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Post by justcurious on Nov 22, 2023 22:35:46 GMT
What I thought. Kat, and in her etheric form. I think now we will find out just what has been happening when that form manifests. We have made plenty of speculations, but Tom can drop jaw dropping surprises that make perfect sense in hindsight. I expect that some of our guesses will turn out to be right but there will be important elements that few, if any, of us have guessed.
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Post by justcurious on Nov 22, 2023 22:45:24 GMT
And the most obvious thing that we have little idea about is why does Kat's etheric form look like it does? Is it from how the New People see her? Is it from her links to her computers? Or is it something else?
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Post by mordekai on Nov 23, 2023 0:54:04 GMT
Judge Saslamel and Helper Ghost have a face like "Dammit! We may have screwed it this time!"
Wait until they learn that thing is the girl they threatened with dire consequences if she broke the contract last time...
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Post by arf on Nov 23, 2023 10:30:51 GMT
A random thought has just occurred to me.
Suppose the psychopomps require Annie to persuade Kat that *this* is the job she was born to do?
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Post by davidm on Nov 24, 2023 7:09:01 GMT
The Interpreter doesn't look too pleased. Is this not who he was expecting? (I knew it, it WAS meant to be Boxbot. Boo) How do you know this isn't Boxbot? The Interpreter thinks it is terrible. We have never seen Boxbots "god" form. Or maybe this is Boxbot and Kat's child, back from the future. Kat has already had a bird and a girl, which shows she is flexible with the rest, so why not the best? |
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Post by pyradonis on Nov 24, 2023 14:40:00 GMT
The Interpreter doesn't look too pleased. Is this not who he was expecting? (I knew it, it WAS meant to be Boxbot. Boo) How do you know this isn't Boxbot? The Interpreter thinks it is terrible. We have never seen Boxbots "god" form. Or maybe this is Boxbot and Kat's child, back from the future. Kat has already had a bird and a girl, which shows she is flexible with the rest, so why not the best? I'm not sure if I find this post awesome or terrible. |
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Post by phantaskippy on Nov 24, 2023 17:22:09 GMT
I love that Clippy looks as shocked or confused as Annie does. He's been such a smug little etheric snot, that it's nice to see "wait, we didn't summon a monster, we summoned that nerdy inventor girl." My crazy theory is that Kat won't be aware that the others see her as Monster Kat, MechaKat or Machine Angel or whatever. If the next chapter doesn't cut to a week later or something, she'll say something nonchalant like "hey guys, what's up?" or even "hey, what are you staring at?" "Do I have something on my face?" In other words, she'll be in "this is a crappy camcorder" mode, apparently unaware that she broke the Distortion with her Hulked-out entrance. This is what I want to see, Kat's perspective on all of this. |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Nov 24, 2023 23:36:33 GMT
Minor sub-point: Is Zeta sufficiently ensconced in her Noob-disguise that she won't freak out in the first few pages of the next chapter? If yes, will she have a Kat-ecstatic experience? If no, will she try to force a scene transition?
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Post by jda on Nov 25, 2023 4:35:51 GMT
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Nov 25, 2023 8:42:14 GMT
I was thinking that Kat would look for Zeta using Omega and rip her apart that way, but then this big distortion happened and here comes Donlan-ex-machinus. No Omega needed for Kat's mind to go through the layers. Now, part of the reason Zeta probably gets lost in other people is because it's a defensive mechanism, and since she's still around it's got to be a pretty good one. Zeta not only blends in but gains allies. She's got a decent chance of passing as long as Kat's distracted by bigger things... but if she starts acting weird and draws attention to herself then she's in big trouble... Kat could be on the lookout for people disguising themselves as Noobs these days... though Zeta's body dying might actually be a good thing long-term as she could shed her human limitations and maybe be connected to the ether with less stress on her psyche. |
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Post by blahzor on Nov 26, 2023 4:50:46 GMT
Minor sub-point: Is Zeta sufficiently ensconced in her Noob-disguise that she won't freak out in the first few pages of the next chapter? If yes, will she have a Kat-ecstatic experience? If no, will she try to force a scene transition? Seems impossible she won't react to the presence of "true" Kat. She barely can deal with it with Gamma close by and no distortions around |
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Post by blazingstar on Nov 27, 2023 19:04:32 GMT
I've been saying for quite some time that Kat owns the NP in some sense. We know that when she transferred Arthur to a NP form, she was creating a new form of life, as it was mentioned the first time we saw the Arbiter and the Interpreter. We also know that the "new contract" was based on Annie's contract of ownership of Renard's body (and thus Renard due to his Coyote-given power of body possession), and that one of the errors was that Kat was trying to apply it to a living being.... Are the NP alive in the same sense as humans and insects and other natural beings, so they can be taken into the ether? Or will they be taken into Kat? Or, I suppose, do they get their own afterlife? She's 1000% a psychopomp, just not one with any particular jurisdiction yet. Mostly she has taken on cases other pomps can't. She's been like the private eye to their police academy. I still think she'll end up 'pomping for the New People, unless Kat does. I can't imagine what else would draw her to being a permanent psychopomp when she doesn't have a standing desire to serve as one. Kat does not "own" the NP, she is their "keeper of their souls". The role of "keeper" hasn't been clearly defined yet but I would guess that it does NOT mean the same thing as "owner; it means the person who takes care of them. E.g. "Shop-keeper" doesn't necessarily mean "shop-owner"; the shepherd who "keeps the flock" does not necessarily "own the sheep"; I am my "brother's keeper", but I do not "own my brother". The original contract got an error precisely because it was based on "ownership" - and you can't spiritually own another sentient, living being. Kat was happy because it meant yes, they are alive, just like humans and bugs, and no one can claim ownership of them anymore: not Kat, and not the Court. I think this whole procedure means that the god of any new species has to approve which psychopomp guides their soul into the afterlife when they die. This would confirm the theory that the NP will officially be Annie's jurisdiction! Unless Annie declines this responsibility, which I don't think will happen, because it might leave the NP without a psychopomp and doom them to wander forever as lost ghosts. |
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Post by drmemory on Nov 28, 2023 2:36:09 GMT
I've been saying for quite some time that Kat owns the NP in some sense. We know that when she transferred Arthur to a NP form, she was creating a new form of life, as it was mentioned the first time we saw the Arbiter and the Interpreter. We also know that the "new contract" was based on Annie's contract of ownership of Renard's body (and thus Renard due to his Coyote-given power of body possession), and that one of the errors was that Kat was trying to apply it to a living being.... Are the NP alive in the same sense as humans and insects and other natural beings, so they can be taken into the ether? Or will they be taken into Kat? Or, I suppose, do they get their own afterlife? She's 1000% a psychopomp, just not one with any particular jurisdiction yet. Mostly she has taken on cases other pomps can't. She's been like the private eye to their police academy. I still think she'll end up 'pomping for the New People, unless Kat does. I can't imagine what else would draw her to being a permanent psychopomp when she doesn't have a standing desire to serve as one. Kat does not "own" the NP, she is their "keeper of their souls". The role of "keeper" hasn't been clearly defined yet but I would guess that it does NOT mean the same thing as "owner; it means the person who takes care of them. E.g. "Shop-keeper" doesn't necessarily mean "shop-owner"; the shepherd who "keeps the flock" does not necessarily "own the sheep"; I am my "brother's keeper", but I do not "own my brother". The original contract got an error precisely because it was based on "ownership" - and you can't spiritually own another sentient, living being. Kat was happy because it meant yes, they are alive, just like humans and bugs, and no one can claim ownership of them anymore: not Kat, and not the Court. I think this whole procedure means that the god of any new species has to approve which psychopomp guides their soul into the afterlife when they die. This would confirm the theory that the NP will officially be Annie's jurisdiction! Unless Annie declines this responsibility, which I don't think will happen, because it might leave the NP without a psychopomp and doom them to wander forever as lost ghosts. Perhaps so. We'll see! |
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