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Post by popo on Feb 8, 2008 6:04:05 GMT
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Post by thelonedragon on Feb 8, 2008 6:06:22 GMT
GAH I was " " that close of posting and i thought well might as well check just in case to see if someone else had posted LAUGHING ON LINE.
anyways yeah it kinda looks like him as a knight, maybe he tells anne about when he started down his learning so she would like learning to be a medium or something?
EDIT ok looking at it... it looks nothing like him so i have no idea whats up.
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Post by Asuka on Feb 8, 2008 6:23:00 GMT
It almost looks like an illustration out of a storybook.
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Post by Boksha on Feb 8, 2008 9:08:42 GMT
"The Medium Beginning"? What's next, Morgan Freeman explaining gadgets to Annie for added "realism"? Or maybe the real villain turning out to be Surma!  (no, I didn't really like Batman Begins) |
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Post by monkeybucks on Feb 8, 2008 10:29:44 GMT
I agree it looks like an illustration from a book. It sure doesn't look like Toms usual style. I was a little surprised when the page loaded!
For some reason it makes me think of The Sword in the Stone, but as I've never read it (or seen the disney film) I don't know if it's relevant at all.
Boksha, why didn't you like Batman Begins? I thought it was good.
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Post by todd on Feb 8, 2008 11:36:50 GMT
It was hypothesized on the comments page that the chapter would revolve around a revelation of how mediums got started at Gunnerkrigg (which might fit the archaic costume depicted on the title page).
Though I hope that Annie gets to do more than just listen to a lecture in the story. The present-day Annie's been feeling marginalized so far in her second year - standing to one side while Red rants about her hair and Blue rejecting her, or telling Kat about her adventures at Good Hope when she was smaller. I'd like to see her doing more again.
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Post by pulvissolaris on Feb 8, 2008 12:20:33 GMT
This illustration reminds me of a medieval fechtbuch (a fighting manual), such as the ones published by the German master swordsman HansThalhofer. The man with the sword could be Mr. Eglamore, but he is not a medium, as far as we know. On the other hand, the illustration could be symbolic of something. Children of knights (the picture clearly shows a very young person. The knight looks as if the sword was much too heavy for him) were often apprenticed to experienced knights, so maybe this is the kind of story we are going to see in this chapter.
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Post by Yin on Feb 8, 2008 12:22:07 GMT
I'll be next to agree that it looks like something from a storybook- and an old one at that.
And for some reason, I keep thinking of Cyrano de Bergerac (if that's how you spell his name). That nose...
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Post by Mezzaphor on Feb 8, 2008 12:49:39 GMT
Maybe it just means that Annie's going to start her Spirit Medium classes, so we can look forward to seeing Parley and Smith again. (A brief history of Mediums in the Court would fit well in such a context.)
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Post by traedl on Feb 8, 2008 13:45:47 GMT
It's the Page of Swords from one of the more famous Tarot decks, or at least it's inspired by it:  |
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Post by cenit on Feb 8, 2008 13:51:46 GMT
Sigh, the whole point is to what "Medium" is referring to here. Thinking about the whole GC story one could take a risk saying that we're gonna learn more about mediums, what do they do, why does GC needs one, maybe seeing Annie in some classes, perhaps a cool Surma flashback from when she studied the same thing.
...or it could be something different. You can't really tell with GC.
The knight also got me confused, not only is very different with the rest of the artwork (giving a little more weight to those who said this is an illustration), but it doesn't have anything to do with mediums as far as I know.
I don't think he looks like Eglamore at all.
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Post by traedl on Feb 8, 2008 13:54:27 GMT
Why there's a Page of Swords on the cover may become apparent in the chapter itself, otherwise the tarot card - medium connection isn't too farfetched.
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Post by Mezzaphor on Feb 8, 2008 22:41:23 GMT
Though I hope that Annie gets to do more than just listen to a lecture in the story. The present-day Annie's been feeling marginalized so far in her second year - standing to one side while Red rants about her hair and Blue rejecting her, or telling Kat about her adventures at Good Hope when she was smaller. I'd like to see her doing more again. I hardly see how the last chapter marginalized Annie. Backstory is still story, in my opinion. As for the seeming lack of progress on Annie's adventures with the Forest/Robots/finding out what the deal was with her parents, Tom seems to be using Rotating Arcs. I'm sure that particular plot thread will come up in good time. |
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Post by todd on Feb 8, 2008 23:16:42 GMT
I hardly see how the last chapter marginalized Annie. Backstory is still story, in my opinion. True - but I meant the present-day Annie attending Gunnerkrigg. The little Annie at Good Hope is, in some ways, a distinct character from her. But I don't think that the webcomic will do two flashback stories in a row, so I suspect that it'll be set in the present. |
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Post by Mezzaphor on Feb 9, 2008 0:28:19 GMT
The little Annie at Good Hope is, in some ways, a distinct character from her. I'd say Annie's a single character evolving over time. She's changed since she was six at Good Hope, but she's also changed since first coming to the Court. Personality-wise, since Chapter 1, she seems to be growing more like her 6-year-old self. I guess this is a question of interpretation, so I can agree to disagree here. |
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Post by Aspen d'Grey on Feb 9, 2008 3:27:25 GMT
Heh, I totally saw that and thought 'PAGE OF SWORDS!"... Hmm, I would completely expect Tom to do that, too.
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Post by todd on Feb 9, 2008 11:28:15 GMT
Does anybody know what happened to the site? I can't reach it this morning.
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Post by Aspen d'Grey on Feb 9, 2008 17:46:22 GMT
I can reach it, todd.
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Post by todd on Feb 9, 2008 23:10:34 GMT
I was able to reach it again, a few minutes later that morning. I don't know what happened there. I just hope it doesn't happen again.
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Post by Tenjen on Feb 10, 2008 12:27:03 GMT
I got that too for a few moments.
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Post by Asuka on Feb 10, 2008 20:21:58 GMT
Update tonight! (At least, from where I am.) Personally I hope this means that Annie is starting Medium classes with Smith and Parley. Either way I don't think it will be another flashback. Who knows, maybe in these classes Annie will discover something else about her mother or about the connection between Reynardine and Surma.
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Post by Mezzaphor on Feb 10, 2008 20:29:35 GMT
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Post by todd on Feb 10, 2008 23:13:38 GMT
I think, though, that Tom meant the drawing to evoke the Page of Swords rather than an illustration from a fechtbuch; Tarot cards are far more likely to be relevant to a medium's duties and abilities than would sword-fighting.
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Post by AluK on Feb 11, 2008 2:04:47 GMT
I really think the image symbolizes a scholarship of sorts. From my dim understanding, fechtbuchs taught a few fighting forms and combat skills using various weapons, weaponry basics. I feel that Annie will be taught these mediumship basics.
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