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Post by drbubbles on Apr 27, 2009 20:09:27 GMT
In chapter 21, Antimony fumbled the blinker stone the two times she 'found' it, and she just put it down on the bench when Anja took her and Kat back into the office. (Even if I could find my keys or phone that way, I still wouldn't put them down just anywhere and walk away, not even at home.) So I think there must be some significance to those actions, or am I overinterpreting again? She left it there to spy on Reynardine. Did she suspect he might be getting up to something, and if so did she have something specific in mind or was it general distrust? I rather thought that her petting him (or trying to) during the actual spying was sort of an expression of affection that she wouldn't permit her physical self to exhibit because of the tension between them (that made Kat demand they "Be friends!").
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Post by Tom Siddell on Apr 27, 2009 20:44:19 GMT
her petting him (or trying to) during the actual spying was sort of an expression of affection that she wouldn't permit her physical self to exhibit because of the tension between them That was the intention, yes.
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Post by Scheherazade on Apr 28, 2009 15:19:11 GMT
Are there blinker stones in many colours? If so, is each colour locked to a certain range of effects, or is it purely determined by the user's will?
Do people in the forest use blinkers? Do they need to?
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Post by Tom Siddell on Apr 28, 2009 15:22:06 GMT
There are stones of different colours used for different things, but Blinker stones specifically are the same colour as Annie's.
Nah, they don't need them. It'd be like an adult trying to ride a tiny child's bike.
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Post by Casey on Apr 28, 2009 15:54:42 GMT
Hi Tom, I have a question about Shadow 2. Actually several questions.
I was never clear on this, but, is the young shadow-person that Annie brought back with her after falling in the ravine the same shadow-person that she had originally met and helped to cross over? I was never able to figure out if it was the original Shadow 2, or just another glass-eyed man (boy) that wanted to come back with Annie.
My next question is, if it is the same, original glass-eyed man that Annie named Shadow 2, was it revealed in the story why he wanted to go back to the place he was trying to escape from? I may have just missed it somewhere.
Lastly, if it is the same shadow-person, and it wasn't revealed in the story explicitly why he wanted to go back, would you be able to tell us why? Or would that be revealing a plot point that you haven't uncovered yet?
Thanks a bunch... I love Shadow 2!
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Post by Tom Siddell on Apr 28, 2009 17:48:21 GMT
It's the same Shadow 2 from the beginning, yeah. The main reason he went with Annie is that he wanted to return to the Court. It'll be brought up later in the story.
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Post by Casey on Apr 28, 2009 17:52:28 GMT
Sweet, thanks!
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Post by drbubbles on Apr 28, 2009 20:14:57 GMT
When etheric-Antimony was spying on Reynardine we could see her cheek wound. I assume etheric-Reynardine should be able to see it as well, but I don't know. So, *would* he have been able to see it, just in principle; and, if so, *did* he see it when he caught her spying on him (I couldn't tell if that side of her face was out of his line of sight)?
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Post by fuzzyone on Apr 28, 2009 21:10:19 GMT
Reading over some old pages for the fan-project, something occurred to me. Had Annie ever actually told Robot her name prior to sending him into the forest? And if not... How did Robot know to call 'Antimony Carver' when he returned? If I'm just reading too much into this, feel free to tell me so. It was just a minor thing that jumped out at me suddenly.
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Post by Tom Siddell on Apr 28, 2009 21:54:55 GMT
When etheric-Antimony was spying on Reynardine we could see her cheek wound. I assume etheric-Reynardine should be able to see it as well, but I don't know. So, *would* he have been able to see it, just in principle; and, if so, *did* he see it when he caught her spying on him (I couldn't tell if that side of her face was out of his line of sight)? He may have seen it.
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Post by Tom Siddell on Apr 28, 2009 21:55:55 GMT
Reading over some old pages for the fan-project, something occurred to me. Had Annie ever actually told Robot her name prior to sending him into the forest? And if not... How did Robot know to call 'Antimony Carver' when he returned? If I'm just reading too much into this, feel free to tell me so. It was just a minor thing that jumped out at me suddenly. That's a mistake that I thought I had corrected. The correct line, which can be found in the book, is "Hello there my friend". Thanks for pointing it out.
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Post by todd on Apr 28, 2009 22:17:55 GMT
I've noticed that there've been many canines in the comic: Reynardine (who was originally a talking fox, and now inhabits a plush wolf that can become an actual white wolf), Ysengrin (a wolf), Coyote, Moddey Dhoo (a black dog - and the Bonus Page of Chapter Sixteen featured many other legendary dogs from Britain and Ireland), and now the half-tree half-dog creature. Do you have a particular interest in dogs?
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Post by Tierra Y Libertad on Apr 29, 2009 4:09:29 GMT
Where is your family from in Spain?
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Post by Tom Siddell on Apr 29, 2009 6:26:03 GMT
I've noticed that there've been many canines in the comic: Reynardine (who was originally a talking fox, and now inhabits a plush wolf that can become an actual white wolf), Ysengrin (a wolf), Coyote, Moddey Dhoo (a black dog - and the Bonus Page of Chapter Sixteen featured many other legendary dogs from Britain and Ireland), and now the half-tree half-dog creature. Do you have a particular interest in dogs? I like dogs.
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Post by drbubbles on Apr 29, 2009 20:20:17 GMT
Is it just coïncidence that the shrubbery on the dogwood's back has (at least in panel 5 of Monday's comic) the same general profile as the ear-shaped doohickey on Robot's mouse body?
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Post by Tom Siddell on Apr 29, 2009 21:03:47 GMT
Yup.
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Post by Uglyhead on Apr 30, 2009 13:59:35 GMT
Have you or your publisher thought of translating the GC book to try to get into mainland Europe's comics market, like France or Belgium?
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Post by Tom Siddell on Apr 30, 2009 14:05:38 GMT
I've thought about it, yes.
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Post by bisected8 on Apr 30, 2009 15:18:38 GMT
I signed up for this forum last night after an archive binge and something came to mind. Sorry if it's been asked before but; does Gamma get anything out of hanging around with Zimmy. As far as I can tell, Zimmy apparently relies on her to deal with that illusionary world, but does Gamma get anything out of it other than a (fairly strange) friendship and (questionable) English to telepathic translation?
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Post by Per on Apr 30, 2009 16:23:50 GMT
Since the "Wal" in "Walpurgis" is the same word as "val" in "valkyrie", does that mean you'll make us a bonus drawing of Brinnie?
Edit: That etymological statement may not be correct; my first source says unreservedly that "Valborg" means "protector of the fallen", but my second says the meaning of the first syllable is "contested" and favours the interpretation "protector of the ruler". However, the flimsy logic that leads to bonus drawings of Brinnie remains.
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Post by jimbobbowilly on Apr 30, 2009 17:31:12 GMT
Do you ever get inspiration from your dreams? Or nightmares, like in the case of Boxbot?
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Post by Tom Siddell on Apr 30, 2009 18:31:24 GMT
I signed up for this forum last night after an archive binge and something came to mind. Sorry if it's been asked before but; does Gamma get anything out of hanging around with Zimmy. As far as I can tell, Zimmy apparently relies on her to deal with that illusionary world, but does Gamma get anything out of it other than a (fairly strange) friendship and (questionable) English to telepathic translation? Mainly, this is what she gets. It's something nobody else in the world could ever have.
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Post by Tom Siddell on Apr 30, 2009 18:32:18 GMT
Do you ever get inspiration from your dreams? Or nightmares, like in the case of Boxbot? Yeah sometimes, thought it's usually for stories that aren't related to the comic.
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Post by drbubbles on Apr 30, 2009 19:48:45 GMT
What *is* that ear-shaped doohickey on Robot's mouse body, anyway? At first I thought it was the handle for a wind-up mechanism, but nothing on the inside view we got in #422 looks like what I imagine a wind-up mechanism looks like.
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Post by Tom Siddell on Apr 30, 2009 20:56:28 GMT
It's an ear-shaped wind up mechanism. However, it is purely vestigial.
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Post by bisected8 on Apr 30, 2009 21:19:46 GMT
Now that I think of it, is the mechanism a reference to that experiment where a piece of cartilage was grown in the shape of a human ear and implanted into a mouse? Is that supposed to be symbolic?
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Post by todd on Apr 30, 2009 22:20:43 GMT
It's the same Shadow 2 from the beginning, yeah. The main reason he went with Annie is that he wanted to return to the Court. It'll be brought up later in the story. I look forward to that. (I think it's a sad irony that, after all the trouble that came from Annie sending Robot across the bridge - for Annie, Robot, and relations between the Court and the Wood - Shadow2 decided to come back to the Court after all, making it all for nothing.)
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Post by Tom Siddell on May 1, 2009 5:09:04 GMT
Now that I think of it, is the mechanism a reference to that experiment where a piece of cartilage was grown in the shape of a human ear and implanted into a mouse? Is that supposed to be symbolic? Yes, it's meant to look like the Vacanti mouse.
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Post by Azeltir on May 1, 2009 13:13:46 GMT
Is Anja's... purple bubble thing a full sphere?
Ben
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Post by sandjosieph on May 1, 2009 16:11:48 GMT
Hey, Tom. I managed to get into contact with someone who is a website developer and I was thinking about creating a site just for the GKCFanProject. Would that be alright? We probably will still be using the GKC forum here for discussing but all our files and stuff will be uploaded at the new site.
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