r/polandball • u/captaincrunchie New Zealand • Oct 18 '13

redditormade The Curious Case of New Zealand Part 3: Australia Investigates (2.5/3)

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u/captaincrunchie Oct 18 '13 edited Oct 18 '13

Part 1: http://i.imgur.com/oOIVh7B.png

Part 2:http://i.imgur.com/F08s3Re.png

You may be wondering why each part is so small compared to other series; this is so there's less to digest per part, and builds up suspension between each part.

As always, feel free to speculate!

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u/Eonir Oct 18 '13

You may be wondering why each part is so small compared to other series

I was actually wondering the opposite thing every time I read one of these other series: why is this so long and convoluted? Brevity is the soul of wit. You're doing good in this regard and I appreciate that.

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u/captaincrunchie Oct 18 '13

Thank you for this. It always helps when I have feedback like this!

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u/coloicito Oct 25 '13

Damn, missed this post. Let's see:

  • "Guard our free land". We've seen this phrase in 2 & 2.5. In 2 it was written in the wall: He demands our blood / Guard our free land. In the circle, we see 5 balls standing around a drawing in the floor. This drawing is the "crying ball" depicted at the beginning of each comic (which seems to be New Zealand. Maybe). And in the middle, we can see the Reichtangle emerging from purple flames in the floor.

  • The NZ's star pattern. According to Wikipedia, this pattern represents the constellation of the Southern Cross: the Crux. In the first comic we can see it, of course, on New Zealand. In the second comic, though, it appears more times: in the column inside Österreich's mansion (next to a bold, red H), and on Poland. On Poland we can see that the bottom star has blood on it. In 2.5 we see it more and seems to have a bigger meaning: in the althar in 1st pannel, next to a drawing of the crying ball with the words "She is pure" (probably referencing New Zealand, as she seems to be the only girl in this comic), this drawing also has the bottom star "crossed" with blood, the same happens with Poland's pattern across the comic; on every ball reunited on the Reichtangle-invocation ceremony (which could mean the the pattern of Crux has a hidden power &/or is important to the waking of the anschlusser) + on Reichtangle; and on Österreich at the last pannel. On österreich we see that all his stars are blurred out, maybe saying that his power dried?

  • Balls chained to Österreich. We can see that Ö "caught" three countries: Italy, France and UK. Interestingly, France & UK are Australia's suspects as well, while Italy seems like a randomly included country (for now).

  • The altar In the first pannel, we see an altar behind Poland & Australia. It has a drawing on the wall of the crying ball, 3 candles on the floor (hey, captaincrunchie, I don't know if you made it on purpose, but you could have drawn 4 rather than 3 so it would have as much candles as Crux :P ), a cup whose contents have spilled & a knife with blood. The Crux on the wall has, again, the bottom start faded. The cup used to hold wine, because we see under Poland's eyes that he's drunk (that "pink" shadow under them). The knife seems to be the same that used to be inside Poland. [Wait, if the blood trail goes from Poland to the altar, how could Australia follow it??]

Past speculations (not updated in 2.5):

  • Bold, red H on Ö's mansion. No idea. Again, countrys that start with H? According to Wikipedia, only Honduras, Haiti & Hungary start with H. Haiti is well known for his black magic and his bloodthirst history. Maybe he's the mind behind this plot?

  • "Is problem with father and penis. Maybe it's just a reference to Ö's job as a doctor. Maybe he used to treat New Zealand, and diagnosed her a problem with his father (in the first comic, on UK's report, we can read "New Zealand was always close with Papa, despite ???????????????????"), as well as a sexual problem (?) with... mmm... France, maybe? Dunno.

  • The lace on the floor of Ö's mansion. It's the same as NZ's, so I can tell for sure that she's been there after she disappeared. If she's still there is unkown.

Solved from last comic:

  • The eyes behind Australia when he started to follow the blood trail. Ö's, of course.

Link to previous speculation comment

One last thing about "Guard our free land". As captaincrunchie said in comic #2, the 3rd chapter in the series is called "Our free land".

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u/thexfiles81 Oct 18 '13

"You're in space now"....I wasn't ready for these feels.

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u/Eonir Oct 18 '13

The cultural buildup for that line was enormous. All the depression months and poland-bashing made this line so strong. It ought not be overused, else we will dilute its meaning.

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u/AutumnSea Oct 19 '13

:'(

(on a completely unrelated note, the national anthem of New Zealand is quite lovely)

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u/Hansafan Oct 18 '13

You're in space now....

BLASPHEMY!

Just kidding, much feels

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u/ggsatw Oct 18 '13

Space > heaven for polan

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u/Zrk2 Oct 18 '13

No, space == heaven. Silly polacks still of Cathlic.

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u/ggsatw Oct 18 '13

But polan be dead many times..... So polan has into space......many times!?!?!!!

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u/Zrk2 Oct 18 '13

Only heaven-space. It's a different space from real space.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '13

Huh, so you've gone down the Lovecraftian Arkham Horror murder mystery approach. I applaud thee, but remember to feed the cats before the flying jellyfish suck your face off.

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u/Ka1ser Oct 18 '13

Go Österreich, go, kill him, KILL!!!

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '13

No, flee New Zealand, flee!

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u/no_name_nell Oct 23 '13

Anyone thinking they can beatings Australia in knife fights? Is good joke

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u/Zrk2 Oct 18 '13

Looks like it's time for Canada and 'Straya to team up and kick some Kraut ass again.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '13

The more I look at the noir style the more I like it. It should be used sparingly, but fuck if it doesn't look great.

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u/icisimousa Oct 19 '13

RIP Poland. I hope he can fly into the space in heaven.