Uh hey it’s absolutely unhinged to wish for a character to die because you think she’s “ugly”. People and characters don’t need to feel fuckable to you to justify their existence.
And I don’t care if you pretend it’s “just a joke” as a flimsy, idiot defense. I don’t care about anything you’ll say to defend yourself, this is a matter between you, yourself and the other people in your life.
But people say the kind of drivel you just said all the time, and they’re never *really* joking – it’s always revealing of the all-pervasive idea that the worth of women is tied to how much people want to fuck them. You need to question that thought pattern and go to therapy.
How are you even reading this comic with thoughts like that in this barren skull of yours. Water thine crops.
(Also you have shit taste but that’s an altogether different river.)
42 Empty Palms Rebuke the Disgusting DOES have a point mate.
Racist, antisemitic, misogynistic, transphobic or ableist jokes are not jokes at all. It is thinly veiled discrimination that only hides behind the pretence of being a joke.
The fact that you think what you said is funny at all tells more about you than you would like to admit.
Like, what's going on with you, dude, what are you talking about?
Oh no. He carries a key. He is beyond vengeance. She may cut his head off, he will reattach it and beat her to death. She may cut all of his limbs and leave him only with an empty torso, and his severed hand will strangle her.
But maybe not. Also, she’s also out for vengeance, and he murdered her children while she…kicked his ass one time? I dunno, I think she’s got the greater claim. He will always be the starving rat, and he is after all a terrible swordsman.
Your fawning worship of the keys is disgusting. Many have risen and fallen seeking them. Not so many could have been cut down if they made them invulnerable. She should cut off the beasts head, crush it under her foot, and pluck the key from the mashed pulp of his mind. And if she is wise, shatter it in her hand rather than wear it in her crown herself.
I don’t think anything EXCEPT Inky can take out Maya, certainly not these grinning Arnolds. If I was a betting man, my money would be on a Maya/Inky showdown that snuffs them both.
Yeah, personally I suspect he secretly loves her. Or, I guess, lusts for her. I think he hunted her down, killed her family and took her key/s because he was jealous and angry she settled down with someone else. Maya also noted that despite beheading him, he thoroughly beat her.
I think he’s hideously infatuated with her and will never be able to deliver a killing blow.
Seriously Incubus? She just cut part of your ship, even if the end result was your room getting a bit more breezy, and your response is to send cannon fodder?
You can’t dull Maya’s blade with blood and fat, she doesn’t have a blade.
Rob: They’re not real. You get that, right? None of it is real. The critics aren’t real. The customers aren’t real. Because… *this* isn’t real.
Chef Finway: [laughing awkwardly] Okay…
Rob: Derek, why do you care about these people? They don’t care about you. None of them. They don’t even know you because you haven’t shown them. Every day, you’ll wake up, and there’ll be less of you. You live your life for them, and they don’t even see you. You don’t even see yourself.
[long pause; Derek’s tight smile has slowly faded into a look of sorrow and regret]
Rob: We don’t get a lot of things to really care about.
I don’t know what on earth you’re talking about but holy Jesus is this little scene you’ve written here bad. Just brutally awful and all the worse for taking itself insufferably seriously
Never post again for any reason, end our suffering
So true bestie by the way do you wanna take another comment to wax poetic about how the one character should die in gruesome ways? Or maybe keep pestering every fucking person in the chat comments with pedantic cuntassery?
Is THAT a good example of not taking ourselves seriously?
There is something to be respected about the “bash your head into the problem until it crumbles to dust” strategy, and the funny thing about the key of kings is that it might let that plan actually work.
But if going “nah, I’d win” while empowered by a weapon forged from the names of God is enough to overcome this, then what meaning does the journey and work and sacrifice of those that are not Allison have? What purpose does the army brought here serve? What’s the point of the deal with the Worm? And we have seen directly, thousands of her allies are dead already in those explosions, even if she has never met them. The conundrum I see is if she had this attitude before they died, their own wills, drives, and sacrifices would have been moot. But now, it’s too focused on only those she knows. Thus, I anticipate at least one more disaster will befall her.
Though, perhaps this is due to my ignorance on the scope and scale of what the keys can do, or of what bearing a word of power can do. So, from my perspective, I’d like to know what part of her very near-term feats owe their strength to Allison’s determination, training, grit, will, and strength, and what to the borrowed power of God.
It’s not enough for Allison to simply conquer everything singlehandedly. That’s what Zoss did, and on a smaller scale what the Seven did. Look what happened – there was no true peace, only a fragile ceasefire that ignited into war again when something came along and upset the balance.
But now, all these rebel factions believe in something larger than themselves. They aren’t fighting because they’re terrified of the demiurge at their backs, they’re fighting for the possibility of a future where they might actually have a say in their own destinies. Better to die on your feet than live on your knees, as they say.
I do believe Allison is not solely focusing on fighting alongside those she holds dear, as such. She seems clearly and categorically opposed to people fighting on her behalf—that extends to all those gathered who have died for her and who are yet willing to die for her.
I believe the true test is whether she will allow them to fight *alongside* her, or will try and shoulder all that alone. There is a Strength, beyond Strength. That Strength, I believe, is others—it is good Allison will not use them, but she must be willing to trust in them, elsewise, it won’t take.
The Words of God are mighty, yes, but the united cry of all of Creation may yet rival them.
I think a fair amount of it is going to come down to Allison’s growth and training. There’s been multiple documented instances in the run of this comic where a sufficiently strong warrior comes along, curbstomps the current holder of a key, and takes it for themselves. If the keys themselves really granted that much power on their own, or at least power of a sort directly related to battle prowess, then I don’t think they’d be changing hands so relatively often. The power they confer is something (not wholly) different, even if it’s never been explicitly laid out in detail.
I think a dominant theme of this comic is that without self-mastery, power is a cage for idiots. The power to do whatever you want is of no good to you if the things you want are unwise, self-defeating or based in delusion. The one thing all of the god-kings with their incredible power never figured out was how to want something that is wise and virtuous.
We haven’t really seen Allison’s answer to this question made clear yet, and I’m very curious to. I think that that – Aesma-like – Allison’s answer will be something too simple for all these people who think they’re so clever to think of.
Ah yes, leaving a perfectly safe Nukoku in the perfectky safe ground middle of the battlefield with orders tio stay back, this will in no way backfire.
And fate fid turn the wheel
This post brought to you by not Cybermen from the tale of some Invulnerable hero
You mean The Doctor?
Who?
Does Incubus still have a functional ship?
Maybe.
Functional for now, but she DID just turn his bridge into a nice, open balcony.
Don’t worry, we’re still flying 90% of a ship
first
crap
A perfect story, in two posts.
Hemingway would be proud
Not Again. And Nukoku is standing right there, damn
STANDING HERE
I REALIZE
That she is butt-ugly
Her death sounds good to me
Some weird bug drudge
Her limbs are long
When her guard is down
Laser her instantly
This cyclops, killed full stop
Before the end I hope she goes awayyyyyy
[guitar solo]
Uh hey it’s absolutely unhinged to wish for a character to die because you think she’s “ugly”. People and characters don’t need to feel fuckable to you to justify their existence.
And I don’t care if you pretend it’s “just a joke” as a flimsy, idiot defense. I don’t care about anything you’ll say to defend yourself, this is a matter between you, yourself and the other people in your life.
But people say the kind of drivel you just said all the time, and they’re never *really* joking – it’s always revealing of the all-pervasive idea that the worth of women is tied to how much people want to fuck them. You need to question that thought pattern and go to therapy.
How are you even reading this comic with thoughts like that in this barren skull of yours. Water thine crops.
(Also you have shit taste but that’s an altogether different river.)
Not reading allat but I agree wholeheartedly
It was a joke about a fictional character who does not exist you weird pearl-clutching freak, please cease posting forever
42 Empty Palms Rebuke the Disgusting DOES have a point mate.
Racist, antisemitic, misogynistic, transphobic or ableist jokes are not jokes at all. It is thinly veiled discrimination that only hides behind the pretence of being a joke.
The fact that you think what you said is funny at all tells more about you than you would like to admit.
Neurotic levels of horny. Please go to jail.
Y’know, I really think she’s underestimating Maya here. I think, maybe, she’ll wipe the floor with him this time.
Maybe.
Oh no. He carries a key. He is beyond vengeance. She may cut his head off, he will reattach it and beat her to death. She may cut all of his limbs and leave him only with an empty torso, and his severed hand will strangle her.
But maybe not. Also, she’s also out for vengeance, and he murdered her children while she…kicked his ass one time? I dunno, I think she’s got the greater claim. He will always be the starving rat, and he is after all a terrible swordsman.
It wouldn’t even be the first time she killed someone who had a key.
Your fawning worship of the keys is disgusting. Many have risen and fallen seeking them. Not so many could have been cut down if they made them invulnerable. She should cut off the beasts head, crush it under her foot, and pluck the key from the mashed pulp of his mind. And if she is wise, shatter it in her hand rather than wear it in her crown herself.
Kind of hard to do… all of that head stuff you wrote to a master of The Head of John tbqh
Sublime Parry!
He just sits there like..”Hm , there is a sudden draft…oh well”.
Also…Armored Cod pieces. I want one!
“I guess its a convertible now”
They were all the rage in the 1500s.
so GOATcubus is going to solo maya? maybe sword is an incubus upscale…
I was wondering when the powerscalers would invade this fandom
No, we’ve always been here. There is a somewhat canonical ranking of the Demiurges’ combat ability.
…they’ve been here since day one what comic do you think you’re reading here, exactly
A broken ship against a broken blade…
oh heck
I don’t think anything EXCEPT Inky can take out Maya, certainly not these grinning Arnolds. If I was a betting man, my money would be on a Maya/Inky showdown that snuffs them both.
I cross my fingers behind my back, hand you $500 in Monopoly Money, and sign it with a wink. I’ll take that bet.
Its been hinted he doesn’t want to kill her, but I think Maya’ll get thunked anyway.
Yeah, personally I suspect he secretly loves her. Or, I guess, lusts for her. I think he hunted her down, killed her family and took her key/s because he was jealous and angry she settled down with someone else. Maya also noted that despite beheading him, he thoroughly beat her.
I think he’s hideously infatuated with her and will never be able to deliver a killing blow.
Seriously Incubus? She just cut part of your ship, even if the end result was your room getting a bit more breezy, and your response is to send cannon fodder?
You can’t dull Maya’s blade with blood and fat, she doesn’t have a blade.
Al-Yis-Un come get the woman that once was your girlfriend and give her a damn hug
I
Rob: They’re not real. You get that, right? None of it is real. The critics aren’t real. The customers aren’t real. Because… *this* isn’t real.
Chef Finway: [laughing awkwardly] Okay…
Rob: Derek, why do you care about these people? They don’t care about you. None of them. They don’t even know you because you haven’t shown them. Every day, you’ll wake up, and there’ll be less of you. You live your life for them, and they don’t even see you. You don’t even see yourself.
[long pause; Derek’s tight smile has slowly faded into a look of sorrow and regret]
Rob: We don’t get a lot of things to really care about.
I don’t know what on earth you’re talking about but holy Jesus is this little scene you’ve written here bad. Just brutally awful and all the worse for taking itself insufferably seriously
Never post again for any reason, end our suffering
So true bestie by the way do you wanna take another comment to wax poetic about how the one character should die in gruesome ways? Or maybe keep pestering every fucking person in the chat comments with pedantic cuntassery?
Is THAT a good example of not taking ourselves seriously?
Hopefully they free out dearest square angel soon so that he may partake in the grand ass kicking!
I hope so, he’s a delight. I want to see him punch a spaceship or whatever, let the old man punch
He’s open! Somebody get an A-Wing!
Concentrate forward firepower!!!
The Berserkers are giving me Attack on Titan season 4 vibes.
And just like that the ship is suddenly open air.
There is something to be respected about the “bash your head into the problem until it crumbles to dust” strategy, and the funny thing about the key of kings is that it might let that plan actually work.
But if going “nah, I’d win” while empowered by a weapon forged from the names of God is enough to overcome this, then what meaning does the journey and work and sacrifice of those that are not Allison have? What purpose does the army brought here serve? What’s the point of the deal with the Worm? And we have seen directly, thousands of her allies are dead already in those explosions, even if she has never met them. The conundrum I see is if she had this attitude before they died, their own wills, drives, and sacrifices would have been moot. But now, it’s too focused on only those she knows. Thus, I anticipate at least one more disaster will befall her.
Though, perhaps this is due to my ignorance on the scope and scale of what the keys can do, or of what bearing a word of power can do. So, from my perspective, I’d like to know what part of her very near-term feats owe their strength to Allison’s determination, training, grit, will, and strength, and what to the borrowed power of God.
Incubus also knows Head of John so he might also adopt that strategy…
It’s not enough for Allison to simply conquer everything singlehandedly. That’s what Zoss did, and on a smaller scale what the Seven did. Look what happened – there was no true peace, only a fragile ceasefire that ignited into war again when something came along and upset the balance.
But now, all these rebel factions believe in something larger than themselves. They aren’t fighting because they’re terrified of the demiurge at their backs, they’re fighting for the possibility of a future where they might actually have a say in their own destinies. Better to die on your feet than live on your knees, as they say.
I do believe Allison is not solely focusing on fighting alongside those she holds dear, as such. She seems clearly and categorically opposed to people fighting on her behalf—that extends to all those gathered who have died for her and who are yet willing to die for her.
I believe the true test is whether she will allow them to fight *alongside* her, or will try and shoulder all that alone. There is a Strength, beyond Strength. That Strength, I believe, is others—it is good Allison will not use them, but she must be willing to trust in them, elsewise, it won’t take.
The Words of God are mighty, yes, but the united cry of all of Creation may yet rival them.
I think a fair amount of it is going to come down to Allison’s growth and training. There’s been multiple documented instances in the run of this comic where a sufficiently strong warrior comes along, curbstomps the current holder of a key, and takes it for themselves. If the keys themselves really granted that much power on their own, or at least power of a sort directly related to battle prowess, then I don’t think they’d be changing hands so relatively often. The power they confer is something (not wholly) different, even if it’s never been explicitly laid out in detail.
What are the limits of the power of the key(s)?
I think a dominant theme of this comic is that without self-mastery, power is a cage for idiots. The power to do whatever you want is of no good to you if the things you want are unwise, self-defeating or based in delusion. The one thing all of the god-kings with their incredible power never figured out was how to want something that is wise and virtuous.
We haven’t really seen Allison’s answer to this question made clear yet, and I’m very curious to. I think that that – Aesma-like – Allison’s answer will be something too simple for all these people who think they’re so clever to think of.
Is this the Middle Army we’ve heard so much about or just Incubus’ personal lobotomite lackeys?
I think the Middle Army is long gone, or at least not as splendid as when Murder The Gods And Topple Their Thrones ruled it.
Primitive machines.
At least he invested in codpieces.
Ah yes, leaving a perfectly safe Nukoku in the perfectky safe ground middle of the battlefield with orders tio stay back, this will in no way backfire.
I hope she gets lasered and it catalyzes her transformation into something that isn’t gross and cycloptic and wishy-washy
Get maybed idiot