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Tulip posted:He's either conflicted, irrational, or both.  Had to think about this one. Solomon, physically, can leave at any time. He won't, because to do so would leave Rayuba in the hands of his sons, who while they might actually have the collective ability to lead an empire, they lack the strength to protect it against the various combat monsters who would inevitably come along to play at conquering/pillaging said empire. But, Solomon doesn't have to do that. He could have, were he so inclined, prepared an heir. Someone who was a combat monster and could run a kingdom, thus letting Solomon leave. But he hasn't. Instead he has the Ring of Power, a tournament that entertains the public and produces little otherwise but mulch. In theory the tournament might find a monster who could and would claim the empire for their victory, said monster even might be good at running* the empire. But that wouldn't be enough, would it? It is all but certain that this theoretical victor would still be wanting in the eyes of Solomon; leaving Solomon with the doubt that the one drop of blood was all the inheritor could manage at their best, leaving room for someone weaker than solomon yet stronger than the candidate to come in, roast rayuba, etc. *On a minor note, I suspect this is in part why the ring of power entrants had to fill so much paperwork: If they couldn't handle that, how could they be expected to run an empire? Which poses a rather significant problem. Solomon wants to leave, but fears that if he does will result in the pillaging/burning/obliteration of Rayuba round 2. Solomon could prepare an heir to leave the kingdom, but the only way for such a candidate to be truly worthy in solomons eyes would be for them to crush Solomon utterly, thereby proving themselves capable of holding the empire. Being crushed utterly, however, is rather inhibitive to going on a meandering journey or whatever solomon wants to be doing. Thus, the farce that is the ring of power; a tournament where the theoretical victor who follows the rules is found wanting by its creator and that the sort of person Solomon would want to win the tournament wouldn't have needed to participate in the first place. (Naturally, such a person has likely taken one look at this mess and decided to have nothing to do with it.)
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Aug 8, 2020 19:39
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Royalty is a continuous jerking motion. But in full seriousness, what is Royalty if not the greatest lie of YISUN? Royalty does not exist except over the eyes of aspirants; myriad fools who will charge about as the idiot bull, seeing a world full of royalty yet cannot understand why they never reach it. The truth is that they do nothing but play a game that cannot be won; where "victory" is always just out of reach no matter how many bodies they pile in the attempt. Were one to gather the keys of all the demiurges, they still would not possess Royalty. So how, then, does one achieve Royalty? You don't. You wake up in the morning, brush off the annoying veil somehow left on your face and go cook noodles. That is Royalty. Now excuse me while I return to the field of high poles upon which all liar-philosophers uncomfortably sit, awaiting the unwary in search of unwisdom to ramble at
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Aug 11, 2020 00:16
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Xand_Man posted:Remind me of the babe What babe? 
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Aug 11, 2020 08:11
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that mouseover text though, hooooooooo.
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Aug 12, 2020 05:37
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SniperWoreConverse posted:If you could execute ki rata techniques irl what would you do with this power I will convince people time travel is real by, over several decades, photobombing the backgrounds of as many pictures/videos as possible. (Barring a relatively brief five year period in the latter half of decade three; getting up to bizarre nonsense seemingly unrelated to the above that will result in at least three new cryptids which I will never remark on)
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Aug 13, 2020 08:40
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animist posted:wasn't the original comic a forum game on the homestuck forums or whatever A David Bowie lookalike. Oscar. I think there even was the predecessor to one of the knightly orders. It was a wild, wild precursor. Arcanuse fucked around with this message at 02:45 on Aug 14, 2020 |
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Aug 14, 2020 02:43
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wow. I thought of a few ways to do damage control, but I didn't think Solomon had it in him to even look like he conceded. ehhhhh, is this gonna be the part we hate, Solomon following up with "nah, actually I win" and wrecking whitechain or something else happening to ruin the moment? hope not.
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Aug 15, 2020 06:07
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TK-42-1 posted:so what would all the demiurge gang tangs be? Cube Clubbers Patreon Previewers Frosty Prophets ...Time Cubists
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Aug 15, 2020 19:32
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Donkringel posted:Is there a Zoss crew running around right now? A Zoss Posse? Might have a following among the dead, Zoss being deceased and going "nah" could give them something to aspire to; depending on how much word of that has gotten around.
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Aug 16, 2020 03:58
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M_Gargantua posted:Guys we got an update: Book 4 got so long that the "thing we will definitely hate" is delayed until the opening of book 5. Ah, there it is. The thing we will hate is the ending of this tournament sequence being delayed
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Aug 17, 2020 06:50
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Huh. Had a hunch white chain was now a solidified soulflame (or something to that effect), but was wondering where the wings were. Now I know
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Aug 22, 2020 01:40
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  about Keys, Royalty, and White Chain incoming.I dunno if the keys are even as important as folks on the wheel seems to think they are. Could just be another farce ala Royalty, petty demiurges never catching on they were squabbling over the keys to the kingdom when the window was left open, that sort of thing. Ostensibly the keys were superweapons in addition to working with the King's Gate to open ways to worlds; but how much of the key being said superweapon was the key itself, how much from giving the owner a crutch capable of supporting an inflated ego? An ego suitable for conquering and other incredibly stupid things a noodle vendor would consider a waste of time very much not worth the headache? (Which is to say, I believe the pursuit of keys is another one of YISUN's little jokes.) Now, I started typing this up meaning to discuss White Chain, so I'll get to it: The mark on White Chain's noggin looks suspiciously like a key is meant to go there, but I doubt that a key needs to or even should. In my ramble about Royalty prior, I brought up that those pursuing Royalty are blinded idiots chasing after something they will never achieve, while those closest to Royalty discarded the pursuit to go cook noodles or whatnot. I suspect there is a very similar case with the keys, and that White Chain has, wholly unintentionally (the only state Royalty can be truly approached) achieved a state as close to Royalty as one can get (as actually achieving Royalty is a farce) with the mark being testament to that. Which would suggest, If the supposed superpower of the keys is indeed a farce, White Chain has outgrown the "power" they offer. "But what of traveling to other worlds?" I've declared my belief prior she isn't exactly an angel at this point, but a solidified (Calcified?) soulflame. Her Want was simply strong enough that she shed her armor and became who she wished to be. Thus, traversing the void ought to be no more difficult than it was before; if anything shedding her shell ought to make it easier without the burden of an unwanted form keeping her back. So with traversing the void being a non-issue, that leaves the actual traveling to other universes. Going to Zoss, as far as I can tell, he did not have a key when he entered Throne so long ago, he just broke in and tore through the place; the keys and the King's Doors coming later. (Also the remaining Demiurges who came later, who I assume either followed after Zoss or otherwise made their own paths to Throne.) So traveling between the universes without a key ought to be possible as well, if one wants to traverse without a key bad enough they might very well find a means to do so. So the key offers power White Chain outgrew, opens the way to places White Chain could (eventually) find a way to already; and while wielding one would be a powerful public declaration of "I beat one of the demiurges and took their key", it runs the risk of diluting future victories by instilling doubt how much was the wielder on their own and how much was the supposedly powerful key. (Of course, otherwise carrying it on their person ought to make the same statement minus the downside. Plus the looks on the remaining demiurges faces when they see someone using a key of kings as a broach or flint for lighting fire to cook noodles.) (Ala using the fire of creation in the manner a hungry individual might use a rock. The comedy of this will be lost on the demiurges, I'm sure.) ------------ TLDR: White Chain punched so hard she became what she must, and doesn't need to wield a key of kings to prove anything. (Also she achieved as close to Royalty as can be achieved, might one day prove the keys are rubbish, and very likely annoying the hell out of those who haven't caught on that Royalty + Keys are just YISUN's sense of humour at work.) ------------ Thoughts? Arcanuse fucked around with this message at 08:11 on Aug 28, 2020 |
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Yeah the keys arent the only path to royalty. Theyre incredibly powerful tools that give you a leg-up, but still tools. A Wizard of Goatse posted:probably more than half of the characters in the comic have some form of forehead mark, and all anything is is a manifestation of the flame, random side characters and teacups inclusive. Aaaaah. I'd pin this on tiredbrain, but I hadn't actually noticed the prevalence of forehead marks. Learn something new, etc. Though, I wonder how many have some kind of forehead mark to look enlightened, when they very much are not? will have to check. RE: the update, wonder if Solomon is treating Zaid here as White Chain's prize, or if letting Zaid go is just a free bonus?
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Aug 29, 2020 01:15
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...it occurs that depending on how often Jadis can teleport, there could've been a comically oversized Jadis board she could teleport around, slowly* spelling out prophecies or other statements *Yet faster than trying to sssssssssspeeeeeeaaaaaaaaak anything
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Sep 16, 2020 06:12
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wiegieman posted:None of this has done anything about Jag being impossible to injure. It hurts, but hurting a dead man doesn't get you anywhere. As invulnerability goes, this does seem like the "easy" solution to it. Who knows, maybe pulling even one nail out will be enough to end the invulnerability entirely?
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Mazerunner posted:on account of how it makes you feel like you're gonna die Angel [3 Terrible Noodle Lasted Whole Lifetime] would agree
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Brought To You By posted:Ok but the real question is how do Jadis' followers see through their cone helmets? That one guy clacking away at his terminal is not just doing that all from memory is he? one-way mirrors? 
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Dr Subterfuge posted:It looks to me like she's trying to control her expression and only partially succeeding. Abbadon compared her weird smile earlier to The Expression from Disco Elysium, so my guess she's attempting to hide that she herself is in a whole lot of pain. Jadis, briefly overjoyed at being free of the literal box, remembers they are still within a cosmic metaphysical/metaphorical box. This is not ideal, and being free of the literal box means it no longer serves as an excuse for why they haven't left the larger one. Guessing they've been trying to muddle through this until they decide what their gonna do about it. It hasn't been going well. Or, y'know: Nonzero chance Jadis opts to get back in the literal box. 
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YaketySass posted:Going by this sequence: The rank and file aren't entirely made of worms, but contain some and are manipulated/guided/gogmind'd/puppet'd by said worms. And at any point in time, Gog can decide to take direct control and/or make them entirely worms however they see fit. Plausibly because Gog thinks its funny.
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rannum posted:She'll eat the worm this time but it will do nothing "could use a little seasoning"
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hm. if an angel can become a human, wonder if a devil can go through the angels reincarnation process. or something comparable. in any case, gog about to get smacked off the stage
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think gog asks people nicely because just eating people got boring a looooooong time ago
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Gog has entire worlds dedicated to making props, systems built, operated, and sometimes made out of Gogs for the single purpose of passing time because making everything out of worms got boring. the ol factorio optimization bug, as it were. and working class gogs living their gogs lives make for good media, so that's a plus to tinker with between cycles
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chop it up, panfry, season to taste. Just like Gog used to make.
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wonder what Himself would think about this development
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