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Post by takwin on Nov 24, 2009 10:02:23 GMT -5
You didn't notice that earlier? The twins both have flaps of fabric that lie flat against their backs, like tiny capes. They're the leftover material from when 3 & 4 were built: they started life as a pair of gardening gloves. The fingers of the gloves became their limbs, the elastic sleeves are their cute little hoods; but the thumbs were useless in that design, so they just hang off as excess.  |
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Post by tantopat on Nov 24, 2009 13:16:53 GMT -5
I've been toying with a rather random idea for the stitchpunk tongues thing, although I'm not sure how plausible it'd be (and I highly doubt that it's canon, but at least it's something to consider!  ). Basically, what if the stitchpunks had slightly looser material inside their mouths that could bunch up to form a tongue when needed? As weird as it probably sounds, at least IMO it would explain why there sometimes appear to be tongues, while in other times (such as during the Winged Beast fight, when you can clearly see inside 9's mouth) there aren't any visible tongues.  |
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Post by BazookaNeon on Nov 24, 2009 19:04:42 GMT -5
I apologize for the double post, but... i50.tinypic.com/sb347t.jpgSee that date? Saturday, May 16, 1930. 1930!? Dude... That's a LONG time ago! Obvious, I know but... whoa! So if "Over the Rainbow" was released in 1939 in our time line and it was already out in 9's time line, then the world of 9, having the industrial revolution going strong and all, is actually about 10 to 15 years more advanced than ours was at the time. And with the B.R.A.I.N it looks like there was even more technological advancement. I'm going to guess that 1930 or 1931 was the year the scientist created the stitchpunks and some time after 1934-5ish was when 9 woke. Confusion...cannot compute *esplodes* You make a point, and ultimately it confuses me, and it's mistake that Acker made. Considering the song was made in 1939, and in the movie all man kind had been destroyed before 1931(I did some studies, and yes, the fabrication machine's birth to the scientist's death all occurs from May to September), It wouldn't exist because man would be extinct in-movie for like...8-9 years before the song would be released... |
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Post by Bane on Nov 24, 2009 19:51:57 GMT -5
Well, I remember that Acker said the story was in an alternate timeline, so it could all not be a mistake. Then again, it could. Who knows? Personally, I stand by with certain media being further than out timeline while others are behind or on par.
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Post by YAY on Nov 24, 2009 21:02:37 GMT -5
You didn't notice that earlier? The twins both have flaps of fabric that lie flat against their backs, like tiny capes. They're the leftover material from when 3 & 4 were built: they started life as a pair of gardening gloves. The fingers of the gloves became their limbs, the elastic sleeves are their cute little hoods; but the thumbs were useless in that design, so they just hang off as excess. No, I noticed this thumbs- I knew all of that. What I was asking is what is up with the cuts the thumbs have in the back of them? That image shows it perfectly. I've known about it since I first saw the film, I just don't know why those cuts are there. What do they do? They're too small to open up and let things in or out, and I don't see how it could be a injury if they've both got it, so what are those holes for? I'm having dreams about this it's bothering me so much. |
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Post by takwin on Nov 25, 2009 10:04:08 GMT -5
That's what I thought. The cuts appear to be hemmed (as opposed to just tears) so that indicates that they're part of the twin's design and not an injury. PokemonEater is right: they look a lot like buttonholes.
Good eye, YAY and PokemonEater! ^^
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Post by autumnsoul on Nov 25, 2009 18:31:44 GMT -5
- During the begining of the movie, when 9 opens the shutter and looks down. You can see 2 pulling his cart along with him.
- when 1 is getting soul burned, if you do it in slow motion, just as the green beams hit him, the glass on his optics shatter.
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Post by YAY on Nov 25, 2009 19:47:00 GMT -5
That's what I thought. The cuts appear to be hemmed (as opposed to just tears) so that indicates that they're part of the twin's design and not an injury. PokemonEater is right: they look a lot like buttonholes. Good eye, YAY and PokemonEater! ^^ I bet 5 uses them to store his twinkies. And that is why they ran away, so he could not store them anymore. And that is why he was so happy to see them again, because they had all of his twinkies. He did not know that they had eaten them all. He never was able to eat another twinkie again. |
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Post by The Double Rainbow Knight on Nov 25, 2009 21:09:02 GMT -5
Running along with the "seam" idea, it does make me wonder - 2 has his laces, 5 has his buttons, 9 has his zipper, what does 6 have? I saw a seam running up his chest (attaching to the cloth that make up his shoulders and chest), but it doesn't look like it'd be able to open.
Any ideas?
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Post by Bane on Nov 25, 2009 21:39:57 GMT -5
When I created my three OCs, I realized I made them like 6, without openings or anything. So after takwin suggested hook-and-eye closers I thought maybe something similar was used for 6. They can easily be hidden under his fabric of sewn correctly and with the key it would look like there was no possible opening.
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Post by takwin on Nov 25, 2009 22:45:38 GMT -5
Right. I always conceived the closures on a stitchpunk to be the equivalent of a navel on a human. They're like scars; leftovers from when the ragdolls were sewn together. At the same time, the closures are access points: ports to the inner workings that can be used to repair or alter the stitchpunks internal gears. In that way, it makes me think that these ports are important to the maintenance of the stitchpunks bodies. Why would they be able to open up and expose their vulnerable vitals if it weren't indispensable to their health? Perhaps the lack of that ability to change and fix their insides is part of the reason 3 & 4 are mute.
Anyway, a quick off-topic; Bane Reiko, your request is in the works. I'm having a bit of difficulty with the color of your OCs' fabric. How would you describe it? My base colors are looking a lot darker than Acro-san's, I'm afraid...
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Post by Bane on Nov 26, 2009 20:44:17 GMT -5
Did anyone else notice the title of the book with the text we've been analyzing?
annuls of peracelsus
I wonder if it is based on a real book...
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Post by takwin on Nov 26, 2009 20:53:43 GMT -5
I don't know, but I do know that Paracelsus was a real alchemist believed to have discovered the Philosopher's stone and, more importantly, the formula for creating a perfect homunculus.
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Post by Pokemon Eater on Nov 27, 2009 0:20:47 GMT -5
Also what purpose do those belt things 1 has serve? His body is stitched closed so it's not like they'd be holding him closed. They don't go all the way around his body either, so what are they for?
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Post by Bane on Nov 27, 2009 0:22:56 GMT -5
So he looks freckin awesome? Rule of Cool!
Or so in case the stitching fails he doesn't fall apart? Who knows.
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). Basically, what if the stitchpunks had slightly looser material inside their mouths that could bunch up to form a tongue when needed? As weird as it probably sounds, at least IMO it would explain why there sometimes appear to be tongues, while in other times (such as during the Winged Beast fight, when you can clearly see inside 9's mouth) there aren't any visible tongues. 
