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Mod edit to add this convenience link to Girl Genius. Original OP below:


Last thread vanished with the crash...

So, the Weasel Queen interlude is over. Is this Storm King opera another one?

Edited by wingedcatgirl on Feb 19th 2025 at 1:51:41 PM

Candi Sorcerer in training from Closer to rimward than hubward Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
Sorcerer in training
#41476: Jan 17th 2015 at 4:02:47 AM

...that was a funny set of pages.

Othar: "It needs... it needs, you know" (snaps fingers trying to remember) "one of those..." (bang crash tears apart machine) "-One of these things."

"...sometimes I forget he's a Spark."

Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
ilaine Since: Jan, 2013
#41477: Jan 17th 2015 at 10:02:15 AM

Plot withdrawl has induced me to commit fanfic/art.

Imagine, if you will, our beloved characters hearing the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

looky here: http://ilaine-dcmrn.livejournal.com/110541.html

ElfKid2.0 Since: Aug, 2013
#41478: Jan 17th 2015 at 12:23:38 PM

[up] That's a good one. Here's another. http://archiveofourown.org/works/3168293/chapters/6879506

'May you live in interesting times.'- Chinese curse
Mauri Absent-Minded Professor from Where was I again? Since: Mar, 2012
Absent-Minded Professor
#41479: Jan 18th 2015 at 6:44:03 AM

Mmm not a bad thought on the fan art creation, but perish the thought for now at least for me... got stuff in the fritz that needs to be worked upon. Besides It is not like the mint hedgehogs and Gil can be made into a product....

Well here goes nothing
mona.soyun Since: Sep, 2014
#41480: Jan 18th 2015 at 11:54:04 AM

Ilaine — That was very charming. :)

mona.soyun Since: Sep, 2014
khil khilari from England Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
khilari
#41483: Jan 18th 2015 at 11:19:52 PM

Yay, Agatha!

...does anyone else find the Beast weirdly cute up close? Maybe it's just me, but I kind of want Agatha to pat it on the nose.

Candi Sorcerer in training from Closer to rimward than hubward Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
Sorcerer in training
#41484: Jan 19th 2015 at 3:00:36 AM

Yay, Agatha!

And I think whatever trope applies where there's a little event earlier in the story that foreshadows a similar event later in the story. Like Agatha confronting the monster in the Refuge of Storms.

Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
Until further notice
#41485: Jan 19th 2015 at 3:22:01 AM

I don't know why, but I get a vague feeling that this might backfire.

Not a substitute for a formal medical consultation.
blauregen Since: Apr, 2013
#41486: Jan 19th 2015 at 3:37:20 AM

Yes, I think it is possible that this one heterodyne creation may not roll over for a lower chassis rubbing.

All I know is, my gut says maybe.
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#41487: Jan 19th 2015 at 5:21:16 AM

Um. "I am an agent of the Lord. Be not afraid." vs "I'm a Heterodyne. Please don't squash me."

Dunno why I got that crossover going on in my head... evil grin

mona.soyun Since: Sep, 2014
#41488: Jan 19th 2015 at 6:11:52 AM

Eh, it'll be ok. She's carrying a big stick.

ElfKid2.0 Since: Aug, 2013
#41489: Jan 19th 2015 at 6:34:38 AM

At the very least, that question is likely to keep the Beast engaged.

Do you think the others are spreading into attack formation while it's distracted? And if so, will that cause problems?

'May you live in interesting times.'- Chinese curse
mona.soyun Since: Sep, 2014
#41490: Jan 19th 2015 at 6:55:09 AM

Could be... could be... It would be smart to maneuver into position, though there's a risk someone might go all Leroy Jenkins.

(Haha, there is a trope page for that! HAHAHA the pic is Scandinavia and the World! Oh, King Europe... You shouldn't be so surprised...)

Geoduck Bivalve from Pacific NW (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: What is this thing you call love?
Bivalve
#41491: Jan 19th 2015 at 8:21:00 AM

Shrug. One way or another, she's gonna end up riding the Beast out of there. Maybe whatever it wants is in Paris, too.

The Mansion of E
Corgi Hound of the Internet Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Puppy love
Hound of the Internet
#41492: Jan 19th 2015 at 9:14:17 AM

I think Mona solved the problem with the novels:

Sturmvarious

Perfect.

So what happened to the Ol' Bear and where the blazes is Rej?

I am admiring Agatha's elegant but not terribly practical pose (it's not a step forward, for example).

edited 19th Jan '15 9:14:31 AM by Corgi

khil khilari from England Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
khilari
#41493: Jan 19th 2015 at 9:19:21 AM

[up] I think Ol' Bear is now Another Bear and I'm sure I've seen him around recently.

DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#41494: Jan 19th 2015 at 9:25:47 AM

Its doomed. Agathas sparky charisma is about to come into play. It will have become a loyL minion before it even knows whats happened.

I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.
mona.soyun Since: Sep, 2014
#41495: Jan 19th 2015 at 9:43:51 AM

[up] She could always roll a 1... ;)

But no, my money's been on her using the Beast to extricate herself from this situation since before we knew it was locomotive that could use anything for fuel and didn't need rails.

[up] Corgi — I was particularly admiring the dainty pointing of her toes.

westlake Since: Jun, 2012
#41496: Jan 19th 2015 at 12:37:06 PM

The train is too strong a card to be casually discarded.

Girl Genius now has a hard-coded deadline. In two years a temporal guardian will reach Mechanicsburg. Klaus is the main attraction but it is not hard to imagine it taking an interest in The Other as well.

Agatha needs the mobility and speed, the presence and authority the train has to offer. It is way of saying that the    young-Heterodyne-in-exile    is still a force to be reckoned with.

With the Jager mostly pinned down in Mechanicsburg, it wouldn't hurt to have Konig's bears around to back that up.

I can't wait to hear Agatha ask Krosp why he skipped around the part about being the secret master of an army of his own.

Konig, of course, will have questions of his own....

AnotherBear I used to be Ol Bear from Too far away Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
I used to be Ol Bear
#41497: Jan 19th 2015 at 1:53:18 PM

I think we have the Law of Narrative Causality starring us in the face. Westlake's take on the future of the Heterodyne-in-exile strikes me as almost inevitable. I really want to see Agatha leaning out the cab window, her blond hair streaming in the frosty winter air, with a mad gleam in her eye and heavily armed bears bristling from the passenger cars.

If it moves, eat it. If it doesn't move, kick it—then eat it!
Geoduck Bivalve from Pacific NW (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: What is this thing you call love?
Bivalve
#41498: Jan 19th 2015 at 2:04:51 PM

[up][up] I've been working from the assumption that Krosp doesn't even know about the bears. The most obvious explanation is that his creator waited too long to tell him, and then got brain-cored or whatever by Klaus.

The Mansion of E
mona.soyun Since: Sep, 2014
#41499: Jan 19th 2015 at 2:54:47 PM

I've also been assuming Krosp was in for a surprise — if he knew he was the master of the bears, he might have said something to them.

Westlake — That's a compelling line of reasoning. I had considered the bears as substitute Jaegers, but not Agatha's power base or the possibility the interdimensional beasties would be interested in the Other.

Bear — Are you hearing Born To Be Wild in this scenario, or is it just me...?

Mauri Absent-Minded Professor from Where was I again? Since: Mar, 2012
Absent-Minded Professor
#41500: Jan 19th 2015 at 3:25:20 PM

Agatha is being quite intelligent on the uptake, she knows that the Heterodyne beasts aren't used to being ordered and a small dose of diplomacy can go a long way but then again Chewy might not have a big opinion since it might have been working only with "one of the fun ones" that was her grandpa and the Heterodyne Boys didn't take Chewy for many joyrides so it might be a bit sore on that area.

Besides can you picture Bill picking Lucrezia for a ride inside Chewy?

Well here goes nothing

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