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Kill Six Billion Demons

Discussion in 'General' started by Nervaqus987, Jan 23, 2015.

  1. Xicree

    Xicree Destroy and Rejoice!

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    That is literally the point.

    Zoss was pointing out to Aliceson that his own path was a failure. And the fact is that David is basically doing the same thing he did, only a bit cleaner.
     
  2. 2 Hot Crown Subdues the Sinful

    2 Hot Crown Subdues the Sinful Aris

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    So? Read the beginning of my post.

    David is not the most likeable or fun character, but so far it's the one I'm rooting for.

    Every other character has been shown to be worse.
     
  3. blackshadow111

    blackshadow111 Happy Helpful Grenade

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    I swear, I don't care how dramatic Abaddon tries (and fails) to make it. If chain pulls out a victory out of her ass here, I'll print this comic out and burn it out of sheer spite.
     
  4. Valette-Serafina

    Valette-Serafina Shameless Shadow

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    The entire comic has repeatedly established that intent, will, and desire are the most powerful forces in the setting, with everything else acting as no more than a way to focus such. We've been shown this. We've been told this. We've been shown it again, and again, and again.

    That is how the setting works. It is how the setting has always worked. If you don't see that, I have to question whether you've even read the comic.

    Ki Rata is a crutch. Solomon David lacks the desperate need to win that White Chain has in abundance.
    If White Chain wins, that'll be entirely constant with the setting.
     
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  5. aabbcc

    aabbcc Well worn.

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    In other news, new chapter, but more entertainingly, the description is a snippet from Meti.
    Meti remains the best gnarled old swordswoman who gives no fucks. The comic should have been about Meti.
     
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  6. TheOtherSandman

    TheOtherSandman Well worn.

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    I don't really see how Ki Rata is a crutch. It's powerful to be sure, but it's another martial art style. We've seen other characters use them, White Chain included. And the style does require great focus and concentration because, as stated in the Manual of Hands and Feet, it has been repeatedly known to injure and/or kill its own practitioners if not careful.

    Not to mention David was kicking WC's ass even before using it, so I again find that a dubious claim.
     
  7. aabbcc

    aabbcc Well worn.

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    There's many, many, many lore references of people beating others that had a massive advantage in training, skill, or technique, by merely wanting it just that badly and throwing everything but instinct and want out of the window. Aesma is the biggest example, but Meti repeatedly mentions it.

    When it comes to power and wining conflicts through violence, all the martial arts training in the multiverse is just wasted effort before a master of Want.


    Now, that's not to say WC will be able to achieve that. She's certainly on the way of throwing away the chains of rules and the mental limitations of her species, but there's plenty of ground left to cover.

    Narratively, achieving a papercut would reveal the most out of Salami Dave, force the heroes to beat a hasty retreat, and we'd probably have a third pissed off Demiurge wrecking shit and kickstarting the multiversal war again. Sounds about the right circumstances for the Red God to crash into.
     
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  8. Valette-Serafina

    Valette-Serafina Shameless Shadow

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    All martial art styles are crutches, in the same way that all weapons are.
    They can do great things, they're powerful, they allow a practitioner to surpass what they suppose their limits are. So might a sword allow a warrior to cut, and the warrior might think they require the sword to do so.

    Think.

    The sword is not necessary. The style is not necessary. Both can be surpassed by one who understands, even for a moment, that in order to do something one must simply do it. Limits are an illusion.

    Naturally, as an angel, such a realization is antithetical to White Chain's worldview. She is a being of laws, certainties, immutable and unchanging. Likewise, Solomon David is a man of strict laws and hierarchies, a master of many formalized martial art styles. He is Diamond, hard and unbending, sharp, rigid.

    But he cannot move beyond that, and White Chain can.
     
  9. Biigoh

    Biigoh Primordial Tanuki Moderator

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    ZiPeppe (⌐■_■)

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  11. red knight

    red knight Well worn.

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    Nervaqus987 Well worn.

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    Solomon David: "Huh, that's the exact opposite of what usually happens when I punch people."
     
  13. Gaemnomut

    Gaemnomut Well worn.

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    It all looks very pretty, but I admit I have no clue what just happend.
    ...It seems like, neither does White Chain though.

    Given how closely she resembles a female version of Solomon, I wouldn't be surprised if his presence somehow shaped her new form. Who knows, perhaps it was even formed around a tiny part of him,

    ... a drop of blood perhaps?
     
  14. red knight

    red knight Well worn.

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    Seems like she swapped out being a Angle for being a human which has all sorts of juicy implications and applications for other concepts.
     
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  15. 2 Hot Crown Subdues the Sinful

    2 Hot Crown Subdues the Sinful Aris

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  16. aabbcc

    aabbcc Well worn.

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    More likely:

    Solomon: *RAPE FACE INTENSIFIES*
     
  17. Gaemnomut

    Gaemnomut Well worn.

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    Also, her angelic form is entirely blue/white. We saw it turn more and more orange/red the more she was consumed by anger in her fight with allison, so that's probably significant.
     
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  18. aquinas

    aquinas I trust you know where the happy button is?

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    Swoosh goes the key, INTERCEPTION!!!

    Or so I suppose.
     
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  19. jo demon

    jo demon Undertale, Yay

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    I don’t know what exactly happened, but I can’t wait for more
     
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  20. Least Devotee

    Least Devotee Experienced.

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    Well, that... happened.

    Hmm. Well guess we'll see what happens next then.
     
  21. Biigoh

    Biigoh Primordial Tanuki Moderator

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    That was a NSFW thing...
     
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  22. 2 Hot Crown Subdues the Sinful

    2 Hot Crown Subdues the Sinful Aris

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    Triple Ecchi!
     
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  23. DbDRAKE

    DbDRAKE Possibly some sort of Actual Dragon?

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    yoooooooooooo

    I im mad intrested in where this is going

    did she give herself a meat puppet, or is she actually embodied now?
     
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  24. DbDRAKE

    DbDRAKE Possibly some sort of Actual Dragon?

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    Also, I love how solomon is so thirsty for someone to beat him; or atleast hit him

    hes like the oposite of motom, who was all like "take the throne but not realy"
     
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  25. Bre Karn

    Bre Karn (Very Slow) Writer of Glorious Smut

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    On the one hand, the new not-so-White Chain is quite lewdable :V.
    On the other hand, WTF happened :confused:. I hope there will be a good explanation soon :eek:.
     
  26. DestyNova

    DestyNova Getting sticky.

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    Maybe she drew his blood to create a human body? So a win.
     
  27. Bre Karn

    Bre Karn (Very Slow) Writer of Glorious Smut

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    A blow insufficient to draw blood, but hard enough to crack a Diamond?
     
  28. Accelerator

    Accelerator Versed in the lewd.

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    Solomon X White Chain smut incoming at 1, 2, 3....
     
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  29. Biigoh

    Biigoh Primordial Tanuki Moderator

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    Let's see if Solomon keeps his word of making White Chain the heir as it looks like she actually managed to succeed.
     
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  30. Bre Karn

    Bre Karn (Very Slow) Writer of Glorious Smut

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    Well, those things have a tendency to be taken quite literally, and I think the condition was to draw the Emperor's blood, which she failed, as all I see is a bruise, not a scratch.