ST13R
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Quiet little mouse
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Post by ST13R on May 22, 2017 7:03:42 GMT
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Lizuka
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Post by Lizuka on May 22, 2017 7:07:21 GMT
I'm kind of just wondering when the other shoe's going to drop in this chapter. The title of it's still hanging over me, question of if something big's going to happen with Kat to push that issue further or if Coyote's role in the chapter isn't quite done yet. I'm not sure which, current focus is on Kat but if nothing else I'm definitely thinking whatever the intention was with Jeanne it was to keep Coyote from doing something given the cut to him after that was resolved.
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Post by arf on May 22, 2017 7:08:22 GMT
This page reminds me of that scene in 2001.
What harm could come from this conversation?
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Post by youwiththeface on May 22, 2017 7:34:43 GMT
Getting an especially ominous vibe from panel 3.
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Post by fish on May 22, 2017 7:35:33 GMT
This smells like a bad idea. And Annie's affirmation in the last panel sounds like some sort of famous last words. So we are hanging up swords of Damocles again. How many are there by now? How many have dropped so far?
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Post by Gotolei on May 22, 2017 7:41:12 GMT
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Post by philman on May 22, 2017 7:41:54 GMT
Goddamit Robot, stop eavesdropping ominously.
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Post by turion on May 22, 2017 7:44:26 GMT
Kat: "Haha, yeah, it's not like I'm planning to take over the world with it, right?"
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Post by turion on May 22, 2017 7:45:45 GMT
Where is Gandalf when you need him, telling you that it must be destroyed because no good can come from it and it will corrupt the souls of all who deal with it?
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Post by fish on May 22, 2017 7:48:14 GMT
Goddamit Robot, stop eavesdropping ominously. Whoa, I didn't even notice him there, was wondering about the outside view panel. Well, lets see how he corrupts Kat's words into his little cult this time. |
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Post by zbeeblebrox on May 22, 2017 8:06:51 GMT
Oh great, thanks Annie. Just pile on the potential dramatic irony why don't ya? How about a little "what could possibly go wrong" while you're at it
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madragoran
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"If he trully does hurt you, I will rend the flesh from his bones on your word"
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Post by madragoran on May 22, 2017 9:46:39 GMT
*dun dun dun*
so... there we go again. I hope this is not setting up Kat for a huge downfall, best intentions and all included...
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Post by pyradonis on May 22, 2017 9:53:20 GMT
So, Kat prefers not to spend any more time thinking about her experience in the Ether? Goddamit Robot, stop eavesdropping ominously. Whoa, I didn't even notice him there, was wondering about the outside view panel. Well, lets see how he corrupts Kat's words into his little cult this time. My guess: The robots acting as tools, of the Angel, who is clearly not evil or dangerous, cannot do wrong. They'll have one more justification for what they do besides acting in strange ways out of love. |
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Post by stclair on May 22, 2017 11:17:59 GMT
"It was worth it."
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Post by shadow3 on May 22, 2017 11:55:54 GMT
Kat is totally going to pwn Coyote or Ysengrin with this technology in the future...
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Post by crater on May 22, 2017 13:10:56 GMT
Seriously tho Kat is a bro, I'd also trust her with an ominously evil device whose primary function is to curse a being into state worse than death
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Post by ctso74 on May 22, 2017 13:26:38 GMT
Goddamit Robot, stop eavesdropping ominously. Maybe, he's just thinking of cable management options for Kat?... *gulp*Way to tempt Trope Fate, Annie. All that's left to do now, is for you to say "At least it's not raining". Then, it can start pouring (indoors no less) and short-circuit the arrow. |
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Post by bicarbonat on May 22, 2017 13:30:21 GMT
Goddamit Robot, stop eavesdropping ominously. As soon as I saw that shot of Robot's head, I immediately started wondering "Under which circumstances would Robot try to use/repurpose an arrow that keeps a soul from leaving?" Homeboy is becoming more and more (sort of) human, has newly discovered the concept of romantic love, and is a super intense and compelling member of a highly devalued group. *looks at Matrix* ... Too dark, bicarbonat, way too dark. |
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Post by jda on May 22, 2017 13:48:00 GMT
Isilduuuuuur!!
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Post by jda on May 22, 2017 13:49:56 GMT
Panel 2, not the foreshadow of a (future) morally corrupted Kat, not at all.
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Post by Trillium on May 22, 2017 14:33:42 GMT
Kat wants to study the arrow. Annie is comfortable leaving the arrow in Kay's capable hands. What interest would Robot have in using the arrow? Will the Court step in and confiscate the arrow?
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Post by jda on May 22, 2017 14:44:45 GMT
"The tool is only as dangerous as the person using it", in the middle of chapters where the ultimate motivations and accusations of using people as mere tools have been exposed.
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Post by faiiry on May 22, 2017 16:49:36 GMT
I agree with what everyone is saying: this page reads as ominous foreshadowing to me. Annie's trust might end up being broken.
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Post by cartographer7 on May 22, 2017 23:53:18 GMT
I had thought that the arrow was just going to help Kat build something cool/dangerous/plot-critical in the future…
But after this page I give it even odds that we see it used on someone important before the end.
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Post by mturtle7 on May 23, 2017 0:21:32 GMT
I have to agree with everyone saying this sounds ominous, but I think it's also worth pointing out that if we ignore our knowledge of tropes and foreshadowing, this decision is actually perfectly reasonable. The arrow really is a scientific and etheric marvel, unique as far as they can tell, so there's a pretty huge incentive to keep and study it. As Kat says, it's pretty harmless now that it's unlocked, and only their closest friends (who they really do trust) even know about it. Most importantly, Kat is literally the only expert in the world right now on Diego's magic programming work, besides being a pretty capable and experienced mega-genius; Annie is pretty damn justified in saying that there's no one she'd trust with it more. Which I find quite refreshing, considering how many times I've seen characters just leave a dangerous object lying around for no reason other than plot convenience.
In fact, knowing Tom, this comic could even subvert all our expectations by NOT being ominous foreshadowing after all!! I mean, theoretically. It's possible. Maybe?
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Post by todd on May 23, 2017 2:31:54 GMT
In fact, knowing Tom, this comic could even subvert all our expectations by NOT being ominous foreshadowing after all!! I mean, theoretically. It's possible. Maybe? And Tom's done something like that at least once, with the Recreational. When Winsbury was talking about how the teachers were probably mock-kidnapping the students to make the camping trip more exciting, I was expecting the kidnappers to *not* be the teachers but something else, something that the kids hadn't been expecting, which would make their plan to turn the tables backfire. And it turned out that Winsbury was right, the teachers *were* the culprits (if with the genuine twist of the adult who was doing the actual kidnapping being a dryad), and the students' plan did indeed work. |
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Post by puntosmx on May 23, 2017 3:53:58 GMT
Goddamit Robot, stop eavesdropping ominously. The girls are guilty for acting and talking like Robot wasn't there. They even glossed over his previous participation in the conversation and barely recognized his existence at the start of the scene. But well, he is a quiet one. Things I noticed on reread..... Kat: "There must be something about you that they want" **Glint** Annie: " The arrow..." We know the arrow can trap someone's soul. And the Psychopomps may call Annie to "work FOR them" (not WITH them). And literary language is informing the arrow is part of what they are looking for. So, they may request Annie to go and shoot some powerful spirit like Coyote. [/wild speculation] |
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Post by philman on May 23, 2017 8:14:24 GMT
Goddamit Robot, stop eavesdropping ominously. The girls are guilty for acting and talking like Robot wasn't there. They even glossed over his previous participation in the conversation and barely recognized his existence at the start of the scene. But well, he is a quiet one. Things I noticed on reread..... Kat: "There must be something about you that they want" **Glint** Annie: " The arrow..." We know the arrow can trap someone's soul. And the Psychopomps may call Annie to "work FOR them" (not WITH them). And literary language is informing the arrow is part of what they are looking for. So, they may request Annie to go and shoot some powerful spirit like Coyote. [/wild speculation] I don't think the psychopomps have any particular beef with Coyote, I think they genuinely just want to add Annie to their numbers, maybe to send her off to claim creatures that are too dangerous for them, which could include coyote I suppose. Thinking back to what other swords have been left dangling though, Renard is still under Kat's control technically, and we have long speculated that Kat's order to protect himself at all costs could backfire easily. Maybe this chekov's command goes off and Kat and Annie are forced to trap Renard using the arrow |
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Post by pyradonis on May 23, 2017 15:14:31 GMT
Thinking back to what other swords have been left dangling though, Renard is still under Kat's control technically, and we have long speculated that Kat's order to protect himself at all costs could backfire easily. Maybe this chekov's command goes off and Kat and Annie are forced to trap Renard using the arrow Why should they? If Kat is physically near Renard, she can simply order him to stop whatever he is doing. If Robot knows about it, chances are high at least the Seraphs will know about it sooner or later. And the Court spies after Robot and probably has more than one bug planted in Kat's workshop to occasionally check what one of their most promising students is up to in there. Actually, I wouldn't be surprised, if the chapter ended with another electronical eye (not Robot's) being revealed in some corner of the workshop. |
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Post by hp on May 23, 2017 22:06:02 GMT
Plot Twist: Kat is a NRA member
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