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    Default Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 8: Thrown for a Loup

    Quote Originally Posted by 137ben View Post
    It's totally going to be Brinnie!
    Been a while since we saw her, eh? She's ripe for a comeback!

    Well, Kat's mom was the right answer! Interesting that we can see she has aged.
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    No, it can't be Kat's mom! I already bet my life saving that it would be Jones, who is also Brinnie and Gamma's mother!

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    Quote Originally Posted by 137ben View Post
    No, it can't be Kat's mom! I already bet my life saving that it would be Jones, who is also Brinnie and Gamma's mother!
    It's so obvious when hear someone say it.

    I think the story was more than deliberately vague about Kat's mom. The singular "they" is supposed to be used for persons who prefer "they" or persons whose gender is unknown (usually, that means someone whose identity is unknown. In Gunnerkrigg, there are probably a fair number of characters where no one knows [or they do know but the answer is a bit difficult to put in human terms]). Using it for Kat's mom was deliberate concealment--unless she's also been split into two or more people (lab accident. Happens all the time. Just ask Mr. Hyde or any clone).

    Or the Annie who said they was thinking of both Kat's parents and didn't notice the other Annie wasn't having exactly the same thought as her after all.

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    I'm going to go with "neither Annie knew for certain what the other was thinking, so just to be safe, they was used".
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    Hmm, will Anjia believe them when they tell her the truth?

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    Hmm, will Anjia believe them when they tell her the truth?
    She's a scientist. With proofs and evidence, she'll believe.
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    Default Re: Gunnerkrigg Court 8: Thrown for a Loup

    Kat's expression in the last panel seems kind of...bored?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 137ben View Post
    Kat's expression in the last panel seems kind of...bored?
    No? Puzzled, not bored.

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    I was going to say that I was surprised, but then I remembered that I am reading Gunnerkrigg Court.

    What Anja says next might be really interesting.

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    Kat: I discovered time travel. ANGST.
    Kat's Mom: You discovered time travel. That's my girl!
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    Alright, so that leaves open a whole slew of things which need to be addressed.

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    Alright, so that leaves open a whole slew of things which need to be addressed.

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    Why has time travel not been used to solve X, Y, or Z.
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    time-travel can only be used when there's a stable time-loop in place. Which is kinda like saying 'time travel only works when it works' but somehow I suspect that in the big ball of timey-wimey wibbly-wobbly it actually checks out.
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    That convenient box of spare robot parts than Annie finds in the library in the first chapter... will we find out that Kat put it there for her?

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    Oh Coyote, we seem to be moving towards the exact thing I was hoping WOULDN'T
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    Oh Coyote, we seem to be moving towards the exact thing I was hoping WOULDN'T
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    Well, I'm going to wager that there ends up being a big difference between easy and practical.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PhantomFox View Post
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    Well, I'm going to wager that there ends up being a big difference between easy and practical.
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    I mean step 1 might be "First, find a situation in which you know time travel has already happened, and then just figure out what you were already going to have done!
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    Looks like Brunhilde will finally get to play a role.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 137ben View Post
    It's totally going to be Brinnie!
    Have yourself an internet cookie.

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    Wow, it really is Brinnie. I am finally excited about Gunnerkrigg Court again.

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    She's grown up well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by eee View Post
    She's grown up well.
    Next page, this woman steps aside and Brinnie's there, still the same age. "What? I'm immortal. I age slowly".

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    "Remain cool."

    "Remain cool."

    "Remain coo.... ANJA!"

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    Reading over old chapters, I found this page, which I think may be the only reference to anybody outside the Court knowing about the supernatural (unless the Court runs The Russian Academy of Sciences in this universe).

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    Today's comic, in which Kat remembers, "Oh, I'm Gay"

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    Today's page, in which I remember "oh, yea, there are some people who think it is appropriate to aggressively hug someone you just met without asking them just because you know one of their relatives.

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    To be fair, Brinnie does just sort of seem like the person who's naturally a hugger.
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    Other than a few school flashbacks, do we really know anything about Brinnie? Was there like a bonus book or comic that I missed?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Haruspex_Pariah View Post
    Other than a few school flashbacks, do we really know anything about Brinnie? Was there like a bonus book or comic that I missed?
    AFAIK, no. She has just been Chekhov's Valkyrie since that short appearance.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Iruka View Post
    AFAIK, no. She has just been Chekhov's Valkyrie since that short appearance.
    I can't find that first appearance.
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    I can't find that first appearance.
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    Here up until the Valknut 4 pages later.
    Thanks -- I remembered it involved when they were students, but couldn't recall the timing in the comic's publication history.
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