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2019-03-18, 06:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXV: It needs work! BUT THE CONCEPT IS SOUND!
Is it just me, or does it look like Violetta should be able to easily slip those cuffs over the top of the poles they're attached to and be off?
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2019-03-18, 07:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXV: It needs work! BUT THE CONCEPT IS SOUND!
Violetta doesn't seem to very injured here. She does however look very angry.
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2019-03-18, 08:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXV: It needs work! BUT THE CONCEPT IS SOUND!
I wonder if Higgs is referring to the actual monster or Voilette. He did state it twice after both reveals.
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2019-03-18, 08:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-03-18, 10:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXV: It needs work! BUT THE CONCEPT IS SOUND!
Curios since Steelgarter claims to have killed Violetta. And Zeetha and the jagers found her blood at the scene of the fight.
But perhaps Steelgarter knocked her unconscious and gave her to the cultist; leaving with the assumption that Violetta was as good as dead.
/sigh Sloppy villany Steelgarter. Sloppy villiany indeed.Last edited by xroads; 2019-03-18 at 10:27 AM. Reason: Fixed grammar
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2019-03-18, 01:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXV: It needs work! BUT THE CONCEPT IS SOUND!
Probably turn out to be more Smoke Knight Misdirection Magic. if it gets addressed at all.
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2019-03-18, 01:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXV: It needs work! BUT THE CONCEPT IS SOUND!
Okay, these people are sooooooo f***ing dead it'd ridiculous. Tarvek's about to go full on Madboy, Zeetha and the Jaegers will do it for fun, Higgs would consider it a light work out, the monster is probably hungry, Wooster will do it for Britannia and as soon as Agatha figures out someone's trying to off one of her besties she's gonna remind people of why Heterodynes are viewed with dread and terror.
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2019-03-18, 02:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXV: It needs work! BUT THE CONCEPT IS SOUND!
Um... Those posts look suspiciously like electrodes to me. Are they for the sacrifice or the monster?
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2019-03-18, 02:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXV: It needs work! BUT THE CONCEPT IS SOUND!
So they behave like stereotypical Old One's cultists? It would truly fit them.
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2019-03-18, 02:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-03-18, 06:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXV: It needs work! BUT THE CONCEPT IS SOUND!
Niiiiize! Violetta finally got to wear that beautiful dress she always wanted.
And when she made her entrance, every eye in the room became fixed on her...unfortunately including the really big ones..."We are the people our parents warned us about!" - J.Buffett
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2019-03-19, 12:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXV: It needs work! BUT THE CONCEPT IS SOUND!
I got confused with the timey-wimey monster and thought the sacrifice had already happened (and was a bit disturbed that, even if Agatha was in the madness place, she hadn't objected). So, doubly glad to see Violetta's alive.
I wonder if Steelgarter doesn't differentiate between "dead" and "good-as." It's a common, semantic error with villains (hmm, the connection between villainy and certain verbal processing disorders, possibly connected in some way to the need to make elaborate death traps but never take the time to see if they work [which seems like an attention deficit related problem, but the co-existence of the two is too high to be ignored]).
On the re-occurrence of Sparks: According to what I read on the Mayo Clinic's site, 30% of hemophilia cases seem to be caused by a spontaneous mutation when there was no history in the family (Queen Victoria may be an example, but I'm not 100% sure).
It may be Sparkyness is similar. Although, we don't know how common the trait is outside of Europa, if stat numbers are about the same in other population groups, we could assume it appears spontaneously in populations or that it dates back to very early in human development and is more or less equally spread among all human populations. Of course, time travel may have also played a part in its distribution (oh, no, did I just suggest Barry is the ancestor of all Sparks? Wait, would that make all Sparks Heterodynes? Or do they still count after 20,000 years or so?). It's also possible some Sparks travel a lot more than other members of their population groups, again messing the stats.
So, boiling that down (and discarding time travel):
1. If Sparks are more present in Europa, we can assume a common, genetic ancestor and that Othar's goal might be doable.
2. If Sparks are equally present in most or all population groups, spontaneous mutation becomes more likely.
3. Although it's also possible that the trait appeared early. Its persistence (despite the high death tolls associated with it) suggests that it may have an evolutionary advantage (although that might be an advantage for people with the Spark surviving in a world full of Sparks rather than population groups surviving because of the Spark).
4. A limited geographical area with lots of Sparks might also mean an environmental factor that encourages the emergence of the Spark, like the way the Dyne influenced the Heterodynes (they are noted for the strength of their Spark and its high level of occurrence in the family).
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2019-03-19, 05:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-03-19, 11:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXV: It needs work! BUT THE CONCEPT IS SOUND!
I could see Othar going that route.
Or, he might decide it's smack time.
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2019-03-19, 02:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXV: It needs work! BUT THE CONCEPT IS SOUND!
I'm not sure - it mentions the electro-veils holding the monster in place, rather than the sacrifice.
On the other hand, if you are right, the veil could light up! I don't see a down-side here.
(I initially thought Violetta's veil was rather large - turns out that it is pretty small, and what I could see was a carving behind her)Warning: This posting may contain wit, wisdom, pathos, irony, satire, sarcasm and puns. And traces of nut.
"The main skill of a good ruler seems to be not preventing the conflagrations but rather keeping them contained enough they rate more as campfires." Rogar Demonblud
"Hold on just a d*** second. UK has spam callers that try to get you to buy conservatories?!? Even y'alls spammers are higher class than ours!" Peelee
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2019-03-20, 12:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXV: It needs work! BUT THE CONCEPT IS SOUND!
Maybe they're summoning it to try and kill or destroy it, rather than control it somehow?
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2019-03-20, 02:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-03-20, 03:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXV: It needs work! BUT THE CONCEPT IS SOUND!
I would say they are trying to steal it's power.
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2019-03-20, 06:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-03-20, 06:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-03-20, 06:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXV: It needs work! BUT THE CONCEPT IS SOUND!
Lord Snackleford's helmet in the last panel suggests mind transfer to me. Why try to control the eldritch horror when you can become it? I'm glad they won't be fail predictably, but in new and exciting ways! That's how your progress science!
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2019-03-20, 10:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-03-20, 01:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-03-20, 06:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-03-22, 01:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXV: It needs work! BUT THE CONCEPT IS SOUND!
Is "Reisitor" a typo for "Resistor", or did they intend to spell it that way to make it more Sparky?
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2019-03-22, 02:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXV: It needs work! BUT THE CONCEPT IS SOUND!
They may have planned a transfer chain:
Sacrifice <= Eldritch Abomination <= Snackleford
Leaving you with one conflicted Sacrifice body struggling to come to terms while Snackleford is in Abomination form and has his own body to return to (assuming it keeps breathing and living when vacant). Then dispose of sacrifice.
Alternatively, if only copying in the last step from Snackleford, have two Snacklefords running around, one in Abomination form. What could possibly go wrong.
Alternatively, if they've only figured out swapping, I guess we could end up with Violetta in Snackleford's body.
This being Girl Genius, it will all go horribly wrong. What are the bets on Violetta as an Eldritch Abomination?
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2019-03-22, 02:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-03-22, 04:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXV: It needs work! BUT THE CONCEPT IS SOUND!
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2019-03-22, 05:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXV: It needs work! BUT THE CONCEPT IS SOUND!
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2019-03-22, 06:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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