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Post by Georgie L on Apr 2, 2013 3:15:37 GMT
enough darts and something will stick.
my theory, Tom subverts expectations again and jumps straight in from where cliffhanger left off, but the claw becomes a new cliffhanger.
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Post by GK Sierra on Apr 2, 2013 3:50:55 GMT
Maybe Coyote will make mischief that spirals out of control and acts as a catalyst for something much larger.
Or maybe Catalyst is the name of his champion shooter marble, and he and Antimony will hold a tournament in the forest.
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Post by softanaesthesia on Apr 2, 2013 6:49:48 GMT
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Post by arf on Apr 2, 2013 9:48:16 GMT
One might suspect Tom of pre-empting the 3D release of Jurassic Park. But I think it's actually a pigeon foot
My thinking is Kat and enhanced Robot mechanisms
... although that marble seems to be lying on the forest floor.
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Post by Midnight Meadows on Apr 2, 2013 11:22:34 GMT
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Post by Nnelg on Apr 2, 2013 12:03:51 GMT
Definitely a marble on the forest floor. But who lost it? *rimshot* ;D Well, Ysengrin is missing some of his, as we know... Ysengrin didn't lose them, Coyote stole them.
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Post by exdevlin on Apr 2, 2013 13:59:24 GMT
*rimshot* ;D Well, Ysengrin is missing some of his, as we know... Ysengrin didn't lose them, Coyote stole them. Well, "missing" doesn't really equate to losing something.. I think I like this idea better than Return of Aly.
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Post by TBeholder on Apr 2, 2013 15:18:25 GMT
April Fools! We haven't really returned to our scheduled programming. More City Face drawings to come. City Face split Chapter 42 from Chapter 41 with His mighty claw.
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Post by Xan on Apr 2, 2013 15:29:19 GMT
I'm pretty sure the foot in the image is from a peacock, whose feather is present in the latest treatise.
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Post by Per on Apr 2, 2013 15:44:18 GMT
Except that
a) the scales on the tarsus are too small (and also seemingly too small for a pigeon, whereas they match for instance an eagle),
b) there's no sign of a spur, and
c) the claws are too sharp and curved (again pointing towards a bird of prey rather than a pigeon).
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Post by philman on Apr 2, 2013 16:11:01 GMT
I'm pretty sure the foot in the image is from a peacock, whose feather is present in the latest treatise. I still think the feather from the treatise was a phoenix, not a peacock. peacocks are usually blue or green, not golden or red. Although phoenixes are often drawn to look similar to a fire coloured peacock A phoenix would work with the catalyst title as well, fire could be said to be a catalyst sometimes, and indeed is required for the hatching of a phoenix egg. Perhaps that's what the 'marble' is, a phoenix egg?
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Post by tpman on Apr 2, 2013 20:43:57 GMT
I'm guessing that this chapter will find Annie in the forest. The marble (and maybe some other stuff found with it) act as a catalyst for a new line of questioning by Antimony. Perhaps the marble's left over from when the Court and Woods shared the same space? Less likely some forest folk have adopted a bit of human culture. Who knows? Just because it's the icon doesn't mean the plot has to hinge on it.
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Post by todd on Apr 2, 2013 22:18:13 GMT
I don't even see a marble on that page.
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Post by taban on Apr 3, 2013 2:06:15 GMT
My only prediction is that we will not immediately find out who wrote that letter and then I'll be like, "Man, I wish we immediately found out who wrote that latter."
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Post by sotha on Apr 3, 2013 5:29:42 GMT
The archive images are cut from actual pages of the chapters, correct?
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Post by download on Apr 3, 2013 5:45:00 GMT
Chapters 2, 9, 31, 33, and 35 aren't at least to my memory
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Post by Mezzaphor on Apr 3, 2013 6:24:18 GMT
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Post by fuzzyone on Apr 3, 2013 6:32:30 GMT
Chapter 2: www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=21Chapter 9: www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=160Checked the others, though. And indeed, you are correct. 31 is the odd one of that group,as its chapter image is not on its title page. Edit: Ninja'd. Moved a little too slow through the archives.
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Post by download on Apr 3, 2013 7:25:21 GMT
And it seems I was terribly wrong
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Post by Xan on Apr 3, 2013 13:44:19 GMT
I'm pretty sure the foot in the image is from a peacock, whose feather is present in the latest treatise. I still think the feather from the treatise was a phoenix, not a peacock. peacocks are usually blue or green, not golden or red. Although phoenixes are often drawn to look similar to a fire coloured peacock A phoenix would work with the catalyst title as well, fire could be said to be a catalyst sometimes, and indeed is required for the hatching of a phoenix egg. Perhaps that's what the 'marble' is, a phoenix egg? My bad, phoenix it is. But since the design seems to be influenced by a peacock, and there is a similarity in feet between the picture and a peacock I'm led to believe it's the same bird. Which was my point all along.
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Post by phyzome on Apr 3, 2013 23:15:24 GMT
This strikes me as the foot of a dead bird, for some reason. (I guess it reminds me of the feet of actual dead birds of prey that I've seen.) Then again, I haven't seen the position in which raptors carry their feet in flight, so I won't defend this idea.
It looks like it should be holding that marble. :-P
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Post by Jay on Apr 4, 2013 2:58:10 GMT
With all this talk of marbles in the forest, I was reminded of Annie's Foley friends dinguses. Didn't they have stuff in the forest too? Maybe we'll see some more forest folk! The dead bird talk certainly added something to this idea. (Now how does the chapter title come into this...)
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Post by Eversist on Apr 10, 2013 9:52:58 GMT
Nobody brought up the messenger bird and whatever is behind Steadman, here, both in chapter 30? Surprising. I have no idea how they could relate to this chapter, though (other than them finding out more about the Court's history), so I'll leave it at that. (Man, I wish forums had a "sage" option.)
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Post by download on Apr 10, 2013 10:06:14 GMT
A sage option might be good, but then nobody would see your post. Sage is to tell someone they're an idiot and not bump their thread
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Post by Eversist on Apr 10, 2013 10:31:26 GMT
Yeah, I just hate bumping an older thread to the top (makes 'em get out of order) with a conversation that's ended, which is another use of saging if I'm not mistaken. I don't mind being discreet.
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Post by download on Apr 10, 2013 10:41:15 GMT
Yeah, I just hate bumping an older thread to the top (makes 'em get out of order) with a conversation that's ended, which is another use of saging if I'm not mistaken. I don't mind being discreet. LAUGHING ON LINE, what would be the point then? No one would read what you posted! On what you said though. I think you may have gotten it right. The claw symbolises the delivery of love letters? Seeing as that bird I think delivered them. The claws are the right colour and the claws seemed to be from a bird of prey, like a falcon
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Post by download on Apr 10, 2013 10:41:56 GMT
Yeah, I just hate bumping an older thread to the top (makes 'em get out of order) with a conversation that's ended, which is another use of saging if I'm not mistaken. I don't mind being discreet. What would be the point then? No one would read what you posted! On what you said though. I think you may have gotten it right. The claw symbolises the delivery of love letters? Seeing as that bird I think delivered them. The claws are the right colour and the claws seemed to be from a bird of prey, like a falcon
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