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Post by s on Apr 17, 2012 0:32:39 GMT -5
Oops! Sorry Sherry Ann, missed where you had already pointed that out.
Curious indeed. If it is a child ... the young Lemony himself, perhaps?
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Post by Kensicle on Apr 17, 2012 5:24:02 GMT -5
Yes, it'd probably be Lemony. It's his story, after all. He wouldn't be that small if he was 13, though.
The positioning of the person/people making the shadow in relation to the light source is puzzling me. Is it day time or night time in this picture?
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Post by B. on Apr 17, 2012 11:02:36 GMT -5
What if it is the Woman with hair but no beard and her infant servant?
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Apr 17, 2012 15:42:49 GMT -5
Yes, it'd probably be Lemony. It's his story, after all. He wouldn't be that small if he was 13, though. The positioning of the person/people making the shadow in relation to the light source is puzzling me. Is it day time or night time in this picture? As I said, he could be just standing farther behind the person making the bigger shadow in the picture. If the picture is accurate it seems to be daytime, look at the windows, it's just dark inside the lighthouse. The shadows are positioned the way they are because of an open door, behind the persons, letting in the daylight (that's just a logical assumption. The light source could be, of course, a different one, say a lamp or torch, but it still seems like daytime outside).
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Post by Christmas Chief on Apr 17, 2012 15:54:38 GMT -5
Oops! Sorry Sherry Ann, missed where you had already pointed that out. Not an issue. It reinforces the point that the interpretation of the object isn't random if we both draw the same conclusion. Good point about someone standing farther behind the main person in the image. If they were next to each other, the former would have to be very short - shorter even than a child. Note also the light source, which is coming from behind the figure(s). Everything about it suggests the eeriness of night, and we know from the cover there's a full moon at one point, which would provide adequate lighting for this scene to exist. At the same time, we know from ASOUE many of the most eerie things in life happen during the day, so one can't entirely rule out the option based on the atmosphere of objects and coloring in the room alone. Although any outdoor light from the parallel window doesn't seem to extend to the door on the left hand side, but does to the wall corner left of the silhouettes. However, it strikes me at this point asking whether the scene takes place during day or night is a wrong question. Instead I'll direct my attention to the detail of the illustration, as some have pointed out, and ask whether this is this still our graph paper artist? What if it is the Woman with hair but no beard and her infant servant? The silhouette given looks male to me, but that's not to say s/he can't be in disguise, or other features aren't blocked by the shadow. It's an interesting comparison, and I wouldn't be surprised to see an underage servant in ATWQ.
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Post by Kensicle on Apr 17, 2012 19:15:35 GMT -5
I think it's the same artist. He would be a little older than when he drew the other pictures as the drawing technique is more refined, I think.
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Post by B. on Apr 18, 2012 11:10:40 GMT -5
My first impression was that this scene took place at night, but looking more closely at it now, there isn't really evidence to suggest it takes place at night. It looks a lot more like daytime to me. And I think all the promotions have been drawn by the same person, although the Ellington Feint one must've been drawn the longest ago.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Apr 18, 2012 14:51:35 GMT -5
Wouldn't it be ironic if the subject line question ended up being "What time is it?"?
The drawings do appear to all be by the same artist, except Ellington Feint, who has been the only exception to the rule (not only is the drawing on different paper, but the medium and style of depiction is different). We also seem to be getting entire pictures. That is, the images aren't ripped, burnt, shred, taped, or otherwise fabricated to obscure information. Of course, all these seemingly isolated teasers aren't giving anything away, but it's still a switch in tactics from ASOUE.
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Post by B. on Apr 18, 2012 16:19:24 GMT -5
Conspiracy: What if that's what they want us to think? Can we assume the subject lines are all wrong questions? If so what are the right questions? Maybe: Why would anyone want to steal this statue? - Why would anyone not want to steal this statue? Who is Ellington Feint? - Who isn't Ellington Feint? Where has all the ink gone? - Where hasn't all the ink gone? etc, etc...
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Post by JTB on Apr 18, 2012 16:32:09 GMT -5
Conspiracy: What if that's what they want us to think? Can we assume the subject lines are all wrong questions? If so what are the right questions? Maybe: Why would anyone want to steal this statue? - Why would anyone not want to steal this statue? Who is Ellington Feint? - Who isn't Ellington Feint? Where has all the ink gone? - Where hasn't all the ink gone? etc, etc... I proposed this theory in one of the earlier discussions about the mail outs, glad to see I'm not the only one who thought it! I think that considering the title of the series and the nature of the subject lines, the practice of thinking of "opposite" or "right" questions could be prudent.
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Post by soufflé on Apr 19, 2012 11:05:16 GMT -5
Well I just received the email; it had the same image that had been leaked. No accompanying text, except "What?"
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Post by s on Apr 19, 2012 11:17:46 GMT -5
The picture of the final mailout has already leaked, and it brings up the very question: "What?" And indeed, it turns out that is the entire question.
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Post by B. on Apr 19, 2012 11:18:30 GMT -5
How frustrating and perplexing. I wonder if they knew about the leak, and so decided not to have much of a subject line? Can we assume this is the last promotion? If "What?" is a wrong question, what is a right one?: "What not?"
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Post by soufflé on Apr 19, 2012 15:14:08 GMT -5
"what not?" might be the right question. There may be something missing from the picture, something that should be there…
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Post by Dante on Apr 19, 2012 16:38:09 GMT -5
Smart work, Terry Craig. Let's hope Hachette gets their act together, by which I mean simply not uploading the next image days in advance. "What?" as a question indicates a change in tone - it's been cut short, quite different to the other messages, and that alteration to the pattern is reminiscent of The End - and of course, this is also the end of the WH questions, or of one cycle of them, anyway. Does this indicate that the promotions are shortly to take a new direction? It's worth considering.
I agree that this may well be the lighthouse interior - I was thinking that before I read other people's thoughts here. The brickwork, the round windows, the spiral staircase, they lend themselves to a lighthouse. These documents are probably hidden there, although I don't think we can say quite what they are, or indeed what the significance is of the somewhat hidden second shadow, either. Top marks for original thought to all of you, though - you've done well here.
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