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Post by skythorn on Nov 20, 2012 4:34:59 GMT
I was really thinking about how the classic "Chuck Norris does Push-Ups - he doesn't push up - he pushes the Earth down" would clash with Jones' physical attributes.
ie - Chuck Norris and Jones have chosen not to meet up ever again, as that's how the universe started last time.
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Post by smjjames on Nov 20, 2012 4:51:27 GMT
Don't start doing the bad chuck Norris jokes.
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Post by quoodle on Nov 20, 2012 4:57:47 GMT
Have we seen that wandering eye symbol before?
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Post by tiercel on Nov 20, 2012 5:41:52 GMT
"I will only teach knowledge as discovered by current findings..." ...unless I need to look super awesome by letting a sword rebound off my face and then disarming it by grabbing it by the blade. Totally current findings. [Edit to add:] Could be the possibly-miffed face of panel 5 is the implications of Coyote's name for her... after all, "wandering eye" implies a certain degree of inconstancy and unreliability, attributes that don't jive well with Jones' billions-of-years-old sense of self.
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Post by Nnelg on Nov 20, 2012 6:00:15 GMT
"There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live." Chuck Norris is on Jones' list.
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Post by skythorn on Nov 20, 2012 12:31:06 GMT
Don't start doing the bad chuck Norris jokes. ok ... sigh ...
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Post by gary on Nov 20, 2012 15:25:45 GMT
That's a skill, not knowledge, and she's not teaching it, merely demostrating it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2012 18:18:29 GMT
Okay, by now the rest of the chapter mostly makes sense, but... I'm still trying to understand this page. Did she tell it to Annie or not? Why? What was she "observing" here? Was she just trying (and failing) at mimicking human comfort/love?
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Post by Amethyst on Nov 20, 2012 21:34:29 GMT
So does Jones really know who Jeanne was, despite seeming to not know when Annie asked, because knowledge of Jeanne was not currently rediscovered? Does Jones know what the Seed Bismuth is but not say only because it's not among "current findings"?
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Post by Anjanka on Nov 20, 2012 21:44:05 GMT
So does Jones really know who Jeanne was, despite seeming to not know when Annie asked, because knowledge of Jeanne was not currently rediscovered? Does Jones know what the Seed Bismuth is but not say only because it's not among "current findings"? I was wondering that too....I think based on this with regards to the seed bismuth: www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=583that she's remaining mute simply because there's no record of it. Even on the next page: www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=584 she gives all the answers of all the theories but doesn't say which, if any, are correct. But here with regards to Jeanne: www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=585 she SPECIFICALLY says, "Not that I'm aware of." She diverges from referencing records and becomes very personal about it. I think she genuinely doesn't know who Jeanne was. This may also be why she's very insistent that Annie should tell her what she knows about Jeanne.
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Post by 0o0f on Nov 20, 2012 22:23:29 GMT
Okay, by now the rest of the chapter mostly makes sense, but... I'm still trying to understand this page. Did she tell it to Annie or not? Why? What was she "observing" here? Was she just trying (and failing) at mimicking human comfort/love? At least she's (probably) telling the truth, since she will most likely outlive him. But yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing more of their "relationship".
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2012 0:39:34 GMT
So does Jones really know who Jeanne was, despite seeming to not know when Annie asked, because knowledge of Jeanne was not currently rediscovered? Does Jones know what the Seed Bismuth is but not say only because it's not among "current findings"? It's possible that she was simply somewhere else for these events. We don't know when she first came in contact with the court. She may be the wandering eye, but she's neither omnipresent nor omniscient.
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Post by Nnelg on Nov 21, 2012 0:47:50 GMT
Does Jones know what the Seed Bismuth is but not say only because it's not among "current findings"? Jones: You know, I was always a bit suspicious of that particular choice of words...
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Post by smjjames on Nov 21, 2012 4:38:03 GMT
Okay, by now the rest of the chapter mostly makes sense, but... I'm still trying to understand this page. Did she tell it to Annie or not? Why? What was she "observing" here? Was she just trying (and failing) at mimicking human comfort/love? At least she's (probably) telling the truth, since she will most likely outlive him. Most likely will outlive him? Pfft, did you miss the entire chapter? She's immortal. So does Jones really know who Jeanne was, despite seeming to not know when Annie asked, because knowledge of Jeanne was not currently rediscovered? Does Jones know what the Seed Bismuth is but not say only because it's not among "current findings"? She seems to have been in America at the time if the courts founding.
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Post by http404error on Nov 21, 2012 5:09:39 GMT
Most likely will outlive him? Pfft, did you miss the entire chapter? She's immortal. Pfft, did you miss the entire "Jones is going to die because Coyote's Tooth" speculation?
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Post by dawngazer on Nov 21, 2012 7:04:18 GMT
She was humanoid bipedal before there were humanoids or bipeds (assuming no aliens)
Am I the only one just realizing this, or has this been discussed already?
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Post by Per on Nov 21, 2012 13:48:58 GMT
She was humanoid bipedal before there were humanoids or bipeds (assuming no aliens) Am I the only one just realizing this, or has this been discussed already? "Caucasian before there were Caucasians" started bouncing around as soon as we entered the stone age. Variations followed.
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Post by Søren on Nov 21, 2012 23:00:07 GMT
She was humanoid bipedal before there were humanoids or bipeds (assuming no aliens) Am I the only one just realizing this, or has this been discussed already? "Caucasian before there were Caucasians" started bouncing around as soon as we entered the stone age. Variations followed. It does raise a lot of very curious questions about the intent and origin of a hypothetical Jones designer.
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Post by philman on Nov 21, 2012 23:13:03 GMT
Does Jones know what the Seed Bismuth is but not say only because it's not among "current findings"? Jones: You know, I was always a bit suspicious of that particular choice of words... Going on that line of thought, a few pages on from that we get this: www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=584Was Renard about to say something there but Jones shut him up with the flower?
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Nov 21, 2012 23:30:39 GMT
"Caucasian before there were Caucasians" started bouncing around as soon as we entered the stone age. Variations followed. It does raise a lot of very curious questions about the intent and origin of a hypothetical Jones designer. I think that no designer would be needed in the Gunnerverse. If she was a human shape that formed from stone by chance then the ether that was destined to flow into/through humans when they appeared would be drawn to/through her as well. It probably had no place else to go at that point and maybe wanted very badly to have experiences, depending on how exactly all this etheric stuff works. ;D And she looks like a modern human because that's how humans will look, for the same reason. [Tellin' you guys, she's a living statue... just without a sculptor.] ;D
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