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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 22, 2021 8:03:28 GMT
First time that I can recall someone calling someone foxy without it being, er, a romantic reference. |
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Post by jda on Feb 22, 2021 8:26:36 GMT
What? What is that thing that may help Annie, Zimmy?
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Post by wies on Feb 22, 2021 9:03:56 GMT
Yeah, uh, mind sharing that, Zimmy?
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Post by speedwell on Feb 22, 2021 9:24:40 GMT
I think Zimmy is implying "and when things are stable I'll tell you/tell her/handle it". I also think Gamma does not really think Renard is a dog and is kind of gently taking the mickey.  |
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Post by Corvo on Feb 22, 2021 12:52:29 GMT
Reminds me of this. Did Zimmy just show Renard something we couldn't see? |
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Post by ohthatone on Feb 22, 2021 12:53:18 GMT
I think Zimmy is implying "and when things are stable I'll tell you/tell her/handle it". I also think Gamma does not really think Renard is a dog and is kind of gently taking the mickey. What does "taking the mickey" mean? I have really enjoyed seeing this side of gamma. Even this calmer side of zimmy. |
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Post by merry76 on Feb 22, 2021 12:57:11 GMT
Reminds me of this. Did Zimmy just show Renard something we couldn't see? Which reminds me... did we ever find out the price annie had to pay for the healing? "You belong to us now" is still pretty vague. And they never brought it up again... |
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Post by pyradonis on Feb 22, 2021 13:00:24 GMT
Maybe Zimmy showed Renard... a smell? A smell carries much more information for a canid than for a human...
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Post by speedwell on Feb 22, 2021 13:41:41 GMT
I think Zimmy is implying "and when things are stable I'll tell you/tell her/handle it". I also think Gamma does not really think Renard is a dog and is kind of gently taking the mickey. What does "taking the mickey" mean? I have really enjoyed seeing this side of gamma. Even this calmer side of zimmy. It's Irish/British slang for another Irish/British slang expression, "taking the p!ss out of someone", which is like mockery but can often be gentle and humorous rather than savage. (mickey = micturation) It can be one way of showing someone you're not afraid of them. Considering the Polish for "dog" is "pies".... well, that might just be a coincidence. |
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Post by speedwell on Feb 22, 2021 14:01:04 GMT
Maybe Zimmy showed Renard... a smell? A smell carries much more information for a canid than for a human... If anyone had access to a greater than usual number of senses more acutely than usual, it would be Zimmy, I agree. |
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Post by speedwell on Feb 22, 2021 14:07:46 GMT
Reminds me of this. Did Zimmy just show Renard something we couldn't see? Which reminds me... did we ever find out the price annie had to pay for the healing? "You belong to us now" is still pretty vague. And they never brought it up again... That was the price. She was an independent free agent; now she is an "on call" employee. Kind of like owing the Mob a favour. But permanent. |
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Post by saardvark on Feb 22, 2021 15:05:42 GMT
Maybe Zimmy showed Renard... a smell? A smell carries much more information for a canid than for a human... I understood it as Zimmy is giving Renard a little stroke/pet under the chin... a friendly thank you for the offer of help. |
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Post by speedwell on Feb 22, 2021 16:59:10 GMT
Maybe Zimmy showed Renard... a smell? A smell carries much more information for a canid than for a human... I understood it as Zimmy is giving Renard a little stroke/pet under the chin... an friendly thank you for the offer of help. Just imagine being a child like Zimmy, and suddenly out of the blue a god vows to throw his full-hearted support behind you. I'm literally almost crying. |
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Post by jda on Feb 22, 2021 16:59:50 GMT
Which reminds me... did we ever find out the price annie had to pay for the healing? "You belong to us now" is still pretty vague. And they never brought it up again... That was the price. She was an independent free agent; now she is an "on call" employee. Kind of like owing the Mob a favour. But permanent. Yeah, the Mob, but worse. More like if you sell your soul to the devil, he'd be like "dont worry, Ill call this on you eventually. Even if you die you'd be mine" |
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Post by blahzor on Feb 22, 2021 17:53:09 GMT
When you've been talking to someone for awhile and before you leave you forgot to not reveal you didn't know their name to begin with. Doggie
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Post by blahzor on Feb 22, 2021 18:05:35 GMT
Which reminds me... did we ever find out the price annie had to pay for the healing? "You belong to us now" is still pretty vague. And they never brought it up again... That was the price. She was an independent free agent; now she is an "on call" employee. Kind of like owing the Mob a favour. But permanent. Well semi-permanent there was more ways out of it and none of them fun for a psychopomp |
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Post by ctso74 on Feb 22, 2021 18:09:13 GMT
First time that I can recall someone calling someone foxy without it being, er, a romantic reference. Well, he is a cute little heartbreaker |
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Post by warrl on Feb 22, 2021 18:12:49 GMT
Which reminds me... did we ever find out the price annie had to pay for the healing? "You belong to us now" is still pretty vague. And they never brought it up again... That was the price. She was an independent free agent; now she is an "on call" employee. Kind of like owing the Mob a favour. But permanent. I took it as Annie agreeing to become a psychopomp. As a regular thing, not just special cases that she happens to come in contact with. I don't know if that will take effect immediately, or later. And since the individual psychopomps' jurisdiction seems to be mostly ancestry-based, I wonder what her jurisdiction will be. Maybe she'll take over from the one Jeanne killed. Or maybe there are just lots of those special cases scattered around the planet, because there hasn't been anyone to go clean them up for a long time. (Imagining Annie going through border checkpoint...) |
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Post by mturtle7 on Feb 22, 2021 18:44:47 GMT
I presume Zimmy is walking off to go speak with Annie, and tell her whatever this big revelation is. If she knows something about Carver that will help her self-image or whatever, it makes sense to give it in person and not just pass it along to Renard. Although, I do wonder...how is the reality-shift going to work now? Is Zimmy going to show up alongside Annie in Zimmingham, and only then somehow drop the illusion? Has only a moment passed in the real world, and they'll all just wake up in whatever positions they were in before? Or something else?
Wildspec: Zimmy grows up to be Gunnerkrigg Court's first student counselor, selflessly helping kids through this important & confusing stage of their lives.
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Post by Gemminie on Feb 22, 2021 19:40:54 GMT
Reminds me of this. Did Zimmy just show Renard something we couldn't see? Which reminds me... did we ever find out the price annie had to pay for the healing? "You belong to us now" is still pretty vague. And they never brought it up again... . |
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Post by Gemminie on Feb 22, 2021 19:52:32 GMT
I think Zimmy is implying "and when things are stable I'll tell you/tell her/handle it". I also think Gamma does not really think Renard is a dog and is kind of gently taking the mickey. I think you're right – in fact, as it's often too easy to forget that we're seeing everything one page at a time with days in between, Zimmy's saying that could be the start of a transition, and on the next page she'll do whatever it is, or start doing it. Tom's showing us rather than telling us. To us, this seems mysterious, but to someone with the book in hand, or reading it online in the future with the next pages just clicks away, Zimmy will say this, and then she'll show us all what she means. Or maybe it'll be a while before we find out. I don't know. |
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Post by Gemminie on Feb 22, 2021 19:58:56 GMT
I presume Zimmy is walking off to go speak with Annie, and tell her whatever this big revelation is. If she knows something about Carver that will help her self-image or whatever, it makes sense to give it in person and not just pass it along to Renard. Although, I do wonder...how is the reality-shift going to work now? Is Zimmy going to show up alongside Annie in Zimmingham, and only then somehow drop the illusion? Has only a moment passed in the real world, and they'll all just wake up in whatever positions they were in before? Or something else?
Wildspec: Zimmy grows up to be Gunnerkrigg Court's first student counselor, selflessly helping kids through this important & confusing stage of their lives.
Well, I mean, we'll have to wait and see, but I kind of think that the stuff that we're seeing from fake-Renard, the elf kids, and Zimmingham's environment itself will suddenly start being subtly helpful to Annie instead of highlighting her self-hatred or at least self-frustration. There's a reason why therapists see other therapists. They're not good at taking their own advice, because nobody is. |
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Post by migrantworker on Feb 22, 2021 20:34:10 GMT
So, Zimmy is being friendly and cooperative all of a sudden. On today's page, she reciprocates Renard's offer of help. On the previous page, she bantered with him like it was nothing special. ("Hands off, man!" - it's practically like she's a normal teenager or something.) A page prior to that, she freely shares her observations about the Court's work. A page earlier still, she thinks nothing of discussing her inner vulnerabilities within Renard's earshot. I'd say it's not like her at all.
Just what made her act so differently? It's not like she had a particularly good day so far.
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Post by blahzor on Feb 23, 2021 1:48:06 GMT
Which reminds me... did we ever find out the price annie had to pay for the healing? "You belong to us now" is still pretty vague. And they never brought it up again... . Seeing this and the next pages again makes me think Annie and the psychopomps must know she is never having a kid so her essence doesn't get passed on to the child (presumably always a girl) As the only other option is they knew she'd be split is why she's special |
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Post by blahzor on Feb 23, 2021 1:50:28 GMT
So, Zimmy is being friendly and cooperative all of a sudden. On today's page, she reciprocates Renard's offer of help. On the previous page, she bantered with him like it was nothing special. ("Hands off, man!" - it's practically like she's a normal teenager or something.) A page prior to that, she freely shares her observations about the Court's work. A page earlier still, she thinks nothing of discussing her inner vulnerabilities within Renard's earshot. I'd say it's not like her at all. Just what made her act so differently? It's not like she had a particularly good day so far. She's having a unusually bad day but gamma was psychoanalyzing her with someone else for once and Zimmy hears everything. Also anything involving Gamma makes Zimmy better |
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Post by jda on Feb 23, 2021 2:03:10 GMT
Annie and the psychopomps Annie & The Psychopomps sound like a 90's pop-rock band, like Jem & the Holograms |
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Post by blahzor on Feb 23, 2021 2:42:57 GMT
Annie and the psychopomps Annie & The Psychopomps sound like a 90's pop-rock band, like Jem & the Holograms they don't take people into the ether but into a stadium where they play a 90 minute set after the opener "Robot + the Machine" |
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Post by pyradonis on Feb 23, 2021 8:37:25 GMT
Annie & The Psychopomps sound like a 90's pop-rock band [...] Typing this out, I realized that "Aata and the Entourage" would be a great band name. Now, I can't stop thinking of them in some Court-sanctioned battle of the bands. They ultimately lose to the Daft Punk cover duo, KATony. Great, two new GKC band names for my headcanon playlist. They fit right in with Robot Souls and the Supernatural Realm, and Incoming Giant Wasp Air Strike. Two or three more and I have enough band names conceived in this forum for a music festival.
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Post by Gemminie on Feb 23, 2021 16:46:43 GMT
So, Zimmy is being friendly and cooperative all of a sudden. On today's page, she reciprocates Renard's offer of help. On the previous page, she bantered with him like it was nothing special. ("Hands off, man!" - it's practically like she's a normal teenager or something.) A page prior to that, she freely shares her observations about the Court's work. A page earlier still, she thinks nothing of discussing her inner vulnerabilities within Renard's earshot. I'd say it's not like her at all. Just what made her act so differently? It's not like she had a particularly good day so far. What if this isn't Zimmy? What if it's Gamma's image of Zimmy? Or alternatively, what if this isn't all of Zimmy? What if the traumatized part of her is currently busy causing havoc for Annies & co. in Zimmingham, freeing up the rest of her to be here? |
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Post by Gemminie on Feb 23, 2021 16:51:40 GMT
Seeing this and the next pages again makes me think Annie and the psychopomps must know she is never having a kid so her essence doesn't get passed on to the child (presumably always a girl) As the only other option is they knew she'd be split is why she's special *makes another note* That's not something I'd thought of. What if the psychopomps somehow knew Annie was going to be split, meaning that even if one of her had a child, the other one could still work for them? Interesting. I'm not sure how they'd know that would happen, though. I'd been going on the theory that they knew she'd been saved from death by time shenanigans involving the Norns. Though there's also the faint possibility that it's something involving her dad (what if Tony's descended from psychopomps?) But why they're so interested in her is still a big unanswered question. |
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