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Chekhov's Armory

Jul 24, 2012 02:29

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ejia_arath03 July 24 2012, 10:25:58 UTC

Speaking of regrown bodies, whatever happened to Zulenna? I thought Klaus was having her resurrected, and ignoring the protests of the fifty families or something.

murgatroyd666 July 24 2012, 12:00:54 UTC

Reportedly the Professors have said that Zulenna will be back. I'm a bit surprised we haven't already seen her, since it's been about six months since she was stabbed. Her injuries were nowhere near as severe as Madame Olga's!

And I hope Lars will be back, too, but no word about him.

attilathepbnun July 24 2012, 22:54:14 UTC

I'm betting that Zulenna hasn't even been told she's been revivified ----- they probably told her 'Oh no, you were still barely breathing when we got there ....'

fishlivejournal August 31 2012, 04:12:42 UTC

Given what Gil told us during the smurfette story, I supect that Klaus intends to use the secret of her revivication as a way of controlling Zulenna.

I'm looking forward to a rematch between Zulenna and Dupree, with Zulenna running contruct abilities, and improved skills due to her fatal object lesson....

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mindstalk July 24 2012, 13:10:25 UTC

The Dingbot war indicated that Agatha can create the Spark in machines, which could be important. Didn't go on for that long, either. And it was funny.

I think Novel 2 says Van Rijn avoided having any paintings or statues made of him, and little is known. Sounds like a reclusive time traveler to me...

The Lackya showed that Klaus has a habit of taking in 'orphaned' constructs. Like the Jaegers.

julietvalcouer August 31 2012, 00:14:21 UTC

I think Novel 2 says Van Rijn avoided having any paintings or statues made of him, and little is known. Sounds like a reclusive time traveler to me...

He's Rembrandt. Rembrandt van Rijn. It's what TV Tropes calls "Beethoven Was an Alien Spy." In this universe instead of becoming a famous painter he apparently invented supersophisticated Muse clanks.

Not that that answers what's in his notes.

mindstalk August 31 2012, 00:46:38 UTC

That was the obvious conclusion just from the name, but it doesn't explain his specifically avoiding representations.

persephone_kore May 7 2013, 01:53:57 UTC

IRL Rembrandt is known for having a lot of self-portraits (and possibly a lot of portraits by other people that got credited as self-portraits, I don't recall the details). It may simply be a joke on that.

sveethot July 24 2012, 13:11:27 UTC

I always thought the last four words of this page were ominous: http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090311

murgatroyd666 July 24 2012, 13:28:27 UTC

Indeed! But I'd class that as possible foreshadowing.

And I hope it doesn't happen.

sveethot July 24 2012, 14:09:50 UTC

I unfortunately do not have the gift of reading sottle nuance. At All. The Gun has to be thrown at me, like my mom & her high heeled shoes for me to catch it.

And I also hope that she is not Du Medd,

awesomeaud July 24 2012, 14:38:48 UTC

What about the sandwich maker and his daughter? Do you think they'll be back? In the last panel of "Maxim Buys a Hat", Maxim is carrying a note saying "Call me - Z" (presumably for Zeuxippe).

http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100614

murgatroyd666 July 24 2012, 19:33:01 UTC

Heh! That note probably is a Chekhov's Gun ... but I don't think the Professors are going to show us that part of the story on stage!

I hope we'll revisit Old Man Death's deli, but I don't think the restaurant will be important to the story. But I could be wrong. Do you want me to add it to the list? (Note: I'm excluding people from being Chekhov's guns, so even if Old Man Death and Zeuxippe turn up again I don't think they'd count.)

tarmaque July 24 2012, 15:26:37 UTC

Not to mention what happened to Barry (he didn't "die" but he went away. Why? Where?) and what's going to become of Adam and Lilith ( ... )

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tarmaque July 24 2012, 17:45:34 UTC

You make a salient point, and it brings up another unsolved mystery: What exactly did Agatha's locket do to Moloch's brother and why didn't it effect him?

leoparda July 24 2012, 18:03:54 UTC

Rarg. Went off on the wrong tangent. Do-0ver.

As to why it didn't affect him, first, he wasn't actually wearing it, and second, it was probably set to Agatha's particular brainwave pattern.

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