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Post by madjack on Nov 18, 2020 8:04:34 GMT
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Post by wies on Nov 18, 2020 8:07:04 GMT
Well, looks like this chapter will be interpersed with Zimmy.
Contrasted with the happy scenes of other characters and combined with the chapter title, it really makes me worry about her. Did something happen to Gamma?
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Post by basser on Nov 18, 2020 8:41:15 GMT
She's cuttin the cut on her cheek.
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Post by foxurus on Nov 18, 2020 9:07:20 GMT
Jeez, Zimmy, get a haircut.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Nov 18, 2020 9:10:14 GMT
Hrm. I think that teeny green dollar sign (below the white circle) is actually a shading/lighting squiggle. Or Zeta's monetization has been approved. Either way, kinda ominous. Green glows have meant Diego-tech in the past. And I doubt Zeta's language would conform to TOS so the monetization would likely be brief.  |
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Post by Tenjen on Nov 18, 2020 9:23:37 GMT
I think Gemma may have hit a limit due to the consequences on her body from her prolonged unhealthy caretaking habits for Z
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Post by ih8pkmn on Nov 18, 2020 9:39:23 GMT
So this is totally Zimmy in the Omega Device, right?
I mean, you have a character named Zeta, another character named Gamma, and a Nebulous Plot Thing (TM) that also has a Greek Letter in its name. C'mon.
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Post by blahzor on Nov 18, 2020 10:30:06 GMT
Where her wife be? Huh court where?
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Post by csj on Nov 18, 2020 10:32:11 GMT
that girl ain't right
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Post by Jelly Jellybean on Nov 18, 2020 12:25:44 GMT
Clearly the 2020 holiday-themed chapter.
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Post by speedwell on Nov 18, 2020 13:16:47 GMT
Well, up till now we've only seen Zimmy when symbiotic dampening or other beneficial suppression works (when Gamma is awake enough, or Annie is around, or rain, or something). We've never actually seen what happens when Zimmy is left to handle it on her own for too long, which is my current parsimonious assumption.
Maybe Gamma is simply desperately exhausted and/or ill. OK, I know, I'm an optimist.
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Post by blahzor on Nov 18, 2020 13:24:27 GMT
Well, up till now we've only seen Zimmy when symbiotic dampening or other beneficial suppression works (when Gamma is awake enough, or Annie is around, or rain, or something). We've never actually seen what happens when Zimmy is left to handle it on her own for too long, which is my current parsimonious assumption. Maybe Gamma is simply desperately exhausted and/or ill. OK, I know, I'm an optimist. we've seen her pre-gamma |
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Post by speedwell on Nov 18, 2020 13:26:55 GMT
Well, up till now we've only seen Zimmy when symbiotic dampening or other beneficial suppression works (when Gamma is awake enough, or Annie is around, or rain, or something). We've never actually seen what happens when Zimmy is left to handle it on her own for too long, which is my current parsimonious assumption. Maybe Gamma is simply desperately exhausted and/or ill. OK, I know, I'm an optimist. we've seen her pre-gamma We've seen her pre-Gamma- dependence, in a flashback. And we don't know what other factors might have been keeping her stable at that time, or whether she was even in a stable state (considering she was more or less slipping in and out of the Zimmyverse without conscious control). In that one long, bewildering chapter, Gamma says Zimmy's control is less than optimal sometimes even with her around ("did you forget who you are again, Zimmy?"). |
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Post by Gemminie on Nov 18, 2020 13:58:30 GMT
Well, up till now we've only seen Zimmy when symbiotic dampening or other beneficial suppression works (when Gamma is awake enough, or Annie is around, or rain, or something). We've never actually seen what happens when Zimmy is left to handle it on her own for too long, which is my current parsimonious assumption. Maybe Gamma is simply desperately exhausted and/or ill. OK, I know, I'm an optimist. Well, this page certainly raises our suspicions that something's happened to Gamma. But that could range from the absolute worst (she's died) to she's exhausted/ill to she's simply not nearby. Then there's the question of why – either this is accidental or it's deliberate, caused by someone. This sets up a whole matrix of possibilities. The seraph robots in chapter 49 deliberately separated Gamma from Zimmy. But Zimmy and Gamma can get easily separated whenever she blips to Zimmingham, even when they're just inches away from each other in the physical world. This also seems to happen when it hasn't rained for a while, and Tony just said the weather does not seem to alter much. Others on the forum have remarked that the sky over the Court has seemed cloudless for some time, when we've seen it. This could just be the weather. Perhaps there's just less rain in the area that the Court's evacuated everyone to, although the hole in this idea is that when last we heard from Zimmy, the Court hadn't moved the Chester students, but perhaps they have now. I know I've suggested recently that perhaps the Court is using new Ether stations/syphons at full blast, but those tend to fill the sky with clouds. Maybe Loup is messing with the weather? We've never really seen Zimmy like this. There isn't even a hint of Zimmingham in the background. It's as if she's somewhere else, or suffering so much that her surroundings are unimportant. |
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Post by fia on Nov 18, 2020 14:49:25 GMT
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Post by jda on Nov 18, 2020 15:24:40 GMT
Looks like Gamma is taking an unscheduled power nap, and Zimmy is trying to give it to her the most she can.
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Post by aline on Nov 18, 2020 15:35:36 GMT
We've never really seen Zimmy like this. There isn't even a hint of Zimmingham in the background. It's as if she's somewhere else, or suffering so much that her surroundings are unimportant. I will bet anything that this isn't the accidental consequence of lack of rain, or a missing gamma or whatever. It's the Court's doing. We know they've been preparing something and this is the beginning. |
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Post by speedwell on Nov 18, 2020 15:48:37 GMT
Click, it fell into place (what took me so long, Jesus). Tony isn't discussing the weather because it's safe; he isn't closing his laptop for his own safety. He's studying, now that he has the time and systems, what clobbered him the day of his hand surgery. He's reaching out in the weather (he said so) to manipulate the force that he thinks deliberately manipulated him into almost killing his own daughter, and because of what Zimmy said then, he doesn't just trust that his daughter hasn't been compromised either. And if Annie wasn't compromised, he doesn't want her seeing that he doesn't give a tinker's damn whether what he's doing is hurting that malevolent influence. He may be perfectly aware that he is.
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Post by ctso74 on Nov 18, 2020 15:52:31 GMT
This, most certainly, does not bode well.
I'm guessing this will be an update chapter, setting up the rest of the book. Giving us a break-down of everyone's side stories, and finishing with the complete reveal of Zimmy's predicament.
Where's Gamma? And, how betrayed will we feel, when we see which Court rep is behind Zimmy's ordeal?
Unless it's Boxbot or Loup. No betrayal there. We can all agree, they're the worst.
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Post by Isildur on Nov 18, 2020 16:24:03 GMT
It could, perhaps, just be an effect of the general stretching, but is Zimmy's white patch (which appears on whatever clothing she puts on, as someone here previously pointed out) bigger than ever before?
(Barring subsequent evidence otherwise, I'm interpreting the stretching as an actual Zimmy reality warp, though I suppose it could just be stylistic to show Zimmy's agony, like when Annie got emotional vertigo in #806 and #1540. But given past events, it seems unlikely Zimmy's agony could ever just be contained in her own mind, and not radiate out to take a toll on the stability of the vicinity.)
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Post by Eversist on Nov 18, 2020 17:51:07 GMT
She's cuttin the cut on her cheek. Wrong cheek, no? |
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Post by pyradonis on Nov 18, 2020 18:20:32 GMT
Hrm. I think that teeny green dollar sign (below the white circle) is actually a shading/lighting squiggle. Or Zeta's monetization has been approved. Either way, kinda ominous. Green glows have meant Diego-tech in the past. And I doubt Zeta's language would conform to TOS so the monetization would likely be brief. View AttachmentI don't know how you are seeing a dollar sign there? Click, it fell into place (what took me so long, Jesus). Tony isn't discussing the weather because it's safe; he isn't closing his laptop for his own safety. He's studying, now that he has the time and systems, what clobbered him the day of his hand surgery. He's reaching out in the weather (he said so) to manipulate the force that he thinks deliberately manipulated him into almost killing his own daughter, and because of what Zimmy said then, he doesn't just trust that his daughter hasn't been compromised either. And if Annie wasn't compromised, he doesn't want her seeing that he doesn't give a tinker's damn whether what he's doing is hurting that malevolent influence. He may be perfectly aware that he is. Except that back then he said he was thankful "that...thing interfered". To me it always sounded as if he was seeing Zimmy as an entity completely separate from these scammers he fell for. |
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Post by pyradonis on Nov 18, 2020 18:22:24 GMT
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Post by blahzor on Nov 18, 2020 18:54:49 GMT
It could, perhaps, just be an effect of the general stretching, but is Zimmy's white patch (which appears on whatever clothing she puts on, as someone here previously pointed out) bigger than ever before? (Barring subsequent evidence otherwise, I'm interpreting the stretching as an actual Zimmy reality warp, though I suppose it could just be stylistic to show Zimmy's agony, like when Annie got emotional vertigo in #806 and #1540. But given past events, it seems unlikely Zimmy's agony could ever just be contained in her own mind, and not radiate out to take a toll on the stability of the vicinity.) yes it's bigger |
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Post by maxptc on Nov 18, 2020 20:28:26 GMT
And, how betrayed will we feel, when we see which Court rep is behind Zimmy's ordeal? Pain caused by court staff betrayal tier list S tier-ridiculously shocked and unwilling to accept the narrative easily Kats parents A tier-it would be big, very shocked Jones James B tier- huh them, guess it makes sense Any robot Randy Disaster C teir-yes, of course they did that Tony Almost everyone else we've seen on staff D tier- wat Bugsy |
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Post by wies on Nov 18, 2020 22:14:01 GMT
Click, it fell into place (what took me so long, Jesus). Tony isn't discussing the weather because it's safe; he isn't closing his laptop for his own safety. He's studying, now that he has the time and systems, what clobbered him the day of his hand surgery. He's reaching out in the weather (he said so) to manipulate the force that he thinks deliberately manipulated him into almost killing his own daughter, and because of what Zimmy said then, he doesn't just trust that his daughter hasn't been compromised either. And if Annie wasn't compromised, he doesn't want her seeing that he doesn't give a tinker's damn whether what he's doing is hurting that malevolent influence. He may be perfectly aware that he is. Except that back then he said he was thankful "that...thing interfered". To me it always sounded as if he was seeing Zimmy as an entity completely separate from these scammers he fell for. Agreeing with that interpretation. For all his self-delusion and arrogance, I am fairly certain that, if somehow possible, Tony would have knocked himself out if he realized what was happening. So I doubt he is seeing Zimmy-entity as malevolent. But it is still rather coïncidental that he is tracking the weather at a moment Zimmy is suffering. Maybe it is more that the 'blasted' omega device ties those two things together? |
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Post by liminal on Nov 18, 2020 22:49:20 GMT
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Nov 18, 2020 23:13:12 GMT
Hrm. I think that teeny green dollar sign (below the white circle) is actually a shading/lighting squiggle. Or Zeta's monetization has been approved. Either way, kinda ominous. Green glows have meant Diego-tech in the past. And I doubt Zeta's language would conform to TOS so the monetization would likely be brief. View AttachmentI don't know how you are seeing a dollar sign there? This thing. Right here.  4x magnification |
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Post by todd on Nov 18, 2020 23:36:32 GMT
Count me as another person who suspects that the Court might be responsible - whether just to study Zimmy and see what happens when Gamma isn't around her, or in the hopes of using her as a weapon against Loup.
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Post by Isildur on Nov 18, 2020 23:44:47 GMT
I don't know how you are seeing a dollar sign there? This thing. Right here. View Attachment 4x magnification Brightened:  I'm 100% certain the resemblance is purely coincidental. A case of parei dollaria, if you will. |
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