Ye cram three souls with completely anterthetical colors of flamestuff inter a bottle, shake um’ up summat, and hope t’ whole shebang don’t pop liken a vinegar and baking soder cocktail.
I imagine Allison is acting as some kind of – i don’t even know – adapter? bridge? vessel? Either way I think she’s the crucial component in allowing angel and demon to mix like that.
Sure, that and even more so the power of the key are the simple truths, truths as the demiurges would understand them, but there is more to it than that. Each of them has overcome the limitations of their nature. Allison first her weakness, then her cruel strength. Cio her devilish selfishness and ambition. White Chain the cold law for which she was shaped.
I do not think these were the last things we’ve seen them overcome… the king must cast side his blade… Strength beyond strength…
Pr’aps it would ‘ave, but they’da hadt’ve parked that stone arse of hers in a vacant space somewheres and hope t’ parkin’ meter un’t run at’ befer they get done joyridin’ t’gether in t’ same meatsuit.
I could seriously write an essay about all the ways this design is both visually appealing, and how it represents all aspects of the characters and their journey. You’ve really outdone yourself, and I’m sure you’ll get a solid visual shorthand for them in no time.
You fail to grasp the genius of Allison. If you have no idea what you’re doing, then nobody will know how to stop you; thus, you can accomplish anything.
probably what happened is:
Allison watched Steven Universe once and thought “hey with this key i can literally bend reality, so let’s do something fun”
Who is the true fool here? Aspected Chaos, who thought this should probably work out and therefore just *did* it, or Abbadon, who now has to draw this.
I’d really like to know what that name is supposed to mean. “aspected chaos?” What does it mean for Aspect to be a verb. what does “the fool” refer too? Is this going to get all tarot themed?
I suspect it is archetypal: “The Fool is clever and wise, speaks the truth and challenges authority – but softens the blow with humor. The Fool is resilient – not caring what other people think, laughing at life’s difficulties and challenges, and getting back up – again and again – after being knocked down.”
The Fool is the initial but also the final major arcana, the innocence, potential or ignorance of the beginning of the journey as well as the journey’s end either remaining “a fool” and not realising that all the arcana knowledge is for naught or moving past the knowledge of bindings in definitions that can never fully explain the world.
The Fool is also sometimes treated as “the protagonist” of the Tarot deck, the person undergoing the journey through the arcana, and this is also fitting as all three of them together are the protagonist that went on this journey. Or to approach it from a different tradition they are an open-eyed man falling into the well.
I think 2 Michael (or maybe Metatron?) function as Aspected Order. They want the wheel to continue forever. Pure. Infertile. Everything with in the wheel is created by divisions. Angels, Devils, the 777,777 worlds, these are all facets cut into a carefully ordered and structured creation. Aspected Chaos may be the true counter to this paradigm.
By existing, she destroys the divisions between Angel and Devil, and I suspect that won’t be the last duality to fall before her. She is the opposite of division, which is multiplication (this also may be why she is 18 feet tall)
Aspects means that the nature or properties of something have been altered in a certain way. An easy example might be the game Final Fantasy XIV, where there the world is made of six elements. When something is aligned more closely to an element it is called aspects, so a crystal can be fire-aspected.
Here the white and black flames are intermingled. This is a being of purest chaos bound and directed by order.
A wise fool once said that the only thing we can ever truly know is that we know nothing.
I know even less, i know one thing.
I know my parents never told me I was special needs, because God damnit I can’t go a day without managing to spill a can of soda down my face because I grabbed it a degree off kilter.
Well, that’s an amazing design and, even if Jag is impervious to physical damage, it’s never a good sign when you can see stars in your opponents body.
Also, it’s interesting that Yisun’s thing was division and there’s a major theme of cutting or separating things to create new forms, but here we have Allison, Cio, and White Chain uniting and fusing to create something, potentially, greater than its individual parts.
AT LAST! THE THREE BANGER!
everyone called it
And here I’m ashamed, my calculators put away.
Great post.
FUSION HA!
Well that answers that! Damn!
Pree Vaum, pray tell, do you think this could have taken place if White Chain did not have her quasi-human body?
I don’t understand how it took place at all.
Ye cram three souls with completely anterthetical colors of flamestuff inter a bottle, shake um’ up summat, and hope t’ whole shebang don’t pop liken a vinegar and baking soder cocktail.
It’s down-home spiritualism but damn if that isn’t the most effective kind sometimes.
I imagine Allison is acting as some kind of – i don’t even know – adapter? bridge? vessel? Either way I think she’s the crucial component in allowing angel and demon to mix like that.
Oh, her faith and her key is what’s allowing it to happen, make no mistake.
But i think the most apt for the physical component she represents is *damage multiplier*
Sure, that and even more so the power of the key are the simple truths, truths as the demiurges would understand them, but there is more to it than that. Each of them has overcome the limitations of their nature. Allison first her weakness, then her cruel strength. Cio her devilish selfishness and ambition. White Chain the cold law for which she was shaped.
I do not think these were the last things we’ve seen them overcome… the king must cast side his blade… Strength beyond strength…
Jagganoth cannot be defeated by force. But this will, perhaps, allow them to survive a very important conversation.
She will annihilate the beast. It will cease to exist.
“Have I not destroyed my enemies if I make them my friends?”
Pr’aps it would ‘ave, but they’da hadt’ve parked that stone arse of hers in a vacant space somewheres and hope t’ parkin’ meter un’t run at’ befer they get done joyridin’ t’gether in t’ same meatsuit.
omg babe come quick new season of steven universe just dropped
A star flanked by black and white flames! How Glorious! So Sublime!
BEHOLD, UNBELIEVERS! THE UNION OF FLAMES ACHIEVED! PRAISE THE ASH, FEED THE FLAME!
Join what YUSIN split! Blaspheme the division!
IN CHAOS WE COME TOGETHER!
Typo in the first panel – you’re, not you’ve.
I could seriously write an essay about all the ways this design is both visually appealing, and how it represents all aspects of the characters and their journey. You’ve really outdone yourself, and I’m sure you’ll get a solid visual shorthand for them in no time.
Not to be debbie downer here, but I was hoping for some Universal Metaconstant text on the last image 🙁
About what I expected.
User name *TOTALLY* checks out.
ok, but, what just happened? like, that sure looked cool, but how did that work?
You fail to grasp the genius of Allison. If you have no idea what you’re doing, then nobody will know how to stop you; thus, you can accomplish anything.
Pretty much.
“A man who strikes without thought of his action can cut God.” – Meti’s Sword Manual
“I’m drunk as hell and I have no idea what I’m doing” – Allison
We reached Peak Gay, obviously. What else is the gay agenda for?
probably what happened is:
Allison watched Steven Universe once and thought “hey with this key i can literally bend reality, so let’s do something fun”
Who is the true fool here? Aspected Chaos, who thought this should probably work out and therefore just *did* it, or Abbadon, who now has to draw this.
His tweet earlier:
“Man Catastrophically Owns Himself by Replacing Complicated Character Design with Even More Complicated Character Design”
… which, I see now, is also the alt text. *facepalm*
I’d really like to know what that name is supposed to mean. “aspected chaos?” What does it mean for Aspect to be a verb. what does “the fool” refer too? Is this going to get all tarot themed?
I suspect it is archetypal: “The Fool is clever and wise, speaks the truth and challenges authority – but softens the blow with humor. The Fool is resilient – not caring what other people think, laughing at life’s difficulties and challenges, and getting back up – again and again – after being knocked down.”
The Fool is the initial but also the final major arcana, the innocence, potential or ignorance of the beginning of the journey as well as the journey’s end either remaining “a fool” and not realising that all the arcana knowledge is for naught or moving past the knowledge of bindings in definitions that can never fully explain the world.
The Fool is also sometimes treated as “the protagonist” of the Tarot deck, the person undergoing the journey through the arcana, and this is also fitting as all three of them together are the protagonist that went on this journey. Or to approach it from a different tradition they are an open-eyed man falling into the well.
I think 2 Michael (or maybe Metatron?) function as Aspected Order. They want the wheel to continue forever. Pure. Infertile. Everything with in the wheel is created by divisions. Angels, Devils, the 777,777 worlds, these are all facets cut into a carefully ordered and structured creation. Aspected Chaos may be the true counter to this paradigm.
By existing, she destroys the divisions between Angel and Devil, and I suspect that won’t be the last duality to fall before her. She is the opposite of division, which is multiplication (this also may be why she is 18 feet tall)
Aspects means that the nature or properties of something have been altered in a certain way. An easy example might be the game Final Fantasy XIV, where there the world is made of six elements. When something is aligned more closely to an element it is called aspects, so a crystal can be fire-aspected.
Here the white and black flames are intermingled. This is a being of purest chaos bound and directed by order.
It is known, of course, that any character design can be improved by adding more arms.
Except this one, this one might have enough, actually.
Perhaps a call back to 9-97 (FIRST MANTLE) Where Allison challenges Solomon
A six armed pose of awesome might to make the smug one flinch.
Or what about the coat of arms. Extra arms for tricky spells.
As the founding member of SACHFA (the Society for the Dvocacy of the Creation of Humans with Four Arms)
I too am in love with any character with more than two.
Six just makes it sublime.
ADVOCACY. God I’m an idiot.
As such you may strike god without effort. May we follow your esteemed ensemble.
A wise fool once said that the only thing we can ever truly know is that we know nothing.
I know even less, i know one thing.
I know my parents never told me I was special needs, because God damnit I can’t go a day without managing to spill a can of soda down my face because I grabbed it a degree off kilter.
I truly am an idiot.
Ego Superego and Id united in one coherent personality. The possibilities are endless. I have waited long for this moment. Brings a tear to my eye.
YES
Ah, devilskin angelcore.
This might prove… interesting to witness.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Called It. (Not that it was that hard to foresee.)
White Chain brings Stability to the Chaos, which is a Fool’s Errand, hence…
A master of the empty palm
A master of the Black art
A master fool
Put them together and what have your got?
MASTER THESE PALMS FOOL!
Really happy we can predict major plot-points several pages in advance.
Maybe we should add “Fortune-teller to fictives” to our resume?
And yes, we’re also deeply appreciating Abaddon’s evocation of Steven Universe here.
Well, that’s an amazing design and, even if Jag is impervious to physical damage, it’s never a good sign when you can see stars in your opponents body.
Also, it’s interesting that Yisun’s thing was division and there’s a major theme of cutting or separating things to create new forms, but here we have Allison, Cio, and White Chain uniting and fusing to create something, potentially, greater than its individual parts.
If Royalty is cutting things in twain, what do you call stickin’ shit together with duct tape?
Redneck’lty!
If the women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy!
Commonality. Most worlds could use more if it.
Harmony
Someone is singing my tune! Let the healing of opposites continue apace!
Advaita
lol his face
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Blissful reunion of flame once divided.