I would have expected Zaid to be a trainee in Ki-Rata at this point. White belt equivalent, but still…
He seems not to have changed since we saw him before the time skip.
But yeah: Running into your ex, e.g. at the mall, and you are covered in scars and tatoo’s and are in questionable company, while he/she looks proper to a tee, all dressed up and fancy, in the presence of high-up person.
Just the worst.
Odds are that Zaid is actually am Gog Agog worm-clone. Gog Zaid? Gaid? Zog?
Why? Because Goggy wanted to show ole one-finger-death-punch that she can play him for a fool right under his nose.
Why would Solomon David train Zaid in Ki-Rata? He hasn’t trained any of his own sons; why would he train a stranger? Solomon wants Zaid to be a cooperative prisoner, so he treats him well, but he wouldn’t give him tools that he could use to escape (like maps, keys, or weapons. Or badass martial arts training).
Heck, he thinks Zaid is the chosen heir of Zoss, and he specifically does not want anything like the reign of Zoss to return.
It’s less about him being useless and more that this REALLY isn’t his story.
Either that or it’s Abbadon deconstructing the old trope of the Princess who exists only to motivate the hero to go rescue them.
I mean, it’s cliche these days since so many stories defy that trope. But I sure notice it a lot more now that the princess motivating the rescue is a guy then I did while watching old disney cartoons.
Honestly though, White Chain, what can you really plan in this case though?
The merch is directly under one of the users of the most deadly qigong BS in the entire multiverse, and you’re on his planet, surrounded by enemies and also wanted dead or alive. Winning the tournament is pretty much your only choice even if it’s dumb.
Planning is the violence that rends chaos and uncertainty asunder. All plans take place in the future. The future is under the purview of UN lord of all that is not. Those who wrestle a piece of the chaotic mass of pure potential that is the future unto the present form of their choosing with a plan are not far from the path of royalty.
1.5% is not too shabby for a daily movement of AGOG as it is an extremely widely held share, though in this case the sister stock would have been a better choice. Consult with your friendly stock market advisor, Gog-Agog, for more information about investment opportunities in Throne and beyond.
It is *always* shares with GOG and AGOG, of course. The Worm shares with all.
Before White Chain is seen by the readers to bring it up. There have presumably been other rest periods between fights with which to… encourage restraint.
Part of me wants to believe that this is a calculated move to bring Alison into the light.
The other part wants me to believe that Gog-Agog had a hand in this to make Alison fight harder.
Take a gander at the guy (I think) in the lower right of panel 1, standing next to Chtulhu. The one with three floating plates where his noggin should be. I hearby dub thee: Disk Head!
Oh Abbadon, how I love these Star-Wars-Cantina scenes.
Oh my, GNN, ’tis friggin’ miraculous! %D And it’s strangely convenient that subs are in your plain English, not in Universal Metacinstant. Your pal Gog Agog is reaching for audience right through the fourth wall!
And I totally adore all these new breeds of servants.
Though, actually, I expected that for the contest time we will temporaly leave Allison and have another chapter, presumably devoted to Cio and, I guess, Preem Nand. He was supposed to reappear in the 4th book, I remember that.
I gotta say, that slouch in the second panel, that’s a quality slouch. Makes me wanna draw, just looks natural, and emotive. Really been enjoying the art lately.
Anybody else notice White Chain looking more masculine, like their face has hardened and drawn out. Wonder if it’s intentional, or maybe just smoother lines.
Because of anti monopoly laws Gog-Agog corporation was plit in Gog and Agog. Now they compete under watchful eye of independent Gog-Agog committee. Which absolutely , 100% , guarantees no collaboration between Gog Co. and Agog Ltd. Yes. You can trust your pals , at Gog-Agog committee.
Well, Solomon David did see Allison was there; perhaps he’s brought out Zaid to motivate her? He wants to know more about Zoss’ plans with them; I doubt he realizes SHE’s the chosen heir.
Like somebody mentioned, I would love it if it turned out SD has been training him in Ki Rata all this time, though I don’t really see WHY he would do so; especially after what happened to his own teachers…
Poor Zaid: he still looks very unhappy; the past year apparently wasn’t nearly as good for him as it was for Allison and her friends and maybe for that same reason: Allison was among friends, and I doubt Zaid’s position as the protegee/prisoner of SD has allowed him to make any friends.
> Like somebody mentioned, I would love it if it turned out SD has been training him in Ki Rata all this time, though I don’t really see WHY he would do so; especially after what happened to his own teachers…
Where his genetic sons have failed, perhaps an adopted one will prove a worthier successor? I could see it. Also a good way to get a lot of practical information about the potential heir’s capabilities, or to poison his training to set up a future victory (“I taught you everything you know, but not everything I know”).
Dave certainly doesn’t seem convinced that Zaid is the successor, either. Earlier he cast doubt on the whole prophecy.
Which makes a certain amount of sense; if he takes that prophecy at face value, nothing he does now is of any significance. There’s comfort in having a worldview where you’re not doomed to failure. And if there’s only a chance it’s true, it’s logical to prioritize the scenario where your actions matter.
And it burns, burns, burns
the Ring of Power
I wend down, down, down
and the flames went higher ♪
Gosh, I always hate it when I run into my ex in public
Especially when he looks super fly and I look like I’ve been beaten up by several aliens.
I would have expected Zaid to be a trainee in Ki-Rata at this point. White belt equivalent, but still…
He seems not to have changed since we saw him before the time skip.
But yeah: Running into your ex, e.g. at the mall, and you are covered in scars and tatoo’s and are in questionable company, while he/she looks proper to a tee, all dressed up and fancy, in the presence of high-up person.
Just the worst.
Odds are that Zaid is actually am Gog Agog worm-clone. Gog Zaid? Gaid? Zog?
Why? Because Goggy wanted to show ole one-finger-death-punch that she can play him for a fool right under his nose.
Why would Solomon David train Zaid in Ki-Rata? He hasn’t trained any of his own sons; why would he train a stranger? Solomon wants Zaid to be a cooperative prisoner, so he treats him well, but he wouldn’t give him tools that he could use to escape (like maps, keys, or weapons. Or badass martial arts training).
Heck, he thinks Zaid is the chosen heir of Zoss, and he specifically does not want anything like the reign of Zoss to return.
If Zaid had been instructed in Ki-Rata I doubt that he would look like a teenager whose stash of Playboys have just discovered by his mother.
“I would have expected Zaid to be a trainee in Ki-Rata at this point.”
I like the idea that he is still pretty useless.
It’s less about him being useless and more that this REALLY isn’t his story.
Either that or it’s Abbadon deconstructing the old trope of the Princess who exists only to motivate the hero to go rescue them.
I mean, it’s cliche these days since so many stories defy that trope. But I sure notice it a lot more now that the princess motivating the rescue is a guy then I did while watching old disney cartoons.
I hate it when I see my ex in a hostage video
Is it even appropriate to call him an ex in the circumstances that separated them? …Do we need a new word for that? Let’s ask one of the gogs.
The term you are looking for is “pre-scheduled booty call”
Let it be Prex then.
Allison: “OH! Did they put my boyfriend into an anime??!?”
Honestly though, White Chain, what can you really plan in this case though?
The merch is directly under one of the users of the most deadly qigong BS in the entire multiverse, and you’re on his planet, surrounded by enemies and also wanted dead or alive. Winning the tournament is pretty much your only choice even if it’s dumb.
Hate it when I run into my ex deep in the pits of hell
Woops, somehow accidentally changed which comment I was replying to midway through typing it on mobile
didn’t stop them from breaking into Yre
it probably hurts to see him looking so fhateful. and miserable.
The key of kings doesn’t respond well to caution.
You don’t reach heaven through planning.
You reach heaven through *violence*.
Planning is the violence that rends chaos and uncertainty asunder. All plans take place in the future. The future is under the purview of UN lord of all that is not. Those who wrestle a piece of the chaotic mass of pure potential that is the future unto the present form of their choosing with a plan are not far from the path of royalty.
Your pal Agog
Lol @ GNN.
Gog is up 2.5% in the stock market!
Why is AGOG only up 1.5%? It’s so hard to find reliable investments after the collapse of the Bank…
… On the other hand, Gog-Agog being up percentages might mean percent growth in wormholders, rather than monetary value.
1.5% is not too shabby for a daily movement of AGOG as it is an extremely widely held share, though in this case the sister stock would have been a better choice. Consult with your friendly stock market advisor, Gog-Agog, for more information about investment opportunities in Throne and beyond.
It is *always* shares with GOG and AGOG, of course. The Worm shares with all.
The Gog-Agog News Network prides itself on integrity in reporting, and worms. All the worms. Never doubt the worm.
Never doubt the worm…
Does the BEAST’s news network ever report that the BEAST’s stock has gone down, I wonder.
Oddly convenient. As if the Beast knew that White Chain was trying to dissuade Al-Ys-Un.
He’s on the TV in the first panel, before White Chain brings it up.
Before White Chain is seen by the readers to bring it up. There have presumably been other rest periods between fights with which to… encourage restraint.
Wow. Weird flex but okay.
“Oh dammit, he’s hot now.”
damn! these wacky aliens got theyselves a regular ol tv!! shits wild!!
Zaid: “I’m having a good time.”
“Your pal Gog Agog’s tournament is going great!”
It sure is!
Gog-Agog’s tournament?? Kinda disrespecting One Punch King there, wormy?
Part of me wants to believe that this is a calculated move to bring Alison into the light.
The other part wants me to believe that Gog-Agog had a hand in this to make Alison fight harder.
Take a gander at the guy (I think) in the lower right of panel 1, standing next to Chtulhu. The one with three floating plates where his noggin should be. I hearby dub thee: Disk Head!
Oh Abbadon, how I love these Star-Wars-Cantina scenes.
I see a guy with some sort of double cheeseburger with bread in the middle for a head.
A perfect prey species, but for their mastery of the Art.
Hrm… Yes, but the Art of the Sandwich is not often lethal. And if you can get in a few good licks, or a bite or two, you’ve got it made. Heh.
We’ll neck-stick-out and trouble-make,
for friends who don’t know we’re awake.
oh, things we do for old times’ sake.
Welp, seems like old man Solomon made his move.
Also, guy on the top right with what looks like a broad round hat. Could that be our newly awakened friend from chapter 3?
Oh my, GNN, ’tis friggin’ miraculous! %D And it’s strangely convenient that subs are in your plain English, not in Universal Metacinstant. Your pal Gog Agog is reaching for audience right through the fourth wall!
And I totally adore all these new breeds of servants.
Though, actually, I expected that for the contest time we will temporaly leave Allison and have another chapter, presumably devoted to Cio and, I guess, Preem Nand. He was supposed to reappear in the 4th book, I remember that.
Or he shows up at the tourney, after seeing the girl his wife ran off with on TV.
I gotta say, that slouch in the second panel, that’s a quality slouch. Makes me wanna draw, just looks natural, and emotive. Really been enjoying the art lately.
Anybody else notice White Chain looking more masculine, like their face has hardened and drawn out. Wonder if it’s intentional, or maybe just smoother lines.
His ash armor has always been kinda androgynous. His flame features are another matter.
And then it dawns on the mighty Al-Yis-Un, “Oh shit! i have a boyfriend!”
That cameraman really likes Zaid.
Who’s that plain guy again? Looks like fries sellsman
Because of anti monopoly laws Gog-Agog corporation was plit in Gog and Agog. Now they compete under watchful eye of independent Gog-Agog committee. Which absolutely , 100% , guarantees no collaboration between Gog Co. and Agog Ltd. Yes. You can trust your pals , at Gog-Agog committee.
*reassuring honking*
Well, Solomon David did see Allison was there; perhaps he’s brought out Zaid to motivate her? He wants to know more about Zoss’ plans with them; I doubt he realizes SHE’s the chosen heir.
Like somebody mentioned, I would love it if it turned out SD has been training him in Ki Rata all this time, though I don’t really see WHY he would do so; especially after what happened to his own teachers…
Poor Zaid: he still looks very unhappy; the past year apparently wasn’t nearly as good for him as it was for Allison and her friends and maybe for that same reason: Allison was among friends, and I doubt Zaid’s position as the protegee/prisoner of SD has allowed him to make any friends.
> Like somebody mentioned, I would love it if it turned out SD has been training him in Ki Rata all this time, though I don’t really see WHY he would do so; especially after what happened to his own teachers…
Where his genetic sons have failed, perhaps an adopted one will prove a worthier successor? I could see it. Also a good way to get a lot of practical information about the potential heir’s capabilities, or to poison his training to set up a future victory (“I taught you everything you know, but not everything I know”).
Dave certainly doesn’t seem convinced that Zaid is the successor, either. Earlier he cast doubt on the whole prophecy.
Which makes a certain amount of sense; if he takes that prophecy at face value, nothing he does now is of any significance. There’s comfort in having a worldview where you’re not doomed to failure. And if there’s only a chance it’s true, it’s logical to prioritize the scenario where your actions matter.