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Post by madjack on Jul 22, 2020 7:03:56 GMT
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Post by Nnelg on Jul 22, 2020 7:04:45 GMT
Just because she can fly, doesn't mean she's a bird.
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Post by philman on Jul 22, 2020 7:07:47 GMT
Oh dear, cue more sadness.
"And who is this? Is this Surma's daught...
Oh, but that means..."
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Post by jda on Jul 22, 2020 7:08:37 GMT
Sorry, miss, are you a robot?
Or a sane person, at last?
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Post by Eily on Jul 22, 2020 7:09:29 GMT
"Ah! Is this..."
"Surma's daughter"
"Aieeee, so beautiful! And is this..."
"Surma's daughter"
"Meh..."
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Post by wies on Jul 22, 2020 7:34:36 GMT
A very huggy Valkyrie!
Cracks me up that she is now throwing her buckler away too.
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Post by gpvos on Jul 22, 2020 7:39:43 GMT
At first sight, it seems no plot points are being advanced here. But the fact that Donnie made that buckler is probably going to be important 75 chapters from now.
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Post by shadow3 on Jul 22, 2020 7:57:07 GMT
Donnie demonstrated an expertise with etheric force shields when Ysengrin first attacked Annie - it wouldn't be surprising if the buckler he designed could form a big shield as well.
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Post by cu on Jul 22, 2020 8:00:11 GMT
"Ah! Is this..." "Surma's daughter" "Aieeee, so beautiful! And is this..." "Surma's daughter" "Meh..." More like: - "Anthony's daughter. Twice." - "Crack!" (disappears leaving a fading runic symbol behind) |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Jul 22, 2020 8:04:57 GMT
A very huggy Valkyrie! Cracks me up that she is now throwing her buckler away too. I noticed that also. When she hugged Anja she tossed the spear but not the buckler. My guess is that it was for the sensible reason of not hitting anything with either end of the spear while administering the enthusiastic hug. With Kat she's ditching the buckler too, probably because Kat is still a kid, more or less. The grip is metal and a little uncomfortable, which a kid would be more likely to mind and there is still the slim but not impossible chance of injury. While an old friend Anja would forgive an accidental bash to herself she would probably be less okay with her child getting bopped. Would make a bad first impression, too. ^Not that I'm an expert with safe-handling ancient weapons but that's probably the smart thing to do in this situation. |
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Post by madjack on Jul 22, 2020 8:12:39 GMT
A very huggy Valkyrie! Cracks me up that she is now throwing her buckler away too. I noticed that also. When she hugged Anja she tossed the spear but not the buckler. My guess is that it was for the sensible reason of not hitting anything with either end of the spear while administering the enthusiastic hug. With Kat she's ditching the buckler too, probably because Kat is still a kid, more or less. The grip is metal and a little uncomfortable, which a kid would be more likely to mind and there is still the slim but not impossible chance of injury. While an old friend Anja would forgive an accidental bash to herself she would probably be less okay with her child getting bopped. Would make a bad first impression, too. ^Not that I'm an expert with safe-handling ancient weapons but that's probably the smart thing to do in this situation. I think she just wanted to show Anja she still had the buckler. |
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Post by TBeholder on Jul 22, 2020 8:16:23 GMT
Oh dear, cue more sadness. "And who is this? Is this Surma's daught... Oh, but that means..." More likely, Annies are intentionally left for the GLOMP dessert, because "Huh, and there are two of her, THAT got to be a long story". |
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Post by saardvark on Jul 22, 2020 8:35:25 GMT
I think Brinnie, while saddened, would understand the inevitabliity of Surma's fate in a Demi-god sort of way... but there is a twist...
Brin: ... and our dear Surma... had beautiful twins!?
[massive hugs on Annies]
Brin: ...but how is that possible?
Anja: ... well, we thought maybe you could help us a bit with that. You see what actually happened was.......
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Jul 22, 2020 8:35:59 GMT
I noticed that also. When she hugged Anja she tossed the spear but not the buckler. My guess is that it was for the sensible reason of not hitting anything with either end of the spear while administering the enthusiastic hug. With Kat she's ditching the buckler too, probably because Kat is still a kid, more or less. The grip is metal and a little uncomfortable, which a kid would be more likely to mind and there is still the slim but not impossible chance of injury. While an old friend Anja would forgive an accidental bash to herself she would probably be less okay with her child getting bopped. Would make a bad first impression, too. ^Not that I'm an expert with safe-handling ancient weapons but that's probably the smart thing to do in this situation. I think she just wanted to show Anja she still had the buckler. The problem with unexpected things is that you don't expect them to happen. Check out how close Anja's head is to the buckler in panel 1. Even with good reflexes, if something unexpected happens one slip may equal a bonk to the noggin. It wouldn't be a serious injury, but it would bother a hypothetical friend's kid more than it would the hypothetical friend. |
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Post by saardvark on Jul 22, 2020 8:38:55 GMT
I think she just wanted to show Anja she still had the buckler. The problem with unexpected things is that you don't expect them to happen. Check out how close Anja's head is to the buckler in panel 1. Even with good reflexes, if something unexpected happens one slip may equal a bonk to the noggin. It wouldn't be a serious injury, but it would bother a hypothetical friend's kid more than it would the hypothetical friend. Brin being a Valkyrie tho probably means she has honed combat abilities to demi-god-like levels. The causally tossed spear and buckler probably land perfectly in the corner of the room, as if gently placed there.... |
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Post by blahzor on Jul 22, 2020 8:41:36 GMT
Kat will suddenly ask Paz to dress as a Valk for Halloween
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Post by saardvark on Jul 22, 2020 8:42:48 GMT
... and clearly Brin does NOT see Kat in Robo-goddess form... it would be rather hard to know how to hug *that*!
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Post by Eily on Jul 22, 2020 9:14:58 GMT
The causally tossed spear and buckler probably land perfectly in the corner of the room, as if gently placed there.... If it does land, Brinnie is still floating around for some reason, there's no reason for her tools not to do the same. If they don't just go back to storage when she dismisses them. |
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Post by arkadi on Jul 22, 2020 9:18:58 GMT
At first sight, it seems no plot points are being advanced here. But the fact that Donnie made that buckler is probably going to be important 75 chapters from now. Funny enough, when Brinnie made her appearance I noticed the similarity between the patterns on the buckler and those manifested by Donnie's etheric hijinks. But I came to the opposite conclusion: that Brin must have taught Donnie and Anja some Asgardian magic back in the day, and they had used that to develop their own ethertech. I was just going to post that theory when I saw today's update ^^u(I was also half expecting Brinnie to see Kat's etheric form, but it looks like that's not happening) |
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Post by blahzor on Jul 22, 2020 10:55:06 GMT
... and clearly Brin dies NOT see Kat in Robo-goddess form... it would be rather hard to know how to hug *that*! makes me question her power level as Loup just saw her as a bright light, Zimmy is walking ether and see's her true form, Coyote has never met her and Paz saw her from a ether explosion, Annie only saw her form due to the device |
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Post by blahzor on Jul 22, 2020 10:59:04 GMT
The causally tossed spear and buckler probably land perfectly in the corner of the room, as if gently placed there.... If it does land, Brinnie is still floating around for some reason, there's no reason for her tools not to do the same. If they don't just go back to storage when she dismisses them. they seem to still be in a pocket dimension due to the background still being blindly white |
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Post by csj on Jul 22, 2020 11:27:11 GMT
more nicknames and kat turns into a lesbian beetroot
a good gunnerkrigg page
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Post by gpvos on Jul 22, 2020 11:41:17 GMT
(I was also half expecting Brinnie to see Kat's etheric form, but it looks like that's not happening) "Aieee! So beautiful! Like an angel!" |
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Post by Corvo on Jul 22, 2020 11:47:41 GMT
Donnie demonstrated an expertise with etheric force shields when Ysengrin first attacked Annie - it wouldn't be surprising if the buckler he designed could form a big shield as well. |
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Post by pyradonis on Jul 22, 2020 12:07:11 GMT
"Hear, hear! I still have same accent I had at school with you!"
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Post by Gemminie on Jul 22, 2020 12:30:36 GMT
My left brain: "But we don't know yet how Brinnie can possibly help with time travel ..."
My right brain: "Shut up, you! Look how happy Anja and Brinnie are to see each other, and look, she's happy to meet Kat! And oh ... how will she react to not just one Annie, but two?"
Time travel can wait -- almost by definition. It's awesome that Donnie made her a buckler! It's also awesome that after mentioning it, she just flings it to the wind when she sees Kat. Frisbee!
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Post by netherdan on Jul 22, 2020 13:47:16 GMT
Just because she can fly, doesn't mean she's a bird. If she materializes valkyrie wings Paz is doomed! ... and clearly Brin dies NOT see Kat in Robo-goddess form... it would be rather hard to know how to hug *that*! makes me question her power level as Loup just saw her as a bright light, Zimmy is walking ether and see's her true form, Coyote has never met her and Paz saw her from a ether explosion, Annie only saw her form due to the device Ah, I see. We're measuring power level by Kat-awareness now. How long until we have eye-mounted Kat-o-meters? |
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Post by Ahakarin on Jul 22, 2020 13:55:31 GMT
Time travel can wait -- almost by definition. Pretty much. Either the timeline is static (worst possible definition) and it's inevitable, or it's flexible with infinite timelines and doesn't really matter... 'cause fixing infinite timelines is kinda a lot. Moreover, if they can interfere with one another (ie if you can have two Annies from two separate timelines plopped together) then there's not only no telling when this happened, but from which when did it happen.
Either way, all that's known is that bird robots based on Kat's design make it into various points in the past, but that says nothing of how they got there, who sent them, or even from when.
Maybe it's all an accident and Kat never intended it to happen at all.
Maybe she turns to her immortal robots for a solution, lives out her life, dies peacefully of old age, and they deal with it. Maybe it's Loup/Coyotee shenanigans
Maybe she goes mad, turns herself into an undying cyborg, takes over the globe, and the plucky band of freedom fighters struggling against her cyber regime realize the only way to stop her is to change the past by saving Annie in a "power of friendship" type plot.
Maybe 10,000 years in the future someone finds the plans for the birds, builds a whole bunch, they get really popular as some sort of feathery retro-furby, and some of the billions that get made inevitably get lost by absent minded chrono-tourists.
Either way, however it happens, or happened, there's not even any real evidence that it has to happen again. With divergent timelines impacting one another, these birds could all just come from a Kat that had no Annie, and had no real goal or motivation to send them back, and it still happened.
End of time, when temporal causality is fluid not just among lines, but between them, there's no need to hurry.
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Post by getawaysubmarine on Jul 22, 2020 14:30:11 GMT
... and clearly Brin dies NOT see Kat in Robo-goddess form... it would be rather hard to know how to hug *that*! makes me question her power level as Loup just saw her as a bright light, Zimmy is walking ether and see's her true form, Coyote has never met her and Paz saw her from a ether explosion, Annie only saw her form due to the device |
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Post by blahzor on Jul 22, 2020 14:51:44 GMT
makes me question her power level as Loup just saw her as a bright light, Zimmy is walking ether and see's her true form, Coyote has never met her and Paz saw her from a ether explosion, Annie only saw her form due to the device Ah, I see. We're measuring power level by Kat-awareness now. How long until we have eye-mounted Kat-o-meters? don't see a better way as the only gods power people either can't see her or see her Angel form. I believe when Robot gets his final body he'll either describe her Angel form b/c he can see as the one true believer or other Organic Robots will suddenly see her Angel form and it gets out |
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