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Post by pyradonis on Aug 25, 2023 11:07:55 GMT
Something is not right. Reynardine is tugging at my jumper. The archives do not show that there's a page 2828 (I wonder if the RSS feed does), but page 2828 is reachable otherwise by link or arrow buttons. I don't know how long it has been online [edit]okay, eople were asking about it in the previous page thread, so probably not that long[/edit], but it gives me the rare opportunity to open a page discussion thread. Which usually only ever happens when a page is too late or too early.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Aug 25, 2023 11:13:31 GMT
It's been up for me for about six minutes but I took the time to look up the page with the cage device to see if it was the same thing as what Antimony's now holding. |
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Post by madjack on Aug 25, 2023 11:49:04 GMT
Just casually push the button that triggers the cage over Loup like you weren't just told what it did 10 minutes ago, Carver. Well done. Three options here, either it demonstrates that ether-tech doesn't work in here, cages him successfully or simply fails to work properly in some weird way. Possibly the only real result might be that it indirectly tells them where Loup is right now. |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Aug 25, 2023 11:56:05 GMT
I guess Antimony's hoping that using the cage device will alert Kat that there's a problem. Caging "Loup" or not (and that making things better or worse) is a secondary consideration at best; when the only tool you have is a hammer the whole world looks like a nail.
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Post by arf on Aug 25, 2023 13:20:56 GMT
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Post by Gemminie on Aug 25, 2023 13:29:42 GMT
Annie reaches to pick up the object that an unearthed robot's CPU has apparently turned into, as one of the NP wonders whether that's what it is. Annie explains that things might not be as they seem and that objects can appear metaphorically. Or even semi-metaphorically? She gives the SeedPU to one of the NP and suggests that the NP collect them and look after them "while we deal with this." I guess that by "we" she means Renard and herself, but I'm not sure what "deal with" means ... I'm still not even sure what "this" is. Renard wonders whether there's a way to contact Kat. Annie takes out the garage door opener that Kat gave her, with nary a mention that it's supposed to signal Kat's computer to put a cage around Loup, who isn't here, and clicks it. And nothing happens, probably because it's supposed to signal Kat's computer to put a cage around Loup, who isn't here. It looks as if the device has gotten larger, unless Kat's hands are bigger than Annie's. I guess Annie doesn't have this anymore. I wonder if Annie has a box somewhere labeled "Gadgets Kat Gave Me That I've Never Used." It's questionable whether Kat's computer is still operational, if it's in the distortion, and if it isn't inside, whether it can get a fix on anything inside the distortion from outside. But assuming the button works as intended, what's going on wherever Loup is? Did a cage just materialize around him? Did it get Coyote and/or Zimmy and/or Gamma too? Kat said she put some extra oomph into the cage this time (this from someone who's been studying Diego's soul-imprisoning arrow for some time now), but we haven't seen it tested against Loup's powers, or Coyote's, yet, let alone Zimmy's style of zany wackiness. |
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Post by pyradonis on Aug 25, 2023 14:00:59 GMT
She gives the SeedPU to one of the NP and suggests that the NP collect them and look after them "while we deal with this." I guess that by "we" she means Renard and herself, but I'm not sure what "deal with" means ... I'm still not even sure what "this" is. I doubt Annie knows, either. By the way, I don't know if anyone here is a maker, but "SeedPU" immediately made me think of the electronics company Seeed Studio. |
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Post by bicarbonat on Aug 25, 2023 14:32:42 GMT
I hope Kat eventually shows up in the distortion as her mech-goddess self.
It could:
1. provide a really clear confirmation of her track (previously, Annie only saw her briefly inside the arrow, and Paz only glimpsed her at a distance and through a lot of smoke)
2. bring things to a head with Zimmy, who often (always?) saw her like that and foretold a Kat-related demise.
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Post by ctso74 on Aug 25, 2023 15:29:34 GMT
*car chirp*
Kat: *vroom* "There's no reason for further pressing. I'm scanning your button signal quite satisfactorily. I am Katrina Automation Two Thousand's mecha-goddes, K.A.T.T."
They'll banter and fight Coyote-crime together. Rey will supervise in a 3-piece suit, from a moving 18-wheeler.
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Post by ophidiophile on Aug 25, 2023 19:38:06 GMT
Can Kat keep track of Loup when Loup is in the distortion? The device either tells the computer to put a cage around Loup, or tells Kat to do the same. Or Kat and the computer are now one, so it doesn't matter. If Loup is part of the origin of the distortion, Annie may have just put the entire distortion in a cage. And what if Kat merging with the computer created its own distortion, which is why she can teleport now? That could cause some interference, especially if Kat tries to "see" where Annie and Loup are.
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Post by Gemini Jim on Aug 25, 2023 22:17:03 GMT
I guess Antimony's hoping that using the cage device will alert Kat that there's a problem. Caging "Loup" or not (and that making things better or worse) is a secondary consideration at best; when the only tool you have is a hammer the whole world looks like a nail. I could see this. I don't know how the cage button works, and I always assumed that it was a garage door opener-style button. (Push the button, the cage falls.) But I suppose it could be like pushing the lock button on your key fob to find your car in a crowded parking lot. They didn't see or hear anything, so Kat, or the cage, aren't within range. |
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Post by grahamf on Aug 26, 2023 1:21:41 GMT
*click*
*click*
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*clikclikclikclikclikclikclikclikclikclikclikclikclikclikclikclikclikclikSMACKSMACKclikclikclikclik"
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Post by jda on Aug 26, 2023 5:31:48 GMT
If the distortion swallowed all Court, then think about Blue/Ayilu power to make you believe whatever she wants.
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Post by TBeholder on Aug 26, 2023 14:19:06 GMT
Some of their intelligent minerals are turned into vegetables … Hmm. Now let’s push a button and see what happens. Just casually push the button that triggers the cage over Loup like you weren't just told what it did 10 minutes ago, Carver. Well done. Three options here, either it demonstrates that ether-tech doesn't work in here, cages him successfully or simply fails to work properly in some weird way. Possibly the only real result might be that it indirectly tells them where Loup is right now. 2. bring things to a head with Zimmy, who often (always?) saw her like that and foretold a Kat-related demise. Can Kat keep track of Loup when Loup is in the distortion? The device either tells the computer to put a cage around Loup, or tells Kat to do the same. Or Kat and the computer are now one, so it doesn't matter. If Loup is part of the origin of the distortion, Annie may have just put the entire distortion in a cage. And what if Kat merging with the computer created its own distortion, which is why she can teleport now? That could cause some interference, especially if Kat tries to "see" where Annie and Loup are. Either way, the bottom line is that there are too many ways for too many things to get pear-shaped. Including literally so. |
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Post by rabbit on Aug 26, 2023 16:24:51 GMT
Ah, yes, let's use the ROTD (Remote of Techno-Detainment)
Last we saw of JerrLoup, he was fighting Coyote and the two of them were nearly on top of Zimms and Gamma. If the cage snaps into place, will it harm anyone too close? I really hope not.
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Post by gpvos on Aug 27, 2023 17:14:17 GMT
Someone in the website comments noted that Reynard did not use Katerina's full name. And while Annie is not great with machinery, she knows very well how to work with a red button, so it's strange she forgot its function so soon. My current theory is that these are not Annie and Rey.
Also, I think Zimmy, Coyote and Loup are probably so close and/or intertwined that they are now caged together, which will greatly impede removing the distortion.
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Post by pyradonis on Aug 28, 2023 1:24:03 GMT
Someone in the website comments noted that Reynard did not use Katerina's full name. And while Annie is not great with machinery, she knows very well how to work with a red button, so it's strange she forgot its function so soon. My current theory is that these are not Annie and Rey. Also, I think Zimmy, Coyote and Loup are probably so close and/or intertwined that they are now caged together, which will greatly impede removing the distortion. Huh, good catch. I looked it up, and the most recent occurence of Rey saying Kat's name I could find is in "Snare", where he indeed still calls her "Katerina", as always. Unless whether Rey uses a full or a shortened name depends on whether his body is wolf- or toy-shaped, this probably means something!
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Aug 28, 2023 6:06:50 GMT
One of the things I dislike about comics as a medium is how dialogue has to be chopped down to fit in word bubbles. Sometimes it can get so stilted that conversations don't flow the same way they would in a novel or film and it can actually bend the plot because glaringly necessary things sometimes just don't get said. The only alternative is the dreaded "wall of text" which I find aesthetically displeasing. In this page Renard's bubble in panel 4 looks like it was drawn to fit the word "Kat" but on the previous page the text distribution in the third panel (where Renard previously calls Kat just Kat) looks a bit wonky, like the bubble was originally guesstimated for "Katherine" which didn't quite fit, so the text was changed to "Kat" instead of redrawing the bubble. That may mean this "Kat" is just for consistency. Not saying it doesn't mean anything, just saying it might not; I'm withholding judgement. |
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