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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2013 8:02:21 GMT
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Post by GK Sierra on Feb 15, 2013 8:03:35 GMT
Is Annie going to have to flee to Coyote's protection?
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Post by undyingshadow on Feb 15, 2013 8:04:09 GMT
Well, Annie is obviously not taking this lying down, and it looks like Jones isn't either for that matter.
Ohh and then there's that other guy.
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Post by Kriselia on Feb 15, 2013 8:05:53 GMT
I can't wait till monday! I'm pinning all my hopes on Coyote doing something D: Also, kinda called it? Considering the mini heart-to-heart they had earlier I'm betting this furthermore has to do with separating Annie and Renard. Might as well go all the way with the screw yous. I'm a little surprised by Jones speaking up tho...
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Post by foresterr on Feb 15, 2013 8:07:42 GMT
So. Will Coyote now decide to appoint his own medium, seeing how a perfectly good candidate just became available, or just laugh? ;-)
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Post by Bandersnatch on Feb 15, 2013 8:08:52 GMT
That's not Coyote laughing.
It's Mr. Eglamore.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2013 8:11:53 GMT
Well, the Headmaster obviously has to know that separating the two would release Renard. So he's either trying to provoke a response from Annie/Coyote/somebody or there's other plans at work here. I have this tiny, crazy suspicion that Anthony is involved...but I'd have better luck with 6/6 Russian Roulette than predicting Tom's plans.
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Post by exuberancium on Feb 15, 2013 8:14:40 GMT
And just like last time, it's actually all about Reynard...
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Post by cu on Feb 15, 2013 8:17:01 GMT
A not so fairly transparent ruse, if Jones didn't see it coming.
Coming from her, that disturbs me greatly.
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Post by Lizuka on Feb 15, 2013 8:17:02 GMT
I've got to admit, I really do not why the whole cast is acting like it should obviously be Antimony to get the position. Given recent goings-on in the story... Really, she'd be a pretty awful choice for the job.
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Post by edzepp on Feb 15, 2013 8:17:21 GMT
Taking Renard back? Terrible suggestion, sir.
That is a suggestion, rigggghhhhhhtttt?
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Post by americonedream on Feb 15, 2013 8:18:31 GMT
Guys, I'm more than convinced that the Headmaster spends a majority of his life in a chair. How he gets to his office and to the big announcement room? Rolly office chairs. In fact, he probably was sleeping before everyone came in and Jones had to wake him up just long enough for him to crush everyone's hopes and dreams before drifting off to dreamland for the pallor mortises. And why separate Rey from Annie at all? She's been acting up but he's not really done anything out of bounds other than scaring hecklers and helping football-headed robots girls steal criminal robots. Nor has he gone with her on forest visits or even tried to. Coyote, Kat, Robox, somebody do something!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2013 8:21:56 GMT
I've got to admit, I really do not why the whole cast is acting like it should obviously be Antimony to get the position. Given recent goings-on in the story... Really, she'd be a pretty awful choice for the job. I think people are underestimating the bias that folks have for Antimony. As seen on the forums, Antimony being the best fit for the position of Medium is a pretty tough sell. But the characters we've met (apart from Jones and Mr. Grumpythrone) all loved Surma and love Annie. Antimony is also the most interested in the position and would probably get the greatest enjoyment out of it.
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Post by GK Sierra on Feb 15, 2013 8:24:17 GMT
Antimony already gave him permission to leave the doll and go back to his original body in the forest. He declined. I wonder why his old body is just sleeping, even though all the other bodies die when he leaves them.
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Post by rafk on Feb 15, 2013 8:25:26 GMT
I've got to admit, I really do not why the whole cast is acting like it should obviously be Antimony to get the position. Given recent goings-on in the story... Really, she'd be a pretty awful choice for the job. They're choosing between three teenage school students. Of course Antimony is not mature yet, if they wanted a mature diplomat they would be picking one of the adults. Annie is the only one of the three who can see into the ether, which makes her the only one of the three who has any chance of understanding Coyote and the forest dwellers. She's the clear choice for that alone. And all of them know it. The Headmaster is doing his bored act again. He knows it too. It's a transparent ruse, and I think we're now reaching the point of it- it's all about Renard and Coyote. Again.
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Post by arf on Feb 15, 2013 8:28:06 GMT
I might choose to call the headmaster many things.
'Old blowhard' would not be one of them: that would require him to exhibit a certain amount of energy!
Over the last week or so I have wondered whether Annie would end up withdrawing to the forest, at Coyote's invitation, and that we'd start volume 4 getting to know Kamlen and his family (while Kat delves into her studies...)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2013 8:28:15 GMT
I wonder why his old body is just sleeping, even though all the other bodies die when he leaves them. I believe the Word of Tom has it that Coyote keeps it healthy.
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Post by americonedream on Feb 15, 2013 8:32:11 GMT
I would guess that Coyote keeps Rey's body asleep and usable because through using his power to do so, means that if Rey ever re-enters his old body, Coyote will hold control over him. Every gift he gives has a problem with it and he has the power to do whatever he wants to Ysengrin via taking his memories so why not do something like that with Rey? If he returns to his old body, Coyote could turn him into a blank slate if he very well felt like it or at the very least, make him mentally unstable like Ys. In his plushy body, Coyote really has no control over him, I guess? He isn't his, he belongs to Annie all the way across the river that he rarely visits. So having him re-enter his old body would give Coyote full control to to what he wishes to him.
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Post by bnpederson on Feb 15, 2013 8:49:28 GMT
I've got to admit, I really do not why the whole cast is acting like it should obviously be Antimony to get the position. Given recent goings-on in the story... Really, she'd be a pretty awful choice for the job. I think it depends on what the hell the Medium is actually supposed to do, which I don't think has ever been that clear. If you're thinking of it like an ambassadorship where the medium is firmly on the side of the Court and interpreting their wishes for the Forest then yes, Annie's a horrid choice and Smit is probably a fine selection. If the point of the medium is to be not in favor of either side and be able to translate Forest speak to the Court and Court speak to the Forest, Annie's far and away the best choice of the three of them. I could see the Court wanting the former with Jones (as a more impartial being) seeing the need for the latter. I also think, ruse or no, Smit probably will be the official medium if only because that seems like the more interesting way to go, story-wise.
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Post by hargharg on Feb 15, 2013 8:49:35 GMT
A not so fairly transparent ruse, if Jones didn't see it coming. Coming from her, that disturbs me greatly. Watch out how next week there will be a switched sides recreation of that meeting.
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Post by foresterr on Feb 15, 2013 8:50:44 GMT
I believe the Word of Tom has it that Coyote keeps it healthy. That, and also it works differently with his original body. He was always able to come back to it, only the body he borrowed died afterwards. But he's been out for so long now that his original body would probably simply die of neglect if Coyote were not to keep it safe.
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Post by jasmijn on Feb 15, 2013 8:54:53 GMT
Jones has been keeping up with the forum speculation. This is now my headcanon. [T]he Headmaster spends a majority of his life in a chair. How he gets to his office and to the big announcement room? Rolly office chairs. In fact, he probably was sleeping before everyone came in and Jones had to wake him up just long enough for him to crush everyone's hopes and dreams before drifting off to dreamland for the pallor mortises. As is this.
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Post by lemarc on Feb 15, 2013 9:33:15 GMT
I've got to admit, I really do not why the whole cast is acting like it should obviously be Antimony to get the position. Given recent goings-on in the story... Really, she'd be a pretty awful choice for the job. She's a terrible choice but she's better than the other two. It's like politics writ small.
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Post by goldenknots on Feb 15, 2013 9:58:52 GMT
I don't think that the laughter is coming from Renardine, given the direction their eyes are turning. He's drawn below and to Antimony's left, and they're looking away at a level, albeit in that general direction.
I'm pretty sure it's Coyote having uproarious fun, watching the chaos.
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Post by zbeeblebrox on Feb 15, 2013 10:10:48 GMT
So on the next page, is it going to be revealed that the Headmaster and Coyote traded places for a laugh? And if so, which one just broke character? ;P
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Post by TBeholder on Feb 15, 2013 10:44:46 GMT
That's not Coyote laughing. It's Mr. Eglamore. That's not Coyote. That's not Eglamore - though the idea does have merit: he have to think "O-oh, Jonathan, you old joker, my condolences - you are so in for it now!". It's Red. Who sneaked into the hall out of curiosity and now is about to express her opinion on this matter without waiting to be asked for it and in no uncertain terms, like she is used to do. ;D Okay, probably no, it's Coyote. Can't blame him for ruining the moment, really. The symmetry of this situation is quite amusing: it's about Renard again... and this time Jonathan took a turn to be the clumsy fool who makes a jackass of himself. Guys, I'm more than convinced that the Headmaster spends a majority of his life in a chair. How he gets to his office and to the big announcement room? Rolly office chairs. In fact, he probably was sleeping before everyone came in and Jones had to wake him up just long enough for him to crush everyone's hopes and dreams before drifting off to dreamland for the pallor mortises. But does the chair have built-in lifesupport and automated collection of de-etherified excretions? Hmm, no. I don't think so. This guy doesn't have any pauldrons at all! ;D And why separate Rey from Annie at all? Who knows? It was the old plan... I might choose to call the headmaster many things. 'Old blowhard' would not be one of them: that would require him to exhibit a certain amount of energy! Ah, but Renard knew him much longer than Annie or we do. I think it depends on what the hell the Medium is actually supposed to do, which I don't think has ever been that clear. ...or the job mostly is, as someone said here, "Coyote's handler". That is, the main task is preventative: keeping the restless critters out of everyone else's hair before Coyote gets bored and everyone else gets problems. Which is something Annie can do much better than anyone else.
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Post by funkmasterjo on Feb 15, 2013 11:14:05 GMT
Hi. First post. This volume has just been sooo controversial that I had to register because I just couldn't take it anymore.
All I can say is that I agree with this. I do believe that Johnes has always spoken about the position as though the medium was meant to consider both sides' views. If not, then we'd be talking about an ambassador, envoy, or external affairs position, not a medium. The other students also expected Annie to get it. Honestly, at this point I don't think the people in attendance are reacting badly because of the decision, but at how wrong the decision seems to everyone.
Regardless, the point now is... so they want Reynarde. Want to study? But they had him so long. Want him because he seems dangerous? That might be so. Want him because he seems dangerous in Annie's hands? That might be so, yet these things seem too minor.
The most interesting idea might be that they want him so they can screw with coyote. He's right there, so that may mean something.
But honestly, I wouldn't expect the court to have any interest in the forest, except for passing curiosity and general disdain. They should be 10x more concerned with Kat, if they find out about her. We may be embarking on a deeper involvement of etheric studies.
Coyote shouldn't be angry, perhaps Yensgern would be. Coyote might escalate things though. What's really scary is if he decides to start circumventing things, and getting Annie to go along with it.
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Post by todd on Feb 15, 2013 11:40:58 GMT
Not if Annie surrenders him willingly. There's a difference between giving something and having it taken from you. (Though, if Annie surrenders Renard to the Court under pressure from them, might it be simply a more subtle form of the latter, meaning again that he'd be free?)
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Post by 0o0f on Feb 15, 2013 11:47:43 GMT
My first thought was that laugh is probably coming from Coyote. It does seem in character for him, after all. ...Ok, so my FIRST thought was that Rey looks adorable in panel five.
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Post by mc42 on Feb 15, 2013 12:04:35 GMT
the main task is preventative: keeping the restless critters out of everyone else's hair before Coyote gets bored and everyone else gets problems. Which is something Annie can do much better than anyone else. Everything in the comic so far has pointed toward Coyote pretty much just using Annie to mess with the Court. She's too attached to the forest, and it's made her vulnerable to manipulation.
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