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    Bugbear in the Playground
     
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    So I have just started reading this story of a football-headed girl who assembles a robot to help a shadow across a lit bridge because she didn't want to break the rules, but going into a storage room apparently was OK.

    ...

    A storage room that had a sign for "No" in front of the sign that indicated what the storage room was for :-)

    What should I expect / be aware of moving forward?
    Not "fire at". I never used the word "at"
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    Ok, what is going on with that library (#22)? One small bookshelf, and a giant open space with no other bookcases or reading tables visible, and an unguarded door that leads ... where it leads?
    Not "fire at". I never used the word "at"
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    Quote Originally Posted by keybounce View Post
    Ok, what is going on with that library (#22)? One small bookshelf, and a giant open space with no other bookcases or reading tables visible, and an unguarded door that leads ... where it leads?
    The court, having been made by robots, has way more space than it needs to for pretty much everything. Secret passages, unknown hallways and empty rooms are common.

    It works well with the themes of the comic.
    "The error is to be human"

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    Also, the Court is really big in area but rather small in population, IIRC the author said a lot of the buildings are not in use due to there being more buildings than people. I don't think we know exactly why that is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by keybounce View Post
    What should I expect / be aware of moving forward?
    The art to get better and the questions you have about the plot to multiply.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SZbNAhL View Post
    The art to get better and the questions you have about the plot to multiply.
    Oh joy.

    And, made by robots!? That explains everything!
    :-)
    Not "fire at". I never used the word "at"
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    You could say that some of the Key questions you probably already have about the comic have been Bouncing around for more than a decade know

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    Do tell us when you reach chapter 51. It's always interesting getting people's first impressions of the character first seen therein.
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    That's Tony, for those of you who don't want to go and check.

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    Basil? A time-share?

    EDIT: Wait, effectively a 30-story bunk bedroom?

    EDIT 2: Ok, now she's willing to break the rules. And a train with that sign on it?

    EDIT 3: Did not see that coming, I thought this was a good-guy dragon imprisoned unjustly.
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    Not "fire at". I never used the word "at"
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    Quote Originally Posted by keybounce View Post
    Basil? A time-share?

    EDIT: Wait, effectively a 30-story bunk bedroom?

    EDIT 2: Ok, now she's willing to break the rules. And a train with that sign on it?

    EDIT 3: Did not see that coming, I thought this was a good-guy dragon imprisoned unjustly.
    Once you get a few more chapters in, you should look up Kate Rusby on YouTube. You'll start to get a sense of the songs that have had some help with shaping this story.

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    Chapter 5.

    In which we have a science experiment.

    ... And the teacher is more concerned with my thermos and coat hanger tool.

    EDIT 1: So, what was that apparently Polish statement?
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    Quote Originally Posted by keybounce View Post
    Chapter 5.

    In which we have a science experiment.

    ... And the teacher is more concerned with my thermos and coat hanger tool.

    EDIT 1: So, what was that apparently Polish statement?
    If it's the scene I have in mind: Beta bursts out in insults, and Annie says "that's not very nice".
    Quote Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1955
    I thought Tom Bombadil dreadful — but worse still was the announcer's preliminary remarks that Goldberry was his daughter (!), and that Willowman was an ally of Mordor (!!).

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    And now she has an evil, body-snatching "dragon" (that was only the last snatched body) as a "pet", with the motto of "You didn't tell me not to".

    Chapter 6
    An artificial environment growing a real fruit tree

    EDIT: And, what has that fruit, or strange environment, done to their legs?

    Chapter 7
    And, she's on that bridge that she insisted was off limits?
    And is that her robot from chapter 1?

    EDIT: Ohh, that smile: https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=108
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    Not "fire at". I never used the word "at"
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    That reminds me how much better the art is now compared to the beginning.

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    Quote Originally Posted by keybounce View Post
    And, made by robots!? That explains everything!
    :-)
    One of the recurring theme of the setting is a melding of artificial and natural. The Court is an artificial thing, but it grows organically in a way. The robots are programmed to build the Court, so that's what they do, even if the Court is already much larger than it needs to. Think of it as the technological mirror to the magical forest. A forest will grow organically as long as it finds more terrain on which to expand; the Court is a forest of buildings.
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    I think he did the only morally acceptable thing by killing everyone.
    Hark! An avatar drawn by Kate Beaton!

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    Quote Originally Posted by keybounce View Post
    Chapter 7
    And, she's on that bridge that she insisted was off limits?
    It is off limits; an alarm goes off the instant she touches the ground below the steps.
    https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=113

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    Actually, no, the Court was grown from the Seed Bismuth. https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=877
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vinyadan View Post
    If it's the scene I have in mind: Beta bursts out in insults, and Annie says "that's not very nice".
    Beta? Do ya mean Gamma?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 137ben View Post
    Beta? Do ya mean Gamma?
    The Court have referred to them as "Subject Gamma" and "Subject Zeta" in the past, so it's possible there's also a Subject Beta out there somewhere. Knowing this comic, she's probably hidden in the background writing insults on the walls so small that you need a microscope to see them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SZbNAhL View Post
    The Court have referred to them as "Subject Gamma" and "Subject Zeta" in the past, so it's possible there's also a Subject Beta out there somewhere. Knowing this comic, she's probably hidden in the background writing insults on the walls so small that you need a microscope to see them.
    Ysengrin can never die until he goes to Stavromula Beta!

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    Quote Originally Posted by 137ben View Post
    Ysengrin can never die until he goes to Stavromula Beta!
    Loup isn't attacking the Court at all! It's all just a series of incredibly unlikely coincidences causing him to indirectly kill people.

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    I like this page, although I was expecting something a bit more spectacular than this, considering the fireworks Annie has done before.
    Last edited by Mith; 2019-03-25 at 06:34 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mith View Post
    I like this page, although I was expecting something a bit more spectacular than this, considering the fireworks Annie has done before.
    I'm assuming it is a case of finesse--'let's cook the crab (and apparently a door), but not ourselves (or our clothes, I forget if Annie herself is fireproof), or bring the whole place down on our heads.'

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    Quote Originally Posted by 137ben View Post
    Beta? Do ya mean Gamma?
    Uh-oh. When I wrote, I thought that Zimmy was called Gamma, and Gamma Beta.
    Quote Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1955
    I thought Tom Bombadil dreadful — but worse still was the announcer's preliminary remarks that Goldberry was his daughter (!), and that Willowman was an ally of Mordor (!!).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vinyadan View Post
    Uh-oh. When I wrote, I thought that Zimmy was called Gamma, and Gamma Beta.
    Alpha must be hiding somewhere. Probably in the Headmaster's office.

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    For the new comic "We are not amused."

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    "Oh hey guys. How'd you get past that water elemental we left on guard?"

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    Quote Originally Posted by 137ben View Post
    Alpha must be hiding somewhere. Probably in the Headmaster's office.
    Alpha went to the cafeteria, to Eta Beta Pi.

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    Holy crap, it's a new

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    Rogat Orjak!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by wingnutx View Post
    Holy crap, it's a new

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    Rogat Orjak!!!
    Kinda telegraphed Monday with the name Cvet.
    May you get EXACTLY what you wish for.

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    Cvet has the squat & the accent, now needs an Adidas tracksuit.

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