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Post by imaginaryfriend on Jul 5, 2023 7:08:53 GMT
Yep, looks like "Loup" confessing his love was the trigger for this Coyote limited-time reappearance.  |
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Post by hnau on Jul 5, 2023 7:15:29 GMT
Schroedinger's Coyote meets Heisenberg's uncertainty. When you are dead and alive at the same time, you can either know love or person, but not both.
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Post by arf on Jul 5, 2023 7:37:25 GMT
For added chaos, who is the third person contributing to the '...' bubble in panel 1?
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Post by arf on Jul 5, 2023 7:41:10 GMT
From Coyote's enthused look, I get the impression Friday's strip may be along these lines. |
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Post by philman on Jul 5, 2023 7:45:32 GMT
Panel 6 Coyote face is an excellent Coyote face
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Post by madjack on Jul 5, 2023 8:10:20 GMT
For added chaos, who is the third person contributing to the '...' bubble in panel 1? I'm guessing Lana, from a distance? |
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Post by justcurious on Jul 5, 2023 8:13:20 GMT
What is Coyote's reaction going to be when he is told that Kat has outdone him on life form creation? Granted, Kat was not starting from scratch.
And what is attitude going to be to Lana. She appears to be the sort of person who would appeal to him. In fact, the part of Loup that was Coyote may be much of what has fallen in love with Lana.
I love the perky, slightly smug way she has approached Coyote and Coyote's gobsmacked reaction to the news followed by slight irritation.
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Post by blahzor on Jul 5, 2023 8:50:20 GMT
Dammit Tom why did you do the closed eye part when she said they are not in love
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Post by blahzor on Jul 5, 2023 8:51:30 GMT
For added chaos, who is the third person contributing to the '...' bubble in panel 1? The court itself |
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Post by hnau on Jul 5, 2023 9:09:50 GMT
For added chaos, who is the third person contributing to the '...' bubble in panel 1?  |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Jul 5, 2023 9:12:41 GMT
(kinda-ninja'd by two minutes)
I'm thinking the speech bubble in panel #1 is the product of the characters in the foreground (Renard, Lana, and currently-unnamed Noobman) thus the three tails that more-or-less point to them. The characters in the background of that panel are also not speaking, though, so I guess it's not wrong to call it a collective bubble, but I think it's there to represent that the characters in the foreground are waiting for the next beat of the conversation before doing anything. If that panel #1 bubble was representing everybody present then conventionally it wouldn't have any tails at all (not that this would be the only right way to do that, just the easiest).
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Post by rafk on Jul 5, 2023 9:27:52 GMT
"Hi, I'm the hypotenuse"
#dontmurderthehypotenusecoyote
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Post by pylgrimm on Jul 5, 2023 12:14:38 GMT
"Sort of your daughter in law, kinda?"
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Post by Nnelg on Jul 5, 2023 12:32:52 GMT
The only way this could get any better is if Coyote reverts Lana to her original form, and it turns out to be Boxbot.
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Post by puntino on Jul 5, 2023 12:46:10 GMT
Hey, this is important. Although being a trigger memory thingy, this is the first time Coyote will be face to face with Kat's successful life creation endeavor. One that Coyote himself has failed in the past.
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Post by atteSmythe on Jul 5, 2023 13:13:02 GMT
I really needed the abrupt comedic turn at the end of the last chapter. The chapter break and beginning of this new chapter are some of the best/funniest Gunnerkrigg has ever been, IMO.
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Post by guntherkrieg on Jul 5, 2023 13:13:04 GMT
The only way this could get any better is if Coyote reverts Lana to her original form, and it turns out to be Boxbot. That would be amazing. |
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Post by mspace on Jul 5, 2023 14:17:37 GMT
Best Coyote moment ever!
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Post by maxptc on Jul 5, 2023 14:28:34 GMT
Coyote is adorable in panel six, I can't stay mad at the maniacal scamp.
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Post by mochakimono on Jul 5, 2023 14:48:36 GMT
Jerrek/Loup is saved from being the most awkward person in the scene by getting upstaged by Coyote's awkwardness instead!
If Annie were more expressive with her hands, I imagine she'd been alternating between facepalming, rubbing her temple, and pinching the bridge of her nose in every panel for the past few pages.
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Post by basser on Jul 5, 2023 15:04:21 GMT
Kinda interesting that Coyote can even see Lana. Wonder what she looks like in the ether?
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Post by Gemminie on Jul 5, 2023 15:33:30 GMT
Everyone is at a loss for words as Coyote looks mightily pleased with himself for how perfectly his plans came together. Renard, Lana, and an unnamed New Person heard this as well, even though they're a distance away – Coyote was not being discreet.
Jerrek and Annie look at each other; Jerrek looks embarrassed while Annie looks annoyed – though not at Jerrek/Loup, for once. Annie informs Coyote that she and Loup aren't in love.
Coyote's appearance was seemingly triggered by Loup's statement to Annie that he was in love. I'm not finding a previous time when he said this to Annie. When Annie tells Coyote that Loup is in love with someone else, Lana's on hand to say hello. Coyote's expression as he stares at her for one panel is priceless. He asks her who she even is, and she smiles winningly, perhaps trying to get on the somewhat peeved god echo's good side.
So ... Coyote's echo now knows that his plan went wrong. More than that, he may have been ignorant of (or outright ignoring) the New People before this, but now he's forced to assimilate this new information. Is Coyote's echo capable of this? What will he do? Is he going to hurt Lana? Wouldn't Loup try to stop him? Could he intervene in time? Or ... is Coyote's echo going to laugh and enjoy this unexpected turn of events?
One thing he will seemingly do is stop telling us more about what would have happened had everything gone according to plan. I want to know more, but it isn't looking as if we'll get more.
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Post by Isildur on Jul 5, 2023 15:45:26 GMT
(kinda-ninja'd by two minutes) I'm thinking the speech bubble in panel #1 is the product of the characters in the foreground (Renard, Lana, and currently-unnamed Noobman) thus the three tails that more-or-less point to them. The characters in the background of that panel are also not speaking, though, so I guess it's not wrong to call it a collective bubble, but I think it's there to represent that the characters in the foreground are waiting for the next beat of the conversation before doing anything. If that panel #1 bubble was representing everybody present then conventionally it wouldn't have any tails at all (not that this would be the only right way to do that, just the easiest). I'm absolutely certain it's meant to be Jerrek, Annie, and Lana. That's what makes the most sense by far, given their relevance to the discussion. |
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Post by yellowb on Jul 5, 2023 17:32:15 GMT
Kinda interesting that Coyote can even see Lana. Why on Earth wouldn't Coyote see Lana? |
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Post by bedinsis on Jul 5, 2023 18:35:40 GMT
Given that Coyote practically swims in the ether and Lana has not displayed any connection to it, I suspect she looks like Smitty on this page(without the threads). |
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Post by maxptc on Jul 5, 2023 18:47:47 GMT
Kinda interesting that Coyote can even see Lana. Why on Earth wouldn't Coyote see Lana? A long standing misunderstanding of Coyote has some people thinking he can't see anything not connected to the ether, despite his interactions with Jones and the tictocs. A literal interpretation of how he exists and perceives the world in a fully etheric way. |
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Post by sosleepy on Jul 5, 2023 21:15:17 GMT
This page is pure gold. Perfect in every possible way~
And I'm also worried about Lana. I hope no one makes any hasty decisions.
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Post by yellowb on Jul 5, 2023 21:18:03 GMT
Why on Earth wouldn't Coyote see Lana? A long standing misunderstanding of Coyote has some people thinking he can't see anything not connected to the ether, despite his interactions with Jones and the tictocs. A literal interpretation of how he exists and perceives the world in a fully etheric way. Really? That is a very odd misunderstanding. |
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Post by basser on Jul 5, 2023 21:50:57 GMT
Ugh, one goofy word choice and y'all going on about misconceptions or whatever. I meant more that Lana should look like an articulated meat puppet to him but he apparently recognizes her as, like, a normal living creature. And isn't all "heck is this meat golem" or otherwise baffled by whatever manner of robo-soul she's got going on in ether-vision. Presumably he can literally see her (although honestly I got questions about whether he's another projection and what what even means, like is he just predicting the right responses or whatev) but yes alright it weren't worded good.
I know he can see and interact with Jones, but he's had literally the entire existence of the earth to figure out her deal. Contrast to Lana who is, strictly speaking, a computer chip in a meat suit. Something iirc he shouldn't have ever seen before and therefore it's interesting he's just like "ah yes I shall converse with this inanimate object".
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Post by rabbit on Jul 5, 2023 21:55:33 GMT
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