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Post by crater on Jul 15, 2015 7:07:57 GMT
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Post by Daedalus on Jul 15, 2015 7:09:42 GMT
...Jesus. That just hurts to look at.
Friday will reveal more, but I'm thinking that Annie did not use Coyote's tooth...
And I'm sad again seeing Annie's emotional breakdown. The progression of disassociation --> sadness --> anger --> blaming herself is realistic yet still heartbreaking to see.
Did she just decide that this all was her fault for having emotions?
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Post by Chancellor on Jul 15, 2015 7:10:11 GMT
In light of this page, I think I'll clarify my position on Mr. Carver.
May he get stung in the dick by a trillion bullet ants for making Annie feel this awful.
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Post by gunnerwf on Jul 15, 2015 7:10:55 GMT
Anger often follows hurt
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Post by Chancellor on Jul 15, 2015 7:11:28 GMT
...Jesus. That just hurts to look at. Friday will reveal more, but I'm thinking that Annie did not use Coyote's tooth... Alternatives?
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Post by Kya on Jul 15, 2015 7:12:44 GMT
...I have this sinking feeling that this will be the last time we see Annie with long hair in a while, and that leaves this sour taste in my mouth.
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Post by edzepp on Jul 15, 2015 7:13:01 GMT
In light of this page, I think I'll clarify my position on Mr. Carver. May he get stung in the dick by a trillion bullet ants for making Annie feel this awful. A trillion. And one.
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Post by Daedalus on Jul 15, 2015 7:14:02 GMT
...Jesus. That just hurts to look at. Friday will reveal more, but I'm thinking that Annie did not use Coyote's tooth... Alternatives? It just seemed like we were seeing the moment of separation in that last panel. Looks a lot like when Rey was being pulled out of his body in Spring Heeled, actually.
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Post by Chancellor on Jul 15, 2015 7:17:19 GMT
It just seemed like we were seeing the moment of separation in that last panel. Looks a lot like when Rey was being pulled out of his body in Spring Heeled, actually. Have you ever gotten so angry that your mind/soul split into separate entities?
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Post by Sky Schemer on Jul 15, 2015 7:17:56 GMT
Aaaaannnnd here we go.
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Post by edzepp on Jul 15, 2015 7:21:36 GMT
It just seemed like we were seeing the moment of separation in that last panel. Looks a lot like when Rey was being pulled out of his body in Spring Heeled, actually. Have you ever gotten so angry that your mind/soul split into separate entities? All. The. Time.
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Post by Daedalus on Jul 15, 2015 7:24:13 GMT
It just seemed like we were seeing the moment of separation in that last panel. Looks a lot like when Rey was being pulled out of his body in Spring Heeled, actually. Have you ever gotten so angry that your mind/soul split into separate entities? No, but I don't have a magical fox friend/confidante/100-percent-certified-superior-father-figure either or pyrokinetic powers. The nature of Annie's elemental is purposefully vague. It's possibe that a strong enough emotional experience would split them, perhaps.
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Post by Rasselas on Jul 15, 2015 7:32:41 GMT
It's almost a relief to see Annie's true emotions, the actual breakdown that happened in the background of all these masks we've been seeing lately. I almost want to tell her 'it's ok, cry it all out' because it feels healthier than what we've been seeing. Of course, this is just a flashback so it's not going to be any better after crying it out.
I love this storytelling technique, it's riveting to finally find out what's been going on in the background!
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Post by elebenty on Jul 15, 2015 7:41:23 GMT
We can see the cut Jeanne gave her in the final panel, as well as a vertical red line. Do you suspect it's artistic license or a literal psychic wound?
Or an indication of a splitting headache....
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Post by Daedalus on Jul 15, 2015 7:47:01 GMT
We can see the cut Jeanne gave her in the final panel, as well as a vertical red line. Do you suspect it's artistic license or a literal psychic wound? Or an indication of a splitting headache.... I didn't check so correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the scar from Jeanne is on the other side of her face. So probably artistic license, or a representation of the Fire Elemental mask.
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Post by eyemyself on Jul 15, 2015 7:48:29 GMT
We can see the cut Jeanne gave her in the final panel, as well as a vertical red line. Do you suspect it's artistic license or a literal psychic wound? Or an indication of a splitting headache.... I think she usually has the vertical line when she's channelling the elemental.
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Post by lit on Jul 15, 2015 7:53:21 GMT
Oh no, I'm so, so sad. I don't know what I was expecting, but I wasn't prepared for this. This page illuminates so much of what's been going on, I feel like I'm viewing everything in the past two and a half chapters in a new light.
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Post by ninjaraven on Jul 15, 2015 7:55:47 GMT
We can see the cut Jeanne gave her in the final panel, as well as a vertical red line. Do you suspect it's artistic license or a literal psychic wound? Or an indication of a splitting headache.... Possibly a representation of her emotionally wounded state. I wonder if part of the divide (if a divide it is) is the anger at being caught warring with her shame at having cheated off Kat for so long. in any event, we know where this is headed - Annie's emotions were literally threatening to explode, so she took drastic measures. I just hope Rey wasn't verbally the catalyst for a second time.
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Post by madragoran on Jul 15, 2015 7:56:26 GMT
this is sad. there is practically no next level of anger towards Mr Carver I can reach any more. he used his power as parent to torment, damage and break instead of nourish, support and help grow. As the comic is setup there is no ready emotional scaffolding for Annie to fall onto. She trusts no one. She fears every one (fear of abandonment of being let down). I can only sit and watch her torment. I do hope Tom is not painting himself in a corner.
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Post by stef1987 on Jul 15, 2015 7:56:49 GMT
We can see the cut Jeanne gave her in the final panel, as well as a vertical red line. Do you suspect it's artistic license or a literal psychic wound? Or an indication of a splitting headache.... I didn't check so correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the scar from Jeanne is on the other side of her face. So probably artistic license, or a representation of the Fire Elemental mask. I checked, it's on the correct side so I also think it's the scar, no Idea why we're seeing it though, it has never been shown on fire Annie, only on etheric vision Annie. www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=141I think she usually has the vertical line when she's channelling the elemental. Yeah, I always wondered what was up with that, why does fire annie have a vertical line through her face?
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Post by gwydion on Jul 15, 2015 7:57:42 GMT
If I may quote the Tenth Doctor. "It was a deeper proper anger. So deeper in fact, that it broke the genetic lock." Never actually thought I could use that one somewhere else. Anyway. I'm excited for a splitting apart page of Annie and her fire elemental.
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Post by Daedalus on Jul 15, 2015 8:01:09 GMT
If I may quote the Tenth Doctor. "It was a deeper proper anger. So deeper in fact, that it broke the genetic lock." Never actually thought I could use that one somewhere else. Anyway. I'm excited for a splitting apart page of Annie and her fire elemental. We'll probably get a very pretty albeit traumatic-looking page on Friday.
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Post by youwiththeface on Jul 15, 2015 8:08:15 GMT
It's almost a relief to see Annie's true emotions, the actual breakdown that happened in the background of all these masks we've been seeing lately. I almost want to tell her 'it's ok, cry it all out' because it feels healthier than what we've been seeing. Of course, this is just a flashback so it's not going to be any better after crying it out. I love this storytelling technique, it's riveting to finally find out what's been going on in the background! Same. I'm feeling strangely torn between being glad to see an Annie that's expressing her emotions and aghast at how heartrending it is to see her like this.
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Post by gwydion on Jul 15, 2015 8:10:42 GMT
If there is one thing that I have learnt about Gunnerkrigg Court by now. It's that any good events and character development leads or is the precursor to Tragic events and character development,
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Post by elebenty on Jul 15, 2015 8:41:19 GMT
I didn't check so correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the scar from Jeanne is on the other side of her face. So probably artistic license, or a representation of the Fire Elemental mask. I checked, it's on the correct side so I also think it's the scar, no Idea why we're seeing it though, it has never been shown on fire Annie, only on etheric vision Annie. www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=141At this point in the flashback I believe it is etheric!Annie on the right.
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Post by infrared on Jul 15, 2015 8:56:49 GMT
I want to hug her
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Post by eightyfour on Jul 15, 2015 8:58:42 GMT
Heh, I knew there was more to Tony's jerkiness than just him being a jerk. That emotional trauma was just the trigger for whatever he primed back in chapter 38. He planned this all along, and it all worked just beautifully! After all, he loves his daughter very much and would do whatever he can to spare her from the same cruel fate her mother suffered. So now the elemental is out of Annie and she can live happily ever after... only something tells me it won't quite work out that way.
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Post by gpvos on Jul 15, 2015 9:13:12 GMT
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Post by alexsl on Jul 15, 2015 9:18:54 GMT
Hm. So I assume that she split herself because the only alternative at that moment would have been to go Carrie on her father and/or the entire school?
As for those who hate on him, yes, this character comes across as one of those people who would fail the qualification for parenting if there was a test for that. But perhaps pity should be part of the reaction. It could be that he is meant to be well-meaning but totally out of his depth with the real complexity of life and people. Not evil but simply incapable. Only future chapters will tell...
At a minimum I would say that the worst thing he ever did didn't happen in any of the last few chapters but in Divine.
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Post by calpal on Jul 15, 2015 9:53:35 GMT
We can see the cut Jeanne gave her in the final panel, as well as a vertical red line. Do you suspect it's artistic license or a literal psychic wound? Or an indication of a splitting headache.... It's like Quicksilver, when we saw very little bits of Betty slowly reveal her inner spirit into the physical world.
Just with Annie, instead. And a very angry fire spirit.
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