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Post by CoyoteReborn on Apr 21, 2017 7:00:23 GMT
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Post by Daedalus on Apr 21, 2017 7:02:13 GMT
So it seems like Annie, Parley, and Smitty are uncomfortable about Jeanne being gone?
I wonder if it's noticeable when crossing the bridge. The absence of an accustomed etheric pressure.
I wonder if the Court has detected it. We know Coyote is aware.
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Post by bedinsis on Apr 21, 2017 7:04:42 GMT
Ah, nothing like walking with friends past the place where you've previously risked your lives, and at least one of whom the risk was particularly high.
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Post by theonethatgotaway on Apr 21, 2017 7:21:18 GMT
All I'd like to say is "...", if you know what I mean...
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Post by arf on Apr 21, 2017 7:27:20 GMT
There is a sense of anti-climax in this page.
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Post by shadowhunter on Apr 21, 2017 7:29:05 GMT
...That's a loooong bridge for such an awkward silence.
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Post by Nepycros on Apr 21, 2017 8:06:43 GMT
I'm thinking Annie's been mulling over some perceived sense of acting as an authoritarian around her friends, and doesn't know how to approach the subject. Let's not forget that just below that bridge, Smitty got stabbed. What's more, Parley and Smitty may think they're responsible for Annie having given up her autonomy to work for the psychopomps.
This isn't any kind of judgment on where guilt actually lies, but the underlying anxieties of the characters and how they see themselves/others. Annie's self-esteem (realistically) shouldn't be able to survive the constant whirlwind of emotional trauma and neglect from the people in her life who should be role models.
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Post by faiiry on Apr 21, 2017 10:00:19 GMT
My first thought was "same." My second thought was "..."
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Post by Jelly Jellybean on Apr 21, 2017 10:44:41 GMT
I am probably reading more into the silence than Tom intended, but in panel 5 it looks like Annie needs a Kat shoulder to cry on.
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Post by casualobserver on Apr 21, 2017 11:26:25 GMT
There's just something a little foreboding now about leaving the forest (which has become comfortable) to go back to the cold confines of the Court. I suspect that once back, given that there is a semblance of a support group there, that they'll become reacclimated.
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Post by Rasselas on Apr 21, 2017 12:18:27 GMT
Wait, how? I must've missed something. |
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Post by todd on Apr 21, 2017 12:35:33 GMT
Wait, how? I must've missed something. The final page of the chapter where Jeanne was freed. |
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Post by faiiry on Apr 21, 2017 13:15:03 GMT
I have some more thoughts. -1821 seems to me like an echo of this page. -I'm surprised at everyone's obvious avoidance of the subject of what happened below the bridge. There seems to me to be no real reason why they'd avoid talking about Jeanne or feel particularly awkward about it. Freeing her was a goal they've been aiming for for perhaps years, and one they didn't particularly feel optimistic about achieving. Why wouldn't they want to discuss it? -On that note, I'm less surprised about Annie and Andrew's silence than Parley's. Both the younger ones are more reserved, but Parley has never been known to shut up. Surely she'd say something. Maybe she has grown more reserved since her training with Eglamore, but I still think it's a little out of character for her not to say something. Even something awkward and inappropriate like, "Nice day to spar with an angry ghost, hmm?" while nudging Smitty with this look on her face. Or something. I don't know. I just think it's odd. |
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Post by spritznar on Apr 21, 2017 13:23:27 GMT
i don't think it's jeanne they don't want to discuss, i think it's smitty's very near death experience... very emotional and traumatic, and they probably haven't really processed it cause they can't* talk to anyone else at the court about it
*at least annie seems hesitant to tell anyone about jeanne and what they were doing
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Post by ohthatone on Apr 21, 2017 13:30:36 GMT
what, no Jimmy Jims? I wonder if they need to ask for permission from the Court to go to the forest anymore or if they can just go as long as Parley is there.
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Post by pyradonis on Apr 21, 2017 13:59:47 GMT
I wonder whether the backgrounds of panels 3, 4 and 5 (mostly green for Parley, 3/4 green for Andrew, only white and blue for Annie) signify something, or if they simply indicate that time passes between them where the group gets away from the forest and onto the bridge.
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Post by dotdotdot on Apr 21, 2017 14:48:04 GMT
Making my name proud today!
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Post by Trillium on Apr 21, 2017 15:05:41 GMT
what, no Jimmy Jims? I wonder if they need to ask for permission from the Court to go to the forest anymore or if they can just go as long as Parley is there. Even if we don't see anyone I suspect when folks return from the forest they are watched carefully. I almost expect to see a "Tich-tick" bird watching them from a lamp. |
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Post by ctso74 on Apr 21, 2017 15:06:31 GMT
I'm betting Red's words are weighing on Annie. She's no more responsible for what happened to Smitty than anyone else, but she does have some responsibility, and being alone with them could be summoning a guilty feeling. Smitty and Parley might be thinking of a way to bring up Annie's fate with the psychopomps. They may feel as responsible as Annie might.
Annie. If you're trying to think of a way to say "I'm sorry we got you shanked", Hallmark has a wonderful card for that. I have no idea where my Grandma bought it, though.
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Post by spritznar on Apr 21, 2017 15:39:50 GMT
what, no Jimmy Jims? I wonder if they need to ask for permission from the Court to go to the forest anymore or if they can just go as long as Parley is there. Even if we don't see anyone I suspect when folks return from the forest they are watched carefully. I almost expect to see a "Tich-tick" bird watching them from a lamp. well, the thousand eyes appear to always be watching, but they also don't seem to report to the court? (at least as far as anja knows...) but i wouldn't be surprised if the court was carefully monitoring the comings and goings of the forest |
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Post by stef1987 on Apr 21, 2017 16:34:46 GMT
I don't get what's the deal on this page
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Post by mturtle7 on Apr 21, 2017 23:12:05 GMT
Fun Fact: today is the Day of Silence here in the U.S., a day when many people choose to stay silent for the whole day to spread awareness of the LGTBQ people that have been bullied and harassed into silence. I'm honestly not sure if this is a coincidence or not, since I don't think they do this in the UK. |
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Post by faiiry on Apr 22, 2017 0:28:08 GMT
Fun Fact: today is the Day of Silence here in the U.S., a day when many people choose to stay silent for the whole day to spread awareness of the LGTBQ people that have been bullied and harassed into silence. I'm honestly not sure if this is a coincidence or not, since I don't think they do this in the UK. Now that I think about it, it would be a pretty big coincidence if today's pointedly silent page wasn't related to the Day of Silence. I'd like to think it is, anyway. Although it would take months of planning ahead on Tom's part. |
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Post by Rasselas on Apr 22, 2017 1:10:32 GMT
The final page of the chapter where Jeanne was freed. Ahh, thank you! Of course, the nose! ...Well, now I really wonder about the timing of his "gifts." Come to think of it, it's been a while since we've seen a Tic-Toc bird. I'd almost forgotten about their mystery, and it's one I'm really intrigued by. |
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Post by zbeeblebrox on Apr 22, 2017 6:12:00 GMT
Oh boy, I wonder how this friendship is going for Annie! It's looking great!
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Post by Fishy on Apr 22, 2017 7:51:24 GMT
It's not awkward silence, the group simply notices the blinding light creature across the bridge in panel 2 and knows not to look at or speak to it for their safety.
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Post by arf on Apr 23, 2017 7:06:34 GMT
Those three panels give the initial impression that Annie is looking worriedly at Parley and Smitty.
Looking more closely at the last panel, however, I realise they're on Annie's left, and that she's looking to her right over the bridge.
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Post by KMar on Apr 23, 2017 15:19:20 GMT
I have no idea what the characters are thinking in-universe, but from the Doylist perspective, I'm betting we will soon find out what happens when the Court's grotesque-but-terrifyingly-effective protective measures are gone.
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Post by fia on Apr 23, 2017 18:47:21 GMT
Makes sense to me. Probably some trauma-related awkwardness; possibly some resentment. Annie's always been comfortable around death and danger and creepy ghosts, the others less so. They may be feeling a bit of the Wednesday Addams creep.
Chapter isn't over yet, though. Wonder if we'll see an actual exchange with them, or at least a scene with Kat when they get back. So many unanswered questions.
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Post by puntosmx on Apr 23, 2017 21:10:35 GMT
Those three panels give the initial impression that Annie is looking worriedly at Parley and Smitty. Looking more closely at the last panel, however, I realise they're on Annie's left, and that she's looking to her right over the bridge. Indeed, Smitty and Parley look away from the river and away from each other, as if they were avoiding thinking about what transpired down there. Meanwhile, Annie looks down (both downwards and depressed) and away from the couple. Makes sense to me. Probably some trauma-related awkwardness; possibly some resentment. Annie's always been comfortable around death and danger and creepy ghosts, the others less so. They may be feeling a bit of the Wednesday Addams creep. Chapter isn't over yet, though. Wonder if we'll see an actual exchange with them, or at least a scene with Kat when they get back. So many unanswered questions. I believe Annie dealt with death in a more easygoing way before, and the fact one of her friends almost died for doing something she requested from him has a deeper impact than her mother's death. It should have had an impact akin to Rey telling her Surma died for Annie, as we all know the fallout from that. |
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