[376] It's been a while

Jones must be giving Annie a lesson in starin'.

What is this finger I see??
Is this some form of affection from Jones?

I disagree about cute couple... I don't think I could see Eglamore with someone that always has such a blase expression.

Maybe she just overdid it on the Botox. That might also explain her unwillingness to identify herself with the technology & stuff that the Court represents.

Makes me wonder exactly how short everyone else to him is too

I'm jealous.

Actually it's over one and a half there.
The conclusion that Jones is short and Eglamore is tall seems about right.
Actually Jones being blind would explain a whole lot... except for the staring, of course.

I'm not sure if I trust those accounts.

I "lost my faith", as it were, when one of them claimed he could play videogames and watch TV using his echolocation.

Woo hoo! So Jones and James definitely are or have been lovers. Look at the tender expression on James' face when he is caressed!

Theory A: Love quadrangle - James was into Surma who went for Anthony. Jones was into Anthony who went for Surma. James and Jones consoled each other... Though James is still touched by Annie looking like Surma, and Jones is still pissed off at "devoid of emotions" Anthony. Now the big question is, who is REALLY Annie's father??

Theory B: Eglamore is a hound who's had his nose up every female faculty member's skirt, EVEN "cool as a cucumber" Jones.

Mercury the trickster and guide to the underworld of the Romans

I though this might be possible as well. And it's possible that she just aged well, especially if she is from the forest or some other spooky place.

I really don't think Eglamore was seeing Jones, as he still screams for Surma constantly... and usually unrequited love kind of stays that way... I think it's just because Eglamore is just over all a really nice guy.

eglamore has a eurasian feel to him, i doubt their siblings.

and past that..no comment.

Body language indicates affection. My thoughts being just what Tom wrote "whats all this?!"

Annie burns, looks at how Annie BURRRRNS.

well no...but she's certainly considering the situation with great thought and focus.

Hi everyone! An idea struck me after seeing this page, and I had to register just to post it because, well, because. :) Anyway, seeing Jones' interaction with Eglamore didn't strike me as anything more than long-time friendship at the most. Actually, I got the feeling that Jones and James were referring to older times than any kind of romantic relationships which could have formed between the two of them. More likely, in my opinion, that James has been restricting himself to the short hair cut we're used to for quite a few years, actually.

Now, when I got this idea, it then occurred to me that maybe James was growing his hair out only during his time with the other kids, particularly Surma. Not just the hair too, though I don't have anything more than wild theories regarding these 'other' things so I won't waste your time with them. But if he had as strong an affection for Surma, I can see him... oh, heck, I dunno where I'm going with this really. :/ I'm not quite saying that I see him shearing his hair down to an army-regulation cut in response to losing Surma or anything. More like... After Surma 'chose' Anthony over James (and I chose that particular wording because it fits both scenarios whereby James and Surma actually had a relationship sometime before she ended up with Anthony, or where James only crushed on Surma while she saw him as a very good friend) James decided to focus on his duties as he saw them at that point? I think that's the best way to express this tiny idea I have lurking in the corners of my mind, you know? And now that Surma is dead, and Antimony is attending school in Surma's place, as it were, perhaps James is either a) using Antimony's presence to come to terms with his feeling for Surma and growing out his hair again as a show of reconciliation; or b) using Antimony's presence and her uncanny resemblance to Surma to regain a bit of that 'lost' relationship he once had? Not that I think Eglamore is falling in love with Antimony or anything - just that I sort of think that in his attempts to develop a friendship with Antimony he hopes he can accomplish some personal goal in coming to terms with his loss.

Anyways, that was what I took out of reading today's update. Thus, Jones' comment regarding James growing out his hair might be as simple as her being aware of James' feelings from the past and wondering about the significance of this new change in her friend. At least, that's what I took out of my reading of this page.

My, I think this is the most I have ever said on any subject for the last year or so; it's been a while since I bothered with any real contact of any kind with anyone outside the family, really. Hope no one was too confused by my rambling, and that I was clear in what I was trying to say. Thanks for keeping up with me. :)