#lcb ahab

[vatrocvet]

awestruck

[mulberriesandtea]

...wow I haven't done one of these in a bit. Part 4! I went ahead and put image descriptions on these hope they work!

[offshore-brinicle]

Thinking about the three characters we've met who had already found and claimed the Golden Bough before the Sinners, Kromer, Dongbaek and now Ahab it's very interesting to me that they all have in common being women leaders of groups where they are seen as messiahs of sorts, much like how Carmen herself who is the origin of The Light was the one who united the original LobCorp team and had such supernatural charisma that she could convince anyone she wanted to join her cause of "saving humanity".

Kromer is the most blantant and cartoonish example, she's worshipped as a messiah and goddess by her followers to the point they consider basking in her grace a priviledge to the point of genuine insanity beyond what any regular person could comprehend, pure religious fanatism for their savior they believe in who will bring them a "pure, untainted" world, so much that they have cast away their individuality in their adoration, inquisitors being indistinguishable from one another.

Ahab who is a more realistic example of this kind of person even if not as infallible as the seemingly perfect Carmen; she's strong, confident, passionate, revered as a hero and makes convincing cases for herself while having the unnatural ability to appeal to people's desires and cut through them, and in her case the way the Pequod Town have come to bend to her isn't unfounded given their situation. I think that's what makes her significantly scarier and more effective as a villain and character in general; she's not just a comically evil woman in a position of power, you can very easily see why some people would fall for her words and bend to her will. She is paradoxically both the savior of the Pequod and the one who doomed them to the hell inside The Pallid Whale, yet after being isolated from society for so long with no other choices or escape and having their sense of self degraded by the Pallidfication the Pequod crew only came to see the first part.

Dongbaek is an interesting case, unlike the two women described before who are undeniably villains and egomaniacal, she's portrayed as much more sympathetic and even an outright tragic figure, however at the same time unlike them we never directly see the relationship she has with her followers. They never talk about Dongbaek herself and not even mention her in any way, only the ideology she gave them: destroy the current order to create an ideal world free from the shackles of The Wings and technological advancement, and unlike the two before who are always aided by their lackeys, Dongbaek was always seen alone, less like a hero or a goddess but more like a ghost that haunted everyone, much like Carmen's role in LobCorp. This "ghost" motif is doubly emphasized by her sickly dying appearance and how she contantly dissapeared and appeared without a trace, never letting those around her forget about all they have lost or sacrificed trapped in her vendetta.

But ultimately Dongrang, herself and even Yi Sang come to admit her motives were just as self-centered and she was just as manipulative, yet rather from a place of hubris it came from a place of deep despair and yearning.

Like Kromer, the TLA believed she would make a better world, but like Ahab, she was ultimately someone taking advantage of people in despair and giving them false hopes, all while deluding herself further, and much like Carmen, she's associated with trees and vegetation, both expressing the wish to be like one and having a disdain for The Wings, though in Dongbaek's case, she only represents half of Carmen's wish; being the plant blooming across the land, while Yi Sang is the one who would reach the sky.

In the end, all three of these women were false saviors, much like how Carmen's idea of bringing salvation to humanity led to all of the suffering within Lobotomy Corporation, the unleashing of chaos upon The City even her own endless torture as The Well giving birth to Abnormalities...it makes me wonder if all of this was intentional, as a way to parallel Carmen herself. Yet all three of them appear to us clearly untrustworthy while Carmen does not.

Kromer, Dongbaek and Ahab are immediately stablished as dangerous presences; Ahab and Kromer being the sources of Ishmael and Sinclair's suffering and tormenters they have to overcome --the source of their nightmares, and Dongbaek is introduced stabbing Yi Sang and being called "dangerous" yet Carmen is introduced as her best self and all the best memories everyone has of her, it isn't until Ruina, away from Ayin's perspective that she's questioned, it makes me wonder if they will continue to bring these characters contrasting Carmen in further chapters.

[idliketochill]

Ahab (assigned hag at birth)

-my friend enjoying gilfs

[desperateknot]

"Queequeg, my favorite harpooner, sever the rope in front of you!"

Remember that one time when I analysed that one line and explained how it's essentially Ahab telling Queequeg to divorce her wife? Yeah, here it is if you don't remember.

Recently I found out about another translation for it. On TvTrope this time.

I wonder which one is more accurate.

[ayangdon]

Do you guys like old women yuri here, WELL YOU BETTER DO.

Ahab x Hermann is a funny & crazy pairing seriously, I just finished canto v... But guys... I don't think I'm joking anymore, they plagued my brain enough to get me to draw them. Not only once but TWICE.

Fucking kitty

[bucket-puns]

Old limbus women but one of them is my OC LMAOOOO

[cloverpatches]

Happy Valentines from Squid Ahab!

[spidey-555]

I feel like Limbus Company's Ahab would do well in the Cult of the Lamb universe.

[darkcynda]

Canto V spoilers below

Now what did they mean by this

[spidey-555]

I found the perfect image

Limbustube

[rosesvorfreude]

the experience was slightly original, ahab

[mulberriesandtea]

can we call ahab x hermann 'whale louse' after the shrimp. please.

[offshore-brinicle]

Ahab is actually so hilariously pathetic as well when you realize unlike Dongbaek and Dongrang who's EGOs straight up warp reality in their image based on their memories and desires Ahab is so solely defined by The Pallid Whale she can't transform her stage into anything other than the place they are currently and her EGO is entirely based on her supposed "sworn enemy" and powered by other people's EGOs (also bonus point to Ishy who by contrast straight up brings back the sunset sky the Pequod members would have not gotten to see)

Like you know there's something horribly wrong with you when Dongrang, the guy who's EGO awakening comes from accepting he's a bootlicker has a stronger and more independant sense of identity than you

[catty-smartypants]

Ahab doesn't need secrecy... to be the worst most pathetic hag ever.

Come on, Limbgang

VOTE FOR OUR GERIATRIC OLD HAG

Propaganda under the cut

The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home

She’s a faceless old woman who secretly lives in your home! She’ll know if we don’t vote for her!

Ahab

She's a gaslighting old hag with a voice actor putting their entire soul into the performance.

i support women's wrongs

Imagine if they took captain Ahab from Moby Dick, trans’d his gender, and then made her an even worse person who gaslights her crew constantly into sacrificing themselves for her cause.

ME WHEN WOMEN WHO COMMIT ATROCITIES!!!! IN THE WHALE!!!!!

[that-mystic-knight]

I guess Ishmael was climbing Ahab like a tree to threaten her if she's that huge-huh?

Based off this Twitter Post