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Post by Jelly Jellybean on Jan 11, 2017 12:39:25 GMT
I'm becoming increasingly convinced that Tom only knows how to draw one hair clip and he's been reusing it every time. Nah, he can make red ones too! And ones with flowers! The band may not be a clip, but it shows Tom's versatility when it comes to hair accessory. It is associated with hair and therefore integral to the plot. |
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Post by theonethatgotaway on Jan 11, 2017 13:06:22 GMT
And ones with flowers! The band may not be a clip, but it shows Tom's versatility when it comes to hair accessory. It is associated with hair and therefore integral to the plot. Let's not forget pigeons! |
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Post by fia on Jan 11, 2017 18:55:38 GMT
Nice catch! Now we'll just have to start wondering what THAT means! I feel like the Anja/Surma/Annie hair clip is larger than Jones', and a lighter color. I might be wrong! But it is also the case that Anja/Surma/Annie all wore it in the same spot, and Jones has it over her forehead. It's just like Tom to be a troll; but Jones has worn so many different hair implements I'm not sold on this being the same one. |
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Post by Runningflame on Jan 11, 2017 20:05:57 GMT
The problem with Parley trying to claim she stabbed him accidentally: no one who knows about Smitty's luck powers will believe her. The only way he can get stabbed in the chest is if it actually beats the alternative. (Which is exactly the case here; but it'd be pretty challenging to come up with a different scenario where that was still true.) Excellent point. But how many Court people know the extent of Smitt-ster's talent? We only know of Jones, for sure. Has she told the Court? unclear... she is pretty cagey with her knowledge. Obviously she would be highly suspicious, but what would she do about it? Excellent point yerself.  On the other hand, we do know that Parley was in the habit of "showing off" Smitty's abilities to all and sundry, so I'd imagine the Court administration has at least some idea of what he can do. And Eglamore, if he didn't already know, would have wanted some kind of explanation for this. |
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Post by mturtle7 on Jan 12, 2017 2:46:56 GMT
Nice catch! Now we'll just have to start wondering what THAT means! I feel like the Anja/Surma/Annie hair clip is larger than Jones', and a lighter color. I might be wrong! But it is also the case that Anja/Surma/Annie all wore it in the same spot, and Jones has it over her forehead. It's just like Tom to be a troll; but Jones has worn so many different hair implements I'm not sold on this being the same one. Honestly, I don't care whether or not it was intentional, or even logical. At the very least, it's a pretty amazing headcanon, so I declare it to be true. With a few minor improvements, that is. Just a few. The Ongoing Saga of the Blue Hair ClipThe Blue Hair Clip was originally made by Edward Jones out a nigh-indestructible plastic he invented, for Jones. Jones being Jones, that hair clip had to endure some pretty rough situation, and was lost twice. Both times, though, it miraculously returned to her after only a couple of years. Later, Jones gave it to Anja as a graduation gift, although she did not explain it's incredible significance. Soon afterwards, during the big fight with Reynardine, it fell into a sewer grate, but it was later picked up by a group of sentient sewer rats which later, by sheer coincidence, became involved in another of Anja and Surma's adventures, so Anja got it back after all. Later, Anja decided to give it to Surma as a farewell present (as fish already speculated). It's next 12 years or so were relatively uneventful, except for that one time a passing psychopomp accidentally took it with her into her realm, but she realized her mistake and gave it back to Surma pretty quickly. Surma gave it to her daughter as a birthday present, and I think we all know more or less what happened to it. Annie falls into the river, hair clip falls off but miraculously sinks directly onto Diego's Arrow and the elf's body, and stays there for a few years until the current chapter. If only Annie knew that hair clip's full history... |
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Post by keef on Jan 12, 2017 14:47:38 GMT
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Post by phantaskippy on Jan 13, 2017 14:28:21 GMT
So. . . blue hair clip = Omega Device?
The greatest and most dangerous achievement of mankind is an indestructible device which can hold back hair?
I like it.
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Post by Storel on Jan 14, 2017 23:19:16 GMT
Yes, I was just about to point that out. It has had quite the journey. Maybe it was Anja's farewell present to Surma? Now I'm just wondering what on earth that clip is made from, because I can't imagine any of my past hair toys surviving two generations and a couple of years in the drink. But it does give me something to think about aside from Bleeding Smitty. Or maybe it's just a very common style of hairclip that's been available in the Gunnerkrigg store where they get all their clothes for the past several decades... I'm becoming increasingly convinced that Tom only knows how to draw one hair clip and he's been reusing it every time. Or that, yeah. The Ongoing Saga of the Blue Hair ClipThe Blue Hair Clip was originally made by Edward Jones out a nigh-indestructible plastic he invented, for Jones. Jones being Jones, that hair clip had to endure some pretty rough situation, and was lost twice. Both times, though, it miraculously returned to her after only a couple of years. Later, Jones gave it to Anja as a graduation gift, although she did not explain it's incredible significance. Soon afterwards, during the big fight with Reynardine, it fell into a sewer grate, but it was later picked up by a group of sentient sewer rats which later, by sheer coincidence, became involved in another of Anja and Surma's adventures, so Anja got it back after all. Later, Anja decided to give it to Surma as a farewell present (as fish already speculated). It's next 12 years or so were relatively uneventful, except for that one time a passing psychopomp accidentally took it with her into her realm, but she realized her mistake and gave it back to Surma pretty quickly. Surma gave it to her daughter as a birthday present, and I think we all know more or less what happened to it. Annie falls into the river, hair clip falls off but miraculously sinks directly onto Diego's Arrow and the elf's body, and stays there for a few years until the current chapter. Okay, now you're stretching credibility just a bit... So. . . blue hair clip = Omega Device? The greatest and most dangerous achievement of mankind is an indestructible device which can hold back hair? I like it. ...  |
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