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Post by speedwell on Mar 17, 2021 7:12:10 GMT
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Post by arf on Mar 17, 2021 7:13:59 GMT
"But I feel fine. Better than fine."
"(Hehehe...)"
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Post by arf on Mar 17, 2021 7:22:44 GMT
Annie: I do no harm, I keep to myself. There's nothing wrong with my state of mental health. |
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Post by blahzor on Mar 17, 2021 7:27:00 GMT
In panel 4 it kinda looks like braces
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Post by basser on Mar 17, 2021 7:33:14 GMT
"Antimony, you appear to have done a thing which will absolutely piss off the antagonistic god-abomination whose sum total interaction with me consists of launching me into orbit, forgetting me there for six months, and then turning me into a lady-shaped meteor."
"Yeah it's pretty great right?"
"I will prepare for an indefinite return to orbit."
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Post by madjack on Mar 17, 2021 7:41:09 GMT
How many times have you or someone you know told everyone you're feeling fine and been extremely not fine.
Wouldn't be surprised if the contrasting memories from merger has brought some stuff to the surface, particularly about her father.
Also wouldn't be a surprise if Anthony's reaction is something Jones or Kat asks about.
On the other hand, she might genuinely be feeling better? Feels like a wait and see.
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Post by Viridian on Mar 17, 2021 8:10:13 GMT
Looks like we're going to adress last chapter, cool.
Also, maybe i'm crazy but Annie's pose in the sixth panel reminds me of Kat's pose at the start of chaper 78. Is this the universal "I'm doing completely fine why do you ask?" pose, or is it just a coincedence and im lookning to deeply into things?
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Post by justhalf on Mar 17, 2021 8:38:54 GMT
Just curious, where does the current post title "Singular" come from? Traditionally I think it always comes from either a dialogue, or Tom's comment on that strip.
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Post by speedwell on Mar 17, 2021 8:41:20 GMT
Just curious, where does the current post title "Singular" come from? Traditionally I think it always comes from either a dialogue, or Tom's comment on that strip. I thought "single" was, strictly speaking from a grammatical standpoint, not the correct word. |
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Post by migrantworker on Mar 17, 2021 8:54:11 GMT
So all of a sudden, Annie went from very guarded to happy and trusting like a puppy. (A teacher asks you how you feel? Nothing to see here, just let the words spill out.) All that in a girl right in the middle of her teens, who has just been through some major turmoil - i.e. this most likely isn't her final state of mind. So yes, I'm definitely with Jones for placing her on some sort of a watch. Oh, and I just casually remembered the bottom two lines of this page. |
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Post by cremily on Mar 17, 2021 8:57:36 GMT
I'm glad everyone seems to agree; this Annie doesn't seem to be stable! (mentally or spiritually). I think panel 4 shows it very clearly, she's smiling weirdly while looking towards Kat for confirmation.
Edit: In terms of DBZ fusion (I'm just speaking core DBZ here), only Gotenks was stable, mostly because Goten and Trunks were best friends. In contrast, either Gogeta/Vegito were very unstable because Goku and Vegita were diametrically opposed, and only worked because they were fighting a much greater force. In the same sense, Fannie and Courtnie were also diametrically apposed, but they don't have that external pressure quite yet. Either the unstable fusion starts breaking down, Loop shows up (providing a good reason why they need to stick together), or they internally work out their differences.
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Post by pylgrimm on Mar 17, 2021 10:40:17 GMT
I just love that Tom is sticking hard to the DBZ fusion-themed clothing. Just *chef kiss*.
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Post by Jelly Jellybean on Mar 17, 2021 10:43:03 GMT
People (and Jones?) have spoken, it is Recombinant Annie! That just rolls of the tongue. Could be the title of Volume 9.
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Post by pyradonis on Mar 17, 2021 10:58:29 GMT
Panel 4: Either Fusion Annie's mental state is really a total wreck, or she is relieved because she thought Jones would ask her to explain how it happened.
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Post by Alkazar on Mar 17, 2021 11:02:48 GMT
Jones is acting very meta again. She voices the thoughts and concerns of us on this forum.
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Post by ohthatone on Mar 17, 2021 11:43:23 GMT
Some 4th wall breaking in that last panel, hmmmm?
I feel like this page was made specifically for the readers as Don Cheadle's "it's me get over it" moment in Iron Man 2.
So either this chapter will be about Annie's "I'm fine I'm totally f.i.n.e" line or we move on to another character's mind cage.
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Post by saardvark on Mar 17, 2021 11:51:33 GMT
I just love that Tom is sticking hard to the DBZ fusion-themed clothing. Just *chef kiss*. welcome to the forum, pylgrimm! (now I know how to denote a *chef kiss*!) |
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Post by saardvark on Mar 17, 2021 11:55:10 GMT
hmm, I wonder if the "mind cage" is metaphorical for Annie needing to hold both parts of her mind together, to stay fused and whole and sane!
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Post by csj on Mar 17, 2021 12:02:56 GMT
Given that merges are sometime worse than remaining split, gonna need citations
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Post by lemmingatk on Mar 17, 2021 12:17:37 GMT
Gee, Jones. It's not very polite to tell someone their own relationship status like that.
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Post by Gemminie on Mar 17, 2021 12:27:45 GMT
So, Jones gets right to the point of why she's here. Very Jones. Also, talking without opening her mouth. Also very Jones.
Annie's like, "Oh yeah? I can do that trick too."
Extreme closeup of Jones' (Wandering) eye. "People" are curious? What "people," exactly? Whoever runs the Court, whom we've conveniently never seen? And they're wondering about her mental state, are they? That's usually a convenient pretext to having someone committed for observation or at the very least discrediting anything they say. Likely anything she says or does is going to be analyzed with a fine-toothed comb, and anything that can possibly be construed as odd will be used as evidence against her sanity.
No one likes having their sanity questioned, so Annie looks uncomfortably back at Kat, trying to smile but obviously not happy about this development. Kat's not happy either but doesn't want to make things worse. There's a bit of a Dutch angle here, usually a sign that things are not right in some way, but in what way? Is there actually cause for concern about Annie's mental state, or is this evoking her uncertainty about what may happen if "people" think they've got a crazy fire elemental on their hands?
Still with that uncomfortable simper on her face (Annie's always been the worst actress ever), she continues to try to "act normal," while Jones observes, unmoved and unmoving. The Dutch angle is still with us. I compare this with how Annie was early in the comic, very Joneslike in her stoicism. She's come a long way. Her emotions are no longer tightly bottled up, tearing her up inside. She's begun to heal from her mother's passing and her father's abandonment of her, but I'm worried she's not going to get the opportunity to heal in peace. But here in a way she's explaining some things to us, though not everything.
Dutch angle in the other direction! Where'd Kat go? Where's Renard? Annie looks completely isolated here, and that tilt doesn't help us feel positive about whatever's going on here. She's backing off from her previous statement, searching for approval or confirmation. I personally think she's fine and am not worried about her mental state, and I don't think "people" actually are either; I think they're looking for an excuse to do something to her. Watch out, Annie.
Sudden close-up, but the tilt is gone. I think this is Tom saying that she's really fine. Her world may be topsy-turvy and always changing, but she's on the road to recovery, if "people" would only let her be for a while, but I don't think that's likely to happen.
Although the Court is likely right to be concerned that their only point of contact with the crazed building-smashing Forest monster is an unreliable teenager who can set fire to anything at any time, who at this moment has been through some unknowable experience with unforeseeable consequences to her mental stability, I think they've really sent the wrong representative to talk to her. Perhaps they sent Jones because Annie can't set her on fire, but Jones isn't subtle. She's given Annie cause to question how others will see her and to wonder whether she now has the mental illness social stigma in addition to everything else. This is a vulnerable time for her, and they may have just caused the very issue they were worried about. Is that their plan? Is Janet standing on a building right now, with Diego's arrow at the ready in her bow, not wanting to have to use it but gaslighted about Annie's sanity to the extent that any irregularity in behavior will be a sign that she's become dangerous? I think I've wandered into wild speculation territory. Radical things like that tend not to happen in this story (except when they do).
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Post by wies on Mar 17, 2021 12:28:48 GMT
Third panel is pretty significant, since this comic has lotta of important eye motifs, and miss "Wandering Eye" here who's first conscious action was to open her eyes might be the most important of them all. |
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Post by haspen on Mar 17, 2021 12:31:12 GMT
Antimony Carver?
Having mental issues?
Naaaaah.
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Post by wies on Mar 17, 2021 13:00:12 GMT
I agree with most of what you said here (except I still leave the room for the possibility that Annie may, in fact, not be fine) But I disagree with this assessment of Jones. It is true Jones isn't the usual subtle character you would expect, but she approaches subtle from an unusual angle, like Coyote too does. (Sure, the dog behaves like a giggling buffoon and loves to display his powers, but he manipulated Ysengrin like an engineer a timebomb) Jones is direct and blunt, but with purpose. Her most inner nature seems that to be of an observator which does require some subtility. Like, never forget she observed Parley and Smitty's mutual infatuation and deemed it for the better they acted on it. With that goal she planted roses and chocolate (which she probably expected to get from Randy) and literally nudged them into a relationship. She is also subtle to understand Randy is smitten with her and choose a movie she knew appeals to his sensibilities. It is direct, everyone who actually pays attention knows what she is doing, and yet it still works because she flies just enough under the radar. I wonder if her stoic nature makes other characters underestimate her subtility? She also prized Annie's more thorough observation and seems the only (at that time, I think Annie gets it now too) character to understand Coyote's cunningness. And in the next page she is again subtle in her peculair direct way with provoking Annie to get a better idea of her and freely admitting doing so. Though you are right she isn't subtle in getting a right assessment of Annie's mental state without Annie understanding what is going on. But it also might be that Jones is about the only one of the Court staff to be able to get a right assessment of that. It is hard to hide things in front of those watching eyes. |
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Post by ctso74 on Mar 17, 2021 14:06:32 GMT
I'm in a "wait and see" mode, but not going to lie. You're freaking me out right now, Carver.
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Post by fia on Mar 17, 2021 14:09:05 GMT
Do you think Annie has twice the fire-power now?
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Mar 17, 2021 14:24:17 GMT
Do you think Annie has twice the fire-power now? Regrettably I suspect that only her clothes were combined according to DBZ rules. I was very much hoping for a single Antimony with 2x mass (small frame to medium frame, +8-10 inches height?), twice the fire, and possibly extra arms, and considering it was Zeta doing the combining I thought there was a chance... But looks like no. On the plus side, Single!Antimony should remember Courtnie's concentrated-fire laser beam trick. But don't worry, another webcomic has stepped up to fill the whole DBZ-combining characters rules. |
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Post by Gemminie on Mar 17, 2021 14:26:24 GMT
I agree with most of what you said here (except I still leave the room for the possibility that Annie may, in fact, not be fine) But I disagree with this assessment of Jones. It is true Jones isn't the usual subtle character you would expect, but she approaches subtle from an unusual angle, like Coyote too does. (Sure, the dog behaves like a giggling buffoon and loves to display his powers, but he manipulated Ysengrin like an engineer a timebomb) Jones is direct and blunt, but with purpose. Her most inner nature seems that to be of an observator which does require some subtility. Like, never forget she observed Parley and Smitty's mutual infatuation and deemed it for the better they acted on it. With that goal she planted roses and chocolate (which she probably expected to get from Randy) and literally nudged them into a relationship. She is also subtle to understand Randy is smitten with her and choose a movie she knew appeals to his sensibilities. It is direct, everyone who actually pays attention knows what she is doing, and yet it still works because she flies just enough under the radar. I wonder if her stoic nature makes other characters underestimate her subtility? She also prized Annie's more thorough observation and seems the only (at that time, I think Annie gets it now too) character to understand Coyote's cunningness. And in the next page she is again subtle in her peculair direct way with provoking Annie to get a better idea of her and freely admitting doing so. Yes, I think you're completely right about that. Somehow I was forgetting the many times Jones has been subtle, thinking about how unsubtle she's apparently being right now – though I might be wrong about that as well. She's as much as telling Annie, "You're being observed to evaluate your mental state." And, in its way, that's also very subtle. Now that you remind me of it, this calls to mind this interaction, which was similarly subtle and unsubtle at the same time. Jones may be trying again to "assess her character" by trying to get a reaction out of her and observing the results. Or she may be doing that and warning her at the same time. I still think the Court picked the wrong person to send, because Jones is giving Annie fair warning, whereas someone else probably wouldn't have. That's a good thing for Annie, but "people" may not get the result they wanted. Not that Jones won't give them an objective report of what she observes here, but she's put Annie on guard, so she's tainted the data from the start. |
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Post by saardvark on Mar 17, 2021 14:34:44 GMT
Annie's pinching her lips together a bit in panel 5; nervous, or holding something back, or maybe both...?
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Post by murk on Mar 17, 2021 16:48:10 GMT
Huh.
I hadn't realised this was a thing that happened. When I read this page, I thought "What are they talking about?" until I visited the forums.
It seems last chapter the Annies recombined? I hadn't noticed. Even reading back, it's not clear to me.
I ended last chapter disappointed. It seemed like it was building up to a dramatic climax, and then nothing happened, I thought. I don't know if I'm less disappointed now (because something did happen!) or more (because something happened but I didn't even notice).
Maybe both.
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