That was quick. I checked just a minute ago and it wasn't up yet.

BOOSH!

Zimmy's about to explode or something.

Check that symbol in the background.

There is no way this ends well for Zimmy.

who wants to bet our favorite mary sue brought an umberella or two?

I guess the question is what the difference is between science rain and nature rain for her.

This face is priceless.

>>5855987
But Shanquill Deepdark isn't in this comic. And her level 12 ninja skill set would prevent the rain from touching her.

>>5855990
Which like all Zimmy mysteries will never be answered.

Seriously though, I'm optimistic. She's been in a couple pages in a row now, maybe the story will finally use her as anything but a big ignored flashing neon question mark now.

>>5855990
Science Rain sometimes has acid in it.
You'd know this if you've ever fought against Toad Man.

Jack knows the value of science and girls in wet shirts.

>>5856022
Toad Man doesn't even get a chance to use it if you do it right.

>>5856051
Jack is awesome.

>>5856032
and now we know why he recommended the girls wear white shirts

>>5856020
It will happen because she doesn't have a way to avoid the rain. And I still don't know why you're so obsessed with one character. You don't seem to care that there are no explanations for anyone else.

Matt's expression in the first panel. That looks very familiar.

>>5856240
He is committing some off-panel groping.

>>5856240
:U

>>5856105
Actually I think Zimmy and Gamma both need more acknowledgement.

And to reiterate, I don't care so much that the series hasn't explained what's up with them, so much as that no one has ever so much as mentioned wondering about them at all. Even if you use the "magic is everywhere" reasoning, they still have basically our same social norms, and the fact that Zimmy and Gamma stand SO CLOSE at all times is odd in itself. Can you honestly say that if you saw two girls basically joined at the hip like that, you wouldn't at least remark to a friend about it? It bugs me that they are so odd, but the characters in-story inexplicably don't seem to notice anything odd about them at all. It just feels like bad writing.

God damn it Jack is awesome. Why does he hang around a douche like Matt?

>>5856312
She's such a huge bitch to everyone that it overrides any thoughts other than "what a huge bitch."

>>5856312
Dude, everybody just assumes they are dykes. There's no reason to make that a big deal. Even kids wouldn't be too shocked by homosexual couples in a Brit school.

>>5856312
Ghosts exist, when you die the god of death takes you away, robots all over the place, magic forest, people turning into magical creatures and animals, magical creatures and animals turning into people, SCIENCE!, talking shadows, hostile relations with a great big magical forest kingdom.

Yeah, I can't see why people don't comment on Zimmy and Gamma's extreme closeness either.

>>5856369
To be fair, we don't know how much of that stuff the regular students know about, and the most common robot is pretty terrible.

>>5856369
It's just, they act like normal people in most regards so it seems inconsistent that the many Zimmy and Gamma weirdnesses don't even register.

Plus, despite the magic and wonder they still find a giant tower that shoots lightning bolts interesting. Maybe I'm just crazy, but a demon-faced girl seems about as noteworthy as a giant Tesla tower. Now, if Zimmy was one of a couple of demon-face students, I could see her being yet another whatever Zimmy is, no big deal. But unless I'm mistaken, she is the only character that looks like that. The uniqueness should stand out at least. Her face seems unprecedented to them. All that other wacky stuff, it's relatively mundane facts of life in their world.

>>5856354
A BOARDING school, nonetheless. the things they get up to in those places.

>>5856452
The fairy girls are different looking as well. And it's the middle of the night with no apparent lights around, maybe the differences in her face are not as obvious to the characters as they are to the readers.

>>5856515
red only really looks different because she puts a quart of mousse in her hair.

>>5856452
This is not the first time any of the characters have seen Zimmy and Gamma. They've seen them around campus plenty of times and have gotten used to them. NOW STOP WORRYING ABOUT IT.

>>5856598
They all have pointy fairy ears too.

I just realized. Zimmy plus rain...

>>5856613
This.
They've been in the same boarding school for over a year.
I would think the only mystery to the kids would be what Gamma sees in Zimmy.

>>5856651
They don't really see the kids from the other houses, actually.

The lack of discussion or curiosity, let alone outrage, shock, or disgust, is merely a subtle attempt by the author to promote homosexuality as an acceptable societal norm.

>>5856032
Smug cunt.

In stead of just telling everyone to bring umbrellas, he lets them gets soaked and laughs at them.

>>5856020
Could it be that you have no idea what a visual metaphor is? I'm sure that isn't the case.

>>5856741
OK. That is not a problem; The 50s are over.

What is a problem is that they aren't troubled by the fact that Zimmy looks like she crawled out of the pits of hell and looks like a demonic devourer of souls.

>>5856767
Dude! schoolgirls in wet T-shirts!

>>5856767
Seriously, what a dick.

>>5856784

Not everyone is okay with it. When 61% of Californians-Californians, of all people-vote to keep marriage legally defined as a man and a woman, then yeah, it is "still the fifties".

>>5856792
But they're wearing coats.

>>5856784
That's not what she looks like. Her eyes are shrouded in shadows and her teeth are sharp and she's dirty. She looks as different from an average human as the fairie-kids do. Stop exaggerating and stop fucking complaining about it. It's not a valid complaint and even if it was I wouldn't want to hear about it 50 times in every thread.

>>5856784
Hey, perpetually angry bitch with sharp teeth and the eyes of a monster, I'm curious as to why are you such a demonic looking bitch?

>>5856767
>>5856794

Samefag who best be trollin'.

>>5856817
I don't even know how to respond to that.

>>5856741
Perhaps it is you who is obsessed with homosexuality, as you are forcing it upon two girls who are merely close friends, to the point that they could be like sisters. So you're also seasoning your obsession with incest.

>>5856817
Come on.

Do you not see the shit eating grin on that motherfucker?

>>5856840
Zimmy and Gamma, merely close friends? Like SISTERS!? A married couple wouldn't spend as much time together as they do.

Okay, in the grand scheme of things this is no big deal, I realize that. It's just a webcomic.

But in as far as I care about this webcomic, I can't believe that nobody in /co/ thinks the Zimmy/Gamma mysteries warrant a little more note in-story. As the minotaur page showed, the students are capable of being surprised by things they haven't seen before. Zimmy is definitely a thing they haven't seen before. The characters have noted odd behavior before. ("What's his problem," that sort of thing.) Two students who are never seen more than a foot apart is definitely odd. Plus, these are teenagers, the most gossipy bunch there is. I'm not saying that someone should point at Zimmy and Gamma and start demanding answers while yelling. But the way I remember highschool, even a weird t-shirt would get noted by others. I just don't buy it that no one in that school has ever at least remarked to a fellow student in private "Zimmy doesn't look like any magical creature I'm familiar with, I wonder what she is," or "I wonder why the are ALWAYS together. I don't care if they're a couple, but you'd think they're physically attached." The author could show everyone being shocked by a minotaur but can't establish the character feelings toward two obviously mysterious regulars?

On a slightly different point, I don't know if I'm more flumoxed by what I just ranted about or the fact that /co/ doesn't seem to see it as questionable writing in the least. It just seems at best a conspicuously ignored point.

>>5856845
I fucking love him just for that.

>>5856845
But that doesn't make him a dick ! Let's reserve this term for matt.

>>5856845
He told 'em to wear rain coats and hats. And he MacGyver'd that umbrella when he was hanging out with Kat on the previous page.

>>5856855
I never called him a dick, just a smug cunt.

>>5856852
Married couples aren't anything like close relatives. Well I guess in some places they're the same.

>>5856853
Question:

WHAT THE FUCK MAKES YOU THINK THAT THE CHARACTERS DON'T THINK SHE'S WEIRD!? Does everything need to be fucking spelled out for you? When you were in school did someone make it a point to say "oh that kid's weird" every god damn time a weird kid walked into the room?

>>5856884
Yes, because the person sitting next to me might not have understood that I thought the person walking in was odd.

>>5856773
So every other magic creature is a visual metaphor too?

>>5856815
Key difference: They are stated as fairies. Why are they different? They're fairies. We have an explanation, case closed. It's common knowledge in context, it makes sense nobody would remark. Zimmy on the other hand is evidently the only one of her kind ever seen by them and I'd think that would warrant some curiosity. I mean, we live in a world full of animals but someone would still wonder what an animal they hadn't seen before was.

So yeah, I keep seeing this posted, but haven't really paid too much attention.

I'm going to bed in like 10 minutes. anyone want to give me the short version of why I should do an archive binge on this thing?

>>5856929
It's not apparent that anyone other than Annie knew that they were fairies. And she only knew because Red called her out.

>>5856784

They probably were concerned about it a year ago. Maybe they even asked her about it. I'm guessing she just gave them all the finger and they learned to live with it.

Also, don't forget during the earlier parts of this arc, the awkward silences and stares that came with the appearance of Zimmy and Gamma. It's pretty clear that people don't like Zimmy, but what can they do about it?

Let me rephrase that. What do you WANT them to do? Do you want a page where the kids go "Zimmy, you look not-human. What's your deal?" I personally think that would be rather pointless.

>>5856853
It would've been fine if you mentioned it ONCE, had a discussion, and then dropped it. But every-fucking-update, you say this. It irks me, and a lot of other /co/ denizens.

"WHY DOESN'T ANYONE ELSE CAAAAAARE"
I care about what happens to the characters in a story. But it's in-progress, I have no way to forsee what the hell happens. And why no one ever comments on Zimmy and Gamma? Maybe because they've been that way since forever, and everyone's already been around them for a year? You've been in highschool. The first couple of weeks, it's "Hey why the hell does that kid always wear a trenchcoat", then he's just "Oh, the trenchcoat kid. Whatever." Did anyone ever ask trenchcoat kid why he wore a trenchcoat? No. He just did, and to ask might incur his social-awkardness-induced RAGE. Of course, that's not a suitable explaination for you, is it? Because nothing is, apparantly.

Oh, and, just because no one is disturbed by her appearance now, doesn't mean they were always like that. Zimmy could've gotten a lot of shit when she first came to the Court, and gotten into fights with whoever bothered her. She's that type, no? But, whatever, it's not like THEY'VE BEEN IN THE SAME CLASS FOR YEARS OR ANYTHING AND HAD TIME TO CLASH BEFOREHAND. It's not even like Zimmy's a main focus of the comic. She could be getting picked on every goddamn day, just not with Annie around.

>>5856950
Because it's one of the only good webcomics. Hell, even that guy who wrote that blog loves it.

>>5856853
I'm not saying that there should never be an explanation, but it shouldn't be done at the expense of other stories the author has to tell.

>>5856950

It's kinda like cyberpunk harry-potter but less lame. Likeable characters and crisp, clean, well colored art.

>>5856997
It's good, but this is a terrible description.

>>5856997
>>5856988
reasonably convincing. How long of an archive/how much work is it gonna be? how frequent are updates?

>>5856976
>What do you WANT them to do?

>"Hey there, I like your teeth. We should hang out some time, and your friend is totally invited too."

>>5857033
Updates thrice weekly, a decent but not overwhelming archive.

You could always go in chapter installments.

>>5857039
This might have happenned. Guess how it probably went. "Whatre' you tryin' to pull? Fuck you! Stay away from her!"

>>5857033
Current page is 458 and it updates three times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday).

>>5857039
You just know they're going to make out in front of you. It's not a nice feeling, being the third wheel in a relationship.

>>5857049
Poor kid never gets any girls.

>>5857033

It's well worth an all-nighter. As far as webcomics go, this one is god-tier. If you read any others, you should read this one too.

>>5857077
fuck your all nighter. I'm going to read it during my downtime at work tomorrow.

Customer Service means I just wait for calls or emails. If nothing comes in, I got nothing to do.

>>5857072

It would be against the laws of nature. Or Magic or SCIENCE! or whatever laws govern this crazy world.

>>5857059
Maybe that was his plan all along.

>>5856976
Just a small note on the subject would suffice. A panel or two showing any curiosity toward them. For example:

Character A: What's the deal with Zimmy and Gamma anyway?

Character B: I don't know, nobody does. A few people have asked, and Zimmy yells at them. We've just gotten used to it.

Seriously, that's all I ask. For the story to address what other characters think of them in some way. It just feels like a huge gap in an otherwise well-written series.

>>5856985
Have I complained about the tower not being explained? No, it's a mystery, and the characters are acknowledging that. That's the main difference. It's not the lack of answers, its' the unnatural blanket acceptance that seems odd. And funny you use that example, I did ask trenchcoat kid why he always wore the trenchcoat. I tend to be nosy like that and honestly, I really do dislike unanswered questions. Mysteries are a fact of life, but when the subject of the mystery can talk and isn't holding a gun or anything, a polite question couldn't hurt. Maybe I'm just projecting myself onto this situation too much.

>>5857093
Both.

>>5857134
His rubberband car was destroyed and he can't get any ladies? He just can't win.

>>5857105
It's a good thing you're not writing this if you think " I don't know, nobody does. A few people have asked, and Zimmy yells at them." isn't poor writing. Also, you've never asked a person why they are wearing a trenchcoat ever.

god, Jack is a tool

I liked this series better when I hadn't read it and all 19 chapters lay ahead of me. The way that the story pans out in each update just isn't enough to satisfy my curiosity.

>>5856853

Nobody asks because while I'm sure they wonder, there's no way to phrase that question that won't get a "FUCK OFF," especially considering it's Zimmy.

Secondly, the reason no one appears to talk about it is that we don't see every single interaction that takes place in the Court. People do talk, it just isn't illustrated, especially since we've had a Zimmy chapter already and it'd be an annoying repetition with no new information for the viewer.

>>5857491
I knew you wouldn't believe me. I wouldn't believe it if I was in your situation.

Incidentally, what's so bad about my proposal for a quick mention of the state of the school and Zimmy/Gamma? That most people have accepted it is what most people in this thread have said.

But whatever, I'll drop it. I just honestly am confused. The mystery of Zimmy and Gamma seems as worthy of attention as the lightning tower, but I doubt you'd be fine if that was just ignored too.

>>5857810
just wait for each chapter to finish, then. it'll be like you're reading a cool bimonthly idie comic or something.

just caught up: gamma thought everyone was calling her stupid and ugly because of zimmy's translations? that's almost abusive of zimmy...

>>5856811
california is still in america, and america is more sexually repressed than britain