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Post by Nepycros on Apr 17, 2015 7:00:55 GMT
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Post by Fishy on Apr 17, 2015 7:02:08 GMT
So I take it Annie won't be getting that hug now?
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Post by Refugee on Apr 17, 2015 7:03:09 GMT
...And I completely agree with Kat on this one.
Annie, whatever the hell is going on, you need friends.
Kat is finally letting her true emotions show.
You could lose your two closest allies the next time you open your mouth.
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Post by Aegis J. Hyena on Apr 17, 2015 7:03:13 GMT
If he were able to do something, ANYTHING, he would have already. We know he can warp orders if there's a loophole, so my guess is he gave Antimony a specific order that would close any point of action for Rey.
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Post by edzepp on Apr 17, 2015 7:03:45 GMT
She can take the homework.
But mess with her friends? Meet the pain train.
Even if it was a friend who messed with the friend.
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Post by sapientcoffee on Apr 17, 2015 7:04:34 GMT
Kat has had quite enough of this nonsense, thank you.
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Post by Gulby on Apr 17, 2015 7:05:39 GMT
Oh damn not, oh yes, I d'ont know how to react, if I should be happy that Kat is standing out for her friend or if I should be devastated because Annie seems to have absolutely no emotions regarding the fact that she's willing to obey her father and give him Rey !!!  I'm... Oh well... Now we have to wait for Monday's update. Nice. |
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Post by arf on Apr 17, 2015 7:05:59 GMT
Kat, haven't you noticed the sign on Annie's brow?
She's as bound as Rey.
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Post by Chancellor on Apr 17, 2015 7:06:21 GMT
Annie, if your father ordered you to jump off of a bridge (THE bridge) I am terrifyingly concerned you would do it.
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Post by Daedalus on Apr 17, 2015 7:06:23 GMT
...And I completely agree with Kat on this one. Annie, whatever the hell is going on, you need friends. Kat is finally letting her true emotions show. You could lose your two closest allies the next time you open your mouth. I welcome this day, where we can both be outraged about the same thing. Oh damn not, oh yes, I d'ont know how to react, if I should be happy that Kat is standing out for his friend or if I should be devastated because Annie seems to have absolutely no emotions regarding the fact she's willing to obey his father and give him Rey !!! I'm... Oh well... Now we have to wait for Monday's update. Nice. I agree. My heart is bleeding. I am ashamed of Annie, because Kat's got this absolutely right. It just feels so wrong for Annie to remove Rey's ability to object to such a dramatic change in his future. Though I'm not really surprised. It seems like Annie's really running on autopilot right now; she's a robot who's so emotionally broken that she's doing whatever her father says. As much as I'd like to see her get all fiery (either meaning) with her dad and refuse, it's not her character. And Annie has broken the unspoken contract she has with Rey, where she doesn't abuse her absolute control over him. Even if Rey is freed eventually, I expect that Annie and him will have a rocky relationship for a long time. ^Though all of the above could change depending on how exactly the unseen interaction between Rey and Annie went. |
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Post by edzepp on Apr 17, 2015 7:08:05 GMT
Summary of Kat's angry reactions to Anthony and Annie: OOH YOU DUN FUCKED UP NOW SON.
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Post by Gulby on Apr 17, 2015 7:08:10 GMT
Now, Kat, please steal Rey ! Rey will either be yours or be free, and then, that should be interesting.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Apr 17, 2015 7:08:38 GMT
I am sad Renard's tirade will not be shown. But it probably would have ruined GC's all-ages rating.
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Post by Refugee on Apr 17, 2015 7:08:50 GMT
If he were able to do something, ANYTHING, he would have already. We know he can warp orders if there's a loophole, so my guess is he gave Antimony a specific order that would close any point of action for Rey. I think it's worse than that--Annie did this on her own. You want to see me disturbed? I am very disturbed by this. But Kat, I think, is about to snap Antimony out of her funk, and Annie needs that. Sometimes the best thing a friend can do is slap you in the face. |
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Post by quark on Apr 17, 2015 7:08:58 GMT
Aww, Kat. I was wondering when Renards side would pop up.. and now, that's just cruel. 'He made a big fuss', Annie? Who wouldn't when you're handing him over to his biggest enemy.
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Post by ninjaraven on Apr 17, 2015 7:09:21 GMT
And now the proverbial poop hits the fan. Kat, whatever you do, don't make this a "your friends or your dad" thing.
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Post by KMar on Apr 17, 2015 7:10:26 GMT
Annie's blank, wide eyes... very scary.
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Post by zbeeblebrox on Apr 17, 2015 7:11:56 GMT
*crack*
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Post by Chancellor on Apr 17, 2015 7:12:25 GMT
Annie's blank, wide eyes... very scary. I've got a baaaaaad feeling about this, Scoob. |
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Post by Max on Apr 17, 2015 7:12:55 GMT
Well, this does answer one question I had: the contract of ownership didn't get transferred when Annie said "Okay" in the previous chapter. So there is still time for her to change her mind.
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Post by Tacdud2 on Apr 17, 2015 7:15:35 GMT
I took a break and I come back to this chapter. So far I am anxiously waiting for the next page.
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Post by edzepp on Apr 17, 2015 7:17:39 GMT
One would think that it would take something major to snap Annie out of this, but I have a feeling that it will be something comparatively minor that will be the breaking point in her relationship with her dad.
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Post by agasa on Apr 17, 2015 7:21:50 GMT
Never thought I would say this, but I kind of hate Annie right now.
Or at least I'm quite angry at her. Now give me that fox spirit in a plush doll, idiot.
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Post by Refugee on Apr 17, 2015 7:22:02 GMT
Annie's blank, wide eyes... very scary. I'm not quite sure of the blocking here (she might be looking at Reynard), but it seems that Annie can't even look Kat in the face. This is bad. This is not an appropriate response. It is un-Annie Antimony is punishing Reynard and Kat for her own shame, and doesn't even know it. She's on automatic. Painful as it is to watch, it is good that this flaw in Annie's makeup has been revealed. It would have been terrible if she had been allowed to go any further in her studies or her duties as Medium with this void in her soul. Whatever you have to do to wake her up, Kat, do it. That last frame, when Annie finally turns to look at Kat, seems as if Annie is beginning to rouse. |
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Post by Daedalus on Apr 17, 2015 7:22:35 GMT
Painful as it is to watch, it is good that this flaw in Annie's makeup has been revealed. It would have been terrible if she had been allowed to go any further in her studies or her duties as Medium with this void in her soul. The only flaw in Annie's soul here is that Annie's father holds too much control over her, and is capable of breaking her down at will. Which is what happened earlier in this chapter, it seems. Now, Kat, please steal Rey ! Rey will either be yours or be free, and then, that should be interesting. He would be free, unless Annie voluntarily gave him to Kat, which I doubt right now. Here's the catch: does Kat know that this would happen? Because if Kat knew that theft would free Rey, she'd definitely do it. Annie knows this, because Jimmy Jims elucidated it way back in Chapter 9. Kat and Annie are/were close, so it all comes down to how faithfully Annie's reported this conversation to Kat. Annie's blank, wide eyes... very scary. This highlights something that has always been an undertone in Renard's situation*: that anyone having absolute control over you is dangerous and terrifying. It's been made clear that Annie can't make Rey think what she wants him to think, but the power to make him wait without any control or freedom of motion, while other people debate his fate? That's the stuff of nightmares. (And for anyone who reads Freefall, it's the same scenario that their resident wolf Florence faces. Interesting comparison, that.) |
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Post by Sky Schemer on Apr 17, 2015 7:25:12 GMT
There it is.
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Post by Refugee on Apr 17, 2015 7:25:23 GMT
Never thought I would say this, but I kind of hate Annie right now. I don't hate her, exactly, because I think she's badly wounded. But she's breaking Kat, and Reynard, and she's doing it for the exact same reason she cheated: because it's the easy path. This is why the cheating was so important, beyond mere academic malfeasance. |
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Post by hargharg on Apr 17, 2015 7:26:43 GMT
What I don't get is, where are the other adults?
Why hasn't anybody asked them wtf is going on?
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Post by Daedalus on Apr 17, 2015 7:29:13 GMT
she's doing it for the exact same reason she cheated: because it's the easy path. This is why the cheating was so important, beyond mere academic malfeasance. See, I don't agree here. Her normal response to emotional problems is to explode and lash out against whatever's hurting her, which while healthy, would be better than what's happening here. Only when her father enters the picture does that fire get quenched. If he had ordered her to give him control over Rey before the tirade of break-the-cutie moments, I REALLY doubt she would have done so without a fight, as she did here. The point being, for emotional issues, 'the easy path' isn't really Annie's style, regardless of academic violations. |
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Post by Refugee on Apr 17, 2015 7:32:40 GMT
he only flaw in Annie's soul here is that Annie's father holds too much control over her, and is capable of breaking her down at will. I'm holding judgment on that for now. But certainly, if it turns out that this is the result of something Anthony did to deliberately exert control over her, he needs to go down. And if Annie is like this simply because she put too much faith in a Father who would is incapable of being there for her, then best she learn that now, and let go of her illusions. Yup. At least Florence recently had the fuses on that pretty much pulled, except for the command on non-disclosure. I am hoping we see something of the same happening here. No one should have this much control over a person as old as Annie is. |
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I'm... Oh well... Now we have to wait for Monday's update. Nice.
