Kill Six Billion Demons

… it’s… dark…

Alt text: ... its dark here. It's very busy, but you cannot see it. When activity reaches its apex, all that is left is a blackness so absolute that it blots out everything. When you see everything, there's only one color left.

First off, I want to say, Jadis is kinda adorable. Like, I was not expecting "cute" to be something a demiurge was capable of, but she's apparently capable of it. Also, as people in the comments point out, the idea that she saved Allison because she's aware that that's what she's supposed to do, rather than any personal reason is really neat.

 

Reminder: According to author's tumblr comments, her whole thing is having never got good enough grades for Asian Dad, so she literally became All-Knowing to try & please her dad.

 

… listen…
Alt text: .... left index finger twitches, slightly. Incredulous look. Annoyance and surprise. Straightens up, dawning realization.

Okay, wait. The scene doesn't seem to convey enough movement for them to have "caught up" to Jadis if she was just walking ahead. Did she teleport in front of them? Manifest herself? She hasn't actually interacted, phyiscally, with anything since Allison "woke up". Even before this, we see her reach out her hand as a ghost, but don't see her touch Allison. Leaving aside the issue of this being a dream, which is still for sure could be, I'm now wondering if Jadis is actually, physically, with Allison, or if she's still in her ice-block and is astral projecting.

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Oh shit, it, like, just hit me. What happened to Princess and the others? Did they make it off world? Did they die too?

 

One theory I saw on the subreddit about the alt text for the last few pages: These last few pages have taken place in Allison’s head. But those words and thoughts are from external-Jadis’s point of view.

Jadis is not supposed to be incredulous or have realizations, she is not supposed to be surprised. Ever. Unless something has gone off script…

 

….look…
Alt text: ...looks up, bites her lip subconsciously, trying to stifle something. Panic. Elevated heart rate. Neurotransmitters squirt back and forth. Little electrons bounce off one another. Chemicals.

A computational engine the likes of which has never been seen in the universe. And likely never will.

I think those theories might be onto something.

 

…where… WHERE…

Alt text: ... WHERE DO I FIT? WHERE'S THE LINES? I CAN'T EVEN SEE MY OWN MIND. I CAN'T-

Hey, y'all. That smile is something else, isn't it. Also, that question, "If you knew what was going to happen, why didn't you do anything?", that entire line of thought is, I feel, going to have serious repercussions on Allison's mental state. I don't know if they'll be good or bad, but they'll be there.

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Also her face sneering in this panel looks more... natural, more put together? Less uncanny valley than her face did in 4-126, but I'm not actually sure if anything has structurally changed about it.

 

For some reason I find this Jadis to be the most attractive woman in the comic.

That oriental look with red makeup really does it for me.

 

Belkar Flahbacks.

 

So if Allison is sent back in time through shenanigans, she could still survive until 30ish years past the present day. Alternatively, Allison will watch the rest of the universe burn itself out. Alone in the dark, she will partake in holy self-division, her goal being to tell the future generations how to avoid the agonies of the previous universe.

Also if Allison is a dream-self right now, could she spend decades like this before “dying,” which actually involves waking up? Living a false life in an inner world, only to return to Throne after her foretold death?

 

STOP
Alt text: -STOP.

Holy shit. I mean, really, holy shit. If that's not a solid demonstration of the horror of omniscience I don't know what is.

 

And all of the Alt Text falls into place. Just according to Plan.

 

>Be omniscient.
>Do not skip all the crap to just focus on the sex scenes.

There's your problem, nerd.

 

NOTHING
Alt text: NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING. NOTHING.

This is... a change. She says that everything is immutable, unchanging, but she also seems very upset about the fact that she can't see herself. Or was that, too, just something that she was going to do?

 

I'm not sure if the upset part wasn't Alisons thoughts she was narrating.

 

She tracks to Sloth, and Sloth is feeling hopeless & depressed. She cannot perceive change, because she believes things cannot change.

"What can change the nature of a man?" & all that.

 

Absolutely Nothing...

Alt Text: The Giant or the Ant? Which do you choose? Either way, they belong to the Worm

 

FORMER Bearer?

 

She lost her Mind.

 

Boo, have a like.

 

Now that I've thought about it for a bit more, she might actually still have her key in the current time, at least from Allison's perspective.
From what we know about her, it seems like she might not really experience time like everyone else. It could be that, for her, everything is happening in the future, happening at the same time, and has already happened.
So whatever causes her to lose her key, from her perspective, it's basically already done, which means, even though she might still have it, she considers the key already lost.

 

Oh, oh I love this. Also, I'm assuming that "Bearer of the Shape" is a reference to her omniscience? Like, "the Shape of everything"

That's a solid point. Also ties into the fact that she doesn't get the "God of the Seven Part World" despite being counted among the seven and still absolutely having the divine bindi.

 

Beneath her kimono lies the perfect ass.

 

Nothing, Nothing at all.

 

Why the fuck is non-crispy Jadis so hot?

And why isn't there a better resolution of the pinup page? Come on, its sides are only 800 pixels. The previous comic panels had 1000!

It's annoying I can't look closer at the details.


Seriously, I need those details for a commission...

 

New page is up.
This is all kinds of trippy.

 

2022: A Throne Odyssey.

 

Alt: The Gate. The Path. The Light. The Door. The Candle burning to the floor.

Fuck these pages are good. Jadis being a corpse again, the ever widening void giving way to color, Allison's robes gaining a splotch of Jadis' cyan. These are really good!

 

There’s another page planned for tomorrow too, guys.

 

Spoke to soon about things being trippy...

 

Lmao. She is falling into the site's background. How trippy.