I’m not locked in a multi-timeline spanning endless body occupying existence shredding loop with you.
You’re locked in a multi-timeline spanning endless body occupying existence shredding loop with ME!
A curious turn of events. Although I believe that Al-Yisun’s belief in moving forward is admirable, I wonder if it is truly right for her to force the Worm to follow the same path.
I had believed that securing her assistance was the goal, not her subjugation or undoing. Although perhaps that is the only way. Far be it from me to presume to know exactly what goes on inside the minds of the Key Bearers.
A few pages back Gog said “only the very beginning is lost to me”, so does this mean that this isn’t the Gog’s first body or that Alison managed to somehow unlock these early memories or that maybe by “beginning” Gog meant that her life as a human is lost and she only remembers from the point she became Gog? I really though that line was gonna play into something more
“The nethermost caverns,” wrote the mad Arab, “are not for the fathoming of eyes that see; for their marvels are strange and terrific. Cursed the ground where dead thoughts live new and oddly bodied, and evil the mind that is held by no head. Wisely did Ibn Schacabao say, that happy is the tomb where no wizard hath lain, and happy the town at night whose wizards are all ashes. For it is of old rumour that the soul of the devil-bought hastes not from his charnel clay, but fats and instructs the very worm that gnaws; till out of corruption horrid life springs, and the dull scavengers of earth wax crafty to vex it and swell monstrous to plague it. Great holes secretly are digged where earth’s pores ought to suffice, and things have learnt to walk that ought to crawl.”
The Festival, by H.P.Lovecraft. That was what this reminded me of too. Perhaps the young woman was a witch whose mind got at least partially transferred to the worms?
Just saying, Abaddon, there’s an idea there for future April Fools’ updates. Add an extra page of Allison sifting through alternate realities, every year, without saying anything. Every reread, folks will wonder “is this arc longer than I remember, or what?” And it gets a little funnier each time.
Somewhat reminiscent of Darths and Droids April Fools panels. Dunno how well that reference tracks nowadays.
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Also, Gog likes Luau? Huh. Not too surprising I suppose.
Cheers, and belated congratulations on the second kid, sir!
Hmmm, well, OK. All-powerful Allison isn’t that interesting to me… any situation she just brute-forces into being on her terms. And, yes, I guarantee some roleplayer/ smartass will sententiously prate on about “such is the essence of royalty” (like they’re anything but commoners guessing), but narratively, eh. That said ‘helpless weakling loser’ Allison was irritating too.
I’m not locked in a multi-timeline spanning endless body occupying existence shredding loop with you.
You’re locked in a multi-timeline spanning endless body occupying existence shredding loop with ME!
A curious turn of events. Although I believe that Al-Yisun’s belief in moving forward is admirable, I wonder if it is truly right for her to force the Worm to follow the same path.
I had believed that securing her assistance was the goal, not her subjugation or undoing. Although perhaps that is the only way. Far be it from me to presume to know exactly what goes on inside the minds of the Key Bearers.
Walk like them until they must walk like you. This is the Mantle of Royalty.
As long as neither you nor them step on the Mantle. Because then you trip.
Could the tentacle face thing on the bottom right be a Nyarlathotep/Lovecraft reference?
The Thing in the Moonlight, Lovecraft, 1927, pretty sure.
Our Girl looking like Much Better Incubus all of a sudden
When you meet The Beast upon the road…tame it.
Show the Beast who’s Zoss, I mean Boss.
Is the hanging from a tree without eyes a reference to Odin?
Now I’m curious if this was a suicide, a murder, or an execution.
Just getting some summertime rendering vibes…
She is the virus that eats the disease
What I’m waiting for is a reprise of the first battle with Jagganoth, but when Gog-Agog ensphere’s him the Faces are all Allison.
Continuous cutting motion
A few pages back Gog said “only the very beginning is lost to me”, so does this mean that this isn’t the Gog’s first body or that Alison managed to somehow unlock these early memories or that maybe by “beginning” Gog meant that her life as a human is lost and she only remembers from the point she became Gog? I really though that line was gonna play into something more
It’s not clear yet, but I believe that this is Gog’s first humanoid body and some combination of the worms + the body is what resulted in Gog.
Gog says that only the very beginning is lost, and that may very well be that when she wasn’t sapient and was a collection of maggots.
I for one am looking forward to the inevitable AU fanfic the last few comics will spawn.
A dead soul in a multitude of bodies.
The Conquering Worm has been conquered.
Always doing something new with this story.
The creativity is unmatched.
Holy crap Allison!
When did you get this fucking badass?!!!
“Hey, why’d you stop?”
“Well there’s a stop sign right there for one thing”
Lice-Alice. It’s the Lice-Alice show, starring your friend, Lice-Alice.
I must say, in that final panel, I see it now. She has the bearing of The King.
Did the tentacles unwrap from her, or did they stop just short of attacking her?
Yes.
“The nethermost caverns,” wrote the mad Arab, “are not for the fathoming of eyes that see; for their marvels are strange and terrific. Cursed the ground where dead thoughts live new and oddly bodied, and evil the mind that is held by no head. Wisely did Ibn Schacabao say, that happy is the tomb where no wizard hath lain, and happy the town at night whose wizards are all ashes. For it is of old rumour that the soul of the devil-bought hastes not from his charnel clay, but fats and instructs the very worm that gnaws; till out of corruption horrid life springs, and the dull scavengers of earth wax crafty to vex it and swell monstrous to plague it. Great holes secretly are digged where earth’s pores ought to suffice, and things have learnt to walk that ought to crawl.”
The Festival, by H.P.Lovecraft. That was what this reminded me of too. Perhaps the young woman was a witch whose mind got at least partially transferred to the worms?
Ha! You quoted this earlier than I did. (I think Clark Ashton Smith did something similar with the idea, but I haven’t found that reference yet.)
Just saying, Abaddon, there’s an idea there for future April Fools’ updates. Add an extra page of Allison sifting through alternate realities, every year, without saying anything. Every reread, folks will wonder “is this arc longer than I remember, or what?” And it gets a little funnier each time.
Somewhat reminiscent of Darths and Droids April Fools panels. Dunno how well that reference tracks nowadays.
….
Also, Gog likes Luau? Huh. Not too surprising I suppose.
Cheers, and belated congratulations on the second kid, sir!
no wonder Gog are the way it is. I would also go crazy with this one shoe missing through endless cycles
Hmmm, well, OK. All-powerful Allison isn’t that interesting to me… any situation she just brute-forces into being on her terms. And, yes, I guarantee some roleplayer/ smartass will sententiously prate on about “such is the essence of royalty” (like they’re anything but commoners guessing), but narratively, eh. That said ‘helpless weakling loser’ Allison was irritating too.
Such is the essence of royalty.
So, basically what you’re saying is: Allison is irritating?