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I like that this break shows off not just how the various charaters draw and write, but also what they consider a comic to be. Annie and Kat did little four-panel stories, Renard did a political cartoon, Mort a series of riddle jokes, Gamma and Blue going for something more artistic. The variety is nice.
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I just noticed Annie didn't assume that whoever wrote the letter was male. Judging by Kat's reaction, she probably doesn't think they are.
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Apr 12, 2013 15:23
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There's only a handful of characters that aren't romantically involved with someone. Annie, Kat (until now, I guess), Paz, Matt. Red and Blue. Reynardine? Other than minor robots or some unknown student there's not a lot of options out there.
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Apr 12, 2013 19:52
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Fangz posted:Deflation happened in the 30s. Hyperinflation did not. Hyperinflation was the 20s, as part of the aftermath of WW1. Close enough. I wonder if Smitty's power would allow him to fortuitously find a game that his powers would not affect.
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Apr 27, 2013 14:39
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Phy posted:And I'm retroactively a little sad that it's a grey squirrel in the first place, considering they're an invasive species in Britain. Although I guess so is Coyote... Grey squirrels are pretty much the only species of squirrel in Britain at this point. I've never seen a red one in the wild.
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Apr 29, 2013 18:23
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Perhaps Kat suspects the letter is a prank at her expense, and is going to confront Paz about the rumours on her sexuality. Certainly that seems to have been on her mind when it came up before. I mean, maybe this whole thing is more innocent than that, but this arc doesn't strike me as a sweet tale of puppy love.
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May 14, 2013 01:57
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Sneaksie Taffer posted:I'm leaning towards Paz thinking the letter is from Kat to Bobby. That definitely seems like a direction this could go in. She did notice the letter. Maybe Paz will start thinking Bobby is a female now.
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May 17, 2013 16:37
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Magypsy posted:This is adorable, but I'm a little worried that Paz is going to be heartbroken at the end of this. I'm gay, and when I was Kat's age, I never even thought about the opposite sex. She's had plenty of crushes on men, and I can't remember her having any on women, so I think she'll reject Paz and it'll be super awkward for everyone involved. She seems pretty uncertain about it. To me it comes down to whether Kat would accept just to have a shot at romance at all, or reject to preserve her self-image. I suspect her decision won't actually have any basis in her opinion of Paz, so it'll probably end badly either way.
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May 22, 2013 11:02
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Onean posted:I dunno. It doesn't have this page, so I'm not sure I agree with you. But it does have this page, so I think that balances out.
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May 23, 2013 14:44
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Cuchulain posted:So I was just rereading the archives and other then being sweet and all does this this make anyone else slightly concerned for John's safety? It's possible they might just break up at some point. Not everyone spends the rest of their life with their high school sweetheart, even if they still like them.
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May 23, 2013 21:11
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Looks like someone stopped running from what scared her. I wonder how this will affect the dynamics of the group. Annie became kind of a third wheel the last time Kat got romantic, but she has more friends now. Or perhaps Paz will become part of the core group.
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May 27, 2013 10:59
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1stGear posted:Never stop Annie didn't assume it was a boy in the first place. And yeah, I can't imagine her being anything other than supportive of Kat having a relationship, for all that she's kind of a dolt when it comes to romance. This leaves Annie the only student character without some sort of relationship or crush. She's never shown any romantic inclination at all, not counting the trick she tried to pull on Jack. I wonder if that's important. It could just be her father's influence; he looked much the same.
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I've been pretty much running under the assumption that Tony is trying to get Surma back somehow. He worked tirelessly to cure her despite knowing exactly what was happening. I wouldn't be surprised if the entire chapter of Microsat 5 was a ruse to get Annie somewhere he could predict. ...that said if he couldn't figure out where Annie was I don't know how he'd know to call Jones to get to her.
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Jun 1, 2013 01:29
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I don't think we'll be able to have a good guess at what Anthony is up to until we know the nature of his and Surma's relationship. They were apparently both entirely aware of what would happen if they had a child. They did anyway.
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Jun 1, 2013 22:39
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Renard's got himself a pretty sweet set-up there.
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Jun 3, 2013 08:32
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I love how much the body language in the last two panels says. You can tell Kat still isn't wholly comfortable with the whole dating a girl thing, and not just because she hasn't told Annie yet.
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Jun 5, 2013 20:37
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MikeJF posted:What Foley students aren't? Seems to me that with the exception of Shadow, who Jones snuck in and wasn't assigned normally to the house, everyone there is an animal or fairy who was transformed into a human. According to Word Of Tom, Brinnie was in Foley house. She came from Valhalla, not the forest.
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Jun 7, 2013 23:29
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MikeJF posted:Pretty sure he said she was in Chester. Which makes sense, as it's the 'not entirely human/weird poo poo' house. It was Foley. Perhaps Foley is the house for those who didn't grow up in normal human society, so that they have that in common. Zimmy probably knew what a haircut is, for example.
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Jun 8, 2013 03:03
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SHISHKABOB posted:Renard you're lookin' pretty darn creepy there buddy. Extra food for thought: it makes them look just like Coyote's glass-eyed men.
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Jun 26, 2013 16:46
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Hetty is very much a foil for Renard. They are both some sort of spirit above humanity trapped in a toy and thus bound to their owner's will, but the difference is in how they treat it. Hetty views Adam with unbridled hatred and tries to torture him to death, while Renard learned to love Annie such that she doesn't want to boss him around. Hetty is a snapshot of what Renard could have been. This is still very much a chapter about him.
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Jul 16, 2013 22:18
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I suspect this chapter will be about Annie as medium for the Forest. The imagery matches her role as a Forest agent in the Court.
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Aug 9, 2013 16:10
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Suaimhneas posted:About the homework copying: I remember her doing it that one time, but has there been anything to show that she's done it a lot? I see people here talking about Annie ignoring her schoolwork for years and I'm not sure where that impression's coming from. It's sort of implied. Every time Annie is shown with homework at all she's copying it from Kat. WeaponBoy posted:Is it just me or do they look kind of oddly short in the second panel? They're, what, 14-16 now? Their proportions make them look more like they're 10. 13-14; this is still their third year. The proportions look fine for that, probably in part because they clearly dress more like teenagers than children.
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Aug 12, 2013 12:11
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I would legitimately be happy if Annie's forest visit was all off-screen and the entire chapter was a day in the life of Kat & Paz. I mean, realistically, I'm sure something awesome will happen in the forest. But those two are just so cute.
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Aug 14, 2013 18:50
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Fried Chicken posted:So that's the problem. What is the solution and how do we help? I guess you could offer him a lift to wherever he ends up moving? It's really not a problem anyone needs help with.
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Sep 15, 2013 20:42
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DaveWoo posted:I've never read Sandra & Woo. What's so bad about it? It's not offensive or anything; it's just kind of bland and humourless.
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Sep 17, 2013 01:45
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SHISHKABOB posted:Zimmy's like an antenna of sorts, I think Jones said this. I think she like "connects" with some alternate "plane of dimension As far as I can tell, her mind taps directly into the ether, and realises it as the grungy distorted hellhole version of Birmingham. I don't think it can actually escape her mind normally, which puts a lot of stress on her psyche and makes her, well, Zimmy.
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Sep 25, 2013 23:52
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Desuwa posted:I tried reading this about a year ago and gave up after the first chapter, since it didn't seem to click with me and I didn't know much about it. The first chapter or two definitely seem to lean on that weird, alien vibe more than the rest of the comic. Just compare the way the corridors look at the start of the comic to the start of this chapter. I suppose it could be said that this reflects the way Annie sees the court, as it comes to feel more like home to her. Or perhaps Tom just changed his vision a bit over the years.
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Sep 26, 2013 12:40
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It'll be good to see more of the nature of their relationship, however it ends up. I presume they won't just break up, given how long was spent setting it up, but then on the other hand they are teenagers.
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Oct 18, 2013 14:52
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Doctor_Blueninja posted:Paz could always just be the Aqua-Man of the group! That's gotta count for something, right? Paz already has Aquaman beat, since she can also talk to land animals.
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Oct 21, 2013 15:59
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Interesting to see that Kat, when considering inviting Paz was a bad idea, figured she should have put off her hobby with Annie instead of putting off hanging out with Paz. Despite the fact they seem to be hanging out all the time anyway. She must put a lot of value in her relationship with her girlfriend. On the other hand, she's shy about getting changed in front of her, so they can't be that close yet. Sure, they're 14-ish, that's pretty normal, but given how much Kat had been questioning her sexuality she must be pretty conflicted.
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Oct 23, 2013 16:39
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Not to mention this is a development in the plot vis a vis Kat's attempt to grow a robot.
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seravid posted:Apologize for being so distant and promise to never abandon Annie again? Yes. Even that would be contentious, I think Annie and maybe Donald are the only people left that don't hate him.
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Nov 11, 2013 21:13
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I would guess Llanwellyn was trying to gauge Annie's relationship with Coyote/Ysengrin/Renard. Seeing how she responds to being forbidden from the forest - and how Coyote responds - or to the suggestion that Reynardine be returned (not even an order, just an offer under the premise that she might be tired of the responsibility). As to why he'd want to know how close she is to the hounds is anyone's guess, but he may well have grander plans for her than the role of medium.
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Nov 13, 2013 03:54
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Heavy Zed posted:My favorite is the one talking to the doorman here. Yeah, it seems pretty likely she'll feel a bit hurt about Kat keeping a secret like that from her. And probably self-conscious about being one of the last, what, three? people she knows to get a partner. I wouldn't think it'd drive a wedge between them or anything, though.
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Nov 14, 2013 01:10
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Dogwood Fleet posted:I think it's referring to Jones working at the Court. Yeah, I would guess Renard was criticising Jones working there and thus giving the image of taking their side.
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Nov 22, 2013 20:52
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Blackheart posted:Rereading that chapter up to this page, I know robot is a good guy but he really gives a cultist vibe sometimes. Even shadow's sad face makes the page more ominous, although it's mostly due to the sad events he just witnessed. We've seen in other chapters that Robot has been waiting for an angel long before Kat was around. He might be projecting on her. Just a little. It'll probably make for some pretty great conflict down the line.
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Nov 30, 2013 21:58
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Spikey posted:Or he might not be projecting at all. Oh there's no question that she is an angel to the robots. He just might be projecting onto her abilities and goals.
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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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Bot 02 posted:Can someone explain the pizza thing to me? I've seen it mentioned more than a few times in this thread, but I've no idea where it actually came from. While it's fun to imagine Annie as a pizza-junky, it's also pretty confusing. It started with the joke that when Annie was missing, she was organising a pizza party for Kat and Paz.
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