>No obligation.
http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/
>>89353097
Those dicks!
Also, Parley, please use your superpower and teleport him to a hospital now.
>>89353097
smitty's fucked, isn't he
>>89353097
welp
>>89353097
Just when it seemed Annie's relationship with the Pomps might be mended they burn it down again.
>>89353097
Who's a very special girl?
Not you, gedafuckowdahere
>>89353097
maximumkeks.jpeg
Well done Annie, you got your friend killed for some ungrateful psychopoops, I hope you learned you lesson and won't keep trusting them.
>>89353097
I dearly hope Annie is about to fire elemental on them.
ROTD also had a stake in the Jeanne situation, so hopefully they'll step in and talk some sense into the pomps.
>>89353097
They have a robot goddess right there...
Honestly, I'm starting to think the niggas that got Anthony to cut off his arm are less of a bag of dicks than the Psychopomps
>>89353220
Mask =/= robot.
>>89353220
Fat lot of good that does, Smitface isn't a robot.
>>89353237
Well the psychopomps asked her to do something for them and are now saying she did a good job. The guys that got Anthony to cut off his hand were actually telling him exactly how to do what he wanted, they just didn't tell him what he wanted was stupid. So I have to agree, the psychopomps are bigger dicks.
>>89353237
Can you name one faction in this comic that are not dicks?Can you name one from the real-world?
Called that shit.
You see, people, Coyote's Tooth isn't for Jeanne. It's for Parley taking out her rage on Death itself.
Betting it's "we will not" because he's not going to die.
>>89353244
He's talking about Kat
>>89353269
Can Parley even see them? She looks like she's questioning why Annie is yelling at thin air while her love is bleeding to death.
>>89353276
"It is not this boy's time to die right now..."
*Carefully built-up dramatic tension immediately dissolves*
>>89353097
oh god, he's actually gonna die?
No, fuck you Tom
>>89353097
I was ready to call cop out, but this is good.
>>89353332
Welcome... to Gunnerkrigg Court!
>>89353147
They're not burning it down; she is by demanding stupid shit.
>>89353097
don't the court fairies know healing magic?
>>89353129
Can't, would need Smith's powers too
But he's too busy writing himself out of the story
>>89353237
I don't really think the pomos are dicks, they are just incredibly simple minded.
They ferry dead people to the afterlife.
They want to ferry dead people to the afterlife.
They dislike when they are not able to ferry certain dead people to the afterlife.
They aren't in the business of healing people that were stabbed by dead people, they are in the business of ferrying the dead people to the afterlife. No more. No less.
>>89353269
>All according to keikakukeikaku means plan
>>89353129
I mean, can she even? She never had much control of her power until she started getting it on with Smitty. Now that he's gone it's possible she doesn't have the same level of control. Also a dagger through the heart my be fatal regardless.
>>89353154
Parley was pretty gung ho about freeing Jeanne all on her own, so I mean, it's not JUST because her maste... 'friends' told her to do it.
>>89353097
MUUUUUUUUT.
>>89353185
I don't think they can make the psychopomps heal him. At best he'd end up as a ghost.
>>89353431
"Please gods of death, I did your dirty work, maybe heal this one kid for me?" Seems like a fairly reasonable request, I mean, Jeanne is kinda their fuckup for letting her fester so long.
>>89353541
Why is it a reasonable request? Put yourself in the Psychopomp's shoes for a minute before answering that.
>>89353269
It's going to get pulled out when they try to take his spirit.
>>89353548
"Well, we just got two souls we've been after for a couple centuries, want to save eyebrows in gratitude so we don't lose our new recruit?"
"Nah, we can have 3 now! Waiting 2 years until his wife crushing him in her thighs is waaaay too hard."
>>89353523
They seem to have some authority on things though.
>>89353548
>"This girl's friend was injured whilst doing my job at my request and I could easily heal him"
Yeah, they're dicks. The whole 'can't intervene' thing went out the window when they asked for help.
Guys, Smitty's not dead yet. They aren't there for him. The psychopomps are all just here to congratulate Annie on a job well done because she was able to fulfill the duty no one else was able to do. That's also why they owe her nothing; they see it as just another thing that had to be done by someone, it just happened to be Annie that figured it out. Annie's the one that thought of it as a special request because from her point of view, Muut had asked her for the impossible.
If Smitty dies, then we might have a situation like with Jones >>89353185
But ROTD can't even step in because Smitty's not dead yet.
Don't call him dead until he's actually being called away by a psychopomp.
>>89353596
Nope, he's dead, I am already burying him, ignore the whining. He must die for my superior AnnieXParley ship. Sorry eyebrows, your plot armor had to give out someday.
>>89353567
What? A policy of nonintervention doesn't preclude asking for outside help.
Never mind the fact that they're deities and she's a, what, twelve-year-old girl? Annie shouldn't go into it thinking she's on equal footing because she's not.
>>89353596
Calling it now: they're here for the robot's biological bits. The whole gang showed up so they can figure out who gets dibs on Kat's homegrown purple chicken wings.
>>89353097
Is smitty ready for the ride?!
>>89353615
Again, I wish the 'Annie is terrible' meme would die already. It's just old and unfunny at this point.
>>89353615
I thought they were in high school now.
>>89353619
>they take his sythmeat body
>they leave Robot's head with his chip in it while he's screaming for them to take him with them
>>89353646
>It's just old and unfunny at this point.
just like Annie!
>>89353097
who the fucks the goblin supposed to be
>>89353563
>>89353269
Neat as that would be, I'm still not convinced Tom will actually go through with it, instead of just blueballing us all again.
>>89353596
You do have a point, in the past they only showed up directly AFTER a death, not in the moments leading up to one, and even then never all at once
Either Smitty isn't dying, or he continues on with a half-life because Antimony goes fire and doesn't let any pomps take him.
>>89353501
>heart
it didn't go through his heart though
>>89353244
>>89353250
Just sayan that they got a robot goddess there who's recently made breakthroughs in biomechanical engineering, who also has a lot of spare parts lying around right now. There's also the spirit medium. They can fix this.
>>89353154
It was mostly for Jane herself they did this.
>>89353596
>>89353771
In the case of regular deaths like Mort, yeah but the arrow's effects and Jeanne's passing must have their attention by now.
>>89353615
>and she's a, what
Freelance psychopomp who just accomplished something they've failed to do for a very long time. If she's as useless as you say, maybe they shouldn't have gone to her for help and should've just done it themselves.
>>89353664
He can just get another body. It's no different than an equestrian losing their horse.
>>89353130
No, this pretty much guarantees he lives.
It shifted the narrative conflict. It's no longer "Smitty Sacrificed himself to win"... he already said his cool line and he's still kicking. The conflict that caused it is resolved too
It's "The new challenge is saving Smitty".
I wonder... could Coyote lend a hand?
>>89353097
Aaaaaannnnnddddd Annie gets another lesson
>>89353914
it's not losing the body it's that he wants to die a real death.
>>89353814
Not being sent makes you a Ghost. It doesn't prevent you from dying.
>>89353097
>GEEZ WHY DOESN'T ANNIE CARE THAT SMITTY IS GOING TO DIE WHAT A DUMB SLUT
>GEEZ WHY IS ANNIE DESPERATELY PLEADING FOR SMITTY'S LIFE WHAT A DUMB SLUT
Nothing pleases you autists.
Annie BTFO
WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
>>89353369
>you owe me!
Not if Annie can't control her autismal rage.
>>89354023
No, it's "Annie learns actions have consequences" and "You can't go running off to play the hero and then expect someone to clean up your mess."
You know what would be really nice?
If Annie decided to use the ehter to join her father (via Kat's mom) and asked him guidance to make an heart operationby moving stuff with her etheric kinesis and cauterising tissue with her fire, while her father supervise each steps.
>>89353097
This is why you should always get a contract in writing, and get a lawyer to look it over.
>>89354230
Technically, Parley is at fault too. Kat was making the smart suggestion to seek the help of the indestructible Golem to deal with the Killer Ghost, But parley is the one who took the decision to not involve anyone else.
>>89354381
... Out of what was basically personal pride.
Let's not forget that the Pomps and the RotD both encouraged them in their quest.
Kat, punch Muut again, would you? But this time do it as the Goddess of HyperTechnology or whatever the fuck you are.
>>89354608
WAIT FUCK I JUST REALIZED AFTER POSTING THIS
DO THE PSYCHOPOMPS CONSIDER THIS FAVOR TO BE ANNIE'S PAYBACK FOR DELIVERING THE LETTER TO MORT?
I TOLD YOU FAGGOTS MY BOY SMIT WAS FUCKED
FUCK
FUCK MY LIFE
>>89354368
Nah.
>>89354619
He ain't dead yet.
>>89354738
TWO MORE WEEKS
JUST YOU WAIT
>>89354368
I forget if this is even possible, but could Annie pull a double totem swap to save Smitty?
Have him become an animal, then pull his life force out of the animal and cram it into a human shell made by the court?
A bit foggy on how the human-into-animal side of the switcheroo works, though, so this may already be an impossible idea.
>>89355093
Just have coyote make a new body.
>>89355166
Because he's so well-known for making top-notch humans.
>>89355200
No good deed goes unpunished.
>>89353097
>>89355214
I half expect him to show up now with a wink and a big grin, this kind of scenario is something he'd love. But then taking the foreign ambassador into your jurisdiction will cause a lot of problems.
Also Smitty doesn't seem like the type to screw with death, I think he's want to move on.
>>89353457
no idea about the fae, but Eglamore had a potion, pic related
>>89353097
Well fuck you too you Tootsie roll eating motherfucker!
>>89353097
>Annie out there with the FIX THIS!
>>89355379
it's just cyanide.
>>89353541
>gods of death
>heal
At best they can not take him. Undead-Smitty.
>>89353097
SUCKAAA!
>>89354618
It wouldn't surprise me, if they thought that a letter equals a human life.
>>89355438
They would at least not take him, so he would still be alive once he got to a hospital.
Even if every drop of blood drained they would be like "idk how but he ain't dead"
>>89353541
It isn't really.
Also, that's not how she worded it, is it?
>>89353646
I wish Annie would die already.
>>89353909
SHE didn't really do anything at all, did she?
Her friends who put their lives on the line without any hope for reward did all the hard work.
Annie just stood in a labyrinth for a while, dumbfounded by how amazing Kat is.
>>89354175
No, that's not what we're saying.
All we're saying is that Annie is a retard.
In my personal opinion, this pleases me greatly.
>>89355732
Do you even read the webcomic, or just come in and try to say anything to try and troll people.
>>89355677
dead annie would still be main character
>>89355777
No, I've been reading this comic for almost as long as it has existed.
Yes, I come in and try to say anything to try and troll people.
I do actually hate Annie and I have a massive hateboner for her.
This does not mean she is a bad character or that Tom did anything wrong imo.
>>89355824
I think that's a very understandable position to take. She's definitely not a morally perfect character!
>>89355824
Fair nuff
>>89355677
>>89355798
>Annie has been dead this whole time.
so is it time for Coyote to invade the court now? It feels like that's why he made Annie help Jeanne
>>89356062
Brain-dead, definitely. :)
>>89354618
No, not really, They simply considered it was okay to deliver the letter as Mort was already dead. It's not interfering with the realm of the living.
>>89355093
>>89355166
Smity is saved thanks to totem but there is a mess up and is new body is female.
>>89355632
No, not taking him would just make him a ghost.
>>89356935
Georgina.
I ought to draw 63 Smitty.
>>89356935
>Parley's already became the beefy male of the couple
>Smitty becomes moe
>>89356974
So he could at least spend a lil while as a ghost helping raise his child or ghost banging his gf.
There is literally an entire department for people dying before getting a chance to do stuff.
>>89357068
Making pottery.
>Implying Smitty wouldn't turn into a rabbit.
>>89353185
Why is Jones so best? Why is she so attractive?
>>89358070
Iwonder if it's possible to break herhymen
>>89353097
You should have said 'please'
>>89358109
Jones can hurt herself. I guess after several broken penises, she took the decision to finger herself up to it and broke it.
>>89353596
If I ask you to go out and do something for me, something that might put you in danger, I shoulder some responsibility for what happens.
>>89358276
>Jones can hurt herself.
She expressly said she can't.
>>89358386
Oh, right, I had got it the other way around.
Calling it now: they're there for robot and to decide who's ging to start taking the organic Robots.
This will be permanent death for Robot. His CPU has been fried by the amount of pain it had to process, being cut in half.
>>89358386
>Jones is a permavirgin
She's one of us!
I'm assuming he makes it because if he dies that'll signal a really big and dark change for the comic, never mind the sort of punishments Kat, Annie and Parley will get for all this.
>>89359898
Please.
>>89354381
>>89354385
the drawing style was so much better back then, it looked and felt more... wholesome
>>89360189
>>89359898
>>89360189
indestructable hymen
>>89360189
>>89360209
All Jones lover confirmed for lil dick that can't even reach the hymen.
>>89360290
Their is no hymen in the ass tho
>>89360364
but a sphincter with the power to destroy most matter
>>89360459
If she clenched her anus while there was something in it, could she compress it enough to turn her brown hole into a black hole?
>>89360459
HOT
Makes sense why Annie was focused on getting Jeanne out of there as quickly as possible instead of crying over Smitty.
>>89360599
She had enough reason before. Annie couldn't just leave Jeanne unattended in case she went violent again.
>>89360209
I like the face in the last panel.
>>89360965
>"Damn James, you smelling fiiiine"
>"Stop Jones, das gay"
>>89359898
Why do you think she's into /ss/?
Shota cock is the only kind that fits.
>>89361174
Didnt she raise him? Or am I remembering something else
>>89362280
>"Stop it mom! I'm a grown man!"
>>89353097
Christ, that's cold even for the spirits of the dead.
>>89362280
She goes from a mother figure to a wife figure to a daughter figure as her chosen mortal ages.
Then she finds another one.
>>89362280
She's intoage play.
>>89363344
>I'll be 1 billion and you be 40
>>89363483
>1 billion
So she's pretending to be significantly younger than she is, then.
>>89358607
So what happens when she messes with the coyote tooth?
>>89364905
Everyone's been wondering that for years.
>>89360224
>>89360290
Hymens dont work like that
>>89362280
>>89365256
Trying to teach sex ed to /co/ posters is like trying to teach snakes to juggle.
>>89365763
I did a gunnerkrigg.
(It's not gross.)
>>89369319
>(It's not gross.)
Well, that's a lie.
>>89369394
W-why?
What's gross about it? :(
Also, I'm told this is a muscleKat.
>>89369436
Oh, right, this is an alt-fact world.
It's the best piece of art ever made and is in no way gross, inappropriate, or disgusting.
>>89369532
Well, it's still lewd, that's why it's spoilered, but it doesn't have any weird gross fetishes in it.
You know what I meant.
>>89369575
>but it doesn't have any weird gross fetishes in it.
Yes. Yes, it does. Bondage, latex, bodily fluids, and underage girls. That's four just off the top of my head. Five, if you count getting sexually aroused by bismuth.
>>89369740
None of those are really that weird at all ...
>>89369740
pretty vanilla
but still kind of gross
>>89369768
It's dangerous to go alone, take this.
>>89369740
Who doesn't? Except maybe Jasper......
>>89370132
ESPECIALLY Jasper.
>>89369740
those are fairly tame things, in comparison.
>>89370781
Just because there are grosser or weirder fetishes doesn't make them not gross or weird.
>>89353097
Do the Psychopomps want a second Jeanne to happen? Cuz thats how you get a killer ghost.
And this killer isn't gonna be tied to the waters, its gonne be hunting them down.
>>89353097
Its because she failed to get a final record.
We all know he SHOULD die, right? From a storytelling perspective he really ought to die, especially if we're about to enter the endgame of the comic.
>>89353615
>Annie shouldn't go into it thinking she's on equal footing because she's not.
Agreed. She does their job much better than they do. They are her inferiors.
>>89372694
Right.
What did she actually do here?
Also, didn't she forget something AGAIN?
Plus, there's the little bit of a difference in status between them. She's a mortal and they are gods. She really should adress them with a bit more respect.
>>89372647
>especially if we're about to enter the endgame of the comic.
Oh God are we? Did Tom say something?
>>89372799
I dearly hope we see at least a single Zimmy and Gamma kiss before the comic ends.
Otherwise reading every update of this stupid comic for 10 years would have been all for nothing.
>>89372799
He didn't say anything, but it VERY logically follows from what we know.
--Jeanne, and the Annan Waters, have been built up from the very beginning of the comic,, and now they're done with
--Annie's scar, which had been such a noticeable mark of her progression as a medium, has been healed
--Jeanne's presence in the Annan Waters prevented Coyote and the Forest from moving against the Court in strength, and now there's no stopping them
--When the Court realizes this, they'll be forced to accelerate their plans "to become God"
Jeanne was basically the stone holding back the rockslide. Now she's gone. Strap in.
>>89372777
They've stated Jeanne has killed some members of their ranks. They're mortal, even if perhaps ageless. Likewise, she can be reborn in some capacity, so long as she has has a child. She's just as 'immortal' as them.
>>89373254
Gods can be killed. I didn't say they are completely immortal, I just said they're gods (or angels, in some religions, I suppose) and as such should be treated with respect by mere mortals.
>>89373393
She's not any more of a mere mortal than they are. She's a psychopomp too. The only difference between them and her is she does it as a hobby with only some training and they do it as a job with full training.
>>89353623
>>89375574
>>89373199
I see Annie and Kat graduating being a much better metric for the comic hitting endgame.
>>89376328
>Annie graduates before court mysteries are solved
>tries to get back into the court but they don't want her because she's been a meddlesome rebellious shit
>>89373199
>--Jeanne's presence in the Annan Waters prevented Coyote and the Forest from moving against the Court in strength, and now there's no stopping them
wrong
>>89376328
What will be their Omega device they will fail to successfully investigate, when they graduate?
>>89376328
What if they getexpelled?
>>89353097
this forum post might work well as idea for an edit or fanart
>>89373703
Also that she's a teenager and some of them have lived for thousands of years.
I'm looking forward to Tony berating Annie for this mess.
>>89353097
>Look down
>Whisper No
>>89353097
>we entrusted you with this task in the knowledge the yarn man would perish
>so many lives, never lost, never collected
>we had to end him
>>89377335
Oh so that's what that destroyed building was about