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Post by Daedalus on Aug 19, 2016 7:00:15 GMT
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Post by Fhqwhgads on Aug 19, 2016 7:01:48 GMT
And she pulls it out and breaks it in two. all better now! the end
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Post by Daedalus on Aug 19, 2016 7:02:56 GMT
I must admit that Steadman was a pretty impressive archer to pin Green Man to the riverbed.
That takes a lot of force, especially over that kind of distance - it's not just his accuracy that's supernatural.
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Post by ed1300 on Aug 19, 2016 7:04:13 GMT
What's the bet the Arrow has some active defences?
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Post by pasko on Aug 19, 2016 7:05:32 GMT
Something bad about to happen in three... two... one...
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Post by fish on Aug 19, 2016 7:07:20 GMT
The vibe I get from this page is either a) something bad is about to happen (ninja'd by pasko) or b) a flashback is about to start. I'll go with the flashback simply I don't want anything bad to happen!
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Post by mangotango on Aug 19, 2016 7:08:31 GMT
It's starting to get pretty real! By now, I don't want this chapter to end, so I'm just going to appreciate page by page. I must admit that Steadman was a pretty impressive archer to pin Green Man to the riverbed. That takes a lot of force, especially over that kind of distance - it's not just his accuracy that's supernatural. Well, that can just be the force of gravity working on him, l o l. But seeing as the arrow most definitely hit a vital organ from that distance, the archer's accuracy is nothing to scoff at for sure. |
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Post by picrasso on Aug 19, 2016 7:10:54 GMT
Not ominous at all. A glowing arrow, very much intact after hundreds of years. Any ideas on what the reason was in the first place? Removing the arrow may stir things up badly.
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Post by saardvark on Aug 19, 2016 7:20:48 GMT
If the arrow resists removal, Annie can always go all fire-elemental on it....
maybe when she finally disables it, green-guy's soul will be released, and Annie can walk both
a calmed, even grateful Jeanne & him into the great ROTD beyond... (maybe too optimistic!)
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Post by bicarbonat on Aug 19, 2016 7:24:39 GMT
What's the bet the Arrow has some active defences? Yup, and it will disturb the illusion state that Blue has been upholding with Andrew's influence. I could see some of this Jeanne surface at the pain of her psychological wound being disturbed, good intent or no. And everyone's in danger before you can say "triage". |
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Post by csj on Aug 19, 2016 7:33:35 GMT
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Post by Pig_catapult on Aug 19, 2016 7:46:47 GMT
Looks a bit low to be right in the heart, I think? But that might be in the liver...
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Post by aline on Aug 19, 2016 8:05:12 GMT
I must admit that Steadman was a pretty impressive archer to pin Green Man to the riverbed. That takes a lot of force, especially over that kind of distance - it's not just his accuracy that's supernatural. Well, that can just be the force of gravity working on him, l o l. But seeing as the arrow most definitely hit a vital organ from that distance, the archer's accuracy is nothing to scoff at for sure. No, the way things would normally work in a river is: - Arrow goes through Green Man (who's at the surface) and stops there - Dead body is dragged around by the current and ends up stuck somewhere several kilometers downstream
Even if the current was magically not there and Green Man just fell right at the bottom, the arrow wouldn't end up stuck into the riverbed. This looks like the arrow not only killed him, but dragged the body all the way to the bottom and then had enough momentum left to stick itself in the ground. Through water. A LOT of water. That's not just impressive, that's bloody impossible. You'd need a siege weapon to do that. But it's a magical arrow, so I'll just go with 'supernatural'.
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Post by foresterr on Aug 19, 2016 8:12:41 GMT
Observe the skull spikes. Dem pointy ears sure need extra support, or somethin.
And now excuse me, I'll go nurse my hype hangover over the weekend.
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Post by aithecomputerguy on Aug 19, 2016 8:19:58 GMT
I love how we were all expecting some monstrosity that grew from the black magic incorporated into the arrow, when the obvious makes much more sense and is still just as dramatic.
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Post by CGAdam on Aug 19, 2016 8:20:10 GMT
You know, on Wednesday night, right after the previous strip, I had a Gunnerkrigg dream about this day's comic. Annie looked down at the green glow, and the arrow's etheric form was miles wide. Instead of being simple glowing green material, it was a vast patchwork plain of bones and skulls, the sickly green light leaking out from the gaps. She drifted over it in the dark, a tiny figure against a wall of death.
The actual comic is leaving me with the same kind of dread as the dream. What a Friday cliffhanger.
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Post by drdave on Aug 19, 2016 8:25:21 GMT
I just hope annie's ether form will not get stuck as well. that arrow is a supernatural anchor and cage after all
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Post by Gulby on Aug 19, 2016 8:28:42 GMT
MAIS POURQUOI POURQUOI POURQUOI GRAAAAH TOM tu es un auteur tellement excellent que j'ai besoin de réagir en français pour une fois pour dire à quel point l'œuvre, le chef d'œuvre même, que tu crées sous nos yeux est un véritable travail de maître qui ne fait que s'améliorer davantage. Merci tellement du fond du cœur. And now, THAT is a cliffhanger for the week-end... BUT WHY WHY WHYYY GRAAAAAH TOM you're such an excellent author that I needed to react in french for once to say to which point the piece of art, no, the masterpiece you create in front of our eyes is a true master work that only improves more and more as the time passes. So much thanks from the bottom of my heart. |
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Post by calpal on Aug 19, 2016 8:34:19 GMT
Something bad about to happen in three... two... one...  |
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Post by zbeeblebrox on Aug 19, 2016 8:43:17 GMT
And it's going off without a hitch so far!
That means it will continue going off without a hitch indefinitely!
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Post by Nepycros on Aug 19, 2016 9:08:40 GMT
Now that we've gotten our skeleton (which I'm super happy about), I wouldn't mind if the green dude's spirit voice tells Annie to stop. Touching that thing is probably like personally putting your wrist in a handcuff.
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Post by rafk on Aug 19, 2016 9:10:34 GMT
Something bad about to happen in three... two... one... If we ran a poll of whether the next panel will feature Annie grasping the arrow without anything bad happening, everybody would say "no". So I guess it's possible it will happen, as a swerve, but I doubt it. It isn't THAT long since Tom pulled that trick with "the breakout". |
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Post by haspen on Aug 19, 2016 9:38:29 GMT
This is the worst kind of a Friday cliffhanger in GC so far.
There's so many terrible/explodey/good/eldritch/unexpected/flashbacky/[insert_word_here] things that can happen during/after the arrow pull.
Gawddammit, Tom, stop torturing your readers!
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Post by tiberius on Aug 19, 2016 9:44:15 GMT
I know this is nitpicking here, but I wonder, whether the angle of the arrow in the first panel makes sense.
The way we have seen it, Steadman has fired the arrow from the gunnerkrigg's side of the river while Jeanne's lover was swiming towards Jeanne and - therefore - them. Shouldn't the arrow lean towards his head instead of his lower body?
As to the force, maybe this is also due to Diego's cababilities. Steadman mentioned, the arrow had an odd weight. Might well be that after impact, the arrow pushed its victim down, pinning him to the river bed.
Too sad, my assumption of a green lighted cell didn't work out. Am still excitied of what might happen next, though
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Post by Jelly Jellybean on Aug 19, 2016 11:08:44 GMT
Looks a bit low to be right in the heart, I think? But that might be in the liver... It is definitely too high to be in the knee... Well, that can just be the force of gravity working on him, l o l. But seeing as the arrow most definitely hit a vital organ from that distance, the archer's accuracy is nothing to scoff at for sure. No, the way things would normally work in a river is: - Arrow goes through Green Man (who's at the surface) and stops there - Dead body is dragged around by the current and ends up stuck somewhere several kilometers downstream
Even if the current was magically not there and Green Man just fell right at the bottom, the arrow wouldn't end up stuck into the riverbed. This looks like the arrow not only killed him, but dragged the body all the way to the bottom and then had enough momentum left to stick itself in the ground. Through water. A LOT of water. That's not just impressive, that's bloody impossible. You'd need a siege weapon to do that. But it's a magical arrow, so I'll just go with 'supernatural'.
Supernatural also explains the pants that haven't completely disintegrated and the bones that haven't been scattered. Powerful enough to also have the same effect on Jeanne. |
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Post by Deepbluediver on Aug 19, 2016 13:01:07 GMT
This is going to end with Annie stumbling across a skeleton, isn't it? So, what do I win? |
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Post by fwip on Aug 19, 2016 14:15:50 GMT
I must admit that Steadman was a pretty impressive archer to pin Green Man to the riverbed. That takes a lot of force, especially over that kind of distance - it's not just his accuracy that's supernatural. It looks to me that the arrow is just sticking out of the skeleton, and he sank after he was killed. Edit: Looks like everyone else has already been over that. (That will teach me to post without reading the whole thread.) I guess it could be that the Anwyn just aren't buoyant like humans are, but it seems more likely that green dude staying right where he was was crucial to the plan, so the arrow was designed with that in mind. This is going to end with Annie stumbling across a skeleton, isn't it? So, what do I win? I believe cookies are traditional. Probably only a few though, it was a pretty easy guess. |
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Post by admiralcheez on Aug 19, 2016 14:47:59 GMT
I know this is nitpicking here, but I wonder, whether the angle of the arrow in the first panel makes sense. The way we have seen it, S teadman has fired the arrow from the gunnerkrigg's side of the river while Jeanne's lover was swiming towards Jeanne and - therefore - them. Shouldn't the arrow lean towards his head instead of his lower body? Maybe he saw what was about to happen and turned back? |
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Post by rainofsteel on Aug 19, 2016 14:57:34 GMT
"Don't touch it! It's pure evil!"
-- Time Bandits
If that arrow is designed to keep things down... eh, I'm thinking all my ideas about disaster occurring to Annie at the moment she touches the arrow are off.
on the other hand, when I was reading the previous page, I was wondering what was going to happen between the Court and Forest should whatever the arrow is doing suddenly stop.
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Post by nero on Aug 19, 2016 16:09:44 GMT
I hope she does see the Forest Elf spirit before she touches that arrow. I don't think anything grave will happen but maybe we'll get to see that Jeanne and Parley fight.
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