Ah, using a vulnerable young woman as a vessel for power. "Are we the baddies" moment.

No such thing as a free lunch...

Breaks out in song, singing, "It was Jenny All Along!"

I feel like this is the first time we've seen clear evidence of Jenny's villainy. It's been hinted before and some very astute commenters have picked up on it, but now it's blatant.

Oh, no. It's Zimmy

SEED BISMUTH???

A youthful face! The most youthful face!

Ah, a Mana Dealer. She made a coven out of aether addicts.

I'm sure this will be fine and not a toxic imbalance of power

Unlimited powerrr!

Happy new year, step right here to see the fireworks! Ignore the resemblance to Fullmetal Alchemist's human transmutation circles and taste unlimited power!

How generous of her.

The first sample is ‘free’ little girl! * Nice artwork on the faces! * If Noa has muscle/ strength/ power, does she have skill/ strategy/ tactics? In a brain vs. brawn melee a quick encounter favors muscles. A planned approach allows more mindful control of battle.

The first hit ia free

So Jenny has been using Zimmy all this time, not the court. Fantastic.

Earlier Jenny said her thesis was based on Zimmy. Now, her thesis is ‘an unending well of power’ that she can access. How do the dots connect Zimmy to Jenny. How do the dots connect Zimmy to the Court. Is there a connection between Jenny & the Court?

Amazing art there. The angel, the shadows, the face lit from below, the trauma. Does stuff like this come from the imagination or does the artist need to light someone and sit at the end of the bed...

My God this girl is crazy manipulative

Oh she's using Zimmy as a power source, so that's the source of her interest.

oh no wonder they don’t want anything to happen to zimmy. she’s their personal generator

OH man....

ohhhhhhh she does not look well. apart from the abs. you could chip a tooth on those abs.

Spoiler alert: it's actually Jack's unending angst which is the power source...

Power from fairies and etheric creatures, right.

I'M SURE THAT ONLY POSITIVE THINGS WILL COME FROM THIS

My Little Sociopath: Friendship is Witchcraft Sounds like Jenny is the one who wanted to suck Zimmy dry all along. She was blaming Annie to distract Jack from her own fault?

unlimited power, Pressing X to doubt There is no way its that simple

Tom is knocking it out of the park with the graphical imagery with this one!

A mana well. But what's the source? And how finite is it? Because not even magic does infinite with costs. Unlimited wishes are a no-go.

And where is that power coming from? Is it Zimmy?

"..for a price..."

Jenny is not worthy of an eight pointed star.

almost

So that's why Jenny is obsessed with Zimmy, she only sees her as a living battery? How nice.

You can have a little, as a treat, if you're a good little greyhound for me!

Manipulation, plain and simple, and not in any truly beneficial way for any of them.

Wait. I thought her thesis was on Zimmy. Has the coven been siphoning her power? Is that why they want to keep her alive?

Incomplete information, enabling, gaslighting... That Jenny is a master manipulator, and she built herself a coven with it

really starting to wonder if maybe Jenny is a dead goose by a lake. Her schemes are starting to seem really coyote-like

Kat might really have to pull god mode if they're getting out of this one!

So it's not Boxbot??

UNLIMITED POWERRRRRRRR!

See? Jenny is just being nice, from her point of view. I wonder if Noa's glasses will get their own origin story. BTW I'm betting that the fifth witch's specialty is summoning.

...there it is.

Was Omega’s big secret to Jack that Jenny was bleeding Zimmy?

Starting to think that these witches might not be 100% on the level.

Oh wow. We have a genuine power-hungry and manipulative villain on our hands. I'm used to GKC villains being misguided/deluded and not conscious of their own evil, so I did not see this twist coming. Can we Stephen Universe our way out of this or will Jenny be unrepentant and destroyed by the forces of justice?

I'm gonna say, she is actually woefully underpowered compared to Antimony because Annie is a fire elemental compared to a human magic caster.

This implies something rather disturbing to me. Jenny has been after Zimmy's power, I think. Possibly for a VERY long time. And that also seems to imply that she has long used Jack for access to her given his obsession with Zimmy. Does she even care about Him beyond being a tool for her goals? I'm curious to know what she has on the other three in the coven.

I wonder if the source of the 'limitless well of power' is Zimmy...

A unending well of power? You'd have thought the Court would have used that rather than go after Coyote and Zimmy, unless there's a catch somewhere. For example, how does she have "almost" direct access rather than full access?

Oh, noa! What is Jenny’s well? Zimmingham? Zimmy herself? Whatever “Zimmy did?” which we haven’t been tickled about recently? Some Ur-Source that supplies all of those things?

Well that's not gonna be good for our girls

Figuring how Noa now behaves like a robot on standby...Chances are that Jenny wasn't on the level with this offer...

For a price.

… This does not sound like protecting Zimmy.

Almost direct access… through Jack?

Soooo the only threat to Zimmy (by siphoning her power) was Jenny? I'm shocked. Shocked I say!

Wait is she tapping into zimmy or is this completed unrelated power source? So much for zimmy's protectors.

Oh good, so she is just manipulating people into helping her steal Zimmy's power. I hope the Court is willing to support their puppet, because she's got a storm coming.

Ok, something bigger is going on with Jenny. She obviously sees people as pawns, as projects. She's not "just" helping"...she manipulates to get what she wants. What's her reason to be like this and what's her true endgame? Can't be just "protecting Zimmy".

VILLAIN JENNY VILLAIN JENNY

If we didn't already know that Noa survives this, I would think I knew exactly what was going on here. If you want an unending well of power, there are ...things... that will provide one. But their terms usually involve getting a soul. So you either gotta pony up your own, or you gotta sacrifice someone else. Then again, maybe it isn't actually Noa who survives this. Maybe it's just ...something... else using her body.

oooooh. so THAT'S why she cares so much about Zimmy's well being. Duh.

So in the end Jenny turns out to be a "wicked" (bad) witch and sees Zimmy only as a source of unending power?

"power... overwhelming" Yeah, this is going exactly where we thought this was going.

What can possibly go wrong?

Ah. I commented pondering what Jenny’s thesis was even about besides tracking Zimmy. So, she’s a parasite. She really doesn’t have any talent. Zara helps track Zimmy. Rosa helps protect her power. Noa steps in if Rosa’s or Zimmy’s own barriers are found or broken. And Sylvie’s some kind of last resort? Jenny’s thesis was just an analysis of existing power. She’s a fraud. No wonder she doesn’t give a fuck if Jack loves her or not. They share Zimmy in common.

First hit is free...

The devil is a witch'r teacher after all...

...Where, or who, is she stealing this power from?

Oh yikes. But what was the motivation? Cause if she were being bullied about her weight then this makes some sense, unless her dabbling has made her gone crazy bc messing with glyph structure is like Coyote messing with time, place,and atoms.

I wonder where she's stealing that "unending" well of power from?

She did not, in fact, earn it.

Man, nothing but healthy life choices being made this chapt-- ...Tom. Have you been re-reading Monster Pulse?

First taste is always free, eh Jenny?

Jenny said previously that her graduating thesis was Zimmy… is she tapping into Zimmy? Is this why she’s so eager to be against Annie? And if so, there’s no way they’ll be able to talk Noa down. If what Noa wants is power, Noa won’t want to give up Zimmy, either.

Witches be crazy

Welp on one hand that's one way of stopping someone from going down an ever increasing self destructive spiral. On the other hand, Noa girl you are shadyyy. First sample is free

She really is a bumbum

She saw a spider on a head, and let it lie to lure him in. She was asked to help find a friend, and framed them for her crimes instead. Saw the runesmith hit a dead end, and found a pool to push her in. The barrier witch was suspicious, but will lead their aid with envious eyes. The tracking witch doesn't question, far too trusting of her guise. The final witch was her apprentice, on 1 subject did she comment. Is she the one to summon monsters, to defend their Goddess at Jenny's request.

Who is she taking the power from? Is it Zimmi. So this Is why she’s so obsessed with her. And Jack thinks she cares for her. Fool of a boy

Yeah they have mind spiders. Also props to the author - the story has recovered some sauce since the loup meandering. Wish the witches were introduced sooner and weren't last minute additions but they're fun. Shoulda started a new comic just for these guys.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely? Is this well of power Zimmy?

So, she didn't "earn it". You're going down, Noe.

From whence, the power cometh?

I take it that Zimmy is the power source?

Huh. Any takers on this well being Zimmy and THAT's why Jenny wants her protected? Well-being, hell, she just wants to protect her personal battery.

Just be anything to anyone, anytime, as long as it gets you what you want.

Well, seems like everyone on this group has a thing for being manipulated by goths. Happy new year everyone!

Oh, maybe Jenny is using dropout Glyph Girl as a conduit for "almost" direct access to her well of power.

The bit after 'some' is how they getcha. Gonna cost a whole lot more after that point. :P

Oh my god. Oh my god Jenny was playing the LONG GAME holy CRAP

Happy New Year! 2026

She exerted herself so much she turned into a hag? Waow

(*sighs*) That's zimmy, innit?

Oh dear. So Zimmy is just a power source to these witches? Jen is looking more and more sinister over time. She and Jack make quite the destructive pair. I think it's unlikely their interests will align once all secrets are out in the open...

Remember Evil Overlord List #22: Never consume a power source bigger than your head.

Witches: Always with the giving people what they want, I tells you!!!