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Post by Mitth'raw'nuruodo on Feb 20, 2018 18:56:25 GMT
If they are mantles, most especially to Ysengrin and Reynard, I would start to cast a suspicious eye on both of them. Reynard especially has undergone quite a dramatic personality shift since the start and before the comic. Could this be that the original Reynard, the one that killed the boy, is the true Reynard and that his mantle is shaping him? I was thinking the opposite, actually. The thing that puzzles me most in these past few pages is Ysengrin's "dramatic personality shift" (triggered by receiving this power from Coyote?)--going from controlled, calm, and rational to raving, wordless, and attacking. Maybe Renard's willingness to steal people's bodies, not caring that it would kill them, was actually not "the real Renard" but rather a result of his having received a "mantle" from Coyote? Quite possibly. Maychance Annie is allowing Reynard to break through the mantle's overriding impulses. ( Mantles, ipso facto, are an Elder Scrolls concept of gods giving mortals portions/all of their power and the mortals eventually becoming the god or, importantly, a mortal becoming a god via subsuming the mantle. The Stormlight Archive borrows heavily from this.) |
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Post by bedinsis on Feb 20, 2018 22:33:48 GMT
I remember thinking that "strength" can be interpreted metaphorically. Someone that has the confidence to stand up to someone mistreating you without backing down could be considered a strong person. Maybe that's what we're seeing here?
I don't think so, but I wanted to raise the idea.
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Post by Runningflame on Feb 21, 2018 5:50:54 GMT
Clearly, we need someone to defuse this situation, someone to mediate between Coyote and Ysengrin. Like... I dunno... a medium.
Oh, there's two mediums present? Oh good!
(I hope.)
(Oh, and incidentally: I just realized that Parley, the Court medium's protector, is conveniently absent from this scene...)
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Post by netherdan on Feb 21, 2018 16:39:59 GMT
3) If Coyote does "die," which psychopomp will come for him? It will obviously be Annie. She's the one that comes when there's nothing left to take, and I doubt there'll be much to take off that body when their essence is scattered in so many ways swimming in the ether |
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Post by pyradonis on Feb 21, 2018 17:34:05 GMT
I agree with faiiry, this would be an anticlimactic and unsatisfying permanent end to Coyote. There are too many mysteries left to solve, and I think Coyote's mysteries are best exposed by Coyote himself, in his own voice, while his ethereal self transcends the panels. Telling coyote stories without the (unique, gorgeous) "Coyote Stories" style would be a bit of a shame and an unnecessary restriction on the comic going forward. And a loss of one of my (and probably many others') favorite parts of Gunnerkrigg Court. I think it would be fascinating if Coyote is truly dead. What does that sudden power vacuum mean for the forest and the court? With Ysengrin in charge, probably war. Did Coyote intend for this to happen and have a part of himself hidden away? Is his Strength he gave to Ysengrin a part of him that lives on? Is Annie still safe as the Forest medium? He doesn't even need to be truly dead for this to happen, just convince the others he is. |
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Post by jda on Jun 29, 2018 17:19:01 GMT
You can be invulnerable and immortal but still get trapped somewhere you cannot leave for eternity by a whimsical god. With inconmensurable strength, you could be sent to space, with maybe centuries before you land in another planet/surface from where to vault, even if you knew your astrophysics at perfection. And maybe millenia untill you return, example given. As I said... |
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