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Post by Gotolei on Jul 27, 2015 7:01:41 GMT
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Post by Chancellor on Jul 27, 2015 7:02:58 GMT
Did Anthony Carver.
Just.
Quip?
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Post by edzepp on Jul 27, 2015 7:03:24 GMT
Yo dude, get that alcoholic beverage in my house yo.
Imma slam it.
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Post by arf on Jul 27, 2015 7:04:01 GMT
Who are you, so learned in the ways of science (...of shrubberies)?
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Post by smjjames on Jul 27, 2015 7:04:19 GMT
I don't get the joke, and he seems to be acting a bit like an alcoholic who hasn't had a drink in forever.
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Post by gunnerwf on Jul 27, 2015 7:04:55 GMT
If he's more socially capable than we thought that makes it worse than we thought.
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Post by elebenty on Jul 27, 2015 7:04:50 GMT
I'm slightly disappointed you didn't go with "Get that in my house," but more let down that he didn't crack a smile saying it. Guess Donnie remembered his favorite brand.
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Post by Chancellor on Jul 27, 2015 7:06:04 GMT
If he's more socially capable than we thought that makes it worse than we thought. My thought exactly. |
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Post by youwiththeface on Jul 27, 2015 7:06:10 GMT
Iiiiiiiiinteresting. Looks like Tony acting more open with Donny than anybody else isn't something that's changed. If he's more socially capable than we thought that makes it worse than we thought. This. |
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Post by edzepp on Jul 27, 2015 7:06:14 GMT
I don't get the joke, and he seems to be acting a bit like an alcoholic who hasn't had a drink in forever. The joke is that his house is so empty, and yet he's cracking wise about Feng Shui. |
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Post by KMar on Jul 27, 2015 7:07:17 GMT
Did he Feng Shui Annie's apartment, too?
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Post by infrared on Jul 27, 2015 7:07:34 GMT
He knows what humor is?
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Post by edzepp on Jul 27, 2015 7:08:10 GMT
His human programming only kicks in when Donny is around.
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Post by aline on Jul 27, 2015 7:09:56 GMT
I don't get the joke, and he seems to be acting a bit like an alcoholic who hasn't had a drink in forever. I think he's a guy who hasn't had a drink with his one and only friend forever. I don't know what the deal is with Anthony Carver, but clearly he's completely incapable of being sincere around pretty much everyone, including his daughter. But Donald was always an exception to that. I hope we (and Annie) find out more about his motives soon.
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Post by arf on Jul 27, 2015 7:13:40 GMT
It now occurs to me to wonder about the title. "Annie and *which* Fire...?" (Fire + Water = a Number) |
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Post by Daedalus on Jul 27, 2015 7:16:15 GMT
 If he's more socially capable than we thought that makes it worse than we thought. Thirded. If he can function normally with friends, it means that despite his awkwardness he isn't blind to all human interaction. Which removes the main defense of his actions with Annie. |
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Post by Chancellor on Jul 27, 2015 7:19:26 GMT
Not to egg on the absurd notion that Anthony is a robot, I feel it would be an appropriate revelation to find that he is in fact Machine and young Donny programmed his personality as best as could be done.
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Post by Bill on Jul 27, 2015 7:21:30 GMT
Another setup page (in which a surprisingly large amount is revealed)! Oh well, we knew this was coming. The meat of the chapter will be here soon enough.
That Tony is (a) such good friends with Donald and so relaxed around him, and (b) has already started drinking, means that Donny's plan will almost certainly work. Of course, it pretty much has to narratively.
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Post by madragoran on Jul 27, 2015 7:35:15 GMT
Oh Tony, you're killing me with your sublime sense of humour... Well not really.... Actually you sound almost 11. Anyway I am still waiting to see where this is going and how this is going to help Annie, unless it is just to show her that her dad "cares" about her and "loves" her and some other &^%^& of that kidney. I wonder what Donald would have done to anyone treating Kat the way this idiot has been treating Annie. Also mismatched glasses are a nice touch.
P.S. Dude has an empty house all to himself and still insists his daughter live in that white walled sensory deprevation chamber.
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Post by gwydion on Jul 27, 2015 7:37:12 GMT
Is it odd that I actually found him funny in this page?
So he CAN feel. So his Treatment is kind of WORSE.
Is Donnie... liquoring him up?
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Post by scalesandfins on Jul 27, 2015 7:39:07 GMT
Watching Tony good-old-boy it up and joke about getting drunk while he's been treating Annie so coldly is really infuriating.
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Post by aline on Jul 27, 2015 7:39:45 GMT
If he's more socially capable than we thought that makes it worse than we thought.
You think? Even if he seems to have been pretty peculiar from the start, I never liked the idea that he's just doing all this because he was born that way. From a storyline perspective that would be boring anyway. Tony has no excuses, but he does have reasons for acting as he does. I think having reasons is a good thing. It means hope for change. I'm eager to find out what they are.
Also in that poor attempt at a joke, he was making fun of himself. Like his embarrassment at the dinner table when his absence was mentionned, that's a hint that he does reflect on what he's doing. Why is he doing it anyway? Well, I hope we'll find out soon.
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Post by quark on Jul 27, 2015 7:44:47 GMT
sooo.. Tony has a sense of humour? (kinda) And can talk to humans, well, at least Donald? ... I must agree with previous posters, that makes his treatment of Annie worse, since he could have treated her like a human, but he didn't.
And the house is so empty he can't even offer Donald a place to sit? or is that just customary drink first, do anything else later?
And I get why somebody newly moved in won't have his whisky-glass-collection all ready to go, but.. he's got one mug and one glass? Guy doesn't get any visitors, does he.
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Post by ctso74 on Jul 27, 2015 7:45:39 GMT
I don't get the joke, and he seems to be acting a bit like an alcoholic who hasn't had a drink in forever. Then he wold have said, "Get that in my mouth", and probably cried a little. The night would have ended with Tony buck-naked, sleeping in the chair, and holding Renard like a Teddy bear, with a empty bottle at his feet. But if he's the slightest bit human(which he seems to be), I'm betting he needs a drink. And maybe, not just from guilt on how he's acted lately. As far as we know, he believes his bone-lasers worked, and he thinks he emotionally lobotomized his daughter... due to the eminent threat of pregnancy. I still don't get that, at all. I'm torn between wanting Donny to skip to the point, and wanting to see the two slam back shots. |
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Post by jessie on Jul 27, 2015 7:46:38 GMT
Ohhhh I get it, he's there to show Annie something to do with her father through the blinker stone.
I'm probably not gonna be any more popular than the man himself for suggesting this, but what if he DOES actually have a good reason for what he's doing? Like maybe in the real world there's no excuse for his behavior, but in the world of Gunnerkrigg is it really outside the realm of possibility?
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Post by Garbage on Jul 27, 2015 7:49:50 GMT
ANTHONY CARVER BEING WITTY FRIENDS WITH MR DONLAN
clearly this is exactly what i needed to end my absence from this forum
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Post by ninjaraven on Jul 27, 2015 7:51:57 GMT
The mismatched cups used for drinking, the solo chair... feels like Tony doesn't have much in the way of possessions himself. Does he even have a bed? As for the joke, I thought he might be telling the truth about taking a week to position the chair (OCPD can make people agonize and obsess over such things), though I guess the feng shui aspect was the giveaway. We'll see what's up in the next few pages (there may only be a few more in the chapter anyway).
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Post by youwiththeface on Jul 27, 2015 7:53:43 GMT
Ohhhh I get it, he's there to show Annie something to do with her father through the blinker stone. I'm probably not gonna be any more popular than the man himself for suggesting this, but what if he DOES actually have a good reason for what he's doing? Like maybe in the real world there's no excuse for his behavior, but in the world of Gunnerkrigg is it really outside the realm of possibility? Nah. |
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Post by aline on Jul 27, 2015 8:01:14 GMT
And the house is so empty he can't even offer Donald a place to sit? or is that just customary drink first, do anything else later? And I get why somebody newly moved in won't have his whisky-glass-collection all ready to go, but.. he's got one mug and one glass? Guy doesn't get any visitors, does he. One glass, one mug, one armchair, one desk chair. Probably two sets of identical clothes so he can wash them alternatively. Everything else is like handshakes: not strictly necessary.
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Post by warrl on Jul 27, 2015 8:05:35 GMT
As for the joke, I thought he might be telling the truth about taking a week to position the chair It doesn't seem like there's been a week of in-comic time since we first saw him. Which would mean he was working on positioning that chair for at least a couple days before classes resumed. And there's no plausible excuse for his failure to notify any of his old friends - or, even more critically, his daughter - that he was back. Or, of course, the "week" is a joke. |
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