#outrage?

Les Feldman, Publisher Tomorrow? I am reminded there are no guarantees about tomorrow; that’s His call not mine, so I find myself in a lot of reflection since October 7th, and I can’t seem to shake it. Where is the outrage? Where is the passion? I often find myself wrestling with what I believe to be utter hypocrisy – probably nothing bothers me more than hypocrisy. Somehow, we understand and can justify outrage. If you believe in the Bible, you have deep conviction, not passive conviction. If you believe that Israel is the “Holy Land,” and you gather yourself with great pride to travel and visit the Holy Land once, twice, or even 50 times, you’re going because of your deep conviction. It’s where Jesus walked, and it’s the most historically significant piece of earth in the history of the world. Where is the outrage when you see it under attack? The brutal attack on humanity, albeit Jewish, Christian, or Muslim, can be horrific and incomprehensible. My focus is simply the hypocritical nature of calling Israel the Holy Land, a land that is now in peril and may be reduced to rubble at any moment, where is the outrage?

It’s more than a tourist attraction. It’s the Holy Land.It’s not like Disney World in Orlando or Tokyo or in other parts of the world as a theme park. This is Israel we’re talking about, the Holy Land. And to watch and to have the world watch as it's being bombed, have we now substituted an iron dome system instead of God?We can’t build another Israel. And it's quite possible going forward no one will travel to Israel ever again if it has been destroyed. There would be nothing to look at except rubble. Are you going to point to where the Garden of Gethsemane used to be? Where is the outrage? Would we sit by as a society and passively watch people light Bibles on fire until there are no more Bibles left? If we call it the Holy Land, are we willing to fight for it? Again I ask, where is the outrage? Why is the Church so silent? We are watching an uprising throughout the world right now where people are comfortable chanting death to Israel and death to all Jews as they murder thousands of Jews because they are Jewish. The hypocrisy is numbing, and I just don’t understand it. Although I could engage in an argument of righteousness versus evil, I choose to focus on only one thing at this moment: the Holy Land is so significant. As faithful Christians, we assume God is going to take care of this. I know in biblical terms God’s timing is always perfect, and only He knows the reason for things that are beyond mortal comprehension. All I ask is a simple question: Why is the Church so silent? We pray for survival; we pray for peace.

Unless it’s something mentioned directly and talked about in detail in the story, I don’t take it too seriously, that’s about all I can say.  Justice’ speed was already notoriously fast, as indicated in the first Guilty Gear and Accent Core’s retelling, as Sol could barely handle her after she was unsealed…  since her revival in GGXrd, her movements have largely been sluggish and not as responsive… so I can’t say for sure what’s going to change about her in the future… and seemingly she was not equipped with the armor we’re used to seeing this time around.

Ed Chang tried to debunk the notion in his original Story FAQ, I’ll grant that much.  But he didn’t do a good job of it.

The key thing to note about a real genuine Jinki (Divine Tool) is that they can resonate with one another, have powerful magics sealed inside them based on the elements Fire, Lightning, Water, Wind, and Ki… and they are all actual “Magic-based Amplifiers” on their own merits.

As said before, Frederick broke the OutRage in to Jinki because he alone couldn’t handle the power output.

Heck, just putting two Jinki together can make a miniature version of the ultimate spell Saint Oratorio… which is how Sol developed the Junkyard Dog weapon (a combination of the Fuuenken and Senga).

If there are imitations, even useful ones… Guilty Gear does not outright mention them canonically.  Anything that isn’t typically OutRage-class weaponry or tools is usually classified as a War Relic… much like Kliff Undersn’s sword Dragonslayer.  Alternately they are referred to as Magical-Foci Creatures… such as the sentient blood axe-key Flament Nagel (aka Paracelsus, A.B.A.’s partner).

Fans used to think of Robo-Ky as an imitation-Jinki because he himself is a walking arsenal of tools and other objects… but given the fact he isn’t very effective in combat, and the sheer lack of power he emits (and given data errors and lapses in judgement on his part) he has a long ways to go before he can ever be deemed useful as a tool or even “classified” as a magic tool of any sort (since he relies on electricity and the Hercules Engine as a power source).

I’d argue that something like the Justice Copy would be closer to OutRage-class technology simply because it’s based on Gear developed technology alone.  One could argue that even Forbidden Beasts such as Zato=ONE’s Eddie and Millia’s Angra were based on Gear Technology and therefore could be considered “near” OutRage class technology.

Be that as it may… Gears and their derivatives aren’t the same as OutRage… OutRage was technically built as an Anti-Gear weapon… the technology originates from the Saint Oratorio Project which we know very little about.  The irony of OutRage being that it has a mysterious direct connection with Justice and her infamous “OutRage Armor” which “That Man” likely developed… which may or may not be an actual Jinki or not.  In that sense you could argue that any OutRage technology developed by “That Man” is an ‘imitation’ of Frederick’s own works.

I will however state, that there is a case for weapons being developed from the Cyprus Project.  Magic-based bullet technology which was developed by the Conclave to compete with OutRage serving as an Anti-Backyard technology (not necessarily Anti-Gear, but eclipsing the concept).

Keep in mind that the original 8 sacred treasures are likely considered relics by today’s standards in Guilty Gear… so it’s hard to say how long the OutRage will still remain relevant technology, but as said before, they do bear a power that can’t be replicated and boils down to the essence of the five elements.  Even so… something like Ky Kiske’s Magnolia Eclair II can compete with the effectiveness of the original Thundersealed Sword… so don’t underestimate human ingenuity.

Honestly I couldn't tell you, since it has yet to be revealed.

From the looks of things Aquila probably got retired and put back in Ky's armory, becoming an ordinary ornamental blade like it once was.

I said this before but I suspect Ky is going to be doing things on his own from now on (regardless of his station/position), now that he's decided to side with the Gears.

The circumstances surrounding that though, I have no idea...

Some indications hint at the possibility he's still the King...just gone rogue for now.

As for Ky's current sword...currently known as the Magnolia Éclair II...the pommel appears to look very similar to Ky's Thunderseal...so it could be a modified version of the sword.

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