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Post by madjack on May 15, 2018 7:44:55 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. In addition to that, anything along the lines of 'team solidarity' or 'don't leave our own behind' or 'he's a friend so he wouldn't mind us poking around in his head cpu as much to see what the deal is with the other robots' or other half-truths to that effect would help do some convincing. Edit: 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" You may not be far off... |
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Post by pyradonis on May 15, 2018 10:37:30 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). That is a meta reason that is very probably right, but I want in-story-reasons.  |
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Post by Zox Tomana on May 15, 2018 13:03:28 GMT
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. I expect him to be an absolute master of "the robot" |
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Post by saardvark on May 15, 2018 14:13:11 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. She could also claim (possibly with some truth) that she is staying behind to study more about the shield programming (how it worked, who wrote it, operational parameters, etc. - since it was all a surprise to the Court)... in particular by studying the robot she knows best, Arthur. |
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Post by todd on May 16, 2018 0:13:49 GMT
That is a meta reason that is very probably right, but I want in-story-reasons. Yes, those are more difficult to come up with - it may be that this is another case where we'll just have to suspend our disbelief for the sake of the plot. (I've sometimes thought that it might have been more advisable to have the Court be all adults, with the children schooled elsewhere - maybe secret programs for etherically-promising children in every school in the UK, and they only come to the Court once they come of age, to join the staff. Of course, there'd be no story - or a very different one - in that case, and I suspect it would have been difficult to handle, in any case.) |
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Post by TBeholder on May 16, 2018 8:27:12 GMT
The best comments: from guestbook
starving autist
inb4 a quick resurgence of "HE'S STILL EVIL THOUGH"
14 May 2018 | 12:00 AM
TomFynn
Um, please no tinkering with the last and only line of defense, thank you?
14 May 2018 | 12:04 AM
SomeCallMeTim
Annie's telling the story in present tense now. And once again we return to the old question: who is Tony, really?
14 May 2018 | 12:13 AM
Mage
Anthony tells some interlopers to get lost (2018, colorized)
14 May 2018 | 1:11 AM
Jakub
Learning to program her boyfriend? A skill anyone would love to have.
14 May 2018 | 4:12 AM
asd
Istg Mr. Carver looks different every time we see him. He also looks really young sometimes. Is he the new Eglamore? Without his his scars I'd think he was one of the students.
14 May 2018 | 6:00 AM
CT
No one is putting this kind of effort into saving Boxbot.
14 May 2018 | 7:55 AM
Bakkonator
Would not the insistence on not making this space avaialble raise suspicion from the secret police?
14 May 2018 | 9:12 AM
Lunalovegood42
And why does Tony have so much influence?
14 May 2018 | 4:58 PM
This one at least can be answered. Seems to be two reasons:
1. They may have suspicions, but not time, while Tony excels at making people feel like they are entering an endless radioactive swamp. Since those guys are in too much hurry to argue, and if he isn't about to back down, they don't have any real options but to sigh and move on to the next place on their list.
2. In this situation Annie, given her position, had to be suddenly redefined as "potential powder keg" in the eyes of many. No one wants any unnecessary mess anywhere around someone on whom so much may depend.
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