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Post by edzepp on Mar 7, 2008 6:00:09 GMT
Intriguing.That's quite the withering look, Jones. I wonder what that's about.
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Post by popo on Mar 7, 2008 6:03:40 GMT
Jones: Cold as a corpse and twice as lifeless.
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Post by Mezzaphor on Mar 7, 2008 6:11:34 GMT
No kidding about Jones' gaze. I'm not certain, but I think this is the first time that Annie's said "Uh..." or otherwise faltered in her speech.
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Post by King Mir on Mar 7, 2008 6:21:10 GMT
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Post by edzepp on Mar 7, 2008 6:26:54 GMT
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Post by Tenjen on Mar 7, 2008 8:28:01 GMT
Either miss jones takes her jobs seriously in her involvement of medium training and leads by example or she might have been a former gilitie gone gunnerkrigg member or she knows things about both sides that arent too pleasant and she refuses to pick either.
Iam thinking a combination of all of the above is more viable to be occuring than just one alone.
Jones "irrelevant" is her way of saying "forget about it" "its not important" "that has nothing to do with anything"
she's avoiding whatever that observation will lead to.
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Post by pulvissolaris on Mar 7, 2008 9:24:20 GMT
I think it is the professional distance her job requires. She is supposed to mediate between the two sides, after all. However, a medium trained by just one side can hardly be impartial. I sense a training session in the wood coming up, in order to teach the mediums to see both sides.
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Post by cenit on Mar 7, 2008 13:21:16 GMT
or maybe she feels she's above it all... like "yeah we gotta keep peace bewteen these two, doesn't matter, no big deal...what's for breakfast?
let's see what happens monday
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Post by moonlitshadow on Mar 7, 2008 14:41:34 GMT
Wow...I think that glare just made me scared of Jones. I was inching away from my computer...
I agree with one of TenJen's theories. I think she might be so involved with whats happening that she hasn't really chosen a side, because neither are as good as they would like to seem. Very interesting, can't wait until monday.
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Post by dragonmage06 on Mar 7, 2008 15:33:19 GMT
Man, Annie's good. I didn't even notice that. Looking back, it does seem really odd and obviously it's not irrelevant  I can imagine that if anyone would remain neutral between the two sides, it would be cold-as-ice Jones. |
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Post by tonie on Mar 7, 2008 15:47:46 GMT
Hmm... behind that icy facade I sense a woman (who used to be that smiling girl on the photo) deeply hurt. The way she verbally abused Anthony Carver... the way she warms up to Elgamore... and how she acts like a medium, yet claims there was none since Surma left... I'm sensing great soap-drama here betwee the four of them! Did Anthony choose Surma over her, so she and Eglamore both had their hearts broken, thereby their support/warmth towards each other? And it all made her give up on the mediating as she lost belief in the Court's position (as represented by Anthony, the way she described him)? Ok, this post probably belongs under "wild speculation"! EDIT: I just realised Tom expressly mentioned at the beginning of this chapter that Jones is NOT the girl in the photo... Damn... but I still stand by my theory, she calls Anthony "devoid of emotion", are those not the words of a woman betrayed? |
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Post by Count Casimir on Mar 7, 2008 16:51:34 GMT
It was put forth a while ago that Jones was not the photo-lady.
My theory: Jones is just a badass and does what she wants. And she has bitchin' special powers.
And I just noticed that you can't really read her expression during the touching "Janes" moment. Man, shot to the fanfic.
EDIT: I've noticed that all the Story threads are starting to hit multiple pages. Is this the result of new kids on the block, or because of the turns the story is taking?
EDIT TWICE: And the kid that Parley Parley was fighting is cool, even though it's unlikely we'll be seeing much of him again.
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Post by thecheshirecat on Mar 7, 2008 17:21:58 GMT
Thinking back on the opening pic for this chapter, doesn't it imply that the male candidate will be chosen as medium? Either that or its just Sir Engalmore featured in that pic.
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Post by popo on Mar 7, 2008 18:57:45 GMT
I think it's just Eglamore, unless Smit got a makeover as well.
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Post by syzygy on Mar 7, 2008 20:38:38 GMT
Jones places herself apart from the Court itself, but does important work for it. She's always watching Annie with an appraising eye. She's seen creatures from the woods go crazy and distort themselves, but not as severely as Ysengrim (from the director's comments, she might have gone crazy herself). And now she stands at the right hand of the director during meetings of state. She denounces the title of "Ms. Jones". Also, If she were from the woods, it would explain the complete lack of human emotions...
My guess: Jones is from the woods serving the court (maybe just as a "free agent"), but only to keep an eye on the one person to fix this brewing conflict: Annie.
My, my, guessing is fun...is it more fun for you, Tom? Or for us?
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Post by Mezzaphor on Mar 8, 2008 0:38:06 GMT
Silly me. I guess Antimony's weaknesses are: *Awkward pauses in conversations *Ad-libbing *Running |
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Post by fr4tbrn on Mar 8, 2008 0:38:19 GMT
If Jones was not associating herself with either side because of her medium-ly duties, I think that she'd say so.
SHE'S A SPY. (DUN DUN DUN)
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Post by popo on Mar 8, 2008 3:24:26 GMT
I bet Jones was originally on the side of the Court 100%, and then she was overgrown with vines and wood (somehow) and then tore it all off, like in that pink floyd movie, except she becomes a jerkass instead of a neo-nazi.
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Post by fr4tbrn on Mar 8, 2008 4:18:11 GMT
I bet Jones was originally on the side of the Court 100%, and then she was overgrown with vines and wood (somehow) and then tore it all off, like in that pink floyd movie, except she becomes a jerkass instead of a neo-nazi. And she can breathe fire. Just cause. |
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Post by Tenjen on Mar 8, 2008 7:09:00 GMT
well actually everyone from the woods seems to have extreme emotions and exhibit it openly. Like anger and rage [you know who iam talking about], ego [red]. hell Coyote cant keep his emotions in at all [though one may have to worry about the cause of those emotions]
Its the court side that seem to hold stuff in.
We know she avoided the topic of why she doesnt refer to herself. So its something personal to her.
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Post by popo on Mar 8, 2008 7:34:47 GMT
well actually everyone from the woods seems to have extreme emotions and exhibit it openly. Like anger and rage [you know who iam talking about], ego [red]. hell Coyote cant keep his emotions in at all [though one may have to worry about the cause of those emotions] Its the court side that seem to hold stuff in. We know she avoided the topic of why she doesnt refer to herself. So its something personal to her. I don't think the Court really holds much in. The headmaster shows merriment and exasperation, Eglamore shows all sorts of feelings toward Surma and Antimony, the Donlans show alarm and concern, Annie's classmates all show emotions, hell, even the robots show full human emotions. |
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Post by edzepp on Mar 8, 2008 15:01:24 GMT
So we all agree it's just her then?  |
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Post by Freederick on Mar 8, 2008 16:44:12 GMT
...she might have been a former gilitie gone gunnerkrigg member... Notice that during talks with Gilitie, she advises the Headmaster about gilitie ways... I think she used to have dots on her shoulders once. Wonder if these go away after you pass your tests and reincarnate as a human.  |
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Post by fuzzysocks on Mar 8, 2008 23:23:59 GMT
Silly me. I guess Antimony's weaknesses are: *Awkward pauses in conversations *Ad-libbing *Running AND CHEATING |
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Post by popo on Mar 9, 2008 0:02:19 GMT
Silly me. I guess Antimony's weaknesses are: *Awkward pauses in conversations *Ad-libbing *Running AND CHEATING and stealing |
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Post by nikita on Mar 9, 2008 0:08:02 GMT
I think on this page it'd be important to know how she said it.
I wonder what Jones knows about the Tic-Tocs. I wouldn't be surprised if she controlled them.
If Jones is an ex-fairy it'd explain
- why she teaches how to be a medium
- why she isn't the courts medium (the court probably only uses human creatures as mediums)
- why she has seen things like Ysengrins distorting tree-body before, even though only Surma was allowed into the forest (a a fairy, she wouldn't necessarily be a "member of the court")
- why she wants Annie to visit Coyote in the forest while the people from the court usually don't even allow her to leave school grounds
- why she is so strange... her eyelids, her way of "assessing one's character", why she calls Annie Antimony, not Carver, like the teachers.
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Post by Mezzaphor on Mar 9, 2008 1:40:32 GMT
The students who used to be fairies all had gray eyes and pointy ears. Unless one can grow out of those, Jones is probably something else from Gillitie. No, Annie's GOOD at cheating and stealing. What she's weak against is physics tests and temptation. |
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Post by Tenjen on Mar 9, 2008 6:27:01 GMT
I doubt jones controls the tic tocs. Iam thinking its anthony.
Iam thinking Jones is smarter and has more self worth than to retain previous aesthetic looks, though she might have some piece of personal memorabilia. We dont know what she was, or even if she "was" anything, maybe she just has extensive experiences with gilitie.
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Post by thecheshirecat on Mar 9, 2008 23:42:34 GMT
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Post by popo on Mar 10, 2008 0:24:05 GMT
The headmaster actually shows some emotion, and I doubt that their robot-like personalities are due to race, as Janet has a pretty fiery temper. or something. I dunno
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I can imagine that if anyone would remain neutral between the two sides, it would be cold-as-ice Jones.
