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

[hippogrif]

Welcome.

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.

No spoilers are required in this thread. The assumption is you've read the material already. That is why this thread exists--to provide a place for people to talk without having to try to avoid giving away secrets.

I own this account. If you're rude or a jackass, I will delete your post. If you're debating in good faith and not annoying the natives, I won't. If people really can't behave, I'll delete the whole fershlugginer thread.

Have fun. Talk at will. If you don't want spoilers, run away now.

Hippogrif.

Comments

Re: Agatha and Sexuality

[claudeng]

Agreed on the disappointment with Gil in Paris - from his reaction every time someone brought up his reputation, I was suspecting this was the case, but I would have liked it otherwise.

I was slightly squicked by how much they escalated Lucrezia's tease/pursuit/whatever you'd call it of Tarvek. It fleshed out her character (heh), but was really creepy.

Re: Agatha and Sexuality

[hippogrif]

I think they did an all around better job with Lu in this: she's scarier, smarter, creepier, more dangerous, and more decidedly sick but powerful.

I was also intrigued that the words Agatha chose to describe Lu-in-her-mind were "alien" and "mad." I'm waiting to see how many ways that's accurate.

Re: Agatha and Sexuality

[sffcorgi]

I had, foolishly, Plurked in my own timeline how much like a (predatory) rapist Lucrezia seems - honestly, just from the 'maybe I'll just give her to him' line when she and Lucrezia are comparing Tarvek to Klaus.

I had to delete the Plurk after a set of hysterics, including a Lucrezia-apologia which set to blame anybody else for a planned rape of Agatha than the one who had already performed the violation on a mental level, but my opinion still holds.

The novelised form make it much more obvious than the carefully conservative graphical phrasings. Different audience expectations, of course.