|
Post by saardvark on Aug 23, 2022 2:18:04 GMT
Also I a sure the court and the forest dont really exist in the earthly realm entirely, and you may need to use soe sort of etheral trick to find it. Holyctap called it I was about to mention it at the point in [2666] comments that Bo No Bo (our primate friend) asks "who gets cookies for *this*?"... but you should take a bow! and a tray of oven-fresh cookies!
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jul 23, 2022 23:38:13 GMT
If not for Kat's dry-looking hair and that of the girl on the bottom right in the last panel I'd be speculating the Court tried to transport all the valuable normies by force and what we're seeing is a handful of people who went over the side and swam back after the last minute. Had a brainwave and I'm going to disagree: Whatever was done to them to cause this happened immediately, none of them expected it, and they've been there for a while. They've been standing there since low tide, and it's on its way in. Interesting idea. Perhaps at the beach meeting there was a heated argument ("you can't go" or "you can't force us" or... something) and the Court-leavers pulled a trick on the objectors (maybe with Omega power) and froze them on the beach to ease their getaway. Now the tide is coming in to dampen some of the objectors.... can Rey and Annie wake them?
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jul 22, 2022 20:16:56 GMT
Jokes aside, I figure the meeting was a whole lot of "THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE" and the closer was "THE BOAT IS LEAVING NOW." People could either get on the boat and continue to serve be with the Court or stay and be on their own. That's why the etherically-enabled security staff didn't even know about the meeting and why the crowd looks like single people (nobody's standing in family groups) and more-or-less younger people who aren't kids. I see one guy who might be younger middle-aged. The people currently staring at the departing ship are in shock after whatever fire-and-brimstone sermon they were fed at the meeting; they've declined the Court's grace and rapture, and the reality of that decision is setting in. I think they made the right call though buyer's remorse may set in for some in the next few pages. If not for Kat's dry-looking hair and that of the girl on the bottom right in the last panel I'd be speculating the Court tried to transport all the valuable normies by force and what we're seeing is a handful of people who went over the side and swam back after the last minute. yeah, either these have declined the Court-in-exile, which is now sailing away, (though why so many in the water?) OR... more darkly... Omega has hypnotized these and they are robotically wading out to the ship to get on, likely against their will.
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jul 13, 2022 12:41:28 GMT
gaaaah! double-plus-cuteness! "Rey was the nazz, with God-like [RADIO EDIT]" a fine hat-tip to Ziggy, aka, the Thin White Duke....
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jul 12, 2022 11:53:31 GMT
Why is no one mentioning tiny little Rey BUTTCHEEKS! gaaaah! double-plus-cuteness!
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jun 27, 2022 18:16:30 GMT
Loup: "How dare Annie comfort Reynard after I punished him!" I wonder if some of this is Jerrek's little infatuation with Annie leaking through a bit, with Jerloup being irritated at Annie's affection for rival Rey....
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jun 17, 2022 23:57:18 GMT
It would definitely be dark for the Court to do cush a thing - though it'd be tempting to, if that happened, see that backfiring on them when Kat finds out and proceeds to turn against the Court in some spectacular fashion. which she would most definitely do, with great focus and intensity. Court II would be toast.
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jun 17, 2022 21:01:48 GMT
This is pretty dark; hopefully it won't get quite this evil. But here goes: The Court plans to lure Annie to Court II to act as etheric "bait", using her natural etheric attractiveness to lure etheric creatures to the new Court boundary, where the Court II will have erected an anti-ether shield. This shield, possibly part of Omega, will both keep etheric creatures out, and "dissolve" them on contact, using their dissociated etheric essence to further fuel Omega. Essentially, Annie is the lure to an etheric bug-zapper. In one evil move, the Court protects itself, fuels Omega, and kills of etheric creatures, one by one. Flaw with theory: would kill Annie first, and then wouldn't work without her. Good point, I should have clarified that. They'd transfer her to Court II before the "turn on" the anti-etheric shield. With the shield on, it has the added benefit of keeping the "bait" (Annie) trapped in Court II because, as you pointed out, she can't pass safely through the barrier.
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jun 17, 2022 15:48:02 GMT
This is pretty dark; hopefully it won't get quite this evil. But here goes:
The Court plans to lure Annie to Court II to act as etheric "bait", using her natural etheric attractiveness to lure etheric creatures to the new Court boundary, where the Court II will have erected an anti-ether shield. This shield, possibly part of Omega, will both keep etheric creatures out, and "dissolve" them on contact, using their dissociated etheric essence to further fuel Omega. Essentially, Annie is the lure to an etheric bug-zapper. In one evil move, the Court protects itself, fuels Omega, and kills off etheric creatures, one by one.
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jun 17, 2022 15:37:04 GMT
both excellent points. Either Ys was slightly unclear on who was going (you actually meaning the select Court, rather than Annie), or the Court wants Annie for some special reason, in spite of her Etheric nature. Why Annie? It would seem her Etheric "attractiveness" would be exactly what they wouldn't want, since the move was supposed to get the Court far away and protected from the Ether. Unless its something creepy like what I will put shortly in wildspec... basic idea being that they want Annie to be bait. And Loup taking things seriously would match up with my comment above... he's planning to smash Omega before the move.
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jun 17, 2022 14:54:20 GMT
Is it really Loup, or an avatar/projection of him? Or is this all a ploy from the Court to keep Annie and Renard busy and away so they don't interfere with the meeting (or worse!)? Find the answer this Monday on the next episode of... Im puzzling here about what JerrLoups motivation(s) are at this point. It seems he went undercover to find out about the Omega threat, and potentially stop it. But with the Court moving far away, are they still a threat to him? Possibly yes, if no matter where Omega is, it damages the Ether. In fact, if Omega is leaving, that may accelerate his plans to stop it. I would think that would make him want to get a look at this meeting, to see what it was about and sniff out Court plans. I don't see why he would want to mess about distracting Rey and Annie, unless he wanted to be sure they weren't at the meeting. Why? Maybe he plans to possibly nuke the meeting (depending on what he learns there) and smash Omega then and there, and he doesn't want Annie and Rey as collateral damage. The Jerrek side of JerrLoup especially doesnt want this! This might be one possible scenario for how this plays out....
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jun 15, 2022 19:18:06 GMT
One way this could play out: The Court zaps away everyone at the meeting to Court II, taking Kat with them. Annie, Rey, Paz, some NPs, uncrabbed robots + Robot king, Parley & Smitts, maybe Anya & Donald & Eggs all launch a search for them. Maybe Jerroup comes too, following after Omega and his new lerv, Annie. Complications and comedy ensue... and we get lots of new adventure and scenery! (Robot & shadow might stay behind to make more NPs....)
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jun 15, 2022 19:09:15 GMT
And then, BIP, Parley pops in, waiting until the moment after Kat departed. With an urgent expression on her face, she tells Annie and Renard that "we" need both of them. Who exactly is "we?" Parley and Smitty? Or some larger group? I'm guessing it's not just Parley and Smitty. Something terrible has happened, is happening, or is about to happen. Think it's related to the meeting? How could it not be? We = Parley and Eggs? Some security matter relating to the Forest or Loup? Or is she representing (maybe without knowing) We = the Court here? An unwitting part of their plans in plans...?
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jun 15, 2022 13:57:27 GMT
If she does this too often, then she's bipped to someone while they were pooping. Σ ((Bidet ownership)-(Toilet paper sales)) 2 / (Critcal Role Jester Reference) Yeah, the math checks out. It's only a matter of time. and the probabilities are distributed in a Loo^2 (or Loup^2 !) distribution?
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jun 15, 2022 13:29:53 GMT
Random thought 2: what (if anything) would happen if Smitty's organized luck intersected with the Omega probability prediction machine? Interesting idea... Im guessing either: (A) nothing, because Omega is shielded from etheric influences (his threads couldn't attach); or (B) he'd make it work better, by improving probabilities of correct predictions. EDIT: or (C) he'd make it work much worse, because his abilities are outside of predictive science, he could make highly improbable things anytime wanted. Well, that covers all the major possibiities! Smitts could probably choose to do (B) or (C) depending on his mood...
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jun 15, 2022 13:20:02 GMT
Aata does, sure, but Aata is the most militantly anti-etheric member of Court leadership we've met so far (and let's not forget that the attempt to capture Reynard was his idea.) Im getting old and forgetful... where were we told that Aata planned Rey's capture?
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jun 9, 2022 2:52:49 GMT
Thank you for all the well wishes guys! We're heading home from the hospital today and now the hard part starts! Rest assured, though, I'll continue to not miss updates! ah, but be prepared to miss a lot of sleep! It's all worth it though....
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jun 7, 2022 13:18:13 GMT
Erm, guys...? Seems Tom fixed this well spotted!
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jun 7, 2022 13:16:20 GMT
Magnolia posted about this on her Twitter, so I assume it's okay to say CONGRATS to the new parents!! My partner and I will be joining you both as new parents in the coming weeks so I know a little of how you've been feeling! Hope everyone's healthy, happy, and gets to rest well soon. Congrats Magnolia and Tom... and congrats (soon) to Fia too!
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jun 6, 2022 23:55:49 GMT
Knowing everything means God-Kat can finally create the perfect NP A.K.A. Jonesy and then retire. ... after sending said NP-Jonesy wayyyyy back in time, of course!
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jun 4, 2022 14:20:54 GMT
Except he is not hating her for herself, for who she really *is*, he's hating her for being a false image/reminder of Surma. Once he gets to know her as an authentically separate, unique person, this hatred melts away. Its more hatred of what Annie reminds him of, his own hubris, failure, inadequacy and horrible loss, rather than Annie herself (tho he is certainly disappointed at her cheating). Yes, and he acted on those feelings in a way that was actively ruining Annie's life, like theonethatgotaway was saying. (Though to be fair, Tony seems to have realized pretty early on that what he was doing was wrong... he just had a really hard time changing his ways.) agreed.
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jun 4, 2022 12:58:10 GMT
Except he is not hating her for herself, for who she really *is*, he's hating her for being a false image/reminder of Surma. Once he gets to know her as an authentically separate, unique person, this hatred melts away. Its more hatred of what Annie reminds him of, his own hubris, failure, inadequacy and horrible loss, rather than Annie herself (tho he is certainly disappointed at her cheating).
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jun 3, 2022 18:55:36 GMT
I must admit that I was a bit confused by Rey calling ethics "technology," as I'm pretty sure it doesn't fit into that category. But I suppose he was comparing and contrasting with Kat's trust in science and technology. It's just a bit distracting. It's been a while but if I remember right the science of ethics was under axiology next to beauty, using the classical construction, so calling it a technology would refer to the application of same. That'd fit the background of panel #1 anyway. perhaps Rey views ethics as the science of the application of morals for the construction of a well regulated society. A technology of morals, if you will.
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jun 2, 2022 15:18:37 GMT
Yeah...honestly, I kind of feels like all of Kat's character development from that chapter in particular is just being erased right now. It's pretty weird. I dunno, I feel like Kat has been developing into a supervillain rather well, in a very natural progression. She started out idealistic, but she now has major power, and that changes people. It's been steadily shown to be changing Kat. We all know what she is becoming, and it doesn't look like something an ethics committee would approve. On the other hand, the Norns said that by saving Annie, Kat also saves herself www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=2350... perhaps Annie prevents Kat from turning into dark Kat? Even the Zimmster is worried about what Kat could get up to... www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=2265but perhaps the salutary influence of Annie the Good will keep Kat on the side of the fluffy bunnies and prancing unicorns and all goodness and light....
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on Jun 2, 2022 15:02:04 GMT
Edit: Alright, I went back to look and the spiking was... mayhaps an accident on his part? He appeared merely shackled, though still injured for his escape attempt. But, still. The Court's fine with trial-less incarceration, so to speak, it's an adjacent can of worms. Indeed - an accident, or maybe instead, an injury incurred when someone strong (Eggs?) desparately tried to stop his escape but without pepper equipment (eg, anti-dragon sword). In www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=50we see Rey-Sivo shackled after recapture. His arms are cuffed and we can see his left arm cuff attached to the floor by a metal rod. Another rod can be seen passing under the left arm, near to the similarly cuffed right arm - presumably this rod similarly attaches the right arm cuff to the floor out of sight. Behind R-S is some sort of device with two knobbed shafts protruding downwards behind him. These look a bit like (if ripped out and the top piece broken off) the rod that impaled Rey-Sivo's left knee in www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=43Perhaps (speculating a bit wildly) Rey-Sivo broke free, Eggs was nearby but not in his dragon-fighting gear, and thinking fast, he desperately ripped one of these knobbed shafts out of the device and used it as an improvised weapon.. and managed to impale R-S's knee before the possessed Orjak escaped. Note that after recapture, the Court (Eggs?) has removed the knobby rod from R-S's knee - they are not so evil as to refuse medical care to their prisoners.
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on May 25, 2022 10:04:06 GMT
Erm, guys...? I am more interested in those: well spotted! but what are they? "excitement/discomfort sweat"? tears of joy? teenage pimples?
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on May 23, 2022 16:20:36 GMT
Erm, guys...? ...and maybe *that* is what Kat and Rey are puzzled about? They possibly recognized that Jerroup sounded more "human" than "numan" (assuming they sound different of course, which we don't know...)? It appears Annie-the-often-clueless missed it, if that *is* the reason for the puzzles.... (Fishy might be right tho...)
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on May 23, 2022 12:18:01 GMT
Im reading panel 5 as (1) surprised and vaguely pleased (the little "brightening" marks around her face, the raised eyebrows and widened eyes) and (2) a bit bemused (the half/twisted smile)
Tom has done a nice job of displaying a complex blend of emotions here....
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on May 21, 2022 13:39:16 GMT
But yeah... Might have been unimportant to the plot but with that planning conversation omitted this humble reader is left wondering if Antimony learned anything from Smitface's puncturing and her future indentured servitude, or if perhaps she learned the wrong lesson and thinks that the Noobmens can just be fixed if broken, like Smitty got repaired. Awl's well that, ends well?Haha! I see what you did there....
|
|
|
Post by saardvark on May 17, 2022 20:56:53 GMT
I was kinda hoping that when Loup got stabbed by the green arrows, Jerrek would cry out "ouch!", but that would have made life too easy for Team Good....
|
|