Girl Genius

Chewie with the power of that mallet is a very scary image. Heck, Chewie just carrying that mallet around is pretty scary, too.

The magnetic manipulation of Chewie's is force multiplier enough... add an actual kinetic force multiplier (literal) on top and.... ewwwww. No, that's one little ball of deadly.

I am intrigued by a question regarding Chewie's current form. Agatha appears to have made him unable to devour, relatively easy to confine while training Ulm, and his later interaction with Tweedle involved bouncing around provoking Tweedle to smash his own plate... but she kind of seems to be displaying him to van Stron here. IS Chewie still combat-capable, and if so, what abilities did she build into that new body? Or is Agatha just nice enough to give him a good view before they engage in battle?

edited 30th Jul '15 1:15:01 PM by Schefflera

He looks menacing enough and I'm willing to bet that Agatha has some tricks up her sleeves regarding him. I would assume (moxana?) that she has some attachable weaponry. i think permanently arming the chewiebot would be a bad idea, but I'm betting she's got like a tiny shock ray or something that she can attach and detach. I'm also hoping for her sake that she's got the thing voice commanded, because other wise chewie will be off and running.

Running, rolling, eating, growing, laughing manaically . . . Yup, that would be him, alright.

@rikalous, we'll have to see if Hoffman burns some buildings down; or perhaps punches holes in some of them. Wouldn't surprise me a bit.

Didn't notice the multi layered pun until I thought it right now:

A half baked spark attacking a bakery. A bakery run by a half baked spark.

I guess everyone else saw that before I wrote them down and I'm being just too slow.

Also will be off for some days, will be back unless I get shot or stabbed or imprisoned by saying I want ketchup on my plate, so have a nice week.

I'm anticipating today's comic with vast eagerness.

Page. Wooster's bit of background info was amusing. I assume/hope that Beausoleil will be down for the count before the end of the next strip, and Agatha is soon on her way to meet the Master.

One does not simply "abscond" with the Heterodyne, and I suppose this new Professor will soon be disabused of this notion. Most violently.

This is the point where one displays ones most radiant smile, before systematically destroying anyone who stands between oneself and cake.

But studying in Paris seems to be a lot more fun than in Mechanicsburg.

edited 31st Jul '15 9:39:05 PM by blauregen

Now, this guy has just put his foot right in it, unless he has a very good kidnapping plan...

...Or unless he actually means to spirit her off to the Master and has an exceedingly dangerous sense of humor himself.

... Could have chosen your words better, mate. (Be thankful there isn't a cat who might have liked to do something about all that white around.)

Wooster's right behind him! (facepalm)

And last we saw, Vi, Zeetha, and Chewie (for what he's worth) are within literally spitting distance.

DOGPILE!

As Schefflera says above, the only way this guy's not a complete imbecile is if it turns out he's making a joke and wants her to voluntarily come with him.

Stand back and bow your heads, for the Great and Powerful Daremo will now astound and mystify you all by predicting the first word of the next page!

It will be... "No."

Please refrain from looking at the mystery answer until after the post is revealed.

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Any edits to this post that may occur at or around that time will be entirely coincidental.

That would make staging the student show rather pointless, wouldn't it? He could simply ask her. That he needs a distraction indicates that he didn't plan a simple invitation.

edited 1st Aug '15 12:52:02 AM by blauregen

He does not appear to be particularly organic. That makes me slow to judge what will happen next. Two big gears going deep into his shoulders, with a vent and a dial on either side. Plus there appears to be some kind of cloud already forming behind him. If some kind of mechanical exit is already in progress then he and Agatha could be outside clobbering range before her allies can react.

Why does that 'great and powerful########terrible' bit have me thinking that Agatha will be pulling down some of the Master's facade?

And that smoke cloud could be one of Violetta's tricks.

edited 1st Aug '15 5:14:18 AM by GreybeardFan

Add another to the stupefyingly long list of people who underestimate Agatha.

edited 1st Aug '15 5:28:54 AM by tricksterson

Exactly! Abduct The Heterodyne? Heck, she's young, she's pretty . . . what could possibly go wrong?

At first I interpreted it as the Master having sent the Count to get Agatha to come visit him voluntarily but without anyone else noticing (hence the distraction). Now that you guys have brought the possibility of kidnapping up I'm not so sure, but if that's the case, he's definitely got another think coming.

Case in point: Tweedle. A good night's sleep, water, and access to a lab, and WHAM!

Sorta-kinda tangential:

Came across this list of supernatural collective nouns, and while most of it is unrelated to GG, apparently the collective noun for Mad Scientists is "A cackle" (listed under the category "Psychotic Class").

Hilarious!