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Poltergrift posted:Note also Jaggs's one eye. I'm wondering whether dude might also be part of the mysterious Cycle as a Zeus/Odin-type figure.
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Darth Walrus posted:I note that Jagganoth is missing the same eye Allison is going to lose. Is this going to end up being some kind of Odin thing? Its the opposite eye
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Oct 24, 2020 19:58
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Does Allison know any more about Jagganoth's plan than what Mottom told her? The thing we're going to hate is a bunch of unreliable, self-interested power trippers all trying to sell Allison (and by extension the reader) on their different versions of The Big Picture.
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GunnerJ posted:That's probably what I'm going to do once it's all over, but for now I want to see things from the same fish-out-of-water perspective as the main character (which is another reason I think I've avoided reading it). Which is weird because she lives with two exposition dumps and has a demiurge living rent free in her head you'd think she'd have heard most of this lore by now, seeing as how she recognized our good pal Gog-Agog instantly.
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Bilirubin posted:Which is weird because she lives with two exposition dumps and has a demiurge living rent free in her head you'd think she'd have heard most of this lore by now, seeing as how she recognized our good pal Gog-Agog instantly. Our good pal Gog-Agog has/is PR firms.
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Annihilating the universe isn’t really the same thing as murdering everyone who happens to be in the universe, is it?
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Someone pointed out to me that the only insight to Jagganoth's goals comes from Mottom, who is not necessarily a reliable source on what Jagganoth's motivations might be. His goal may not be to kill all life, but to kill anyone who has ambition to rule over creation. Leaving the noodle vendors, the home makers, the farmers, all the people Meti lauded as more deserving than any who has held a sword, alive.
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Cat Mattress posted:Is the thing we're gonna hate is Allison falling for Jag's scam? What if.. it's not a scam?
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Who What Now posted:Someone pointed out to me that the only insight to Jagganoth's goals comes from Mottom, who is not necessarily a reliable source on what Jagganoth's motivations might be. His goal may not be to kill all life, but to kill anyone who has ambition to rule over creation. Leaving the noodle vendors, the home makers, the farmers, all the people Meti lauded as more deserving than any who has held a sword, alive. Abaddon explicitly said on several occasions Jagganoth intends to annihilate all of creation, as he sees that life is inherently suffering thanks to his childhood.
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Oct 25, 2020 06:06
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And Metatron/Michael are all in on this.
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https://www.existentialcomics.com/philosopher/David_Benatar
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Jagganoth did just murder an entire stadium full of innocent people, y'know. Besides I think he's just Mottom. With a fancier hat. He could choose to not start killing people, and instead he chooses to keep doing it because he is a large baby.
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Josef bugman posted:With a fancier hat. I agree with the rest but I have to ask, does the elaborate square roof on her head mean NOTHING to you???
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Joe Slowboat posted:I agree with the rest but I have to ask, does the elaborate square roof on her head mean NOTHING to you??? She's teleporting straight in from her university graduation ceremony, nach.
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Joe Slowboat posted:I agree with the rest but I have to ask, does the elaborate square roof on her head mean NOTHING to you??? I like tusks on my hats, sue me.
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Josef bugman posted:Jagganoth did just murder an entire stadium full of innocent people, y'know. They all are Immortal god kings of the universe and yet are trapped by the most trivial of prisons, and decided to keep everyone else inside with them.
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Pretty much. Like if you are upset or sad or depressed you don't choose to take out your damage on the entire universe via constant war. That and I keep having visions of the two astronaut meme where it's just: "So it's all just abusive learned behaviour and martial arts" "Always has been"
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I mean it makes sense that this would be the case, brain problems are always at least as strong as you because otherwise they wouldn't be problems. When you yourself are very strong compared to everyone else, your brain problems are everyone else's problem too. In case anyone thinks this is unrealistic or somehow disappointing for being too simple, let me take a moment to gesture towards the people currently ruling the planet we all live on
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Josef bugman posted:Pretty much. Like if you are upset or sad or depressed you don't choose to take out your damage on the entire universe via constant war.
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It's beautiful.
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Someone please tweet this at the author, it's amazing.
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The only correct philosopher
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This is incredible. What do you guys think will happen in the next few pages? Which demiurges will survive? I personally lean towards the deaths of Solomon David and Mammon, at least. I'm sure Incubus will die before the end of the comic, but that definitely won't be in combat vs Jagganoth.
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Jadis will survive purely because we haven't been introduced to her properly. Mottom may die because we've already seen a lot of her and she doesn't care if she dies as she already considers herself to be at death's door now that she doesn't have a steady supply of immortality fruit. The odds for Solomon are looking real bad.
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I'm wondering who Incubus is going to stab in the back and when
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:I'm wondering who Incubus is going to stab in the back and when given the trust levels im pretty sure incubus can only stab himself in the back
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ThaumPenguin posted:Jadis will survive purely because we haven't been introduced to her properly. Also she's a teleporter encased in a massive block and who knows the future, and thus all attacks will either fail to harm her or miss entirely. She may want to die, but she seems to be taking things seriously here so she's probably not going to let herself be offed that easily. Mammon might be in trouble though; he's a big target and Jagganoth is scary. 000001 is also probably hosed if she makes an appearance, though if she doesn't and Mammon does fall here she's probably going to show up at least once more before the comic ends so she can attempt to get revenge, either directly or through aiding Allison.
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Roland Jones posted:Also she's a teleporter encased in a massive block and who knows the future, and thus all attacks will either fail to harm her or miss entirely. She may want to die, but she seems to be taking things seriously here so she's probably not going to let herself be offed that easily. I think Jadis believes she has a very specific circumstance where she is destined to die and has to follow through with all the intervening steps between where she is and there, which she foresaw when she saw a glimpse of the shape of the Universe.
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Roland Jones posted:Mammon might be in trouble though; he's a big target and Jagganoth is scary. 000001 is also probably hosed if she makes an appearance, though if she doesn't and Mammon does fall here she's probably going to show up at least once more before the comic ends so she can attempt to get revenge, either directly or through aiding Allison. If Mammon dies 000001 is dramatically depowered though: a lot of her capability comes from the fact that she's Mammon's only emissary so she's running on a high percentage of his pure uncut godpower. That's probably the only reason she could go one-on-one with Mottom even for a little while. MikeJF fucked around with this message at 13:02 on Oct 26, 2020 |
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Mottom is definitely going to die. The only question is whether the comic ends before it happens.
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ThaumPenguin posted:Jadis will survive purely because we haven't been introduced to her properly. Yeah I feel like Dave is toast. It's the thing where since we've seen how powerful he is, seeing him die would immediately convey to the audience (and the characters in the comic) just how real poo poo has gotten.
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TwoPair posted:Yeah I feel like Dave is toast. It's the thing where since we've seen how powerful he is, seeing him die would immediately convey to the audience (and the characters in the comic) just how real poo poo has gotten. Also typically thematically the first or last thing to fall in a sieged kingdom is its King, and Rayuba's not doing so hot already. We've had the full run of his character arc, and the only thing left is a tragic end because he's sure as poo poo not able to step aside and let his people rule themselves now.
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I think Solomon is going to die in the next 3 pages and Mottom and Mammon might go down too, we've seen a lot of the three of them already.
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I think Maya's going to distract incubus at a crucial moment before he can set up his grand betrayal. No idea wtf is going to happen with Gog, but I can't wait to see it. Grandpa Dragon is probably going to bite it though. I doubt it'll happen but I'd like to see the return of Allico and also see Zaid freak right the gently caress out about it.
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