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2024-01-26, 12:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!
Keep in mind the jaegers are also varying in age from basically their 60s or so to hundreds upon hundreds of years old. Some still remember the original storm king. So their sense of style can be wildly divergent because of that too. A dude who was born in the 1700s is going to have a different sense of fashion than a guy born in 1950."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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2024-01-26, 12:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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2024-01-26, 01:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!
The bears seems pretty chill and easy to handle actually.
And i also think at this point its clear the whole "king of cats" bit was misdirection.
Krosp was always meant to be the bear general.thnx to Starwoof for the fine avatar
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2024-01-26, 04:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!
In a war it doesn't matter who's right, only who's left.
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2024-01-26, 06:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!
I suppose he faced the same problem as Dimo, redoubled, in that cats are even worse than Jagers at following orders, but I wouldn't call it a burden. Dimo doesn't want to be a general even if every Jager obeyed with clockwork precision. If cats could be used as spies, Krosp would be gleefully running spy-rings all across Europa.
And someone has to give the Jagers orders. Krosp can cheerfully ignore his subjects and they will mostly get along just fine.Last edited by geoduck; 2024-01-26 at 06:15 PM.
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2024-01-26, 06:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!
Eh.. to be pedantic.. i think it was pretty different feelings.
Krops was feeling despair when it felt like his entire existence was a big cosmic joke, due to his creator being a idiot.
Meanwhile Dimo is feeling intense frustration due to being close to the only sane man in charge of a bunch of idiots.thnx to Starwoof for the fine avatar
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2024-01-26, 07:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!
The first jaeger we see talking to Dimo ... did he completely fail to understand what a map is? Or, is it all part of an elaborate act?
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2024-01-27, 05:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!
They actually fought before. Though it is unclear if or how much Bang does remember about that.
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2024-01-27, 08:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!
I am not certain how canonical that flashback is, because even River Dyne geese should have difficulty in breaking a Jager General's arm. Or, for that matter, Bang breaking his arm is a stretch. Even a delirious Bang would have a dozen knives on her, but she's not known for her vast strength. She's a sword fighter, not a brawler. Remember this story was produced after they gave Higgs lots of rum.
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"It's never good when you make a fiend cringe" - MadGrady
According to some online quiz, I'm a 6th level TN Wizard. They didn't give me full XP for all the monsters I've defeated while daydreaming.
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2024-01-27, 09:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!
I agree with the multiple breaks flashback probably being mostly made up (or, perhaps, retconned later if the Professors decided to change Higg's role a bit as that was 15 years ago), but Bang and Higgs were both present when Gil fought Martellus after the Timeskip.
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2024-01-27, 10:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!
I think Higgs being a secret Jaeger is 100% a retcon.
Just also one that could be done pretty smoothly because we really didnt have anything reliable about what went on.
Just 3rd hand accounts at best.thnx to Starwoof for the fine avatar
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2024-01-27, 10:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!
That would be a relatively early retcon. The moment we enter the Castle everything we see implies he is at the very least a trusted servant of the Heterodynes, one known by the Castle, and who can recollect events from quite long ago. Adding to that his physical abilities does fit a Jaeger. His looks and behaviour obviously don't, but we know those can vary - Jenka looks relatively normal after all.
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2024-01-27, 12:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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2024-01-28, 07:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Even taking the flashback pages as canon places him above a Jaeger in my book - the creatures onboard are the goopy ones that Da Boyz and Zeetha ran away from, and which caused Dimo to lose an arm. Higgs solo kills the whole lot without getting injured. Bang injures him to begin with because he was carrying the Baronnand wasn’t expecting her to attack him. She injures him a second time by attacking from behind while he is treating the Barons injuries, and even with a broken arm and leg he’s able to non-lethally subdue her. He gets bit in the process because he’s trying not to hurt her while he restrains her.
The swan is the sticking point, but I’ve always read that as pure comedy. It doesn’t have to make sense.
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2024-01-28, 01:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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2024-01-28, 06:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!
The end of what Son? The story? There is no end. There's just the point where the storytellers stop talking.
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2024-01-28, 10:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!
This ... is my signature finishing move!
"It's never good when you make a fiend cringe" - MadGrady
According to some online quiz, I'm a 6th level TN Wizard. They didn't give me full XP for all the monsters I've defeated while daydreaming.
http://easydamus.com/character.html
I am a Ranger Archetype: Gleaming Warden (thx to Ninja Prawn)
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2024-01-28, 10:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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2024-01-28, 10:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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2024-01-29, 07:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!
Raymond Burr voice Assumes facts not in evidence.
I wonder just how good a woman has to be at kissing - let's assume it was kissing, shall we? - to earn a Jager's hat. Especially because we know Oggie has smooched before. At least, when he fathered a child I assume there was some smooching involved.This ... is my signature finishing move!
"It's never good when you make a fiend cringe" - MadGrady
According to some online quiz, I'm a 6th level TN Wizard. They didn't give me full XP for all the monsters I've defeated while daydreaming.
http://easydamus.com/character.html
I am a Ranger Archetype: Gleaming Warden (thx to Ninja Prawn)
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2024-01-29, 10:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!
I'm vaguely remembering a duck on the Dyne being much more dangerous than usual, a goose from the Dyne being able to hurt Higgs isn't that unreasonable if an ordinary goose can hurt a normal human.
Else. Lets assume the family friendly version. That a honorable defeat took place.
And that Oggie, upon being unable to go on, conceded and handed over his hat.thnx to Starwoof for the fine avatar
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2024-01-29, 10:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!
"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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2024-01-29, 11:24 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!
Reminds me of the time Haley met Elan's father: Eyes. Let's both pretend you were about to say, "eyes". (link)
In a war it doesn't matter who's right, only who's left.
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2024-01-29, 11:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!
Okay okay, it was probably not a giant or cyborg since one of the facts we know about this swan is what one of its wings look like. The only other fact that we know about this swan is that it was able to break Higgs's arm (albeit an encumbered, distracted, and heavily injured Higgs, but still.) So, it was still probably not a normal swan. Third fact: the world they live in means that some sort of arm breaking super swan would not be that out of the ordinary regardless of how far from Mechanicsburg they were.
Last edited by Devlerbat; 2024-01-30 at 07:46 PM.
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2024-01-30, 04:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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2024-01-30, 09:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!
Two points:
1) Higgs may have been retconned into the story after the Foglios discovered he was popular. He started out a loyal Wulfenbach airman and became the secret general *after* he rescued Klaus - not in-story, but by author fiat. If that's the case nothing actually has to make sense.
2) If Higgs was already (in Foglio-brains) the secret general during the flashback, he had strong motivation to lie to the Wulfenbach troops about how badly injured he was and the source of those injuries. Telling them "Yeah I got my leg broken by a Ocnor Megaclank Mark VII while saving the Baron", when a O.M.M.VII. is known to be capable of defeating entire battalions of ordinary troops, tells them he's an incredible fighter. Contrariwise, telling them it was a swan preserves his cover. And how much rum would you have to give Higgs in order for him to lose control and start blabbing freely? Probably, an amount that would be lethal for a human (several times over).
Higgs' loyalty to the Jagers, and preserving his secret as the Hidden General, would in my opinion trump his loyalty to the Baron.This ... is my signature finishing move!
"It's never good when you make a fiend cringe" - MadGrady
According to some online quiz, I'm a 6th level TN Wizard. They didn't give me full XP for all the monsters I've defeated while daydreaming.
http://easydamus.com/character.html
I am a Ranger Archetype: Gleaming Warden (thx to Ninja Prawn)
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2024-01-30, 09:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Yeh, a nesting swan... or Canada Goose... can seriously mess up a regular person. And if Higgs already had airship-crash-, monster-, and Dupree-injuries, it's entirely possible that his arm bone had been weakened to the point of being as breakable as a regular person's arm. Or, as has been noted, mad science swan. *shrug*
Times being what they are, the stars aligning and the End of All Things barely registered as background noise.
At a bit of a loss as to what to do next, and with bills to pay, a certain Elder Thing has taken up bartending.
This is...
The Last Call of Cthulhu
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2024-01-31, 08:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!
Dimo may not always like being a general, but when the situation requires it, he generals.
I wonder if Agatha even notices the assembled Jagers, or if her attention is entirely on her city?This ... is my signature finishing move!
"It's never good when you make a fiend cringe" - MadGrady
According to some online quiz, I'm a 6th level TN Wizard. They didn't give me full XP for all the monsters I've defeated while daydreaming.
http://easydamus.com/character.html
I am a Ranger Archetype: Gleaming Warden (thx to Ninja Prawn)
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2024-02-02, 07:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!
She's learning the proper forms of command. Admittedly, she's learning from Zeetha, but Zeetha isn't the worst role model around.
Also since she didn't grow up in Mechanicsburg, but met the citizens before she met the Castle (and the Jaegers even before that), I'm betting the people have equal significance to her to the place itself.I'm pretty much the opposite of concise. If I fail to get to the point, please ask me and I'm happy to (attempt to) clarify.
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2024-02-03, 02:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Girl Genius XXXII: The scientific method at work!
Also, recall that we are reading something recounted by Professors Foglio & Foglio of the Department of Irrefutably True History, to which, "Occasional guesswork and narrative license have been applied in cases where facts were uncertain or where documented occurrences would have been more amusing if only they had happened in some other way."