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Begemot posted:She's playing at being weak and powerless before her underlings but we've seen that she's not. lol wut she's a terrifying mother-goddess who travels around stripping whole worlds bare from atop a giant gaudy mobile oppression palace that she carries through the air just by thinking about it, whatever suggestion of powerlessness or vulnerability she's projecting at the moment is purely for Allison's benefit, and not likely to be repeated elsewhere. She is power as blatantly exercised as possible. Her whole point is she thinks she's trapped by her inability to do anything that might look weak to her followers. A Wizard of Goatse fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Jun 1, 2016 |
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It's kind of like the Fisher King legend. The rulers gave into their darker desires and broke the Concordance and now the seven are at the top of reality but it is an evil and war torn reality that they inherited.
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It's kind of like shooting an elephant. Mottom turned that guy into a tree solely to avoid looking a fool.
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If every year Mottom just loving wiped out the shittiest guild her realm would probably be fine by now.
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Hypocrisy posted:It's kind of like shooting an elephant. Mottom turned that guy into a tree solely to avoid looking a fool. goddamnit orwell, we talked about this
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reignonyourparade posted:If every year Mottom just loving wiped out the shittiest guild her realm would probably be fine by now. What's your definition of shittiest? Because the one that ravages worlds the best is probably the most useful one as an army, honestly.
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reignonyourparade posted:If every year Mottom just loving wiped out the shittiest guild her realm would probably be fine by now. She could probably do that weekly and never make a dent on their numbers.
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Schwarzwald posted:She could probably do that weekly and never make a dent on their numbers. Yeah, but the others might clean up their acts to avoid pissing off the living god they work for.
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  hope u enjoyed my fan fic paranoid randroid fucked around with this message at 05:47 on Jun 4, 2016 |
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Schwarzwald posted:She could probably do that weekly and never make a dent on their numbers. I think that's underestimating the ridiculous amount of time she's had.
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Hey, look who's here. Also, Allison could use a new dress.
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Hey girl!
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paranoid randroid posted:
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I really can't conceive the horror of existing in the same cosmos as Pree Aesma Ten Yondam, attention-deficit ravager of all.
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That frozen light Division sure sounds a lot like what our girl Alison can do, huh?
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Oxxidation posted:I really can't conceive the horror of existing in the same cosmos as Pree Aesma Ten Yondam, attention-deficit ravager of all. What, you don't want to be an exceptionally well-colored fish? Renaissance Robot posted:That frozen light Division sure sounds a lot like what our girl Alison can do, huh? All the Keys grant the power of Division, for the Universe shivers at the whispered names of God. wiegieman fucked around with this message at 06:45 on Jun 4, 2016 |
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You know, I don't think Mottom would tolerate hanging around right on the verge of death from age, so at the rate this fruit wears off, it makes me wonder if it isn't just something she does for fun and not the true source of her immortality at all.
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Cathair posted:You know, I don't think Mottom would tolerate hanging around right on the verge of death from age, so at the rate this fruit wears off, it makes me wonder if it isn't just something she does for fun and not the true source of her immortality at all. But what if it is this way: All gods are immortal. The power of their keys give them a life eternal. It allows them to live as what they've wanted to be, what they desire. Mottom desires to be the old hag, who cares not for her appearance to others, only for her own whims. She cannot change that she desires that, so she uses the fruit to change what she appears to be. Or that's just dumb. Edit: I mean my thing is dumb, not yours.
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That reminds me of one of my favorite comic book moments. The villain takes control of the hero (Blue Beetle) and sets him against his unpowered best friend. And because they're a villain, they decide that rather than let the Blue Beetle fight with just his alien supersuit, they use some magic to transform him into what he secretly desires: 
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So Maya is about to meet a god on their throne.
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Archenteron posted:So Maya is about to meet a god on their throne. Maya's a beggar knight now. They foreswear violence, except in defense. Which means we get to see Juggernaut Star blender his way through the mercs and then run smack dab into her.
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Archenteron posted:So Maya is about to meet a god on their throne. See what I don't get is why she has to topple the thrones afterwards. Like, that's somebody's craftsmanship right there, you can just push it to the back of the room, there's no need to be a dick. We don't know how many Gokus Maya is yet, though. Could she solo Six Juggs? Could she solo Mom Om?
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SexyBlindfold posted:See what I don't get is why she has to topple the thrones afterwards. Like, that's somebody's craftsmanship right there, you can just push it to the back of the room, there's no need to be a dick. Probably not why do you think she brought the guild of nerds? This is clearly a 25M Mythic Mother Om run.
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SexyBlindfold posted:See what I don't get is why she has to topple the thrones afterwards. Like, that's somebody's craftsmanship right there, you can just push it to the back of the room, there's no need to be a dick. You're assuming the God makes the throne, and not that the throne makes the God.
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wiegieman posted:Maya's a beggar knight now. They foreswear violence, except in defense. What do we know about Maya?
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Who What Now posted:What do we know about Maya? Probably Meti's apprentice, definitely a big fan of noodles, wields the Maybe Sword, and presumably not a huge fan of gods and/or their seating arrangements.
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Maya is probably the toughest character we've met, barring Zoss. She conquered a considerable number of universes, before she decided to do more important things.
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wiegieman posted:Maya is probably the toughest character we've met, barring Zoss. She conquered a considerable number of universes, before she decided to do more important things. Where was that mentioned?
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wiegieman posted:Maya is probably the toughest character we've met, barring Zoss. She conquered a considerable number of universes, before she decided to do more important things. I always assumed she was an also-ran from the Universal War, and got a choice between forsaking all her worldly ambitions and living as a destitute Mendicant Knight or losing her head, which would explain why she wants to know what Allison thinks of death since she's kinda rethinking her decision.
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Who What Now posted:Where was that mentioned? Operant's tumblr. Here and here.
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She used to roll with the Fourth Army (or was it the Middle Army?) which Incubus also has connections to
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Oh poo poo. I thought the notes about the Maybe Sword was just wishful thinking but it's confirmed! The Maybe Sword is a weapon from The Scar by China Mieville where, when activated, the sword slices along every single path it could take up to a certain probability. A classically trained swordsman would find the Maybe Sword almost useless, as they aim for precision with every strike. A novice would quickly suffer a mortal would, as their inexperience means the sword cuts in every direction. A properly wielded Maybe Sword requires a combination of mastery and instinct. In that book at least, but it can certainly explain the first scene while she was eating noodles. e: VV  Well, alright. It's still my guess. The Might Sword, but renamed to avoid copyright issues.
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That was the Might Sword, this is the Maybe Sword. They're totally different things! More to the point, those notes are more than a year old by now. Its certainly possible that plans have changed since then, so I wouldn't put too much weight to them.
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Schwarzwald posted:That was the Might Sword, this is the Maybe Sword. They're totally different things! Err, if were really going to be picky about the name I think Mieville called it the possible sword not the might sword. Though I wouldn't be surprised if that idea has popped up in other fiction though as far as magic items go it's a pretty cool idea. I'd love to see its treatment here if it is the same thing.
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JuniperCake posted:Err, if were really going to be picky about the name I think Mieville called it the possible sword not the might sword. The book uses both terms. IIRC, "possible sword" was the general classification for the type of weapon it was, while Uther Doul named his specific sword Might Blade because he appreciated the wordplay. Schwarzwald fucked around with this message at 07:05 on Jun 5, 2016 |
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Schwarzwald posted:You're assuming the God makes the throne, and not that the throne makes the God. Perhaps it is neither.
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JT Jag posted:Perhaps it goes both ways. a throne is an ugly piece of wood and the people who sit upon it idiots
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JT Jag posted:Perhaps it goes both ways. Consider what we know about Hastet Om and his kingdom. He was, if not killed, then certainly cast down. Yet his kingdom still exists--as Mottom Om's kingdom--and it has grown to encompass a full seventh of the multiverse. This is why you have to topple the thrones. Killing the gods is not enough.
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paranoid randroid posted:a throne is an ugly piece of wood and the people who sit upon it idiots You aren't making your thrones out of the right stuff (human bone. the right stuff is human bone, from skeleteons/skullz of the vanquished)
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