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How can you spankies that which does not exist?
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Well that wasn't what I was expecting at all. Come to think of it I don't even know what it was I was expecting, however I can tell you it wasn't that! I love this comic.
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Jul 27, 2012 15:30
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The greatest trick Coyote ever pulled was convincing the world he does not exist. Alternatively: If Coyote did not exist, we would have had to invent him.
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Jul 27, 2012 15:35
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Nipponophile posted:The greatest trick Coyote ever pulled was convincing the world he does not exist. No no, him not existing is the great secret. The trick was him convincing the world that he DOES exist. 
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Jul 27, 2012 15:53
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Coyote is Ysengrin's Tyler Durden 
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Jul 27, 2012 16:03
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Cyphoderus posted:Coyote is Ysengrin's Tyler Durden That would make Ysengrin and Coyote's earlier visit to the Court pretty interesting. No wonder the Court doesn't take the forest seriously. Someone with more photoshop skills than I should edit coyote out of some earlier chapters, Garfield minus Garfield style.
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Jul 27, 2012 17:12
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Fellis posted:That would make Ysengrin and Coyote's earlier visit to the Court pretty interesting. No wonder the Court doesn't take the forest seriously.
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Jul 27, 2012 17:35
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Tiny detail: on the left-most skull, a single tooth is detached from the jawbone. That's the sword tooth.
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Jul 27, 2012 17:55
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... Monday had better have a good explanation for this.
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Jul 27, 2012 18:15
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I'm confused... So Jones is a robot?
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Jul 27, 2012 18:20
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Junker posted:I'm confused... A beginner's primer to Gunnerkrigg Court: 1) Jones is not a robot. 2) That guy is Eglamore. 3) Coyote does not exist. I dunno, seems pretty straightfoward to me. (  )
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Jul 27, 2012 18:37
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See, now this is a cliffhanger.
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Jul 27, 2012 18:39
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Shavnir posted:See, now this is a cliffhanger. Heh, people saying they were surprised that the one before Coyote revealed his secret wasn't on a Friday. Should've known the Friday would be something much more bizzare.
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Jul 27, 2012 18:56
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One thing I do know is that I want panel 2 as my next avatar. Edit: Coyote may not exist in the traditional sense, and is actually a manifestation created by people telling stories about him ala American Gods. He loves humans because they literally create and sustain him by telling stories about him. ATP_Power fucked around with this message at 19:09 on Jul 27, 2012 |
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Jul 27, 2012 19:06
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ATP_Power posted:One thing I do know is that I want panel 2 as my next avatar. My secret... is this... You'll have a running theme!
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Jul 27, 2012 19:08
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Monday's strip will be a photo of Tom putting the finishing touches on today's strip. It will be the last Gunnerkrigg Court update.
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Jul 27, 2012 19:15
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Nipponophile posted:Monday's strip will be a photo of Tom putting the finishing touches on today's strip. It will be the last Gunnerkrigg Court update. Wait...Tom is about a month or two ahead in updates right? And he quit his job about a month or two... It wasn't so he could work on Gunnerkrigg full time at all! It was so he would have time to go into hiding from the legions of fans out for blood!
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Jul 27, 2012 19:59
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Zenzirouj posted:So this page is interesting or whatever but I had a funny mental image produced by the discussion spawned by Coyote's narration. Since the whole comic is ostensibly a flashback being told by Annie, I'm gonna imagine that that part of the story was where Coyote butted in and started talking over her. Was actually gonna mention this - Annie's early narration combined with Coyote jumping in there is why I both didn't mind Coyote's interjection and sort of an intriguing facet - who would they be telling these events to? Someone from the Court, or the Forest? That being said, what the hell is this.
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Jul 27, 2012 20:41
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ATP_Power posted:Edit: Coyote may not exist in the traditional sense, and is actually a manifestation created by people telling stories about him ala American Gods. He loves humans because they literally create and sustain him by telling stories about him. I don't know... I think if belief or stories had that much power, the court would know about it and be experimenting with it and we the readers would already be aware of it. But seriously, the gently caress?
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Jul 27, 2012 20:59
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VanSandman posted:I don't know... I think if belief or stories had that much power, the court would know about it and be experimenting with it and we the readers would already be aware of it. Maybe they are. We don't know how Etheric stuff works, and there are robots that seemingly work by magic. Maybe they work because they look like robots, and people believe robots should work, so it makes them work. Maybe Jones isn't the robot after all, maybe it's Coyote!
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Jul 27, 2012 21:07
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Paramemetic posted:Maybe they are. We don't know how Etheric stuff works, and there are robots that seemingly work by magic. Maybe they work because they look like robots, and people believe robots should work, so it makes them work. Coyote is clearly a figment of his own imagination. It's the only possible explanation 
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Jul 27, 2012 21:25
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Jul 27, 2012 21:34
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I read today's update right when it went up in the early morning and I've got to say I found it genuinely creepy. The way I interpreted it, with Coyote acknowledging that he's a fictional character, it felt kind of eerie, like the comic itself was turning to face me, the reader, and saying "yes, I see you." Maybe if I read the comic in the afternoon, as I usually do, it wouldn't have affected me so much, but it definitely jolted me awake.
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Jul 27, 2012 22:04
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bigstupidjellyfish posted:I read today's update right when it went up in the early morning and I've got to say I found it genuinely creepy. The way I interpreted it, with Coyote acknowledging that he's a fictional character, it felt kind of eerie, like the comic itself was turning to face me, the reader, and saying "yes, I see you." Maybe if I read the comic in the afternoon, as I usually do, it wouldn't have affected me so much, but it definitely jolted me awake. I imagine you don't follow a lot of comics then? Breaking the fourth wall and having characters/the comic acknowledge their own fictional nature is hardly something rare.
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Jul 27, 2012 22:10
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ATP_Power posted:One thing I do know is that I want panel 2 as my next avatar.  The same, but with the confusing extraneous stuff removed:  Third panel:  Edit: I can also tool around with these if people are looking for one to be a bit different.
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Jul 27, 2012 22:20
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This page is incredibly sad more than anything. Just, poor Coyote 
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Jul 27, 2012 22:35
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So, I'm guessing that he's only referring to the physical entity of Coyote that Annie and everyone else actually interact with. That it isn't real, but just some kind of imaginary construct or manifestation of whatever "Coyote" really is. And if I had to guess that, I'd say he's just, like, the whole universe, man. e: More theorizing: Based on the skull imagery and Ysengrin's apprehension, this may be the last time we see Coyote in the comic. Now that his secret is revealed, he will cease to be. lesbian baphomet fucked around with this message at 23:33 on Jul 27, 2012 |
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Jul 27, 2012 23:29
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Fellis posted:That would make Ysengrin and Coyote's earlier visit to the Court pretty interesting. No wonder the Court doesn't take the forest seriously. 
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Jul 27, 2012 23:51
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Jeez Elgamore get OVER it
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Jul 28, 2012 00:12
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Coyote is the Hobbes to humanity's Calvin.
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Jul 28, 2012 00:20
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This is the Gunnerkrigg equivalent of Garfield minus Garfield.
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Jul 28, 2012 00:33
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They were made because someone asked for 'the Gunnerkrigg equivalent of Garfield minus Garfield' something like five posts up, dude.
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Jul 28, 2012 00:35
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Fellis posted:Wait...Tom is about a month or two ahead in updates right? And he quit his job about a month or two... Tom can't go into hiding until he releases a a forest logo shirt.
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Jul 28, 2012 00:35
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Tom should totally replace the comics in his archive with these comics, just to see the fan reaction.
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Jul 28, 2012 00:37
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So, this opens a new big  for the comic. Coyote does not exist. What about the things that Coyote created? The Coyote tooth? The shadow people? Does Shadow2 exist? Maybe even magic itself? What about Ysengrin and Reynardine? They are magical dogs similar to Coyote, do they exist? If they are non-beings created or influenced by the perceptions of others, that could relate to their friendship with Annie; because she stopped perceiving them as hostile, they stopped being so. I am thinking a bit back on this page.
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Jul 28, 2012 01:04
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Shavnir posted:See, now this is a cliffhanger. No, no it isn't.
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Jul 28, 2012 01:25
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Cowcaster posted:No, no it isn't. Wikipedia posted:A cliffhanger or cliffhanger ending is a plot device in fiction which features a main character in a precarious or difficult dilemma, or confronted with a shocking revelation at the end of an episode of serialized fiction.
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Jul 28, 2012 01:34
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What if it doesn't matter that coyote doesn't exist because nothing exists all reality is an illusion
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Jul 28, 2012 01:36
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flatluigi posted:They were made because someone asked for 'the Gunnerkrigg equivalent of Garfield minus Garfield' something like five posts up, dude. Apparently I missed those exact words in that post. That's what I get for skimming the thread.  Elysiume posted:It's not really a dilemma or problem. Yes, it's a revelation, but it's not like anyone is in any danger. Nobody is hanging off of a cliff. It's a shocking revelation at the end of the week! It's a (kinda tenuous) cliffhanger in that sense!
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Elysiume posted:It's not really a dilemma or problem. Yes, it's a revelation, but it's not like anyone is in any danger. Nobody is hanging off of a cliff. More importantly, the plot itself is not being left hanging. If there were an antimony symbol at the bottom left corner of the page, and then on Monday we started up a new chapter about Kat fighting aliens from space, then it would be a cliffhanger because everything about the revelation would be put on hold completely unresolved. As it is there's no reason not to expect literally the next page to keep moving the plot forward. Cowcaster fucked around with this message at 01:47 on Jul 28, 2012 |
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