The weird alt text and comments are coming out in the comic, like an echo before it happens. I still don’t think this is likely to be real but I’m sure Jadis (and this whole situation) is a lot crazier than it currently appears
Sometimes seeing how the machine moves is not enough. Sometimes one must hear the mechanical thrum align with the beat of their heart to realize that is had always been there. Understand, the question was not asked to be disbelieved, but to assure Alison that every breath she has ever taken has been part of the cold lullaby the machine is humming.
36 Spiraling Sword of Entropy Scatters the Unclean
Jadis is not one whose power should be tested on a whim. She’s one of the few beings who come even slightly close to being worthy of being called a God
The distance between Royalty and fools is a hair’s breadth, yes, but an impossible depth separates them. Jadis is no more a god of the Wheel than a reader is a god of a story. Omniscience trapped in amber and bound by flesh is weakness, Royalty is a continuous cutting motion, and Jadis has forgotten how to cut at all.
If this ends with Allison somehow breaking free and doing something Jadis cannot predict I will be throughly disappointed. Her whole stick is that she’s omniscient. She does cut because the world cuts and to her there is no difference between the two. Given the whole business of Yisun in this comic I’m reminded of the words of Erwin Schroedinger:
‘(i)
My body functions as a pure mechanism
according to the Laws of Nature, (ii) Yet I know,
by incontrovertible direct experience, that I am
directing its motions, of which I foresee the
effects, that may be fateful and all-important, in
which case I feel and take full responsibility for
them. The only possible inference from these
two facts is, I think, that I -I in the widest
meaning of the word, that is to say, every
conscious mind that has ever said or felt ‘I’ -am
the person, if any, who controls the ‘motion of
the atoms’ according to the Laws of
Nature… to give to this conclusion the simple
wording that it requires… “Hence I am God Almighty” ‘
O how the lady of MIND is trapped without her own, immersed within the shape all-encompassing. Can one be said to even think, when their actions are pre-ordained by the monomyth?
Well… if Jadis says she’s got 30-some years, that means they win somehow and the multiverse doesn’t get destroyed! Or at least, they have another 30+ years before it does, and that’s not too bad either. And she hasn’t said that White Chain is dead, so that means probably still alive!
How is one meant to cut when their mind and body have become The Wheel? No blade to lift, every blade lifted. Nothing according to your will, everything according to your vision. Poor Jadis, trapped beneath their own everythingness, one breath short of Royalty, completely and utterly useless.
Everyone is eager to dispute technical aspects of Jadis omniscience. Screw it, ain’t gonna %) This page is just masterfully wrought, both in itself and especially in the larger context. And that tired, painful face of Jadis,,, whatever is her agenda, she really has no fun of this display – or else she is a much better thespian than even Incubus, though I find it unlikely.
So I personally wait for the future development, most definitely known to Jadis and Preem Abbadon. I believe it to be full of no less beautiful revelations.
I think it’s interesting that Allison only cries for Jadis to stop when the latter starts to break down. Shock and distress coming to a boil at a coincidental time, or genuine concern for this woman she’s never met? Either way, interesting.
I took it as Jadis reading aloud Allison’s thoughts, particularly “I can’t even see my own mind”. I took this to mean “How is she able to see what I am going to think when even I can’t see what I am going to think”. However everyone else in this thread seems to have taken the other interpretation – that these are Jadis’s thoughts as she is overwhelmed by the visions – so maybe I’m the one that’s off.
What it feels like to me, is those last words about “where do I fit?” is the culmination of Alison kicking Jadis out of her mind.
The weird alt text and comments are coming out in the comic, like an echo before it happens. I still don’t think this is likely to be real but I’m sure Jadis (and this whole situation) is a lot crazier than it currently appears
Rank the full stop readily,
in the bathroom mirror see,
Hands off. She belongs to me.
Wherein Allison commits one of my personal pet peeves: Asking a question the answer of which she is not willing to believe, not matter what it is.
What’s the point then, little miss sunshine?
Sometimes seeing how the machine moves is not enough. Sometimes one must hear the mechanical thrum align with the beat of their heart to realize that is had always been there. Understand, the question was not asked to be disbelieved, but to assure Alison that every breath she has ever taken has been part of the cold lullaby the machine is humming.
When you’re omniscient it’s very easy to get “lost in the sauce.”
Okay I understand why the universe is predicated on denial now
Anyways does this mean Jadis was pre-ordained to mess up the prophecy at the start of the book?
Jadis is not one whose power should be tested on a whim. She’s one of the few beings who come even slightly close to being worthy of being called a God
The distance between Royalty and fools is a hair’s breadth, yes, but an impossible depth separates them. Jadis is no more a god of the Wheel than a reader is a god of a story. Omniscience trapped in amber and bound by flesh is weakness, Royalty is a continuous cutting motion, and Jadis has forgotten how to cut at all.
If this ends with Allison somehow breaking free and doing something Jadis cannot predict I will be throughly disappointed. Her whole stick is that she’s omniscient. She does cut because the world cuts and to her there is no difference between the two. Given the whole business of Yisun in this comic I’m reminded of the words of Erwin Schroedinger:
‘(i)
My body functions as a pure mechanism
according to the Laws of Nature, (ii) Yet I know,
by incontrovertible direct experience, that I am
directing its motions, of which I foresee the
effects, that may be fateful and all-important, in
which case I feel and take full responsibility for
them. The only possible inference from these
two facts is, I think, that I -I in the widest
meaning of the word, that is to say, every
conscious mind that has ever said or felt ‘I’ -am
the person, if any, who controls the ‘motion of
the atoms’ according to the Laws of
Nature… to give to this conclusion the simple
wording that it requires… “Hence I am God Almighty” ‘
For her next trick she’ll ask Allison to pick a card, any card!
Ah, the ol’ Hannibal Lecter routine. Gets ’em every time.
Now I just feel bad for Jadis.
O how the lady of MIND is trapped without her own, immersed within the shape all-encompassing. Can one be said to even think, when their actions are pre-ordained by the monomyth?
Yeah they can
Every word is getting longer, the mosquitoes are getting louder.
It seems We caught up.
Synchronicity. Or perhaps synchronization is a better fit. The world hums as the spokes align. The shudders ripple outward.
Well… if Jadis says she’s got 30-some years, that means they win somehow and the multiverse doesn’t get destroyed! Or at least, they have another 30+ years before it does, and that’s not too bad either. And she hasn’t said that White Chain is dead, so that means probably still alive!
How is one meant to cut when their mind and body have become The Wheel? No blade to lift, every blade lifted. Nothing according to your will, everything according to your vision. Poor Jadis, trapped beneath their own everythingness, one breath short of Royalty, completely and utterly useless.
That’s a rather dumb breakdown of Solomon, have you been reading this comic at all, or just skimming for the cool fight scenes?
Hm, a single word, repetition it seems.
“Stop? You want me to stop? Do you think I have the luxury to stop?”
“No one stops!”
There is only stop. Time is an illusion, nothing but yet another frozen dimension.
Everyone is eager to dispute technical aspects of Jadis omniscience. Screw it, ain’t gonna %) This page is just masterfully wrought, both in itself and especially in the larger context. And that tired, painful face of Jadis,,, whatever is her agenda, she really has no fun of this display – or else she is a much better thespian than even Incubus, though I find it unlikely.
So I personally wait for the future development, most definitely known to Jadis and Preem Abbadon. I believe it to be full of no less beautiful revelations.
The Curse of Foresight.
Ah. The burden of Knowing.
At least she is being a good hostess…or was.
I think it’s interesting that Allison only cries for Jadis to stop when the latter starts to break down. Shock and distress coming to a boil at a coincidental time, or genuine concern for this woman she’s never met? Either way, interesting.
Those last words of Jadis – is she still predicting Allison’s reactions and thoughts or is she now talking about herself?
The answer is probably “yes.” Which doesn’t really help.
I took it as Jadis reading aloud Allison’s thoughts, particularly “I can’t even see my own mind”. I took this to mean “How is she able to see what I am going to think when even I can’t see what I am going to think”. However everyone else in this thread seems to have taken the other interpretation – that these are Jadis’s thoughts as she is overwhelmed by the visions – so maybe I’m the one that’s off.
“… perhaps you should stop asking scary questions”
“Stifles something” Stifles what, Jadis? Someone omniscient would know.
Jadis’s omniscience extends only to objective truth, not hypotheticals. Inability to consider and act on alternatives seems to be her core problem.