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While it's obviously Coyote, until we see otherwise I refuse to believe it isn't the Headmaster. I mean look at those Crow's feet. He is clearly a man who enjoys a good laugh. And not just old. GodFish fucked around with this message at 09:46 on Feb 15, 2013 |
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Feb 15, 2013 09:43
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You're all wrong; it is clearly Ysengrin. 
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Feb 15, 2013 09:46
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Violen posted:Trying to coax dependable and predictable action out of Coyote feels arrogant and fruitless. So, it's absolutely what the Court is up to. He may well play along with their game, though. Tricksters are good at making you think that you're winning.
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Feb 15, 2013 10:01
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Well this sure as hell is escalating quickly. Monday can't come fast enough.
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Feb 15, 2013 10:04
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Yeah Coyote, tell him he's being a boring terrible dumb-head! Neat find I made is someone animated page 163 and did a nice job at it http://nikolardo.tumblr.com/post/41223592105/so-i-finally-finished-this-thing-a-fanimation-of
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Feb 15, 2013 10:26
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Roland Jones posted:Jones is explicitly calling the headmaster out in front of everyone. Interesting. She looks like she's speaking quietly to him alone, actually.
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Feb 15, 2013 10:33
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Watch Headmaster Llanwellyn start a loving war.
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Feb 15, 2013 10:38
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Yes, because letting a foreign, rather hostile government pick your emissary for you otherwise they wage war against you is the mark of good leadership... V Oh. My bad, then. Iceclaw fucked around with this message at 11:04 on Feb 15, 2013 |
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Feb 15, 2013 10:42
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Iceclaw posted:Yes, because letting a foreign, rather hostile government pick your emissary for you otherwise they wage war against you is the mark of good leadership...  http://forums.somethingawful.com/dictionary.php?act=3&topicid=2378 In all seriousness though, I think the Headmaster may have picked a very stupid fight in his desire to regain control over Reynardine. Any goodwill he might have had from Antimony (and possibly some of the Court staff) has to have been seriously curtailed by that suggestion.
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Feb 15, 2013 10:49
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I doubt he intended that to be taken well. Unless he was going to add "...then we may consider reinstating your visitation rights." Which itself would be pretty unsubtle and just plain look bad. And he knows full well that relinquishing Renard would set him free at any rate, so that was most likely calculated to provoke a specific reaction. At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if he is intentionally creating sympathy for Annie. gently caress, maybe he even wants her to deal with Jeanne or uncover some other Court secret for his own reasons (which may or may not be benevolent).
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Feb 15, 2013 10:57
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I can't help but feel that if Annie wants to visit the forest, there isn't a drat thing the Court could do to stop her short of guarding her 24/7.
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Feb 15, 2013 11:05
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As the early chapters show, there is an alarm of some kind. Tripping it deploy instantly 1D1 Jimmy Jims on site. I guess otherwise you'd have a waiting line of kids trying to sneak into the forbidden place. VV: Well, if it works for Superman, it better works for Jimmy Jims. 
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Feb 15, 2013 11:08
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He may want her to visit the Forest "off the radar," although Coyote may extend his own invitation. I love that this is essentially the Headmaster playing an 11-dimensional chess tournament 
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Feb 15, 2013 12:21
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Actually, now that I think about it... What happens if someone triggers that alarm and Jimmy Jims is teaching a lesson? Does he just stop and get changed into his dragonslayer outfit? Does he spend all his time while not teaching in that outfit, waiting for someone to break the rules/try to cross the bridge?
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Feb 15, 2013 12:46
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I can't help but think that Anthony Carver is involved in this somehow.
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Hodgepodge posted:I doubt he intended that to be taken well. Unless he was going to add "...then we may consider reinstating your visitation rights." Which itself would be pretty unsubtle and just plain look bad. And he knows full well that relinquishing Renard would set him free at any rate, so that was most likely calculated to provoke a specific reaction. He's not. This is a snub, and a scheme, and it's become gradually more obvious over the last half-dozen strips.
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Conot posted:Actually, now that I think about it... What happens if someone triggers that alarm and Jimmy Jims is teaching a lesson? Does he just stop and get changed into his dragonslayer outfit? Does he spend all his time while not teaching in that outfit, waiting for someone to break the rules/try to cross the bridge? He just responds in his regular clothes: http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=115 http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=808 Presumably if he's in a class he's like "scuse me kids" and then jumps or teleports to the bridge.
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Oxxidation posted:He's not. This is a snub, and a scheme, and it's become gradually more obvious over the last half-dozen strips. Annie has outright told Rey he can go back to the forest if he wants. If the court has the kids' rooms bugged (it would shock me if they didn't) then they'd know this and desperately want to regain control of him. If they don't control Annie they sure as hell don't control Rey. That said I'm not sure they'd think it would be this easy to get Annie to just hand him over so there must be more to where the headmaster's headed with this.
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Guys, don't you know your onomatopoetic laughter? Clearly this is Wario.
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Niton posted:Watch Headmaster Llanwellyn start a loving war. It honestly wouldn't surprise me. The general feel of the story seems to me to be escalating. But I've definitely gotten this feeling before in Gunnerkrigg only to be incorrect. I love the unpredictability of GC. 
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Feb 15, 2013 16:35
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Angry Renard is so cute.  But yeah the Headmaster is def. trying to stir up some poo poo but you can't teach new tricks to an old coyote.
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Feb 15, 2013 17:25
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Reynard is such as an awesome character and I love the way he's bonded with Annie so much without any suggestion there's any sort of weird issues about her mother. He pretty obviously likes her because of who she is.
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Feb 15, 2013 17:27
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Maybe the headmaster is the kind of person who yawns when he's nervous. Or he just doesn't give any fucks.
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Feb 15, 2013 17:49
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SHISHKABOB posted:Maybe the headmaster is the kind of person who yawns when he's nervous. Jones is a vampire, and the headmaster is her thrall. She was especially hungry, is all  .
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Feb 15, 2013 18:02
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Has the headmaster been named before? "Jonathan" rings a bell for some reason.
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Feb 15, 2013 18:38
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From here? e: 
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Feb 15, 2013 18:55
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Iceclaw posted:As the early chapters show, there is an alarm of some kind. Tripping it deploy instantly 1D1 Jimmy Jims on site. Yeah, but that didn't stop Annie last time, and I have no doubt that if she wants to go to the forest, she will.
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Feb 15, 2013 20:52
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Is Anthony Carver on good terms with the court or not? That's one thing I never really figured out, or at least I forgot. I'm hopeless at guessing which way things will go in GK, but it'd be interesting if this is all some favor to Anthony. Indications are he was trying to kill/depower the flame elemental in Annie before, so I wonder if that's hinting at a greater dislike of the forest from his end.
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VictorGrunn posted:Is Anthony Carver on good terms with the court or not? Anthony Carver is not really the kind of guys who is on good terms with anyone.
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Feb 15, 2013 21:39
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Julio Cesar Fatass posted:Has the headmaster been named before? "Jonathan" rings a bell for some reason. Wasn't he in the same class as Jimmy Jims and the rest?
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Ursine Asylum posted:From here? I just noticed the headmaster seems to be way more enthusiastic in his office than he is in public. Not much, but at least he doesn't look like he's about to fall asleep.
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Feb 15, 2013 21:49
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Anoia posted:Wasn't he in the same class as Jimmy Jims and the rest? If he was, it wasn't mentioned in Ties - that was Jack's dad, an all-round jerk.
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horriblePencilist posted:I just noticed the headmaster seems to be way more enthusiastic in his office than he is in public. Not much, but at least he doesn't look like he's about to fall asleep. That's because his behavior in the Court-Forest meetings is an act. This was established right after the first meeting, both sides posture at each other a lot, the Forest (or at least Ysengrin) acting all fierce and the Court pretending it doesn't care about a bunch of stupid animals. Which is another reason this is definitely some sort of power play or scheme on the headmaster's part.
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Roland Jones posted:That's because his behavior in the Court-Forest meetings is an act. This was established right after the first meeting, both sides posture at each other a lot, the Forest (or at least Ysengrin) acting all fierce and the Court pretending it doesn't care about a bunch of stupid animals. Which is another reason this is definitely some sort of power play or scheme on the headmaster's part. The Forest likes Annie? Well they can't HAVE HER.
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It occurs to me that if someone is exceedingly capable, then giving them an official position isn't necessarily beneficial if you want them to do unofficial things. Also consider the very public nature of this nomination and the very public drama -- you have to think about who's in the room seeing all this. There's a game being played here.
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Feb 15, 2013 22:40
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DontMockMySmock posted:Yeah, but that didn't stop Annie last time, and I have no doubt that if she wants to go to the forest, she will. Well, he'd have catched her if she was just running down the bridge. Consider how long her little talk with Robot is, and how long the bridge is, he would have caught up with her.
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Feb 15, 2013 23:51
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I hope Coyote goes and says that he wants Renyardine to be his medium to the court, with Annie as his guardian 
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Thank you all for introducing me to the fantastic trip that is Gunnerkrigg Court. I have a feeling that Coyote will appoint Annie as the forest's liaison to the Court. The Court may send whomever they wish to deliver a message, but the forest will only acknowledge and reply to messages delivered by Annie.
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Coasterphreak posted:Thank you all for introducing me to the fantastic trip that is Gunnerkrigg Court. He may just settle for laughing in the headmaster's face over how transparent this scheme is, mock him for being so completely out of touch with just about everything, then turn to the former candidates and be like, "Remember this day well, kids! This is how little the Court thinks of you!" Planting seeds, as it were.
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