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Subreddit Re-Read, Chapter 3: Reynardine

Hi! Welcome to the second installment of the r/gunnerkrigg re-read of Gunnerkrigg Court. Here, we go back to read and discuss the comic's archives from the beginning, one chapter at a time, to remind us of past events and better understand the story. New threads go up around 10am EST on Tuesdays and Thursdays (usually).

Read Chapter 3

Watch Tom's video

Has re-reading this chapter given you renewed insight on a certain character? Do you feel there's any foreshadowing or interesting bits that relate to the story later on? What important developments happened in this chapter? How does this chapter relate to the story as a whole? Did anything happen here that you forgot about or forgot was important until now? Did Tom's video teach you anything new?

Besides discussing the chapter, I also welcome any feedback regarding the re-read series.

Posted Jan 28, 2016, 5:53 PM UTC · edited

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lyssargh•

They're so tiny compared to that guy! What was his name? The tall one! And look at Kat's blush, awww.

Annie looks so fierce!

Every time I re-read this chapter, I'm shocked that Reynard even tries to possess Annie. I get that he's desperate, but he seems so coolheaded until then to me. I suppose he seemed that way to her up till that moment as well, which is part of why she was willing to come to him for her answers. Oh well!

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statix37OP•

Every time I re-read this chapter, I'm shocked that Reynard even tries to possess Annie.

Yeah, no kidding. Going back to book one, it's always jarring to realize how much he's changed since.

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Faren107•

I wonder what this symbol on Reynardine's etheric form means, I don't remember seeing it before... It doesn't show up in the recent pages.

Nevermind, Tom mentions it in the video, it's Mercury. Isn't Hetty's symbol also Mercury? I'll need to check.

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SmartAlec105GNU Terry Pratchett•

No she has her own symbol. I think that the symbol on Reynardine is meant to represent either him or his power to possess bodies. We haven't seen that symbol much because he instead has the symbol of his owner, either Antimony or Kat.

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Faren107•

Yep, Hetty's symbol is completely different.

I think I just made the connection because her chapter is called Quicksilver, but that's probably because it also details Reynardine's backstory and it also has one of the few other times his symbol appears.

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statix37OP•

It pops up again later when Annie meets Coyote in the forest.

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DF44Boxbot•
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statix37OP•

I've never noticed that Annie stores her lockpicks inside what will eventually become Reynardine. I'm guessing that's what the weird metal here is? Most certainly. You see him pull out the lock picks again in the future.

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muffinkiller•

Reynardine has really changed. It's hard to believe he'd ever try to possess Annie :( All of the characters seem really different to me actually, it's kind of jarring. They feel like different people with the same names. A lot of that is from character development, but I wonder how much of that is also from the "vision" of the character changing over time too. I know Winsbury was kind of like that, how much did that apply to other characters?

I know one shouldn't look into authorial intent too much, but it still makes me wonder

Edit: It's also kind of funny to compare Elgamore and Reynardine in this chapter as father figures, especially since this is the first time we meet both. Elgamore seems way more likely to be any sort of father figure than Reynardine is, especially with Rey's whole "body snatching" thing, but it didn't really turn out like that. I wonder if anything was meant by it?

Lastly, this is just a personal thing, but would it be better to have the reread once a week, instead of twice a week? The one on tuesday seems to kind of be shortchanged a little, since it gets about two days and then the thursday one gets every other one. This might be a really dumb comment, sorry

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felicific•

Personally, I see your point about the Tues/Thurs schedule. As someone who is too busy most weekdays and mostly can only participate in re-reads during the weekends, it seems the Thurs chapter gets more attention. I'd hate to see some of the later chapters get short-changed as a result, especially since they are all worth discussion.

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Two-Tone-MODI'm a mod‽•

Hey OP! Can you note me when you make these? My memory isn't the greatest so I sometimes forget things, like stickying these.

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statix37OP•

Sure thing, old man :p I'll shoot a PM when I post them from now on.

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