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pythonmelon · 5 years ago

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The Great Girl Genius Reread: volume One

A little collection of the thoughts as follows! this one was pretty short and sweet, but it was such a nostalgia wave.

-I dunno, the art is still not perfect- it's so clearly Phil and Kaja from the start- but I found it so charming in this era. It's god so much detail and very... interesting. This is also me getting to actual experience all the stuff I know about now, especially the great detail of the color coming back into the world after her locket gets stolen -Finally I get to revisit Moloch and the first introduction of the jagers and all the little details. Like, I'll never get over the clank with the jager symbol on it's knee which is kinda what made me want Virgil to be a staff mechanic in jager skin -And seeing Phil telling these poor kids who have been standing there for 15 years the same story -And going as she talks about her mom n such, and seeing how far she's come compared to later books -She's so much less straight laced and healthier bodied and it's so weird to see it now, which makes it neat -I love her little clanks and how its her Thing- every spark has their Thing, after all, and how she was working on them from the beginning -and that jagers are established on the second page -Ah yes, Doctor Merlot, the original bitch, and doctor Glassvitch, the original good guy

-I miss Beetleburg and Baron Wulfenbach and Von Pinn and how it all kinda started so charming. I remember the first four or five volumes so fondly, though I only remember bits and pieces of all of it in general -Also I'm still so fond of the slaver engine plots -All the little deets about how sparks worked and their legends and the very subtle introduction of color here, it's such neat worldbuilding, immediately immersive but not hard to grasp -The immediate concern Beetle shows... if only he saw what came of it -Ah yes, Gil in public, aka "snotty rich boy facade". I love the absolute clarification that if Gil wasn't a good enough heir he would chop him up and start again, it's not like he doesn't make good on that by using Gil's body later

-Aaah, Gil in his spark rage...

-I miss some good ole spark vs non spark social stuff too. Agatha really is surrounded by sparks and warriors and constructs rather than, outside of Violetta, relatively normal people -I love how succinctly they get Merlot down, and the people around sparks with how they're effected, god if this isn't immediately the best example of how sparks work -Also I miss Boris... -God shrinking violet Gil -Castle Heterodyne was SET UP SO EARLY, WHAT? I'll never say Phil and Kaja don't plant their ideas early and plant them well, especially at this point -All jagers need specific orders so they don't just go be mischief monsters huh -I MISSED YOU PUNCH, I love Agatha's giant parents. Also Adam/Punch really did have a big effect on Virgil. Being mute is a thing, it is a thing that can be fix, just a big nice man -I wish we could've seen more about her childhood with uncle Barry, just because she was with him until she was like 7-9 -Her starting to break through at five, the power of the locket that it fuckin made Omar's organs shut down -Her first big boy... -"Hoctopus" is the best use of the jager accent -I do enjoy how competitive Gil and his dad are. They really are father n son, huh -I like that it's not "The spark must be a man" but "we've already seen her" that gets the Baron to take Moloch -"They're fuckin, clearly"- Baron Wulfenbach -Heterodynes sure do smell good, huh -Zudok is my favorite original jager, he's a fun boy

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journeysintowebcomics · 7 years ago

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Girl Genius Liveblog #154

UPDATE 154: Doom Bell is a Rather Appropriate Name

Last time Gil was leaving the Castle alongside Otilia and her troop of devil dogs, Theo and Sleipnir. Will he be okay? Well I guess so, since Otilia is there. Let’s continue.

It’s no surprise the Castle can’t find Tarvek, at this point he must be quite far away with Othar. What I’m a tad surprised about is that he didn’t feel Othar’s shenanigans. Maybe he just forgot about him. The only hint Agatha and Violetta will have that Tarvek didn’t leave the Castle on his own volition is that the Castle can’t feel Tarvek fighting anywhere. It’s unfortunate as a clue that’s...rather ambiguous in every way possible. Oh well. Can’t do anything other than trust Tarvek!

Hah! Well I trust Tarvek’s skills, but given that he will be in middle of Castle Wulfenbach unless he wakes up before his arrival...yeah, he’s going to be having a hard time, isn’t he? He does have a lot in his favor, such as the fact he isn’t Gil, but...Wulfenbach being “dead”, quotation marks, could be a problem. Without him, I wouldn’t be surprised if Tarvek is confined in the Silver Surfer Superblimp for a good while.

Time for Agatha to protect her town! She has quite the good track record when she has to defend stuff, I think she’ll be able to think something.

Scene jump. Vanamonde is trying to survey the situation but it’s hard to do that when, you know, he’s at risk of being shot. There are at least seven different factions out there! If it wasn’t for the fact they’re in middle of Mechanisburg, I’d even think leaving them to get rid of each other would be feasible, but nope. Better to avoid collateral damage.

This is going to be fun! But, no, that’s not Agatha taking action, that’s Gil traversing the town and being absolutely unsubtle in the process. Then again, what other option did he have? Survival comes first, stealth comes...like twelfth!

Wait, how couldn’t I think this? Gil can get Tarvek off Castle Wulfenbach! He’s not going to be happy to see Tarvek there, especially since he thinks he should be with Agatha, but it’s not like it’s Tarvek’s fault he got kidnapped and shoved in a bag. Although, to be frank, I expect Gil to not let Mr. Storm King Heir forget anytime soon he was kidnapped by Othar.

Gil’s wreaking havoc amidst the unnamed faction while everyone but Vanamonde watches with horror. I find it funny they immediately think he’s the Heterodyne heir. So this is how the past Heterodynes usually behaved, huh...Agatha’s ancestors sure were an interesting bunch, huh.

...very interesting bunch. I don’t know how the Foglios manage to whip out a new factoid every fifteen or so pages that prove even further the Heterodynes were insane. As if more proof was needed!

Oublenmach finally managed to bring that heavy hammer all the way to the top. Hm. Maybe that’s why he was given the hammer! Because by the time he managed to drag that heavy, heavy thing all the way to the Doom Bell, it’d be good for Mechanisburg it was rung! No door to a treasure will open, that much I’m sure about, but surely something is going to happen. No idea what it could be, though.

Three different plotlines – so to say – are finally converging. Oublenmach dragging the hammer, Agatha’s general point of view, and Vanamonde trying to keep the town from falling apart, all in one dynamic page. I admit, it’d be quite the dramatic effect if Agatha exited the Castle right when the bell is rung. The message would be effective: behold, world, here is the Heterodyne heiress, and she’s here to protect the town. The main plotline of Girl Genius shall be resolved!

Nobody tells Vanamonde anything, do they. ‘When all’s said and done—it’s just a bell, right?’ If this was any other place in the Girl Genius world then yes, it’d be just a bell. But this is Mechanisburg, home to the Heterodynes. It can’t be just a bell. For example, there it says it’ll hinder the enemies in the area but it’ll also cripple their own defenses. Perhaps it’ll cause some sort of psychological effect? No time to ponder the Castle takes the hammer and...

...tremble before me indeed. Wow. Not only the sound effect was ‘DOOM’ – classy as always, this family – it literally makes everyone except Agatha tremble. Even the stone of the Castle, even the metal that forms that devil dog is trembling like jello. Poor Vanamonde over there just had a heart attack.

All in all...the bell being rung is something that was being rather hyped-up, and I think this result warrants it. It’s nothing flashy, it’s not some sudden defense to crush the enemies, heck, it’s...almost subtle in a way. That’s what makes it effective.

This is pure intimidation! It’s brilliant! Fantastic! This was worth the wait!

And of course that was the end of Volume 11. Another volume finished. What’s more, for the first time in a long while I feel like Girl Genius is entering new territory. Sure, they’re still in Mechanisburg, but the situation is completely different. The Castle is repaired – almost – and Mechanisburg is under siege. Just because of these facts the volume to come is completely new! I for one can’t wait to see what it’ll bring forth.

The Volume starts...somewhere entirely different, just tangentially related, but I’m not complaining, because it is related in a way. Moloch von Zinzer and the rest who stayed behind to fix the Great Movement Chamber are almost finished. With this wheel finally being powered by the river underneath the Castle, it can gain the energy it needs to defend the Castle properly. Somehow, Moloch managed to do it, against all odds. He may not be a spark, but he is hella competent, that’s for sure.

It’s all moving! The wheel, the gears, everything is in working order! It’s almost a miracle! And just in time for them to be knocked out by the bell’s DOOOOOOOOOOM. Quite a powerful sound, if it managed to even reach underground. It pretty much knocks out Moloch and the rest. Just in time, indeed.

...hm. Just outside Mechanisburg, in what seems to be a communications airship belonging to Wulfenbach’s army...it seems the invasion isn’t going well. All the troops, the groups, the different kind of machines, none of that are communicating anymore. A secondary effect of the Doom Bell, perhaps? Does the sound from the bell drown out any waves from the communication systems? That...sounds possible, doesn’t it?

A Jager enters, all smug and not very respectful to the commander aboard, to the point where they’re accused of betraying the Wulfenbachs. They’re indeed trying to keep the Jagers on their side by arguing Agatha is a fake, but by now I suppose the generals informed all the Jagermonsters about the situation, and about what needs to be done. They’re not attacking anyone, but they’re also not obeying orders here. All they have to do is to prepare for a landing and to stroll into the town. Just what the town needs, and I actually mean that. How many Jagermonsters exist? Quite enough to be a force to be reckoned, I suppose.

Nevermind, the sound just got here. Alright! It’s party time.

...next time it will be, at least.

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