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Post by shinkaii on Sept 13, 2021 7:05:03 GMT
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Post by jda on Sept 13, 2021 7:13:24 GMT
Mmm, they are trapped and punching thru walls, so unfortunate that none have any sharp instrument handy shown to be so damn sharp as to cut thru wood, iron, or the Earth itself.
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Post by madjack on Sept 13, 2021 7:19:08 GMT
Mmm, they are trapped and punching thru walls, so unfortunate that none have any sharp instrument handy shown to be so damn sharp as to cut thru wood, iron, or the Earth itself. Well they can't have everything easy right away. That would make for a boring story, don't you think? Joking aside, I'm really interested to see what course this chapter will take. Is it going to be an escape with some exposition, the repercussions of the Forest overrunning (parts of?) the Court, or something else altogether?
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Post by machiavelli33 on Sept 13, 2021 7:37:16 GMT
Mmm, they are trapped and punching thru walls, so unfortunate that none have any sharp instrument handy shown to be so damn sharp as to cut thru wood, iron, or the Earth itself. I wonder if this isn't the sequence of events that leads to the eventual "showdown". Annie starts using the tooth to clear a path, leading to Loup sensing his tooth within the wood.
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Post by gpvos on Sept 13, 2021 8:24:33 GMT
Get a lot of dry rot in places like this.
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Post by silicondream on Sept 13, 2021 8:31:03 GMT
Mmm, they are trapped and punching thru walls, so unfortunate that none have any sharp instrument handy shown to be so damn sharp as to cut thru wood, iron, or the Earth itself. I wonder if this isn't the sequence of events that leads to the eventual "showdown". Annie starts using the tooth to clear a path, leading to Loup sensing his tooth within the wood. It'd be kind of hilarious if Loup was physically merged with the wood and her first chop dispatched him.
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Post by madjack on Sept 13, 2021 8:44:11 GMT
Get a lot of dry rot in places like this. In stone Ironwood?
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Post by arf on Sept 13, 2021 8:59:21 GMT
Get a lot of dry rot in places like this. In stone Ironwood? Rust rot.
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Post by arf on Sept 13, 2021 9:05:32 GMT
Mmm, they are trapped and punching thru walls, so unfortunate that none have any sharp instrument handy shown to be so damn sharp as to cut thru wood, iron, or the Earth itself. Well, Annie *may* be able to Summon Sharp Object from her Fauxmiliar, but I suspect she's currently a bit averse to using it at present, given the events of the last ten minutes AST (Annie Subjective Time)
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Post by fia on Sept 13, 2021 12:14:03 GMT
The spelunkerkrigg panels remind me of Digger by Ursula Vernon.
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Post by gpvos on Sept 13, 2021 12:27:54 GMT
Get a lot of dry rot in places like this. In stone Ironwood? (For those who didn't get it: it's a reference to today's Girl Genius, where a hole is made in a similar way.)
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Post by DonDueed on Sept 13, 2021 13:14:32 GMT
I'm a little miffed that that guy didn't even bother to ask Annie if she was injured or anything.
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Post by saardvark on Sept 13, 2021 13:55:10 GMT
I'm not even sure Annie is correct here... Loup could as well have just been reacting to blooming' Aata and the shadow-lilies attack on himself. I kinda doubt someone as volatile as Loup would have let such an attack go without a response...
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Post by Gemminie on Sept 13, 2021 13:56:26 GMT
We've transitioned from hearing a thudding noise accompanied by a blue glow coming through the wall to seeing Eglamore punch through the wall, some sort of blue glow behind him. Annie sees him, and Parley behind him, and greets them; Annie's posture looks as if she were hiding so as not to be visible to whatever was coming through; that would make sense. Annie's orange werelight is still with her; we still don't see what's making the blue light behind Parley and Eggers. Even in the next frame, when we get a more detailed view of them and their relief at seeing Annie unharmed, we still don't see where the blue light is from.
Reunion complete, Parley speculates that Loup lost control of the Forest, and that's what happened – it's unclear how much these characters, all underground, know about what's been going on topside. If they'd seen the wave that broke upon the Court, I suspect they'd consider what happened to seem far more deliberate. And then, as Annie states in her reply, she knows that this was an attack, probably a result of what Coyote said to Loup. How much will Annie reveal about what Coyote said to her? She doesn't know exactly what he said to Loup, but considering he tested that tooth to see whether it was a rock, it's probably safe to assume it was about how Annie has in her possession (though likely not on her person) a weapon that can kill Loup dead. Will she tell Eglamore about it? Parley already knows the dagger exists, of course, but not that Coyote's intent is for Annie to kill Loup with it (something Annie didn't know either, until just recently). Has Parley mentioned it to James? Will it come out that Parley knew about it and didn't tell him? That could get awkward.
Parley can probably teleport them all out, but is there anyone else to rescue? Where's Aata? Did all the Shadow Men agents get out of the Forest? What happened to Cvet, Shell, and the Shadow Men who did escape the Forest? Unanswered questions remain, as usual.
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Post by Gemminie on Sept 13, 2021 14:01:34 GMT
The spelunkerkrigg panels remind me of Digger by Ursula Vernon. Wow, you're right ... where everything is dark except the tunnel. And there's a mad god around somewhere ...
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Post by saardvark on Sept 13, 2021 14:14:39 GMT
We've transitioned from hearing a thudding noise accompanied by a blue glow coming through the wall to seeing Eglamore punch through the wall, some sort of blue glow behind him. Annie sees him, and Parley behind him, and greets them; Annie's posture looks as if she were hiding so as not to be visible to whatever was coming through; that would make sense. Annie's orange werelight is still with her; we still don't see what's making the blue light behind Parley and Eggers. Even in the next frame, when we get a more detailed view of them and their relief at seeing Annie unharmed, we still don't see where the blue light is from. Reunion complete, Parley speculates that Loup lost control of the Forest, and that's what happened – it's unclear how much these characters, all underground, know about what's been going on topside. If they'd seen the wave that broke upon the Court, I suspect they'd consider what happened to seem far more deliberate. And then, as Annie states in her reply, she knows that this was an attack, probably a result of what Coyote said to Loup. How much will Annie reveal about what Coyote said to her? She doesn't know exactly what he said to Loup, but considering he tested that tooth to see whether it was a rock, it's probably safe to assume it was about how Annie has in her possession (though likely not on her person) a weapon that can kill Loup dead. Will she tell Eglamore about it? Parley already knows the dagger exists, of course, but not that Coyote's intent is for Annie to kill Loup with it (something Annie didn't know either, until just recently). Has Parley mentioned it to James? Will it come out that Parley knew about it and didn't tell him? That could get awkward. Parley can probably teleport them all out, but is there anyone else to rescue? Where's Aata? Did all the Shadow Men agents get out of the Forest? What happened to Cvet, Shell, and the Shadow Men who did escape the Forest? Unanswered questions remain, as usual. The blue light is probably from one of those Dragonslayer "spells". When last we saw Aata, Cvet, and the shadow-folk www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=2512they were still on the Forest side the border, with the Forest tsunami starting to crest above them. Since it the wood/soil wave crashed well into the Court, onto part of the robot bubble shield brigade www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=2514I imagine most of them are buried as well. At best, Cvet might have been able to grab a couple and fly them out just ahead of the green wave crash....
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Post by Bo No Bo on Sept 13, 2021 14:51:20 GMT
... Parley can probably teleport them all out, but is there anyone else to rescue? ... Here's an issue- Teleport WHERE? Where at this point is NOT being currently occupied by the untamed forest? Still might help, but they could also bip themselves into ironwood. Then again, if they bip themselves over to Smitty, maybe they'll clear it. If not, they may see just how far the forest has spread...
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Post by pyradonis on Sept 13, 2021 17:43:04 GMT
So, if Eggman can punch through Ironwood, what did they need a building squad for earlier?
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Post by Corvo on Sept 13, 2021 18:30:02 GMT
I'm guessing it's deliberately ambiguous if it was an attack, Loup losing control, or both. Or even something else entirely.
And probably not the whole forest was ironwood, so there is that.
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Post by saardvark on Sept 13, 2021 19:16:46 GMT
So, if Eggman can punch through Ironwood, what did they need a building squad for earlier? I dunno, why do we think its all ironwood? Frame one looks like Eggs is blasting thru rock/soil chunks mostly. Theres definitely some roots/wood mixed in though (previous pages, and behind Parley in frame 2 here)...
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Post by jda on Sept 13, 2021 21:04:49 GMT
So, if Eggman can punch through Ironwood, what did they need a building squad for earlier? Maybe not to risk cracking/destroying the (seemly) glass container of the vial?
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Post by Runningflame on Sept 13, 2021 22:33:25 GMT
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Post by djublonskopf on Sept 14, 2021 17:36:08 GMT
I'm not even sure Annie is correct here... Loup could as well have just been reacting to blooming' Aata and the shadow-lilies attack on himself. I kinda doubt someone as volatile as Loup would have let such an attack go without a response... From Eglamore and George's perspective, Aata and the Shadow Men attacked Loup/Coyote, and then Loup/Coyote started throwing sharp sticks at them. I feel like the only natural assumption for Eglamore/George to make would be "Loup attacked us because of the Shadow Men's provocation." From Annie's perspective, she knows Coyote is pulling some strings here, so her assumption makes more sense. But "Loup lost control of the forest and didn't really mean to do this" doesn't seem like a sensible assumption for the other two to be making.
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Post by Per on Sept 14, 2021 19:46:30 GMT
From Eglamore and George's perspective, Aata and the Shadow Men attacked Loup/Coyote, and then Loup/Coyote started throwing sharp sticks at them. Page 2487 suggests otherwise.
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Post by blazingstar on Sept 14, 2021 20:05:15 GMT
I'm a little miffed that that guy didn't even bother to ask Annie if she was injured or anything. I think he's learned from last time about how useful that would be.
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Post by stevecharb on Sept 14, 2021 21:42:06 GMT
... Parley can probably teleport them all out, but is there anyone else to rescue? ... Here's an issue- Teleport WHERE? Where at this point is NOT being currently occupied by the untamed forest? Still might help, but they could also bip themselves into ironwood. Then again, if they bip themselves over to Smitty, maybe they'll clear it. If not, they may see just how far the forest has spread... I wonder if she can bip off the isle entirely? Romania, for instance? (Half the time someone leaves Gunnerkrigg Isle, they're going to Romania. Odds are fifty-fifty.)
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Post by pyradonis on Sept 14, 2021 23:45:44 GMT
I'm not even sure Annie is correct here... Loup could as well have just been reacting to blooming' Aata and the shadow-lilies attack on himself. I kinda doubt someone as volatile as Loup would have let such an attack go without a response... From Eglamore and George's perspective, Aata and the Shadow Men attacked Loup/Coyote, and then Loup/Coyote started throwing sharp sticks at them. I feel like the only natural assumption for Eglamore/George to make would be "Loup attacked us because of the Shadow Men's provocation." Loup was first to attack.
Here's an issue- Teleport WHERE? Where at this point is NOT being currently occupied by the untamed forest? Still might help, but they could also bip themselves into ironwood. Then again, if they bip themselves over to Smitty, maybe they'll clear it. If not, they may see just how far the forest has spread... I wonder if she can bip off the isle entirely? Romania, for instance? (Half the time someone leaves Gunnerkrigg Isle, they're going to Romania. Odds are fifty-fifty.) When did someone in this comic go to Romania, and since when is Gunnerkrigg on an isle?
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Post by warrl on Sept 15, 2021 0:28:32 GMT
I believe Eglamore and Parley went to Romania for some of Parley's training, and to have her meet the Rogat Orjak.
Gunnerkrigg Court is, any possible dimension-warping inside-is-bigger-than-outside heebiejeebery aside, somewhere in Britain. As is Zimmingham.
Paz had a visit home to Galicia (the one in northwest Spain, not the one currently divided between Poland and Ukraine, and not Galatia which is in Turkey), which was the other known trip off the island by Gunnerkrigg's current crop of students. Kat and family went to Scotland. Other than that, we know that most other students who aren't converted animals/fairies go somewhere for the summer but have no details.
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Post by TBeholder on Sept 15, 2021 4:20:55 GMT
The first thought: Coyote pops in, says "yes, thank me" and disappears again. So, perhaps Loup lost control of himself rather than the forest. Ultimately the same result. Mmm, they are trapped and punching thru walls, so unfortunate that none have any sharp instrument handy shown to be so damn sharp as to cut thru wood, iron, or the Earth itself. The second best option is a cutting torch, always available. But practical only if there's some ventilation. Then again, the Purple Blade may be as good or better and we didn't see it produce any smoke.
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Post by pyradonis on Sept 15, 2021 11:19:10 GMT
I believe Eglamore and Parley went to Romania for some of Parley's training, and to have her meet the Rogat Orjak. Gunnerkrigg Court is, any possible dimension-warping inside-is-bigger-than-outside heebiejeebery aside, somewhere in Britain. As is Zimmingham. Paz had a visit home to Galicia (the one in northwest Spain, not the one currently divided between Poland and Ukraine, and not Galatia which is in Turkey), which was the other known trip off the island by Gunnerkrigg's current crop of students. Kat and family went to Scotland. Other than that, we know that most other students who aren't converted animals/fairies go somewhere for the summer but have no details. Parley said she wasn't even sure which country they were in, and while Orjaks are stated to be native to most European regions in the Gunnerverse, the fact that Eglamore speaks his last words to Sivo in Slovenian points to the training and recruiting taking place in Slovenia. Kat and family also went to Italy and to France. Tony and Surma went to Brazil. The Torn Sea had the whole bunch of students leave Britain, although they didn't visit any other country. I don't think there's any instance of Romania even being mentioned in the comic, much less someone travelling there.
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