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Post by edzepp on Mar 27, 2009 7:03:39 GMT
Nobody talks like that, that's who!So, I guess we can now quash any and all speculation about the other girl. Let's move on to other things, like how Surma doesn't like Jones, who was not in the photo. At all.
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Post by Count Casimir on Mar 27, 2009 7:05:31 GMT
Surma and Jones don't like each other?
I'm...so torn!
*breaks down and sobs*
But we now have an inkling that perhaps JamesxJones was ALWAYS meant to be. Love dodecahedron, perhaps?
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Post by orpheus on Mar 27, 2009 7:08:07 GMT
Why is there that random circle on James' face in panel 6? I mean you could say its an eye, but it looks pretty awkward without another eye, or even a mouth.
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Post by zingbat on Mar 27, 2009 7:29:15 GMT
So maybe Surma doesn't like Jones because Surma has a crush on Eglamore and sees Jones as a rival? This is assuming that what we saw between Jones & Eggers back in Chapter 17 was indeed something romantic and that it goes back to their early school days.
Also, Anthony reminds me a lot of Annie on this page, just in the way his face looks (his looks also remind me of Aly, too, for some reason. Fewer feathers, though).
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Post by zbeeblebrox on Mar 27, 2009 7:30:37 GMT
"Jeez who talks like that?"
Heh...well Annie, for one.
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Post by Goatmon on Mar 27, 2009 7:43:15 GMT
"Jeez who talks like that?" Heh...well Annie, for one. Yes, that is the joke, zb. How nice of you to murder it. Anyway, at least now we know where Annie's social skills came from.
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Post by penguinfactory on Mar 27, 2009 7:46:30 GMT
Oh man, Anthony reminds me of myself in Secondary School so much ;D
I would be very interested in seeing what Jones is like at this point.
Never!
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Post by Mezzaphor on Mar 27, 2009 8:02:17 GMT
Of course, Tom says that Jones wasn't educated in the Court. This raises the question of what Jones was doing in the Court at this time, considering that "Surma doesn't like her" seems to be the biggest obstacle to Miss Jones joining this photo op.
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Post by sue911 on Mar 27, 2009 8:21:36 GMT
Hmm,I wonder if Surma not liking Jones and Eglamore wanting her to be in the picture with them implies that she is around their age?Anyway,it's certainly interesting to know about Surma's dislike of Jones.Let's hope Jones makes an appearance in this chapter while the flashback is still on. @ Mezzaphor, maybe she was transferred to Gunnerkrigg for other matters,after all,Zimmy and Gamma don't seem to be sitting in class and learning (or perhaps I'm missing something.) and they have Mort hanging around scaring kids.All that aside,we can finally tell the non believers (hopefully) for the last time,Third girl is NOT Jones.
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Post by noako on Mar 27, 2009 8:23:19 GMT
I'm going to say Jones was a teacher back then too. Surma's mentor at mediuming. Why students would want to take a group picture with a teacher? I wouldn't be too surprised about this. Edit: Of course this would make Jones' relationship with Eglamore little disturbing. So I guess it isn't it after all.
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Post by edzepp on Mar 27, 2009 8:48:15 GMT
Thanks to the comments, I just noticed that the speech bubbles are different. They look more... hand drawn. Huh.
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Post by Goatmon on Mar 27, 2009 8:50:53 GMT
I'm sure the truth is much simpler than people want to believe. I doubt Surma's reasons for disliking Jones are any different than Annie's. Surma and Jones don't like each other? I'm...so torn! *breaks down and sobs* But we now have an inkling that perhaps JamesxJones was ALWAYS meant to be. Love dodecahedron, perhaps? Oy, you females. Always with the love triangles!
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Post by sue911 on Mar 27, 2009 8:54:29 GMT
@goatman Surma probably just doesn't like her attitude.Or it could be deeper.I think it could go either way.I'd like to see how they'll interact with one another.
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Post by eightyfour on Mar 27, 2009 9:04:33 GMT
Maybe they just don't get along. Surma seemed to be pretty easy-going, and if Jones' current demeanor is any indicator of how she was back then, I can imagine there's be frictions. Funny though that Surma ended up with Anthony, who seems to be somewhat distant, to say the least.
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Post by chris on Mar 27, 2009 9:20:03 GMT
So, I guess we can now quash any and all speculation about the other girl. Let's move on to other things, like how Surma doesn't like Jones, who was not in the photo. At all. she was in the next photo
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Post by Rasselas on Mar 27, 2009 10:07:44 GMT
Yeah, interestingly, by demeanor Jones and Anthony are kind of similar. Cool, reserved. Annie has a lot of her father in her, which is endearing to see. Her hair makes us think Surma all the time, and we forget about the difference in personality. However, now the striking similarity between her personality and her father's comes into focus.
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Post by Count Casimir on Mar 27, 2009 10:38:55 GMT
I'm sure the truth is much simpler than people want to believe. I doubt Surma's reasons for disliking Jones are any different than Annie's. Surma and Jones don't like each other? I'm...so torn! *breaks down and sobs* But we now have an inkling that perhaps JamesxJones was ALWAYS meant to be. Love dodecahedron, perhaps? Oy, you females. Always with the love triangles! I'm...I'm a guy.
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Post by todd on Mar 27, 2009 10:47:48 GMT
While Anthony *does* display similar character traits to Annie's, I think that much of her disposition stems, not from her parents (either of them) but from her upbringing: spending the first twelve years of her life in a hospital, meeting the Guides and helping them with their duties occasionally, and finally, having to guide her mother to the afterlife on her own. That might have done even more to shape her into the girl we know today than Anthony's stiffness and formality.
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Post by emptypiro on Mar 27, 2009 11:35:14 GMT
I guess this means that Jones isnt a robot since robots cant age or love. but she doesn't have a first name?
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Post by Yin on Mar 27, 2009 12:05:47 GMT
So Jones isn't educated in the Court, but she is around at the time of this photo. Thus far we have seen that her name isn't shown, not even an initial, on her office name plate. Who knows, though. Maybe it's just an especially embarrassing first name.
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Post by Max on Mar 27, 2009 12:10:05 GMT
This page seems to suggest that Jones was the kid's age at the time, which might contradict the whole "ageless" theory.
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Post by Babble-jargon Bill on Mar 27, 2009 12:18:26 GMT
I think were missing something monumental here that just happened: Anthony just spoke, for the first time ever in the comic! Also the fact that Jones was around back then is very interesting. I guess the whole robot theory is out the door. Well, almost.
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Post by snes on Mar 27, 2009 12:54:52 GMT
I was surprised to find Jones' name in this comic. I guess she doesn't have a first name after all.
Funny story: I didn't know Tony was a nickname for Anthony until I looked at this topic and found nobody was surprised Donald called him that. For a minute, I thought Anthony was someone completely different.
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Post by Max on Mar 27, 2009 13:00:17 GMT
Maybe this page will stop the endless "Jones = Third Girl" speculations...
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Post by Azeltir on Mar 27, 2009 13:29:35 GMT
The annotation reminded me of this one. Anyway. Eglamore looks a lot more like current Eglamore in today's than in the previous few days' strips. His jaw's a lot sharper, and now the resemblance is obvious. I wonder what sort of thoughts go through Anthony's head as he just sort of stands around people? Ben
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Post by audacity on Mar 27, 2009 13:51:38 GMT
I don't think anyone has mentioned this yet, so: does anyone else think it's pretty interesting that Surma is apparently the group's "leader"? Apparently she gets to decide who her friends are friends with, or at least who gets to be in the group photo.
Elgamore 1) likes Jones, but because Surma doesn't like her she does not get to be in the photo and 2) does NOT like Anthony, but (I assume) because Surma likes him he does get to be in the photo.
I think this is pretty interesting information about Surma's character as a young teenager, or at least about their group dynamic.
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Post by audacity on Mar 27, 2009 13:52:48 GMT
Surma and Jones don't like each other? I'm...so torn! *breaks down and sobs* But we now have an inkling that perhaps JamesxJones was ALWAYS meant to be. Love dodecahedron, perhaps? Actually, we don't have any information about how Jones feels about Surma—we just know Surma "can't stand" Jones.
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Post by mjh on Mar 27, 2009 14:10:09 GMT
I don't think anyone has mentioned this yet, so: does anyone else think it's pretty interesting that Surma is apparently the group's "leader"? Apparently she gets to decide who her friends are friends with, or at least who gets to be in the group photo. It rather looks like Anja and possibly Donald had been the driving force here in getting the group together for the photo; that wouldn’t rule out Anja respecting her best friend’s dislikes (assuming that she can stand Jones, something which we know nothing about). Elgamore 1) likes Jones, but because Surma doesn't like her she does not get to be in the photo and 2) does NOT like Anthony, but (I assume) because Surma likes him he does get to be in the photo. We don’t really know about Surma’s feelings towards Anthony at the time; if she does care about him at all, she isn’t showing. But we do know that James was her boyfriend during her late teens (a couple of years from now, in other words), so we don’t have to assume she finds anything attractive in Anthony just yet. (I don't quite know what to make of Anthony – he has this air of evil genius in the making about him, like Tom Riddle before he became Lord Voldemort.)
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Post by picaro on Mar 27, 2009 14:16:43 GMT
Matters to attend to... in his secret shrine to SURMA.
I wouldnt imagine this would affect Jones very much. Seeing as she either has no emotions or such a good hold on them she doesn't feel them.
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Post by fcd on Mar 27, 2009 15:05:42 GMT
Of course, Tom says that Jones wasn't educated in the Court. This raises the question of what Jones was doing in the Court at this time, considering that "Surma doesn't like her" seems to be the biggest obstacle to Miss Jones joining this photo op. Maybe she was an exchange student? She'd still be around Surma and Co.'s age then, while still not being primarily educated at GC.
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