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** Additionally, in chapter 6, both Tarvek and Anevka Sturmvoraus seem to be playing Xanatos Speed Chess with each other for control of Sturmhalten and The Other, executing back up plan after back up plan. Tarvek even says in [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060906 this strip] that "None of this was in my original plan, but it's all working out so beautifully!" |
** Additionally, in chapter 6, both Tarvek and Anevka Sturmvoraus seem to be playing Xanatos Speed Chess with each other for control of Sturmhalten and The Other, executing back up plan after back up plan. Tarvek even says in [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060906 this strip] that "None of this was in my original plan, but it's all working out so beautifully!" |
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** {{spoiler|[[Fake Ultimate Hero|Zola]] [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Malfeazium]]}} is "''very good'' at improvising when things go wrong." |
** {{spoiler|[[Fake Ultimate Hero|Zola]] [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Malfeazium]]}} is "''very good'' at improvising when things go wrong." |
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** Xerxsephnia von Blitzengaard (sister of Martrellus) is very good at this, too. Due to a little [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200424 submarine] accident, she had to [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200501 appear before the Queen of England] with snacks in her hair and pretend it's the newest Paris fashion to save face (Albia [[Living Lie Detector|of course]] did see through this, but thought it's amusing). Seffie [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200511 does her best to go through it with colours flying]. |
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* Helen Narbon, of ''[[Narbonic]]'', is another case where the fanbase—and even the characters in the strip—are never fully certain if Helen is playing Xanatos Speed Chess, [[Gambit Roulette]], or if she's just luckier than anyone has any right to be. At several points, it seems Helen, herself, is not certain. |
* Helen Narbon, of ''[[Narbonic]]'', is another case where the fanbase—and even the characters in the strip—are never fully certain if Helen is playing Xanatos Speed Chess, [[Gambit Roulette]], or if she's just luckier than anyone has any right to be. At several points, it seems Helen, herself, is not certain. |
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{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Artie''': My last thought before blackout is this: That every aspect of my nature--my mind, my sense of ethics, the body in which I currently reside--seems, now, engineered for this moment, for shielding this woman from impact. I have never been able to fathom the disjointed workings of Helen's mind. Did she surmise that someday she would be in danger? Did she create me specifically to save her life? And, if she really can plan this far ahead, why couldn't she just find a way to avoid the whole stupid situation? I always knew I'd die with a headache.}}}} |
{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Artie''': My last thought before blackout is this: That every aspect of my nature--my mind, my sense of ethics, the body in which I currently reside--seems, now, engineered for this moment, for shielding this woman from impact. I have never been able to fathom the disjointed workings of Helen's mind. Did she surmise that someday she would be in danger? Did she create me specifically to save her life? And, if she really can plan this far ahead, why couldn't she just find a way to avoid the whole stupid situation? I always knew I'd die with a headache.}}}} |
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* The scene taken from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' to demonstrate speed chess is actually a poor example, being at best an aversion. Bun Bun is not actually manipulating events, he is simply moving dolls on a chessboard to reflect events outside his influence, a fact that enrages him when it's pointed out. |
* The scene taken from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' to demonstrate speed chess is actually a poor example, being at best an aversion. Bun Bun is not actually manipulating events, he is simply moving dolls on a chessboard to reflect events outside his influence, a fact that enrages him when it's pointed out. |
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* The leader of a team of magical thieves in ''[[The Dragon Doctors]]'' starts off with a straightforward plan to rob a hospital of valuable materials, but are continually stymied by one lone surgeon defending the hospital. Elizabeth (the leader) continually adapts her plan towards a profitable solution even as all her teammates are taken out one at at time, and if it hadn't been for a slip-up she'd have still gotten away with it. |
* The leader of a team of magical thieves in ''[[The Dragon Doctors]]'' starts off with a straightforward plan to rob a hospital of valuable materials, but are continually stymied by one lone surgeon defending the hospital. Elizabeth (the leader) continually adapts her plan towards a profitable solution even as all her teammates are taken out one at at time, and if it hadn't been for a slip-up she'd have still gotten away with it. |
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