A half-baked idea ...
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girlgenius_lairBack in Act I, much was made of the fact that Agatha apparently had succeeded in creating clanks with the power of the Spark -- i.e., independent creativity of near-supernatural caliber. But so far the Professors haven't done anything with her capability in the story.
During the two-and-a-half years of the time skip, the Other was actively fighting the Wulfenbach forces. But oddly enough, the Other's designs seemed to be variations on existing plans; they didn't seem to be particularly creative.
According to van Rijn's notebook, he was repeatedly visited by "The Muse of Time" ... a humanoid clank that never had the same appearance twice.
So ... Suppose Zola doesn't have the Spark, and Lunevka doesn't have the Spark, either. (Lunevka did modify Zola's hospital equipment, but she might simply have tweaked an existing design.) Back at Castle Sturmvoraus, the Lucrezias had mentioned a plan over the bodies of other women with the Summoning Engine, but doesn't seem to have happened. Either it didn't work, or else they didn't find host subjects who had the Spark. If the Other can't inhabit a brain that has the Spark, any victory she could score would be a hollow one.
Here's my guess: At some point in the future, Lucrezia-in-Agatha will take over Agatha's body again. (C'mon, you know it has to happen!) The various forms of The Muse of Time will turn out to be unsuccessful attempts by Lucrezia-in-Agatha to build a clank body that incorporates the Spark. Eventually L-in-A will succeed, and that clank will be the one we've called Enigma.
Opinions? Counter-arguments?
During the two-and-a-half years of the time skip, the Other was actively fighting the Wulfenbach forces. But oddly enough, the Other's designs seemed to be variations on existing plans; they didn't seem to be particularly creative.
According to van Rijn's notebook, he was repeatedly visited by "The Muse of Time" ... a humanoid clank that never had the same appearance twice.
So ... Suppose Zola doesn't have the Spark, and Lunevka doesn't have the Spark, either. (Lunevka did modify Zola's hospital equipment, but she might simply have tweaked an existing design.) Back at Castle Sturmvoraus, the Lucrezias had mentioned a plan over the bodies of other women with the Summoning Engine, but doesn't seem to have happened. Either it didn't work, or else they didn't find host subjects who had the Spark. If the Other can't inhabit a brain that has the Spark, any victory she could score would be a hollow one.
Here's my guess: At some point in the future, Lucrezia-in-Agatha will take over Agatha's body again. (C'mon, you know it has to happen!) The various forms of The Muse of Time will turn out to be unsuccessful attempts by Lucrezia-in-Agatha to build a clank body that incorporates the Spark. Eventually L-in-A will succeed, and that clank will be the one we've called Enigma.
Opinions? Counter-arguments?
