Girl Genius for Friday, August 22, 2025
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In which Shaun learns something significant late in Feed that he canonically doesn't find out until Deadline, and everything goes very (very, very) differently.
In episode 23, the Deacon says the guest room is dim because Dixing's limited light is being diverted to the palace. Possible implications:
wealthy people can bribe the palace for more light
12 (100.0%)
there is a black market in photons
8 (66.7%)
the Dixing bar is well-lit because its patrons donate a portion of their light quota
4 (33.3%)
the bar is not actually well-lit -- it just looks that way for filming convenience
10 (83.3%)
the glowy lava on the volcano uses up some of the limited light resources
0 (0.0%)
you can create a blackout elsewhere by making an especially bright light in a windowless room
3 (25.0%)
the Deacon is bullshitting because he dislikes Zhao Yunlan
3 (25.0%)
other
0 (0.0%)
Where did Zhao Yunlan's stash of face masks, as discovered by xiao-Guo in episode 16, come from?
Zhao Yunlan always had them; he just never uses them
2 (16.7%)
the SID team presented them as a pointed gift in episode 3, after Zhao Yunlan sneezed on everything; Zhao Yunlan shoved them in a desk drawer and forgot about them
9 (75.0%)
Shen Wei sent them as a gift in episode 3, accompanied by a note wherein he politely hoped Chief Zhao's health had improved; Zhao Yunlan put them in his lollipop drawer and grinned whenever he saw them
6 (50.0%)
they arrived anonymously in the mail (Shen Wei)
2 (16.7%)
Lin Jing explained disease transmission to Wang Zheng, and she added them to the regular stationery order
5 (41.7%)
other
0 (0.0%)
Three different shared griefs, in three different places.
A series of moments in Ikkaku and Yumichika's life together.