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Post by xtinas on Jun 13, 2012 16:01:40 GMT
Is anyone else reminded of Dresden Codak?
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Post by honorguard on Jun 13, 2012 16:02:30 GMT
Hey there. Been reading the comic for a while now and today's page prompted me to come over here and register. Props to Tom on this one. It takes a serious jolt to give me the jitters and this was a pretty serious jolt.
The cracked head is giving me the most creepy vibe. I hate to reference a meme here but it's almost like this really ISN'T her final form. *shudders*
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Post by mcbibble on Jun 13, 2012 16:12:58 GMT
One might see the cracked head as analogous to Annie's emo free mask? Perhaps kat has more humanity than she aught? And yes, this is the single most beautiful page of the comic so far. Holy crap. This is about to get epic up in here.
a theory! This comic began in media res: Zimmy running away hasn't happened yet.
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Post by AluK on Jun 13, 2012 16:15:30 GMT
Another reference point between ether-Kat and the Tic-Tocs can be clearly seen here. The chest plate/ribcage/blade thing, full of holes (presumably, to reduce weight without losing much strength). Ether-Kat has 6 of them.
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Post by rosefae on Jun 13, 2012 16:19:02 GMT
Suddenly I am in love with Kat.
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Post by goldenknots on Jun 13, 2012 16:21:56 GMT
I see the bird on her head, but I am utterly confounded by the idea of hypodermic needles. Where?
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Post by Per on Jun 13, 2012 16:30:40 GMT
Along the lines of what I imagined, except better-looking and coppery instead of bluish. Also holy is this comic getting ever impressiverer or what. I only now realized, Zimmy might possibly refers to Kat at this page. Whereas Gamma refers to Annie. Using the double meaning of the English word "see" (as in "look at" or "meet"). An interesting idea, but I agree with lightice that it is less likely given that Zimmy doesn't seem particularly apprehensive towards Kat when she first shows up.No, wait, on further checkage I'm sure you're right. Last panel of 1031 - Zimmy is edging into the room, unsure of what she'll see. First panel of 1032 - Zimmy goes "Huh" as in, "Huh, guess I'm off the hook for now." First three panels of 1033 - tension dissolves into merriment. Second panel of 1050 - AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH I see the bird on her head, but I am utterly confounded by the idea of hypodermic needles. Where? The two "forky" things on the plume above her forehead can be seen as the tips of hypodermic needles. It could also be a hollow feather shaft, cut at an angle like a feather pen, or just a random likeness. I doubt this has much to do with Ketrak or that the cracks are significant.
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Post by yarksie on Jun 13, 2012 16:49:32 GMT
I think everyone has multiple different etheric appearences, Zimmy saw a regular Kat with City Face was it? On her head at first. It could reflect their true form versus their chosen form(referring to what coyote said, there being different ways people can be seen), their evil/good sides or their current state of mind, kinda like Annie's no emotion mask. Who agrees with me?
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Post by Mylian on Jun 13, 2012 16:52:25 GMT
"I found out she's an angel I don't think she knows I know I'm worried that something might happen to me If anyone ever finds out"
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Post by birdwhisperer on Jun 13, 2012 17:04:40 GMT
Oh shit. So... Kat is a lesbian. ;D Heh, I actually thought something along these lines. Kat's confusion stems from the fact that she is an angelic, robotic being. Concepts like gender and attraction mean nothing to her, but she and everyone else think they should. So Kat is, in fact, asexual! (I'm not being entirely serious. )
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Post by paxjax123 on Jun 13, 2012 17:27:22 GMT
I feel like Kat is going to be destined for something huge during this comic.
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Post by wombat on Jun 13, 2012 17:40:06 GMT
Ho-ly gorgeous.
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Post by GK Sierra on Jun 13, 2012 17:40:16 GMT
Oh shit. So... Kat is a lesbian. ;D Heh, I actually thought something along these lines. Kat's confusion stems from the fact that she is an angelic, robotic being. Concepts like gender and attraction mean nothing to her, but she and everyone else think they should. So Kat is, in fact, asexual! (I'm not being entirely serious. ) Honestly, I do not know anymore about Kat's sexuality. I don't know whether to take my ques on her real feelings from her week with Aly, or the other stuff. I agree with birdwhisperer. Being something approaching a machine god has got to be causing confusion on a subconscious level. I don't know about the contention that she's not human, though. Unless she peels off her skin and starts going after Sarah Conner, I'm going to stick with "she's just really smart and has excellent spacial visualization skills". Is anyone else reminded of Dresden Codak? Yes. I honestly hope Tom veers a little into this direction. Trans-humanism and the endless march of technological progress is probably my favorite subject in academia.
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Post by sparky on Jun 13, 2012 17:42:43 GMT
I think the cracks on her face are indication of her current state of mind, what with Annie and all. They also hint that what Zimmy sees now is a chrysalis.
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Post by zale on Jun 13, 2012 17:43:05 GMT
What I have to wonder is why Zimmy's flipping out now.
Did something change about Kat's appearance in the last five minutes?
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Post by loveandsausages on Jun 13, 2012 17:53:18 GMT
Hey, I'm another one prompted by this update to join the forum because I just wanted to say:
TOM, NO. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? THIS COMIC IS CAUSING ME PHYSICAL PAIN, TOM. PHYSICAL PAIN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THESE FEELINGS, TOM. I JUST DON'T KNOW. YOU, SIR, ARE AN AWFUL PERSON.
And that's all I have to say about that. Feels good to finally put that out there.
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Post by unrequited on Jun 13, 2012 17:53:44 GMT
The only reaction I have for this page is a simple...
Wut
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Post by loveandsausages on Jun 13, 2012 18:02:06 GMT
What I have to wonder is why Zimmy's flipping out now. Did something change about Kat's appearance in the last five minutes? Yes, most likely. It's probably triggered by being separated from Gamma for enough time. Things start to go bad in a number of ways.
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Post by TheLaughingMan on Jun 13, 2012 18:02:57 GMT
"I found out she's an angel I don't think she knows I know I'm worried that something might happen to me If anyone ever finds out" As per usual, everything right is wrong again.
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Post by GK Sierra on Jun 13, 2012 18:03:49 GMT
Hey, I'm another one prompted by this update to join the forum because I just wanted to say: TOM, NO. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? THIS COMIC IS CAUSING ME PHYSICAL PAIN, TOM. PHYSICAL PAIN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THESE FEELINGS, TOM. I JUST DON'T KNOW. YOU, SIR, ARE AN AWFUL PERSON. And that's all I have to say about that. Feels good to finally put that out there. Tom is an accomplished feels-mancer. He has a big handful of your heart strings clutched in each of his spidery fists, and it's far too late to walk away now. Once you burn through the archive, dependency rates are close to 100%. Enjoy your stay.
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Post by nero on Jun 13, 2012 18:11:28 GMT
This is a beautiful page. I think what was slightly scary for me is the cables going into the eyes and the overall color scheme.
I also see the bird on her head, and I think she has a mix of bird wings and insect wings. You can see something like separate feathers but then there are separators like a bug would have.
If this is what Kat really is, then I'm impressed that the Donlans were able to do this. Or maybe this is just how the robots would see Kat if she was one of them.
For Tom's comment I see it as one of these two:
One day Zimmy won't have to see such things.
OR
One day Zimmy will be in BIG TROUBLE
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Post by atteSmythe on Jun 13, 2012 18:22:30 GMT
Quick, someone get Jones in here and have Zimmy look at her for us!
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Post by Salty on Jun 13, 2012 18:33:19 GMT
Tom. Tom.
Stop giving me heart attacks, Tom.
Also, I need this as a wallpaper or a print or something. Just so I can freak people out.
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Post by snuffa on Jun 13, 2012 18:37:56 GMT
I feel unhealthily drawn to this image: since this very morning I feel the need to look at it again and again, and every single time the reaction is still... DEAR GOD WHAT IS THIS mad props to everyone who suggested that Zimmy sees a mixture of a robot and an angel - I think this idea was circulated quite a bit in the last thread. to those debating whether it looks more like a bird, an insect or a robot, here's one more hint for you: the er, ribs of the creature look not unlike a middle er, bone of the Tic Toc bird: www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=128
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Post by snuffa on Jun 13, 2012 18:39:04 GMT
Another reference point between ether-Kat and the Tic-Tocs can be clearly seen here. The chest plate/ribcage/blade thing, full of holes (presumably, to reduce weight without losing much strength). Ether-Kat has 6 of them. oops, beat me to it and I even read the thread first to see if anyone else noticed and somehow missed this line!
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Post by atteSmythe on Jun 13, 2012 18:46:47 GMT
I feel unhealthily drawn to this image: since this very morning I feel the need to look at it again and again, and every single time the reaction is still... DEAR GOD WHAT IS THIS Me too. I've been back to look at this page a dozen times, easily. I just keep wanting to stare at it. ...it's my phone's lock screen now!
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Post by Ulysses on Jun 13, 2012 19:05:20 GMT
I was trying to decide if the cracked skull is meant to be bone or chitin, given the dragonfly wings. And what it signifies. I think the bulk of the head could actually be an egg. The speckling in particular reminds me of an egg, and it would fit with Kat's bird motif. Who knows what kind of egg though, maybe a pigeon egg? A really big one
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Post by atteSmythe on Jun 13, 2012 19:13:53 GMT
You know it's a good page when we're four pages in and no one has yet asked where Eglamore came from!
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Post by kralex on Jun 13, 2012 19:39:59 GMT
Robot Angel Kat took my breath away for a while there. Suddenly I long for a Gainax animated series of Gunnerkrigg Court.
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Post by diztrakted on Jun 13, 2012 19:40:19 GMT
Quick, someone get Jones in here and have Zimmy look at her for us! I like this idea. A lot. Also, as a few others have mentioned and as I was saying in the last thread, Gamma is a damper, not just a filter. Though I guess we're happy that she stayed away for as long as she did this time.
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