AAaA Bandit 3
This is pretty revealing, not only because of what it says about gnome beliefs themselves, but because of what it says about gnomes’ relations with other species. They’re always trying to make things work together, and so they’re very easy to get along with as long as you’re not making aggressive moves against them. That’s why they’re Gastonia’s longest-lasting and most trusted allies, but they could’ve had similar relations with most races, in some other scenario where the geography was different. They’ll have little trouble assimilating into a more pluralistic society, when the time comes.
Benignly passing out fliers didn’t seem to be quite the style of the Sisterhood of the Bloodshot Eyeball, so for the example on panel 4, Flo created a separate group. Possibly another offshoot of the Eyeballs like Rachel’s Sisterhood of the Unyielding Open Heart. At any rate, reader Kennerly promptly named it the Order of the Triangle in a Circle in a Square, which amused Flo to no end.
Tyler was a friend of mine when I resided in Norfolk and tried to keep up with the local cartooning community. We haven’t kept up much, but a quick Facebook check says that like me, he’s moved closer to DC and seems to be doing okay.
Guy caught in the gears was refused insurance as it was due to an active cog.
Took me a moment, I believe it’s customary in most parts to say I hate you now
My wife is always madder when she unwittlingly participates in my punning. She feels your pain.
My word here is done.
So, what do gnomes think of gods, then? Because it is one thing to decide that deity worship is not their cup of tea, but in Akerra there is incontrovertible proof of the existence of mighty otherworldly beings that shape the world and the lives of mortals (sometimes that includes non-believers, too) as they see fit. Are gods bigger parts of this Grand Design? Or are they the Clockmakers? Can a race of tinkerers believe in a machine with no maker?
Well, the available evidence indicates that “bow down before the power of a god” is not:
1) Bandit’s (or any of the non-gnomish PCs, for that matter) reaction to the intervention of Tectonicus.
2) Bandit’s (or any of the non-gnomish PCs, for that matter) reaction to being directly attacked by HR.
3) The reaction of anyone in the World’s Rebellion to the power of Graiya.
In fact, people in general, whether they worship individual gods or not, seem to treat all gods they don’t worship essentially the same way they might treat dragons. Powerful creatures, to be dealt with carefully, but the corrupter beast caused far more existential angst than “ack, we’re fighting against the chosen of an actual god!” ever did.
Quick typo call, though – “captial”.