Truly, ten thousand times one may write in chalk on the sidewalk that one must not think of 10 Vigilant Gaze Pierces the Horizon, but that does not make it so.
Not the Factotum, but the republic itself. Why have a competent diplomat skilled at ruling and managing, when you could be led by a conquering king crowned with fire in her brow? Humanity is short-sighted and enraptured with what is cool over what is effective.
Actually it would have been wise to bend to the will of the masses in this case. Somebody with more prestige take the formal leadership and then name Nyave as first minister (or whatever name they chose) to manage things. The situation as described here sounds like this would result in a more stable and effective government.
Not if they want the republic to last. That might create stability in the short term but it will ensure that when they step down the people will look to another conquering hero to elect instead of a civil leader. To break the status quo of warlord states they need to not elect warlords especially now when the identity of the republic will still be forming.
I understand that, but can they afford to be that principled in the middle of a total war of annihilation _and_ civil war? Before everything else they must survive this mess for the republic to last.
Well, at any rate, they are lucky that the most suitable war hero is inside their little circle. Otherwise this would not work.
In many social mammals, and through most of human existence, governance is typically organized as military dictatorship. It’s literally what human run to when times are hard. Stuff like democracy and legislatures are relatively new across all of human existence.
On a simpler level, The Celestial Empire was traditionally under Salami David’s thumb, so that’s what peeps are used too.
Doesn’t “figurehead” imply she isn’t doing anything? If she put White Chain in charge and continued running things, then that would be more like a figurehead. Nyave has been working her ass off!
So, how long has it been? I assume time is weird for all these people and their weird powers, but I would not have expected grey in Nyave’s hair just yet. On the other hand, 5 elections? Unless they’re every year, we’re talking somewhere between 15 and 25 years.
Further to the point, Jadis said Allison had 35 years. At the end of her training, Allison says she has 35 years. Either her training took less than a year, or Abbadon has made a mistake or…
Allison has lost track of time. She might have much less than 35 years left.
Unless again, the two aforementioned caveats.
As far as the gray in her hair, I mean…look at presidential candidates before and after their terms of power. Allison has been gone for…probably 3, maybe 4 years (We know it’s been ~4 years since she was found and healed by Jadis, and then who knows how long she’s been training.). With a republic as unstable as it is, it’s possible that they’ve had elections more than once a year, possibly whenever things get to the brink of falling apart as a check on the publics opinion on matters. Basically “I disagree with the movement of your government, Factotum. The public must be heard!” Or it’s just yearly elections.
She was training with Maya for about 3 months, give or take a month. There’s one panel during her training montage with Maya where it says “3 months later”, which seems to correspond with the amount of hair regrowth she’s had since Maya cut her hair off initially, something which I think it’s safe to assume occurred within a negligible amount of time after she leaves Zaid at the end of the previous chapter.
Creating a whole new government on the ruins of the old.
5 elections – multiple years of term
Princess Jack Daniel’s growing pains to gold.Still speaking truth to power.
The greying of Zaid Last seen in the temple of Knowledge after his own education.
Naive was a young maiden when Allison saved her from Mottom.
Allison has been missing for a long time and only Zaid had faith she would return to them.
So this might be a bit surprising to Americans, but there are a good number of ways an election can get called besides term limits. Canada has had this problem a long while because of how the republic is set up that if not enough seats are won, an unstable government can exist and their opposition can call for new elections before a typical term is up.
This is actually a pretty good premise to ensure that no one party just gains unilateral power for their term, allowing those who voted against them to still have an effect on things. However, it also is a huge drain on the system and is usually a sign of a tenuous election outcome at best. Considering they say that the republic could get torn apart with each election, it is unlikely she is winning by landslides or gaining majority hold over the seats.
Municipally -focused democracy can still allow for representation while circumventing this by allowing the populace to not just vote on representatives, but to vote on major or even every policy decision altogether. On that smaller scale it is much easier to organize such a thing. However, at higher levels, anyone hoping to institute a state of some kind must constantly decide between actually reflecting the wishes of the populace, protecting vulnerable minorities that the majority doesn’t approve of and ensuring that the working representatives are able to carry through actual policy changes.
All of this nonsense is, of course, why I’m an anarchist.
OH SNAP ITS ALL THE CHARACTERS!!!
Not all :'(
And yet there are still 7 chairs at that table…
7 chairs and one stool.
Plus all the others strewn around the room.
AND HOW IS EVERY CHARACTER IN THIS COMIC SO HOT
I think every brick in the path of Royalty is bisexual; it’s just an inescapable aura kind of thing.
Forget gold, the streets of heaven are paved with 10/10s!
And indescribable bodily fluids.
Truly, ten thousand times one may write in chalk on the sidewalk that one must not think of 10 Vigilant Gaze Pierces the Horizon, but that does not make it so.
And the gutters run with…well you know.
Cuuuuuuuum
cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum?
Blood.
Vigilant Gaze is really one of my favourite designs in anything ever
He’s gotta be vigilant because his helmet doesn’t give him any peripheral vision.
That’s why Zaid is the Left Flank General, he guards the flank where the Flying Horse General has limited vision.
I did at one point think their helmet continuously rotated like the lantern of a lighthouse, to scan the horizon
Maybe those glowing blue lights are extra eyes?
How many years has its been since the start?
About 13 billion years?
LMAO
Just had to post because I want you to know your response made me literally laugh out loud.
Check out the IPS-N Tortuga
Oh hey, Princess shed a few more names!
While nyave and zaid finally got surnames
Do you think Zaid’ll take the Anyadis name after marriage?
Nyave’s last name was revealed during her first appearance (Wielder of Names 3-51).
I think the Factotum has been trying to push the job of leader onto our Peacekeeper and this isn’t the first time she’s brought it up.
Not the Factotum, but the republic itself. Why have a competent diplomat skilled at ruling and managing, when you could be led by a conquering king crowned with fire in her brow? Humanity is short-sighted and enraptured with what is cool over what is effective.
Actually it would have been wise to bend to the will of the masses in this case. Somebody with more prestige take the formal leadership and then name Nyave as first minister (or whatever name they chose) to manage things. The situation as described here sounds like this would result in a more stable and effective government.
Not if they want the republic to last. That might create stability in the short term but it will ensure that when they step down the people will look to another conquering hero to elect instead of a civil leader. To break the status quo of warlord states they need to not elect warlords especially now when the identity of the republic will still be forming.
I understand that, but can they afford to be that principled in the middle of a total war of annihilation _and_ civil war? Before everything else they must survive this mess for the republic to last.
Well, at any rate, they are lucky that the most suitable war hero is inside their little circle. Otherwise this would not work.
So said Caeser.
It went fairly well until he mysteriously fell on all those knives.
When it came to running and saving a republican government it emphatically did not.
In many social mammals, and through most of human existence, governance is typically organized as military dictatorship. It’s literally what human run to when times are hard. Stuff like democracy and legislatures are relatively new across all of human existence.
On a simpler level, The Celestial Empire was traditionally under Salami David’s thumb, so that’s what peeps are used too.
humans have been around for some 2,000,000 years and military dictatorships have been around for about 6,000 of those years. They’re all new.
Tyranny is an art of man, as natural as a sword.
All too true, Nyave. I think we’ve seen that in the real world too often as well.
Worms, muttering…
VIGILANT GAZE, MY LOVE
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH TEN VIG’S BACK!!!!!!!!!!! LETS GO
Dear god put those things AWAY Zaid
HUGE HONKERINOS
Zaid is so extra.
Wheel Smashing Gang rise up
Nyave, it’s called “Figurehead.” Run the nation while the people’s Warrior acts as a hero to them.
Doesn’t “figurehead” imply she isn’t doing anything? If she put White Chain in charge and continued running things, then that would be more like a figurehead. Nyave has been working her ass off!
thats what griffin means.
Everyone. Looks. INCREDIBLE!
That fresh gilt mug and those whopping shitkickers are a magnificent look for our Princess!
That grin, Zaid! That grin 🤣🤣🤣
The expression White Chain’s wearing is familiar – on the Paternum’s face.
Princess skipped Verdant and went straight to Gilded?
It’s been years, presumably she was a verdant devil at some point.
Omg Zaid is hot now.
EVERYONE IS SO HOT
Everyone? I too feel affection for Celestial Horse men
So, how long has it been? I assume time is weird for all these people and their weird powers, but I would not have expected grey in Nyave’s hair just yet. On the other hand, 5 elections? Unless they’re every year, we’re talking somewhere between 15 and 25 years.
Further to the point, Jadis said Allison had 35 years. At the end of her training, Allison says she has 35 years. Either her training took less than a year, or Abbadon has made a mistake or…
Allison has lost track of time. She might have much less than 35 years left.
Unless again, the two aforementioned caveats.
Although, isn’t forgetting that you’re supposed to die the best way to live?
As far as the gray in her hair, I mean…look at presidential candidates before and after their terms of power. Allison has been gone for…probably 3, maybe 4 years (We know it’s been ~4 years since she was found and healed by Jadis, and then who knows how long she’s been training.). With a republic as unstable as it is, it’s possible that they’ve had elections more than once a year, possibly whenever things get to the brink of falling apart as a check on the publics opinion on matters. Basically “I disagree with the movement of your government, Factotum. The public must be heard!” Or it’s just yearly elections.
She was training with Maya for about 3 months, give or take a month. There’s one panel during her training montage with Maya where it says “3 months later”, which seems to correspond with the amount of hair regrowth she’s had since Maya cut her hair off initially, something which I think it’s safe to assume occurred within a negligible amount of time after she leaves Zaid at the end of the previous chapter.
(Well, give a month, if any, since it does explicitly say 3 months later, lol)
If Allison is convinced she always has 35 more years left, well, then she has 35 years. 😉
Creating a whole new government on the ruins of the old.
5 elections – multiple years of term
Princess Jack Daniel’s growing pains to gold.Still speaking truth to power.
The greying of Zaid Last seen in the temple of Knowledge after his own education.
Naive was a young maiden when Allison saved her from Mottom.
Allison has been missing for a long time and only Zaid had faith she would return to them.
So this might be a bit surprising to Americans, but there are a good number of ways an election can get called besides term limits. Canada has had this problem a long while because of how the republic is set up that if not enough seats are won, an unstable government can exist and their opposition can call for new elections before a typical term is up.
This is actually a pretty good premise to ensure that no one party just gains unilateral power for their term, allowing those who voted against them to still have an effect on things. However, it also is a huge drain on the system and is usually a sign of a tenuous election outcome at best. Considering they say that the republic could get torn apart with each election, it is unlikely she is winning by landslides or gaining majority hold over the seats.
Municipally -focused democracy can still allow for representation while circumventing this by allowing the populace to not just vote on representatives, but to vote on major or even every policy decision altogether. On that smaller scale it is much easier to organize such a thing. However, at higher levels, anyone hoping to institute a state of some kind must constantly decide between actually reflecting the wishes of the populace, protecting vulnerable minorities that the majority doesn’t approve of and ensuring that the working representatives are able to carry through actual policy changes.
All of this nonsense is, of course, why I’m an anarchist.
Vigilant Gaze, my beloved
Also can’t help but notice the factotum is flanked by a white and a black flame there *squints*
I just love this page so much. Such audacious and rock personalities. 6 crashes for the price of one. Oh my.
Perhaps we have mistakenly assumed the identity of the chosen one who is to fulfill the prophecy.
Well I think the point of Prophecy is that anyone could technically fulfill it, but only one person can actually do it.
Just because you’ve drawn a line through three points, it doesn’t mean you’ve connected anything.
Until now, Zoss has chosen only men. But when he is forced to choose a woman, the path to change opens up. There are no coincidences.
There indeed exists a strength beyond Strength
Princess has gone through quite the change in the meantime. Also always good to see Vig again, looking even more stalwart now than he already did.
zaid really does look more and more like zoss every time we see him, huh
i also love his big bara tiddies, thank you based abbadon
VAT!?
Looking good, everyone!
Zaid, please stop being so hot, I can’t keep saying I’m straight otherwise.
Absolute truth!