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Post by arf on Mar 13, 2015 12:47:58 GMT
Did Donnie, Anja and Eglamore know he was coming back? Surely one of them would have told Annie if they knew. Why has he come back? Because he has heard Annie is the new Forest Medium and thinks this is a terrible idea? Because he thinks that in order to save her from the fire elemental thing he needs to be near her to conduct tests? The lack of a warning from Donnie, Anja, or Eglamore is the main reason I don't think it can be Annie's Dad. He may be crass enough to turn up unannounced, but the others aren't, and *surely* other teachers know the staffing timetables? Of course, Llewellyn is enough of a bastard to withhold such information, should he see fit. Another of course: the others may have just assumed even Tony would have contacted his daughter beforehand. (We-ell, at least Donny may have stopped and thought about that) Still if it *is* Tony, that sort of background will need to be filled in. I can imagine another ' Muut point' on Monday, when the class proceeds as if there's nothing odd about new teacher. Annie maintains poise while Kat rapidly loses hers. Finally putting her hand up and asking 'Excuse me, but you see this person sitting next to me? Can to explain why you dumped her into school halfway through Year 7, and now, two years later YOU'RE STILL ACTING LIKE SHE DOESN'T EXIST, YOU JERK!? Pause... Annie looking at Kat, smiling slightly. Kat belatedly realising she's made a scene. 'Uh, I mean, Sir?' |
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Post by Jelly Jellybean on Mar 13, 2015 13:11:45 GMT
I am changing my vote. This really is Anthony, but he is pretending to be Mr ____ Carver and will deny that he is related to Annie. All so he can get close to Annie with no one being aware. Sneaky Bugger!
And I assuming the Court doesn't routinely run DNA tests on the teachers, or he sneaky enough to have someone else's DNA sample ready to swap for his.
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Post by Deepbluediver on Mar 13, 2015 13:28:36 GMT
Oh shit, 4 pages of comments already? Damn I think Tom just dropped a tactical nuke up in here.
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Post by TBeholder on Mar 13, 2015 13:35:33 GMT
The motive matters... He is a guy that gets obsessed over small things even though he doesn't show it Well, yes. But this doesn't mean he can jump in, with motives for hiding suddenly evaporating, and it all would automatically makes sense. He choose to become a doctor perhaps *after* he knew his wife's "fire elemental" condition. This would remove even the little shreds of an answe to the question of what else he did in the Court (and out) until then. He might have played hard to find because he strongly feared court will try to stop him from curing his daughter. (He may think "Fire elemental powers are worth more to court than a person's life") Assuming he as much as believes in "Fire elemental powers", let alone thinks he got any meaningful idea of how to deal with that. And so on. If he has come out in open or sent his brother in his place, it may be because he saw better way to cure daughter This still does not automatically remove whatever reasons he had to hide. A relative is possible, but the problem here is contact. the long distance approach failed because of zimmy. How so? If she did get through to him and he thought it's real... he did hang out with Anja and Surma for a while, so can make an educated guess: it's obviously not anyone like Donlans, but most likely some magic loon of Annie's schoolmate who have no idea of what she was doing, thus he doesn't even have a good reason to believe he can be pinpointed now. If he heard Zimmy, but didn't think it's real, he may want to come to terms with "his own unconscious worries", but going by his known quirks, he would rather focus on restoring unflappability first and foremost. (Otoh, Writing in retrospect at the end of Year 7, Annie said she wasn't to see him again for over two years. Unlike the last time we were discussing this, Time's up) True. I'd assume it's him anyway, but we have seen Anthony from behind ( there and there). Here, we see the same hair on a very different head. Maybe he's worse for wear, but that's a bit too much. So a relative is most likely, given how the Court folk tend to stick around. Of course, that would mean said relative is either A) very upset at Anthony, but understands what he deals with much better than Eglamore, and thus avoids pointlessly baiting Annie into cold rages (or, worse, hot rages), or B) just as detached as Anthony, and thus decided that he probably can't really improve the situation for Annie, so there's no point to contact her. |
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Post by ctso74 on Mar 13, 2015 13:36:23 GMT
Did Donnie, Anja and Eglamore know he was coming back? Surely one of them would have told Annie if they knew. Why has he come back? Because he has heard Annie is the new Forest Medium and thinks this is a terrible idea? Because he thinks that in order to save her from the fire elemental thing he needs to be near her to conduct tests? The lack of a warning from Donnie, Anja, or Eglamore is the main reason I don't think it can be Annie's Dad. He may be crass enough to turn up unannounced, but the others aren't, and *surely* other teachers know the staffing timetables? Of course, Llewellyn is enough of a bastard to withhold such information, should he see fit. Another of course: the others may have just assumed even Tony would have contacted his daughter beforehand. (We-ell, at least Donny may have stopped and thought about that) The others may have already told her. On Monday, we may see a flashback, with Donnie explaining Carver's visit beforehand... Thus, prolonging the wait to see what the hell is going on!?!? Did Tom adjust the short chapter, to make sure this landed on a Friday? EDIT: On the other hand, wouldn't Annie tell Kat about it? Kat's expression is kind of pushing me towards "Not him." On the first hand, due to Court politics, maybe he arrived so quickly the other adults haven't had time to be told. I need more hands... |
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Post by deram on Mar 13, 2015 13:48:07 GMT
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Post by Gulby on Mar 13, 2015 14:03:22 GMT
I DON'T THINK SO! "And then she just got up, and walked out. Then the door slammed itself so hard that the hinges fell off. And it burst into flames." I wanted so bad to be the first to call it. But yeah. Totally calling it too. Or... "Who are you ? You're not my father." Or... "nervously giggles and start rolling on the floor with laughing too hard* |
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Post by Gauldoth Half-Dead on Mar 13, 2015 14:14:10 GMT
u fekkin wot m8
Well that's a wild first page to a chapter.
I'm gonna go with yes, or at least if it's not him, he looks identical since obviously he showed his face to the class before - hence why people are freaking out in class.
My bet's on things looking like it is his dad, but something is off - just a hunch. Maybe not really him.
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Post by Sky Schemer on Mar 13, 2015 14:22:25 GMT
I'm assuming it's him, because someone else would be a cheap trick. Along the lines of "I'm from Cardiff".  |
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Post by darlos9d on Mar 13, 2015 14:26:55 GMT
Welp, Gendo showed up.
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Post by cu on Mar 13, 2015 14:30:41 GMT
What you see here, my friends, is the next step in Kat's quest for robotic evolution: the Carverbot, Mk I. You can trust Carverbot Mk I to tend to all your best friend's parenting needs, guaranteed 100% warmer and more loving than the flesh model. Comes with a refillable 50 m bandage roll, see part number in the maintenance guide. After the three-month trial period any defective units must be returned for proper reconditioning as paper clips.
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Post by Sky Schemer on Mar 13, 2015 14:31:02 GMT
The lack of a warning from Donnie, Anja, or Eglamore is the main reason I don't think it can be Annie's Dad. He may be crass enough to turn up unannounced, but the others aren't, and *surely* other teachers know the staffing timetables? Of course, Llewellyn is enough of a bastard to withhold such information, should he see fit. Another of course: the others may have just assumed even Tony would have contacted his daughter beforehand. (We-ell, at least Donny may have stopped and thought about that) The others may have already told her. On Monday, we may see a flashback, with Donnie explaining Carver's visit beforehand... Thus, prolonging the wait to see what the hell is going on!?!? Did Tom adjust the short chapter, to make sure this landed on a Friday? You both beat me to it. Just because this is the start of the chapter, that doesn't mean it's the start of this slice of time in the story. We could be starting en media res, which Tom has done many times before. That not telling anyone, including the Donlans or Eglamore, that Anthony is going to be back and teaching a class that Annie is in is just the sort of asshole thing the Court would do, too. Especially now that she's on their F-U list. So there are at least a couple of possible explanations for what we are seeing here. |
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Post by dreadedwave on Mar 13, 2015 14:33:28 GMT
Don't freak out he just hasn't finished writing his name he's actually Mr. Carverello.
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Post by hypixion on Mar 13, 2015 14:42:32 GMT
Man, knowing this guy he just arrived the same morning without warning. Shit gonna hit the fan.
edit: is it 2 years already? it was 2 years yes?
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Post by snuggly on Mar 13, 2015 15:00:27 GMT
The poll was closed last night when I saw the page. Now however, I believe that is is Anthony Carver, but we are going to get few to no answers. That is the way that Tom is, and the way that Anthony is portrayed.
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Post by Covalent on Mar 13, 2015 15:01:39 GMT
This is going to be a bait and switch. I'm calling it. |
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Post by rafk on Mar 13, 2015 15:02:55 GMT
Well anyway, I have no objections. People say the story is moving fast here, but GKC is almost a decade old. People say GKC moves too fast? Wow. What do they do for fun, watch snail races? |
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Post by Daedalus on Mar 13, 2015 15:37:11 GMT
A friend who doesn't have a forum account asked me to post this:  |
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Post by Fishy on Mar 13, 2015 15:41:13 GMT
If Annie's still got that etheric cut from Jeanne, I so so so deeply hope that Anthony's got an etheric black eye. Nothing would make me happier right now.
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Post by Señor Goose on Mar 13, 2015 15:48:36 GMT
Guys what the hell is going on?!
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Post by Señor Goose on Mar 13, 2015 15:50:45 GMT
LET BEGIN THE OVERANALYSIS! Anthony Carver is a guy! This teacher guy is also a guy! COINCIDENCE?! Jet fuel can't melt steel beams! The Rothschilds! The Masons control London! |
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Post by hypixion on Mar 13, 2015 16:05:00 GMT
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Post by Kuraimizu on Mar 13, 2015 16:09:52 GMT
first of all it is Anthony Carver.
Kat is very concerned about about Annie's reaction.
and Annie looks about ready to explode in anger.
the rest of the class is whispering anticipating some drama
the entire class is sitting while Anthony is writing his name on the black board
obviously they were all seated when their new teacher walked in the room
Annie and everyone saw his face, it is indeed Anthony.
Anthony is one of their new science teachers, or this is home room.
Only in university is the title of doctor or professor used when addressing the teacher
in high school, the teachers are all referred to as Mr Mrs or Miss.
Guessing Anthony came back to Gunnerkrigg when he finally got news
that Annie had been accepted as forest Medium.
also guessing his research has hit a wall.
predicting Annie will either confront him quite loudly as to why he only now shows up
perhaps turning on full elemental as well.
or she will refuse to have her father as her teacher and storm out
probably to try and find Jones or one of Kat's parents.
or she may decide to run away to the forest again.
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Post by hypixion on Mar 13, 2015 16:17:51 GMT
I have a feeling that anthony would just ignore the weirdness of this and continue like normal and annie not knowing hw to react just goes along with it until class is over, and when everyone leaves she just stzays behind alone (or with kat) and then stuff happens.
Also, what would renard's reaction be to this?
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Post by jombra on Mar 13, 2015 16:37:06 GMT
kat throw chalk at him. Build a potato gun under your desk.
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Post by philman on Mar 13, 2015 16:42:20 GMT
first of all it is Anthony Carver. Only in university is the title of doctor or professor used when addressing the teacher in high school, the teachers are all referred to as Mr Mrs or Miss. Not true in the UK at least, at my school we had some teachers who were doctors (PhD type, not medical type) and were referred to as such. I agree with the rest of your post though. Regarding the jawline, it could easily be an artistic thing. Of course, Llewellyn is enough of a bastard to withhold such information, should he see fit. Another of course: the others may have just assumed even Tony would have contacted his daughter beforehand. (We-ell, at least Donny may have stopped and thought about that) My thoughts too, Anja and Donnie would surely have told Annie if they knew, but the headmaster is more then enough of a dick to not tell any of them, knowing full well what their reaction would be when they found out. |
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Post by Eversist on Mar 13, 2015 16:44:06 GMT
Yeah, it's a very strong chin. And others said he's a Dr., right? People are usually very on top of people calling them by the correct title if they spent a million years in school to get it. |
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Post by jombra on Mar 13, 2015 16:51:05 GMT
Maybe he lost his medical license. He has no problem stealing medical equipment, after all.
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Post by nero on Mar 13, 2015 16:51:43 GMT
I needed a distraction today, but I wasn't expecting one this big. I think it must be some brother or relative of Anthony. Someone older than him. This relative might have been helping Anthony.
He can tell Annie what his plans are, why he's in space.
If it really turns out to be Anthony,
I'm expecting everyone to pummel answers out of him.
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Post by QuotePilgrim on Mar 13, 2015 16:52:23 GMT
Has Anthony been shown to be left-handed? right hand holding fork which normally means right handed. You got that exactly backwards. I am right handed and I always hold the fork with my right hand and the knife in the left. Everyone who knows I’m right handed think it’s very weird that I do this, and those who don’t know keep asking me if I am left handed because I do this. Of course, it doesn’t mean that Anthony is definitely left handed, if we consider only that one panel. There are a few possibilities: - Anthony is right handed and Tom is under the impression right handed people hold the fork in their right hand.
- Anthony is right handed and he believes right handed people hold the fork in their right hand.
- Anthony is right handed and knowingly holds the fork with the wrong hand.
- Anthony is left handed, believes right handed people hold the fork in the right hand, and was trying to trick people into thinking he’s right handed.
- Anthony is left handed.
All of these explanations are equally valid, but not equally likely. The first one seems the least likely to me (despite the fact it’s not the most absurd). The last one, being the simplest of all, must be the truth according to Occam’s razor. I see no good reason to believe the guy in this page is not Anthony, and am actually baffled people are considering the possibility of it not being him. It simply didn’t even cross my mind. |
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