Yes! The spark is in equestria. Agatha Heterodyne is one of my favorite steam punk heroines.

Interesting idea for a HIE, love the webcomic and would be nice to see how it would work out pitting magical/mad science against sciencey magic. I wonder at what point Agatha was pulled, If from the most recent point it could wreck havoc in her own town.

Will read ... later. gotta work first

edit: oh and >>746460746460, be careful as they're starting to ban people claiming first post

>>746482746482

    Agatha was copy-pasted at the moment Violetta removed her locket at the start of the Si Vales procedure in Der Kestle's Movement Chamber.  So yes: this is Agatha after she created the dreaded Little Raygun That Could.  

    If Equestria has a Doomsday Chronometer, it just hit OhGodN'Oclock.  Agatha is in the same universe as Pinkie Pie.

>>746500746500 *Spoiler for the webcomic* if she's pulled right at that exact moment it would be a very short story and Agatha wouldn't be behind the wheel unless you already have a plan for that it would probably be best to put it right after the Si Vales

lol saw Agatha Heterodyne and had to read

Could Pinkie be a spark in this universe with his candycopter?, or the Flim Flam broters with they magitech?, every second I like this crossover more and more.

Oh... mah... GOD!  Girl Genius crossover!  Insta-fave!

  If you need any OCs you can use the ones on my blog (Coming up with at least a new one every day).  Not so good with stories but great with coming up with characters not thought of.

Your story is really good.  Never seen anyone go that bonkers at seeing the opposite sex but hay it is plausible after a couple months.

  MAD GENIUSES UNITE.

Ok, now that I've read it, I must say that it was well written.  Love that you made sure Agatha had an accent.

>>746579746579

Read Samarkand's comment again:

>>746500746500

Note he said COPY-pasted.  Not cut-paste.  So Girl Genius universe Agatha is still in her body (sharing space w/ mother not-so-dearest) and will likely just end up with a wonky headache that can be attributed to the revivification.  So cannon marches on, and the rails in Equestria have been twisted into some Escher-esque monstrosity.

Sparky business as usual!

+1 fave.

I wonder how Agatha's motivations will change if/when she learns there isn't much point in 'going' back, as 'she' is already back there.

But given the level of steam power used in the show, I think she'll find the resources to have some fun.

"Agatha is in the same universe as Pinkie Pie."

Oh... my...

I can just see some of the reactions now...   "Whadda ya mean, who'd I beat up fer ma hat?"

I'm faving this just because it's a MLP/Girl Genius crossover, THAT'S HOW BUCKING GOOD THE WHOLE THING IS!!!

Ah yes, definetly looking forward to more of this.

uh-oh indeed

Shit is about to go down.

Read this on Spacebattles reading it agian because I can

>>748187748187 Very mutch so I've read the Spacebattles version so I know what comeing

*Insert sparky laught here*

>>746811746811 thanks for helping with that . I hadn't read the chapter at that time as I had to get to work, was just curious, and misunderstood that part .

After reading it on my time off at work I'm now stuck with the visualisation of an inexplicably hovering machine popping out of a tangerine scented sauerkraut tasting purple smoke, scan Agatha and poof out.

On another note, came home to find another chapter already here *does a happy dance*

Oh I am /really/ enjoying how Agatha is taking all of this in. You're doing a GREAT job of showing how alien Equestria is to the way she knew the world worked.

I am wondering how she'll react to Zap Apple Jam.

Saw this, my face did this

I enjoyed this, please do continue.

I must express my naked surprise that Agatha did not connect the spacing between the buildings to the naked fact that Ponyville is, in fact, naked, compared to Beetleburg, not being hemmed in by a wall.

A lack of a wall would either indicate that things are much more peaceful, or that too many threats can fly to make a city wall worthwhile.

I love Girl Genius.

I love ponies.

You have managed to combine the two in a manner to which the adjective 'fantastic' simply doesn't do justice. 'Creative', 'inspired', or 'brilliant', perhaps come close, but none of them seem to cover all the facets of this wonderful piece of writing. You have me at a loss for words, I can only say this: well done.

I saw the title in the Popular Stories side bar, and I didn't even have to click to know exactly what I would find behind such an Elegant and Finely-Crafted Link.

I was not disappointed.

Everything went better than expected!

At first I had assumed that her Cutie Mark was the trilobyte, but she just hadn't noticed it yet.  Then I reread things, and am very interested.

Looking forward to more.

I have one thing to say CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS MINIONS YAY!

"Note to self: develop anti-air cannon at earliest opportunity." PRICELESS....

I'm loving both the story and the speed of chapter release.

"Equestria was a bit more like home than she had thought."

Also a great line.

>>752333752333 Most of the chapters have been writen on Spacebattles

>>752909752909 And I have no idea what that is!

>>753273753273 Spacebattles.com home dakka cazed maniacs like the author

Alien horrors?  Are referencing another fanfic?  Perhaps ones involving tyranids.  Just wondering.  Loving this story so far. Keep up the good work.

erm what happend with fluttershy at the end?

>>753664753664

She fell over like a "fainting goat", presumably from shame over her behaviour when drunk. I think they do that in one episode when a lot of ponies fall over - Dragonshy? It's an odd in-joke.

>>753536753536

   That would be the Changelings.  Based on the character design, "alien horror" would be an apt description of the things.  The story is happening a day after Canterlot Wedding.

   The Girl Genius universe is so used to oddities that, if invaded by the Race from Turtledove's WorldWar series, the novelty would be that the army of lizard-people come from space.

Dear god. This is the perfect person to put in Equestria. Not someone who has highly limited ideas of how the world works, and hence has trouble accepting new ones, but one who is crazy enough....

I mean, If you look at the "Sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science" part, Well, I have to say, Perfect......

>>752468752468

Maybe not just the threats, recall Agatha's observations of Rarity.

Twilight Sparkle got it wrong about Ponyville.   Everypony in that town isn't crazy.  They're mad, Mad I tell you!

Daaaaw! Big Mac's got a crush. I'm so loving this crossover. Can't wait to see what happens next.

Mienn Gott, des are entertainink. Effrypony iz fairly dezently potrayt in karaktor zo far; Hy ken't hartly vait to read more. Hy vonder hu Heppeljek hedz to fight to getz dot hat?

Just a minor correction: It's not "verdamnt" but "verdammt".

Ya know, I had a sort of an epiphany while reading this.  

Sparks are men and women who are hypercompetant in a given field and will quite readily stab you if you try to stop them from acting in that field.

Ponies are hypercompetant in the fields related to their cutie marks and if they don't get a chance to use their special talent or something hinders their ability to do what they love they can be prone to snapping.

Equestria could very well be an entire nation of sparks.

I had doubts about this crossover when I read the first chapter. I can see I was a bit overcautious.

Still, Agatha seems a bit flat as a character in this story. Might want to work on that. Otherwise it's been fun so far and I want to read more.

>>762422762422 Angleform preaty mutch said the same thing

On Agatha and Big Mac, sorry FlutterMac shippers.   Seems that Machintosh perfers his mares of a more, substantial, build.

You are crazy.

Really.

Girl Genius and MLP?  THE HORROR!

Yet I find myself impressed in a strange, twisted way.  

Well that's a logical consequence of Pinkie Pie startling someone with combat instincts from a violent world.  Surprised it doesn't happen in more crossovers.  Pinkie's tough she'll recover and hopefully learn a useful lesson.  There are strong hints that the rest of the world isn't as peaceful as Equestria she could very well ended up in similar situation even without cross-dimensional travel.  Only she might not have been lucky enough to have had it with someone with as much self-control as Agatha.

So on to Rainbow Dash versus Agatha.  You'd think it'd be a walk for Agatha given that she has real combat training and experience in deadly combat with serious opponents trying to kill her.  But Dash is no slouch.  She's in amazing physical shape and has been conditioning since she was a foal.  She's also no stranger to genuinely life threatening situations and knows how to focus and keep her head in a crisis (even if she sometimes forgets).  She's earned a Black Belt in Karate and I doubt it was in a cheap McDojo either.  Though we don't know if it was a point-based sporting version or a full contact practical self defense style.  But she put up a good showing against the changeling swarm regardless.  Finally her biggest advantage is that she's fighting in the body she was born in and Agatha is still getting used to hers.  Plus Agatha will probably be holding back excessively having been shook up by the close call with Pinkie.  Of course all this analysis could be rendered moot by purple telekinesis separating them a few seconds into the scuffle.

That opening made lmao.

FOR PONIES!

Shouldn't have put off building those anti-air cannons Agatha.  And has she considered she learned to play a piano with hands?

Ah, the pinkie pie scene was hilarious. Many internet applause to you good sir/madame!

Not bad.

Things to remember about the upcoming fight.

1. Karate is a strike discipline. Jabs and kicks are what RD knows.

2. Agatha was trained in mixed martial arts and true self defense.

3. Agatha is a heavy framed earth pony where RD is light framed pegasus.

4. Agatha out masses RD by at least 50%.

What I'm basically looking at is that in a fight RD may get in a few hits on Agatha but RD wouldn't be able to cope with being grappled and having her joints manipulated. Agatha would basically grab hold and bend RD into shapes that ponies don't normally go. EG: Agatha tossed Pinky about like a rag doll once she got a hold of her. So while RD might or might not blindside Agatha while she's got Pinky down, if RD doesn't immediately jump away from her she's apt to be put into a submission hold or have something broken. Also remember that RD screamed out "I KNEW IT!  I'M COMING TO SAVE YOU, PINKIE!"  So Agatha may not even get hit by RD's rush since there's a good chance she hears that familiar and antagonistic voice.

Well RD's initial rush could be coming at Agatha just under the speed of sound.  That could hurt.

>>772376772376

   What makes Agatha dangerous isn't her training--which though brief, allowed her to dodge gatling-cannon fire--but her sneakiness.  She's consistently shown a tendency in situations where she can't just blast her way out of trouble to use the environment to her advantage.  

    As for Pinkie--well, a combination of extreme combat instincts and the fact that Pinkie was an easy target.  She wasn't expecting to be attacked over what she thought was a harmless prank.

I still feel bad for laughing at this scene . Though Pinkie couldn't have known what recently happened to Agatha. So it's all a horrible misunderstanding, but one that's going to cause a problem.

Dat scene with TWilight and the Princes i so much.

Governing a civilization of magic wielding sparks I'd say Celestia's expected apocalypses list is about the length of the entire unabridged Encyclopedia Britannica. ooh a newish thought strikes! The Doctor! most stories have him in equestria by some accident, but in this story he may truly be visiting equestria from time to time as a vacation, by his standards its a perfectly safe and rational world. Probably reminds him of home where young children played with irradiated blocks the purpose not being building towers and buildings but psychically manipulating the energies to some purpose while elders played time traveling chess where it was more common to defeat an opponent  rather then with a checkmate but by forcing them to commit a paradox which would destroy the board as well as some "minor" fluctuations in the space time continuum. All the intellect of "civilized" species but putting more emphasis on friendship rather then greed or glory.

Ah, this one was fun to go through. One of those crossovers that just flows so naturally. Looking forward to more.

Countdown until "all the ponies in this town are sparky"?

MOAR!!!

-chokes on own laughter-

Gods' little fish in trousers. Conceptually cracky, yet wonderfully written... good sir, keep this thing going.

I found this while digging through someone else's Favorites list. Tracking. Will read AFTER I find a way to keep my house below Eighty Degrees. This step is important, as it turns out that at 85*, my modem overheats.

*Sigh* I thought Minnesota was known for being one of the COLDER states in the nation...

Hedgehog song,....If that's not a Discworld reference, I will turn in my geek card here and now. Also same as what Psychicscubadiver said, word for word.

have some mustaches

>>11800931180093 Friend, in WINTER Minnesota is a frozen Hell, capital H intended. In the seasons before......Well,....Lets just leave it at that Minnesota have very schizo weather.

>>12221331222133

How does the old saying go? "If you don't like the weather here, wait 15 minutes"?

>>12259421225942 Haha! Indeed, central Illinois has weather that, while not as bipolar, comes rushing in like a rabbit with its ass on fire.

MUST READ MORE!

Wow! I have just rediscovered girl genius and found this through someone's favorites but I have to say that I think you caught agatha's personality almost perfect. Keep up the writing.

Ill admit ive never read/seen/whatever GG but this is amazingly written and i find it to be creeping up my favorite list like a stubborn vine.

also any idea as to when there might be an update? plz?

>>14508491450849

It's always sad when you find a great fic that hasn't updated in months. I can at least send you to the source material so you can archive binge while you wait, though. It's a web comic that's been running for a decade now, so it's all free online

>>15292471529247

Oh cool, thanks a bunch Eakin.

Unfortunately with my media consumption rate being what it is, im looking at maybe three days worth of material at most.

Then again... it is midterms weeks..... i can probably artificially extend that time by two weeks.

The author signed up 21 weeks ago and was active for about a week. Hasn't signed in for 20 weeks.

I am have the sad.

>>767555767555

He has a predilection for large flanks and he is unable to dissimulate?

"But the hedgehog can't be buggered at all!"

Nanny Ogg would be proud of you Fluttershy!

Oh, and "Lime wedges had been placed beneath each eye"? Shouldn't that be "Lime wedges had been placed over each eye"?

Whyfore hyu's not updating? Dis iz gut schtuff!

>>772376772376

Another thing to remember about this fight is that Twilight is within earshot.  Which means the best case scenario for Agatha would be her realizing that there was some sort of misunderstanding and separating the ambulatory combatants while trying to calm the newcomer down (and making sure Pinkie took no lasting damage, but that goes without saying).

The worst case would be for Twilight to conclude the strange infiltrator is in fact someone with malevolent intent, and had just beat down one of her friends .

How the heck did I not know about this fic!?   Can't wait to see Agatha/Twi interaction.   Poor Pinkie though.  Unless her cartoon powers can keep her safe, Agatha'll probably try to dissect her just on principle.

You know, if this story intends to touch on any of the season 3 episodes, I feel sorry for Trixie when she shows up.  Alicorn amulet or not, she won't know what hit her.

>>22076682207668

What I really fear is that this story is dead.... It had such a great start.

This. Is. Awesome! Really well thought through and very well written. Can't wait for the next chapter.

Masterfully done

That feeling when you find a great dead fic.

>>24389132438913

it's not quite dead? At least it doesn't read as canceled.

>>776009776009

Dammit, I read it, now I want more.

>>17438111743811

No.

You.

Didn't.

please finish this.  It's very good, funny and intelligent.  Inventive.

Please don't let it drift.