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Post by imaginaryfriend on May 5, 2017 7:19:02 GMT
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Post by bedinsis on May 5, 2017 7:23:17 GMT
(darn it, simultaneous posting of the new thread. Better resolve the issue by making one official and deleting the other)
This is the moment I, a non-native-English speaker, must figure out the difference between "love" and "adore".
Is it just me or does Kat's left eye(to the right from the reader's perspective) look strange in last and third to last panel?
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Post by Gotolei on May 5, 2017 7:25:14 GMT
Yeah Kat, about that thing. Care to elaborate on it?
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Post by imaginaryfriend on May 5, 2017 8:30:02 GMT
darn it, simultaneous posting of the new thread. Better resolve the issue by making one official and deleting the other If mine was not first I apologize to whoever else posted. I just made a thread and then wandered off. |
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Post by rafk on May 5, 2017 8:38:58 GMT
Somewhere between Kat's uncritical praise and Red's critical attack lies the truth. They did do the right thing (as they see it), they did know intellectually the risk and Annie didn't force any participation. On the other hand it was reckless as hell (a very common thing amongst teenagers without special powers let alone this lot), they obviously didn't prepare as well as they should have, and Annie secured Ayilu's participation by exploiting the name thing, and failing to acknowledge the mistakes is how you repeat mistakes and die the next time.
Smitty's wound could have been instantly fatal, after all. Relying on the psychopomps to heal... come on Kat, that wasn't a plan, that was a saving throw.
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Post by shadowhunter on May 5, 2017 8:46:49 GMT
That panel of Smitty and Parley looks incredible.  Easily one of my favourites of them so far. |
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Post by arf on May 5, 2017 9:15:25 GMT
We're circling round, but we're going to get to what Ayilu's* options were eventually.
* "I'm going back some day, come what may, to Blue Ayilu-u." (apols. to Roy Orbison & Joe Melson.)
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Post by faiiry on May 5, 2017 10:48:23 GMT
This is all well and good, but I can't help but wonder if the Court will see it that way when they (inevitably) find out what happened.
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Post by Igniz on May 5, 2017 11:40:03 GMT
Is it just me or does Kat's left eye(to the right from the reader's perspective) look strange in last and third to last panel? In both panels, her left and right eyes are not symmetrical/identical, both the outlines and the irises are shaped differently. On the other hand it was reckless as hell (a very common thing amongst humans of all ages without special powers let alone this lot) Fixed.  Relying on the psychopomps to heal... come on Kat, that wasn't a plan, that was a saving throw. Agreed. Like Red in her speech for the People's Party, this is a quite stretch on Kat's part, as they didn't went down there counting on the Pimps to heal them if the necessity arose. And, even if the option did in fact present itself, it still wasn't a sure bet had Annie ever refused their terms. |
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Post by faiiry on May 5, 2017 12:25:09 GMT
they didn't went down there counting on the Pimps to heal them if the necessity arose. I wouldn't count on the Pimps to heal me either. After all, as we all know, it's hard out here for a pimp. They don't have the time to take care of annoying kids. |
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Post by Zox Tomana on May 5, 2017 12:30:44 GMT
Somewhere between Kat's uncritical praise and Red's critical attack lies the truth. They did do the right thing (as they see it), they did know intellectually the risk and Annie didn't force any participation. On the other hand it was reckless as hell (a very common thing amongst teenagers without special powers let alone this lot), they obviously didn't prepare as well as they should have, and Annie secured Ayilu's participation by exploiting the name thing, and failing to acknowledge the mistakes is how you repeat mistakes and die the next time. Smitty's wound could have been instantly fatal, after all. Relying on the psychopomps to heal... come on Kat, that wasn't a plan, that was a saving throw. I agree with you, mostly. I wonder if Kat will involve some critical feedback. However, I don't think her mentioning the psychopomps saving Andrew being better than what a doc could have done is "sure glad they were part of the plan!" so much as a refutation of Red's bit about "you just stood around and talked to the 'pomps when we should have been taking him to a doctor." Bringing up that it was a saving throw that needed consideration beforehand is appropriate, but the acknowledgement that having the 'pomps save Andrew was ultimately a better call than him going under the knife.... is certainly welcome. |
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Post by todd on May 5, 2017 12:45:27 GMT
This is all well and good, but I can't help but wonder if the Court will see it that way when they (inevitably) find out what happened. I wonder how inevitable the Court's discovery is. Its leadership may be powerful, but they aren't gods. It (as far as we know) didn't notice the robot plan in "The Torn Sea", even though that must have involved stealing a lot of important equipment (unless we're going for the theory that it allowed it to happen as all part of a test, and we don't have evidence for it as yet), doesn't seem to have been aware of Annie sending Robot across the bridge at the beginning of the story, didn't know that Reynardine was now in Annie's stuffed wolf-doll until she revealed it, etc. Nor (it's occurred to me lately) is the leadership quite so competent (certainly the Donlans, Eglamore, and Jones are all very competent, but they're not at the head). Its scheme to control Reynardine backfired by producing the very results they were trying to avoid - Rey agreeing to accept Coyote's offer, something he had no interest in doing up until then. And when it tried using Anthony to control Annie, it failed to prepare (at least, prepare adequately enough) for Coyote's response, something that it should have thought ahead to. The result: a tower knocked over that they'll have to rebuild, and Anthony withdrawing many of his strictures on Annie, including the ban on visiting the forest. (I recently had the image of the Court rulers, after seeing the expenses for tower repairs, pacing back and forth in a fury, blaming it all on Annie, on her father, on Coyote - on everyone but themselves and their scheming.) I wonder whether, if the upper-echelon members of the Court do find out and try punishing Annie, Kat, Parley, and Andrew over the Jeanne business, it'll only wind up leading them into bigger trouble than ever. |
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Post by spritznar on May 5, 2017 12:55:34 GMT
On the other hand it was reckless as hell (a very common thing amongst humans of all ages without special powers let alone this lot) Fixed. i mean, yeah, i get what you're saying (#notallteens), but rafk did have a point that there's some scientific evidence that teens in particular are more reckless than older or younger age groups. |
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Post by ctso74 on May 5, 2017 13:47:32 GMT
Nor (it's occurred to me lately) is the leadership quite so competent I wonder if Tom does this intentionally, to focus on the gang's actions and lives, or if there are other reasons. Court leadership could just be really focused on another priority, like Etheric apotheosis. Keeping up on the Etheric experiments, while everything else is merely support for those experiments. Similar to how Anthony gets super focused on things, and ignores the painfully obvious. If the Court is trying to elevate themselves through Etheric science (maybe to the level of a pantheon), they may consider these episodes as mere distractions from something far greater. A greater priority that can fix anything messed up, after the fact. Or they're fairy-level weirdos. It could go either way. In universe, they certainly have a hands off approach, though. |
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Post by todd on May 5, 2017 14:07:11 GMT
Maybe, but I can't help thinking, still, that the Court doesn't seem to have planned for Coyote's response to Annie's getting grounded. (Beyond using Anthony as a fall guy to hide behind - and even that had its drawback. The result - Antony, in his broken, traumatized condition is no match for Coyote's clever tongue, and winds up withdrawing the ban on Annie's visits to the forest as a result.)
For that matter, its decision to make Andrew rather than Annie the Court medium also blew up in the faces of the Court leadership; Coyote appoints Annie the forest medium - meaning that Annie now has a position outside the Court's control - and Andrew and Parley both support her in that, publicly, with the Headmaster unable to do more than make impotent protests.
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Post by Deepbluediver on May 5, 2017 14:08:10 GMT
Nor (it's occurred to me lately) is the leadership quite so competent I wonder if Tom does this intentionally, to focus on the gang's actions and lives, or if there are other reasons. Court leadership could just be really focused on another priority, like Etheric apotheosis. Keeping up on the Etheric experiments, while everything else is merely support for those experiments. Similar to how Anthony gets super focused on things, and ignores the painfully obvious. If the Court is trying to elevate themselves through Etheric science (maybe to the level of a pantheon), they may consider these episodes as mere distractions from something far greater. A greater priority that can fix anything messed up, after the fact. Or they're fairy-level weirdos. It could go either way. In universe, they certainly have a hands off approach, though. The court apparently knew Annie was cheating for a while but didn't reveal it- they waited until the perfect moment which wasn't actually to get back at Annie, but to bring Tony back under their watchful eye. I think the court might be smarter and more competent than we've seen so far, they just haven't really needed to interact with a bunch of kids yet. Though I'm sure that'll change. |
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Post by Trillium on May 5, 2017 14:43:24 GMT
I wonder if Tom does this intentionally, to focus on the gang's actions and lives, or if there are other reasons. Court leadership could just be really focused on another priority, like Etheric apotheosis. Keeping up on the Etheric experiments, while everything else is merely support for those experiments. Similar to how Anthony gets super focused on things, and ignores the painfully obvious. If the Court is trying to elevate themselves through Etheric science (maybe to the level of a pantheon), they may consider these episodes as mere distractions from something far greater. A greater priority that can fix anything messed up, after the fact. Or they're fairy-level weirdos. It could go either way. In universe, they certainly have a hands off approach, though. The court apparently knew Annie was cheating for a while but didn't reveal it- they waited until the perfect moment which wasn't actually to get back at Annie, but to bring Tony back under their watchful eye. I think the court might be smarter and more competent than we've seen so far, they just haven't really needed to interact with a bunch of kids yet. Though I'm sure that'll change. We know the Court keeps track of all the students. Students try to evade their watchful eye but they may never really succeed. I suspect the Court knew where each of Jeanne's rescue team was except maybe Robot. But as far as knowing exactly what they were doing down by the river that's another matter. We we never saw any of the pre-planning that had to happen before they went down to the river and faced Jeanne. That would the time to hash out possible problems. Andrew by his very nature of being there would have helped them come up with the best possible plan. As for Red, she did have some good points when she talked to Annie on Naming Day but she put all the blame on Annie and did not take any responsibility for her own actions. |
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Post by spritznar on May 5, 2017 14:46:38 GMT
I wonder if Tom does this intentionally, to focus on the gang's actions and lives, or if there are other reasons. Court leadership could just be really focused on another priority, like Etheric apotheosis. Keeping up on the Etheric experiments, while everything else is merely support for those experiments. Similar to how Anthony gets super focused on things, and ignores the painfully obvious. If the Court is trying to elevate themselves through Etheric science (maybe to the level of a pantheon), they may consider these episodes as mere distractions from something far greater. A greater priority that can fix anything messed up, after the fact. Or they're fairy-level weirdos. It could go either way. In universe, they certainly have a hands off approach, though. The court apparently knew Annie was cheating for a while but didn't reveal it- they waited until the perfect moment which wasn't actually to get back at Annie, but to bring Tony back under their watchful eye. I think the court might be smarter and more competent than we've seen so far, they just haven't really needed to interact with a bunch of kids yet. Though I'm sure that'll change. the court's also aware of kat's work (and the robot cult although we didn't see him report that, so maybe not?) and shadow's presence. also there's that whole tracking people through their food thing? but i think for all the court's awareness they overestimate their control, or rather, they underestimate the other players |
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Post by GriffTheJack on May 5, 2017 14:47:46 GMT
It will be interesting to see how much of their planned apotheosis is based on etheric science, and how much is based on no-willwork-involved science.
I had the thought a while back that Omega might not be a "make us deific" process, but a massive anti-magic process. Imagine if they could extract the ether from the entire world, shoot it off into space using some sort of massive version of the Power Station, and remove its influence on humanity forever. No more 'pomps, no more Coyote, no more magic.
Everything that originates in the ether, everything that "does not exist" ala the Great Secret could be segregated onto some isolated place (Mars?), while the pure, no-willwork, mathematical objective science of the Court became the only reality anyone could experience. Collective will would no longer affect the world. Willfully choosing something like a technological singularity over becoming Coyote-style deities.
In fact, it would be sort of like a grand-scale version of what Tony failed to do to Annie and Surma... Those attempts could even be foreshadowing! I need to re-read the first five volumes again, to look for other clues.
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Post by Igniz on May 5, 2017 14:53:04 GMT
Maybe, but I can't help thinking, still, that the Court doesn't seem to have planned for Coyote's response to Annie's getting grounded. (Beyond using Anthony as a fall guy to hide behind - and even that had its drawback. The result - Antony, in his broken, traumatized condition is no match for Coyote's clever tongue, and winds up withdrawing the ban on Annie's visits to the forest as a result.) For that matter, its decision to make Andrew rather than Annie the Court medium also blew up in the faces of the Court leadership; Coyote appoints Annie the forest medium - meaning that Annie now has a position outside the Court's control - and Andrew and Parley both support her in that, publicly, with the Headmaster unable to do more than make impotent protests. It also can be argued that those outcomes were part of their plans all along. From what we've seen so far (and also taking into account other media featuring shady individuals and organizations), these events may be precisely what they desired, and expected, to happen, all being part and fitting into their grand scheme of things, with most characters (maybe even Coyote) acting as their puppets, dancing to their tune until now. |
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Post by Nepycros on May 5, 2017 17:13:39 GMT
Maybe, but I can't help thinking, still, that the Court doesn't seem to have planned for Coyote's response to Annie's getting grounded. (Beyond using Anthony as a fall guy to hide behind - and even that had its drawback. The result - Antony, in his broken, traumatized condition is no match for Coyote's clever tongue, and winds up withdrawing the ban on Annie's visits to the forest as a result.) For that matter, its decision to make Andrew rather than Annie the Court medium also blew up in the faces of the Court leadership; Coyote appoints Annie the forest medium - meaning that Annie now has a position outside the Court's control - and Andrew and Parley both support her in that, publicly, with the Headmaster unable to do more than make impotent protests. It also can be argued that those outcomes were part of their plans all along. From what we've seen so far (and also taking into account other media featuring shady individuals and organizations), these events may be precisely what they desired, and expected, to happen, all being part and fitting into their grand scheme of things, with most characters (maybe even Coyote) acting as their puppets, dancing to their tune until now. What concerns me is that the world itself is grounded in having an etheric component. They know for a fact that humans are a part of, have had an influence in, and are affected by the ether. Stripping that away would be like ripping all sulfur out of the human body because "sulfur is harmful," while ignoring that humans have evolved to rely on minerals in their diet and physiology. The humans of their world grew up in, evolved from, or were otherwise created with an etheric imprint. Even if I thought magic was bad, and my lack of understanding made me hate it, knowing that it's a component of living organisms would give me pause for thought on pulling the plug. This goes beyond the Omega Project. |
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Post by clover on May 5, 2017 17:27:23 GMT
This is all well and good, but I can't help but wonder if the Court will see it that way when they (inevitably) find out what happened. I think there are two possible outcomes. If Jeanne was as important to the court as we can only guess she is, the court is going to blow a gasket. They'll be extremely angry upfront with Annie and the Gang, but be panicking behind the scenes. If Jeanne was more important than we could have guessed, they'll just blow all their gaskets and go "OH GOD WHAT HAVE YOU WHAT OH NO WE HAVE TO OH JEEZ ANNIE YOU RAT BASTARD OH GOD HELP" |
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Post by ohthatone on May 5, 2017 18:06:07 GMT
It will be interesting to see how much of their planned apotheosis is based on etheric science, and how much is based on no-willwork-involved science. I had the thought a while back that Omega might not be a "make us deific" process, but a massive anti-magic process. Imagine if they could extract the ether from the entire world, shoot it off into space using some sort of massive version of the Power Station, and remove its influence on humanity forever. No more 'pomps, no more Coyote, no more magic. Everything that originates in the ether, everything that "does not exist" ala the Great Secret could be segregated onto some isolated place (Mars?), while the pure, no-willwork, mathematical objective science of the Court became the only reality anyone could experience. Collective will would no longer affect the world. Willfully choosing something like a technological singularity over becoming Coyote-style deities. In fact, it would be sort of like a grand-scale version of what Tony failed to do to Annie and Surma... Those attempts could even be foreshadowing! I need to re-read the first five volumes again, to look for other clues. I like this theory BUT it doesn't take into account Coyote's thought experiment that Jones spoke of. Taking away all the magic in the world wouldn't stop humans from making stories and supposedly starting the whole thing over again.
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Post by Earin on May 5, 2017 18:53:03 GMT
It will be interesting to see how much of their planned apotheosis is based on etheric science, and how much is based on no-willwork-involved science. I had the thought a while back that Omega might not be a "make us deific" process, but a massive anti-magic process. Imagine if they could extract the ether from the entire world, shoot it off into space using some sort of massive version of the Power Station, and remove its influence on humanity forever. No more 'pomps, no more Coyote, no more magic. Everything that originates in the ether, everything that "does not exist" ala the Great Secret could be segregated onto some isolated place (Mars?), while the pure, no-willwork, mathematical objective science of the Court became the only reality anyone could experience. Collective will would no longer affect the world. Willfully choosing something like a technological singularity over becoming Coyote-style deities. In fact, it would be sort of like a grand-scale version of what Tony failed to do to Annie and Surma... Those attempts could even be foreshadowing! I need to re-read the first five volumes again, to look for other clues. I like this theory BUT it doesn't take into account Coyote's thought experiment that Jones spoke of. Taking away all the magic in the world wouldn't stop humans from making stories and supposedly starting the whole thing over again.
I think of the Court a lot like a lower-power version of the Technocracy from Mage: the Ascension. The cutting edge tests etheric theory: trying to work out what rules there are, and where there aren't, making them. The development tier weaves etheric science into the everyday: taking magic and making it reproducible, reliable, technological. Then the education tier teaches people that the rules are the rules, that the rules are better than not-the-rules, and that even Forest-folk love the rules and if they don't we hit them. The eventual goal is to make magic mundane, and to strictly control the dangerous parts. If, in the course of doing so, they can through concerted belief erase some of the dangerous parts from history, I'm sure that wouldn't be objectionable to them. |
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Post by GriffTheJack on May 5, 2017 19:58:47 GMT
What concerns me is that the world itself is grounded in having an etheric component. They know for a fact that humans are a part of, have had an influence in, and are affected by the ether. Stripping that away would be like ripping all sulfur out of the human body because "sulfur is harmful," while ignoring that humans have evolved to rely on minerals in their diet and physiology. The humans of their world grew up in, evolved from, or were otherwise created with an etheric imprint. Even if I thought magic was bad, and my lack of understanding made me hate it, knowing that it's a component of living organisms would give me pause for thought on pulling the plug. This goes beyond the Omega Project. Ascribing "hate" to the Court isn't fair to them, I think. To play devil's advocate for a bit, the only thing I see the Court hating would be something like unfulfilled potential or (if they subscribe to that particular sort of secular humanism) individual human deaths/the death or stagnancy of the human race, that sort of thing. And, judging by the sophistication of the Power Station and Anja's computer, at least some of the members of the Court understand magic very well indeed. That's part of my point, the Court might think that only by understanding the absolute core nature of the ether can they find the real truths of reality hidden behind all of the myths and deific posturing. As for the sulfur analogy, it isn't that what they are extracting is bad, it's that humanity can grow beyond the necessity of the ether, and do their god-like work in a much more objective reality. By creating some sort of segregated ether ghetto for all of the ether creatures/deities/spirits and magic to live in, the ether wouldn't be destroyed, but it would become each individual human's choice whether to interact with it or not. Imagine a different analogy: A planet with incredibly high gravity has a native intelligent species that has uniquely evolved to live in that environment. Eventually, this species invents a method for traveling into space. To their amazement, in space the gravity is so low that the adaptations they rely upon to survive aren't necessary anymore. As more and more of the species moves into space stations and colonizes lower-gravity planets, their top engineers and biochemists develop body modifications that remove the drawbacks of their high-gravity bodies while leaving the benefits that matter in low-gravity environments. They no longer need high-gravity adaptations, because in low-gravity environments those things are obsolete. They remain useful on the homeworld, but not outside of it. This is what I'm thinking about the Court separating the ether and sending it off somewhere else. They aren't destroying the energy, it still exists somewhere, and people who want to be connected to it can be, just like the high-gravity aliens who remain on the homeworld. But outside of that ether ghetto, the advanced singularity-humans don't need that energy anymore, it's obsolete. They would rather know the actual truths of the universe, thank you very much, not some myth somebody thought up when they were dying in the desert and saw a coyote. Basically, it's possible to have deity-level power (just look at the higher Kardeshev levels) without the drawbacks of having a constant connection to the ether. For one, the Court might think, there's no reason anyone ever needs to die. Screw the psychopomps, they're just part of a self-perpetuating system that humanity can outgrow. I think this is the sort of persuasive argument that could get a lot of the most intelligent people in the world working on human apotheosis. A world where everyone can be as immortal or mortal as they please would be attractive to many (including myself!), and the Court could be working on that very thing. It will be interesting to see how much of their planned apotheosis is based on etheric science, and how much is based on no-willwork-involved science. I had the thought a while back that Omega might not be a "make us deific" process, but a massive anti-magic process. Imagine if they could extract the ether from the entire world, shoot it off into space using some sort of massive version of the Power Station, and remove its influence on humanity forever. No more 'pomps, no more Coyote, no more magic. Everything that originates in the ether, everything that "does not exist" ala the Great Secret could be segregated onto some isolated place (Mars?), while the pure, no-willwork, mathematical objective science of the Court became the only reality anyone could experience. Collective will would no longer affect the world. Willfully choosing something like a technological singularity over becoming Coyote-style deities. In fact, it would be sort of like a grand-scale version of what Tony failed to do to Annie and Surma... Those attempts could even be foreshadowing! I need to re-read the first five volumes again, to look for other clues. I like this theory BUT it doesn't take into account Coyote's thought experiment that Jones spoke of. Taking away all the magic in the world wouldn't stop humans from making stories and supposedly starting the whole thing over again.
Ah, but that's part of Coyote's Great Secret. It isn't just the myths that create beings like him, it's the etheric energy that subsumes the planet and draws in the minds/souls of the dead to perpetuate itself. If all of that energy is somewhere else, there's no force that could lead to that creation. We already know that they can remove the ether from the rain and (for example) make it useless to Zimmy, so this is matter of reproducing that effect on a planetary scale! If it builds itself back up over time somehow, the the process could simply be repeated periodically. |
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Post by keef on May 5, 2017 20:20:59 GMT
I wish Tom would stop explaining what doesn't need explaining.
I guess two more pages or so
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Post by hp on May 5, 2017 22:38:35 GMT
New official Kat theme:
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Post by Zox Tomana on May 5, 2017 23:38:44 GMT
I wish Tom would stop explaining what doesn't need explaining. I guess two more pages or so We understand this stuff that's being said, but Annie clearly doesn't. Or, at least, she needs to be hearing the counterpoint to Red's tirade. As was said earlier, between Kat and Red lies a certain amount of truth regarding the situation. Or, at least, we perceive there to be some truth regarding the situation. But, yes, I look forward to them bringing up more mysterious things... like Kat's journey into the ether... and Annie's deal with the 'pomps... though honestly I do kinda want to see Annie speak to Smitface and Parles about this. Smit may be grateful for her sacrificing for his sake, but one does wonder what is going through his head regarding her since he did nearly die. |
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Post by todd on May 6, 2017 0:24:22 GMT
This is all well and good, but I can't help but wonder if the Court will see it that way when they (inevitably) find out what happened. I think there are two possible outcomes. If Jeanne was as important to the court as we can only guess she is, the court is going to blow a gasket. They'll be extremely angry upfront with Annie and the Gang, but be panicking behind the scenes. If Jeanne was more important than we could have guessed, they'll just blow all their gaskets and go "OH GOD WHAT HAVE YOU WHAT OH NO WE HAVE TO OH JEEZ ANNIE YOU RAT BASTARD OH GOD HELP" Beyond all that, I think that if the Court does find out about Annie and the others did, it'll have the problem of what to do about their acts. Annie and Kat have a lot of friends and supporters. Come down on them and the Court could be facing another angry visit from Coyote (and more buildings knocked over, a robot rebellion, and who knows what else. Furthermore, while I think that the Court leadership is cold and amoral enough to care more about what purpose the imprisonment of the ghosts of Jeanne and her boy-friend served than the wrongness of the act, I doubt that Eglmoare, the Donlans, Jones and the rest would side with them on that. A lot of people would think that maybe Annie should have handled things differently (as in, say, asking Anya, Donald, and the rest for help), but would have still held that what the Founders had done to Jeanne and her boyfriend was barbaric and wrong and needed to be set right. In which case, the Court leadership could find itself losing a lot of support. (Probably its best hope would be to quietly make Annie and Co. disappear, fake an accident as the cause - maybe even frame the forest-folk for it in the hopes of drumming up more distrust against Gilltie Wood, and keep what they'd learned a secret - possibly also doing things like confiscating and erasing Diego's video-log from the robots, destroying Jeanne's shrine, etc.) |
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Post by todd on May 6, 2017 0:30:50 GMT
What concerns me is that the world itself is grounded in having an etheric component. They know for a fact that humans are a part of, have had an influence in, and are affected by the ether. Stripping that away would be like ripping all sulfur out of the human body because "sulfur is harmful," while ignoring that humans have evolved to rely on minerals in their diet and physiology. The humans of their world grew up in, evolved from, or were otherwise created with an etheric imprint. Even if I thought magic was bad, and my lack of understanding made me hate it, knowing that it's a component of living organisms would give me pause for thought on pulling the plug. This goes beyond the Omega Project. The Court leadership might well be too arrogant to realize the consequences of its actions. |
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