[317] Story Discussion - Go away! Come back!

[Mezzaphor]

She's on a rampage.

So which came first: Did Blue's abandonment cause Red's attitude, or did Red's attitude drive Blue away? And where does the hair fit into all this?

I wonder what these "other places" are.

[chibisoma]

I think Red just can't adjust, thus is being unreasonable about EVERYTHING. Thus driving Blue away, despite wanting to be her friend. Blue is adjusting better, so Red's also pissy about that.

Clearly this is a job for Mort.

[mudmaniac]

Clearly this is hormones. Sudden weight gain, sudden increase in height, crankiness, severe confusion.... Red's body is going through changes she cannot understand and so she's taking it out on her friends.

Truthfully, this Chapter has funny spiders crawling all over it. Funny, and a little creepy too.

Why do they all have these dull grey eyes?

[todd]

Maybe Kat's right about Red being crazy.

[UbiquitousDragon]

I think the scissors on the front page may allude to Red having her hair cut so it sticks up again That was my first thought when I read today's page.

I still don't like her much, but she has a bit more of my sympathy

[Yin]

I called it, I think.

[todd]

I also think that the idea of the scissors being used by Red to give herself a haircut makes a lot of sense.

This page has allayed my fears about what the chapter might be about. I believe now that the focus isn't on Red seeing herself as fat, but on a couple of formerly close friends (Red and Blue) drifting apart.

[UbiquitousDragon]

sli said:

I called it, I think.

I did wonder if someone had mentioned it already

[dragonmage06]

I kinda got the impression that it was Red's attitude that drove Blue away. I mean, she seemed pretty nice until Red yelled at her.

[Mezzaphor]

mudmaniac said:

Why do they all have these dull grey eyes?

It could be to make it easier for us readers to tell the difference.

As for in-universe explanations, no idea. It could be one of those things that just is: fairies who pass the test and become humans have pointy ears and gray eyes just because.

[popo]

so are Blue's dots natural, or some sort of jewelry/makeup?

[todd]

They look like Hindu forehead dots (I don't know the technical term for them) to me. And her human form does look as if she came from India.

[Yin]

They're called bindi.

[aoeniac]

"Red" (Orange?), new favorite character as of this comic.

[wanderer]

...Sanity has no claim on red.

[todd]

Red and Blue seem like foils to Annie and Kat, with their estrangement being a contrast to Annie and Kat's loyalty to each other (which I doubt will undergo anything worse in the webcomic than an occasional setback, as in Kat's quarrel with Annie in Chapter Thirteen - particularly since Kat's too prominent a character to be dropped from "Gunnerkrigg Court"). Even the individual members work as foils for each other: Red contrasts with Annie (both redheads, but Red prone to irrational frustrated rages, in contrast to Annie's calmly logical demeanor), and Blue is the parallel to Kat (they look more alike now, thanks to Kat's tan, but Kat would hardly blow off Annie the way that Blue's blowing off Red).

[King Mir]

I love the line: "Rraarrgh! I hate her so much! I wish she was my friend!"

[brassydel]

king0mir said:

I love the line: "Rraarrgh! I hate her so much! I wish she was my friend!"

It's just this perfect, simple and very accurate synopsis of SO many interpersonal relationships, even when you're All Growed Up.