Rafael
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Post by Rafael on Jul 5, 2011 14:37:41 GMT
They'll surveil the Court. Then the Court staff will surveil the kids surveiling the Court staff. Then the kids will surveil the court staff surveiling the kids surveiling the court staff surveiling the kids and infinite loop will form and everything will down in flames. Also, keep your eyes open for cameos from Jason Stathan and George Clooney.
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Post by Rafael on Jul 5, 2011 15:11:16 GMT
It may be just a case of "The adults at the Court are smart and competent - until such qualities would get in the way of the children having adventures. Then they have to take a drop in intelligence and alertness, for the sake of the story." Eh. Please don't do this. My theory is that the Court is actually very strict in its surveillance of the students, but does not interfere unless they consider it necessary. The flashback chapters show that Eglamore and the Donlans would get into trouble as students, and they're teachers now, I guess that says something about the Court's stand on students who do what they're not supposed to.
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Post by vollie on Jul 5, 2011 15:23:55 GMT
Do any of the children even know what happened to Jack besides Annie? Jack himself knows something happened to him, but I wouldn't be surprised if he knew less than Annie does. They knew he was acting weird, but I doubt anybody besides Annie really knows he was possessed by an evil spider. She might've told Kat and I'm sure the teachers know, but that's it.
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Post by fronzel on Jul 5, 2011 18:27:11 GMT
I wonder if they're doing it on purpose. Could no one on the faculty really expect a school that specializes in sciences to produce children who could get past motion detectors? It's like the motion detectors are just talismans; they only work if you think they do. True (not to mention Eglamore's remark to Annie about how she needs to work better at not getting caught). Maybe the Court realizes, deep down, that it might be hypocritical of them to scold the children for endangering their safety just to satisfy their curiosity - in a sense, isn't the Court's presence at the edge of Gillitie Wood the same kind of thing? I don't know, I always thought that was just Eglamore blatantly showing his favoritism to Annie...or Surma's daughter...or the reincarnation of Surma's "fire". My theory is that the Court is actually very strict in its surveillance of the students, but does not interfere unless they consider it necessary. The flashback chapters show that Eglamore and the Donlans would get into trouble as students, and they're teachers now, I guess that says something about the Court's stand on students who do what they're not supposed to. I don't know if the Court would have bothered to find out if people were mischievous when they were 13 when considering to take them on as faculty.
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Post by notacat on Jul 5, 2011 20:28:37 GMT
My theory is that the Court is actually very strict in its surveillance of the students, but does not interfere unless they consider it necessary. The flashback chapters show that Eglamore and the Donlans would get into trouble as students, and they're teachers now, I guess that says something about the Court's stand on students who do what they're not supposed to. I don't know if the Court would have bothered to find out if people were mischievous when they were 13 when considering to take them on as faculty. Not much of a stretch, considering the likelihood that whoever was responsible for disciplining them back then was quite likely involved in the hiring process.
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Post by todd on Jul 5, 2011 22:22:17 GMT
I can't help wondering, of course, whether the Court might have reconsidered its lax policies after the trouble caused by a possessed Jack (not to mention Annie falling off the bridge earlier). Or did they decide that since the problem was solved in the end, it didn't matter?
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Post by smjjames on Jul 5, 2011 22:52:58 GMT
I don't know if the Court would have bothered to find out if people were mischievous when they were 13 when considering to take them on as faculty. Not much of a stretch, considering the likelihood that whoever was responsible for disciplining them back then was quite likely involved in the hiring process. Plus Eglamore was more or less handpicked by the resident Dragonslayer of his day, Mr. Thorn, as the next Dragonslayer. By all appearances in Ties anyway.
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Post by Rafael on Jul 5, 2011 23:14:49 GMT
My theory is that the Court is actually very strict in its surveillance of the students, but does not interfere unless they consider it necessary. The flashback chapters show that Eglamore and the Donlans would get into trouble as students, and they're teachers now, I guess that says something about the Court's stand on students who do what they're not supposed to. I don't know if the Court would have bothered to find out if people were mischievous when they were 13 when considering to take them on as faculty. Wow. I guess I expressed myself very poorly. What I meant is that the Court lets the students go around and have adventures, because that's the kind of experience that grows them into adults that would be interesting to have in the staff.
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Post by todd on Jul 5, 2011 23:17:00 GMT
Maybe the faculty think that good, obedient, rule-abiding children who don't take foolish risks or go delving into danger would also, when they grew up, take an attitude towards the Court of "We're at the edge of a forest whose inhabitants disapprove of our delving into etheric sciences and who could pose a serious menace to us if they ever crossed the Annan Waters - all so that we can meddle in something that's none of our business, purely out of greed for knowledge. If we want to explore science, we can explore the regular sciences in the outside world without angry talking wolves and unpredictable trickster coyotes for neighbors."
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Post by Stately Buff-Cookie on Jul 7, 2011 4:51:48 GMT
I don't know if the Court would have bothered to find out if people were mischievous when they were 13 when considering to take them on as faculty. Wow. I guess I expressed myself very poorly. What I meant is that the Court lets the students go around and have adventures, because that's the kind of experience that grows them into adults that would be interesting to have in the staff. Being a part of the court faculty does appear to have certain requirements above and beyond normal teachers..
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Post by rainofsteel on Jul 12, 2011 0:17:30 GMT
It may be just a case of "The adults at the Court are smart and competent - until such qualities would get in the way of the children having adventures. Then they have to take a drop in intelligence and alertness, for the sake of the story. I don't think so: Comic 723, last panel, Ms. Jones:Comic 724, second to last panel, Ms. Jones:Ms. Jones appears to use this modus operandi on a regular basis. I would hardly be surprised if she was paying attention now.
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