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2017-09-30, 07:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
It's been 27 pages so far and they haven't even started falling for each other yet, so I would say it's been slow even based on the page count. Part of the problem is that Tom is showing us how boring it is for Surma, so it's not surprising that it's kind of boring for us, too. Beyond that, it's about characters that many of us don't care about and they aren't doing things that we are that interested in.
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2017-10-01, 05:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
I remember that the library has "insect danger" written in Greek on a wall. I wonder if it will come up. (It was when Zimmy was first introduced, I believe).
Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1955
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2017-10-01, 06:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
Hm, insects don't typically have babies that look like minature adults. I wonder whether the author knows that.
The end of what Son? The story? There is no end. There's just the point where the storytellers stop talking.
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2017-10-02, 09:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
he be peepin
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2017-10-03, 11:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
Some insects have three cycles instead of four, egg, nymph, and adult. In these cases the adult may not look much different from the nymph stage (praying mantises fall into this category).
I was reading about golden egg beetles. The female lays eggs on a male, which hatch in a nymph form. Female giant water bugs also lay eggs on the male, although I couldn't find out if they hatched in a nymph form or not. I don't know if this was what Surma say, but it's possible she saw a father and his babies rather than the mother.
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2017-10-04, 08:29 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
I like the idea, put forward on the GK forum, that the 'babies' are actually mind controlling parasites and that Surma (and maybe Tony, but definitely her) are infected now. Hence this strange behavior.
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2017-10-04, 09:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
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2017-10-06, 04:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
Yep, I'm going with mind controlling parasites.
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2017-10-11, 08:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
So...what just happened in the last two panels?
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2017-10-11, 08:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
Looks like part of the branch fell over? Pretty exciting stuff there.
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2017-10-11, 11:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-13, 09:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
So . . . I'm going to guess the Court thought watching two slugs bring on the next generation of slugs would give Surma and Tony ideas. I guess the Court was deliberately trying to create Antimony.
Granted, the way most people seem to feel about slugs, I would have listed this plan under "doomed to failure," but it seems to have worked. Go figure.
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2017-10-13, 09:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
In all seriousness, considering that all we know of James at this point in time is that he is away, Surma has potentially spent more time with Tony than with James.
As for weird reactions, I know stories of people having epiphanies of "I want to learn more about a subject I never found interesting before." from experiences like this. Just because we don't like what Tony becomes in the wake of Surma's death doesn't mean he wasn't a good person prior to that.
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2017-10-13, 09:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
Yeah, but . . . slugs.
Having been on camping trips where I woke up and got to observe the shadows of slugs crawling all over the tend, I can tell you that the feelings the inspire are "ick" and not romantic.Last edited by Ellen; 2017-10-13 at 10:00 AM.
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2017-10-13, 10:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
Boy, this comic became NSFW pretty quick.
A father taken by time, a brother dead by my own hand.
With this work behold my grief, in Stone and shifting sand.
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2017-10-13, 10:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-13, 10:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
Unless you're suggesting they also engineered the tragic event which caused the last minute change of plans (which I'm inferring was the death of a close family member, but I may be off-base there), I'm not sure that follows. Sure, the Court's powerful and amoral, but they'd have to:
a) create Anja's family emergency (maybe killing someone)
b) know that Donny would choose to go with her instead of going with Tony
c) know that Surma would volunteer to go in his place (an action which surprised even her best friend).
It's possible, but it feels a lot like gambit roulette (warning: tvtropes link).
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2017-10-13, 11:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-13, 02:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jun 2007
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
Another option is that the Court took advantage of an opportunity they saw.
Like, okay, let's say the Court wanted Antimony, potentially to study how she grew up. This means having her grow up in the Court, ideally with a parent who would be amenable to the Court's perspective, and let them poke and prod at their daughter for Science.
So, Surma was pretty close to Eglamore, next in line to be the Dragonslayer, he's a pretty good choice as far as things go, but far from perfect, especially on the "Would let them use his daughter for Science" front.
Anthony Carver on the other hand, at least looks to be the ideal member of the Court. Emotionally detached, cold, highly intelligent, methodical, and obedient.
When they heard that Surma an Tony were going on the trip together, they decided to help things along. Give them an assignment that would have them sitting next to each other for several hours each day with nothing to do but talk and stare at a tree.
If nothing happens, whatever, they'll work with Eglamore. But if they can get Surma and Tony together, they imagine that it would be easy to convince Tony to let the Court study his daughter, especially if Surma was stuck in a hospital bed during that time.
But, in the end, Tony showed more spine than they imagined, took Surma and Antimony away from the court, tried to cure Surma himself, and only sent Antimony to the court after Surma died. Maybe it was too late for them to do whatever it is they wanted to do with her at that point, or maybe he was just so out of it with grief that he didn't care.
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2017-10-13, 08:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-16, 10:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
Will these two just bone already so we can move on to characters that aren't terrible and/or dead before the start of the comic
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2017-10-16, 10:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
Mind control. No doubt about it.
Or she really got off on watching the slugs...
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2017-10-18, 04:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Dancin' away
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
I find it amusingly characteristic of Tony that even now he looks surprised and kind of oblivious.
i am going to make it through this year
if it kills me
i am going to make it though this year
if it kills me
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2017-10-18, 05:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-18, 06:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
I wonder how Kat's mom heard this story?
In Donald's room
Surma: At first I was bored out of my skull but then countless little younglings exploded from this amazing beetlette. It happened right under my nose. So hot! And, and! These two slugs dangling from a branch made out in front of us. I just couldn't stop myself after that. I shugged Tony Wonny silly when we returned to the hut.
Anja: You, you what?!
Donald: Way to go, my man!
Tony (seriously): Donald, I managed to grab my thermostat just in time. Surma was smoking hot. 41.3 degrees Celsius to be exact. Can you imagine?
Anja, Donald:
Eglamore: But what about me????
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2017-10-18, 07:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
Not mind control.
Brain damage.
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2017-10-19, 08:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
I sincerely hope we get more explanation, cause otherwise what the frick just happened?
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2017-10-19, 08:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-20, 02:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
Seems reasonably in character for Surma, given what we've learned about her.
SpoilerAnd then the chair fell backward and the both died, leading to Annie looking at Anja very confused.i am going to make it through this year
if it kills me
i am going to make it though this year
if it kills me
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2017-10-20, 01:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance
Last edited by Giggling Ghast; 2017-10-20 at 01:33 PM.
A father taken by time, a brother dead by my own hand.
With this work behold my grief, in Stone and shifting sand.