r/gunnerkrigg • u/maritzac • 32m ago
The Circle
Lots of questions and thoughts about this.
* Noa's symbol.
* Zimmy's symbol.
* Kat(?) symbol.
* Possibly Loup (?) symbol as well?
Hear me out, this might be a bit random. The Circle is the symbol of strength. There's a lot of talk about strength, and it's always associated with some sort of godhood.
Noa dies after becoming the symbol, and becomes "indestructible", but it's implied she had to have some help from Zimmy to do it. Her true "form" is made of rocks or the like. Rocks are a symbol of strength.
Jones is called "the stone", and she is an indestructible, eternal (?) being. Coyote at least treats her as some sort of equal.
Ysengrim gets Coyote's strength and immediately ascends to godhood or at least some equivalent.
Zimmy is regarded by Coyote as a sister, which means she also has the godhood, or an equivalent to it. The witches call it "limitless" power. Her symbol is the circle. Now she has the power to change and create reality.
Now... Kat.

Kat says this in response to Renard talking about Omega, who had a similarity to Zimmy, both physical and in power. She had all the knowledge in the world.
EXCEPT Kat grabbed Omega's power and now she has it at her disposal. By being able to connect instantly to Omega's data, she has all the knowledge at her fingertips.
She also created a new species and even gave them souls. She has changed timelines. Coyote calls her a god. "A new god walks the earth". Then he mistakes her for Zimmy.
In my opinion, Kat is a new sort of god, and she has the strength of one. Therefore the circle may also be her symbol. Now she is, according to Zimmy, "underneath all things". The fact she was not absorbed into Zimmy's fiction without an orb sets her as an equal, in my opinion.
Thoughts?
