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Post by todd on Feb 8, 2007 11:42:07 GMT
Or Annie. Besides that throw she did to Winsbury way back when, we really don't know the extent of her fighting skills. Well, there was also her bringing down the Enigmarons' death-ray, though since that was in a simulation, it probably doesn't count. Yes, Annie doesn't do that much fighting; she strikes me as preferring a more peaceful approach to such situations. Her first response to meeting any bizarre creature is always to politely introduce herself to it and ask it a few questions. Fortunately, with a couple of exceptions (such as the ghost girl with the sword), most of them have always returned the favor. I suspect that she'd be good at fighting if she absolutely had to, but it's definitely not her first choice of action. |
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Post by Aspen d'Grey on Feb 8, 2007 15:17:12 GMT
You could probably have portals created either by science or by magic.
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Post by La Poire on Feb 8, 2007 15:41:22 GMT
Perhaps the robots that will appear in this chapter are in other parts of the whole Gunnerkrigg complex? Perhaps Annie and Kat finally got on with exploring the Court.
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Post by Aspen d'Grey on Feb 8, 2007 15:57:56 GMT
Yes! That would be very nice. Getting back to Annie & Kat as main characters would be interesting as well. I wounder where Reynardine was for Dobronac, Gamma?
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Post by todd on Feb 8, 2007 23:22:08 GMT
Yes! That would be very nice. Getting back to Annie & Kat as main characters would be interesting as well. I wounder where Reynardine was for Dobronac, Gamma? Probably stuck in Annie's dorm under lock and key. I suspect myself that Chapter Eleven was based on ideas originally independent of "Gunnerkrigg Court" (particularly since Tom's mentioned that he came up with Gamma and Zimmy earlier than GC or Annie) and that's why Annie and Kat had relatively small roles in it. |
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Post by mrw on Feb 9, 2007 0:40:36 GMT
Probably stuck in Annie's dorm under lock and key. Reynardine The Great is probably having tea parties with Batman again. Not much else to do up there. If Annie doesn't take him for walkies or something he'll likely go insane. I suspect myself that Chapter Eleven was based on ideas originally independent of "Gunnerkrigg Court" (particularly since Tom's mentioned that he came up with Gamma and Zimmy earlier than GC or Annie) and that's why Annie and Kat had relatively small roles in it. It also seems like Tom is wisely not cluttering the chapter storylines by having too many characters in each subplot. |
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Post by todd on Feb 9, 2007 0:56:42 GMT
If Annie doesn't take him for walkies or something he'll likely go insane. Of course, he's going to have to learn to watch his mouth if he's going to be taken for walks (though maybe what happened to him the last time that he said something snarky will teach him to do just that). (As a side-note, I was particularly amused by the fact that when Annie's telling him to be silent after his crack about her and Kat kissing, Reynardine's got a big grin on his face, as if to say "It was worth it".) |
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Post by Uglyhead on Feb 9, 2007 1:21:55 GMT
Sometimes I wonder why Rey hasn't tried to bargain his way to freedom using his knowledge of Surma. He seems the sort to try that kind of thing. Perhaps he's bluffing, or he thinks it wouldn't work, or it's a secret important enough that he endures captivity like this.
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Post by Aspen d'Grey on Feb 9, 2007 3:10:52 GMT
I think it's that he feels a sort of bond like he did with Surma, also, he's have to posess something else in order to be rid of Annie, and I don't see her giving him permission to kill another being.
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Post by mrw on Feb 9, 2007 17:56:01 GMT
I think it's that he feels a sort of bond like he did with Surma, also, he's have to posess something else in order to be rid of Annie, and I don't see her giving him permission to kill another being. Nor me. Reynardine's going to be stuck in the wolf doll for a while unless something bad happens to Annie. |
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Post by alexthegreater on Feb 9, 2007 20:13:30 GMT
You could probably have portals created either by science or by magic. But magic IS science! |
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Post by La Poire on Feb 10, 2007 0:22:01 GMT
Maybe we should just start using the term 'natural science'. Magic – by the very definition – is supernatural. As such, even though you could call magic a science, it isn't natural science.
As for Reynardine, I think he will escape when, for some reason, the bond of ownership is broken. Perhaps somone – friends of Mr Niceman, or whatever – takes him from Annie, breaking the terms of ownership. When Reyanrdine is no longer technically the property of Annie, there wouldn't be anything holding him in the wolf doll (if what Mr Eglamore said is right).
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Post by AluK on Feb 10, 2007 1:37:06 GMT
Mr. Nice-Man takes him away knowing only that, seemingly, he's stuck in this body. That is, until the ownership bond is broken. Then Rey goes on a killing spree, jumping from body to body until he's finished.
After some possessing, killing, and partying, he goes back to Annie, by his own will.
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Post by todd on Feb 10, 2007 2:02:16 GMT
If Annie gave the wolf-toy away to somebody else of her own free will and on her initiative, would that transfer the bond of ownership to that person, giving him or her power over Reynardine? Or does the bond only work for Annie (maybe because of her unique qualities)? That would be interesting to find out.
(Though I doubt that we'd ever see Annie telling Reynardine that if he doesn't cough up an answer about Surma, she's going to give him to Zimmy or Janet for a birthday present.)
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Post by mrw on Feb 10, 2007 5:47:47 GMT
Watch - Monday we'll find out that Annie came rushing in all freaked out because Reynardine's missing...
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Post by La Poire on Feb 10, 2007 12:10:42 GMT
I bet this all ends with Reynardine in Eglamore's body. Annie will find a way of getting Rey out without killing Eglamore, but then Reynardine will posses her in stead, and Eglamore will fight her/him.
Maybe this should go in wild specualtions, but it is kinda on topic.
Since I've already gotten started, here's what'll happen next: during the showdown Kat, not knowing Annie is possessed, will defend Annierdine only to be taken hostage, and then Robot will make his return, saving the day.
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Post by yeochild on Feb 11, 2007 17:58:23 GMT
Oh ho ho. I've just thought of something. Annie wouldn't let Reynardine take another live body; however, assuming he told the truth, he can take ANYTHING with eyes. So he could take over Sivo's corpse, a statue . . . or a ROBOT. And it could have the antimony symbol engraved on it, too, to stop him escaping.
I can see that happening. Rey's sick of being a wolftoy, and Annie wants to know about her mother. So he gets her to let him take over a slightly more impressive robot form: something fitting for "Reynardine the great".
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Post by mrw on Feb 11, 2007 18:54:39 GMT
Oh ho ho. I've just thought of something. Annie wouldn't let Reynardine take another live body; however, assuming he told the truth, he can take ANYTHING with eyes. So he could take over Sivo's corpse, a statue . . . or a ROBOT. And it could have the antimony symbol engraved on it, too, to stop him escaping. I can see that happening. Rey's sick of being a wolftoy, and Annie wants to know about her mother. So he gets her to let him take over a slightly more impressive robot form: something fitting for "Reynardine the great". He could take over a Hellboy action figure! No, seriously, your idea is clever. |
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Post by yeochild on Feb 11, 2007 19:22:39 GMT
I wonder which Rey would prefer: a slightly dangerous but hopelessly cute flying robot form, or Kat's most badass toy.
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Post by owl on Feb 13, 2007 3:23:24 GMT
Probably the toy.  Well, maybe not. But I bet he hates being so cute! |
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Post by rastarogue on Feb 13, 2007 21:58:00 GMT
I think that even if the wolf toy was forcibly taken away from Annie for a time at least she would still have the rights of ownership.
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Post by todd on Feb 13, 2007 23:22:32 GMT
Related note: I wonder if, when Reynardine made his little crack about wanting to see Annie and Kat kiss in Chapter Seven, he might have been (at least partly) hoping to get her annoyed enough at him that she'd throw him away and thereby break her bond of ownership over him.
Of course, after the punishment that he got from Annie over that remark (not to mention how unexpectedly long it lasted), I doubt that he'll try making further such remarks, as in, say, asking her if she really is a natural redhead (which she most likely is, anyway, since her hair didn't change color when the Tiktoks dropped her in the river) or shouting eagerly "Cat fight! Cat fight!" if Janet angrily confronts Annie over something (if Janet heard Reynardine say that, I doubt that there'd be enough left of him for Annie to either discipline or discard afterwards).
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