Girl Genius

Tweedle is not covering from Tarvek... it is from Gil. Seems that his distaste for Wulfenbach has changed now that he knows that Gil is thta dangerous... and has help from Tarvek so he cannot avoid one hit.

Still, I would have more expected something like resignation. *sigh* "You're going to hit me again, aren't you..."

Edited by Nohbody on Oct 2nd 2019 at 9:27:32 AM

Yes, it's a bit of a surprising behavior for the guy who threw his adviser out of an airship window.

I don't see what all the confusion is about. He simply doesn't understand their dynamic and assumes that the only reason they would agree with each other would be in an effort to attack him. It doesn't help that they are both looking right at him while standing in striking distance.

Actually, that's fairly standard Spark behaviour now that I think about it. Powerful Sparks don't often get along after all.

Exceptions include Mittelmind and Mezzasalma.

Mittlemind and Messazalma (cannot remember if I typed him correctly) had the situation that they knew they were in Heterodyne land so they knew not to mess with DK.

Also it is also onto while Mittlemind and Messazalma "knows the mark of the greats" they never admitted to being one.

Those two always got me as being frenemies from way back in a situation that they needed each other to survive in, and they were both quite OK with that.

Better a frenemy you've both scuppered and worked with before to have your back than trying to go it solo in DK.

Edited by Euodiachloris on Oct 3rd 2019 at 1:12:19 PM

Oh, I do hope Martellus is right.

...That's a weird thing to say!

Comic for Friday.

So ... who exactly is that talking in the last panel?

That is a good question. Here is another one, why isn't she restrained?

Well, she was being restrained by Albia's power, who appears to be busy elsewhere, so her breaking out isn't entirely unreasonable.

There's a lot going on right now, so it's understandable that everyone's kind of distracted.

While there is the possibility that it is the Lu copy... I cannot discount Agatha because Agatha has had time to learn something from both Violetta and Zeetha. Besides giving that particular copy to Albia, properly restrained, is going to give Albia several hours of making this copy scream in pain.

Considering just how badly this day has gone tits-up, I don't feel they have the luxury of passing on such a grand opportunity to simplify things a little.

Just as an aside, it's nice to see Oggie have a proper Let's Get Dangerous! moment. Of all of Da Boyz, he's the one who's had the least chance to really show what he's capable of, and here he's almost literally kicking Lu's ass (and based on the positioning in the penultimate panel, he would have if not stopped) while not only unarmed, but carrying an unconscious ally and thus only able to kick rather than punch, bite, deliver headbutts, etc.

Dimo and Maxim have had their turns in the past; it's good to see Oggie in there too.

There is also a particular instance which I could remit... in DK Von Pinn did mention that Lu was a coward and managed to make her hide by scaring her when in Agatha's body. What are the chances it is going to be reused again?

Well, Oggie seems to recognize that this iteration is Agatha, not Lu so I'm inclined to go along with the 'Lu the Coward' scenario. Though why she would want Oggie to not curbstomp the invader, I can't imagine. Must be one of those Friday Cliffhanger things.

Assuming it is Agatha talking, she might want to save the Lu-clank to be studied/interrogated.

If it's not Agatha.. groan. Albia fails to maintain the wrap even when she knows she's going to be leaving soon. Everyone else again fails to keep an eye on Lu!Agatha. (Yes, they're busy, but they've been burned twice by this already.)

And it looks like in the last panel the Foglios reattached the arm/club that Oggie ripped off.

Yes, I worded that badly. Before leaving, Albia should have made sure the restraints would last without her direct presence or used rope or something.

Edited by Geoduck on Oct 4th 2019 at 2:31:59 AM

Albia has already left. She really should've warned somebody to keep Agatha restrained, but she didn't have much time for talking in that moment.

I'm kind of hoping Agatha will say that Oggie shouldn't stomp the things head because it would be a great place to stuff Lucrezia . . . once he jerks off her other arm, both legs, and torso and then rivets the mouth shut.

But, isn’t Lucrezia already in there?

Yes.

Handing one Lu to another Lu for them to consolidate, fight, overlay timeshare or whatever is a them problem.

But it could also turn them into some kind of compound, super-Lucrezia!

One of them probably already is.

As I said, disembody the clank head and seal its mouth. Once you've got two (or more) Lu's inside the following acrobatics should be entertaining.