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I almost choked on my pizza when I saw Bluddy the mascot. The Red Cross also has a mascot who is a drop of blood, and his name is Bloody.
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PFlats posted:It could be a sinister flute. That pun is horrible. Even worse is that it's only the second worst pun I've heard today.
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Nov 5, 2010 22:17
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 New Strip  Saw that one coming waaaay back when he made the deal
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Nov 8, 2010 23:26
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Nov 8, 2010 23:30
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Affi posted:Elans dad is the best villain Yes he is. He's pretty much the villain for whom the phrase "evil will always triumph because good is dumb" was made for.
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Nov 8, 2010 23:33
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ConfusedUs posted:Yes he is. He's pretty much the villain for whom the phrase "evil will always triumph because good is dumb" was made for. What is that phrase from?
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Nov 9, 2010 01:48
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Pope Guilty posted:What is that phrase from? Spaceballs.
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Pope Guilty posted:What is that phrase from? Raposa posted:Spaceballs. Pope, you need to fix this knowledge gap of yours immediately by watching that movie. And now, I am going to go back and read all the strips with Elan's dad in them while imagining him played by a Dark Helmet-like Rick Moranis.
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Nov 9, 2010 04:56
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I can never remember that quote's origins, because the Spaceballs villains are really dumb, too. I love that he's not so much smugly gloating as he is giddily happy that the plan came off so well. It's Elan's "tee-hee I did something right" grin with a completely different context.
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Nov 9, 2010 05:17
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Elan's dad is what happens when you take a chaotic good idiot, make him a lawful neutral-to-evil-I'm-not-entirely-sure-yet mastermind, and change absolutely nothing else about his personality. It's tremendous.
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Nov 9, 2010 07:38
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He's a lawful evil tyrant, but he's got style.
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Nov 9, 2010 12:24
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LightWarden posted:He's a lawful evil tyrant, but he's got style. Check it out, Elan even mentioned his father's knack for dramatic wrangling way back then.
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Nov 9, 2010 14:21
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Nov 10, 2010 09:36
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That was the best pun ever =)
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Nov 10, 2010 10:04
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Why are all the evil characters in OOTS (Elan's dad, Xykon, Redcloak, Belkar) so much more enjoyable than the good characters?
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Wolfsheim posted:Why are all the evil characters in OOTS (Elan's dad, Xykon, Redcloak, Belkar) so much more enjoyable than the good characters? Don't forget Epic-level V. Familicide was basically the only time he was interesting.
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Wolfsheim posted:Why are all the evil characters in OOTS (Elan's dad, Xykon, Redcloak, Belkar) so much more enjoyable than the good characters? Because the good characters never get the fun dialogue. Also, anyone else getting really tired of the whole "Elan doesn't get that his dad's evil" schtick? They even hung a lampshade on it in this comic - the whole "fool" bit.
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Nov 10, 2010 14:50
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Green Intern posted:Because the good characters never get the fun dialogue. Also, anyone else getting really tired of the whole "Elan doesn't get that his dad's evil" schtick? They even hung a lampshade on it in this comic - the whole "fool" bit.
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Nov 10, 2010 16:25
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CapnAndy posted:He's getting it, he just really really doesn't want to. Look how plaintively he asks Tarquin if the Empress ordered him to do that stuff. I think he might actually know and just be ignoring it because he's aware that dramatic convention will only let him "realize" it under far more tense and dramatic circumstances. He's been known to do stuff like this.
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Ashenai posted:I think he might actually know and just be ignoring it because he's aware that dramatic convention will only let him "realize" it under far more tense and dramatic circumstances. He's been known to do stuff like this. I guess he'll wait until the arena fights commence and the party can stagea daring and dramatic escape from BloodTown.
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Nov 10, 2010 19:13
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New strip. I'm pretty sure someone called that one.
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Nov 16, 2010 22:03
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Tyrinaria I saw coming. This, not so much. And I think I have a dramatically appropriate idea who Roy might be set to fight.  Also, a possible return of the old "red strikes true" prophecy from the first, what, 20 episodes or so?
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Nov 16, 2010 22:14
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When was Tyrinaria first mentioned? The OotS archives are intimidating.
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Nov 16, 2010 22:23
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Wait... where is Haley's father imprisoned?
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One post answers the other. Tyrinaria is the now defunct empire where Hayley's dad was imprisoned. EDIT: Wait, I just remembered Hayley's dad's name is Ian. Herpaderp.
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#131, first proper mention of Tyrinaria and Haley's dad. For reference, Elan and Nale's backstory, including who we now know is Tarquin and what people have speculated for a while might be Tyrinaria's flag, and the business with the prophecy was mentioned here, here and here. Then again this seems a long time to call back even for Burlew so I'm gonna assume he just put Ian's nickname in the latest one as an additional reminder who this dude is. e: dammit all this revealed and we didn't even get to Elan's surprise.
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Spiderdrake posted:This is actually much better PLOT than I expected! Thats because its the backstory to 1984.
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Cliff Racer posted:Thats because its the backstory to 1984. Well. It incorporates the inverse of a plot element of 1984, yeah, but I think everyone is mainly referring to the fact that Roy is totally in jail with Haley's dad. Also hooray for two Yiddish puns in like a week. 
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Cliff Racer posted:Thats because its the backstory to 1984. I'm just surprised OoTS tied up several elements effectively like this. All this stuff was referenced earlier and then neatly tied together.
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Spiderdrake posted:What, perpetual combat against a foreign power to provide stability of empire? That's not something from 1984, that's a real thing that goes on to this day. How are you surprised? Burlow does this all the time and I'm surprised people still question his story telling prowess.
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Nov 17, 2010 00:33
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So, odds that the dad will ask Elan to be the "young adventurer to help overthrow the kingdom", but Elan will be a super good good guy and defeat his father for good?
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But more importantly, WHO IS GEOFF?!?!? (besides Haley's uncle)
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HKR posted:How are you surprised? Burlow does this all the time and I'm surprised people still question his story telling prowess. It's almost as if the guy has some kind of long term plan for his story, but that level of plotting can't be possible, not in a mere webcomic.
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Nipponophile posted:It's almost as if the guy has some kind of long term plan for his story, but that level of plotting can't be possible, not in a mere webcomic. I even have a glimmer of hope we won't see the boring and cliché Elan must kill his father crap.
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Spiderdrake posted:I even have a glimmer of hope we won't see the boring and cliché Elan must kill his father crap. The fact that this cliche will involve both Elan and his Dad is the exact reason why it will happen. Just because something is cliche doesn't make it necessarily bad and those 2 are suckers for that kind of stuff. EDIT - Also, Elan's Dad is proving once again he is the epitome of Lawful Evil. tazman fucked around with this message at 04:02 on Nov 17, 2010 |
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tazman posted:The fact that this cliche will involve both Elan and his Dad is the exact reason why it will happen. Just because something is cliche doesn't make it necessarily bad and those 2 are suckers for that kind of stuff. Plus, they're into drama enough for Tarquin to mysteriously survive and vow vengeance against his other son.
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terminal mehmet posted:Wait... where is Haley's father imprisoned? Look at the last panel of the most recent comic. A prisoner of a land once called Tyrinaria was called Red before his hair was bleached white. 
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Nov 17, 2010 05:17
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Daaaaamn. poo poo just got real. Also, it's sort of amazing what this suggests about what Elan could do if he put his mind to it.
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We've seen Haley's dad, when he was younger: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0608.html
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