#GG Novels

[annoyinglandmagazine]

First Time Reading Girl Genius Novels 2

I am not surprised Agatha thought Lilith’s reaction to being told her lack of uniformity made her like Judy so it was fine was a bit odd. That is a weird interaction for her on so many levels.

Agatha’s gradual realisation as a child of the way the world around her discriminates against people like her parents gives me emotions.

She has a much more vivid memory of Barry than I expected, ‘seemed worried about things he couldn’t talk about’ is spot on and also heartbreaking

Agatha’s joy at having a home and stability for the first time is a lovely thing to add, she misses Barry of course but it’s interesting that they clarified he wasn’t in a good place or position to be raising a child

The late night argument and Barry’s collapsing mental health and possible death told through three increasingly rambling letters also giving me many emotions

The Heterodynes as an almost religious presence, an ideal people aspire to, like, ‘we should live our lives as if they will return’ is such a spiritual way to put it which I kind of love worldbuilding wise.

Jägers and Boris having an intense rivalry is one of my favourite running jokes and the backstory of Klaus enforcing a time limit on their fights before he has to mediate really reminds me of the ‘it’s like running a kindergarten’ line.

An opportunistic doughnut seller seeing the Baron engaged in a total and hostile take over of his town with his heir, second in command and soldiers and deciding they might not have had time to grab breakfast is exactly the kind of batshit insanity I expect from this setting.

Gil and Klaus just running madly through the streets, dodging crates and jumping on to walls in sync while keeping up a conversation like this is just about Tuesday (which it is for them) must be a pretty weird sight even for bystanders in girl genius

The older jäger grinning at Adam is a nice bit of foreshadowing

Just generally loving the fact that the jägers saying weird shit and arguing over things that make no sense is so normalised that it allows them to get away with hiding basically anything even if most of them have no idea what subtlety is

Gil and Klaus taking a moment to discuss how best to cover the undressed girl in front of them before proceeding further is kind of hilarious to me

Also every iteration of this exchange ‘You don’t find the fact that the girl is running about in a machine shop in her underwear to be unusual? Red fire, boy, what sort of lab did you maintain in school?’ Plus Gil’s blushing and ‘Father! please!’ is comedic gold.

The jägers finding loopholes to secretly give Klaus a guard when he’s in one of his moods (which are apparently a known and regular thing) where he wants to do everything by himself just because, is both wholesome and funny

The tavern song. Oh my god.

I need more information about how Agatha wandering around in her underwear makes Sleipnir assume she’s English.

Interesting that she’s calling her the Von Pinn. I never noticed that happening in the comic.

Descriptions of the school are nice to have, especially the bulletin boards covered in drawings, letters and so on, really makes it feel like an actual primary school.

Extremely rare Klaus feminist moment on the trousers front, though it’s definitely more about practicality than anything else

Agatha was shocked at Sleipnir referring to Wooster as a codfish, Girl Genius characters’ weird idea of what counts as swearing is so much fun

Children cycling around the airship delivering messages is a nice touch as are all the other details about Castle Wulfenbach, it really drives home the whole nerve centre and capital city of the empire thing

Saying you refer to your boyfriend as Herr Nice to justify not recognising his name is certainly one approach

Mowgli. Agatha you are fooling nobody here

Them ripping a machine apart while they’re plummeting to the ground and grinning maniacally should not be as adorable as it is

Khrizan gently cradling Agatha, calling her sweetheart and checking that she’s alright should have been a clue to someone that there as something special about her

Morbid children’s songs my beloved

Theo’s little interactive bit where he chases the children around during the story is so absurdly endearing.

“He nodded to the girls as he passed ‘RHaah,’ he said conversationally.” Did I mention I love Theo?

PRT is a genius bit of worldbuilding and I love it. That whole section is amazing especially the fact that personality shifts going more insane is only a tricky hypothetical on a test paper because Sparks are already like that to start with

I love that the tables are designed to be constantly replaced because they let the kids try out their new gadgets at mealtimes for serving the food.

They all bring different dishes from wherever they’re from which is also nice

The school is a lot bigger than I thought if they’re implying what we see is only a tenth of its normal capacity.

Klaus insisting that they go and oversee or assist in the harvests themselves to try and curb the culture of elitism is great and the way the kids actually look forward to it as opposed to their parents who hate it shows its actually working

The fact that Lucifer Mongfish’s conflicts with the Heterodynes are considered the cause of Bill’s marriage to Lucrezia rather than an obstacle tells you a lot

The logistics of family gatherings where every family member wants to and has tried to kill each other

Agatha comparing an argument between two twelve year olds to one between two teachers at her university is very in character with sparks

The Large Dangerous Mechanical Lab being the real name is kind of funny

[gear-project]

Once again thanks goes out to @nincopyjasb and @brainchoco for their hard work~

[dahliaindaze]

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[sunenvoy]

⁺ 𝟵𝟵𝟵 𓂂 ۫ ⭒ Let's meet again, Yoo Joonghyuk.

It was a really great story. Isn't that right ? ✶ ˖ ࣪ ⭒

[solradguy]

Oh yeah every ad in the back of Begin is for the Blazblue novels lol

[pynkhues]

I know you said you have a lot of GG prompts already but, if you’re feeling inspired, I’m so curious what you’d come up with for brio: 28 feeling for each other in the dark

L for the minifics being: a stolen kiss.

Our Endless Numbered Days Beth x Rio. NBC Good Girls. 6k words. M. -

For a minute, it’s hard to see the source of the blood, rivulets running down the thin lines of his abs, pooling in the hollow of his belly button. It smears red across too much of him, and Beth has to lean in a little closer until the metallic scent of blood hits her nostrils and it’s all she can smell. She curls her hair behind her ears, traces her gaze until she finds the wound that’s still weeping. A round little puncture about the size of a watch face, a newborn’s yawning mouth, a golden dollar, in the normally honeyed skin at the edge of his left hip.

Beth exhales, and she’s close enough it hits his side, if the shiver that runs through him is any indication, and she shifts back onto the couch as she looks back up at him. -

A blackout rolls over the city and Rio shows up at Beth's in need of a little care. Set post-s4.

[microwaving-tesilid-argente]

the way ailette and tesilid never talk about their dislike for the strict order is so funny and GNRHRNGHRHGH because the comments sections have been going "hey tesilid have you heard about this banging new religion!!!" since like the first chapter tesilid was introduced. and she still hasn't said a thing about it.

like. "tesilid is a strict follower of the strict order", "tesilid is part of the heretical judgement bureau", blablabla listen!!! when you asked him to hide your identity as saint he said okay without hesitation!! it wasn't a flimsy decision either, he said "go home to your family"! that's what he believes in, not in the rules in and of themselves!! shakes ailette by the shoulders he was TEN when he did that, he's been a rule breaker and heretic shielder and strict order disliker since before you met!!!!!! and he's only going to become moreso when he grows older and the strict order and heretical judgement bureau puts him through more and more shit! !

and then tesilid himself doesn't make it super duper explicit that he's a strict order hater because he wants to stay on ailette's good side. and she's a huge fan of the god she serves, who as far as he can tell is the strict order bc there isn't any other god in-universe.

GAH!

[tillman]

When they drop a light novel about raven thats in 100% middle english well. Then youll be sorry.

[jamlabs]

Guy who woke up covered in blood and is about to have the worst day of his fucking life

[horangslay]

BIG kpop stan ick of mine is anyone who has a superiority complex because they only stans boy groups/girl groups & loudly HATES on groups based solely on their gender, I fr cannot hit the block button fast enough

[randomnameless]

Fellas,

Is it just being “pals” saying things like this to your “partner” ?

“Even if one day, we can’t have each other���s backs, our hearts will always be together. That’s all.”

I mean, both Shamir and Catherine cannot support F!Billy, so it means they are very straight, and this line here is just how people express their friendship.

BTW, I still like how this “ Scared? …You? The one who isn’t afraid of anything? The great ”Thunder Catherine,” who’s [so terrifying that] even a crying child would shut up and run away still naked?” was lolcalised to “The terrible “Thunder Catherine,” afraid? I thought you weren’t afraid of anything.”

Oh well.

[doubleedgemode]

There's a post that explains it way better than I do but. I'm currently thimking about A.B.As frankenstein influence

Aside from the obvious "concept art refs frankenstein by name, so one could assume the head key worked as her electrodes/bolts" I don't see many people mention how her strive boots are black platforms a la creature's movie depiction's (roadworker if I'm not mistaken?? I probably am) boots. Also yknow they have lil bolts

[gear-project]

Okay, let me get this straight. In GG Strive, the USA president is... Anti war? Like, omg, WHAT, like, how did one of the most pro war countries in the entire world even voted for a president like that? Don't get me wrong, I would love to see that in real life, but it's honestly incredibly funny just thinking about that posibility even if it's just a fictional story LOL

It's a bit complicated, but in-context it was explained in the Butterfly and Her Gale novel.

Basically, the Assassins' Organization (yes, Venom's group) was hired to set up America to go to WAR with Zepp.

The details are kindof fuzzy about whom would stand to gain from a war between America and Zepp, but regardless, the Assassins basically intended on putting a "puppet President" in the White House.

That's where Erica comes in… she was an orphan who was essentially put in that role against her will.

The Assassins posed as Zepp Soldiers who would effectively attack and kill Erica, using her Death as the trigger for the War.

This makes even less sense when you consider the idea they CHOSE her to be President and THEN CHOSE to kill her.

It's not like the public were even remotely aware of her being installed in-office (nor was she elected normally).

But well… it makes a BIT more sense if you consider what the Conclave wanted to do: put America in its pocket.

The United Nations Members had a lot to do with placing Erica in her position as well, even giving her Presidential authority. And of course the Conclave controls who works for the U.N. (as if they didn't already control the Assassins directly on both sides).

Still, as stated, they wanted a "Profitable War" that could drum up conflict and weapon production, but what they DIDN'T count on was a certain heroic rogue NINJA.

So how does a single Ninja like Chipp Zanuff play in to all of this?

Well, in basic terms, he saved Erica's life BEFORE she was going to be assassinated, so regardless of what roles they planned for her, Chipp's interference basically nullified any plans the Conclave or even the Assassins had for the American Government at that time.

Not only that, but Chipp used his connections with ZEPP to broker a Treaty WITH Erica and basically turn the tables on anyone who would want a war between the nations.

Of course, Chipp also had to deal with his archnemesis Volf (the man who indirectly killed his master Tsuyoshi), but for the most part Chipp's involvement in the faux conspiracy nipped it in the bud.

Erica was saved (even despite getting nearly fatally wounded, which Dr. Faust promptly treated), her Foster Matron was saved as well, and anyone involved in the U.N. debacle that was connected with America, the Assassins, and the Conclave, were effectively neutralized (it was also a major bust thanks to Ky Kiske's efforts working as International Police Commissioner at that time).

So, Erica served her term as an "actual President", Chipp finished his training, and a few years later, Erica works in the White House alongside current President Vernon E. Grobitz.

Vernon's policies for Peace are very much the same as Erica's… of course, his predilection for Football might be his own personal tastes.

[lizasweetling]

Humongulous! like it's good to pass back and forth this things attentions, and you are the only one in the room that can tank more than one strike- but not for her. She would absolutely not pull the same courtesy, in fact we can be 100% sure because she had the opportunity like 2 or 3 pages ago

Like it's noble of you and all, but still!

[sunenvoy]

What could I do about my heart having rotted?

And 𝗶 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 like no other.

[solradguy]

Do you think the characters who haven't been in Strive's story may be written into the story in a future chapter, in a similar vein to another story? It just will feel weird for another story to write May, Faust, Ram, ect. back into the main plot, but Test, Bridget, and whoever's in S3 get passed on.

Guilty Gear's lore is utterly unpredictable, honestly. It feels like Testament and Bridget's stories are wrapped up so if they came back they'd have to have some kind of new plot thread to go after, but it felt like Ram's story was done too and she came back in Another Story.

Eventually I think we're going to get another really big animated story DLC like how Xrd Sign and Rev both had pretty long story modes and it's going to focus on whatever nonsense Chaos has brewing. Xrd brought in a LOT of the cast for its stories with the shorter Rev2 animations filling in on some of the side guys (Daryl, Venom, etc) that didn't get much screentime. It would make a lot of sense for Strive to be building up to something like that, a huge ensemble giant Backyard clusterfuck thing that requires 2 hours of studying the in-game encyclopedia to unravel haha

I suspect most of the characters they've introduced in the season passes that weren't a major part of the day 1 launch story will feature in this new, big, story. Especially Bridget. Good god Bridget carried season 2 sales so hard, there's no way they're not gonna put her in like EVERYTHING going forward hahah Good for her.