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Hurray, the end of the strip has a nice punchline and Elan isn't it! Everyone can be happy now. Also, Vaarsuvius will eventually snap.
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Well that was a nice little gently caress you to everyone who's been waiting for some sign that the party will try to get back together anytime soon.
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Detetsu posted:Also, Vaarsuvius will eventually snap.
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Augustus posted:You mean he hasn't, already? She's definitely got some dark side veins going on.
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Mylan posted:Well that was a nice little gently caress you to everyone who's been waiting for some sign that the party will try to get back together anytime soon. Those could be three completely different birds being roasted (Possibly, but probably not). In fact, the birds being released look a bit small to be the birds going to be roasted.
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We should start a pool along the lines of "The party will reunite in (x) strips." I'm guessing 25.
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I'd like to think it'd be sooner. Haley and Belkar are looking for V, Elan and Durkon. V, Elan and Durkon are looking for Haley and Belkar. Roy is waiting for them to find each other. There's not much going on other than them reuniting, apart from Therkla; and I think her story is waiting for Haley or Nale to turn up. Given they're still a long way apart, though, I'm going to guess 15. ...I might just be a wishful thinker.
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SlimGoodbody posted:We should start a pool along the lines of "The party will reunite in (x) strips." I call 87. I'm looking forward to a bit with Haley and Belkar, they really haven't gotten much screen time since Roy died. There's just been that segment with them escaping - I think even Roy's gotten more airtime, and he's, y'know, dead.
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ZorbaTHut posted:I think even Roy's gotten more airtime, and he's, y'know, dead. Well, he can fly now. Sorry. I call an even 40 strips because I think it'll be soon but for better or worse the strip does take its time doing things these days.
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I call it 37 strips, because Rich likes to do big plot segues on n-hundreth strips.
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IMJack posted:I call it 37 strips, because Rich likes to do big plot segues on n-hundreth strips. See, this is why I went with 87 - I don't really think they'll meet up in 37 strips, considering that none of them even know where the others are yet, and I also don't think he'll leave it for 137 strips. I'm not sure he's done major stuff on 50s though, so I might just have a bad number.
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team overhead smash posted:Those could be three completely different birds being roasted (Possibly, but probably not). In fact, the birds being released look a bit small to be the birds going to be roasted. The roasted birds are larger because the last panel is zoomed in. Plus, there's a blue feather beneath the arrow pile. Really, this strip would make no sense if was 3 other random birds. Anyways, the point that Rich likes to do major transitions on multiples of 100 is valid, as he seems to keep the book lengths in mind. But, he also has a history of dragging some things on longer than are needed (Haley's cryptograms, for example). I'm gonna go with an even 50.
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I'm going with "never," because he is going to pull a webcomic Frank Herbert and die of his mystery malady before then.
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evilsake posted:I'm going with "never," because he is going to pull a webcomic Frank Herbert and die of his mystery malady before then. Does he have kids though? I mean who's going to go and ruin his work when he's gone?
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Cog05 posted:Does he have kids though? I mean who's going to go and ruin his work when he's gone? Nah, he'll take the Charles Shultz approach and loop the comic in perpetuity after he passes.
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IMJack posted:Nah, he'll take the Charles Shultz approach and loop the comic in perpetuity after he passes. Ha, they could get to the gate, Xykon busts it and frees the Snarl, and the team manages to partially destroy it, which causes a rift in spacetime and starts the comic over.
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SlimGoodbody posted:Ha, they could get to the gate, Xykon busts it and frees the Snarl, and the team manages to partially destroy it, which causes a rift in spacetime and starts the comic over. In fourth edition!
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NutShellBill posted:In fourth edition! Ugh, now this is just sounding like Red vs. Blue.
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Did the floating mouth appear before now?
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Schwarzwald posted:Did the floating mouth appear before now?
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Zereth posted:That's the kobold Oracle's place. OOoooooooo. I was wondering what the hell was going on.
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This plot just took a turn for the awesome. I love the kobold oracle strips, and never thought he would make a return.Soonmot posted:OOoooooooo. I was wondering what the hell was going on. You people are killing me!!
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Wolfsheim posted:
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Cog05 posted:Does he have kids though? I mean who's going to go and ruin his work when he's gone? Kevin J. Anderson, who else?
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Man, I don't even remember the Kobold Oracle! Does anyone have a link to its appearances in earlier strips?
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PepRally posted:Man, I don't even remember the Kobold Oracle! Yeah I'd forgotten about him too. http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0325.html
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I swear to god Rich is hosting this website on tin cans and string.
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Wow, he actually finished the joke from the first time around.
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And we have another new strip! http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0565.html  I'm glad to see the Red and Green guys show up again. As someone who HATED the lie/truth logic puzzles as a kid, seeing one get its rear end handed to it leaves me with a warm fuzzy feeling inside. 
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Huh. Predicting Belkar is gonna kill the Oracle this time. He was on the list of Belkar's "will I be responsible for the death of one of the following people:" prophecy (which was a yes). He wasn't responsible for Miko or her horse, and not for Roy's. Miko is unlikely to ever be coming back, and doubtful Roy will get killed again once he's been raised, as that would be a bit excessive from a narative point of view. V is still on the table, but so is the Oracle. Eliminating the Orcale convienently removes a plot crutch from future use.
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Mylan posted:Huh. Predicting Belkar is gonna kill the Oracle this time. He was on the list of Belkar's "will I be responsible for the death of one of the following people:" prophecy (which was a yes). He wasn't responsible for Miko or her horse, and not for Roy's. Miko is unlikely to ever be coming back, and doubtful Roy will get killed again once he's been raised, as that would be a bit excessive from a narative point of view. V is still on the table, but so is the Oracle. Eliminating the Orcale convienently removes a plot crutch from future use. Problem is, you could say Belkar was responsible for Roy's death already since he gave him his jump ring to get to Xykon in the first place. I think that's a bit too far-fetched myself though.
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Mylan posted:Huh. Predicting Belkar is gonna kill the Oracle this time. He was on the list of Belkar's "will I be responsible for the death of one of the following people:" prophecy (which was a yes). He wasn't responsible for Miko or her horse, and not for Roy's. Miko is unlikely to ever be coming back, and doubtful Roy will get killed again once he's been raised, as that would be a bit excessive from a narative point of view. V is still on the table, but so is the Oracle. Eliminating the Orcale convienently removes a plot crutch from future use. Already resolved. He gave Roy the Ring of Jumping that got him up onto Xykon's Dragon in the first place. Makes him resposible for his death. Edit: God damnit.
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Mylan posted:He wasn't responsible for Miko or her horse, I am not sure about that, you could argue that he had driven her over the edge, and that she would not have blown up the gate and thus survived if she had remained sane. 
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Foodpie posted:Already resolved. He gave Roy the Ring of Jumping that got him up onto Xykon's Dragon in the first place. Makes him resposible for his death. Seems to me that Belkar's question was phrased in a manner that could have him be responsible for the death of one of the people (plus horse) he asked about, or all of them, in a roundabout way. Not really surprising... vague answers are more fun, anyway.
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Rich has been pretty good about attention to detail and callbacks before. Besides, the Oracle clearly understands the intent behind the questions, or he wouldn't have prodded Roy to rephrase his. Belkar clearly meant "Am I going to kill one of these people." If it turns out giving Roy the ring counts, that's a weak cop out. Ditto for antagonizing Miko to the point where she goes off and puts herself in a position that leads to her death. I can see Belkar asking again, and the Oracle pointing to giving Roy the ring as fulfilling the prophecy, then Belkar decides that's lame and stabs the oracle, possibly before a critical answer is given to Haley. Maybe we'll see a return of the kobold hat 
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