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Post by wanderer on Jul 24, 2009 21:18:56 GMT
Anyways, I really like it that Annie's lately far more expressive with her face than in the early chapters Anyone noticed that, too? Indeed. She seems significantly more expressive and open in this chapter than any previous ones, as well.
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Post by ding on Jul 24, 2009 21:19:25 GMT
well holy crap Reynard. That was quite the scroll-down surprise. That totally got me. Last frame was completely below the "fold," keeping it out of sight. I can't count how many times a good surprise was spoiled by peripheral vision. Well done! ;D
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Post by King Mir on Jul 24, 2009 21:22:34 GMT
As to Annie's training as a medium... I'm not sure that would've helped. Jack never allowed her a chance to speak, and Annie's already distressed to a point that (I think) she'll just fall into panic. I agree. A medium's diplomacy is only successful when the other party will listen to reason. Since Jack brushed off Annie's attempt to explain Zimmingham, it looks to me like he's more interested in confrontation than he is in finding the truth. Once Rey makes his move, Jack will either come to his senses or run off. Either way, the threat will diminish. Part of diplomacy and mediation is getting the parties to calm down. Annie's training might have covered that. But that's a lot harder in life, then in a formal setting. Jones could probably pull it off, but not Annie.
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Post by fidodo on Jul 24, 2009 21:29:47 GMT
Oh, that was wonderful. I concur about the "scrolling down surprise" - the last panel is extraordinarily powerful. Anyway. So, yeah, I hope the naysayers will now see that Jack is indeed a danger, in his fear and anger about what was done to him. Goatmon, while I agree that almost anyone would act relatively similar to him in this sort of situation, we have to realize that he's still dangerous, even though he isn't "evil" (whatever that is). Reynardine displayed remarkable judgment over the last few pages, to prepare for Jack crossing the line, and those preparations were not in vain. Man, all the characters in this comic are so cool. Ben I would not call Jack dangerous in anyway. At no point did I feel like he would hurt Annie other than make her feel uncomfortable, which probably isn't that hard. If he went over a line, he did so barely, and Reynardine is definitely over reacting, and is going to make the situation infinitely worse. When someone makes you uncomfortable, the first thing you do is say "excuse me, but you are making me uncomfortable", not unleash a monster on a traumatized kid. That's not how you resolve a conflict, it will only escalate the situation, and make it worse later on. Anyways, my point is that Reynardine isn't dealing with the situation in a proportionate sensible way. I would compare that to a teacher punching a kid for yelling at another one. That's completely inappropriate in every way. Also, I fail to see how this would remotely traumatize Annie. Has no one had to deal with an over bearing annoying person before? Personally, I just tell them to back off and brush it off. Maybe break the tension with a joke or something. How you go from that to traumatizing is beyond me.
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Post by zingbat on Jul 24, 2009 21:35:31 GMT
gyaaaAAAAAH!! Geez, man, I did *not* need that image at 3 o'clock in the morning. No sleep for me tonight! (waaahh... *shiver*) You're not "RedDeering" in the comments, are you? If you're not... geez, why would so many people read GC at 3:00 am? What is this 'RedDeering' of which you speak? And as someone said earlier, GC updates at 3 AM in my timezone, and I tend to stay up late (lovely lovely summer, with the not having to get up early for classes , so when 3:00 rolls around I go "ooh! I can read the new page! I MUST KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!" And my response to the most recent page was pretty much exactly as typed (incoherent shriek). It probably didn't help that I'd recently read a bunch of creepy ghost stories/urban myths ("the calls are coming from inside the house!").
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Post by pepoluan on Jul 24, 2009 22:13:54 GMT
What is this 'RedDeering' of which you speak? And as someone said earlier, GC updates at 3 AM in my timezone, and I tend to stay up late (lovely lovely summer, with the not having to get up early for classes , so when 3:00 rolls around I go "ooh! I can read the new page! I MUST KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!" And my response to the most recent page was pretty much exactly as typed (incoherent shriek). It probably didn't help that I'd recently read a bunch of creepy ghost stories/urban myths ("the calls are coming from inside the house!"). Heheh. Someone calling himself "RedDeering" made a comment just like your post on the GC site.
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Post by Saccha on Jul 24, 2009 22:42:32 GMT
Here's my reason why I thought Annie might be traumatized by a grab from Jack: Annie watched how Jack gradually but quite quickly descend from a friendly state into this... uh, highly-disturbed state. It's quite terrifying to one's psyche to see someone you originally think was quite normal to suddenly degrade into a manic personality. She's been wary since [594: last panel]. To compound this, Annie first got to know Jack as a friend. Now he's a threatening friend. That said, I'm not a psychologist . But I imagine myself in her shoes, and if I experienced that, I most likely will be traumatized. Get traumatized by a pushy upset kid? Man, don't EVER go into the service/medical/ANY industry. You might not survive! Okay, okay, I'm just joking, don't take that seriously. For real though though, let's give Annie some credit. This may bother her for a bit, but traumatize? She's WAY tougher then that. I think if Reynardine hadn't interfered the last panel would have been her about to lay down the law.
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Post by pepoluan on Jul 24, 2009 22:46:46 GMT
Get traumatized by a pushy upset kid? Man, don't EVER go into the service/medical/ANY industry. You might not survive! Okay, okay, I'm just joking, don't take that seriously. For real though though, let's give Annie some credit. This may bother her for a bit, but traumatize? She's WAY tougher then that. I think if Reynardine hadn't interfered the last panel would have been her about to lay down the law. Hm. I think I've misused 'traumatize' there. My bad Apologies all around
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Post by Babble-jargon Bill on Jul 24, 2009 23:04:23 GMT
You're not "RedDeering" in the comments, are you? If you're not... geez, why would so many people read GC at 3:00 am? What is this 'RedDeering' of which you speak? And as someone said earlier, GC updates at 3 AM in my timezone, and I tend to stay up late (lovely lovely summer, with the not having to get up early for classes , so when 3:00 rolls around I go "ooh! I can read the new page! I MUST KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!" And my response to the most recent page was pretty much exactly as typed (incoherent shriek). It probably didn't help that I'd recently read a bunch of creepy ghost stories/urban myths ("the calls are coming from inside the house!"). Same with me, during the breaks I have to make a decision going to bed early (by my standards) or staying up to read the latest page. The only time the former wins is when I forget.
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Post by Snes on Jul 24, 2009 23:57:10 GMT
I love Annie's expression in panel 4. She doesn't look frightened, angry, confused, or anything you'd expect. Her expression simply reads, "Curses; a wall."
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Post by sanguine on Jul 25, 2009 2:16:44 GMT
Also, I fail to see how this would remotely traumatize Annie. I would agree. We're speaking of the girl who flipped Winsbury onto his bottom during gym. I believe she knows ways to take care of herself.
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Post by Mezzaphor on Jul 25, 2009 2:54:17 GMT
We're talking about a girl who, at age six, marched into a spectral inferno. A girl who can talk to Ketrak without flinching. A girl who escorted her own mother's spirit into the afterlife. So yeah, she'll get over this.
I'm not so sure that Jack will get over seeing Rey.
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Post by popo on Jul 25, 2009 4:32:04 GMT
I love Annie's expression in panel 4. She doesn't look frightened, angry, confused, or anything you'd expect. Her expression simply reads, "Curses; a wall." "You've made a powerful enemy today, wall"
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Post by kilthmal on Jul 25, 2009 6:29:53 GMT
Wow. Saturday morning in the eastern time zone of America and 388 posts. This may be the most commented on page.
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Post by pika on Jul 25, 2009 17:37:55 GMT
I would not call Jack dangerous in anyway. At no point did I feel like he would hurt Annie other than make her feel uncomfortable, which probably isn't that hard. If he went over a line, he did so barely, and Reynardine is definitely over reacting, and is going to make the situation infinitely worse. When someone makes you uncomfortable, the first thing you do is say "excuse me, but you are making me uncomfortable", not unleash a monster on a traumatized kid. That's not how you resolve a conflict, it will only escalate the situation, and make it worse later on. Anyways, my point is that Reynardine isn't dealing with the situation in a proportionate sensible way. I would compare that to a teacher punching a kid for yelling at another one. That's completely inappropriate in every way. Also, I fail to see how this would remotely traumatize Annie. Has no one had to deal with an over bearing annoying person before? Personally, I just tell them to back off and brush it off. Maybe break the tension with a joke or something. How you go from that to traumatizing is beyond me. Jack's clearly pretty freaked. Someone that disturbed by something is likely to do some ridiculous stuff. Jack's not being overbearing and annoying, he's being physically imposing. They started a good distance away from the wall and now he's got Annie back against the wall...that's not an alright thing for something to do, especially if they're demanding answers from you. Reynard's just looking out for Annie...even if it was a little excessive. He's a shapeshifting demon fox, why would you expect a rational response from him? >_>
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Post by TBeholder on Jul 25, 2009 17:58:49 GMT
That will definitely make Jack feel better. At least it will turn him to more actual problems. "Reynardine. Always ready to displace any other nightmares that may plague you." ;D Time to find out if Zimmy's little world of wonders has screwed with the survival instincts of this boy. Jack has some issues with personal space. Poor sod does his best to demonstrate how wise Zimmy was when she told him "sucks to be you"... But those eyes... oh my. Burning anger has rarely been illustrated so excellently. Yeah, somehow Tom manages to be absurdly consistent with such amazing things. Plus, check out how huge he is! Not even his normal wolf form is that big. "I bet that guy wasn't expecting that".
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Post by the bandit on Jul 25, 2009 18:51:37 GMT
For Rey, the best thing would be to somehow convey a strong, sobering warning. Currently he's doing more to scare then to warn. For Jack, the best thing would be to get a hold of himself. Yeah, but for the entertainment's sake, the best thing for everybody to do would be ... what they did. Heh. =)
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Post by pepoluan on Jul 26, 2009 5:16:53 GMT
Okay, now, anyone willing to venture how Jack vs Rey will turn out Monday? Will Rey gets physical? Will Jack run away yelling "I was totally not expecting thiiiiiisss"? My guess: It's now Jack's turn to be pressed against the wall, face-to-face with a snarling ANGRY!Rey. Rey has nominated himself as Annie's guardian. And here's a boy playing wiseguy to his daugh... I mean, uh, guard-ee. Another option: Jack will slip behind Annie, puts a knife against her neck, yelling to Rey, "Stay back, demon dog! Or the girl had it!"
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Post by popo on Jul 26, 2009 5:53:23 GMT
maybe jack will turn around and just see normal plush!rey
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Post by rhoffman12 on Jul 26, 2009 6:43:17 GMT
my money's on a quick reversal come Monday - Jack up against a wall with Annie in the middle, imploring [or commanding, I suppose] burning-pits-of-hell-beast-Rey not to get any bloodstains on her mummy's plush wolf
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Post by pepoluan on Jul 26, 2009 9:12:29 GMT
394 comments on the main page... Rey surely knows how to make an entrance.
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Post by pepoluan on Jul 26, 2009 12:15:26 GMT
394 comments on the main page... Rey surely knows how to make an entrance. Damn! I was too fast... 419 comments and counting.
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Post by TBeholder on Jul 26, 2009 16:16:27 GMT
Okay, now, anyone willing to venture how Jack vs Rey will turn out Monday? ... My guess: It's now Jack's turn to be pressed against the wall, face-to-face with a snarling ANGRY!Rey. Given his last question, Annie can just point behind his back as if answering, and then he's going to be pinned to the wall. ;D Why, later they may even claim it was an "object lesson".
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Post by Casey on Jul 26, 2009 16:33:04 GMT
I'm very interested in how this is going to resolve tomorrow, because Annie considers Jack a friend, and she must know what's going on with him and she must want to try to help... but how is he going to get into a state of mind that she can talk to him about it? What could Annie really do for him anyway? It would seem out of character for Annie to allow someone she considers a friend to run off, even more traumatized than before. So in some way or another, I think it's going to get to the point that Annie helps Jack, or tries to... perhaps even taking him to Zimmy. But not because he demands it... rather because she wants to help.
How exactly it's going to get to that point, from where it is now, I don't know...
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Post by nickgoodway on Jul 26, 2009 16:37:57 GMT
Being pinned and drooled on by Rey; while it will likely traumatize Jack further, will at least make him hold still and listen to what Annie has to say.
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Post by brickster on Jul 26, 2009 17:43:09 GMT
Anyone else like the flip of jack's hand? In the 3rd panel, it is all "I'm going to grab you!", and then in the last panel, it is turned right around as if to say "Oh man I was never going to grab her I swear!"
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Post by the bandit on Jul 26, 2009 18:19:27 GMT
Okay, now, anyone willing to venture how Jack vs Rey will turn out Monday? Annie will quickly intervene, or an adult will show up and Annie will be in trouble. Does it really count as a prediction when it's an either/or?
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Post by rhoffman12 on Jul 27, 2009 1:56:36 GMT
does anyone have any idea how far we are into this Court-school-year? like, are we coming up on a summer break?
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Post by Casey on Jul 27, 2009 2:04:21 GMT
The "City Face" break could be considered Annie's Year 8 Winter Break. So it's now the 2nd half of her 8th year.
She started school in the middle of Year 7, so Annie's been at GC now for somewhere around a year.
Interesting to note, then, that somewhere in there, her birthday passed without a mention. (That is unless it happened just before she came to the school and we aren't fully to a year since her arrival yet.)
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Post by Seth Thresher on Jul 27, 2009 2:53:21 GMT
Heyo! First real post here This comic actually reminds me of this comic from a few chapters back. Rey, even though he's technically Annie's, but I think that he feels a certain amount of responsibility for her, for reasons Tom only knows. As such, he believes that our bedraggled rogue is putting her in a threatening situation, and fully intends to put a stop to this threat. Needless to say, I hope that Jack's got a fresh pair of drawers on hand. That flower is TERRIFYING. Fantastic job on this one, Tom! Absolutely fantastic.
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