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eke out posted:based on how extreme his justice apparently is, I'm looking forward to see who it is that like, does the beheading when you are late on your taxes. You don't get beheaded just for being late on your taxes! That's crazy. You get beheaded for attempting to cheat on your taxes.
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The Roman-Babylonian crossover works I think. The ur-kings probably got started in Ur, and of course Rome basically invented empire or really solidified the concept.
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Aurium posted:Size of your beard determines seniority on the council. It's entirely possible at least one of them is, in fact, a lady with a prosthetic beard. Let's get all Lhankhor Mhy on this poo poo.
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I do think it’s probably significant that all of his advisors are less glam versions of Solomon.
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loving hell the font was tiny in the first book. A quick check shows it gradually increasing over time. Trends indicate that by the climax of the last book, everyone will be speaking in size 24 comic sans. PetraCore posted:If I had to live in the k6bd verse and I couldn't pick a world that hadn't been bent to rule yet I'd probably live in one of Solomon's, but that's mostly because the alternatives seem like they're super bad. A commitment to justice is only a good thing if the laws really are just... and even then, it depends on what kind of justice you're talking about, and I bet Solomon David isn't into rehabilitative justice given the story we've heard. There was a story at some point where a dispute between two women was resolved under Solomon's justice. It didn't work out well for either of them really.
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I seem to recall that the parable of the baby (the Judgment of Solomon) was Solomon’s way of explaining that even if his half-brother had a more legitimate claim to the throne, Solomon was willing to split the kingdom in half in civil war, so the half-brother should step down or whatever.
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Phy posted:Nebu-chad-nipple
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DOCTOR ZIMBARDO posted:I seem to recall that the parable of the baby (the Judgment of Solomon) was Solomon’s way of explaining that even if his half-brother had a more legitimate claim to the throne, Solomon was willing to split the kingdom in half in civil war, so the half-brother should step down or whatever. Solomon David is not the same as that Solomon David. It took me way too long to find that, but it's a good bit of lore, and I also found the one about Australia.. Someone really ought to go through all those asks and add that info the wiki or something.
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SniperWoreConverse posted:The Roman-Babylonian crossover works I think. The ur-kings probably got started in Ur, and of course Rome basically invented empire or really solidified the concept. Achaemenid Persia beat Rome to that by centuries, and I think size-wise was just as big if not bigger. Persia did a lot of things we credit Greece and/or Rome with first, actually, but because the Western view of history is extremely Eurocentric and Persia's over in the Middle East, most people just know them as the bad guys from 300. Which is a shame because there's a lot of fascinating stuff there. Edit: Just realized this comes off as a "Well, actually," which isn't what I was going for; I'm really just very interested in the history of things like the Achaemenid Empire and saw an opportunity to talk about it. On-topic, though, yeah, Solomon David's Sumerian-Roman hybrid aesthetic works for him. Architecture-wise his stuff seems almost entirely Roman meanwhile, which kind of makes sense actually; he's an immortal god-king, so him looking "older" than the rest of his empire fits, because he is. Roland Jones fucked around with this message at 19:38 on Aug 18, 2018 |
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Roland Jones posted:I've said it two or three times already I think, but Solomon David looks statuesque in more ways than one almost every time he appears. He looks like he's posing in nearly every panel he's in.
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ConanTheLibrarian posted:loving hell the font was tiny in the first book. A quick check shows it gradually increasing over time. Trends indicate that by the climax of the last book, everyone will be speaking in size 24 comic sans. The lady who was telling the truth escaped prostitution through Imperial education and employment and her only punishment was six months of hard labor.  And her baby became a ward of the state, so presumably it went pretty well for the baby too.
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Begemot posted:Solomon David is not the same as that Solomon David. Yeah but there's prrrrroobably a thematic reason one is named after the other?
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SniperWoreConverse posted:The ur-kings probably got started in Ur Probably, but the Ur-kings definitely did! 
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Yeowch!!! My Balls!!! posted:look upon my pecs ye mighty, and despair
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Scipio Africurlus Gluteus Ceasar Vercinquadriceps Marc Hamtony
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treasured8elief posted:His palace reminds me a lot of Boy, if Operant thought drawing just bannisters was time consuming, imagine a tea reception in that place
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treasured8elief posted:His palace reminds me a lot of Where is this?
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Chewbaccanator posted:Where is this? This is the Ranakpur Jain temple and it's loving amazing.
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GreyjoyBastard posted:It's entirely possible at least one of them is, in fact, a lady with a prosthetic beard. Let's get all Lhankhor Mhy on this poo poo. I was hoping for this as well. Alas. Anonymous posted:Are all of Solomon David's councilors men? Abbadon posted:Yes, absolutely So sad. Perhaps poor Solomon David has issues with women.
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Not only are all his councilors men, but they are all dark skinned too. I assume it's intentional, but I still don't know if Solomon is pro dark skin, pro purple skin, or just anti white skin.
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Benson Cunningham posted:Not only are all his councilors men, but they are all dark skinned too. I assume it's intentional, but I still don't know if Solomon is pro dark skin, pro purple skin, or just anti white skin. Look closer, now look at the Deus-Pater thing. Those are his children, grandchildren etc.
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Tzarnal posted:Look closer, now look at the Deus-Pater thing. Those are his children, grandchildren etc. Oh, so he is maximally racist. You are either some % Solomon or your opinion actually doesn't matter.
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How could anyone else possibly give advice to Solomon, renowned for his wisdom and judgement? He can find no match but in himself, so he raises generations of clones to serve as his best advisers. This way, whatever decision is reached, it is always Solomon's and Solomon's alone.
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We Divayth Fyr now.
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Tzarnal posted:Look closer, now look at the Deus-Pater thing. Those are his children, grandchildren etc. I hope it's this, but backwards. Like, that they were all Solomon David
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Seems a bit rude to ask your emperor about succession when he's a friggen demiurge.
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New page! I like how a river of coins flowing from a literal hole in his interdimensional bank vault is only a drop in the bucket for ol' Mammon. Still have enough left to fight an apocalyptic war.
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I’m getting the impression that Solomon might have personal reasons for being uninterested in creating a successor, and not all of them are to do with his ego. Dude really does surround himself with a lot of men, doesn’t he?
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Darth Walrus posted:I’m getting the impression that Solomon might have personal reasons for being uninterested in creating a successor, and not all of them are to do with his ego. Look at their noses and eyes. They're all almost exactly the same. And hey, below page 2: quote:“YNEM E YNNU He who protects himself, indeed.
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Oh hey, speaking of ancient Persia, "satrapies". Solomon David's just pulling from all over the ancient world.
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Darth Walrus posted:I’m getting the impression that Solomon might have personal reasons for being uninterested in creating a successor, and not all of them are to do with his ego. The manliest 'urge
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Darth Walrus posted:I’m getting the impression that Solomon might have personal reasons for being uninterested in creating a successor, and not all of them are to do with his ego. He's named for the dude famous for having 1,000 wives and concubines. Those are his eldest surviving male offspring.
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Every demiurge presumably has a different kind of immortality. Mottom's is repeated bodily rejuvenation, Mammon's is just being loving old. Solomon David maybe magic-clones himself and demotes his aging predecessor to the council.
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My pet theory is that Solomon David holds his whole martial arts tournament/succession contest because he's waiting for some kind of prophesied messiah to take over for him. Everyone in his council is secretly hoping that they're The One, and to convince him, they're modeling themselves on Solomon, who models himself after what he thinks the messiah is gonna be like.
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Bongo Bill posted:Every demiurge presumably has a different kind of immortality. Mottom's is repeated bodily rejuvenation, Mammon's is just being loving old. Solomon David maybe magic-clones himself and demotes his aging predecessor to the council. I prefer to imagine that every time Death comes for Solomon David, he punches Death so hard that Death has to take 100 years to recuperate before coming back again.
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Solomon David probably has some kind of kung fu breathing atum bullshit going on. He's all about being the untouchable badass.
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My theory is that those guys aren't nearly as old as they look and that he is stealing life from his own kids. He clearly knows best and they're only children. Could also be that he just sucks the life from his daughters though.
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I think he just lives forever by having an extremely strict training regimen and diet, and being an immortal kung fu wizard king. His dedication to monarchical succession, of course, is idiotic. The fact that he's a highly efficient kung fu badass has no relationship to the qualities of his offspring, and he clearly is an awful teacher because he expects to control everything precisely. Also he can only imagine someone who is very like him (metaphorically but also... genetically, given his failsons here) as a ruler. The dude's sin is Pride, it's not pride in something that doesn't exist - it's inability to see the limits of his own expertise.
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