They are kind of dumb...must be a religion thing

.... okay i know it's a comic... but this statue is telling them to abort their kids....and go back to sacrificing one of their own to have kids again...like that logic is some how better...

Here comes the abortion part.
Batten down the hatches, men!

Samea be like

Read this page and got a look at Malaku;this just confirms why I think that it was a bad idea to drive the males out of the village. The males could have fought Malaku off.

You know...I'm kinda getting a feeling that Malaku isn't the bad guy here.

Call it a hunch.

So what I think is the most likely scenario to play out- obviously, not all of them are going to be willing to go through with it. For some of them, their parental instinct will be too strong, others will find ways to keep their pregnancies hidden still. And when they finally give birth to any male children, a good number of them will be unwilling to kill off or let their own kids be killed off- maternal instinct will kick in to the point where even an angry goddess won't be able to convince.

Ultimately this will lead to a major schism in the village between those still loyal to Samaea and those who refuse to sacrifice any of their male kids- due to biology, evolution and instinct. And the anger of a god is nothing compared to that of a mother who's child is in danger- so just imagine what a small army of them would be willing and capable of doing if pushed to that point.

After that, things play out in one of two ways:

1). The non-believers win, and cast Samaea and her worshippers out, simply out of self-preservation of themselves and their children, and this allows Malaku to enter. What exactly would follow as a result, we can only speculate.

2). The non-believers lose, and fearing for their and their children's safety, flee the village- where they go after that can only be guessed- presumably into whatever other towns or villages that will let them in. Samaea remains in charge, but the village now faces a whole different set of problems, now that a likely substantial portion of the population has literally just up and left. And even then, Malaku will remain right at the threshold, as those faithful to Samaea who remain will likely start having their own crises of faith, and will begin doubting, and Malaku will likely seize upon this weakness even further to do who-knows-what.

Then again, we're dealing with of furry, anthropomorphic critters and literal gods and demons here, so who the hell knows?

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk. /s

zenzennyzen said:
So what I think is the most likely scenario to play out- obviously, not all of them are going to be willing to go through with it. For some of them, their parental instinct will be too strong, others will find ways to keep their pregnancies hidden still. And when they finally give birth to any male children, a good number of them will be unwilling to kill off or let their own kids be killed off- maternal instinct will kick in to the point where even an angry goddess won't be able to convince.

Ultimately this will lead to a major schism in the village between those still loyal to Samaea and those who refuse to sacrifice any of their male kids- due to biology, evolution and instinct. And the anger of a god is nothing compared to that of a mother who's child is in danger- so just imagine what a small army of them would be willing and capable of doing if pushed to that point.

After that, things play out in one of two ways:

1). The non-believers win, and cast Samaea and her worshippers out, simply out of self-preservation of themselves and their children, and this allows Malaku to enter. What exactly would follow as a result, we can only speculate.

2). The non-believers lose, and fearing for their and their children's safety, flee the village- where they go after that can only be guessed- presumably into whatever other towns or villages that will let them in. Samaea remains in charge, but the village now faces a whole different set of problems, now that a likely substantial portion of the population has literally just up and left. And even then, Malaku will remain right at the threshold, as those faithful to Samaea who remain will likely start having their own crises of faith, and will begin doubting, and Malaku will likely seize upon this weakness even further to do who-knows-what.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk. /s

Didn't stop them from doing it to males and kids they had before.

zregs said:
Didn't stop them from doing it to males and kids they had before.

Oh shit, you're right...

Hoo-boy, I know Grimart's done stories on some pretty uh..."controversial" (for lack of a better term) sort of topics in the past. Good stories, IMHO, but not all of them have had a happy ending (ex: "Tell Me More" was amazing, but the ending was just gut-wrenchingly tragic). Really hope that doesn't turn out to be the case here.

zregs said:
Didn't stop them from doing it to males and kids they had before.

It's logical to have a newer generation in the village now the old lot (they probaly got sacrificed off) are most likely gone or are heavily outnumbered. So would those who didn't witness the making of paradice go through with it? Are they snowflakes or deep thinkers.

"after decades of good behavior and judgment" She is not all seeing plus who knows their lifespan.

She said "come to fruition" does she mean when they are born or when they have grown up.

zenzennyzen said:
Hoo-boy, I know Grimart's done stories on some pretty uh..."controversial" (for lack of a better term) sort of topics in the past. Good stories, IMHO, but not all of them have had a happy ending (ex: "Tell Me More" was amazing, but the ending was just gut-wrenchingly tragic). Really hope that doesn't turn out to be the case here.

Grimart said this at end of last comic "I assure you, the next comic will 'not be so dark' (for the sake of my poor heart)!"

mzer13 said:
They are kind of dumb...must be a religion thing

lol es sumed up is truth, as in 'blind faith' 'why didnt you, our god, do something?'

you're just a old biiiiiiiitch samea! bet you that Malaku is just a chill dude who struggles to ask for a beer.

we still dont know anything about malaku but to be honest whatever bad thing happens to the females they deserve it, sameaa got a point

Its funny how the samea say 'your paradise', where it might actually be 'her' paradise. Me thinks she is a karen who believes in the 'feminist' view point-- and its going to bite her in the ass.

My reaction to this panel is she's like the Wizard of Oz behind the curtain. As in, that statue is a stage prop. She tells them the exact opposite of the truth - don't have kids, or your species will go extinct! (LOL, no, that's not how it works)