#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 ? ✶ ˖ ࣪ ⭒

[glitzglamgunpowder-if]

Hi updating you on the situation in case you wanted to use dashingdon

https://nonameonlyflowers.tumblr.com/post/772802084402757632/dashingdon-shutting-down

Warn others if possible -sarah

Tysm for letting me know anon!! I wasn't planning on using Dashington, but for any other IF writers out there who are, I think there's a post about CogDemos(?) and how to transfer your work to that platform. I'll try to find and reblog that post!

[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!

[gg-is-a-loser]

thinking about the whale again

[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

[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

[gear-project]

@nincopyjasb has done it again... this time it's the COMPLETE Spanish Translation of Lightning the Argent... heck, I might wanna read it again soon~

[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.

[sunenvoy]

What could I do about my heart having rotted?

And 𝗶 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 like no other.

[glitzglamgunpowder-if]

completely random question here

when playing ifs, do you tend to have a set of names that have sort of set personalities, at least at the start? (wonderin if im weird or weird in a group of other weird friendos)

Oooh I love completely random questions!! I wish I could give a concise answer, but I literally don't walk through life doing things in a way that is clear and efficient so hopefully this answer doesn't lose anyone 😭

In the case of playing IFs, it truly depends for me. it usually goes one of two ways for me: the name I want to choose IMMEDIATELY comes to mind... or I take three to four business names to choose a name as I stare at my many tabs open on my desktop oops 😭 ATOC, for instance, is the first IF I played from Tumblr and luckily the writer linked a bunch of places for name ideas that are regionally accurate which was super helpful <3 There's a lot of pressure for me to have THE perfect name because I usually only play with one MC and then slap as many traits as possible onto them, even if it's not possible in the confines of the game (ex: in TBOTYG, I gave my MC more extracurriculars and overpowered them instead of distributing those traits evenly amongst multiple MCs because it's easier for me to fixate over one MC instead of constantly thinking about multiple MCs out of fear I would break myself)

I have a full OC/MC lore doc with a section that includes names I like and organized by certain factors (and a Pinterest board!) so if I can't think of a name, I don't like the preset name options given, or there are no preset options, I just go there. If I have one of those instant name ideas that were waiting to be used, I immediately jot that down, so it won't be reused.

Now to actually ANSWER your question 😭 the name comes to me after I figure out what type of character I want to play as (or what would "canonically" make sense). I do this by looking at the stat options and the context of the game to see what makes the most sense or is the most interesting to play as. For some IFs, it makes more sense to be a sweet genuine character and for others, it may make more sense to play as someone more cunning and ruthless, so that alone instantly helps me narrow down the name I choose because not all names exude the same vibes. Basically for me, the vibe of the MC would come first and that determines the name