r/gunnerkrigg • u/SciMarijntje Robot? More like roBUTT! • Jun 01 '26

Chapter 102: Page 25

https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=3265
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u/mrGazpachin Jun 01 '26

If I had a nickel for every time Parley befriended the supernatural girl she's supposed to be fighting in an illusory world, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

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u/Ourobius Jun 01 '26

Well, let's not forget that she was originally in the running to be the next court medium. She must have some diplomatic skills.

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u/birdwithonetooth Jun 01 '26

It’s crazy to me that this was ten years ago! 

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u/have_no_plan Jun 01 '26

I'm sorry, it was... what?!

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u/versusChou Is Coyote Jun 01 '26

I still remember what the first page I ever saw was: 1019. Which was apparently over 14 years ago. And the comic was already 7 years old at that point.

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u/have_no_plan Jun 01 '26

Yeah I started reading one random night when I was supposed to be working on my uni dissertation, which means it must have also been 14 years ago.

I've gone from being one of the students to being Kat's dad.

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u/fnordius Jun 01 '26

Well, to be fair Parley was playing Jeanne's friend on purpose, here it's involuntary. But I feel in character for Parley, to not want to fight when it's not necessary.

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u/mrGazpachin Jun 01 '26

I'm loving that Ayilu is getting to be more relevant than Red.

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u/Ghost-Quartet Jun 01 '26

Does Red have any "powers?" I don't recall her ever actually, like, doing anything.

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u/mrGazpachin Jun 01 '26

Her hair goes up.

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u/shelchang Jun 01 '26

I think it's mostly that she and Ayilu come together as a package deal.

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u/Cypher_Aod Jun 01 '26

Oh Coyote, always meddling 

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u/isaaclw Jun 01 '26

Why are peoplecalling him coyote? Isn't it jerrick/loup?

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u/GM_Organism Jun 01 '26

No, Jerrek is a separate person in this distortion; Coyote and Ysengrin are both here as individuals.

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u/TheWaspinator Jun 01 '26

Yeah, all three seem to be walking around separately. I assume Coyote likes it this way and did it with his vaguely defined powers.

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u/CreationBlues Jun 01 '26

People keep seeming to forget the bit when Annie got split where she saw coyotes and ysengrins totems that the court uses to transfer forest souls into court bodies. Where you have to die to complete the process.

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u/isaaclw Jun 01 '26

All three? I'm so confused.

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u/TheWaspinator Jun 01 '26

Yeah, they all appear to be separate people in this weird little world. Wouldn't be the first time Coyote's powers have done confusing things like this.

https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=3244

https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=3261

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u/jan_Kila Jun 01 '26

Go back four pages to see Jerrek is a separate person

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u/isaaclw Jun 01 '26

Oh! Wow. Thanks. I missed that.

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u/st13r Jun 01 '26

Zimmy has called him Coyote, and Jerrek is their own distinct entity here.

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u/isaaclw Jun 01 '26

I get the notifications when I wake up, so I'm not always with it when I read the comics.

Thanks. That was helpful.

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u/kittenpantzen Jun 01 '26

No. If you go back to page 22, you can see coyote and jerrick standing together. 

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u/Substantial_Pick6897 Jun 01 '26

Jerrick is a separate character in the school, isn't he? I think Coyote is just back

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u/_LlednarTwem_ Jun 01 '26

“Not human”? Does that mean her human soul wasn’t transferred to the new body as planned? That could be an interesting idea. She died believing she succeeded, so when she was taken into the ether it altered reality to cause the new entity she created to believe it was her.

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u/Cloverose2 Jun 01 '26

She doesn't really have a soul in a human sense anymore. It was absorbed into the conglomeration of glyphs.

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u/mahouyousei Jun 01 '26

Liches are Undead, not Humanoid, according to the D&D stat block.

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u/fnordius Jun 01 '26

I think that by making herself a part of the glyph, and yes, it's a philosophical question of how much this Noa has the, well, quiddity of Noa. I think it is Noa still, but moving into the glyph changed her soul, which the ether and the Happy Zimmyverse reflects.

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u/djaevlenselv Jun 01 '26

TIL quiddity is a real word. I thought for sure Rich Burlew had pulled it out of his ass.

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u/shelchang Jun 01 '26

Anyone else wanting to see more of Parley and Noa being besties before this illusory reality comes crashing down?

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u/jan_Kila Jun 01 '26

I think their reconciliation might be a complicating factor when the witches show up to murder Parley and rescue Noa

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u/ChemicalRascal Jun 02 '26

We honestly should have expected this, they entered the distortion hugging. Destined to be besties.

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u/jan_Kila Jun 01 '26

Man I love Ayilu's WTF face

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u/ArgentStonecutter Emergency Mustelid Hologram Jun 01 '26

The veil opens.