A surprise for sure, but a welcome one.
Overlady: Attack of the Minions (Thread II)
- Thread starter EarthScorpion
- Start date
- Fantasy
Sucal
The Devil’s Cut
- Location
- Bottom of the barrel
Guiche the Mighty and the other heroes of shining shinyness were wise to beware her wicked schemes!
Okay I have yet to read the update. (I may even need to catch up on this as it's been a while for me.) With that said if nothing else...
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFnmT82yGpk
Hm Agnes attacking a small army of automata with little more than a few half-trained maids and cursed artifacts, while injured and full of vampire blood suggests an unfortunate conclusion.
On the other hand, once she rises as a cursed lady of the night, she should be a lot more amenable to her princess' latest hobby!
On the other hand, once she rises as a cursed lady of the night, she should be a lot more amenable to her princess' latest hobby!
Sucal
The Devil’s Cut
- Location
- Bottom of the barrel
Yeah, we already worked out shes a protestant
I'm pretty sure she won't die. We already got a vampire on the team and could really use a non-vampy and non inexperienced demon princess physical combatant that isn't just a minion.
Still it'll be really nice to see how Anges' perspective and relationships work with Louise and Henrietta. They both could probably do with her advice right about now.
Salty
Shadow Cabal Assumptor Supreme
- Location
- Sun, Moon, Talia
- Pronouns
- I/Me
Ah, dick jokes and lesbians. As you can see, Earthscorpion is in fine fettle indeed.
Bad_kobold
Seeker of the Orb of Zot
- Location
- Seattle
- Pronouns
- He/Him
This pleases me, for it shows that overlady has still some life- but the cliffhanger is quite vexatious. Good shit
SolipsistSerpent
Endlessly Devouring
Well, this interpretation of Agnes is certainly enjoyable to read, much like nearly every other character in this story, so the update was a welcome holiday gift.
Hell on Strikers
Tank Cat
- Location
- The Commonwealth
Oh boy, time to re read everything, again.
- Location
- in the trash
So we have an overlady, a vampire, a necromancer, a demon and now a heretic. Truly a most wicked assemblage of Evil.
(Ignore Agnes' protests that she's a Protestant, not Evil)
(Ignore Agnes' protests that she's a Protestant, not Evil)
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- Pronouns
- She/Them
huzzah!
The17thImmortal
Seeker of Sanity
Hey, it could be worse. She could be a filthy Catholic.
To get an update on my birthday of my most favourite Familiar of Zero stories was a great present. I eagerly wait more even if it takes another year or more. Merry christmas Earthscorpion and have a nice new years as well.
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Well, yes. That was the punchline of the update.
- Location
- The Holiest of Cities
So happy to see an update finally, and know that this isn't abandoned and there's more written! Great news!
And this was a wonderful installment. Many of the jokes and characters have alread been commented on, but I'd just like to note how this update referenced previous chapters. For example, Agnes being told her Princess is not in this tower, which is of course a Mario reference, but also the name of the arc where Louise rescued Henrietta. Similar for cleaning house and the Tower Heart being removed, reminding us of the arc where Louise scoured the tower. And the opening commenting on the weather not being properly melodramatic is a perfect callback to the opening lines of this fic.
Agnes is a great character, and it's nice to see some characterization for Helene. I wonder if we'll get more for the other maids. In any case, can't wait for the next chapter!
And this was a wonderful installment. Many of the jokes and characters have alread been commented on, but I'd just like to note how this update referenced previous chapters. For example, Agnes being told her Princess is not in this tower, which is of course a Mario reference, but also the name of the arc where Louise rescued Henrietta. Similar for cleaning house and the Tower Heart being removed, reminding us of the arc where Louise scoured the tower. And the opening commenting on the weather not being properly melodramatic is a perfect callback to the opening lines of this fic.
Agnes is a great character, and it's nice to see some characterization for Helene. I wonder if we'll get more for the other maids. In any case, can't wait for the next chapter!
OK, so I know the story is fantasy, and comedic fantasy at that, but
Look, I refuse to believe that Gnarl has actually managed to pronounce this correctly without stumbling. It's unpossible.
Nah, that's just a heroic feat, and not even a particularly bullshit one at that.
For Agnes as a recruit, I see two possibilities:
- She goes full heretic aesthetically, complete with demonic weapons, life-seeking bullets, unholy symbols, etc., while still insisting on being on the side of Good (unlike those damn Romalians), thus actually fitting perfectly with Louise (and probably bonding with her over rants about the corrupt establishment, even if they don't perfectly agree on which establishment they mean);
- She doesn't quite become a vampire, but she does get vampire powers as a cursed dark side the allure of which she must resist lest she become danger to her loved ones (it's also, like, wicked cool, so her lamentations about it ring hollow in the audience,s ears, but that's beside the point).
Look, I refuse to believe that Gnarl has actually managed to pronounce this correctly without stumbling. It's unpossible.
Nah, that's just a heroic feat, and not even a particularly bullshit one at that.
For Agnes as a recruit, I see two possibilities:
- She goes full heretic aesthetically, complete with demonic weapons, life-seeking bullets, unholy symbols, etc., while still insisting on being on the side of Good (unlike those damn Romalians), thus actually fitting perfectly with Louise (and probably bonding with her over rants about the corrupt establishment, even if they don't perfectly agree on which establishment they mean);
- She doesn't quite become a vampire, but she does get vampire powers as a cursed dark side the allure of which she must resist lest she become danger to her loved ones (it's also, like, wicked cool, so her lamentations about it ring hollow in the audience,s ears, but that's beside the point).
Jonen C
F.M.D.G.
- Location
- Lincopense, Ostrogothia, Suecia
Huh, whaddaya know, my professional training in reading, comprehending, and then immediately forgetting the details that are not pertinent to what needs doing is bleeding over in my eveyday life.
Anyway, things to look forward to: Jessicas revenge.
- Location
- Graveyard of Forgotten Thoughts
In my first reading of this chapter, I thought Agnès was a foil for Karina. Though she has the appearance of a stern and uncompromising heroine like Karina, unlike Karina she believes it is sometimes acceptable to use Evil means. It would be interesting to see what differences might arise because Agnès simply lacks the raw power to back up Karina's Rule of Steel.
On the other hand, she seems prone to motivated reasoning anyways. On the third hand, Catt's blood is having an effect on the chevalier of Milan, made more obvious later this chapter. So it's kind of hard to pick out exactly which parts came from Agnès herself and which parts came from vampiric influence.
Right now, I'm leaning towards Agnès being a foil for Catt instead, with both of them leaning toward Delusional Evil. If I understand the categorisation of Evil correctly, Louise is a mixture of Pragmatic and Delusional, Henrietta is Indulgent, and Jessica isn't actually Evil.
spilt -> spoilt
means -> ends (unless Agnès is making the mistake in-character)
or -> nor
here -> her
The grammar is a little off; "...who you don't know the levers of", maybe?
- Meaning Louise
- This is either a reference to Henrietta (because of how well Henrietta took to being a prisoner) or Lord Mutik of Jiazha (because of what Louise made her do with him). Speaking of which, what happened to Mutik anyways? We haven't heard a peep from the guy since returning from Xizang.
- Quite an oxymoron, considering how vampirism works in Overlady
- Using Agnès as an excuse to have deep-fried rats is such a Gnarl thing to do
- I like the image of Catt asking if Louise has called the way a child would ask "are we there yet?"
- Horrors of horrors, Agnès is a secretly a Gallian
- I'm probably over-analyzing this, but they likely haven't launched any raids since Louise took the bulk of their forces with her to Albion. The maids may have been reduced to minionish rations, despite later protests to the contrary.
- This is poor impulse control, even for Catt. Feeding after major blood loss may, like repeated feedings, leave Agnès in an irrecoverable state much like how Catt was by the time Louis's depredation was discovered.
- It took me a second reading to realize this is Catt's lack of reflection at work.
- The legendary Blue Screen of Death?
- I can't help but think this is Catt's blood speaking through Agnès
- Catt's laughing because Agnès is using the same excuse Catt had given to her parents when she left home.