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Author Topic: Gunnerkrigg Court: Confusion, confusion everywhere!  (Read 239157 times)

Zangi

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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court: Confusion, confusion everywhere!
« Reply #1650 on: March 22, 2012, 01:18:17 am »

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« Reply #1651 on: March 22, 2012, 02:12:13 am »

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You people terrify me. I don't even remember that photo, much less that cameo appearance.   :-[
Yeah, I only found out when I saw it on TV Tropes. Tom is mad referential.
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court: Confusion, confusion everywhere!
« Reply #1652 on: March 22, 2012, 07:54:53 am »

Chapter 22. I'm sure it'll come back to you.
....I don't even remember this chapter. WTF.
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court: Confusion, confusion everywhere!
« Reply #1653 on: March 22, 2012, 09:37:58 am »

I've read through the first 30 chapters probably three of four times. It's pretty much necessary to do that if you want to catch all the the little things.
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court: Confusion, confusion everywhere!
« Reply #1654 on: April 02, 2012, 12:34:34 pm »

Now what's going on?

If you haven't yet, vote in the march madness comic tournament thing. Right now, it's GC vs. Homestuck. I am personally torn. On one hand, Tom is an amazing artist. On the other hand, Homestuck.
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court: Confusion, confusion everywhere!
« Reply #1655 on: April 02, 2012, 03:03:27 pm »

Suddenly karate master. Tom, Annie is already bordering on a Mary Sue. She doesn't need MOAR AWESUMZ SKILLS retconned in.

Also things like these are one of my hatiest tropes. I am completely unreasonable about it, too.
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court: Confusion, confusion everywhere!
« Reply #1656 on: April 02, 2012, 03:08:33 pm »

What makes you think she's a Karate master? Just because she's wearing a Gi doesn't make her good at it.
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court: Confusion, confusion everywhere!
« Reply #1658 on: April 03, 2012, 03:47:04 am »

Suddenly karate master. Tom, Annie is already bordering on a Mary Sue. She doesn't need MOAR AWESUMZ SKILLS retconned in.

Also things like these are one of my hatiest tropes. I am completely unreasonable about it, too.

She's already proven in the past to be a very good fighter (see: that thing with Dr. Disaster, where she was in a simulation, sure, but there was no evidence that being in a simulation suddenly gives you mad Enigmaron face kicking skills) so this isn't exactly a great leap from anything, seeing as how all that's been shown so far is her hurting her foot.
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court: Confusion, confusion everywhere!
« Reply #1659 on: April 03, 2012, 05:40:49 am »

What makes you think she's a Karate master? Just because she's wearing a Gi doesn't make her good at it.

Rethoric. It doesn't matter how good she is, it's going "oh, and she totally knows karate you guys" 37 chapters into the story.
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« Reply #1660 on: April 03, 2012, 05:44:26 am »

There's precendence that she can fight already. Besides, the fact that it's startlingly disconnected from the previous scene suggests this is just a flashback meant to show something important. Hell, she hurt her foot, I don't think she's going to be showcasing karate skills right now anyway.
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« Reply #1661 on: April 03, 2012, 05:48:06 am »

Yeah. I just think he's wrapping it for support, though (they do that in martial arts, don't they?), she doesn't look very hurt. And it's probably to show something else about her father-relationship, as you say. Very strange setting, though.

I withdraw my grumble. But if it turns out with her using karate later without better establishment it's going to be back WITH GREAT JUSTICE :P
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court: Confusion, confusion everywhere!
« Reply #1662 on: April 03, 2012, 08:38:05 am »

There's precendence that she can fight already. Besides, the fact that it's startlingly disconnected from the previous scene suggests this is just a flashback meant to show something important. Hell, she hurt her foot, I don't think she's going to be showcasing karate skills right now anyway.

Nah, look at her surpprised face. She's been teleported (or whatever it is that Donny's spell-tech does) to either her father's location, or a VR simulation with her dad.
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court: Confusion, confusion everywhere!
« Reply #1663 on: April 03, 2012, 08:45:28 am »

Yeah. I just think he's wrapping it for support, though (they do that in martial arts, don't they?), she doesn't look very hurt. And it's probably to show something else about her father-relationship, as you say. Very strange setting, though.

I withdraw my grumble. But if it turns out with her using karate later without better establishment it's going to be back WITH GREAT JUSTICE :P
How did you feel when she judo flipped Winsbury? She's been a martial artist for a long time.
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Re: Gunnerkrigg Court: Confusion, confusion everywhere!
« Reply #1664 on: April 03, 2012, 10:10:37 am »

I did not know we had a thread for this. I read this whole thing like late last week (at Andrew Hussie's suggestion) and it's pretty good.
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