Gunnerkrigg Court: would you still "oh, robot" me if i was a worm

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wyoming: Jun 7, 2010; Like a television
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Coyote is only doing this because he thinks it's funny.

The name Wandering Eye reminds me of the Graeae from Greek Mythology, three witches with one eye between them. Also one tooth.

# ¿ Jan 15, 2011 16:14

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 11:24

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illie posted:

That's adorable. Looking at his expression in the last panel though I can't help but think of the last time Annie tried to hug him and the caption "Pictured: Stupidest thing Annie's ever done"

So far.

# ¿ Jan 24, 2011 19:54

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I love all this character development Ysegrin has been getting. I love this pep talk he's giving Annie, it's very sage-like.
He's so much more than a mean old wolf after all. :3:

# ¿ Jan 26, 2011 12:20

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Just reread the first year and noticed that Robot called Kat an angel when he first saw her, first time round I thought it was a throwaway line because he thought he was dead.
I also noticed Kat started wearing the shirt of the boy that turned into a bird. :3:

Also:

# ¿ Feb 8, 2011 07:10

wyoming: Jun 7, 2010; Like a television
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Time to make all the decisions!

# ¿ Feb 13, 2011 01:32

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I'm just glad none of you are businessmen.

# ¿ Feb 16, 2011 05:03

wyoming: Jun 7, 2010; Like a television
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Oh wow, hippie Annie is the best Annie. :allears:

I really do love how Tom ages and changes the characters.

I wonder how long until we see Kat, or more importantly how mad she'll be!

Fame Throwa posted:

Duuuude, that is so my new av, if nobody else wants it. City Face is really awesome.

Haha, truly a wise business decision!

# ¿ Feb 25, 2011 12:23

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Tarezax posted:

All I have to say about the page itself:

Aw, you weren't kidding. :3:

Elysiume posted:

Like what people have said, I feel like it might strain her relationship with Kat. Not just because of the forest/court thing, but because she vanished for an entire summer. I went back to look at the treatise; I'd forgotten how beautiful it was. I wonder if Jeanne is going to become more relevant.

I'm not sure how divided Kat and Annie are going to be, if you look at the treatise, they're still tied together through Annie's hair, and through a heart at that.
I imagine Kat will yell at Annie, and then she'll hug her and cry a bit.
Unless a science experiment went terribly wrong and she's now a cold unfeeling robot :ohdear:

I kid.

The story seems to be leading to Jeanne and her elf(?) lover, who he was, why the Court stopped them, and what they killed him with that made the water impassable.
Also robots.

# ¿ Mar 2, 2011 10:18

wyoming: Jun 7, 2010; Like a television
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I'm pretty sure we've heard all we're going to hear about the forest for now.

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And that clears up The Mystery of Jones.

I love how he handles these things.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2011 10:18

wyoming: Jun 7, 2010; Like a television
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Yeah, I think Coyote was just taking the form of an elf when he was "romancing" Annie off the forest because he thought it'd be funny.

But yeah, the green guy getting shot, and the artifact they shot him with seems to be what cursed the Annan waters.

# ¿ Mar 9, 2011 07:53

wyoming: Jun 7, 2010; Like a television
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That's cold Kat. :smith:

# ¿ Mar 11, 2011 09:22

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Gravitas Shortfall posted:

Why? Because she's emotionally drained and not sure whether she's angry or not at Annie and now Annie's trying to make up for a summer of not even writing to her friend with stupid antics?

Oh please, Kat basically said "I'm tired of being friends with the weird kid."
She's in the wrong here. :colbert:

kidcoelacanth posted:

Everyone seems to be missing Annie's parkour moves. Good stuff.

That was pretty sweet.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2011 01:31

wyoming: Jun 7, 2010; Like a television
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And here's Coyote saying it doesn't sound right that Renard would try to hurt her:
http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=496

I say it was all a ruse. He always intended to take the stuffed animal.

# ¿ Mar 20, 2011 20:42

wyoming: Jun 7, 2010; Like a television
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I think I figured out how Annie spent her summer.

# ¿ Mar 25, 2011 09:32

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Oxxidation posted:

Who the gently caress designed this dorm

Also, this is the worst April Pools Joke ever.

# ¿ Apr 1, 2011 08:30

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cultureulterior posted:

The crab is marcellus wallace's soul.

Ugh, this is the worst theory.

Also the crab is obviously Jones.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2011 00:26

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Kat is a jerk. :colbert:

# ¿ Apr 8, 2011 13:04

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Saoshyant posted:

Man, just look at this loving panel. Look at it, I say. It brings a tear to my eye how far his skills have come.

Kat leaning against Renard like that is adorable. :3:

# ¿ Apr 21, 2011 20:05

wyoming: Jun 7, 2010; Like a television
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Also

at Annie keeping her barefoot hippie ways.

# ¿ Apr 29, 2011 17:47

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VanSandman posted:

Yes, Annie's rebelliousness and flippant attitude seem to be worrying Kat. I wonder what will come of it?

Well it goes back to the last treatise, Annie of the forest and Kat of the court.
They're united by love, but there is a sword in the heart. :ohdear:

Looking back at the treatise, it is interesting that Renard is on Kat/the Court's side.

# ¿ May 4, 2011 05:32

wyoming: Jun 7, 2010; Like a television
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Nothing good is going to come from these robot obsessions.

# ¿ May 9, 2011 09:44

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SynthOrange posted:

So can someone remind me where the current robots come from then if Kat has to rediscover all this stuff? I thought that they were just made by the folks at the court, but apparently not?

I'm pretty sure it's been mentioned that the robots build themselves. And seem to govern themselves as well (All the way back to Annie pretending to be a robot to get Robot's chip)
And that Robot's original body was a simplified, or less elegant version of one of Diego's originals.

# ¿ Jun 1, 2011 15:02

wyoming: Jun 7, 2010; Like a television
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He's turning into Diego. :ohdear:

# ¿ Jun 1, 2011 17:34

wyoming: Jun 7, 2010; Like a television
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Aw, robots are so polite.

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She wants to thank him for the free door.

As is Kat, apparently.

# ¿ Jun 8, 2011 23:23

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SynthOrange posted:

It felt like it was all setup with little payoff at the end, if it makes any sense. Very little got explained besides the tomb, then the robot goes 'Welp, time to die.'

And everything that he'd seen was lost like tears in the rain.

I agree though, I get you couldn't have the robot sit down for a Q&A and give everything away, but the ending was just, really rushed.
The set-up was really wonderful though.

So other than creating a creepy cult, what exactly is Jeanne's painting reprogramming the robots to do. :ohdear:

wyoming fucked around with this message at 19:05 on Jun 27, 2011

# ¿ Jun 27, 2011 19:03

wyoming: Jun 7, 2010; Like a television
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It's even more disturbing out of context!

# ¿ Jun 29, 2011 09:31

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kidcoelacanth posted:

How did we make the jump from "couples gift" -> "marriage proposal"?? It's never been anything more than a thing that guys got for girls they liked afaik.

http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=523

Yup, just between couples.

# ¿ Aug 5, 2011 19:13

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ymgve posted:

After seeing this it makes perfect sense how the Court could grow out of a single seed Bismuth.

"Bismuth, a trivalent poor metal, resembles arsenic and antimony."

:aaaaa:

# ¿ Aug 6, 2011 22:42

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Tea-san posted:

Hey man, you missed a few words out of your post. Here, I'll post the comments you Tweeted at me:

And here's part of the stuff you said on my forum:

Thanks for your interest!

This is hilarious. :allears:

You're a saint Tom.

Revolver Bunker posted:

A bit late to this since I was on vacation but I wasn't implying the "nip in the bud". The phrase I used is something I've heard in the US and I had no idea it could be taken like that in the UK.

You seem to be misunderstanding, you did mean "nip it in the bud." Using butt is incorrect, as it's ignoring the original context of the saying, I'm sure tons of people do say "nip it in the butt", but it's incorrect. :spergin:

Ka0 posted:

Stop talking about the anime troll, talk more about how Annie is going to avoid getting smooched.

No way, it's going to be like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lOBc3QZD9w
Complete with the singing crab. :v:

wyoming fucked around with this message at 21:11 on Aug 29, 2011

# ¿ Aug 29, 2011 21:08

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Dammit Who? posted:

Have you ever been a teenager or been around them

Haha, yeah. It's kind of funny that people are dumbfounded by teenagers acting like teenagers in fiction.

# ¿ Sep 8, 2011 01:58

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1stGear posted:

Dawwwwwwwwww

_{_{why am I getting excited over 14-year olds kissing what is wrong with me}}

# ¿ Sep 15, 2011 07:35

wyoming: Jun 7, 2010; Like a television
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If anything Annie will use the stone to spy on what he's up to.

# ¿ Oct 6, 2011 12:36

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Neil Gaiman linked it in his blog:
http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2006/06/sunday-tabs-etc.html

Neil Gaiman posted:

While sick in bed last week, I got to read what's out there so far of Gunnerkrigg Court, a really enjoyable webcomic, of the kind that will undoubtedly be out sooner or later in paper form (actually it looks the author's self-publishing it currently in paper form -- http://www.lulu.com/content/215167). It starts at
http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=1. Lots of different flavours in there -- it's a semi-gothic funny-sweet school story with mysteries and robots and so forth -- but I kept finding myself reminded of the early days of reading Bone. Nice stuff.

Crazy to think I've been reading it since '06.

# ¿ Nov 5, 2011 01:08

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killerwhat posted:

My favourite bit of Coyote is when he is first introduced. Hahaha I just can't get enough of that page. Coyote

I love how elegant serious he looks in that last panel.

# ¿ Nov 9, 2011 05:19

wyoming: Jun 7, 2010; Like a television
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Okay so, the Court killed the elf, but it trapped Jeanne down there, and Diego refereed to her as the sacrifice, not the elf. (Though maybe that was just to him)
Jeanne has said that all that is left of her is hate, so I can't imagine she's what makes the waters impassible, why would she protect the Court? So maybe the device did literally split her heart as it did to her lover, maybe two with a bond were needed to power it? Mutt seemed to know she was trapped by it, but didn't seem to recognize she was part of it, he didn't think she'd be able to cross the river.
Anyway, If they manage to remove the device it would set Jeanne free, which would be bad for the Court, which might be Coyote's plan. Haha chaos!
I bet removing the barrier will give the forest control of all the trees the court has smuggled over as well. General Ysengrin reigns :ohdear:

I've also been wondering if this is going to be the last year of the story, it seems we're getting close to a confrontation with Jeanne and Annie's father is supposed to come back this year as well isn't he?
Or maybe Tom has ideas for years, like, Kat becomes a robot, maybe Mort gets a cell phone, has Annie ever owned a bear?
Or, how 'bout a crazy wedding? Where something happens and doo doo doo doo doo...

# ¿ Nov 28, 2011 03:38

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100 HOGS AGREE posted:

Jeanne doesn't protect the court so much as kill anyone who goes down into the crevice indiscriminately.

While I agree she doesn't protect the court, she hasn't killed anyone.
She cut Annie's face, and attacked her and Parley later, but Parley could tell she was holding back.
And Ysengrin went down there and killed the treacherous fairies, not Jeanne.

# ¿ Nov 28, 2011 05:43