Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!

[The Glyphstone]

'Continuous launch on the my mark?' I think a typo made it into the dialogue.

[wingnutx]

No sparks, but still raw power sources around, time traveling horrors, and the return of diseases*.

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Phil loves to draw teeth, among other things, and he's really good at it.

[Shining Wrath]

The first print novel also mentions the unicycle messengers, when Wooster first takes Agatha to meet with Gil.

And in real life, they've got motorized unicycles now that can zip along at a very high rate of speed.

Why has no Spark invented that? It seems very Sparky. Perhaps powered by feral hamsters running inside the wheel.

[Radar]

Why has no Spark invented that? It seems very Sparky. Perhaps powered by feral hamsters running inside the wheel.

Nobody in their right mind would want to ride that or walk the same corridors as those wicked machines would pass at insane speeds.

[TeChameleon]

Nobody in their right mind would want to ride that or walk the same corridors as those wicked machines would pass at insane speeds.

... so why hasn't a spark invented one, then?

[Shining Wrath]

... so why hasn't a spark invented one, then?

Indeed, the phrase "right mind" usually doesn't apply to Sparks at all.

[Xel]

I don't doubt that Othar is operating way slower than he needs to in order for his mission to succeed. But, Othar has undoubtedly succeeded in removing a number of sparks - when Agatha first meets him she mentions, his Twitter account mentions removing some sparks, and the general reputation he has among commoners suggests there's a number of other unnamed heroics he's been in.

Ah, I haven't read his Twitter account, good to know. The list Agatha goes through in your link doesn't say whether Othar actually took out the sparks involved -- only mentions their creations. Granted the spark-killing needed to be kept under wraps for the later reveal, and his mission is mostly interesting to the story for interactions with the (other?) main characters.

Huh. Now I wonder why I never noticed the similarities between Othar and The Other (well, name and killing opposed sparks, anyway). Probably because the personalities, goals, and story purposes are so different.

[wingnutx]

Indeed, the phrase "right mind" usually doesn't apply to Sparks at all.

They don't go to the "level headed place" when they spark out.