Klaus Defence League

Hrmph!

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:01:39 GMT

Alright, so I'm new to the wonders of Girl Genius, but is anyone else pouting because there is no Official Klaus wallpaper?

Agatha's a great gal, but I really don't want to look at her all the time! ;)

*again ponders toying with the Naughty Flashback pics and making Lucrezia look like a dark-haired djinni*

For your brief amusement

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:25:42 GMT

(A year old, but still... we should recruit this guy if we haven't already)

http://forums.comicbookresources.com/archive/index.php/t-183808.html

Happy Baron's Birthday to everyone

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:07:05 GMT

What, you didn't know?

Regarding Agatha's latest trial...

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:17:08 GMT

I might have an idea as to where the Foglios got their inspiration for the "place your hand in the mouth" test. have you heard of the Mouth of Truth. or Bocca de la Verita? It's an ancient manhole cover shaped like a face that can supposedly tell whether the person who placed his hand in its mouth is lying, in which case it will promptly bite his hand off. I say there's some similarity...

More about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Bocca_della_Verit%C3%A0

Agatha Heterodyne and the Dragon from Mars

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:32:53 GMT

Am I the only one whose sees a resemblance between the Dragon from Mars and the.... thing on the latest page? I don't know if it's only a coincidence or something the Foglios planned all along, but it seems DuMed wasn't that far from reality when he said there was something fishy in the Heterodyne Castle's basement.

Now all we need is a giant mechanical fish.

Addressing the matter of one of the 'Heterodyne Boys' stories:

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:46:57 GMT

For those who wondered how a glass dirigible might exist, I offer photographic proof:

As for how I am included in the picture — local gravity-negation devices.

The Wulfenbach Curse

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:03:28 GMT

So, this last page illustrates perfectly one reason Wulfenbachs have the trouble they do.

Gil has the same problem as his father. Both desperately want to be taken seriously -- need to be taken seriously -- but nobody listens to them until they get really, really scary. Klaus has already found a way around this: get scary first, then you can skip all that annoying negotiating stuff, which never works anyway. I am willing to bet a bazillion internet dollars that this was an issue with Klaus even during his time with Bill and Barry (and a possible source of a rift between them? which is why Barry was willing to believe Klaus did Something Bad? hmm...). Bill and Barry probably never had to get scary in order to get something done. They were the great Heterodyne Boys! People just listened to them. Meanwhile, Klaus did a lot of dangerous stuff and never really got to be the "hero". It doesn't help that Klaus also doesn't seem to care about being perceived as the hero. Putting up a statue in his honor would probably just embarrass him. Plus, you just know some kids would come along and put underwear on the statue's head and wouldn't that just be the icing on the cake?

So we now have Gil, who has inherited his father's curse of never being taken seriously. He grew up this way. So he does what he's learned from his father -- get scary. Gil could be easy-going about this. He could laugh it off instead of being angry and embarrassed. He could stop worrying so much about not being taken seriously and just do the job. But he won't, because that's the exact opposite of what he wants right now. Not only is everyone around him not listening to him, they're telling him what to do. Even his own father isn't taking him seriously! The first time he allows Gil to handle a crisis and what does he do? He assumes Gil isn't mature enough to handle it and goes stomping around in a giant mech. Poor Gil.

But I think Krosp's "helpful" analysis is right. He does need the hat. Just look at the innocently eager expressions on those Jäger faces! hehehe

This can't be good...

Fri, 30 May 2008 05:26:52 GMT

An observation on Friday's comic, in the comments.

Dr. Sun: Sign of the Empire's allies?

Thu, 29 May 2008 01:42:59 GMT

I posted something like this over on the "Minions" LJ, but I thought I would ask the big Klaus supporters what they think. Klaus is not popular, despite ruling so much of Europe, but he must have some allies somewhere? He's old friends with Dr. Sun, who is Chinese. This got me wondering. Perhaps one of the Wulfenbach Empire's allies is China(along with, perhaps, other asian countries)?

Sure Klaus is unpopular in the public eye, but even Hitler had some allies.

YOU ARE A TERRIBLE PATIENT!

Mon, 26 May 2008 18:26:20 GMT

Monday's page

So does this just sum up why we would follow this man where the Spartans would hesitate to follow, or what?

TWC Incentive 5/19

Mon, 19 May 2008 06:11:57 GMT

Eeee! Make sure to vote today!

http://topwebcomics.com/vote/2527/default.aspx

Edit to add: The one I posted about was an image of Klaus & Toddler Gil, but it's now an intro from Zeetha, who says some interesting things. Either way, make sure to vote!

Spoiled, WHAT?

Fri, 09 May 2008 07:02:20 GMT

Stupid clank. Except for the 'great man' part.

Anyway, there's a fashion point it did not pick up on, surprisingly. That's not a goatee.

To wit:

ETA:

yes, the beard got an accidental snip, but I was doing this hastily.

Something to muse over

Sat, 03 May 2008 16:12:25 GMT

God (not that God, the other one) said in Y!group Message 55423:

...remember from when Beetle was going on with his mono-log and Klaus had his newer model battle-clanks take out Beetles older style ones?, remember his statements something close to: "they were the best self-contained battle clanks... WHEN they were new!", and that "time has marched on, but they stayed the same"... well, just consider what HIS versions of the Jaegers will be like!... combine Von Pinn's speed and agility, with the Jaegers combat abilities... it would be like the T1000 Terminator vs, the Arnold version...

Discuss: The Baron would naturally try to back-engineer the Jägers merely because they were there; however, would he have any good reason or motivation to build his own? If so, why?

Extra credit: Did he actually augment Von Pinn himself, or did she come this way? Or did he have to repair her after the attack? Give full proofs.

(The a-umlaut is, for Windows users, alt-0228 or alt-fn-0228. Use it wisely, use it well.)

Covering all the exits, erm, well...

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:12:12 GMT

Just a reminder,
Donate Life Ball
Place - Steelhead Ballroom
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Steelhead/74/162/25
Date - 21 April 2008
Time - 7:00pm to 9:00 SLT

April is National Donate Life Month in the United States. http://organdonor.gov/get_involved/donatelifemonth.html

Please help us celebrate the tremendous generosity of those who have saved lives by becoming organ, tissue, marrow, and blood donors and to encourage more people to register as donors.

If you have a Second Life account, drop by and say hello - I'll be in Ostentatious Blue, and please - do not maul the Baron if he is able to make an appearance, he has had recent difficulties with time windows of late.

If you do not have the time to come visit, please take a moment to sign your organ donor card, and let your family know.

Now THIS is analysis!

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:11:58 GMT

More like it! And with a reference and all.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/girlgenius/message/54952

Discussion point: During the battle against the warrior wasps on Castle W., the Baron was wearing some fashion of torso armour. The fact that it was coloured identically to his shirt and trousers makes it a little harder to tell. Now, with his... we need better nouns and modifiers, here... with his constructness compensating for the crimp armour can put in one's free movement, what good reason would there be for Klaus to have gone without tassets and greaves, especially considering the warriors' rather large and nasty pinchers?

Random musings

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:46:46 GMT

I really thought the current storyline was going to end up with the Baron siding with Agatha before Gil did. Did anyone else think this? The fact that he isn't is making me a little more worried for him. And I still don't trust DuPree. (I know I'm outvoted on that last one, but as everyone in Star Wars says... I have a bad feeling about this.)

Something else I've realized... Gil says he doesn't know Agatha very well, but in spite of the short amount of time they spent together, he actually knows her better than anyone. Only Zeetha knows her as well or better. And like Zeetha, his instincts about Agatha are right.

Case in point:
* Gil knew Agatha would respond to being given her own space to work on her own projects. Okay, this is an easy one, but I think he should get credit for thinking about her needs.
* He was with her when she broke through.
* He was with her in a very stressful situation (the hive engine incident). These are the kinds of things that always tell you a persons true character. Not only did they work great as a team, they triumphed together.
* He knew Agatha well enough to know that she wouldn't have betrayed the circus folk. So they gave him version 2 of her death.
* He's not buying the whole "Agatha is evil" thing (even though it's partly true in that she's possessed). He may be biased, but he's not stupid about it.

Quotable

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:26:40 GMT

Referring to this specifically, but hey:

"...I think a shirtless Wulfenbach on a backdrop of red silk makes up for a lot of antigravity....acreage."
~~ Erin 'ern' C., in Message 54435

...Erin's an equal-opportunity non-age-biased droolist.

How big IS it?

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:31:51 GMT

Time for another round of that popular indoor party game, 'How big is the Castle Wulfenbach, really?'

Please include all the reasoning and equations for your proofs in your notebook before turning it in to the tutor.

Newbie with icons

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:06:01 GMT

Heya! I'm um, new here. Not to Girl Genius, but to this community...and LiveJournal itself actually. Anyway, I hope this is allowed, I didn't see anything that said it wasn't...in any case, I come bearing icons of Baron Wulfenbach. I also have a bunch of Gil...but seeing as this isn't a fan club for him I'll leave those out unless they are requested. Anyway, onto the icons.

Oh yes, feel free to use these icons in anyway you want. I don't care if I get credit, though it would be nice and will make me squee happily.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12.13. 14. 15.

This last one was based on the post by mnenyver. I'm not really calling Klaus a chump. Really. I have the utmost respect for him. Please don't hurt me.

EDIT: More icons. The first is probably my most edited one... wish I had the whole face, but it isn't tooo bad. And then there is one more icons I found. Must have forgotten to put it in last time. And finally three icons with text. I couldn't decide which one is the best so I put them all.

Zeetha, Daughter of Chump

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:21:24 GMT

Something occurred to me. If the Baron was Zeetha's father (might be a longshot, but kinda hoping)...

Klaus wakes up.

Skifander royal person tries to introduce herself, past the language barrier. Wants to know what to call Klaus.

Klaus, realizing he's been duped by Lucrezia and dumped in Skifander, is all red-faced and annoyed with himself. "Chump." The name sticks.

So now Zeetha goes around introducing herself as "daughter of Chump", hoping someone'll know who Chump is. LOL

(Okay, so that's not how it happened, but... hee. I am so easily amused.)

Prediction...

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:13:55 GMT

After the current sequence with Agatha, it'll skip Gil and turn over to Zeetha, then cut to Klaus. At least, I hope so, 'cause the Skifander mysteries are really making my brain bubble. We better get an explanation soon.

(Eeee! Eeeeeee!)

'...how my father feels -- all the time!'

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:54:18 GMT

Heh.

Heh, heh, heh.

Now maybe they'll get it.

(Poor Gil. He Understands A Parent. Isn't that a sure sign of growing up?)

Irrelevant to the above, do you think if we all bat our eyelashes at Kaja and hold up our plastic, she'll make a Wulfenbach version of this?

Baron's Biography Needed

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:34:05 GMT

A few people are starting to work on a Girl Genius Wiki and our good Baron has only a stub entry as of this posting. Would Ms. sff_corgi or some other kindly soul be willing to write this up?

Actually, there are a lot of entries to be finished and some others which need attention...

"Archaic" Klaus

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:07:55 GMT

Peisistratos: Son of a philosopher and war hero who gained power, was exiled for 10 years, and came back as a tyrant to take over Athens. He took the children of his opponents (aristocrats) as hostages and established himself as a "constitutional tyrant" and made it so only he had sufficient military power by outlawing weapons and having a personal force of archers for "anti-terrorist" use.
"Tyrant" back then meant a ruler who came to power "unconstitutionally", and is usually the worst thing for an aristocracy since they gain power through the favor of the people. Peisistratos was no exception; he's credited with making the first welfare state, favoring the rural populace, and put much investment in arts and literature.

A side note: He was brought home from exile by "Athena", who was actually a tall woman named Phya, disguised as Athena in a suit of armor.

A quote from a mad scientist

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:19:00 GMT

I think this might be appreciated a little more here (and over in Narbon-land, if anyone cares to repost) than elsewhere.

Said by Kurotsuchi Mayuri-taicho in Bleach chapter 306, 'Not Perfect is GOoD', and translated by the Ju-Ni fanlation group (my punctuation and emphases due to the style of the translation):

'The Perfect Life', hm? There is no perfection in this world. It's a cliché expression, but it's the truth. Thus, ordinary people yearn for 'perfection' and seek it out, but what meaning is there in 'perfection'?

None.

Absolutely none at all.

I abhor 'perfection'. If something is 'perfect', then there is nothing better than it. There is no room for 'creation' within it. It means there is no opening for talent or wisdom to enter into it.

Do you understand? For we scientists, perfection is despair. Something can be more wonderful than anything that has existed thus far, but... it can never be perfect.

A scientist is an organism that must continually suffer under this contradiction and even find pleasure in it. In other words, you had already lost to me the instant you uttered that crazy word, 'perfection'.

This is, of course, assuming that you were a scientist.

Just for the sake of comparison, this is from another group, Maximum 7: 'Perfect existence'? Perfection does not exist in this world. It may seem like a cliche, but it's true. Obviously mediocre fools will forever lust for 'perfection' and seek it out. However, what meaning is there in 'perfection'? None. Not a bit. 'Perfection' disgusts me. After 'perfection' there exists nothing higher. Not even room for 'creation'. Which means there is no room for wisdom or talent either. Understand? To scientists like ourselves, 'perfection' is 'despair'. Even if something is created that is more magnificent than anything before it, it still, however, will be far from perfect. Scientists are constantly struggling with that antinomy and furthermore must become being capable of drawing pleasure from such. In short, the instant that absurd word 'perfection' came from your lips, you had already been defeated by me. You claimed you 'were also a scientist'.