Wednesday's comic!

[murgatroyd_666]

https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20210602

I think Agatha should have more confidence in her creations.

Comments

[kelkyag]

Perhaps you mean https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20210602 ?
(Feel free to delete this comment after updating.)

[murgatroyd_666]

To coin a phrase: "OOPS!"

I backtracked one post, grabbed the URL, and modified the day of the month ... but not the month itself. But the higher intelligences here figured it out!

[kelkyag]

Do you mean Agatha should be confident that her clank is correctly assessing Rakethorn as an enemy, or that her clank will figure out that he's not and move on to a real target? :)

[tagryn]

We know from https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20180827 that Rakethorn is Albia's agent, and does not necessarily have Agatha et al.'s best interests in mind...so, I'm thinking more the former.

[kelkyag]

Indeed, but it seems plausible-to-likely (to me, anyway) that they're allies vs. Steelgarter, Madwa, and Monahan. That said, conflict may arise as soon as they have the lantern in hand, when Agatha will want to take it to Mechanicsburg and Rakethorn will want to take it (and Agatha) to Albia.

[marycatelli]

At the moment, however, open conflict with Albia is NOT in Agatha's best interests.

[murgatroyd_666]

Eventually we may learn that open conflict with Agatha is not in Albia's best interests, either.

[marycatelli]

And ALBIA may learn it, which keeping him around can only help with.

[madfilkentist]

Link needs fixing.

The questions are: What is this device made to do, why is it reacting that way to Rakethorn, why does Agatha want it to sample his blood, and why doesn't he want to cooperate?

When Rakethorn first appeared, I strongly distrusted him. Maybe with reason.

[deckardcanine]

I assume that Agatha expects the clank to recognize Rakethorn as a friend once it has his blood on file. And Rakethorn either has something incriminating to hide (like a wasp), doesn't trust the clank, or is afraid of needles.

[persephone_kore]

I think there's also a possibility that he's just in a bad mood about being attacked by it. On the other hand... hm, would you classify "skeptical that its sampling procedure will leave only minor wounds" as distrust or fear of needles? :D

[murgatroyd_666]

When Rakethorn first appeared, I strongly distrusted him. Maybe with reason.

As I've said previously, I suspect that's why Ardsley Wooster had to die.

The Professors have been "correcting" this Mostly True History while the tale is being told. Rakethorn almost certainly will work against Agatha's goals -- possibly endangering her -- at some point. I think that Rakethorn's role in the story originally was going to be Wooster's, but Wooster turned out to be too popular, honest, and admirable for that to be plausible.

[skybreak]

Sooo, what will these rats be like?
Are we expecting something undead, something mutant, or something else?

[madfilkentist]

The Works cards give some clues. According to the wiki (which is sometimes wildly unreliable but often a good source):

Dr. Monahan herself is shown — rat in one hand, syringe in the other — with details Mad, Villain, and Spark.

Dr. Monahan’s Rats is another card (with two copies); details are Mad, Giant, and Pests. The two rats are several meters tall.

Finally, Dr. Monahan’s Diabolical Rat Stretching Engine has the detail Machine. It isn't worth any points itself (which is unique), but increases the value of Pest cards for one turn.

[skybreak]

Ah - thank you. Dreamwidth needs a 'Like' button.

Hmmm, huge rats. I suppose if we can have elephants the size of rats then having rats the size of elephants is to be expected.

[jbwoodford]

Oh, great. R.O.U.S.

[occams_pyramid]

They just might put an "Unusual Size" comment in.

[bunsen_h]

"What kind of 'wrong'?"

"Rats are natty dressers. Collars, spats, the works. The sloppiest I've ever met wore cardigans. If these guys have been reduced to wearing moldy wet socks... brrr."

[mneme]

This sounds like a quote. From where?

[bunsen_h]

So far as I know, it's original.

"RATS."

[themadkansan]

You can just =feel= Krosp clenching his jaw as he says it. This is a Mortal Enemy.