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Post by Gotolei on Feb 14, 2014 8:01:18 GMT
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Post by Stately Buff Cookie on Feb 14, 2014 8:05:10 GMT
I.. never gave any thought to if a psychopomp could be killed or not.
This is not encouraging to think about.
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Post by GK Sierra on Feb 14, 2014 8:05:26 GMT
I'm assuming Annie met Lamet at Good Hope, because that name is not ringing any bells.
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Post by KMar on Feb 14, 2014 8:06:05 GMT
She has killed psychopomps?! What a twist! Who was this late Lamet guy? Wikipedia has nothing but there is an ethnic group called 'Lamet' in Laos & Thailand (and that stub of an article is full of [citation needed]). Also, do psychopomps have psychopomps? |
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Post by GK Sierra on Feb 14, 2014 8:08:16 GMT
Also, do psychopomps have psychopomps? I think they get to hold their own hand as they walk across the chasm to the afterlife. |
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Post by vhu9644 on Feb 14, 2014 8:09:29 GMT
Damn... Jeane is pretty scary
Also, i notice how the psychopomp said he was after his "quarry". Doesn't that refer to game animal?
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Post by Gotolei on Feb 14, 2014 8:10:06 GMT
So is this some kinda interview, or are these their last thoughts released upon death? Also, do psychopomps have psychopomps? |
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Post by noone3 on Feb 14, 2014 8:18:42 GMT
Also, i notice how the psychopomp said he was after his "quarry". Doesn't that refer to game animal? Maybe he just meant something of his he dropped into the chasm by mistake. Like someone's soul he was carrying at the moment. |
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Post by KMar on Feb 14, 2014 8:23:19 GMT
Damn... Jeane is pretty scary Also, i notice how the psychopomp said he was after his "quarry". Doesn't that refer to game animal? I was thinking that in Gunnerkrigg-verse, the revived Doctor Who flopped badly, thus BBC finally found their quarry totally useless and relocated it into Annan Waters. (I hear some of you asking 'How do you dump a quarry in a river?', but mind you, consider the possibility that Coyote was involved. Remember that there's a fingerprint imprinted on the Moon.) |
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Post by thedoomblahsong on Feb 14, 2014 8:23:50 GMT
Interesting that these four are all, presumably, from the Gillitie Forest bank of the Annan. Also, although it's not really implied, I get the feeling all four of them are psychopomps? Maybe I'm still not used to the shapes spirits can take. They look like they could be psychopomps, and they could also be like the monsters from Ysengrin's army.
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Post by Señor Goose on Feb 14, 2014 8:27:16 GMT
Damn... Jeane is pretty scary Also, i notice how the psychopomp said he was after his "quarry". Doesn't that refer to game animal? Quarry (aside from a large hole filled with minerals) refers to any target of a hunt or excursion. So the psychopomp was probably tring to go get Jeanne when she knocked him off. |
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Post by Angry Individual on Feb 14, 2014 8:28:10 GMT
Good!
Jeanne can kill pseudo gods of death! Excellent.
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Post by Chancellor on Feb 14, 2014 8:30:13 GMT
Oh shit, son.
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Post by sidhekin on Feb 14, 2014 8:32:20 GMT
Damn... Jeane is pretty scary Also, i notice how the psychopomp said he was after his "quarry". Doesn't that refer to game animal? Quarry (aside from a large hole filled with minerals) refers to any target of a hunt or excursion. So the psychopomp was probably tring to go get Jeanne when she knocked him off. ... or trying to get something Jeanne got ... ... kinda explains how she got so many psychopomps ... |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 14, 2014 8:49:38 GMT
I.. never gave any thought to if a psychopomp could be killed or not. on Formspring. Twice. The ramifications have been discussed on the forum by some of us nerds. I think someone has even speculated that Jeanne may have killed one (hers?) but I don't think it was in the proper context to claim a cookie. |
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Post by ed1300 on Feb 14, 2014 9:09:38 GMT
Yeesh, Muut took a big risk delivering the blinker stone to Annie.
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Post by sidhekin on Feb 14, 2014 9:16:54 GMT
Well, he didn't think she could cross the streams, er, river.
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Post by arf on Feb 14, 2014 9:17:33 GMT
Damn... Jeane is pretty scary Also, i notice how the psychopomp said he was after his "quarry". Doesn't that refer to game animal? From the way robeguy talks, I'm not sure the man on the tape is Lamet but the one Lamet came for. Jeanne-demon says... NO! Also, Annie girl, haven't *you* been playing with fire!? |
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Post by legion on Feb 14, 2014 10:00:26 GMT
Hm, the way the strip is worded, I think those four funky heads are just monsters from the forest, and we haven't seen Lamet's testimony yet.
Edit: what Arf said, basically.
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Post by eyemyself on Feb 14, 2014 10:26:41 GMT
I was under the impression that the last head was Lamet and the quarry he was referring to was a dead spirit he was responsible for taking into the after life. Particularly his statement "It marks no distinction between friend or foe." I took that to mean "I was just there to do my job and was struck down just as quickly as those who have tried to cross with more nefarious purposes."
Also, further support for Jeanne being incredibly powerful. Powerful enough that whatever coyote detected on Annie's etheric scar impressed him and powerful enough to overcome a Psychopomp without it even being a fair contest.
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Post by nightwind on Feb 14, 2014 10:31:19 GMT
Very interesting. And very scary. I hope we get to Lamet next. It should be interesting what a guide to the afterlife has to say when he goes to the afterlife.  |
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Post by csj on Feb 14, 2014 10:42:07 GMT
Damn... Jeane is pretty scary Also, i notice how the psychopomp said he was after his "quarry". Doesn't that refer to game animal? From the way robeguy talks, I'm not sure the man on the tape is Lamet but the one Lamet came for. Jeanne-demon says... NO! It's open to interpretation. One thing I'd suggest though, is that the more people die in the Annan Waters, the more psychopomps are drawn to collect their souls; it follows that some of those would in turn be slain. Of course, for records to exist of these casualties, they would have to either contact/be contacted by individuals from the Realm Of The Dead, or somehow enter the realm themselves. Are her victims turned into ghosts (due to a lack of afterlife guides to help)? We shall see. |
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Post by todd on Feb 14, 2014 11:39:21 GMT
So many lives lost through Diego's jealousy and vindictiveness and the Founders' inability or refusal to settle their quarrel with the forest peacefully.
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Post by arf on Feb 14, 2014 11:57:22 GMT
A big question here: what is it about Annie that got her (and companions) spared... twice? ...Apart from a ' special empathy with etheric beings? Also, gotta love the sudden swerve in tone from goofy to dead serious. |
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Post by TBeholder on Feb 14, 2014 12:02:17 GMT
Warning: hypervelocity impact. Fan sensor signal is lost. I'm assuming Annie met Lamet at Good Hope, because that name is not ringing any bells. Or have heard about him. From the way robeguy talks, I'm not sure the man on the tape is Lamet but the one Lamet came for. Yup. Lamet was "lost". So that's probably the guy who just hunted around a little, and oops, walked a little too far. Are her victims turned into ghosts (due to a lack of afterlife guides to help)? We shall see. Why? She can keep guides out, but doesn't seem to try and keep the spirits in. Ghosts run away, bodies are carried by the river, very tidy. |
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Post by smjjames on Feb 14, 2014 12:32:52 GMT
I am wondering how the heck they built that bridge over the waters, with or without a massive death toll.
I wonder how many of them tried to cross with nefarious intent?
Also, I wonder what happens to those that the psychopomp usually presides over if the psychopomp is dead? Jeanne must have really upset the balance or something.
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Post by Nepycros on Feb 14, 2014 13:07:06 GMT
Warning: hypervelocity impact. Fan sensor signal is lost. I'm assuming Annie met Lamet at Good Hope, because that name is not ringing any bells. Or have heard about him. From the way robeguy talks, I'm not sure the man on the tape is Lamet but the one Lamet came for. Yup. Lamet was "lost". So that's probably the guy who just hunted around a little, and oops, walked a little too far. Are her victims turned into ghosts (due to a lack of afterlife guides to help)? We shall see. Why? She can keep guides out, but doesn't seem to try and keep the spirits in. Ghosts run away, bodies are carried by the river, very tidy. As to her not imprisoning spirits, she's certainly shown a proficiency in soul captivity. Like when she captured Parley and Annie through the blinker stone. |
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Post by goldenknots on Feb 14, 2014 13:22:00 GMT
From what the robe-guy says, I think that last one _is_ Lamet.
Nothing, so far as I can tell, keeps the ones Jeanne kills from being taken into the afterlife, hence the tape. "These are the final recorded moments of those being taken into the ether." I'm guessing there's a fine line, crossed by Lamet and others, something like a black hole's event horizon... living (or whatever guides analogously do) beings that cross that point of no return are sliced and diced, but their essence goes into the ether anyway.
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Post by Stately Buff Cookie on Feb 14, 2014 13:26:07 GMT
I was under the impression that the last head was Lamet and the quarry he was referring to was a dead spirit he was responsible for taking into the after life. Particularly his statement "It marks no distinction between friend or foe." I took that to mean "I was just there to do my job and was struck down just as quickly as those who have tried to cross with more nefarious purposes." His response to being killed is actually what makes me think she does distinguish between targets.. as much as her position allows. She refrained from gibbing Annie despite given ample opportunity, and a second trip down there had Parley comment she felt Jeanne wasn't fencing with her seriously. Yet no mercy shown to psychopomps. I think it has to do with intent. The pomps are there to rather directly take Jeanne away, and that would seriously hamper her ability to protect the river. Annie had no intent the first time, and the second the were merely there to try talking to her(granted with the inevitable goal to help her pass on). Or maybe there's some other criteria we aren't aware of. |
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Post by crater on Feb 14, 2014 13:32:31 GMT
what the hell is eggs doing on that tape
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