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Post by Nnelg on Aug 7, 2020 23:08:19 GMT
My question is what a really old person would see the "future" Norn as?
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Aug 8, 2020 0:39:30 GMT
My question is what a really old person would see the "future" Norn as? My initial thought was, "I wonder what an infant who has no concept of past and future would see when looking at the Norns." Shortly after that I wondered what someone would see looking at the Norns from far away using a telescope or digital camera. |
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Post by phrogge on Aug 8, 2020 1:29:45 GMT
Everybody's present, and they may have passed into the future... things are tense!
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Post by zbeeblebrox on Aug 8, 2020 3:43:43 GMT
If the middle Norn is always you in the present, and the first Norn is a younger you relative to the present...then if an old woman visits them would they turn into an episode of the Golden Girls?
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Post by The Anarch on Aug 8, 2020 4:04:20 GMT
Okay, someone's gonna have to explain to me what y'all are talking about. All I see in the first three panels are a bunch of drawings of me, all at different ages.
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Post by King Mir on Aug 8, 2020 5:58:48 GMT
As a being who doesn't age, maybe Jones would just see one of herself. She's timeless.
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Post by warrl on Aug 8, 2020 6:44:34 GMT
Okay, someone's gonna have to explain to me what y'all are talking about. All I see in the first three panels are a bunch of drawings of me, all at different ages. And you don't wonder why Tom is drawing pictures of you? |
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Post by wies on Aug 8, 2020 8:32:45 GMT
As a being who doesn't age, maybe Jones would just see one of herself. She's timeless. Less timeless, and more ageless. |
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Post by TBeholder on Aug 8, 2020 10:27:43 GMT
Ahaha. Makes perfect twisted sense. If I wasn’t so attached to my current avatar, that Kat is choice. Which one? |
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Post by atteSmythe on Aug 8, 2020 16:42:28 GMT
My question is what a really old person would see the "future" Norn as? My initial thought was, "I wonder what an infant who has no concept of past and future would see when looking at the Norns." Shortly after that I wondered what someone would see looking at the Norns from far away using a telescope or digital camera. This is exactly why they screen their calls |
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Post by verrenox on Aug 8, 2020 17:00:13 GMT
My initial thought was, "I wonder what an infant who has no concept of past and future would see when looking at the Norns." Shortly after that I wondered what someone would see looking at the Norns from far away using a telescope or digital camera. This is exactly why they screen their calls "Sorry little infant we can't see you now. However, we can pencil you in for 1:28pm in 3 months and 11 days as that's when you finally understand object permanence." |
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Post by blahzor on Aug 8, 2020 21:33:55 GMT
My question is what a really old person would see the "future" Norn as? probably the last second they were alive |
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Post by DonDueed on Aug 9, 2020 2:19:14 GMT
So it seems the future versions are less solid-looking, and paler, than the past and present.
Which makes me wonder -- what's beyond the pale?
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Post by warrl on Aug 9, 2020 3:40:09 GMT
Which makes me wonder -- what's beyond the pale?
Finding out is the last thing on my bucket list. |
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Post by Kuraimizu on Aug 9, 2020 6:54:24 GMT
I hate when Kat cuts her hair, I like how pretty she looks when she has long hair.
Personally I hope she never cuts her hair ever again. I like long hair on a girl.
Not really a fan of short hair on girls.
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Also noticing that the Gunnerkrigg version of the Norns look to be the opposite order of the Norns from Ah my Goddess the anime/manga.
As the Norns are acting as a mirror to the mortals.
Urd the Norn of the Past is the youngest
Verdandi the Norn of the Present is the middle one
Skuld the Norn of the Future is the oldest
Interesting take on the idea.
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Post by arkadi on Aug 9, 2020 9:33:32 GMT
It's a past/present/future thing, not a child/adult/elderly thing. So I don't think people need worry. Everybody seems to agree that what each character sees is relative to her own current age... which admittedly lines up with the fact that Anja's "younger" self looks noticeably older than Annie's and Kat's. I think I'll go with that interpretation too; it's less worrying than the alternative. |
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Post by csj on Aug 9, 2020 14:02:02 GMT
Small Jones is my nightmare now! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAH congrats on your aphex twin avatar e: no, I will not elaborate |
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Post by The Anarch on Aug 9, 2020 18:02:21 GMT
Okay, someone's gonna have to explain to me what y'all are talking about. All I see in the first three panels are a bunch of drawings of me, all at different ages. And you don't wonder why Tom is drawing pictures of you? The issue of my likeness being used without permission is a matter between me, Mr. Tom, and our trained attack lawyers. |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Aug 9, 2020 21:44:58 GMT
It's a past/present/future thing, not a child/adult/elderly thing. So I don't think people need worry. Everybody seems to agree that what each character sees is relative to her own current age... which admittedly lines up with the fact that Anja's "younger" self looks noticeably older than Annie's and Kat's. I think I'll go with that interpretation too; it's less worrying than the alternative. The next question is what the Norns see when looking at the other Norns. |
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Post by Runningflame on Aug 9, 2020 22:14:34 GMT
The next question is what the Norns see when looking at the other Norns. Only Douglas Hofstadter knows for sure. |
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Post by The Anarch on Aug 10, 2020 1:40:46 GMT
The next question is what the Norns see when looking at the other Norns. A divide by zero error. |
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Post by atteSmythe on Aug 10, 2020 4:49:41 GMT
Everybody seems to agree that what each character sees is relative to her own current age... which admittedly lines up with the fact that Anja's "younger" self looks noticeably older than Annie's and Kat's. I think I'll go with that interpretation too; it's less worrying than the alternative. The next question is what the Norns see when looking at the other Norns. John Malkovitch |
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Post by Gemminie on Aug 10, 2020 6:22:38 GMT
So it seems the future versions are less solid-looking, and paler, than the past and present.
Which makes me wonder -- what's beyond the pale?
They're standing behind the other two, and it seems likely to me that they're up on some rocks as well. It also seems likely that there may be some mist from the water. Of course, it could also just be that the future isn't as firmly defined from the point of view of the present. |
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Post by pyradonis on Aug 10, 2020 16:06:39 GMT
I have to wonder, what Jones would see?  Argh... can't unsee... |
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