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Post by eightyfour on Apr 1, 2009 7:04:00 GMT
542I think Hyland can be glad it was Eggers who punched him first, because a second later he would've got it from Annie Surma, and that would've been far more humiliating. ;p
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Post by aceofblades on Apr 1, 2009 7:08:00 GMT
Annie?
I love Donny and Eggers' reactions
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Post by eightyfour on Apr 1, 2009 7:10:31 GMT
Ah yeah, I stepped into the same trap as Coyote did back then...   |
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Post by aceofblades on Apr 1, 2009 7:10:51 GMT
Understandable
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Post by zbeeblebrox on Apr 1, 2009 7:14:34 GMT
Yeah....I'd say Eglamore just saved that kid's life.
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Post by Count Casimir on Apr 1, 2009 7:16:52 GMT
Was he about to say what I THINK he was about to say?! Foul mouthed blaggard deserved that facial assault.
Eggers always was the noble champion, it seems.
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Post by popo on Apr 1, 2009 7:16:59 GMT
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Post by Fhqwhgads on Apr 1, 2009 7:19:53 GMT
I thought this was an April Fools gag until I realized that Hyland is probably not Tony.
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Post by Neats on Apr 1, 2009 7:41:28 GMT
Actually, my first thought was the future headmaster. But I suspect the headmaster is probably too old to be this kid, even if he does have a daughter Annie's age, unless his job has aged him beyond his years. ETA: I think it's the eyebrows that put that thought into my head. They remind me of Janet. |
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Post by Goatmon on Apr 1, 2009 7:45:50 GMT
Hyland would be roughly in the same age bracket as the primary adult cast, so he is probably not the headmaster who appears much older than Eglamore, Donald and Anja.
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Post by penguinfactory on Apr 1, 2009 8:44:50 GMT
So apparently Chester has had a reputation for quite awhile. Kind of interesting how Surma takes this as a grave insult.
Also: Hyland says that Surma and her friends, plural, are freaks. Apart from Anthony, what have the others done to deserve such scorn at this point?
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Post by preus on Apr 1, 2009 8:58:08 GMT
Ah, the 540th Gunnerkrigg Court strip is the best I've seen in a while.
The previous generation's Winsbury is introduced, and summarily punched.
Although I must say that this Hyland is more hateable than Winsbury ever was. Going around calling Surma a cu-. Now that's not something I'd expect in GC.
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Post by yamiredpen on Apr 1, 2009 9:34:38 GMT
Also: Hyland says that Surma and her friends, plural, are freaks. Apart from Anthony, what have the others done to deserve such scorn at this point? Well, it's been said before that technology and magic don't really mix, and that the Court tends to look down on magic. (Emphasized in the chapter "The Medium Beginning".) We know that Brinnie tends to use magic in front of everyone (Eglamore even said jokingly that she was a show-off), Surma eventually ended up as a medium, Eglamore grew up to be a dragon-hunter, and Donald and Anja developed an etheric computer program. Sure, all of that stuff probably happened a long time after this took place, but even as kids it was probably obvious that they were more closely involved with magic than their classmates. So the Court's discrimination against anything magical might have had something to do with Hyland's comment. If that's the case, then it seems to me like the comment wasn't aimed at Anthony, since according to Jones he shares the belief that magic is inferior to science, and doesn't want to have anything to do with it. She said it on this page. www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=369 |
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Post by wombat on Apr 1, 2009 10:27:37 GMT
I love Surma's and James' reaction in this. I like people who stick up for their friends.
Also, Anja looks adorable in the second panel.
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Post by wanderer on Apr 1, 2009 10:41:34 GMT
...Hit him again, James.  |
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Post by todd on Apr 1, 2009 10:52:11 GMT
Tom said that the final clue to Brinnie's identity was to be on today's page: I wonder what that was. My guess is the aftermath of her portal in the first panel, which looks like some flickers of blue fire (evoking the ring of fire that circled Brynhild in the Norse legends and Wagner's Ring Cycle).
Eglamore's punching out Hyland reminded me of the scene at the start of Chapter Three where Annie flips Winsbury after he's picking on Kat. Small wonder that Eglamore showed some sneaking approval of her action (while officially rebuking her); he probably remembers those acts of his as a boy.
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Post by Mezzaphor on Apr 1, 2009 11:38:20 GMT
At the base of the blue flame, there's three interlocking triangles. As someone pointed out in the thread for the previous page, this is the Valknut, which is a symbol of Odin.
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Post by edzepp on Apr 1, 2009 11:41:34 GMT
That would be the hint, then.
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Post by Tanya on Apr 1, 2009 11:50:14 GMT
At the base of the blue flame, there's three interlocking triangles. As someone pointed out in the thread for the previous page, this is the Valknut, which is a symbol of Odin. Indeed! Tom affirmed that on the question thread today (Tom revealing information=shocking!): Odin. She is the valkyrie Brynhildr, sent to Earth for going against his wishes. |
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Post by mjh on Apr 1, 2009 11:56:36 GMT
Actually, my first thought was the future headmaster. But I suspect the headmaster is probably too old to be this kid, even if he does have a daughter Annie's age, unless his job has aged him beyond his years. ETA: I think it's the eyebrows that put that thought into my head. They remind me of Janet. My first thought was that he looked just like Liam Gallagher (for example, img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2008/news/080225/liam_gallagher.jpg). It is hard to conceive of Hyland turning into the civil and laid-back old gentleman we have seen in chapter 14. |
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Post by mjh on Apr 1, 2009 12:10:18 GMT
Kind of interesting how Surma takes this as a grave insult. She understands it was meant as an insult. Some people will be proud to be regarded as “freaks”, just not by everyone. Also: Hyland says that Surma and her friends, plural, are freaks. Apart from Anthony, what have the others done to deserve such scorn at this point? Donald is a nerd, Anja is a foreigner prone to making grammatical errors (and also kind of a nerd). Surma, whether she is already training to be a medium or not, is most likely experiencing “strange things happening around her” (to quote the headmaster), and she’s a redhead with a pirate’s accent, which for a square such as Hyland might be enough to qualify for a freak. James might just be envied for his good looks and (I suppose) popularity with the girls. It is the kind of insult that tells you more about the one making it than about the insulted. |
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Post by anonymous on Apr 1, 2009 12:20:10 GMT
 Thirty years later and the general consensus remains the same. |
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Post by Yin on Apr 1, 2009 12:25:51 GMT
Right now I am REALLY interested in observing a day in the life of a Chester class.
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Post by snes on Apr 1, 2009 13:15:58 GMT
He was obviously about to call Surma a "custard-head", which is about the worst thing you can call a girl.
So I guess Hyland is the Winsbury of his generation? Considering the low-tolerance for insults Surma and her friends seem to have, he would be wise to watch his step.
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Post by Per on Apr 1, 2009 13:16:07 GMT
But Surma is a cutie.
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Post by eightyfour on Apr 1, 2009 13:48:38 GMT
So I guess Hyland is the Winsbury of his generation? I think that comparison is a bit unfair towards Winsbury. He may be an annoying jerk, but (to our knowledge) he's never been that hurtfully insulting. He actually seems to get along with Annie, at least to some degree. In the end of chapter 10 he's cheering for her, after all. |
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Post by snes on Apr 1, 2009 13:57:14 GMT
So I guess Hyland is the Winsbury of his generation? I think that comparison is a bit unfair towards Winsbury. He may be an annoying jerk, but (to our knowledge) he's never been that hurtfully insulting. He actually seems to get along with Annie, at least to some degree. In the end of chapter 10 he's cheering for her, after all. In the past, everything was more extreme. That's the only reason we'd find it interesting here in the present. |
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Post by Azeltir on Apr 1, 2009 13:59:45 GMT
Hyland sure looks a lot like Sullivan't John, too - and they share the same sentiments about Chester. Interesting.
Interesting that such a character would be dropping such terrible words in a crowd of dozens of people. I wonder how they'll react - and for some reason I'm almost sure they won't side with the Eggers.
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Post by Dentrala on Apr 1, 2009 14:10:35 GMT
Way to go James, take the blunt way to do it. Brinnie teleports awesomely all over the place, Anthony sneaks away all the time, Anja and Donald are cute, Surma gets pissed, but Eglamore just punches the guy in the snout to establish superiority. Way to go, James.
Azeltir, I'm pretty sure it's by general consensus that they're an odd friends group, so although people may not out of the blue insult them like that, I agree, they probably wouldn't side with James.
I do hope our protagonists visit Chester sometime in the future.
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Post by audacity on Apr 1, 2009 14:45:27 GMT
Yes! I would have punched that jerk, too. What language!
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