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Post by Timberwere on May 14, 2018 7:02:28 GMT
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Post by madjack on May 14, 2018 7:09:19 GMT
Which 'affected' area is her workshop near, the Forest border or a giant tree kill-zone?
I'd love a rough map of the Court when this is all finished.
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Post by blackmantha on May 14, 2018 7:18:04 GMT
Typo in the 5th panel: "uniterrupted"
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Post by arf on May 14, 2018 7:37:46 GMT
It appears that Arthur and Juliette are going to be in this one.
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Post by noone3 on May 14, 2018 10:29:06 GMT
It appears that Arthur and Juliette are going to be in this one. Arthur seems to be a little absent though. |
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Post by fia on May 14, 2018 11:31:26 GMT
Whoa, I really wonder how big a deal Tony must be to the Court. They really need him but also he is very high ranking.
Like Oppenheimer.
I wonder if he is on a General Advisory Committee of some kind.
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Post by kat on May 14, 2018 11:43:48 GMT
More importantly:
Who gets the sleeping bag and who gets the couch?
Is it colour-coordinated?
Do they share?
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Post by crater on May 14, 2018 12:53:36 GMT
LAUGHING ON LINE!
He didn't even have to say anything. His awkward stare was enough to shoo them away.
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Post by faiiry on May 14, 2018 13:26:09 GMT
LAUGHING ON LINE! He didn't even have to say anything. His awkward stare was enough to shoo them away. You're being hasty - we didn't see everything. He probably also roasted their makeup and attire until they were forced to leave, sobbing all the way. |
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Post by faiiry on May 14, 2018 13:26:55 GMT
Shell and Aata cameo in panel 3.
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Post by lonestarf1 on May 14, 2018 13:56:50 GMT
Whoa, I really wonder how big a deal Tony must be to the Court. They really need him but also he is very high ranking. Like Oppenheimer. I wonder if he is on a General Advisory Committee of some kind. It's been shown that he's at least acquainted with the Shadow Men. Juliette brought him in to help Kat with her project. So he's got pull there. |
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Post by Sky Schemer on May 14, 2018 14:06:45 GMT
The humanization of Tony continues.
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Post by theonethatgotaway on May 14, 2018 14:09:37 GMT
Whoa, I really wonder how big a deal Tony must be to the Court. They really need him but also he is very high ranking. Like Oppenheimer. I wonder if he is on a General Advisory Committee of some kind. It's been shown that he's at least acquainted with the Shadow Men. Juliette brought him in to help Kat with her project. So he's got pull there. Ah yes, who could forget about... The Talk and The Manstuff |
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Post by madjack on May 14, 2018 14:20:59 GMT
Whoa, I really wonder how big a deal Tony must be to the Court. They really need him but also he is very high ranking. Like Oppenheimer. I wonder if he is on a General Advisory Committee of some kind. It's been shown that he's at least acquainted with the Shadow Men. Juliette brought him in to help Kat with her project. So he's got pull there. He's clearly been affiliated with them for a long time, so it makes sense he'd probably have at least some seniority or enough trust banked to make requests. |
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Post by pyradonis on May 14, 2018 16:43:42 GMT
I am pretty disappointed by Kat's parents. I know they are trusting her a lot, but leaving her behind in a possible war zone? Seriously?
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Post by faiiry on May 14, 2018 17:10:59 GMT
Whoa, I really wonder how big a deal Tony must be to the Court. They really need him but also he is very high ranking. Like Oppenheimer. I wonder if he is on a General Advisory Committee of some kind. He's been involved with the Shadow Men since he was a teenager (presumably). He must have worked his way up until he was a big shot. But he wasn't important enough that the Court would prevent him from leaving with Surma. He also isn't important enough that they would balk at threatening/blackmailing him to come back. But you raise a good point. How powerful is Tony? Who is the highest-ranking person who he could order around? Is he more powerful than Llanwellyn? Why does he have such influence? And another point - why did the Court not ask him to come back until 14-ish years after he left? What was so important about that point in time? |
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Post by faiiry on May 14, 2018 17:12:14 GMT
I am pretty disappointed by Kat's parents. I know they are trusting her a lot, but leaving her behind in a possible war zone? Seriously? Anja appears here - it seems she's still around and looking after Kat. |
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Post by pyradonis on May 14, 2018 17:42:18 GMT
Whoa, I really wonder how big a deal Tony must be to the Court. They really need him but also he is very high ranking. Like Oppenheimer. I wonder if he is on a General Advisory Committee of some kind. He's been involved with the Shadow Men since he was a teenager (presumably). He must have worked his way up until he was a big shot. But he wasn't important enough that the Court would prevent him from leaving with Surma. He also isn't important enough that they would balk at threatening/blackmailing him to come back. But you raise a good point. How powerful is Tony? Who is the highest-ranking person who he could order around? Is he more powerful than Llanwellyn? Why does he have such influence? And another point - why did the Court not ask him to come back until 14-ish years after he left? What was so important about that point in time? To be fair, most of this time he was still working for the Court. I assume that Tony is good at hiding, so it took them a while to find him again after Surma's death. Maybe they were getting antsy about Annie being uncontrollable and growing ever closer to the Forest, or something popped up they need him to work on inside the Court. I guess we will find out one day. I am pretty disappointed by Kat's parents. I know they are trusting her a lot, but leaving her behind in a possible war zone? Seriously? Anja appears here - it seems she's still around and looking after Kat. I am not so sure. To me it seemed as the scene depicted in this panel was taking place before the evacuation, since Annie's accompanying speech is in the past tense. |
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Post by Zox Tomana on May 14, 2018 20:08:32 GMT
LAUGHING ON LINE! He didn't even have to say anything. His awkward stare was enough to shoo them away. You're being hasty - we didn't see everything. He probably also roasted their makeup and attire until they were forced to leave, sobbing all the way. Anthony Carver: secretly the Rap Battle Champion of Gunnerkrigg Court. No, he can't rap, but the cold precise strike of every burn hardly even needs the sick beats behind them. |
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Post by cartographer7 on May 14, 2018 20:09:20 GMT
OK guys, help me out here: Why is Juliette able to openly camp out by Arthur? Weren't they going to a lot of trouble to keep their relationship hidden from the court?
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Post by aline on May 14, 2018 20:17:37 GMT
I am pretty disappointed by Kat's parents. I know they are trusting her a lot, but leaving her behind in a possible war zone? Seriously? Kat is a teen, not a toddler, she's not an adult yet but well on her way to becoming one. She obviously fought hard to keep her workshop and keep doing her work. She is intelligent, she understands what is happening just as well as any given adult, and any risk she is taking here is entirely deliberate. At some point, your job as a parent stops being "add padding to the furniture and make sure the front door is locked" and starts being "support your kid's important life choices". The shield is holding up and nothing much is happening at that point. The risk is not zero, it exists, but it's a measured risk. You can't live your life and do the things that are important to you without taking risks. |
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Post by aline on May 14, 2018 20:27:09 GMT
OK guys, help me out here: Why is Juliette able to openly camp out by Arthur? Weren't they going to a lot of trouble to keep their relationship hidden from the court? The Court is probably too busy dealing with the current chaos to try and find out what Juliette is doing (and as a "shadown man" she probably has a number of ways to cover her tracks). It's unlikely the Court is bothering to monitor what's happening around the robots right now, they have more important things to do. It's not really "openly" if no other human being is there. |
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Post by Jelly Jellybean on May 14, 2018 20:38:34 GMT
OK guys, help me out here: Why is Juliette able to openly camp out by Arthur? Weren't they going to a lot of trouble to keep their relationship hidden from the court? Juilette threw everyone off by saying she was staying with the little one-eyed Bot next to Arthur. As long as they don't see her holding Arthur's hand or jacking into his CPU, then they will never suspect Arthur. |
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Post by feraldog on May 14, 2018 20:46:55 GMT
She could even come up with the excuse that this particular robot is affiliated with the Shadowmen already/has important info.
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Post by warrl on May 14, 2018 21:52:56 GMT
And another point - why did the Court not ask him to come back until 14-ish years after he left? What was so important about that point in time? I think it was more of a matter of when he was vulnerable and they had leverage, rather than when they wanted him. |
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Post by pyradonis on May 14, 2018 22:43:15 GMT
I am pretty disappointed by Kat's parents. I know they are trusting her a lot, but leaving her behind in a possible war zone? Seriously? Kat is a teen, not a toddler, she's not an adult yet but well on her way to becoming one. She obviously fought hard to keep her workshop and keep doing her work. She is intelligent, she understands what is happening just as well as any given adult, and any risk she is taking here is entirely deliberate. At some point, your job as a parent stops being "add padding to the furniture and make sure the front door is locked" and starts being "support your kid's important life choices". The shield is holding up and nothing much is happening at that point. The risk is not zero, it exists, but it's a measured risk. You can't live your life and do the things that are important to you without taking risks. Nobody in the Court knew about this shield. They don't know how long it will stay up, how it can be deactivated, or what its weaknesses are. While on the other side you have a violent unpredictable god. In my opinion that's hardly a "measured risk", and certainly not one I would let my 15-year-old kid willingly stay in. I am all for supporting one's children in their life choices. But, see, either this place gets attacked or not. If it does, Kat is dead. If it does not, her workshop will still be there for her when she returns. It's not as if we are talking about permanently migrating to another country. |
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Post by todd on May 15, 2018 0:15:34 GMT
I am pretty disappointed by Kat's parents. I know they are trusting her a lot, but leaving her behind in a possible war zone? Seriously? Call it plot necessity to ensure that one of the major threads can continue, without having to wait for the emergency to end (especially since we don't know how much of the remainder of the comic the emergency will take up - for all we know, the situation will be permanent, in the sense that it ends only when the story's about to wrap up). (Though nearly all the robots are currently in no condition to pay attention to Kat's work or Robot's sermons). |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on May 15, 2018 1:29:59 GMT
You're being hasty - we didn't see everything. He probably also roasted their makeup and attire until they were forced to leave, sobbing all the way. Anthony Carver: secretly the Rap Battle Champion of Gunnerkrigg Court. No, he can't rap, but the cold precise strike of every burn hardly even needs the sick beats behind them. I am looking forward to him challenging Ysengoyote (Coysengrotein?) to a dance-off to decide the fate of the universe Court. |
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Post by somebunny on May 15, 2018 7:16:33 GMT
OK guys, help me out here: Why is Juliette able to openly camp out by Arthur? Weren't they going to a lot of trouble to keep their relationship hidden from the court? It seems like all the shadow men are aware that Juliette and Arthur are long-time colleagues, if not friends. It's just their romantic relationship they're hiding, so maybe this comes off more as platonic concern. |
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Post by zbeeblebrox on May 15, 2018 7:40:01 GMT
Any update now, I'm half-expecting this recap to end with "So anyway, that's what's been happening for the past five years"
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