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Post by philman on Sept 9, 2019 7:01:44 GMT
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Post by madjack on Sept 9, 2019 7:11:50 GMT
Hello new character?
The pointy ears and skin scream tree elf but the hair and eyes aren't consistent with them.
Is this just another layer of deception?
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Post by arf on Sept 9, 2019 7:14:54 GMT
This chapter makes Spring Heeled 2 look straightforward.
OK, so we have wisps impersonating police officers. But who's the wisp rending person with the black eye?
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Post by philman on Sept 9, 2019 7:18:08 GMT
She looks like one of the Anwyn, but why is she in the court, and why is she fighting Loup's monsters? Has Loup's ascension over Coyote been just as destructive for the Anwyn as it has been for the Court?
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Sept 9, 2019 7:22:40 GMT
(looks up from rereading Annie in the Forest) I am not sure if we've met her or not but she appears to be a forest dude. I'm guessing that she was the one Parley worked over; possibly the wisps set Parley on her because she could see through the illusion and was therefore a priority target. Also not sure if all the redshirts are immature wisps but it looks like at least four are/were. Figured maybe that the scale of being picked up like that plus the fact that it stayed human-looking instead of shifting meant that it had to be a wisp that got caught but I didn't expect they'd put the immature wisps so close to the groups at this point. (goes back to rereading)
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Post by madjack on Sept 9, 2019 7:26:39 GMT
Wait what if this is someone Annie knows from the Forest, who isn't aware that there are actually two Annies now and is going to think she's still being messed with?
Also: I guess it would make sense that the people of the Forest would know how to deal with wisps, since they all live there.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Sept 9, 2019 7:43:52 GMT
(finishes rereading Annie in the Forest 2) I don't see a forest dude who matches exactly... but mostly what I was going on was hairstyle. (shrugs) Wait what if this is someone Annie knows from the Forest, who isn't aware that there are actually two Annies now and is going to think she's still being messed with? I guess the forest dudes would adjust easier since they've interacted with Ys and Coyote more. It is interesting to see one here, though. Maybe she's got a gift for passing through time shifts, maybe she's a scout sent from another area sent to check on the forest dudes in the wood, maybe something else entirely. |
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Post by csj on Sept 9, 2019 7:44:07 GMT
but what do the wisps taste like?
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Post by theonethatgotaway on Sept 9, 2019 7:50:01 GMT
but what do the wisps taste like? What does a wisp taste like... like not being picked for the football team by your best friend, like a cup of tea that burns your tongue, like a scratch from your childhood cat, it's like RAAAAAiAAAAAIN ON YOUR WEDDING DAY... like betrayal. |
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Post by drdave on Sept 9, 2019 7:50:04 GMT
it's Paz
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Post by csj on Sept 9, 2019 7:53:51 GMT
She looks like one of the Anwyn, but why is she in the court, and why is she fighting Loup's monsters? Has Loup's ascension over Coyote been just as destructive for the Anwyn as it has been for the Court?Those in the Forest have a lot of time to ponder this question. |
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Post by philman on Sept 9, 2019 8:25:12 GMT
She looks like one of the Anwyn, but why is she in the court, and why is she fighting Loup's monsters? Has Loup's ascension over Coyote been just as destructive for the Anwyn as it has been for the Court?Those in the Forest have a lot of time to ponder this question. Ah yes, I forgot about this! I suppose this must be one who managed to escape the time freeze somehow. |
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Post by Eily on Sept 9, 2019 8:45:00 GMT
I like this development a lot more than Clippy-patch-a-plot, assuming this is indeed one the Anwyn. If that's the case she somehow wasn't affected by the frozen Forest (because she was already in the Court?), and Guess she would be seeking help from the Court. This would bring some of nuance in the Court/Forest relations (which were very complex, somehow hostile, but with diplomacy, exchange programs, and Annie) rather than the plain old war they are now in. Also, it would be interresting to have the point of view of someone on the other side of the conflict. Two of the most powerful (and respected) creatures from the Forest just disappeared and a maniac took their place, and froze her people and family, there's bound to be a story to tell there. Or, because it's in the title, a new perspective. (I just realized the situation is slightly mirrored between Forest and Court, with the creatures frozen on one side, and the robots being stuck on the other. So maybe her situation is close to Juliet's?) (Also for a moment I thought the thing on her arm might be a binding, but it looks too different from the one Annie had) |
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Post by zaratustra on Sept 9, 2019 8:47:44 GMT
Just because someone isn't actually a monster doesn't mean they're not out to kill you.
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Post by madjack on Sept 9, 2019 9:02:23 GMT
Also, it would be interresting to have the point of view of someone on the other side of the conflict. Two of the most powerful (and respected) creatures from the Forest just disappeared and a maniac took their place, and froze her people and family, there's bound to be a story to tell there. Or, because it's in the title, a new perspective. This might also be something of a wake up call for the Court, or at least Eggs and co. They may well have just run smack bang into a problem that Forest inhabitants have known how deal with forever but their best people had no idea how to deal with at all. To be fair, Annie had no idea what to do either, but her (fortunate) newfound ability to talk to herself was all that alerted the rest of them that there was even a problem. |
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Post by philman on Sept 9, 2019 9:56:03 GMT
(Also for a moment I thought the thing on her arm might be a binding, but it looks too different from the one Annie had) I thought it was a binding too the first I saw it, if it is it might explain why she is not affected by the time freeze while the rest of her people are? |
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Post by diantris on Sept 9, 2019 10:22:19 GMT
Gamora, you don't look so well...
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Sept 9, 2019 10:57:25 GMT
but what do the wisps taste like? An interesting and challenging question... If I was writing the story and one of the characters decided to, for example, stick the dripping thorax in their mouth and suck on it to try to gain the wisp's powers, or because they were hungry/thirsty after wandering around so long, or just for the hell of it... I'd probably have them describe the flavor of the juice as being a little like the drippings from rent raw lobster or eel but with a lot of earthy notes like nuts, seeds, and a hint of fresh raw poultry, plus a few faint callbacks to things familiar but not normally eaten, like new-car plastic and pine resin. Probably I'd add an electric-like tang that lasts in the mouth longer than the other flavors (digestive juices plus as an immune-response) and then maybe some mild hallucinations like theonethatgotaway mentioned. My reasoning is based on things that are (hopefully) relate-able to the reader and appropriate for a generic insect with magic/alien overtones. My guess is that Mr. Siddell would use similar reasoning to come to a similar end result unless he decides to use a particular insect as a reference, at least for the juice, in which case there may be fruit- or spice-like tones or burnt-plastic, depending. The chitin, on the other hand, would probably be woody, chalky, and crunchy.  |
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Post by Per on Sept 9, 2019 11:14:08 GMT
Gunnerkrigg Court: now with hot elf babes that can literally break you in two? I guess I must approve.
Also, establishing wisps as entities you don't try to talk things out with. For the Emprah!
Also also, thread 199 already used the title "Mystery solved".
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Post by madjack on Sept 9, 2019 11:18:05 GMT
(Also for a moment I thought the thing on her arm might be a binding, but it looks too different from the one Annie had) I thought it was a binding too the first I saw it, if it is it might explain why she is not affected by the time freeze while the rest of her people are? Rereading AiTF, you might both be right: It looks like the wrap Kamlen put over Annie's so she wouldn't dwell on it. So additional new theory: Loup unfroze her and sent her to watch over one or both of the Annies? |
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Post by aiyarte on Sept 9, 2019 11:30:01 GMT
Wild-speculation-most-likely-not-true mode on
Could be this the non-shifted Annie that got stuck in the Forest? Even the colors of the skin and hair do not match, it could be because of the wisp illusions. Her hair cut remind me to the short hair that Courtney has, albeit messier.
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Post by haspen on Sept 9, 2019 13:02:18 GMT
Oh hey, it's monsterified Paz!
She saves the day once again! \o/
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Post by ohthatone on Sept 9, 2019 14:30:07 GMT
but what do the wisps taste like? Tasty Wheat. or Applejacks. |
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Post by pyradonis on Sept 9, 2019 14:59:18 GMT
"Rashomon" was fairly straight-forward compared to this. (EDIT: I mean, with "Rashomon," at least you know who got killed ... ) Incidentally, if the wisps are trying to keep the team away from the artifacts, mission accomplished. Everybody seems to have forgotten their initial purpose. Wild Spec: When the Scooby Doo scene arrives, Mr. Green is the good guy. Red shirt is a wisp spy. Well, congratulations and have your cookie! (although it seems to be Ms. Green) |
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Post by taothegreat on Sept 9, 2019 15:05:07 GMT
I assumed that this character's skin was green because they're in the midst of making the transition from giant green monster to human and the green was supposed to be our visual clue of who they were.
Because we've already seen what Paz's post-timeskip hair looks like, and it has straight-across bangs, my initial guess was that this is Gamma. It would make sense - seeing through etheric nonsense is kind of her jam!
I will be kind of bummed out if it isn't Gamma. I miss her and Zimmy!
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Post by novia on Sept 9, 2019 15:22:25 GMT
I assumed that this character's skin was green because they're in the midst of making the transition from giant green monster to human and the green was supposed to be our visual clue of who they were. Because we've already seen what Paz's post-timeskip hair looks like, and it has straight-across bangs, my initial guess was that this is Gamma. It would make sense - seeing through etheric nonsense is kind of her jam! I will be kind of bummed out if it isn't Gamma. I miss her and Zimmy! My thought was Gamma also, but the arm wrap would imply it is one of the forest people, one of Coyote's binds. |
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Post by Gemini Jim on Sept 9, 2019 15:32:13 GMT
"Rashomon" was fairly straight-forward compared to this. (EDIT: I mean, with "Rashomon," at least you know who got killed ... ) Incidentally, if the wisps are trying to keep the team away from the artifacts, mission accomplished. Everybody seems to have forgotten their initial purpose. Wild Spec: When the Scooby Doo scene arrives, Mr. Green is the good guy. Red shirt is a wisp spy. Well, congratulations and have your cookie! (although it seems to be Ms. Green) Cookie! Thanks, somebody else had mentioned the idea of a spy earlier, and it made sense that this guy (not That Guy) had to be the one. Ms. Green is so beat up from fighting Parley it's hard to tell who she is. |
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Post by bedinsis on Sept 9, 2019 16:58:32 GMT
Did... did this person just tear a court person in half?
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Post by ohthatone on Sept 9, 2019 17:35:32 GMT
Did... did this person just tear a court person in half? nah, she tore a wisp in half. i guess the only way to end a wisp illusion is to kill them, or perhaps just one of them to make the hive lose concentration and focus on the threat that can see through the illusions? |
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Post by mturtle7 on Sept 9, 2019 17:59:27 GMT
I thought it was a binding too the first I saw it, if it is it might explain why she is not affected by the time freeze while the rest of her people are? Rereading AiTF, you might both be right: It looks like the wrap Kamlen put over Annie's so she wouldn't dwell on it. So additional new theory: Loup unfroze her and sent her to watch over one or both of the Annies? I had just assumed that her arm was hurt, just like her eye, and that wrap was meant as a bandage...but you're right, it does look rather remarkably similar to what Kamlen put over Annie's bind. However, that doesn't mean she's in the same situation: that style of armband is probably just a normal fashion accessory for Anwyn, and that's why Kamlen thought it would be a good way to hide the Coyote binding. I find it unlikely that the Anywyn get magic Coyote murder-armbands enough for them to have a specific accessory set aside for covering it. |
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