TWWR Round up 09/22/2025– When You’re in too Deep

I don’t have much of an intro for you all this week. In case you missed it, a new chapter of Jumalanpelko is out. It’s titled “Cut her Out.” We’re getting close to the end of this comic, I’m anxious to see if it will end on a more bitter or sweet side. I’m doubtful very many characters will have a happy ending, especially Suncat and Guard. It was clear at the start that this story was always going to be a tragedy.

For those of you interested, I Didn’t Know is updating again. I saw the news from a Tumblr mutual, checked ComicFury, and there is indeed a new page today. There’s some good news for those of you following that particular comic.

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I had to look up the Fikra’s father’s name, and it’s Wema. I’m slightly amused at how rude he is to Mosi. (Lion chew-toy? Really, dude?) He admits the leopard teen isn’t a threat, and keeps obvious information about the pack close to his chest. Fortunately, for Mosi and the audience’s sanity, Fikra has something to say. At the same time, Mosi is hearing the word “dad” for the second time, and he immediately thinks of his last conversation with Binti. I wonder if through this exchange he’ll discover that his sister actually met up with Fikra and her siblings while they were all much younger.

It could help convince the dogs that he’s truly not a threat, though Wema is another issue entirely. Again, I’m just hoping that Mosi gets a break here because this kid needs one.

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Krizman is really trying to get Melissa to lower her guard and reunite with the Black Idol. The threats about killing her are not empty. That said, I’m in awe at how Idowu mustered up the strength to cut Melissa free and hurl the spear into either what used to be Rodney, or another piece of the idol. At this point I’m not sure who it was, as Rodney might have been the part of the idol that tried to make it back to the facility via the portal. That said, both girls are still trapped with a now angry Krizman. Their only effective weapon against him is just out of reach.

I’m hoping Idowu might have given Melissa the time she needed to grab the crystal holding Kenazil. Let’s also hope she reaches it before another part of the Black Idol either attacks them, or enough of the guard’s spacesuit opens up, causing her to either die or transform. This situation is intense!

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The wide shot reveals how massive the stadium actually is. It has two large entrances, and another two that are much smaller. I’m guessing one is for the Therian and another is for their collaborators. Not only that, but I count about 36 police squad cars outside. I doubt all of them were filled with unwitting participants in The Gathering, but there are at least a half dozen here. Since we’re at the stadium, I have to wonder if the stands are filled with onlookers, while the ruling class look on from the stage.

In that case, are the unfortunate gathered by the police going to be Therian chow? Will they have to fight each other to the death for the amusement of the ruling class? I’m really curious how things operate in The Lion’s Den versus Dunbar’s much smaller town. In book one, the prisons were emptied out and fed to the Therian. Then anyone accused of a crime was on the menu. Will it be the same case here?

On a final note, I’m curious about this hooded and masked feline. Their words make me think they either mean they haven’t seen Kay around The Lion’s Den, or this isn’t their first gathering. If I had to wager a guess, this masked feline is the same person on the promotional poster on the bottom right in the stylish uniform. What little can be seen of the hairstyle and their eye color matches.

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I adore how Tulpi is trying to impress Motte in the first panel. Though I’m not certain she’s listening, as everyone’s switched over to business mode. Of course, getting the crabs wouldn’t be as easy as pulling up the cage from the boat. That said, I have to laugh at how either Tulpi is either lying about how good of a swimmer she is based on her nervousness, or she is good, but lacks confidence. Honestly, it could be either or with her. Not that she has to worry about it, because we’re about to learn why Morgan is called the Selkie. Being a Labrador mix, of course she’d be good at swimming. That said, she’s wearing a seal skin on her back, making her name more than apt.

Honestly, I thought it was just a nickname, but she actually has a seal skin! I’m pleasantly surprised. And she looks hella cool while submerged. The girls are amazed, and I can’t imagine Morgan’s moves will help Tulpi with her confidence issues. Let’s hope our Akita mix is good at sorting crabs by size using that bone.

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That’s it for the March. With one final look of disdain or judgement from Antaras, he and Ame lock eyes one last time before she jumps with the rest of the deer. Given how everyone else is purely afraid, but she’s starting to cry, she knows they have no chance of survival. Just a beat after the jump, their halvs come falling out of the sky. It’s a poignant way to show that they all died without having to reveal the gory details. Again, astute readers noticed that birds falling and how they’ll hit the ice also ties back to the chapter cover. I originally thought the bird on the cover represented Oudia’s red bird, but the bird-shaped blood splatter is likely also referring to this moment. Red also representing Usma and perhaps her fear tied to her earliest memories. This chapter cover is doing a lot lifting in terms of alluding to events and themes.

As for what comes next, I’m still eagerly awaiting how this event relates to Antaras trapping Loss and Eve in the rings. Obviously, this mass murder has to be the start of it. If not, it is certainly the moment he gave up on everyone else except for Usma. A good reminder that despite how tragic his story is, this guy is pretty far gone, as he’ll continue to harm others to achieve his goals. I’m impressed at how his story is unfolding, and I can see why Usma reached her breaking point and ran away.

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This page is all over the place in terms of topics and events. I really wish Kique had just focused on what Marduk had done, and how he was able to slip past the other Sky Gods and take the Asmundr pack for this page. At least we do get confirmation that it was him who moved the pack south. That said, because of how this story was rewritten on the fly after the departure of Kique’s co-writer and having Khellir’s role changed, it’s just a mess. For one thing, we know the Asmundr pack weren’t doing well in the north. If they weren’t eventually targeted by the Meteor Tribe under Ranach’s rule, then they may have starved as their caribou were doing poorly on Aedra.

Originally they were moved because they were starting to starve. If you keep in mind how Khellir was supposed to be a benevolent character aligned with Father, them being moved makes perfect sense. With this new writing direction, you can argue that the Asmundr pack were moved to isolate them from Jahla. You could also say that Marduk waited to strike until Jahla was gone. Even so, they were still helped out because of said starvation, and more prey was available at their new location. For this page’s dialogue to work, you have to ignore the starving plot that was mentioned as early as page 97.

Moving on from the starvation angle, we have the issue of what took Father so long to contact them. I guess we’re to assume that the obelisk had an island-wide effect, and that’s why he could only have limited contact through dreams. Instead of contacting Jahla, he contacted Kainan. The message was vague and implied that Father was in danger. I’m not sure how that was supposed to warn them about Marduk although Kainan puts together the pieces off screen. The writing there is just so lacking. If Jahla hadn’t found the scrolls, or the pack hadn’t talked to the Rabisu, they wouldn’t have learned who the evil Sky God was. Lucky for them, Marduk dropped them right off near the hiding place of the long-lived dogs and cats he once antagonized. He must have been too lazy to research anything.

We also learn that Marduk wasn’t the only Sky God who made the humans more like the gods by sharing blood. Honestly, this feels petty of the story to blame everything on him, only to turn around and reveal that the others did the same. Even weirder that Father now wants to help the humans, after implying they needed to go in order for the Earth to heal in the first chapter of Home. It would be nice to have more than five sentences covering his change of heart, or clarification of what he actually meant in chapter 1.

Did Kique realize that Father originally wanting the humans wiped out sounded genocidal, and that it would be a bad look for what’s supposed to be a good person? This right here is why these scenes shouldn’t be rushed. There’s no real epiphany. Just the story trying to reconcile Father’s words with Marduk. Father’s original goal was to wipe out the humans to heal the Earth, but he now wants to spare them. The only reason being is that there are some humans who can guide everyone else to be better. A flashback scene or something would be nice to illustrate the point he’s trying to make to Jahla.

Also, Marduk was once worshiped by humans, but he never explained why he left Earth, and decided to mess with Father’s favorite pack instead. Did the destruction turn him off? Did the humans who worshiped him eventually turn on him after seeing his true nature? Did Father or other Sky Gods drive him off? All of this is so painfully rushed it hurts. An interesting story is in here, but its execution has been terribly botched.

On a final note, Avantifegr is also one of Marduk’s creations, because of course she is. I’m guessing this was an experiment of his while he was still on good terms with everyone else? (Not Father, though. I’m going to assume he learned his lesson after experimenting on Lifa as a pup in Asmundr.) Again, so many missing details and half explanations.

This page has been the most unhelpful info dump ever.

Off for the week:

Nothing.

On hiatus:

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