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Post by Aris Katsaris on Aug 31, 2011 8:35:20 GMT
Maybe its his way of sinking the Annie X Jack shippers? I think you're implying an antagonistic relationship by Tom against his readership that never manifests in the comic itself (no matter how much we annoy him in real life). I think people should stop thinking that Tom does things just to "sink shippers". If Tom hadn't wanted the Annie X Jack storyline we've seen, and hadn't desired the impression it gave to people, he wouldn't have set it up in the first place. It's just a surprise twist, people. This wasn't meant to antagonize Annie/Jack shippers, same way that Kat declaring herself straight wasn't meant to antagonize Annie/Kat shippers (no matter what some jerkfaces like chibisoma thought). He doesn't do things in his comic just because he wants to hurt readers. |
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Post by horerczy on Aug 31, 2011 8:36:22 GMT
This page had a lot of friday potential.
Next page we get to find out that Jack is gay.
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Post by eightyfour on Aug 31, 2011 8:37:20 GMT
I don't buy it. Something is wrong there. She may not be interested in him romantically, but she quite obviously does like him. Maybe she's just be putting on a show for Bud. In the meantime half of the Gunnerkrigg readership will die from asphyxiation while holding their breath in anticipation of Friday...  |
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Post by ding on Aug 31, 2011 8:39:48 GMT
Ouch! Don't worry, Jack, apparently Kat is totally available and eager to prove she's straight after all....
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Post by Ashley Y on Aug 31, 2011 8:45:29 GMT
She's shit-testing him and he's doing "agree and amplify". Oh Jack, you're such a player.
Since Annie's new at this, she's doing a "look at me I'm shit testing" face, and then is visibly annoyed when it doesn't have the reaction she expects. Remember from chapter 32, she tends towards the naively manipulative when a relationship is important to her.
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Post by unctuous on Aug 31, 2011 8:53:10 GMT
I felt oddly proud of her. It'd be equally or maybe even more wonderful if she doesn't end up with anyone, since part of her charm is her autonomy. <3
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Post by thatguywhodraws on Aug 31, 2011 9:05:05 GMT
Tom what are you doing to my head?
I can kinda see where Annie might be coming from with that...but "phew"? I have no idea what the hell Jack's thinking right now
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Post by Ashley Y on Aug 31, 2011 9:10:59 GMT
Prediction: that "phew" made her much more interested in him.
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Post by Per on Aug 31, 2011 9:24:36 GMT
Jones: You have 14 years of detention to look forward to.
Jack: Aww man.
Jones: Or you can try to seduce Antimony Carver for me.
Jack: Aww man.
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Post by Refugee on Aug 31, 2011 9:25:14 GMT
What did Annie expect? Jack's just giving as good as he got. I like it. === I also like the way Jack's face goes from a longer, more mature, serious look back to a rounder, younger, more mischievous look between panels five and six. It's a side effect of him looking away and up, but it shows very nicely how these two are on the cusp of maturity, able to shift back and forth with a glance, a shadow, an expression. === Prediction: that "phew" made her much more interested in him. Yes! Exactly. |
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Post by rafk on Aug 31, 2011 9:31:11 GMT
Looks like that chibisoma fellow ragequit for no reason; oh Tom, you sure do love to tease! -ChenMaestro If he didn't know by now that very little in Gunnerkrigg is played straight (and then only when no-one expects it!), he can't be a very observant reader anyway. |
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Post by rafk on Aug 31, 2011 9:34:35 GMT
I like this. I didn't expect a sappy romantic moment because ANNIE AND JACK and also GUNNERKRIGG COURT but here i can't tell whether this is for Bud's benefit, whether this is Annie genuinely saying "I don't LIKE like you Jack", or whether this is just more flirting in the way of teens who are only still one or two steps past putting sand in people's lunches to show they like them.
Probably all of the above.
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Post by Alexandragon on Aug 31, 2011 9:36:38 GMT
WTF?! Ahaha! ;D Prediction: that "phew" made her much more interested in him. Hell, YES! P.S.: Annie looks like a young lady!) I love this page! Also: Look of their faces are brilliant! Haha, I'm loving this. Can't wait until Friday! ME TOO! |
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Post by pasko on Aug 31, 2011 9:42:39 GMT
Yea, Annie's behavior makes sense now. It was a litttle strange for her to let Jack so near in the previous page. She _NEVER_ liked him. Maybe she is used to Coyote not respecting personal space, so she didn't mind it, either. I dunno. She seemed to like him well enough before he started to go all threatening. Not really. The pages you quote show that Annie fully expects the 2 tech nerds to like each other, and she was happy for kat. |
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Post by La Goon on Aug 31, 2011 9:48:37 GMT
Perhaps Jack will explain that "Phew" by telling the next story?
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Post by Ashley Y on Aug 31, 2011 9:59:55 GMT
Yep, she's behaving the same way towards Jack that she did towards Kat when she first returned from the forest. I think it means she likes him.
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Post by basser on Aug 31, 2011 10:16:45 GMT
My prediction goes something along the lines of: "If you don't like me, then I don't need to worry about impressing you!" Followed of course by SLOPPY MAKEOUTS.Other than that, though, daaaaamn Annie's gone from ice-cold to catty in less than 10 chapters. (Residential was #24 and she was still firmly frigid back then.) Way to friggin' character develop! |
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Post by zaorish on Aug 31, 2011 10:25:40 GMT
Anonymous on 4chan performed the proper analysis of this page. There are only 3 possibilities:
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1. Annie x JacK :
a) They're ad-libbing, because they know the crab thing is watching them and they're plotting to go off and make out somewhere secret. (Or, as someone mentioned above, Annie is flirting and playing hard to get.)
2. Evil Jack :
b) Jack is relieved because he's about to backstab her.
3. Annie x Kat :
c) They both don't actually like each other, and we're back to lesbian/beastiality shipping.
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Post by todd on Aug 31, 2011 10:48:58 GMT
I felt oddly proud of her. It'd be equally or maybe even more wonderful if she doesn't end up with anyone, since part of her charm is her autonomy. <3 Count me as another person who thinks that Annie doesn't need a love interest. (If anything, I mentally echoed Jack's "Phew!" when reading this page, for different reasons.) |
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Post by mikeymikemikey on Aug 31, 2011 11:01:21 GMT
That is some DAMN FINE shipper trolling.
My hat is off to you, Mr. Siddell. I only regret that I have but one hat to doff as of now.
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Post by lukas on Aug 31, 2011 11:02:21 GMT
I just binged on six months worth of strips , im all gunnerkrigged out for a few weeks at least.
also WHEN DID THIS FORUM GET SO WEIRD
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Post by cu on Aug 31, 2011 11:14:16 GMT
It is a relief, because...
... Annie, I am your father.
... NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Post by mikeymikemikey on Aug 31, 2011 11:14:51 GMT
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Post by mikeymikemikey on Aug 31, 2011 11:21:29 GMT
Perhaps Jack will explain that "Phew" by telling the next story? Or, Tom switches to the other kids just to make us wait even more. You know how much he loves teasing the readership when he feels like it. |
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Post by wanderer on Aug 31, 2011 11:22:49 GMT
My thoughts as I read: That's right Annie, you tell him to keep his dist... wait whaaaaa?!   |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Aug 31, 2011 11:30:15 GMT
Antimony's facial expression is pretty mean for delivering a rejection in panel 4, eh what? I think I'll refloat the S.S. AnnieXJack by asking if anyone thinks she might have been planning to tease him by saying, "I don't think I like you..." [page break] "...I think I loooooove you?" But instead, counter-snark! WHEN DID THIS FORUM GET SO WEIRD There was a time when it wasn't weird? I must've been sick that day. |
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Post by Saru on Aug 31, 2011 11:32:58 GMT
Today's page put an unbelievably huge smile on my face, which got gradually bigger from panel 4 to the last one and ended up in something resembling coyote a few posts above me. Thank you Tom, I needed that.
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Post by Pietja on Aug 31, 2011 11:39:09 GMT
Touché, Annie! Right back at ya!  But the way she delivered her line in 4th panel, her smile... I just have a feeling that coyote taught her a little too well...
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Post by mikeymikemikey on Aug 31, 2011 11:44:44 GMT
Touché, Annie! Right back at ya! But the way she delivered her line in 4th panel, her smile... I just have a feeling that coyote taught her a little too well... If she got zinged by Jack, probably still not well enough. |
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Post by rainofsteel on Aug 31, 2011 12:16:16 GMT
<dumbfounded>
What?
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[Sits back for Friday.]
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