#I /do/ really like this «Celestial Khonshu» design as he gets all fancy and tries to recruit his own Silver Surfer

[age-of-moonknight]

Timeless (Vol. 3/2023), #1.

Writers: Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly; Penciler and Inker: Juann Cabal; Colorist: Edgar Delgado; Letterer: Travis Lantham

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Timeless vol. 3 #Timeless 2023 #Timeless #Moon Knight comics #latest release #Power Man #Luke Cage #Khonshu #and this is not a compliment for that blasted overblown seagull but rather Mr. Cabal’s work because despite my dislike of the character #I /do/ really like this «Celestial Khonshu» design as he gets all fancy and tries to recruit his own Silver Surfer #to completely swerve to a more philosophical note #and one that may make more sense when you see exactly what happens to the trash bird (turn back now if uninterested #in discussions of portrayals of G-d in contemporary media…and yes even I’m wondering why I’m doing this #in the tags of a comic book panel post so in general just don’t mind me hahaha): #I get why some people are rankled when characters use language asserting themselves to be G-d #particularly when the authorial intent is clearly to comment on the nature of a singular all-powerful all-loving Ruler and Judge of creatio #and it’s…not always benevolent but perhaps even mocking (it never feels good when people don’t want to discuss/question/ #interact in good faith with something that people have devoted their entire lives to but instead just want to jeer. #To reiterate everyone’s definitely entitled to any qualms they might have about belief systems and religious institutions #and how those entities have traditionally treated groups of peoples for example #but a willingness to discuss those legitimate concerns and how to move beyond them just might be more constructive than #making strawmen to mock entire demographics and what’s important to them) #ANYWAY all this to say there are times however where I’ve seen monotheists not even be bothered by attempts at mockery #because those attempts can be flipped around into comments of «gee yeah we sure are lucky that G-d doesn’t have those #human flaws you gave Him in your strawman representation!» #like….Khonshu the absolutely craven despicable manipulative power-grabber committing a little blasphemy here just makes it all the more #satisfying when a singular man blasts a hole through that bird’s bony chest #if you’re anything less than the humanly unobtainable ideal of absolute perfection and declare yourself above all…you’re going down HARD