July 24, 2014: Vainglorious

[Ennis]

Looking at that Devil Club strip, I am suddenly reminded of the rave episode of Samurai Jack:


But anyway, let's start speculating. It's challengerS to the throne, not just this one Vainglorious person. The uprising will consist of "devil-kind", so maybe even though we don't know the leader, we will know the rest of them. What if this is a separate uprising of the oppressed devil girls we've seen so far? The devil men we've seen so far in the strip don't seem to have too much of a reason to start an uprising, but the girls on display in the Bomf District? Maybe if this Vainglorious person promised them a better life if they helped overthrow Dman, they would go along with it.

In terms of who would be the best candidate (AKA not random DJ that only appeared in the one strip, or a new character) to head this uprising, I would say either Blue or Sapphire, with a higher chance of it being Blue. Maybe, instead of having assimilated into the system as it appears, Blue has remembered the suffering she dealt with before she was so high up and is working to get enough power to overthrow Dman, with help from other devil girls. As for Sapphire, her disaffected act may be partly a ruse to conceal the fact that she is fervently working away organising an uprising. She didn't want to join or ally with the Sisterhood because as this strip demonstrates, Dman is very aware of the threat they pose and is trying to spy on them and possibly take them out.

Anyway, these are my main guesses. We really don't know anything though haha.

[Ronald]

It's probably just me, but it seems as if Tat's continuing efforts to world-build (such as they are) undermines some of the strip's charm. It's the Sinfestiverse's minimal internal logic that allows Lady Liberty, Cupid, Buddha, and other entities to exist, that allows giant transforming robots to come out of nowhere (and, apparently, go right back there), that allows characters from other strips and animation to appear without comment ("Hey, it's the guy from Monopoly. Wow, that's not at all weird."), that...well, you get the idea.

[Echo]

My half-arsed theory is that Blue's ruled out because she wasn't hell-born (otherwise I doubt she'd have been allowed in to Divinity School). She's got some power, and a taste for it, but doesn't fit the hell-born bit.

Li'l E is about the only character we *know* to be, in some manner, "hell-born". And Tange is devil-kind, approximately. But Tange alone doesn't qualify as "these", so he'd need to pick up more devil-kind followers, and he's hardly an inspiring leader.

It could be some sort of Li'l E with restored memories. That's my best guess, other than some out-of-the-blue big revelation or new character.

But really, I'm annoyed that this strip cut away from Abby and 'Nique.

[Cley Faye]

Not related, but I'll post it anyway:

The Master Vainglorious

[Jabberjay]

If Lily wanted to become Lil' Evil again all he'd have to do is walk through the Lethe again. Assuming it works based on the rules laid out in the last Cantos of Purgatorio stepping into the stream washes away memory and leaves one innocent as a newborn babe. Walking back through the stream returns the memory but in a more objective, less personal way. The idea is to see your own memories as if you were an observer to them, not a participant in them, the point of which is to reduce negative emotional involvement that would hold a soul back from redemption.

So if he goes back through the Lethe he'll remember what an asshole he used to be without losing the benefits of his new perspective. He'll probably just feel REALLY bad unless Tange decides to play Beatrice to his Dante and slap his shit until he stops feeling sorry for himself. Or hug him, that might work too. Maybe a bit of both.

[Geareye]

Since Vainglorious is ...well...vain...and fancies himself to be glorious...and I'm not sure where the graffiti area was, but I guess it was relatively close to the devil factory...could it be Sleaze?

[Jabberjay]

[EverythingsJake]

[Ronald]

[coldbeer4thesoul]

Vainglory - such a King James Bible word. Yet I was surprised it only shows up once in there.

Phil 2:3a: Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory
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[Darqcyde]

[Ronald]