Girl Genius

Me bad. Must be the deadline conga doing me in.

Give over, mate. It's been how many months since we saw Dimo, again?

Besides... he might have had time to get something done... (doubt it, though: nice catch ).

^ Don't think so. He was shown still minus the arm when General Gkika tried to enter the museum where Agatha and Zeetha were trying on armor. Not only was that not that long ago, there's not really been any unaccounted for time to allow for the possibility of it being replaced.

In short, most likely it was just a goof.

edited 22nd Nov '12 7:58:17 PM by Nohbody

Which gets covered by the careful edit or it is a somewhat awkward stretch of the arm.

His other hand is also visible at the lower-left.

Should stop trying to comment while burnt well this clueless individual should hit the bed in a few minutes then.

There's a note now on the comic saying yes, it was a mistake and will be removed. And he's shown missing the arm in the first panel of the same comic.

edited 22nd Nov '12 8:34:08 PM by Geoduck

Page up! Oh dear. Frzzazzk! Famous last sound effect, maybe?

Oh, I don't know...

But, I am a touch worried about standing water...

I don't think she'd have forgotten about electricity and water tending not to work well together.

If nothing else, we've already done "electrocuted Agatha" before, during the Hogfarb's wrap-up. The Foglios tend to not recycle forms of abusing their characters.

I'm more worried about collateral damage.

What was once a swagger stick, is now a sparky bazooka.

^ Still is a swagger stick. With that "stick", a swagger is totally justified.

Hmmmm... that badass bazooka baton is bad enough. But, added to the Madness Place? Not a good combo if you're wearing Wulfenbach colours, methinks.

I'd add also the interaction between Tarvek and Othar that Othar thinks of the elimination of Gil as an option while Tarvek just adds that his personal notes that include how to make a lot of his work or things he cribbed are with him and are highly valuable. I think those notes might be another Chekhov's Gun.

edited 23rd Nov '12 5:07:32 AM by Mauri

The notes are certainly a Chekhov's gun, partiularly since we don't know who has them.

My very first thought on seeing Tarvek was that someone *needs* to rewrite the speech bubbles there as fashion commentary. That hands on the hips pose screams exasperation. My second thought was that Gil rates higher than the lab notes, a good sign for their relationship. Lab notes are *important*. Hmm. More important that getting rid of a wasped Klaus. Oh my.

General Gkika is clearly in her element, Agatha is acting like one of the "fun vuns", and that's the kind of Heterodyne that she understands. Klaus has given Agatha too much time. Poor Moloch though, he doesn't like it when Agatha gets a look like that on her face. I'm imagining him hiding behind Violetta and peeking around her shoulder at Agatha right now. Interesting that both Tarvek and Othar appear to be out of the Madness Place themselves, as firmly back into sanity as Sparks get.

Friendly fire is the most obvious way something could go wrong with this Zappy Stick to the Umpteenth Power. Fortunately, Klaus has herded most of the townspeople out of the way. Very ethical of him, to preserve enemy civilians, particularly when these civilians are so prone to becoming dangerous themselves.

The pace is picking up, perhaps the Zap will get them to the tower quickly? I'm reminded of Gil where he leaves DK. Anyone else?

edited 23rd Nov '12 7:39:26 AM by Lightningnettle

That zap might do too much damage. Remember that Gil was worried about effect spread with the stick and Agatha's "little" death ray redesigned both geography and architecture.

Second thought: might Klaus have learned something of the tunnels in his years with Bill and Barry? And what of that tunnel that Krosp didn't explore?

Well the notes are clearly including a truckload of what he worked under Lucrezia so they are an important little set of letters.

So Tarvek is looking at the big picture on those and it is highly tempting to remove Gil from the love equation but Hippogrif's boy is a hero at the bottom of his heart. But having to be near Othar might be tilting him to Villai moods or fully converting to one soon enough.

Dimo's regrown arm is acknowledged as a mistake.

Greybeard Fan, Agatha did want to rebuild Mechanicsburg after all, this'd give her a head start.

Are you thinking Klaus may be coming up that mysterious stair under DK?

Mauri, yep, those Other notes are beyond price. And he still values Gil above them. Tarvek puts friends and family first, then Europa. Don't forget Othar may be wanting to remove a rival in Gil too.

edited 23rd Nov '12 11:53:05 AM by Lightningnettle

I just love both those boys: each rate the other very high on the list of "things to save in case of rains of fire". Yet, you get them to explicitly admit as much within a mile of each other.

edited 23rd Nov '12 2:02:22 PM by Euodiachloris

Me too, that's why it's so much fun when they're together.

(Nod) That really was the great and joyful revelation for me — when I realized Tarvek wasn't meant to be Gil's antithesis, but his harmony in a balanced fugue. They're so fun played against each other, and still so sweet and distinct. Love 'em. Just love 'em.

Here's something Girl Genius has never failed to teach us: there is no problem that cannot be solved with a big enough laser.

If you think you've got one, then you've obviously not tried a big enough laser yet.

And no, "my laser is too powerful, it's going to destroy everything" is not a legitimate problem. Not if you're a mad scientist.

^ Maybe somewhere down the line they'll run into a fusion machine. I'd be surprised if no one had created one yet.

edited 23rd Nov '12 11:02:51 PM by KnownUnknown

Tarvek + Gilgamesh = Targamesh?

The best of both worlds for Agatha in terms of qualities but mmmm it makes a ton of squick.

edited 24th Nov '12 5:55:43 AM by Mauri