The ancient have a way of being powerful. Some say it is due to their long lives, filled with experience. I say it is because they are all the closer to death, and so it is a much shorter trip for them to bring it to you.
18 Excruciating Patience Earned Through Many Lectures of the Blue Flame
For all the epicness and fun this page is (White Chain struggling up in the air the “lemme go”) I cannot stop hearing the sixth panel like a dwarven centurion from Skyrim
“Pretty sure you know who this is at this point”? My friend, I’ve read every one of your comics and every one of your texts and alt texts that come with them – but nothing else. This is a minor character from six entire books ago. Your commenters and vocal fans have tracked him down, and I’ve learned of it from them, but until that happened I had no idea what was supposed to be going on. I beg you, be careful that your story doesn’t become too insular, because then I won’t be able to follow it, and that will make me incredibly sad.
I mean, the “Pretty sure you know who this is at this point” is an author comment on a comic intended for all at once consumption. I’m sure we’ll get another reference to their name in-comic. Plus they weren’t that insignificant of a character. They were the first angel we saw in the void, it was implied they were pretty powerful, and they had a unique font and accent.
That tracks. It’s only in the alt text we get Vigilant Gaze’s name at all. The same text says he’s one of the most powerful angels, although presumably Jugs is no push-over.
+1 to the warning here. It does seem like the alt text is speaking to fans and commentators rather than the casual reader.
Hopefully White Chain herself figures out who that is soon though, as they’ve already said that they don’t recognize, or weren’t sure about, the voice (which to be fair, was obscured by dust until now) or the form (VG thought they were 10 incarnations lower than actual, so, the memory of what the suit looks like could have been muddled through the incarnations, but the loud and clear HO THERE! out to jog their memory.
The alt text is probably referring to all the comments under the previous page, speculating that this might be Vigilant Gaze, but noting that the font was different.
If you didn’t read those comments, you’re hearing one side of a phone call.
I have read all of the online Gunnerkrigg Court, in fact. I have a vague understanding of the joke you’re referring to – I think that it, too, is based on back-and-forth between that author and some vocal fandom, which I haven’t been part of. So, if you are correct, then my point is doubly relevant.
If I were her, the last thing I’d probably want to do is call Juggernaut Stars attention to myself unless I was sure I could take him on since he’s the one who wants Allison dead (but doesn’t want to do it via his own hand I guess).
But she obviously doesn’t know that (but is probably now wondering what the heck Juggernaut Star is going on about) and as Ameoboid Fist-of-Goo observed she is struggling to get up. We also don’t know if it takes a 30 cubit spear amount of power to puncture angel armor or if 10 cubits still works (looks like WC blocked it from hitting the armor).
Drawing Juggernaut Stars attention to her self would certainly be an unwise move on her part but when has that ever stopped her?
And she might feel completely drained, but she felt exactly the same way after using the AMUNAN MANTLE (the glowy rainbow thing with the ghost arms) not too long ago to try and lock Solomon attention on the arena. She immediately got over her exhaustion and started kicking ass again when Cio showed up and motivated her, even before the fusion. Our dear Heir seems to have more emotion fueled limit breaking power than you can shake a Thorn Knight at.
Oh, I think Juggernaut Star very much wants to personally kill Allison, but perhaps even more wants White Chain to do it, either to push WC into becoming a full-fledged Thorn Knight, or just to make WC suffer.
Or Juggernaut might have explicit instructions from Michael and be loathe to violate them again, considering the punishment from the previous failure.
36 Skyblue Pleading Thistle Harrasses the Fortunate Few, Consistently
Love how the reveal/the return of Vigilant Gaze’s voice, is done so subtle with a change in font color. KSBD, keeps entertaining me, even in small details like that.
It seems more like starting a motorcycle that hasn’t been run in a long time. It coughs at first, but once the air starts moving through properly, VROOOOM! 63 Harley Davidson Devastates Intruders!
I always knew Vigilant Gaze was one of the good ones. They were one of the few to actually stop and listen to White Chain.
Though I wonder what that means about Vengeful Irons? The body is an extremely close resemblance to the concept art on Abbadon’s blog – just a coincidence of recycled design, or do angels trade shells like hermit crabs?
I’ve never seen the concept art, but given the fact that we’ve seen angel armors grouped in common themes/styles, or series if you will, with some variation. The petal knights, the other root knight (not sure if it’s the root knight style or just the ‘peacekeeper’ style) that we met and the ‘ghosts’, and the thorn knights. It’s entirely plausible that Vigilant Gaze and Vengeful Iron just use shells from the same series.
Though if you want to go with coincidence of recycled design, sure.
YES!! White Chain is FINALLY done being a puppet to the LETTER of the Law! If this is her time to check out for 1,000 years, then I would not be surprised if Al-Yis-Un is still around to greet her.
According to himself in seeker 3-21, getting his proxy armor destroyed was still extremely painful and here he seems to be inflicting about as much pain on White Chain as if you tried to rip someones arm off. It looked pretty painful when their arm got shattered and getting stabbed with the vacus needle early on (the one which 2 michael ordered) and inflicted enough pain on a petal knight to make them surrender.
Point is that angels appear to feel pain just as well (if at a higher tolerance) as flesh and blood beings, and if WC can inflict pain on a petal knight, Vigilant Gaze can do the same to Juggernaut Star.
“You know, maybe I should hire someone to keep this body up, save me having to wear the rust off the parts when I need it every couple of thousand years.
“Oh, and 6 Juggernaut?
“SUFFER“
Us’s seen ye hither an yon but ye nae move or do be moved…a fancy gente like meself thinks how suchamuch a thinkin’, prosin’ skullpiece wot wot can teleporty would go fer? Coin or black glass, if’n ye be willing to deal, a fancy gente would pay handsomelike for tha’s…*eherm*.. services.
Ohh, ho ho! Ye do be a spicy git, nai? Fair’s fairlike suppos’n me. Cannae tha be temptated wiv, say, a fancy wick for tha’s nose or summin’? Mayhap ae can stick a candle cursed wiv a will-o’-te-wisp on ye? Sure’s sure all beasties and beans has some price or other, eh??
Man, I know Juggernaut Star is supposed to sound like a monster truck announcer, but every time I imagine the voice it’s exactly the OG Starscream voice.
Be honest, Solomon, just how lax is your security? People are just coming into the arena like he installed a revolving door.
The old guy having his problems resolved for a bit is always a recipe for a good old fashioned beatdown on the accidental chiropractor.
Against a Root Knight? Yes, highly likely to work. Against the Speaker for the Thorns, who seems to regard killing random guards as a quiet palatial insertion gambit? A one way trip to oblivion for whoever has the temerity to even be observed by Juggernaut Star is the most likely outcome there.
Characters are bound most of all by their personal codes. Juggernaut Star’s code doesn’t involve keeping NPCs alive.
So White Chain finally had her epiphany? Color me unimpressed. I hope her arms were ripped off, like Venus de Milo.
Her epiphany is being assaulted by Juggernaut Star atm though.
Even Angels are not immune from the first (only) law of percussive maintenance: “When in doubt, hit it until it works.”
A perpetual slice of the sword.
A continuous cutting motion?
Minigendo is observant.
The ancient have a way of being powerful. Some say it is due to their long lives, filled with experience. I say it is because they are all the closer to death, and so it is a much shorter trip for them to bring it to you.
An observation deep as the void.
For all the epicness and fun this page is (White Chain struggling up in the air the “lemme go”) I cannot stop hearing the sixth panel like a dwarven centurion from Skyrim
6 Juggernaut looks like a fan of General Thragg.
“Pretty sure you know who this is at this point”? My friend, I’ve read every one of your comics and every one of your texts and alt texts that come with them – but nothing else. This is a minor character from six entire books ago. Your commenters and vocal fans have tracked him down, and I’ve learned of it from them, but until that happened I had no idea what was supposed to be going on. I beg you, be careful that your story doesn’t become too insular, because then I won’t be able to follow it, and that will make me incredibly sad.
I mean, the “Pretty sure you know who this is at this point” is an author comment on a comic intended for all at once consumption. I’m sure we’ll get another reference to their name in-comic. Plus they weren’t that insignificant of a character. They were the first angel we saw in the void, it was implied they were pretty powerful, and they had a unique font and accent.
That tracks. It’s only in the alt text we get Vigilant Gaze’s name at all. The same text says he’s one of the most powerful angels, although presumably Jugs is no push-over.
+1 to the warning here. It does seem like the alt text is speaking to fans and commentators rather than the casual reader.
Hopefully White Chain herself figures out who that is soon though, as they’ve already said that they don’t recognize, or weren’t sure about, the voice (which to be fair, was obscured by dust until now) or the form (VG thought they were 10 incarnations lower than actual, so, the memory of what the suit looks like could have been muddled through the incarnations, but the loud and clear HO THERE! out to jog their memory.
*ought to jog their memory.
The alt text is probably referring to all the comments under the previous page, speculating that this might be Vigilant Gaze, but noting that the font was different.
If you didn’t read those comments, you’re hearing one side of a phone call.
This is pretty much my point, yes. That’s a good way of putting it.
It’s a joke, you boobs. Read Gunnerkrigg Court sometime.
The one on the right is Elgamore.
I have read all of the online Gunnerkrigg Court, in fact. I have a vague understanding of the joke you’re referring to – I think that it, too, is based on back-and-forth between that author and some vocal fandom, which I haven’t been part of. So, if you are correct, then my point is doubly relevant.
I am not sure why you felt the need to be rude.
“It’s a joke, you boob.” is a Gunnerkrigg reference.
Okay. That doesn’t change anything though.
Good Grief! It’s Coyote!
Nope, can’t place him.
The 4th panel makes me think our heir is counting how many cubits she has left to gift to the scouring star.
I’m not sure Allison can pull off cubits without her Cio suit, and at the moment she seem plum tuckered out.
If I were her, the last thing I’d probably want to do is call Juggernaut Stars attention to myself unless I was sure I could take him on since he’s the one who wants Allison dead (but doesn’t want to do it via his own hand I guess).
But she obviously doesn’t know that (but is probably now wondering what the heck Juggernaut Star is going on about) and as Ameoboid Fist-of-Goo observed she is struggling to get up. We also don’t know if it takes a 30 cubit spear amount of power to puncture angel armor or if 10 cubits still works (looks like WC blocked it from hitting the armor).
Drawing Juggernaut Stars attention to her self would certainly be an unwise move on her part but when has that ever stopped her?
And she might feel completely drained, but she felt exactly the same way after using the AMUNAN MANTLE (the glowy rainbow thing with the ghost arms) not too long ago to try and lock Solomon attention on the arena. She immediately got over her exhaustion and started kicking ass again when Cio showed up and motivated her, even before the fusion. Our dear Heir seems to have more emotion fueled limit breaking power than you can shake a Thorn Knight at.
Oh, I think Juggernaut Star very much wants to personally kill Allison, but perhaps even more wants White Chain to do it, either to push WC into becoming a full-fledged Thorn Knight, or just to make WC suffer.
Or Juggernaut might have explicit instructions from Michael and be loathe to violate them again, considering the punishment from the previous failure.
Love how the reveal/the return of Vigilant Gaze’s voice, is done so subtle with a change in font color. KSBD, keeps entertaining me, even in small details like that.
Yesssssssssssss
Little compressed air works wonders
I do not budge; keep your “ho there.”
He’s coming to make you get going Jugs.
Are we about to see some Jolly Cooperation?
Is it like beating a carpet? Cleaning some stuff out?
It seems more like starting a motorcycle that hasn’t been run in a long time. It coughs at first, but once the air starts moving through properly, VROOOOM! 63 Harley Davidson Devastates Intruders!
A good man to drink with, so long as you stay off his guarded turf.
Knock his thorns out! Make him repent!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I always knew Vigilant Gaze was one of the good ones. They were one of the few to actually stop and listen to White Chain.
Though I wonder what that means about Vengeful Irons? The body is an extremely close resemblance to the concept art on Abbadon’s blog – just a coincidence of recycled design, or do angels trade shells like hermit crabs?
I’ve never seen the concept art, but given the fact that we’ve seen angel armors grouped in common themes/styles, or series if you will, with some variation. The petal knights, the other root knight (not sure if it’s the root knight style or just the ‘peacekeeper’ style) that we met and the ‘ghosts’, and the thorn knights. It’s entirely plausible that Vigilant Gaze and Vengeful Iron just use shells from the same series.
Though if you want to go with coincidence of recycled design, sure.
YES!! White Chain is FINALLY done being a puppet to the LETTER of the Law! If this is her time to check out for 1,000 years, then I would not be surprised if Al-Yis-Un is still around to greet her.
The lesson of the rock is that it does move, but imperceptibly slowly. Even so do angels change over eons. Even so do some come to know regret.
“Woe be he who mistakes the rider for the steed” -Wielder 1-10
Seems like our thorny friend is unlikely to meet with much more than discomfort here.
According to himself in seeker 3-21, getting his proxy armor destroyed was still extremely painful and here he seems to be inflicting about as much pain on White Chain as if you tried to rip someones arm off. It looked pretty painful when their arm got shattered and getting stabbed with the vacus needle early on (the one which 2 michael ordered) and inflicted enough pain on a petal knight to make them surrender.
Point is that angels appear to feel pain just as well (if at a higher tolerance) as flesh and blood beings, and if WC can inflict pain on a petal knight, Vigilant Gaze can do the same to Juggernaut Star.
“You know, maybe I should hire someone to keep this body up, save me having to wear the rust off the parts when I need it every couple of thousand years.
“Oh, and 6 Juggernaut?
“SUFFER“
VigGaze VS (j)Star!
VigGaze VS (j)Star!
Everyone! Wants! To! See! This! Happen!
You fixed my shoulder!
Under Summers’ school is found
A room for training that resounds
with those who take first turn each round.
Us’s seen ye hither an yon but ye nae move or do be moved…a fancy gente like meself thinks how suchamuch a thinkin’, prosin’ skullpiece wot wot can teleporty would go fer? Coin or black glass, if’n ye be willing to deal, a fancy gente would pay handsomelike for tha’s…*eherm*.. services.
The youngboy lights the Way for Dad
The marching market makes him sad.
You’re better asking Ulurhad
Ohh, ho ho! Ye do be a spicy git, nai? Fair’s fairlike suppos’n me. Cannae tha be temptated wiv, say, a fancy wick for tha’s nose or summin’? Mayhap ae can stick a candle cursed wiv a will-o’-te-wisp on ye? Sure’s sure all beasties and beans has some price or other, eh??
To be honest these comments are the first with actual rhymes in a long time, I think. Always loved RWH’s dedication, strip after strip, though!
Man, I know Juggernaut Star is supposed to sound like a monster truck announcer, but every time I imagine the voice it’s exactly the OG Starscream voice.
Be honest, Solomon, just how lax is your security? People are just coming into the arena like he installed a revolving door.
The old guy having his problems resolved for a bit is always a recipe for a good old fashioned beatdown on the accidental chiropractor.
And what, exactly, are his guards supposed to do to stop *angels* from going where they please?
They might point out firmly but very politely that such behavior is against the rules.
Ohh, ho ho ho! Ye feckless spikeytits do be making me gullet rumble a nonce!
(Hahaha! That’s hilarious!)
That… that might actually work xD
Against a Root Knight? Yes, highly likely to work. Against the Speaker for the Thorns, who seems to regard killing random guards as a quiet palatial insertion gambit? A one way trip to oblivion for whoever has the temerity to even be observed by Juggernaut Star is the most likely outcome there.
Characters are bound most of all by their personal codes. Juggernaut Star’s code doesn’t involve keeping NPCs alive.