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    Default Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!

    Whoa, temporal whiplash!

    Hopefully Annie doesn't feel like an insect compared to Jones, now...

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    Default Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!

    Now we just need to launch Jones into space to see what happens.

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    Mystery solved!

    This is the real killer. Everything Jones just told Annie contradicts Coyote's theory of human thought being the source of the supernatural. Apparently Annie was told something about Jones from Yes, but she didn't realize the extent of it until just now.

    I think the time travel theory is highly unlikely. My theory is that Jones is an inversion of Coyote's theory, a supernatural being whose thoughts indirectly caused life to come into existence and humanity to be created (explaining how she can appear human and act passably human, but predate humanity).
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    Jones has been pantomiming her backstory throughout this entire flashback. She just got to the part where she strips naked.
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    Jones is actually Tom. Mystery solved.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rhapsh View Post
    Annie mirrors the audience.

    Also, this comic is hilarious. I mean the drawing is great, but Tom totally blindsided me with a punchline in the comments.

    I didn't even realize all the wikipedia linking would form into a punchline.
    I cackled like a maniac when I saw that last link. Well played, Tom, well played.

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    Jones has been pantomiming her backstory throughout this entire flashback. She just got to the part where she strips naked.
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    Hrrrrrrmmmmm.

    Raz and kpenguin like this webcomic.

    To read, or not to read...

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    Annie's face and that wiki link made this whole chapter worth it. I laughed so hard people stared. Well played, Tom!

    Also, is this actually going to answer any questions, or is that it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nyes the Dark View Post
    Also, is this actually going to answer any questions, or is that it?
    I think that's going to be it.

    And... I do think that confirms someone's statement from earlier...

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    She's literally older than dirt apparently...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Luzahn View Post
    Now we just need to launch Jones into space to see what happens.
    Are you implying that Earth formed because Jones was there for it to form around?
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    This comic is like science: All the answers lead to more questions.
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    This better have a payoff.

    I don't want mysteries for the sake of mysteries.

    Even detective stories have the mystery change something.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Candle Jack View Post
    Jones has been pantomiming her backstory throughout this entire flashback. She just got to the part where she strips naked.
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    Jones is actually Tom. Mystery solved.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Candle Jack View Post
    Jones has been pantomiming her backstory throughout this entire flashback. She just got to the part where she strips naked.
    More specifically, she's naked from the waist up and is pantomining how she wrestled a buffalo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mephit View Post
    More specifically, she's naked from the waist up and is pantomining how she wrestled a buffalo.
    And Antimony is the buffalo.
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    If she is as dense as shown, certain forms of physical intimacy (if they are even possible) sound bruising and painful.
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    More and more, I get the feeling that Jones has no idea who Jones is. That the fact that a species that just happened to look like her appeared after billions of years is a mystery to her too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ravens_cry View Post
    If she is as dense as shown, certain forms of physical intimacy (if they are even possible) sound bruising and painful.
    You say this as if that kind of thing ever stopped humans from getting it on with mythological entities.

    I mean, someone in Annie's family tree got it on with a living bonfire. Compared to that, some crushing seems minor.

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    Living Bonfire..........Got it on with a living bonfire........


    OH MY GOD!

    GG is the future of adventure time!

    After most of the crazy magics calm down, the world repeats itself in terms of development!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scowling Dragon View Post
    Living Bonfire..........Got it on with a living bonfire........


    OH MY GOD!

    GG is the future of adventure time!

    After most of the crazy magics calm down, the world repeats itself in terms of development!
    Mystery solved.
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    Which princess does that make Jones?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheEmerged View Post
    Which princess does that make Jones?

    (/* has only a tangental knowledge of the other series)
    Badass Princess?

    Heavy Princess?

    More likely she's not a Princess and is more like Billy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Drascin View Post
    You say this as if that kind of thing ever stopped humans from getting it on with mythological entities.

    I mean, someone in Annie's family tree got it on with a living bonfire. Compared to that, some crushing seems minor.
    We honestly don't know enough about what an elemental is in this universe to really say for sure. We do know that Jones is dense and incredibly resilient.
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    Woooooah. Wooooooah.
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    Well, that was revelatory.

    Or not.
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    so she is a literal personification of the earth, not living but still "alive" with a lifespan to match...
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    Well?............Payoff? PLEASE?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scowling Dragon View Post
    Well?............Payoff? PLEASE?
    Annie still needs to ask her about the stars in the night sky.

    I have a worrying feeling that the answer will be …

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    You get this sense of incredulity from Annie's expressions in this particular comic that is particularly interesting, especially since she is usually not the skeptical one.
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    Well! That was more than I was expecting. I was all but certain we wouldn't find out exactly why or how Jones is so old (either Annie wouldn't be told, or we'd skip past it). That Jones doesn't know either is intriguing.

    I can't help but be reminded of this exchange from the Fellowship of the Ring:
    Frodo: "Tell me, lady, who is Tom Bombadil?"

    Goldberry: "He is."
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