Girl Genius XXI: Cancel the Jugglers

[Rogar Demonblud]

Yeah, she's the kind of person that motivated governments to develop snipers into tools of political assassination. No warning, just Boom, Headshot.

[Ellen]

It's like Castle Heterodyne. . . ? I hadn't thought about that--or about the implications that Paris might have been built with some Heterodyne tech (and what's their power source? Does the Seine work as well as the Dyne?).

I'd sort of hoped the master settled for boxing them up (despite the reddish, liquidy stains) but comparing it to Der Kestle pretty much kills that.

And . . . am I the only one repressing the HORRIFIC image of the Master and Terebithia's nonexistant (I hope) child? Makes Agatha's theoretical kiddies look like the Peanuts Gang.

[geoduck]

And . . . am I the only one repressing the HORRIFIC image of the Master and Terebithia's nonexistant (I hope) child? Makes Agatha's theoretical kiddies look like the Peanuts Gang.

I should point out we have no idea who Colette's mother is/was...

[HandofShadows]

Be careful about going to the GG site. Am getting a lot of malware/scareware stuff.

[factotum]

Be careful about going to the GG site. Am getting a lot of malware/scareware stuff.

I just went there and didn't get anything of the kind?

[HandofShadows]

I was check back through the archive and started hitting the bad pages then. Todays page might be clear.

[eee]

Her first name is Terebithia???

Zola seems happy. That can't be good.

I wonder why Colette triggered on the comparison of the MoP's power to Castle Heterodyne. Is there a story there?

Tarvek, keep the mask on. There are plenty of people who still want to kill you.

[HandofShadows]

I think he is putting the mask back on since he has it in his hands.

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The Queen of Dawn/Zola is NOT working with the Other. And this big act here was to draw the Other's minions out and get them killed. Of course so she can take over Paris at some point.

[Shining Wrath]

Zola being happy means bad things are imminent. The Master being out of sorts means he is vulnerable. Colette seems shocked to think her dear Papa is acting like a Heterodyne.

Terabithia? I'm sorry, but there is NOTHING remotely Narnia-like in grandmother Sturmvarous. On the other hand, "dour old wizard" and "scheming flirt" suggest they get along well enough.

OTOH, it is a sign of Sparky Magic that she's strong enough to hold up even his hand, let alone provide significant support. He's got to be 10 times her mass.

[lord_khaine]

It's like Castle Heterodyne. . . ? I hadn't thought about that--or about the implications that Paris might have been built with some Heterodyne tech (and what's their power source? Does the Seine work as well as the Dyne?).

Or Castle Heterodyne might have been build with french tech. The Heterodynes are not the only source of progress in the world of GG.

[Hurkyl]

I think he is putting the mask back on since he has it in his hands.

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The Queen of Dawn/Zola is NOT working with the Other. And this big act here was to draw the Other's minions out and get them killed. Of course so she can take over Paris at some point.

You're not thinking grandly enough.

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The big act here was to sacrifice the Other's minions in a ploy to weaken the master. Still, I suppose taking over Paris comes somewhere down the line.

[geoduck]

Terabithia? I'm sorry, but there is NOTHING remotely Narnia-like in grandmother Sturmvarous. On the other hand, "dour old wizard" and "scheming flirt" suggest they get along well enough.

It's more likely the Foglios were thinking of the 70's young-adult novel Bridge to Terabithia. Although the author of that noted that she probably subconsciously lifted the name from Lewis.

[Shining Wrath]

It's more likely the Foglios were thinking of the 70's young-adult novel Bridge to Terabithia. Although the author of that noted that she probably subconsciously lifted the name from Lewis.

There's not much about Grandma that reminds me of a little girl too well-read for her community, either.

[Kantaki]

There's not much about Grandma that reminds me of a little girl too well-read for her community, either.

Well, unless something is really weird it is highly likely she once was a little girl.
A very long time ago. When the Master of Paris was young.

On the other hand this is a world of MAD SCIENCE!, so who knows...

[slayerx]

Well, unless something is really weird it is highly likely she once was a little girl.
A very long time ago. When the Master of Paris was young.

On the other hand this is a world of MAD SCIENCE!, so who knows...

when the master was young... The master is atleast 140 years older than her. The master was active during the time of the storm king which was 200 years ago. Assuming he was as young as 20 years old back then(though he could be much older than that), he would be 220 years old at a minimum today. Terebitha is probably more in the range of 80 years old. Even when she was a little girl, he was an old man.

[Kantaki]

when the master was young... The master is atleast 140 years older than her. The master was active during the time of the storm king which was 200 years ago. Assuming he was as young as 20 years old back then(though he could be much older than that), he would be 220 years old at a minimum today. Terebitha is probably more in the range of 80 years old. Even when she was a little girl, he was an old man.

Well, when the MoP was younger then.
It's all relative.

[CWater]

It's more likely the Foglios were thinking of the 70's young-adult novel Bridge to Terabithia. Although the author of that noted that she probably subconsciously lifted the name from Lewis.

There was a movie made about that not too many years ago, wasn't there?

[Rogar Demonblud]

About a decade ago.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

There was a movie made about that not too many years ago, wasn't there?

Yes. The novel is a Newbery Medal novel, with all that implies, but the trailers sold the movie as a fantasy adventure. As usual when trailers lie about the tone of the movie, it did not do well.

GW

[Qwertystop]

Yes. The novel is a Newbery Medal novel, with all that implies, but the trailers sold the movie as a fantasy adventure. As usual when trailers lie about the tone of the movie, it did not do well.

GW

Was that a part of it? I would have thought the book was known enough that very few people would go into that not expecting how it went.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

Was that a part of it? I would have thought the book was known enough that very few people would go into that not expecting how it went.

All I can say is that I personally was unaware of the book. That said, tvtropes' page does mention it as well ("Never Trust a Trailer: Quite possibly the most baffling case in the history of cinema. The trailer for the 2007 film made it seem like a Narnia-esque fantasy movie where Terabithia was real."), and that description matches my impression at the time.

GW

[eschmenk]

Was that a part of it? I would have thought the book was known enough that very few people would go into that not expecting how it went.

He said that there was correlation, not cause. It would make sense that if marketing didn't expect the movie to do well, they would misrepresent it, hoping to draw additional people in. I would guess that the movies where Sony quoted a reviewer they invented didn't do very well, either. Keep in mind that if marketing can make a movie lose less money than it otherwise would have, that's still a marketing success. Sometimes they have little to work with.

BTW, I hadn't heard of the book, either.

[BannedInSchool]

He said that there was correlation, not cause. It would make sense that if marketing didn't expect the movie to do well, they would misrepresent it, hoping to draw additional people in.

But then you're also driving away people who might actually like the movie as it is, not as it's portrayed in the ads. I didn't know about the book either, but I could imagine fans of the book could have been repulsed by it being made into a Narnia ripoff, as the ads portrayed. And the first Narnia-ripoff-lover to see it could tell their Narnia-ripoff-loving friends that it sucks as a Narnia ripoff and now they're not going to see it either.

Eh, maybe there's a magical amount of lying about your movie to sucker in people who aren't really interested in seeing it while not repelling those who are.

[Ellen]

It's more likely the Foglios were thinking of the 70's young-adult novel Bridge to Terabithia. Although the author of that noted that she probably subconsciously lifted the name from Lewis.

Perhaps Grandma is going to die defending the bridge (while saying, "Fly, you fools!" because you have to do that while defending the bridge in a story like this, don't you?)

[stsasser]

She's got special effects and coming to rock your world, Tarvek.

[otakuryoga]

well, well, the gangs all here(finally)

[multilis]

http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comi...7#.WK1G7W8rLA4

http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comi...3#.WK1HZ28rLA4

The most obvious next part of plan involves tiny wasps. A magician tends to have main plan in play while distracting audiences eyes.

Having the master show off his power might also be for minion to learn his secrets by watching him in action, so he can be replaced with similar absolute power later.

[geoduck]

well, well, the gangs all here(finally)

No, Gil and Bang and Higgs and Vole aren't there yet.

[factotum]

Seems to me there's significant potential for a misunderstanding here...could the Master believe Agatha sent the Geisters?

[Lethologica]

Agatha just announced her presence by murdering a geister, so no. MoP would have to assume that was misdirection...which is just ironic enough to be plausible, since that's what Zola's actually doing. But on the face of it, at least, this scene does not give rise to significant potential for misunderstanding.