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Post by DonDueed on Mar 12, 2021 2:18:39 GMT
Thanks to a link posted above, I just realized that Sky Watcher is on the very short list of characters who have narrated this comic. (The list also contains Annie, Coyote, and... anyone else? I don't count stuff like this because it's a character telling a story to other characters, not narrating directly.) Hmm. Did Renard narrate the Quicksilver chapter? It focused on him almost exclusively but I guess he didn't actually narrate it. |
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Post by Gemminie on Mar 12, 2021 4:12:29 GMT
Hehe, nice. He probably knows something Annie doesn't (and we don't either). Like the reason why Surma, knowing full well what would happen, chose to have Annie anyway. And so did her mother, and so on for however many generations. |
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Post by pyradonis on Mar 12, 2021 13:27:29 GMT
Like the reason why Surma, knowing full well what would happen, chose to have Annie anyway. And not tell her ANYTHING! I am still holding out on hope that one day we'll get an explanation for this. |
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Post by blahzor on Mar 12, 2021 14:21:59 GMT
Like the reason why Surma, knowing full well what would happen, chose to have Annie anyway. And not tell her ANYTHING! I am still holding out on hope that one day we'll get an explanation for this. to self: She'll learn one way or the other, that's Tony's probably now. payback for the bugs |
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Post by lurkerbot on Mar 13, 2021 0:08:40 GMT
Thanks to a link posted above, I just realized that Sky Watcher is on the very short list of characters who have narrated this comic. (The list also contains Annie, Coyote, and... anyone else? I don't count stuff like this because it's a character telling a story to other characters, not narrating directly.) Jeanne, sort of maybe? Although I'd describe this as more internal dialogue than narration. Still, I believe it's one of the few times that we are directly exposed to a character's thoughts, and perhaps that's close enough to narration in general? Loup has an episode of internal dialogue as well. |
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Post by blahzor on Mar 15, 2021 8:12:19 GMT
Parley Sr works for the Court as is a certified physic. I wonder if he's the courts top guy and why they don't worry about events for the most part. even tho he's only like 99% accurate
also Parley's ability is a form of psychic as she can predict where she's going to be in the future and move there instantly. probably the evolution of her ability would be knowing where other people will move before they do it
also the RoTD are rigging the system on some "Cabin in the Woods" type stuff. having Mort scare humans feeds in to their fear and imagination to create more ghost stories which then fuels humans powering the ether
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Post by pyradonis on Mar 15, 2021 16:29:02 GMT
Parley Sr works for the Court as is a certified physic. I wonder if he's the courts top guy and why they don't worry about events for the most part. even tho he's only like 99% accurate also Parley's ability is a form of psychic as she can predict where she's going to be in the future and move there instantly. probably the evolution of her ability would be knowing where other people will move before they do it also the RoTD are rigging the system on some "Cabin in the Woods" type stuff. having Mort scare humans feeds in to their fear and imagination to create more ghost stories which then fuels humans powering the ether Where does it say old man Parley works for the Court? |
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Post by Gemminie on Mar 15, 2021 17:52:00 GMT
Parley Sr works for the Court as is a certified physic. I wonder if he's the courts top guy and why they don't worry about events for the most part. even tho he's only like 99% accurate also Parley's ability is a form of psychic as she can predict where she's going to be in the future and move there instantly. probably the evolution of her ability would be knowing where other people will move before they do it also the RoTD are rigging the system on some "Cabin in the Woods" type stuff. having Mort scare humans feeds in to their fear and imagination to create more ghost stories which then fuels humans powering the ether Where does it say old man Parley works for the Court? Yes, I'm unable to find anywhere it says Parley Sr. works for the Court, though it would seem strange to me if they didn't at least bring him in to consult from time to time. But again, nowhere does it say they do even that. blahzor, are you perhaps thinking of the Eugene Gould psychic challenge that Parley Sr. defeated? E. Gould appears to have at least contributed some literature to the Court, but we don't know much about him. Can we really say that's how Parley's teleportation ability works? I mean, there's an ethereal preimage before she teleports, which Jeanne can sense, but is this equivalent to prediction? I mean, it is a way to conceptually link the concepts of predicting the future and teleportation, so it's not as if it can't be the case. But considering Parley's moving in a combat-oriented direction with her training and career, I'm thinking a more applicable evolution of her ability would be teleporting an enemy's heart out of their body, or teleporting blades into an enemy's body. Well as far as we know the RotD isn't trying to placate some mega-powerful elder gods who will destroy the world if they don't get their daily dose of human fear, but yes, they seem to be a perpetual motion machine in a way, and by motion I mean scary stories. They've got a good racket going on. Good point there. |
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Post by Gemminie on Mar 16, 2021 3:45:37 GMT
Just in case nobody's noticed this before: " You do not deserve to be her friend!" " She don't deserve Gamma!" Thing is, when Paz says it, we know Zimmy's nearby, because she shows up soon. Could that be some influence from Zimmy? Though Zimmy doesn't seem to be having an episode at the moment, unless she recovered from it really quickly. |
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Post by blahzor on Mar 16, 2021 12:13:53 GMT
Parley Sr works for the Court as is a certified physic. I wonder if he's the courts top guy and why they don't worry about events for the most part. even tho he's only like 99% accurate also Parley's ability is a form of psychic as she can predict where she's going to be in the future and move there instantly. probably the evolution of her ability would be knowing where other people will move before they do it also the RoTD are rigging the system on some "Cabin in the Woods" type stuff. having Mort scare humans feeds in to their fear and imagination to create more ghost stories which then fuels humans powering the ether Where does it say old man Parley works for the Court? There's 2 possible things. Parley Sr was born in the court and the odds of him working for it like virtually everyone works for he court in some fashion Or the court found him and brought him there which is almost a 100% chance he worked for them at least once. No one just stumble upon the court as I vaguely remember Tom saying it doesn't operate in normal UL society |
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Post by blahzor on Mar 16, 2021 12:21:14 GMT
Where does it say old man Parley works for the Court? Yes, I'm unable to find anywhere it says Parley Sr. works for the Court, though it would seem strange to me if they didn't at least bring him in to consult from time to time. But again, nowhere does it say they do even that. blahzor, are you perhaps thinking of the Eugene Gould psychic challenge that Parley Sr. defeated? E. Gould appears to have at least contributed some literature to the Court, but we don't know much about him. Can we really say that's how Parley's teleportation ability works? I mean, there's an ethereal preimage before she teleports, which Jeanne can sense, but is this equivalent to prediction? I mean, it is a way to conceptually link the concepts of predicting the future and teleportation, so it's not as if it can't be the case. But considering Parley's moving in a combat-oriented direction with her training and career, I'm thinking a more applicable evolution of her ability would be teleporting an enemy's heart out of their body, or teleporting blades into an enemy's body. Well as far as we know the RotD isn't trying to placate some mega-powerful elder gods who will destroy the world if they don't get their daily dose of human fear, but yes, they seem to be a perpetual motion machine in a way, and by motion I mean scary stories. They've got a good racket going on. Good point there. i was thinking of a kid doesn't get the exact power of the parent but a variation of it. and without any direct explanation of her ability (i think the pre-image is all we're going to get at this stage) She is more or less hyper localization predicting her own movements. Currently she is only going places she has already seen maybe one day she could go to a location she hasn't seen but knows it's there. would require a prediction of sorts to know she won't end up in a tree or hit by a car right after she moves. So maybe this is more wild spec and the argument is more Smitty has psychic powers with his order powers as in his pointing in the location right as Parley bips nearby |
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Post by pyradonis on Mar 16, 2021 14:18:57 GMT
Where does it say old man Parley works for the Court? There's 2 possible things. Parley Sr was born in the court and the odds of him working for it like virtually everyone works for he court in some fashion Or the court found him and brought him there which is almost a 100% chance he worked for them at least once. No one just stumble upon the court as I vaguely remember Tom saying it doesn't operate in normal UL society Correct, people from outside do not just stumble upon the court, the Court seeks gifted people out, as we have seen with Eglamore, Zimmy, Paz... If Parley's father is a certified psychic, the Court's headhunters must have heard of him. And she was allowed to go to the Court's school even without having any manifested power because they assumed she would have inherited something from her father, I think we all agree until this point. But nowhere is it stated that Parley sr. ever set a foot into the Court, much less that he works for them.
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Post by blahzor on Mar 16, 2021 14:52:00 GMT
There's 2 possible things. Parley Sr was born in the court and the odds of him working for it like virtually everyone works for he court in some fashion Or the court found him and brought him there which is almost a 100% chance he worked for them at least once. No one just stumble upon the court as I vaguely remember Tom saying it doesn't operate in normal UL society Correct, people from outside do not just stumble upon the court, the Court seeks gifted people out, as we have seen with Eglamore, Zimmy, Paz... If Parley's father is a certified psychic, the Court's headhunters must have heard of him. And she was allowed to go to the Court's school even without having any manifested power because they assumed she would have inherited something from her father, I think we all agree until this point. But nowhere is it stated that Parley sr. ever set a foot into the Court, much less that he works for them.
but why get his daughter when he is 100% certain to have a ability and not at least have him do something. Paz's parents probably didn't come for some reason or other. unless they only deal with children, if you reach adulthood and got abilities do they even bother (outside of Jones who's only a few billion years old) |
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Post by pyradonis on Mar 16, 2021 17:33:47 GMT
Correct, people from outside do not just stumble upon the court, the Court seeks gifted people out, as we have seen with Eglamore, Zimmy, Paz... If Parley's father is a certified psychic, the Court's headhunters must have heard of him. And she was allowed to go to the Court's school even without having any manifested power because they assumed she would have inherited something from her father, I think we all agree until this point. But nowhere is it stated that Parley sr. ever set a foot into the Court, much less that he works for them.
but why get his daughter when he is 100% certain to have a ability and not at least have him do something. Paz's parents probably didn't come for some reason or other. unless they only deal with children, if you reach adulthood and got abilities do they even bother (outside of Jones who's only a few billion years old) In all cases we have seen where someone came from outside the Court except Jones, they were children and their parents stayed behind and, at least in Paz' case, received money from the Court. Presumably the Court prefers to take only children as new recruits, which can then be indoctrinated much easier. See also: Every former fairy or animal coming to the Court seems to get a child's body. Regarding Parley sr., he is said to have put said psychic challenge "right outta business". Which means he scored 100% and won a lot of prize money, so much that the organizers had to close shop. Add to that that Mr. Parley could simply play and win the lottery if he ever needs money - so why would he be interested in working for the Court (or anyone else)? Even if predicting the lottery numbers were above him, a known true psychic would get job offers with huge wages from companies all over the world.
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Post by Runningflame on Mar 27, 2021 23:09:52 GMT
Another instance of Jones subtly pushing an agenda here: Annie says she doesn't have a discussion topic in mind for her visit to Coyote, and Jones replies (paraphrasing only slightly), "Okay, but you should really take the chance to ask him about the Court, hint hint." Annie takes the hint. |
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Post by blahzor on Mar 28, 2021 7:13:28 GMT
Taking cue from those early pages I notice he talks about the stars placement as if he can't change them now on page 486
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Post by saardvark on Apr 1, 2021 0:56:22 GMT
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Post by Gemminie on Apr 1, 2021 1:08:24 GMT
Well ... on-camera. I think Annie and Kat used it to plan things. Like in the next chapter, in which Annie seems to know that Kat, Parley, and Smitty plan to teleport into Tony's apartment to check on Renard. She doesn't want them to do it, and she can't stop them, but she knows they're going to, which means Kat and Annie have been in communication – probably via those radios. |
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Post by blahzor on Apr 1, 2021 10:31:27 GMT
Seeing as no one uses telephones but stay in touch. They would use them or robots or messages |
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Post by pyradonis on Apr 1, 2021 12:34:06 GMT
My theory: It was there for misdirection just like some other things shown during this and the next chapter, to make the readers think what Kat & co. were thinking - that Tony was an evil scientist who would jail Annie and experiment on Renard. |
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Post by saardvark on Apr 1, 2021 12:54:36 GMT
Well ... on-camera. I think Annie and Kat used it to plan things. Like in the next chapter, in which Annie seems to know that Kat, Parley, and Smitty plan to teleport into Tony's apartment to check on Renard. She doesn't want them to do it, and she can't stop them, but she knows they're going to, which means Kat and Annie have been in communication – probably via those radios. perhaps. They also could have just met in person before and talked about it.... |
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Post by lurkerbot on Apr 1, 2021 15:27:51 GMT
Agreed, and I've often wondered about it considering the exchange was shown so prominently. |
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Post by mturtle7 on Apr 1, 2021 18:54:22 GMT
I always assumed it was really more of an emotional moment than a plot point. A nice little symbol of the ever present bond of mutual support between Annie and Kat that even Mr. Carver couldn't break.
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Post by Gemminie on Apr 2, 2021 1:26:35 GMT
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Post by bedinsis on Apr 2, 2021 7:27:23 GMT
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Apr 2, 2021 8:07:41 GMT
Does it count as "noticed" if the the thing noticed was a connection between different events, signalling character consistency? Noticing Jones' interest in scientific inquiry including potential risk to the subjects of same was the germ of the idea for that Jones fancomic I used to do. I think four of the five six involved her abusing dinosaurs, cephalopods, and other critters in ways both various and hilarious. Sadly, they were all lost between a bad cloud sync and photobucket trying to extort money from me.edit: Whoops, on double-checking I discovered that while most of the thumbnails are gone the links to the images still work. For those who haven't seen them already, they're in the fanart thread starting here. edit2: There were six, not five. Actually I had started a seventh that would've been chronologically between #5 and #6, involving Jones getting eaten by a dinosaur, but couldn't figure out how to complete it in a work-safe way. |
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Post by Druplesnubb on Apr 3, 2021 9:44:28 GMT
Does it count as "noticed" if the the thing noticed was a connection between different events, signalling character consistency? Noticing Jones' interest in scientific inquiry including potential risk to the subjects of same was the germ of the idea for that Jones fancomic I used to do. I think four of the five involved her abusing dinosaurs, cephalopods, and other critters in ways both various and hilarious. Sadly, they were all lost between a bad cloud sync and photobucket trying to extort money from me.edit: Whoops, on double-checking I discovered that while most of the thumbnails are gone the links to the images still work. For those who haven't seen them already, they're in the fanart thread starting here. That reminds me of a "Jones is the etheric manifestation of belief in science" theory I posted in the wildspec thread over half a decade ago. gunnerkrigg.proboards.com/post/128096/thread |
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Post by saardvark on Apr 3, 2021 15:12:52 GMT
Does it count as "noticed" if the the thing noticed was a connection between different events, signalling character consistency? Noticing Jones' interest in scientific inquiry including potential risk to the subjects of same was the germ of the idea for that Jones fancomic I used to do. I think four of the five involved her abusing dinosaurs, cephalopods, and other critters in ways both various and hilarious. Sadly, they were all lost between a bad cloud sync and photobucket trying to extort money from me.edit: Whoops, on double-checking I discovered that while most of the thumbnails are gone the links to the images still work. For those who haven't seen them already, they're in the fanart thread starting here. the cephalopod on her head cracked me up..... a living party hat! |
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Post by Runningflame on Apr 10, 2021 14:09:13 GMT
Something interesting I noticed while making image edits--in Kat's blue-tinted speech bubbles, there's a bit of a white "halo" around the text:  As you can see, when I put text on the blue background, there's no halo. I'm not sure what causes this effect, since I haven't used an image editor more advanced than Paint. Anyone have any experience/theories? Do you think it's just an artifact of the process, or could it be intentional (maybe to make the text pop)? |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Apr 10, 2021 14:30:07 GMT
Something interesting I noticed while making image edits--in Kat's blue-tinted speech bubbles, there's a bit of a white "halo" around the text: As you can see, when I put text on the blue background, there's no halo. I'm not sure what causes this effect, since I haven't used an image editor more advanced than Paint. Anyone have any experience/theories? Do you think it's just an artifact of the process, or could it be intentional (maybe to make the text pop)? It's an artifact. The text color(s) are being blended with the background when they're rendered. You can use that to give the text or another object a halo (and then alter or eliminate some of it to get the exact effect you want). Here's a fancomic I did forever ago where I used that effect to quickly and easily "backlight" Parley and Smitface.  |
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