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Sorry Ms. Carver, our manufacturer's warranty does not cover damage due to self-immolation.
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Rasamune posted:(Maybe she's been stalking Paz so she can give her the 'don't break her heart' speech?) Maybe she's stalking Paz to tell her the clown incident was her fault and laugh unsettlingly.
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Dec 2, 2013 21:32
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Received my copy of Annie in the Forest Part 2 today; thanks again, Nettle Soup! Just like Part 1, it's a joy to read and the art remains excellent (and better than the regular comic).
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Dec 2, 2013 21:36
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dyzzy posted:Sorry Ms. Carver, our manufacturer's warranty does not cover damage due to self-immolation. Annie's flames are rather selective in what they burn and what heat they have; and I don't think she risks destroying what she wears. (Which is for the better. Gunnerkrigg Court isn't Wayward Sons.)
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Dec 2, 2013 21:38
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Cat Mattress posted:Annie's flames are rather selective in what they burn and what heat they have; and I don't think she risks destroying what she wears. (Which is for the better. Gunnerkrigg Court isn't Wayward Sons.) She did singe her clothes though. The heat would also be bad for the phone.
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Dec 2, 2013 22:05
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Maybe cellphones aren't permitted, but nobody dares to tell Jones to stop using hers.
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Dec 2, 2013 23:11
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seravid posted:Received my copy of Annie in the Forest Part 2 today; thanks again, Nettle Soup!  Good to know! I was wondering if anyone else had gotten them yet!
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Gonna check when I get back tonight, crossing my fingers!
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Blackheart posted:Maybe cellphones aren't permitted, but nobody dares to tell Jones to stop using hers. Maybe it's an Etherphone that Jones got back when radio came around and she just upgrades it every once in a while.
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Dec 3, 2013 00:35
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Annie almost certainly doesn't have a phone - who would have given her one? Surma wouldn't have needed her to have one since they were inseparable, and I can't imagine Anthony actually giving her a gift. And since she became old enough to go out by herself she's never left the Court-Gillitie region, which probably doesn't have a local Vodafone branch. I'd imagine most of the other kids have mobiles, and they work fine, we just haven't seen them use them.
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Tenebrais posted:Annie almost certainly doesn't have a phone - who would have given her one? Surma wouldn't have needed her to have one since they were inseparable, and I can't imagine Anthony actually giving her a gift. And since she became old enough to go out by herself she's never left the Court-Gillitie region, which probably doesn't have a local Vodafone branch. If Annie had a phone her father would probably have called her on it instead of on Jones', or at least they would have mentioned it when he did. If Kat had a phone she probably would have called/texted Annie on vacation rather than writing letters. If they other kids had phones they probably would have used them during the dryad kidnapping sequence, or at least tried. Why they don't have phones is entirely speculative, but the fact that they don't have phones is pretty clear.
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Nettle Soup posted:
My comics arrived too, thanks a bunch Nettlesoup. Now to wrap them up and deprive myself of them until christmas 
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fatherdog posted:Why they don't have phones is entirely speculative Because mobile phones are inconvenient to dramatic storytelling, probably. 
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Dec 3, 2013 01:14
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Now we need a little side story where Annie tries to use the blinker stone to text in 100 foot tall letters.
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Dec 3, 2013 01:17
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MikeJF posted:Because mobile phones are inconvenient to dramatic storytelling, probably. Also this comic has been going for around 8 years now. Back then, phones weren't quite as ubiquitous as they are now. Maybe the story arc wasn't really planned out in advance with everyone having a Star Trek communicator. 
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BobTheJanitor posted:Also this comic has been going for around 8 years now. Back then, phones weren't quite as ubiquitous as they are now. Maybe the story arc wasn't really planned out in advance with everyone having a Star Trek communicator. What year are we supposed to assume that the comic is taking place in? Jones' phone was a pretty dated-looking flip phone, for example, so I can't imagine that it's recent.
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Doctor_Blueninja posted:What year are we supposed to assume that the comic is taking place in? Jones' phone was a pretty dated-looking flip phone, for example, so I can't imagine that it's recent.
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Doctor_Blueninja posted:What year are we supposed to assume that the comic is taking place in? Jones' phone was a pretty dated-looking flip phone, for example, so I can't imagine that it's recent. Probably started around or just a year or two before when the comic started, but has progressed slower than real time.
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Yeah even if we assume the comic's timeline started in 2005 to match the release of the first page, we've only seen two years and part of another right? So it would only be 2007-2008 in their world. First iPhones were released in 2007, so it would make sense that they're not all chatting on phones yet. Comparing smart phone history to comic world chronology ITT. 
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Doctor_Blueninja posted:What year are we supposed to assume that the comic is taking place in? Jones' phone was a pretty dated-looking flip phone, for example, so I can't imagine that it's recent. It's like y'know modern day. There's some interesting stuff on the wiki that's "word of tom" or whatever where he answers some questions about that kind of thing. I like the way he deals with it: if it's not important to the story it's just sort of like whatever man.
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Doctor_Blueninja posted:Jones' phone was a pretty dated-looking flip phone When I look at all the scratches on my phone's screen, I miss the flip phones.
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Doctor_Blueninja posted:What year are we supposed to assume that the comic is taking place in? Jones' phone was a pretty dated-looking flip phone, for example, so I can't imagine that it's recent. I swear I saw Tom say somewhere that she had an old-style flip phone because her fingers don't trigger capacitive touchscreens.
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Blasmeister posted:My comics arrived too, thanks a bunch Nettlesoup. Now to wrap them up and deprive myself of them until christmas Me too! Thanks again Nettle Soup!
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SHISHKABOB posted:It's like y'know modern day. There's some interesting stuff on the wiki that's "word of tom" or whatever where he answers some questions about that kind of thing. I like the way he deals with it: if it's not important to the story it's just sort of like whatever man. After you guys started mentioning the Word of Tom stuff, I went and looked them up to read them again. It's hilarious just how general his answers get for questions about the comic. Take a look at this as an example: Word of Tom posted:Q: What year does the comic take place in?
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MikeJF posted:I swear I saw Tom say somewhere that she had an old-style flip phone because her fingers don't trigger capacitive touchscreens. Right in this thread! Tea-san posted:The story is set in the current day! Jones has a keypad phone because she is unable to use capacitive touchscreens. More trivia tidbits about Jones: quote:Is Jones a robot? quote:Is Jones an android? quote:How many hit points does Jones have? quote:Has Jones ever laughed in her entire lifetime?
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Jones was subjected to X-Rays and MRI's before right?
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RandomPauI posted:Jones was subjected to X-Rays and MRI's before right? In the comic, her X-Rays are shown as pure black shadow.
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Dec 3, 2013 04:24
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Or rather, pure white. Ninja: http://gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1119
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Tollymain posted:Or rather, pure white.
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Solid belief, if you believe Coyote. Who was it who said that the Court was Man's attempt to become a God? The etheric experiments make me think they are trying to develop a way of manipulating reality on the macroscopic scale.
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Tollymain posted:Solid belief, if you believe Coyote.
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I never really noticed this before this chapter, but now I can't stop noticing. Look at how big Kat's nose is. LOOK AT IT. She should be less self-conscious of her lesbian crush and more self-conscious of that GIANT HONKER, because goddamn, it's obviously the more shameful of the pair. 
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You didn't notice it before because it looks bigger in profile and the characters haven't been drawn much in profile until recently, haha
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In this comic, everyone looks a little off in profile; it's Tom's kryptonite.
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Nathilus posted:I never really noticed this before this chapter, but now I can't stop noticing. Look at how big Kat's nose is. LOOK AT IT. She should be less self-conscious of her lesbian crush and more self-conscious of that GIANT HONKER, because goddamn, it's obviously the more shameful of the pair. http://gunnerkrigg.com/?p=73 Zimmy insulted her on it early on.
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Nathilus posted:I never really noticed this before this chapter, but now I can't stop noticing. Look at how big Kat's nose is. LOOK AT IT. She should be less self-conscious of her lesbian crush and more self-conscious of that GIANT HONKER, because goddamn, it's obviously the more shameful of the pair. Nose? I don't know what you're talking about. 
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BobTheJanitor posted:Yeah even if we assume the comic's timeline started in 2005 to match the release of the first page, we've only seen two years and part of another right? So it would only be 2007-2008 in their world. First iPhones were released in 2007, so it would make sense that they're not all chatting on phones yet. Cell phone saturation has been at or over 100% for well over a decade now. I'd say it's safe to assume all students who aren't Annie or former forest creatures would be expected to own at least one cell phone, if they are anything like students outside the Court. I assume the reason we aren't shown the kids using phones is simply because it doesn't fit the narrative.
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Am I the only person that thinks its weird that these kids are like 13-14 years old and yet they all have jobs and are treated with respect by the adults and are eligible to be ambassadors to the mystical forest? It feels like they are characterized as being more along the lines of 17-18 year olds.
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Talorat posted:Am I the only person that thinks its weird that these kids are like 13-14 years old and yet they all have jobs and are treated with respect by the adults and are eligible to be ambassadors to the mystical forest? It feels like they are characterized as being more along the lines of 17-18 year olds. Parley and Smitty are significantly older, and Annie is a special case. As for Paz, well, she volunteers, and we don't really know whether or not the adults treat her with respect with regards to the animal lab.
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