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Post by ctso74 on Dec 30, 2016 14:22:53 GMT
Okay, here's my prediction: Kat can now get into the ether with her little glowy stick. Kat is a goddess of life. We know this means she can create life; but what if she could also heal living things? Of course, since her other divine domains include robotics, healing an organic being might be tricky. We've seen her make an initially inorganic being partly organic (Robot and the ship), so why couldn't she give an organic being inorganic parts in an effort to save their life. Or to put it another way: CYBORG SMITTY! Actually, I really like that idea. That looks like some serious abdominal trauma. Not good when you have bad luck, but easily survivable if you're lucky. "Easy" being a relative term here. I guess we'll see how powerful Smitty's power is, when it's really pushed. He could be powerful enough to pull a deus ex machina. Then again, he might be only powerful enough to keep himself minimally hurt, leaving Parley on her own, which could have been Jeanne's plan all along. Um, or worse... |
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Post by quanticia on Dec 30, 2016 14:40:49 GMT
There is one thing that raises my hope a little: we don't see any blood.
It is probably just not visible from this angle, but still...
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Post by fwip on Dec 30, 2016 15:57:49 GMT
First Gaia then this. RIP webcomic characters. I'm not hoping for a luck-based save - Jeanne could also see and kept cutting his strings. |
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Post by goldenknots on Dec 30, 2016 15:59:12 GMT
I haven't seen any indication that Andrew's power takes any effort on his part, so as long as he's still technically alive, his "luck" will seek to make things "boring" in the usual way. I'm hoping that there will be some sort of happy resolution.
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Post by Per on Dec 30, 2016 16:09:59 GMT
*krisch*
"You cracked the screen on my iPad."
"YOU CRACKED THE SCREEN ON MY IPAD"
*Smitty goes on to wallop Jeanne single-handedly for 10 minutes*
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Post by phantaskippy on Dec 30, 2016 17:14:25 GMT
Thoughts:
1. What is Parley going to do if Smitty is hurt? She's been playing nice, she's been happy, we've never seen her pushed out of that before.
2. What is Smitty going to do? He's content to stand around and be lucky for everyone, but he doesn't have that option now. And even a vital stab won't just drop him, he's going to still be active here, even if badly wounded, maybe we see him actively use his powers.
3. Smitty's going to live. Because we believe in his luck. Clap your hands people, believe in Smitty!
4. Really, I want to see Smitty and Parley burst out of their comfort zones into fight mode and show everyone that they are not to be trifled with. They are not school children, they are the stuff of nightmares.
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Post by Daedalus on Dec 30, 2016 17:34:36 GMT
So, after Jeanne is freed from her duty in a few moments, Parley will take her place? Oh, man, the PATHOS. That would be amazing. I don't think it would happen, though, since there are too many plot inconsistencies (Green Arrow being destroyed etc). *krisch* "You cracked the screen on my iPad." "YOU CRACKED THE SCREEN ON MY IPAD" *Smitty goes on to wallop Jeanne single-handedly for 10 minutes* Until it's disproved, this is my headcanon  |
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Post by theonethatgotaway on Dec 30, 2016 18:30:04 GMT
Don't get your knickers in a bunch, people! This happened just two updates ago in Erfworld as well: important character gets stabbed in the gut one day, next update there seems to have been some magical reason why the stab was ineffective!
You'll see, Smitty's gonna make all of this look mighty boring in 2017!
But Parley, Oh man, Parley's gonna lose her SHIT over this!!
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Post by seedmagnesium on Dec 30, 2016 19:34:30 GMT
Smitty: too lucky to die. Oops. Well, I'm still holding out hope like everyone else. If the forest medium got the court medium killed in a dangerous, secret mission to undermine the court's security... it will make getting held back a grade look like nothing. Expect highly warped panels from Annie's perspective (maybe even on Monday?). You'll see, Smitty's gonna make all of this look mighty boring in 2017! Here's to a very boring 2017. |
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Post by Runningflame on Dec 30, 2016 19:39:15 GMT
Smitty: "Wow, this must be why I decided to wear my mithril coat." What is Parley going to do if Smitty is hurt? She's been playing nice, she's been happy, we've never seen her pushed out of that before. Bring out Coyote's tooth, I reckon. 0_0 |
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Post by calpal on Dec 30, 2016 20:51:16 GMT
2016 claims another victim? Didn't we also lose Mort this year? EDIT: Oh, oh, new head-cannon! After Jeanne is taken care of, George is overcome with grief and consoling over the body of Smitty. As everyone comes around and offer their condolences, Blue will say something that upsets George, causing her to turn towards blue and, in rage, call her Smitty/Andrew/[insert choice here]. And now Blue's name will forever be Smitty, or Andrew, or... well, you get the picture. |
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Post by zbeeblebrox on Dec 30, 2016 21:00:24 GMT
Holy crap. Maybe Andrew's luck prevented it from being fatal? But, geeze, this is insane. O.o It is a dagger and not Jeanne's usual weapon so maybe that'll be enough to Smitface not to die. We need our might eyebrows boy Dx That looks like a stab fairly central to the chest, those are pretty bad. Hey, Aria survived it, right?  |
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Post by bedinsis on Dec 30, 2016 22:19:17 GMT
"Huh, I was just starting to wonder why had been carrying this Kevlar handkerchief on my chest." Hey, Aria survived it, right? ...I hope that was a non-essential spoiler. |
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Post by jda on Dec 30, 2016 22:46:33 GMT
What I wonder now is... What are we not seeing right now, our visión blocked by Jeanne's garment? : A) a secondary weapon (gotta dagger Smitty with the left hand)?B) has Jeanne ghostly stabbed Parley's fore-image , timing her slash since she KNEW where Parley's gonna appear , and then ripped another piece of her/cleanly cut her in half? Congratulations! Take them all, your rotten cookies! D:< (/jk, awesome prediction!) It's gotta be a last minute save by Annie and/or Kat. Is etheric fire any good as a shield? Yesh, well I'll take my cookies whenever they come. Also, on my 5¢ of Muaythai, a revolving attack was inevitable. Last, but not least: I called it. |
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Post by arkadi on Dec 30, 2016 23:29:03 GMT
º3º Ooooooh, that was sneaky. Well playe, Jeanne, well played. Looks like someone studied Spanish style fencing!
Since we don't see the dagger digging all the way into Smitty's body or anything like it, I'm counting on his luck powers to make it a non-lethal wound -but serious enough to prevent him from helping Parley. Good thing Annie and Kat are on their way!
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Post by fish on Dec 30, 2016 23:38:04 GMT
Smitty realizing why he was carrying around [insert deus-ex-machina] should be a meme. Can't think of a clever one myself, though.
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Post by Sky Schemer on Dec 31, 2016 0:08:47 GMT
Maybe Smitty is wearing a Mithral T-shirt?
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Post by todd on Dec 31, 2016 0:16:34 GMT
Well, I'm still holding out hope like everyone else. If the forest medium got the court medium killed in a dangerous, secret mission to undermine the court's security... it will make getting held back a grade look like nothing.. I've been wondering about that as well - if Andrew *is* killed, it's hard to imagine the Court treating Annie and Kat (and the others involved) lightly over this one. As I've mentioned before, the challenge of having a student getting killed in this story is that the Court's certain to find out about it, and that its most likely response will be to put such strictures on Annie and Kat that they won't be likely to have any more adventures until they graduate (and maybe not even after that). But that would make it difficult to continue the story (especially since we're just starting the next book). So, assuming that Tom does indeed have Andrew killed, how will he handle the consequences? There's always the possibility of the story shifting to the other students (Paz, Janet, Winsbury, etc.) as substitute "main characters". Or maybe Tom would treat it as a new shift in the story - no more sneaking around dark corridors, but instead things like Annie and Kat having to sit through a lot of expositionary speeches from Jones, Anya, etc., with maybe some whole-flashback chapters about the student days of Surma, Anya, Anthony, Eglamore, and the rest. 2017 will most likely answer that question (assuming that Andrew doesn't survive). (Then again, it's possible that the Court will decide to overlook Annie's action, simply because they don't want another visit from Coyote and more buildings getting knocked down.) |
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Post by ryos on Dec 31, 2016 0:51:04 GMT
It occurs to me that, assuming the wound is eventually but not immediately fatal, Coyote might be able to save his life. A fate I wouldn't wish on anyone...
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Dec 31, 2016 4:17:00 GMT
A clean stab can be survivable with prompt medical attention provided it doesn't open up a major artery... Assuming the fight ends in the next couple minutes he can be bipped to a hospital. But I'm wondering if Smitface had an urge to bring something along that would reduce a stab wound to a vicious poke, and just so happened to put it in his t-shirt pocket. I suppose that puts me into the "luck" camp.
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Post by warrl on Dec 31, 2016 5:24:34 GMT
Or alternatively, Parley in her role as Bodyguard to the Court Medium decided that everyone in the group would be wearing some sort of armor - under their clothes to be less conspicuous, other than herself (since being armed & armored is her job).
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Post by zbeeblebrox on Dec 31, 2016 9:23:31 GMT
Hey, Aria survived it, right? ...I hope that was a non-essential spoiler. I won't tell you whether my comment was sarcastic, so it's only a spoiler in the sense that I revealed Aria's plotline last season sucked, and I really hope the book version is completely different in every way. Anyway, I sure hope his magic Luck strings grow back fast or he's screwed. |
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Post by brokshi on Dec 31, 2016 9:50:27 GMT
His hoodie doesn't seem to have any pockets aside from the usual belly level ones, and the collar of his shirt isn't any kind I know that'd have chest pockets.
Unless he had a chain vest on underneath, this is bad. Kevlar doesn't work either because it's terrible for direct stab wounds, which this definitely was.
She's killed everything that's come to her before. I'm betting this is gonna be rough on Smitty McEyebrows, potentially fatally.
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Post by fia on Dec 31, 2016 19:08:00 GMT
I am having so many feels right now I don't know which to trust. WHY TOM WHY or better yet WHY JEANNE WHY And really I'm concluding Tom doesn't kid around with the serious stuff in this comic. There are so many times when the almost-tragedies or scary bits end up being resolved or end up having funny moments; for instance, Gamma and Zimmy's chapters; and we already had a feint earlier in this chapter with Blue that served as comic relief. I feel like this might be the real deal, unless Tom pulls a deus ex machina on us – it's a two-parter chapter, it's a final showdown with Jeanne. Smitty might really be dying now. It's Tom's own "left hand", but it's been foreshadowed a lot. I hope I'm wrong. I love Smitty as a character.  But I have a feeling Tom's been planning to break our hearts for A WHILE, and he seems to subscribe to all the good storytelling rules (this one being "kill the things you love"). It's all been set up since the Diego unveiling nastiness... |
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Post by bedinsis on Dec 31, 2016 20:49:43 GMT
Someone should edit this page with the following dialogue:
Jeanne: "This is a tea party."
Parley: "Huh?"
Jeanne: "NO BOYS ALLOWED!" *stab*
Anyway, I remain hopeful that Smitty has yet to perish. He was hunched over in the last page, and the angle of this page leaves the possibility open that he still is, and hence the stab isn't that deep.
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Post by mu695 on Dec 31, 2016 22:36:47 GMT
I've been wondering about that as well - if Andrew *is* killed, it's hard to imagine the Court treating Annie and Kat (and the others involved) lightly over this one. As I've mentioned before, the challenge of having a student getting killed in this story is that the Court's certain to find out about it, and that its most likely response will be to put such strictures on Annie and Kat that they won't be likely to have any more adventures until they graduate (and maybe not even after that). But that would make it difficult to continue the story (especially since we're just starting the next book). So, assuming that Tom does indeed have Andrew killed, how will he handle the consequences? There's always the possibility of the story shifting to the other students (Paz, Janet, Winsbury, etc.) as substitute "main characters". Or maybe Tom would treat it as a new shift in the story - no more sneaking around dark corridors, but instead things like Annie and Kat having to sit through a lot of expositionary speeches from Jones, Anya, etc., with maybe some whole-flashback chapters about the student days of Surma, Anya, Anthony, Eglamore, and the rest. I'm with you on this one. The way I see it, if Annie is ever in any part responsible for a student's death, that'll be a guarantee that we're heading towards the end of story and given that we've currently got way too many loose ends and space left in the current book, we know that it's not going to end soon and therefore Andrew isn't going to die. As for your point on changing the perspective, we already know from the first ever page of Gunnerkrigg that it's Annie telling the story, so I doubt that we'll ever see that happen, particularly for any long period of time. I hope I'm wrong. I love Smitty as a character. But I have a feeling Tom's been planning to break our hearts for A WHILE, and he seems to subscribe to all the good storytelling rules (this one being "kill the things you love"). It's all been set up since the Diego unveiling nastiness... It's been argued in the past that the main theme of Gunnerkrigg is "love makes you do stupid things". If Andrew does die, I fully expect Parley to go wild, and deal with the consequences later. |
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Post by Saliant on Dec 31, 2016 23:01:00 GMT
I do feel that the consequences of this chapter are going to ripple throughout the rest of the story, though I'm not convinced that Smitty's going to die. He could be gravely wounded, however, and the others have to deal with the aftermath of their rogue actions, perhaps with fallout from the court. At this point the victory doesn't seem like it's going to be clean.
Also, random thought I just had now. If Smitty is horribly wounded, we do have someone who could potentially fix them in the group. After all, Robot's new components are very similar to organics...
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Post by Bill on Dec 31, 2016 23:48:36 GMT
Eh, Annie can cauterize it.
Oh God, she was aiming for the heart...
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Post by todd on Jan 1, 2017 0:32:03 GMT
I'm with you on this one. The way I see it, if Annie is ever in any part responsible for a student's death, that'll be a guarantee that we're heading towards the end of story and given that we've currently got way too many loose ends and space left in the current book, we know that it's not going to end soon and therefore Andrew isn't going to die. As for your point on changing the perspective, we already know from the first ever page of Gunnerkrigg that it's Annie telling the story, so I doubt that we'll ever see that happen, particularly for any long period of time. Annie's "voice-over narrations" petered out after Chapter Fifteen (except for the chapter where they were sending the supplies to Anthony) - and we've had a few chapters where she was almost completely absent or where the point-of-view character was someone else (like Sky Watcher), so it's possible that Tom's abandoned the notion of Annie as the narrator. |
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