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2012-11-26, 11:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
To be picayune, it wasn't that Nick Chopper - the Tin Woodman - didn't feel emotions. He started out as a normal human, but the Wicked Witch of the East enchanted his axe so it would cut off a piece of him until there was nothing left. He got around this by having a tinsmith fashion a new part whenever he lost one, but the tinsmith didn't make him a heart. And without a heart, Nick didn't think he had emotions anymore. But if you the book, it's clear he DID, even before the Wizard gave him a humbug heart. That might be Jones' problem. She sees humans having these emotional fireworks all over the place, and because that's not what SHE feels, she assumes she doesn't have them. But you can destroy a rock in a second with an explosion, or over millions of years by wearing it away. It may be what Jones feels is just as strong as a human, but very slow. So slow that the object of her emotion usually ceases to exist before she becomes aware that she feels something towards it/them...
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2012-11-27, 09:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
I always thought the idea of s P-Zombie was that nobody was home. There is no 'they', no 'I' inside. Traditionally yes, in the thought experiment such a creature is capable of perfectly expressing emotions without anything feeling them, but it is hardly necessary for the core of the concept: a hollow shell, a person who isn't.
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2012-11-28, 11:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
Nothing on the new one yet? Wow.
I got nothing.
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2012-11-28, 11:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
Well its just been so confusing nobody is sure what to say.
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2012-11-28, 12:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
Actually, not really. Jones is voicing the same ponderings we had for the last update.
The new thing we have is Jones' footprints, and she is acknowledging them as her footprints, in the fossil record. That they're seen as hoaxes intimates that a number of her footprints were found in the record prior to the 'homo' genus evolving.Last edited by sihnfahl; 2012-11-28 at 12:23 PM.
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2012-11-28, 12:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-11-28, 01:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
I am not thrilled about the recent strips. I think they should've ended at one or two strips right after the trip-to-formation-of-earth.
GC is about discovery process, where some questions get answered but more are raised, and that happens within context of something going on. It is normally a mystery, with clues given sparingly and indirectly, and the fun is piecing them together. The recent ones have been way too much exposition and too much information dump just for its own sake.
Don't take me wrong, it is still good stuff. Much like Giant, Tom is too skilled at his craft to know not to write something unreadable. I just don't find it to be up to his usual high standards.
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2012-11-28, 01:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
Nah. Im for once happy somebody just wanted answers and got them. Not every mystery needs to be cryptic and go on for 5 arcs.
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2012-11-29, 12:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Who wants to bet the fingerprint on the moon is going to come up again?
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2012-11-29, 02:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
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2012-11-29, 03:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-11-30, 01:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-11-30, 04:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
What is Gunnerkrigg Court? It is man's endeavor to become God.
The implications of that statement, combined with Coyote's hypothesis in today's last panel, combined with the Court's in-depth etheric studies, are frightening to consider.A potent relic of the past. 'Tis said the wearer commands the wisdom of kings, and can see the unseeable.
Like the grue lurking in your bedroom waiting for you to fall asleep.
But perhaps some things are better left unseen...
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2012-11-30, 06:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
Ah, but of course it's frightening. Instead of subconciously guiding the Etheric, Gunnerkrigg is aiming to learn how to directly control it... like any other power.
We already see the first glimpses of what they've learned they're capable of - Kat's Mom's computer system ... the shields used against Ysengrim and Reynardine ... the bots, which are starting to act very human-like...May you get EXACTLY what you wish for.
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2012-11-30, 09:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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'Starting', what do you mean, 'starting'?
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2012-12-01, 12:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
Speaking of the robots, I think Coyote's theory also raises some interesting questions about Kat. She's a more-or-less normal person now, but the robots are already making myths about her.
When in doubt, light something on fire.
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2012-12-01, 12:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
Yeah, that comes up in discussion a lot. Remember how Zimmy perceived Kat? She might achieve apotheosis some day, if the robots can affect the ether.
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2012-12-01, 06:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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My google-fu fails me and I really don't want to go into an in depth archive dive, is there any way someone could link me to the comic where zimmy says how she sees kat?
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2012-12-01, 06:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
If you want a OotS style Touhou avatar, send me a request.
Steam name: memnarch. Same avatar.
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2012-12-01, 07:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Ah I was in an earlier space than that...
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2012-12-02, 12:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-12-02, 08:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
You are correct, I was paraphrasing it to fit the situation, and what Raven's Cry quoted was the phrase from the book I was talking about. Yay understanding!
EDIT: What with the recent discussion, and the linked page, I feel like THIS is... quite relevant.
Edit 2: And this page was already posted. Whoops.Last edited by Fayd; 2012-12-02 at 09:04 PM.
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2012-12-03, 09:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
Ah, now we're finally getting to the important part. Ysengrin...
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2012-12-03, 10:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-12-03, 10:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
Why's she thinking about Ysengrin? Does he have a relation to the ether experiments, or is she just thinking about his outrage about Coyote's story?
And yes, this answers a lot of questions about Zimmy's perception of Kat. Zimmy, being oversensitive to the ether, is seeing the stories being told about a robot angel.
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2012-12-03, 10:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-12-03, 10:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
Not sure he actually hates humans, though, given the recent... events we've seen him and Coyote in. (What with Coyote removing memories selectively. Makes it easy to manipulate Ysengrin.)
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2012-12-03, 11:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
I wonder...
Does Coyote remove the memory of him removing memories?
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2012-12-03, 01:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-12-03, 01:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!
His past behavior has shown a bit of animosity towards humans. No humans in the forest (unless invited); he doesn't want to spend any more time in their company than necessary; the condition that humans, should they want to live in the forest, first give up being physically human; him calling any forest-dwellers that go to the Court 'traitors'...
Yes, he feels regret after he attacks Annie and comes down from his rage... but then Coyote steals anything that makes him introspective as to his thoughts regarding humans, making him just as implacable as before. He never grows, he never changes... he's Ysengrin, Guardian of the Forest.Last edited by sihnfahl; 2012-12-03 at 01:35 PM.
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