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?

Fifthfiend · 09-07-2011, 04:50 PM

Furious Anger Annie owns.

Especially when it completely backfires and bites her in the ass.

Krylo · 09-07-2011, 04:55 PM

Annie x Jack. Hate fucking forever.

Fifthfiend · 09-07-2011, 05:40 PM

Jack x Zimmy is the best ship this side of Equius X Donna Noble.

Art of Hilt · 09-08-2011, 02:01 PM

I don't understand why anyone would willingly choose to ship anything other than Parley x Smitty

WHAT are you even DOING you are like the guy with the wings flying too close to the sun with all these extra unnecessary ships

This is why America is in its current economic crisis

greed · 09-09-2011, 04:05 AM

Oh my god today's update is amazing. They are both horrible people and it is glorious.

Krylo · 09-09-2011, 04:43 AM

Jack is the best character in Gunnerkrigg Court.

greed · 09-09-2011, 06:52 AM

I really want to see Jack meet Coyote.

Amake · 09-19-2011, 10:56 AM

Tenuously topical, but I found a good old comic, The Books of Magic*, where the writer, a John Ney Rieber, writes in his own introduction a fine observation I always thought fit Gunnerkrigg just as well, except I couldn't remember much of it. To wit,

"Fortunately, London is only peripherally the setting for The Books. [The characters] actually live in a realm that has never been mapped by the Royal Geographic Society and never will be. People who have lost touch with the place call it 'Adolescence.' Those of us who still spend time there never can seem to find the time to tack names onto it. It's a place where anything can happen and probably will - the moment you blink, count on it. A place where nothing is real but the stuff you bang your head on, the stuff that dazzles you, and the stuff that makes your stomach all fluttery. A place where the only thing more mystifying than what's going on around you is what's going on inside you. In other words, a place of magic."

*Go ahead and read it. It's a comic book series of eight or so volumes, a couple of tie-ins, some spin-offs and reboots you're probably better of without, and it's basically a very similar story to Gunnerkrigg Court except it doesn't involve any school.

Fifthfiend · 09-19-2011, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krylo

Jack is the best character in Gunnerkrigg Court.

Not opinion. Fact.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Art of Hilt

I don't understand why anyone would willingly choose to ship anything other than Parley x Smitty

PFft those two are OLD NEWS, MAN, you gotta get down with the new hotness.

The new, razortoothed, no-eyed, brain-spider'd hotness.

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

09-07-2011, 04:50 PM	#2
Fifthfiend for all seasons Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 19,409	Furious Anger Annie owns. Especially when it completely backfires and bites her in the ass. __________________ check out my buttspresso

09-07-2011, 04:55 PM	#3
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	Annie x Jack. Hate fucking forever. __________________ I am very tired.

09-07-2011, 05:40 PM	#4
Fifthfiend for all seasons Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 19,409	Jack x Zimmy is the best ship this side of Equius X Donna Noble. __________________ check out my buttspresso

09-08-2011, 02:01 PM	#5
Art of Hilt tamp tamp tamp Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,270	I don't understand why anyone would willingly choose to ship anything other than Parley x Smitty WHAT are you even DOING you are like the guy with the wings flying too close to the sun with all these extra unnecessary ships This is why America is in its current economic crisis __________________ Hey baby, I hear the blues a-callin'. Tossed salad and scrambled eggs Oh My! Mercy! And maybe I seem a bit confused, yeah maybe, but I got you pegged! But I don�t know what to do with those tossed salads and scrambled eggs. They're calling again.

09-09-2011, 04:43 AM	#7
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	Jack is the best character in Gunnerkrigg Court. __________________ I am very tired.

09-19-2011, 10:56 AM	#9
Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	Tenuously topical, but I found a good old comic, The Books of Magic, where the writer, a John Ney Rieber, writes in his own introduction a fine observation I always thought fit Gunnerkrigg just as well, except I couldn't remember much of it. To wit, "Fortunately, London is only peripherally the setting for The Books. [The characters] actually live in a realm that has never been mapped by the Royal Geographic Society and never will be. People who have lost touch with the place call it 'Adolescence.' Those of us who still spend time there never can seem to find the time to tack names onto it. It's a place where anything can happen and probably will - the moment you blink, count on it. A place where nothing is real but the stuff you bang your head on, the stuff that dazzles you, and the stuff that makes your stomach all fluttery. A place where the only thing more mystifying than what's going on around you is what's going on inside you. In other words, a place of magic." Go ahead and read it. It's a comic book series of eight or so volumes, a couple of tie-ins, some spin-offs and reboots you're probably better of without, and it's basically a very similar story to Gunnerkrigg Court except it doesn't involve any school. __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed