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'''Martellus:''' (loving smile) Aw Seffie... I've missed that creepy laugh of yours.}}

* [[The Chessmaster]]/[[Guile Hero]]/[[Manipulative Bastard]]: She does personally walk into dangerous situations when the prize is big enough (such as good relations with the incumbent Heterodyne, greater chance to get Gil, or saving Martellus who almost outsmarted himself to death), but never was shown fighting so far. And probably never needed to do it with her own hands.

** She rose to a very high status in a backstabbing family where she had to compete with [[Magnetic Hero|borderline superhuman charisma of Sparks]] without (apparently) being one herself. Also, they tend toward [[Large Ham|excessive enthusiasm]], while she always [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130826 plans ahead]. This girl is not only very good at acting, she's brilliant in diplomatic skills. It should be no surprise that she gets along splendidly with those ''outside'' the clan — ~~so far~~ including Agatha, Gil and Colette Voltaire (daughter of the Master of Paris). Even when we ''know'' she is double-dealing (at very least), and half of the conditions she points out may "just happened to" be pulled together by her own deft hand, whatever she says is still hard to counter. In fact, usually what she says comes across as the most sensible thing in the given circumstances.

** She rose to a very high status in a backstabbing family where she had to compete with [[Magnetic Hero|borderline superhuman charisma of Sparks]] without (apparently) being one herself. Also, they tend toward [[Large Ham|excessive enthusiasm]], while she always [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130826 plans ahead]. This girl is not only very good at acting, she's brilliant in diplomatic skills. It should be no surprise that she gets along splendidly with those ''outside'' the clan — including Agatha, Gil and Colette Voltaire (daughter of the Master of Paris); [https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20161216 here] are some of her other "her dear friends!" among the aristocracy (so far unnamed, and considering the hair coloration probably not related). Even when we ''know'' she is double-dealing (at very least), and half of the conditions she points out may "just happened to" be pulled together by her own deft hand, whatever she says is still hard to counter. In fact, usually what she says comes across as the most sensible thing in the given circumstances.

{{quote|'''Violetta''': Jeez, Seffie, I ''hate'' it when you're right...}}

* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: The girl ''thrives'' in that family and the Order, what would you expect? She "supports" just about everyone, but only for her own reasons, so it happens...

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'''Xerxsephnia''': (wincing) My brother. Yes.

'''Krosp''': You've pretty much sent him to Wulfenbach, you know. [[Big Screwed-Up Family|Your family members]] are ''my kind of people''... I'm told that's ''not a compliment''.}}

** It's important to note that at the time Seffie 'left' Martellus behind, Martellus already had a flying war-clank inbound to extract him. And probably could try [[Please Spare Him, My Liege|personal intercession]] ("coincidentally" also "showing Gil her softer side") as Plan B. Seffie's job was to get Agatha to safety and her horse could only hold two people.

** It's important to note that it wasn't necessarily irrevocable. At the time Seffie 'left' Martellus behind, Martellus already had a flying war-clank inbound to extract him. And from what we have seen later, she probably could try [[Please Spare Him, My Liege|personal intercession]] ("coincidentally" also "showing Gil her softer side") as Plan B. Seffie's job was to get Agatha to safety and her horse could only hold two people.

** Later she organized and participated in a covert operation to save Martellus at significant risk to her own life, when she had basically a free pass to defect to Team Agatha already waiting. She does seem to genuinely love the big jerk.

* [[Dysfunction Junction]]: She's in ''that'' family. This should already say something.

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{{Quote|'''Xerxsephnia''' (after admitting Gil hasn't come to the party): <small>You think I'm ''silly''. I ''know'' you ''always have''.</small>

'''Colette''' (smiling sympathetically): I ''do'' -- but if we can't be silly about affairs of the heart — then we're no better than ''clanks''.}}

* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: After the ball, we see her pulling three of those one after another. She used an opening to get Tarvek together with Agatha in England (this did succeed only by accident, as he was intercepted by three different parties). Right after they arrived, she had to put together and personally run an operation to save Martellus from his own trick. Once she rested after that, played another game when Albia pushed her (possibly to keep Seffie and others busy), introducing "the new fashion from Paris" to save face and starting a mini-conspiracy to reinforce this move.

* [[Yandere]]: For Gilgamesh. But played with in that Seffie's a very ''polite'' yandere. Her reaction to Gil's being madly in love with Agatha is simply to try and set Agatha up with her cousin Tarvek (who is ''also'' madly in love with Agatha) so as to gently remove the obstacle without hurting anyone and even making her family a little happier. Seffie's even self-aware enough to know that Gil ''isn't'' going to just turn around and fall in love with her even if her romantic rival is cleared out of the way and so is instead setting things up so that if Gil ever gives up on marrying for love he will then [[Arranged Marriage|find it expedient to marry Seffie for political reasons]], at which point she will do her best to give him the happiest married life she can and hope his affection for her eventually grows over time. She's even by all appearances genuinely trying to be friends with ''Agatha'', or at the very least sincere not-enemies. Really, if it wasn't for the fact that Seffie has been obsessively pursuing Gil for years despite receiving no encouragement from him whatsoever, has been willing to sabotage her own family to try and get a shot at him, and also has a habit of stealing Gil's mail and smashing the occasional teacup in jealous frustration, she wouldn't even be this trope.