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Post by imaginaryfriend on Mar 26, 2021 7:03:19 GMT
I'm sure Jones has seen worse gossips... Just not for millennia.
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Post by madjack on Mar 26, 2021 7:06:28 GMT
I'm sure Jones has seen worse gossips... Just not for millennia. Press X to doubt. If Cvet keeps this up though, she's going to feature heavily in any future favourite character polls.
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Post by bedinsis on Mar 26, 2021 7:08:07 GMT
So Jones knows that Tony was treating his daughter and his daughter differently. Will this mean a long overdue explanation for why that is?
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Post by blazingstar on Mar 26, 2021 7:10:34 GMT
I'm glad Cvet's love of gossip could come in useful somehow!
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Post by wies on Mar 26, 2021 7:25:00 GMT
Jones in her diary later: I discovered an entirely different manner of gathering intel.
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Post by rafk on Mar 26, 2021 7:42:28 GMT
Parley later: Is Cvet gossiping to other people about ME?
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Post by speedwell on Mar 26, 2021 7:47:09 GMT
I absolutely love Cvet. She is just like a Croatian man I work with, friendly, relaxed, and protective... and the accent is dead on.
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Post by bicarbonat on Mar 26, 2021 7:54:16 GMT
More of a "water reservoir" than a "water cooler" discussion, I see.
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Post by blahzor on Mar 26, 2021 7:54:44 GMT
Cvet will finish her story one of these days
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Post by stclair on Mar 26, 2021 7:57:39 GMT
Cvet will finish her story one of these days But there is always more story!
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Post by blahzor on Mar 26, 2021 8:00:14 GMT
Cvet will finish her story one of these days But there is always more story!The life and times of Cvet: the audiobook 5939 minutes long
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Post by madjack on Mar 26, 2021 8:02:19 GMT
Cvet will finish her story one of these days But there is always more story!I'm sure Jones has the time.
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Post by aline on Mar 26, 2021 8:14:48 GMT
Oh god I had forgotten what a huge gossip Cvet was
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Post by taothegreat on Mar 26, 2021 9:03:43 GMT
Just emerging from my usual lurking status to say that that last panel might be my favourite panel in the history of Gunnerkrigg. Jones' pose...I'm cackling.
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Post by bicarbonat on Mar 26, 2021 9:03:49 GMT
Cvet will finish her story one of these days But there is always more story!She doesn't look like a luck dragon, but who am I to split hairs
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Post by pyradonis on Mar 26, 2021 9:06:32 GMT
Anyone else find it interesting that Cvet did not share this curious piece of information with her closest colleague? Maybe she doesn't talk during training though. So Jones knows that Tony was treating his daughter and his daughter differently. Will this mean a long overdue explanation for why that is? That might depend on whether Jones is able to try a non-direct approach. Because if she asks directly, Tony will probably just stammer "I...have work to do." and close the door.
Hm. Now I imagine Jones taking out a bottle of some cheap alcoholic beverage and just handing it to him. "Here, drink this."
(Of course, Jones might not count as a "person" for him, so he could imagine just talking to a robot. Speaking of which, does he see robots as persons? Could he be himself in a group of robots? (Actually, Jones is not a robot, but much more robotic than this story's robots. Hm.)) I absolutely love Cvet. She is just like a Croatian man I work with, friendly, relaxed, and protective... and the accent is dead on. Does he also have the same moustache? Cvet will finish her story one of these days I'm calling it, this chapter's bonus page will refer Cvet's gossipin' in some way.
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Post by TBeholder on Mar 26, 2021 9:12:21 GMT
Okay, maybe a small gunner cookie. Cvet "does not like to gossip"… but this does <i>not</i> mean she isn't good at it. ;] But there is always more story!The life and times of Cvet: the audiobook 5939 minutes long That's "Abridged".
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Post by speedwell on Mar 26, 2021 9:32:20 GMT
I absolutely love Cvet. She is just like a Croatian man I work with, friendly, relaxed, and protective... and the accent is dead on. Does he also have the same moustache?
Not exactly.
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Post by speedwell on Mar 26, 2021 9:35:13 GMT
Just emerging from my usual lurking status to say that that last panel might be my favourite panel in the history of Gunnerkrigg. Jones' pose...I'm cackling. If her expression in the immediately preceding panel is not a slight wince of, "I know I'm going to be sorry I asked", I hope something.
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Post by Tenjen on Mar 26, 2021 10:04:46 GMT
once again her stoicism is a never ending source of comedy.
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Post by philman on Mar 26, 2021 10:26:56 GMT
This is not at all where I expected this to be going, but I love it!
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Post by aline on Mar 26, 2021 10:50:13 GMT
Anyone else find it interesting that Cvet did not share this curious piece of information with her closest colleague? Maybe she doesn't talk during training though. My working theory is that Parley forbids Cvet from telling those stories because she cannot take it anymore
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Post by ohthatone on Mar 26, 2021 11:42:56 GMT
Anyone else find it interesting that Cvet did not share this curious piece of information with her closest colleague? Maybe she doesn't talk during training though. My working theory is that Parley forbids Cvet from telling those stories because she cannot take it anymore I think parley has learned to tune it out, maybe even being able to pick up the important stuff out of it.
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Post by Gemminie on Mar 26, 2021 12:00:55 GMT
At the end of the previous page Parley says that the way Tony treats Annie pisses her off, so here Cvet runs with that and says she hears that Tony treats (or treated) the two Annies differently. We know this, of course. But Jones encourages Cvet to go on. (On purpose? I suspect that with Jones, everything is deliberate.)
"Normal, stern man?" Cvet thinks that the way Tony acts with Court Annie is "normal?" It sounds as if she thinks that's how a man should behave. Or perhaps she's just saying that's how Tony normally acts around most people, as far as she's seen/heard.
There's Parley throwing around the word "crazy" again.
And Jones is again encouraging Cvet to continue. It's like starting a lawnmower, it seems – it takes a couple of pulls on the cord, but then away it goes. She must want more information.
Aaaaand she's gotten Cvet started. Sounds like she's mostly focusing on how the two-Annies situation affected Kat and Paz's relationship. She'll probably eventually circle back to Tony, sometime in the next few hours.
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Post by philman on Mar 26, 2021 12:34:17 GMT
My working theory is that Parley forbids Cvet from telling those stories because she cannot take it anymore I think parley has learned to tune it out, maybe even being able to pick up the important stuff out of it. We all know someone who loves to talk like that, and we all know that you end up tuning out for half of it!
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Post by ohthatone on Mar 26, 2021 12:42:04 GMT
So which is the crazy part parley is referring to? That he treated them differently or that Tony is capable of acting kind and sweet? (Its probably both)
I also love the idea cvet and paz could get together for gossip parties. With paz's ability she'd have access to all kinds of sources of gossip.
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Post by avianalia on Mar 26, 2021 14:35:36 GMT
"Normal, stern man?" Cvet thinks that the way Tony acts with Court Annie is "normal?" It sounds as if she thinks that's how a man should behave. Or perhaps she's just saying that's how Tony normally acts around most people, as far as she's seen/heard. On reread, I think it’s the latter. Adding a few words for clarification, Cvet can easily be read saying “...behaving as normal, [he is a] stern man with...”
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Post by fia on Mar 26, 2021 16:11:08 GMT
Hot take: As an adult I've come to the conclusion that without people like Cvet, none of us would ever know anything about how our institutions work or how decisions get made when not everybody is in the room. Thank goodness for extroverts (and the gossips!) that do the sharing information work for us introvert types.
Dangerous to have a Cvet in your midst if you want to keep information secure, though, haha
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Post by pyradonis on Mar 26, 2021 16:40:00 GMT
At the end of the previous page Parley says that the way Tony treats Annie pisses her off, so here Cvet runs with that and says she hears that Tony treats (or treated) the two Annies differently. We know this, of course. But Jones encourages Cvet to go on. (On purpose? I suspect that with Jones, everything is deliberate.) "Normal, stern man?" Cvet thinks that the way Tony acts with Court Annie is "normal?" It sounds as if she thinks that's how a man should behave. Or perhaps she's just saying that's how Tony normally acts around most people, as far as she's seen/heard. Eh, it could simply be a case of a misleading expression from a non-native speaker. Personally I read "normal" in this case meaning "like he is with everyone else".
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Post by ctso74 on Mar 26, 2021 17:23:18 GMT
After reading Wednesday's comic, I was wondering, what would it be like for Cvet and Jones to be trapped in an elevator together? Unfortunately, they could simply rip the alloy doors open like tin foil, so I dropped the thought. I'm glad it got its comical resolution.
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