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Post by fish on Jul 22, 2012 13:51:01 GMT
What if... what if Shadow People can't actually take over robots, but only living things/things with a "connection to the aether" like the dog-shaped root from "Ties". That would explain why Ysengrin had to plant the seed in Robots body, I mean, he could have had the Shadowman take control over Robot as soon as he met him. Why give him the arm first? And it could also explain why the Shadows in the court didn't just snatch Boxbot to escape without being noticed. |
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Post by Mezzaphor on Jul 22, 2012 18:52:49 GMT
And it could also explain why the Shadows in the court didn't just snatch Boxbot to escape without being noticed. If they were noticed trying to steal Boxbot, they'd be lauded as heroes. |
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Post by GK Sierra on Jul 22, 2012 20:47:24 GMT
And it could also explain why the Shadows in the court didn't just snatch Boxbot to escape without being noticed. If they were noticed trying to steal Boxbot, they'd be lauded as heroes. I don't think they'd be able to stand living inside his boxy little frame. I imagine that there is one pair of circuits inside, connecting a single triple-a battery to a black box with the words "terrible" written on it in highlighter, and nothing else. |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Jul 27, 2012 18:48:57 GMT
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Post by jombra on Jul 28, 2012 16:43:41 GMT
I think that might be coincidence. I see two detached teeth in that panel anyway. Also other things like his eyeball are popping out, it's pretty abstract. |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Jul 28, 2012 23:42:10 GMT
I think that might be coincidence. I see two detached teeth in that panel anyway. Also other things like his eyeball are popping out, it's pretty abstract. It's true that the skull on the right has two teeth, and part of the jaw, detaching into the tooth-stream thinger. And those bits do look abstract. But the skull on the left just has one solitary detached tooth, realistically drawn. It should be from the opposite side and the top instead of the jaw... but it is the right shape. And it is detached and hovering. |
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Post by Per on Jul 29, 2012 1:32:08 GMT
It should be from the opposite side Clearly Coyote has undergone a sprite flip. |
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Post by quanticle on Jul 31, 2012 3:22:28 GMT
I think that might be coincidence. I see two detached teeth in that panel anyway. Also other things like his eyeball are popping out, it's pretty abstract. It's true that the skull on the right has two teeth, and part of the jaw, detaching into the tooth-stream thinger. And those bits do look abstract. But the skull on the left just has one solitary detached tooth, realistically drawn. It should be from the opposite side and the top instead of the jaw... but it is the right shape. And it is detached and hovering. I'm not so sure about that. I mean, in that same comic Coyote replaces the tooth with a rock, and says, "Good as new!" |
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Post by stef1987 on Aug 31, 2012 8:19:06 GMT
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Post by Rea on Aug 31, 2012 13:14:15 GMT
It doesn't count if Red wasn't there to hear it (or maybe someone else to tell her about it). If you mean it was Kat's idea, for all we know Annie was the first one to refer to her this way. |
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Post by steelpanther on Sept 2, 2012 2:08:45 GMT
Hopefully this hasn't been mentioned in the 30 previous pages... www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=338Annie's first meeting with Muut, she says "father said she is leaving tommorow", implying that Anthony already knows that Mrs. Tolikna will die that night. |
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Post by GK Sierra on Sept 2, 2012 5:06:09 GMT
Hopefully this hasn't been mentioned in the 30 previous pages... www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=338Annie's first meeting with Muut, she says "father said she is leaving tommorow", implying that Anthony already knows that Mrs. Tolikna will die that night. I would assume he has made it his business to know all about his wife's etheric side. Perhaps that's why he dislikes the etheric sciences, as Jones mentioned, he believes it took his wife from him. (He's still an arsehole in my book) |
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Post by steelpanther on Sept 2, 2012 15:29:23 GMT
I would assume he has made it his business to know all about his wife's etheric side. Perhaps that's why he dislikes the etheric sciences, as Jones mentioned, he believes it took his wife from him. But would even Surma's etheric side know when the Guides will come for people? You might be able to guess based on physical clues, but down to the exact night? I still think it's a little improbable. |
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Post by jombra on Sept 2, 2012 16:20:33 GMT
Hopefully this hasn't been mentioned in the 30 previous pages... www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=338Annie's first meeting with Muut, she says "father said she is leaving tommorow", implying that Anthony already knows that Mrs. Tolikna will die that night. It could also imply that Mrs. Tolikna died earlier that day, and Anthony stopped Annie from visiting Tolikna by saying that she's leaving instead of telling a little girl "she's dead". We don't really know the time period that guides show up in, Annie learning languages from them implies that they stay a few days at least, while Muut clearly only shows up the same day. Plus we don't know if they show up before or after death for certain. We never actually see one show up before. |
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Post by steelpanther on Sept 2, 2012 18:41:16 GMT
Plus we don't know if they show up before or after death for certain. We never actually see one show up before. There is this but we don't know if the rules for the guides are all the same. This series seems to indicate that they can't come until a person has passed. |
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Post by GK Sierra on Sept 2, 2012 19:26:45 GMT
Plus we don't know if they show up before or after death for certain. We never actually see one show up before. There is this but we don't know if the rules for the guides are all the same. This series seems to indicate that they can't come until a person has passed. Antimony's status as a guide for the dead has always intrigued me. Is it part of her job as a medium, or is it something more? Did her mother have this duty as well? |
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Post by steelpanther on Sept 2, 2012 19:35:02 GMT
I would assume that status as 'Medium' is a kind of arbitrator. That seems like what is happening with the Court and the Forest, and it seems like the guides looked to Surma for the same job.
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Post by Georgie L on Sept 2, 2012 20:23:47 GMT
We don't really know the time period that guides show up in, Annie learning languages from them implies that they stay a few days at least, while Muut clearly only shows up the same day. Plus we don't know if they show up before or after death for certain. We never actually see one show up before. I assumed that Psychopomps merely stopped time when they appeared until there business was completed. |
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Post by Eversist on Sept 7, 2012 19:46:23 GMT
Annie skooshing the ant leads me to believe that they show up only after death. The Psychopomps may have just stuck around for her sake, or maybe it some times takes time to "gather" what they need. Humans may be different.
Or what Georgie said... they just stop time.
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Post by Mitth'raw'nuruodo on Sept 7, 2012 19:50:52 GMT
I noticed on this page that Jeanne with her hair up looks an awful lot like Jones. Might just be coincidence or just me, though... Could Jones's body be Jeanne's soul stripped? Did Wandering Eye possess Jeanne's body? Insufficient data. |
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Post by Eversist on Sept 8, 2012 4:22:50 GMT
Tom has stated multiple times on his FormSpring that they are unrelated. :<
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Post by Marnath on Sept 10, 2012 23:40:52 GMT
Maybe it's been pointed out, I only skimmed the thread. but here www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=891 you see Robot's eyes turn red when he goes hostile. It sort of felt like a reference to Bioshock maybe. Other than this time, has he ever gotten angry? |
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Post by Per on Sept 11, 2012 15:39:24 GMT
The eyes of other Court robots have been shown to change colours depending on context.
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Post by Crolen on Sept 15, 2012 5:33:08 GMT
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Post by phaedryx on Sept 16, 2012 6:09:54 GMT
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Post by Eversist on Oct 1, 2012 3:33:28 GMT
When I first started reading this webcomic, I only followed two or three others. So all of the webcomic references on this page were lost on me. :3 It's wonderful! Edit: Also Tom's note at the bottom of this page is "ZimmyXJack  " with a link to a page that says "More like ShutxUp." But then he reveals later in the comic that Jack has feelings for her! Hah. |
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Post by GK Sierra on Oct 1, 2012 5:25:31 GMT
When I first started reading this webcomic, I only followed two or three others. So all of the webcomic references on this page were lost on me. :3 It's wonderful! Edit: Also Tom's note at the bottom of this page is "ZimmyXJack " with a link to a page that says "More like ShutxUp." But then he reveals later in the comic that Jack has feelings for her! Hah. All that's missing from the pile is Beartato |
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Post by dailenna on Oct 10, 2012 1:24:51 GMT
Re-reading a chapter or two at the moment, and I noticed that in the fourth panel there's Diego and the guy from the third panel here. (Who is identified in 585 as Sir Young, protector of the court) So those two were at the meeting between the court and the forest. Makes you wonder what the meeting was like. "Stop sleeping with our women!" "Yeah? Well stop sleeping with our green guys!" "Hmmph, let's never be friends again!" EDIT: also, the blue of the background is the same blue as when Coyote paused time to threaten Annie. |
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Post by alexh on Oct 12, 2012 6:18:34 GMT
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Post by keeana on Oct 16, 2012 1:01:52 GMT
Upon rereading www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=607: the laser cows won't clear the grass around Sir Young's monument "for some reason"? -- It's because they were made by Diego, who we all know, is pretty much the opposite of Young's biggest fan. |
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" with a link to a page that says "More like ShutxUp." But then he reveals later in the comic that Jack has feelings for her! Hah.
