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Post by SerenaJo on Aug 3, 2013 16:42:47 GMT
Hmm, how many pages is the shortest chapter of Gunnerkrigg anyway?
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Post by Per on Aug 3, 2013 17:08:02 GMT
Not Very Scary is 8 pages not including title and bonus.
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Post by SerenaJo on Aug 3, 2013 17:09:59 GMT
Oh geez I forgot about that one.  |
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Post by The Anarch on Aug 3, 2013 17:12:04 GMT
Maybe it should be called "Not Very Long", right guys? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Post by Mezzaphor on Aug 3, 2013 19:56:38 GMT
Well, nice knowing you. I'm still worried about the burning though. Hope it just burns out without causing more damage. But then, as my A-Level Chemistry teacher once said: "Concrete doesn't burn!" (We had excessive problems with the fire alarm...)(He was a Kiwi. :3) I think this may be the last we see of Hetty alive, but I get the feeling we will see more of her in flashbacks or exposition in the future. Kinda interesting though, introducing a character in the chapter of their death, then explaining who and what they were later on. Does the door opening have anything to do with Renard killing Hetty? Was Daniel related to Adam and his sister? I really do hope that her character gets more explained, though. I mean, there's a number of things in GKC that's not explained, but I'm hoping Hetty isn't one of them. Wouldn't it be a shocker though, if it turns out that Hetty had a very large role in the overall GKC story? Now that, as I keep saying, would be interesting. Introducing a character, immediately killing them, and then revealing more about them via flashbacks and exposition. Would that be more or less shocking than having a character die right before the story starts, and revealing everything about them via flashbacks and exposition? Hmmm... graphically killed on screen. Empty husk of her body burning. If ever we needed a guarantee of her showing up again :P... I'm amused at how much fiction and the internet have warped our expectations. Back in my day, when a character was killed on-screen and their dead body was shown, that was supposed to signal that they weren't coming back. If the author wanted to bring a character back, he'd have the others never find the body, but blithely assume "No one could survive that". |
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Post by Per on Aug 3, 2013 20:01:12 GMT
Maybe it should be called "Not Very Long", right guys? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HA  |
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Post by GK Sierra on Aug 3, 2013 20:54:33 GMT
Maybe it should be called "Not Very Long", right guys? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HA You slay me, sir.  |
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Post by Ophel on Aug 4, 2013 8:15:26 GMT
Introducing a character, immediately killing them, and then revealing more about them via flashbacks and exposition. Would that be more or less shocking than having a character die right before the story starts, and revealing everything about them via flashbacks and exposition? Ahahahah! I guess not! XD It took by surprise I guess, because normally, dead people who are mentioned always end up significant in the story. So that doesn't surprise me. I don't see quite often that characters killed off in this manner get any more important than the mini story that their in. But then, hey, that's me and I don't read a lot. |
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Post by melkior on Aug 5, 2013 7:25:29 GMT
This chapter was obviously about some character development for Rey.
As to his "murdering" Hetty, most of his communication with Hetty in this chapter was him carefully trying to nudge Hetty toward a more reasonable viewpoint without tipping his hand with her in the process. Hetty showed total and utter obliviousness to all Rey's attempts. More than this, she showed total lack of ability to empathise with anyone and was totally selfish and self-centered. Her utter inability to believe that anyone but her had any rights was obvious long before Rey decided to "dispose of" her.
I believe that the whole point of having Hetty in this chapter was to contrast her utter and total selfishness with Rey's developing empathy. I say: Good Riddance to Hetty, may she never return!
As Tom likes to say: Thank you for reading.
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Post by todd on Aug 5, 2013 11:23:24 GMT
I believe that the whole point of having Hetty in this chapter was to contrast her utter and total selfishness with Rey's developing empathy. I say: Good Riddance to Hetty, may she never return! I got the impression that those disappointed with that were the ones who thought that Tom had made her too interesting to be a one-shot foil for Reynardine. |
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Post by Lightice on Aug 6, 2013 18:00:25 GMT
I got the impression that those disappointed with that were the ones who thought that Tom had made her too interesting to be a one-shot foil for Reynardine. Well, I mostly feel that she appeared and disappeared so suddenly and left so many questions unanswered that it would be a waste to leave her completely forgotten. |
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Post by faythofdragons on Aug 7, 2013 5:18:45 GMT
I highly doubt this is the last we'll see of Hetty in the comic. Just because she's dead, doesn't mean she won't ever show up again.
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Post by Señor Goose on Aug 7, 2013 7:22:38 GMT
I for one am simply too interesting in Hetty to allow myself to believe that she's dead for good.
In a related note apparently Hetty's doll body was a hitman? Or hitwoman? Hitdoll?
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