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Post by FlyingMug on Sept 25, 2012 12:49:27 GMT
Look at this... Barging into the teacher's office. Heavy risk.
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Post by smjjames on Sept 25, 2012 16:01:39 GMT
@strphen: I think zeffs was trying to make a joke there. I call Earth Elemental. Counterpoint to Annie's Fire Elemental. She's high density, extremely strong and seems fairly impervious to weapons. Might fit that she is made of "rock". Also note the chapter title: "Stone" Nicely personified in her mostly 'stone-faced' demeanor. There haven't been any other elementals seen yet, just various fairy folk associated with the natural world. But if there are fire elementals, there must be the others. Minimum I would expect the classic four: Fire, Earth, Air, and Water. Welcome to the GC community. I think this is a possibility too. While one might think golem, which are commonly made of stone, but golems can be made of any material. Even a tissue paper golem is mentioned offhand in the Order Of The Stick comic.
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Post by Eversist on Sept 25, 2012 17:08:49 GMT
I believe Tom has stated flat out that Jones is not a golem. Pity, too, it was my favorite theory for her.
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Post by pagophilus on Sept 25, 2012 21:44:25 GMT
One theory that I give a little weight to More like a lot of weight to because Jones is heavy amirite I'll leave now
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Post by TBeholder on Sept 25, 2012 23:49:19 GMT
The Smiles Brigade reunites. Is it truly the reunited Smiles Brigade without 'Grin? I'm still thinking Galatea, guys. Maybe the stars are the cause of or inspiration for the origin of this version's fable or something. Not unless we're also about to discover that Pygmalion was an alchemist and between more classical "creating life" studies worked on spring-grade bronzes. I can't rule it out at this point, of course. Though as twists go, this would be not nearly crazy enough for such mystery as Jones. Hmmm, also it looks like Gunnerkrigg got me spoiled rotten at last.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Sept 26, 2012 1:46:32 GMT
Not unless we're also about to discover that Pygmalion was an alchemist and between more classical "creating life" studies worked on spring-grade bronzes. I can't rule it out at this point, of course. Though as twists go, this would be not nearly crazy enough for such mystery as Jones. Hmmm, also it looks like Gunnerkrigg got me spoiled rotten at last. In some versions Galatea was marble. The Egyptian icon consulted for wisdom and associated with Aprhodite was also stone. And "The shape of a woman" was one of the things Coyote listed off as something that man's diseased mind made him see when he looks at a stone, and he later said that Jones was a perfect example of what he was talking about. Also in this page of that last chapter up in the corner is one with the Eye of Horus (see Jones spec page). ;D I'm not saying it's a lock cinch but when I saw the title of this chapter I started the rough draft for a gloat speech. ;D
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Post by ctso74 on Sept 26, 2012 6:12:22 GMT
I call Earth Elemental. Counterpoint to Annie's Fire Elemental. She's high density, extremely strong and seems fairly impervious to weapons. Might fit that she is made of "rock". Also note the chapter title: "Stone" Nicely personified in her mostly 'stone-faced' demeanor. There haven't been any other elementals seen yet, just various fairy folk associated with the natural world. But if there are fire elementals, there must be the others. Minimum I would expect the classic four: Fire, Earth, Air, and Water. I rather like this. Jones would no more be a golem, than Annie is an ifrit.
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Post by pagophilus on Sept 26, 2012 15:10:36 GMT
I rather like this. Jones would no more be a golem, than Annie is an ifrit. Someone's been reading Jonathan Stroud. Speaking of Stroud, the "Golem's Eye" theory might work here. In the Bartimaeus Trilogy, the golem's eye is an item that can control the golem and allow the golem's user to see vicariously through it. Hence, "Wandering Eye". At first, I thought the headmaster would have been the golem controller if Jones were a golem, but in the latest comic we see them interacting, so the golem theory is probably scrappable.
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Post by Jay on Sept 26, 2012 16:21:23 GMT
One theory that I give a little weight to More like a lot of weight to because Jones is heavy amirite I'll leave now Now stand right there because I'm just... going to... hug you I've got no good guesses as to Jones though. And if I did, I'm sure Tom would just blow it away with something 500x better
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Post by GK Sierra on Sept 26, 2012 16:58:53 GMT
One theory that I give a little weight to More like a lot of weight to because Jones is heavy amirite I'll leave now Jones' explanation: worth the weight (don't leave stephen, you've found your people)
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Post by diantris on Sept 27, 2012 12:05:50 GMT
It would be fun if Annie had actually peered at Jones via Blinker Stone. She hasn't done that so far, has she? Unless the view is varying, depending on the viewer... after all Zimmy, who also seems to be looking via ether, sees Kat a bit differently (the giant robotic being).. or has Annie actually NOT seen Kat's representation before?
Would be funny if Jones was just another program, made with some etheric means, like the restrain program she crashed, when Reynardine got trapped.. :3
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Post by Ender on Sept 27, 2012 13:44:12 GMT
So, I thought Annie already knew what she was? I still don't understand why she's asking...
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Post by GK Sierra on Sept 27, 2012 14:41:36 GMT
It would be fun if Annie had actually peered at Jones via Blinker Stone. She hasn't done that so far, has she? Unless the view is varying, depending on the viewer... after all Zimmy, who also seems to be looking via ether, sees Kat a bit differently (the giant robotic being).. or has Annie actually NOT seen Kat's representation before? Would be funny if Jones was just another program, made with some etheric means, like the restrain program she crashed, when Reynardine got trapped.. :3 I wish the comic had like, an interactive flash element that switched back and forth between how the world appears, and how Zimmy sees it. I wonder what the blinker stone looks like to Zimmy. So, I thought Annie already knew what she was? I still don't understand why she's asking... It's a flashback. She's just come out of the forest for the first time, I believe.
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Post by atteSmythe on Sept 27, 2012 15:04:41 GMT
Ysengrin told her... "Or tried to, anyway." She's here for a straight answer.
No flashback - no rounded corners!
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Post by GK Sierra on Sept 27, 2012 15:55:57 GMT
Ysengrin told her... "Or tried to, anyway." She's here for a straight answer. No flashback - no rounded corners! Oh, so she's never asked Jones directly? That makes more sense.
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Post by diantris on Sept 27, 2012 17:40:28 GMT
Oh, so she's never asked Jones directly? That makes more sense. Uhm.. she did ask her if she was a robot. If she asked in general - I don't recollect, but she never got a straight answer WHAT/WHO Jones is.
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Post by pagophilus on Sept 27, 2012 17:43:59 GMT
She's asked before and Jones dodged the question. "Now is not the time" was her reply, I think. It would be fun if Annie had actually peered at Jones via Blinker Stone. She hasn't done that so far, has she? Oh man. That would have been great. Carver hiding the Blinker Stone inside a bar of soap in Jones's bathroom. Jones stepping in and disrobing for a shower, revealing her metallic plating, wires and hydraulic limbs. Carver becoming strangely interested as she watches... I'll save the rest for the fanfic
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Post by diantris on Sept 27, 2012 18:20:23 GMT
Oh man. That would have been great. Carver hiding the Blinker Stone inside a bar of soap in Jones's bathroom. 'tis not exactly what I ment -giggles- I was mainly interested in the etheric representation of Jones ;3
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Post by TBeholder on Sept 28, 2012 21:47:48 GMT
Not unless we're also about to discover that Pygmalion was an alchemist and between more classical "creating life" studies worked on spring-grade bronzes. In some versions Galatea was marble. Exactly, and marble, ah, does not cut it. Oh man. That would have been great. Carver hiding the Blinker Stone inside a bar of soap in Jones's bathroom. Jones stepping in and disrobing for a shower, revealing her metallic plating, wires and hydraulic limbs. Carver becoming strangely interested as she watches... I'll save the rest for the fanfic Now, now. That's quite... superfluous.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Sept 28, 2012 22:37:15 GMT
In some versions Galatea was marble. Exactly, and marble, ah, does not cut it. Wall plaster or drywall? No problem. Sheet rock or concrete barricade? More impressive, but marble (or bronze) was just the base model. If it were like normal stone she couldn't move and her hair wouldn't change. ;D As long as Jones is some sort of icon that I can tie to a goddess of love I will claim full cookie, aged 2 years. ;D But like many GC mysteries the problem is not lack of a possible interpretation but too many. At its height "temple art" left the ancient world overflowing with moving icons with speaking tubes and such, and there are many many old stories that could be possibilities.
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Post by warrl on Oct 1, 2012 10:10:01 GMT
What of that? She obviously didn't think much of Ysengrim's explanation.
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Post by descoladavirus on Oct 1, 2012 11:07:59 GMT
What of that? She obviously didn't think much of Ysengrim's explanation. "Ysengrin explained what she is to me, or tried to anyway" I think he knows, but couldn't put it into words just what she is. That was good enough for a time, but now that the forest doesn't seem as friendly as it once did, Antimony wants to know the truth. From the only person who can fully tell her.
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