True that. However, he was one of Agatha's character-forming, um, characters, helping with her breakthrough and paving the way for Gil's and Tarvek's romantic quests. Also... Lars fulfilled his lifelong dream and hence his destiny.
I think Trelawney will be OK, Albia still needs her - and we haven't really seen her in action yet (cf. Colette).
He was correct in his dying words. Agatha was The Heterodyne, a politically important and powerful individual, not the commoner daughter of a blacksmith and a piano teacher. It would not have worked long term.
You could say the same thing about Agatha and Gil, or Agatha and Tarvek, or Agatha and Gil and Tarvek.
(And it might be true. There are times when I think that Gil might be much better off with Trelawney Thorpe, and Tarvek with Ruxala.)
And why do you think Lars couldn't grow into the role? Agatha did, and for eighteen years she "knew" she was only the daughter of a blacksmith and a piano teacher.
Other than her being a powerful noble, there is the issue of her being a strong Spark, which was raised in the novels. Lars makes the realization that he is becoming romantically involved with a woman who, if she felt wronged, could turn him into a carrot. I have this same issue with Steve Trevor and Diana of Themyscira. (She's a god who, right in font of him, hurled a multi ton armored car across a plaza.) A woman you don't want to annoy, much less piss off. There is a serious power imbalance, something Violetta thinks also applies to Gil and Agatha, but in the other direction.
The same issue I raised (much to the disagreement from my female friends at the time) about Han and Leia. She is royalty. He is a pirate. It won't work long term. In Episode VII, we saw that it didn't.
Lars makes the realization that he is becoming romantically involved with a woman who, if she felt wronged, could turn him into a carrot.
It was also much clearer in the novel that Lars was coming to appreciate just how smart Agatha is, and feeling rather out of his depth because of it. The books are more explicit in describing the Spark as far more than just the ability to violate physical law on a profound scale just to make a better cup of coffee. Agatha, Tarvek, Gil, and Klaus are also terrifyingly intelligent.
I'm confused three times over. Did Albia send Tarvek a headache-inducing telepathic message to tell him to do what he's already doing? Who is the guardian? What unexpected thing happened?
On the last, perhaps Trelawney vanished or turned back to normal size. Albia's messages give the impression she expects to be out of the picture, at least for a little while.
Albia's telepathic message was to physically free Agatha. Lucrezia is after Agatha. They might have to move her. Trelawney is Albia's guardian and is about to reappear as Albia breaks the link. Lucrezia just shot empty space as "ALbia" is no longer there.
I'd assumed Albia meant to *mentally* free Agatha, by finishing the Lucrezia extraction process that Gil and Tarvek are already working on. I guess we'll find out what they do, at least, if not what Albia meant.
Albia left instructions, and now her halo is in disarray and more or less a vertical plane. Thus it looks like now Albia deflects the third shot and leaves. After which Trelawney probably will be out of shape at best, and comatose at worst. Which is why she had to tell them to do what they do. Otherwise there would be a good chance they'll try something heroic and end up both with their backs to Lugatha when her restraints fail. This leaves Zeetha the task of dealing with the doll Lucrezia, hopefully before her staff recharges once more.
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Date: 2019-09-16 10:00 am (UTC)I think Trelawney will be OK, Albia still needs her - and we haven't really seen her in action yet (cf. Colette).
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Date: 2019-09-16 01:44 pm (UTC)He was correct in his dying words. Agatha was The Heterodyne, a politically important and powerful individual, not the commoner daughter of a blacksmith and a piano teacher. It would not have worked long term.
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Date: 2019-09-16 09:08 pm (UTC)You could say the same thing about Agatha and Gil, or Agatha and Tarvek, or Agatha and Gil and Tarvek.
(And it might be true. There are times when I think that Gil might be much better off with Trelawney Thorpe, and Tarvek with Ruxala.)
And why do you think Lars couldn't grow into the role? Agatha did, and for eighteen years she "knew" she was only the daughter of a blacksmith and a piano teacher.
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Date: 2019-09-16 09:55 pm (UTC)The situation for Lars is different than Agatha's. She has no choice.
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040929#.XYAEdyhKhWw
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20041001#.XYAEnyhKhWw
The same issue I raised (much to the disagreement from my female friends at the time) about Han and Leia. She is royalty. He is a pirate. It won't work long term. In Episode VII, we saw that it didn't.
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Date: 2019-09-17 05:42 pm (UTC)It was also much clearer in the novel that Lars was coming to appreciate just how smart Agatha is, and feeling rather out of his depth because of it. The books are more explicit in describing the Spark as far more than just the ability to violate physical law on a profound scale just to make a better cup of coffee. Agatha, Tarvek, Gil, and Klaus are also terrifyingly intelligent.
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Date: 2019-09-16 10:35 am (UTC)On the last, perhaps Trelawney vanished or turned back to normal size. Albia's messages give the impression she expects to be out of the picture, at least for a little while.
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Date: 2019-09-17 12:26 am (UTC)Thus it looks like now Albia deflects the third shot and leaves. After which Trelawney probably will be out of shape at best, and comatose at worst.
Which is why she had to tell them to do what they do. Otherwise there would be a good chance they'll try something heroic and end up both with their backs to Lugatha when her restraints fail.
This leaves Zeetha the task of dealing with the doll Lucrezia, hopefully before her staff recharges once more.