Forum:2008-07-07 (Monday)

Discussion for comic [].

I have several questions about the test.


 * Is a this a standard test given to all Heterodynes for generations, or is it a new test for Agatha? Did Bill and Barry need to take the test, or is it different because there are no other Heterodynes around to vouch for Agatha?


 * If this is a traditional test, is this a "Heterodyne-coming-of-age" test (which happens to give you the respect of the castle when you pass), or a "castle-drivers-license" test?


 * Related to the previous question, do all Heterodynes need to take the test, are they forced to take the test by their relatives, or are all Heterodynes so driven that nothing would stop them from taking the test?


 * Has the castle been responsible for giving the test in the past (obviously only since the castle was built), or would the previous generation of Heterodynes be giving the test if they were around?

No matter what, even if the test is traditional there is a greater urgency this time.

I'm actually a bit surprised that the castle is making Agatha take the test now instead of after the castle is repaired given the quote from [ Faustus]: "Then— girl or not— false or not— I need you." Maybe different personalities have different views of the urgency of repair.

(A character with an unknown number of personalities makes it easy to explain away inconsistencies. I'll have to remember that trick when I next write a complicated work.) Argadi 18:23, 7 July 2008 (UTC)