The Order of the Stick Megathread - Page 4

Jagos · 06-24-2009, 07:42 AM

I am entirely conviced that somehow Roy gets -2 on Int checks. How are you going to just blow off an angel secretary that can help you?

greed · 06-24-2009, 07:43 AM

It's up. And Roy really needs to learn to listen.

Love the Captain America joke too.

Karrrrrrrrrrrresche · 06-24-2009, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Toast

Did anyone catch the foreshadowing here in comic 543? I wasn't the first to notice this, but I didn't see it mentioned here, although it might have been in the old thread.

Okay, maybe I'm being really stupid here but I really cannot see what foreshadowing is going on in this page.

Someone explain for me, please.

Lumenskir · 06-24-2009, 08:55 AM

"Yeah, gee, I don't know why wanting it wasn't enough to make him escape."
"Me neither!"

Cut to: "ESCAPE!"

On the actual comic, I guess Roy's dad thinks the Evil-shift wasn't that important?

Meister · 06-24-2009, 09:02 AM

In 543 saying it just makes the creature seem more naive, especially combined with Tsukiko's sarcasm. It's pretty impressive when you realize he was actually talking about something he could, in fact, do (and come to think of it, doesn't this piece of foreshadowing show that he's not entirely unaware of his powers?).

Yeah, Eugene is gonna have a hard time getting into Lawful Good heaven if he goes on like this. Not even so much on the good-evil axis for relating to V's methods as much as on the lawful-chaotic axis. He destroyed a file!

Good episode again. "Highway to Heaven" kind of makes me picture Burlew angry at himself for missing a stairway joke and going with the next best thing. :p

Professor Smarmiarty · 06-24-2009, 09:32 AM

If V managed to defeat Xykon and became evil in the process then you can simply destroy V which is much easier than defeating Xykon as the power V had was only temporary. And also we know Xykon was pretty permanentely evil, V might be able to recover.
It similar to Lord of the Rings. They were totally afraid that whoever used the Ring to beat Sauron would become the next great evil but I would rather fight a hobbit than a heavenly being who helped make the world.

Such a view doesn't square up with DnD good alignment at all but I can see why it wouldn't phase some people.

Also: It looks like Roy is back. About time.

Zanaril · 06-24-2009, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Meister

Good episode again. "Highway to Heaven" kind of makes me picture Burlew angry at himself for missing a stairway joke and going with the next best thing. :p

Nope, there's a comic titled "Led Zeppelin lied to us all" :p

Mirai Gen · 06-24-2009, 02:16 PM

Amazing how Eugene is so selfish that he really is willing to support V's endeavors into making pacts with Evil forces just so he can finally get into heaven.

Okay maybe not amazing but still, never ceases to surprise me.

01d55 · 06-24-2009, 02:27 PM

Could you honestly say that Roy's dad wouldn't have done exactly what V did, in the same situation? The only deviation I could see is not bothering with all the stuff between killing the dragon and trying to take out Xykon.

Amake · 06-24-2009, 02:45 PM

I don't even know what Eugene thinks to accomplish. Giving wizards a better reputation? Keeping Roy from knowing V's evil tendencies so that the quest can continue uninterrupted and hurry up Eugene's entry to the afterlife even though it's a freaking dumbassed shortsighted plan that obviously is going to bite him in the ass later on which he should realize if he thought about it for five seconds? It seems to me he's just screwing with Roy for the sake of being a jerk. Card carrying villain style.

06-24-2009, 07:42 AM	#31
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06-24-2009, 02:16 PM	#38
Mirai Gen We are Geth. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 14,032	Amazing how Eugene is so selfish that he really is willing to support V's endeavors into making pacts with Evil forces just so he can finally get into heaven. Okay maybe not amazing but still, never ceases to surprise me. __________________

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Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	I don't even know what Eugene thinks to accomplish. Giving wizards a better reputation? Keeping Roy from knowing V's evil tendencies so that the quest can continue uninterrupted and hurry up Eugene's entry to the afterlife even though it's a freaking dumbassed shortsighted plan that obviously is going to bite him in the ass later on which he should realize if he thought about it for five seconds? It seems to me he's just screwing with Roy for the sake of being a jerk. Card carrying villain style. __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed

06-24-2009, 09:02 AM	#35
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	In 543 saying it just makes the creature seem more naive, especially combined with Tsukiko's sarcasm. It's pretty impressive when you realize he was actually talking about something he could, in fact, do (and come to think of it, doesn't this piece of foreshadowing show that he's not entirely unaware of his powers?). Yeah, Eugene is gonna have a hard time getting into Lawful Good heaven if he goes on like this. Not even so much on the good-evil axis for relating to V's methods as much as on the lawful-chaotic axis. He destroyed a file! Good episode again. "Highway to Heaven" kind of makes me picture Burlew angry at himself for missing a stairway joke and going with the next best thing. :p

06-24-2009, 09:32 AM	#36
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	If V managed to defeat Xykon and became evil in the process then you can simply destroy V which is much easier than defeating Xykon as the power V had was only temporary. And also we know Xykon was pretty permanentely evil, V might be able to recover. It similar to Lord of the Rings. They were totally afraid that whoever used the Ring to beat Sauron would become the next great evil but I would rather fight a hobbit than a heavenly being who helped make the world. Such a view doesn't square up with DnD good alignment at all but I can see why it wouldn't phase some people. Also: It looks like Roy is back. About time.

06-24-2009, 02:27 PM	#39
01d55 Not 55 years old. Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,098	Could you honestly say that Roy's dad wouldn't have done exactly what V did, in the same situation? The only deviation I could see is not bothering with all the stuff between killing the dragon and trying to take out Xykon.