#Issachar

[rustoma]

I've always likened that the White are to Issachar, the same way that Lucifer is to Walter and Merkabah is to Jonathan. Issachar's own journey, incredibly short-lived as it was, ended up being one of sheer hopelessness and nihilism. In a way, he and the White are both intrinsically linked to one another.

The White are, of course, not actually Issachar or any of Flynn's other friends; but phantoms manipulating his consciousness. All the same, they are entities using the likeness of someone close to Flynn resigned to their same ideals, and (ab)use that likeness to assuage, guilt, and shame Flynn. The choice for Issachar's likeness as the final White battle is poetic then.

Plus how White Issachar (what a name) speaks its final words in Issachar's clear, unfiltered voice. Just like how Lucifer and Merkabah do in Walter's and Jonathan's own voices. The parallels are monumental.

[rustyburacedraws]

How strange! Someone has unearthed a mysterious comic diary!

[1five1two]

And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

1 Chronicles 12:32

[rustyvanburace]

Something that bothers me about the translated SMT IV Dengeki Comic Anthology online is that it's actually missing a large chunk of it. There's only about 4 translated comics online, but there's actually so many more stories in the anthology.

Nor is it even in order. One site lists the Masakado comic first, when it isn't even the first one in the book and actually comes after the Peallaidh comic. (Not that order even matters with these self-contained short stories anyway. But the inconsistency still bothers me.)

I guess it's not surprising since very few care about the anthologies. But the IV one does have its fans and it's a shame how much people are missing out on.

Not having all of it also means that people don't know my boy Issachar is in it too.

[thebladeblaster]

In case anyone ever needs information on the Demon Gene here

Warning: Spoilers for Shin Megami Tensei IV, Apocalypse, Demonic Gene, and Prayers

Things to know:

-The pandemic variant seems to be completely different than if it was triggered individually

Pandemic variant (As seen in the dlc)

-Causes a demonic transformation

-Very significant power boost

-Everyone becomes a hive mind mindlessly serving YHVH

-It’s contagious and you can catch it even if you don’t have the DG because it’s implied that Nanashi can catch it

-Their souls can’t be messed with by anyone who isn’t YHVH. Dagda tried but he couldn’t affect them with his powers.

-Someone has to agree to start it for everyone

-If the one who agreed to trigger it dies or as Hugo calls himself “the voice of God” dies everyone infected dies

-Everyone’s souls are linked together

Normal variant (As seen in IV, the Demonic Gene, and Prayers manga)

-Causes a demonic transformation

-Triggers within an individual if they feel very extreme negative emotions which is usually triggered by literature

-Very significant power boost

-Not contagious

-No forced obedience or linkage if anything it is the complete opposite wherein they become extremely rebellious and radical

-In the mangas only it seems that those with the DG become stronger from consuming/absorbing demons (This is shown in both Demonic Gene and Prayers)

Very significant power boost

For comparison a Walter (probably level 1-5) who was regularly using a demon as weak as Centaur was able to defeat Yaso Magushi effortlessly. Issachar who has never fought any demon was able to fight four prentice Samurai at once but he did ultimately lose.

Minotaur is a level 14 demon and he got oneshot. So considering how much stronger Issachar got that isn’t too ridiculous.

However Yaso Magatsuhu is level 46 and was defeated in an instant. That implies a much more significant boost similar to the one Hope and Hugo got. They got boosted from being practical fodder to being able to fight Anarchy Nanashi and at least hurt him. Hugo was implied to formerly be a Samurai so he would have some strength at least.

Not confirmed (but probably true AKA headcanon)

It seems like the power boost is either some sort of multiplier since depending on the base the person seems to become more powerful the stronger they are.

For example

Note: This is not the multiplier this is just an example to illustrate my point.

Assume Issachar is a 1, Walter is a 5, and Hope and Hugo are 10s. If the multiplier was 5 then it would be like this.

Issachar: 5

Level 1-5 Walter: 25

Hope: 50

Hugo: 50

Or it could be completely different depending on the person. Who knows.

-Likely the reason they can use magic

-Can easily learn skills from demons

-Become stronger or weaker depending on their emotional states

[reallyonl99]

[squishywolfay]

Flynn before becoming a samurai

[spitblaze]

warmups with high school OCs Luness and Issachar 👍

[lordgodjehovahsway]

Genesis 49: Jacob Blesses His Sons

1 Then Jacob called for his sons and said: “Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.

2 “Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob;    listen to your father Israel.

3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn,    my might, the first sign of my strength,    excelling in honor, excelling in power. 4 Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel,    for you went up onto your father’s bed,    onto my couch and defiled it.

5 “Simeon and Levi are brothers—    their swords are weapons of violence. 6 Let me not enter their council,    let me not join their assembly, for they have killed men in their anger    and hamstrung oxen as they pleased. 7 Cursed be their anger, so fierce,    and their fury, so cruel! I will scatter them in Jacob    and disperse them in Israel.

8 “Judah, your brothers will praise you;    your hand will be on the neck of your enemies;    your father’s sons will bow down to you. 9 You are a lion’s cub, Judah;    you return from the prey, my son. Like a lion he crouches and lies down,    like a lioness—who dares to rouse him? 10 The scepter will not depart from Judah,    nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs shall come    and the obedience of the nations shall be his. 11 He will tether his donkey to a vine,    his colt to the choicest branch; he will wash his garments in wine,    his robes in the blood of grapes. 12 His eyes will be darker than wine,    his teeth whiter than milk.

13 “Zebulun will live by the seashore    and become a haven for ships;    his border will extend toward Sidon.

14 “Issachar is a rawboned donkey    lying down among the sheep pens. 15 When he sees how good is his resting place    and how pleasant is his land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden    and submit to forced labor.

16 “Dan will provide justice for his people    as one of the tribes of Israel. 17 Dan will be a snake by the roadside,    a viper along the path, that bites the horse’s heels    so that its rider tumbles backward.

18 “I look for your deliverance, Lord.

19 “Gad will be attacked by a band of raiders,    but he will attack them at their heels.

20 “Asher’s food will be rich;    he will provide delicacies fit for a king.

21 “Naphtali is a doe set free    that bears beautiful fawns.

22 “Joseph is a fruitful vine,    a fruitful vine near a spring,    whose branches climb over a wall. 23 With bitterness archers attacked him;    they shot at him with hostility. 24 But his bow remained steady,    his strong arms stayed limber, because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob,    because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel, 25 because of your father’s God, who helps you,    because of the Almighty, who blesses you with blessings of the skies above,    blessings of the deep springs below,    blessings of the breast and womb. 26 Your father’s blessings are greater    than the blessings of the ancient mountains,    than the bounty of the age-old hills. Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,    on the brow of the prince among his brothers.

27 “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf;    in the morning he devours the prey,    in the evening he divides the plunder.”

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, giving each the blessing appropriate to him.

The Death of Jacob

29 Then he gave them these instructions: “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite, 

30 the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite. 

31 There Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried, and there I buried Leah. 

32 The field and the cave in it were bought from the Hittites.”

33 When Jacob had finished giving instructions to his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed, breathed his last and was gathered to his people.

[rustoma]

A comic about hair (dw Navarre, we still love you)

[rustyburacedraws]

‧₊˚✩彡 Issachar and Navarre

[kdmiller55]

Sons and Daughters of God

1 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. 2 The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’ houses, namely of Tola, mighty warriors of their generations, their number in the days of David being 22,600. 3 The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, all five of them were chief men. 4 And…

[1five1two]

[rustyvanburace]

I had an idea

[thebladeblaster]

I had a stupid meme idea so here

Warning: SMT IV spoilers

The most reoccurring SMT character 🤣

[reallyonl99]

happy mid-autumn festival