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Post by philman on Nov 11, 2013 8:51:46 GMT
Well form 3/year 9 started when Kat Annie stayed in the forest all summer, and they moved into the underwater dorms here: www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=844I kind of assumed they started a new year when Kat moved into Annie's room, but looking back at it it wasn't a new year, and they wore thick coats when going outside so was probably winter time. So year, must be nearing the end of the form 3/year 9 then. So only 13/14 years old then, younger than I thought! (edit: Kat didn't stay in the forest all summer, that was Annie. Would have made for a SLIGHTLY different story...) |
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Post by GK Sierra on Nov 11, 2013 8:52:05 GMT
Better than Christmas. Keep on trucking Tom. We're gonna have to bake a cake for Kat soon.  |
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Post by Chendzee'a on Nov 11, 2013 8:59:28 GMT
I've no words to describe what I'm feeling..... they....they should have sent a poet....
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Post by arf on Nov 11, 2013 9:00:06 GMT
Around two years, by my reckoning (Annie arrived halfway through form 1/year 7. They are now well into the second half of form 3/year 9). I think the first three book dealt with the first three school years (they end in the summer), and the fourth, which ended with "Changes" stopped somewhere half way through the school year, in the winter. That would make almost four years now. I disagree. Each volume ends at either the summer or winter breaks. So... Vol 1 ends with Annie farewelling Kat as she goes on holidays while Annie waits for news of her father. Vol. 2 starts in yr 8 dorms and ends with a small detour into yesteryear. Vol. 3 ends with Annie flaming out and going into the forest rather than with Kat on holiday Vol. 4 starts in yr 9 dorms w Lindsay and ends with a letter. Vol 5. will end... who knows? |
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Post by Rymdljus on Nov 11, 2013 9:02:34 GMT
I disagree. Each volume ends at either the summer or winter breaks. So... Vol 1 ends with Annie farewelling Kat as she goes on holidays while Annie waits for news of her father. Vol. 2 starts in yr 8 dorms and ends with a small detour into yesteryear. Vol. 3 ends with Annie flaming out and going into the forest rather than with Kat on holiday Vol. 4 starts in yr 9 dorms w Lindsay and ends with a letter. Vol 5. will end... who knows? You're absolutely right! |
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Post by Chendzee'a on Nov 11, 2013 9:08:48 GMT
Though is all seriousness. 1: Wonderfully adorable and cute. 2: The Body language in these panels is very natural. Bravo 3: Facial expressions too, Kat looks lovely and wonderfully happy in panel 3 4: Paz panel 2: MISCHIEF Utter MISCHIEF mischief!! 5: Kat panel 2: Assuming direct control!  |
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Post by Toloc on Nov 11, 2013 9:26:40 GMT
Do you think Annie will come in at this moment and see them accidentally or is that a cliche? i presume Kat has not gotten around to telling her yet that she's dating someone. Also, how old is everyone at this point? 14? 15? All the female characters have subtly been getting a silhouette for a while now so I'm guessing early teen? Going from this page and the observation that we're somewhere late in their third year (Paz who grew up in Spain is wearing short sleeves, so it apparently is quite warm), they should be 14. BTW: Do we have precise birthdays for the characters? |
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Post by yarksie on Nov 11, 2013 9:55:50 GMT
I thought I heard something that sounded like a collective fan squeal. Also, Annie better find out soon.
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Post by Gulby on Nov 11, 2013 10:08:07 GMT
GNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH !!! *w*
*Just melted in cuteness and adorable teenage-love*
That's just... AWWWWWWW. I wanna see next panel ! xD An the faces... Ah, panel 2... *w*
(Fortunately, before reading the new update, I was prepared to some cute attack, and warned my companion that I could make some noises since the new update was here. I sure did good.)
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Post by snipertom on Nov 11, 2013 10:08:27 GMT
From word of Tom, Annie and kat were 12 when they met. Year 1 (with the dorm that looked like a dorm) ended with Annie waiting for her father to call and kat and family went on holiday and wrote and sent postcards. Year 2 (with the dorm in a tree) ended with Annie going into the forest instead of going on holiday with kat and her family. This is partway through year 3, almost spring maybe? So they are both 14 going on 15.
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Post by arf on Nov 11, 2013 10:36:16 GMT
The last two pages will make a great double in vol. 5.
It might get banned in Russia though :-(
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Post by JCBeastie on Nov 11, 2013 10:59:55 GMT
Who's next Reynard and Ysengrin!? It's mad, mad I tell ya!
Ah I'm kidding, this is lovely. ^^
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Post by Xan on Nov 11, 2013 11:04:05 GMT
It might get banned in Russia though :-( My thoughts too. I'm Russian, and it's exactly the right kind of thing to be ritually (sorry, "exemplarily") abused by the "law". Fits perfectly. |
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Post by chickenbone on Nov 11, 2013 11:07:19 GMT
From word of Tom, Annie and kat were 12 when they met. Year 1 (with the dorm that looked like a dorm) ended with Annie waiting for her father to call and kat and family went on holiday and wrote and sent postcards. Year 2 (with the dorm in a tree) ended with Annie going into the forest instead of going on holiday with kat and her family. This is partway through year 3, almost spring maybe? So they are both 14 going on 15. That sounds right, except that: " ... and so did I wait for word from my father. Unaware that I would not hear from him for over two years." Feels like there's a summer holiday missing. |
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Post by temnoc on Nov 11, 2013 11:12:10 GMT
Who's next Reynard and Ysengrin!?  I'm sorry, I had to. It just goes so perfectly. |
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Post by stef1987 on Nov 11, 2013 11:14:47 GMT
Next page: They're gonna make out said jimnorth like a 1000 times this chapter. Who'd have guessed he'd be right. (I didn't) |
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Post by Rymdljus on Nov 11, 2013 11:32:44 GMT
That sounds right, except that: " ... and so did I wait for word from my father. Unaware that I would not hear from him for over two years." Feels like there's a summer holiday missing. That never made sense to me either. That was right before the first summer holiday, and she spent the second one in the forest. Add a few months to that, and that call should have come about a year and a half after that voice over, tops. |
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Post by philman on Nov 11, 2013 11:36:59 GMT
That sounds right, except that: " ... and so did I wait for word from my father. Unaware that I would not hear from him for over two years." Feels like there's a summer holiday missing. That never made sense to me either. That was right before the first summer holiday, and she spent the second one in the forest. Add a few months to that, and that call should have come about a year and a half after that voice over, tops. Aha, another retroactive mistake from Word of Tom! If she's still in year 9 then they are 13 going on 14, although we must be nearing the end of the school year now, it's been a while. This means it's only been 2 and a bit years since we started, alot can happen in 2 years! |
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Post by arf on Nov 11, 2013 12:29:47 GMT
Who's next Reynard and Ysengrin!? I'm sorry, I had to. It just goes so perfectly. I had been thinking that image goes with the congrats cake as well. (Since Rey is clearly a cake demon, of course!) |
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Post by Purgatorius on Nov 11, 2013 12:30:26 GMT
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Post by TBeholder on Nov 11, 2013 12:45:55 GMT
Laugh at Dr. Disaster's games all you want, but Kat does have better reaction now.  Paz's face in second panel is great, she knows excaaaactly what she's doing  And even manages to hold back "innocent whistling". Barely. awwww *giggle* and just then Annie barges in That's what I'm expecting. I hope Mr. Siddell is a little more clever than that, but it would still be amusing if that is actually what happens. Perhaps one or more of Kat's parents will enter the scene. Having very understanding parents dropping in can be very awkward, if handled right.  |
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Post by oglokoog on Nov 11, 2013 13:03:46 GMT
A yay and several more yays for bisexual characters who aren't walking stereotypes! Thank you, Tom.
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Post by zalty on Nov 11, 2013 13:20:52 GMT
Better than Christmas. Keep on trucking Tom. We're gonna have to bake a cake for Kat soon. Loving that Cookie Monster face! Hope we see her again sometime. |
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Post by ctso74 on Nov 11, 2013 14:24:41 GMT
Awwwwwww. Better than Christmas. Keep on trucking Tom. We're gonna have to bake a cake for Kat soon. Titled "Cookie And Cake"? We definitely need more Cookie. I like the cut of her jib. |
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Post by snipertom on Nov 11, 2013 14:38:09 GMT
That sounds right, except that: " ... and so did I wait for word from my father. Unaware that I would not hear from him for over two years." Feels like there's a summer holiday missing. That never made sense to me either. That was right before the first summer holiday, and she spent the second one in the forest. Add a few months to that, and that call should have come about a year and a half after that voice over, tops. Perhaps she means over two years from the last time she saw him? |
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Post by atteSmythe on Nov 11, 2013 15:01:58 GMT
That never made sense to me either. That was right before the first summer holiday, and she spent the second one in the forest. Add a few months to that, and that call should have come about a year and a half after that voice over, tops. Perhaps she means over two years from the last time she saw him? That's how I took it, too - over two years from the last time she saw him, not over two years from the time of the 'voiceover' |
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Post by Rymdljus on Nov 11, 2013 15:40:21 GMT
Perhaps she means over two years from the last time she saw him? That's how I took it, too - over two years from the last time she saw him, not over two years from the time of the 'voiceover' You're right! I somehow have always read it as "for another two years" but she doesn't say that. Well all right then. ^^ |
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Post by Kuraru on Nov 11, 2013 15:45:13 GMT
Regarding the what year is it/how old are they discussion: We've only seen two summers (and thus two changes of dorms, from vertical bedroom thingies, to weird towers with bridges in a void, to the current underwater pod thingies) so it's safe to assume they're in their third year at Gunnerkrigg Court - since they started in Year 7, they are currently be in Year 9, making them 14 or 15. No birthdays have been shown or mentioned, to my knowledge, so unless Tom's stated characters' birthdays elsewhere it's impossible to tell whether they're 15 or still 14.
Anyway, as someone who liked Paz back when she was just a Spanish girl who got scared by creepy clowns, I'm really enjoying this chapter! I do wonder how it's going to continue though - presumably Annie will turn up soon, and it'll be interesting to see how she reacts. I doubt she'll turn out to be homophobic though, because 1. Britain, and 2. One of her friends is a wolf god with a tree bod - homosexuality is mundane by comparison.
Also I just noticed that Tom puts shadows in the background, but not on the characters. I'm not sure whether it's a deliberate choice or a time-saving measure, but it does make the characters pop out, making them more prominent.
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Post by Shire on Nov 11, 2013 16:10:42 GMT
Just my luck that my wifi decides to commit suicide one minute before the update. Worth noting? This is definitely going places. I read "wifi" as "wife" and was pretty worried for a moment. Not least of all by your questionable priorities. |
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Post by Daedalus on Nov 11, 2013 16:32:12 GMT
In the spirit of experimental repeatability...FOR SCIENCE. And this is adorable yet realistic. All of this chapter except CreeperKat is, actually. |
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