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2013-02-05, 08:45 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
No, that's not actually demonstrated. The Ring doesn't affect him, and he can keep the Riders (in their early, somewhat less powerful rendition) out of his little neck of the woods, but he was never proven to be able to outright destroy it, and Tolkein specifically spelled out why giving the Ring to Bombadil was a bad idea. The short version is that Bombadil would be too indifferent to the Ring to make a good guardian.
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2013-02-05, 08:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
Guess what spell I cast before posting this message.
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2013-02-05, 12:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
Yeah, the music is still really really terrible. I get whats going on in the scene now, but the music just stinks.
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2013-02-05, 01:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
Considering the setting, something more symphonic would be in order. From the very same composer (Yoko Kanno) I'd rather pick this or this. Honestly though, The Castle would most likely choose Wagner or any other bombastic classic (I think It would like the idea of playing music with heavy weapons).
From more recent, I might be inclined to propose Kilar.
As a side note: soundtrack to Macross Plus is really weird at times, but this piece is great.In a war it doesn't matter who's right, only who's left.
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2013-02-06, 01:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
SpoilerIs that a Yamato Gun?
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2013-02-06, 01:52 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
Last edited by Thomar_of_Uointer; 2013-02-06 at 01:53 AM.
I make games.
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2013-02-06, 01:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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2013-02-06, 02:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
Ooh! Lookit all the pretty lights...
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2013-02-06, 06:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
Oh, no, someone shut off the protection grid! All the ghosts are escaping!
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2013-02-06, 07:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
*Shrug* The song works for me. I guess it doesn't work for you or Traab (although it seems unusually hostile to Yoko Kanno's music which is renowned for its quality).
True, the castle would probably prefer something more baroque and doom laden.Last edited by Brother Oni; 2013-02-06 at 07:38 AM.
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2013-02-06, 08:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
"Cry Havoc and let slip the Skittles of War!"
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2013-02-06, 08:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
Did the castle just GROW a creepy mountain Redoubt in the middle of mechanicsburg?
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2013-02-06, 09:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
No, it was always like that.
"Of course you should fight fire with fire. You should fight everything with fire." - Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
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"Time to throw the dice." - Mat Cauthon, Wheel of Time
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2013-02-06, 09:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
Ooooo, PRETTY!!!!
I have no idea what's happening, but I suspect now would be an excellent time for the Baron's forces to advance with great vigor off the field of battle. As far away from Mechanicsburg as they can get.
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2013-02-06, 10:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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2013-02-06, 11:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
Add motion and I get the Sailor Moon transformation sequence, which is making it hard for me to see this as dramatic.
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2013-02-06, 02:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
It's not really bad yet.
It's really bad when Der Kestle starts heterodyning.
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2013-02-06, 02:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
Oh god no xD
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2013-02-06, 03:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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2013-02-06, 10:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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TIME FOR: Der Kestle's Disco Fight-O-Rama!
I've been expecting it to shed it's skin and simply walk off the battle field. But an explosion of colors I did not expect.
I don't remember Higgs remembering things from the past, but I know he knew of them as a trained seneschal would. But perhaps I'm wrong.
He could simply be the Foglio's version of Heinlein's "Lazarus Long", an essentially immortal character who just tools around doing whatever seems interesting at the time, like being an airman for a while because he's never been one before, and he just happened to save the Baron's life because it seemed like the thing to do since he was there.
I like the comparisons to Tom Bombadil, though I might compare him more to the Istari who were rather more unflappable and serious than Tom (the movies rendition of Radagast notwithstanding).This post hand crafted by a synapse cluster which also processes nuts, shellfish, alcohol, sarcasm, gluten, puns, MSG, caffeine, ennui, grains, tree pollen, abstract logic, GMO, petroleum byproducts, webcomics, 70's-80's sitcom theme music, pet dander, dubstep and EDM, aspartame, every Monty Python episode and movie, MCU, DCU, asbestos, sugar, LotR, ST, SW, PotC, lead, discworld, electric swing, latex, and Disney IPs as well as other controlled substances. Consume at your own risk.
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2013-02-07, 01:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
He's clearly one of the lost Blue Mages.
Clearly.
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2013-02-07, 09:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
My guess is that we've hit Castle singularity. The point where the castle has been repaired and powered enough that it can finish the repairs itself all at once, bring all weapons online, and execute the almighty smack-down at will.
If so the castle should now be prepared to defend itself against anything... except its growing dingbot infestation.
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2013-02-08, 01:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
And apparently unleashing a monster horde.
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2013-02-08, 01:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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2013-02-08, 01:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
Is that a giant dingbot?
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2013-02-08, 02:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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Der Kestle is Repaired! Now we will see the power of this Fully Operational Battle..., er, well, you know.
Nice click into place. So it's meant to be able sag at an angle like that.~Xel
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2013-02-08, 03:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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2013-02-08, 08:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
Looking at last Friday's episode, there's always the possibility that the Castle is unleashing all those monsters to fight Higgs...
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2013-02-08, 09:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
Castle Heterodyne's awesomeness index has just gone off scale.
Those half fallen towers were always disturbing. It's going to be nice to see them standing up straight from now on. Assuming Klaus doesn't bomb them out of existence ASAP.
I wonder where the monsters came from. Were they in stasis, or has der Kestle been taking care of them automatically for 20 years?
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2013-02-08, 09:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XIV: A Lightning Arc in All But Speed!
Or they've survived by hunting eachother through the halls. Which would mean that only the strongest ones are left now.
"Of course you should fight fire with fire. You should fight everything with fire." - Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved with a suitable application of high explosives.
"Time to throw the dice." - Mat Cauthon, Wheel of Time
"Nothing good can ever come from staying with normal people."