WHEEL SMASHING LORD 3-104 to 3-105
Chapter: 3
“The Ya-at can hear the grinding. That’s what they say, anyway. The turning of the wheel. Their hyms are tuned to its terrifying, monstrous gyrations. That is what makes them feared.”
– Ynnigrad, Lunar Mercenary
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Become the rock upon which the wheel is broken.
Is it a wheel shaped rock?
I think a pot hole would be more effective
stick a rod in the spokes, blammo, wheel is jammed
Y’all sinners need more violence in hlur heart of hearts.
… but is it … raspberry jam???
Going hard is mandatory in this house
Do we go out hard as well?
absolutely – be born hard, live hard, die hard … also be reincarnated hard, if you so choose that fate
And at the end of it all- he went out on his own terms. There is beauty, in that.
It’s fun to see how much the opinion of Solomon has changed since the tournament arc, back when everyone was talking about how he was the worst out of all the demiurges (when he very, very clearly was not).
Solomon is the best of the Demiurges, and that also makes his failure to be a good Demiurge the greatest.
ADAB
Solomon is the best of all the Demiurges, but that is a low bar indeed to clear.
Solomon is only the one demiurge to survive his utter humbling. I think Mottom’s arc post-Jagganoth would have been interesting to read, had she survived.
Jadis is still alive.
can she really be considered “alive” in her current state?
More so than before she died, actually. She’s free
The wheels on the bus go ‘Round and ’round
‘Round and ’round
‘Round and ’round
The wheels on the bus go ‘Round and ’round
All through the town
I don’t know brethren, when the Celestial Empire was around I would’ve gone with any of the other demiurges. How many of them have Jadis’ mommy milkers besides?
Oh c’mon, go kiss yourselfs
thw wheel rolls on &on
All my life’s a circle
Sunrise and sundown
The moon rolls through the nighttime
‘Til the daybreak comes around
All my life’s a circle
But I can’t tell you why
The seasons spinning round again
The years keep rolling by
Lyrics set to a slow 3/4 rhythm makes it a sad dirge. 😀
The wheels on the bus go ‘Round and ’round
‘Round and ’round
‘Round and ’round
The wheels on the bus go ‘Round and ’round
All through the town
The wheel rolls ever on and on,
Down from the void where it began…
The roll wheels ever on and on
Out of the void where it lingers on
That dialogue bubble in the first two panels of the first page is stuck behind the white border. Also White Chain my beloved😭
Politics, martial arts, philosophy, AND he does hair and acupuncture? Salami is truly a renaissance man
Speaking of which, what happened to Solly’s hair? Has he shriven himself in preparation for death?
By the amount of Hair he had, I bet he knitted a nice Chainmail-Sweater for his new student.
It’s only natural since he’s an immortal with an allergy to delegation
Buddhism, yo.
This do feel more like Taoism imo. The whole “go with the flow, accept changes”
Its both really, they have very similar flavors. One happens to focus a lot more on righting past patterns than the other as far as I am aware.
Just a heads up, the panel borders at the top of the second page are covering up some of the dialogue in a way that looks unintentional.
For a second i was pretty sure that not only had Solomon shaved his own head,but White Chain’s too
Thats what Maya did to her disciple after all
She is a disciple of the principle are of Cutting, and he is of ki Rata. I would presume there are differences in the traditions.
Let’s break the chariot wheel and substitute it for 4 modern pneumatic wheels with breaks and suspension and drive through the infinite highway of the universe.
First, White Chain got 10 tonnes of galvanized square steel from her Uncle Solomon
But we have a wheel smashing lord RIGHT THERE
I wonder what White Chain will think of Metatron when she learns the truth. What will she do when faced with the reality of the true cycle, one that is not a metaphor for progress, but a tangible and inescapable stasis? Will she be so accepting?
She was there when this was explained
Wow yeah it’s been a while. So maybe this is just her declaration of war, so to speak, against those forces that would reset its progress
I think White Chain might like the book Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler.
God is Change is a big philosophy in that.
The wheel cannot be stopped. Trying to stop it ensures that it crushes you.
Your only two options? Allow the wheel to turn or take control of the wheel.
Not taking control, or not letting the wheel turn on it’s own means that someone else WILL take control of the wheel. Someone that does not have your interests at heart.
I think that this story has so far given us multiple examples of how attempting to control the wheel is a fruitless endeavor.
you can try to stall the effects it has on you,
separate yourself from it,
control everything in it’s path,
witness all of it’s movements in advance,
spread yourself across it,
or even try to force it to retake a different path,
but the wheel still turns.
The Turtle moves!
See the TURTLE of enormous girth!
On his shell he holds the earth.
His thought is slow but always kind;
He holds us all within his mind.
On his back all vows are made;
He sees the truth but may not said.
He loves the land and loves the sea,
And even loves a child like me
“but may not said” is awkward. How about “that’s left unsaid” or something similar?
This is a Dark Tower quote, they didn’t write this. I think they’ve just written that line wrong, I believe it’s actually “He sees the truth but mayn’t aid.”, which makes more sense.
So at the end, everyone’s bald
Royalty is a continuous shaving movement.
Reach heaven through baldness
Break the wheel
You may be broken by the wheel, but I am built different.
You suffer because you are being broken under the Wheel, while I am euphoric because I am being broken under the Wheel. We ARE the same.
This one takes note that White Chain’s atum halo is at its greatest when she affirms “democracy, fuck yeah!”
BALD, BALD, BALD, MY EYES!
You can’t convince me that buzzcut isn’t entirely so Abaddon doesn’t have to cover entire panels with Solomon’s hair.
The wheel turns; it cannot be stopped by standing in the way of its rim. It must be broken at its axle.
Now… any last words, tyrant?
Now I am young, my body is lithe and springy like a board. For hardness and strength are the companions of death. Let the Wheel crush me, and I shall rise forth with ever greater force!
There are many, many things one can hear in Hell!
And we have noodles!
Don’t mind me, just basking on White Chain’s utter badassery.
“Oh hey, master. Thanks for not letting me die and nursing me. BTW you were wrong and your empire is cringe.”
saying you mortally fear someone then chiding them for their “foolishness” in the next breath is WILD