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Post by anisky on Mar 16, 2011 7:48:26 GMT
Maybe Annie didn't want to risk Kat getting too freaked out? I mean, once Annie came on the scene it was obvious it was fake, but Robot being all "Kill all humans!" could be super creepy for a moment. Instead of getting Unimpressed Face from Kat, she might have gotten Wicked Right Hook to the Jaw.
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Post by Gemini Jim on Mar 16, 2011 7:51:51 GMT
Yay!!!!! Annie's a Star Trek episode! ;D
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Post by Goatmon on Mar 16, 2011 7:52:31 GMT
Kat is make a Renard face.
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Post by smjjames on Mar 16, 2011 7:52:37 GMT
I'm trying to say is that it needed more drama, Robot wasn't being very good at it, yet he did it superbly against the bull-bot. Yes going 'Kill all humans!' would have been coming on too strong, but that wasn't my point. Gemini Jim: Huh? What episode are you talking about?
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Post by Gemini Jim on Mar 16, 2011 7:57:42 GMT
I'm trying to say is that it needed more drama, Robot wasn't being very good at it, yet he did it superbly against the bull-bot. Yes going 'Kill all humans!' would have been coming on too strong, but that wasn't my point. Gemini Jim: Huh? What episode are you talking about? Not any one specific episode pops immediately to mind, but "reversing his polarity" would have totally worked in dozens of episodes.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Mar 16, 2011 7:57:58 GMT
That may have been the max annoyance Robot was willing to cause the angel. [edit] Although, if Antimony's really been practicing perhaps she zipped by on the water using etheric super-speed and/or weight-reduction to go get Robot. [/edit] PS: And if that happened, then I am sad we won't get to see Antimony and Robot parkoring back.
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Post by ryos on Mar 16, 2011 7:59:32 GMT
Timing, Annie! Though honestly even on a good day that's not much of a joke. But if she's serious? I could see her being awkward enough to think that this is a good idea.
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Post by anisky on Mar 16, 2011 8:01:44 GMT
I'm trying to say is that it needed more drama, Robot wasn't being very good at it, yet he did it superbly against the bull-bot. Yes going 'Kill all humans!' would have been coming on too strong, but that wasn't my point. Ah. Hmm. I don't remember the bull-bot that well. Maybe he had some programming that helped him out in the former situation, but not the latter? Did he have more explicit instructions for what to do then? Annie might have just been really vague and Robot was confused by such vague orders that I can't imagine are part of his programming (at least, not intentionally!). Now I'm wondering about whether it works better as a storytelling device to have Robot play his part so poorly. It would have been a contrast between Robot's suave acting skills and Annie's crazy spaz attack to have him be more dramatic about it. While it would have highlighted her awkwardness, does 'the Robot is natural and laid-back whereas Annie is unnatural and fake' really feel right? I think his silly obviousness was just supposed to be part of how Annie's whole scheme was silly and obvious. Maybe even that she wasn't even able to properly instruct him on what to do. Or, perhaps, that since robots in general are likely to be on Kat's side because she's the Angel, maybe Robot was reluctant to pull this prank on her? Yay!!!!! Annie's a Star Trek episode! ;D Hehe!! Poor Annie, turns out trying to Just Make Some Sh*t Up doesn't work as well in the Gunnerkrigg universe as it does in the Star Trek universe... :-D
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Post by Gemini Jim on Mar 16, 2011 8:06:57 GMT
it may be cheesy fake, but "Annie trapping Robot with her Green Lantern ring Blinker Stone" is made-of-win ;D
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Post by basser on Mar 16, 2011 8:07:37 GMT
GOOD GOD ANNIE WASH YOUR FEET BEFORE STANDING ON THE HANDRAILS. Auauuauauuughgh I need hand sanitizer. Edit: Not any one specific episode pops immediately to mind, but "reversing his polarity" would have totally worked in dozens of episodes. Are you all reading a british comic or not?? Reversing the polarity was the fix-anything catchphrase of the Third Doctor. Honestly, people.
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Post by anisky on Mar 16, 2011 8:12:05 GMT
At first I was against the idea that Annie can walk on water, just 'cause it seemed like too much. Then I remembered that she's going to learn how to fly sooner or later (OR ALREADY KNOWS HOW!), so if you can fly, you can at least approximate walking on water anyway.
Maybe the 'splish' was Annie skimming against the water as she was taking off? Though I still don't think the timeline requires sneaking past Kat.
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Post by smjjames on Mar 16, 2011 8:14:50 GMT
At first I was against the idea that Annie can walk on water, just 'cause it seemed like too much. Then I remembered that she's going to learn how to fly sooner or later (OR ALREADY KNOWS HOW!), so if you can fly, you can at least approximate walking on water anyway. Maybe the 'splish' was Annie skimming against the water as she was taking off? Though I still don't think the timeline requires sneaking past Kat. Maybe the splish was Annie dropping something in the water (maybe her blinker stone? She'd be able to retrieve it quickly by now) to distract Kat.
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Post by Gemini Jim on Mar 16, 2011 8:21:40 GMT
Annie with ninja water-walking skills and parkour moves does make for a pretty awesome combination, though.
File it under "things learned while in the forest"
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Post by anisky on Mar 16, 2011 8:22:00 GMT
I seem to be the only one interested in the "Annie having changed doesn't mean Annie has matured" idea, but I'm going to revisit it for a moment anyway.
For the next few chapters at least, it's likely Annie will come off a lot of the time as being less mature than before. Not because she necessarily is, but because people easily misinterpret "stoic" as "mature." I mean, you can't have an immature reaction if you don't have ANY reaction (or at least, don't display it). Annie's kind of emotionally stunted, but she's gotten by a lot of the time because people see her blankness as calmness, and calmness as maturity.
So now that she's more emotive and isn't bottling up her feelings as much, she might seem a lot more childlike, and more childish, at times. Ultimately it's healthier for her and will help her grow as a person, but in the meantime it might create the illusion that Annie's taken a step backwards, development-wise.
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Post by smjjames on Mar 16, 2011 8:22:51 GMT
Not any one specific episode pops immediately to mind, but "reversing his polarity" would have totally worked in dozens of episodes. Are you all reading a british comic or not?? Reversing the polarity was the fix-anything catchphrase of the Third Doctor. Honestly, people. Come on, not everybody has watched Dr. Who.
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Post by theheroineseven on Mar 16, 2011 8:26:16 GMT
it may be cheesy fake, but "Annie trapping Robot with her Green Lantern ring Blinker Stone" is made-of-win ;D What would have made it better was if Dr. Disaster popped up to add some dramatic dialogue to the scenario. ;D
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Post by Gemini Jim on Mar 16, 2011 8:27:38 GMT
Are you all reading a british comic or not?? Reversing the polarity was the fix-anything catchphrase of the Third Doctor. Honestly, people. Come on, not everybody has watched Dr. Who. And there have been 11 Doctors to choose from Actually, Dr. Who would've been my second guess, but I have to admit that I haven't watched enough to remember which Doctor was the Third off the top of my head. EDIT: both Geordi and Scotty reversed plenty of polarities in their day, besides... either way, Annie's being a total sci-fi geek XD
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Post by legion on Mar 16, 2011 8:44:28 GMT
Trapped with blinker stone??? Can she really do that now or is it just some pretty blinker sfx?
Also, awkwaaaaaaaaard.
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Post by Ignotus Somnium on Mar 16, 2011 8:44:59 GMT
I seem to be the only one interested in the "Annie having changed doesn't mean Annie has matured" idea, but I'm going to revisit it for a moment anyway. Oh, you're definitely not; I'm just not sure what to make of it yet. It's interesting to see her acting so counter to her usual character. But I definitely agree with you that "more extroverted" doesn't necessarily mean "more mature."
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Post by noblemanofreason on Mar 16, 2011 8:53:31 GMT
Slightly off topic, but I wonder if there is something more to the attitude Kat is displaying than just she is angry and upset that Annie went to the forest. Even towards Robot in the last page she showed contempt rather than her usual cheery greeting. I suspect she had her own revelatory moment, like Annie did in chapter 31, and is still in a shock. The reason for this is that while Annie seems to get over issues quickly in short, emotional brusts (see chapter 6 and even at the start of this chapter, she has gotten over the initial shock of what she learned in the last chapter), Kat broods over problems for a long time, and it can affect how she acts in the meantime (hell, it took four chapters and a general wake-up call to get over the revelation in chapter 25). Maybe Annie is getting the brunt of this because she is currently a target that Kat feels is acceptable and taking it out on Annie means she can avoid her own issues. Or maybe because when she needed Annie the most, Annie was not there. I seem to be the only one interested in the "Annie having changed doesn't mean Annie has matured" idea, but I'm going to revisit it for a moment anyway. Oh, you're definitely not; I'm just not sure what to make of it yet. It's interesting to see her acting so counter to her usual character. But I definitely agree with you that "more extroverted" doesn't necessarily mean "more mature." True. On the other hand, this new outlook just may do wonders on her social life outside of Kat and the mixture of mythology, sci-fi and fairy tale characters she hangs out with. Not that there is anything wrong with the bunch.
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Post by anisky on Mar 16, 2011 8:58:12 GMT
Slightly off topic, but I wonder if there is something more to the attitude Kat is displaying than just she is angry and upset that Annie went to the forest. Even towards Robot in the last page she showed contempt rather than her usual cheery greeting. ...I don't see that at all. In fact, I thought the exact opposite, that her friendly, "Hey, Robot! How's it going?" was an effective contrast to her, "Hey Annie. Renard." After "Hey, Robot! How's it going?", Robot starts acting strangely, so Kat says "Uh..." and then he kicks her bag, so she says "Hey!" I'm not seeing any contempt...
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Post by Anthony on Mar 16, 2011 8:59:51 GMT
Parley: Uhh... What the hell just happened? Jones: A fairly transparent ruse.
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Post by smjjames on Mar 16, 2011 9:02:00 GMT
Just to throw everybody off track, the next comic is going to be Kat erupting in laughter. Maybe. And good night, I really should get to sleep.....
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Post by noblemanofreason on Mar 16, 2011 9:03:00 GMT
Slightly off topic, but I wonder if there is something more to the attitude Kat is displaying than just she is angry and upset that Annie went to the forest. Even towards Robot in the last page she showed contempt rather than her usual cheery greeting. ...I don't see that at all. In fact, I thought the exact opposite, that her friendly, "Hey, Robot! How's it going?" was an effective contrast to her, "Hey Annie. Renard." After "Hey, Robot! How's it going?", Robot starts acting strangely, so Kat says "Uh..." and then he kicks her bag, so she says "Hey!" I'm not seeing any contempt... Maybe it is just the way I heard it in my head (A sort of "hey there" in a dreary voice, indicating that "happy to see you, but I am brooding right now"). Just to throw everybody off track, the next comic is going to be Kat erupting in laughter. Maybe. And good night, I really should get to sleep..... I really hope this happens. In any event, Kat could use a laugh, and I want to see some of the old Kat in her.
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Post by ryos on Mar 16, 2011 10:09:26 GMT
Oh, by the way, does anybody else think that Annie has developed a bit of a Coyote-esque grin? And maybe she's picked up a bit of his penchant for tricks...
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Post by basser on Mar 16, 2011 10:17:15 GMT
Come on, not everybody has watched Dr. Who. And there have been 11 Doctors to choose from Actually if you want to get technical there's more like 15 to choose from; the eleven 'true' incarnations, The Valeyard, the Dream Lord, the Doctor-Donna metacrisis, and Jenny the female clone of Ten. Plus if we're counting the metacrisis then Donna would be the other half of the human/time lord combo, bringing the count to 15-and-a-half Doctors, give or take. Actually, Dr. Who would've been my second guess, but I have to admit that I haven't watched enough to remember which Doctor was the Third off the top of my head. That would be Jon Pertwee. .... Don't look at me like that. WE ALL HAVE OUR VICES DAMMIT.
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Post by Yin on Mar 16, 2011 10:34:17 GMT
Okay, now this is just dumb, Annie.
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Post by cu on Mar 16, 2011 10:48:50 GMT
Parley: Uhh... What the hell just happened? Jones: A fairly transparent ruse. Beat me to it! It seems Kat has somehow been "jonesing up" during the summer.
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Post by dismalscientist on Mar 16, 2011 11:38:28 GMT
Maybe the 'splish' was Annie skimming against the water as she was taking off? Though I still don't think the timeline requires sneaking past Kat. If the "splish" was related -- and surely it has some story-relevance -- it could have been Annie sending Renard off to fetch robot and convince him to act like an idiot.
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Post by Morpheus on Mar 16, 2011 11:41:09 GMT
Seems like someone's been honing their ninja skills in the forest! It also seems like that someone is still as awkward as ever, but it was a nice try Annie! *Thumbs up*
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