I find this kind of...unsatisfying? But it's also very Gunnerkrigg. A lot of times it seems like there's some really big important build-up, or a twist with huge implications, and then the resolution is "Oh, yeah, I just went ahead and resolved that."
Like,
Again, this feels like a very typically Gunnerkrigg way to resolve things, though I can't think of any particular examples right now. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing. Maybe this time is just a little more explicit about it, or a little more disappointing, than usual? I don't know.
Like,
"I built the tic-toc(s)" is kind of a huge twist, and we're left wondering, whoa, how does Kat end up sending a bird robot back through time, what else has Kat or someone else from the future been responsible for, this feels huge.
And then the answer is, "Oh, time travel? That's not that hard. Here, we'll just take you to the time travel gods" and then they're like "go ahead and do your time travel stuff" so she does. And then it's "why were there multiple?" and she handwaved a "just 'cause" that didn't make a lot of sense. The end, case closed.
And then the answer is, "Oh, time travel? That's not that hard. Here, we'll just take you to the time travel gods" and then they're like "go ahead and do your time travel stuff" so she does. And then it's "why were there multiple?" and she handwaved a "just 'cause" that didn't make a lot of sense. The end, case closed.
Again, this feels like a very typically Gunnerkrigg way to resolve things, though I can't think of any particular examples right now. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing. Maybe this time is just a little more explicit about it, or a little more disappointing, than usual? I don't know.