BREAKER OF INFINITIES 4-167 to 4-168
Chapter: 4
“Prim strode on, and the road stretched before her, taunting. The horizon unfurled itself again and again at each dawn, the sickening play of sunrise and sunset a never-ending, nauseating whirl, meaningless and endless.
After a thousand more days of walking, something broke in Prim, and her gaze no longer turned to the side of the road, nor caught on its many culverts, streams, or diversions. It no longer rested on the idea of a pleasant end, but the idea of ending. A primal dread and a terrible fury caught a hold of her and animated her limbs.
Prim began to run. And after a hundred days more, she began to sprint. She neither slept nor rested, and became a wild, tattered thing.”
– Prim masters the road.
man I feel sorry for Jadis. She provides a quiet, comfortable place to live, perfect prosthetic replacements to help and Alli just rips them off.
Just look at her face. That is the face of someone who cooked a lovely dinner but their teen wants pizza instead.
I find it hilarious that to support the artistic style of somewhat extra big eyes, that when said eye is in the palm of the hand, it is the size of a lemon
I am reminded of a demon who was frozen in a block of ice for his treachery.
And if thy eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee…if you’re nuts.
Finally, she has returned to us.
Odin reigns with one eye, for it was a sacrifice. All-is-one is learning.
What a cruel depiction of self-harm. Thoughtless. I liked this comic, it really didn’t need this.
It wasn’t her real arm or eye, so was it really self-harm? Their hidden presence damaged her sense of self, so was she happened more by their installation or their removal?
I’m more inclined to believe that the comic is carefully, thoughtfully written and illustrated than to believe any of it is thoughtless. Just because you don’t agree with it or appreciate it doesn’t mean that it’s wrong or careless. Sometimes powerful, valuable things are discomforting.
I think you’re speaking past each other. Even if, in the context of the story, this is good for Allison as a character, this is still the imagery of someone injuring their own body. It was doubtlessly given a great deal of consideration by the author in terms of what it means to the story, but with little warning, it could be interpreted as potentially oblivious to the readers and their potential traumas regarding this imagery.
And before anyone questions the notion that someone might have been fine with all the previous gore and still triggered by this, there can be a huge difference between seeing violence done to another and violence done to the self, and this evokes the very VERY specific imagery of someone vertically lacerating their own arm, which is usually reserved for suicide attempts.
Standing on the edge of the crater
Like the prophets once said
And the ashes are all cold now
No more bullets and the embers are dead
Whispers in the air tell the tales
Of the brothers gone
Desolation, devastation
What a mess we made, when it all went wrong
Watching from the edge of the circus
For the games to begin
Gladiators draw their swords
Form their ranks for Armageddon
“I knew this was coming, and it still creeped me out”
Poor Jadis.
I actually really feel for Jadis right now. It can hurt a lot to watch someone do something that seems bad for them. Even when you know you have to let people make their own choices, it hurts to see people choose pain. The best we can do is trust people when they say they have a reason that makes it worth the pain, but even then, it’s still hard.
there are also a million things that i kinda feel like should have happened if this was real, except that I also realize they would actually be bad for the story. It would have been wise to ask Jadis whether they are successfully going to defeat Jagganoth, whether they’ll end up making things better, and if so, how? But being told beforehand could be detrimental to our investment in the narrative, and probable doesn’t really align with the themes.
The Path of Mutilation