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Post by Lightice on Dec 16, 2016 8:03:51 GMT
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Post by ryos on Dec 16, 2016 8:05:50 GMT
I've been waiting a long time for this one. That click sounds thunderous in my ears.
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Post by ctso74 on Dec 16, 2016 8:08:35 GMT
Are the cables for reprogramming the arrow, or are they for manipulating Jeanne remotely?
Manipulation seems pretty shady for the Scooby Gang, but I hope the do something safe. Just because they cut Jeanne's strings, won't mean she'll want to go, or stop slaying.
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Post by Sky Schemer on Dec 16, 2016 8:10:05 GMT
And now things will start getting weird.
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Post by bedinsis on Dec 16, 2016 8:20:34 GMT
...the ease of which our heroes have done their task during the last few pages makes me nervous that Jeanne has brutally slaughtered the rest of them while we were away or something. Though that doesn't correspond with last time we saw Jeanne.
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Post by rafk on Dec 16, 2016 8:22:01 GMT
I've been waiting a long time for this one. That click sounds thunderous in my ears. How soon d'you reckon the Court works this out? How soon d'you reckon Coyote exploits it? Well meaning though Annie and co are, I can't help but feel all hell is going to break loose because they didn't investigate WHY the old Court did what it did besides being generalised bastards. |
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Post by agasa on Dec 16, 2016 8:27:06 GMT
My thoughts exactly.
After all, if Evangelion taught me something, is that SEELE and Gendo were being utter c***s, but for cosmically good reasons.
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Post by philman on Dec 16, 2016 8:38:44 GMT
I've been waiting a long time for this one. That click sounds thunderous in my ears. How soon d'you reckon the Court works this out? How soon d'you reckon Coyote exploits it? Well meaning though Annie and co are, I can't help but feel all hell is going to break loose because they didn't investigate WHY the old Court did what it did besides being generalised bastards. Indeed, I've been saying this all along. There will definitely be some major negative consequences for this. The court placed a guardian there for a reason. Jeanne was chosen out of Diego's plan for revenge, but even without her the court was planning SOME sort of guardian, SOMEONE would have been chosen, and for a reason. |
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Post by warrl on Dec 16, 2016 9:01:48 GMT
Looking at this page, I get the impression that Annie is still in the ether - and she's etherically moving her hands around in hopes of freaking Kat out a little less. (Which may not work, because the resulting movements may not look natural.)
This is at least a plausible possibility, considering that she still needs to round up Green & Jeanne and guide them into the ether.
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Post by cb3 on Dec 16, 2016 11:28:57 GMT
No speculation. Just loving this page
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Post by Per on Dec 16, 2016 11:35:58 GMT
If the Tooth is an artillery piece aimed at Jones, is the Arrow now another pointed at... Coyote? If only as a temporary inconvenience, to be fired by Janet for reasons. *tinfoil*
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Post by Jelly Jellybean on Dec 16, 2016 12:05:40 GMT
If the Tooth is an artillery piece aimed at Jones, is the Arrow now another pointed at... Coyote? If only as a temporary inconvenience, to be fired by Janet for reasons. *tinfoil* Given the Founders' nefarious use of the arrow, I assume that Annie and Kat will hide the arrow from the Court. Its narrative purpose may be complete after this chapter. |
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Post by Per on Dec 16, 2016 13:40:33 GMT
Given the Founders' nefarious use of the arrow, I assume that Annie and Kat will hide the arrow from the Court. Its narrative purpose may be complete after this chapter. It should count as a cursed instrument of betrayal, so they have just the room for it. |
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Post by Gulby on Dec 16, 2016 13:59:35 GMT
Kind of a Ghostbusters containment device feeling here. Nothing much to say about all this. I'm waiting. Eagerly.
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Post by Ender on Dec 16, 2016 15:17:11 GMT
Are the cables for reprogramming the arrow, or are they for manipulating Jeanne remotely? Manipulation seems pretty shady for the Scooby Gang, but I hope the do something safe. Just because they cut Jeanne's strings, won't mean she'll want to go, or stop slaying. I think they're just for containing the arrow, Ghostbusters-style. |
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Post by bgb16999 on Dec 16, 2016 15:45:56 GMT
I absolutely love how Kat is completely awed by what Annie is doing, when just a couple pages ago Kat was underwhelmed by the ether and Annie was awed by Kat. There skills compliment each other perfectly.
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Post by ryos on Dec 16, 2016 16:04:43 GMT
You know, I suspect Jeanne and her fairy lover are about to be reunited.
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Post by mordekai on Dec 16, 2016 16:05:44 GMT
Kat: You know Annie, it's really weird when you move stuff like that... Annie: Said Robot Cthulhu... Kat:  |
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Post by fia on Dec 16, 2016 16:06:36 GMT
Still am loving this chapter. Wonder what the elf was/is holding.
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Post by Nepycros on Dec 16, 2016 16:47:35 GMT
I'm left wondering...
Was it really this difficult to release Jeanne? That seems odd to me. So many lives lost, and a bunch of teenagers somehow have it nailed down. You would think Gunnerkrigg has agents at least as competent as the individual members of this little dance party.
I know that it's about the main characters, and they're supposed to demonstrate badassery, but they live in a world where humans can power up with just some training and tattoos. There has to be an explanation for why the Court hasn't fixed this problem already, aside from the fact that they want to cover up how Jeanne got down there. It's possible to covertly clean up the mess that they made, and they'd have reason to: leaving Jeanne down there is what gave Annie the chance to learn the plot.
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Post by bgb16999 on Dec 16, 2016 17:05:39 GMT
Kat: You know Annie, it's really weird when you move stuff like that... Annie: Said Robot Cthulhu... Kat: The Kall of Kathulhu! |
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Post by Ender on Dec 16, 2016 17:20:07 GMT
I'm left wondering... Was it really this difficult to release Jeanne? That seems odd to me. So many lives lost, and a bunch of teenagers somehow have it nailed down. You would think Gunnerkrigg has agents at least as competent as the individual members of this little dance party. I know that it's about the main characters, and they're supposed to demonstrate badassery, but they live in a world where humans can power up with just some training and tattoos. There has to be an explanation for why the Court hasn't fixed this problem already, aside from the fact that they want to cover up how Jeanne got down there. It's possible to covertly clean up the mess that they made, and they'd have reason to: leaving Jeanne down there is what gave Annie the chance to learn the plot. The Court were the ones who put her down there in the first place. They're using her as a tool to protect the Court from the forest, so they want her down there. The ones that lost their lives to her were forest creatures who went to challenge her, and the psychopomp. They're probably going to be pissed when they find out what Annie and the gang did. |
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Post by ryos on Dec 16, 2016 17:52:35 GMT
I'm left wondering... Was it really this difficult to release Jeanne? That seems odd to me. So many lives lost, and a bunch of teenagers somehow have it nailed down. You would think Gunnerkrigg has agents at least as competent as the individual members of this little dance party. I know that it's about the main characters, and they're supposed to demonstrate badassery, but they live in a world where humans can power up with just some training and tattoos. There has to be an explanation for why the Court hasn't fixed this problem already, aside from the fact that they want to cover up how Jeanne got down there. It's possible to covertly clean up the mess that they made, and they'd have reason to: leaving Jeanne down there is what gave Annie the chance to learn the plot. The Court were the ones who put her down there in the first place. They're using her as a tool to protect the Court from the forest, so they want her down there. The ones that lost their lives to her were forest creatures who went to challenge her, and the psychopomp. They're probably going to be pissed when they find out what Annie and the gang did. Also, I don't think the council of douchebags that put her down there in the first place left a record of their actions. In fact, according to my admittedly flawed recollection, they actively strove to erase any knowledge of it. Except Diego, who regretted his actions, and left a living record in his robots. |
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Post by atteSmythe on Dec 16, 2016 18:03:57 GMT
Yeah, one of this group's primary accomplishments was to even figure out that there was a job to be done. Probably lots of people over the years had the skill to do so, but remember that the psychopomps and ROTD didn't even know Jeanne's name, let alone what was done to her.
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Post by Corvo on Dec 16, 2016 19:45:27 GMT
Still am loving this chapter. Wonder what the elf was/is holding. |
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Post by Daedalus on Dec 16, 2016 20:12:35 GMT
The arrow is much brighter now than it used to be. Is it only because it's above water, or is has it "changed modes" somehow?
Also, what happened to the Green Man's spirit? So many questions!
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Post by Nepycros on Dec 16, 2016 22:38:16 GMT
My question has been resolved. I look forward to seeing how the Court reacts to their upstart Forest Medium teaming with the Court Medium and his protector in order to take care of the Court's dirty secrets. Their entire diplomatic team can deal their dirty laundry at any moment.
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Post by Gulby on Dec 16, 2016 22:55:06 GMT
I have the terrible terrible feeling that Green man is about to come out of the water, run to the shore ; Jeanne will KNOW he's now free, but still, they'll miss each other because they're on different reality plans, and they can't see each other. And even if the mission is a real success in its goals, it will have a bitter end because of that...
And I sure hope I'm wrong.
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Post by Sky Schemer on Dec 16, 2016 22:56:03 GMT
The next chapter will be Kat and Annie traveling to Yucca Mountain.
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Post by todd on Dec 17, 2016 0:26:49 GMT
Well meaning though Annie and co are, I can't help but feel all hell is going to break loose because they didn't investigate WHY the old Court did what it did besides being generalised bastards. We know (as do Annie and the rest) why the Court did it - because they believed that it was the only way to keep themselves safe from the forest-folk. Annie and the rest have found a better way of solving the problem (as we saw a couple of chapters back with the fairy's visit), one which the Founders didn't consider (presumably because of their arrogance and disdain for the forest-folk - I suspect that they would have seen trying to sove their problems with Gilltie Wood peacefully as humiliating, having to treat beings that they looked upon as their inferiors as equals). And before we try justifiying the Founders' actions, let's not forget that the forest-folk have reasons to be angry at the Court, deeper than just "they're nasty and savage". The Founders apparently weren't good neighbors to the forest-folk (Coyote mentioned that the humans were trying to "tame" the forest-folk - perhaps as in trying to enslave them). And the forest-folk are probably uneasy about the Court's experiments (and with good cause - I still suspect that the Court is meddling with things that it doesn't understand and shouldn't be tampered with). |
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