Aw, c’mon! You already broke away from the Sisterhood of the Perpetual Bloodshot Eyeball after seeing its monstrous moral failings, to form The Sisters of the Unyielding Open Heart! Part of that reformation is continued growth towards doing the right thing! Stop looking at love as a sin, Rachel! ‘Coz the love you two got, the way you two have it, ain’t a sin at all.
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On another Rachel related topic, if William H. Macy could play H. R. in a movie, my vote for Rachel goes to Annie Parisse.
I had another idea over the weekend for who can play her, but I forgot who. :-( I’ll post if I remember.
Well, it might be sort of on the lines of how Love is forbidden in the Jedi order under certain circumstances.
See, the problem with love is that it can mess with your judgement. It makes you place more value on one person and consider them more than other people, solely due to your feelings for them. You bend or break rules on their behalf, because you love them, you go out of your way and place them first because you love them…you save them first instead of an innocent family…because you love them. Attachments to a single person over others can be dangerous and I think that Rachel’s new Order may have made a stipulation on intense devotion to a single person.
I assume that it’s the Frigg thing, like Tsapki says, yeah. “The Sisters of the Unyielding Open Heart” is basically “The sisters of how Frigg rolls”, and I don’t see the Frigg we know and love outwardly espousing romantic love.
I mean, deep down it feels like she does, but has been burned by it, so she outwardly says it’s for deluded pussy-cocks. And thus The Sisters follow suit.
I agree with you, Tsapki. This is just a teaser to make people talk. The explanation will arrive in due course; of that I have no doubt, given the track record of Guilded Age’s creators. :)
Feeling strongly about a thing is effectively relinquishing control of it.
Feeling strongly is the short path to acts of blithering idiocy.
Bizarre as it may sound, that is why I say founding relationships on love is to condemn them to ruin… and why those who refuse to get into a relationship BECAUSE they’re not allowed to love are just weak.
… Then of course there is the Josh Lesnick school of partnering, where you go up to someone and declare them your sidekick… I also approve of this course of action.
Simply put, imagine Frigg saying something like “Psh, love is a stupid, pansy-ass delusion that only weak and ignorant losers believe in. You only win in life by trolling, and maximizing teh lulz.”
Then imagine The Sisters of the Unyielding Open Heart seeing her say this, and then going “Welp, that’s how Frigg rolls, so that’s what we’ll do too.” IMO it’s been established that TSotUOH try to emulate Frigg.
Pfft, just get a special dispensation. Frigg will probably scrawl an ‘X’ on anything that you put in front of her, if you catch her between her fourth and fifth beers.
Well of course the teachings of the Sisters of the Unyielding Open Heart forbid forming a relationship on any emotion as pussy-like as love. If it doesn’t end in a pounding hatefuck, then it’s just gay. And not even the good kind of gay. (Note: the good kind of gay = the type of gay that ends in a pounding hatefuck).
I hope you realise what a terrible moral position you’ve put her in, E-Merl.
Love, it ain’t nothin’
But a heartbreaker
Love, friend only to the matchmaker
Ooooooh, love
It’s an enemy to all mankind
The point of love blows my mind
Love has caused unrest
Within the younger generation
Infatuation then idolization
Who wants to die?!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA LOVE! HUH!
I just wanna say the slew of appropriate icons per reply, on this page so far, is staggering. Since a good portion of them are either Rachel or someone being annoyed/amused. The artist is just so amazing at making faces that are incredibly expressive, and it’s always a pleasure when the randomization code matches things up well. XD
Wait, where did she say that ‘love’ was a sin? She just said that she does love him, and that that is a sin. Maybe it is loving him that is sinful (because he is not Frigg)
Some people get ‘sin’ and the more simple ‘wrong’ intermixed
I’m both surprised and ashamed that no one has mentioned the pet shop boys yet (that or I suck at recognizing lyrics…). =]
to quote the boys…
“??
When I look back upon my life
It’s always with a sense of shame
I’ve always been the one to blame
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too
Can’t say I like this development. It’s feels like exploitation to get some cheap drama as well as quite forced. Hope it’s resolved fast with Frigg dope slapping Rachel and telling her to stop with her crap. It would probably be better done in a lighter handed way instead of this preparation for Drama.
Ehh, anyway, let’s wait and see how this will go. And E-Merl: Run! Seriously, the chick is crazy. Find someone else to love, who lack all this baggage.
…This is going to be a fascinating sidebar into the problems with adapting religions into an online gaming format.
You have a great avatar for that comment.
Should have added an “OH MY~!”
“…caught in a bad romance…”
Your avatar makes that statement especially disturbing.
It’s like Charlie Brown and an inverse Lucy Vanderpelt.
Gosh darn it. You beat me to it. Panel #4 is SO Lucy Van Pelt.
A certain redheaded religious figurehead is going to have a field day with this…
Kinda imagined she’d be thrilled to have someone to redirect some of the… intensity of Rachel’s devotion…
of course thats what he meant. She will have a field day with her idiotic devotee’s misconceptions on what is sin.
Hmm. I wonder if, in Rachael’s order, promiscuity is actually perfectly fine, perhaps even holy, andit’s actually falling in love that is a sin…
Aw, c’mon! You already broke away from the Sisterhood of the Perpetual Bloodshot Eyeball after seeing its monstrous moral failings, to form The Sisters of the Unyielding Open Heart! Part of that reformation is continued growth towards doing the right thing! Stop looking at love as a sin, Rachel! ‘Coz the love you two got, the way you two have it, ain’t a sin at all.
—
On another Rachel related topic, if William H. Macy could play H. R. in a movie, my vote for Rachel goes to Annie Parisse.
I had another idea over the weekend for who can play her, but I forgot who. :-( I’ll post if I remember.
YES! OPEN YOUR HEART TO ME!
That avatar soo matches that comment
I wonder why this ‘avatar-comment match’ thing is so fascinating that something has to be said every time one appears.
cause it’s hilarious?
With the “?”, your avatar indeed matches your comment!
tell me about it.
This whole thread’s avatars…. it can’t just be random, can it?
Makes me wish I didn’t have a gravatar…
Ya blew it.
Oh for the love of god… Look at what you did.
Well, there goes the last nail in that coffin.
Love is a sin ? What kind of obnoxious bull-crap is this ?
Yeah, boo minus! I can understand vows of chastity, but dubbing love a sin is a bit too much.
Well, it might be sort of on the lines of how Love is forbidden in the Jedi order under certain circumstances.
See, the problem with love is that it can mess with your judgement. It makes you place more value on one person and consider them more than other people, solely due to your feelings for them. You bend or break rules on their behalf, because you love them, you go out of your way and place them first because you love them…you save them first instead of an innocent family…because you love them. Attachments to a single person over others can be dangerous and I think that Rachel’s new Order may have made a stipulation on intense devotion to a single person.
But then there is the Frigg thing, so I wonder…
I assume that it’s the Frigg thing, like Tsapki says, yeah. “The Sisters of the Unyielding Open Heart” is basically “The sisters of how Frigg rolls”, and I don’t see the Frigg we know and love outwardly espousing romantic love.
I mean, deep down it feels like she does, but has been burned by it, so she outwardly says it’s for deluded pussy-cocks. And thus The Sisters follow suit.
Well, in the church of Frigg, I’d guess “love is a sin, but lust is alright!”
Yep, that’s what I’m guessing.
I must concur.
I agree with you, Tsapki. This is just a teaser to make people talk. The explanation will arrive in due course; of that I have no doubt, given the track record of Guilded Age’s creators. :)
If I am right again, I expect another hypothetical cookie.
Feeling strongly about a thing is effectively relinquishing control of it.
Feeling strongly is the short path to acts of blithering idiocy.
Bizarre as it may sound, that is why I say founding relationships on love is to condemn them to ruin… and why those who refuse to get into a relationship BECAUSE they’re not allowed to love are just weak.
… Then of course there is the Josh Lesnick school of partnering, where you go up to someone and declare them your sidekick… I also approve of this course of action.
Hey man, she’s just trying to let ‘im off easy.
Maybe it’s like a “don’t love anyone but Frigg” thing? I honestly can’t think of anything else that would make any kind of sense.
Simply put, imagine Frigg saying something like “Psh, love is a stupid, pansy-ass delusion that only weak and ignorant losers believe in. You only win in life by trolling, and maximizing teh lulz.”
Then imagine The Sisters of the Unyielding Open Heart seeing her say this, and then going “Welp, that’s how Frigg rolls, so that’s what we’ll do too.” IMO it’s been established that TSotUOH try to emulate Frigg.
Pfft, just get a special dispensation. Frigg will probably scrawl an ‘X’ on anything that you put in front of her, if you catch her between her fourth and fifth beers.
Wait…is she an ACTUAL nun as well as a battle nun? Why did that never occur to me as completely natural?
Well of course the teachings of the Sisters of the Unyielding Open Heart forbid forming a relationship on any emotion as pussy-like as love. If it doesn’t end in a pounding hatefuck, then it’s just gay. And not even the good kind of gay. (Note: the good kind of gay = the type of gay that ends in a pounding hatefuck).
I hope you realise what a terrible moral position you’ve put her in, E-Merl.
The fact that your avatar is Hearts Boxcars makes your comment all the more GENIUS.
Although, it might be that loving a total weakling with self-esteem issues is the sin.
LOVE! Uh! Good God, y’all!
What is it good for?
Absolutely nuthin’.
You sure you don’t mean “Absolutely nuttin'”? It is Frigg we’re talking about here…
Love, it ain’t nothin’
But a heartbreaker
Love, friend only to the matchmaker
Ooooooh, love
It’s an enemy to all mankind
The point of love blows my mind
Love has caused unrest
Within the younger generation
Infatuation then idolization
Who wants to die?!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA LOVE! HUH!
Looked more like a bad case of indigestion for a moment…
I just wanna say the slew of appropriate icons per reply, on this page so far, is staggering. Since a good portion of them are either Rachel or someone being annoyed/amused. The artist is just so amazing at making faces that are incredibly expressive, and it’s always a pleasure when the randomization code matches things up well. XD
Punch sin in the face. Frigg does it daily.
Wait, where did she say that ‘love’ was a sin? She just said that she does love him, and that that is a sin. Maybe it is loving him that is sinful (because he is not Frigg)
Some people get ‘sin’ and the more simple ‘wrong’ intermixed
If loving you is a sin, I don’t want to be a saint.
If loving you in a sin, I’m still on track for Heaven. But let’s bang anyway.
Heaven has good atmosphere. Hell has better company!
Sins exist to be enjoyed. ;)
Well now I want to know which it is. All the comments said everything I was gonna say :P
This sounds like something Frigg can easily sort out.
I’m both surprised and ashamed that no one has mentioned the pet shop boys yet (that or I suck at recognizing lyrics…). =]
to quote the boys…
“??
When I look back upon my life
It’s always with a sense of shame
I’ve always been the one to blame
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too
It’s a, it’s a, it’s a, it’s a sin
It’s a sin”
Wow! I love this webcomic. Not only that, but I love all the punny comments that come after the page. ^_^
Can’t say I like this development. It’s feels like exploitation to get some cheap drama as well as quite forced. Hope it’s resolved fast with Frigg dope slapping Rachel and telling her to stop with her crap. It would probably be better done in a lighter handed way instead of this preparation for Drama.
Ehh, anyway, let’s wait and see how this will go. And E-Merl: Run! Seriously, the chick is crazy. Find someone else to love, who lack all this baggage.
Erm… Who doesn’t have baggage?? 0_o
Well, less baggage at least. :P