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Post by Yin on Mar 4, 2009 9:19:24 GMT
Can you tell I'm maximising the options?
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Post by chris on Mar 4, 2009 9:28:57 GMT
there aren't any conjunctions in that strip
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Post by Yin on Mar 4, 2009 9:30:48 GMT
Well, I was trying for the possibly important words, and there's a limit of 35 choices, so...
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Post by chris on Mar 4, 2009 9:42:36 GMT
no i am serious, there are no conjunctions in the strip
your list is fine too
and i think there are close to sixty different words on that page
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Post by Rasselas on Mar 4, 2009 14:12:44 GMT
I wonder why noone picked "powerless", that was one of my possible choices.
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Post by Xeeron on Mar 4, 2009 15:59:13 GMT
I went with the obvious, "waiting". Another strong contender for me would be "time" (suggesting that Annie's and/or Jeanne's way is somehow determined, it had to happen eventually). What surprises me is that no one took "Jeanne" yet.
- Xeeron
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Post by skepticgod on Mar 4, 2009 17:47:45 GMT
I doubt that Tom is talking about anything more than the emphasis in the text.
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Post by Rasselas on Mar 4, 2009 18:14:07 GMT
It's possible. If so, then he has successfully trolled us all. Bad Tom, bad.
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Post by armonis on Mar 4, 2009 18:39:53 GMT
I believe Tom enjoys seeing all of his fans try to figure out what the hell is going on, and if he can do something like that just by saying a few things, I'm sure it's even more amusing to him. I'm not saying he's cruel. I find the humor in this whole thing, I'm just hoping in the end he does tell us what the important word was, as it would be rather a cruel fate to be "left hanging", as they say.
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Post by Babble-jargon Bill on Mar 4, 2009 22:18:57 GMT
I'm gonna have to go with waiting here. I think the rest of the chapter is going to have Annie have Kat use her hover-bike to lift her down into the Annan river again so that she can guide Jeanne to her psychopomp. Which makes me wonder...which one would that be?
I can't help but feel like I'm missing some really important detail here.
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Post by chris on Mar 4, 2009 22:55:45 GMT
i bet muut is not even a psychopomp
he is a great big liar
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Post by todd on Mar 4, 2009 23:21:47 GMT
I doubt that Tom is talking about anything more than the emphasis in the text. I think that's the most likely explanation as well, especially since almost all of the comments at the bottom of the page are jokes, or at least light-hearted remarks. |
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Post by sandjosieph on Mar 5, 2009 3:36:15 GMT
Silly people, it's a trick question! The word is "one" in his little comment. It is part of the page, isn't it?
And I've noticed that Kat's hair is really starting to take off. I bet in a few pages it will be down to her waist.
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Post by mudmaniac on Mar 5, 2009 3:45:30 GMT
I gotta say. That for embodiments of death, the most certain event in the entire universe, to say that they are powerless does have to count for something.
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Post by zbeeblebrox on Mar 5, 2009 6:10:56 GMT
hahaha! This poll makes me laugh.
But why is "you" not winning?
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Post by qmarx on Mar 5, 2009 7:14:51 GMT
I gotta say. That for embodiments of death, the second most certain event in the entire universe, to say that they are powerless does have to count for something. Fixed your post for you. It's just a minor error  |
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Post by zbeeblebrox on Mar 6, 2009 23:24:32 GMT
Taxes?
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Post by King Mir on Mar 7, 2009 3:18:58 GMT
I say that there is no most important word, despite Tom saying otherwise. As a work of art the importance of individual words is subjective, and unique to each reader. All the exposition is significant as a whole, and parts may stand out more than other to different individuals, including the author. But the fact that after having read this page there is no consensus on which word is most important, means that there is no most important word, despite what Tom may say.
This assertion would be incorrect if later in the comic a specific word is found to be used deceptively here as a form of foreshadowing, but in this particular page no word seems to be potentially doing that.
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Post by Dentrala on Mar 23, 2009 20:01:42 GMT
I read it and thought "Bend" was the most important word, actually.
Maybe, of course, I'm weird and looking too much in to things.
Well, on second thought, this whole thread is looking too much into things. =P
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Post by Azeltir on Mar 28, 2009 17:56:08 GMT
I will stand for my joke suggestion "begun" 'till the very end!
Ben
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Post by Per on Mar 28, 2009 19:32:57 GMT
i bet muut is not even a psychopomp he is a great big liar he strings people along waiting to sell them used cars when their guard is down the other psychopomps all think he's legit and have lots of cars without really knowing why muut figures jeanne is pretty loaded |
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Post by orangesodafish on Mar 28, 2009 19:43:38 GMT
What's Jeanne?
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Post by warrl on Mar 29, 2009 9:37:06 GMT
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