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Fish Noise posted:I now await the appearance of some sort of gross redneck devil wearing a SWORDS DON'T KILL PEOPLE I KILL PEOPLE tank top in the comic. I think "KILL BOSS" was pretty much the same idea, but far more succinct.
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Fish Noise posted:I now await the appearance of some sort of gross redneck devil wearing a SWORDS DON'T KILL PEOPLE I KILL PEOPLE tank top in the comic. Are Oakleys and high and tights a multiversal constant
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Fish Noise posted:I now await the appearance of some sort of gross redneck devil wearing a SWORDS DON'T KILL PEOPLE I KILL PEOPLE tank top in the comic. Bonus points if they get hipchecked into oblivion within a page or two.
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Hmm, new update appears to suggest Maya may in fact be a poor swordswoman after all. Then again I suppose if throwing yourself cheerfully into murder without a second thought about your chances was easy everybody would be great with a blade.
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Link to update This is some interesting detail. I've got no real opinion on it yet, but it's interesting.
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Apr 27, 2019 23:54
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Gun witches don't die so easily, it seems
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On the one hand, the Pursuers joining the tournament is a tidy way to get them on Allison's path again. On the other hand, things usually start dying once Maya takes out that tuning fork thing.  It does seem obvious, in retrospect, that someone who hangs onto life for hundreds of years out of sheer spite has more problems than just self-loathing. This is maybe the least intense face we've seen out of contemporary Maya? Her eyes aren't even red. Dr Subterfuge fucked around with this message at 00:01 on Apr 28, 2019 |
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I am very disappointed that the pursuers stopped trying to kill each other and I hope that this tournament will put them back on the right path.
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Paramemetic posted:I mean it says you don't need a sword, but it's better if you have one, but if not, just rip dudes apart with your hands because you are fukken Royalty. Oxxidation posted:meti's only possession is a sword, and she is in fact quite finicky about the ideal type and construction of the sword one should use
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pseudorandom name posted:Meti's sword was an unusable rusted piece of junk until she took on new students. I am entirely certain that would not have stopped her from cutting things with it, since her idiot apprentice sectioned an angel using the stub of a blade attached to a hilt.
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Tenebrais posted:I am very disappointed that the pursuers stopped trying to kill each other and I hope that this tournament will put them back on the right path. Well, they are not sensible people.
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pseudorandom name posted:If you are a Sword Master, when you are in need of a sword your enemy will bring one to you. all the studen of sword law requires is an object that conveys the idea of sword, its condition is irrelevant.
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Agean90 posted:all the studen of sword law requires is an object that conveys the idea of sword, its condition is irrelevant. For the masters, that object is their hand. Or their left big toe. Or any other body part you care to name. When a true master of the blade drops trou and challenges you to a swordfight, take him very literally.
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I kinda want to make a Taoist swordsman for the new Legend of the Five Rings game now.
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Darth Walrus posted:For the masters, that object is their hand. Or their left big toe. Or any other body part you care to name. When a true master of the blade drops trou and challenges you to a swordfight, take him very literally. Using a body part to Cut? A shameful crutch.
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Darth Walrus posted:For the masters, that object is their hand. Or their left big toe. Or any other body part you care to name. When a true master of the blade drops trou and challenges you to a swordfight, take him very literally. Is the sanctioned action cut or uncut?
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Maya's dialogue there seems to be implying that she's not capable of beating Incubus, which says some terrifying things about Incubus.
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Her hair pin. Is that her key? Might Incubus only have an emissary's power?
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Shadowlyger posted:Maya's dialogue there seems to be implying that she's not capable of beating Incubus, which says some terrifying things about Incubus.
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JT Jag posted:I interpreted it more as even if she beat Incubus he’s done so much harm as a demiurge already that it doesn’t qualify as revenge. I'm pretty sure the devil she's waited centuries to show vulnerability is not in fact "her memories of the things she has done."
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JT Jag posted:I interpreted it more as even if she beat Incubus he’s done so much harm as a demiurge already that it doesn’t qualify as revenge. Her last lines are all about waiting for her opponent to show his weakness and stewing in her own anger which is the second time she's mentioned this grudge this conversation. We don't know why she considers anyone who holds a key beyond revenge, but I do think that this page hints that Incubus was the stronger swordsman between the two despite not being recognized as Meti's student.
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Bilirubin posted:Her hair pin. Is that her key? Nah, I think Inky has the real key or Maya would have cut him into ribbons a long time ago. Something happened and he rose to power before she could get revenge. I'm kind of partial to the idea that he went and killed Meti after he got the key because he developed some kind of grudge against her before that and the key was the only reason he ever stood a chance. It'd do a lot to explain Maya's hatred too, imagine she walked away from power and that's the reason Meti died, that'd be a pretty good reason to stay alive for hundreds of years on pure spite and rage. I hope we find out the rest soon. Mimesweeper fucked around with this message at 01:58 on Apr 28, 2019 |
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incubus and maya are trapped in the rocket tag dilemmaMimesweeper posted:Something happened and he rose to power before she could get revenge. I'm kind of partial to the idea that he went and killed Meti after he got the key because he developed some kind of grudge against her before that and the key was the only reason he ever stood a chance. It'd do a lot to explain Maya's hatred too, imagine she walked away from power and that's the reason Meti died, that'd be a pretty good reason to stay alive for hundreds of years on pure spite and rage. I hope we find out the rest soon. i think meti was long-dead when he took the throne. im thinking maya abdicated in part because she was afraid that she would lose to incubus, and thus fail to avenge her master. sure, meti would call her a fool for that, but meti wound up torn apart and thrown to the dogs so whose the real brain genius Tollymain fucked around with this message at 02:03 on Apr 28, 2019 |
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The idea that Maya abandoned her key to avoid fighting Incubus because she thought she'd lose is a really good one. It would neatly explain his sense of being 'cheated' and why she hasn't killed him, while at the same time showing that she's at least wise enough to know her own limits. And it will make him all the more surprised to be taken down when he is.
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ThatBasqueGuy posted:Using a body part to Cut? A shameful crutch. 
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Maybe Maya beat Incubus early on but let him live out of the same pity she showed the "lowly" rat. Later she wins her key and takes her throne while Incubus shadows her. She becomes disillusioned by rule and abdicates leaving her throne to what she thought was a worthy successor. Instead Incubus takes the throne and butchers her worlds leaving her bitter and guilt ridden but unable to stop him due to the key tipping his power above hers. So now she waits like Incubus filled with hate and desire for her enemy to falter so she can destroy them.
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Really I just want Incubus to be as good at swords as he thinks he is. And to still lose in the end because this setting doesn't actually have untouchable power tiers. Also, the dude can't catch a break. He faithfully learns and executes all of Meti's lessons without complaint and Maya is still the favorite student.
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Joe Slowboat posted:Also, the dude can't catch a break. He faithfully learns and executes all of Meti's lessons without complaint and Maya is still the favorite student. Those two things are probably related, if one pays attention to Meti's opinion on swords and the use thereof.
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Real glad to see so many of our best friends hanging out and doing well, but I'm a little concerned about Hrotomos he looks kind of glum. Maybe someone just needs to burp him? That must be something of a challenge, just ergonomically.
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Ashcans posted:Real glad to see so many of our best friends hanging out and doing well, but I'm a little concerned about Hrotomos he looks kind of glum. Maybe someone just needs to burp him? That must be something of a challenge, just ergonomically. hes meditating
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Can't help but notice the use of male-only descriptors in the heralds announcement. Solomon David totally excludes women from the tournament, doesn't he?
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I can't wait for Layla Brimstone to shoot Solomon David and draw blood because nobody's ever just tried shooting with a gun before and now a very surprised gunwitch is in charge of 1/7th of Creation.
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I can't wait to see who Jagganoth sends to the tournament. He's probably got some scary rear end people working for him.
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Demiurge4 posted:Can't help but notice the use of male-only descriptors in the heralds announcement. Solomon David totally excludes women from the tournament, doesn't he? I'm pretty sure he would allow anyone to participate because he wants someone strong and he's a part of a pact that has 
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