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tikatu May 17 2017, 04:13:55 UTC
Why do I think Paris has fallen?

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archangelbeth May 17 2017, 04:44:01 UTC
But will his heir reignite it?

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midnightchemist May 17 2017, 04:52:28 UTC
If it hasn't, it soon will ( ... )

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murgatroyd666 May 17 2017, 05:23:24 UTC
Luckly, this is a time travel story at its core, and sometimes the best way to stop what has already been set in motion is to make sure it never gets started in the first place.I don't think that'll happen. As of Volume 1, the Other War had already happened. If Agatha prevents the locket from being stolen, she won't use a time window to prevent the locket from being stolen -- her life would have been completely different IF she had been born at all ( ... )

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murgatroyd666 May 17 2017, 05:13:40 UTC
WHOA! Agatha's world is definitely not our world! Doesn't anyone recognize those stars?

The bright one is alpha Centauri, beta Centauri is to the right of it, and further to the right we can see the Southern Cross!

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midnightchemist May 17 2017, 08:35:00 UTC
Considering the influence of Sparks in this world, would it be any wonder if one of them in the past managed to knock the Earth off of its axis? Perhaps someone tried to test if they really could move the world with a lever if they had a long enough one and a place to stand?

But yeah, I thought it was obvious the World of Girl Genius is a parallel world to ours, if nothing else. Anything weird like what you just pointed out is merely more confirmation.

Edit: Of course, this could indicate that what we thought about WHEN this story takes place could be in queston, if we consider axial precession - meaning that the story takes place in our world, but thousands of years in future. However, that begs more than a few questions, most notabily as to what happened to OUR world that caused such a regression in culture and techology, plus ignorance of our existance? And, is that contected to the rise of Sparks in this new world born from the corpse of ours?

So many interesting possibilies....

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awesomeaud May 17 2017, 15:48:32 UTC
I have a 'head-canon' that this isn't Earth at all - it's an entirely new planet thousands of years in the future, and the people are descendants of colonists who have lost touch with Earth. It has a slightly lower gravity than Earth (hence the amazing acrobatic fight scenes, and the existence of over-large constructs and clanks), and possibly covered in nano-technology that is subject to subconscious manipulation by sparks.

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marycatelli May 18 2017, 01:24:31 UTC
Sparks. Turning the world upside down is par for the course.

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fromTheDOCTOR thedoctorthe1 May 17 2017, 16:34:35 UTC
"My village is Me."?? I don't get it.
As to this being the future. I believe the perfessers have said this is an 'Alternate reality' where steam is the main power source not atomic.
This looks to be The End of a storyline ...... or will it be Friday?

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Re: fromTheDOCTOR therru May 17 2017, 18:45:58 UTC
That's not what it means. It means "I am the City". It's a paraphrase of the famous "L'État, c'est moi" ("I am the State"), said by French king Louis XIV.

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RE: Re: fromTheDOCTOR persephone_kore May 17 2017, 19:36:31 UTC
...The Sun King. :D

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Re: fromTheDOCTOR therru May 17 2017, 19:50:38 UTC
Yep!

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...WHY IS SIMON OUT THERE ALONE?!? themadkansan May 17 2017, 23:32:19 UTC
Where the hell IS everyone?!!

~:'(

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Re: ...WHY IS SIMON OUT THERE ALONE?!? marycatelli May 18 2017, 02:19:19 UTC
At the parade!

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Re: ...WHY IS SIMON OUT THERE ALONE?!? themadkansan May 18 2017, 02:36:57 UTC
See, that makes =absolutely= no sense. Colette, at the VERY least, could give a toss about Tweedle playing dress-up. I saw the Boyz hustling Agatha off, which is a good idea given what he might try and pull with his new-found royalty, but =someone= should have noticed what shape Simon was in, and stuck around. Beausoleil should =never= have been able to get that near to him uncontested.

Something's F#&KED here...

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Re: ...WHY IS SIMON OUT THERE ALONE?!? marycatelli May 18 2017, 02:41:58 UTC
Colette has a vested interest in seeing to Paris's being on good terms with the Storm King.

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