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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 18, 2022 8:02:54 GMT
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Post by bicarbonat on Feb 18, 2022 8:12:35 GMT
Jerrek: This is what I like.
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Post by theonethatgotaway on Feb 18, 2022 8:17:28 GMT
Huh, I thought she was annoying to you, Loup? Also, I know the forest people are pretty forward and precocious, and the NP, despite appearances are NOT as knowledgeable as they pretend to be, so whatever the reason, I'm happy Jerrek jumped in here to stop the scene from advancing.
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Post by madjack on Feb 18, 2022 8:19:21 GMT
I think something like this in a general sense is in character for Loup, he never tried to get Annie to stay in the Forest with him by force. He wants to be worshipped as the capital G god Coyote never cared to be and would find that beneath his pride and (imagined) dignity.
Now, defending someone weak out of decency/camaraderie/friendship? Not in a million years. This might be where he starts inhabiting his persona more than the earlier pages with Loup in the back seat have so far suggested.
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Post by artezzatrigger on Feb 18, 2022 8:25:57 GMT
Loup be like "this one annoys me, but you? Far more"
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Post by masheen on Feb 18, 2022 8:27:36 GMT
I'm getting major Ysengrin vibes from Loup here...
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 18, 2022 8:39:11 GMT
Well, I didn't think "Loup" would like being ignored. She's pretextually a female of his tribe being arguably assaulted right in front of him like he doesn't exist. It might serve his cover better to not, to slink off, or maybe to intervene badly and by doing so shift the focus to him, but he wouldn't like being roughed up or behaving cowardly, even if that's what he thought a Jerrik would do. So I figured he'd do something but am surprised by the relatively restrained and sophisticated way he's doing it. I wonder if that joint lock is something from Coyote's memories (I doubt Ysengrin would learn martial arts from humans no matter how much he wanted ways to demonstrate superiority) or if he's just able to pull something like that off by virtue of his power; he's able to see the vulnerability in the finger and use it to move the human the way he wants without much thought or effort. And of course, according to YA fiction, this action will be misinterpreted.
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Post by flowsthead on Feb 18, 2022 8:41:39 GMT
Is anyone else surprised by the rapey vibes of the scene?
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Post by jda on Feb 18, 2022 9:09:06 GMT
What most shocks me more is to see the WHITES of the forest guy eyes.
Also: nice
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Post by noone3 on Feb 18, 2022 9:18:42 GMT
Is anyone else surprised by the rapey vibes of the scene? All is quite consensual until the creak of tiny bones, but still its sure unsettling. I'm wondering now who was she really playing here. |
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Post by blahzor on Feb 18, 2022 9:21:19 GMT
Batman outta no where to beat up on the poor
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Post by flowsthead on Feb 18, 2022 9:23:09 GMT
Is anyone else surprised by the rapey vibes of the scene? All is quite consensual until the creak of tiny bones, but still its sure unsettling. I'm wondering now who was she really playing here. It'd be one thing if I thought Lana knew what she was doing, but the question mark in the third panel makes me think otherwise. It's just not what I was expecting from Gunnerkrigg. |
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Post by blahzor on Feb 18, 2022 9:23:46 GMT
Is anyone else surprised by the rapey vibes of the scene? I wouldn't watch the show "the sex lives of college girls" by Mindy Kaling. Her self insert character is like 100x more sex positive than Lana is doing now |
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Post by stef1987 on Feb 18, 2022 9:24:00 GMT
Wow, this really looks like it would have become a gangbang if it wasn't for loup
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 18, 2022 9:26:49 GMT
I'm pretty sure the question mark in panel 3 means Lana, though she was flirting and might have been pot-stirring a little, didn't know how things might play out from that point onwards if no heroic intervention had happened.
...but yeah, last comic I was genuinely unsure who was creeping on who, or if perhaps this was a meeting of the creeps, a creep convergence if you will.
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Post by flowsthead on Feb 18, 2022 9:31:21 GMT
Is anyone else surprised by the rapey vibes of the scene? I wouldn't watch the show "the sex lives of college girls" by Mindy Kaling. Her self insert character is like 100x more sex positive than Lana is doing now I think you missed my second comment. I'm not interpreting this as sex positive. It looks to me like Lana meant that she knew what boys like in the sense of how she created her physical form, not in the sense that she was propositioning them for sex. The question mark in the third panel implies to me she had no idea they wanted to get physical with her. And another show isn't relevant since it doesn't have the same context as Gunnerkrigg. |
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Post by speedwell on Feb 18, 2022 9:45:06 GMT
I wouldn't watch the show "the sex lives of college girls" by Mindy Kaling. Her self insert character is like 100x more sex positive than Lana is doing now I think you missed my second comment. I'm not interpreting this as sex positive. It looks to me like Lana meant that she knew what boys like in the sense of how she created her physical form, not in the sense that she was propositioning them for sex. The question mark in the third panel implies to me she had no idea they wanted to get physical with her. And another show isn't relevant since it doesn't have the same context as Gunnerkrigg. She is totally that annoying loose cannon who learned in a bad way that a form of self-worth derived from giving people sex. Totally. In a human teenager, it would be someone who was probably abused as a child and made to do things they didn't understand. This is not done for shock value; we know much better than that. For the time being I'm reading this as a morality play on the oversexualisation of literature and advertising. |
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Post by pyradonis on Feb 18, 2022 10:38:28 GMT
Jerrek just wants them to pipe down. I think something like this in a general sense is in character for Loup, he never tried to get Annie to stay in the Forest with him by force. Though I must say again, the Loup we are seeing right now feels vastly different from the one on the page I linked to, and I doubt it's just his new hairdo. |
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Post by Tenjen on Feb 18, 2022 10:42:42 GMT
I dont think she's quite aware of those particular hints and vibes given the question mark. she might be knowledgeable to a point but may have lacked access to reading material of that degree
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 18, 2022 11:17:30 GMT
I dont think she's quite aware of those particular hints and vibes given the question mark. she might be knowledgeable to a point but may have lacked access to reading material of that degree That seems to be the case. I'm not as up on the YA genre as I could be but from what I remember it's typical to imply or simply omit the actual sex acts in sexual situations, leaving it to the imagination of the reader to fill in the blanks. A library robot who reads books in a school library (even one who knew about biological reproduction) could well interpret that to mean that nothing of relevance happened during the time-skip and whatever fallout happened strictly from what was expressly in the text. So "they stared longingly into each other's eyes for a time and then he took her hand and guided her to the bed" followed by "in the morning, refreshed from their love-making..." would simply mean they went to bed and got a good night's sleep; the "love-making" would merely have been the looking into each other's eyes bit. |
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Post by blahzor on Feb 18, 2022 11:32:26 GMT
I'm pretty sure the question mark in panel 3 means Lana, though she was flirting and might have been pot-stirring a little, didn't know how things might play out from that point onwards if no heroic intervention had happened. ...but yeah, last comic I was genuinely unsure who was creeping on who, or if perhaps this was a meeting of the creeps, a creep convergence if you will. It all depends on if she would have ever displayed she has MUCH more strength than a human also Lana probably done this enough plus read to know the steps up to a point then like ? To innuendo a thing harder to know outside of books |
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Post by mordekai on Feb 18, 2022 11:35:24 GMT
Dog powers, activate!
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Post by crater on Feb 18, 2022 12:14:09 GMT
Kat has cast a spell on Loup, its called Humanity.
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Post by csj on Feb 18, 2022 12:30:52 GMT
i can already hear the mras
'is this reverse sexism'
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Post by Bo No Bo on Feb 18, 2022 13:16:54 GMT
Even Loup says, "Hey, try some consent first asshole"
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Post by speedwell on Feb 18, 2022 13:25:04 GMT
Even Loup says, "Hey, try some consent first asshole" I'm not sure that really is what he's saying. I hope it is. But with Loup, who is an animal, it could just as easily be that he regards her as his property and just wants to fight off a perceived rival. The Ysengrin part might be protective. But the Coyote part might just want to not have a useful tool messed around with. After the elf boys are chased off, she might come in for a share of Loup's annoyance as well. It could be like the case of a woman in the bar whose jealous boyfriend thinks she's being too friendly. |
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Post by crater on Feb 18, 2022 13:26:18 GMT
I dont think she's quite aware of those particular hints and vibes given the question mark. she might be knowledgeable to a point but may have lacked access to reading material of that degree It turns out she was the queslett year 3 librarian-bot |
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Post by madjack on Feb 18, 2022 14:11:07 GMT
Jerrek just wants them to pipe down. I think something like this in a general sense is in character for Loup, he never tried to get Annie to stay in the Forest with him by force. Though I must say again, the Loup we are seeing right now feels vastly different from the one on the page I linked to, and I doubt it's just his new hairdo. The threats of force were more about getting the gifts back, he tries temptation on Annie herself but she has none of it. Edit: Although yeah the 'shred your flesh' line... |
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Post by aline on Feb 18, 2022 14:59:36 GMT
Is anyone else surprised by the rapey vibes of the scene? Yes. I don't like it. I imagine from the elves point of view it looks like she is looking for some fun, and they're merely enthusiastic about participating in that. But the whole mood of the scene, with her being outnumbered, them starting off by touching her and questioning whether she's real, it's honestly quite creepy. Wouldn't think I'd read that in GC. Although the moment when Loup declared his love for Annie and wanted her to stay with him forever also felt creepy it wasn't as explicitely sexual. |
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Post by aline on Feb 18, 2022 15:04:17 GMT
I wouldn't watch the show "the sex lives of college girls" by Mindy Kaling. Her self insert character is like 100x more sex positive than Lana is doing now I think you missed my second comment. I'm not interpreting this as sex positive. It looks to me like Lana meant that she knew what boys like in the sense of how she created her physical form, not in the sense that she was propositioning them for sex. The question mark in the third panel implies to me she had no idea they wanted to get physical with her. Exactly this. I wonder what she even knows about sex in general. Has any of those robots except for Arthur had The Talk? They're not children exactly, but they were very quickly and massively released into an entirely new physical reality and lots of things that were never relevant to them have become important knowledge to have. Not sure the humans involved thought this through, especially since they have to rush so much. |
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