And it's not like Gil has the moves of a ninja.

----

Are you sure? See:
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030314
and following page.

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And incidentally, he's wearing that same coat this time round...

^-^
'.'
  w

Given what Klaus said to Gil in the hospital it has been
theorized that Zeetha might be honor-bound to kill Gil
when/if she finds out about his background. Mainly, the
belief is that male children of Skifander are for some
reason not allowed to live.

I suspect that Gil is safe from Skifander vengeance for a
very simple reason... or at least he will be once Agatha
'claims' him.

Zeetha is Skifander royalty. Having taken Agatha as her
trainee, Zeetha has effectively adopted Agatha into the
Skifander royal house.

If Agatha claims Gil as her 'property' (remember the
time windows?) then  Gil should be perfectly safe.
Uncomfortable, hugely embarassed, but safe as long as
he shows he knows his proper place.

I look forward to the confusions involved when they get
to Skifander. Especially if she brings any Jaegers other
than Jenka with her.

On Nov 30, 2007 12:04 AM, Erin C. <sonyadora@...> wrote:
>
> I'm still holding out for Black Squad style spatial displacement
> something or other, but the holes in his coat sure make it look like
> he's in real danger.  But surely he wouldn't go out there with /nothing/
> to protect himself from stray bullets?  It would be so embarrassing to
> be kicking that much butt and then go down because some soldier boy got
> lucky.
>
> ern

I was thinking some sort of projection or hologram myself, but you
have a good point about the holes.

Gotta say, after word of this filters through the gossip channels, Gil
should have no trouble keeping the popular support if he takes over
from his father.

--
Ron/yumitori

Not all who wander are lost,
http://www.geocaching.com/

Loyal worshiper of Ashtara (Cha Cha Cha!)
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/index.php

No, not that kind!  I was unable to sleep, and went webcomic surfing,
and on the comic Cross Time Cafe, I found something interesting.

http://whiteponyproductions.com/comicstrips/ctc/present.htm

   Doesn't this dress look *awfully* familiar?

http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030912


--
Margaret

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed
to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
             -- Will Rogers

>>>Electricity.

I have to respectfully disagree.

>>>Examples:
>>>Electric Fencing Blades - Hive Crisis on Castle Wulfenbach

Not his doing.  Agatha cobbled them up while he was fighting off wasps for
her.
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040517
Granted, the basis was his lightning machine.
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040213

>>>Bang's Shock Glove - Agatha and the circus fakes her death
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20041231
"That's a _medical_ device, not a weapon!"

>>>Wand of Zapping - Assassins in the baron's hospital room
>>>Wand of Zapping redux - The Walls of Mechanicsburg

Granted - weapon, electricity.

But what about
Zoing (age 8)
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040202
Adam & Lilith reassembled and improved
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060308
The Infamous Falling Machine
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030623
The Fencing Clank & Mechanical Orchestra
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040209
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040216

Just to name a few.

And if Agatha showed her specialty from day one...
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20021129
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20031126
that being dingbots and other cool clanks...

Then is Zoing indicative of Gil's specialty?

Or do really strong Sparks have a style, but not an area?

-Maggie




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Personnally, I thought the title of Storm King, as well as the
description of being the greatest king were simply the GG universe's
equivalent to King Louis the XIV (of France), who was also called the
Sun King

I never expected the Storm King to actually control storms...  I
merely thought it was some form of grand title.  And perhaps a
reference to his temperament, too (don't get him angry, he's as
fierce as a storm...)

----------------(Apply Chainsaw Here)

I always just took "The Storm King" at face value, but I did always think that
it might have something to do with control of weather.

The O&S (don't they make a lovely couple) up in the balloon thingie make the "He
called the Lightning"comment, as if it means something important. Like He's
wearing the one ring, or he can control the storm...Which I feel that maybe Gil
is attempting to trump the Pink Balloons fake Heterodyne with his Calling of the
Storm card...

http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071128

So from the way it's said, and the title of Storm king, makes me think that, The
Storm King is a literal title, and that Gil, in calling down the lightning, has
sort of made claim to that...

just my two cents...

J




      
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--- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, "tater_tot16" <tater_tot16@...>
wrote:
> Egads and gadzooks?!? what kind of teens do you
> hang around with?  Sounds like we should
> re-classify the message board. "This Girl Genius
> Web post is rated OTGRP: suitable for Old timey
> Gold Rush Prospectors, due to its use of 1840s
> era swears and Victorian underwear.

Oh, you should see the dirty jokes in Shakespeare!
Of course, nowadays they have to stop and explain
them to ahe audience...

--- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, "McClure, Kate (DEX-
BLV)" <kate.mcclure@...> wrote:
> Perhaps he will get winged, and have to be dragged
> back behind the walls. This would heighten the
> tension of the scene, and make things that much
> more urgent for Agatha to fix Der Kestle ASAP!
> Which she should get on with, and stop drooling
> over Mr. Lightning already. ;)

Well, I started imagining a Mary Sue "nursing back
to health" story.  But somehow, get Agatha and damaged
human material together, and the voice in the back of
her head suggests... improvements...

--- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com,
"lake_wrangler" <lake.wrangler@...> wrote:
> I posit that the Foglios wanted to invent a
> historical king with such clout, who would
> obviously need some form of grand title,
> and went with that, à la Sun King in our world.

Perhaps it's as simple as different categories
of weather forecast?  So you'd have the Rain
Regent, the Monarch of Mist, the Fog Fuhrer.

And the High Pollen Count.

--- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, "Erin C." <sonyadora@...> wrote:
> I don't think it matters whether he's in line at
> all.  Who's the real Storm King?  The guy waving
> the dusty genealogical books at you, or the
> guy who fries battle clanks with huge bolts of
> lightning?  If he can keep this up, Gil is
> /whoever he darn well wants to be/.

Hey!  Hey!  Stop that!  Actual prince of Sturmhalten
over here!  "Royal And Not Dead Yet"!  Has lightning
on his /lawn/, baby!

On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 03:02:59PM -0000, lake_wrangler wrote:

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_King
>
> Of course, he could not control the sun, but he *was* considered the
> greatest king of France.  The title Sun King had to do with the
> following comparison: "just as the planets revolve around the Sun, so
> too should France and the Court revolve around him"

If that quote is authentic, it would say something about adoption of the
heliocentric theory.  (Copernicus died in 1543, Galileo died in 1642,
Louis started governing in 1661.)

http://www.chateauversailles.fr/en/210_Louis_XIV_the_Sun_King.php
just mentions Apollo, plus "the heavenly body which gave life to all
things, regulating everything as it rose and set."  I find nothing
reliable.

-xx- Damien X-)

--- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, "rja_carnegie" <rja_carnegie@...>
wrote:
>
snippety
>
> Perhaps it's as simple as different categories
> of weather forecast?  So you'd have the Rain
> Regent, the Monarch of Mist, the Fog Fuhrer.
>
> And the High Pollen Count.
>

[snort, gswerplat!] ROTFLMAO!

Thank you for a great start to my Saturday morning!  Even if it did
mean getting my tea up my nose!

Zombiwoman

--- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, "tater_tot16" <tater_tot16@...>
wrote:
> Egads and gadzooks?!? what kind of teens do you hang around with?
> Sounds like we should re-classify the message board. "This Girl
> Genius Web post is rated OTGRP: suitable for Old timey Gold Rush
> Prospectors, due to its use of 1840s era swears and Victorian
> underwear.

What kind of old-timey gold rush prospecters do you hang out with? it
should be rated SDTSS for Scooby-Dooish Teen Super Slueths

-Stev

--- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, "Christina Biles" <bramblebrry@...>
wrote:
>
> I firmly believe that he
> could make a scary weapon out of chewing gum and a light fixture if
you left
> him alone for any length of time.

Let's not go crazy here. The guys not MacGyver, you know.

-Stev

> On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 03:02:59PM -0000, lake_wrangler wrote:
>
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_King
> >
> > Of course, he could not control the sun, but he *was* considered the
> > greatest king of France.  The title Sun King had to do with the
> > following comparison: "just as the planets revolve around the Sun, so
> > too should France and the Court revolve around him"

Also relevant from that Wikipedia article is what
immediately follows that:

     As a result, he was associated with Apollo Helios, the
     Greco-Roman god of the Sun. This is also fitting
     because, as patron of the Arts, Louis was, like Apollo
     Musagetes, the "leader of the Muses".

Remember, van Rijn made the Nine Muses for the Storm King.

http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060106

To me, that evidence (along with the rest) is too strong to
think otherwise than that "The Storm King" is the GG analog
of our Sun King, Louis XIV.

(Doing a Google on "Knights of Apollo" -- which could be our
analog of "Knights of Jove" seems to turn up a connection to
the Masons...)

On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 02:10:12AM -0600, Margaret wrote:
>
>   No, not that kind!

I.e., not this kind:

http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071010


> I was unable to sleep, and went webcomic surfing,
> and on the comic Cross Time Cafe, I found something interesting.
>
> http://whiteponyproductions.com/comicstrips/ctc/present.htm

More permanent link:

http://whiteponyproductions.com/comicstrips/ctc/ctc0213.htm


>   Doesn't this dress look *awfully* familiar?
>
> http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030912

And the filly looks like she's even wearing a Heterodyne
sigil locket.  I'm pretty sure, in fact; looky here:

http://techfox.comicgenesis.com/d/20070108.html

Dr. Fayette Cavor, mathematical physicist.

http://techfox.comicgenesis.com/d/20070115.html

"My deareast Joseph was the Scientific Advisor to the Star
Trek Network."

Cue They Might Be Giants...

"He was Victim to a Tragic Prosthetic Forehead Accident."

On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 02:16:34PM -0000, Steven Rewa wrote:
> --- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, "Christina Biles" <bramblebrry@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > I firmly believe that he
> > could make a scary weapon out of chewing gum and a light fixture if
> you left
> > him alone for any length of time.
>
> Let's not go crazy here. The guys not MacGyver, you know.

No, Mac didn't go in for actually killing his opponents, IIRC.

> > Perhaps it's as simple as different categories
> > of weather forecast?  So you'd have the Rain
> > Regent, the Monarch of Mist, the Fog Fuhrer.
> >
> > And the High Pollen Count.
> >
>
> [snort, gswerplat!] ROTFLMAO!
>
> Thank you for a great start to my Saturday morning!  Even if it did
> mean getting my tea up my nose!
>
> Zombiwoman
>
So would his Majesty's time on the throne be
referred to as 'The Purple Reign'?

On 11/29/07, Damien Sullivan <phoenix@...> wrote:

> Somehow I imagine Jenka trying to pull the other ones back under cover.
> But we've never seen her do enthusiastic.
>
> -xx- Damien X-)

It could just be because she hasn't had much of a presence in the
comic (can you be a Jaegermonster without the relentless enthusiasm).
But I have noticed in real life that when you put a woman in with a
group of guys she will turn into Little Miss Voice of Reason and
Maturity, no matter how goofy or irresponsible her personality is on
her own or in a group of other women.  Especially if you put her in
charge.  The strength of the effect seems to increase in proportion to
the sillyness of the men in question.  I can only imagine the kind of
sobering effect being a female Jaeger and an officer would have on
you.

ern
Poor Jenka.

--
"I don't know what I'm supposed to do.  All I can do is grow plants
and watch sunsets and listen to stories."
~www.rice-boy.com

--- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, "Daimajoou" <viola_no_daimajoou@...> wrote:

> Just as long as it doesn't turn out that his mother is actually a
> goddess...
>
> ...Wait.
>

So you think he's Ashtara's son?

--Kathryn

... to those who predicted that Klaus would be very, very proud of Gil. Awww!

--Kathryn

But you'd have to agree it wasn't that hard a call to make.  If you
read between the lines through the whole series, you can see that Klaus
has always been very proud of Gil.  I wish I had the time to pull up
examples.

--- "tom_brosz" <tbrosz@...> wrote:
>
> But you'd have to agree it wasn't that hard a call to make.  If
> you read between the lines through the whole series, you can see
> that Klaus has always been very proud of Gil.  I wish I had the
> time to pull up examples.

You call, I can but answer.

http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20021225
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060329
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070711 (sort of)

...yeah, I think that's a good start.

Corgi, proudly KDLish

The second one is one that made an impression on me at the time.

I think today's update really makes Dupree see Klaus' point in the second
strip. She didn't see him take down the assassins, so she could dismiss that.
But she seen him call down lightning and destory those war clanks, and why
Klaus  holds such a high opinion of his son.


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tbrosz@... writes:




The second one is one that made an impression on me at the  time.







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--- In girlgenius@yahoogroups.com, "chembiogrrl" <khedges1@...> wrote:
>
> ... to those who predicted that Klaus would be very, very proud of Gil. Awww!
>
> --Kathryn
>

I'd call THAT an example of a ****-eating grin.

> I'd call THAT an example of a ****-eating grin.
>

Have we ever seen Klaus smiling with teeth? I think he's never been so
happy!

> > ... to those who predicted that Klaus would be very,
> very proud of Gil. Awww!
> >
> I'd call THAT an example of a ****-eating grin.
>
I'd call that a 'I have an heir worthy of my Empire' grin.

Hot damn but Klaus has to be proud on so many levels.

Ooooo, I've been waiting for this day since Gil had his little pep
talk with Wooster.  I'm all a-tingle here.  Gil has become the mad-boy
we always knew he would turn out to be, complete with memorable lines
and assurances that he isn't some fluke or accident of fate.

Klaus beaming with pride seems fairly predictable, but I'm wondering
if he really thought things through with his son.  Consider just the
choice of name Klaus used.  To name your son after a Babylonian King
of mythological proportions seemed strange to me at first.  But, after
all these years of reading, I'm starting to wonder if Klaus' main
goal, perhaps the only thing left of his days as part of the
Heterodyne Troupe, was to make the world a better place for his son.
The testing, the pushing, hiding him away in secret, allowing Von Pinn
to be his nanny, constantly controlling his environment, all of the
things we don't know about their relationship and what we have seen
has been to make sure Gil was up to the challenge of ruling an Empire.

And yet, I can't also help to think that Klaus has neglected the
downside.  Soon all of Europe will know the name of Gilgamesh
Wulfenbach.  Those hoping to ride out Klaus' reign, waiting patiently
until he made a mistake or simply died of old age, will now see the
threat in his son.  Europe will have a new Baron Wulfenbach to contend
with after Klaus.  I'm certain that many in the Great Houses will take
this news with something less than comfort or security in the future.
  Indeed, I wouldn't be surprised if more than a few assassination
attempts are coming for our young Wulfenbach in the future.

--- "brellchild" <jasonft@...> wrote:
>
>>> ... to those who predicted that Klaus would be very,
>>> very proud of Gil. Awww!
>>>
>> I'd call THAT an example of a ****-eating grin.
>>
> I'd call that a 'I have an heir worthy of my Empire' grin.
>
> Hot damn but Klaus has to be proud on so many levels.

Don't forget the sense of relief - 'Thank God I can relax now, he'll
maintain the peace no matter what happens to me.'

Corgi, hanging the KDL sign in neon