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Post by arf on May 5, 2023 7:50:33 GMT
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Post by blahzor on May 5, 2023 8:46:42 GMT
Lana with the Jay-Z quote
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Post by laaaa on May 5, 2023 9:56:06 GMT
"Miss Kat"?!?!?!?!
WHAT!!!!
Lana, are you Loup right now?! WHAT???
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Post by sosleepy on May 5, 2023 10:08:43 GMT
Mere centimeters before personal space violation right there.
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Post by philman on May 5, 2023 10:22:43 GMT
"Miss Kat"?!?!?!?! WHAT!!!! Lana, are you Loup right now?! WHAT??? Now that would be a twist. Loup was both Lana AND Jerek the whole time! (Would also mean that the only person Loup could actually love was themselves) |
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Post by laaaa on May 5, 2023 10:37:42 GMT
"Miss Kat"?!?!?!?! WHAT!!!! Lana, are you Loup right now?! WHAT??? Now that would be a twist. Loup was both Lana AND Jerek the whole time! (Would also mean that the only person Loup could actually love was themselves) I thought of this possibility ever since we discovered Jerrek's identity, but now I think that would be incredibly sad. I'm leaning towards "I don't know how Annie and co will react, so don't come with me"... but then again, why bother pretending Lana is coming along in the first place? Also, Loup has also decided Kat is a divine being so I'd think he'd also be calling her "Angel" now... Mainly I'm confused. |
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Post by justcurious on May 5, 2023 12:22:28 GMT
The look on Annie's face and Jerek's reaction to her look strongly suggests that Annie knows. The fleeing the train is evidence of Jerek's identity.
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Post by laaaa on May 5, 2023 13:10:39 GMT
The look on Annie's face and Jerek's reaction to her look strongly suggests that Annie knows. The fleeing the train is evidence of Jerek's identity. Huh. I interpretted that as "you first made me think you were into me, insisted we go out together, brought along your girlfriend, ran away with no warning leaving me alone, disappeared for days, reappear as if nothing was wrong, and I'm beginning to get annoyed." |
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Post by pyradonis on May 5, 2023 15:32:16 GMT
The look on Annie's face and Jerek's reaction to her look strongly suggests that Annie knows. The fleeing the train is evidence of Jerek's identity. Huh. I interpretted that as "you first made me think you were into me, insisted we go out together, brought along your girlfriend, ran away with no warning leaving me alone, disappeared for days, reappear as if nothing was wrong, and I'm beginning to get annoyed." You do all remember that Jerrek didn't run away, right? Lana dragged him out of the train. |
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Post by ctso74 on May 5, 2023 17:40:06 GMT
The heat is on. Don't choke, wolfboy.
Of course, if he really does confess everything, the heat may literally be on.
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Post by mturtle7 on May 5, 2023 18:25:51 GMT
Huh. I interpretted that as "you first made me think you were into me, insisted we go out together, brought along your girlfriend, ran away with no warning leaving me alone, disappeared for days, reappear as if nothing was wrong, and I'm beginning to get annoyed." You do all remember that Jerrek didn't run away, right? Lana dragged him out of the train. I mean, from her (not especially keen) perspective, the difference between "got dragged out by" and "ran out with" is probably kind of thin. Especially since she doesn't seem to have noticed how weak and sickly Jerrek was getting at the time.
Also, all the rest of that stuff is still definitely true, and more than deserving of a "single raised eyebrow" look from Annie.
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Post by drmemory on May 5, 2023 21:26:44 GMT
Annie is a font of compassion. I don't think she'll attack Loup, or even say anything all that harsh. She might want him to make amends or help with the forest creatures though. I really, really doubt she'll jump straight to trying to kill him. In fact, if anyone else does, I expect she will be the voice of reason, whether or not she already knows Jerrek is Loup.
She's not the only one there though! Kat and her reaction aside, I wouldn't be shocked to learn that others have been snooping and watching everything Kat and/or Annie do. The Shadow Men, Omega, Zimmy, Aata and Jenny are my prime candidates for that. All for different reasons, interestingly.
Also, if they do make it through the reveal w/o Kat freaking out, so that Loup gets to tell her about S13 knowing about him and not telling her, we may get to see a different conflict than expected. It's well past time for Kat to find out what Robot has been up to all this time!
The only real risk of immediate conflict with Loup is if Loup can't control his temper. I hope he can, at least for a while, just because there are so many more interesting things that could happen.
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Post by bedinsis on May 5, 2023 21:39:03 GMT
The look on Annie's face and Jerek's reaction to her look strongly suggests that Annie knows. The fleeing the train is evidence of Jerek's identity. Huh. I interpretted that as "you first made me think you were into me, insisted we go out together, brought along your girlfriend, ran away with no warning leaving me alone, disappeared for days, reappear as if nothing was wrong, and I'm beginning to get annoyed." I read her face as "What is this about?". |
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Post by lurkerbot on May 5, 2023 23:13:41 GMT
I find it interesting that Katerina exclaimed "Jerrek!" before "Lana!" despite Lana being (much) closer to her, although I don't know if or why this could be significant.
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Post by blahzor on May 5, 2023 23:30:28 GMT
I find it interesting that Katerina exclaimed "Jerrek!" before "Lana!" despite Lana being (much) closer to her, although I don't know if or why this could be significant. used to her behavior already as she knew Lana long before Jerrek existed |
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Post by saardvark on May 6, 2023 0:55:28 GMT
Kat, with a bead of sweat, a stutter, and a clenched smile, seems a bit nervous here. Does she know/suspect something? Did Robot tell her or hint something? Has Annie discussed their odd behavior?
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Post by arf on May 6, 2023 2:39:55 GMT
Annie is a font of compassion. I don't think she'll attack Loup, or even say anything all that harsh. She might want him to make amends or help with the forest creatures though. I really, really doubt she'll jump straight to trying to kill him. In fact, if anyone else does, I expect she will be the voice of reason, whether or not she already knows Jerrek is Loup. Oh, Annie is currently trying to figure out how *not* to kill Loup, while Loup (his currently dominant Jerrek aspect, at least) is trying to figure how to bury the hatchet. I have a suspicion the 'subtle knife' may provide a means of resolving this. |
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Post by Runningflame on May 6, 2023 6:13:29 GMT
Kat, with a bead of sweat, a stutter, and a clenched smile, seems a bit nervous here. Does she know/suspect something? Did Robot tell her or hint something? Has Annie discussed their odd behavior? You could be right, but at the moment my money's on "startled to see these two again, and doubly startled due to Lana's sudden insertion of herself into Kat's personal space." ( Seems to be a habit of hers.) |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on May 6, 2023 10:23:44 GMT
I find it interesting that Katerina exclaimed "Jerrek!" before "Lana!" despite Lana being (much) closer to her, although I don't know if or why this could be significant. I looked back through the comic and when Jerrek and Lana tandemambulate Jerrek is regularly trailing behind Lana, which would make sense since Jerrek was using Lana for cover. I would think the default for the duo would be "Lana" followed by "Jerrek" if anything... so maybe something's up. It might just be Kat is more fixated on Jerrek since she noticed that Jerrek was into Antimony, though. |
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Post by guntherkrieg on May 6, 2023 15:24:23 GMT
Huh. I interpretted that as "you first made me think you were into me, insisted we go out together, brought along your girlfriend, ran away with no warning leaving me alone, disappeared for days, reappear as if nothing was wrong, and I'm beginning to get annoyed." You do all remember that Jerrek didn't run away, right? Lana dragged him out of the train. This is Gunnerkrigg Court when obvious actions are deliberately misinterpreted by the characters for easy drama. |
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Post by guntherkrieg on May 6, 2023 15:25:59 GMT
"Miss Kat"?!?!?!?! WHAT!!!! Lana, are you Loup right now?! WHAT??? Now that would be a twist. Loup was both Lana AND Jerek the whole time! (Would also mean that the only person Loup could actually love was themselves) The goose and his wife indeed. |
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Post by blahzor on May 6, 2023 23:15:18 GMT
I find it interesting that Katerina exclaimed "Jerrek!" before "Lana!" despite Lana being (much) closer to her, although I don't know if or why this could be significant. I looked back through the comic and when Jerrek and Lana tandemambulate Jerrek is regularly trailing behind Lana, which would make sense since Jerrek was using Lana for cover. I would think the default for the duo would be "Lana" followed by "Jerrek" if anything... so maybe something's up. It might just be Kat is more fixated on Jerrek since she noticed that Jerrek was into Antimony, though. Re-reading the next couple of pages. Why would Annie think George would be at the meeting. Jimmy Jim's maybe but I think the tattoo enchantments might rule him out |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on May 7, 2023 2:23:49 GMT
I looked back through the comic and when Jerrek and Lana tandemambulate Jerrek is regularly trailing behind Lana, which would make sense since Jerrek was using Lana for cover. I would think the default for the duo would be "Lana" followed by "Jerrek" if anything... so maybe something's up. It might just be Kat is more fixated on Jerrek since she noticed that Jerrek was into Antimony, though. Re-reading the next couple of pages. Why would Annie think George would be at the meeting. Jimmy Jim's maybe but I think the tattoo enchantments might rule him out Not 100% sure but I'll speculate that Antimony figured that the security people would be at the meeting to provide security even if they weren't attendees. Important people should be attending so the Court protector and trainee should be there, all else held equal. The security people not even knowing about the meeting is evidence of how exclusive the meeting is, I think. The important people think that their Court protector and trainee aren't going to be needed at all in a fairly short space of time. |
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Post by drmemory on May 7, 2023 3:48:54 GMT
I find it interesting that Katerina exclaimed "Jerrek!" before "Lana!" despite Lana being (much) closer to her, although I don't know if or why this could be significant. Last time Kat saw Jerrek, he was still awkwardly flirting with Annie now and then, and Kat has probably been wondering where he got off to. It's pretty rare for Annie to not just shut guys down and she seemed unusually ok with it!
Unless, of course, Annie told her about the covert train ride and about the Lana/Jerrek thing, but that doesn't really seem like something Annie would share? If she did, though, that would probably make Kat even more curious about what happened - where Jerrek got off to.
I still wonder if Kat knows all of the NP personally though, or at least has a spreadsheet or database. It's possible that Kat has always known that Jerrek isn't an NP she created.
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Post by arf on May 7, 2023 4:45:45 GMT
I still wonder if Kat knows all of the NP personally though, or at least has a spreadsheet or database. It's possible that Kat has always known that Jerrek isn't an NP she created.
I thought Kat has been leaving the mass generation of the NPs to the Old Robots (it was why she revived all but one of them). If she chose to do so, she would certainly have access to the database of NPs (although I suspect Robot has added an entry). |
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Post by blahzor on May 8, 2023 7:14:29 GMT
Re-reading the next couple of pages. Why would Annie think George would be at the meeting. Jimmy Jim's maybe but I think the tattoo enchantments might rule him out Not 100% sure but I'll speculate that Antimony figured that the security people would be at the meeting to provide security even if they weren't attendees. Important people should be attending so the Court protector and trainee should be there, all else held equal. The security people not even knowing about the meeting is evidence of how exclusive the meeting is, I think. The important people think that their Court protector and trainee aren't going to be needed at all in a fairly short space of time. Was going to say but doubled checked that it was before Kat found out the headmasters daughter wasn't even invited. Maybe this is proof they got a different set of security probably for use after the planet travel |
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Post by yellowb on May 8, 2023 9:11:34 GMT
It's possible that Kat has always known that Jerrek isn't an NP she created. In the trivial sense that anything is possible, then yes it's possible. The probability, on the other hand, is in my opinion... very tiny. Also, I would assume that Annie has told Kat about the last time she saw Jerrek and Lana. |
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Post by Gemminie on May 8, 2023 16:02:47 GMT
Things got a bit busy, so I'm behind on my impressions again.
Kat is continuing to brood in the café, with Annie there for support, when her thoughts are interrupted by a concerned Lana and Jerrek. Lana is very earnest and is right up in Kat's face, while Jerrek hangs back. Kat remarks that she and Annie haven't seen Lana and Jerrek for a while.
Then, in the final two panels, Jerrek looks at Annie, who looks back. He looks away, a nervous sweat drop on his face, and Annie's eyebrow shifts slightly, so clearly she wonders what's up. These two panels have a bit of Dutch angle. This may indicate emphasis or something wrong.
Now onto the next page!
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