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Post by imaginaryfriend on Mar 23, 2015 8:17:10 GMT
Oh boy oh boy oh boy! [read in Donald Duck voice] Can't wait!!! But if it is just for him to discipline her as a teacher, I'll be so damn disappointed. If he's going to just discipline her, he's got to put some personal touch there, some paternal disappointment with his daughter's lack of effort in school. But I hope there will be more to that. If Anthony will remain just cold and distant to Annie for all the story, in my opinion that's hell of a lot of character potential wasted. By the way, will he hand Annie the textbook? I bet he will! More likely he'll just tell her to take the book from the desk.  But to your earlier point, what if he disciplines her both as a teacher and as a father who thinks his daughter is being seduced away from the Court by the Wood, but does so in a completely unpersonal (not really a word but impersonal doesn't quite apply) way? I think that would satisfy the demand for him to be a complex character who is disappointed with his daughter on multiple levels...  |
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Post by edzepp on Mar 23, 2015 8:19:01 GMT
Ah, a hopeful young girl with deep-rooted issues seeks affirmation and love from the emotionally-distant, aloof father she hasn't seen in years.
Man, if that isn't a set up for potential tragedy, I don't know what is.
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Post by heranje on Mar 23, 2015 8:20:21 GMT
Go on Anthony. This is your chance to redeem yourself slightly. Don't fuck it up.
(He's gonna fuck it up isn't he)
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Post by sidhekin on Mar 23, 2015 8:21:35 GMT
Prediction: Scene change. We will not be privy to the upcoming encounter between Antimony & Anthony.
I'm not sure what we'll see instead, though. Donlans? Jones and Renard? Red and Bugsy?
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Post by zimmyzims on Mar 23, 2015 8:21:46 GMT
Oh boy oh boy oh boy! [read in Donald Duck voice] Can't wait!!! But if it is just for him to discipline her as a teacher, I'll be so damn disappointed. If he's going to just discipline her, he's got to put some personal touch there, some paternal disappointment with his daughter's lack of effort in school. But I hope there will be more to that. If Anthony will remain just cold and distant to Annie for all the story, in my opinion that's hell of a lot of character potential wasted. By the way, will he hand Annie the textbook? I bet he will! More likely he'll just tell her to take the book from the desk. But to your earlier point, what if he disciplines her both as a teacher and as a father who thinks his daughter is being seduced away from the Court by the Wood, but does so in a completely unpersonal (not really a word but impersonal doesn't quite apply) way? I think that would satisfy the demand for him to be a complex character who is disappointed with his daughter on multiple levels... Agreed. But somewhere there, please, a glimpse of genuine affection that only Annie, complicated herself, can grasp. |
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Post by sapientcoffee on Mar 23, 2015 8:24:34 GMT
Go on Anthony. This is your chance to redeem yourself slightly. Don't fuck it up. (He's gonna fuck it up isn't he) |
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Post by SilverbackRon on Mar 23, 2015 8:30:54 GMT
Prediction: Scene change. We will not be privy to the upcoming encounter between Antimony & Anthony. I'm not sure what we'll see instead, though. Donlans? Jones and Renard? Red and Bugsy? Wow, great call! I am behind you on this one. Either it's the other students in the hall surrounding Kat for answers (which she has none), or it is Eglamore in the teachers lounge or office flipping out. Jimmy Jims and the Donlans will be hearing about it right now, perhaps? |
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Post by edzepp on Mar 23, 2015 8:35:30 GMT
Go on Anthony. This is your chance to redeem yourself slightly. Don't fuck it up. (He's gonna fuck it up isn't he) Tony, do the thing! Actually, don't do the thing! Don't do ANYTHING. |
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Post by zimmyzims on Mar 23, 2015 9:23:06 GMT
Prediction: Scene change. We will not be privy to the upcoming encounter between Antimony & Anthony. I'm not sure what we'll see instead, though. Donlans? Jones and Renard? Red and Bugsy? Aaargh!! Not this! If it is this, we'll be waiting to see this for weeks! It is this, isn't it! It's so gonna be this! Tom is such a troll! And I bet, when the scene change is over, it cuts first straight to Annie after her private meeting with Anthony. Gosh... SilverbackRon, at some point there must be Jimmy jims flipping. |
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Post by edzepp on Mar 23, 2015 9:27:07 GMT
Prediction: Scene change. We will not be privy to the upcoming encounter between Antimony & Anthony. I'm not sure what we'll see instead, though. Donlans? Jones and Renard? Red and Bugsy? Aaargh!! Not this! If it is this, we'll be waiting to see this for weeks! It is this, isn't it! It's so gonna be this! Tom is such a troll! And I bet, when the scene change is over, it cuts first straight to Annie after her private meeting with Anthony. Gosh... SilverbackRon, at some point there must be Jimmy jims flipping. And she'll have tears in her eyes and we won't be entirely sure why for a few pages more |
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Post by zimmyzims on Mar 23, 2015 9:32:10 GMT
Aaargh!! Not this! If it is this, we'll be waiting to see this for weeks! It is this, isn't it! It's so gonna be this! Tom is such a troll! And I bet, when the scene change is over, it cuts first straight to Annie after her private meeting with Anthony. Gosh... SilverbackRon, at some point there must be Jimmy jims flipping. And she'll have tears in her eyes and we won't be entirely sure why for a few pages more Indeed. Complete ambiguity on whether she's sad or just moved. It's going to take a month or two before we know what happens! Reading this comic at the time of publishing is a terrible pain! |
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Post by Lightice on Mar 23, 2015 9:48:16 GMT
I think the issue here that's tripping up people trying to defend Anthony's behavior is they've forgotten Tom's track record. Every single time we're presented with a reclusive male with ambiguous motives, people think maybe they'll be an alright person, and every time they turn out to be monsters. Except that all of your examples except Diego turned out to be perfectly nice people in the end, not monsters. I think that you're reading into a pattern that isn't there. Anyway, I suspect that the next page will be Antimony leaving the classroom with her old, inscrutable look and Kat will try to get her tell what happened with her father, to no avail. And half the forum will declare that Anthony brainwashed her, or something. |
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Post by Jelly Jellybean on Mar 23, 2015 10:08:00 GMT
Some observations that have little to do with the A-hole standing in front of the class.
- Annie and Kat are sharing Kat's book in panel 1. Defiance starts in small ways!
- Paz has not appeared in this class. We've seen a lot of the other students, many in the background drawn in low resolution, but not Paz. Her hair is fairly distinct even in low resolution, so this seems to be an intentional omission. I assumed Paz would lean towards Biology, but she doesn't appear to be here.
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Post by Ammy on Mar 23, 2015 11:30:51 GMT
Hey, at least he said please this time.
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Post by snipertom on Mar 23, 2015 11:31:16 GMT
It's going to be Anthony being an ongoing asshole. He's kind of an emotionally stunted person, and it seems more than likely that he sees the world in a self centred way. In other words, blames Annie for depriving him of a wife either consciously or subconsciously. What a small man.
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Post by temnoc on Mar 23, 2015 11:52:22 GMT
Those first few frames look like every morning in my Bankruptcy class.
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Post by TBeholder on Mar 23, 2015 12:29:11 GMT
And then everyone reading bursts into flames. There's quite enough flames as it is. IMHO. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Anthony R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn Indeed, but the great problem is always the same - to turn the spellchecker on or off? Next Page: "I am so sorry, can you ever forgive me?!" But no. Anthony does not forgive her. Annie has that nervous/hopeful look. The smile at Kat, she expects this to be finally something good! I am totally expecting her to have a soul-crushing admonishment from Anthony. Something curt and completely impersonal. Either, or. But short of Annie going into another full meltdown, the one to watch for is Kat. Paz has not appeared in this class. We've seen a lot of the other students, many in the background drawn in low resolution, but not Paz. Her hair is fairly distinct even in low resolution, so this seems to be an intentional omission. Unless she attends other lectures further ahead (which is inevitable if there's specialization within class), most likely either absent or omitted on purpose, yes. But it's still absence of evidence... Hmm, what are implications? If there's no Paz around, she will not join Kat waiting for Annie. And if she doesn't feel well or something, Kat will have to choose. |
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Post by arzeik on Mar 23, 2015 13:02:38 GMT
Next page prediction: "You can now take the new book, as the class has already finished and it won't lead to further interruption. After that, you can leave."
And that's when the joint effect of thousands of computer screens crashing against thousands of walls will cause a 3 on the Richter scale.
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Post by TBeholder on Mar 23, 2015 13:28:41 GMT
Next page prediction: "You can now take the new book, as the class has already finished and it won't lead to further interruption. After that, you can leave." Well, it's still Anthony. He doesn't understand what's wrong with her, so he ignores it and just proceeds with business as usual. Annie is not in a good shape to initiate a serious talk either. And then Anthony will have to also ignore thuds from behind a wall near the door when overhearing Kat slams her head into it repeatedly. |
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Post by kralex on Mar 23, 2015 13:36:18 GMT
"Further reading is recommended."
I'd bloody well love to! Draw faster, Tom!
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Post by TBeholder on Mar 23, 2015 14:12:09 GMT
"Further reading is recommended." Well, yes, now he is poking airholes fun. Very curious to see what's going to happen on the next page. These first few pages have really been set-up, showing how much of an ass Anthony is. I suspect we're going to see the consequences of that on the next page. I'm hoping someone stands up to him. I predict on the next page, class will be over and there won't be any time left for someone to stand up to him. Either Annie nervously talks to him after class, or it'll take place out in the hall between Annie and Kat. Or the rest of the chapter will follow Anthony, but that's just wishful thinking ;p Gunnercookies for zbeeblebrox! |
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Post by zimmyzims on Mar 23, 2015 14:38:20 GMT
Hmmm. "Very good", coming from Anthony, is rather kind. It's the first day. The students haven't had a chance to really disappoint him yet; wait until they have to demonstrate they've done something with the material other than listen to it quietly.  I'm sure he'd be excited if they did something inventive with the material, showing some actual interest. Kat will be his favourite student. Edit. And Kat will be absolutely torn between her anger for Anthony hurting Annie, and her genuine excitement with the stuff that Anthony teaches. Going to be his favourite and least favourite teacher the same time. |
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Post by cu on Mar 23, 2015 14:45:11 GMT
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Post by hypixion on Mar 23, 2015 14:47:46 GMT
Some observations that have little to do with the A-hole standing in front of the class. - Annie and Kat are sharing Kat's book in panel 1. Defiance starts in small ways!- Paz has not appeared in this class. We've seen a lot of the other students, many in the background drawn in low resolution, but not Paz. Her hair is fairly distinct even in low resolution, so this seems to be an intentional omission. I assumed Paz would lean towards Biology, but she doesn't appear to be here. Anthony didn't say that it wasn't allowed. |
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Post by Deepbluediver on Mar 23, 2015 14:56:19 GMT
Annie has that nervous/hopeful look. The smile at Kat, she expects this to be finally something good! I am totally expecting her to have a soul-crushing admonishment from Anthony. Something curt and completely impersonal. I'm cautiously hopeful from the "please" in Anthony's request. I'm sure he expects her to obey, but there are more dickish ways he could have phrased that. Also, I'm not defending Anthony's actions up to this point because I think he's a good guy, but because I really want things to work out for Antimony. I feel like it will be a real kick in the lady-balls if she has to break ties with him or ends up in conflict with her own father. |
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Post by Deepbluediver on Mar 23, 2015 15:03:56 GMT
I'm thinking that we might possibly FINALLY (hopefully) get some answers revealed on Wednesday, so before then I've got a few theories on why Anthony has been AWOL for so long:
1) THE GOOD
He's been looking for a cure for the affliction that killed Surma and will kill Antimony if/when she has kids. He's returned because he's had an important breakthrough.
2) THE NEUTRAL
Anthony was very broken up over Surma's death, and while he probably should have been there for Antimony his head wasn't in a good place and he needed some space.
3) THE BAD
He loved Surma and blames Antimony for her death. This can end horribly in so many ways.
4) THE CREEPY
He's obsessed with Surma and either will start projecting onto Antimony or try to use her spiritual/etheric connection to Surma to resurrect her.
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Post by calpal on Mar 23, 2015 15:40:16 GMT
It's so hard to really talk about the current pages without waiting to see just what exactly is going to happen in the upcoming pages. But deep down, within the darkest depths of my heart... is it so bad that I really want to see Anthony be such a massive, uncaring prick to Annie?
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Post by Jelly Jellybean on Mar 23, 2015 15:46:33 GMT
I'm thinking that we might possibly FINALLY (hopefully) get some answers revealed on Wednesday, .... I think you are right, because you didn't specify which Wednesday. |
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Post by Señor Goose on Mar 23, 2015 16:00:39 GMT
*is reduced to gibbering* Ah, this looks right: (spoilered for the squeamish) Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Anthony R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn Perhaps, the next comic will be him saying a single word each panel, only to end just before he reveals anything. Good god, I'm not the only one who saw the word Gibbering and thought about Lovecraft. |
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Post by zimmyzims on Mar 23, 2015 16:18:31 GMT
It's so hard to really talk about the current pages without waiting to see just what exactly is going to happen in the upcoming pages. But deep down, within the darkest depths of my heart... is it so bad that I really want to see Anthony be such a massive, uncaring prick to Annie? It is. Come on, even if he then was, tell me, which one is worse: the father who is a "uncaring prick" to his offspring, or you who wish that the father so was? And from a reader point of view: for me, it is difficult to see what interesting story line Anthony being uncaring and cold towards Annie would lead to. Then again, in this webcomic, the storyline about the everyday school life of the kids doesn't as such interest me much at all, it is only interesting to me as bringing depth into the characters of the more epic storyline that is between man's ambition to become a God and the ambition of the God on the other side of the river to use men to make himself an even greater God (and so on, it is a bit more complicated, but check Daedalus's thread for the story that we profess). |
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