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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 20, 2019 23:24:59 GMT
Now we see if Courtnie is smart enough to stick with Fannie and go forward, or if she's pft-y enough to split up. The latter would be more exciting. I should have added that Courtnie probably wouldn't be voicing an alternative course of action at this exact moment if Fannie hadn't happened to end up in the lead. I think it speaks volumes that she didn't wait until they'd lost the creature to voice some doubt about the current course of action to try to remind Fannie that Courtnie is Annie #1 and Fannie is Annie #2. She barely waited until the creature was out of line-of-sight. (The pft is strong with this one.) Also, that water sure doesn't look like it's just water. And this section doesn't look like it's actually a sewer. imaginaryfriend pointed out that it's too large and I noticed it lacks a central sewage canal. Although I only saw those in movies, they always had maintenance access walkways on the sides with a sweage canal in the middle and never had thick blast doors... Looks like a (deliberately?) flooded section of the sealed bunker made to be suitable for a water cryptid to barge in. Maybe it was even Monky that flooded it and that's why the water looks weird (it's a part or a byproduct of their body) It sure looks like it doesn't have a central canal but I don't think we've 100% confirmed that. It might be a surprise for one or both of the twins when they get closer to the center of the tunnel when they approach a door or try to evade the blue creature. Assuming that it doesn't have a central canal: These tunnels are big enough to shift enough water to cool a nuclear power plant but the doors don't look right for high speed flow (so I'll tentatively guess that it isn't for that or for ether extraction). Maybe it's over-engineered for the sake of being over-engineered so that it can be easily re-purposed later, maybe the seed bismuth just grew it that way randomly or as a metaphor for the limitations of human construction on nature (lots of possible flow potential lost to the imposed doors). The only thing it's good for right now is a protected supply of water for a very limited population... or it would be, if it hadn't been broken into. That "Water Scorpion?" is rather slow. I wonder if on Friday, we'll see it become fluid and reform next to them. To be fair, it's probably super-fast and agile when swimming in deep water. It might be something as simple as the root following the easiest/shortest route to its target. Using the bottom of the tunnel to corner would put it slightly farther away than clinging to a wall. Or maybe it doesn't like the osmotic pressure of being submerged, a lot of plants don't. Following the root doesn't seem the wisest course. Up should be the way out and that is not where the root came from. Not sure if you're just observing that the Antimonies should deviate from the root's course at some point, but we were discussing why the root is growing where it is and not suggesting following the root as a wise course of action. I agree that the twins shouldn't follow the root but not because it doesn't lead to a way out; it probably leads to the root network which leads to anywhere in the red zones or even to the Wood. The problem is that it also leads to all or nearly all of the woodland creatures who are currently invading.
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Post by liminal on Feb 21, 2019 0:03:49 GMT
Heh. All this talk last page about "will they fight it or befriend it?", and now they just run away. I am also surprised that Courtney shows a certain lack of initiative. Of course waiting for Parley makes some sense, but it is just not Annie-like... You underestimate the amount of Sierra Hotel India the Court produces! Is it just me or is !Forest Annie full of pluck and initiative while ¡Court Annie is reacting in a robotic, programmed, simulacra rule following sort of way? Did you forget a Tango there, or did I just misunderstand? Maybe they forgot the Echo Lima Delta, since the Court just produced a large SHIELD.
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Post by csj on Feb 21, 2019 2:30:13 GMT
Forest annie is probably best nicknamed Frannie. I hear removing the r has implications in a certain part of the world... Even if she likes sitting on hers. In New England "Fannie" is not a common given name but you do encounter it occasionally, usually with older people. Mae beBut not what I was referring to.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 21, 2019 3:42:59 GMT
I'm willing to abstain from using a number of vulgar words for the sake of civility, even some words that have a very limited vulgar context, but "Fannie" is a proper given name and referring to Forest!Antimony as "Fannie" lacks vulgar context. I think that people from places where "fanny" can be vulgar are more likely to be amused than offended by the way I've been using it.
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Post by merry76 on Feb 21, 2019 7:30:58 GMT
I'm willing to abstain from using a number of vulgar words for the sake of civility, even some words that have a very limited vulgar context, but "Fannie" is a proper given name and referring to Forest!Antimony as "Fannie" lacks vulgar context. I think that people from places where "fanny" can be vulgar are more likely to be amused than offended by the way I've been using it. Language is a funny thing.
For example: "man i am pissed, lets go outside and smoke a fag" does mean something ENTIRELY different in england and in the US. IIRC its something down the lines of "I am quite drunk, lets go outside and have a cigarette", and "I am angry, lets go outside and shoot a homosexual".
While its perfectly fine to smoke outside while drunk (albeit not healthy), it is not acceptable to shoot any kind of people if no matter how angry you are.
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Post by warrl on Feb 21, 2019 7:44:01 GMT
There is a famous piece of Irish harp music entitled "Fanny Power". Given when it was written, it's likely that the person it was written in honor of - Frances Power, daughter of a land-owner in Ireland - was English. Fanny Power, on the harp
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 21, 2019 11:05:09 GMT
There is a famous piece of Irish harp music entitled "Fanny Power". Given when it was written, it's likely that the person it was written in honor of - Frances Power, daughter of a land-owner in Ireland - was English. Fanny Power, on the harpI went there to give it a listen and topping the recommendations was an even more famous piece of music, The Fairy Queen.
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Post by netherdan on Feb 21, 2019 17:36:40 GMT
On another note on coastal 's comment, I don't know if this is overanalyzing but Antimony's face is wet (in a normal wet way) in 2111-5 but in 2112-5/6 we notice that their hair are not really wet but have some blue jelly-ish thing sticking to it and on the same page in 3rd panel the water is not spashing and waving normally... It's splashing and staying put, like a gel! PS: Physical note to go through old pages and look into Tom's representation of shallow water and its color. Questions: Is blue the norm? Have we seen any daylight shallow water before? How is that even daylight brightness inside an underground sealed bunker? Wildspec: Diego's arrow technology is somehow involved into tapping on both Annies memories and generating a believable simulation fed by the etheric computer and the absence of a light source is just a minor bug the Annies wouldn't notice anyway
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Post by saardvark on Feb 21, 2019 19:03:06 GMT
I think panel one here has Courtnie, who was previously on her knees getting up www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=2111 (panel 4), now diving forward to evade the Dunklemonkpion (BlueGuy), who was descending on her almost from above (panel 5, p2111). Dunky was taken by surprise... expecting to land on and smoosh/eat an Annie, instead hits tunnel bottom hard and thrashes about a bit to get its footing (finning?) - panel 2. This delay, combined with the heavy head-shield which generally makes it slow, allows our intrepid Annies to escape...
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Post by madjack on Feb 22, 2019 1:21:52 GMT
Hmm, that big door seems to be held open by roots. Perhaps Courtnie will find a way to be useful here.
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Post by kayback on Feb 22, 2019 12:40:12 GMT
Did you forget a Tango there, or did I just misunderstand? I left it off. I was certain people would know what I meant and I couldn't recall the rules of this forum WRT profanity or possible censor dodges.
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Post by csj on Feb 24, 2019 7:11:42 GMT
I'm willing to abstain from using a number of vulgar words for the sake of civility, even some words that have a very limited vulgar context, but "Fannie" is a proper given name and referring to Forest!Antimony as "Fannie" lacks vulgar context. I think that people from places where "fanny" can be vulgar are more likely to be amused than offended by the way I've been using it. It does in the nation this webcomic is written in. Otherwise I'd be less concerned. Besides, Frannie is a nice name too.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 24, 2019 8:37:28 GMT
I'm willing to abstain from using a number of vulgar words for the sake of civility, even some words that have a very limited vulgar context, but "Fannie" is a proper given name and referring to Forest!Antimony as "Fannie" lacks vulgar context. I think that people from places where "fanny" can be vulgar are more likely to be amused than offended by the way I've been using it. It does in the nation this webcomic is written in. According to the Oxford English it apparently also can be used as a informal verb there, a use which is not categorized as vulgar slang. Otherwise I'd be less concerned. What exactly are you concerned about that might happen?
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Post by kayback on Feb 24, 2019 11:33:31 GMT
What exactly are you concerned about that might happen? Sweet Fannie Adams.
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