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2012-10-19, 08:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
Jones is widely traveled.
Two thoughts have occurred to me. First, I imagine in every long relationship Jones has with someone, at some point they notice she isn't aging, is very heavy, has superhuman strength and invulnerability, and ask Annie's question: "What ARE you?" In the past, I suspect Jones would either tell them if she felt she could trust them, or she'd disappear from their lives and start over again somewhere else. Since she's a member of the court, now, I doubt that's operative anymore. At least for the moment.
And second, I wonder what Jones did when she was running the Landon estate. What would a good hearted, extremely intelligent, VERY experienced immortal being do with lots of money? Buy books, yes. Possibly work to help people. But I wonder if we might be looking at one of the early financial backers of the Court...
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2012-10-19, 11:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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- The Valley of Salt Lake
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2012-10-19, 12:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jun 2007
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2012-10-19, 01:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Therinos
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
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2012-10-19, 02:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
No, Jamestown was the 1600s, not the 1700s.
The initial problem with Jamestown was that it lost a little over 150 people (5/7ths the population) to a harsh winter. And the native diseases that they had no defense to.
Not to mention the Algonquins.... which later on resulted in 300 settlers dying...Last edited by sihnfahl; 2012-10-19 at 02:13 PM.
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2012-10-19, 06:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
- Sometimes, the knights are the monsters
- The main problem with the world? So many grownups, not enough adults.
- Talk less; say more.
- George R.R. Martin, Kirkman, and Joss Whedon walked into a bar. There were no survivors.
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2012-10-19, 07:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Xin-Shalast
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
Eh. Ponds, crossing, who knows.
...Do we have any idea what continent the court is on? Or if this earth has a similar number of continents?
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2012-10-19, 07:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
Well, the big hint is 'Powhatan peoples'.
... that was a tribe of Native Americans. In fact, there was a rather famous Powhatan.
She went by the name Pocahontas.
Wayback machine! Looks like the UK.Last edited by sihnfahl; 2012-10-19 at 07:49 PM.
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2012-10-19, 07:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
Yeah, definitely the UK, even without that statement, the place always felt *very* British to me.
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2012-10-19, 08:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-10-19, 08:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2007
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- Pelican City
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
Rolfe's already taken off with his heathen bride, so all that Pocahontas nonsense is over and done with. Jones is not Pocahontas.
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2012-10-19, 09:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-10-19, 10:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Therinos
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
The board ate my earlier post, but could it be plausible that she disappeared during Bacon's Rebellion? It seems to fit (Rolfe's "Golden Weed", obv. tobacco, has started to take off enough that people pin their hopes on it carrying the colony, Pocahontas debacle over and done with, Jones goes "missing" soon after the boat arrives).
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2012-10-19, 10:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
Maybe, but keep in mind Bacon was in '76, while Rolfe married Pocahontas in '14. A span of 62 years when she's already obviously an adult (perhaps in her 20s) would make her -very- old by the 1600's standards.
I'm thinking that this is somewhere between 10-20, and she disappeared during the Indian massacre in '22.May you get EXACTLY what you wish for.
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2012-10-19, 10:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
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2012-10-20, 02:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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- The Land Where 99 Men Weep and One Man Laughs
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
A while back, I read someone make a prediction on /co/ on how the chapter ends, and if it comes true, I may never stop laughing.
SpoilerJones replies to Annie, "I am definitely not a robot." And then walks out of the room. The end.
"Mech is king."
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2012-10-22, 08:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
I wonder if Jones breaking the spear was a display of temper or just expedience ("As long as he has a weapon he will continue attacking me and damaging my clothes. Breaking the spear will dishearten him and the crowd and allow me to leave without further interference"). I also wonder what set the villagers off. An unaging person would be disturbing, but it would take time to notice that...
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2012-10-22, 09:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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- The Land of Angles
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2012-10-22, 01:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Lost in the Hinterlands
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
Hey! That's my theory! Strange minds think alike?
This apparent healing factor sort of calls that hypothesis into doubt.Last edited by Giggling Ghast; 2012-10-22 at 01:06 PM.
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With this work behold my grief, in Stone and shifting sand.
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2012-10-22, 01:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
Not sure she was even hurt there in the first place, actually. The "thud" suggests that the lance just bounced.
Villager: "She's a devil/witch!"
*thud*
Jones: "You're right. Now what."
Villager: "Oh sh-"
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2012-10-22, 01:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Therinos
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
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2012-10-22, 02:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2004
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- The Land of Angles
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2012-10-22, 04:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
VILLAGER #1: Build a bridge out of her!
BEDEVERE: Ah, but can you not also make bridges out of stone?
VILLAGER #1: Oh, yeah.
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VILLAGER #1: Throw her into the pond!
CROWD: The pond! Throw her into the pond!
(Jones would sink like a rock. And then walk out the other side...)
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VILLAGER #1: If... she... weighs... the same as a duck,... she's made of wood.
BEDEVERE: And therefore?
VILLAGER #2: A witch!
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VILLAGER #3: Burn her!
CROWD: Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn! Burn!...
(At this point Monty Python's lawyers show up and sue everyone...)
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2012-10-22, 04:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Argonth
Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
I can't get the Gunnerkrigg site to come up.
What happens this update?
*edit: Ok, I can see it now. she looks beautiful like that. Wimples, huh? I learn something new every day. It looked like a Hijab.Last edited by Marnath; 2012-10-22 at 05:19 PM.
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2012-10-22, 05:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Lost in the Hinterlands
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2012-10-22, 06:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Dancin' away
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
Which could mean that she healed from it, or that she's so durable that the spear simply broke on her.
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2012-10-22, 06:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Argonth
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2012-10-22, 06:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Xin-Shalast
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
My reading was that the spearhead was just sort of being held in place against her skin by the shaft and it only looks like she's pulling it out because her clothing is somewhat loose and so when she bent over to grasp the shaft in order to break it the robe/dress/thing spilled out over the spear.
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2012-10-22, 07:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
Yeah, I wouldn't tend to see a "THUD" for stabbing.
Also, Tom's aftercomic commentary is awesome.
Learn about filing factories!
Okay, relevant, and tells us what that place was.
Learn about Jamestown!
Okay, well, non-Americans probably didn't learn all about that in school, and therefore the context is good.
Learn about wimples!
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2012-10-23, 12:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
Well, the real reason Jones broke the spear was that she wanted their attention for her speech on wimples.