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Hey, it's that guy. I mean, it makes perfect sense in this world that there would be a psychopomp that is just straight up the grim reaper. Never seen him in a huge-brimmed floppy sun hat before though.
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Looks like pretty much a direct hit. So did Jones somehow know a bomb was going to land on that exact spot?
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Mar 19, 2014 08:04
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 The saddest Gunnerkrigg chapter
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Makes sense, plain old modernish London Brit gets a grim reaper.
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Oh phew, Mort's okay. The guy behind him lost all his flesh though
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Oh neat, it's Ankou. Makes sense since this is in Britain. http://gunnerkrigg.com/?p=155
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Mar 19, 2014 08:13
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Waiting for the inevitable 360 noscope dubstep video.
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Filthy Haiku posted:Has anyone taken drunk Annie yet? I want to scoop it up after work once I can think of some text. Taken
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Fecha posted:I mean, it makes perfect sense in this world that there would be a psychopomp that is just straight up the grim reaper. Never seen him in a huge-brimmed floppy sun hat before though. It does wonders for his complexion. Kennel posted:It's little too big for an avatar.
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Aww. Jones lost her hair clip and is searching it now. It was probably important to her. And I guess some boy died.
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Air is lava! posted:And I guess some boy died. Well he was a ghost all along anyway.
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Aw damnit Jones you were suposed to catch it! Also the amount of detail put into Jones' face in that 5th panel is amazing. I know this is pretty usual for Tom, but for some reason it JUST hit me. Kikas fucked around with this message at 11:27 on Mar 19, 2014 |
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I have been wondering, these last few pages: does Jones know about the psychopomps? Has she ever interacted with them, especially given her age?
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Mar 19, 2014 14:35
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Eglamore looks awful weird in that panel. Why's he got such a nasty look on his face?
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Axiem posted:I have been wondering, these last few pages: does Jones know about the psychopomps? Has she ever interacted with them, especially given her age? We've seen psychopomps choose to appear in front of people (Kat and Ketrak), but I don't know if Jones would have the ability to see the psychopomps if they are wholly of the ether. Jones can see and interact with Coyote, Ysengrin, and Reynard, but I don't know if those guys would count as similar enough to psychopomps to be transferable. Did Jones indicate that she understood the etheric party that was happening in the Foley classroom? That might help determine if she was capable of communication with them.
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I'm sure Jones is aware of psychopomps and and the etherial party in the fairy room, but I doubt she's ever seen one or even could.
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ChairMaster posted:I'm sure Jones is aware of psychopomps and and the etherial party in the fairy room, but I doubt she's ever seen one or even could. On the other hand, I'm wondering if THEY see her. She has no etheric connection after all.
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Kikas posted:On the other hand, I'm wondering if THEY see her. She has no etheric connection after all. Why wouldn't they? She's just a rock.
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Yea they can see beds and doors and stuff.
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E...Eglamore? 
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There's a particular psychopomp that exists only for Jones. He's pretty bored.
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Maybe Jones is her own psychopomp! 
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ChairMaster posted:Yea they can see beds and doors and stuff. Are you sure? 
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Jones still has clothes after being blown up by a bomb, immersion ruined.
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100 HOGS AGREE posted:Maybe Jones is her own psychopomp! Psychopomps were killed in the last chapter though.
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HoboNews posted:Jones still has clothes after being blown up by a bomb, immersion ruined. She took cover behind Mort.
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Cat Mattress posted:She took cover behind Mort. "Don't want to mess up my Sunday brights..." (That's a thing British people say right?) fake edit: I just noticed that her clothes are actually pretty messed up, in the 3rd panel the right side seems to be torn, if not gone...
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Maybe part of her 'situation' is always having period-accurate attire. Hence her lack thereof in the prehistoric eras. Probably just Tom's choice though. dyzzy fucked around with this message at 17:21 on Mar 19, 2014 |
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Hey, when the Mythbusters tried to knock their crash test dummy's socks off with an explosion, it took quite a bit to get them to even move. Assuming the bomb was mostly explosive force and not a massive fireball that would incinerate clothing, it's at least reasonable to assume that Jones wouldn't suddenly be nude. Plus then Tom would have to keep drawing awkward chest high rubble to keep the comic family friendly. I'm willing to suspend disbelief enough to allow for clothing. Unless the Germans were dropping nude bombs, that is.
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Mar 19, 2014 17:22
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Most of the destructive power of bombs like that is concussive, not incendiary.
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My God... If the Germans got their hands on that tech... Not even Jones would be safe.
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Maybe... maybe Jones is Earth's Psychopomp 
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Yeah, I figured somebody would compain about the clothes remaining intact enough to cover her bits, but it's not like all bombs just shred and torch everything. Most of them kill people through concussive pressure, not being burned. So anything that's brittle (buildings, armor, bones) gets smashed apart, but stuff like fabric will take most of their damage from flying debris. That looks like what happened to her clothes. And of course there's the fact that it's not a comic that has nudity, so her clothes are gonna find some way to stay on.
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Got it, concussion = clothes, incendiary = no clothes
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drat, that kid. He gets killed and he asks if the other person is all right. 
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HoboNews posted:Got it, concussion = clothes, incendiary = no clothes I'm with you. If Charlie Brown loses a shoe when he gets hit with a baseball, I'm pretty sure Jones loses every article of clothing from a bomb. But her clothes are made from the same material as She-Hulk's costume. The Comics Code
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can we all quit talking about naked jones like the saddest nerds imaginable
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Tom, you'll make a fortune if you start selling Jones body pillows. e: might as well include diego while you're at it 
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dyzzy posted:Tom, you'll make a fortune if you start selling Jones body pillows. Made of stone.
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Clearly the real money is in Mort bodypillow cases.  e: 
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