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[[File:MP 1924.jpg|link=Girl Genius|frame|Agatha in her Madness Place]] |
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{{quote|''"There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line."''|[[Wikipedia: |
{{quote|''"There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line."''|[[Wikipedia:Oscar Levant|Oscar Levant]]}} |
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Normally, when working on something important, a character will eventually have to stop. Fatigue, starvation, or even just enemies bursting into the workplace will put a damper on anyone's study habits. There are also moral reasons to |
Normally, when working on something important, a character will eventually have to stop. Fatigue, starvation, or even just enemies bursting into the workplace will put a damper on anyone's study habits. There are also moral reasons to stop—the experiment is a crime against nature, the "volunteer's" crying finally gets to you, etc. There's no shame in taking a break. |
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[[Mad Scientist|Mad scientists]] think that kind of attitude is for wimps. |
[[Mad Scientist|Mad scientists]] think that kind of attitude is for wimps. |
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When these guys get |
When these guys get involved—or perhaps we should say ''[[Science-Related Memetic Disorder|obsessed]]''—with a project, they ignore all distractions. The prisoner's crying? I don't hear anything. Crime against nature? I haven't been outside in ten years, so I don't really care. Food, sleep? Obstacles. And enemies jumping into the lab are like volunteers you don't have to hunt down with a taser. |
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Those [[Power Born of Madness|who have found the Madness Place are very productive]]...for a time. [[Go Mad From the Revelation|Sometimes even a long time]]. But eventually, [[Bored with Insanity|they come back]], and have to deal with mere mortals again. |
Those [[Power Born of Madness|who have found the Madness Place are very productive]]...for a time. [[Go Mad From the Revelation|Sometimes even a long time]]. But eventually, [[Bored with Insanity|they come back]], and have to deal with mere mortals again. |