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Post by bedinsis on Sept 12, 2022 7:01:00 GMT
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Post by jda on Sept 12, 2022 7:02:54 GMT
Excellent double entendré. Last PG-13 GKC page... |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Sept 12, 2022 7:05:32 GMT
Assuming Lana's talking about going to see the Star Ocean (and I admit that is a big assumption) how does she know about he/them going? Was she surreptitiously watching Jerrek and Antimony talking about it?
[edit] Or is she just aware that Jerrek is planning on sneaking out because he's still awake and the door to his pod is still open or something, and just wants to tag along wherever he's going? In which case I wonder how she'll react to meeting up with Antimony (and thus becoming a fifth wheel)?
Also: LIVE IN THE POD. [/edit]
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Post by bedinsis on Sept 12, 2022 7:14:21 GMT
Excellent double entendré. That wasn't intentional. |
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Post by Timberwere on Sept 12, 2022 7:21:54 GMT
Also, note that we are getting our first glimpse of the New People's living quarters indoors. It makes sense that they would be housed in spaceship/coffin hotel style bunks. The pavilions outside the warehouse are the common leisure area that we've already seen. |
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Post by silicondream on Sept 12, 2022 7:22:07 GMT
Excellent double entendré. Last PG-13 GKC page... Girl's just learned how to be smooth from the Dover Demon. I wonder how those pod doors open? Hard to tell whether they accordion or slide around the side of each pod or what. |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Sept 12, 2022 8:01:12 GMT
I wonder how those pod doors open? Hard to tell whether they accordion or slide around the side of each pod or what. They're recessed, have those little handle thingers, but in panel 4 we see both panels retracted nearly all the way with zero folding or pleating. Panel 2 we see some pod doors in fully closed and (probably) open-as-far-as-it-goes states which shows that if the first (left) panel is moved then it starts moving the second (right) panel at a certain point which probably means the doors have concealed pins, most likely two sets that kick in at 1/4 the distance or so. Unless magic that should mean the doors can't roll up so they are on tracks that go between pods. Should be a thin flexible material like PVC or possibly doped cloth with a partial backing of other material around the handle area for reinforcement. Cloth would be cheap, easy to make/install and breathable... but if they were worried about those things it'd just be a curtain with grommets and hooks, so I'll guess PVC. Also because science. Of course if it's drawn differently in later comics all that goes out the window, so to speak. |
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Post by TBeholder on Sept 12, 2022 8:01:14 GMT
Indeed, he does not get ever closer to full anime wacky hijinx mode all by himself. He has help.
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Post by speedwell on Sept 12, 2022 8:15:54 GMT
For fifty cents I'd be willing to be persuaded that both Lana and Jerrek are in some sense Loup, Coyote, and/or Ysengrin. Lana gives me enormous Coyote-being-random vibes here.
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Post by jda on Sept 12, 2022 8:38:24 GMT
For fifty cents I'd be willing to be persuaded that both Lana and Jerrek are in some sense Loup, Coyote, and/or Ysengrin. Lana gives me enormous Coyote-being-random vibes here. That is my current headcannon. |
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Post by aline on Sept 12, 2022 9:26:57 GMT
For fifty cents I'd be willing to be persuaded that both Lana and Jerrek are in some sense Loup, Coyote, and/or Ysengrin. Lana gives me enormous Coyote-being-random vibes here. Soooo Loup is having a crush on himself? |
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Post by pyradonis on Sept 12, 2022 9:49:48 GMT
So, Loup, how do you like your own private space being invaded?
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Post by heranje on Sept 12, 2022 12:29:28 GMT
Is this the first page where we've seen Jerrek thinking without the Loup-overlay? Wonder if these are the thoughts of dead goose-Jerrek who doesn't understand why he was suddenly overcome with a desire to see the star ocean.
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Post by ctso74 on Sept 12, 2022 13:22:42 GMT
For fifty cents I'd be willing to be persuaded that both Lana and Jerrek are in some sense Loup, Coyote, and/or Ysengrin. Lana gives me enormous Coyote-being-random vibes here. Soooo Loup is having a crush on himself? He's done creepier stuff. It'll be interesting to see both Loup's "view" of the Star Ocean and an NP's, as well. |
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Post by Sky Schemer on Sept 12, 2022 14:11:41 GMT
Creepy AF.
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Post by Gemminie on Sept 12, 2022 14:12:28 GMT
I'm playing catchup after being on vacation, but what I'm catching up on is all one conversation anyway. Loup's reason for wanting to see the star ocean is unclear. " Perhaps if I can get closer to this ocean of stars ..." what? Perhaps he can catch a glimpse of the new world? Perhaps he can see how it works? Perhaps he can wreck it? Or perhaps he can get a clearer idea of whether this is what Coyote wanted him to find out; he still doesn't know. Annie doesn't think Loup knows what he's looking for either. Annie, in fact, unknowingly takes Loup to task for letting his rage lead him by the nose. "Jerrek" very nearly confesses his love to Annie before Loup forces him to stop. Jerrek and Loup are quite clearly different, and Jerrek has taken on an individuality of his own – Coyote was able to submerge his consciousness in being a dead goose in a bush by a lake that didn't even remember it was Coyote, and then he did the same with the goose's wife too. Loup isn't letting his consciousness go to the same degree, but Jerrek is clearly a separate individual. And now there's today's installment. For the first time we see the cubicles that the New People sleep in. They seem like those Japanese capsule hotels. Given the establishing shot, they must be located in or near Kat's lab. "Jerrek" is thinking about how he can't go near the star ocean, but what does he mean by that? He's afraid he'll get caught and jeopardize the New People, violating his deal with Robot? He's afraid that something about it will reveal his identity? He's afraid that the Ether gets thin there, so his existence or powers will also wear thin? Or is he just thinking it's a bad idea? Whatever the reason, though, he was very insistent on wanting to go there tonight, and he's wondering about that too. I think it's very likely that it's related to what Coyote wanted him to find out, and it's that Coyote part of him that's making him do it. Suddenly, Lana! She invites herself along! To a thing that there's no way she could have found out about! How did she know Jerrek was going to see the star ocean that night? We didn't see her listening in on his conversation with Annie, but that doesn't mean she wasn't. Or does she know from Jerrek's actions that he's sneaking off to do something (which he does frequently) but doesn't know what or where, and just wants to be part of it? I think hijinx are about to ensue! |
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Post by novia on Sept 12, 2022 15:01:54 GMT
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Post by Isildur on Sept 12, 2022 15:02:53 GMT
"Am... am I the baka?"
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Post by speedwell on Sept 12, 2022 15:40:08 GMT
For fifty cents I'd be willing to be persuaded that both Lana and Jerrek are in some sense Loup, Coyote, and/or Ysengrin. Lana gives me enormous Coyote-being-random vibes here. Soooo Loup is having a crush on himself? He was the goose and the goose's wife, wasn't he? Not to mention, he claims to basically be the whole Forest. One aspect of him having a crush on another is less remarkable than Forest Annie and Court Annie having an argument. I would laugh if Lana was the New Person equivalent of Jolly Elfsberry, though; in this case another pseudo-posthumous trick of Coyote's on Loup. Certainly Jerrek seems to be more than half Ysengrin - could Lana have the bulk of Coyote's essence? Does that even matter, haha? |
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Post by Gemini Jim on Sept 12, 2022 15:57:07 GMT
I trust Lana less than I trust Loup.
I mean, it's possible that she was spying on Annie talking to "Jerrek," which is kinda weird totally a normal thing (* in a romcom). Maybe she's been following him around.
Part of me still suspects It's A Trap of some sort, and Lana is bait.
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Post by novia on Sept 12, 2022 16:16:52 GMT
I trust Lana less than I trust Loup. I mean, it's possible that she was spying on Annie talking to "Jerrek," which is kinda weird totally a normal thing (* in a romcom). Maybe she's been following him around. Maybe he was yelling really loud and his voice carried. Hard to tell with the everything is simultaneously capitalized and uncapitalized font. |
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Post by drmemory on Sept 12, 2022 16:31:25 GMT
I think it's more likely the bright area he is unable to approach. Maybe attraction though.
I'd guess it was more Coyote's need to understand everything than anything about Loup. We don't really know how much Loup's thoughts and actions are being guided by the Coyote part of him. We know that initially he was pretty much guided by the Ysengrin part, and still is when we see just Loup and no Jerrek, but we've never really seen how much Coyote is still influencing him.
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Post by drmemory on Sept 12, 2022 16:33:26 GMT
Lana has a crush on Jerrek. We saw signs of the nascent romantic triangle earlier. So, naturally, she's been spying, in the grand tradition of romantic comedies everywhere.  The more interesting thing to me is that she may well know about Loup as well. And not care? |
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Post by rabbit on Sept 12, 2022 17:00:58 GMT
Lana has a crush on Jerrek. We saw signs of the nascent romantic triangle earlier. So, naturally, she's been spying, in the grand tradition of romantic comedies everywhere. The more interesting thing to me is that she may well know about Loup as well. And not care? "So, my new boyfriend is immature, and has anger issues, is kind of vindictive, and keeps hanging around with a girl who is not me, and isn't human ... but I think he really likes me!" I'm going to guess that Lana doesn't know that Jerrek is Loup (yet), but that she may well be the one who does something annoying that leads to Loup revealing himself. Perhaps dragging him too close to the star ocean, or just making him so angry that he goes all "I'm a wolf-dog-god, will you leave me alone now?" |
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Post by Corvo on Sept 12, 2022 18:38:41 GMT
Excellent double entendré. That wasn't intentional. I'm pretty sure it was very intentional on Lana's part. |
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Post by Corvo on Sept 12, 2022 18:40:27 GMT
Plus, how cool would it be if Lana is not really crushing on Jerrek, but only trying to keep a close eye because she suspected him from the beginning?
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Post by silicondream on Sept 12, 2022 23:13:36 GMT
Lana has a crush on Jerrek. We saw signs of the nascent romantic triangle earlier. So, naturally, she's been spying, in the grand tradition of romantic comedies everywhere. The more interesting thing to me is that she may well know about Loup as well. And not care? "So, my new boyfriend is immature, and has anger issues, is kind of vindictive, and keeps hanging around with a girl who is not me, and isn't human ... but I think he really likes me!" Robot: "He does not." *smile* The New People have met Shadow 2, right? He and Arthur need to start some kind of idol show so the teen-equivalents have someone healthier to crush on. Culminating in the reappearance of Smitty, naturally. |
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Post by maxptc on Sept 12, 2022 23:51:09 GMT
I actually don't know how I think Loup will handle Lana stalking him and butting into his "date" with Annie. Part of me sees him flipping out or doing something crazy to remove Lana from the situation, because he is crazy and the emotional equivalent of a wounded animal. But he may just straight up not care or think that he can use Lana and her crush to his advantage in regards to Annie and the star ocean, Loup is rather unpredictable.
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Post by mturtle7 on Sept 13, 2022 3:46:06 GMT
I actually don't know how I think Loup will handle Lana stalking him and butting into his "date" with Annie. Part of me sees him flipping out or doing something crazy to remove Lana from the situation, because he is crazy and the emotional equivalent of a wounded animal. But he may just straight up not care or think that he can use Lana and her crush to his advantage in regards to Annie and the star ocean, Loup is rather unpredictable. I think it would be much more in keeping with Loup's personality if he just attempted to do/feel all of those things you listed at once! |
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Post by arf on Sept 13, 2022 8:59:18 GMT
Methinks something's about to be jumped. Excellent double entendré. Last PG-13 GKC page... ... not if there's an abrupt scene change. |
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