Gunnerkrigg Court 7: Psychopomp and Circumstance

[Vinyadan]

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No forest creature was harmed in the making of this tree.

[eee]

I'm sure that will go over well with the Court. O_O

[Giggling Ghast]

It’s the Tree of Might! Somebody get to the fruit before Turles can eat it!

Alternatively, it might end up being a giant tree monster. Not that that is better.

[eee]

Uh-oh. He's disturbing the Laser Cows now. This could get ugly.

[137beth]

Yes! One of the best characters in GKC returns

[Kornaki]

Is there any chance that's the tree they were eating cherries off of when it was in quarantine back in chapter eight or whatever?

[NEO|Phyte]

Nah, this is pretty clearly the tree arm that Robot had the one time.

[Fawkes]

Is there any chance that's the tree they were eating cherries off of when it was in quarantine back in chapter eight or whatever?

Doesn't look like it. (Also a reminder that Tony is the worst.)

Looks more like this one.

[PhantomFox]

Ok, so it looks like Ysengrim is bound by Line-of-sight for his tree-hopping.

[Vinyadan]

How many years worth of callback are those? It's been a remarkable year in webcomics.

[Potato_Priest]

I wonder how dryad powers interact with Ysengrim's. I'd imagine that the caretakers in that forest might have something to say about what he's up to.

[eee]

I wonder how dryad powers interact with Ysengrim's. I'd imagine that the caretakers in that forest might have something to say about what he's up to.

If Ysengrin is at Coyote level, they can say what they want, it's not going to matter.

Indeed, it might not be good for the dryad to attract any attention to herself at all. Ysengrin seems to have a 'Traitor!" view of Forest creatures who abide with the Court. He'd be able to act on those feelings now.

[Nettlekid]

So far we haven't seen anything that would require Jeanne to be gone from guarding the river. I wonder why that was important for Coyote's plot?

[Mith]

So far we haven't seen anything that would require Jeanne to be gone from guarding the river. I wonder why that was important for Coyote's plot?

Didn't Coyote give his word not to break the treaty? Now it's Ysengrin doing all the work, not Coyote. Even if he comes back after, hd was completely out of the picture throughout the assault.

While Jeanne probably wouldn't have been a problem for Coyote, she still may have been a problem for Ysengrin due to methods of attack.

[Honest Tiefling]

While Jeanne probably wouldn't have been a problem for Coyote, she still may have been a problem for Ysengrin due to methods of attack.

Even if Ysengrin could defeat Jeanne, she might have been enough of a distraction or impediment to allow the court some way to buy time. Presumably they have a plan?

[137beth]

I was wondering if Kat was going to show up in this chapter

[Vinyadan]

Jeanne could kill psychopomps. I don't think anyone felt like trying his luck. It probably was the point of creating her.

[Giggling Ghast]

Placing Jeanne at the river would be pointless if Coyote could destroy her with a wave of his paw. I think they would be stalemated.

Even his power has limits. When Jones threatened to take Annie out of the forest, she implied that Coyote couldn’t stop her.

[Nettlekid]

We'll see how this turns out, but it seems as though Coyote's causing plenty of chaos from afar without having needed to cross the bridge, and if these two giant trees come together to form a new bridge that the Forest creatures can cross then it doesn't seem like there was a need to get rid of Jeanne at all.

[eee]

A lot of red eyes, there. O_O

[halfeye]

Placing Jeanne at the river would be pointless if Coyote could destroy her with a wave of his paw. I think they would be stalemated.

Even his power has limits. When Jones threatened to take Annie out of the forest, she implied that Coyote couldn’t stop her.

Jones's human appearance is misleading, she is not even close to human, Coyote not being able to stop Jones tells you nothing about anything except Coyote and Jones.

[137beth]

IIRC, there was a Formspring question where the author was asked who would win in a fight between Coyote and Jones. He answered "Coyote."


I'm curious what Ys wants with the robots. They don't seem like the kind of thing he'd like to use in his army.

[geoduck]

IIRC, there was a Formspring question where the author was asked who would win in a fight between Coyote and Jones. He answered "Coyote."


I'm curious what Ys wants with the robots. They don't seem like the kind of thing he'd like to use in his army.

I'd guess they responding to some sort of Court summons, not from Y.

[eee]

I'd guess they responding to some sort of Court summons, not from Y.

Yes. The red eyes would suggest they're in combat mode and heading towards the Forest intrusion to attempt to remove it.

I wonder where Boxbot is...

Eglamore (that guy!) should be showing up any second now.

[eee]

And Eglamore doesn't show up, but pretty much everyone else does. Let's see, between Anja and Shadow: John? And it looks like Paz WASN'T in the building that went 'boom', so Ysengrin won't have to contend with a vengeful techno-god. At least, right now.

[137beth]

I think the last panel is just everyone noticing the robots that were near them suddenly change, not that they are all coming to where the seeds were. Shadow's presence suggests that even Robot is affected.

[AdmiralCheez]

Even Jones looks a bit concerned that the robots have all gone into defensive mode.

[eee]

OK, I don't see what Ysengrin is up to, but one of the trees seems to be bending and maybe reaching...

[guttering flame]

So far Ys done nothing horrible. He destroyed the ugly neon bridge and replacing it with a living tree trunk pretty one.

[SZbNAhL]

So far Ys done nothing horrible. He destroyed the ugly neon bridge and replacing it with a living tree trunk pretty one.

A bridge that can be crossed by shadow people.