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MetaFour AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN from A Place (Old Master)
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#1876: Dec 4th 2009 at 12:01:18 AM

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Backstory!

So now we have a definitive answer as to why the Robots all love Jeanne.

And Cambot is a good climber.

edited 4th Dec '09 12:08:35 AM by MetaFour

Cidolfas Since: Jan, 2001
#1877: Dec 4th 2009 at 6:53:22 AM

And Jeanne was the Court's resident environmentalist, which is why she ended up on the other side of the river.

I am so, so glad this comic updates three times a week. I'd go insane with this arc if I had to wait months to see it end.

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BaThyrNeftu Since: Jun, 2009
#1879: Dec 4th 2009 at 5:04:53 PM

Perhaps an explanation for said inexplicable face cutting incident will be shown?

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Treblain Not An Avatar Since: Nov, 2012
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#1880: Dec 5th 2009 at 9:31:47 AM

My theory:

Jeanne tried to become a nonhuman to reenter the woods, but the transmigration process wasn't as refined in her time period as it was when Alastair and family did it, and she failed, trapping her on the GK side of the waters. Diego doesn't understand the spiritual side of things, and concluded that she was dead, and blamed Young, because he helped her die. Muut can't help her because she's not really dead, just waiting for a new body, and she attacked Annie because Annie was on the wrong side of the Waters, and Jeanne either

A. wanted to warn her or get her attention, B. was mad at Surma for failing to rescue her in the past. C. or otherwise, she was jealous that Annie could cross and she couldn't, and wanted to kill her.

I don't really like that last option because Jeanne doesn't seem like the jealous or cruel type, but it seems reasonable otherwise. It's hard to imagine why the Jeanne we are getting to know now would attack anyone.

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LizardBite Shameless Self-Promoter from Two Galaxies Over Since: Jan, 2001
#1881: Dec 5th 2009 at 12:51:19 PM

I don't really like that last option because Jeanne doesn't seem like the jealous or cruel type, but it seems reasonable otherwise. It's hard to imagine why the Jeanne we are getting to know now would attack anyone.

...Because living alone as a ghost for years and years and years with your goal just out of reach all that time could possibly warp a person's mind?

edited 5th Dec '09 12:51:50 PM by LizardBite

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#1882: Dec 5th 2009 at 1:01:41 PM

I like the idea that Jeanne's soul is trapped because she couldn't get a new body. Wouldn't surprise me if that's the case.

Haven Planescape Hijack Since: Jan, 2001
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#1883: Dec 5th 2009 at 1:04:24 PM

Oh! So she failed whatever test needed to be done? That's pretty likely, actually.

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#1884: Dec 5th 2009 at 1:27:53 PM

Upon further thought, the fact that a parallel is drawn between the Court's destruction of its remaining trees, and the Woods' destruction of its remaining buildings, suggests further evidence for the Court growing organically.

Treblain Not An Avatar Since: Nov, 2012
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#1885: Dec 5th 2009 at 3:23:20 PM

I was thinking about that. The laser cows were built by Diego, right? And the park is definitely part of the Court. So maybe after whatever happened to Jeanne, he changed his mind and embraced the goal of preserving at least some of the Court's natural beauty. That explains why he built robots to care for nature, in the form of the L Cs.

I also wonder if Jeanne's desire to keep the trees in the Court relates in some way to the Cherry Tree we saw a long time ago.

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MetaFour AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN from A Place (Old Master)
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#1886: Dec 5th 2009 at 6:57:28 PM

wild mass guess The cherry tree is the last remaining tree from before Coyote created the divide. Diego lobbied to preserve it after Jeanne's death, but it's so intensely magical that, all these generations later, it still isn't cleared to be moved from the decontamination chambers.

And I wonder where Sir Young fits into this particular debate, considering how he was buried in that park.

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#1887: Dec 5th 2009 at 7:41:35 PM

Is he buried there or is he just memorialized there?

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#1888: Dec 6th 2009 at 6:48:29 AM

Ah. Memorialized. Good point.

Treblain Not An Avatar Since: Nov, 2012
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#1889: Dec 6th 2009 at 10:43:05 AM

I completely forgot about this page. So the cherry tree and all of the trees in the park come from the Gillitie Forest. But the Park's trees no longer have a link to the forest, so presumably Ysengrin can't control them and Dryads from the forest wouldn't be able to use them like Marcia can. But that implies that the Cherry Tree is not yet decontaminated of the Forest's influence. Hmmmmm...

Now that chapter seems to have a lot more significance than just a camping trip. It establishes how the Court became more than the place of technology that Diego wanted, and perhaps Jeanne's death was the cause of that.

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#1890: Dec 6th 2009 at 5:15:31 PM

For anyone who have a Steam, I just crated a Gunnerkrigg steam group. Feel free to join. http://steamcommunity.com/groups/GunnerkriggCourt

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#1893: Dec 7th 2009 at 12:06:16 AM

Man, if I was a robot that would be awfully disturbing to watch.

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WilliamWideWeb (weaving) Since: Jan, 2001
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#1894: Dec 7th 2009 at 12:16:03 AM

Her hair turned white in panel 3. I wonder if this is an effect or just Tom forgetting to color that part in.

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#1895: Dec 7th 2009 at 12:17:15 AM

I'd say it's just the light from the window and the general scratchiness of the footage.

Dang Will, your avatar looks so much like me in real life it's not even funny.

edited 7th Dec '09 12:20:25 AM by edvedd

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MetaFour AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN from A Place (Old Master)
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#1896: Dec 7th 2009 at 12:31:16 AM

So is "he" Sir Young, away at training like Eglamore would be many generations later, or someone we haven't met yet, who ended up on the other side when the Court and the Wood were divided?

Man, if I was a robot that would be awfully disturbing to watch.
Probably why the Robots are so confused by this that they had to call Kat in to help them make sense of it. Their idol killed innocent robots in a fit of rage, and their creator was the one who induced this rage. It's a Logic Bomb waiting to happen.

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#1897: Dec 7th 2009 at 12:39:13 AM

Dang Will, your avatar looks so much like me in real life it's not even funny.
It's a picture Pacific drew of me.

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adam850 Since: Dec, 2009
#1898: Dec 7th 2009 at 12:53:38 AM

My first thought is that "him" that Diego mentioned had passed on in some manner.

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#1899: Dec 7th 2009 at 1:16:18 AM

Same here. She obviously lost someone, which is probably not Sir Young, but might still be by some convoluted means.

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#1900: Dec 7th 2009 at 2:40:43 AM

My first thought upon reading this page is that "he", whoever he is, passed over to Gillitie Wood.

Jeanne looks fierce when she's angry. If I were Diego, I'd be terrified. Especially with her sword right there...


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