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  • Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
    I genuinely like that Zaid ages about twenty years by the final panel of that page.

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    Oh my

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  • DisruptedCapitalistDisruptedCapitalist I swear! Registered User regular
    Allison is giving him the Jadis look in panel 7

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  • Commander ZoomCommander Zoom Registered User regular
    She chose... breakfast.

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  • durandal4532durandal4532 Registered User regular
    I feel like this crisis of faith comes with a bit less bite after you've seen someone go Super Saiyan Ultra God

    Like sure sure this particular crisis can't be resolved with my ability to shoot laser beams out my eyeballs whatever but "I'm not even special beyond my ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound and run faster than a speeding bullet and shoot lasers out my eyeballs you nerd" is stretching it.

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  • Quantum TigerQuantum Tiger Registered User regular
    I feel like a bit of an asshole for not being able to properly engage with Abaddon's exploration of nihilism

    And yet being so happy to see a good line like "to break infinities requires only one motion" again

    That's kind of what I want from the comic

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  • durandal4532durandal4532 Registered User regular
    I feel like a bit of an asshole for not being able to properly engage with Abaddon's exploration of nihilism

    And yet being so happy to see a good line like "to break infinities requires only one motion" again

    That's kind of what I want from the comic

    I'm still excited to re-read when it's all settled, but I do feel like my prior experience of the setting grates against the nihilism chapter. While it's true that the universe is presented as locked in an eternal cycle, all the characters we meet seem to actually be pretty capable of molding the world to their will within that framework. So a this bit about how aw man why even bother trying is hard to sell when people can Flex Mentallo their way to the birth of new stars or cut holes in time with a sufficiently sharp knife.

    It may still be true in the context of the story, but it's hard for me to engage with at the moment.

    It's totally different but as it came up recently, I feel like Unsounded has done similar shit at various times and it plays better because that's a horrorshow of a world where the characters we meet are up against things that seem more outside of their capacity to handle.

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  • GvzbgulGvzbgul Registered User regular
    I love how you see how Zaid would've been the chosen one.

  • Duke 2.0Duke 2.0 Time Trash Cat Registered User regular
    Granted both of these people were average unremarkable college students. They survived and grew through horrific circumstances that should have killed them both multiple times but they started at midline healthy american young adults. The magic key in Allison’s head makes the magic white flame but the jumping over buildings and cleaving demons is all training.

    Unremarkable. Not special. But you can grab that special something yourself.

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  • GvzbgulGvzbgul Registered User regular
    "A billionaire left me untold riches and people expect me to do something with it to make the world a better place? Gahh. But if I feed the hungry they'll just get hungry later. I'm just going to sit in my mansion."

  • nightmarennynightmarenny Registered User regular
    edited October 2022
    Gvzbgul wrote: »
    "A billionaire left me untold riches and people expect me to do something with it to make the world a better place? Gahh. But if I feed the hungry they'll just get hungry later. I'm just going to sit in my mansion."

    I mean in this metaphor...

    I actually can't even think of a way to continue this metaphor because the last thing that happened was that Allison gathered the most powerful allies she possibly could and then got completely and utterly decimated so completely that she was left a total wreck and most of her allies(the real ones even close to capable of mattering in this fight) were killed. She watched one of the people she loved die for her and had her body ripped literally limb from limb.

    Ya'll can't see why Allison might feel a bit like she can't win?

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    “To break the wheel or be broken on it. These are the only two choices.”

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  • KwoaruKwoaru Confident Smirk Flawless Golden PecsRegistered User regular
    Gvzbgul wrote: »
    "A billionaire left me untold riches and people expect me to do something with it to make the world a better place? Gahh. But if I feed the hungry they'll just get hungry later. I'm just going to sit in my mansion."

    I feel like this is a very dumb metaphor to try and apply to this situation

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    allison hasn't had a character development since she made out with her clone inside her mind so it's not surprising that we were due

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    allison hasn't had a character development since she made out with her clone inside her mind so it's not surprising that we were due

    I don't remember this henta- I mean page

    Also, Zaid just went from someone who I didn't have any real opinions on due to him not getting any screentime, to Real Fuckin Cool Guy way faster than I thought possible. Hopefully when Allison works through her shit she recruits him to her gang.

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  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    In today's Alfie: Pants!
    In today's Pants: Alfie!

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  • Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
    Maybe I’m imagining the anime adaptation, but other than know-how, what’s stopping Allison making keys for everyone else to buff ‘em up?

  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    Maybe I’m imagining the anime adaptation, but other than know-how, what’s stopping Allison making keys for everyone else to buff ‘em up?

    well the alt-text for the comic is "this entire comic is about how swords are super fucking cool but actually not very cool guys sorry"

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  • NeveronNeveron HellValleySkyTree SwedenRegistered User regular
    Maybe I’m imagining the anime adaptation, but other than know-how, what’s stopping Allison making keys for everyone else to buff ‘em up?

    well the alt-text for the comic is "this entire comic is about how swords are super fucking cool but actually not very cool guys sorry"

    "Behold! The awesome fires of god. The limitless power of pure creation itself.

    Look carefully! Observe how it is used for the same purpose a man might use an especially sharp rock."

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  • Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
    Yeah I know… but as much as that’s a great sentiment folks kinda got a lot on their plate right now, big war going on. Could just be a bunch of +10 to Not Dying keys. Bit of fire resistance maybe. No fall damage mod.

  • Quantum TigerQuantum Tiger Registered User regular
    edited October 2022
    The last arc covered how swords/violence are not the answer and Alison is reeling from that

    This arc is going to start with explaining why choosing not to do anything at all is also not the answer

    The arc/comic will end with Third Option

    Edit: oh yeah and repeating the mistakes of the past is also not going to work, RE: rewinding the wheel

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  • Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
    Yeah! Allison needs to figure out how you get the cheat console open and despawn Jagganoth.

  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    Neveron wrote: »
    Maybe I’m imagining the anime adaptation, but other than know-how, what’s stopping Allison making keys for everyone else to buff ‘em up?

    well the alt-text for the comic is "this entire comic is about how swords are super fucking cool but actually not very cool guys sorry"

    "Behold! The awesome fires of god. The limitless power of pure creation itself.

    Look carefully! Observe how it is used for the same purpose a man might use an especially sharp rock."

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    Is it weird I saved this exact image a week or so ago?
    Yeah I know… but as much as that’s a great sentiment folks kinda got a lot on their plate right now, big war going on. Could just be a bunch of +10 to Not Dying keys. Bit of fire resistance maybe. No fall damage mod.

    Maybe some "Immune to getting ripped in fucking half by Jagganoth" in there somewhere

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  • Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
    Despawn the Gods and Toggle their Thrones

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    I feel like this crisis of faith comes with a bit less bite after you've seen someone go Super Saiyan Ultra God

    Like sure sure this particular crisis can't be resolved with my ability to shoot laser beams out my eyeballs whatever but "I'm not even special beyond my ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound and run faster than a speeding bullet and shoot lasers out my eyeballs you nerd" is stretching it.

    I mean, this is a classic superman dilemma: even with all his power he's still not able to make everything good, end all suffering, etc. Superman can't punch most problems.

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  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    I feel like this crisis of faith comes with a bit less bite after you've seen someone go Super Saiyan Ultra God

    Like sure sure this particular crisis can't be resolved with my ability to shoot laser beams out my eyeballs whatever but "I'm not even special beyond my ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound and run faster than a speeding bullet and shoot lasers out my eyeballs you nerd" is stretching it.

    I mean, this is a classic superman dilemma: even with all his power he's still not able to make everything good, end all suffering, etc. Superman can't punch most problems.

    Honestly this is pretty much how games are innovating now. You could optimize the perfect run given enough time and resources. Now lets top you off with a time limit , break the game space down into randomized runs, and randomize your assets so you have to fall back on things you never used before


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  • TraceTrace GNU Terry Pratchett; GNU Gus; GNU Carrie Fisher; GNU Adam We Registered User regular
    Zaid is clearly still choosing violence here and
    He's gonna make the real dumb choice of trying to take the key from Allison.

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    Trace wrote: »
    Zaid is clearly still choosing violence here and
    He's gonna make the real dumb choice of trying to take the key from Allison.

    I don't think so, he went out of his way to bonk the guard with his flying sword's hilt rather than eviscerating them, Zaid seems cool

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  • BadablackBadablack Registered User regular
    Actually choosing violence is the correct answer, Allison's problem before was treating every conflict like a multi choice problem when the answer was just more violence.

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    reach heaven through violence is kinda the whole thing

    at no point has k6bd promoted pacifism

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    you don't want to go to heaven, the place is crawling with angels

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  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    The last arc covered how swords/violence are not the answer and Alison is reeling from that

    This arc is going to start with explaining why choosing not to do anything at all is also not the answer

    The arc/comic will end with Third Option

    Edit: oh yeah and repeating the mistakes of the past is also not going to work, RE: rewinding the wheel

    I thought it was pretty heavily implied that if gog had helped with the big spear that they would have defeated the jaggahog

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  • DisruptedCapitalistDisruptedCapitalist I swear! Registered User regular
    "And I remember...I...I...I cried...I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized...like I was shot...Like I was shot with a diamond...a diamond bullet right through my forehead...And I thought: My God...the genius of that. The genius. The will to do that. Perfect, genuine, complete, crystalline, pure. And then I realized they were stronger than we. Because they could stand that these were not monsters...These were men...trained cadres...these men who fought with their hearts, who had families, who had children, who were filled with love...but they had the strength...the strength...to do that. If I had ten divisions of those men our troubles here would be over very quickly. You have to have men who are moral...and at the same time who are able to utilize their primordal instincts to kill without feeling...without passion...without judgement...without judgement. Because it's judgement that defeats us."

  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    Xaquin wrote: »
    The last arc covered how swords/violence are not the answer and Alison is reeling from that

    This arc is going to start with explaining why choosing not to do anything at all is also not the answer

    The arc/comic will end with Third Option

    Edit: oh yeah and repeating the mistakes of the past is also not going to work, RE: rewinding the wheel

    I thought it was pretty heavily implied that if gog had helped with the big spear that they would have defeated the jaggahog

    Honestly, given the trajectory of the story, I imagine it would have ended up similarly to where we are now, where Solomon somehow has delayed the inevitable, that too would have had a similar effect on the Jaggahog. And then the demiurges would turn on each other in the aftermath for some reason or other, because cycles does what cycles do, they turn unto a wheel.

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    Xaquin wrote: »
    The last arc covered how swords/violence are not the answer and Alison is reeling from that

    This arc is going to start with explaining why choosing not to do anything at all is also not the answer

    The arc/comic will end with Third Option

    Edit: oh yeah and repeating the mistakes of the past is also not going to work, RE: rewinding the wheel

    I thought it was pretty heavily implied that if gog had helped with the big spear that they would have defeated the jaggahog

    And I'm certain that it was outright stated the opposite, that fighting Jag has not only never worked, but WOULD never work.

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  • TraceTrace GNU Terry Pratchett; GNU Gus; GNU Carrie Fisher; GNU Adam We Registered User regular
    Xaquin wrote: »
    The last arc covered how swords/violence are not the answer and Alison is reeling from that

    This arc is going to start with explaining why choosing not to do anything at all is also not the answer

    The arc/comic will end with Third Option

    Edit: oh yeah and repeating the mistakes of the past is also not going to work, RE: rewinding the wheel

    I thought it was pretty heavily implied that if gog had helped with the big spear that they would have defeated the jaggahog

    Aaand then they'd probably have to deal with Gog-Agog.

    Xaquin
  • EmperorSethEmperorSeth Registered User regular
    Naphtali wrote: »
    Xaquin wrote: »
    The last arc covered how swords/violence are not the answer and Alison is reeling from that

    This arc is going to start with explaining why choosing not to do anything at all is also not the answer

    The arc/comic will end with Third Option

    Edit: oh yeah and repeating the mistakes of the past is also not going to work, RE: rewinding the wheel

    I thought it was pretty heavily implied that if gog had helped with the big spear that they would have defeated the jaggahog

    Honestly, given the trajectory of the story, I imagine it would have ended up similarly to where we are now, where Solomon somehow has delayed the inevitable, that too would have had a similar effect on the Jaggahog. And then the demiurges would turn on each other in the aftermath for some reason or other, because cycles does what cycles do, they turn unto a wheel.

    Eat at Arbys

    Nah. The chapter is called Breaker of Infinities, not Braker.

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    Trace wrote: »
    Xaquin wrote: »
    The last arc covered how swords/violence are not the answer and Alison is reeling from that

    This arc is going to start with explaining why choosing not to do anything at all is also not the answer

    The arc/comic will end with Third Option

    Edit: oh yeah and repeating the mistakes of the past is also not going to work, RE: rewinding the wheel

    I thought it was pretty heavily implied that if gog had helped with the big spear that they would have defeated the jaggahog

    Aaand then they'd probably have to deal with Gog-Agog.

    yeah "we have to defeat jagganoth!" is a red herring objective

    the demiurges are not peaceful. nor are they the first of their kind. kill them all. others will follow. others will try to do what they did.

    and that's not even getting into metatron

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