Girl Genius

Note that this page pretty much answers the question of whether "Lady Steelgarter" really is one of those priestesses from Skifandar! She recognizes the place instantly, as easily as Zeetha did. And she thinks that's a good place to go as an escape from the danger she just ran away from.

I wonder: is there is a link between those priestesses and the Many Faces (Phases?) of Lu? If not, there may certainly become one when Skif and Silverlight collide.

Edited by GreybeardFan on Apr 29th 2022 at 8:08:21 AM

Page

Notice Steelgarter's language. Does it resemble the Geister language?

Edited by GreybeardFan on May 1st 2022 at 9:05:08 AM

I thought we knew they came from the same place for a while.

Skifander is generally assumed to be Mars and the Citadel of Silver Light is generally assumed to be Earth's moon.

Higgs is about to swing into action. I always love it when that happens.

I think there are a lot more hints toward the former than the latter, though. (I don't remember that there's a lot more to go on for the Citadel than the name.)

The hive engines are launched from somewhere in high orbit, and when Zola gets into Lu's memories she immediately says "no wonder we could never find it."

Higgs is a fighter, yes, but so are the Jaegers, and the four-armed Boris took down two of them without getting noticably mauled. Higgs also had trouble with the drugged-up Zola. He may need Zeetha's help with Steelgarter. Yes, Violetta tore Steelgarter up, but after taking her by surprise.

It's interesting that Steelgarter actually tried to warn them to run again with sincerity.

Fwomph!

Look at the shading in the background of the city. There have been no hints that Skifander is underground, but that sure looks like the walls of a cavern. And yes, going back to when the gate first shifted, there are those same hints of cavern walls in the background but they are more subtle.

And btw, the language Steelgarter is speaking is 'Skiff', the same language that Zeetha speaks occasionally. I'd say case closed on her being a 'Yajeena'. The new question is how her background in Albia's England was established.

Further, if Skifander is on another world (Mars or otherwise), how could airships reach it? That particular speculation makes no sense. But if it's underground, that could explain why it is so hard to find.

Edited by PomoSapiens on May 4th 2022 at 8:11:00 AM

Why wouldn't airships work in space? I know the laws of physics wouldn't allow it, but sparks?

Gilgamesh made a tiny device capable of generating mass from nothing as a distraction. With that as a baseline, I have no problems with the idea that some travel-obsessed spark could figure out the problems. Very Jules Verne, even.

When we were shown Zeetha's journey by airship, the part when she was sick was shown with objects and the background at wrong angles. There's been speculation that maybe Zeetha didn't hallucinate that - it was gravity being weird as a result of space travel.

Even if we concede the technology issue, how would expeditions seeking Skifander know where to go if it's on Mars? Mars is one hell of a long way away compared to anywhere on Earth. They would have to already know where it is to go all that way to another tiny planet in the vastness of space. Again, it doesn't make sense.

The only possible solution that includes Skifander being on Mars is the presence of a gate somewhere on Earth that still links to the gate in Skifander. Expeditions would then be seeking the location of this gate, maybe not even realizing it is a gate.

Edited by PomoSapiens on May 4th 2022 at 8:15:48 AM

Eh, I could also see the possibility of a "space current" (La grange point? Gravitational wave?) where if you know just where to be, and at what time, you're whisked off to Mars (presumably with a return trip possible). It's obscure. It's repeatable. And it fits the retro science system in the same way that sailors would know of certain tides and currents that could speed voyages. Quite possibly artificially created (or enhanced) by Sparks, of course.

No hints except for Bang flat-out saying it's underground.

There were no hints prior to the gate showing us the city. No one said that before Bang looked into the gate. "The Warrior Queen's Hidden Jewel" does not directly imply that being underground is what makes it hidden. Not even Zeetha ever said it was underground.

Edited by PomoSapiens on May 4th 2022 at 2:41:49 AM

They don't. Which is why they haven't been able to find it again. :P

(They wouldn't have gone to Mars seeking Skifander - unless they had decrypted archaeological reliefs that were destroyed in a daring escape from the collapsing ruins and later expeditions couldn't refer to them, I guess - they would have gone to Mars in order to go to Mars and discovered a lost civilisation of amazon warriors was already there when they arrived.)

I wonder, my joints getting stiff, shouldn't they be processing the two fresh corpses?

Edited by TwinBird on May 9th 2022 at 3:28:51 PM

And closed with Higgs on the other side. Poor Zeetha... lost homeland and lost boyfriend.

Comic for Friday, May 06, 2022

Stranded! Scorned as the one who ran! What do you do when you're stranded, and you know you're a man?

My wild burro whispers to me that we've only seen the Geisters wrapped up. If any of them have rwo extra arms under that wrapping, only Othar would know.

Edited by GreybeardFan on May 8th 2022 at 5:48:49 AM

Sound, Light, Noise, Fury —but where have all the pices fallen?