I didn't register the light on first reading, and thought it was Jerrek-persona overcoming Loup becasue of Lana. "We are Jerrek. Lower your boundaries and surrender your cuddles. Resistance is futile."
Loup/Jerrek is frustrated that his plan to make Annie jealous didn't work. He seems to realize that Annie's the stoic type, but he doesn't seem to realize that he hasn't made the impression on her that he thinks he has. He may not be aware just how oblivious Annie is or that Kat and Renard just recently had to clue her in on how he's been pursuing her.
The train continues to move on through the night; we don't see any buildings, so maybe we're in the area where the buildings aren't so tall. Perhaps we're near the shore, where it's all residential homes. Anyway, then Loup/Jerrek is thinking about how he has to deal with Lana and her infatuation now.
And then ... the artwork goes absolutely nuts. It's hard to say what Lana or Annie would see at this point – we seem to be in Loup's point of view. But from his point of view he's getting shredded. We're seeing fragments of bone and the Coyote multiple-pupil thing. What's going on here?
Guess 1: They're hitting one of the "bright lights" he's seen as the train moves. These must be areas where the Court's doing something very powerful with the Ether – perhaps the star ocean is one of these. Loup says there that he's unable to go to Annie and Renard because of one of these "lights," and they live in a house by the sea. Renard hasn't experienced any issues living there that we know of, but then he's inhabiting a physical body (perhaps Loup's body is made of Ether and has difficulty staying cohesive in such conditions), and he's also Annie's familiar (so has some kind of "permission" to be there or a link he can hold onto).
Guess 2: The part of him that is Coyote is coming forth to thwap him upside the head for being a fool. We're about to see an ethereal conversation between Loup and some part of Coyote.
If we assume that Annie's still oblivious to Jerrek being Loup, then her reason why it's "risky" for Jerrek to travel to the coast has something to do with Jerrek being a New robot person.
Although Lana is also New, and yet she is still willing to take the risk to go to the coast with him.
Unless of course, Lana and/ or Annie are aware of the Loup/ Jerrek situation. Then it could be a trick/ plan/ trap/ test of some sort.
"It will reveal to you... a plan! A plan I have had in mind for a long time!" "And when you learn of it, you will agree it is a wonderful plan!" "And then you will die!"
Post by hannibalbarca on Sept 23, 2022 17:18:14 GMT
if i had to guess, i would say annie thought it was risky for jerrek to go to the star ocean because as a new person, he's supposed to lay low. if anyone tries to ask for an id, it's over. jerrek isnt in the system !
and i think jerrek thinks a few pages prior "i CANT go to the star ocean" because of his nature as a god ? or his nature as a god, trapped inside a new person, which is kat's equivalent of shadow men. in this equation kat is the god, the new person is the creation. if he forgets who he is and embodies being a new person completely, does that mean the godhood is transmitted to kat ? < complete spitballing here.
We are going to see how the light effects Loup now, which is cool. The real question I have isn't about what Loup is going to experience but what physical reaction is taking place. Is the light disabling his magic and about to reveal everything, or is this all about to happen inside Loups head while "Jerrek" sits quietly zoning out causing confusion to Annie and Lana. Unless Lana has a similar reaction? Which we can't rule out, while not being magic users themselves all the new people are based on magical goelm technology. Would it be to a lesser degree? We know Annie isn't destroyed just by approaching "the light", so I'd be a little surprised if Lana reacted, but we don't really know what kind of (if any) failsafes the Court has against ether threats and non humans...
If we assume that Annie's still oblivious to Jerrek being Loup, then her reason why it's "risky" for Jerrek to travel to the coast has something to do with Jerrek being a New robot person.
Although Lana is also New, and yet she is still willing to take the risk to go to the coast with him.
Unless of course, Lana and/ or Annie are aware of the Loup/ Jerrek situation. Then it could be a trick/ plan/ trap/ test of some sort.
I don't believe for one second either of them suspects who Jerrek is.
It's risky because the Court isn't supposed to know about Kat's side project of creating a new sentient species, which is why the New People have kept to the areas the Court has officially abandonned. The Star Ocean is the Court's pet project, and they'll have to cross the entire Court's safe zone to get there. Also as it happens the Court is led by a paranoid controlling secret service that tracks and spies everyone everywhere all the time.
What could possibly go wrong.
I'm sure no one will be spotted or captured or anything.
Maybe only purely etheric creatures have problems with the star ocean. Creatures with links to the "mundane" are OK. Renard is Annie's familiar, which protects him. Annie is part human. New people are fundamentally Kat's organic creations with a touch of ether thru arrow-transfer tech. Loup (or Coyote or Ys) have problems, but Jerrek, as a physical creation of Loup he can "incarnate" into, is maybe OK(?). We will see! Loup looks to definitely be having some stability issues tho....
With every page, Jerrek looks more and more like a manga character. Anyway, next page is going to be interesting.
Signatures Against Common Misconceptions (SACM):
- Kat is neither blind for Etheric beings/phenomenons, nor does she see all of them in boring simplified versions. All she does is see through Etheric "smoke and mirrors". - If(!) Coyote's Great Secret is true, then you can't change anything the moment you make some people believe in it. Humans have to die for their stories and beliefs to influence the Ether.
The reason coyote wanted renard's body-inhabiting powers back is suddenly a lot more obvious
Sorry, not obvious to me. What is that reason on this scenario?
Reynardine has been able to ride on the maglev without disruption(?!), which is presumably due to having a surrogate corporeal form. By extension, we can assume that a Loup with those powers, could do likewise.
e: Admittedly, this is loup, not coyote, but I think it's highly likely that coyote also wanted to snoop on the court's business
Sorry, not obvious to me. What is that reason on this scenario?
Reynardine has been able to ride on the maglev without disruption(?!), which is presumably due to having a surrogate corporeal form. By extension, we can assume that a Loup with those powers, could do likewise.
e: Admittedly, this is loup, not coyote, but I think it's highly likely that coyote also wanted to snoop on the court's business
while everyone is made up of the ether if you're magical, no one is as much ether as Coyote and therefore Loup
