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Discussion for comic for 2011-12-16 (Friday) . Double page spread


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Finally! The war started.

I look forward to double-page spreads, but I didn't realize Wednesday was the start of one. As if the normal page design isn't hard enough, designing pages so half looks complete and the whole is balanced is amazing. Argadi 11:21, December 16, 2011 (UTC)

And I did not expect to find a Jager kissing a normal girl. This reminded me of a famous photograph taken in New York the day Japan surrendered in WWII. -- Billy Catringer 11:32, December 16, 2011 (UTC)
I thought it was a nice touch. It's a near duplicate of that photo. Jaegers are incorrigable womanizers and there really aren't many female Jaegers (consider the process and the type of person who would want it). And their genetics aren't affected. AndyAB99 12:31, December 16, 2011 (UTC)
I thought I recognized it too. Of course the original was a soldier *coming home* from war, not starting out on one. But Jaegers look at things differently. NathanTheRammer 15:33, December 16, 2011 (UTC)

Abney Park is a Seattle Steampunk Band. Argadi 12:17, December 16, 2011 (UTC)

I hear that bank lends on terms so good it's scary. —jdreyfuss 13:51, December 16, 2011 (UTC)

I love the cat in the background. 68.89.130.232 21:17, December 16, 2011 (UTC)

So did i. That's why it is in the picture. -- Billy Catringer 03:30, December 19, 2011 (UTC)

And there's the Jäger jumping out of the rain barrel. He clearly has a different interpretation of the expression "Time to paint the town red." AndyAB99 15:26, December 18, 2011 (UTC)

No, painting the town red pretty much means covering it in blood. The euphemism has become watered down from "let's go nuts and get into fights" to "let's have a rowdy good time." —jdreyfuss 17:06, December 18, 2011 (UTC)
That's one of several "origins" of the saying, riotorious behavor. Also attributed to the Romans (the only culture to actually create a word meaning "to kill every ten person") after conquering a city (in this case, with blood) and Native Americans after attacking European settlements. Dated reference is from 1837, when the Marquis of Waterford, after succesful fox hunts, would splash red paint on the walls of various buildings (starting with the pub) of the town of Welton Mowbray. Common useage for at least a century has been "let's get drunk and party". Alcohol comsumption is the primary activity implied in the current interpretation. AndyAB99 21:57, December 18, 2011 (UTC)
I think we can all agree that alcohol consumption isn't derogated by the jäger's usage. Drunkenness doesn't seem to make them any less effective as soldiers. —jdreyfuss 22:09, December 18, 2011 (UTC)

The Kiss[]

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The Kiss by Alfred Eisenstaedt

This was shot in New York City on 14 Aug 1945 by Alfred Eisenstaedt for Life magazine. I am wont to think that the sailor was from the USS Franklin, an Essex class aircraft carrier that had docked in New York Harbor for badly needed repairs, but the facts are that we cannot be certain who the sailor was or what ship he served in. -- Billy Catringer 15:53, December 16, 2011 (UTC)

The war must have gone well! He's still got his hat! Xelvonar 16:09, December 16, 2011 (UTC)

It IS slightly odd the Jagers all have the normal five fingers each but the human girl has four! Assuming she is fully human. :) Great Cthulhu 17:56, December 16, 2011 (UTC)

It's probably to emulate the photo. On close inspection, the nurse has her left pinky folded under her ring finger in a natural curl. Based on foreshortening, the girl in the comic either has her hand turned out or in the same position as the nurse. Either way, the hand appears to continue inward more than is visible. —jdreyfuss 19:58, December 16, 2011 (UTC)
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From the Heterodyne Hoard[]

You have all heard the Doom Bell. Now you may be wondering about the Heterodyne Treasure. The fine folks at Wikia have found some and want to help celebrate the next Girl Genius Day. We have thought about it Forum:Should_we_have_a_contest? and have decided to award the legendary treasure by holding a Zumzum raffle.

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Cover to Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse

A Zumzum Raffle[]

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Jaegers love games

What is a Zumzum raffle. It is a game where in a prize is offered. The only guarantee given is that all those who are not selected to receive the prize will not receive it. This leaves a small chance that someone who is selected will receive compliments of Peter, Wikia's Content Production Manager an autographed copy of Girl Genius: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse.

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There are two factors in being gullible eligible for the Raffle.

1) First you must perform a labor. In other words make a significant and worthwhile contribution to the scholarly portion of the site. 2) You must be contactable. This would mean having an account and an email address connected with the account. If you are selected to receive the treasure you must be willing to supply a mailing address.

The benefit of your editing help is we will have a more useful site for GG Scholars everywhere. Hopefully you will stretch yourself and we will have more people who know how to add pages or do update maintenance as pages come out. The Foglios. Have. Not. Missed. A page update. Ever.

How the raffle will run[]

  • The qualifying period is between now and the 6th of January 2012.
  • Choose an appropriate labor.
More items can may be added to this list as they are thought of.
Or you may define and create your own labor
 as long as it improves the scholarly portion of our site.
  • Complete the labor while logged in.
  • Add your name to the Treasure Seekers section of the raffle using ~~~~ the four tildas.
  • Wait for the end of the contest.
  • If you are not selected this is all you need do.
  • The person selected to receive the prize will be contacted by Peter via email. They will exchange the necessary info and the treasure shall be sent by Peter on behalf of the mayor of Zumzum.
  • So that we all know how the contest came out the person who receives the treasure must report back and add their name to the Treasure Finders list.

Details about chances[]

  • You may qualify as many times as you wish. This will not increase your chance of not being selected. I.E. One person, one chance.
  • Do not try to do all the labor yourself. Leave others something to do also. You may suggest useful things to do as well.
  • The purpose of the contest from our point of view is to increase the number of people comfortable with adding edits to this site. Plus to increase the valuable content of the site. That is the real Heterodyne Treasure.

The fine print

  • This site is not approved by, sponsored by, or affiliated with Studio Foglio, LLC or Airship Entertainment. This site contains portions of images clipped from the comic. Since they found us and linked to us (eeeee!), we hope this means our use of clipped images is "fair". No copyright infringement is intended. (See Copyrights) Of course, as TPU students, we strive for utmost accuracy and being absolutely, positively non-biased in our research on the early life of Agatha Heterodyne. Especially where the powerful, brilliant, perfectly reasonable, charming, dashingly handsome Baron is concerned. (Did we mention reasonable?) Any inaccuracies or omissions are the fault of our textbooks, we swear.
  • If you remember What's New with Phil and Dixie, the guy in the bowler hat may look familiar.
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