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Girl Genius
« on: May 04, 2010, 02:48:13 am »

Read it here.

So, who else reads this amazing steampunk comic? And what do they think of the current story arc?
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Re: Girl Genius
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2010, 02:57:11 am »

"Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from SCIENCE!"
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Re: Girl Genius
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2010, 07:11:50 am »

I have read it to the point where they are in the castle, meet some people there and castle starts to guide her to repair it.

I gave up there - as much as I love the art (the coffee machine episode rocks), I hate the story - there are still new and new goals... I would prefer no story at all or short closed episodes and not this "hm ... they got where they needed, so something bad will happen so they could go somewhere else" system.
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Re: Girl Genius
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2010, 08:16:31 am »

I did not know this. I am now addicted.
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Re: Girl Genius
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2010, 08:17:47 am »

I discovered this through tvtropes. Now I can't stop reading. Curse you finite archives!
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Re: Girl Genius
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2010, 08:20:03 am »

"Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from SCIENCE!"

I always thought it went the reverse way, that if you get advanced enough science, with little to no moving parts and 100% mechanical efficiency, that that would seem like magic.
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Re: Girl Genius
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2010, 08:22:43 am »

The girl genius quote was a parody of the more well known, Arthur C Clarke quote; Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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Re: Girl Genius
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2010, 05:33:23 pm »

"Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from SCIENCE!"

I always thought it went the reverse way, that if you get advanced enough science, with little to no moving parts and 100% mechanical efficiency, that that would seem like magic.

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Re: Girl Genius
« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2010, 06:28:53 pm »

"Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from SCIENCE!"

I always thought it went the reverse way, that if you get advanced enough science, with little to no moving parts and 100% mechanical efficiency, that that would seem like magic.

Page 7 of the Cinderella arc.

Read this, you'll get it. Also, "...and the term is Callipygian, you cow" sent me into much laughter. (That's earlier on in the arc.) :')
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Re: Girl Genius
« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2010, 06:33:23 pm »

I haven't read alot but so far it seems to follow an annoying mary sue who spends her time inflating massive speech bubbles and being lost with in cluttered artwork.

Le sigh.

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Re: Girl Genius
« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2010, 06:35:48 pm »

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Re: Girl Genius
« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2010, 06:42:04 pm »

I haven't read alot but so far it seems to follow an annoying mary sue who spends her time inflating massive speech bubbles and being lost with in cluttered artwork.

Le sigh.

And that's the point. I think, anyway. It's mainly the humour of it all.
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Re: Girl Genius
« Reply #12 on: May 04, 2010, 08:23:42 pm »

I like the cluttered artwork. It fits the theme, and there's zillions of jokes in the background...

The annoyingness of the protagonist... wears off after a while. I guess.
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Re: Girl Genius
« Reply #13 on: May 04, 2010, 08:59:14 pm »

From a quick look over 5ish pages it seems like her breasts are constantly growing/shrinking.
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Re: Girl Genius
« Reply #14 on: May 04, 2010, 09:11:45 pm »

From a quick look over 5ish pages it seems like her breasts are constantly growing/shrinking.

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this is either intentional or perspective changes.
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