About the Court

[oorahairforce]

Don't forget Hellboy.

And Reynardine is apparently a fan of them too. Or at least, having tea parties with them.

[alexthegreater]

lapoire said:

I think Gunnerkrigg Court is meant to be located in some analogy of the "real" world, but remember the articles about Rogat Orjaks, anyone? We sure as hell haven't discovered anything like that on the Italian/Slovenian border yet.

Thats because it was up in the mountains and covered up by the government.

[La Poire]

Always a possiblity, I guess. That could also explain why holographic entertainment hasn't become available to the masses yet.

[waruitanuki]

alexthegreater said:

lapoire said:

I think Gunnerkrigg Court is meant to be located in some analogy of the "real" world, but remember the articles about Rogat Orjaks, anyone? We sure as hell haven't discovered anything like that on the Italian/Slovenian border yet.

Thats because it was up in the mountains and covered up by the government.

At the very least they were kept secret. Antimony didn't seem to have any idea that they existed. If their existence was common knowledge, surely Antimony, as intelligent and educated as she is, would know about them.

[fjodor]

Any ideas on the name "Gunner's Crag", as the Faeries call it? Who is/was the Gunner? The Very Nice Man? Could be I'm overanalysing here, but still...

[todd]

Well, "Gunner" could be a variant on "Gunnar", which was a reasonably common Viking name. Maybe the place was originally a Viking settlement sometime during the 9th to 11th centuries?

[shadow314]

Well whatever its meaning it still sounds insanely cool. But, I doubt the name has anything to do with the actual plot...

[fjodor]

I thought the same thing, until the faeries used a name that seemed to actually put it into some sort of perspective. oh well, all we can do is sit and wait. two more days till Monday....

[julieth]

I think the court may be in an alternate version of the world, like a steampunk book. Some things are the same, but there's magic in there too. I'm not sure if I'm coming across clearly here, but it does seem like most odd happenings (the tic tocs, Basil, Zimmy, the suicide fairies, etc.) are taken more or less in stride, like they're really not all that unusual.

[todd]

julieth said:

I'm not sure if I'm coming across clearly here, but it does seem like most odd happenings (the tic tocs, Basil, Zimmy, the suicide fairies, etc.) are taken more or less in stride, like they're really not all that unusual.

Well, Annie takes them in stride, but then she's not your average girl. Kat and the other kids are scared by Basil when they first see him.

[julieth]

That's true. But they all seem to adjust to him pretty quickly, especially Kat. I suppose that's partially because he's so generally nice.

[La Poire]

But still, the Basil argument, or any like it, are basically fallacies because even though minotaurs might be uncommon there are no indications that unicorns (just a random example) are.

P.S. All the Google ads seem to be about Scottish and Irish music here. Weird.

[rastarogue]

So the paranormal is not common among the rest of the students, only to the main characters.

P.S. now the ads are all about Tea.

[fjodor]

That's odd, usually the ads are sensitive to the context of the page. Let's see what happens if I start talking about coffee. I like coffee, you see. Can't get enough of coffee to be honest. The real stuff, no decaf. No sir: gimme honest, black roasted coffee. By the gallon. Espresso, machiatto, latte, that's all for Faeries. Just coffee. plain old steamy dark coffee. Mocca is allowed, but it should be about coffee. Coffee, coffee, oh wherefore art thou coffee? (I know what you are all thinking: I *should* consider that decaf. But that's not real coffee)

Don't worry, I can always delete this post later on. Just wondering if Google can be tricked.

And now I'm gonna grab a cup of hot chocolate.

[julieth]

Still folk music, but coffee coffee coffee is on my mind right now. I sure do love that coffee. I love caffiene so much.

[alexthegreater]

Family court lawyer???

Well anyways can we please get back on topic?



Sooooo How bout that court? It sure is big mysterious and industrial looking...

[fjodor]

the best view we have on the court is at the end of chapter 8. there is a large pyramid-like building, we see spherical greenhouses. but the dominant image is that of an industrial complex. maybe there's a dr.Moreau-ish purpose to it? "he who breaks the law gets sent to the Court of pain."

[julieth]

But who's broken the law? The kids don't seem like they're being punished...or maybe I'm misunderstanding, I never read that book.

[mrw]

fjodor said:

the best view we have on the court is at the end of chapter 8. there is a large pyramid-like building, we see spherical greenhouses. but the dominant image is that of an industrial complex.

Spherical buildings could be a bunch of things in addition to greenhouses. Some thoughts:

-Planetariums
-The holographic areas (i.e. the cherry tree on the hill could be in one, Dr. Disasters classes could be in another)
-Antenna radomes (radomes protect dish antennas from weather and spy satellites)
-Fuel storage (though those don't usually have panelized construction)
-Weather protected assembly areas for large equipment
-Holding cell for very large animal

[fjodor]

You're right mrw, greenhouses just sprang to my mind.

[owl]

mrw said:

-Holding cell for very large animal

Like a Rogat Orjak?

[amelie]

owl said:

mrw said:

-Holding cell for very large animal

Like a Rogat Orjak?

It does seem like the holding cell that Annie finds isn't circular though, from the looks of the roof/side
www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=51

[owl]

Hmm, you're right. Perhaps he was moved for interrogation? Perhaps they didn't want to transport him all the way back to his original holding pen, through all those twisty industrial streets?

Or perhaps I'm just wrong. *sigh*

[Aspen d'Grey]

Or it's possible that it's such an insanely large room that it only APPEARS to be a straight wall, when in fact its curved. Think curvature of the earth at sea-level, vs on a 14k foot mountain

[La Poire]

The room Reynardine was in had corners, though.

[mrw]

Could be for animals even larger than a Rogat Orjak. Giant spiders the size of the Goodyear blimp! Oh wait, that's for the wild speculation thread...