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Grouchio posted:Going with these theories. I think it's at least consistent with the comic and the theme that violence is inevitable that someone who saw the shape of the universe and was medically inclined would develop a learned helplessness response.
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Phy posted:The Great Indoor Fight A+
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I think something important here is that Jadis is asking questions, implying she doesn't know something. I think that weird look on her face might be her trying to maintain composure.
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I believe that this is not a dream or simulacrum, and that the skinny pale creature in that bed is our Allison in the flesh, such as it is. I also believe that the events which broke Jadis out of her rectangle have in some way invalidated her omniscience, rendering her once again both physically and mentally capable of intentional action, though possibly still disposed to fatalism. She has practiced medicine, which is fundamentally a practice of trying to heal someone. Trying is something that Jadis-in-a-box never did. Jadis was said to have had a higher power level than Solomon David back in the day, and that guy totally just punched Jagganoth in the Jaggahog, so she's probably super good at killing when she wants to be (which used to be never). What's more, she went out in pursuit of knowledge, suggesting her affinity for, intelligence-related things, exceeds even her capacity for personal-style violence. Growing someone an intact new body even when their soul is hosed up seems like the sort of thing she would know how to do. Whatever temptation Allison faces with Jadis, she's going to have to work to make her choice a reality, not just reject an illusion to escape it.
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Jadis being blazed af all the time as a coping mechanism doesn't invalidate my theory.
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The triumphant return of 419 Burn Without Hesitation Or Remorse?
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it's just a first impression but jadis could be just as hollowed out by pain as allison right now sloth, from shellshock
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I wonder what she means by Alison's spiritual core being unrefined.
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It's in a ton of xianxia/wuxia/cultivator fiction, the more refined the core is the more powerful/advanced you are. Blocked meridians prevent/hinder cultivation.
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It means her vibe is wack
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One More Fat Nerd posted:I think something important here is that Jadis is asking questions, implying she doesn't know something. Oh, this makes sense. If in all the past iterations the wheel got reset as Jagganoth defeats the Heir, then that might be the point at which Jadis's knowledge ends.
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habeasdorkus posted:Oh, this makes sense. If in all the past iterations the wheel got reset as Jagganoth defeats the Heir, then that might be the point at which Jadis's knowledge ends. Shades of the Loki season finale.
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Reclaimer posted:An angel statue punched a kung fu man so hard she turned into a flesh and blood human how is magical healing unbelievable Ha, yeah I see what you mean. The situation feels off and that's making me question it all. 
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A lot depends on who you're punching. You'd not get a lot of healing by punching a humble noodle vendor. Punching a god, though, that'll cure any and all ailments.
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nimby posted:A lot depends on who you're punching. You'd not get a lot of healing by punching a humble noodle vendor.
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Mr. Lobe posted:I wonder what she means by Alison's spiritual core being unrefined. Blackfish posted:It's in a ton of xianxia/wuxia/cultivator fiction, the more refined the core is the more powerful/advanced you are. Blocked meridians prevent/hinder cultivation. let's get down to business to defeat that lunk did they send me a cotter when I need the One? I'm the finest mage you've ever met And you can bet before we're through Lady, I'll bring true Royalty out of you (the mulan song just sprang out in my head when reading that post)
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nimby posted:A lot depends on who you're punching. You'd not get a lot of healing by punching a humble noodle vendor.
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habeasdorkus posted:Oh, this makes sense. If in all the past iterations the wheel got reset as Jagganoth defeats the Heir, then that might be the point at which Jadis's knowledge ends. That might be why she had the bigass smile when she emerged from the ground. "Oh, something new is happening! I don't know what comes next! This is loving awesome!"
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Shadowlyger posted:That might be why she had the bigass smile when she emerged from the ground. Thats been my assumption since that panel. She doesn't know what happens next, and she's extremely happy about that.
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nimby posted:A lot depends on who you're punching. You'd not get a lot of healing by punching a humble noodle vendor. Acupuncher
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Jadis doesn't necessarily have to be a jerk to Allison be an ineffectual leader as the demiurges are known to be one way or another. Much like Mammon did some messed up stuff a long time ago, for quite a while he just sat around counting treasure, not really having the intent of being outright horrible, just useless and senile while his empire slowly crumbled. Same with Jadis just sitting in her ice cube for next to eternity while her priests did a poor job of interpreting her prophecies, not because she was necessarily malicious, but just because she is sloth, and was like "meh, whatever, if I leave this thing I'm gonna die so I'm just gonna chill." However it also doesn't mean she doesn't have an ulterior motive or plan as well now.
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Shoehead posted:I'm enjoying my re-re-read
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2 Michael also directly quotes Bloodborne at one point, I think those are the most explicit
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The "Swords Everywhere!" aesthetic made it pretty obvious to me a while ago lol
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Dracula Factory posted:The "Swords Everywhere!" aesthetic made it pretty obvious to me a while ago lol Excited for fire shooting birds with swords on their feet in the next arc
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Guildenstern Mother posted:Excited for fire shooting birds with swords on their feet in the next arc Gonna go to an event where George RR Martin is in attendance and ask him why he invented those assholes
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Oxxidation posted:2 Michael also directly quotes Bloodborne at one point, I think those are the most explicit I'm still waitin for Bloodborne PC! It might be some time..
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They're in the cube. This is Cube Space. Also dang I hope Allison has read some Xianxia or she's not going to know what the gently caress Jadis is talking about in the middle there.
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Someone who was an anime nerd probably has at least some exposure to the idea of ki meridians.
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She's been taught Angel Kung-Fu during a whole timeskip, I'm pretty sure she knows what chi is.
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I kind of feel for Jadis, given she read All of Universal Twitter and worse things besides, and knowing for absolute sure she couldn't change anything. Seconding the idea they're in mindspace.
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TwoQuestions posted:I kind of feel for Jadis, given she read All of Universal Twitter and worse things besides, and knowing for absolute sure she couldn't change anything. https://twitter.com/bartlebytaco/status/951865301611794434?s=20&t=Gz-manOiiOg7uJl88uRR0A
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Shoehead posted:I'm enjoying my re-re-read I mean, 
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:https://twitter.com/bartlebytaco/status/951865301611794434?s=20&t=Gz-manOiiOg7uJl88uRR0A onan's crime was that he didn't get his dead bro's wife an heir in accordance with the law, not that he jizzed on dirt or cranked hog. That was a later pervo-sexual hangup interpretation added in by the anti nutting religious faction, so jesus probably did not check that out unless it was a sin unrelated to blasting rope 
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SniperWoreConverse posted:onan's crime was that he didn't get his dead bro's wife an heir in accordance with the law, not that he jizzed on dirt or cranked hog. That was a later pervo-sexual hangup interpretation added in by the anti nutting religious faction, so jesus probably did not check that out unless it was a sin unrelated to blasting rope 
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