Gunnerkrigg Court

Before you know it, where going to see Jones there as the entire universe is created.

Jones always is. Jones will always be.

Jones is the Winslow.

Absurd. The Winslow always smiles; Jones never smiles. The Winslow figures in three-fourths of the galaxy's religions; Jones is part of no mythology.

Clearly, Jones is the anti-Winslow, and must never be brought in contact with it lest they both explode.

So, Jones was part of one of the original American colonies.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."

And now we know how Coyote learned of the Court, I assume.

"The marvel is not that the Bear posts well, but that the Bear posts at all."

Huuuuuuh.

On another note it strikes me as funny to hear tobacco referred to as "golden weed."

The baby bat/ Screamed out in fright,/ 'Turn on the dark,/ I'm afraid of the light.'

Jones confirmed for Coyote's arch-nemesis.

I'd like to see how Coyote met Renard and Ysengrin. :hmm

Maybe that's part of a future arc.

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders!

Well, her expression suits the clothing, at least...

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Creed of the Happy Pessimist:Always expect the worst. Then, when it happens, it was only what you expected. All else is a happy surprise.

I wonder if she met my great great great great great... great great grandfather? He was there in Jamestown.

Me and my friend's collaborative webcomic: Forged Men

not necessarily. life was hard in the new colonies, but people still managed to be happy. Grant you, jamestown wasn't as close-knit a community as the puritans would become, more centralized around the acquisition of wealth. Jones might be traveling as an indentured servant (the idea was, you set up a contract, someone on a plantation there buys your service for the next seven or so years in exchange for paying your fare across, and then you get your own land), or maybe a servant already attached to a family. A lot of women were wives, but that seems unlikely, given that Jones disappeared quickly.

TL;DR early settlers were people, not automatons of severity, sobriety and propriety.

ophelia, you're breaking my heart

Um... grew up in South Africa. There's not a lot I don't know about settling. Thanks, though.

Heck... although this is so:-

Even the most rabid of profit-seekers generally tried to maintain the surface of the above, at least, as it was the Protestant thing to do, if only to distinguish you from The Other Side. Be you Dutch, German (for a given definition of "German"), French, Flemish, English, Welsh, Irish or Scottish in origin. It was a bit like wearing team colours. Or, the Samurai attempts to distinguish themselves from everybody else, but more specifically The Bad Old Days of perceived Kamakura excesses and pre-Buddhist adherence in their own emergent class. Despite all the usual corruptions and problems just taking new shapes under it all.

edited 19th Oct '12 5:21:20 AM by Euodiachloris

argh blargh sorry. It's just that here in the States there's a big misconception about the Pilgrims and who they were and what they were like and, hey, did you know that sometimes they had really good sense of humor and also that the unwed pregnancy rate was really up and it's frustrating. because, no, actually, despite Thanksgiving pictures, they didn't just sit around working and studying the Bible all day. which they did do a lot of the latter, but it wasn't necessarily a bad thing. They weren't just humorless, emotionless jerks.

ophelia, you're breaking my heart

They spent the rest of their extra time bathing and going to church. Yep.

Ah, Jamestown. You spend like a year in elementary school learning about them in Virginia.

In case it wasn't pounded into your head growing up, John Rolfe's "heathen bride" was Pocahontas.

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?

Yup... and... not really a pretty little tale, however you slice it. <shivers>

You mean Disney lied to us?! But "Colors of the Wind" was such a good song.

edited 19th Oct '12 9:31:21 AM by Eagal

You fell victim to one of the classic blunders!

No kidding. :/ The events of Jamestown before that felt like a Dwarf Fortress session.

^ Silly, they always do. :3

edited 19th Oct '12 10:26:25 AM by Zersk

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Pocahontas was a preteen when she and Smith first met, one would hope there was no real-life relationship there... (historians still argue over whether she did in fact save his life or it was just a ceremony thingy)

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?

As far as I'd heard, historians are still arguing over just how colossal a liar Smith was...

"The marvel is not that the Bear posts well, but that the Bear posts at all."

Pre-teen (12-13 years of age or thereabouts) wouldn't be that unusual for that time period. And it IS fact that she married John Rolfe, went to England, and died there. So yeah, Disney lies even direct-to-video.

The baby bat/ Screamed out in fright,/ 'Turn on the dark,/ I'm afraid of the light.'

yeah, more than likely they had no relationship. it's not impossible that she saved his life, though - John Smith wrote about the incident in a letter recommending Pochahontas to the Queen of England years before he published his memoirs.

ophelia, you're breaking my heart

It's kinda funny, seeing these conversations and knowing next to nothing about things practically everyone from the US spends their school years being bombarded with.

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Likewise. I did watched the Disney movie, though.