HOIST THE SAILS a thread for Gunnerkrigg Court shipping (and also discussion)

Amake · 09-07-2011, 02:46 PM

I ship Jack x Boxbot

No but I think this excellent comic needs a thread. Some thoughts on the most recent developments, where it appears our Annie turns out to be a disproportionately vengeful character straight out of a woman-hating ancient Greek drama:

She has done worse things than a little baiting. And the timing here is interesting. Three pages before this, we see her leaving Jack after a rather amicable conversation. Or so it seems, until she's alone and makes a rather mean face. We now know that we're seeing her resentment about Jack's hurting Renard and putting her in a tough spot. We can imagine she intellectually understands that wasn't his fault; indeed we have earlier seen her express regret that she didn't help him sooner. But the feeling lingers. And then, only a few minutes later, Annie learns a whole new level of pain as a heated argument over her dead mother brings the conflicting feelings about her which have accumulated throughout a long day of hard lessons to cataclysmic levels.

The point being, as superficial as Jack is to all this, taking revenge for his shenanigans may at this point become Annie's goal as it gives her some kind of outlet for her anger, guilt, grief, fear, abandonment etc.

Assuming that there's any truth to that whole revenge scheme she lays out in the current strip, of course.

FURTHER QUESTIONS
What is a "seed bismuth"? How does it work compared to bismuth? Compared to seeds?

Who is the "real" Ysengrin? What does Coyote mean by "real"?

What kind of crazy people are buying volume 2 of the series from Amazon for nine hundred dollars?

09-07-2011, 02:46 PM	#1
Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	HOIST THE SAILS a thread for Gunnerkrigg Court shipping (and also discussion) I ship Jack x Boxbot No but I think this excellent comic needs a thread. Some thoughts on the most recent developments, where it appears our Annie turns out to be a disproportionately vengeful character straight out of a woman-hating ancient Greek drama: She has done worse things than a little baiting. And the timing here is interesting. Three pages before this, we see her leaving Jack after a rather amicable conversation. Or so it seems, until she's alone and makes a rather mean face. We now know that we're seeing her resentment about Jack's hurting Renard and putting her in a tough spot. We can imagine she intellectually understands that wasn't his fault; indeed we have earlier seen her express regret that she didn't help him sooner. But the feeling lingers. And then, only a few minutes later, Annie learns a whole new level of pain as a heated argument over her dead mother brings the conflicting feelings about her which have accumulated throughout a long day of hard lessons to cataclysmic levels. The point being, as superficial as Jack is to all this, taking revenge for his shenanigans may at this point become Annie's goal as it gives her some kind of outlet for her anger, guilt, grief, fear, abandonment etc. Assuming that there's any truth to that whole revenge scheme she lays out in the current strip, of course. FURTHER QUESTIONS What is a "seed bismuth"? How does it work compared to bismuth? Compared to seeds? Who is the "real" Ysengrin? What does Coyote mean by "real"? What kind of crazy people are buying volume 2 of the series from Amazon for nine hundred dollars? __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed