Girl Genius XXVII: Hoy! Hennybody else not dead?

[Rogar Demonblud]

Once again we see how quick Dimo thinks.

[Manga Shoggoth]

Some of the oldest are, or older. Each Heterodyne since Vlad (save for Bill and Barry) had their own batches of Jaegermonsters, IIRC.

That's ... a lot of time.

More to the point, that's a lot of Jagermonsters.

Once again we see how quick Dimo thinks.

Yup, he deserves his generalship, even if it is pro-tem.

[sihnfahl]

More to the point, that's a lot of Jagermonsters.

Potentially. Still has that 'kills most folks who drink it' aspect.

Going through the trial of grasses - er, drinking the Jaegerdraught - diminishes the potential number of resulting fighters...

[factotum]

Potentially. Still has that 'kills most folks who drink it' aspect.

Going through the trial of grasses - er, drinking the Jaegerdraught - diminishes the potential number of resulting fighters...

Well, either Jaegers are just *that good* that having one of them instead of a dozen regular soldiers is a benefit, *or* the Heterodynes just went with "Monsters are cool, m'kay?" and chose them over regular dudes for that reason. Assuming they even thought much about it at all, Sparks very rarely seem to sit down and consider if they *should* be doing something.

[Willie the Duck]

Well, either Jaegers are just *that good* that having one of them instead of a dozen regular soldiers is a benefit, *or* the Heterodynes just went with "Monsters are cool, m'kay?" and chose them over regular dudes for that reason. Assuming they even thought much about it at all, Sparks very rarely seem to sit down and consider if they *should* be doing something.

I also deeply suspect that it's not the kind of thing you just give to your whole army or the like, so you aren't trading a dozen regular soldiers for a Jaeger, you are trading specific individual soldiers for a 1-in-X chance of a Jaeger. The types of soldiers who would take the drought aren't the types of soldiers who last forever without massive survivability upgrades. At least it's implied that people who 'ride with the Jaegers' or the like already have a touch of reckless abandon or the like.

[Fyraltari]

Frankly between the backstory of Old Man Death and Maxim’s sorrow over a goldfish I’m starting to wonder how murderous it really was to ride with the Hererodynes.

[Rogar Demonblud]

You missed the point in OMD's story where all the rest of the guys with him died, I take it?

I suspect the Jaeger effect slows down how someone changes. They've been noted as being a bit slow on the uptake and not likely to change, so it's possible that you're getting in effect some form of time dilation effect. 50 years of grieving for a pet seems long to us, to a Jaeger it may be the equivalent of moping for a few months.

[Fyraltari]

You missed the point in OMD's story where all the rest of the guys with him died, I take it?

I meant this backstory.

I suspect the Jaeger effect slows down how someone changes. They've been noted as being a bit slow on the uptake and not likely to change, so it's possible that you're getting in effect some form of time dilation effect. 50 years of grieving for a pet seems long to us, to a Jaeger it may be the equivalent of moping for a few months.

Except that going by the way Dimo tells it it wasn't even his goldfish, also there is no indication whatsoever that they perceive time any differently.


But most importantly I was making a joke!

[Rogar Demonblud]

Yup. And two pages before that, we saw what happened to his pals (bottom corners).

[Rogar Demonblud]

I've had trips booked by that gate agent.

[Manga Shoggoth]

It's a hell of a lot more believable than the excuses we get from National Rail...

[Rogar Demonblud]

National Rail comes up with something less believable than a rampaging giant monstrous crab?

[Manga Shoggoth]

Oh yes... Remember, these are the people who came up with delays due to "the wrong kind of snow..."

[Kantaki]

Heh. That complication should've been expected.

[Rockphed]

Jaegers? Impressive diplomats? I'm not sure I buy it.

[geoduck]

Jaegers? Impressive diplomats? I'm not sure I buy it.

Why not? We just saw first-hand that Dimo can do it.

[Manga Shoggoth]

Jaegers? Impressive diplomats? I'm not sure I buy it.

Why not? We just saw first-hand that Dimo can do it.

There's two things here.

First, we know that Oggie, Maxim and especially Dimo are not typical Jaegers. They have spent a long period out in the field on their own, and have ... matured ... somewhat, to the extent that in the absence of the other Generals Dimo is even operating as a reluctant brevet General.

The second is that I suspect that the "dumb battle-happy Jaeger" is something of a facade. Not a big facade - Jorgi (our rank-and-file closet intellectual) goes into some detail here, and Dimo has something to say about it here.

Yes, most of the Jaegers joined up to be, well, Jaegers, but there is more to them than just that. Over time they mature and - if they survive long enough - become Generals.

[Agi Hammerthief]

Who knew trying to trick the god-whales with a fish costume was a terrible plan.

so the objection was more against the weapons than the costume?

[Rogar Demonblud]

First, the colored pages for the 14th and 17th are now up.

Second, get the popcorn, y'all.

[Kantaki]

Uh, Tarvek? Thin ice. Very thin ice.

[otakuryoga]

ooooo, somebody is about to get punched in the face REALLY hard

[PraetorDragoon]

ooooo, somebody is about to get punched in the face REALLY hard

Do you think the mermaid outfit comes with a mechanic punching fist?

[Vinyadan]

Uh, Tarvek? Thin ice. Very thin ice.

I don't know, I mean, she is only holding the bathrobe at the top. It's open at the bottom.

[Rogar Demonblud]

Which matters how to the fact that Tarvek is offering Agatha her choice in stripper pasties for when she goes topless?

[Fyraltari]

Do you think the mermaid outfit comes with a mechanic punching fist?

This is rhetorical right?

[uncool]

Do you think the mermaid outfit comes with a mechanic punching fist?

Grammar question: do you mean punching fists that are mechanical, or fists that punch the mechanic?

[Manga Shoggoth]

Do you think the mermaid outfit comes with a mechanic punching fist?

Don't be silly! Trelawney Thorpe helped build it, and wouldn't allow anything so gauche. Twin rocket Launchers.

[wingnutx]

she is only holding the bathrobe at the top. It's open at the bottom.

She's wearing it vato-style.

[Scarlet Knight]

Which matters how to the fact that Tarvek is offering Agatha her choice in stripper pasties for when she goes topless?

"Are you suggesting that I wear seashells?"
" I would never insult you that way! These are 'D' shells..."

[PraetorDragoon]

Grammar question: do you mean punching fists that are mechanical, or fists that punch the mechanic?

yes.