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Post by csj on Jun 19, 2019 7:12:45 GMT
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Post by madjack on Jun 19, 2019 7:14:51 GMT
Is Kat talking about the equipment or Annie's status? I think it's the first but not sure.
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Post by zaferion on Jun 19, 2019 7:20:01 GMT
Sylvie lookin like she's about to BSoD. (Warning: TVTropes link, click at your own peril.) |
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Post by sicklykobold on Jun 19, 2019 7:29:16 GMT
As always, every character who is not Antimony, gets off with a pat on the head.  |
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Post by theonethatgotaway on Jun 19, 2019 7:34:08 GMT
WAIT FOR ITTTTT.....
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Post by Sauzels on Jun 19, 2019 7:47:51 GMT
Mystery solved
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Post by philman on Jun 19, 2019 7:50:19 GMT
Haha, the announcement in your your post accompanied by your avatar is perfect. |
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Post by arf on Jun 19, 2019 7:56:37 GMT
Typical etheric forces: answer one question with even bigger ones. Byeee!
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Post by blackouthart on Jun 19, 2019 8:59:38 GMT
What’s that you say? Gunnerkrigg Court is already so stock full of complex lingering plot threads and unanswered questions about important things that it can’t take another?
(muffled, but somewhat predictable screaming)
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Post by DonDueed on Jun 19, 2019 11:43:06 GMT
Damn you Willis Siddell!
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Post by timopy on Jun 19, 2019 12:00:41 GMT
Now that the paperwork is handled let's get down to business
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Post by ctso74 on Jun 19, 2019 13:40:08 GMT
Since it's not their "department", Clippy and his boss could be talking out of their combined bureaucratic derriere. Asking the store clerk, assigned to the automotive aisle, whether a seal will work with your toilet, could get you a "Sure. That looks about right." Then, who's replacing a fortune in water-damaged Hello Kitty bathroom decor? You are.
But, would Tom troll this way?
Now for Arthur, and...
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Post by saardvark on Jun 19, 2019 14:05:54 GMT
maybe we are overthinking this? Maybe neither belong on this timeline because Courtnie is from an alternate timeline (imported by Loup to sub @court for time-delayed Frannie) and Frannie is from this timeline, but she's out of time-synch (lost some months delay in the forest) so she doesnt belong *as she is* (with the offset time-stamp)? I dunno... in some ways this scenario is simpler than some others that have been suggested, but it is still somewhat unsatisfying...
Both Annies are real, tho Frannie is (sort of) our Annie (tho now time-shifted). No need for 3, just one import (Courtnie).
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Post by Eily on Jun 19, 2019 14:35:15 GMT
I don't know what to think about these two. On one hand, I don't like them much so I wouldn't mind not seeing them again. On the other hand, having seemingly all powerful character just show up that late in the comic, without foreshadowing or any kind or backstory, and just long enough to change the direction of the plot(s) really feels like a patch.
It's not like we had known about the RoTD long before they met the friendly vampire, but there was a flashback that explained how the situation came to be what it is, and what the motivations of the RoTD were. Here, I basically have no idea what Clippy and Saslamel do or want beyond fixing the very specific plot points they interracted with :/
Also I mentioned earlier that the contract bit was too goofy to be a real plot point IMHO, another argument against the contract being very significant is that it seems very late in the comic to load a new Chekhov's gun.
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Post by tustin2121 on Jun 19, 2019 14:47:35 GMT
I enjoy how Clippy's positioning makes it look like the Arbiter's eyes are glowing in panel 3 as he vanishes.
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Post by Gemini Jim on Jun 19, 2019 16:07:37 GMT
Well, at least the robot plotline is finally moving forward.
Plot twist: The thing in the robot sarcophagus is actually a Third Annie.
(With Kat checking and re-checking her notes, saying "this can't be possible!")
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Post by MarineMonarch on Jun 19, 2019 17:21:02 GMT
Is Arthur like, sealed in a cocoon in there? Or maybe his new body is just wearing clothes.
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Post by netherdan on Jun 19, 2019 17:45:19 GMT
Is Arthur like, sealed in a cocoon in there? Or maybe his new body is just wearing clothes. Any clothes that's not waterproof would be soaked in there. Or maybe that's some non wet gas going on there but from what I little know of physics, for it to be visible it would have to be a) liquid at room temperature; b) made of particles like smoke; or c) extremely cold. Since Arthur's new body is close to human I doubt b and c but who knows. He could be wearing a Tyvek coverall or Kat made some waterproof elegant suit for him to meet Juliette in decent clothing |
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Post by csj on Jun 19, 2019 20:22:14 GMT
do androids dream of electric anatomy
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Post by Corvo on Jun 19, 2019 23:21:20 GMT
do androids dream of electric anatomy |
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Post by todd on Jun 19, 2019 23:52:10 GMT
maybe we are overthinking this? Maybe neither belong on this timeline because Courtnie is from an alternate timeline (imported by Loup to sub @court for time-delayed Frannie) and Frannie is from this timeline, but she's out of time-synch (lost some months delay in the forest) so she doesnt belong *as she is* (with the offset time-stamp)? I dunno... in some ways this scenario is simpler than some others that have been suggested, but it is still somewhat unsatisfying... Both Annies are real, tho Frannie is (sort of) our Annie (tho now time-shifted). No need for 3, just one import (Courtnie). I hope it's something like that and not a case of the long-haired Annie being also an "outsider". |
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Post by madjack on Jun 20, 2019 1:34:52 GMT
maybe we are overthinking this? Nah. |
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Post by Gemini Jim on Jun 20, 2019 5:38:15 GMT
maybe we are overthinking this? Nah. This is pretty much the motto of this forum. |
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Post by gpvos on Jun 20, 2019 13:47:53 GMT
maybe we are overthinking this? Nah. This is timeline stuff. Overthinking is the only thing you can do with it. And Tom introduced it, so we are even supposed to do it! |
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Post by pyradonis on Jun 20, 2019 16:09:56 GMT
"Aw come on, I can't tell you everything right away! That would make for a boring story, don't you think?"
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Post by darlos9d on Jun 20, 2019 19:25:39 GMT
"A man from the future runs free long enough, yknow this... time travel **** just... fries your brain like an egg. Why the **** French?"
~ Abe, Looper (2012)
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Post by Runningflame on Jun 20, 2019 20:19:07 GMT
"There was a narrowly circulated proverb to the effect that only one Auror in thirty was qualified to investigate cases involving Time-Turners; and that of those few, the half who weren't already insane, soon would be."
- Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
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Post by pyradonis on Jun 20, 2019 20:55:40 GMT
"There was a narrowly circulated proverb to the effect that only one Auror in thirty was qualified to investigate cases involving Time-Turners; and that of those few, the half who weren't already insane, soon would be." - Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality "Welcome to the wheel workshop. If you work here, either you are already crazy, or you will be after some time. I was lucky - I already was crazy when I started here."
- a colleague of mine
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Post by netherdan on Jun 20, 2019 21:02:24 GMT
"There was a narrowly circulated proverb to the effect that only one Auror in thirty was qualified to investigate cases involving Time-Turners; and that of those few, the half who weren't already insane, soon would be." - Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality Thank you for giving me something to binge this weekend |
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Post by DonDueed on Jun 20, 2019 21:19:14 GMT
"There was a narrowly circulated proverb to the effect that only one Auror in thirty was qualified to investigate cases involving Time-Turners; and that of those few, the half who weren't already insane, soon would be." - Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality Thank you for giving me something to binge this weekend Prepare yourself for an awesome experience. |
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