they weren't friends with each other), then the girls joined Queslett and Jimmy Jims and Donny became friends with them, with Anthony along for the ride. Also interesting is that Eglamore seemed to have moved to the Court well before actually starting school there. School starts at year 7 apparently, and Jimmy and Donny were introduced at the start of 7 'many years ago', but Eglamore went to the Court 'decades ago'. Unless maybe there's like an elementary/middle-school analogues to go with the current high-school one?
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Ursine Asylum posted:Oh drat, that makes me wonder if there's some sort of funky-rear end breeding program going on. Jones is the Bene Gesserit! Jones doesn't seem to age because she just transfers her mind from clone to clone. Eglamore is a necessary step on the way to the Kwisatz Haderach.
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Man the Jones/Elgamore relationship has gone from kind of sweet to a little weird to downright creepy.
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