Seeker of Thrones 2-12
Chapter: 2
“And there a bloody compact was made, to seek treasure in the deep and hollow places of the world. And the blood was mixed and thrown on the fire. Iron was grasped, and sweat was wiped from many a brow, for the road ahead was long, and descended far beyond the grasp and ken of happy men.”
– Enyis and the Boar King
One day you decide that you can slap a god, then you’ll never be the same! An inspiration to us all, I should think.
All that power went to her head to such her speed that her feet fell out from under her.
JoJo reference?
You know, I… Am not sure what to think of this attitude Alison has now concerning this situation.
I can understand that she needs to make sure that everybody isn’t taking advantage of her. But this idea of “I don’t have friends, nor do I want any” approach might not be the best way to go about it.
I mean, how far will comrades who only help you because you threaten to hurt them be willing to sacrifice, compared to comrades who will help you because they care for you?
She may hold the power of all universes, but something tells me the moment she starts letting it go to her head will be her downfall. How much longer until she finally grasps this power fully, then uses it to kill everyone both good and evil?
Jeeze Allison, show some gratitude to the poor devil. She helped bring you this ship in the first place.
Not to mention that this is basically like forcing a recovering alcoholic to drink booze. This is probably going to traumatize Cio internally somehow. Or reactivate kleptomaniacal tendencies. Who knows! This will be interesting.
–or strip some lesser names off of a terrible monster.
Power spontaneously manifesting like that is a beauty to watch.
Soon we may even see a halo.
1) Why does she not heal herself with her powers?
2) Why would she need to rob Mammon?
1) She knows not how
2) Mammon is keeping her boyfriend in the treasure fortress. Thus she needs to steal a boyfriend.
To get back her crappy boyfriend, of course.
1) She doesn’t know how to use her powers in that fashion.
2) Her boyfriend Zaid is being held inside Mammon’s fortress.
2) To get back Zaid
Mammon has Zaid.
Need is redundant.
Want is axiomatic.
1) They already told her how to use them to teleport away, it should work sameways?
2) You have my gratitude. My memory ails xD
So bright shines the Light, when the Wielder demonstrates Will!
In panel 6 one might even say She wears a crown.
Shes getting more and more bad ass every page. love it.
Is that the beginnings of a crown I see?
Oooh, the beginnings of her crown manifested.
Oho! A Syllable of the Divine! A simple one at that, nothing like the ‘PERISH’ of Mottom of the Glory, But her first Syllable nonetheless! Glorious progress for the successor!
I’m not sure if I like this new side of Allison so much. I realize that she’s been through a lot recently and it is good that she’s becoming more assertive, but I don’t think she’s justified in treating her allies this way. Cio just spilled her heart out, but Allison’s first reaction is to snap for no reason and threaten to toss her out on her own, where she’ll probably be recaptured? Unless Cio helps her in such a way that she is confident she’ll go back to her evil old self, the one thing that Cio absolutely purely does not want to happen? Also, what’s with the whole “we’re not friends”-thing? Granted, they haven’t known one another for long, but Cio has only saved her life about three times. A little gratitude might be in order. Aside from White Chain, I think CIO is the person Allison has most cause to call a friend around here (arguably more, seeing that White Chain has always been much more aloof).
This series is usually classified as being “New Weird.” Well, that’s right up my alley, since weird fiction is a genre I love. It also worries my, however, because a big problem with New Weird authors is that they can’t write a sympathetic character for dick. So far, this story has broken that chain in spades, and I’ve absolutely loved every one of the protagonists here. I still worry constantly that the rug is going to get pulled under me at any moment. I’m probably worrying for nothing, of course, since this series has completely defied any expectations so far – I just hope my fears come to nothing.
Allison is still a little high on, “I murdered two gods today, don’t fuck with me.”
I’m sure that once a little comeuppance restores her humility, she’ll be a little less insufferable.
The number of actual pages this series has been going on for is considerably low compared to other story telling mediums so it’s difficult to tell if Abbadon is good at writing character development, but if this is any indication, then yeah I’d be concerned.
From what we’ve seen so far, I believe that each of the Black Emperors will serve as a sort of Dark Mirror for Allison.
Mottom kicked her out of the rut of being a listless doormat, who would dye her hair blonde and lose her “stupid virginity,” because that’s the mold her social group seems to expect her to fall into.
She’s tired of doing things because it’s “polite” or “expected” but like too many college freshmen having similar revelations, she’s falling into the trap of doing things because they are abrasive and transgressive, rather than because they are things that she wants or needs to do.
I suspect that in the Grand Dragon Mammon, she will see the kind of goddess she could become, if she continues to treat the people around her like slaves that only exist to bring her additional resources. In that hour, she should see the value of a friend who offers the wisdom of hard experience, in return for a shoulder to lean on.
She bleeds light! A true excess of power, even when she recognizes so little.
In which Allison is pretty horrible to people who have helped her in the past in a way that certainly won’t come back to bite her in the future.
I’m not sure that I like this new attitude from Allison. I know that she’s been through a lot, and it’s good that she’s becoming more assertive, but there’s really no reason for her to be treating her allies this way. Cio just spilled her heart out, and Allison’s first reaction is to snap for no reason and threaten to throw her off the ship, where she’ll probably be recaptured? Unless Cio helps her do something that is certain to make her revert back to her pure evil past-self, which is the one thing that Cio doesn’t want to happen? Cio is making it clear that she was hoping Allison would help her, but now Allison is just preying on her vulnerability to get what she wants. Also, what’s with this “we’re not friends”-thing? Granted, they haven’t know one another very long, but Cio has only saved her life about three times. Why the arbitrary hostility? Cio has done literally nothing but help Allison since she showed up.
This comic is usually classified as being “New Weird.” That’s certainly right up my alley, since Weird Fiction is a favorite genre of mine. But it also has worried me since I started reading, because New Weird writers tend to have a shared problem: they can’t write a sympathetic character to save their lives. So far, this comic has totally broken with that issue, and I love every one of the protagonists here. I just worry that the rug is going to be pulled from underneath me, like it has with other books. I imagine that I’m worrying about nothing, though: this series has defied every expectation so far, and I’m sure it will continue to do so!
I imagine it’s no coincidence that Cio’s story boils down to “I was a monster who went mad with power and treated people like things, and never want to go back to that again”, while Allison is displaying the beginnings of similar tendencies. I doubt the Rising King’s journey of self discovery is anywhere near over.
You are not the only person to notice All-Yis-Un’s recently acquired bad attitude. Unless she keep her power in check, it’s going to lead her into trouble…
I think her hostility comes from what she saw of Nadia Om and what Zoss put in her head when he told her “Are you a peasant or a King?”
Alice-UN is literally doing it Old Witch’s style, but with Zoss’ twist.
She’s getting the first taste of Power.
Be indulgent with our Rising King, she’s still on the path to True Royalty and has much to learn.
Royalty without Nobility is but Tyranny.
I too find her change unsettling. I suspect she has now found the power to be a greedy avaricious user of people. She may be willing expend them to her own selfish ends. But this is also the state of Mammon and the former state of Cio, monsters all and perfect mirrors that the king assessment will be forced to confront. She will then grow or stagnate. Or she will surprise us all. One thing I have learned as I go about healing divided hearts: People are complicated and difficult to predict. Once you have one almost figured out they go and change on you.
Yeah, I am hoping it is all part of a character arc, or at the very least acknowledged.
To be fair, she did spend the first book being a helpless (and useless) pawn. Now she is growing into herself I find her more interesting.
I have an alternate interpretation of what could be happening: she’s cunningly acting facetiously so that Cio faces her fears, and grows past them – even if it’s not something she’s doing on a conscious level. Intuition, perhaps mixed with the divine… a potent mixture capable of improving one’s capacity for intrigue. Perhaps.
Time will tell, as it always does, if we have the luxury to keep up with it.
gay. when do they kiss
A contract is a devil’s kiss.
I’ll help, but it’s n-n-not because I like you or anything Kill Six Billion Demons-senpai!
What a saintly pose.
Oh my god, Boss Allison is so cool *o*!
-er, ahem. I mean…
Allison’s actin’ like a proper boss now. Uhm.
*squee*
Wait ’till she pulls that shit on a certain “missing” mendicant/beggar knight.
Oh my YISUN, she almost formed her first halo! <3
Next she’ll smite her first rival and we’ll feel so proud of her.
Ship sunk.
is there a way to filter out all the amateur poetry so that i can more easily see disccusion on the comic pages?
Either you RP as we do or you go home
Get ye gone from this place.
Now now. There’s room for all in this concordance of demiurges, demons, gods and trolls.
No.
I don’t think that’s a bad thing.
I’m not certain I understand the question, noble quadruped.
More seriously, if you can’t stand obscure literary references and people typing out snatches of song lyrics, I’m not sure what the actual discussion of the comic is going to do for you.
I have gone entire months answering any questions I see with either references to the Buddhist scriptures, or out of context lyrics from the RWBY soundtrack.
It’s a wild party in here man. I don’t know what to tell you.
I’m afraid Abaddon has encouraged roughly this kind of fan response since the beginning, dude. It might’ve even been part of the idea behind the thing’s making in the first place- I think he once named some inspiration in that regard from homestuck, of all things, so, uh. Wouldn’t hold your breath too long there.
Love the color text. I so want to use that snippet as the flavor intro for a campaign.
Note the subtle ‘crown’ forming around AL-YISUN’s head in panel 5-6.