[ SECRET POST #1544 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1544 ⌋

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 12 pages, 286 secrets from Secret Submission Post #221.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 - too big ], [ 1 2 - repeat ], [ 1 - omfg use .png ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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Comments

[fscom.livejournal.com]

19. http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/6813/katv.png

Judge away then/ALSO SPOILERS

[(Anonymous)]

I've never cared either way for Kat, but that just made me dislike her. Annie found out her existence was the reason her mother died, I highly doubt Kat would have taken it any better. It smacks of fair-weather friend to me, tbh. Not to mention utterly selfish on Kat's part.

Re: Judge away then/ALSO SPOILERS

[(Anonymous)]

Your friends are people, not personal therapists. She wasn't saying she didn't want to be Annie's friend, she was just telling her she was upset after Annie ran off on her and an entire summer of plans. I don't blame either of them.

[radio-nurse.livejournal.com]

I'm curious. Can someone tell me what this is?

[(Anonymous)]

Page from the newest chapter of Gunnerkrigg Court.

[0o0f.livejournal.com]

Gunnerkrigg Court. It's a webcomic.

[0o0f.livejournal.com]

Still, it was sad. :'(

[seiberwing.livejournal.com]

I think it's possible to understand why a friend did something and still be upset that they did it. Kat's (probably) just human, and besides that she's young. I'm sure they'll make up.

[cloud-riven.livejournal.com]

I don't know. I get how it can be frustrating, and it's okay to admit that maintaining a friendship can be taxing, but she came off so unsympathetic.

"Sorry, Kat. I just found out I'm magic and I inadvertently took my mom's life. She wasn't sick. It's my fault. So I ran awaaaaaay."
"Aw man. What about vacation time. What about me??? Have a cold shoulder."

Tbh, I'm glad Kat isn't some completely positive entity that always puts on a happy face for a friend, or always puts that friend's interests ahead of their own for the sake of a story having a central character. That's unrealistic.

[whitepawn-alice.livejournal.com]

I understand why Kat is upset (and I think Annie's schemes to get Kat to forgive her are probably way annoying), but them having conflict still upsets me.

[micromyni.livejournal.com]

If Annie hasn't tried to contact her the entire time she was gone, Kat sure as hell isn't being unreasonable.

[whitepawn-alice.livejournal.com]

How could Annie contact her though? I know she asked Jones to tell Kat that she was staying, but I don't know if they'd get mail/anything else in the forest.

[(Anonymous)]

Dear Kat,

As you know I just found out my very existence caused my own dear mother's death. Yes, as I grew older, and stronger, she grew sicker and sicker. Before my very eyes. And then died. Yep. Because of me. There's also a good chance my father also hates me because of it. I'm a bit young for such a soul~crushing revelation, as well as learning the place I've been living the passed few years has done nothing but lie to me, but hey!

Oh, but I'd be so rude as to not take time out of dealing with this horrible truth to write you a letter!

Love, Annie


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Yeah, no lol

[imouto.livejournal.com]

I thought Kat's reaction was completely understandable. Especially for a young teenage girl. Even if she knows that Annie just had a huge bomb dropped on her, it's likely her feelings were hurt by the fact she had to hear it from someone else. Kat has sympathy for Annie, but I'm sure there's still some feelings of "Well, why did she run off to Coyote? I thought I was her best friend, am I not good enough for her? She barely even knows Coyote, why would she want to talk to him instead of me?" lingering about. Especially coupled with the way Annie can act very... 'above it all' I suppose, or maybe aloof is a better way to describe it. I think Kat just got her feelings hurt and is having an awkward time dealing with it.

[anison.livejournal.com]

This. Especially with Annie still wearing her forest clothes, I can see Kat feeling like Annie thinks she/Coyote/Forest is better than Kat/science/Court.

[judo-creature.livejournal.com]

This, this, this.

[ceruleansan.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I can relate to that very well actually. :o

[vitani]

I don't think Kat was being unreasonable at all, and what I liked most about it is she was calm and straightforward about why she was upset. I actually think more of Kat now than I did before.

[sensualcoco.livejournal.com]

Ia. Well not the punch you in the face part.


But yeah, I'd be upset if I had plans with a good friend and then they just disappeared for three months without a word.

[clodia-risa.livejournal.com]

I don't think she was being unreasonable. She easily could have been with that particular subset of reactions/emotions. She, however, seems to have worked through it and is trying to deal with it (and communicate it) as rationally and drama-free as possible. But she's still hurt.

It's not emotions that make a person unreasonable. It's how you direct them.

[ryttu3k.livejournal.com]

Agreed. This comment is more for the people who don't like Kat's response, so.

Kat is FOURTEEN. How reasonable were you at that age? I know that I, personally, was a little shit. Is her response mature, rational, the big thing to do? No, probably not. But again: fourteen. Characters that do the good thing all the time are BORING.

And frankly? Yeah, it'd be HARD to be Annie's friend. Yes, Annie's had a huge, traumatic shock. But from Kat's point of view? Her amazing, magical best friend, who gets all the attention and accolades, has just learnt something traumatic. Instead of going to her best friend, she runs off to the forest to talk to a near-stranger, makes no attempt at contacting her, and, at first glance, looks completely unapologetic when they're reunited. Add in that Annie's attempts at reconciliation are completely foreign, and add in that they're fourteen, and you have the current situation.

Wouldn't you feel just the least bit unimportant? Wouldn't you feel like you don't even know your best friend any more, and that your best friend apparently doesn't even know you any more, enough that they don't even go to you for comfort instead of a near-stranger?

Kat's response isn't the best thing to do. But it is understandable, and it is REAL, and I want to give the poor kid a hug :(

[(Anonymous)]

Considering what Annie learned, it's not that 'unreasonable' that she went to someone who would one, know what she was, and two, be outside of the court(Since they were all keeping it a secret from her)

I keep hearing "Oh, think of Kat!", bad Annie, bad. But honestly, perhaps think of Annie too.

I don't think what Kat's feeling is 'unreasonable', I think what she said to her, was. I don't care how 'unimportant, left behind' Kat felt, Annie learned she basically murdered her own mother by existing. That outweighs "Oh gee I was alone on holiday" just a bit.

[baaing-tree.livejournal.com]

Sweet baby JESUS this comic's art has changed so much over the course of its run!

(I've only read the first six chapters or something.)

[katimazie.livejournal.com]

Honestly I'm amazed people are hating on Kat. I emphasize a lot with how Annie is acting in this current chapter (I'm always so worried when friends are upset with me and become puppy-like in my affections trying to patch things up), but I absolutely understand how Kat is acting as well. Yes, Annie did go through a very traumatic experience, and she deserves sympathy for that, but Kat had her best friend violently leave their home and disappear into an area know to be extremely dangerous and decide to stay with a god with a questionable agenda, rather than talk to her, her best friend and close confidant for a the majority of her emotions and heartaches, and leave her in the dark about what hurt her so badly (not to mention making her helpless to comfort her when she finally found out from someone else) or if she's doing well emotionally as time goes on or if she's even alive for several months. And then Annie comes back and expects her to be all smiles because YAAAAAAY I WENT ON A SOULSEARCHING EXCUSION AND NOW I'M ALL BETTER AND SHE'LL BE MY BEST FRIEND JUST LIKE BEFORE. No matter how close a friend was to me, and no matter how devastating the event that made them decide to run off, I'd be utterly furious if they disappeared for months and could have been dead for all I knew and then returned all smiles and acted as though nothing had happened after I'd been worrying about them for so long. Honestly I'm very proud of Kat, for having let go of any/all anger she may have had directed at Annie and now simply being disappointed.

[chimmeh.livejournal.com]

Well, things are looking hopeful between the two of them, though. I understand Kat's emotions... imagine your best friend leaving you with no good-bye and returning as a completely different person. I understand the motives of both of them. It looks as if Tom will keep them friends, though. If they weren't friends... I don't know how the comic could continue!