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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 19, 2020 8:04:49 GMT
I assume Juliette was automatically excluded without Kat having to specify. [edit] And Art. Also: End of chapter. [/edit] |
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Post by Sky Schemer on Feb 19, 2020 8:06:39 GMT
"OK. I want Robot Barbie, J, Camera Guy, and...uh...whatever the hell that thing is."
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 19, 2020 8:09:32 GMT
On second look the guy on the far left in the last panel looks familiar. The "robo-barbie" has had some facetime in the comic before too. |
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Post by justhalf on Feb 19, 2020 8:10:23 GMT
Very nice of Kat
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Post by madjack on Feb 19, 2020 8:11:55 GMT
At least she didn't wake up the guy who asked not to be woken up again. But if she was always going to do that why even bring him in with the others?
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 19, 2020 8:16:50 GMT
At least she didn't wake up the guy who asked not to be woken up again. But if she was always going to do that why even bring him in with the others? Faster to just transport them all, then selectively exclude? [edit] Alternatively, she was going to wake them all and changed her mind after seeing him again. [/edit] |
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Post by migrantworker on Feb 19, 2020 8:18:47 GMT
Arthur and Juliette seem to approve. Maybe reactivation is not so controversial from a robot's point of view after all?
In any case, Arthur's presence should have a calming effect on things. If nothing else, he is the showcase of Kat's work, and the old robots do appreciate a good design. |
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Post by madjack on Feb 19, 2020 8:21:07 GMT
At least she didn't wake up the guy who asked not to be woken up again. But if she was always going to do that why even bring him in with the others? Faster to just transport them all, then selectively exclude? Possibly. It might be for narrative reasons whatever the case was, as a discussion point for the old robots to ask about. |
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Post by merry76 on Feb 19, 2020 8:37:23 GMT
Faster to just transport them all, then selectively exclude? Possibly. It might be for narrative reasons whatever the case was, as a discussion point for the old robots to ask about. I guess the others know that the exclude guy was amongst their numbers. Kat will probably tell them that she already brought him back, and that he wants to stay... not dead but as close as. She also broke part of his heart to deactivate him properly (kill?).
The borders blur here a bit. Which is what I like with the whole Kat is the robot angel (of life and death).
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Post by Per on Feb 19, 2020 8:40:43 GMT
At first I thought the exclusion was proto-boxbot.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 19, 2020 8:43:12 GMT
If she reactivated all the old 'bots except Mr. Neck Bolts then proto-BoxBot should be among the reawakened.
...unless she specifically excluded all that weren't bipeds.
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Post by madjack on Feb 19, 2020 8:44:51 GMT
The bonus page will just be proto-boxbot still sitting in storage.
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Post by rosesonthewall on Feb 19, 2020 9:17:54 GMT
Arthur and Juliette seem to approve. I first read their glances as “concerned”, but on second look Juliette’s mouth is neutral/slightly upturned so maybe you’re right! |
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Post by turniptree on Feb 19, 2020 9:27:34 GMT
My gaze is continually drawn back to Kat's hair. I know this has been discussed at length, but I can't stop thinking about how Annie's hair and Kat's hair has reflected their mental states, etc. Maybe Kat's long hair at the moment is also meant to show self-neglect/her obsession with her projects.
I am relieved she isn't reviving that one guy.
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Post by wies on Feb 19, 2020 10:10:38 GMT
I guess it is more fair, that she didn't wake up that one guy who specifically asked to be left inactive.
I can only hope she will grant the same level of agency to the bots that she, I suspect, also brought back to life. Also that act of exclusion signifies the conversation about life and death seen from the robot's view still hanging in her mind. Is she a bit conflicted about what she is doing here?
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Post by Jelly Jellybean on Feb 19, 2020 10:46:23 GMT
Kat has the machines that go Ping. |
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Post by pyradonis on Feb 19, 2020 10:53:54 GMT
She should be so fair to ask the others if they want to help or rather be deactivated again. As a first thing.
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Post by saardvark on Feb 19, 2020 12:42:42 GMT
On second look the guy on the far left in the last panel looks familiar. The "robo-barbie" has had some facetime in the comic before too. I think the camera guy has been in the background somewhere before too... |
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Post by saardvark on Feb 19, 2020 12:45:02 GMT
The bonus page will just be proto-boxbot still sitting in storage. ...and seen from Kat's screen, a red "REJECTED" superimposed on his image, |
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Post by pyradonis on Feb 19, 2020 13:05:06 GMT
On second look the guy on the far left in the last panel looks familiar. The "robo-barbie" has had some facetime in the comic before too. I think the camera guy has been in the background somewhere before too... Together with that big nose guy. |
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Post by yhbc on Feb 19, 2020 13:15:00 GMT
Did she wake up S1, though?!? |
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Post by aline on Feb 19, 2020 13:22:33 GMT
Is she a bit conflicted about what she is doing here? She probably is, but that very conversation about life and death is also the reason she is so set on what she is doing right now. The rest of the Court can deactivate a robot and think nothing of it. But to her it's a form of murder. She's trying to save them. Personally I think once she's explained the situation, the golems will want to help her. Those robots are their children, or their descendants at least, and I doubt they would like what is happening to them. |
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Post by ctso74 on Feb 19, 2020 14:13:27 GMT
Is she a bit conflicted about what she is doing here? She probably is, but that very conversation about life and death is also the reason she is so set on what she is doing right now. The rest of the Court can deactivate a robot and think nothing of it. But to her it's a form of murder. She's trying to save them. Personally I think once she's explained the situation, the golems will want to help her. Those robots are their children, or their descendants at least, and I doubt they would like what is happening to them. Exactly. She should probably explain to them the situation, then offer to deactivate them if they want. I doubt any would agree, seeing that all of their children are "dead" from their point of view. |
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Post by crater on Feb 19, 2020 16:07:51 GMT
What's Obama doing there?  and I guess Kat isn't forcing undead-techno slavery, good for her... good for her.... |
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Post by Gemini Jim on Feb 19, 2020 16:20:48 GMT
I'm surprised this is still the same chapter with the breakup and the elves and Zimmy, etc.
If Tom wanted to do a whole chapter with Kat and the archaic robots (great band name!), he should have stopped after the Zimmy bits.
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Post by wies on Feb 19, 2020 16:45:48 GMT
Is she a bit conflicted about what she is doing here? She probably is, but that very conversation about life and death is also the reason she is so set on what she is doing right now. The rest of the Court can deactivate a robot and think nothing of it. But to her it's a form of murder. She's trying to save them. Personally I think once she's explained the situation, the golems will want to help her. Those robots are their children, or their descendants at least, and I doubt they would like what is happening to them. I forgot that whole angle that in a sense the Court is probably those robots making die! That is indeed an important part of what is happening here. Thanks for reminding me. |
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Post by Eily on Feb 19, 2020 17:10:35 GMT
I'm surprised this is still the same chapter with the breakup and the elves and Zimmy, etc. If Tom wanted to do a whole chapter with Kat and the archaic robots (great band name!), he should have stopped after the Zimmy bits. I came here to say exactly that, there's already four different sections in this chapter, the confrontation with the Anwyn, the confrontation with Paz, the dialogue with Zimmy and now Kat. Hard to tell what this chapter is really about. I wonder if she's actually bringing any of the robots back, since it looks like she's trying to install other robots' CPUs, so they would actually be someone else? If so, I wonder about the logic of not waking SquarePecs, does she think that taking the body of "dead" robots is fine as long as she doesn't give them the opportunity to say no? Or does she intend to wake the robots' true selves before activating the new CPUs? |
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Post by wies on Feb 19, 2020 17:22:59 GMT
I'm surprised this is still the same chapter with the breakup and the elves and Zimmy, etc. If Tom wanted to do a whole chapter with Kat and the archaic robots (great band name!), he should have stopped after the Zimmy bits. I came here to say exactly that, there's already four different sections in this chapter, the confrontation with the Anwyn, the confrontation with Paz, the dialogue with Zimmy and now Kat. Hard to tell what this chapter is really about. Imo, the red thread in this chapter is Kat and the changes she is undergoing. Most of the sections (The argument with Paz, Annie telling her the Court is going to overwrite even more robots, which prompts her to do the thing we see her doing now, the confrontation with Paz is her fear about the direction Kat is going in, Zimmy's dialogue is even about Kat's difficulty to accept the two annies that then segues into her outright telling Annie that Kat is starting to see more and growing in some way, and the last section is probably one of her most spectacular acts in her office as Robo-Goddess) deal with that. The only exception is the talk with the Anwyn, and even that is indirectly related to Kat, in that it prompted her to move and it allowed Julie to take the CPU's. Kat pretty much ties all of this together. |
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Post by DonDueed on Feb 19, 2020 17:24:34 GMT
I'm surprised this is still the same chapter with the breakup and the elves and Zimmy, etc. If Tom wanted to do a whole chapter with Kat and the archaic robots (great band name!), he should have stopped after the Zimmy bits. I came here to say exactly that, there's already four different sections in this chapter, the confrontation with the Anwyn, the confrontation with Paz, the dialogue with Zimmy and now Kat. Hard to tell what this chapter is really about. Tom told us what the chapter is about: Moving.
The tree elves are moving into the Court.
Kat is moving on from Paz.
Zimmy is getting Annie moving toward an intervention for Kat.
The archaic robots are moving again.
Totally clear... right?
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Post by wies on Feb 19, 2020 17:29:09 GMT
I came here to say exactly that, there's already four different sections in this chapter, the confrontation with the Anwyn, the confrontation with Paz, the dialogue with Zimmy and now Kat. Hard to tell what this chapter is really about. Tom told us what the chapter is about: Moving.
The tree elves are moving into the Court.
Kat is moving on from Paz.
Zimmy is getting Annie moving toward an intervention for Kat.
The archaic robots are moving again.
Totally clear... right?
There are lots of pieces moving across the board, yeah. EDIT: And Zimmy also told the Court is apparently moving from experiments to a next fase. |
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