Gunnerkrigg Court

Woah

... she put on make-up again!

1896

... uuuuhh

Slug sex is Serious Business.

Mandatory watching:

edited 13th Oct '17 3:14:26 AM by Druplesnubb

Is that weird slime spiral how it goes?

Well, I don't see any hints at the future whatsoever.

Ya know... I wouldn't put it past the Court or a faction thereof to have deliberately created this situation to put Tony and Surma together - yes, including offing one of Anja's parents. Whether that is because they want Surma with Tony or to separate her from James I don't know.

I don't know, that kind of omniscience-requiring planning just seems like too much of a stretch.

yup.

edited 13th Oct '17 2:31:33 PM by Twiddler

I don't know if the Court would have killed Anja's parents, but they might seize on it as an opportunity if they died. It's a little odd that Surma was so determined to go.

I'm wondering if someone pushed her into it (or into coming up with the idea 'herself'), knowing that it was an entomology mission, and knowing about her family line's connection to the psychopomps. Because with all these bugs around, this has got to have something to do with Ketrak, right?

...Maybe the Omega Device is going to kill a lot of bugs, in addition to whatever else it does.

edited 13th Oct '17 11:09:19 PM by Unsung

I mean, do you really think Donald would do that? He was the one who brought up the trip in front of Surma.

No, I don't think Donald had anything to do with it. And it could be that Surma was just trying to be a good friend. But it does seem a little odd, and I wouldn't put it past the Court to try and get her into the right headspace beforehand.

Or not. But it seems like the sort of thing the Court's Orwellian surveillance would be good for.

Surma was just trying to make Anja feel better since Tony has never heard of this tact thing and was making her feel bad about her relatives dying. Nobody pressured her into it except Tony's failure to realize he was upsetting his friends.

Not pressured, manipulated. It would only have to be a little push.

(shrugs) Only a theory. Between Coyote and the Court and their Omega Device, there's *something* going on that we don't know about yet.

I suspect a shadow war. The court researched advanced etheric tech

1897

wistful eyes

Just a completely different person when he's not at the Court.

Anyone else feel that this particular chapter is getting a bit long in the tooth?

Whatever emotional payoff we will receive at the end of this, I can't help but feel that the same thing could have been achieved with maybe half the total number of pages.

Don't get me wrong, I'm still enjoying Tom's beautiful art and it's always interesting to get some new insights into the Court's past, but in terms of narrative structure, this has probably been one of my least favorite chapters of this comic.

I think this is shaping up to be one of my all time favourite chapters, barring an unpleasant twist coming up.

Of course, I've been listening to The Cocteau Twins for the last 6 or 7 hours, so my judgment may be well impaired in favour of ambient pastels and love.

Same here.

I'm reminded of similar criticisms for The Rock, the chapter that detailed Jones' past. It's certainly better in the archive, but I'm in no rush.

That's how I feel about this whole darn comic. Granted, it's a serialized web comic. I get that. That said, it's a serialized web comic. The author should know that he can't get out a lot of pages per month as is, and so should really have adjusted the pace of his story to compensate. I'm not asking him to rush it, but at the very least, he could stand to not have whole pages of characters just sitting around not really doing that much to either advance the plot or really help develop their characters. It's a matter of making the most of what you have and knowing the constraints of your medium, and it's something that I just don't think Tom or a lot of comic writers these days — web comics or otherwise — really understand.

i like the pace. if you have an explosion in every update, explosions don't matter anymore.

See that's weird, because The Stone is my absolute favourite chapter of the entire comic. I thought that the structure there was brilliantly done, and every time the story kept going further and further back there was this mounting feeling of excitement and awe at how incredibly ancient Jones is. But that only works because I was really curious to know just what the hell Jones is.

This chapter is different. It's taking it's time to set a mood, which is something I can appreciate. The problem is that whatever happens next is a Foregone Conclusion. I'm not really interested in the reason Surma and Tony got together, since I know that they eventually get together.

Anyways, this is just my personal take. I'm still enjoying the comic, just maybe not as much as with previous chapters.

edited 16th Oct '17 9:58:14 AM by GutstheBerserker

(shrugs) People go to romance movies, and you can have a pretty good idea that the couple is going to get together by the end. How that happens can be just as enjoyable. It's a journey-is-its-own-reward thing.

I get what you're saying. This is probably a sequence that will flow better in the trade or as part of an archive binge, but I don't mind if Tom wants to take his time and try something a little different. It's all very manga-esque.

I'm fine withe the pacing, but I really do want a to see Eglamore's reaction to this. Chronologically, last we knew of their relationship Surma was annoyed at him never being around.