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Luzerne from Canadaland Since: Jan, 2001
#1551: Sep 21st 2009 at 6:20:53 PM

I still think Jack's a good guy on the inside. It's not him that's ripping Annie, it's that spider. :( Pre-Zimmy, he was amicable towards both of them and didn't harbor any bad feelings towards him like he seems to in the latest page.

derp derp derp
JotunofBoredom Left Eye from Noatun Since: Dec, 2009
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#1552: Sep 21st 2009 at 6:54:32 PM

"I have to wonder if Jack wouldn't be getting more sympathy if his eyes weren't all scrunchy."

The evil smile at the end of that strip wasn't exactly welcoming either.

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BaThyrNeftu Since: Jun, 2009
#1553: Sep 22nd 2009 at 12:05:09 PM

He's turned to the Dark Side. Or he's just temporarily possessed. Either way, we should just accept the fact that he is our antagonist, at least temporarily.

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adam850 Since: Dec, 2009
MetaFour AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN from A Place (Old Master)
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#1555: Sep 23rd 2009 at 12:03:13 AM

Nice Blinker Stone lights. "HELLO KAT"

edited 23rd Sep '09 12:03:35 AM by MetaFour

Kuciwalker Since: Dec, 1969
#1556: Sep 23rd 2009 at 11:52:57 AM

I don't care if he's an antagonist, he's still my favorite character. I'm rooting for him :D

Hydrall Since: Jun, 2009
#1557: Sep 23rd 2009 at 1:13:56 PM

Aww, poor Annie. I guess this does remind us that they're people too, and not all as friendly as Kat...

Haven Planescape Hijack Since: Jan, 2001
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#1558: Sep 23rd 2009 at 5:07:44 PM

^ Yeah.

Still, great timing there, John. x.x His facial expression in the last panel is great.

edited 23rd Sep '09 5:08:54 PM by Haven

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PadurKaril Bile Connoisseur from San José, CA Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Cigarettes and Valentines
#1559: Sep 23rd 2009 at 10:09:17 PM

I think Annie's isolation is at least a little self imposed.

I'd rather the world betray me, but I won't betray the world.
MetaFour AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN from A Place (Old Master)
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#1560: Sep 23rd 2009 at 11:03:06 PM

Yeah, a little. As I see it, she isn't trying to drive other students away, but she isn't trying to get to know them either. She's got her best friend Kat, and she's got Rey and Robot and Shadow 2, so she doesn't feel the need to make more acquaintances. And it seems that she's just not very comfortable socializing in large groups of people.

DoktorvonEurotrash Lex et Veritas from Not a place of honour (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1561: Sep 24th 2009 at 1:44:31 AM

Reminds me of myself that age. (The partly-self-imposed loner aspect. I couldn't see psychopomps or use blinker stones.)

I recently got up to date on this comic, and I find it pretty darn awesome.

BaThyrNeftu Since: Jun, 2009
#1562: Sep 24th 2009 at 12:26:49 PM

She also is totally asexual. She has no feelings for boys whatsoever. http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=591

Or so she claims.

edited 24th Sep '09 12:27:13 PM by Ba Thyr Neftu

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Haven Planescape Hijack Since: Jan, 2001
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#1563: Sep 24th 2009 at 12:29:11 PM

Eh, I read that as her being too embarrassed to admit it, especially to Rey who's a) kind of a Dirty Old Man b) was obsessed with her mom.

Though it's also possible she Does Not Like Men and the face that popped into her head was Kat's.

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BaThyrNeftu Since: Jun, 2009
#1564: Sep 24th 2009 at 12:35:19 PM

Yeah, I've never seen her be particularly emotional about anyone besides Kat. Well, that and her mom. But, never boys, is my point. I misspoke when I said she was asexual. Better to say that she SEEMS asexual. I personally do not believe she feels...that way about Kat.

edited 24th Sep '09 1:07:31 PM by Ba Thyr Neftu

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Hydrall Since: Jun, 2009
#1565: Sep 24th 2009 at 3:30:00 PM

They're young, ao I doubt they have real feelings like that, at least so far. Unless I've misread the ages. How old are they, again?

But I have a feeling that Jack is going to end up either as Annie's love interest, or be wildly shipped with her, as the comments indicate. He's already being considered one one of the main characters, if what I've seen on Deviantart is anything to go by.

Nornagest Since: Jan, 2001
#1566: Sep 24th 2009 at 3:37:27 PM

They're somewhere in the neighborhood of thirteen now, I think.

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BaThyrNeftu Since: Jun, 2009
#1567: Sep 24th 2009 at 4:23:34 PM

Yeah, it's pretty obvious that he's there to be a love interest type thing. But, I believe she won't be...um interested. It's just my prediction.

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PadurKaril Bile Connoisseur from San José, CA Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Cigarettes and Valentines
#1568: Sep 24th 2009 at 4:48:02 PM

Meta Four:

Yeah, a little. As I see it, she isn't trying to drive other students away, but she isn't trying to get to know them either. She's got her best friend Kat, and she's got Rey and Robot and Shadow 2, so she doesn't feel the need to make more acquaintances. And it seems that she's just not very comfortable socializing in large groups of people.

Yeah. I think Kat is overreacting. None of the other students (Jack, Willie and Zimmy aside, but the last two don't coun't cause they're always like that.) are mean to Annie or try to keep her away. I know people a lot like Annie. They're intimidating, because they're so distant and aloof. People generally don't approach them, more because they're a bit scared by them than anything else.

edited 24th Sep '09 4:48:23 PM by Padur Karil

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Luzerne from Canadaland Since: Jan, 2001
#1569: Sep 24th 2009 at 6:41:03 PM

Annie reminds me a lot of myself. Having said that, I think that she's definitely capable of being interested romantically but her introversion dampens it—she's just not that interested in people in general, and would rather exist in her own little world with ones she already knows and trusts. So friends first, attraction later. She just appears asexual because she doesn't have any male human friends at this point, so nobody is available for her. (Well, unless you count Kat, but I personally think they work better as friends.)

What about Deviantart? Does the author have a new account that he posts in, or has there just been an influx of fanart lately?

(I can't find much on DA of Jack, but I did find this, which I thought I'd share with you guys because it's beautiful.)

derp derp derp
MetaFour AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN from A Place (Old Master)
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#1570: Sep 24th 2009 at 8:53:56 PM

What about Deviantart? Does the author have a new account that he posts in,
The author has an old account, which actually predates the comic. Looks like he hasn't posted anything new there for over a year. But he hasn't abandoned it, as he's still favorite-ing recent fanart.

MetaFour AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN from A Place (Old Master)
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#1571: Sep 25th 2009 at 12:00:02 AM

622

Aaaaaaawwwww.

BroDiddley haha! from New South Wales Since: Dec, 2009
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#1572: Sep 25th 2009 at 12:20:00 AM

(looks at alt text)

But Kat said "Main Babe" first... Though only to Annie. Maybe it's a "close friendship only" thing.

Anyway, d'awwwww.

what?
JotunofBoredom Left Eye from Noatun Since: Dec, 2009
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#1573: Sep 25th 2009 at 4:10:02 AM

"Main Babe"?

Kat's influence stretches further than we think.

Awww....

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BaThyrNeftu Since: Jun, 2009
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#1575: Sep 26th 2009 at 8:49:07 PM

Hahaha.

Here in the GC forum's Wild Speculation thread, one person theorized that Jack isn't just crazy; he's seen beyond the Fourth Wall, and his erratic behavior is meant to sow chaos by stirring up controversy among the fandom.

Here, someone replies "As long as he doesn't start talking or thinking in yellow tinted Deadpool boxes, we'll be all right."

Then he posted this.


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