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For some, this page may seem more topical now; for others, police brutality as an issue never really went away.
It’s not hard to spot the love-hate relationship with organized religion in my work overall. Almost every long-term project I’ve done at least grapples with it (in stark contrast to the comics I edit for Pixie Trix, which almost entirely avoid it even when dealing with literal angels and demons). I think I have more characters than the average 21st-century nerd writer who represent the best of what religion has to offer (Fans’ Rikk, Penny and Aggie‘s Katy-Ann, and a certain member of this Sisterhood whom we won’t meet for a while). These nuns do not.
They don’t quite represent the absolute worst, and I think this page hints that the Sisterhood may have once been a kinder, more love-based organization, the way it now pretends to be. But that’s cold comfort to anybody living under their thumb now.
It’s not like there isn’t a longstanding trope of evil/corrupt/obstructive religions in JRPGs and such, so the concept fits perfectly.
I have always loved the touch that the nuns’ weapon of choice was a ruler with a blade set in it.
Completely unrelated:
What is your avatar from? I’ve meant to ask, as it looks familiar for some reason. But that may just be from seeing you comment on several years of Guilded Age.
I’m pretty sure it’s Tedd from El Goonish Shive.
Yep. Tedd in her kittygirl form, from the NP arc Playing with Dolls. (Coloured by me.)
Nice! Got something else to read then. Thank you!
It used to be my weapon of choice as well. A ruler with an iron ferrule is most effective at, um, dissuading bullies.
But if I COULDN’T read…how would I know?
Dear Eidro, Ned=Mad
Clearly, a loving warning about an irate layabout.
She’s not giving you instructions, she’s just issuing a judgement on Paper Masters.