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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

Brickman Since: Jan, 2001
#1326: Apr 11th 2009 at 8:39:27 AM

If Tarvek had a command word, it'd have been used by now. Same with Agatha. Anyways, it's not just a word that's used to command her minions—ANYTHING she says in a forceful tone is a command word.

adam850 Since: Dec, 2009
LarryD Incognito Since: Jan, 2001
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#1328: Apr 12th 2009 at 9:14:09 PM

There's the ruthless aspect we saw earlier, when Zola enterd the castle.

Gil hasn't seen this side of her before, I'll bet he's wondering where it came from.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. — George S. Patton
LullTheConqueror Love Freak from eternal loli Hell Since: Jan, 2001
#1329: Apr 12th 2009 at 9:19:30 PM

She kneecapped a guy who was holding out on her. That's not that ruthless. wink

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Nornagest Since: Jan, 2001
#1330: Apr 12th 2009 at 9:29:48 PM

Looks a bit like Gil's old lightning swords, doesn't it?

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#1331: Apr 13th 2009 at 3:06:30 AM

I think it's more of a big EMP device...

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LarryD Incognito Since: Jan, 2001
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#1332: Apr 13th 2009 at 4:26:36 AM

Yes is does look like an a amalgum of Gil's lightning generator and the Hetrodyne invisability device Agathya tapped to power the sword variant.

And yeah, I expect it does work by creating electrical surges.

So many distractions, Agatha hasn't really had much of a chance to work at repairing the castle at all. Fortunately Gil wound up Dingbot Prime, and that's going to be like the pebble that starts an avalanche.

edited 13th Apr '09 6:16:42 PM by LarryD

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. — George S. Patton
Brickman Since: Jan, 2001
#1333: Apr 13th 2009 at 2:58:16 PM

Not surprising that it looks like the lightning gun; the primary important feature of the lightning gun/invisibility device was a ''Heterodyne Artifact" which may have originally been intended as a simple but effective power source (which they then decided they'd like to hide so that enemies couldn't break it and ruin whatever war machine it was powering). They are currently inside Castle Heterodyne, using to as high a degree as possible devices and parts which were already inside. It doesn't appear to be outfitted with an invisibility feature, but it's still a Heterodyne power source, probably from the same family member.

FurikoMaru Reverse the Curse from The Arrogant Wasteland Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: He makes me feel like I have a heart
Reverse the Curse
#1334: Apr 14th 2009 at 1:09:19 PM

I find Zola irritating. I'm not really sure why; maybe it's her insistence on killing Castle Heterodyne without first trying to learn anything from it. Such wanton destruction of knowledge likes not me. It could just be my 'truth' thingy; people buying into lies when I know the truth makes me ill. It's one of the reasons I can't watch most mistaken-identity comedies.

I can't help but wonder what'll happen when the two heiresses finally encounter one another - I'm kind of hoping for an off-hand beat-down that Agatha barely gives a second thought but which makes Zola obsessed with surpassing her.

Ahhhh... that's it. I don't like Zola because she reminds me of Martina.

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Nornagest Since: Jan, 2001
#1335: Apr 14th 2009 at 2:12:32 PM

Funny. I've watched all of Slayers but I don't remember Martina at all. Help me out here?

I will keep my soul in a place out of sight, Far off, where the pulse of it is not heard.
Haven Planescape Hijack Since: Jan, 2001
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#1336: Apr 14th 2009 at 2:52:29 PM

Brickman:

It doesn't appear to be outfitted with an invisibility feature

Of course, appearing to have an invisibility feature is a good sign of doin' it wrong.

In othar news: "Year of Storms 22 years ago." Wonder if that's foreshadowing.

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Brickman Since: Jan, 2001
#1337: Apr 14th 2009 at 4:21:54 PM

I'm sort of expecting just the opposite—at the arc's climax, Zola's gonna suddenly have the rug pulled out from under her as a number of factors conspiring against her suddenly reveal themselves at once. Agatha's gonna pop up, and the Zola's gonna be all ready to blow the crap out of her when Gil suddenly pulls out his own gun and points it at her head, revealing his own identity, and Zeetha and the rest of the gang pop up and disarm or incapacitate the guards, and then, just then, the castle reveals that it's been fixed in this area. It's gonna be awesome.

Tangent128 from Virginia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#1338: Apr 14th 2009 at 4:34:06 PM

Of course, then there's still the question of her fate- does one party pull the trigger, or does she pull an Azula-style escape?

Do you highlight everything looking for secret messages?
FurikoMaru Reverse the Curse from The Arrogant Wasteland Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: He makes me feel like I have a heart
Reverse the Curse
#1339: Apr 14th 2009 at 4:49:28 PM

@Nornagest: The clueless turquoise-haired stripperific princess that stalked the Inverse crew all through NEXT and married Zangulus. Worshipped her made-up god Zoamelgustar.

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Brickman Since: Jan, 2001
#1340: Apr 14th 2009 at 7:35:53 PM

I think she's going to be forced to surrender, actually. Either that, or the castle gets her.

Tangent128 from Virginia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#1341: Apr 14th 2009 at 8:38:42 PM

Broken Sarcasm Detector...

I blame Dingbot Prime.

edited 14th Apr '09 8:38:48 PM by Tangent128

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Sabbo Since: Jan, 2001
#1342: Apr 14th 2009 at 9:27:24 PM

And they castle only lied the first two times.

adam850 Since: Dec, 2009
#1343: Apr 14th 2009 at 9:50:39 PM

Will Agatha realize that the castle likes to take a liberal interpretation of what is said? Looks like it is headed for Three Is Company, though.

Lyanna Since: Jan, 2001
#1344: Apr 14th 2009 at 9:54:53 PM

I suppose there's always the possibility that Zeetha would run into Agatha first... but that doesn't quite maximize the drama, now does it?

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Haven Planescape Hijack Since: Jan, 2001
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#1345: Apr 14th 2009 at 9:57:58 PM

Mm, this whole time I was thinking it was impossible that there could be a love triangle between Gil, Agatha and Tarvek because Agatha has spent the whole comic thinking about Gil, but now it looks like, between jealous and Tarvek's current positioning for a Hurt/Comfort Fic scenario, there just might be a chance.

But it's still totally the Gil and Agatha show.

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LarryD Incognito Since: Jan, 2001
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#1346: Apr 14th 2009 at 9:58:34 PM

This is Castle Hetrodyne, it's got a skewed perspective.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. — George S. Patton
Brickman Since: Jan, 2001
#1347: Apr 14th 2009 at 10:58:23 PM

By the tastes of the old Heterodynes, everything Gil just said was a compliment, and the last was asking her on a date. I'm pretty sure Agatha decided it was pulling her leg with the last one, though. I hope.

Mith from Chicago, IL Since: Dec, 1969
#1348: Apr 14th 2009 at 11:18:57 PM

I enjoyed this one a lot; I can totally see the castle meaning all of those.

Agatha seems to be taking it a bit more seriously than might be expected for something that was expounding on the virtues of yurts just a couple minutes ago, though.

BobbyG vigilantly taxonomish from England Since: Jan, 2001
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#1349: Apr 15th 2009 at 5:11:35 AM

I have to say, this is one of the very few times a webcomic has succeeded in making me actually laugh out loud.

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Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#1350: Apr 15th 2009 at 7:07:24 AM

I'm with Brickman (mostly). The Castle didn't lie at all; from its perspective, all of Gil's statements were compliments. But Agatha doesn't think that last one was a joke at all.

edited 15th Apr '09 7:08:27 AM by Madrugada


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