Cygnia Posted May 5, 2013 Report Share Posted May 5, 2013 Well, Girard WAS an illusionist... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted May 5, 2013 Report Share Posted May 5, 2013 Well, Girard WAS an illusionist...Yeah, I think someone is in fantasy land. Ironic, really Oh, the runes are glowing. Mmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Ah, so Xycon was never there at all. That explains why Belkar was dead and then just hypnotized. And why the bird isn't with V. But, why did Redcloak appear with the eyepatch? Nobody present has seen him like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 V got a male (possessive) pronoun in the last panel of 883. Confirmation, or is the imp just assuming? Or lying to us? Hmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Ah' date=' so Xycon was never there at all. That explains why Belkar was dead and then just hypnotized. And why the bird isn't with V. But, why did Redcloak appear with the eyepatch? Nobody present has seen him like that. [/quote'] I'm assuming O-Chul told Roy what happened to Redcloak on top of the list of stuff he's seen Xykon cast/do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 V got a male (possessive) pronoun in the last panel of 883. Confirmation' date=' or is the imp just assuming? Or lying to us? Hmm...[/quote'] Everyone's referred to Varsuvius with gender specific pronouns. The joke is that one character will always use "she" and another character use "he" etc. I think some people even switch back and forth. Anyway, unless you assume that an imp would have some special knowledge, there's no reason to think the imp's choice of pronoun is more meaningful than anyone else's. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary has a Y chromosome and a Y-not? chromosome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 V got a male (possessive) pronoun in the last panel of 883. Confirmation' date=' or is the imp just assuming? Or lying to us? Hmm...[/quote'] Everyone's referred to Varsuvius with gender specific pronouns. The joke is that one character will always use "she" and another character use "he" etc. I think some people even switch back and forth. Anyway, unless you assume that an imp would have some special knowledge, there's no reason to think the imp's choice of pronoun is more meaningful than anyone else's. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary has a Y chromosome and a Y-not? chromosome True. 67890 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0887.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 ...does this count as the "happy ending" that was promised for Elan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 I'd like to think the Oracle is better than that, but who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ockham's Spoon Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 While I applaud the artistic novelty of #887, especially in light of Mr. Burlew's recovering hand, I am completely failing to understand what he is depicting or how it advances the plot. Dream sequence? Mass hallucination? Final wrap-up for the strip? Anybody have a clue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 I'm assuming those runes on the wall are activating personalized hallucinations for the Order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barwickian Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 While I applaud the artistic novelty of #887' date=' especially in light of Mr. Burlew's recovering hand, I am completely failing to understand what he is depicting or how it advances the plot. Dream sequence? Mass hallucination? Final wrap-up for the strip? Anybody have a clue?[/quote'] Look at the Order's eyes in the previous strip. You're now seeing the hallucination they're experiencing, through their eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 #888 is up! Duh-duh-DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 While I applaud the artistic novelty of #887' date=' especially in light of Mr. Burlew's recovering hand, I am completely failing to understand what he is depicting or how it advances the plot. Dream sequence? Mass hallucination? Final wrap-up for the strip? Anybody have a clue?[/quote'] My read: as described in No Clue for the Paladin Blues, the Order of the Scribble went on an epic quest to find five rifts in reality and seal them behind protective gates. They succeeded in this, but their interparty relations collapsed and, instead of implementing an agreed plan to protect the resulting gates, they broke up, each determined to prove that their particular philosophy and weapons of choice would prove the most effective gate protection. Three times now, Xykon and Redcloak have attacked a Gate and, as I interpret it, been successful due as much to philosophical flaws as their own abilities. And, three times now, the very tools that the architect of the gate defence relied upon to protect the Gate instead caused its destruction. Girard believed that only family could be trusted, and relied on family alone to protect his gate. We've seen where that got him. Now we see illusions defending the Gate. My prediction: these illusions will somehow lead to the destruction of the Gate. That's why Rich is dwelling on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 And #889 is now up! Hope Rich isn't burning out his hand... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ockham's Spoon Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 I love how Elan's character flaws are the key to escape here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 26, 2013 Report Share Posted May 26, 2013 890 is UP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0891.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oruncrest Posted June 10, 2013 Report Share Posted June 10, 2013 http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0892.html New one's up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0893.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Can someone explain the last panel for me? I'm a little slow today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 Haley is seeing the little figure. What that little figure is, I have no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 The Send is from an Azurite cleric, so we know that she is telling Haley that Xykon is on the move, and will be at Girard's Gate shortly: the sequence of events: i) Xykon loses his phylactery down a sewer grate and promises to move on to Girard's Gate the moment he finds it: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0662.html i.5) Hinjo agrees to coordinate the effort to protect the Gates from his new base on an island off the Western Continent: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0671.html ii) The phylactery is recovered, and the Azure Resistance Sends a warning to Hinjo that Xykon is on the move: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0827.html iii) Hinjo receives the warning, and sets out to warn the Order of the Stick. http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0865.html Ockham's Spoon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Hee! http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0894.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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