[524]I suppose you think this was funny.

Man. When was the last time we saw Angry Annie? *looks at avatar* Oh, right.


Poor Mort. I give even odds he didn't even know about the "couples" thing, or didn't pay any attention to it, and now he's about to catch Guilt Hammer Hell for it.

Now that I think about, that's probably the most indignant thing Annie has ever said in comic, and certainly to someone (presumably) her own age.

EDIT: Someone should take Mort and his house of cards as an avvy.

I am forseeing a case of Annie's social skills bringing Mort's house down.

And yes, the cards are to blame for my choice of words.

Annie knows that Mort has a crush on her, Kat explicitly mentioned it before summer holidays.
What is new is that you can spy on people via blinker stones.

Wow Annie, if that's directed at Mort... what crawled up your butt?

Now I'm all antsy over why she's so upset. Had problems with romantic gifts before? Probably not, she lived in a hospital with dying people. Either way she should probably accept it with grace and just let him down gently.

Where's Rey in all this?

I had a feeling Annie was going to react like this. I wonder if she's going to give the stone back. Poor Mort

I don't understand a reason for assuming the gift was a trick/joke on her rather than a misunderstanding that the gift could also have romantic meanings. Whatever the reason Mort had for giving the stone, it was still meant in a positive manner and has been nothing but beneficial. I will be disappointed if she is actually angry.

Wow, I must say, I wasn't expecting those words. I figured she'd have a nice heart-to-heart talk with Mort about what he thought about her, resulting eventually in Annie clarifying that they were only friends.

I didn't think she'd be insulted by it. She'd better have a legitimate reason for being angry.

I could see this going two ways: 1) she thinks (or knows) Mort could have been spying on here or 2) there's something else that the reader hasn't found out about yet.

Thank ye kindly for the suggestion. I've wanted a new one.


I was not expecting Annie's reaction. Whether it's the couples-connotation or the idea of spying, I'm surprised at Annie for jumping to conclusions...and I don't think Mort was doing anything to warrant such a response.

Interesting...

Thing is...

Muut actually literally gave Annie the blinkerstone, with the words "he wanted us to give you this." Referring to Mort.

Now that *could* have been "Hey Muut, I want to give this gift to Annie, could you deliver it for me?"

Or it *could* have been "Hey Muut, I think Annie really needs a blinkerstone right now, but it would be inappropriate for me to give her one, it'd be less awkward coming from you, and anyway I don't actually have one to give her..."

(Not that it actually would be that much less awkward coming from Muut, but Mort is not omniscient.)

Btw, the argument of Annie being pissed because Mort may have been able to use it spy on her... There has been no indication that anyone other than the Blinker Stone's owner can use it for that purpose. Annie, presumably, could not use Anja's Blinker Stone to spy on anyone. Only her own. So Mort would not be able to use Annie's. At least that's my take on it.

Rather, I think Annie is probably upset because of the romantic implications. Or maybe something hidden that we will find out about later. Tom always has a card up his sleeve... >.>

I just had abrainwave. This whole situation reminds me of the time Kat got angry at Annie for not having enough fun during the Dr. Disaster arc. Perhaps, Annie isn't upset with Mort but with Kat instead! Only this time around, Annie's getting mad at Kat for not taking this thing seriously enough! Perhaps Kat is about to be introduced to an Annie she never knew existed.

I'm not too worried about their friendship, though. For me, the end will be when Annie accuses Kat of not having enough fun and Kat accuses Annie of not taking things seriously. Or when Jones' cracks a smile, because some things were not meant for mortal eyes!

What if the blinker stone hasn't been completely harmless to Annie?

Maybe using the blinker stone to make the fire is what allowed Jeanne to cross the Annan and cut Annie. If so, then Mort put her in potentially a lot of danger--Jeanne seemed about to charge when Kat showed up!

Back at 136 Muut says clearly that Jeanne can't cross the Annan Waters. Then Annie's makes fire by "imagining" it. Sounds a lot like the psychic spying stuff she can now use the blinker stone to do!

By 141, she's maintaining the imagined fire, and has dark circles under her eyes--this usually happens when she crosses over to the weird alter (psychic?) world for a while (re: Science Tower episode with Zimmy). Tom even implies that Annie's tiredness has something to do with concentrating on the fire. The dark under-eye shadows are still there when Jeanne appears and threatens Annie. Annie is likely in the psychic world this whole time.

When Kat shows up the cut is suddenly gone, marking Annie's departure from the weird spirit/alter world where Jeanne can indeed cross the Annan. (Though the dark circles persist. They seem to do that.)


Okay now watch Tom shoot this theory to pieces in the next update. Or other forum members, for that matter. :)