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Post by eightyfour on Jul 15, 2009 7:11:04 GMT
[591]Do I hear Jones speaking here? Or is it Anthony?
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Post by popo on Jul 15, 2009 7:19:58 GMT
actually it doesn't seem like either of them that much. well we haven't heard much from Anthony really, so I guess it could be him.
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Post by sebastian on Jul 15, 2009 7:25:59 GMT
Great Rey's expressions today
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Post by Tierra Y Libertad on Jul 15, 2009 8:27:50 GMT
Hooray for asexuality!
Good job, Antimony.
In response to the message beneath -- the most tactful way is rarely the most efficient way.
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Post by zingbat on Jul 15, 2009 9:32:16 GMT
Yeah, real subtle there, Reynardine. We all know you hope that it's *you* she thinks about.  |
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Post by wanderer on Jul 15, 2009 10:11:09 GMT
Rey, the girl is maybe 12 years old. While crushes and such do happen at that age, there's no guarantee of them, and it's generally too early for the body to start forcing her to think of such things. She's still a kid. Don't rush her.
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Post by todd on Jul 15, 2009 11:03:13 GMT
From what I've seen of Annie so far, I find it hard to believe that she'd be subject to crushes or romantic impulses.
On the other hand, that hesitation after "That" does seem suspicious.
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Post by shadrach on Jul 15, 2009 11:25:36 GMT
Tom, your art has always been great but I must say I particularly like the subtlety of the facial expressions (Annie's especially) in today's comic.
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Post by guyy on Jul 15, 2009 13:01:22 GMT
Wait...how does Reynardine know about the Mort incident? He wasn't there, and it doesn't seem likely that Annie would tell him about it (would you tell a spontaneously obnoxious demon anything even slightly embarrassing?).
Reynard's still hiding something, I think.
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Post by Casey on Jul 15, 2009 13:06:54 GMT
I wondered the same thing guyy...
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Post by TBeholder on Jul 15, 2009 13:39:39 GMT
Yeah, Cap'n, dat's time to torpedo 'em "shipperz"! Arrr! Wait...how does Reynardine know about the Mort incident? He wasn't there, and it doesn't seem likely that Annie would tell him about it (would you tell a spontaneously obnoxious demon anything even slightly embarrassing?). Maybe. Or maybe it's Mort himself wept into Rey's fur. Probably he won't mind Rey. Remember his tastes? Surprise spiders, clowns and "Farewelllll! Hahahaha!". Reynard's still hiding something, I think. Other than that he's still flustered a lot from all that mess, and carries some feelings over from Surma to Annie? |
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Post by nikita on Jul 15, 2009 14:30:23 GMT
From what I've seen of Annie so far, I find it hard to believe that she'd be subject to crushes or romantic impulses. She's human after all. Off topic: I'm really looking forward to this chapter's bonus page. |
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Post by Babble-jargon Bill on Jul 15, 2009 15:56:56 GMT
Don't blame yourself for feeling terrible Annie. You know where to point the finger. By the way who's door is she knocking on?
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Post by Casey on Jul 15, 2009 16:05:03 GMT
Based on the changing background in the last two panels, I would say that she didn't knock on a door, but rather just went through it, and now you're seeing her in the hallway beyond.
Additionally... anyone else notice that Annie chose to stick her flower behind her ear? It wasn't already there, she was holding it before. I thought that was cute.
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Post by Tenebrais on Jul 15, 2009 16:45:30 GMT
I noticed. It looks cute that way.
Yes, it's quite normal for a 12-13 year old girl to not take an interest in any boys, even if it's not something you see often in media.
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Post by mugiwara on Jul 15, 2009 20:14:40 GMT
Still, most of the characters of the Court have or had love interests: Kate and Birdboy, Janet and Winsbury, John and Margo, Zimmy and Gamma, George and Smitty. Not to mention Kate's early crush for the dragon slayer.
Also, I can't help but wonder if Annie doesn't feel something for Eglamore. She didn't seem very happy to see how he and Jones were close during the sword lesson. But perhaps it's just that she desapproved their attitude in front of students.
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Post by armonis on Jul 15, 2009 20:31:32 GMT
Haha, he always seems so much more noble in the Wolf form.
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Post by wanderer on Jul 15, 2009 20:57:40 GMT
Still, most of the characters of the Court have or had love interests: Let's address these, shall we? Kat is somewhat precocious. One of her defining character traits is that she crushes over handsome guys. It's not unheard of at their age, but neither should it be considered the norm. Those two are just weird. Weird weirdingers weirding out over there. Let's just leave them to their weirdness, shall we? Yes we shall. *shrugs* That happens. However, they're such side characters that I completely forgot they existed until you mentioned them. Hardly anything even close to a normal relationship. I don't think this one should even count, given the extremely unusual circumstances behind it. They're like three years older than Annie. The age issue no longer applies. I've already talked about Kat in this post. There's nothing wrong with developing relationships at that age, and it does happen, but it is still quite common for kids Annie's age to have no interest in that kind of thing. |
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Post by rageboy on Jul 16, 2009 6:51:05 GMT
Also, I can't help but wonder if Annie doesn't feel something for Eglamore. She didn't seem very happy to see how he and Jones were close during the sword lesson. But perhaps it's just that she desapproved their attitude in front of students. Or she was just intrigued/surprised. I doubt she has a crush on Eglamore, if only because she'd have to go through Kat first. You can't take someone your best friend called dibs on |
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Post by penguinfactory on Jul 16, 2009 9:17:05 GMT
Rey, the girl is maybe 12 years old. While crushes and such do happen at that age, there's no guarantee of them, and it's generally too early for the body to start forcing her to think of such things. She's still a kid. What kind of 12 year old were you?  From my own experience, this sort of thing is very much on people's mind at that age. Not that I think Annie actually does have a crush on anyone (I can't really think of anyone she could, honestly). |
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Post by Aris Katsaris on Jul 16, 2009 10:00:06 GMT
Not that I think Annie actually does have a crush on anyone (I can't really think of anyone she could, honestly). Among the kids at Gunnerkrigg, Kat's the only person Annie seems even remotely possible to have a crush on. And there's no real evidence for that either. (Kat wouldn't seem likely to reciprocate either -- that girl's very boy-oriented :-) There's something bizarre going on with Annie's attitude towards Eglamore as well, but I'm not sure if it's a crush or something more hostile. If the latter I'd guess she considers him partly to blame for her father's estrangement. |
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Post by todd on Jul 16, 2009 10:53:48 GMT
*shrugs* That happens. However, they're such side characters that I completely forgot they existed until you mentioned them. Though that bonus page at the end of Chapter Nineteen probably drew more comments and attention than many parts of the main story. I *do* think that the number of prospective love-interest candidates for Annie is small. I don't take seriously the idea that Annie's in love with Kat. I'm not certain about Mort; we know that he has a crush on Annie, but Annie only seems to think of him as a friend (unless her eruption over the blinker stone suggests feelings for him that she's unwilling to acknowledge). As for Reynardine - there's the species barrier, and let's not forget that he tried to possess and kill her (and has still displayed no contrition over that). |
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Post by pepoluan on Jul 16, 2009 18:17:56 GMT
In response to the message beneath -- the most tactful way is rarely the most efficient way. Agree On the other hand, that hesitation after "That" does seem suspicious. Agree Wait...how does Reynardine know about the Mort incident? He wasn't there, and it doesn't seem likely that Annie would tell him about it (would you tell a spontaneously obnoxious demon anything even slightly embarrassing?). Reynard's still hiding something, I think. Agree Also, I can't help but wonder if Annie doesn't feel something for Eglamore. She didn't seem very happy to see how he and Jones were close during the sword lesson. But perhaps it's just that she desapproved their attitude in front of students. Agree Though that bonus page at the end of Chapter Nineteen probably drew more comments and attention than many parts of the main story. Mostly because of how Tom shows the "follow-up" pictures sloooowly... letting people guess and misguess... Oh! The power of wordless pictures... As for Reynardine - there's the species barrier, and let's not forget that he tried to possess and kill her (and has still displayed no contrition over that). As for that, there's a discussion that Rey's attempt to possess Annie was actually a ruse... him wanting to hide inside the doll all along, and go undetected. Remember what Coyote said about the incident... |
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Post by Mezzaphor on Jul 16, 2009 21:29:38 GMT
As for that, there's a discussion that Rey's attempt to possess Annie was actually a ruse... him wanting to hide inside the doll all along, and go undetected. Remember what Coyote said about the incident... Annie never described the incident to Coyote. She mentioned that Rey tried to kill her, and Coyote said "No, that can't be true" before she had a chance to explain further. Rey obviously wouldn't kill Annie under normal circumstances, but I think the incident at the holding cell was exactly the sort of extraordinary circumstance that would push him over that edge. |
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Post by penguinfactory on Jul 16, 2009 22:36:09 GMT
It occured to me as I was re-reading this page that this is the second time in as many chapters we've seen Reynardine ask about Annie and boyfriends. It certainly seems to be on his mind. Not that I think he has feelings for himself, but it goes to show there's more to him than meets the eye.
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Post by zingbat on Jul 16, 2009 23:09:16 GMT
Poor old Reynardine. I'm sure he'd like nothing better than to stir up trouble and embarrass people about their crushes, and he gets stuck with the one twelve-year-old in the school (the world?) who *hasn't* given in to raging hormones.  |
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Post by King Mir on Jul 16, 2009 23:32:00 GMT
Rey, the girl is maybe 12 years old. While crushes and such do happen at that age, there's no guarantee of them, and it's generally too early for the body to start forcing her to think of such things. She's still a kid. Don't rush her. She's thirteen at this point, assuming that it's past half way. Not that that does anything to your point. |
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Post by warrl on Jul 21, 2009 23:57:18 GMT
My opinion based on what I've seen:
Annie has started to feel hormones stirring.
But not much, and not in any particular direction.
And she's seen enough of older students being complete idiots over each other (even though we haven't seen much of it in-comic other than Parley and Smith, we all know it's happening) that she isn't looking forward to the experience AT ALL.
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