When fighting an inferno, another inferno does not help.
To combat a blazing gusher one must remove at least one of the components that makes it what it is. Be it fuel, heat or oxidizer. With an oil-well blaze one kills it with a large enough blast. Another way is just to close the source of fuel and the silly thing just sputters out.
With possession of a Master Key, all locks and doors could be opened at will or in this case closed.
Let us hope that our ALLISON discovers that she could use the key of keys to close and lock the doors on all the Demiurges
I, for one, am wary of any path that promises strength without violence. All strength is violence, what matters is the degree. A wise master once said: “There are no pure styles of combat. Purity comes only when pure knuckles meet pure flesh, no matter who delivers or receives”. Violence is the dialogue the multiverse has with itself. The only choice we have is: are we the knuckles or are we the flesh?
One thing I find fascinating is all the Seven we’ve gotten to know, those so great to rule the world’s under Throne, are in no way happy with their lives, and willing to trade these great powers for things they should consider petty. Do you think Mammon would have given up every ounce of treasure if he found a greater purpose in life? Would Mottom give up her power for a moment’s comfort? Could perhaps a kind person with a little cunning and a little wisdom put in the right place succeed in ways that violence never has and never will? Solomon seems far easier to speak to than to fight, perhaps all one needs to sieze great power and all that is between is to simply be the one thing great power never is: true.
I may be getting this entirely wrong, however. Still, the idea of defiance of prophecy and “Kill Six Billion Demons, The Great Peacemaker” is something that appeals to me enough that it could bias me.
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This is why I think Solomon needs to be shown that things are getting away from him. Currently, Allison may talk to him but his extreme faecoplenarity keeps him from really hearing her.
Wouldn’t it be interesting if White Chain somehow avoids or survives fighting Solly, and continues walking around with that huge hole in her chest? She’d be a living metaphor for the consequences of violence.
“Drink some fucking blood ” ? What ? Is it Vampire : The Masquerade: Blooflines all of a sudden ? And what is it that people here can gain by drinking human blood ? Asking for a friend.
I think it’s in a ‘drink some fucking blood from a fucking skull’ sense, in other words, be badass scary, his comment about weak attitude hints at what he’s driving at.
42 Fragments the Universe Beyond All Reintegration
Also, isn’t that what Incubus does? In a very early illustration he was shown sitting on his throne and people were offering him cups with what looked like blood. Or does he only bathe in it?
So you saying , he grants wishes , unlocks people potential and in exchange you have to let him suck you off ? Also it was hinted he is somewhat gay. Oh my. All kind of fun stuff , eh ?
Many fish do in fact gulp air in desperate circumstances. There may be wisdom here, that desperation pushes you to that which you could previously not even comprehend.
Allison is right: the cycle of violence is tiresome and endless. But refusing to fight and fighting to end the cycle are two different things. And if you doubt yourself while holding a key of Kings, you have already lost.
(Audibly sarcastic gasp) Audibly sarcastic gasp, you don’t mean that hitting things ISN’T strength, do you? My goodness! What a completely unexpected point of wisdom that no one could reasonably expect to pick up at all in their life.
I’m exceptionally impressed in you, Allison, that you managed to pick up this, such rare and unknown piece of wisdom out of your life of using your personal strength to best more physically powerful foes then you, so quickly.
Many proclaim the foolishness of using strength to solve problems and then go home and yell at their kids for this, that, and the other.
A true conversion is more rare. It often requires extreme trial or a tournament arc to bring about. We shall see if the key of kings knows what it is flashing about.
“Atrocity is recognized as such by victim and perpetrator alike, by all who learn about it at whatever remove. Atrocity has no excuses, no mitigating argument. Atrocity never balances or rectifies the past. Atrocity merely arms the future for more atrocity. It is self-perpetuating upon itself—a barbarous form of incest. Whoever commits atrocity also commits those future atrocities thus bred.”
I was counting the pages… I knew at last I had caught up… yet this is the first comic I have encountered where its characters feel so alive and its world so solid that I am not mashing the “next page” button in desperate need to see what happens next.
Whatever happens next will happen. Just as time ticks onwards, so too will this tale. As unstoppable and unpredictable as the future.
My goodness! How refreshing! Thank you, Abaddon! It may be a few months before I return and comment again, but know that this comic acts to me as a sort of beacon. A shining example of “how to’s,” be it character design to writing to world-building.
There are very few storytellers capable of mastering so many subjects, let-alone combining and balancing them so expertly. I cannot think of a single artist more impressive than you.
Agreed! It seems so rare to encounter a universe that has been so expertly crafted, no person, nor beast, nor piece seems out of place. Even in the most chaotic skirmishes and epic battles, there emerges an underlying order that speaks to just how much complexity lies beneath the surface.
Not to mention the commentary is often just as engaging as the story itself.
Much like existence itself, the art of good storytelling is lying so expertly and completely that (if only for a moment) your words become a most convincing reality. In this way, Abbadon is truly a consummate liar of the highest order.
No, no, no, it’s ‘reach Heaven through violence’.
Violence is inescapable.
But that doesn’t mean there is *only* violence.
When fighting an inferno, another inferno does not help.
To combat a blazing gusher one must remove at least one of the components that makes it what it is. Be it fuel, heat or oxidizer. With an oil-well blaze one kills it with a large enough blast. Another way is just to close the source of fuel and the silly thing just sputters out.
With possession of a Master Key, all locks and doors could be opened at will or in this case closed.
Let us hope that our ALLISON discovers that she could use the key of keys to close and lock the doors on all the Demiurges
I, for one, am wary of any path that promises strength without violence. All strength is violence, what matters is the degree. A wise master once said: “There are no pure styles of combat. Purity comes only when pure knuckles meet pure flesh, no matter who delivers or receives”. Violence is the dialogue the multiverse has with itself. The only choice we have is: are we the knuckles or are we the flesh?
Violence is the dialogue the multiverse has with itself, undoubtedly, but sometimes one wishes for a bit of quiet.
As Aesma once observed, “Violence is the Universal Art.”
One thing I find fascinating is all the Seven we’ve gotten to know, those so great to rule the world’s under Throne, are in no way happy with their lives, and willing to trade these great powers for things they should consider petty. Do you think Mammon would have given up every ounce of treasure if he found a greater purpose in life? Would Mottom give up her power for a moment’s comfort? Could perhaps a kind person with a little cunning and a little wisdom put in the right place succeed in ways that violence never has and never will? Solomon seems far easier to speak to than to fight, perhaps all one needs to sieze great power and all that is between is to simply be the one thing great power never is: true.
I may be getting this entirely wrong, however. Still, the idea of defiance of prophecy and “Kill Six Billion Demons, The Great Peacemaker” is something that appeals to me enough that it could bias me.
This is why I think Solomon needs to be shown that things are getting away from him. Currently, Allison may talk to him but his extreme faecoplenarity keeps him from really hearing her.
Wouldn’t it be interesting if White Chain somehow avoids or survives fighting Solly, and continues walking around with that huge hole in her chest? She’d be a living metaphor for the consequences of violence.
Solomon is about to find out, first hand, how difficult it is to cut an ocean.
Just do what Moses did?
I feel the stories of YS-Het are especially applicable with the lesson that Allison is starting to realize.
Just because one can kill with the sword doesn’t necessarily make one a good swordsman.
Hold up, where is Cio? She was in the cage on the last page right?
Allison is talking to Incubus, so this is a dream. Cio isn’t there because Allison is dreaming.
I agree. She’s nodded off, and her “*” in the first panel is her becoming aware of this – it looks like she’s awoken, but it’s actually the opposite.
“Drink some fucking blood ” ? What ? Is it Vampire : The Masquerade: Blooflines all of a sudden ? And what is it that people here can gain by drinking human blood ? Asking for a friend.
I think it’s in a ‘drink some fucking blood from a fucking skull’ sense, in other words, be badass scary, his comment about weak attitude hints at what he’s driving at.
Both literal *and* metaphorical, possibly. See Seeker of Thrones 2-11 for an illustration of just how bad is this advice.
Also, isn’t that what Incubus does? In a very early illustration he was shown sitting on his throne and people were offering him cups with what looked like blood. Or does he only bathe in it?
I’ve never seen that illustration though.
His source of immortality may involve blood, whether in the classic vampiric sense or something else.
So you saying , he grants wishes , unlocks people potential and in exchange you have to let him suck you off ? Also it was hinted he is somewhat gay. Oh my. All kind of fun stuff , eh ?
Khorne is pleased from the Throne of Skulls, yet confused by the package his unexpected messenger bears.
Got all anime pretty with your shading there in that last panel Abaddon, like Griffith pretty, good fuckin’ show!
Incidentally wouldn’t a fish just call water “air” or am I the one asking the wrong question now?
Many fish do in fact gulp air in desperate circumstances. There may be wisdom here, that desperation pushes you to that which you could previously not even comprehend.
Then again, there may be only pedantry.
Allison is right: the cycle of violence is tiresome and endless. But refusing to fight and fighting to end the cycle are two different things. And if you doubt yourself while holding a key of Kings, you have already lost.
Amazing page- some really beautiful panels! Especially the very last one. Keep up the great work.
(Audibly sarcastic gasp) Audibly sarcastic gasp, you don’t mean that hitting things ISN’T strength, do you? My goodness! What a completely unexpected point of wisdom that no one could reasonably expect to pick up at all in their life.
I’m exceptionally impressed in you, Allison, that you managed to pick up this, such rare and unknown piece of wisdom out of your life of using your personal strength to best more physically powerful foes then you, so quickly.
Many proclaim the foolishness of using strength to solve problems and then go home and yell at their kids for this, that, and the other.
A true conversion is more rare. It often requires extreme trial or a tournament arc to bring about. We shall see if the key of kings knows what it is flashing about.
“Atrocity is recognized as such by victim and perpetrator alike, by all who learn about it at whatever remove. Atrocity has no excuses, no mitigating argument. Atrocity never balances or rectifies the past. Atrocity merely arms the future for more atrocity. It is self-perpetuating upon itself—a barbarous form of incest. Whoever commits atrocity also commits those future atrocities thus bred.”
–The Apocrypha of Muad’Dib
Good Going Muad’Dib GREAAAT JIHAD, 60 Billion 90 Planets Sterilized, how many atrocities is that?
Yeah, hypocrite much?
That last panel’s is especially gorgeous
I was counting the pages… I knew at last I had caught up… yet this is the first comic I have encountered where its characters feel so alive and its world so solid that I am not mashing the “next page” button in desperate need to see what happens next.
Whatever happens next will happen. Just as time ticks onwards, so too will this tale. As unstoppable and unpredictable as the future.
My goodness! How refreshing! Thank you, Abaddon! It may be a few months before I return and comment again, but know that this comic acts to me as a sort of beacon. A shining example of “how to’s,” be it character design to writing to world-building.
There are very few storytellers capable of mastering so many subjects, let-alone combining and balancing them so expertly. I cannot think of a single artist more impressive than you.
Agreed! It seems so rare to encounter a universe that has been so expertly crafted, no person, nor beast, nor piece seems out of place. Even in the most chaotic skirmishes and epic battles, there emerges an underlying order that speaks to just how much complexity lies beneath the surface.
Not to mention the commentary is often just as engaging as the story itself.
Much like existence itself, the art of good storytelling is lying so expertly and completely that (if only for a moment) your words become a most convincing reality. In this way, Abbadon is truly a consummate liar of the highest order.
Reach hell through concordance.
True wisdom if I have ever heard it…. When the time comes I will happily bow before her
I mean you were perfectly good at killing BEFORE he shoved his ead in your brain…
Oooh, the halo is starting to glow again. Looks like something badass is about to happen…
Strength through what then Alison?
Wait, where did Cio go?
Is this all in Allison’s head?
Yes? Incubus and Allison’s conversations have always taken place in some kind of mindscape.