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Post by King Mir on May 14, 2009 11:07:41 GMT
Rey, Annie, Ysengrin, and Kat all have symbols floating near their heads. With Rey at least it is clear that it represents his bond to Annie, though not the type of bond. By similarity it must mean that Coyote has some sort of bond or hold on Annie. It also suggests that Ysengrin has some yet unknown special bond to the court. Kat of course is closely tied to engineering and technology.
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Post by Rasselas on May 14, 2009 11:22:55 GMT
Maybe it doesn't necessarily mean a bond. You're extrapolating a bond from Rey's symbol. However, Rey has not shown any interest in breaking that bond, he seems happy where he is at present. He would be trickstering it out of there already if he didn't have an interest in Annie. Now I will extrapolate, from Coyote's eye I'll say it's not a bond but actually a pointed interest of some sort. So Coyote has a strong interest in Annie, Rey as well, and strangely Ysengrin has an interest in the Court. Perhaps the seeds he's dropped? Although the bismuth sign can be interpreted otherwise, as someone has already suggested in this thread, a union of any sorts. Maybe the interest can be an obsession as well, in Ysengrin's case, where perhaps he wants to revert the Court to his original nature, so that only the Forest remains. What a tangled web of balance and counterbalance Tom weaves here! So many clues for us to pick on. Amazing.
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Post by Rasselas on May 14, 2009 11:25:58 GMT
Oh yeah and all the others have the symbols on them, only Coyote has his eye *on* Annie, because he's an actual god and the others aren't. Edit: and, and, I have to actually partly agree that there is a bond. Very strong interests which can grow into an obsession can be interpreted as strong bonds. Such a nitpicker I am.
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Post by bisected8 on May 14, 2009 11:48:05 GMT
I thought that shadow looked a little bit like the gardener from A Handful Of Dirt. As far as I remember we've seen him twice, both times in silhouette, so it makes sense to me... Also the blue lights near Kat remind me of stars. And I like the presence of a plant on the Court's side of the bridge - I think it is significant, especially as it is next to Annie. I believe Tom's confirmed that the gardener was the guy who laughed at Renard's quip at Ysergin at the end of this comic.
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Post by Casey on May 14, 2009 15:58:42 GMT
That's correect, Bisected8.
Hey guys, what if the eye doesn't represent that Coyote has his eye on Annie, but that Annie has her mind on Coyote? It's easier to extend that symbolism to the other characters and symbols. Kat has her mind on technology as always, Ysengrin has his mind on the Court because he hates it, and Reynardine has his mind on Annie... for many reasons, some known and some not yet known. Decent theory?
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Post by Aricos on May 14, 2009 16:14:45 GMT
Hey guys, what if the eye doesn't represent that Coyote has his eye on Annie, but that Annie has her mind on Coyote? It's easier to extend that symbolism to the other characters and symbols. Kat has her mind on technology as always, Ysengrin has his mind on the Court because he hates it, and Reynardine has his mind on Annie... for many reasons, some known and some not yet known. Decent theory? This makes sense as well... So many ways of interpreting an image
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Post by Aricos on May 14, 2009 16:29:26 GMT
The glyph also resembles the Greek stigma, a ligature of the letters sigma and tau. According to Wikipedia ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigma_(letter)) stigma is also used to represent the numeral 6. Which is funny since Kat's the sixth person who speaks (provided you don't count Shadow2 as he doesn't 'talk' and Tea as she's not part of the main story). Or maybe I'm just trying to find patterns where there are none...
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Post by UbiquitousDragon on May 14, 2009 16:32:34 GMT
I'm still going with a cat represented by circuitry. Kat's all about neology.
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Post by drbubbles on May 14, 2009 17:05:25 GMT
It kind of looks like an outline of Robot's mouse body, esp. as seen in panel 1 of #409. I can't say I see the cat. Also, the abacus is displaying "113" (assuming the wire along the side is the 1s, and it's a Chinese abacus).
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Post by Rasselas on May 14, 2009 17:36:15 GMT
Oh, Casey, that's a good explanation. Also drbubbles, that's a great find, I wouldn't have noticed that myself about the abacus!
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Post by King Mir on May 14, 2009 17:38:54 GMT
That's correect, Bisected8. Hey guys, what if the eye doesn't represent that Coyote has his eye on Annie, but that Annie has her mind on Coyote? It's easier to extend that symbolism to the other characters and symbols. Kat has her mind on technology as always, Ysengrin has his mind on the Court because he hates it, and Reynardine has his mind on Annie... for many reasons, some known and some not yet known. Decent theory? "has mind on" seems a somewhat weak reason to have a symbol association. It would have to be more like "is obsessed with". But Annie's connection to Coyote is not that great so far.
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Post by Per on May 14, 2009 18:02:34 GMT
It looks like the string of blue-white lights is mimicking the curl of the blinker stone fire Annie is holding. I thought it might look like a tech-extension of Kat's hair, to match Annie's fire-hair.
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Post by bisected8 on May 14, 2009 18:04:39 GMT
Maybe there's something in the positioning of the symbols. Kat's gear and Coyote's eye are next to Kat and Annie's heads, so maybe they're just thinking about them. Ysergrin has the Bismuth symbol next to his ear (listening to or evesdropping on the court?) and Renard has Antimony's symbol next to him (maybe representing something to do with him being at her side?).
Also, is it me or is Ysergrin looking at Reynard? Possibly linked to the fact that the mysterious shadow is looking at Kat and Annie?
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Post by Casey on May 14, 2009 18:49:35 GMT
Incidentally, I recently posted a comment in the on-page comments section saying that people who are offering good hypotheses and interpretations there should consider joining the forums where their analyses can be kept more permanently. Hopefully that will generate a little more traffic on the forums and get some more people hooked interested in being here!
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Post by mjh on May 14, 2009 21:28:27 GMT
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Post by kinsman on Sept 30, 2010 0:47:12 GMT
I know nobody has posted on this thread for quite a while, so I hope somebody sees this, especially since it's my first posting here. In this Third Treatise, the bismuth symbol seems to be circling Ysengrin's ear. The ear that Ysengrin has missing. Is this perhaps meant to suggest that the court is somehow responsible for the loss of the ear? Maybe it was cut off by one of Eglamore's predecessors. Just one more reason for Chuckles to hate the court.
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Post by jayne on Sept 30, 2010 1:08:44 GMT
I know nobody has posted on this thread for quite a while, so I hope somebody sees this, especially since it's my first posting here. In this Third Treatise, the bismuth symbol seems to be circling Ysengrin's ear. The ear that Ysengrin has missing. Is this perhaps meant to suggest that the court is somehow responsible for the loss of the ear? Maybe it was cut off by one of Eglamore's predecessors. Just one more reason for Chuckles to hate the court. Hi, welcome aboard! Yes, I saw that too and was wondering what it meant.
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Post by blinkerstoned on Sept 30, 2010 12:37:28 GMT
I find it rather funny that antimony can form antimony trioxide which is a flame retardant,and yet Antimony is always portrayed with a flame/fire motif.Heh.
Edit: According to Wiki "Antimony forms a highly useful alloy with lead, increasing its hardness and mechanical strength." - Eglamore and the lead symbol...coincidental?He had an interest in Surma,he's very protective of Antimony,etc.
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"Microelectronics In tiny amounts, antimony is increasingly being used in the semiconductor industry as a dopant for ultra-high conductivity n-type silicon wafers[35] in the production of diodes, infrared detectors, and Hall-effect devices." - Kat and her robotics/electronics
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"Medical Few biological or medical applications exist for antimony" - Maybe that's why her father,a DOCTOR,seems to have nothing to do with her at all.
(Are these details significant?I don't know,maybe.Maybe not.)
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Post by jayne on Sept 30, 2010 12:52:09 GMT
I find it rather funny that antimony can form antimony trioxide which is a flame retardant,and yet Antimony is always portrayed with a flame/fire motif.Heh. Edit: According to Wiki "Antimony forms a highly useful alloy with lead, increasing its hardness and mechanical strength." - Eglamore and the lead symbol...coincidental?He had an interest in Surma,he's very protective of Antimony,etc. and "Microelectronics In tiny amounts, antimony is increasingly being used in the semiconductor industry as a dopant for ultra-high conductivity n-type silicon wafers[35] in the production of diodes, infrared detectors, and Hall-effect devices." - Kat and her robotics/electronics and "Medical Few biological or medical applications exist for antimony" - Maybe that's why her father,a DOCTOR,seems to have nothing to do with her at all. (Are these details significant?I don't know,maybe.Maybe not.) Ah but Antimony can hold her blinker stone while its on fire so that part holds true! I asked tom: "If Stibnite is the most important source for Antimony, is Anthony a sulfide or an acid?" (which I thought was so clever and funny) to which Tom replied: " He's her dad " (which shows I'm such a geek! )
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Post by Per on Sept 30, 2010 13:22:36 GMT
"Medical Few biological or medical applications exist for antimony" - Maybe that's why her father,a DOCTOR,seems to have nothing to do with her at all. In season 5, episode 20 of House, a patient is treated with antimony for a parasite infection. Of course, being a doctor, Tony might think House is a bogus show.
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Post by blinkerstoned on Oct 1, 2010 9:49:12 GMT
"Medical Few biological or medical applications exist for antimony" - Maybe that's why her father,a DOCTOR,seems to have nothing to do with her at all. In season 5, episode 20 of House, a patient is treated with antimony for a parasite infection. Of course, being a doctor, Tony might think House is a bogus show. Hm,that's one of the possible uses I suppose.Anthony probably wouldn't bother to watch House,if they even have it over in the GKC world.So what does Anja watch?
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Post by theweatherman on Oct 1, 2010 13:50:54 GMT
I'd be willing to bet Anya likes to watch more informative programming, like documentries.
Maybe a auction house show or two.
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Post by Casey on Oct 1, 2010 16:34:37 GMT
Bad enough to necro an old thread, but now it's not even on topic.
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Post by blinkerstoned on Oct 2, 2010 3:01:00 GMT
Bad enough to necro an old thread, but now it's not even on topic. Yarr,I be the necromancer Heh,seriously though,sorry about that.
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Post by tyler on Oct 2, 2010 15:10:04 GMT
Well, necromancers do raise the dead for their own purposes regardless of what the living creature/person did in life, so...
Metaphor maintained?
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Post by Vratislav on Oct 4, 2010 9:06:05 GMT
Well, I add some sense to this necromancy: Have you noticed that the silhouette of a guy on the balcony looks very much like Diego?
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Post by Max on Oct 4, 2010 20:11:02 GMT
Well, I add some sense to this necromancy: Have you noticed that the silhouette of a guy on the balcony looks very much like Diego? Somebody asked Tom about that on Formspring. It isn't Diego.
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Post by jayne on Oct 4, 2010 21:11:12 GMT
Well, I add some sense to this necromancy: Have you noticed that the silhouette of a guy on the balcony looks very much like Diego? Somebody asked Tom about that on Formspring. It isn't Diego. Maybe Tom was singing Bohemian Rhapsody while drawing it?
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Post by jayne on Oct 5, 2010 14:14:11 GMT
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Post by Max on Oct 5, 2010 19:45:43 GMT
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