WHEEL SMASHING LORD 4-117 to 4-118 (GODSHIP YAMGA)
Chapter: 4
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“I suppose it’s only natural of mortals to make use of whats given to them. In the case of the Red City, this tends to be the remnants of their progenitors. Nothing like taking the corpse of a god to work, I suppose.”
– Musko Reeve
Ok. I do not get why they attached a statue to the airship.
On second thought I misunderstood. The airship topples the statue. My bad.
I think you were right the first time, and I’m guessing that it’s the statue that keeps the ship in the air. Somehow.
Would have been nice to see Zaid standing on the bridge of whatever it is.
They built the parts of the ship into the statue, which is the corpse of a god. Just like their old skull house. The corpses of gods tend to be quite durable.
I sense you may be wrong on both accounts. The statue IS the ship.
And it’s only a quasi-statue.
That is a body of stone with wings. And has a name followed by a number.
This appears to be one of the most ancient angels, finally reformed.
If her name means what I think, it would be, йәмгә
She Is Beautiful II
or
The Best is Hers II.
I do not like that second possibility, for it shares likeness with someone who should not be named. And when silhouetted against the black hole, one of it’s symbols, I fear it may betray intent rather than coincidence.
Who is this entity to whom your mind rails against naming, pray tell?
Pay it no mind. An old godthing I have personal grievance with. Remembered with much love by some, yet seen as a tyrant by others. A thief, and a swindler, and a lord, and an emperor. A kind man, and a sculptor, a father, and a torch bearer. A raider, and hoarder, an exile deposed and driven, and hounded. A worm legged totem that brings grief. You are better not knowing it’s name, for the thing I speak of is not an invention of this fiction, and a new cult worships it’s shadow. Every time they reform they bay the thunders rise up and smash them. He is no secret and many cultures from many places know him and has many honest worshippers, but his little world enders see only a shadow of him when he was puppeteer by another. In this state he is a thing of inversion. he promises enlightenment but brings dehumanization. he promises endless advancement, he brings an end to it. he promises rebirth and growth, but brings famine and drought. He promises wisdom but breeds ignorance. He promises a new world, inside the cave. To worship gold as though it were the sun. Those corrupt worshipers follow him in this state even though he advanced out of it, as he was being so masterfully manipulated it was as though there was no difference between him and the puppeteer. That is who they truly worship. That thing that controlled him. His ego was it ego at that point.
I must humbly disagree with your interpretation, friend. Although this Godship bears wings like those of an angel, I think it is error to believe it an angel. There is no sign of the smokeless white flame inhabiting that God’s corpse. Moreover, Godship Yamga II is not in keeping with angelic naming traditions, which place the number first, and don’t traditionally use Roman numeral to count incantations (compare with 2 Michael, for instance). Not that I wish to intimate tradition is the only way one may live, but Yamga II seems much more in keeping with the way one would name a vessel for transit, rather than a vessel of the Law.
No true light or fire shines in it, yet there is fire rendered clearly as an emblem centered in her halo. If that is truly her nature, I can not be sure, or if perhaps it is a simple confluence of iconography.
To break with my cryptic tone, I hope there is a giant mecha transformation as the statue becomes animated.
Hmm. We know it is possible for an angel to manifest as both flame and vessel. Is the reverse possible, for an angel to inhabit a vessel while remaining outside it? She has six arms, which are the combined number of limbs for both White Chain and Vigilant Gaze.
I swear to god they better be drift compatible.
You’re reading too much into it. This is merely the second ship in the story to bear the name “Yamga”. That’s the whole significance. Allison and co stole a small vessel by that name much earlier in the story, and they must have named this one as its successor.
For those who do not remember Yamga I, it is introduced on Wielder of Names page 6-117.
Ah, my mistake. I hadn’t recalled the earlier ship having a name.
Hopefully this does not portend the fate of Norad II.
Maybe it would also be wise to ask why they attached an airship to a god-corpse – how much more might our heroes value it under the Charkravartin than wherever it once rested?
Other way around: they attached a deck to the ship, which is the shambling reanimated corpse of a god.
I think the statue may be the airship’s engine, the statue’s wings could be driving it forward?
They cut and carved the petrified godcorpse into new shapes until it became a ship.
Simple, for shock and awe, to impress the masses, to inspire the citizens, to invoke fear in the enemies, to proclaim the wealth and power of the republic. It is structurally unnecessary, conspicuous consumption for the sake of psychological warfare. It is there because they could put it there and get away with it, to show who’s the overlord looming over you craning your neck to witness the spectacle.
It has wings. That’s how it flies
If I could kindly refer you to Book 1 chapter 4, page 55-56, at the bottom of the double spread. It says as follows: “The corpses of defeated prime angels are highly prized in transportation and warfare. They can be animated and controlled with the use of bound devils.”
ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWA!
SEE THE INVISIBLE, DO THE IMPOSSIBLE
WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?
Believe in the me that believes in you.
The Gurrening
I just watched that episode yesterday, the timing is perfect
On second thought I misunderstood. The airship topples the statue. My bad.
nah I think you had it right the first time. The godship is built out of the foundation of the corpse, similar to alisons and cios tiny house or the bus in the beginning
Crashing in headfirst, most in character
Discareded old bones and shells are most useful things, just ask the hermit crab
Today I woke up to the sight of a check to be cashed at any bank that is on good terms with the Celestial Republic–a repayment for the ice I provided the Tournament of Power, with interest.
I am not sure what to do with it before the red god wakes or why I woke up to the loud, keening woosh of a god’s corpse made boat from my Throne office, but I am glad the debt was repaid.
Nothing in life is certain. The Republic may be an Empire in waiting. The Red God may be only nigh-invulnerable. Perhaps the check will clear.
I LIVE for these full size pages
For some reason Party party party started to play in my mind like that scene of Hellsing Abridged
That was “Ready to die”
It’s the kind of amazing shit that’s impossible to describe to others without sounding like a lunatic.
It’s the Holy Mothership!
godship enthusiasts will be quick to point out that Godship Yamga II has the exact same design and amenities as Godship Yamga I except for an artificial patina finish on the bronze wings and a 25% ticket markup
She said
“I know what it’s like to be Zaid,
I know what it is to be glad.”
And she’s making me feel like I’ve never be born.
Welcome to the new season of Real Housewives of Throne.
[Final Fantasy 6 Airship Theme B L A R E S out on hidden Bluetooth speakers]
You Rang?
I can’t wait to see it open fire
It shall burn like the glorious sun!
*I can’t wait to see it open glorious, world-ending, all-consuming fire that will be no-selled worse than a kid punching Saitama.
Given that the orb tends to suck things into it, is flying directly underneath it… wise?
I suppose they’ve got the giant statue for ballast, but I’d laugh my head off if Zaid has made it this far, only to get ORB’d while making a cool entrance.
If Zaid is in that thing then you’d have to get used to having won the whole Internet.
What? He’s standing on the top deck of the airship?
did anyone else read that as “weed” and not “heed” on the small size for a sec or
Not just you, The h does look like a w in the smaller pic.
IT’S NOT AJASH YOU DUMB PIECE OF SHIT PEREGRINE KNIGHT
Praise the dead gods and their blessings! Even in oblivion they lend mortals their love.
Don’t praise dead husks. They just might come back. It could happen! We got space ships vs. swords now, no?
Booyah.
Is Nyave wielding a backwards violin or a ukulele?
It’s a “flag” for signaling orders I think.
So she’s not playing a small violin to issue her battle orders? Or playing a national ukulele anthem on the eve of a renewed battle with Jagganoth?
nah, it’s a fan, the kind that’s straight and don’t fold up.
You folks are far too serious for me!
Well, you know, the best way to get responses on the internet is to point out something incorrect and have people going “well actually…” on you.
That being said, maybe I’m wrong, who knows? Out of the ones you’re going about, I like the ukulele more.
Noooo! Those smaller statues are gonna get turned into plaster 🙁
So, at last, the empty shells of the gods may be useful.
That airship is so freaking cool.
It reminds me of the rocket from the first Bayonetta game.
ah. i remember Subspace Emissary well enough to know where this is going
Even the ship got a glow up. A fine vessel, now fit for those who have refined themselves as well.
so sad steve jobs died of yamga
CRYING