... Moloch will bolt when he sees a clear opportunity to do so. He will, however, never see a clear opportunity. (They will exist, they just won't occur to...
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gadgetdon@...
gadgetdon
Dec 26, 2012 6:50 pm
... That's the biggest difference with Agatha from most sparks. Agatha doesn't really want minions, she wants a crew. She's been around sparks enough even...
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Mary Lumsden
Horsewhisper...
Dec 26, 2012 7:12 pm
To me, Agatha lets others think that he's her minion to protect him. Fortunately for us, Agatha does think of people as people not just expendable test...
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Joy Beeson
joyalbeeson
Dec 26, 2012 9:42 pm
... Early on a clear opportunity to bolt would have been enough. But by the time he got rid of the 'splody collar, he also needed an opportunity to accept a...
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mrobinson52
Dec 27, 2012 2:08 pm
... Oh! You bring up an interesting point! Agatha may be unique amoung Sparkdom in that she grew up not knowing she was a spark! The normal upbringing may play...
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falyeril
Dec 27, 2012 5:07 pm
2b Re: The Three Lights! I remember those! (n/t) Wed Dec 26, 2012 8:42 am (PST) . Posted by: "Mary Lumsden" Horsewhisper2882 ... No, no, no! You folks are all...
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DARRELLSTEPHANIE
darrellsteph...
Dec 28, 2012 4:51 am
... Um...maybe spending the holidays with family? Like I'm doing? -steph...
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DARRELLSTEPHANIE
darrellsteph...
Dec 28, 2012 4:55 am
... "It cannae take much more, Mistress! It's got nae pow'r! It'll need a week, maybe two, in spacetime dock before it'll be ready tae take on th' likes o' th'...
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brendawriter@...
brendawriter
Dec 28, 2012 7:58 am
... I like that. It would be like Briar Rose, raised in the forest by the good fairies, unaware of her True Destiny. And note that Klaus made a stab at this...
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Trouble Sturm
holobeadpainter
Dec 28, 2012 4:17 pm
... or, yeah, that. That may be more likely... We certainly aren't cowering in our hovels under Mechanicsberg in terror of the storms of war, or anything......
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tom_brosz
Dec 29, 2012 12:41 am
After standing about fifteen feet away from a few dozen direct lightning strikes, how is it that Agatha and Gil can even manage to hear each other spout the...
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Steven Paul Rewa, M.S.
rewastev
Dec 29, 2012 6:54 pm
... Well, actually nobody really knows if they're a spark until the moment they break through. For most that happens in the teens and twentys, so you could...
77843
Steven Paul Rewa, M.S.
rewastev
Dec 29, 2012 6:56 pm
... I hope it's upsidaisium. -Steve...
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aseachangea
Dec 29, 2012 7:56 pm
We saw Tarvek disable a whole mess of dingbots by using something electrical-shock-fieldish. What's going to happen to them, now? Sea Change, who wonders if...
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Erika Westberg
kapoofaren
Dec 30, 2012 10:00 am
Hi folks. People are usually quick to notice these kinds of things, so I might be in the wrong (especially since I'm an ESL-reader), but isn't the grammar...
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Joshua Kronengold
mnemex
Dec 30, 2012 5:18 pm
... You're incorrect, but so is the comic. It should be "I won't be anyone's tool -- hers, his, or yours!"...
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Dave
mac_lyr
Dec 30, 2012 5:22 pm
... No, actually, you are right. Pronoun possessives don't take an apostrophe. (his, hers, ours theirs, its). I have observed that art talent and grammatical...
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Dave
mac_lyr
Dec 30, 2012 5:26 pm
... He's right; I scanned over the "anyones" and the "her" vice "hers"....
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jim_learned
Dec 31, 2012 4:50 am
... I think the artists' dramatic intent was to use "hers" as in "belonging to Lucrezia." So the correct line would read: "I won't be anyone's tool -- hers,...
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Joseph H
jwhouk
Dec 31, 2012 7:50 pm
That is all. N/T....
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Steven Paul Rewa, M.S.
rewastev
Jan 1, 2013 4:48 pm
... Your mostly write. Sorry, couldn't help myself. It should be just "hers" with no '. "her, his or yours" would also be wrong. -Steve...
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Elliott Olson
amigadragon1962
Jan 2, 2013 12:33 am
Saturday, December 29, 2012, 12:53:59 PM, Steven Paul Rewa wrote: SPRMS> I definitely think that Agatha's upbringing is an integral SPRMS> part of her...
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god
scantrontb666
Jan 2, 2013 2:59 am
... Oh man... is this an opening you just walked into, or what? it should be "You'RE mostly RIGHT"... sorry, but i couldn't help myself, i just had to... :D...
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Steven Paul Rewa, M.S.
rewastev
Jan 2, 2013 5:20 pm
... Nope, it's actually an opening YOU just walked into. Subtle comedy can be awful tricky sometimes. -Steve...
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Steven Paul Rewa, M.S.
rewastev
Jan 2, 2013 5:21 pm
... It's getting to be. -Steve You know what I meant....
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jsheikg
Jan 4, 2013 6:24 am
... Since they are the creations of The Heterodyne odds are they have become organic to DK. At least until they wear out anyway. DK's telekinetic talent will...
77857
LB
lsbeasley
Jan 4, 2013 6:25 am
From Merriam-Webster online: Definition of MINION 1: a servile dependent, follower, or underling 2: one highly favored : idol 3: a subordinate or petty...
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Michael Robert Telford
stonecutterca
Jan 4, 2013 6:25 am
... The last "hers" contains a misplaced apostrophe. It should read "I won't be anyone's tool - hers, his, or yours!" [Non-text portions of this message have...
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K. R. McClure
katevilda
Jan 4, 2013 6:25 am
If Gil isn't acting, it looks to me as if he's been wasped. But how can that be? I thought there was only one! Kate McClure Whatever does not kill me had...
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jsheikg
Jan 4, 2013 6:25 am
...is that the imprinting process used as a substitute for computer code makes them so human-like they fall for the same tricks....
