Puzzle Description:

"I am SICK TO DEATH of this! What do I have to DO?! I just took down an entire army of war clanks, and STILL I get treated like a HALFWIT CHILD!" Gilgamesh shouted. "ALWAYS I try to be REASONABLE. To be FAIR. I try to TALK to people. And no one EVER takes it as anything other than WEAKNESS." Gil continues, "You listen to me try to be CIVILIZED, and you think- 'Oh, HE'S NOTHING.' 'HIM we can IGNORE.' 'HIM we can PUSH AROUND.' 'We can do whatever we want-HE won't stop us!'" Gil rants some more, "Because nobody ever TAKES ME SERIOUSLY- unless I shout and threaten like a cut-rate STAGE VILLAIN. Well, you know WHAT? I can DO crazy. I REALLY CAN. And it looks like I'm going to HAVE to." Gil rants even more, "If I'm going to be able to help AT ALL, I'll have to give up all this 'BEING REASONABLE' garbage- and show you IDIOTS what kind of madboy you're REALLY DEALING WITH!" Suddenly Gil looks stunned. "Oh. Oh, NO. This must be how my FATHER feels- ALL THE TIME!". So spoke Gilgamesh Wulfenbach, heir to the throne, on his first day at work filling in for his father as leader of the Wulfenbach Empire, as shown in the Graphic Novel Girl Genius.

#1: Eric (kelalatir) on May 1, 2026 [SPOILER]

To see Gilgamesh in full rant mode:
https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080229

I'm glad you said this was from Girl Genius. I was afraid it was you blowing your top. You totally captured the anger.

Haha, I thought it was Miss Hannigan from Annie!

Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by wombatilim.

Initial line & color logic solves 95% with only black remaining.

R24: EL marks C21 and C25 black.

LL to finish.

Jessikitty: "And you'll stay up until this dump shines like the top of the Chrysler Building!"

Exactly, Valerie!

Based on the title I said to myself "Gil or Tarvek." I got that red hair and thought it must be Tarvek. Then I finished the angry face and it was instantly Gil. Another fun puzzle!

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