- Not sure if this can be counted as a theory, as with the nature of the webcomic with storylines that is sorta par for the course, but I'm sure Tats has no idea what he's doing, outside his political and social agenda. The Sisterhood are waiting for an attack from the Patriarchy, even though there has been no real attack as of yet, and Vainglorious seems to want to become the new Devil, but really that's the only major plot stuff that's happening that is actually getting continued on... as slowly as possible. To the point that Tats has multiple side stories going on to work on them if he can't think up any ideas for the majors arcs, and even then, sometimes they're just gag strips that don't forward a thing.
Imagine Chris Carter mixed with Tite Kubo, as Tats just makes up stuff for the many, many stories and adds characters when he's low on idea's (seriously, Vainy came out of nowhere one day and so far we still know little about him, and it's been over a year since his debut). Is there is a plan, then why does binge reading his comic come as a roller coaster of stories and gags that may or may not get resolved, and many of the current arcs come off as filler (especially in hindsight) as if they're inserted for Tats to come up with something rather than nothing.
Compared to say, the romance between Fuchsia and Criminy, which was mostly focused all things considering and seen as the one of the comics highlight moments, every story here is taking their sweet ass time, and go nowhere, like anything with Squigley (who's stories flip-flops around like a bad tennis match) or Seymour's odd tale or two (that serve nothing to the grand scheme of things and always have gay lust for Jesus).
And while yes, technically many stories are made by just making stuff up as you go along, but usually there is some sort of plan in the head of the story runner, something that is being build up, but really it's sloooooow build up. Over the course of a year, Vaingloroius has, 1) shown up out of nowhere, 2) is shown to be an artist, 3) likes Fuchcia's art, 4) has some sort of spy painting in the Devil's house, and that's about it. - The length of the MMXV arc suggests that there's something to this theory.
- The MMXV arc has ended, but in its place is a mini-arc of gag strips of the artist's home being really cold, Miko focused strips (including a man cave filled with dudebro zombies), strips at a super market, and another heavy-handed Sunday strip. There has been zero actual direction since December 2015. Fucking kill me.
- I think we can call this confirmed now that Tats is supporting right-wing views and excessively recapping the news.
- And make many failed attempts to Take Over the World
- No ending in sight now.
- Remember the one story that made Fuchsia feel pity for the damned? Then broken hearted man who winds up in Hell after flipping off God? Does that sound familiar at all? And then was redeemed and found love? It might not just be applied to her, it could be foreshadowing for Slick, too.
- Well, so much for resolution. Criminee is obviously more determined and Fyoosh loves him as much as ever, but the focus has shifted from them.
- Lil' E not only has the same fanboy characteristics as Seymour, but he can easily survive in the Reality Zone.
- Seymour's halo doesn't seem to be fake, though. It's biologically a part of him. Which brings me to...
- He has real horns.
- Officially jossed.
- Actually there are a couple of strips that talk about Lil' E's backstory, apparently the reason he became such a fanboy was because he picked on for being a half-demon to point where he even tried to cut off his horns and the Devil was nice to him and fended off some of the bullies even though Lil' E was just random stranger (or least that was what he thought). Satan is actually his dad and left him when he was little because he was disappointed that Lil' Evil didn't turn out all that evil which is why he was so nice to him in the first place because even he cares about his family. So Lil' E is actually a demon, just not 100%.
- Plus The Bouncer in this strip referred to him as a "halfling" - which could either mean a short person, a child, or a half-demon. Considering they had let Slick in previously, and they're both the same height and close in age I think that half-demon seems more likely.
- Inversely confirmed.
- If thats is really what is going on, I hope the relationship stays sweet, or he takes a breakup with grace, because I have a little bit of doubt over how well some of the fanbase would take a return to the cynical roots of the strip, or a bad end to the little romance.
- If there's any truth to this WMG, perhaps Tatsuya had a bad breakup and blames himself for it? Would explain the turn to radical feminism, the Uncle Sam/Liberty arcs, even the hints of sourness going into the Criminy/Fuchsia story (when it even comes up). PS Armchair psychoanalysis is fun!
- "You weren't always a Devil girl" so said Crim what Fucsh began her change.
- Officially Jossed in Hero Time 13 as Reality Zone is actually lethal to demons (Tangerine was being immolated like a vampire exposed to sunlight, which leads me to my WMG.
- Keep in mind that Forky didn't catch on fire, plus Tangerine was wearing a cap with a cross on it, which in 'realistic' movies burns demons and devils.
- Officially Jossed in Hero Time 13 as Reality Zone is actually lethal to demons (Tangerine was being immolated like a vampire exposed to sunlight, which leads me to my WMG.
- It seems that Fuchsia is more than a little uncomfortable with the thought of merely visiting the reality zone, so more likely than not this may be officially jossed.
- COUNTER-Jossed! Recent strips since the Reality Wall went up have Fyoosh actively making efforts to last as long as possible in the Reality Zone, meaning this WMG is not dead!
- See previous WMG for refutal
- He has, although only because he wanted something from her. Still he may have been sincere as well as self serving.
- Potentially jossed. Or at least the details are.
- Seymour is ALREADY batshit insane.
- Played for laughs. He does signs a contract for a stash of Jesus slash fanfics. The plot wasn't explored so far.
- It turns out what while she likes to paint, she never really pursued it. Criminy believes she should, assuring her she's very talented.
- May seem unlikely given recent events.
- She did seem rather happy to see him when he caught her bomfing things...
- Then again, if he progresses to the point of a relationship, I don't think want be able to back out, seeing how light the comic has gotten.
- Thanks to recent events, we may have seen what any potential kids between Fyoosh and Criminy would look like.
- Also, her recent Heel–Face Turn just increased her chances of motherhood drastically. She's most likely going to live with Crim now. Insert snarky comment about what happens when two love birds share a home.
- I think he's talking about God, actually.
- Then it would not be people, which is a plural noun. It would be someone. Someone on the inside.
- Great, now I have this image of Tangerine cheerfully torching, Bomfing, and Bkowing people while Seymour watches and says "Suffer not the unclean to live."
- Sorry, but the comic has really lightened too much for Seymour to Take A Level In Kindness and then lose it like that, though maybe just skipping to the Crusader part would work better.
- It would also add another reason why God and Jesus piss him off so badly. Besides his role is their family, it also reminds him of something he can't have with his own family.
- There seems to be a kernel of truth to this.
- Turns out it's disappointment
- Considering the relationship this strip has with time, that's not impossible.
- I agree with the WMG, but not with the analysis. Monique would probably support the pairing because she as a result of being a big sis figure to Criminy knows the type of person he really is. Seymour will treat the couple with total vitriol because he's a hateful Holier Than Thou Knight Templar Jerkass fundie. Baby Blue will oppose in a Depraved Bisexual Yandere fashion (she did try to Murder the Hypotenuse earlier). Big D will oppose but it will NOT be for sympathetic reasons (he is Satan afterall). Glossy (fan nick name for the big wheel riding feminazi) will oppose. Lil'E and Tangerine will support.
- The Devil will continue to be against it because he sees Crimney as corrupting Fuchsia, Crimney is the only non-deity he seems to take seriously as an enemy. Baby Blue will be against it both because it puts Fuchsia at risk, and because she's losing her best friend with benefits, but she might decide she wants Fuchsia to be happy. Monique might think Fuchsia will corrupt Crimney, but Monique didn't seem to think Fuchsia was a great threat to Crimney after she found out about Fuchsia's crush. Finding out about it will likely have Monique see every gender related unfortunate implication you can think of but she might realize Fuchsia is telling this guy that she is not his. Seymore will be against it until he changes because he doesn't see her as human. Slick will be jealous. The Angels will be happy she took the step of rejecting Satan but want her to accept Jesus as her savior as well. I assume they speak for God and Jesus as well. I see Dragon and Budda being for it. Hyper feminist will see every gender related unfortunate implication and be against it. I'm not sure on Squigly, Little D and caveman Devil girl.
- Based on her one comment to her, Glossy will claim full credit for Fuchsia leaving Satan, but Fuchsia won't remember her, even when prompted.
- Glossy (AKA Trike Girl) is a blatant Author Avatar—and is by definition correct about everything. Her attitude to the relationship depends on whether the author still approves of it or not. Logically, she might very well be against any heterosexual relationship at all—she handed that green devil girl the SCUM Manifesto and the works of Dworkin, which are far from any lukewarm "feminism is just about treating people equally" or "feminism is just about basic politeness" type feminism. (Not to mention all of the trike girls appear to be prepubescent.) However, I doubt Tatsuya would have her disapprove of a relationship that was objectively a good thing. So if he thinks it's good, Glossy will approve. If Glossy disapproves, the Criminy/Fuchsia relationship is objectively bad, and anyone trying to say differently will merely trigger a shower of Patriarchy Matrix-style brainwashing rain.
- Perhaps resolved in the recent "Friend Zone" strips—Criminy/Fuchsia is shown as one of the relationships the Sisterhood approves of. However: the "Friend Zone" context strongly implies that the relationship is nonsexual—and that the Sisterhood approves *because* it is nonsexual. If the relationship gets any deeper...
- In a comic which features a literal Author Avatar, why are we to assume Glossy is one? Or that she is correct about everything?
- And it will all be femnazi's fault for trying to push her extremist views on him with that book.
- Alternate theory: It will turn out that Criminy can't be bomfed.
- Check her design — very similar to trike girl. Glasses, hair in a bun, and on Fyoosha's side (let's keep in mind that the little femnazi is the one who inspired Fyoosh to quit the Devil in the first place!)
- Considering how many characters either have or are role models, the old lady is likely one to the trike girl.
- She has been shown giving an envelope and other things to Trike Girl, instructions maybe?
- And she's recently shown serious ass-kicking skills.
- She had the perfect opportunity to do that - and bring back Fuchsia - here. She ultimately chose not to, realizing that by killing Criminy, she would have really hurt Fuchsia.
- And this would fit as a shortening of Lilith, the biblical "bride of the devil"
- He has called himself a "shaman".
- Based on how young she seems to be represented as, despite her apparent maturity and understanding of the patriarchy, it's likely that *something* had to have happened to her to wake her up and see the patriarchy. Based on the fact that she not only cares enough to try stopping D-man from bomfing women randomly on the street as well as how she seems to casually ride around the devil club, perhaps she once had a friend or a family member she was close to whom was then bomfed by D-man to become a devil girl. And some of the events that followed eventually resulted in her awakening, and acknowledging the presence of the patriarchy.
- Trike Girl is Lil'E's mom and Her break-up with Big D kicked off her hatred of men.
- She looks too young and short to be his mom, especially after seeing his mom.
- Trike Girl came from another author avatar, trying to change the comic strip. She dedicates a disproportionate amount of time and resources exclusively to the characters we know about.
- Trike Girl is a Greek goddess. Probably Athena or Artemis. Either could be adapted to fit the feminist, Knight Templar persona of Trike Girl and in order to enter and leave Big D's property with impunity she must have some serious power backing her up.
- Even more fitting would be if the Trike Girls were Valkyries. Note that in their first appearance one of them had a license plate saying "Pagan Mafia".
- She's one third of the Triple Goddess, the Maiden. The Lady In White is the Mother and the Kindly Old Lady is the Crone
- The Trike Girls are robots. Specifically knockoffs of the Terminator. They have, sometimes, the same visual printout vision when they look at people, their trikes are analogous to the motorcycle he rides in Termnator 2 and they also talk in cliches. Not to mention the sunglasses.
- Trike Girl (Xanthe) is Sapphire's kid. She became a devil girl to take care of Xanthe, but got "lost" along they, abandoning/losing Xanthe. Hence Xanthe's hatred and Sapphire's ennui/apathy.
- Going off that, the Patriarchy and Sisterhood might be what came out of the breakup- The Devil moved from "tempting mortals to lust" to full-on oppression of women because he fears (or knows) that if women get to be equal members of society she'll be able to come back, and maybe even force God to restore her to her rightful place. Meanwhile, after retreating from the world (and leaving her son, who was too male and/or demonic to go where she is now) she began to see merit in a resistance. At first the Sisterhood just harassed bigots like when they played dress-up with Seymour, but recently either the Devil stepped up his game or they decided they were strong enough to actively fight him, leading to the deployment of Trike Girl and the others. The end of the Sisterhood storyline will involve the Goddess, and will be either a reconciliation between her and Satan which moderates both of their actions (but leaves them opposed to God, allowing the strip to continue using them), the end of Satan's reign (either due to defeat or a reconciliation with both her and God, but either way allowing Sinfest to have a happy ending shortly after), or an epic Hannibal Lecture which forces the Sisterhood to admit that they're not so different from either him or God, causing them to either leave in shame or start only going after him, God, devils, angels, and/or the most extreme mortal supporters of either side.
- Tragically, he's turned from Scylla and fallen onto Charybdis, by perpetuating just about every stereotype of feminism there is, and losing even feminist readers left and right.
Slick is Lust, of course. Squig is Gluttony, obviously. The rest are a bit more of a stretch: Criminy is Sloth (hiding behind his books, usually not doing anything—though he has defied his own character for Fuchsia's sake). Seymour is Wrath, which is why his conversion efforts fail so badly. (Glossy is more wrathful, but I believe the author intends her to be perfect and correct in everything--so *not* one of the Sins). Monique was Pride—but feminism has cured her of that (not of pridefullness—but of being a sinner). Lil'E is Envy (wants to be like the Devil, but not able to). Avarice doesn't have an avatar in strip, though (the Devil is avaricious, but is also Lustful, Proud, and Wrathful; plus he's not a metaphor for a Deadly Sin, he's their boss. Literally the Devil.)
- Glossy is just the hot-tempered enforcer for the team
- Kind of a She Who Fights Monsters sort of thing?
- No, exactly that although some might say that's allready in the process of happening.
- That, while unlikely, would be truly amazing. And then because the original Matriarchy was in an alternate universe, we'll have Slick, Squig, and Crim as sympathetic trike-riding badasses instead of stereotypically manly but rarely effective rebels.
- No, exactly that although some might say that's allready in the process of happening.
- As seen in this Sunday strip Blue has discovered Amber looking up Criminey's record, and while she can't find find a way in to corrupt or tempt Crim, she could try and destroy the relationship with a potentially jealous ex. As to it being a conversion to a Devil Girl, Amber's name fits the Color-schemed names that Ishida seems to favor for them.
- Or maybe Amber is Fuchsia — Jossed when Fuchsia spots Amber and Criminy talking, and questions Criminy about her.
- See panels 14 and 17
And thus it's reasonable to assume that since Minique has already replaced Li'l E's role as a crazy fan, then she could easily develop a vitriolic relationship with a fellow crazy fan to replace the frienemy dynamic that he once had with Seymour. Namely, with the Tat fanboy. They could also develop quite a bit of ship tease every now and then, similar to Li'l E and Seymour's original relationship, as well.
- Jossed.
- Okaaaay, but when has an angel ever been killed before? Ezekiel has been shot before, but he survived that.
- You're right. My bad. Though angels do feel pain when shot and people have been thrown into hell a few times and had close calls. I reading the whole thing from the beginning, but I did read the part where Satan shot an angel in front of Lil'Evil's eyes when he was a baby. Since there was blood, some one else and I assumed the angel was killed (I figured the angel would get a new body in heaven).
- Possibly confirmed with the 2/24/2013 strip in which Curly hacks a bunch of fembots by feeding them images that make them believe that all men support the rape, mutilation, and enslavement of women. This makes them go maverick, pull out their claws and try to attack the factory staff. Depending on intentions, at best, that was reckless behaviour. At worst, that was full blown attempted murder.
- The 5/9/2013 strip shows that it might be more than just one taking this too far. Or at the very least they're pretending to enjoy God's lame attempt at a puppet show they'd like.
- Xanthe actually commits real murder, killing the old year that stole her bike. Talk about Disproportionate Retribution. The old lady comments as if its not the first time.
- i can honestly see this happening if a leadership change occurs (assuming Nana is their actual leader) At least one member of the sisterhood has repeatedly bragged about wanting to murder every male on the planet(admittedly an apparently young, impressionable child),they are responsible for at least two counts of murder on-Panel(an old year, and a man they cursed into a frog and dumped into the river Lethe- percent my distryoing his personality and memories his memory of ever being a person, and LEFT HIM IN THAT STATE),not counting the Multiple Fembots they "freed", and neglected to actively help,their vehicles allegidly run off human suffering/negative emotions, xanthe and Monique are aiding and abetting slick's LITERAL Demonic Possesion through inaction dispite having previously demonstrated possession of a cure for demonic influence... At best, the organisation itself and the majority of its SHOWN members are rather AMORAL
- She's Medusa or another Gorgon (maybe) according to this.
And on another point, Xanthe never seems to hold women responsible for their own actions the way she does men. She served Charlie Brown with a restraining order, but made absolutely no comment on Lucy or Sally's much stronger stalking/harassing tendencies. One of the "classic" features of patriarchy is that women don't have the capacity to make reasoned, rational decisions. This is part of what has kept women's rights so restricted in many patriarchal societies, but it's also been used as a reason for male judges to give them lesser sentences than what male criminals would have received when they commit crimes; that's not equality.
- Have people forgotten who Charlie Brown is? Life is never fair to Charlie Brown, even though he doesn't deserve it. That's pretty much the point of half the jokes in The Peanuts.
Xanthe does not support the sort of equality that allows both genders to be truly equal and equally responsible for their own actions, so she is, in fact, working for the Patriarchy, though she clearly doesn't know it—she seems to genuinely believe that her brand of "equality" will liberate women.
- This may help. Maybe we've all been freaking out and this was planned?
- So far you are right on the money for that. It isn't going to end well at all.
- Hey! Update! So far we've gotten nothing else on the Rage Bot. Last I saw she was breaking into the house of a man that disassembled a Fembot out of depression, anger, the fact that he was being mocked by society for having one. So... WHO WANTS TO START SOME WMGs ON THAT?! What do we wanna bet that he's gonna die. That's a WMG of mine.
- As of this, it just gets closer to confirmation
- Despite their good intentions, they have been getting more aggressive lately. The Devil planned this and is waiting for the moment to completely undermine them.
- As seen in the March 31, 2013 strip, Xanthe cannot see any difference between Slick's dark side and Slick himself. Maybe several others she sees as devil opponents are actually under demonic influence that is Invisible to Normals.
- The devil's plan is to push a member (probably Xanthe) into a massive show of extremism that he will broadcast so that even more relaxed feminists (Granny, Monique at times) come under fire and the Patriarchy gains more power. And it will be all the Sisterhood's fault for not seeing it coming.
- They will subsequently have to rebuild with their flaws in mind.
- The fact that Xanthe can even fall into hell is telling. When a character is shown falling into hell, it's usually when they see some vision of their past sins or they just did something that would make them deserve it.
- The movements warcry is essentially "Kill all men". Monique was able to get pass Bad Thoughts Sensors in Devils Mansion by shouting it.
Sisterhood finds a dragon. Then they realize that the dragon is male. Because the current comics show us all males = worse than devil, they will proceed to kill it. The comic will show this as a good thing.
- Was the dragon ever confirmed to be male?
- It has a moustach... So probably?
- It's an eastern dragon though, they all have that.
- Probably male in terms of personality/voice. Quick tip: its extremely difficult to tell a male and female reptile apart unless you're a well trained herpatologist. In this case, its best to use personality to determine gender, much like an AI personality.
- Not to mention, eastern religions (which the dragon stands for) have plenty of non-gendered/both-gendered divine entities.
- It has a moustach... So probably?
- The arc will end with a Sunday strip- the first few panels detail the end of the current story- but wait, they're in a speech bubble from the next panel- which depicts the artist character. He turns to the fourth wall and concludes: "Ladies and gentlemen- The Aristocrats".
- It would make a great Plot Twist if he's covering up a scar he got from his mother, who turns out to be abusive and an alcoholic.
- Even better. His mother turns out to be a high ranking member of the Sisterhood.
- So he's a sexist dick because his mother tried too hard to not make him a sexist dick.
- More Like his mom assumed Everything beyond Breathing that he did was sexist just because he existed.
- Even better. His mother turns out to be a high ranking member of the Sisterhood.
- So far no, but we now know that Fuchsia suffers from PTSD.
- Sisterhood seems to be absolutely sure that the relationship between Fuchsia and Criminy is strictly friendship. According to them, any and all sexual attachment is bad.
- Huh that doesn't seem so bad of an idea. We'll have to wait and see.
- Adding to that, once it's revealed, the Sisterhood pretty much will implode on itself
- Oh that will be actually interesting to watch, seeing something that has resorted to various tactics, involving causing robots to go violent against simple factory workers and ordinary people, implode in on itself will be interesting to see.
- Adding to that, once it's revealed, the Sisterhood pretty much will implode on itself
- Think about it. Why else would a organization that is anti-basically anything Slick enjoys suddenly pop up and actively try and succeed to recruit Monique? And it's already been established that Tatsuya subscribes to the belief that Slick should never gain any kind of happiness, at all. This was all just a elaborate set up to make sure that Slick loses Monique for good and the feminism tract is to give it "justification".
- The Sisterhood had no real interest in recruiting Nique, simply interested in raising her awareness about their concerns, but even if they were interested in Nique joining the Sisterhood the fact remains that they have not succeeded. Nique is not a part of the Sisterhood, and has no real interest in joining either. She just seems to agree with the same things that trouble them. I also get the feeling that the Sisterhood is not anti-Slick based on the fact that Xanthe is personally interested in seeing Slick become a better person, and almost seemed kind of fond of him at times. But YMMV on that.
- Let's face it, she's had little character development beyond "VIOLENCE AND ANGER! PUNCH MEN!" and had she actually gotten her own story arc, exploring morality, whether or not she truly is alive, and so forth, things would be far different.
- This is not a guess or a theory.
- ...and the Sisterhood will declare Weapon F the Moral Event Horizon of the Patriarchy.
- Mostly jossed. Rogue Fembot did not destroy Weapon F - Milton did - but there is still a chance that if the Sisterhood caught wind of the situation they would declare it a Moral Event Horizon.
- Worse still, apparently Sisterhood knew about weaponized fembots and they don't seemed to be surprised. Then they took it up to eleven, reprogramming/brainwashing a bunch of both ordinary and weaponized fembots to fight for their cause. By destroying Devilcorp property and attacking every male on sight.
- but she'll grow beyond her programming and go on an anti-Sisterhood rampage.
- And it will be Glorious.
- Jossed.
- Sadly.
- The Sisterhood would then go nuts that their insult word has been stolen from them and made something the male characters call each other now.
- Sweet, cuddly, perfectly equal, and mutually enjoyable. It's got nothing to do with her being a succubus, and more to do with them being in love and often liking some mutual physical affection. It's just not ever brought up because it would undermine the current plotline of all men being monster rapists.
- In the strangest of surprises... This might confirm it...
- He armed himself for the battle. But so far, it has gone nowhere.
- Jossed: Monique can See Devil Slick and Blames Slick for what it does.
We then turn to Xanthie, who has 'Nique prisoner, and has been trying to break 'Nique via Hannibal Lecture. Just when it seems like she broke her, the gang show up in the nick of time. Slick then gives a "No More Holding Back" Speech / "The Reason You Suck" Speech / Kirk Summation where he states the Sisterhood have failed, and that while he may be a bastard, it's okay, since he's shown he can change, and will be a better person, while Xanthie is nothing but a bully who targets innocent people to make herself feel better, even saying he pities her. He even declares his love for 'Nique, stating that he loves her, for her, and that she doesn't have to be anyone else, just like she loves Slick.
Overall: The Sisterhood falls, and Slick and 'Nique finally get together.
The Sisterhood might even begin to try to convince other males to become more like Criminy. Also, the first target of their new propaganda campaign will probably be Slick.
- Or Squigley. Right now it seems Slick has joined the Cult of Masculinity for good, and Squigley is still one of the nicer male characters.
- The Sisterhood officially labeled Fuchsia and Criminy as "Friendzone". Furthermore, Sisterhood enforce that any and all sexual desires must not be tolerated if they can help it.
- wait, does that mean the sisterhood is pro-human extinction, or am i being to literal?
- The Sisterhood officially labeled Fuchsia and Criminy as "Friendzone". Furthermore, Sisterhood enforce that any and all sexual desires must not be tolerated if they can help it.
- First of all, they haven't even joined the Sisterhood yet. Second, how is joining the Sisterhood trading one master for another?
- Being used as a weapon of war against the Sisterhood and Rogue Fembots to Fighting the Patriarchy and their fellow robots in the drones?
- How is changing enemies the same thing as changing masters? The Sisterhood girls may not be the nicest persons out there, but they have never been masters to anyone, especially not other women.
- While Ishida tends to ignore the issue, how exactly is reprogramming fembots to do their bidding any different from being their masters? I don't see the fact that a few fembots managed to survive and escape despite all odds as a redemption whatsoever.
- Being used as a weapon of war against the Sisterhood and Rogue Fembots to Fighting the Patriarchy and their fellow robots in the drones?
- Since Jesus and Bhudda had been Out of Focus by the time The Sisterhood established their position in comic. The both of them decided one day, they said "Screw this, let's go to Japan." And thats' where the events of the manga started.
- The sisterhood already appeared long bago, already with the same credo. Also, there has been a MEN ARE SCUM poster before, when Satan tried to break Slick and 'Nique up. Sisterhood is an organization of extremist and absolutist teenage girls (they are near Slick in terms of height). And they use blatant sexism, mind-washing, stereotypes, aggression, terrorism and other methods that would be completely approved by Devil, while Nana who brought em up never showed any mindless aggression. And they have also successfully separated Monique from the guys. And Slick got implanted with some devil that possesses him. Some combination of this factors caused Slick to both revert to his original ways and show some flaws in the Sisterhood's logic. But now 'Nique, who's suddenly repulsed by men, and by Slick being Slicky, (and her behaviour is still being cultivated), but is platonically dating a devil girl - an apparently useless one, but who knows? Also, she was attracted to guys all her life, and since it all is completely biological, she couldn't suddenly turn "totally lesbian" (as some people say). The Sisterhood girls are shown as stubbornly single-minded, but not essentially evil - more like evil by stupid. Also, the comic started as a collection of stereotypes, with Monique enjoying the effect she had on guys (until Devil told her about those 1 million men she sent to Hell, actually!) and Slick being a wannabe douchbag, and those two were already friends. Then Slick had his character development and became a nicer guy (if totally honest about being horny). And then it was heavily implied those two are soulmates. But Nique couldn't get to the Call because of... Satan's devil girls! But after seeing the "sexism matrix" she immediately leaves her best friend, because he has those qualities he always had, and doesn't agree with her new ideas. Thus, it's either called brainwashing or female overreaction caused by propaganda. But later Slick, after several encounters with his inner-devil, acquires devil-shades, which show him the "money-matrix". So, even if the visions shades show are true (and for one of the sisters they once started showing _racial_ stereotypes instead of sexist, just to torture her more, and without any reasons. They are never shown to even be true - just paranoia-inducing.), there might be other layers of propaganda-matrixes, including a feminism-matrix as well.
Also, the comic became more romantic and lighthearted as part of its development, and it might be "because author's views changed", but in my opinion was just a normal and logical character development for people who hang out with each other. The later Sl/Mon breaking could be linked to the same armchair psychologist's reason, but at the same time Criminy's relationship is still heartwarming. The comic didn't return to the "no relationships at all" starting point. And that heartwarming part may play a role later, for resolving the conflict.
Also, Vainglorious suddenly appeared as a very powerful entity, able to traverse Reality Zone, where Devil never stepped before, for whatever reasons. And he was mentioned as someone who is a threat to Devil's position. So, it might be that while Devil is shown having more character development and human sides, VG is a more concentrated evil, who is playing against Devil. And Slick's alter ego was implanted by a devil girl who also appeared suddenly and have not been heard of before and|or since that time. And also someone said that the sisters are the only ones who have attacked Devil and Devil could do nothing in return. But if we assume that they are part of a scheme by VG, who tries to destroy Satan and take his place by being more evil, their actions may be planned to strike the most vulnerable places. Also, since breaking up soulmate main heroes Slick and Nique with all their sympathy and compassion was one of the things Devil was unsuccessfully trying to do, while Sisters _succeeded_ in doing it, moreover, whis pretty mush the same actions... It doesn't look like they are portrayed sympathetically. They are doing Devil's job, and it's very likely they were manipulated to go attack people, attack Devil, break up pairs, treat every woman who's in a relationship or just cares about her appearance, as a slave of the system who needs immediate liberating. Thus, sisterhood is an overall pro-evil, anti-devil organization that carries chaos whenever it goes. Separation Monique and Slick and then totally changing them both might be Satan's method of counteraction, or VG's method to further control them, depending on what you see as more possible: that 1) 1 Monique becomes an inside agent, but due to "friends will be friends" Slick finds a way to get to her, and get her back; or 2) "two people who are alright with each other and happy (and male being totally played by a girl)" is a model shattering sisterhood's main motivation about females being constantly harassed and degraded, so they were to be separated, or else, sisterhood might become less "aggressive extremists sheep" and more "civilized humans". Thus, Go Satan, Go Lil'E, Go Slick, Go Criminy... And this comic desperately needs more Buddha.
- As in Smashed into bits, melted terminator 2 style.
You really have to look at this from Big D's point of view, in one way or another, every single Devil Girl with the exception of Sapphire has done something traitorous that hurts his goals, his business, his hunt for the sisterhood, or all three. Let's go through all the examples shall we?
- Fuchsia is a known defector, and recently, is guilty of aiding rogue fembots. Is also the most powerful Devil Girl alive. He may not know about the fembots yet, but she is still a defector, traitor, and is not only way too powerful, but has inside knowledge of Satan's inner workings. She should by all accounts be dead already
- Angie/Tangerine has known Sisterhood connections, is a certified Minion with an F in Evil, is unstable and easily influenced, and can now easily be classified as a traitor for once again, aiding the fembots.
- Baby Blue is a enabler of Fuchsia and Angie's traitorous actions. Has covered up the truth many times now for Fuchsia and Criminy. Sooner or later, BB will slip up and be caught.
- Absinthe while not necessarily a full collaborator with the fembots or sisterhood, has sisterhood connections via known sisterhood sympathizer Monique, and tried to rob the Devil's Vault outright.
Really, how can they be allowed to live?
- While the artist reflects his natural appearance and dresses practically, Slick's appearance is done up with the fancier clothes, shades, spiky hair, etc. The reason Slick never takes off his shades is because he's actually Asian-American and he's hiding his eyes so that people can't tell. Also, even though his hair is blonde on top it's black on the sides, hinting that it's actually dyed on top, perhaps to further hide his racial heritage. (Perhaps also on the sides, but he keeps them cut so short that the natural color always shows itself before long)
- Slick is also an artist, but again since Tatsuya doesn't want anyone to link them too closely he made Slick a beat poet instead of a visual artist. As artists, both share an immense bravado when it comes to their work, always saying how their work is revolutionary, world-changing, pushing the envelope, etc. but they always end up failing to meet their lofty expectations. While the artist turns right around and mourns about how his work is actually horrible, Slick goes on thinking it's amazing and waiting for a huge payoff that never comes.
- Socially, they're also terrible at dealing with people. While the artist shies away from social situations, Slick charges into them head first and falls flat on his face. (Possibly an expression of how Tatsuya imagines he'd be if he tried to socialize more)
- Finally, while we've seen hints that both of them have some deep-seated self-esteem issues. The artist simply hides his while Slick covers his up with overconfidence, but whenever his confidence gets challenged by something or someone on the outside, he panics and often freaks out.
In the early days it was all random humor, but as the comic progressed and the characters became more fleshed out the plot began reflecting more aspects of Tatsuya's own life. Monique, who started as a random chick who marketed herself on pure sex appeal, developed into a character with a full personality that was at least partially taken from a girl that Tatsuya knew in real life who he, like his main character, was in love with. The descent into feminism was a reflection of this actual girl's behavior. While she had shown feminist leanings before with her (very rational) complaints about being treated as a sex object by men, she hadn't yet dove into full blown (and highly irrational) radical feminism. Then she made friends with a girl (represented by Xanthe) who gave her the full manifesto on radical feminism. Remember the original feminist rant in this comic? That was likely quoted verbatim from an actual conversation he had with the real-life Xanthe. Ultimately, the girl Tatsuya liked went more and more radical feminist, leading to her pushing him away. Shortly thereafter we are gifted to Slick/Tatsuya's rant about how you can't go around hitting people over the head and then the comic promptly transforms into a feminist commentary where he does not BUT bash people over the head. The reason? He WANTS the retaliation. He wants people to get upset at him and at feminism in general. This is his revenge for feminism brainwashing the girl he liked and getting her to drive him away. This also explains why the plot is progressing so slowly – because it's moving in real time. The initial shift to feminism started in late 2011, but Monique didn't give Slick the boot for a year and a half because the girl hadn't yet done the same for Tatsuya himself. Each major Monique plot comes into play as soon as the real life event inspiring it occurs, and between major events we get the filler comics and plots rambling about extreme radical feminism.
- Alternately, Xanthe is Slick's daughter. No idea who the mother is; probably not Monique.
- The original theory is jossed. Tats has expressed anti-trans views in his comic. Unless his political views shift yet again, he's probably not gonna pull this.
- This strip suggests that Monique didn't really notice Sleaze, or realize that Slick was possessed with him. It also suggests that she didn't appreciate that her bad reaction to Slick's comment was what separated them, if indeed that was the case.
- Fuchsia, Criminy, and Amber will become a cuddly, WAFFy threesome.
- Monique and Abby will just happen to be watching when Slick finally takes on Sleaze once and for all, and defeat him in an awesome battle. One or both might even aid him. The three live together happily ever after. On the other hand, if a WMG abovenote is valid, this won't happen.
- When he feels he has enough of their activities, especially the ones such as causing the fembot rampages and destroying the mind of a person and turning him into a frog, he'll simply broadcast it all over the world to destroy all public support for the group and watch the chaos. Best Case Scenario, the people will tear them limb from limb, worst case, they'll lose Alot of their members in the ensuing battle and be able to annihilate the survivors.
- To exorcize Sleaze will require a woman, like in the Snow Queen and the Little Boy. here. Who'll that woman be? Probably Xanthe as part of her arc.
- Maybe Monique and Abby will play crucial roles.
- I really don't see a way this cannot happen, after all, one WMG even states that Fuschia would make a good mother. This could even be a way of setting up this idea.
- Also, considering that Lily can at least do "pomfs" now, maybe Fuschia can teach him how to do an actual bomf since she has been bomfing people longer than Lily and Tange have been.
- Fortunately not. Lady Liberty survived and is intact. However, it appears that...
- Vainglorious is a manifestation of the aspects of his personality Lil'E lost when he accidently doused himself with Lethe water. Think about it, he fanboys over realizing Big D knows him and thinks he's clever, he does not take criticism well, and most of his acts of evil onscreen have been more exhibitionist than effective. It obvious he's what Lil'E would have been had he been a full-blooded demon. Without the influence of Lil'E's human side, Vainglorious can access his demonic powers more easily, explaining his higher power level. Unfortunately, or fortunately, with Lil'E now beginning to show power, Vainglorious will begin to lose some of his, necessitating a show down between the two.
- Nope, turned out considerably before Christmas.
Probably when Monique gets in danger.
- Seems to be jossed, as the Illuminati Ball passed without anything like this happening.
- Alternately, maybe Tess, by far the most annoying member, will snap and kill a man. Then, the Sisterhood will kick her out and become more moderate.
- Well, we saw a major change to the Sisterhood, but not like this. They turned into TERFs and maintained the same radicalism, but now became allies of hardline conservatives. They didn't become moderate, they just proved The Horseshoe Effect completely correct. Also, hilariously enough, they got Demoted to Extra after being a major Spotlight-Stealing Squad and demoting much of the original cast.
- Given that he now seems to be embracing unironic Christian themes after decades of being a militant athiest you may be onto something
- So in late 2023, Tatsuya seems to now be anti-Israel and sympathetic to the Palestinians. This is a notable break with the American right; he's even attacked several conservative pro-Israel figures. Perhaps the strip will transition into promoting political Islam?
Then come late 2010's—transgender people are being loaded into internet comments for ammunition in arguments, so Sinfest had to have some of that hot-off-the-stove brand-new controversy, and started dunking on transgender people. I've been in some gender critical circles, and even the men in there don't really obsess over cisgender women "enabling" the epidemic predators using transitioning as a smokescreen to sexually assault women.
But it wasn't enough—the 4koma wanted more hatred, more drama, more anger. COVID-19 vaccines. Feed the beast. January 6 riots. Feed the beast. QAnon. Feed the beast. Undercover FED agents. Elon Musk. Ukraine. The beast consumes all.
The voracious creature realized no one cared about it anymore. The internet was too large, too divided—the cries of men, betrayed for the drug of misandry, had long faded away. The daily hunt yielded less and less Xitter comments as time went on.
Starving for attention, the dying, severely malformed comic jumped at any prey it could find. Dragon Ball. Megamind. Xenomorphs. But like all drugs, the sweetness of the likes and quote tweets faded away. The worm wallowed, writhed, and wriggled in the soil of the Internet.
OKAY, CRACK FIC OVER! So, my point is that Tatsuya is sort of panicking about what to write about next. Online politics has diverged into various different issues—make a single tweet that trends and you'll get your own personal subreddit. I don't think Tatsuya is actually unaware of the copyrights he throws in his works—in one comic, he correctly makes a Kamehameha pun with "Commie Commie Ha", and if he knows how "Kamehameha" is pronounced, I think he would know that Vegeta and Piccolo are currently good guys, not alien invaders.
Trolls ultimately want to trick their victims into thinking they unironically believe in something, so Tatsuya is using some actual villains and former villains in order to keep everyone guessing if he's a troll or just obscenely culture-blind