How did she not get expelled for burning a hole in someone's hand??

So she's a bully AND happy to be playing her little joke?

Sick burn, Noa!

Noa still hasn't learned how to experiment safely since Page 3190: "Noa you are gonna hurt yourself or something." Besides her response should be more "I am sorry" than "haha".

Noa oh my god???

That wasn't a mistake, Noah, it was a vendetta! You knew it worked only with you.

Oh shi-

Ah. She's one of Those types. The Irresponsible "Because I can" types... Still hoping to see how she got to be a Beanpole, though.

So. Um. I’m beginning to think that sociopathy is apart of recruiting apprentice witches. Between Zara & Rosa deciding to kill Kat, actually killing Omega, and now this. They make the fairies look like warm, empathetic people.

oh she's crazy

Jesus she is a psycho. That explains the behaviour of her witch gang.

I’m starting to understand how Zara and Rosa did not care at all that Jenny had lied to them. The witches seem to care more about rewarding their own curiosity and the preservation of power than anything else. They probably don’t feel they have to know Zimmy to feel close to her. They love her because she is powerful. And friendships between the witches is based on this warped value system rather than mutual trust.

I don't want to make accusations based on affect alone, but that's a pretty nonchalant response to maiming somebody, especially given it's in a panicked moment where every second counts. It's definitely not getting help, or even containing the hazard. Even if there's probably not much to be done for the girl's hand no matter how quick they are, time is of the essence to keep the damage from spreading via simple convection.

Holy shit girl that's not okay.

! Are all witches like this or are Jenny's crew just extra psycho?

what a reasonable response to burning someone's hand off!

So witchcraft apprentices apparently study under a curriculum that predates and doesn’t abide by the Nuremberg Code. Makes sense. Apprentices are presented ancient magic and are then left to sate their own curiosity and build upon what they’ve learned with a thesis project. I guess that explains why Jenny didn’t actually have to do anything unique; she apparently just presented what she learned about Jack, Zimmy, and Gamma, and then recruited specialists to build and maintain her tracking network. Jenny is essentially a fraud.

A psychopath to boot! Yeah, Tom's going all out to show the coven as evil in nature.

This has to be one of the most disturbing pages of the comic. I hope the next page is her getting into some serious, serious trouble with the adults. Not only did she just severely harm another student, she wasn't even concerned for that student.

Red Hot Nickel Ball Pain Olympics Edition • "Ohhh 'MY hand' not 'HUMAN hands' oopsie poopsie!" Reminds me of a comment about a mage who created a spell to stop arrows by targeting the materials moving really fast. He wanted to add bone until someone pointed out humans have bones and are quite swift (they didn't say what kind of bone was in the arrows so maybe he couldn't refine the spell to target animal/dry bones in the air moving at _mph). For that girl's sake and Noa's standing as a student the witches better have access to incredible healing magic/technology/magi-tech. • This flashback will (probably not) end abruptly with Noa already defeated because she tried to burn a half fire elemental. It'll also make good on Annie's comment about snapping a girl like a twig.

Just in case we didn't know she's a psycho

That is one of the darkest panels I've seen in this comic, damn. Guess that "my hand" bit is a load bearing qualifier.

Oops seems like an understatement, considering the circumstances.

reddit is not a nice place. It's a big place and the exposure makes reddit a mandatory platform. But it is not a nice place.

No, the symbol works perfect! It doesn't boil the water in HER hand.

Most distressing panel on Gunnerkrigg.com . The poor girl...

Yes, YOUR hand is the operative word Noa.

What the hell, Noa! I'm starting to think all these witches as psychopaths.

I guess she made the error of writhing my hand instead of ANY hand.

Is that the same smirk as from the teacher? O_O - well learned ...

“Oops”.

"Oops, ha ha" This one is evil and I hope Parley knocks her head from her shoulders.

Uh oh this doesn't bode well at all

Yup, just an “oopsy.” Nothing to see here!

Seems a bit more severe than an "oops haha" situation tbqh

Psycho! Simon-Eleanor!

There it is. The personality revelation we were waiting for.

Well she is complicit to be an accomplice to murder after all...... what should we expect.

Haha, my classmate got her hand burned off. How amusing! Haha. Yikes... (I am not Boxbot)

Appropriate response?

Kat as she could have become, not caring about the damages she did?

DID ONE OF THAT GIRL’S FINGERS JUST FALL OFF?? And Noa’s reaction was “oops lol”?? This girl is DANGEROUS dangerous

Did she forget to specify all hands instead of just hers? Also the water doesn't affect her? Is that also part of the glyph? Maybe it controls the heat within a certain range?

Yikes

Ah, I see. HER hand. Magic is that game you play with kids where they have to write instructions for how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

I think it's a psychopath that lacks empathy

Noa you rat! You weren't using the glyphs to bake cookies!

Yeah, she ist Not sorry at all.

Oops...

o_O

‘Oops, haha’ — seriously ? You psychopath

"Oops, haha". Hm. I think it does not matter whether the Court can heal this wound or not, the pain is real and Noa is showing some very sociopathic traits here.

I wonder if she'll have her runes sealed as punishment, so that she has no choice but to get swole by traditional means.

Oh shes a little bit crazy

Noa's empathy meter is showing she's on "Empty." I wonder what other kinds of creative ethereal mischief she'll be throwing at Parley.

earned it

Ah, so Noa has sociopathic tendencies. A perfect characteristic for an enforcer (and confirmation that's she's definitely not Kat's etheric counterpart as some were suggesting yesterday).

Witches screaming oh my God is a little bit ironic

That will require a new hand.

She forgot other people's hands

That girl seems nice and stable

oh so she was just always fucked up

Zero empathy. Wow. I can see why she is part of Jenny's group.

Holy...I believe that's the closest the comic has gotten to gore

How is she so nonchalant about this?! This looks like a serious injury to an assumed friend or at least classmate.

I do not like this girl. She is not a good person. Lack of empathy is trademark of sociopathy and I do not like this person

That's more than an oops!

That nonchalant reaction is more disturbing than the other girl getting her hand boiled into bits

I bet Noa is totally not coming clean and likely did this on purpose to the other witch. If it was just on the ball of fire Noa placed a spell on, she'd not be reaching her hand into the boiling water. That is because the water (once heated up) could still burn her hand. Noa likely put a spell on herself not to burn. The other witch is a guinea pig.

oh

Jeez! Quite the underreaction for mutilating a classmate

"Oh, jeez." Said I, reading this page. "Oh my!" I said, giving it another pass. This continues to happen throughout the day.

This is why you don't target your own personal C drive, but that of the current user.

Oh, good, she's a psychopath

Not to get ahead, but being shunned / expelled for misconduct / recklessness is a classic villain origin story.

Is Noa a freak or are the healing capabilities of witches much higher than the rest of the Court?

Well, we know that she’s deranged, at least. Either because an injury of that caliber (though unintended) only solicited an ‘oopsie, silly me’ out of her, or she intentionally targeted the water in that girl.

I'm sure she'll be fine.

Well at least now we know who is morally the worst person on the team. The others at least would’ve apologized even if they didn’t feel too bad about it. I still love Noa though she’s actually so funny.

I guess she is a psychopath.

"So this was when I first discovered my propensity for murder"

that is not cool

Ha ha, oopsies

Jeez, doesn't even look like she feels any remorse for burning away her hand. Just says "oopsue daisies" and moves on.

What kind of path? Sociopath!!

Oh snap, I seriously had to double take at the second-to-last panel, because at a glance it looked like her hand was mangled and melted off D= I'm glad that's not the case!

She seems a bit sociopathic maybe? She just caused burns that look debilitating and is just smiling and saying “oops”

Oh, I get it. He wants us to *really* hate this girl before he gets back to the action.

They must indeed have access to miraculously advanced medical treatment in the Court. Regardless, such callousness is profoundly disturbing.

Destroying your friend's hand painfully by accident warrants far more a reaction than "Oops! Haha!"... Quite the bunch Jenny has recruited...Can't wait to see how many screws loose Sylvie has.

Well they lost their hand

'Doesn't boil the water in MY hand.' So technically it's still working.

That's the third occasion when a character's hand is severely damaged: Annie burned Ysengrin's left arm almost completely (Page 1580, easily restored on Page 1586), Tony foolishly cut off his own hand (Page 1553). Red was prevented to cut off her little finger on Page 323.

shoutout Red Hot Nickel Ball! it's been a bit

Red Hot Nickel Ball!? This is almost as big a deal as City Face

Something tells me that if 'run time' Noa removed her fashionable eye ware, we would not see standard issue Mk 1 eyeballs. Tom likes to hide things is plain sight. ** Noa seems to be a bit blasé & unconcerned about the havoc she wreaked upon the other young lady. I wonder if this level of empathy will change over the years.

Yeah, it doesn't boil the water in YOUR hand, dummy.

O_O

Still some bugs to work out...

Gave her the ol' Spicy Keychain

“Oops! Haha!” she says, while this girl is in agonizing pain ???? is this where we find out that these girls are all, in some way, sociopaths? ????

Concerning how unconcerned she was she melted a classmates hand off :S

And that, class, is why we have safety protocols for experimental rune modifications!

Wtf! The girl who grabbed the ball after Noa is an absolute idiot, but Noa is clearly a raging psychopath. I appreciate Tom drawing the mangled burned hand as tiny as possible (did NOT want to see that up close), but it's still extremely effective and horrific looking. Well done lol

just girls having fun :D

This person should have been forbidden to do magic a long time ago.

We've got a psycho right here!

Oooo k

Noa, if I didn't know better I'd think you did that on purpose!

Oooo- good villain build-up! Noa is totally self-centered, and lacking in social skills. She shows no empathy, compassion, or remorse for destroying that poor girl’s hand, which will be a life-long disability (unless Kat can build her a new hand). All Noa cares about is herself and her poorly crafted spell. Yes, we already hate Noa!

'oops' 'haha' ...shes missing a hand you horrific bint

"Oops! Haha!" That's all? Oooh, that girl is not right in the head...

PLEASE tell me her hand can be saved augh that looks like it would hurt

Tedd would be appalled at the lack of comprehensive use of the scientific method (EGS). Maria Curie would probably be sympathetic, though.

Welp, the wound is cauterized so at least she doesn't have to worry about bleeding out. Main issue is the mental trauma really, and we all know the courts response to mental trauma. Do nothing, let them go crazy, hope it inspires them to do something interesting and exploitable.

Ah. The water in MY hand, not in yours.

Whoopsie! What a kidder.

Oops. Haha.

But there's no use crying over silly mistakes. You just keep on trying 'till you run out of cake.....

"Next time I'm sure I will get it right. Will you give me a hand to test the results?" I'll see myself out now...

She must have tuned her immunity to her specific biometrics. She could be a bit more sympathetic to a girl who just lost her hand!

Witches are of the Devil after all

love how y'all in the comments getting all worked up over a page of a fictional story

Reddit gives me the ick

I’m sorry WHAT??? yep for sure 1,000% psycho

Oops!

Ooops!