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Mr. Lobe posted:someone hasn't been reading their psalms and spasms. Honestly I actively avoid reading this stuff because I feel like a large part of why I enjoy the comic is because I mostly don't have any greater idea what's going on than Alison does. Although sometimes, like with the devil drinking game, not understanding poo poo makes it hard to appreciate the stakes fully.
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Nov 19, 2016 01:52
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GunnerJ posted:Honestly I actively avoid reading this stuff because I feel like a large part of why I enjoy the comic is because I mostly don't have any greater idea what's going on than Alison does. Although sometimes, like with the devil drinking game, not understanding poo poo makes it hard to appreciate the stakes fully. They honestly don't explain much, they're just really rad stories about a furious dipshit.
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Nov 19, 2016 01:54
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yeah if youre not reading the marginalia youre missing out on things like Aesma Tries to Figure Out Marriage (and Fucks Everything Up)
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Nov 19, 2016 02:03
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Spiderdrake posted:That's basically the perfect Aesma response, why you guys gotta ruin it
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Nov 19, 2016 09:00
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Yeah, seriously
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Nov 19, 2016 09:01
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Update, with loads of backstory.
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Nov 19, 2016 11:04
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well, that confirms a bunch
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Nov 19, 2016 16:09
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ElMaligno posted:I cannot wait to read the backstory on how Cio got clowned into being a blue devil. I wonder if it could possibly involve our ol' buddy Preem Nand getting that sweet androsphynx body. He's looking much more humanoid here. Also this is our first look at Himself, the Lord of Devils, or his cage anyway. I really like that there''s a super traditional pointy-horns-and-bat-wings devil on the Heretics' Court.
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Nov 19, 2016 17:07
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GunnerJ posted:Honestly I actively avoid reading this stuff because I feel like a large part of why I enjoy the comic is because I mostly don't have any greater idea what's going on than Alison does. Although sometimes, like with the devil drinking game, not understanding poo poo makes it hard to appreciate the stakes fully. This is just my opinion, but in a comic full of ridiculously  characters, Aesma remains the most of them all despite not even actually being in the comic and also being a loving moron.
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Nov 19, 2016 17:42
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Has anyone guessed yet that the stolen key opens the gate to Allison's world? I'm not sure how but maybe that's what kicked everything off in this story.
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Nov 19, 2016 19:51
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voting third party posted:Has anyone guessed yet that the stolen key opens the gate to Allison's world? I'm not sure how but maybe that's what kicked everything off in this story. Allisons earth is in Mottoms realm.
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Nov 19, 2016 19:54
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How has no one commented on The Heretic's Court yet. If we're talking about things, I think that takes the cake for this update round. The only thing I'm sad about is that the number of possible story lines we could follow + the update schedule means this comic won't be done for 2,000 years. Abaddon, is there some amount of money that would let you update 5 days a week? I will pay it. Edit: It's also nice to see that even at the deepest layers of reality, you can still buy power with gold. Or..... whatever he paid with.
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Nov 19, 2016 20:09
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Benson Cunningham posted:How has no one commented on The Heretic's Court yet. If we're talking about there's been a buncha buildup and I'm waiting to meet the dude in the coffin 
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Nov 19, 2016 20:11
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voting third party posted:Has anyone guessed yet that the stolen key opens the gate to Allison's world? I'm not sure how but maybe that's what kicked everything off in this story. Allison's key can open and close all gates.
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Nov 19, 2016 20:15
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Schwarzwald posted:Allison's key can open and close all gates. 2 different keys. The conquering king gave his key to Allison, but the key Cio stole could definitely be the key to Earth. For all we know, she is the one who went looking for the replacement in the first place (or stole the key for one who was). In fact, that is almost 100% what happened.
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Nov 19, 2016 20:23
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I had actually been thinking that Cio having husband was somehow related to her de-eboning like: some plot fails and as a result she ends up blue and married. This, no doubt will be much better than my vague, wrong ideas.
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Nov 19, 2016 20:35
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Benson Cunningham posted:2 different keys. The conquering king gave his key to Allison, but the key Cio stole could definitely be the key to Earth. For all we know, she is the one who went looking for the replacement in the first place (or stole the key for one who was).
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Nov 19, 2016 20:40
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Benson Cunningham posted:2 different keys. Oh, whoops! That's what I get for ignoring context.
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Nov 19, 2016 20:48
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I love this comic because it just drops poo poo like "fractal treasure fortress" and then walks away to explain more pressing matters. also check out Himself's coffin on this page.
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Nov 19, 2016 21:08
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so... is Mammon going to have a whole hoard of Keys rather than a single key to all 777,777 of his worlds?
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Nov 19, 2016 21:09
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Ixjuvin posted:I love this comic because it just drops poo poo like "fractal treasure fortress" and then walks away to explain more pressing matters. Wanna see a ledger that spans oceans.
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Nov 19, 2016 21:11
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Nov 19, 2016 21:14
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Benson Cunningham posted:2 different keys. The conquering king gave his key to Allison, but the key Cio stole could definitely be the key to Earth. For all we know, she is the one who went looking for the replacement in the first place (or stole the key for one who was). Demiurge4 posted:Allisons earth is in Mottoms realm. Bell_ posted:To AN Earth? There are many Earths! (There used to be a number, I think in the 700's but Abaddon retconned it) NecroMonster posted:so... is Mammon going to have a whole hoard of Keys rather than a single key to all
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Nov 19, 2016 22:11
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I was under the impression that most keys only unlock one doorway, demiurge keys unlock many doorways, and Allison's key, being the master, unlocks them all. Am I wrong?
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Nov 19, 2016 22:18
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Allison's key unlocks them all. All the other keys unlock one, and are split seven ways among all the demiurges, some of whom have given them out to trusted servants apparently. Having a key is only one part of what makes the demiurges the demiurges. At least that is my understanding of it.
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Nov 19, 2016 23:14
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paragon1 posted:Allison's key unlocks them all. All the other keys unlock one, and are split seven ways among all the demiurges, some of whom have given them out to trusted servants apparently. Having a key is only one part of what makes the demiurges the demiurges. Given the keys are powerful because they contain all the names of God, it seems like it would be possible for there to be duplicate keys, anyway, although the demiurges would probably prefer it if there weren't.
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Nov 19, 2016 23:29
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Rand Brittain posted:Given the keys are powerful because they contain all the names of God, it seems like it would be possible for there to be duplicate keys, anyway, although the demiurges would probably prefer it if there weren't. You need to be a demiurge level being to create them and I don't think multiple keys can be tuned into the same name anyway - seems like every demiurge would have created a bunch of keys for themselves, the reason why the Seven are so powerful is because each of them have 111,111 keys.
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DarkCrawler posted:You need to be a demiurge level being to create them and I don't think multiple keys can be tuned into the same name anyway - seems like every demiurge would have created a bunch of keys for themselves, the reason why the Seven are so powerful is because each of them have 111,111 keys. You need to be Zoss, actually, unless he's tutored somebody. He left at least two keys tuned into any given universe and could hypothetically create more if he'd wanted to, but he's sort of dead now and the only other guy who knows the secrets you need to make a key is a giant crazy monster bent on annihilating the cosmos. The current batch of demiurges isn't capable of making much of anything, and their division of the universe came down to a truce none of them wanted to gently caress with anyway, not one they were unable to gently caress with. A Wizard of Goatse fucked around with this message at 01:06 on Nov 20, 2016 |
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Nov 20, 2016 01:01
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A Wizard of Goatse posted:You need to be Zoss, actually, unless he's tutored somebody. He left at least two keys tuned into any given universe and could hypothetically create more if he'd wanted to, but he's sort of dead now and the only other guy who knows the secrets you need to make a key is a giant crazy monster bent on annihilating the cosmos. Yeah, I think it is said somewhere in the Q/A that none of the current demiurges were the original owners of their keys. We know Mammon bought his (what the gently caress is as valuable as an entire universe?!) and Mottom killed Hastet Om and stole his power. Hope we learn how the rest got theirs. All of the Ebon Devils thus far have awesome looks, reaching angel level weirdness there DarkCrawler fucked around with this message at 01:17 on Nov 20, 2016 |
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Nov 20, 2016 01:15
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DarkCrawler posted:Yeah, I think it is said somewhere in the Q/A that none of the current demiurges were the original owners of their keys. We know Mammon bought his (what the gently caress is as valuable as an entire universe?!) I suspect he funded the other Six and enabled them.
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DarkCrawler posted:(what the gently caress is as valuable as an entire universe?!) I dunno. True love?
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MikeJF posted:I suspect he funded the other Six and enabled them. I doubt it, I Abbadon said they all have tragic backstories that factor into how they got their power. We already heard Mottom's...
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Nov 20, 2016 02:03
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I just noticed he has prints up for sale now. I'm sorely tempted to get some big ones. I loving love the art in this comic.
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Nov 20, 2016 02:45
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Cio probably stole Preem Nand's nipple bling for him too. The devil courts looks great, I bet that little one in the center is badass.
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Nov 20, 2016 03:26
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ConanTheLibrarian posted:Nope: I really don't understand how anything you pasted refutes the possibility that Cio stole the key that unlocks Allison's earth. I could just be dense or have low reading comprehension though. Edit: WOOPS Mottom and Mammon look really similar. I get it now. Would have been a really neat way to tie it together. Benson Cunningham fucked around with this message at 05:07 on Nov 20, 2016 |
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Nov 20, 2016 05:05
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ConfusedUs posted:I just noticed he has prints up for sale now. quote:$12.80 $16.00 uh
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DarkCrawler posted:I doubt it, I Abbadon said they all have tragic backstories that factor into how they got their power. We already heard Mottom's... Mottom's backstory is how she got her start in power, I mean I expect he funded the campaign taking the Seven from a small pact to winning the war.
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