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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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Hippogrif.
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.
Was Tarvek Really Trying To Save Agatha?
Date: 2012-04-04 02:17 pm (UTC)I have to give up on Tarvek being the one to get the circus out of town with a payment and "Noblesse Oblige." That appears to be Aaronev. So I lose a minor Moxana proof point on that, and a larger proof of character, but make it up with the fact that Tarvek is the one who then had the circus stopped outside of town so that it could meet Agatha when he got her out.
Of even more interest is the fact that he kept them there after Lu was downloaded. Yes, he was very busy, but he continued to keep them there for what appears to be several days. That suggests that even once he realized Agatha was alive in there, he intended for her to have a place to flee to once they were out.
That, combined with his own internal dialog when shown, leaves me pretty certain he was indeed trying to save Agatha, and not just so he could have a cat's paw, either.
His interactions with her suggest that, yes, he does know the value of her position as Heterodyne Heir, but that he's honestly most interested in her as peer and person, and most interested in rescuing her because he cares and wants her to be free.