i would try to be profound, but unfortunately the first thought i had reading this was “cant talk im busy doing hot god-trapped-in-a-magical-rectangular-prism shit”
Maybe I’m just looking too much into it, but Gog seems to not be doing very much moving. She’s just been… there. Arms and feet out in a (comically) odd position. I’m betting she has something up one of her many sleeves.
While Mother Om is far from the mightiest of the demiurges, the various mercenary interests that court her favor have given her the most practice in managing, balancing, and coordinating varied parties with conflicting interests. It was understated, but the logistical acumen needed to assemble and direct the massive fleet attack against The Bank was arguably a more impressive feat than any martial arts display by Solomon.
One of the things I like best about the comic is how the demiurges all have completely different ways of being endlessly powerful, depending on their temperaments, expressing in the words that they bear. Om bears the word “Glory”; what is that if not the highest estimation of a person in other people’s eyes?
Such a slippery concept to weaponize. But, she is desperate.
Narratively, I don’t think that works here. We already had all the Demiurges trampling one another. Structurally speaking, I’d say this fantastic display of coordination and power is the rise before the fall.
Each demiurge gives it their all in ways that make you cheer for them, only for these efforts to be proven fruitless. This makes their defeat far more devastating while also showing the reader just how threatening Jagganoth is.
Of course KSBD has demolished expectations in the past, and will likely do so again.
This entire episode could just be showing the final battle group learning to work together. Note that Incubus has not reappeared, which suggests that the remaining demiurges could be the ultimate team – everyone else has contributed already except Gog. So maybe Maya takes out Inks, leaving Allison +5 demis (with Jagger presumably neutralized) for the finale.
Gog was cowering against Jadis’ block of ice earlier. It seemed like a clear indication of some kind of relationship between them. Maybe when Jadis saw the shape of the universe it drove her mad because it was shaped like a WORM.
Especially considering she was once regarded as the second most powerful of the seven I’m sure she was the most powerful sorceress in existence. Honestly her current lower rating might be based less on ability and more on the fact that because she already knows what will happen she doesn’t bother to use as much sorcery.
They didn’t win the war together. They fought each other to a standstill. Being incapable of destroying each other is not quite the same thing as teamwork.
They participated in the same thing together, and beat a bunch of other people, but didn’t beat each other. That’s kind of like being on the same team.
At least, it was as close as any of them were probably ever going to get to being on a team.
I’m no expert, but I’ve seen enough god fights to be able to hazard a guess at what that attack can do! Let’s see… I’d wager that it’s some sort of trigram which does about 6 hells worth of damage. Hope this helped, friend!
A trigram has three angles which add up to 180 degrees. In fact, if it is a right trigram, the lengths of the two shorter side squared equals the length of the longer side squared. This is universally known as Aesma’s Mistake. Hope this helped.
If I had to make a guess, I’d say that Mottom is about to attempt to seal Jagganoth away when he inevitably just kinda stands back up to continue fighting. But if I had to make another guess, I’d also say that Jagganoth is not going to be stopped by any of this, or if he is, it’s definitely part of his plan.
Uther "Chaos Angel", Least of Jagganoth's Foreservants
i would try to be profound, but unfortunately the first thought i had reading this was “cant talk im busy doing hot god-trapped-in-a-magical-rectangular-prism shit”
Gog-Agog is saving herself for the finisher.
*gog flies across the battlefield and is immediately impaled by another spike*
Can’t wait until Gog uses their Special Ultimate Combo Move™
Ah who am I kidding it’s just going to be Vicious Mockery
Viscious mockery, but from an enormous terrfiying worm beast
Viscous monkey
R E T U R N T O M O N K E
I believe the spell Gog would use is called Eldritch mockery rather than a simple vicious mockery.
Viscous mockery?
THICCC MOCKERY
Maybe I’m just looking too much into it, but Gog seems to not be doing very much moving. She’s just been… there. Arms and feet out in a (comically) odd position. I’m betting she has something up one of her many sleeves.
Oh, synchronized spellcasting, like in the Olympics
While Mother Om is far from the mightiest of the demiurges, the various mercenary interests that court her favor have given her the most practice in managing, balancing, and coordinating varied parties with conflicting interests. It was understated, but the logistical acumen needed to assemble and direct the massive fleet attack against The Bank was arguably a more impressive feat than any martial arts display by Solomon.
One of the things I like best about the comic is how the demiurges all have completely different ways of being endlessly powerful, depending on their temperaments, expressing in the words that they bear. Om bears the word “Glory”; what is that if not the highest estimation of a person in other people’s eyes?
Such a slippery concept to weaponize. But, she is desperate.
I feel like when Gog finally does something its gunna be sick as shit
It’s sick as shit that it’s still alive! A common worm would be a-hundred-times dead by now. All Hail The Worm-King!
Maybe the final blow will be to make Metatron eat the worm. Like with tequila.
All hail the Conquering Worm(s), the Great Beast Gog-Agog, Defeater of Self-Impalement
About to smack him with a Spirit Bomb.
Also, let it be known all of this is for not, the true ruler shall triumph:
The Rhyming Wax Head
Hail to the glorious Wax Head, whose words are true, because they rhyme!
Let all pay tribute and homage due, now and ’till the end of time
lessons don’t accrue
riddles, cadence too.
Pay me. Fuck you.
Considering that Solomon is presumably still operating in frozen time ^2 while this is going on…. that’s a lot of punches.
The last page said ten thousand blows…but as someone mentioned earlier, ten thousand was simply an archaic shorthand for infinity…
I have a prediction, Jagganoth is going to pull King Soloswole in front of whatever lightshow these three are intending to throw.
Narratively, I don’t think that works here. We already had all the Demiurges trampling one another. Structurally speaking, I’d say this fantastic display of coordination and power is the rise before the fall.
Each demiurge gives it their all in ways that make you cheer for them, only for these efforts to be proven fruitless. This makes their defeat far more devastating while also showing the reader just how threatening Jagganoth is.
Of course KSBD has demolished expectations in the past, and will likely do so again.
I assume we will either learn more of Jagganoth’s true plan- or Maya’s sword will drop
This entire episode could just be showing the final battle group learning to work together. Note that Incubus has not reappeared, which suggests that the remaining demiurges could be the ultimate team – everyone else has contributed already except Gog. So maybe Maya takes out Inks, leaving Allison +5 demis (with Jagger presumably neutralized) for the finale.
I don’t know what’s going on in that purple dome. But I’m gonna throw some magic at it!
Jag is enjoying getting *DOM*ed
Simpler trigrams are often used for divinations of the future.
The Six Hells Trigram only offers one future. That of destruction.
Any sufficiently powerful prediction points to the One End.
Jagganoth bathes in such prophecies.
Wow
Wow
Mottom isn’t a half-bad team leader
It’s so polite of Jadis to wait for Mottom to make her demand before choosing to comply.
Like yeah she’s omniscient but she’s not so boorish as to show up people by telling them what they’re gonna say before they say it, lovely gal.
So… impaling Gog-Agog was maybe really really important for the cosmos’ continued existence?
She could have chosen a defensive shape involving pillows, rather than spikes, after all.
She’s just keeping her out of trouble.
Gog was cowering against Jadis’ block of ice earlier. It seemed like a clear indication of some kind of relationship between them. Maybe when Jadis saw the shape of the universe it drove her mad because it was shaped like a WORM.
A snake eating it’s own tail would look vaguely worm-like.
Grandma Mottom is a feisty one!
I’m reminded suddenly that Jadis got that way by attempting to see the shape of Reality. a thing Aesma couldnt do alone or correctly.
In other words, Jadis must have been and may still be the most mighty weilder of those arts that’s ever been.
Especially considering she was once regarded as the second most powerful of the seven I’m sure she was the most powerful sorceress in existence. Honestly her current lower rating might be based less on ability and more on the fact that because she already knows what will happen she doesn’t bother to use as much sorcery.
gog off the spike
what combo attack will she do
Ah, THAT’S how they won the war together. Just waiting for Incubus and Gog Agog to get their shit together.
You know, Mottom is showing signs of, slowly, awakening again to Royalty. They all are.
They didn’t win the war together. They fought each other to a standstill. Being incapable of destroying each other is not quite the same thing as teamwork.
They participated in the same thing together, and beat a bunch of other people, but didn’t beat each other. That’s kind of like being on the same team.
At least, it was as close as any of them were probably ever going to get to being on a team.
Teamwork Makes The Dream Work !
CLOUN
ULTIMATE COMB-
B-B-B-BREAKER!
Guys.
I’m really scared, but in a good way. What’s a 6 hells trigram, and how is it going to do more damage than infinite punch man
I’m no expert, but I’ve seen enough god fights to be able to hazard a guess at what that attack can do! Let’s see… I’d wager that it’s some sort of trigram which does about 6 hells worth of damage. Hope this helped, friend!
Ol’ Jack, I’ve looked at your hypothesis from every angle, and I can’t help but conclude that you’ve pretty much summed it up. Well done.
Thanks. I’m not trying to brag but when you’ve been around as long as I have, you start to get an instinct for this sort of thing.
A trigram has three angles which add up to 180 degrees. In fact, if it is a right trigram, the lengths of the two shorter side squared equals the length of the longer side squared. This is universally known as Aesma’s Mistake. Hope this helped.
It sounds like the kind of attack that kicks up a cloud of dust and makes forces someone nearby to say something like “nobody could survive that.”
It’s a collateral-damage spell.
A haiku.
Canopy cracks grow,
In the Doldrums pest scents hide,
Which flesh cheats scurvy.
Ah, formations. This is truly a xianxia now.
A Triune Combo ?
Infinite Witch-Urge
Generates Trigram
Pass to Blood Flower
Scaled God Bomb Run
And here comes the boom
“Where, oh where, is that earth-shattering kaboom?”
If I had to make a guess, I’d say that Mottom is about to attempt to seal Jagganoth away when he inevitably just kinda stands back up to continue fighting. But if I had to make another guess, I’d also say that Jagganoth is not going to be stopped by any of this, or if he is, it’s definitely part of his plan.
Plans can fail. Jagganoth is invincible, he has no plan and he never will. He has only his work.
…beyond that I can say only that this is a real rough day at the office.