Interesting, on this and the last page, that when the priests’ heads are incinerated, Jadis seems to remain completely physically unaltered, not seared by some kind of cosmic energy, or instantly withered to a husk. This fits with my theory that Jadis only looks like a withered corpse because she’s spent 1000 years completely inert, overwhelmed by the realization (or misapprehension?) that she CANNOT act- cannot eat, drink, sleep, move- and thus over time simply degenerated to a desiccated and corpse-like state. The only thing against that, to me, is the tale of Aesma’s blinding at the sight of the shape of the universe.
Allison’s really not… notable for being at all compassionate, is she? *watches traumatic and self-defeating tragic past of Jadis, clearly at least originally a good-hearted person despite her upbringing, and who Allison even acknowledges thought she was genuinely helping* *doesn’t even show a facial expression indicating “ah, shit, tough breaks there, Jadis” let alone moderate her “girlboss” speechifying* Ho-hum; too many ingratiatingly “likeable” protagonists out there I suppose.
I don’t necessarily agree with the themes of this comic in reality, but I’ll be the first to admit that they make for a much better story than my own utilitarian consequentialist philosophies.
Just realized this is some Team Gurran shit…
Interesting, on this and the last page, that when the priests’ heads are incinerated, Jadis seems to remain completely physically unaltered, not seared by some kind of cosmic energy, or instantly withered to a husk. This fits with my theory that Jadis only looks like a withered corpse because she’s spent 1000 years completely inert, overwhelmed by the realization (or misapprehension?) that she CANNOT act- cannot eat, drink, sleep, move- and thus over time simply degenerated to a desiccated and corpse-like state. The only thing against that, to me, is the tale of Aesma’s blinding at the sight of the shape of the universe.
Allison’s really not… notable for being at all compassionate, is she? *watches traumatic and self-defeating tragic past of Jadis, clearly at least originally a good-hearted person despite her upbringing, and who Allison even acknowledges thought she was genuinely helping* *doesn’t even show a facial expression indicating “ah, shit, tough breaks there, Jadis” let alone moderate her “girlboss” speechifying* Ho-hum; too many ingratiatingly “likeable” protagonists out there I suppose.
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I don’t necessarily agree with the themes of this comic in reality, but I’ll be the first to admit that they make for a much better story than my own utilitarian consequentialist philosophies.
That seems very stupid to do
I mean, she COULD have just left the implants in and left to join Zaid pretty much intact… But hey that’s just my theory who am I to know.
finally chose her breakfast.
Whelp this was carthartic…. I’m acutally getting a little like… almost crying…