Gunnerkrigg Court 4: Friends in Need

[Landis963]

If that's true, then who's Adam?

[Nourjan]

If that's true, then who's Adam?

A figment of Hetty's imagination?I wonder how deep we can take this.

[Giggling Ghast]

If that's true, then who's Adam?

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Just part of Renard's delusion/fantasy/whatever. Adam=Antimony. Hetty is the reflection of Renard's feelings of resentment over his current situation.

[Coidzor]

The real question is, will "Madam, I'm Adam." ever be uttered in this comic? ...do nine men interpret? nine men I nod...

[Mewtarthio]

A figment of Hetty's imagination?I wonder how deep we can take this.

Adam is Danny's brother. In order to cope with his brother's death of congenital heart failure, he made up a supernatural wolf-monster and blamed it for Danny's death.

[Giggling Ghast]

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What a lovely smile Hetty has.

Interesting choice of words there. "I can't" instead of "I won't."

[kpenguin]

I'm getting Strangers on a Train vibes

[Fjolnir]

something tells me this will end up less "strangers on a train" and more "throw momma off the train"

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What a lovely smile Hetty has.

Interesting choice of words there. "I can't" instead of "I won't."

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Well, if he says "Won't", Hetty might just be encouraged to keep trying to persuade him. By saying "Can't" he takes it out of the realm of choice. Which would be more effective in making Hetty drop the topic.

I wonder what Hetty was before she was trapped in the doll body. Female, yes, probably. Also probably not very strong, hence her interest in beings of power. I suspect not human, although perhaps not a member of the Forest. She's becoming quite an intriguing character. Which is good, because I think we're going to be with her for a while...

[Marnath]

By panel 7 she appears to have forgotten all about the whole "you should kill Annie" thing because she's rediscovered her original goals for today. I guess she must be one of those people who only live in the moment, flitting from whim to whim as they strike her.

[Vinyadan]

Call me slow, but I only got now why Jones finds shadow's uniqueness relevant. http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=979 He's as unique as she is.

[Mauve Shirt]

Am I the only one who is incredibly bored by this story?

[eee]

Oh yes, Hetty, have the flammable cotton doll carry the inflammable fluid... (eye roll)

Pin and needles and a vindictive doll; this will not end well.

Am I the only one who is incredibly bored by this story?

You may simply be being too impatient. We've gotten hints of much going on, new characters and situations in play; we'll have to see what develops.

[JSSheridan]

Did Gunnerkrigg forget how to make combination locks?

[Coidzor]

Am I the only one who is incredibly bored by this story?

Nope. He's spent way too long on showing that Hetty is evil. Which means either she's evil or there's a twist rather than her being something more ambiguous.

I'm probably only going to check back every couple-odd days to see when it starts picking up again.

[Marnath]

Am I the only one who is incredibly bored by this story?

How come, it hasn't dragged on nearly as long as the Jones arc did.

[stsasser]

When Hetty first appeared, I was 'WTF is that?!'

WTF that is a needy, manipulative, passive-aggressive, monotonous petty evil pain in the ass. I think of her as Rey's miserable little cousin that repeatedly is stuck on the side of the road because she ran out of gas since she is too self-absorbed to remember to fill-up.

He still has to go rescue her because...hey...family.

[Sabeki]

I'm sticking in to see what Hetty is planning to do to Adm. Pins, matches, and lighter fluid. I wonder what else she's getting?

[Miklus]

A crazy theory occured to me just now. It's very unlikely to be true, but I'll post it here anyways and if it turns out that I'm correct later, I can have a jolly laugh about it.

If ya don't like potential plot spoilers, don't open.

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Hetty overall seems like the sort of being you wouldn't want to hang around, and yet they seem to be friends, and she has a lot of insight into Renard's thought process and history.

Her situation also mirrors Renard's own, and the symbol on her forehead even looks a bit like his own.

What if she's not really there at all, but is merely a figment of Renard's imagination giving voice to his darker thoughts?

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She could be a figment of Renard's imagination and still be there. If Coyote is right, then human emotions can spawn god-like and very real beings. We have also seen Zimmy summon some rather nasty ...things. What if Hetty is a manifistation of Rey's frustration? She could be the naugthy part of him that has been split off. She is doing all the bad things that Rey can not.

[Landis963]

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She could be a figment of Renard's imagination and still be there. If Coyote is right, then human emotions can spawn god-like and very real beings. We have also seen Zimmy summon some rather nasty ...things. What if Hetty is a manifistation of Rey's frustration? She could be the naugthy part of him that has been split off. She is doing all the bad things that Rey can not.

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The problem with that is that Coyote's theory hinges on the man in the desert dying alone to spawn the god-beings. Rey would need to die for his frustration to spawn a Hetty, and we don't want that to happen just yet. Also, Zimmy's "summons" are temporary illusions that are "only as real as you let them be" and Hetty clearly has a life outside of Reynardine. Besides, Rey doesn't believe that Annie is a cruel, capricious b***h (which, incidentally, is what needs to happen for a Hetty to spawn from Rey's death). A bit thoughtless, perhaps, but otherwise he was defending her.

[Mauve Shirt]

How come, it hasn't dragged on nearly as long as the Jones arc did.

But Jones was an established character who was a complete mystery, so at least I was interested in finding out her origin. Hetty is a completely random addition, just talking **** about the main characters and trying to convince Rey to go evil.

[Qwertystop]

So. Focus on the symbol. Um.

Was that Renard's, or is it Annie's?

[The Rose Dragon]

It is the symbol that shows Antimony's possession of the doll, and by extension, Reynardine.

[eee]

Let's see. Can't be Jones, she and Rey meet at school. I don't think Brinnie because we haven't seen that she and Rey even met. Besides, there's no indication she continued to live in the Court after graduation, more likely she'd be in Asgard. I doubt Eglamore, I think he lives at the school. So...

It is a puzzlement.

So. Focus on the symbol. Um.

Was that Renard's, or is it Annie's?

I believe it's Annie's mark of ownership on Rey. Hence Hetty's irritation and outrage about it.

[sihnfahl]

So. Focus on the symbol. Um.

Was that Renard's, or is it Annie's?

To expand on the answer, this comic.

[eee]

Now I feel extremely sorry for Adam. Unless Hetty is putting more insulation in his bed than she says, he looks like he's allergic.

He also doesn't look like that bad a guy. Maybe he should stop being nice and just put Hetty in a box for a few years until she mellows.

(We've seen Rey can adjust his form. I wonder what Hetty's words will lead to?)

[Marnath]

The last panel today makes me grin, the two of them look so comical in that simpler style.

[VeliciaL]

Hetty has a hilarious glare face in that panel. "THIS IS SRS BSNS."

[Miklus]

Well, if Adam is real then Hetty must be real too. Unless Rey has developed a split personality, is seeing a imaginary Hetty, did the fiberglass thing himself and has generally fallen completely of his rocker. But I don't think so.

How did this dork come into possesion of Hetty?

[Coidzor]

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The problem with that is that Coyote's theory hinges on the man in the desert dying alone to spawn the god-beings. Rey would need to die for his frustration to spawn a Hetty, and we don't want that to happen just yet. Also, Zimmy's "summons" are temporary illusions that are "only as real as you let them be" and Hetty clearly has a life outside of Reynardine. Besides, Rey doesn't believe that Annie is a cruel, capricious b***h (which, incidentally, is what needs to happen for a Hetty to spawn from Rey's death). A bit thoughtless, perhaps, but otherwise he was defending her.

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Also, Reynardine is not human.