Corgi, Hound of the Internet ([info]sff_corgi) wrote in [info]haus_of_klaus,
2010-10-07 21:07:00
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At long last - and it's not even January!

First, back in August, a poster named DataLaughing shared a 'spoiler' bookplate sketch -- the request had been for Zeetha's father, the great warrior Chump. As DataLaughing says, 'Look familiar?'



Meanwhile, with a large antipodean continent sort of getting in my way, I had requested a sketch of the Baron in his most intriguing Skifandran clothing. That, in fact, came yesterday:


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And just because I like sharing, here's a sketch of the late Baronin Wulfenbach, to which everybody so far has said, 'So Klaus got his nose from his father....':


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...and there we have a large section of puzzle drop into place. The eventual journey to Skifander will be all that more intriguing, now that we have a little more to anticipate.
Tags: baronin, bookplate, chump, skifander, warrior

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[info]sinick

October 8 2010, 04:12:08 UTC 1 year ago

Ooooh THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting these!

I think those are pretty much clinchers for Chump's real identity.

[info]sff_corgi

October 8 2010, 04:48:42 UTC 1 year ago

You are most welcome, and finestkind, it sure is.

As 'Heron said to me elsewhere, 'Very John Carter of Mars.'

[info]cerrberus

October 8 2010, 04:32:40 UTC 1 year ago

Wow! And what a Chump he is!

[info]genie_burton

October 8 2010, 04:35:31 UTC 1 year ago

Now my big bookplate pic that I want to see is 'Klaus on his wedding night'. ;)

[info]sff_corgi

October 8 2010, 04:47:00 UTC 1 year ago

...I wanna see how Professor Phil deals with that one.

I'll even help you pay for the book.

[info]mnenyver

October 8 2010, 05:10:26 UTC 1 year ago

WUAH! AZUHBUHFWEHSQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! ZZNGNORFT!

*runs around in circles with her arms flailing*

*faints, collapses into a delirious puddle*


I am still beaming smugly over the fact that I first called "Chump", ages ago, and no prediction I've made about Klaus has been wrong yet. :D

[info]barsukthom

October 8 2010, 12:13:55 UTC 1 year ago

You are like onto a very Klaussian oracle.

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[info]mnenyver

October 8 2010, 05:12:29 UTC 1 year ago

Gil bears a family resemblance to his grandmother.

[info]sff_corgi

October 8 2010, 12:49:58 UTC 1 year ago

[doubletakes] It's Gil with a snood. Oy gevalt.

[info]barsukthom

October 8 2010, 12:15:01 UTC 1 year ago

She bears a certain "Vy must Hy vaste zeit mit zis foolisch portrait? Zere his SCHIENCHE to be done!"

[info]lignota

October 8 2010, 13:49:38 UTC 1 year ago

*squeee!*

[info]julietvalcouer

October 8 2010, 14:38:34 UTC 1 year ago

I see your squee and raise you a giddy giggle or two.

(Hi, all, been lurking, had to post for this.)

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[info]sveethot

October 8 2010, 14:54:40 UTC 1 year ago

Whew! I can finally speak up about something! I asked Phil to confirm that Klaus was Chump back in March, which he did (I can give you that.) But back in January I requested a book plate of Chump (if he was okay with that), but instead received Ognian.

Anyway, the 2nd sketch is muy steamy - in an all hot & bothersome way. Thanks for sharing your pics!

[info]sff_corgi

October 8 2010, 16:13:28 UTC 1 year ago

I wonder why they decided to leak it finally. Another poster on that source for 'Chump' asked for Klaus's wife and got a certain royal Spark who has been mentioned.

[info]cerrberus

October 8 2010, 15:01:01 UTC 1 year ago

Hey! Neither of the 'Chumps' have chest scars!!1!!
Significant?

[info]sff_corgi

October 8 2010, 16:13:59 UTC 1 year ago

Phil-ism. He's even done it in print.

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[info]mnenyver

October 8 2010, 15:45:38 UTC 1 year ago

*looks again, is still giggling and squeeing and spinning in circles over this*

WHEEEEEEE!!!!!11


[info]mnenyver

October 8 2010, 15:48:45 UTC 1 year ago

Oh, and look how much time and thought he took on the sketch of Klaus' costume. I don't think anyone else has a sketch quite like that.

And I think he's wearing a loincloth. Er... *zones out, head tilted*

... I'll be in my bunk.

[info]sff_corgi

October 8 2010, 16:11:46 UTC 1 year ago

The question has been put forth among sketch viewers as to whether that's trews or a brief of some sort.

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[info]tikatu

October 8 2010, 16:30:11 UTC 1 year ago

And here I was thinking all this time that - seeing as Skifander seems to be a matriarchal society - that Chump was Zeetha's mother.

[info]sff_corgi

October 8 2010, 16:36:59 UTC 1 year ago

Well, from this... that's understandable. I do think there's someplace else (one of the radio plays?) where Chump is specified as her father, and Zanthabraxus was specified as Queen of Skifander between The Works and the Zeetha's-story flashback way back when.

It was a lot of little things that added up correctly, but confirmation is a very comforting thing to have.

[info]rp_sesu

October 8 2010, 17:50:25 UTC 1 year ago

I get the feeling that Klaus got his nose from a few too many punches to the face, and not just from his father. Maybe this is just me, but it's got a kind of Stephen-Fry-crooked to it

[info]sff_corgi

October 8 2010, 19:15:38 UTC 1 year ago

Mr. 'I get no adventure these days' not having his nose broken frequently? Inconceivable!

Interesting lack of vanity (or something) that he wouldn't have had Sun fix it during some repair session or another, yes?

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[info]leoparda

October 8 2010, 23:08:05 UTC 1 year ago

So Gil is a throwback to Grandma... he definitely has her nose :)

[info]sff_corgi

October 9 2010, 01:08:26 UTC 1 year ago

And here I'd always been thinking he got his nose from his mum.

[info]bubbles_karate

October 11 2010, 06:43:58 UTC 1 year ago

And the fandom rejoiced!

[info]klauswulfenbach

October 12 2010, 00:00:55 UTC 1 year ago

I was just informed about this. I see I will have words with Professor Foglio... among others.

[info]mnenyver

October 12 2010, 22:28:27 UTC 1 year ago

=O

*hides*

[info]mister_inkwell

October 14 2010, 01:20:38 UTC 1 year ago

O-oh my goodness. WELL THEN.

Now I want a Zeetha in Mayfield more than ever.

[info]schmot_gurl

October 14 2010, 03:24:16 UTC 1 year ago

Ooooh, fantastic!

And those are some nice sketches.

[info]leanan_peredhil

January 18 2011, 14:37:21 UTC 1 year ago

Wow. Just wow.

May I repost the pictures in the Gaia Online Girl Genius Guild? Pretty please? I will credit not only the Foglios but whoever commissioned the pictures.

Also, is the Baronesa Gil's mom or his grandma?

Also, what do you guys think of the latest news that Klaus is a construct?

[info]sff_corgi

January 18 2011, 16:20:40 UTC 1 year ago

Thank you for asking! You might want to post the links, less stressful on slow connections that way - or even just direct them here. Your choice.

The Baronin is Klaus's mother, therefore Gil's grandmother.

Latest news? There's nothing 'latest' about that, he's always been a construct. See this note from the Professora. :)

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[info]leanan_peredhil

January 21 2011, 07:17:38 UTC 1 year ago

Pics were posted and the reactions were much the same as here. I had of course already revealed the Klaus=Chump connection, got slightly chewed for not posting spoiler warnings and mostly stared at in shock and disbelief. Would you guys like to know some of the theories my friends on Gaia have regarding Klaus, Gil, Zeetha and Skifander?

[info]sff_corgi

January 21 2011, 14:37:33 UTC 1 year ago

Please do! It sounds quite entertaining. :D

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[info]liarashadowsong

March 12 2011, 23:57:51 UTC 1 year ago

OMG I've theorized for ages that Gil and Zeetha are at least half if not full blood siblings (aka that Chump is Klaus), and now I've seen actual evidence! Yay!!! Thank you for posting this.

Anonymous

May 16 2011, 06:11:42 UTC 1 year ago

hmmm

baronin wulfenbach kinda resembles tarvek. look at tarveks face in the 5th panel of "Cinderella: Page 001"

[info]sff_corgi

May 16 2011, 11:21:07 UTC 1 year ago

Re: hmmm

Actually, after someone brought it to my attention, I've been thinking Gil's a ringer for his paternal grandmother.

Given the Professors' style, though... sometimes family resemblances include the whole cast. [grin]

[info]brenda_ea

August 29 2011, 22:12:10 UTC 8 months ago

This is completely unexpected for me because I always assumed that Chump was Zeetha's mother! With the whole amazon-warrior thing, I figured descent was matrilineal.

I figured Zeetha and Gil were half-siblings. Well, they still might be...

[info]sff_corgi

August 30 2011, 01:52:24 UTC 8 months ago

One of the otherwise-non-canonical sketches the Professora had been posting has Zeetha referring to Chump as her father. They've been coy everywhere else... except for sketch requests. :)

True about the relationship. Since they have, no question (except by the extremely dubious), the same father, the question remains whether they have the same mother for sure.

I think one of the reasons for their 'leak' might be to engender some long-term anticipation.
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