The Girl Genius Thread

[Zixinus]

Probably a construct or a relative to the family. We know who the storm king is. I think.

[Zixinus]

Actually, I am rather dissapointed in this development. Can't we have at least one badass normal that comes from a humble family and just learned to do his job?

Odds will be that he is another undercover agent or construct or something.

[Darth Yoshi]

Perhaps a descendant of van Rijn?

[Lord of the Abyss]

Oh, dear, real life intrudes; the colorist is in the hospital, and this comic is black and white. I hope that Ms. Wright gets better soon.

[Serafina]

Well, it actually doesn't look that bad without the color.
But yes, let's hope ge gets better soon.

[Batman]

Well GG started out B&W to begin with Though I too prefer it in colour.

[LadyTevar]

They will be colored later, they promise.


I think we'll get to see Zeetha get physical with "the Harpy"

[Zixinus]

How did she do that? I mean, seriously? The Harpy was looking at her the whole time!

Oh, and am I the only one that noticed that two women are being fought one after another?

[Serafina]

How did she do that? I mean, seriously? The Harpy was looking at her the whole time!

Oh, and am I the only one that noticed that two women are being fought one after another?

You have never met a professional stage magician, have you?
Seriously, a focused attention is exactly what they need and want for their tricks.

[CaptainChewbacca]

I'm not exactly sure what happened. It might be because of the black and white. I don't see anything happening.

[Jade Owl]

I'm not exactly sure what happened. It might be because of the black and white. I don't see anything happening.

Lucrezia is holding Dumedd and threatening to kill him if they don’t let her walk out. On the 5th panel she still has him when she belittles the Smoke Knights’ skills. But between that panel and the 7th panel, she’s managed to switch Dumedd with a straw dummy without Lucrezia eve noticing until it’s pointed out to her. You can see flesh and blood Dumedd behind the girls in the last panel, being understandably impressed.

[Lord of the Abyss]

I'm not exactly sure what happened. It might be because of the black and white. I don't see anything happening.

Lucrezia is holding Dumedd and threatening to kill him if they don’t let her walk out. On the 5th panel she still has him when she belittles the Smoke Knights’ skills. But between that panel and the 7th panel, she’s managed to switch Dumedd with a straw dummy without Lucrezia eve noticing until it’s pointed out to her. You can see flesh and blood Dumedd behind the girls in the last panel, being understandably impressed.

I had to look over the comic more than once myself to figure out what happened; definitely something that would have benefited from color.

[Zixinus]

You have never met a professional stage magician, have you?
Seriously, a focused attention is exactly what they need and want for their tricks.

I have, but the point of that partly is that it is staged, ergo they have time to prepare and assistants to do some of the work while the audience's attention is away.

She did it without preparation (how could she prepare for this?) and notable accomplices. Hence, wondering how she did it.

[Bedlam]

You have never met a professional stage magician, have you?
Seriously, a focused attention is exactly what they need and want for their tricks.

I have, but the point of that partly is that it is staged, ergo they have time to prepare and assistants to do some of the work while the audience's attention is away.

She did it without preparation (how could she prepare for this?) and notable accomplices. Hence, wondering how she did it.

Spark tech teleportation?

[Zixinus]

New page is up. Still in black and white.

It seems Gil came to only to get in a little pain.

Spark tech teleportation?

More likely, I would a general-purpose pre-recorded image being projected while she ran up and did the switch. Which makes little sense, since the context of her spoken words are very context-specific and I doubt that she did anything like that just as she seen Lucrezia getting in control.

I draw it up to a plot-hole. Necessary and the author didn't want to drag things on anymore than necessary.

[Oskuro]

Plot hole? I see it as a humorous bit about how über-ninja the girl is. Girl Genius operates on Cartoon Logictm most of the time, I don't see why this act is so surprising.

[Elessar]

I draw it up to a plot-hole. Necessary and the author didn't want to drag things on anymore than necessary.

This entire chapter has felt like its been dragging on and on. The pacing seems to have seriously taken a backseat to large numbers of characters screwing around... and while I love Gil and Tarvek together, Agatha really hasn't done much with them other than muck around in her castle.

I guess they need to give the Baron time to recover.

Also, Othar (Gentleman Adventurer!) is also out there. I can't wait for him to show up.

[Lord of the Abyss]

And the new one is up and back in color! The older ones haven't been colored yet though; I expect the colorist isn't exactly feeling chipper yet.

[Tiriol]

I'm quickly losing my patience with and interest in this comic. It has dragged on for what seems like ages with this Castle Heterodyne plot. And now they've thrown a mad construct out of nowhere and Lucrezia back? I'm just bored, nothing more. A pity, since I liked the idea and previous execution.

And they are quickly spoiling Higgs's character. An everyday man who manages to survive the impossible is a far more interesting character than yet another one with mysterious past and mysterious powers in this case, but it seems to be the direction where the comic is headed right now.

[Darmalus]

As far as I can remember, the comic has always moved at this pace.

[Oskuro]

Yeah, the pace can be a bit tiresome if you follow it on a daily basis. I feel the comic reads better if you come back after a month of two and gobble up a long set of pages. The standard webcomic daily update doesn't suit certain narrative styles well.

[Serafina]

Yeah, the pace can be a bit tiresome if you follow it on a daily basis. I feel the comic reads better if you come back after a month of two and gobble up a long set of pages. The standard webcomic daily update doesn't suit certain narrative styles well.

True for all webcomics with a storyline.
But Girl Genius is not that bad - i actually dislike it if the plot is cut short just because it takes too long with the update schedule. Because if you are actually reading it in a longer session, you really, really notice that it harms the story if that is done.

[Zixinus]

Why did the Proffessor swat Moloch? Do I understand correctly that Moloch just saved Gil's life by pulling the plug?

[CaptainChewbacca]

Why did the Proffessor swat Moloch? Do I understand correctly that Moloch just saved Gil's life by pulling the plug?

Moloch ruined the drammatic tension. Sparks are, to an extent, driven by narrative logic.

[Lord of the Abyss]

Why did the Proffessor swat Moloch? Do I understand correctly that Moloch just saved Gil's life by pulling the plug?

Moloch ruined the drammatic tension. Sparks are, to an extent, driven by narrative logic.

Plus, doing so by simply pulling a plug isn't cool. Like back here, where the Sparks are peeved at another straightforward solution being proposed instead of some mad-science one.

"No, no. You've already taken all of the joy out of it."