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Post by idonotlikepeas on Jan 26, 2010 0:20:56 GMT
I'm sure Tom would give us a stern lecture if we tried. Guess you two should take a bow. |
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Post by Alex on Jan 26, 2010 1:07:35 GMT
Kat/Jack
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Jan 26, 2010 3:15:04 GMT
I'm sure Tom would give us a stern lecture if we tried. Guess you two should take a bow. Nice punning, but to return to a previous "tack"... If Jones is actually Galatea (which does fit observed facts at the moment), her Pygmalion was most likely Pygmalion. (You know, the Greek guy.) Tom may reimagine the past of mythological characters, but he doesn't usually just ignore that past. Agreed, but Pygmalion's probably long dead. My wild speculation is that Jones gets lots of romantic attention from males because she's a sort of incarnation of Aphrodite but doesn't return those feelings/desires. Being quite literally made for Pygmalion I doubt anyone else would do. Remember, Jones knew Eggers ever since he was a boy and the affection she shows him is probably mere affection and nothing more. |
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Post by swordfish on Jan 29, 2010 4:58:05 GMT
Shut x Up are my one true pairing.
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Post by Mr Pitchfork on Jan 30, 2010 3:22:07 GMT
Now that I think about it, the only shipping I had done was one-way, Annie to Kat (Because really, Kat is the only human Annie has had much involvement with, and I doubt she would have feelings for any psychopomps), and probably also Zimmy+Gamma, because Zimmy is utterly devoted to Gamma (And Gamma is at least very devoted to Zimmy), plus they're both psychically paired fairly strongly, but these were both passing observations.
And, people? Romance does not equal or necessitate sex and it's kinda distressing that some people think that. For most, pairings are purely romantic. So, like, please, abandon the squick. Wash thine minds of the gutter-filth.
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Post by Shenko on Jan 30, 2010 3:47:06 GMT
I thought that too,even kinda hoped for it. Then Jack became a creep and all that, now I'm not sure what's going too happen. |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Jan 30, 2010 6:04:20 GMT
I thought that too,even kinda hoped for it. Then Jack became a creep and all that, now I'm not sure what's going too happen. I think Jack becoming a creep actually makes him more likely to be someone's romantic interest eventually. There's two reasons why. First, Jack is emerging from background foil status and becoming a dynamic character of his own and therefore is more likely to be involved with the two main characters' adventures in the future. Second, there is the Bigger Jerk theory of relationships (nice guys finish last). Shut x Up are my one true pairing. For people who're new to GC or forgetful, let me supply the context for Shut X Up. Click the the link in the shipping speculation comment. |
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Post by endlessd on Oct 16, 2010 18:02:43 GMT
Kat/Annine
Gamma/Zimmy
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Post by paxjax123 on Oct 16, 2010 23:50:09 GMT
I'm a Mort/Annie shipper.
Totes.
I miss Mort so much *sobs*
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Post by xheralt on Oct 18, 2010 4:43:37 GMT
Mort/Jeanne  (kidding!) I think Jack/Annie is a real possibility. Granted it's a bit presumptuous to put them together, for us readers, and Zimmy may be premature. But on the other hand, Zimmy sees things ordinary people don't (understatement of the year, I know...) so there might be something to it. I disagree with Kat/Jack, they're actually too similar in their techie skills and outlook. Thinking back to our Power Station double quartet... Janet/Willie is long-established. Margo/John was established by how they interacted there. If we put Annie with Jack, that leaves Matt for Kat. We know nothing really about him, other than he snarked at John and was the one Gamma "read" for initial infodump. But we also know Kat likes her lads a little mysterious. |
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Post by Max on Oct 18, 2010 6:09:58 GMT
I just want people to be happy.
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Post by legion on Oct 18, 2010 11:32:26 GMT
I just want people to be happy. Awwwwww. I ship Tom Siddell with Ursula Vernon. |
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Post by Casey on Oct 18, 2010 14:11:09 GMT
and was the one Gamma "read" for initial infodump. Errr... what? |
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Post by secondofnone on Oct 18, 2010 17:30:10 GMT
and was the one Gamma "read" for initial infodump. Errr... what? Matt was the one Gamma touched when she and Zimmy first arrived on the roof, but she was probably just checking to see if he was real, or a Nobody from Zimmingham. That's what xheralt is talking about. |
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Post by Casey on Oct 18, 2010 17:51:13 GMT
Oh I know exactly what he's talking about. I was wondering what he meant by reading him for an initial infodump, when what she was actually doing was trying to GOP him.
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Post by xheralt on Oct 19, 2010 7:00:37 GMT
Oh I know exactly what he's talking about. I was wondering what he meant by reading him for an initial infodump, when what she was actually doing was trying to GOP him. I don't believe she was trying to *gop* Matt. They were in the Real World, and had NOT YET GONE into Zimmyland. I took it that by touching Matt, Gamma had gleaned (via quick probe of surface thoughts) their basic intent for being there, which Gamma "sent" to Zimmy (hence my use of the term "info-dump"), and Zimmy reacted "They're what?!". Annie's verbal explanation on the next page was entirely redundant, although Annie had no way of knowing what (or how much) Zimmy actually knew, and may have served to verify that what Gamma obtained from Matt was factual. |
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Post by Yin on Oct 19, 2010 7:02:56 GMT
Er, she *was* trying to gop Matt. She was thinking they were in Zimmingham already, that's why she acted so shocked- that he didn't disappear.
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Post by Casey on Oct 19, 2010 7:50:24 GMT
Yin is right, mostly, xheralt. Look at the expression on Gamma's face. She's not looking at him because she assumes that he is one of Zimmy's nobodies and therefore pays them no mind. Her look of shock is at realizing that they are real, and really there. She then tells that to Zimmy telepathically, which is why Zimmy responds with "They're what??" Where I differ from Yin is that Gamma did not think they were already in Zimmingham, but rather, Zimmy states on this page that she sees nobodies around all the time, including in real life. Gamma assumed all the kids on the roof were nobodies because nobody else was "uspposed" to be up there. And finally, on the link above, you also can see that Annie knew how to GOP the nobodies by recalling (inset) how Gamma had tried to GOP Matt. Sorry to rock your world there xh but Gamma was definitely trying to GOP Matt. Gamma doesn' have any kind of touch-you-on-the-head-and-read-your-mind ability, that we know of. |
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Post by xheralt on Oct 19, 2010 8:45:26 GMT
Well, pfui again. I guess it was natural to assume, what with all of the other ungodly powerful talents (like Parley and Smitty) running around, that Gamma could at least be a touch-telepath. Or capable of being telepathic with somebody other than Zimmy, in the Real World.
I thought I was really grokking the way things worked in the GC universe, and now all of a sudden, I'm batting zero. Frustrating as hell.
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Post by jayne on Oct 19, 2010 14:08:34 GMT
Well, pfui again. I guess it was natural to assume, what with all of the other ungodly powerful talents (like Parley and Smitty) running around, that Gamma could at least be a touch-telepath. Or capable of being telepathic with somebody other than Zimmy, in the Real World. I thought I was really grokking the way things worked in the GC universe, and now all of a sudden, I'm batting zero. Frustrating as hell. Grokking anything is tough when "Its just does" is a valid rule!  Eliminating the impossible is usually a good first step... not so much use in this world! |
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Post by Casey on Oct 19, 2010 15:03:00 GMT
To be fair, understanding what she was doing only makes sense in hindsight because it is explained after the fact, so it's probably not an uncommon mistake to make. By your seventh or eighth time reading through the comic you start noticing and figuring out all sorts of things that a casual reader might overlook.
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Post by strangebloke on Oct 23, 2010 20:53:00 GMT
most pairings won't see resolution for some time, but the only one I really see (that isn't pretty much canon) is JackxKat (or annie)
Other pairings... MortxAnnie is unlikely, what with Mort being, well, not alive and all. I'm strongly against AnniexKat because they are friends and, sheesh, can't two people of the same gender be friends without everyone saying that it is a pairing? It'd be annoying if people had the same attitude in real life, thats all i gotta say.
Mostly though, I ship ShutxUp. those two really have some awesome chemistry.
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Post by humanornot on Oct 24, 2010 21:44:41 GMT
ShutxUp! Oh, the romance! No?  Fine. Rey and Annie. Eglamore needs a girlfriend, but I have no idea who. Jones is just a tad detached and robotic to me... But yeah, being Galatea is possible. |
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Post by Tobu Ishi on Nov 6, 2010 1:55:25 GMT
*snort* Good old ShutXUp.
I probably shouldn't admit to this, but I have a sketch or two for that ship sitting in my fanart folder that, while they certainly wouldn't send me to hell, might earn me a few days in purgatory. Please don't ask me why. It's probably the chemistry thing that people have already mentioned.
(I also have a rather embarrassing weak spot for ShutXUp+Gamma, in the sense that even if ShutXUp happened, it would be both unkind and unrealistic to imagine Gamma not being a strange yet inevitable part of that relationship. She's too much a part of Zimmy to brush off so lightly.)
Other than that, I am extremely fond of the Donlans, and really ought to draw something for them, instead of all this weird mucking about with a teenaged not-quite-threesome. ♥
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Post by theweatherman on Nov 7, 2010 13:13:40 GMT
Well, my fave pairings will probably set off a argument or something, but here we go.
Kat/Annie; I'm sorry, but if they got together it would be cute and adorable and awesome.
Rey/Annie; Tom said immortal beings don't look at age the same as humans, Annie's being too young might not freak him out, plus she looks alot like Surma.
Mort/Annie; Erm... I dunno?
Donlans; they were cute as kids.
Zimmy/Gamma; just cus.
Jack/Kat; I highly doubt Jack/Annie, she just doesn't seem interested, and Kat and Jack have more in common.
Ysengrin/Jeanne; before green dude, I seriously thought Ysengrin was pissed cos he loved her and the court killed her.
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Post by jayne on Nov 7, 2010 16:14:06 GMT
Before the whole spider thing, I wanted Kat and Jack to get together because they have a techno-connection going, but now I think it would have to be Jack and Annie because they've shared an ordeal... it was really creepy and they both understand what the other went through. That's a start at least.
I agree with you on the Ysengrin/Jeanne thing... which isn't going to make Ysengrin any happier in the long run since you can't fix dead.
Zimmy/Gamma: well, they do love each other utterly. I don't know if there's any real attraction but in their case, love counts more than attraction. /shrug
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Post by shuis112 on Nov 7, 2010 17:00:51 GMT
Before the whole spider thing, I wanted Kat and Jack to get together because they have a techno-connection going, but now I think it would have to be Jack and Annie because they've shared an ordeal... it was really creepy and they both understand what the other went through. That's a start at least. I admit I originally thought it would be interesting to have AnniexJack but changed my mind BECAUSE of the ordeal they went through...it wasn't exactly a healthy coming of age event that teens experience but rather a terrifying situation where Jack was infested with something that controlled his mind and actions and as a result he put both Annie and Rey in danger (not blaming him here). That being said, I would love to see a friendship develop and have them work through that because Jack is such a complex character. I suppose I feel Annie deserves less baggage for her romantic interest? |
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Post by jayne on Nov 7, 2010 17:22:21 GMT
Before the whole spider thing, I wanted Kat and Jack to get together because they have a techno-connection going, but now I think it would have to be Jack and Annie because they've shared an ordeal... it was really creepy and they both understand what the other went through. That's a start at least. I admit I originally thought it would be interesting to have AnniexJack but changed my mind BECAUSE of the ordeal they went through...it wasn't exactly a healthy coming of age event that teens experience but rather a terrifying situation where Jack was infested with something that controlled his mind and actions and as a result he put both Annie and Rey in danger (not blaming him here). That being said, I would love to see a friendship develop and have them work through that because Jack is such a complex character. I suppose I feel Annie deserves less baggage for her romantic interest? Yes, I could see them being friends just as equals. If he doesn't end up with Annie, I suppose he'd end up with Kat. Or maybe he'll end up married to Gamma. ;D |
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Post by todd on Nov 8, 2010 0:13:56 GMT
I think the biggest difficulty with an Annie/Jack romance is that, so far, they haven't properly interacted. They took no notice of each other until *after* Jack was infected. Annie then started paying attention to Jack, but only in the same way she pays attention to anything strange going on at Gunnerkrigg. Jack's attention to her seemed largely a means of locating Zimmy. This is the first time that they're together on-stage since Jack passed out, and it may be more Annie just checking up on him out of regular concern than anything more romantic.
(I sometimes wonder whether Tom might be reluctant to give Annie a boy-friend at all, since then he wouldn't be able to go on teasing the audience with "Is she romantically attracted to Kat or not?" On the other hand, he might get tired of that game after a while.)
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Post by Rex on Nov 8, 2010 1:55:36 GMT
I don't think he's teasing the readers with any hinting at Kat/Annie. They're just good friends and people are reading things into that. That said, I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed that Jack and Annie didn't even speak to each other on the rooftop in Power Station.
My guess on this? Tom may do something refreshing and not hook her up with anyone.
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