Going Everywhere and Nowhere (comic story)
Going Everywhere and Nowhere was a part of the comic Almighty Protectors, written and drawn by Ave Messer. In addition to Jenny herself, it featured numerous members of the Jenny Everywhere recurring cast.
Contents
Plot
Jenny Nowhere, aided by Johnny Nowhere, Jenny Elsewhere, and Johnny Anything, obtained the Gemstone of Destruction which is said to be able to destroy all reality. However, Jenny Everywhere, with Johnny Everywhere, Jenny Somewhere, Jenny Anywhere, Hakhe, Jimmy Wherever, and Jimmy Anytime, showed up, holding up a crystal of her own, claiming to have switched out the one Nowhere had before the villains got there. The two sides were about to fight when the Destructors (villains from Almighty Protectors) arrived via portal from above, falling on Nowhere and her allies. Intregued by the mention of universal destruction by Jenny Nowhere, the leader of the Destructors used a portal device to send all the villains away, as Jenny Everywhere and crew chased after them, using their combined powers. The Protectors came through a portal in their pursuit of the Destructors and immediately began pursuing the villains as the tail end of this chain of characters chasing each other.
The leader of the Destructors kept sending the villains away at first sight of the pursuing Everywheres, despite protestations by the Nowheres. However, the leader pointed out that the Everywheres were continuing to pursue despite claiming to have the real crystal, leading Jenny Nowhere to come to the conclusion that the Everywheres were bluffing, and the Nowheres actually did have the authentic crystal.
The villains returned to the world from the start of the comic and are about to use the gem to destroy the Everywheres as they teleport in, but Jimmy Anytime intervened, rewinding time to just as the Nowheres returned to the reality, and snatched the crystal from Jenny Nowhere's hand. He then went back in time to give the gem to Jenny Everywhere, revealing that the Everywheres did indeed have the real one, but that the Nowheres did, too.
Jenny Nowhere, desperate to get the crystal back, lunged at Jenny Everywhere, who exchanged the gem for a piece of toast, claiming to have sent the gem to the middle of a star. The Nowheres retreated, and the Destructors doing so, as well, just before the Protectors entered. After some introductions and pleasantries, the Protectors revealed they needed to keep pursuing the Destructors, and the Everywheres needed to go after the gem which it is revealed was not sent to the middle of a star, but had been simply exchanged with a piece of toast from the toast dimension. Both groups went their separate ways.
Worldbuilding
Universes
- The most used setpiece is the universe housing the Gemstone of Destruction. It is unclear the extent of this universe, but what can be seen seems to be the inside of some sort of temple, and the gemstone itself had been on a pedestal which had some sort of decorative markings around it.
- Characters visit several realities, featuring images of characters from various webcomics, all in a two-page spread. These worlds are numerous.
Jenny Everywhere
- Johnny Everywhere is here mentioned to be a separate entity from Jenny, now too far removed from Jenny to access her network, likely having his own.
Hakhe
- This is the first narrative appearance of Hakhe.
- Hakhe is shown to speak exclusively in Thai, though all the Everywheres seem to understand her.
Jenny Nowhere
- Jenny Nowhere appears in an incarnation similar to her appearance in Damn Fine Hostile Takeover.
Other
- By holding hands, all of the Everywhere gang is seen to be able to use their powers together for better precision, including following individuals who are traveling by means of portal.
- Jenny Elsewhere is shown to be able to inhabit the same reality as Jenny Somewhere. This is not explained, as it should not be possible. However, it is not shown how the Nowheres and Everywheres arrived in the reality and it may be a result of combining powers, however temporarily, with others.
Continuity
- This Jenny mentions meeting the Protectors when with The Odds, an event which happened in Kokotomo.
- Johnny Everywhere mentions being told that the Protectors are friends with another group of heroes he encountered, referring to The Grand Vizier's Garden Party Part Three: Exit, where he met the cast of Karavear Comics Unlimited.
- Jenny Somewhere's design is the same as in The Apple of Discord, indicating this might possibly be the same character.
Behind the scenes
Read online
Starting here, you can read this story from the main Almighty Protectors site. Or you can read it on its mirror on Tapas here.
