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Post by mochakimono on Jul 16, 2018 7:03:08 GMT
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Post by avurai on Jul 16, 2018 7:05:29 GMT
No. Nope.
Nu-uh.
No.
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Post by zbeeblebrox on Jul 16, 2018 7:08:02 GMT
A doggo! But! Is he a goodboy? I don't think so. Will he need spankies? Perhaps. But then, if we train him to not kill all humans...he gets treats!
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Post by madjack on Jul 16, 2018 7:08:28 GMT
Uh huh. This is the first time in the entire comic I've wished I could hear the enunciation to know how he means it. The worst bit is, if Coyote was still around he'd find this Ys-hybrid falling romantically head over heels for Annie completely hilarious. ugh.
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Post by shadowhunter on Jul 16, 2018 7:10:36 GMT
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Post by avurai on Jul 16, 2018 7:11:11 GMT
Uh huh. This is the first time in the entire comic I've wished I could hear the enunciation to know how he means it. The worst bit is, if Coyote was still around he'd find this Ys-hybrid falling romantically head over heels for Annie completely hilarious. ugh. It’s astonishing how this is the first time, after two-thousand pages of comic, where her being in the Forest has resulted in an interaction that’s set off my stranger-danger alarms. Surely they should’ve gone off many times by now, all things considered. Killer job on the word choice, Tom. I’m freaked out. |
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Post by Eversist on Jul 16, 2018 7:14:44 GMT
Uh huh. This is the first time in the entire comic I've wished I could hear the enunciation to know how he means it. The worst bit is, if Coyote was still around he'd find this Ys-hybrid falling romantically head over heels for Annie completely hilarious. ugh. Yeah, hoping he's implying it in more of a jovial way. Really though, it's likely Coyote's influence here that's making Ys speak this way. I'm suitably weirded out. Well done, Tom (no sarcasm intended). Edit: what avurai said. |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Jul 16, 2018 7:15:32 GMT
Looks like the reality of the possibility of something bad happening to her has set in.
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Post by madjack on Jul 16, 2018 7:17:23 GMT
Looks like the reality of the possibility of something bad happening to her has set in. If that happens, oh look, another thing for Anthony to blame himself for. |
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Post by youwiththeface on Jul 16, 2018 7:17:36 GMT
I am very confused and worried.
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Post by fjodorii on Jul 16, 2018 7:39:12 GMT
Didn't Jones once say that Ysengrin was on the edge of insanity? Well, seems he's over the edge now. That's a seriously scary look
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Post by aline on Jul 16, 2018 7:39:16 GMT
Looks like the reality of the possibility of something bad happening to her has set in. Well, she thought she was meeting with her friend Ysengrin. He may have been a crazy god, but at least he was a known quantity. She knew what to expect from Ysengrin, the good and the bad. Coyote was also a crazy god, but he'd promised her protection. Whatever else he might plot, she knew he wouldn't hurt her. Now she's got to deal with some new merged creature who is also a crazy god, but not one she knows how to deal with, and all her protectors are gone. That was *so* not the plan. |
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Post by faiiry on Jul 16, 2018 7:40:12 GMT
He is scary. That is all.
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Post by Angry Individual on Jul 16, 2018 7:40:58 GMT
Maybe this is the result of a warped love for Antimony from Ysengrin?
Either way, get your pepper spray, Annie.
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Post by aline on Jul 16, 2018 7:51:22 GMT
Maybe this is the result of a warped love for Antimony from Ysengrin? Either way, get your pepper spray, Annie. Mmph, if anything that sounds more like Coyote. The guy put his nose under Annie's skirt when she was... what? Eleven? And this "Antimony, my love" looks more like a way to unsettle her than a genuine expression of sentiment. |
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Post by preus on Jul 16, 2018 8:11:10 GMT
Hmm. Some combination of Ysengrin's high regard for Annie and Coyote's irreverence?
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Post by Angry Individual on Jul 16, 2018 8:15:02 GMT
Maybe this is the result of a warped love for Antimony from Ysengrin? Either way, get your pepper spray, Annie. Mmph, if anything that sounds more like Coyote. The guy put his nose under Annie's skirt when she was... what? Eleven? And this "Antimony, my love" looks more like a way to unsettle her than a genuine expression of sentiment. I was thinking more along the lines of a more "family" love than an actual love.
And then it being warped by Coyote's influence and Ysengrin's own decent into madness.
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Post by saardvark on Jul 16, 2018 9:07:31 GMT
Maybe this is the result of a warped love for Antimony from Ysengrin? Either way, get your pepper spray, Annie. Mmph, if anything that sounds more like Coyote. The guy put his nose under Annie's skirt when she was... what? Eleven? And this "Antimony, my love" looks more like a way to unsettle her than a genuine expression of sentiment. ...and she's wary enough for her hair bun to go "flame on" as a reflexive response. Probably wise. Might provoke a quick withdrawal of "crazed face" and a faux-hurt "aaww, did I scare you? Little ol' me? '. |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Jul 16, 2018 9:08:31 GMT
Looks like the reality of the possibility of something bad happening to her has set in. Well, she thought she was meeting with her friend Ysengrin. He may have been a crazy god, but at least he was a known quantity. She knew what to expect from Ysengrin, the good and the bad. Coyote was also a crazy god, but he'd promised her protection. Whatever else he might plot, she knew he wouldn't hurt her. Now she's got to deal with some new merged creature who is also a crazy god, but not one she knows how to deal with, and all her protectors are gone. That was *so* not the plan. Crazy is difficult for sane people to understand, young people in particular. Violent crazy is even more difficult to understand. I think she clearly knew he was crazy on an intellectual level. I'm less sure that she understood the ramifications of crazy, perhaps rationalizing what happened when she was attacked as him not being himself. By The Way: Reality is subjective in the Gunnerverse but even In Real Life some people's reality is more subjective than others. For example... Ever been the last person to know you were dating someone? Spent some time hanging out with them, maybe had some good conversations and some fun platonic times, then they get the wrong idea and start telling people that the two of you are a couple?  |
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Post by theonethatgotaway on Jul 16, 2018 9:14:35 GMT
It's the craziness of Coyote, mixed with the twisted love and powerhunger of Ysengrin! Nothing bad could happen with that! Do the two totems mean Ysengrin managed to pull his own "souls" out of the material realm and purely into the ether? That WAS a trick only Coyote knew...
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Post by arf on Jul 16, 2018 9:31:31 GMT
This "my love" business is more Coyote than Ys, but isn't quite.
There's a suspicion that Coyote was well aware of the likely outcome of his latest trick. I wonder if the old dog threw in a few false, romantic, memories in to the mix for a bit of fun?
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Post by Nepycros on Jul 16, 2018 10:06:36 GMT
By no means should we take this "my love" schtick seriously at first. I mean, the dynamic it presents to Antimony is fraught with danger, but his motivations can't be gleaned from this.
I'm pretty sure he's targeting Antimony for his rhetoric because she's incredibly vulnerable to the prospect that this is all because of her, that her existence is a focal point, a point of obsession that ruins lives. If the god of the forest is going to do what I think he wants to do, use the totems to create a human form to sneak behind enemy lines and wipe them out, masking it as an imitation of Renard's "I'm human now, love me Surma!" scheme would leave grave emotional wounds in Annie.
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Post by madjack on Jul 16, 2018 10:15:24 GMT
I'm pretty sure he's targeting Antimony for his rhetoric because she's incredibly vulnerable to the prospect that this is all because of her, that her existence is a focal point, a point of obsession that ruins lives. That would give the look he gave before sending up the forest signal a lot more weight. I think you're onto something here. |
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Post by foresterr on Jul 16, 2018 10:24:57 GMT
a) The forest feels so... dead. I hope the inhabitants are just hiding, and not "reengineered", or something. b) Second half of today's page is the ether. Compared to this Coyote/Ys/whoever-he-is-now looks like an effing clown. |
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Post by Per on Jul 16, 2018 10:31:25 GMT
"My pl-"
"Neither!"
(Maybe "my love" is just one of those things with no lewd connotations in the Englands.)
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Post by Eversist on Jul 16, 2018 11:09:27 GMT
...and she's wary enough for her hair bun to go "flame on" as a reflexive response. Probably wise. Might provoke a quick withdrawal of "crazed face" and a faux-hurt "aaww, did I scare you? Little ol' me? '. While that would be wise, I thought that's just been the representation of her hair in the ether ever since she reconnected with her fire elemental side. You see it ever so slightly here as she's working with Rey, and it shows more and more later on in the chapter as she's "getting her groove back": www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1620'Cause I don't think she's about to pick a fight with the fairies here: www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1671 |
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Post by torontoregonian on Jul 16, 2018 11:51:08 GMT
"My pl-" "Neither!" (Maybe "my love" is just one of those things with no lewd connotations in the Englands.) True, Jenny used that turn of phrase when she was making her seeking spell in "The Torn Sea". |
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Post by saardvark on Jul 16, 2018 11:57:18 GMT
...and she's wary enough for her hair bun to go "flame on" as a reflexive response. Probably wise. Might provoke a quick withdrawal of "crazed face" and a faux-hurt "aaww, did I scare you? Little ol' me? '. While that would be wise, I thought that's just been the representation of her hair in the ether ever since she reconnected with her fire elemental side. You see it ever so slightly here as she's working with Rey, and it shows more and more later on in the chapter as she's "getting her groove back": www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1620'Cause I don't think she's about to pick a fight with the fairies here: www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1671Aah, you're right! I hadn't noticed that before. Hmmm... comment partly invalidated. So.. she goes into the ether (re: foresterr) to better find Ysen-thing, and he jumps out of the totem to spook her with a "boo!" I'm still betting he will withdraw his "crazed" expression (presented here just for its unsettling effect, and because: fun! ) in the upcoming page. minor puzzle: why does Annie have so much loose hair in panel 4? Its mostly tied back in the bun, with the few strands left on that side bound in a hairclip. Its all back to normal in the next panel... |
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Post by madjack on Jul 16, 2018 12:02:32 GMT
minor puzzle: why does Annie have so much loose hair in panel 4? Its mostly tied back in the bun, with the few strands left on that side bound in a hairclip. Its all back to normal in the next panel... It's symbolising her shifting her view to the ether. |
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Post by netherdan on Jul 16, 2018 12:28:56 GMT
Yeah, hoping he's implying it in more of a jovial way. Really though, it's likely Coyote's influence here that's making Ys speak this way. Didn't Jones once say that Ysengrin was on the edge of insanity? Well, seems he's over the edge now. That's a seriously scary look Well, she thought she was meeting with her friend Ysengrin. He may have been a crazy god, but at least he was a known quantity. She knew what to expect from Ysengrin, the good and the bad. Coyote was also a crazy god, but he'd promised her protection. Whatever else he might plot, she knew he wouldn't hurt her. Now she's got to deal with some new merged creature who is also a crazy god, but not one she knows how to deal with, and all her protectors are gone. That was *so* not the plan. Maybe this is the result of a warped love for Antimony from Ysengrin? Either way, get your pepper spray, Annie. Mmph, if anything that sounds more like Coyote. The guy put his nose under Annie's skirt when she was... what? Eleven? And this "Antimony, my love" looks more like a way to unsettle her than a genuine expression of sentiment. Hmm. Some combination of Ysengrin's high regard for Annie and Coyote's irreverence? I was thinking more along the lines of a more "family" love than an actual love. And then it being warped by Coyote's influence and Ysengrin's own decent into madness.
It's the craziness of Coyote, mixed with the twisted love and powerhunger of Ysengrin! Nothing bad could happen with that! Do the two totems mean Ysengrin managed to pull his own "souls" out of the material realm and purely into the ether? That WAS a trick only Coyote knew... This "my love" business is more Coyote than Ys, but isn't quite. There's a suspicion that Coyote was well aware of the likely outcome of his latest trick. I wonder if the old dog threw in a few false, romantic, memories in to the mix for a bit of fun? a) The forest feels so... dead. I hope the inhabitants are just hiding, and not "reengineered", or something. b) Second half of today's page is the ether. Compared to this Coyote/Ys/whoever-he-is-now looks like an effing clown. Now you're collectively forgetting this chapter's name! Seriously, look at this cover, then at this third panel and this first panel, does it ring any bells? PS: Whatever the merged thing has become, it extracted both Coyote and Ysengrin souls from itself and became its own being |
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