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Post by Daedalus on Dec 21, 2016 8:01:51 GMT
Annie states the obvious. It doesn't seem that their brilliant plan worked too well. Up to this point I thought that (if worst came to worst) Parley could grab them all and teleport away. But I suspect that might not be an option, if Jeanne is no longer bound to the river. What happened to the Green Man's spirit, anyway? Will he manifest and deus ex machina this?
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Post by Rea on Dec 21, 2016 8:04:35 GMT
Perhaps it wasn't that his presence there was keeping Jeanne trapped, but that she didn't want to leave him behind. And now he's gone and she's mad.
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Post by noone3 on Dec 21, 2016 8:11:53 GMT
Perhaps it wasn't that his presence there was keeping Jeanne trapped, but that she didn't want to leave him behind. And now he's gone and she's mad. Must be her Kubler-Ross anger:  |
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Post by ctso74 on Dec 21, 2016 8:13:48 GMT
Any minute now, Red: "Wow. Messing with a force no one alive knew about, which was a mystery, had unforeseen consequences. Who'd da thunk?"
Hopefully, once the arrow is "given" to Jeanne she'll chill out. But then again, countless years is a long time...
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Post by kayback on Dec 21, 2016 8:19:44 GMT
I take it they have no formal approval of their antics? No Eglamore or Jackal or Rynardine watching over them for unexpected turn of events?
Surely however well intentioned removing the powers of the Anan (sp?) Waters in one fell swoop may not be a good thing? If not for Janine's reaction then allowing the monsters of the forrest/court to cross may result in larger loss of life?
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Post by west on Dec 21, 2016 8:29:25 GMT
If she remembers how much she hates the Court before they can hustle her into the Ether, taking her off her leash might have been a very bad course of action indeed.
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Post by bicarbonat on Dec 21, 2016 8:32:13 GMT
This looks like the wrong underside of "letting go"; Mort's old life and relationships faded away and left him a clean slate to join the ether.
Jeanne is looking positively apoplectic - like Lady Cregga Rose Eyes, berserker mode - now that the biggest part of her old life and relationship has faded away. Just like the pomps reported, the way her 'case' was handled has been all wrong, so it'd make sense if the slate we see is broken and scored too deep to be easily wiped clean.
Xmas miracle if she snatches that arrow and aerates the Headmaster with it, though.
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Post by Bontage on Dec 21, 2016 8:56:35 GMT
I have a horrible feeling that this is leading up to them having to use the arrow themselves... this time to bind Jeanne.
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Post by keef on Dec 21, 2016 9:38:17 GMT
Hmm, I'm a bit disappointed. I didn't think of Kat as a girl who says things like gosh golly.
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Post by agasa on Dec 21, 2016 9:44:44 GMT
And this is when we realize the arrow, and everything else, were made to bind Jeanne - for absolutely good reasons that weren't explained in the flashback.
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Post by bgb16999 on Dec 21, 2016 10:55:39 GMT
Anyhow, even though it looks like Kat and Annie are about to win, it's not over 'till it's over. There are plenty of ways things could go wrong, even briefly, that would allow Jeanne to get another stab in at Parley. What if the elf guy immediately attacks Kat upon being unlocked (could he short-circuit her with his water powers?) Based on page count, I'm guessing that there are still at least a dozen-ish pages left in this chapter, so there will be some additional delay before Jeanne can be brought into the ether. It won't be long in archive or book form, but it could be awhile for those reading only three pages a week. I partially called it. Maybe. Also, Telegram for Daedalus ! Telegram for Daedalus! Thine presence hast been requested yonder in another thread! |
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Post by saardvark on Dec 21, 2016 12:17:32 GMT
I don't know if I'm reading this page correctly but it looks like she's not hitting Parley anymore and is just waving her sword around. Otherwise I think Parley (and everyone else) would already be dead - maybe she can't see them? Maybe she's swishing the sword around with such speed as to make it difficult to bip close for a strike without getting badly sliced and diced. Sort of a shield of whirling sword swipes.... |
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Post by Per on Dec 21, 2016 12:39:31 GMT
I think the implication is that she's constantly cutting everywhere around her so Parley can't teleport near her (not even right next to her apparently).
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Post by fish on Dec 21, 2016 12:42:37 GMT
I think the implication is that she's constantly cutting everywhere around her so Parley can't teleport near her (not even right next to her apparently). As long as she can teleport away from her everything's fine! What happened to the Green Man's spirit, anyway? Will he manifest and deus ex machina this? Whatever he was holding in his hand in Kat's ether vision will be the key to this, I suspect. Hah, maybe it even was a literal key! |
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Post by mordekai on Dec 21, 2016 12:50:59 GMT
She's out of control! Go get her, Kathulu!
I can't wait for Kat to reveal her terrible eldritch secret to Paz, who will answer: "yeah, already knew, from that time in the ship..."
And Kat will say: "And you kissed me even knowing that!!!?"
And Paz: *blushes* You are beautiful....
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Post by Refugee on Dec 21, 2016 14:20:45 GMT
Well, Annie, what's wrong is a major violation of physics.
Your boat should be pointed somewhat upstream to counteract the current, rather than straight across to your planned landing zone. As is, you will land several meters downstream, and have to run back up the river bank to give Jeanne the good news about the arrow.
It's probably your fault, too, Firehead.
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Post by Darkfeather21 on Dec 21, 2016 14:34:49 GMT
Perhaps it wasn't that his presence there was keeping Jeanne trapped, but that she didn't want to leave him behind. And now he's gone and she's mad. Must be her Kubler-Ross anger: Wrong chart.  |
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Post by saardvark on Dec 21, 2016 15:14:42 GMT
I think the implication is that she's constantly cutting everywhere around her so Parley can't teleport near her (not even right next to her apparently). As long as she can teleport away from her everything's fine! What happened to the Green Man's spirit, anyway? Will he manifest and deus ex machina this? Whatever he was holding in his hand in Kat's ether vision will be the key to this, I suspect. Hah, maybe it even was a literal key! Hmm, Ive always thought it odd that Jeanne's sword suddenly materialized when she first saw Robot as a threat in Blue's illusion. Also, the sword made an ether-cut on Annie invisible to non-etherics. I don't think Jeanne was lowered down to the Annan waters with a sword; was it dropped to her later, *by Diego?* Is the sword another of his devices? |
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Post by Grabix on Dec 21, 2016 17:11:09 GMT
Perhaps it wasn't that his presence there was keeping Jeanne trapped, but that she didn't want to leave him behind. And now he's gone and she's mad. That was one of options a was suspecting even before. But this still does not explain everything. It is really hard for me, to explain any of her behavior. She certainly knew about the plan... knew something... I was recently event thinking, that maybe the green guy was actually evil/dangerous and once she learned that, she agreed to take some part in the plan. And now she is angry that he is freed, especially that she has paid her life for that plan. But I don't know... it either doesn't fit here reactions in the past. I want to remind you people these two parts of story: 653-657, 774-777 - notice that she participated in that plan. |
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Post by Phoenix on Dec 21, 2016 17:20:44 GMT
As long as she can teleport away from her everything's fine! Whatever he was holding in his hand in Kat's ether vision will be the key to this, I suspect. Hah, maybe it even was a literal key! Hmm, Ive always thought it odd that Jeanne's sword suddenly materialized when she first saw Robot as a threat in Blue's illusion. Also, the sword made an ether-cut on Annie invisible to non-etherics. I don't think Jeanne was lowered down to the Annan waters with a sword; was it dropped to her later, *by Diego?* Is the sword another of his devices? On Page 775 the hilt of the sword is visible behind Jeanne's sleeve as she is lowered down to the shore. |
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Post by Eversist on Dec 21, 2016 17:30:12 GMT
Hmm, I'm a bit disappointed. I didn't think of Kat as a girl who says things like gosh golly. If what you're referring to is that it's questionable whether Kat has a religious persuasion because her and her parents' scientific prowess, "oh my God" is definitely common lexicon with both the religious and non-religious (as I'm sure you're aware). I feel like using it here is merely honest; one doesn't think about what's coming out of one's mouth when they're surprised. On a personal note, I've been trying to use "taking-the-lord's-name-in-vain" sayings less lately out of respect for my religious friends, but they're definitely go-to exclamations for me ("Jesus Christmas" is a current favorite). To my ears, some of them just have so much gravitas to them. Thanks for pointing it out though; I hadn't even noticed. I know it's fairly irrelevant to the story thus far, but has Tom ever mentioned real-world religion (Word of Tom, Twitter, etc.?). With the ROTD and the psychopomps, and the prevalence of science, I wonder if that's already effectively taken care of in this world. Not to mention Robot... hah. Edit: Some I see from a cursory google, if anyone is curious: Is there a leading religion at the Court, and are there places of worship like temples or churches? People are allowed to follow their own beliefs, and there are appropriate facilities for them to do so.When they realized that magic wasn't necessary for progress and that pure science was all that was needed, did the humans who founded the court also throw away religion, becoming atheists and/or agnostics? Quite a lot of them did yeah.Edit again: Word of Tom filtered by "religion": www.chrysoprax.org/gunnerkrigg/results?term=religionWent down a bit of a rabbit hole! |
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Post by csj on Dec 21, 2016 18:45:50 GMT
of course, maybe they just need to play her the right song and she'll poof into non-existence of her own accord /sarcasm |
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Post by keef on Dec 21, 2016 19:17:29 GMT
Hmm, I'm a bit disappointed. I didn't think of Kat as a girl who says things like gosh golly. If what you're referring to is that it's questionable whether Kat has a religious persuasion because her and her parents' scientific prowess- I must apologize. I was merely making a silly joke, inspired by Tom's anti-aol speak countermeasure; o m g is automatically changed to gosh golly. I shouldn't have done that, knowing how much trouble an earlier remark caused. quite so! Interesting research anyway. (I'm on my mobile now, try to answer you properly later |
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Post by Sky Schemer on Dec 21, 2016 19:32:16 GMT
Jeanne is attacking the darkness.
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Post by youwiththeface on Dec 21, 2016 19:40:18 GMT
And this is when we realize the arrow, and everything else, were made to bind Jeanne - for absolutely good reasons that weren't explained in the flashback. I really hope that isn't the case. There's already a little imperialist weirdness in this comic already that would make that kind of a twist even more uncomfortable for me than it would without it. |
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Post by Nnelg on Dec 21, 2016 19:41:31 GMT
Well, I guess Annie & co. are about to learn that there's more than one reason that guard dogs have leashes...
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Post by Refugee on Dec 21, 2016 19:49:44 GMT
Jeanne is attacking the darkness. Yeah, it's noticeable that Parley is still alive, yet doesn't seem to be fighting back. |
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Post by TBeholder on Dec 21, 2016 19:55:34 GMT
Now that the tricky part is done... what was the next step in this plan, again? And now he's gone and she's mad. But how he can be just "gone" from this place? I take it they have no formal approval of their antics? Annie evidently did, even before she knew. then allowing the monsters of the forrest/court to cross may result in larger loss of life? Mostly to chainsaws? Then again, not so large, and those enthusiastic about making a mess managed to find their ways already. Er... Do you communiocate via machine translation? |
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Post by Eversist on Dec 21, 2016 22:57:06 GMT
If what you're referring to is that it's questionable whether Kat has a religious persuasion because her and her parents' scientific prowess- I must apologize. I was merely making a silly joke, inspired by Tom's anti-aol speak countermeasure; o m g is automatically changed to gosh golly. I shouldn't have done that, knowing how much trouble an earlier remark caused. quite so! Interesting research anyway. (I'm on my mobile now, try to answer you properly later It's all good. I'm insufferable in the morning, apparently (going back and reading my post, yeesh).  |
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Post by zbeeblebrox on Dec 22, 2016 0:11:44 GMT
This is going great! Everything's fine still.
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