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Post by Per on Mar 21, 2013 11:11:18 GMT
But if you look closely at his head in Treatise 4... Aren't those the etheric lines where his ear used to be (compare this)? |
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Post by Nnelg on Mar 21, 2013 12:33:40 GMT
But if you look closely at his head in Treatise 4... Aren't those the etheric lines where his ear used to be (compare this)? Yes, those are there. But his forehead is glowing, too... |
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Post by jombra on Mar 24, 2013 22:53:21 GMT
I always figured they were glowing from the reflection of the etheric lines floating around his ear, similar to Annie's fire reflecting on her hair and several other places in the image.
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Post by Nnelg on Mar 25, 2013 22:09:10 GMT
I always figured they were glowing from the reflection of the etheric lines floating around his ear, similar to Annie's fire reflecting on her hair and several other places in the image. So did I. Until I realized it might be some subtle forshadowing on Tom's part... |
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Post by Señor Goose on Apr 12, 2013 4:40:15 GMT
Some things: Renard supposedly speaks with a mild French accent. I guess that explains where he learned this gesture... You know, for whatever reason, I always imagined Renard with a slight French accent, even though I don't remember reading anything like that. I think maybe his name being French has somehing to do with it. Also I recently resigned to reading Kat's voice in a heavy Scottish accent. I don't even know why. |
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Post by download on Apr 12, 2013 5:29:26 GMT
I read Rey with a deep voice when he's in wolf form
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Post by Sivo on Apr 12, 2013 16:13:42 GMT
A little known fact. Telsa, considered to be an extraordinary visionary of scientific genius, deeply loved a pigeon. When Kat is holding young City Face, she experiences a powerful flash of insight. Coincidence? Probably, but still fun to think about. |
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Post by download on Apr 12, 2013 16:27:13 GMT
A little known fact. Telsa, considered to be an extraordinary visionary of scientific genius, deeply loved a pigeon. When Kat is holding young City Face, she experiences a powerful flash of insight. Coincidence? Probably, but still fun to think about. Wonder if it means Kat finds human hair disgusting and will be screwed over by a businessman guising as an inventor? |
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Post by Sivo on Apr 12, 2013 16:37:09 GMT
Wonder if it means Kat finds human hair disgusting and will be screwed over by a businessman guising as an inventor? She does keep it short lately... Tom could always introduce a rival inventor to steal her ideas and electrocute the forest animal-folks. |
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Post by Georgie L on Apr 12, 2013 20:50:42 GMT
You know, for whatever reason, I always imagined Renard with a slight French accent, even though I don't remember reading anything like that. I think maybe his name being French has somehing to do with it. Also I recently resigned to reading Kat's voice in a heavy Scottish accent. I don't even know why. I'd guess from connecting it to her parents, Donny is definetly scottish, though Anja is from an unknown slavic country (hence the intially odd speech patterns when she was young.) what surprised me is that Surma seemed to 'ave either a cockney or yorkie accent when she was younger based on the speech patterns. |
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Post by Mezzaphor on Apr 12, 2013 22:55:47 GMT
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Post by GK Sierra on Apr 13, 2013 3:12:14 GMT
I thought Anja was east Asian?
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Post by download on Apr 13, 2013 5:28:28 GMT
From what Rey initially said about Kat and Gypsies I assumed Romani
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Post by Mezzaphor on Apr 13, 2013 5:33:41 GMT
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Post by GK Sierra on Apr 13, 2013 7:59:57 GMT
Ah gitano, eh? Huh. Pikeys in our midst and we didn't even know it.  |
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Post by Toloc on May 28, 2013 21:10:32 GMT
A few things on my recent lurkings through the archives: It has been mentioned several times by different characters, that "there are no rats here". I may take this to literal, it's quite specific and rats are basically everywhere. Find/build a large enough place, ship some people there and there will be rats. Why not in the court? Further, both times the sentences was directed at Zimmy. As seen in the first link her definition of "spider" differs somewhat from the common one. Could be the same for "rats". On pg.779 in the lower half. I have no idea how I missed that, but Jeanne says "A fine strike, fille" (fille = french for girl), when Parley knocks the stone from her hand. She also seem oddly calm while saying that. |
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Post by TBeholder on May 28, 2013 22:03:37 GMT
I've always suspected that the "safe location" which Anja's "computer" was stored was her mind. Uh, right on the previous page (from the one linked by tpman) Anja said she uses a pendant to access it. And 3 pages later we see an illustration of that "computer" - with her and Donald standing near a glowy circle on the floor to provide the scale. It'd certainly explain why we don't see her doing stuff like this anymore. Most likely, because we didn't Anja getting into lots of situations where she needs to do it in the first place. And when it happens, there's simply a more flexible (and probably more power-efficient) way now. See also: 3 shields appearing at once to protect Annie and Renard from 'Grin when he flipped out. |
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Post by Nnelg on May 29, 2013 5:25:07 GMT
I've always suspected that the "safe location" which Anja's "computer" was stored was her mind. Uh, right on the previous page (from the one linked by tpman) Anja said she uses a pendant to access it. And 3 pages later we see an illustration of that "computer" - with her and Donald standing near a glowy circle on the floor to provide the scale. There are a number of ways how what Anja showed and told the girls could be reconciled with my theory. I wouldn't have suggested it if there weren't.  The most crucial aspect is that Anja left out a few details, and perhaps spoke metaphorically as well. (And there are multiple reasons why she might do so.) |
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Post by piat on May 30, 2013 1:32:13 GMT
Sometimes during breaks I'm just going back and re-reading chapters I flew past. Tom really puts a lot of detail into a page, there's a lot to notice and speculate upon. For example, chapter 29 made me think about how Kat blatantly treats organic creatures better than robots, and shows a bit of her controlling side. This is a really rich comic, there's a lot to look at, even if you know the main story so far.
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Post by spritznar on May 30, 2013 3:00:09 GMT
Sometimes during breaks I'm just going back and re-reading chapters I flew past. Tom really puts a lot of detail into a page, there's a lot to notice and speculate upon. For example, chapter 29 made me think about how Kat blatantly treats organic creatures better than robots, and shows a bit of her controlling side. This is a really rich comic, there's a lot to look at, even if you know the main story so far. the court seems to socialize people to treat robots that way. and since kat's lived at the court... most of her life? do we actually know how long kat's lived at the court, what with her parents being teachers? anyway, i think she just sorta picked up that attitude. (i think she's changing though) |
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Post by Toloc on May 30, 2013 11:39:58 GMT
Well, at that point Kat was seriously disillusioned with the Court, because of the revelation about Diego's actions a few chapter prior.
And the robots are basically the most visible embodiment of both the Court's achievements and especially Diego's legacy. Both made possible by sacrificing Jeanne.
The whole point of the chapter was about her attitude changing from bitter resignation to deciding to try and change things after talking to Paz.
She got a lot nicer again after it.
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Post by snipertom on May 30, 2013 12:08:59 GMT
It's interesting that back then, catching up with Paz was the catalyst for Kat's change in attitude as well as inspiration for biosynthetic robutts
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Post by tpman on May 31, 2013 1:09:55 GMT
A few things on my recent lurkings through the archives: It has been mentioned several times by different characters, that "there are no rats here". I may take this to literal, it's quite specific and rats are basically everywhere. Find/build a large enough place, ship some people there and there will be rats. Why not in the court? Further, both times the sentences was directed at Zimmy. As seen in the first link her definition of "spider" differs somewhat from the common one. Could be the same for "rats". On pg.779 in the lower half. I have no idea how I missed that, but Jeanne says "A fine strike, fille" (fille = french for girl), when Parley knocks the stone from her hand. She also seem oddly calm while saying that. My guess is that the rats are just ordinary rats, but they are kept at bay by some fantastical, plot-relevant means. I figure if the wole province of Alberta can keep rats out then the Court can too. |
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Post by The Anarch on May 31, 2013 4:13:49 GMT
So have the owls taken up the ecological niche that rats no longer fill?
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Post by snipertom on May 31, 2013 8:30:53 GMT
So have the owls taken up the ecological niche that rats no longer fill? Nope, the pigeons (flying rats) have! A little known fact. Telsa, considered to be an extraordinary visionary of scientific genius, deeply loved a pigeon. When Kat is holding young City Face, she experiences a powerful flash of insight. Coincidence? Probably, but still fun to think about. Wonder if it means Kat finds human hair disgusting and will be screwed over by a businessman guising as an inventor? A pigeon businessman! CITY FACE! |
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Post by whyboxeses on May 31, 2013 9:05:02 GMT
Hello everyone! Sorry if this has been mentioned before, but so strangely I felt like doing a reread instead of studying for finals... Anyways, after the recent revelation in Kat's interest in going out with Paz, it seems like there were definitely really tiny hints in a few places all over the comic. I think this: www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1050 might be the most telling that I've maybe picked up on. It seems now perhaps Kat might have tried to appear much more traditionally girly after that mix up(?) from the night everyone hung out, and started wearing that pink headband. There was another scene where she was working in the lab and things get serious and she throws it away. Could be a "getting down to business" or maybe an "this isn't worth the effort now and I don't like it" gesture. Maybe I'm reading too much into things! |
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Post by TBeholder on May 31, 2013 11:34:26 GMT
A little known fact. Telsa, considered to be an extraordinary visionary of scientific genius, deeply loved a pigeon. When Kat is holding young City Face, she experiences a powerful flash of insight. Coincidence? Probably, but still fun to think about. Gunnerkrigg got a lot of hereditary talents, including Antimony as a descendant of... let's call them "Anselmus and Serpentina" for now. So... Kat comes from a long dynasty of mad scientists too? So have the owls taken up the ecological niche that rats no longer fill? Nope, the pigeons (flying rats) have! From this, we can infer that whatever factor proved to be more than just selection pressure for rats can be escaped by flying. So it's not because of TicTocs. Maybe... spiders? |
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Post by Toloc on May 31, 2013 12:48:59 GMT
Hello everyone! Sorry if this has been mentioned before, but so strangely I felt like doing a reread instead of studying for finals... Anyways, after the recent revelation in Kat's interest in going out with Paz, it seems like there were definitely really tiny hints in a few places all over the comic. I think this: www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1050 might be the most telling that I've maybe picked up on. It seems now perhaps Kat might have tried to appear much more traditionally girly after that mix up(?) from the night everyone hung out, and started wearing that pink headband. There was another scene where she was working in the lab and things get serious and she throws it away. Could be a "getting down to business" or maybe an "this isn't worth the effort now and I don't like it" gesture. Maybe I'm reading too much into things! Ah yes, the headband of +5 straightness. A mysterious artefact of great power. I think Zimmy and Gamma took it after helping Annie. They didn't have much use for it and threw it away. |
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Post by snipertom on May 31, 2013 13:13:26 GMT
*Headband of +5 straightness worn* *Successful will save; Kat is still attracted to Paz* Just imagine Zimmy wearing a pink headband with a flower! Ahahahahahahaha Also, I noticed this "Kat probably only has action figures she thinks are hot." gunnerkrigg.com/?p=96The question is... was it normal spiders or etheric Zimmingham spiders that caused rats to be replaced by pigeons? |
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Post by thagguy on May 31, 2013 18:24:13 GMT
I'm sure it's already been pointed out, but Eglamore's sword ( here looks very similar to Coyote's tooth sword, except for the color and missing part of the handguard. |
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