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hippogrif ([personal profile] hippogrif) wrote2012-04-03 06:54 pm

Discussion thread for Agatha H. and the Clockwork Princess. Beware, Here There be SPOILERS

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This is a thread for discussing the Girl Genius novelization Agatha H. and the Clockwork Princess, as well as all Girl Genius in general. The subject matter is the property of Phil and Kaja Foglio.

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Re: T. Stormboy

[personal profile] sffcorgi 2012-04-13 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
He's been trying to give it balance, I'd rather say. The Fifty's beefs is that they aren't allowed to run rampant over everybody else anymore - the Empire actually seems to have two rules after all. The big one is, of course, no infighting. The second one, which would be interesting to look at in more detail (like what isn't?) is 'No slavery'.

Given that the individual fiefdoms are not micro-managed, it makes one wonder where the line is drawn between peasant-serf and slave... and what parameters exist for getting them into those schools which keep being built.