Girl Genius XXI: Cancel the Jugglers

[Hurkyl]

THANK YOU. I would not have believed it if no one got that. And isn't Woosley the spy from America?

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Happy Birthday Kaja! May you recover and feel better soon.

So... you didn't expect that nobody would expect that nobody expects the Spanish inquision?

[Shining Wrath]

So... you didn't expect that nobody would expect that nobody expects the Spanish inquision?

In all the depictions of the party, I have yet to see a Comfy Chair. One should be brought forth, immediately!

EDIT: Did we already know that all the Knights of the Hunt were shape-shifters?

[Grey_Wolf_c]

EDIT: Did we already know that all the Knights of the Hunt were shape-shifters?

Yes. We saw them during the fight against the train.

GW

[Shining Wrath]

Yes. We saw them during the fight against the train.

GW

I remembered Tybalt, but not the rest.
I'd recommend against getting older - you forget things - but the alternatives don't seem to work out.

Anyway, Martellus is a bio-Spark, and he has his own Jagers.

[Southern Cross]

Which is a bad sign.....

[petersohn]

If Martellus were a really great spark, he could make armor that disappears when his men turn into wolves, then reappear when they turn back to humans.

[Rogar Demonblud]

Or he could just give them Guyver style bio-armor plates.

[Scarlet Knight]

Ooo ooo! With the proper placement of magnets and the right improvements, the discarded armor could reassemble into battle clanks!

[Rogar Demonblud]

You ever notice how much Sparks and Geeks sound alike?

[Rodin]

You ever notice how much Sparks and Geeks sound alike?

Reminds me of the internship I did at a chemical plant. The building I was in got a new secretary, so I was showing her around the building. As we went down one of the halls one of the engineers was stood in the hall outside his lab venting a huge canister of liquid nitrogen with a massive grin on his face. I'm still convinced that guy had the Spark.

[Douglas]

You ever notice how much Sparks and Geeks sound alike?

Of course they do! Sparks are just Geeks who happen to have a practically supernatural ability to put certain kinds of ideas into practice.

[eee]

The thrilling life of webcomic artists. :(

I hope Cheyenne has adequate homeowners insurance. And how did the roof catch fire in the first place?

[BannedInSchool]

And how did the roof catch fire in the first place?

Fuel + Oxygen + Ignition = FIRE!

[Rogar Demonblud]

More to the point, this time of year is good for chimneys catching fire, especially if you haven't cleaned them out for a bit.

[stsasser]

The thrilling life of webcomic artists. :(

I hope Cheyenne has adequate homeowners insurance. And how did the roof catch fire in the first place?

Per Arcanetimes:

Landlord is a cheap bastid:
Earlier that day, I had watched one of the roofers lay down tar paper then "activate* it with a long barreled flame thrower.
A practice the fire inspector would later inform me was called "torchdown roofing"

Most of the things we lost personally were things in the room under that roof-space. Damaged by the water the firefighters used put out the fire.
Sadly that room was where we kept our board games and my 30 years worth of comics.

Ouch

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[Scarlet Knight]

Per Arcanetimes:

Earlier that day, I had watched one of the roofers lay down tar paper then "activate* it with a long barreled flame thrower.
A practice the fire inspector would later inform me was called "torchdown roofing"

Most of the things we lost personally were things in the room under that roof-space. Damaged by the water the firefighters used put out the fire.
Sadly that room was where we kept our board games and my 30 years worth of comics.

Ouch
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30 years? Whew! Thank goodness! Everyone knows there hasn't been a decent comic written since about the time they decided to make the Joker a killer....um, present company excluded.

[eee]

Ah, a double page spread from the House of Contagion. This is great!

The cat on the back of Kaja's chair appears to be posturing or dancing.

30 years? Whew! Thank goodness! Everyone knows there hasn't been a decent comic written since about the time they decided to make the Joker a killer....um, present company excluded.

With a few exceptions, Marvel and DC have been producing rather pedestrian fare, yes. But many independent comics have been very good and interesting.

Let's hope he had all his comics bagged. That might have saved them.

[keybounce]

So how about them mechanical plague rats?

[geoduck]

Ah, a double page spread from the House of Contagion. This is great!

The cat on the back of Kaja's chair appears to be posturing or dancing.

Since the cat in front is playing the skulls, I'd assume it's dancing.

[Rogar Demonblud]

So I went on an archive binge (starting about the time Bang met Vole, FTR) and had an idea. Anyone else think she's exactly the kind of person the Old Heterodynes would offer the Jagerdraught to?

[Scarlet Knight]

Loves killing? Check.
High libido? Check.
Extremely loyal to master? Check.

[eschmenk]

Survival instincts vestigial at best: Check

Apparently, each person's personality carries through; it's their bodies that get changed.

[Rogar Demonblud]

Prefers to leave thinking to others? Check.

Really, all she needs is an obsession for building a uniform from what you loot from your enemies and she'd be there.

[eschmenk]

Really, all she needs is an obsession for building a uniform from what you loot from your enemies and she'd be there.

Actually, there is another (minor) difference. When Bang is told that she can't kill, she tends to get annoyed and frustrated. The reactions of the Jaegers (other than Vole) was more of a resigned acceptance. Bang and Vole would be more likely to rebel against following Bill and Barry than the other Jaegers.

[halfeye]

Why would anybody want Bang to have the Jagerdraft now? She's already at that level of dangerous. In thirty years time, it would be a very good idea to offer it, but now she's as fit and dangerous as a Jager as it is, so there really wouldn't be a lot of point.

[keybounce]

But if she's already at the Jager level, and got a Jager boost on top of Jager base, she could become the ultimate Jager, ready to fight the Ultimate Showdown.

... or not.

[hector212121]

Well, she wouldn't have to adjust to having that level of power, and thus would be able to apply all her current skill!

[The Glyphstone]

Or she'd die.

With Bang at near-Jaeger abilities already, you're taking a very risky gamble to try and Jaeger her in her prime. If it works, you get a better Jaeger, but if it doesn't, you've lost one prime fighter. Better to get all the use out of her that you can, then when she's worn out, Jaegerdraught her. That way, if it fails you didn't lose anything of value anyways, and if you get lucky your new Jaeger is restored to prime physical condition plus a lifetime of fighting experience as her baseline.

[eschmenk]

Another risk that's only been hinted at in the regular comic is that Bang is a pirate queen. It's been forgotten lately, but originally she was obeying Klaus as a means to reestablish her rule. (According to the Secret Blueprints, there is a island somewhere that Bang's mother used to rule. Klaus had promised to help her restore her fleet that she had intended to use to retake the island and wreak horrible vengeance.) If Bang became powerful enough and her desires to rule are rekindled, she might decide to take over the world herself or at least view the Heterodynes as competing rulers, rather than remain loyal to them.

[keybounce]

Hmm. In that case, I wonder if Bang knows where Skifander is...