Girl Genius

I suspect part of the Jãger equation addresses R&R: it's a bit difficult to kick back with a stein and a song after a fight... if there's neither beer, nor people who can summon even a modicum of cheer because no roof.

Meanwhile, this is probably my last chance to indulge a particular fancy... but Agatha's picture is literally all over Paris advertising the latest fashionable everything. I should think that whatever the Lady Heterodyne chose to wear (or not), would become "in", almost by definition. So... when Agatha finally gets to this party... without any pants...

Do any of you see where I am going with this?

I'm going to just randomly that whoever's clothes Agatha steals will turn up to the party shortly after Agatha wearing whatever she was left with.

For Dimo's objection to looting the dress shop, keep in mind that Jagers love to play games. Putting limits on what you can and can't do make it a game. Also, having to limit oneself in certain situations keeps things from getting too boring - even if you have to switch up the rules from time-to-time.

As for those last few panels... I guess Agatha was just a bit sheltered in Transylvania; I've seen angry hordes of the well-to-do fight over dresses in this world, and we don't have Sparks (and I've never been to most of the major fashion centers of our world, like Milan or Paris, and I've never seen such fights in the one such fashion center - NYC - that I have been to). I can only imagine just how cutthroat fashion can be in her world. I'll just say, arguing over the perfect dress can get ugly when death rays aren't a potential issue.

Now you mention it, do you reckon there's a game where they see how long they can get their superiors to race around a foreign city with no pants on?

Thats got to count as an epic win for Dimo.

@48356 Well, I wouldn't bet on that. We have no information on the sartorial state of The Red Heterodyne during the two years dealing with the Unseen Empire. We know the culinary state of The Red Heterodyne, but not whether or not he had pants.

And if there's something I've learned in life, you never take pants for granted.

Weren't there crowds of wasped civilians that were told to attack them at the start of this mess? I wondered what happened to them. It's why our team took to the rooftops. The crowd apparently have been roaming the streets until new orders come down. Funny this little gaggle of overdressed opera goers would show up about now. That's a Heterodyne story for you.

Remember what Mama G. and her boyz said in the middle of the Bettle ov Mechanicsburg? LET'S GO SHOPPINK!!

Mechanicsburg is a bit different. If nothing else, random objects used in Sparking can likely be counted towards taxes.

So the coffee shop might as well have a good tax return thanks to Agatha sparking hard there?

...they're likely owed one heck of a return.

If Agatha and company cant handle a gang of fashionistas, wasped or not, I'll stop reading. I do not believe that I will have to stop reading.

The very next panel is going to show Agatha/Zeetha/Violetta wearing their new outfits.

edited 6th Dec '16 7:44:57 AM by Geoduck

I'd cover THAT bet!

I'll throw in a cookie on Zimo wearing his own smart dress when that happens.

Comic for Wednesday, December 7, 2016: sneaky gate permalink

Angry Master of Paris in 3...2...1...

My last one didn't pan out, but I'll toss out another : The Master of Paris is about to die.

edited 6th Dec '16 8:46:12 PM by Geoduck

Seems likely, but it would be exceptionally disappointing if he did. He's a Spark who's maintained power in the face of the Boys, the Other and the Baron. Having him die would kind of sell him short.

When the Library says something is of the utmost importance, they're literal, and the Master knows it. I had to google Platonic Solid; it's the mace Andronicus used and the jaegers called Smasher. Betcha the Master knows right where Archimedes Lever is kept; he just got his motivation to attend Grandma's party. I wonder what he'll come dressed as? Hell on Wheels, perhaps?

I'm sure it would be fun to see . . . preferably from a long way off and behind a tree—a BIG tree.

Whaddaya bet we find that the Master is a mechanical juggernaut under that giant coat? Remember the Corbetite abbot?

And he *still* hasn't heard about how half the city is wasped!

Nah I don't think the Master will die soon - otherwise he won't get the scene where Agatha tries to justify her rampage and the master gives her ten minutes to get out of the city and never come back.

I think we're about to get yet another example of Authority Equals Asskicking.