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Post by bedinsis on Jan 7, 2017 7:55:21 GMT
Smitty's earliest appearance being Chapter 5 (sad feels for his rubberband car), before his proper introduction to the comic in Chapters 14 and 23. Those eyebrows don't lie. Just noticed them after reviewing the pages for the spanish translation. I'm not convinced: 1. The cast page who links to each character's first appearance does not link to the rubberband car student. 2. In his first(confirmed) in-comic appearance his eyebrows weren't so pronounced. Meaning it might as well be coincidence that Mr. Siddell created a character whose design would then be similar to one of those of actual importance to the comic. See also: Brinnie isn't related to Gamma. |
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Post by ST13R on Jan 7, 2017 12:19:39 GMT
Smitty's earliest appearance being Chapter 5 (sad feels for his rubberband car), before his proper introduction to the comic in Chapters 14 and 23. Those eyebrows don't lie. Just noticed them after reviewing the pages for the spanish translation. I'm not convinced: 1. The cast page who links to each character's first appearance does not link to the rubberband car student. 2. In his first(confirmed) in-comic appearance his eyebrows weren't so pronounced. Meaning it might as well be coincidence that Mr. Siddell created a character whose design would then be similar to one of those of actual importance to the comic. See also: Brinnie isn't related to Gamma. Yeah, he's just some jerk. |
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Post by bgb16999 on Jan 8, 2017 17:26:05 GMT
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Post by Runningflame on Jan 9, 2017 3:11:38 GMT
When Ysengrin gets out of his tree-body at the end of Crash Course, the tree-body starts growing leaves. Also: Last panel of this page, Parley gives Smitty an enthusiastic hug... with a drawn sword in her hand. Smitty is NOT totally fine with this situation. |
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Post by speedwell on Jan 11, 2017 10:10:19 GMT
On this page, it is not actually super clear that Antimony is the "she" being recommended, as we mostly all thought... it could easily have been something more like, "I've been consulting with James on this and we think Parley is the clear choice" and "all right, since you've chosen a new dragonslayer candidate, we'll have to move on announcing the next medium as well". Or maybe not. |
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Post by ST13R on Jan 11, 2017 11:13:25 GMT
On this page, it is not actually super clear that Antimony is the "she" being recommended, as we mostly all thought... it could easily have been something more like, "I've been consulting with James on this and we think Parley is the clear choice" and "all right, since you've chosen a new dragonslayer candidate, we'll have to move on announcing the next medium as well". Or maybe not. I think some people speculated on that as well, though this page debunks it. Possibly it had something to do with the Court knowing that Annie was cheating in classes or something (and doing all other kinds of sneaking around). |
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Post by fia on Jan 12, 2017 17:33:09 GMT
I'm sure this was already pointed out by someone months ago, but I just noticed Jeanne had the same symbol on her jacket as these creeps and these dweebs. What is it? The Etheric Task Force? The Secret Service? A Mystery Combat Team? The Court's Central Intelligence Agency (CCIA)  |
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Post by Jelly Jellybean on Jan 12, 2017 18:43:22 GMT
I'm sure this was already pointed out by someone months ago, but I just noticed Jeanne had the same symbol on her jacket as these creeps and these dweebs. What is it? The Etheric Task Force? The Secret Service? A Mystery Combat Team? The Court's Central Intelligence Agency (CCIA) It hasn't been identified in comic, so many forumites are saying Court Agent. Kat is wearing it in the sixth treatise. www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1452 |
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Post by ST13R on Jan 13, 2017 18:06:51 GMT
I'm sure this was already pointed out by someone months ago, but I just noticed Jeanne had the same symbol on her jacket as these creeps and these dweebs. What is it? The Etheric Task Force? The Secret Service? A Mystery Combat Team? The Court's Central Intelligence Agency (CCIA) It hasn't been identified in comic, so many forumites are saying Court Agent. Kat is wearing it in the sixth treatise. www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1452It also looks like this old guy and that old guy in the back wear a version with three dots, and this other dude wears a version with four! But I guess S1 wins, 'cause, you know, he has only one dot, but it's big and stuff. (or maybe this one with 12 on each side, but that's probably cheating.) I'm also guessing Court Agents, with ranks 'n stuff  (prooobably already mentioned before, but eh.. :3 ) |
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Post by fish on Jan 14, 2017 4:18:47 GMT
It hasn't been identified in comic, so many forumites are saying Court Agent. Kat is wearing it in the sixth treatise. www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1452It also looks like this old guy and that old guy in the back wear a version with three dots, and this other dude wears a version with four! But I guess S1 wins, 'cause, you know, he has only one dot, but it's big and stuff. (or maybe this one with 12 on each side, but that's probably cheating.) I'm also guessing Court Agents, with ranks 'n stuff (prooobably already mentioned before, but eh.. :3 ) :0 Nice catch! Even if it's been posted before, I haven't browsed this thread for so long, I've probably forgotten stuff I pointed out myself, haha. |
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Post by keef on Jan 14, 2017 11:58:22 GMT
I'm sure this was already pointed out by someone (prooobably already mentioned before, but eh.. :3 ) :0 Nice catch! Even if it's been posted before, I haven't browsed this thread for so long, I've probably forgotten stuff I pointed out myself, haha. This thread is about things "you" noticed on reread, so I wouldn't worry to much if it has been mentioned before. I started leafing through it again yesterday, and there are so many details I hadn't noticed, or had already forgotten. jda said earlier we might start a "cool things I noticed when reading the 'cool things I noticed' thread". It's also the thread that makes me reread the comic most. About the "Court Agents" mark; Eglamore doesn't wear one, but what about sir Young here? |
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Post by Nepycros on Jan 20, 2017 13:11:58 GMT
I'm really starting to wonder about the contradictions in Court behavior.
They're a super secretive organization able to rally their forces and sweep through to take what they want, often under cover of secrecy. And yet they have trains a little girl can use in the evening that take her to restricted sections of the Court? With signs and all?
The robots of the Court are ridiculously naive (probably because their logic prohibits them from considering that humans are inclined to be rule breakers), but the upper management seems to constantly be hampered by this. I wonder what led to them starting this secretive Omega project without assuming its secrets would be spilled out in an instant.
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Post by Nepycros on Jan 20, 2017 22:49:02 GMT
Say, that guy who snickered in the first meeting with Coyote and the Court... Who was he? He seemed like Jack Hyland, but there's no way he would've been in such an important place.
I bet it's Brinnie's kid, a totally new character out of left field.
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Post by Per on Jan 21, 2017 1:03:17 GMT
Say, that guy who snickered in the first meeting with Coyote and the Court... Who was he? Bob the gardener, confirmed by Tom in the discussion thread for page 282 which is page 280 now. Although he seemed younger then. |
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Post by snowflake on Jan 21, 2017 4:42:33 GMT
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Post by Vuk(Wolf) on Jan 21, 2017 11:38:49 GMT
All of the walls inside the school seem to be cracked for some reason. Perhaps Seed Bismuth is not such a marvelous engineer as advertised?
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Post by fanofts on Jan 21, 2017 13:30:47 GMT
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Post by hp on Jan 22, 2017 4:41:40 GMT
In the thread of one of the last pages (in which Annie takes Jeanne to the ether), we were discussing why would Diego call "Gigi" (the Gren Guy) a traitor.
Well, I don't know if it is related, but I noticed another occasion of someone calling someone else a "traitor": That's exactly how Ysengrim refers to the Gillitie inhabitants who decide to live in the Court, when Annie first visits the forest
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Post by Nepycros on Jan 22, 2017 21:08:03 GMT
So aside from Bugsy, are there any other examples of etheric clothes? Clothes that retain their color in the ether? Supposedly it's a reward for "transfer students" from the Woods, but even the notion of etheric clothes is incredible.
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Post by warrl on Jan 23, 2017 6:50:45 GMT
So aside from Bugsy, are there any other examples of etheric clothes? Clothes that retain their color in the ether? Supposedly it's a reward for "transfer students" from the Woods, but even the notion of etheric clothes is incredible. In Wapsi Square, some of the shape-shifters often don't wear clothes in human form - they shapeshift directly to a clothed form, so their "clothing" is literally part of them. (One of them has, in-comic on one occasion and allegedly on at least one other occasion, shape-shifted into clothing that *someone else* wore. But then, one of them has also shape-shifted into a balloon dog.) Maybe Bugsy and (most of) her students can do that in their etheric forms. |
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Post by Runningflame on Jan 24, 2017 9:18:47 GMT
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Post by mateuszy on Jan 27, 2017 15:40:04 GMT
www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1707On the reread, what seemed innocent small talk now gives me creeps: Kat: Are you going to be OK? Smitty: We'll see...
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Post by jda on Jan 27, 2017 19:57:11 GMT
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Post by OGRuddawg on Jan 29, 2017 23:44:22 GMT
While looking at the Divine chapter, I just noticed one tiny mistake regarding color. On page 1029, Kat's chair has brown arm/leg combinations, while on the second panel on page 30, they're the same color of gray as the back of the chair.
Tom, I'm sorry for bringing attention to such a rare and insignificant discrepancy in your wonderful comic...
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Post by Runningflame on Feb 2, 2017 4:47:09 GMT
This wasn't something I noticed on rereading the comic, per se, but on rereading the periodic table: the element directly below Antimony in the periodic table is... Bismuth.
(Could be a coincidence; the comic is based on alchemy, not chemistry. But who knows.)
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Post by speedwell on Feb 2, 2017 13:31:58 GMT
All of the walls inside the school seem to be cracked for some reason. Perhaps Seed Bismuth is not such a marvelous engineer as advertised? If it was representative of perfection, it would have to be the seed gold. |
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Post by Zox Tomana on Feb 2, 2017 18:43:07 GMT
So aside from Bugsy, are there any other examples of etheric clothes? Clothes that retain their color in the ether? Supposedly it's a reward for "transfer students" from the Woods, but even the notion of etheric clothes is incredible. In Wapsi Square, some of the shape-shifters often don't wear clothes in human form - they shapeshift directly to a clothed form, so their "clothing" is literally part of them. (One of them has, in-comic on one occasion and allegedly on at least one other occasion, shape-shifted into clothing that *someone else* wore. But then, one of them has also shape-shifted into a balloon dog.) Maybe Bugsy and (most of) her students can do that in their etheric forms. In his chapter retrospectives Tom has implied that it is a question of whether or not you own your clothes or if they are clothes that have been assigned to you. So... school uniform vs your own clothes which thus reflect your own person. |
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Post by saardvark on Feb 2, 2017 22:14:54 GMT
All of the walls inside the school seem to be cracked for some reason. Perhaps Seed Bismuth is not such a marvelous engineer as advertised? maybe the Seed Bismuth just builds them, but dosent do maintenance. Actually, if it works like growing a crystal, the flaws might be built in due to small impurities in the matrix..... |
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Post by saardvark on Feb 2, 2017 23:13:21 GMT
This wasn't something I noticed on rereading the comic, per se, but on rereading the periodic table: the element directly below Antimony in the periodic table is... Bismuth. (Could be a coincidence; the comic is based on alchemy, not chemistry. But who knows.) If you continue the chemical allegory, the implication is that Antimony has similar (chemical) properties as (Seed) Bismuth. So ... like SB, Annie is also capable of generating sudden massive, radical changes in herself and her environment... explosive growth, new structures. Antimony is mostly used in lead-acid batteries, so it stores a lot of power. It is also used in flame-retarding chemicals - Annie can certainly control and channel fire! Its original use was in cosmetics (eyeliner) used by the Egyptians... Annie does like her eye makeup. So there are some interesting connections... |
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Post by goldenknots on Feb 3, 2017 0:12:09 GMT
This wasn't something I noticed on rereading the comic, per se, but on rereading the periodic table: the element directly below Antimony in the periodic table is... Bismuth. (Could be a coincidence; the comic is based on alchemy, not chemistry. But who knows.) If you continue the chemical allegory, the implication is that Antimony has similar (chemical) properties as (Seed) Bismuth. So ... like SB, Annie is also capable of generating sudden massive, radical changes in herself and her environment... explosive growth, new structures. Antimony is mostly used in lead-acid batteries, so it stores a lot of power. It is also used in flame-retarding chemicals - Annie can certainly control and channel fire! Its original use was in cosmetics (eyeliner) used by the Egyptians... Annie does like her eye makeup. So there are some interesting connections... Others in that column are Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Arsenic. Wonder if there's any more to that. :) |
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