WHEEL SMASHING LORD 3-65 to 3-66
“Once, a long time ago, in my youth, I served as a caravan guard crossing the deserts of Qeen, a trip of around a half turn all in all, crossing through the kings road. I made the crossing about four or five times – the men in that caravan were hardened and bolstered by both youth and good, boisterous courage, fed by the frequent clashes with bandits, desert beasts, and other hazards that the crossing was known for.
One night we stayed in an errant ruin to shelter from a sandstorm. There was something about the place that set the hackles ablaze with ill feeling. Thorough examination of the area presented nothing, but into many of the stones of that place we found a curious marking – a single indentation, coiled and sinuous, as though something had been sealed in there, inside the stone itself, perhaps for millennia. Though we could not explain how, each man of that expedition, and there were fifty something of them, reacting almost instinctively with almost violent repulsion. Without any reason to think so, we somehow knew what had been encased in that stone was older than time itself.
We lost three men in the sandstorm trying to escape that place, but given no other quarter, we had no choice but to bivouac there. It was one of the most harrowing and uneventful nights of my career. The company parted soon after. We lost the stomach for the work.”
– Graves, belligerent knight
“oh my gog did you lose an eye… “
“Yep. Medical care after cost me an arm and a leg.
So unlike Gog to orifice shame.
Oh no, they’re hot.
“Yes, Gog, and it’s literally all your fault”
@JJacobMarion noooope not gog agog’s fault that orange imortabitch couldn’t keep her shit together long enough to let gog agog know she was *single handedly* holding down a guy the rest of them were scared shitless of.
In all fairness, it’s both their faults. Gog pushed the group at their time of greatest need to ask her for her help, well AFTER she had joined them. She set them up knowing what was at stake, and she was fine with letting everything fall apart. That’s not to say Mottom is without blame for, as you put it, being unable to “keep her shit together”, but Gog has had who knows how long to know what kind of response that kind of request would be granted. Stress, weariness and adrenaline from at least three different fights happening in rapid succession does not make for a reasonable Mottom.
And that’s ultimately the point. The demiurges are unreasonable individuals, and while they could generally unite when the chips are down the moment one gets power above the others their alliance breaks down and everything they fought to keep is lost. This is explicitly why Mottom herself didn’t want Allison’s Key in spite, and because, of the power it held, and why none of the others went to war with one another until Allison was thrown into the mix. Their alliance, and defeating Jagganoth via uniting while still demiurges, was doomed from the start.
“No, its just been misplaced. Like how my foot is going to be misplaced upside your as-you’re not even listening are you.”
oh my gog
You go, Gog! Diamonds are a worm’s best friend!
She’s a Material Grub!
gog damn
Yeah!
Thanks for helping out in the big fight, by the way!
GOG!
YOU ASSHOLE!
ayy lmao was that a DBZA reference?
Should’ve been nicer to her.
I can’t believe I’m gay for the worm lady
Trans Rights! 🏳️⚧️
I think I just joined the LGBTQ-W community.
Me and all my friends admit that we wouldn’t be able to resist the temptation of gog
I kind of already was tbh. But she’s looking very GOGeous here…
it’s not actually a…. oh never mind. That’s how gog-a-gog gets ’em I suppose.
Being gay for Gog Agog is a universal trait of everyone who’s about to become Gog Agog. However, afterward it’s just considered masturbation.
She’s quite presentable when she makes an effort
Turns out Gog-Agog has Trypophobia.
That would be apotemnophobia rather than trypophobia: fear of amputees and amputations.
today I learned!
And an arm, and a leg. Thanks for noticing.
Worm Era
Is it worm in here, or is it just me?
Take that, you worm.
Out—out are the lights—out all!
And, over each quivering form,
The curtain, a funeral pall,
Comes down with the rush of a storm,
And the angels, all pallid and wan,
Uprising, unveiling, affirm
That the play is the tragedy, “Man,”
And its hero the Conqueror Worm.
“Several bits, actually.”
You would not believe how much they charge for drinks at these things.
There is a world in a distant cluster in a far off nebula where variations of this joke are considered egregious sins punishable by the forcible removal of various limbs.
Everybody’s a critic.
Does Gog Agog have a massive crush on Allison? I think yes
Gog Agog wants to incorporate all living things … like a cruel parody of Neoplatonic emantionistic pantheism … because she thinks all creation is really about her and should eventually become her. I wonder how she grapples with the contradictions of S. Radhakrishnan, or if she’s simply too busy partying to think overmuch upon such things. Probably the latter, for she both looks AND feels good, in fact she LOOKS MARVELOUS as George Harrison/Fernando Lamas as done by Billy Crystal might have said.
love the font for the speech of Gog, she must love typing in comics sans too.
Every time they speak I hear the words in Harley Quinn’s new jersey squeak.
It’s a long Island squeak, nj is a philly-nyc hybrid due to being in between. Long Island/Harley’s accent is supposed to be more ny-new england hybrid, like stock musical theater characters.
Yoooo, that’s a grade A idea! I think I’ll do that too now.
I hear the Nyanners silkworm voice every time ahahaha
I like to imagine it has the same quality as birds imitating human speech. If you listen closely, you can hear how each syllable is pronounced in various screeches and whistles (or, in this case, whatever sound worms make). Perhaps Gog Agog hasn’t quite perfected imitation of speech yet. Perhaps she has, and she either doesn’t think it worth the effort or intentionally makes her voice slightly unsettling to listen to.
WE ARE AND WE ARE ALL I
The worm queen is in her cunt era and I just adore it. You go gog-Agog, just don’t forget Gog-Agog when you get famous.
That which feasts on the corpse on the universd.
The worm. The BEAST.
Ooh, a body purist! Gog Agog loves a pretty, perfect, face. It’s part of her brand!
Though she didn’t mind the Cio scars, so I dunno.
Scars are photogenic. They add style! A missing eye doesn’t add anything…in fact it removes something.
weird 2 think that there’s really only 2 people in that room
Aye. And then there’s the possibility that the room itself is Gog-Agog, too – she may have well formed the Leviathan Revue building from her worms instead of building it conventionally…
Given that the worms also formed the clothes, it’s certainly possible.
There are worms that build tubes though, so, why not something more sophisticated.
As in: “Hey! I was working on that place!”
It’s so much easier to get building permits when you’re your own general contractor, and engineer, and construction crew, and building material…
What do you mean? There’s Gog-Agog, and over there’s our pal Gog-Agog, and in the corner is Gog-Agog, Gog-Agog is in the row over yonder, and Gog-Agog, Gog-Agog, Gog-Agog and Gog-Agog. Gog-Agog is manning the lights with Gog-Agog. Allison is at the balcony with Gog-Agog. Gog-Agog. Gog-Agog. Gog-Agog. Gog-Agog.
Gog-Agog.
Is Gog really a “person”?
Wait till gog hears about the rest of it
She didn’t lose an eye, she gained an empty socket. And all it cost her was an arm and a leg!
…I’m kinda hoping Allison decides to pull off her arm and wave it around now, if just losing the eye freaked Gog Agog out that much.
Can I be the first to say that the name/title panel is equal parts hilarious and unnerving?
It’s not just name/title. You’ve just described Gog Agog herself, in entirety.
Ushabti omniworm
Worm: **worm**
and in that moment,we were all gog,and maybe even agog
and in that moment i felt like we were *ALL* gog agog
We are all Gog Agog on this blessed day
and in that moment i swear i could fly
One wonders if this is yet another layer to Gog Agog’s godlike – or perhaps goglike – dedication to The Bit or if she genuinely didn’t notice Allison was missing an eye the entire way to the Revue. Which might be possible, considering the entire parade and audience are wearing masks and Allison threw her jacket at the ticket booth, but its comical to think about.
Less amusing to think about is the prophecy of Kill Six Billion Demons, which states that the Heir will face the Beast and destroy it if I recall correctly. An audience of one and a performance of one may not end as well as Gog might hope it will.
Indeed, the best part of Gog’s personality is that one may never tell whether she’s playing or just that stupid
The prophecy refers to the Seven-Headed Beast, which is a term referring to the seven Demiurges, rather than to The Beast, Gog Agog.
It still suggests that Allison will kill Gog Agog, but less specifically, since the prophecy has also given her credit for killing Mammon and Mottom.
Slaying the singular beast that is the demiurges does not imply killing the individual demiurges one by one. There can be no multiple cuts, only a singular cutting motion.
Continuous, not singular. There IS a difference between the two: ‘singular’ implies an instance, while ‘continuous’ implies a process.
This is one hundred percent The Bit to me. This whole building, show, parade, it’s all just a huge The Bit because she can’t be normal and is really stuck desiring attention. She knew Allison was coming and she was waiting for her (hence “this revue is in your honor” in the previous page), so it just seems silly that she wouldn’t know what Allison has been through.
Speaking of layers Gog obviously loves her drama but I do wonder if the concept of someone she considers “a person” being maimed could genuinely be disturbing to her. Obviously none of the demiurges are titans of empathy but envy sorta necessitates at least some theory of mind to be able to imagine yourself (if incorrectly) in the other person’s place. To Gog having her head blown off has mostly been a sign of disrespect which pisses her off to no end but the idea of “here is this person I kinda want to be (by having them become me)” coupled with the idea of having your body permanently damaged could be something she’s not entirely comfy with.
What might specifically be disturbing for her is the lack of ability to fully regenerate. Gog Agog is only ever momentarily wounded, and can replace whole bodies.
I think it’s also/most likely a vanity thing. In the context of dressing as a beautiful star on the stage being admired, Gog Agog is pointing out Allison’s flaws and ‘ugliness’ in comparison to herself, which she considers herself and her abilities flawless, the peak of being.
Honestly Gog Agog’s body’s proportions are off in a way that’s similar to the exaggerated postures of Mannerism (which is an art movement where artists simply couldn’t be as good as Raphael’s own depictions of bodies were).
It’s not just vanity that’s represented through this Gog Agog’s form, but an attempt at reaching a perfection that’s not reached because her long limbs and whole behaviour fall into a sort of uncanney valley where Gog Agog’s beauty and “perfection” feel forced and a bit try-harding.
I guess that’s the difference between Gog Agog and Allison.
Only one has Royalty.
There’s a non-zero chance that Gog has never seen Allison up till this point, yeah. And, of course, since she keeps dropping hints shes aware of the time loop, this is the first time she’s met Allison. So maybe she didn’t expect the cool new Heir to deign to let herself be so Incredibly Fucked Up By Swords.
I like to imagine it has the same quality as birds imitating human speech. If you listen closely, you can hear how each syllable is pronounced in various screeches and whistles (or, in this case, whatever sound worms make). Perhaps Gog Agog hasn’t quite perfected imitation of speech yet. Perhaps she has, and she either doesn’t think it worth the effort or intentionally makes her voice slightly unsettling to listen to.
Oh darn, wrong comment : (
Gog Agog is the only demiurge with a coherent political philosophy and it is this: Solomon could never be a god, because gods don’t get punched in the face. In the timeframe of the immortals the only certainty is failure: you will be defeated and humiliated in front of the Mass, and made into a spectacle. So the only real immortality is as Spectacle.
Gog Agog, who gets shot in the face for a joke. Gog Agog, the jester, the clown, the fool. Gog Agog, the only one trying to make things nice around here. Gog Agog, who wants to consume your biomass, but will shrug it off if you say no. Gog Agog the unnecessary announcer, the annoying celebrity.
Allison has been defeated, humbled, humiliated. Gog Agog needs to mock her: her philosophy demands it. But more importantly, she wants to understand how Allison responds to mockery.
I think White Chain might have trained her well as far as mockery. Besides, if saying she lost an eye is mockery, it’s pretty weak mockery.
I’m seeing the stage, and I suddenly recall the final verse of Poe’s poem…