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* And partial [[Fridge Horror]] as well. Gil is supposedly wasped, and was wasped back in Paris (before the story began!) by Zola. Reading back through the story, this colors much of Gil's actions with regards to Zola. Much is said about the number of times he had to [[Damsel in Distress|save her]] during her adventures in Paris. At one point, he's injured by Merlot and can't stand-- until Agatha mentions that Zola's head in stuck in a bucket, whereupon Gil gets up and starts moving-- and only leaps to stop the Happy Fun Ball of Death when Zola screams for his help. Zola also begs for Gil's life after Agatha first catches her, saying "He's my only friend-- the only one I can trust!" Later, Gil tackles Tarvek, stopping him from strangling her to death, and stymied all attempts by Tarvek to shoot her out of the sky-- and we never got an explanation for why he wanted her alive. Now, is this all because Gil is, at heart, someone who doesn't want to have to kill a woman he once had feelings for? Or is this because Gil has been wasped? --Jay2K

* We hear about how obsolete, old-fashioned, etcetera etcetera the Fifty Families are, but in a world where every indication is that there have always been sparks, why does non-spark-based nobility even exist at all? And then I realized--after the Industrial Revolution, the power of sparks would have ''exploded!'' I mean, think about it--before industrialization came into vogue, a spark would have either had to make all their parts themselves, or be beholden to an expensive team of blacksmiths and hope all the parts end up being the right size. Not to mention non-interchangeable parts! That'll hurt your ability to project power via clank army. They're power would still have been significant, it just wouldn't have been the only thing that mattered.--the1smjb

* In the sidestory "[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100519 Elsewhere: Maxim Buys A Hat]", he sets out to get the one worn by "Ol' Man Death! -- De ''Big Guy Himself!''"

{{quote|'''Maxim:''' A Hat iz a ''badge of honor!'' A ''Trophy'' vat ''must be plucked from off de head'' of a ''[[Worthy Opponent|vorthy enemy!]]''