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Lt. Lizard posted:Annie really told Jerek about this whole thing just so Loup could learn about Court plans, huh? There was no in-character or in-story motivation, it was purely a device to move the story along. Wouldn't it have made more sense for him to spy on the meeting that Kat had on the beach instead? Then we could have understood that he knew what was happening with a single panel that wouldn't have even required any dialogue.
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There Bias Two posted:Wouldn't it have made more sense for him to spy on the meeting that Kat had on the beach instead? Then we could have understood that he knew what was happening with a single panel that wouldn't have even required any dialogue. Yes, sure, but how could we advance the "tension" of a lovely love triangle by doing this? Pretty sure this page is just stalling for the remaining corner of it to show up for more romcom hijinx.
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somewhere in the back of his cracked little mind Loup must be marveling at how well this “disguise myself as a ponytailed dork” plan has worked out
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There Bias Two posted:Wouldn't it have made more sense for him to spy on the meeting that Kat had on the beach instead? Then we could have understood that he knew what was happening with a single panel that wouldn't have even required any dialogue. have you considered that without her constantly personally informing loup of everything that happens for no reason, or being exposited to by random guys also for no reason, the nominal protagonist would be entirely superfluous to the back half of this story A Wizard of Goatse fucked around with this message at 15:01 on Aug 31, 2022 |
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Aug 31, 2022 14:58
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Control Volume posted:One of the few good webcomics that actually ended was Problem Sleuth so think carefully before you want any more webcomic endings. Ye have been warned On the other hand, the Schlock Mercenary ending was good, so it can happen.
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I suppose the kind gesture is to assume Annie has been chatting and gotten closer and more familiar with Loup's Jerek persona off screen after he was first introduced but the comic hasn't exactly earned that kindness.
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why is Loup talking about someone that both sides of him love like she's expendable
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Xand_Man posted:why is Loup talking about someone that both sides of him love like she's expendable I read it as him talking about Jerrik, not Annie. Presumably leading in to him trying and failing to cast away the persona (either metaphorically because he can’t stay away from Annie/Lana/whatever, or literally because of magic stuff)
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Aug 31, 2022 15:24
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I think he's talking about his robot-persona, not annie.
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Maybe that was the intention but it'd be hard to more unambiguously visually convey he's talking about her than having him glare at her turned back while he says it. Maybe have a little imaginary cartoon knife sticking in there
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I am holding out hope that Annie (and Reynard) knows it's Loup and this has all been a big trap they've set for him.
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Snake Maze posted:I read it as him talking about Jerrik, not Annie. Presumably leading in to him trying and failing to cast away the persona (either metaphorically because he can’t stay away from Annie/Lana/whatever, or literally because of magic stuff) Yeah, I'm definitely assuming this is leading to a dead goose moment.
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A Wizard of Goatse posted:Maybe that was the intention but it'd be hard to more unambiguously visually convey he's talking about her than having him glare at her turned back while he says it. Maybe have a little imaginary cartoon knife sticking in there
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Snake Maze posted:I read it as him talking about Jerrik, not Annie. Presumably leading in to him trying and failing to cast away the persona (either metaphorically because he can’t stay away from Annie/Lana/whatever, or literally because of magic stuff) Nettle Soup posted:I think he's talking about his robot-persona, not annie. he says that part while literally looking right at her??
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lol so not only is it unclear why Annie was mad in the first place, it's also unclear who Loup is even referring to here
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artichoke posted:I am holding out hope that Annie (and Reynard) knows it's Loup and this has all been a big trap they've set for him. It would make a lot of the weirdness of the last few chapters actually make sense, if it's framed like, "what we are seeing is the information Annie is feeding Loup, so of course it's just hurried exposition".
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isasphere posted:It would make a lot of the weirdness of the last few chapters actually make sense, if it's framed like, "what we are seeing is the information Annie is feeding Loup, so of course it's just hurried exposition". Even if this is the case, it means that the comic has to suffer several full chapters of bad writing and pacing, which is probably a really bad decision on Tom's part. Even if it does result in a good payoff, I'm not sure it's worth several dozen pages of low quality work.
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When do we learn that the Omega Device knew about Jerrek the entire time and factored him into its plans?
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Jerrek decides it is time for the next stage of his great plan and dons an ingenious disguise as unassuming human boy Kerrej
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Catgirl Al Capone posted:Jerrek decides it is time for the next stage of his great plan and dons an ingenious disguise as unassuming human boy Kerrej It sucks that Jerrek disappeared. Annie is so distraught over it. Thank God there's a nice forest elf boy named Jerry to cheer her up
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Splicer posted:Yeah offing Jerrek would make a lot more sense but visually that's a pure "so sick of her poo poo" panel. Yeah, I basically had to reason out that he probably means the Jerrick costume. But maybe not. Maybe he turns to Annie, about to dispose of her. But as he turns, he sees her looking at him stylistically, and he starts Jerricking again. Lol.
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I honestly thought he had changed his mind on a whim and decided to get rid of Annie. Only now reading through the thread do I realize that probably wasn't the intended read.
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The big question is who will Jerrek infodump all this to next? Each remaining chapter will just consist of people passing larger and larger infodumps to each other until everyone knows everything and it turns out that the Omega Device... is the comic itself, and also you, dear reader
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It's you, you're the Gunnerkrigg Court: The Plot Thinnens!
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usenet celeb 1992 posted:The big question is who will Jerrek infodump all this to next? Each remaining chapter will just consist of people passing larger and larger infodumps to each other until everyone knows everything and it turns out that the Omega Device... is the comic itself, and also you, dear reader Jerrek infodumps to Lana, who gets mad. It's unclear if she's jealous that he was talking to Annie, or if she's mad cus Annie told him but not her.
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CodfishCartographer posted:Jerrek infodumps to Lana, who gets mad. It's unclear if she's jealous that he was talking to Annie, or if she's mad cus Annie told him but not her. I think you’ve just prophesied and I really hope you’re wrong.
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Loup is actually revealing that we, the audience, are no longer needed and he plans to get rid of us.
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Lana's job to be saved by Jerrek is done so she's on forever vacation now. Just like our good friend Shadow.
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HiKaizer posted:Loup is actually revealing that we, the audience, are no longer needed and he plans to get rid of us. Finally
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Way ahead of him there
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ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Welp
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This is the ad that showed up as I opened this page, and... Same, ad box. Same
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J.A.B.C. posted:Same, ad box bot. Same
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I did not ask for love triangle a decade into this story.
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He's. He was her father figure??
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This feels incestuous and I'm not sure why.
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he's gonna reveal that Annie's crush was Ysengrin all along lol lmao
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Something people are missing is that the first two panels suggest that "this fool" Loup was referring to was indeed Annie. Despite being made out of two people who loved her and also being in love with her, he decided to completely forget about all of that until Jerrek's hormones kicked in and stopped him.
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Annointed posted:This feels incestuous and I'm not sure why. because the character who is crushing on the teenaged main character is a fusion of two immortal gods who both served as father figures during a time in the main character's life when her own father was absent. it's not QUITE as creepy as if loup was her actual dad but it's 90% of the way there
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