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Messin around before the ceremony and now named the medium? Smitty, you have responsibilities now! Good fake, tea-san.
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New theory. Jones recommended for Eglamore's successor, and it wasn't Parley, but Annie. Fireball beats sword.
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Feb 8, 2013 09:50
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 What? Wait... what? Wait... Dodgeball fucked around with this message at 10:01 on Feb 8, 2013 |
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Feb 8, 2013 09:58
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 Totally not awkward at all!Assuming that this isn't a giant psych-out and that one of the recurring themes seems to be the transition of court from one generation to the next it makes for an interesting parallel with Smitty as the Medium and Parley being a very likely shoe-in to eventually take Eglamore's position as Protector. We all know that worked out perfectly fine after all. 
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Feb 8, 2013 09:58
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Guys, it's obvious what happened here. The Headmaster tried to name Annie the successor, but Smitty's probability-loving powers made the Headmaster name him by mistake. e: VVV I meant that as a joke VVV Arthur Crackpot fucked around with this message at 14:18 on Feb 8, 2013 |
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Feb 8, 2013 10:02
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Arthur Crackpot posted:Guys, it's obvious what happened here. His powers usually help his goals, though, and I doubt that he wants the job. A more likely explanation is that big guy told the headmaster about Ysengrin attacking Annie, or just pleaded to not name her the medium.
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Feb 8, 2013 10:05
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It looks to me in the last two panels that the candidates are frozen in place. Reynardine is about to have a very interesting conversation with Coyote, I think...
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Feb 8, 2013 10:07
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Goddratit. This is the last time I don't post theories for hard proof because I totally loving called this.
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Feb 8, 2013 10:08
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I think that the headmaster chose Smitty to be the next medium, but his probability powers made all three of them hear it wrong to avoid things from becoming awkward when someone that they hadn't prepared to hear was chosen was chosen.
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Feb 8, 2013 10:08
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I just figured that they all expected Annie to be the next medium that they didn't even listen to the headmaster. Boy, will their faces be red on Monday.
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Feb 8, 2013 10:10
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IIRC Smitty doesn't have "probability" powers, he has the natural ability to subconsciously create order where there wasn't any before. Which has pretty much absolutely nothing to do with someone picking him for an important job over someone else. That's more like... ta'veren or something.
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Feb 8, 2013 10:14
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This is the  est page I've read in GC.
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Feb 8, 2013 10:34
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SHISHKABOB posted:IIRC Smitty doesn't have "probability" powers, he has the natural ability to subconsciously create order where there wasn't any before. Which has pretty much absolutely nothing to do with someone picking him for an important job over someone else. That's more like... ta'veren or something. Unless there was a disagreement on who to pick for Medium, in which case his powers might create a tiebreaker that didn't upset anyone.
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Feb 8, 2013 10:40
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Man, that dude has a really thick accent, he really butchered the standard pronuciaton of Annie's full name.
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Feb 8, 2013 10:52
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Congrats, Annie! I'm sure glad this over now.
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Feb 8, 2013 11:26
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I started reading GC because of this thread, and now when I'm all confused about events and yearning for help I come here to find... more chaos. Guess we'll just have to wait and see. (While I gnaw my own hand off. What's going onnnnnn?!)
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Feb 8, 2013 11:29
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Dodgeball posted:
I'm taking this. It's great.
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Feb 8, 2013 11:48
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Infinite Walrus posted:I started reading GC because of this thread, and now when I'm all confused about events and yearning for help I come here to find... more chaos. Basically https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tdtNISDZwA but with everyone
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Feb 8, 2013 11:51
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I need to stop doubting this comic's ability completely surpass my mundane expectations, even when there isn't something epic going on. This page is just masterful. Everything about it.
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Feb 8, 2013 12:10
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Feb 8, 2013 12:49
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At first I thought that Annie and the rest hadn't been paying any actual attention to what the guy was saying, but I guess Coyote pulling some sort of trick isn't completely impossible. Either way Monday can't come soon enough.
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Feb 8, 2013 13:11
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That was a confusing one to read first thing in the morning. And I'm still confused. I really thought it was going to be Parley!
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Feb 8, 2013 13:28
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I'm so confused
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Feb 8, 2013 13:41
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Flitter Reid posted:That was a confusing one to read first thing in the morning. And I'm still confused. I also just read this as soon as I got up. I was wrong, the general reaction is not  but rather 
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Feb 8, 2013 14:04
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Had to read the first few frames like 3 times, then decided to read the whole page and realized Rey was as confused as me and I figured out what was happening. This is probably all a ploy by the headmaster to try and shock Jones (it won't work sadly).
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Feb 8, 2013 15:02
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I've only just noticed, but why do all 3 mediums in training have different formal court clothes. Annie has a shirt and blazer with a long skirt, Parley has a blouse and blazer with business pants, and Smitty has a similar shirt and blazer, but wearing dark suit pants. Does no one at the court own a matching set of formal clothes.
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Feb 8, 2013 15:20
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Conot posted:I've only just noticed, but why do all 3 mediums in training have different formal court clothes. Annie has a shirt and blazer with a long skirt, Parley has a blouse and blazer with business pants, and Smitty has a similar shirt and blazer, but wearing dark suit pants. Maybe different years have different uniforms?
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Feb 8, 2013 15:25
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I love how I genuinely thought the announcement could go either way and be fine and then the way it does end up going is just done so well. Noone actually listening to what the headmaster was saying.
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Feb 8, 2013 15:28
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Just seems like a case of everyone expecting the medium to be Annie, so they just assumed it was her name read out and acted accordingly. No Coyote tricks or anything. While Reynard was the only one who actually listened properly and gave us those awesome last two panels. I was kind of hoping it would be Smitty (with or without Parley), or Zimmy out of nowhere. Now that he's actually been announced though, I have no idea what to think or where it will go from here. I just hope Smitty gets some good screentime with Coyote, his order and chilled attitude vs Coyote chaos could be fun. 
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Feb 8, 2013 15:30
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Conot posted:I've only just noticed, but why do all 3 mediums in training have different formal court clothes. Annie has a shirt and blazer with a long skirt, Parley has a blouse and blazer with business pants, and Smitty has a similar shirt and blazer, but wearing dark suit pants. Parley doesn't wear a uniform anymore, although I guess she wasn't willing to deviate from the Court colors for a formal event. The last time this sort of thing happened Annie and Parley were wearing the same thing
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Feb 8, 2013 15:32
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Yeah, I think Smitty and Annie are wearing the school uniform, whereas Parley, as a sixth former who doesn't wear school uniforms anymore, is wearing adult Court formalwear, same as the other adults there. (Jones and Anja are wearing the same thing) The little details in this comic are nuts.
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Feb 8, 2013 15:36
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I think it's pretty adorable how so many of you guys are so baffled by a simple gag that you've begun to theorize how various reality-altering magical powers might have conspired to produce a comical misunderstanding.
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Feb 8, 2013 15:48
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Hah! Why is everyone assuming Coyote tricks? The kids clearly just misheard the Headmaster thanks to their own prejudices regarding the Medium position. Those last two panels aren't them frozen in place, you can clearly see Smitty holding a beat, everything freezing for just a moment in that supremely awkward moment where everyone's ears catch up to their brains. With amazing Reynardine faces.
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Feb 8, 2013 15:49
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If you look closely, you can see extremely minute changes in all three of their faces. It's so subtle that I'm probably finding something that isn't really there but... I think we're seeing them at the very instant all four of them realize "wait, what".
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That's my interpretation too. The last panel is where you'd hear a record scratch sound-effect. Like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqgW-2orQQg Condoleezza Nice! fucked around with this message at 16:10 on Feb 8, 2013 |
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Feb 8, 2013 16:07
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I'm not so sure a guy with the power to make everything super boring is going to be a great match for a trickster god.  Oh who am I kidding this is going to be hilarious.
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SHISHKABOB posted:If you look closely, you can see extremely minute changes in all three of their faces. It's so subtle that I'm probably finding something that isn't really there but... I think we're seeing them at the very instant all four of them realize "wait, what". If you do the magic-eye thing with the last two panels, it's pretty neat.
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Diet Conan Doyle posted:I'm not so sure a guy with the power to make everything super boring is going to be a great match for a trickster god. There will be many Coyote tantrums, and they will be increasingly hilarious - and hazardous. I had to do a double-take on this today, but my god once I realized what happened, oh how I laughed. This is so awkward.
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Diet Conan Doyle posted:I'm not so sure a guy with the power to make everything super boring is going to be a great match for a trickster god. He's the ultimate straight man to the ultimate comedian! It practically writes itself.
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