Bill
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Post by Bill on Jul 1, 2015 12:43:48 GMT
The separation has nothing to do with Tony. Annie just wanted a hug partner. (Apparently Renard doesn't count.) |
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Post by smjjames on Jul 1, 2015 12:58:38 GMT
Almost certainly the biggest troll chapter title since "Parley and Smitty are in this one". You think Tom might know we're desperate for answers? BUT does anyone think we're actually getting the answers we want? Besides, he knows his reader base and those of us on the forums very well, which is part of why he's such a great storyteller. |
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Post by ctso74 on Jul 1, 2015 13:35:26 GMT
Obviously this means she'll turn to booze now. Instead of cookies, do you get bar nuts? The Fire just isn't Annie's. Perhaps, this chapter will have a flashback, and the girl in today's panel is Surma. Where is the bottle and cup located? It looks like Tony's place to me. |
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Post by Daedalus on Jul 1, 2015 13:46:51 GMT
Perhaps the chapter image means that Annie will get to burn down Anthony's house and that creepy mono-white hall she is in.
Because you know what they say: "When life gives you lemons..."
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Post by fish on Jul 1, 2015 13:54:16 GMT
 Chapter icon. Obviously this means she'll turn to booze now. Well, we know what happened the last time she had some achewater. (Spoilers for Annie in the Forest Part 2) Fireworks and emotional breakdowns, that's what. Also, friendship. |
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Post by jda on Jul 1, 2015 14:25:19 GMT
Chapter icon. Obviously this means she'll turn to booze now. That WOULD be a twist. A sparky-yet-lemon-flavored twist. |
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Post by fwip on Jul 1, 2015 15:20:57 GMT
I smeeelll ANSWERS
I doubt that the cover image is a depiction from a scene in the chapter. If it is, then it's stylized and symbolized. She looks like she was drawn earlier in the comic, which is a technique Tom used earlier.
As for the chapter icon... I don't even know. |
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Post by Miri on Jul 1, 2015 15:29:49 GMT
The hungering fan in me is screaming "ANSWERS ANSWERS ANSWERS"
The cynic is muttering, "Great, another camping chapter."
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Post by sapientcoffee on Jul 1, 2015 17:59:10 GMT
This chapter probably features Renard starting drinking when he discovers nobody takes him seriously anymore due to his new form... I'm now imagining Puppy Renard as Bogart in The Maltese Falcon or Casablanca. I never knew this was something I wanted. |
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Post by Earin on Jul 1, 2015 18:24:36 GMT
Perhaps the chapter image means that Annie will get to burn down Anthony's house and that creepy mono-white hall she is in. Because you know what they say: "When life gives you lemons..." "Make life RUE the day it thought it could give Antimony Carver lemons!" |
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Post by dramastix on Jul 1, 2015 18:45:26 GMT
So excited to maybe get some answers maybe.
Apropos of nothing, has anyone else been wondering how Tom is eventually going to tie all of his threads together? He's got Jeanne and whatever the Court is doing with the Ether, Mecha-Angel-Kat, Coyote stealing memories, all this recent development with Annie and her heritage (not to mention the still open conversation she had with Ankou about pursuing a psychopomp role), Bunny-Boy... I feel like the plot has to continue picking up just so that Tom can finish this story sometime in the next twenty years. And yes, I have been re-reading it for the zillionth time, how could you tell?
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Post by zbeeblebrox on Jul 1, 2015 20:23:23 GMT
Apropos of nothing, has anyone else been wondering how Tom is eventually going to tie all of his threads together? He's got Jeanne and whatever the Court is doing with the Ether, Mecha-Angel-Kat, Coyote stealing memories, all this recent development with Annie and her heritage (not to mention the still open conversation she had with Ankou about pursuing a psychopomp role), Bunny-Boy... I feel like the plot has to continue picking up just so that Tom can finish this story sometime in the next twenty years. And yes, I have been re-reading it for the zillionth time, how could you tell? Ah, it's not too rough. I mean, at least Tom isn't yet in a situation where he's got nearly 20 years' worth of daily archives full of unresolved plotlines he needs to juggle. Uh...yet. |
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Post by quark on Jul 1, 2015 21:48:19 GMT
and I will walk throooough the fiiiiiire 'cause where else can I turn? And now I have an earworm THANK YOU VERY MUCH Also, Annie is one of the few people who might be able to construct a combustible lemon, with Kat's help of course. |
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Post by ctso74 on Jul 1, 2015 22:36:32 GMT
Perhaps the chapter image means that Annie will get to burn down Anthony's house and that creepy mono-white hall she is in. Because you know what they say: "When life gives you lemons..." Burn life's house down, then get some tequila and salt. Is that what the bottle is for? |
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Post by TBeholder on Jul 2, 2015 1:01:50 GMT
Chapter icon. Obviously this means she'll turn to booze now. Looks like it's turpentine or something, by the look of it... "anything that burns"?  I realize it's just brown glass, but the point stands - we can't see what's in the bottle, and some things need darkened glass. Guys guys, I know I'm just speculating, but I think this chapter will be about Annie. It might also be that there is some kind of fire involved. Maybe even a fire spirit!  So... it will be a flashback from Surma? but there is definitely something more rebellious going on deeper down. How so? |
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Post by warrl on Jul 2, 2015 2:32:09 GMT
Almost certainly the biggest troll chapter title since "Parley and Smitty are in this one". You think Tom might know we're desperate for answers? BUT does anyone think we're actually getting the answers we want? Only if the answers raise even more questions. |
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Gauldoth Half-Dead
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Post by Gauldoth Half-Dead on Jul 2, 2015 9:09:45 GMT
Alright, so what I'm thinking, based on the signs I noticed: Annie cut her hair on her own accord to temporarily sever her elemental "side" from herself, since it was mentioned that being part fire elemental affects temper, and emotions in general. I don't think Annie was broken by Anthony at all, I'm gonna say she has some sort of plan, but keeps it to herself. A plan she can't carry out with her emotions running amok, especially since she literally has a flaring temper. ( I am a very funny person, you see.) I'm thinking cutting her hair isn't a foolproof way to achieve control over her emotions either, since it still "taking all of her energy not to break down."Furthermore, the fire elemental's whole form and distorted expression on the last page of the previous chapter all confirm this for me. The white-hot rage towards a father long absent, mixed with despair and confusion stemming from Tony's sudden return and cruel, new rulership. It was all oil to Annie's fire, and she could not handle it without creating detachment from the whirlwind of emotions in herself. Well, that's my two cents anyways. |
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Post by eyemyself on Jul 2, 2015 15:13:28 GMT
This chapter probably features Renard starting drinking when he discovers nobody takes him seriously anymore due to his new form... I'm now imagining Puppy Renard as Bogart in The Maltese Falcon or Casablanca. I never knew this was something I wanted. Here's looking at you, kid. |
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Post by Nepycros on Jul 2, 2015 20:43:06 GMT
I'm ultimately interested in seeing just what etheric capabilities Annie still possesses.
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Post by freeman on Jul 2, 2015 21:11:44 GMT
Chapter icon. Obviously this means she'll turn to booze now. The chapter icon could foreshadow a flashback showing how Surma and Anthony hooked up. Probably not, too simplistic and too realistic. I'm voting for this. Let's see what this is all about. Said Tom.
Cognac from an emal mug, btw. Now that's classy. |
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Post by todd on Jul 3, 2015 0:05:59 GMT
A thought I had today:
If Anthony had handled that date with Brinnie differently, he'd still have wound up with an etheric lady connected with fire - if in a different way.
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Post by sapientcoffee on Jul 3, 2015 5:26:26 GMT
I'm now imagining Puppy Renard as Bogart in The Maltese Falcon or Casablanca. I never knew this was something I wanted. Here's looking at you, kid. <_< >_> (sidenote, I don't know if it's just me, but some change vimeo has made recently has rendered it nigh unusable) (edit, wow this embed works so much better) |
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Post by youwiththeface on Jul 6, 2015 12:07:01 GMT
Posted by accident.
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Post by rafk on Jul 8, 2015 8:13:56 GMT
Apropos of nothing, has anyone else been wondering how Tom is eventually going to tie all of his threads together? He's got Jeanne and whatever the Court is doing with the Ether, Mecha-Angel-Kat, Coyote stealing memories, all this recent development with Annie and her heritage (not to mention the still open conversation she had with Ankou about pursuing a psychopomp role), Bunny-Boy... I feel like the plot has to continue picking up just so that Tom can finish this story sometime in the next twenty years. And yes, I have been re-reading it for the zillionth time, how could you tell? Ah, it's not too rough. I mean, at least Tom isn't yet in a situation where he's got nearly 20 years' worth of daily archives full of unresolved plotlines he needs to juggle. Uh...yet. Schlock Mercenary reader by any chance? |
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Post by zbeeblebrox on Jul 10, 2015 23:06:33 GMT
Ah, it's not too rough. I mean, at least Tom isn't yet in a situation where he's got nearly 20 years' worth of daily archives full of unresolved plotlines he needs to juggle. Uh...yet. Schlock Mercenary reader by any chance? I was thinking of Sluggy Freelance at the time, actually. But I read that one too! |
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Post by TBeholder on Jul 11, 2015 3:59:33 GMT
Schlock Mercenary reader by any chance? One, he has Maxim 12 right in the signature. Two, Howard revisited the matter of complex relationship of Karl and Celeschul's "Special Assets" law right when you wrote this. The separation has nothing to do with Tony. Annie just wanted a hug partner. (Apparently Renard doesn't count.) Not that they don't hug occasionally, but she probably remembers that generally this counts as playing with the lid of a big can of worms. |
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