Girl Genius

I simply don't understand the 'adult' fascination with Hallowe'en. Thanksgiving I'm bang alongside, but chintzy candy and (yuck!) candy corn? Urgh!

Well, to be fair, candy was never the part I was interested in for Halloween. It’s all about the atmosphere.

And besides, if not for Halloween, Christmas sales would be starting even earlier.

(Not original to me.)

Edited by Nohbody on Sep 27th 2019 at 12:09:38 PM

It's the one time of year when it's socially acceptable to have skeletons in the front yard, and right afterwards you can get giant bags of candy for cheap.

Costumes! I can dress as I like, and the neighbors wont complain!

Edited by DeMarquis on Sep 28th 2019 at 10:53:55 AM

And don't forget there's no family obligation like nearly every other holiday. No one expects you to have your parents over for Halloween dinner. That's quite appealing for people who find their families exhausting.

The main problem with Halloween for me is that you don't get a day off for it.

You do here....in States with predominantly protestant religious heritage <.<

(Purely coincidentially because its Reformation Day)

Edited by 3of4 on Sep 28th 2019 at 9:13:12 PM

Sadly, I am the parent. But I get to steal some candy after the kids are asleep!

It's a rare day of sanctioned frivolity. As adults we rarely have chances to not act our ages without the fear of censure.

So, yeah, we take it.

It's basically an autumn version of carnival.

And in other states you get to stay home on the 1st of November, i.e. All Saints' Day.

Actually took me some time to adjust when I moved some years ago - stood in front of a closed store on the 31st a few times.

Edited by DrunkenNordmann on Sep 28th 2019 at 8:32:37 PM

It reminded me of a particular How It Should Have Ended... going to find it:

here

Page Unthinkable. Literally.

Edited by GreybeardFan on Sep 30th 2019 at 3:23:10 PM

You beat me to the reference.

So - looks like Albia had a hand in Krosp's creation, right? Just like Vapnoodle turns the Great Cetaceans against Albia, maybe he also did that with her cat? Maybe Krosp used to be a "normal" cat?

Or Vapnoople and Albia share a few secrets?

More seriously, what if these enforcedly-loyal fighters close on Agatha while Lu calls for them to obey her? That could pose a Serious Problem.

Could also be that they're tapping into the same fundamental frequency for communication and command, creating crosstalk. Hmm... which could get interesting if Krosp tries to issue a bear command and instead gets the surrounding Englishman hopping to attention...

Maybe he used tech stolen from Albia to create Krosp. Might explain why his loyalty to Vapnoodle wasn't unquestioning although that might just be because he's a cat.

All cats are cats.

I now have this image of a mob of marines running back and forth between Albia and Lu: "Attack her!" "No—attack her!"

Page

Well, we know where some of the Cousin Rivalry comes from. Either that or sneaky Tweedle is even better an actor than we thought.

Edited by GreybeardFan on Oct 1st 2019 at 2:27:42 PM

Nah, it's simpler than that: clank engineer vs bioengineer. There's nothing more fraught than interdisciplinary rivalry.

Then why Tweedle's curl-up reaction? And why does Tarvek even call him 'Tweedle'? I think Tarvek dominated him during childhood, perhaps in self-defense. It would explain why Tarvek spent so much time learning Smoke stuff. (Affection for Violetta could explain a bit more)

The reaction in the last panel does seem out of character. Sure, they did so earlier, but seeing as nothing was broken or even bent out of shape it seems a bit excessive to me.

Edited by Nohbody on Oct 2nd 2019 at 8:30:42 AM