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I just think it's a pity that she never wore these again.
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Post by V on Sept 29, 2021 7:03:19 GMT
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Sept 29, 2021 7:14:49 GMT
Registration building!? Quick, harvest everyone's personal info.
Getting rid of the remaining backup and only adult human left? Good sign things are back to normal and the plot will start proceeding again.
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Post by theonethatgotaway on Sept 29, 2021 7:16:01 GMT
And another vote of confidence for our forest medium! Yay!
I wonder where she's going to go with the Forestiers, though, towards the Forest or towards the Court?
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Post by blahzor on Sept 29, 2021 7:59:54 GMT
good job Loup you brought yourself closer to the thing that will kill you
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Post by bicarbonat on Sept 29, 2021 8:01:54 GMT
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Post by pyradonis on Sept 29, 2021 9:25:33 GMT
Registration building!? Quick, harvest everyone's personal info. I am pretty sure this building was not in use any more. Hence it being called the "old" registration building, and Eggers not even considering there might have been people inside when it was buried. |
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Post by Gemminie on Sept 29, 2021 13:29:23 GMT
After all the speculation from myself and others that this might be an old building left over from the early Court, James announces right away that he knows this building; apparently they've all been carried along with the wave into (or perhaps below) Court territory. It's quite possible that they're even above what used to be ground level. Deducing that Loup must have broken through the robots' barrier, he realizes that there could have been a lot more damage than just this building; he has to find out how much.
The Forest creatures seem dismayed to learn that they've been carried into Court territory; this is probably reasonable, considering that the Court's influence seems to be inimical to the magic and chaos that sustains the Forest and its life. Some of them, at least, could literally be in danger just by being there. Of course, the fact that we don't know much about the way it all works doesn't help with speculation. They might just be afraid because of what they've heard. Annie's concerned about that, too – she doesn't want them to be afraid. She wants them to stay calm so they can work together on getting to safety, wherever that might entail at this point. Assuming there aren't oxygen concerns, they'll need water first, then they'll have to think about food. Shelter isn't so much an issue, since if they can get out of these tunnels, they can retreat into them if they need to.
So it looks like James and Parley are going to be leaving. Will the narrative follow them, or Annie, who's going to stay with the Forest creatures? Or will we spend some time with both? I want to see how much damage was done, but I also want to see how Annie gets on with the Forest creatures and helps them. My guess is that we'll stay with Annie, because she's the main character, but also because they'll eventually reach the outside and see the extent of the damage then.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Sept 29, 2021 13:56:19 GMT
Registration building!? Quick, harvest everyone's personal info. I am pretty sure this building was not in use any more. Hence it being called the "old" registration building, and Eggers not even considering there might have been people inside when it was buried. If this is the leading edge of the Court, which would have been the buildings they were closest to, it would have been deep in the red zone. There shouldn't have been anyone in there in any case. More importantly with regard to the question of loots, "old" may suggest there's a new one but it doesn't necessarily follow that it wasn't in use at the time of the evacuation nor that there's no records there now. In passing it occurs to me that for someone who shoots fire-lasers but isn't terribly tech-savvy it would be easier to pillage filing cabinets than yoinking hard drives. Hopefully "old" doesn't mean punch-cards. |
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Post by ctso74 on Sept 29, 2021 14:25:46 GMT
It would be interesting to follow Eggs and George for a while. Though, Annie should be able to find out what's going on up top, with her telepathic connection to Rey, it'd be interesting to watch the Eggs/George dynamic for a while.
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Post by migrantworker on Sept 29, 2021 17:39:19 GMT
Annie still doesn't like Eglamore staying past his welcome. Look at that face in the last panel!
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Post by drmemory on Sept 29, 2021 18:18:46 GMT
I'm still thinking this is the tunnel system that was already there, prior to Loup's recent meltdown. This looks sorta like a building that fell down into the tunnel, as a result of the collapse of the edge of the forest onto the shield. Which, by the way, is looking more accidental and less planned, which in turn would be consistent with Annie's theory that Loup let go of the forest. Still wondering if the forest critters taking refuge in the tunnels have been there all along, or if they fled there when Loup did what he did. I keep bringing this up because I'm worried about whether the time-locked forest critters on the surface are ok, or were killed, or what? For that matter, weren't the shadow men in between the forest and the court when the collapse happened? I suppose they could have been saved by flower power... I mean, they were here, then this happened, then it went dark. This could be non-subtle symbolism for some dark things happening.
I guess it's also possible that the tunnels were built by Loup when he opened up a hole and dumped Annie down there, but that doesn't feel right - he's not really shown that level of control over things, plus we already knew there were already tunnels down there. Just maybe not as many as before?
So even though things seem pretty light-hearted right now, the only forest dwellers we KNOW are all right that aren't in the tunnels are the tree elves, who were banished previously. The others, or at least some of them, were supposedly frozen in time, and we don't know where they are now and whether the ones we are seeing now are ones that were previously above-ground and frozen. The human shadow men, on the other hand, are probably either squished or buried or have been saved by Aata's flower power somehow. They came prepared to steal Coyote's power but I have to think they did not come prepared for what actually happened! The actual shadow men, on the other hand, are probably fine, as they are pretty much 2D, except for the one, who should also be safe. Thinking about it, I'm sort of expecting them to appear in the plot quite soon.
Cvet is probably fine. I sorta hope we get to see her aerial view of events sometime.  |
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Post by blazingstar on Sept 29, 2021 20:27:09 GMT
It would be interesting to follow Eggs and George for a while. Though, Annie should be able to find out what's going on up top, with her telepathic connection to Rey, it'd be interesting to watch the Eggs/George dynamic for a while. +1 vote for Annie to contact Reynardine for intel. Maybe he can give her another point of view, or run above ground and take a look, or find their friends, or other things that may help her figure out what the heck is going on. The more people in the forums remind me it's the best plan for her right now, the more I mentally shout at Annie "CALL REY!" every page. |
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Post by saardvark on Sept 30, 2021 2:02:04 GMT
Annie still doesn't like Eglamore staying past his welcome. Look at that face in the last panel! To me, that's more a determined and confident (or wanting to show that at least) face. She wants Eggs to know that "she's got this", not a "leave soon or I will glower at you some more" look. To my eye, anyway... I think since the "reunion" of the two Annies, she has been more "together" (in all ways) and more self-confident. This factors into how she sees Eggs; he's not treating her like a kid, he is concerned for her safety/welfare. |
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Post by blahzor on Sept 30, 2021 9:41:22 GMT
Registration building!? Quick, harvest everyone's personal info. Getting rid of the remaining backup and only adult human left? Good sign things are back to normal and the plot will start proceeding again. incoming Kat with a Mecha Drill to the rescue ala Princess Bubblegum |
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Post by pyradonis on Sept 30, 2021 11:34:56 GMT
It would be interesting to follow Eggs and George for a while. Though, Annie should be able to find out what's going on up top, with her telepathic connection to Rey, it'd be interesting to watch the Eggs/George dynamic for a while. +1 vote for Annie to contact Reynardine for intel. Maybe he can give her another point of view, or run above ground and take a look, or find their friends, or other things that may help her figure out what the heck is going on. The more people in the forums remind me it's the best plan for her right now, the more I mentally shout at Annie "CALL REY!" every page. While I just think more and more of all the other times Renard could have helped with something but was ignored. It has been four and a half years since the last page of "The Other Shore" and I am personally STILL waiting for an explanation why Renard did not accompany the Scooby Gang to help releasing Jeanne, why he did not insist to come and protect Annie, or even any frigging OPINION or at least a REMARK by him about this. |
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Post by todd on Sept 30, 2021 13:51:26 GMT
I wonder if it's a case of "such a big cast that Tom sometimes has trouble keeping track of them all".
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Post by migrantworker on Sept 30, 2021 14:41:09 GMT
Annie still doesn't like Eglamore staying past his welcome. Look at that face in the last panel! To me, that's more a determined and confident (or wanting to show that at least) face. She wants Eggs to know that "she's got this", not a "leave soon or I will glower at you some more" look. To my eye, anyway... I think since the "reunion" of the two Annies, she has been more "together" (in all ways) and more self-confident. This factors into how she sees Eggs; he's not treating her like a kid, he is concerned for her safety/welfare. Could be that, true. And now I get to also appreciate the ambiguity of the scene...  |
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Post by TBeholder on Sept 30, 2021 21:02:14 GMT
Registration building!? Quick, harvest everyone's personal info. Specifically Aata's. The temptation is probably strong at the moment. Getting rid of the remaining backup and only adult human left? Good sign things are back to normal and the plot will start proceeding again. Worse than that — she is without makeup. |
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Post by pyradonis on Oct 1, 2021 10:41:51 GMT
I wonder if it's a case of "such a big cast that Tom sometimes has trouble keeping track of them all". Come on, a meticulous planner like Tom doesn't just forget one of the most important characters while writing the finale of the biggest storyline so far. |
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Post by drmemory on Oct 5, 2021 1:47:51 GMT
+1 vote for Annie to contact Reynardine for intel. Maybe he can give her another point of view, or run above ground and take a look, or find their friends, or other things that may help her figure out what the heck is going on. The more people in the forums remind me it's the best plan for her right now, the more I mentally shout at Annie "CALL REY!" every page. While I just think more and more of all the other times Renard could have helped with something but was ignored. It has been four and a half years since the last page of "The Other Shore" and I am personally STILL waiting for an explanation why Renard did not accompany the Scooby Gang to help releasing Jeanne, why he did not insist to come and protect Annie, or even any frigging OPINION or at least a REMARK by him about this. I've wondered about that myself. Renard was supposed to stay in the court, and I believe Annie actually ordered him to do so because the court wouldn't let him walk around freely otherwise. But that doesn't really explain why he didn't so much as make a smartass remark about the whole Jeanne plan.
Really, I would think he'd be chiming in on things, like, all the time! Surely becoming a familiar didn't suddenly make him more mature?
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