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Post by Max on Jan 4, 2012 8:03:06 GMT
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Post by Ashley Y on Jan 4, 2012 8:06:55 GMT
I love Red's expression while using a laptop. Also the paper streamers that look like the spirity things in the forest. I'm tempted to make some and hang them in my office.
So apparently Foley is separated from the main Court by a good train ride?
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Jan 4, 2012 8:11:15 GMT
I double down on my old wildspec that the streamer things are warding and warning charms.
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Post by Alexandragon on Jan 4, 2012 8:17:13 GMT
Nice place for a lot of kidding)
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Post by SpitefulFox on Jan 4, 2012 8:33:02 GMT
So, haircuts are a bizarre otherworldly concept to her, but laptops are okay?
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Post by Geekette on Jan 4, 2012 9:22:05 GMT
So, haircuts are a bizarre otherworldly concept to her, but laptops are okay? It has been a year, I think she'll be getting the hang of some things now. Plus, with the Court favoring technology, I imagine that things like computers are something they teach early (just like trains!) What I need to know is, is it deliberate or an oversight that Jones has no pupils in the 7th frame? |
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Post by mudmaniac on Jan 4, 2012 9:28:01 GMT
I like Tom's comment. In my head it reads: "You can NEVER fool Jones, 60% of the time."
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Post by legion on Jan 4, 2012 9:52:07 GMT
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Post by Georgie L on Jan 4, 2012 11:11:00 GMT
I double down on my old wildspec that the streamer things are warding and warning charms. My Wildspec was tribal banner style thngs. Yours kinda makes more sense. |
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Post by Lightice on Jan 4, 2012 11:46:14 GMT
What I need to know is, is it deliberate or an oversight that Jones has no pupils in the 7th frame? That always happens in the artstyle of this comic when a character is out of focus. There are many characters in the previous chapter alone who appear the same way. What I want to know, anyone else thought that Annie had an uncharacteristic and fun expression in the second panel? |
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Post by Per on Jan 4, 2012 13:36:38 GMT
What I want to know, anyone else thought that Annie had an uncharacteristic and fun expression in the second panel? It looks like her features and profile have been drawn to different perspectives, so that her chin looks like it slid way down to her neck. Yeah, pretty weird. Also, roomful of fairies could be interesting. |
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Post by Rafael on Jan 4, 2012 13:48:03 GMT
"You can NEVER fool Jones, 60% of the time." Love Annie's smile on the second panel. And how Jones knows a lot more than she shows. And I can't tell if Red looks focused or just in over her head, but she looks really cute. |
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Post by Aris Katsaris on Jan 4, 2012 14:06:17 GMT
Even in the haircut story, she knew about trains that used magnetic levitation (cutting-edge technology even in our world, much more so than laptops), but she didn't know the word for "chair".
Because the teachers remembered to teach them about technology, but neglected to teach them about chairs and haircuts.
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Post by Per on Jan 4, 2012 15:17:35 GMT
Speculation: Annie is "reading" the streamers as she's walking down the corridor, and that's why she's smiling. For instance, one might say roughly "All teachers are crumbums who know diddly."
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Post by joephlommin on Jan 4, 2012 15:56:14 GMT
One does not simply fool Jonesy!
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Post by q3 on Jan 4, 2012 15:59:00 GMT
So that's how the Court pacifies forest folk - by introducing them to the internet! How cunning. Maybe when Jeanne is freed, they can just set up public access terminals every ten feet along the ravine, forming an impenetrable wall of lolcats.
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Post by csj on Jan 4, 2012 16:48:33 GMT
Of course, the real question I would ask is WHY or HOW she has perceived his presence. I guess it's a benefit of being able to warp reality.
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Post by jasmijn on Jan 4, 2012 17:04:05 GMT
Of course, the real question I would ask is WHY or HOW she has perceived his presence. I guess it's a benefit of being able to warp reality. Or just Robot not hiding very well. |
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Post by dbthelinguaphile on Jan 4, 2012 17:19:09 GMT
So that's how the Court pacifies forest folk - by introducing them to the internet! How cunning. Maybe when Jeanne is freed, they can just set up public access terminals every ten feet along the ravine, forming an impenetrable wall of lolcats. I award you +10 internets for that statement. |
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Post by Mishmash on Jan 4, 2012 18:11:15 GMT
Shadow was openly waving at Robot from the train while Jones and Annie were watching him, so I'm thinking that Robot's attempts to hide were pretty doomed from the start!
I'm pretty keen to see what one of Foley's lessons involves...
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Post by poptropicagirl on Jan 4, 2012 22:57:06 GMT
Maybe Foley kids get to choose their new names, and Red is searching for a one on the computer.
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Post by TBeholder on Jan 5, 2012 0:21:55 GMT
Why not? Also, it looks like Red has at least partially gotten the hang of technology. She had no problems with a bicycle and maglev back then. What I want to know, anyone else thought that Annie had an uncharacteristic and fun expression in the second panel? Looks like these things improved her mood a lot... Summer break nostalgy?  Speculation: Annie is "reading" the streamers as she's walking down the corridor, and that's why she's smiling. Either that, or she just remembered a magical trick with these things so hilarious she can't suppress the trollface. So that's how the Court pacifies forest folk - by introducing them to the internet! Hey, it's even on the Evil Overlord's list! they can just set up public access terminals every ten feet along the ravine, forming an impenetrable wall of lolcats. Thank you so very much. I managed to escape forming "Zimmy vs. Ceiling Cat" mental image completely only via displacing it with the image of disgruntled Ysengrin walking into the hall while carrying a lolcat by the scruff of its neck.  |
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Post by Max on Jan 5, 2012 1:17:02 GMT
I kinda figured Chester and Foley would be under stricter security. Jack remarked that information about students from those houses was blocked off. |
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Post by myzelf on Jan 5, 2012 1:25:33 GMT
I'm guessing the streamers are there to ground stray etheric charges. In case a student gets riled or has poor control of their powers, the streamers will absorb the energy.
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Post by neal on Jan 5, 2012 3:54:08 GMT
I love the little detail that the streamers are taped to the ceiling.
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Post by warrl on Jan 5, 2012 6:07:53 GMT
I kinda figured Chester and Foley would be under stricter security. Jack remarked that information about students from those houses was blocked off. Probably the most popular current theory is that he was looking for information that does not exist - so naturally the computers refused to show it to him, and he reached a reasonable but incorrect conclusion. |
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Post by mudmaniac on Jan 5, 2012 8:42:25 GMT
"You can NEVER fool Jones, 60% of the time." Love Annie's smile on the second panel. And how Jones knows a lot more than she shows. And I can't tell if Red looks focused or just in over her head, but she looks really cute. 60% of the time, this still makes me laugh every time. |
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Post by csj on Jan 5, 2012 13:11:48 GMT
I'm guessing the streamers are there to ground stray etheric charges. In case a student gets riled or has poor control of their powers, the streamers will absorb the energy. I think the streamers are there because it's somebody's birthday today.  |
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Post by Ender on Jan 5, 2012 14:17:50 GMT
Remember those streamers were in the forest as well? I'm pretty sure they're just there to make the students feel more at home.
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Post by TBeholder on Jan 6, 2012 0:43:12 GMT
Remember those streamers were in the forest as well? I'm pretty sure they're just there to make the students feel more at home. Well, of course. Living in a place without proper colored bands is like never having your hair go up again. So Foley students do it in the first five minutes after being introduced to the magic of duck tape. The interesting part is why Annie looks at them... like this. |
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