Gunnerkrigg Court 4: Friends in Need

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Antimony Carver: The Woman, the Myth, the LEGEND!!

[Emperordaniel]

New chapter.

Sooo... any idea what this could mean?

[Rodin]

Could be where the Annan Waters meet the ocean? Then again, the picture has a palm tree so it's not likely to be in Britain...

[Yuki Akuma]

Could be where the Annan Waters meet the ocean? Then again, the picture has a palm tree so it's not likely to be in Britain...

Yep, totally impossible to grow palm trees in the UK.

[Dr. Simon]

Looks like a torn postcard to me, suggesting somebody ripping one up because they are upset with the person who sent it - not anything literally to do with the sea.

[AdmiralCheez]

Yep, totally impossible to grow palm trees in the UK.

The UK may have palm trees, but does it have white sands and tropical waters? Because if it does, I know where my next vacation is.

[stsasser]

Could be where the Annan Waters meet the ocean? Then again, the picture has a palm tree so it's not likely to be in Britain...

Perhaps it grew from a coconut dropped by a swallow.

[hajo]

Well, school-excursions like that would have been nice

I'm still wondering, how the court finances itself...

[Mauve Shirt]

Off topic, I wonder if Doctor Disaster created Jones.

[AdmiralCheez]

So, is this the first time we've seen Annie leave the Court/Forest? Assuming that the cruise ship is real, and not a hologram simulation?

[hajo]

I wonder if Doctor Disaster created Jones.

That is very unlikely.
I don't think he was around, at/before that time when Jones arrived on Earth

[Qwertystop]

Could work, by the theory that Jones was created retroactively by some scientist fantasizing over the idea of someone who had just seen it all.

[Mauve Shirt]

Yes, Qwertystop is correct, that is the theoretical assumption under which I asked the question. If Coyote's Secret is true (and since it is EXTREMELY LIKELY that the robots' worship of Kat will make the TicTocs exist in the past, I'm pretty sure it is) then someone must have created Jones. I mean, her presence doesn't make any sense otherwise.

[Nevereatcars]

My god, is that Jack and Zimmy??? I don't even know any more! It... might be?

[Shadow of the Sun]

Definitely Jack.

Probably not Zimmy, in my opinion.

I don't think you could separate her and Gamma with a big crowbar.

[Emperordaniel]

I think my head just exploded.

[Nevereatcars]

The Gamma point is a good one. I'm kinda freaking out. Her eyes aren't red, either! They should be red. Unless... they SHOULDN'T BE! o.O

Edit: In addition, they go to school in England, right? I like that they're worried they might be on the wrong ocean. The Court is just that kind of place.

[Kislath]

If not Zimmy, then who?

[Somebloke]

It's like Zimmy's non-weird, non-evil twin.

Actually is it just me or do they both look too old? It hasn't been that long a period of time since we saw them last?

[Dr. Simon]

It's like Zimmy's non-weird, non-evil twin.

Well, somebody who's not Zimmy but enough like her that she stands as an acceptable substitute girlfriend to Jack, who sadly probably doesn't like her for herself but because she reminds him of the person that he does like but who is unavailable. At a guess.

Actually is it just me or do they both look too old? It hasn't been that long a period of time since we saw them last?

Partly the drawing style has developed over time, but also they're all at that age where things change quickly.

[Mauve Shirt]

If that is Zimmy, then Jack can "do that magic stuff" and works at least as well as Annie at preventing demons.
It's probably not Zimmy though.

[Coidzor]

...How long has it been in-universe since we've last seen Jack? @_@

[Rodin]

Zimmy normally has red eyes when she's "clean". So yeah, I'm guessing not her.

Isn't it still the same school year since we've seen Jack? They're supposed to change dorms every year, and they're still in with the crab RA. The last time we saw Jack was when they had that midnight sneak-out. If that was the beginning of the school year and this is the end of it, we're still short of a single year. He looks like he's gained 2 or 3 years in that time.

[Marnath]

Well, somebody who's not Zimmy but enough like her that she stands as an acceptable substitute girlfriend to Jack, who sadly probably doesn't like her for herself but because she reminds him of the person that he does like but who is unavailable. At a guess.

Yeah, this is my guess too. Logically, Zimmy can't be the only person with this particular affliction.

Isn't it still the same school year since we've seen Jack? They're supposed to change dorms every year, and they're still in with the crab RA. The last time we saw Jack was when they had that midnight sneak-out. If that was the beginning of the school year and this is the end of it, we're still short of a single year. He looks like he's gained 2 or 3 years in that time.

That's a thing that happens. My father gained a foot in height and roughly 40 pounds of muscle mass over the course of three months when he was that age.

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I think my head just exploded.

Mine, too.

Let's attack this rationally. Zimmy has red irises, shark teeth, bad hygiene, and Gamma all but grafted to her. Also, a lot of rage. Puberty and Jack MIGHT change some of those, but as long as her brain is still being flooded with Etheric energy I don't see how the irises could change. And we don't see her teeth, so that doesn't figure into this. We haven't seen all the students in the Court, and it's hardly impossible Jack could find a girl with Zimmy's skin tone. On the flip side, Mr. Siddell's label says "These guys??", implying we know BOTH of them. There is only one possible explanation for this.

This is a holodeck sim and Dr. Danger is messing with us.

[Marnath]

Mine, too.

Let's attack this rationally. Zimmy has red irises, shark teeth, bad hygiene, and Gamma all but grafted to her. Also, a lot of rage. Puberty and Jack MIGHT change some of those, but as long as her brain is still being flooded with Etheric energy I don't see how the irises could change. And we don't see her teeth, so that doesn't figure into this. We haven't seen all the students in the Court, and it's hardly impossible Jack could find a girl with Zimmy's skin tone. On the flip side, Mr. Siddell's label says "These guys??", implying we know BOTH of them. There is only one possible explanation for this.

This is a holodeck sim and Dr. Danger is messing with us.

She does not have Zimmy's skin tone. Go back to Divine and compare a page from that to the current. This girl has much lighter skin.

[TechnoWarforged]

My Theory:

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Zimmy and Gamma merged into one being, and is now dating Jack.

[Nevereatcars]

My Theory:

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Zimmy and Gamma merged into one being, and is now dating Jack.

It makes too much sense to not be true. Headcanon'ed.

[Giggling Ghast]

I keep forgetting that they're bloody teenagers now, not tweens.

[Emperordaniel]

I keep forgetting that they're bloody teenagers now, not tweens.

Yep - Annie and Kat were both 12 at the beginning of the comic, which would place them in the 14-15-year-old range now, if I'm getting my math right.