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Post by rosencrantz on Feb 8, 2016 16:59:27 GMT
I dunno, I think having a Super Saiyan for a boyfriend is a pretty good deal. That hair is...magnificent. Yeah, Annie could do worse than Goku. On the surface, this seems like something teens think would be a good idea (but isn't). I'm guessing/hoping Kat has thought this through a little deeper than that though. |
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Post by arkadi on Feb 8, 2016 17:22:29 GMT
Sorry, not buying it  Who'd be more stupid: Winsbury for thinking this is a good moment to ask Annie out after all she's been through, or Kat and Paz for being OK with such a hare-brained scheme? Not to mention it'd be just plain poor storytelling, having Wins and Janet break up offscreen and then springing the situation up onto us hapless readers. The only sane option here is that Kat is taking the piss off Rey. |
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Post by zimmyzims on Feb 8, 2016 17:31:35 GMT
When I read this page I was absolutely sure it was this. ↑ The headmaster is starting to catch on to Winsbury and Janet spending time together. The whole group of friends must know they like each other by now, so they got together and decided that Annie as the only non-attached girl must be publicly declared Winsbury's girlfriend so that all the parents are thrown off track. I really don't see any other possibility given the people involved. That theroy I do not believe for one minute. Using Annie that way would be very cruel even if she wasn't aleady in the middle of an emotional breakdown, and those guys aren't cruel. Not necessarily. He could be completely polite and friendly and open about it, explaining his situation to Annie and telling that as he has to start seeing someone not Janet he'd like to see Annie because he likes Annie, as a friend, and maybe Annie could have fun time too, and if not, he's not trying to fool Annie in any case. I'm not saying that's what is happening, just that this could happen without it being really cruel. Done the right way, Annie could find it a fun way to pass some time without needing to actually make herself vulnerable for some more emotional damage right now. |
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Post by Darkfeather21 on Feb 8, 2016 17:37:17 GMT
Nope. I see nothing bad happening at all.
Rey: I will be your boyfriend, Annie! Heh, that's the worst outcome I could think of. This reminds me: Since his current body isn't alive, does that mean he could return to it later, since it can't die when he leave it? Edit: Pronoun game. I'm talking about Renard here. |
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Post by Gotolei on Feb 8, 2016 17:37:46 GMT
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Post by stef1987 on Feb 8, 2016 18:15:49 GMT
Well this definitely seems like a cover up.
(to cover up the fact that Winsburry and Janet are a couple)
I would guess that he thinks he can trust annie with that secret and will ask her to pretend to be his girlfriend.
I dunno, kinda weird, but that's the only explanation I can think of.
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Post by Zox Tomana on Feb 8, 2016 18:20:24 GMT
(Renard jumps into William's body)
Rey: I will be your boyfriend, Annie! Heh, that's the worst outcome I could think of. My first reaction: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO My second reaction: He can't. My third reaction: He promised Annie, not Kat. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO He can't, Kat's ownership of his body prevents him from jumping away from it. Way back when he first leapt into it he was bound to it without any promise to Annie. I expect the same rule applies with Kat's ownership. |
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Post by TBeholder on Feb 8, 2016 18:27:06 GMT
The headmaster is starting to catch on to Winsbury and Janet spending time together. The whole group of friends must know they like each other by now, so they got together and decided that Annie as the only non-attached girl must be publicly declared Winsbury's girlfriend so that all the parents are thrown off track. I really don't see any other possibility given the people involved. ...and Kat didn't catch on the account of being too overexcited to think. Yup. This version makes sense. Even if it's not a very good idea either. |
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Post by Daedalus on Feb 8, 2016 18:53:02 GMT
The headmaster is starting to catch on to Winsbury and Janet spending time together. The whole group of friends must know they like each other by now, so they got together and decided that Annie as the only non-attached girl must be publicly declared Winsbury's girlfriend so that all the parents are thrown off track. I really don't see any other possibility given the people involved. ...and Kat didn't catch on the account of being too overexcited to think. Yup. This version makes sense. Even if it's not a very good idea either. Kat (probably) wouldn't get so overexcited that she forgets how fragile Annie is. It wouldn't make sense with her character and with how much she's been trying to help Annie through the last few chapters - if she's working to set up Annie with Winsbury, I'm expecting a better reason than "she's unpaired". Since his current body isn't alive, does that mean he could return to it later, since it can't die when he leave it? Yes, it's something he can do. That was in better days, though, when Annie still was in touch with her emotions. |
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Post by OGRuddawg on Feb 8, 2016 19:20:16 GMT
I've been bowling since 3rd grade and was part of the bowling team in high school. It is a cult. Once you go pins and balls you don't go back... OG I have to ask, what is that avatar from? I was scrolling through Tom's Twitter or Tumblr a while back and it had a picture of Parley, Smitty, and Annie in suits and I couldn't resist. It was a while ago so I don't remember how far back it was exactly. |
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Post by Darkfeather21 on Feb 8, 2016 19:37:18 GMT
Since his current body isn't alive, does that mean he could return to it later, since it can't die when he leave it? Yes, it's something he can do. |
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Post by warrl on Feb 8, 2016 20:37:00 GMT
When I read this page I was absolutely sure it was this. ↑ The headmaster is starting to catch on to Winsbury and Janet spending time together. The whole group of friends must know they like each other by now, so they got together and decided that Annie as the only non-attached girl must be publicly declared Winsbury's girlfriend so that all the parents are thrown off track. I really don't see any other possibility given the people involved. That theroy I do not believe for one minute. Using Annie that way would be very cruel even if she wasn't aleady in the middle of an emotional breakdown, and those guys aren't cruel. It wouldn't be cruel if Annie were told up front what was going on and she agreed to assist. Note that she could assist by *vaguely* rebuffing multiple attempts to date. Never saying yes to anything, but being slow to offer a "no" firm enough to dissuade further attempts. Or of course she could agree to a few dates. At this point, though, we haven't been shown that this is what's happening. |
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Post by Knight on Feb 8, 2016 21:15:48 GMT
I'm confident Kat is joking.
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Post by Daedalus on Feb 8, 2016 21:21:10 GMT
Yes, it's something he can do. ...? |
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Post by Jelly Jellybean on Feb 8, 2016 21:52:05 GMT
My first reaction: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO My second reaction: He can't. My third reaction: He promised Annie, not Kat. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO He can't, Kat's ownership of his body prevents him from jumping away from it. Way back when he first leapt into it he was bound to it without any promise to Annie. I expect the same rule applies with Kat's ownership. Renard said that he couldn't jump into another body without Annie's permission. Kat currently holds his ownership and Kat specifically told him he could do whatever it takes to defend himself from Anthony. I presume Kat's permission is void when ownership is transferred back to Annie, but that transfer was just conspiciously delayed. I don't think Renard can possess Winsbury because Kat didn't grant that permission. Nor do I think he would even if he could because Renard knows it would kill Winsbury. I also don't think Renard would possess Anthony even to defend himself, but he might to defend Annie or Kat. |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 8, 2016 22:08:23 GMT
Welcome to the forum, mushroomdynamo ! Sorry, not buying it Who'd be more stupid: Winsbury for thinking this is a good moment to ask Annie out after all she's been through, or Kat and Paz for being OK with such a hare-brained scheme? Not to mention it'd be just plain poor storytelling, having Wins and Janet break up offscreen and then springing the situation up onto us hapless readers. The only sane option here is that Kat is taking the piss off Rey. Teasing Renard and hare-brained schemes are not mutually exclusive... I'm in the "Oi Annie, since you're such a dateless wonder anyway 'ow bout me and you pretending to be an item so we can keep foolin' Jan's da?" camp. Kat and Paz may or may not know the real reason. |
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Post by Darkfeather21 on Feb 8, 2016 22:31:56 GMT
I have no idea what happened there. But what I intended to say was "Here's hoping Annie doesn't get angry enough to make him kill a person like that." |
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Post by vhu9644 on Feb 8, 2016 22:58:05 GMT
I was rereading the a bit back, and it was mentioned that Winsbury talks about her a lot. www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1597Food for thought? I'm scared for someone here |
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Post by ctso74 on Feb 8, 2016 23:28:17 GMT
I just don't know. I would assume it's a joke on Rey, and everyone's in on it (including Annie). If both Will and Annie were free to "act", they could really run Rey through the wringer. But then I remember 12 years ago, a friend telling me that he'd broken up with his girlfriend/best friend. I was taken aback, and didn't know what to say or think. He merely said, "Hey, crap happens." Truer words on romance have never been uttered. They have proven themselves to me, in affairs of the heart/hormones, again and again. We'll have to wait and see. Also 8 minutes in and no topic? Tsk! Rei Fu's song is my favorite ED. Though, few things can compare to BK201. What's cooler than a Chinese Electric Batman in Japanese? |
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Post by birdwhisperer on Feb 9, 2016 2:31:29 GMT
My theories:
1. Will and Janet are still a thing but Janet's dad is starting to get suspicious so they need to throw him off. I don't think Will would try to deceive Annie though, so I think they'll be very straightforward and ask Annie to pretend to be Will's girlfriend.
2. Kat has always gotten overly-excited when it comes to romance, so she's probably reading too much into things and coming to the wrong conclusions. Maybe Will has been dropping hints that he's interested in a cute redhead and Kat assumes he means Annie instead of Janet.
I doubt Will and Janet broke up, and I doubt Will has any malicious intent toward Annie. He's been rude and a jerk in the past, but is generally a good guy and has improved a lot.
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Post by Deepbluediver on Feb 9, 2016 2:33:44 GMT
I dunno, I think having a Super Saiyan for a boyfriend is a pretty good deal. That hair is...magnificent. We were all thinking it. I was wondering who was gonna say it first. Either that or Red has opened up her own styling salon. |
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Post by Gulby on Feb 9, 2016 6:55:39 GMT
My two cents : Janet and Will haven't broke up, but Will is overexcited about Annie's powers and is wondering if he could become Annie's apprentice. He tried to manage a break out with friends so that he could talk to her more freely. Kat was part of the project but totally misunderstood what Will told her.
Now about Rey, maybe he will smell Janet's pheromones on Will and will get angry and frighten him as the good ol'dad-is-not-happy. Or maybe he will get mad at an attempt from Winsbury to provoke Annie's powers.
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Post by csj on Feb 9, 2016 6:56:01 GMT
looks like somebody's entering a world of pain
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Post by aline on Feb 9, 2016 9:16:21 GMT
Not necessarily. He could be completely polite and friendly and open about it, explaining his situation to Annie and telling that as he has to start seeing someone not Janet he'd like to see Annie because he likes Annie, as a friend, and maybe Annie could have fun time too, and if not, he's not trying to fool Annie in any case. Even in that scenario, it would be less cruel but far from nice. Annie is in a bad place. She doesn't need people trying to use her and making her lie for them, when she's already in all kind of troubles with both the Court and her dad.
Also, in my eyes there's another big hole in that theory: why in the world would Winsbury assume that Annie's dad would be any easier to deal with than Janet's? I mean, given what he knows about Tony? Lipstick is a no go, sharing a dormitory with classmates is an untolerable distraction, but boyfriends are totally fine? How likely is that?
I don't buy it.
Is Kat joking? Possible, but then there's Winsbury's dreamy face in the previous page, so... I don't know.
People do break up, and we rarely get to see what happens in Winsbury's and Janet's life. It could have happened months ago. Winsbury has shown signs of being especially nice to Annie as far back as the Torn Sea. If he is indeed in love, that's quite enough time to digest his feelings, settle things with Janet, and attempt to start something with Annie. It's not that unbelievable... I just don't quite get the point of bringing something like that to the story now, but... We'll see, I guess.
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Post by thesaddestface on Feb 9, 2016 11:59:47 GMT
We don't know that Rey's angry eye chapter icon has anything to do with Winsbury. Annie's dad might turn up and express disapproval that she's not studying or they may all be attacked by giant fish hamsters riding robot cows for all we know.
As for asking Annie out, I suppose Kat might know Winsbury has feelings for Annie (or thinks she knows but is entirely wrong) and hopes that if she puts them together in a social situation he'll pluck up the courage to say something about it. Whether that will actually happen or not..
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Post by noone3 on Feb 9, 2016 14:18:08 GMT
(...) springing the situation up onto us hapless readers. Naaah! Doesn't sound like Tom at all. No way. Tom springing something at unsuspecting readers. What a silly idea anyway. |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 9, 2016 17:22:44 GMT
Also, in my eyes there's another big hole in that theory: why in the world would Winsbury assume that Annie's dad would be any easier to deal with than Janet's? Broken Man is broken. Even if both girls might have daddy issues (which I guess is as much a plus as a minus) Anthony would be way easier to deal with than the headmaster. He tends to just stand there expressionless. And he's just a teacher even if he is teaching a difficult class. Janet's dad could probably disappear Winsbury. Or have someone turn him into a frog. But I am still in the "it's a fake-out to hide what Winsbury's really up to" school of thought. |
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Post by aline on Feb 9, 2016 17:53:14 GMT
Also, in my eyes there's another big hole in that theory: why in the world would Winsbury assume that Annie's dad would be any easier to deal with than Janet's? Broken Man is broken. We're talking about the student's point of view here. All they know is he's a scary teacher that publicly humiliated and harshly punished his daughter. Tony can't do very much to Winsbury, but he can do almost everything to Annie: forbid her to meet her friends. Assign more homework. Find yet more creative ways to make her life miserable. (He probably wouldn't anymore, now, but Winsbury can't possibly know that) If you're just looking for a convenient cover up, probably half the girls in the class are more appropriate than Annie, with her current situation.
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Post by arkadi on Feb 9, 2016 20:36:15 GMT
Welcome to the forum, mushroomdynamo ! Sorry, not buying it Who'd be more stupid: Winsbury for thinking this is a good moment to ask Annie out after all she's been through, or Kat and Paz for being OK with such a hare-brained scheme? Not to mention it'd be just plain poor storytelling, having Wins and Janet break up offscreen and then springing the situation up onto us hapless readers. The only sane option here is that Kat is taking the piss off Rey. Teasing Renard and hare-brained schemes are not mutually exclusive... I'm in the "Oi Annie, since you're such a dateless wonder anyway 'ow bout me and you pretending to be an item so we can keep foolin' Jan's da?" camp. Kat and Paz may or may not know the real reason. Well, that would make sense. And if that's the case, then I'm sure K&P are in on the plan; otherwise they wouldn't be so cool with it. |
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Post by arkadi on Feb 9, 2016 20:36:53 GMT
(...) springing the situation up onto us hapless readers. Naaah! Doesn't sound like Tom at all. No way. Tom springing something at unsuspecting readers. What a silly idea anyway. Ah, but Tom does the good springing; this would be bad springing, and he doesn't do that. |
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Who'd be more stupid: Winsbury for thinking this is a good moment to ask Annie out after all she's been through, or Kat and Paz for being OK with such a hare-brained scheme? Not to mention it'd be just plain poor storytelling, having Wins and Janet break up offscreen and then springing the situation up onto us hapless readers. The only sane option here is that Kat is taking the piss off Rey.
