A good leader recognizes that they can’t always control the outcome, and tries to plan for many possible futures. A democratically elected leader who is painfully aware that she rules only by the grace of an angel who refuses to become a tyrant is, of course, gonna stress about what happens when her friends live long enough to become the villain.
Planning for success and using her social connections and access to her resources now while the Rising King actually needs them as a way to get Allison to commit now to not going all god-emperor in victory is a wise move. Breaking promises doesn’t seem like Allison’s style, and that promise will be harder to extract after Jagganoth is dealt with.
Who has bigger boobs, Nyave or Zaid?
Also for people who are disappointed that Allisson and Zaid ship sailed off, well years happened from time they were about to get intimate, it is like you weren’t reading this comic for years at all if you would remember her reasoning for saving him wasn’t even of romantic nature anyway and her dating him was more of some kind of pressure to fit in as correct thing to do to get it done from the list if the beginning chapters are any indication how Allisson thought at that time.
So good for them, kinda shame Allisson lost her true lover anyway some time ago.
Also yeah, Allisson will become Goddess of the Universe, but then maybe she can simply discard it and remove the key powers all together in future so no one would hold such power anymore.
Nyava has always dressed modestly from what I can remember, but my money’s on Zaid. She’d have to be secretly packing some SERIOUS honkers to be able surpass him.
opposing her in doing what ? going home ? living her life ? that’s so silly and sounds like forcing a problem into existence, like white chain’s gender
seems pretty obvious to me that she means that once allision is truly all-powerful, given that absolute power corrupts absolutely, they would be powerless to stop her if she turned against them
Are I reading the same comic as everyone else? The extra text below the comic has, several times, made repeated points about how taking up power, or having power, even if it was originally for “good”, is a corrupting influence in and of itself. Allison’s power isn’t just super powers, she is suffused with the essence of leadership, ruling, dominating. Again and again, demiurges are shown to be corrupted or twisted by their power, or their holding of it. Within the comic multiple characters have called Allison out for how she acts brashly, in her own self interest, in a way which gets other people hurt. Allison herself has acknowledged this trend, accepting, on screen, that the road she is walking makes her act in ways and do things which hurt her loved ones, intentionally or not.
Nothing in these panels here suggests that Nyave or the others are thinking “we shouldn’t fight Jagganoth” or “we should betray Allison”. The democratically elected leader of a republic, in a comic all about the corrupting influence that power and violence have no matter how well meaning the wielder, is telling Allison that “hey so if we win this fight you’ll be left unchecked with all the nukes, can you provide some reassurance that you don’t plan on going turbo tyrant”, and that’s a perfectly natural and reasonable worry to have within this world. The fact that Nyave, and the others for whom she is a spokesperson, and sharing their concerns directly with Allison shows that they do in fact have faith in her. But a Leadership that prepares for a war with no vision for the “peace” that follows would be a poor leader indeed.
Additionally, at least one member of the ruling council was very much present when Jagganoth said “Zoss and Metattron use the Heir to destroy the Seven, and then the cycle begins anew”. Helping Allison defeat Jagganoth, while it will save people in the present moment, still very much plays into the hands of an enemy that doesn’t care about those people. This is information that Nyave has access to. Asking “what next” isn’t necessarily even about whether she trusts Allison, its about wanting to know that winning this war won’t just doom them in the very next.
I have one potential wrinkle. When Allison was with Jadis, she expressed her disappointment that in those years she was gone, her friends and allies didn’t try to find her, at least two times. I wonder if the conversation Nyave had might be partly why.
Maybe not, but rereading that chapter made me think about it. It doesn’t necessarily mean they’re going to just ‘betray’ her later, but it speaks to a fear that may need to have further discussion, either now. Or later.
Great insight.
I call it the Solomon-to-Jantris problem.
No matter how noble and benign a nearly omnipotent demiurge may appear, given time and that same power, I assume most will eventually revert to some selfish and tyrannical process to retain that same power and their own well-being.
Well said. I would add, the thing about power isn’t that it magically changes you from a good person to an evil villain. Even if we assume that the methods you used to gain that power are good, once you have power over a large amount of people there is no way you can rule in a way that makes everyone happy. There will ALWAYS be people who who seek to depose you, and then you must either relinquish power or use it to subjugate them. The fun part is that even giving up the power can end up causing suffering. The only way to win is not to play.
I thought it was weird how Nyave kept saying she “seems foolish” or “sounds silly” when everything she said sounded perfectly reasonable and justified to me…and then I looked at the comments and HOLY COW was she correct to anticipate people judging the sh*t out of her. My goodness.
For real though, I never expected her to get this much unwarranted hate. But this proves her fears as very true-to-life. Nobody in the public eye is safe from the ill-thought-out judgements of the masses.
Well what do you think, do you want to be the god king of all reality or do you want to go drink boba tea with your friends and talk about anime every sunday? In truth, once you see death for what it is you start to figure out that there are no gods, there is no death. There is only infinity. The only thing you’re afraid of is being free.
My money is on Zoos, if only because there is a narrative way to make the reveal already in place.
Allison and Zaid are both the only people in the wider multiverse that speak English, Allison will say something to Zaid in fluent American, and Gog (caught off guard) will respond in French or try to play off her nonunderstanding
Maia kills Alison after Alison defeats Jag. That’s what Maia means about her “preparations.” It is what she is sticking around for. “Kill the gods and topple their thrones”.
Naive has her options all firmly in hand.
If Alison wins, there is only one being to oppose her will. Zaid, the twin sword Master and true heir of the conquering king.
If she wins, Zaid is coming for her.
Only true Royalty realize that their body is merely a shell for their Atum.
Everything else can die if their body is destroyed.
It’s not too hard to understand in concept, but in application…. Well, there’s a reason Royalty is rare.
Can a god unmake their own godhood and dissolve the throne of heaven on reaching it, like scattering the petals of a glorious flower to the winds? Pree Allison knows the corrupting influence of power by now.
I think the scattered petals means that Allison plans to end Throne. Specifically she wants to destroy the keys that grant the demiurges their power. No more gods, no more wars between gods.
Like Alexander, sometimes the only way to solve the unsolvable knot is to cut it in half.
A good leader recognizes that they can’t always control the outcome, and tries to plan for many possible futures. A democratically elected leader who is painfully aware that she rules only by the grace of an angel who refuses to become a tyrant is, of course, gonna stress about what happens when her friends live long enough to become the villain.
Planning for success and using her social connections and access to her resources now while the Rising King actually needs them as a way to get Allison to commit now to not going all god-emperor in victory is a wise move. Breaking promises doesn’t seem like Allison’s style, and that promise will be harder to extract after Jagganoth is dealt with.
Allison may not be the most responsible ruler of heaven but would she be the worst? Like actually? If you are honest?
Who has bigger boobs, Nyave or Zaid?
Also for people who are disappointed that Allisson and Zaid ship sailed off, well years happened from time they were about to get intimate, it is like you weren’t reading this comic for years at all if you would remember her reasoning for saving him wasn’t even of romantic nature anyway and her dating him was more of some kind of pressure to fit in as correct thing to do to get it done from the list if the beginning chapters are any indication how Allisson thought at that time.
So good for them, kinda shame Allisson lost her true lover anyway some time ago.
Also yeah, Allisson will become Goddess of the Universe, but then maybe she can simply discard it and remove the key powers all together in future so no one would hold such power anymore.
Nyava has always dressed modestly from what I can remember, but my money’s on Zaid. She’d have to be secretly packing some SERIOUS honkers to be able surpass him.
opposing her in doing what ? going home ? living her life ? that’s so silly and sounds like forcing a problem into existence, like white chain’s gender
seems pretty obvious to me that she means that once allision is truly all-powerful, given that absolute power corrupts absolutely, they would be powerless to stop her if she turned against them
put a shirt on!!!!!
Respect ‘dat ass, may not be the heir but bro is rockin’ the look!
Are I reading the same comic as everyone else? The extra text below the comic has, several times, made repeated points about how taking up power, or having power, even if it was originally for “good”, is a corrupting influence in and of itself. Allison’s power isn’t just super powers, she is suffused with the essence of leadership, ruling, dominating. Again and again, demiurges are shown to be corrupted or twisted by their power, or their holding of it. Within the comic multiple characters have called Allison out for how she acts brashly, in her own self interest, in a way which gets other people hurt. Allison herself has acknowledged this trend, accepting, on screen, that the road she is walking makes her act in ways and do things which hurt her loved ones, intentionally or not.
Nothing in these panels here suggests that Nyave or the others are thinking “we shouldn’t fight Jagganoth” or “we should betray Allison”. The democratically elected leader of a republic, in a comic all about the corrupting influence that power and violence have no matter how well meaning the wielder, is telling Allison that “hey so if we win this fight you’ll be left unchecked with all the nukes, can you provide some reassurance that you don’t plan on going turbo tyrant”, and that’s a perfectly natural and reasonable worry to have within this world. The fact that Nyave, and the others for whom she is a spokesperson, and sharing their concerns directly with Allison shows that they do in fact have faith in her. But a Leadership that prepares for a war with no vision for the “peace” that follows would be a poor leader indeed.
Additionally, at least one member of the ruling council was very much present when Jagganoth said “Zoss and Metattron use the Heir to destroy the Seven, and then the cycle begins anew”. Helping Allison defeat Jagganoth, while it will save people in the present moment, still very much plays into the hands of an enemy that doesn’t care about those people. This is information that Nyave has access to. Asking “what next” isn’t necessarily even about whether she trusts Allison, its about wanting to know that winning this war won’t just doom them in the very next.
Extremely well put, Preem The Lion and Preem The Lamb!
I think everything you said is correct.
I have one potential wrinkle. When Allison was with Jadis, she expressed her disappointment that in those years she was gone, her friends and allies didn’t try to find her, at least two times. I wonder if the conversation Nyave had might be partly why.
Maybe not, but rereading that chapter made me think about it. It doesn’t necessarily mean they’re going to just ‘betray’ her later, but it speaks to a fear that may need to have further discussion, either now. Or later.
Great insight.
I call it the Solomon-to-Jantris problem.
No matter how noble and benign a nearly omnipotent demiurge may appear, given time and that same power, I assume most will eventually revert to some selfish and tyrannical process to retain that same power and their own well-being.
Well said. I would add, the thing about power isn’t that it magically changes you from a good person to an evil villain. Even if we assume that the methods you used to gain that power are good, once you have power over a large amount of people there is no way you can rule in a way that makes everyone happy. There will ALWAYS be people who who seek to depose you, and then you must either relinquish power or use it to subjugate them. The fun part is that even giving up the power can end up causing suffering. The only way to win is not to play.
I thought it was weird how Nyave kept saying she “seems foolish” or “sounds silly” when everything she said sounded perfectly reasonable and justified to me…and then I looked at the comments and HOLY COW was she correct to anticipate people judging the sh*t out of her. My goodness.
For real though, I never expected her to get this much unwarranted hate. But this proves her fears as very true-to-life. Nobody in the public eye is safe from the ill-thought-out judgements of the masses.
Well what do you think, do you want to be the god king of all reality or do you want to go drink boba tea with your friends and talk about anime every sunday? In truth, once you see death for what it is you start to figure out that there are no gods, there is no death. There is only infinity. The only thing you’re afraid of is being free.
Having some closeness with death I think it would be enjoyable to drink boba tea with my friends and talk about anime
Everything burns.
“what then?”
Everyone can’t be a hero and run off to fight the big bad. Someone’s gotta stay behind and make sure the world keeps running.
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Am I the only one thinking that Nyae and Zoos could be gog agog in disguise here?
Nyave and zaid*
My money is on Zoos, if only because there is a narrative way to make the reveal already in place.
Allison and Zaid are both the only people in the wider multiverse that speak English, Allison will say something to Zaid in fluent American, and Gog (caught off guard) will respond in French or try to play off her nonunderstanding
Maia kills Alison after Alison defeats Jag. That’s what Maia means about her “preparations.” It is what she is sticking around for. “Kill the gods and topple their thrones”.
Naive has her options all firmly in hand.
If Alison wins, there is only one being to oppose her will. Zaid, the twin sword Master and true heir of the conquering king.
If she wins, Zaid is coming for her.
Lol, no.
I can hear Meti ten Ryo laughing with that question, what then, Allison?
Only true Royalty realize that their body is merely a shell for their Atum.
Everything else can die if their body is destroyed.
It’s not too hard to understand in concept, but in application…. Well, there’s a reason Royalty is rare.
Can a god unmake their own godhood and dissolve the throne of heaven on reaching it, like scattering the petals of a glorious flower to the winds? Pree Allison knows the corrupting influence of power by now.
I think the scattered petals means that Allison plans to end Throne. Specifically she wants to destroy the keys that grant the demiurges their power. No more gods, no more wars between gods.
Like Alexander, sometimes the only way to solve the unsolvable knot is to cut it in half.
It’s quite Zen.
The NTR twist! Just like my Japanese Animes
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Pity those with power, consumed by it, Burdened by it. In the end it’s only reward is lonesomeness…
Compete against players online and see who can hit the right notes at the right time.
Exceptionally decent. I truly like your blog…