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Post by TBeholder on Jan 20, 2012 15:49:28 GMT
"Miss Pinky" would be in keeping with the whole Red/Blue naming scheme, though I admit that if we get an actual name for Red that may go out the window. May we treat "Sugarplum" as a colour or palette? Rose, Violet and Orchid are, after all. ;D Monday I figure we'll learn something about Miss Pinky's personality or at least her ability to handle a class... We're talking about having authority among fairies, don't forget. ;D I expect her to not even care. I mean really, if she's in the ether with the rest of them she just saw a random student burst into flames and made no comment. Why would she? I suspect only something new could deserve as much as a comment from her. Like "Oh, good grief, children. This all falls so short compared to what good ol' Surma did - ah, good times, good times... Hello girl, are you her daughter? You're cute. Just don't run around with this trick too much." (shrugs, opens Red's laptop and continues).
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Post by Cleo on Jan 20, 2012 17:06:51 GMT
I'm just blown away by how gorgeous these pages look, they're so beautifully vivid and... it sounds stupid but properly shiny, it's another peek at the ethric that's new and so exciting to discover after so many chapters.
Little Miss Blue isn't going to let this non-forest interloper impress her 'friends', she's gonna tell on her.
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Post by nero on Jan 20, 2012 17:44:44 GMT
I love the background faces in panel 6. I guess they didn't know that moving things was possible. Or they just can't handle how awesome Annie is.
My guess is that the Teacher Lady will also be impressed with Annie.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Jan 20, 2012 18:13:47 GMT
"Miss Pinky" would be in keeping with the whole Red/Blue naming scheme, though I admit that if we get an actual name for Red that may go out the window. May we treat "Sugarplum" as a colour or palette? Rose, Violet and Orchid are, after all. ;D We may, but does it apply? Her top may be sugarplum but her hair doesn't appear to have any trace of blue (unless my monitor needs recalibrating). We're talking about having authority among fairies, don't forget. ;D Not precisely, we're talking about authority among former fairies and former animals. It is reasonable to assume that Miss Pinky is a lot more former than her students. If she does try to bribe or cute the class into compliance I could live with "Sugarplum" but if that were likely, wouldn't Blue choose another strategy?
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Post by nikanaiko on Jan 20, 2012 18:50:41 GMT
Hello there. I have been a fan of Gunnerkrigg Court for maybe three years and I have been stalking the forums since last summer. At long last, I have finally decided to show myself for one purpose and one purpose only. ...come on, you know you were all thinking it.
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Post by legion on Jan 20, 2012 18:59:46 GMT
I realise, there is another possibility: Blue wants the teacher to show of her much more awesome and advanced etheric skillz dat will totally put dis nutjob in 'er place.
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Post by pasko on Jan 20, 2012 20:19:47 GMT
I noticed that Annie aura is becoming white. Possible side effect of her forced detachment from her body?
I think in the next few pages she will faint and awake again in the real world.
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Post by smjjames on Jan 20, 2012 21:57:44 GMT
I noticed that Annie aura is becoming white. Possible side effect of her forced detachment from her body? I think in the next few pages she will faint and awake again in the real world. I think it's just an artistic effect since Blue has a similar looking aura and the other faeries have similar effects as well.
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Post by judgedeadd on Jan 21, 2012 6:09:05 GMT
The "das incredible!" girl reminds me of some anime.
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Post by Georgie L on Jan 21, 2012 10:46:26 GMT
Hello there. I have been a fan of Gunnerkrigg Court for maybe three years and I have been stalking the forums since last summer. At long last, I have finally decided to show myself for one purpose and one purpose only. ...come on, you know you were all thinking it. I know your new, but there is a thread for this kind of thing called "I saw an opportunity" It is filled with hilarious images from the comic and hilarious edits of the comic. on a related note, I want to see someone do a Tenso facebomb of that picture so much, I would seriously laugh at that.
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Post by hifranc on Jan 21, 2012 10:52:41 GMT
I suspect the teacher is going to say something to the effect of:
That's quite advanced, Antimony. Could you teach that to the class after your lessons today, please?
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Post by Amethyst on Jan 21, 2012 10:59:23 GMT
I know your new, but there is a thread for this kind of thing called "I saw an opportunity" It is filled with hilarious images from the comic and hilarious edits of the comic. No one really cares about that, and it's a relevant image to this particular strip, anyway.
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Post by cass on Jan 21, 2012 12:45:45 GMT
Although when you think about it, this aether-to-physical bridging skill of Annie's is absolutely a perfect and essential skill to being a proper Medium, I would think. I can't see Parley or Smitty being chosen over her without highly developing their conscious ability to interact with the aetheric realm (rather than just their specific abilities which do rely on aetheric power, but without access to the same realm as Annie and the rest of the Foleyans I see that as a glaring disadvantage). I wonder if that was part of Jones' motivation in encouraging Annie to take up Coyote's offers to visit with him in the Wood (wait what am i saying it's Jones of course it was) Everyone's going to be looking out for their own interests. It's not entirely clear where aetheric abilities fit into that. They placate the forest dwellers, but equally they might think, with Coyote teaching her, that she's been ... tainted. It's possible the court might favour a less aetherically gifted medium simply because they're more likely to be their creature. And then where would Annie go, I wonder.... If you want to control someone, giving them a gift you know is to your advantage isn't a bad way to go about it.
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Post by TBeholder on Jan 21, 2012 13:28:24 GMT
They placate the forest dwellers, but equally they might think, with Coyote teaching her, that she's been ... tainted. It's possible the court might favour a less aetherically gifted medium simply because they're more likely to be their creature. Unlike with Surma? Why? And then where would Annie go, I wonder.... Well, it's not like they can just send her home. Or like she can be present in Court only on this role. Or like she can't simply go into the Wood. Or that anyone except Jones cares a lot about such things in the first place.
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Post by Ulysses on Jan 21, 2012 17:03:14 GMT
I will love it if the teacher has an even more ridiculous reaction to Annie's trick than the students, completely freaking out at how amazing it is.
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Post by TBeholder on Jan 21, 2012 18:41:45 GMT
I will love it if the teacher has an even more ridiculous reaction to Annie's trick than the students, completely freaking out at how amazing it is. It was hard to miss... And we didn't see what happened before Annie used the stone. Might just as well have been "And now let's watch when the new kid see us and then everyone say Hello! to her"... I suspect now that everyone said hello and all, at last the lesson can continue.
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Post by Serenissima on Jan 22, 2012 0:28:51 GMT
Fairies: Very, very, very touchy-feely, apparently.
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Post by cass on Jan 22, 2012 4:31:09 GMT
Surma was the court's... token... to capture Renard. They needed her to be liked by the forest creatures - but they also needed her to have stronger ties to them than the forest for the play to work. Who's the new one going to lure to offset the risk? There are upsides and downsides. Aetheric abilities apparently make her liked more by at least some sections of the forest creatures. But it's not clear how much value there is attached to that, and what importance the court would attach to the manner in which those abilities were gained. Her interests have already diverged from the court's to the point that she'd let Renard go and hide Shadow from them.Well, it's not like they can just send her home. Or like she can be present in Court only on this role. Or like she can't simply go into the Wood. Or that anyone except Jones cares a lot about such things in the first place. The wood creatures like her. If they remove her future at the court, without tipping their hand, they can potentially have her all to themselves.
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Post by basser on Jan 22, 2012 5:58:30 GMT
Apropos of nothing, it recently dawned on me that a possible reason for Annie being so "attractive" to ghosts and magic critters is because she's a personification of fire and represents life and warmth (and destruction when she gets peeved.) So all these little forest guys are totally enamored with her in the same way they would be clustering around a warm campfire at night.
And then of course there's thinking how that could be super useful to the Guides and why they seem to be in the habit of using the Surma line as mediums. What better way to attract a lost spirit than with a nice bright fire? One that talks and looks like a cute girl, too! Anyway I just thought that was clever of Tom, whether he intended it or not.
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Post by Tierra Y Libertad on Jan 22, 2012 6:14:21 GMT
I know kids who refer to teachers as "Teacher Lady" or "Teacher Man", especially substitute teachers. It's perfectly normal, albeit rather rude.
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Post by TBeholder on Jan 22, 2012 8:19:25 GMT
Surma was the court's... token... to capture Renard. They needed her to be liked by the forest creatures - but they also needed her to have stronger ties to them than the forest for the play to work. Who's the new one going to lure to offset the risk? And if back then anyone cared more than now in general, there were no mentions of this. Right now, the only living beings we know of in the Court who want to keep Renard are James and Annie, for different reasons. Maybe Jones, but with her it's hard to tell. Back them, the point was not to capture, but to separate from Coyote, because Coyote supposedly was going to give more power to a big potential headache (Renard before possessions hardly was anything more)... Thus, we have someone other than Surma convinced they want to lure Renard into the Court - on account of the going-on in the Wood... as reported by whom? And before that, they at best overlapped. Then again, it can be said about almost anyone. The wood creatures like her. If they remove her future at the court, without tipping their hand, they can potentially have her all to themselves. Again, the question is who could both want and do. 'Grin is a bit of a strategist or at least sneaky when he wants to, but he's more domineering or leading than manipulating, and doesn't even know all Coyote's games. Coyote doesn't have enough of attention span that it would matter much whether Annie is present for longer than her current visits. And the situation as is generally suits him - when the mood strikes, he can play long-range pranks, like with tooth and ether-touch, and maybe hear some rumors from the other side at times. Mostly, a visiting medium gives him access by proxy to a bunch of humans who usually amuse him. Moreover, on the Court's side, allowing him to do this via someone qualified to handle the possible problems may be even seen as a safety valve. I.e. most of the medium's "diplomacy" is in distracting Coyote from everything else. For those few who remember they have a crazy trickster god right across the river, the choice is whether to hold the status quo and keep someone able and willing to go out play with the dogs or to bet that Coyote won't find some loophole in his promises when he'd get really bored. And then of course there's thinking how that could be super useful to the Guides and why they seem to be in the habit of using the Surma line as mediums. What better way to attract a lost spirit than with a nice bright fire? One that talks and looks like a cute girl, too! I thought they see Guides because they're magical creatures and they are natural choice for arbiters due to staying "out of jurisdiction" for each party. But probably that counts too. I know kids who refer to teachers as "Teacher Lady" or "Teacher Man", especially substitute teachers. It's perfectly normal, albeit rather rude. I thought rude is referring to him as "mister" ("It took Us three days to plumb his soul")?
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Post by grahamf on Jan 22, 2012 18:30:25 GMT
Hello there. I have been a fan of Gunnerkrigg Court for maybe three years and I have been stalking the forums since last summer. At long last, I have finally decided to show myself for one purpose and one purpose only. ...come on, you know you were all thinking it. I know your new, but there is a thread for this kind of thing called "I saw an opportunity" It is filled with hilarious images from the comic and hilarious edits of the comic. on a related note, I want to see someone do a Tenso facebomb of that picture so much, I would seriously laugh at that. I want to see "Das Incredible!" used.
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Post by csj on Jan 23, 2012 3:53:23 GMT
Reminds me of a post I made on another site. I'm pretty certain Coyote wants to use Anne in the same way as the court used Surma - to return Reynard, or at the very least, to swing the balance of power back towards the forest. Just as the Court saw Surma as a valuable asset, so I think Coyote wants Anne as an asset for the Forest. I think it's up to the Court to decide if Anne's empathy with etherial beings is enough to outweigh the risk to both diplomatic success and security she poses. The other two candidates represent two different perspectives of the court towards the forest, one being as an external entity to conquer and the other as a chaotic entity that needs to be controlled and 'tamed'. Anne represents a third perspective and for this reason, I think the Court will keep all three as much as possible, since the other two will keep Anne under control and better represent the Court's intentions and wishes, while Anne in turn will keep the peace and aid the other mediums in their role.
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Post by todd on Jan 23, 2012 13:26:49 GMT
The other two candidates represent two different perspectives of the court towards the forest, one being as an external entity to conquer and the other as a chaotic entity that needs to be controlled and 'tamed'. Have we seen that much of those perspectives from Smith and Parley? Both seem far more focused on their feelings about each other than on the tensions between the Court and the Wood (apart from the Jeanne business, and Parley seemed more focused on Jeanne's rebuke to her cowardice in hiding her feelings towards Smith than in the conflict that led to Jeanne's murder).
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Post by TBeholder on Jan 23, 2012 14:56:57 GMT
I'm pretty certain Coyote wants to use Anne in the same way as the court used Surma - to return Reynard, or at the very least, to swing the balance of power back towards the forest. Just as the Court saw Surma as a valuable asset, so I think Coyote wants Anne as an asset for the Forest. What balance of power? Coyote is a trickster god, after all - he's limited mainly by his own promises, such as they were. That he wants Renard back was expressed rather plainly, and Annie explicitly left it up to the fox himself already. That's done - nothing left to do or say until Renard changes his plans for the nearby future. I think it's up to the Court to decide if Anne's empathy with etherial beings is enough to outweigh the risk to both diplomatic success and security she poses. Again, the "diplomatic success" of a medium seems to be the same as security advantage: keep those overpowered canines entertaining themselves elsewhere and otherwise, instead of the tricks like the one with "possessed" S13 and shows like the one 'Grin brought to them in Chapter 14. Simply because most of the Court outside of Foley House - starting with the Headmaster - don't give a boxbot's plug for everyone and everything in the Wood put together. The other two candidates represent two different perspectives of the court towards the forest, one being as an external entity to conquer and the other as a chaotic entity that needs to be controlled and 'tamed'. How did you get this from this?
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Post by csj on Jan 23, 2012 19:28:27 GMT
What balance of power? Coyote is a trickster god, after all - he's limited mainly by his own promises, such as they were. Coyote may be the leader/ruler of the forest, but that does mean he is the forest itself. Clearly, the divide between the Court was made so as to avoid either side from destroying/overtaking the other. As mankind's technology improves, its ability to overwhelm the forest grows and thus, its power in comparison to the forest. Even Coyote probably recognises that and would seek to reinforce his position, with the return of Reynard likely to be but part of his greater plans. By stopping here and here first. George's reaction in the very update you link to is clearly indicative of her consideration of the forest and its denizens as an outside force, one to be feared or fought. Additionally, her focus on martial training, initial reaction to mort and willingness to confront such entities supports this hypothesis. Andrew by way of contrast, is not confrontational or fearful of ethereal beings, but nonchalant and calm in a way that seems to encourage suspicion. His abilities directly conflict with the chaotic nature of the forest and as the instalment of order upon chaos is an important factor for the development of human civilisation, I believe this is what he as a character represents within the story. Of course, this is seeing them as devices rather than individuals. I expect the metaphor will be lost over time as their interaction with the ethereal colours their perspective and interactions.
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Post by CarbonRabbit on Jan 23, 2012 21:47:25 GMT
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Post by warrl on Jan 23, 2012 21:48:59 GMT
Blue is acting very green today. I wonder if etheric snitches can get etheric stitches. The question is, on their bellies do they have stars?
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