Chapter 2: Attack on God, Part 1

The start of a budding romance...

**Part 2: Attack on God, Part 1** is the second chapter of YES and of Joey's Special Experience.

## Summary

This chapter opens to God being welcomed into the Jodocus mansion. Joshar says God must be tired after the trip from London and says that God is now part of the family, God tells everyone he is thankful for his good heart and Joshar reassures him that they are all friends and all equal before saying World of Warcraft will meet with Dan again.

God apologizes to everyone for wanting to live well with his husband (he isn't married to Joost yet, but he already seems to be fantasizing about it) but right afterwards, Joost Jodocus reaches for Gods suitcase. God mistakes this gesture as Joost reaching for his skirt, which they are confused by, but afterwards God changes his mind and aggressively asks Joost to "put your dirty hand on my chest, idiot". In response to this, Joost asks God to marry her, but God points out that Joost is engaged and instead requests her to "take and give me as a commodity". God then elbows Joost in the stomach, and then says that he is already with her and that he is the best in the EU. Joost says that he wants to be with god, and in response God notes that he doesn't like dogs and so, they can't be together.

We skip ahead in time a bit to the family having dinner together, while Joshar tests Joost. Joshar apologizes and congratulates Joost, saying that he made the same mistake 6 times, and then yelling at God about being entitled to 20/20. An argument breaks out and God reveals that he has a sister, this angers Joost who runs away to his bedroom. In bed, Joost laments that they are single and that he wants to die in his bed, drowned by his tears, in a very poetic panel. Joost then says he doesn't like chocolate, but then happily devours a lot of it, further showing their conflicting emotions. Joost looks at a photo of a woman, that woman being her mother (although she doesn't know that)

The next day, Joost enters a boxing competition run by some of the local boys, and to Joost's surprise, his opponent is God. Joost wishes that God would just leave them alone. The announcer relates the rules to them (Rule 1: Hit him in the face and disappear, Rule 2: Shoot him as many times as you want, but when I sin I will hit you 10 times), and the lovers begin to fight. Joost starts the fight by insulting God by suggesting his husband refers to the leader of the Aliens, but then loses the tough persona once he misses his first punch and once again notes that he is in love. The two aggressively brawl, but after a while God uses his 20th century vibration protection to punch Joost as hard as he can, and to increase the pain also inserts his thumb into her eye. God finishes the job by knocking Joost out while telling them to click the login link. The chapter closes as the crowd celebrates Gods victory, while Joost realizes that she's in love with him, and is now interested in marrying him.

## Appearances

### Main characters

* Joost Jodocus
* God Brand
* Joshar Jugors

### Minor characters

* Ring announcer (debut)
* Joost's friends (debut)
* Satan (debut) (photo only)

## Lore notes

* World of Warcraft exists in 1880. Alternatively, the world is at war.
* God wears skirts.
* Twitter possibly exists in 1880, with “tweet” being said.
* Joost worries no one will vote for him if he’s dead. This is assumed to be for an American political position (with all the references to America he makes and wanting to take over Iraq), and during the timeskip, he is elected.
* The boxing announcer mentions that "society and education are more conductive to sport than to science and sport, this is every religion" this could relate to the apostolic government mentioned in Chapter 1: Tie Your Hat
* The reference to children on the war battlefield and success being “considered a true hero” could support “World of Warcraft” not being the game, but an actual world conflict. Boxing could be a form of training for possible child soldiers.
* The boxing ring is also noted as the culmination of all legal knowledge and accounting
* The boxing announcer says "INNER PEACE, EVERYTHING IS PEACEFUL", there are two important things to note here.
	+ announcer saying this to a crowd could imply that the religious beliefs taken on my the government could be more on the spiritual side, much like Buddhism or Taoism.
	+ The contradiction of saying "everything is peaceful" before a boxing match (and if there is a world war going on) might suggest a form of something similar to doublethink as described in George Orwell's "1984"
* The announcer quotes Hercules "our wars are the same, not just a joke". this combined with the mention of warfare earlier in the boxing scene could be telling that this boxing competition is much more than a playful bout, but may have some ritualistic significance. Hercules might also be a town in the United States where Joost is apparently from, as mentioned in chapter 3.
* Joost mentions his “dad’s calendar.” Perhaps a different calendar system is being used, which could explain the modern tech in what is seemingly the 1800s, or why April 4th, 1868 (Joost’s birthday), which is a Saturday in real life, is a Sunday in the world of JSE.
* "The leader of the aliens" is mentioned. It is unclear whether this is just an insult/compliment or serious actual thing. Aliens are also mentioned by the modern Aztecs in chapter 1. Since the masks were made by carpenters, probably Joshar, and Joost is married to the leader of the aliens, perhaps there is a connection here.
* God has an ability known as "20th century vibration protection", it is unclear what it allows him to do but he does note later that he had been using "the new defender settings"
* Login links are yet another modern invention that exists in the 1800s.

## Best Panel Vote

Best panels of the chapter, as voted by the JSE discord server

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