The Order of the Stick Megathread - Page 43

Loyal · 09-23-2009, 11:11 AM

Apparantly there's whisperings/wild speculation/hogwash about one or both of Haley's parents being either angelic or demonic for some reason. Possibly related to her "relation" to Sabine.

Mr.Bookworm · 09-23-2009, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Meister

"new" evidence?

Okay, "evidence" is probably to strong a word. "Fuel for the fires of wild mass guessing" is probably better.

t_catt11 · 09-23-2009, 01:07 PM

I posted this over at GitP, and I'll post it here.

Child Haley saying that her mommy went to Heaven is a really poor basis for "her mom is a celestial". Not saying that's not possible, of course, but it's vastly more likely that it's a childish manner of saying "mommy is dead".

You know, since that is a pretty common saying?

Professor Smarmiarty · 09-23-2009, 01:12 PM

The idea behind the speculation was that if she was a celestial that is how you could drop a coded clue with no one being suspicious because it could be completely normal.
Everyone knows it a normal saying, that is the point behind the speculation.

Mirai Gen · 09-23-2009, 01:40 PM

There's also the fact that as far as a storyline like Order of the Stick people have been quick to gleefully shout out random ideas like a scam psychic in hopes of getting something right.

I mean it works sometimes, like murder mysteries, but Burlew's telling a story and clambering for a preemptive "I called it" is kind of futile.

Dracorion · 09-23-2009, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

The idea behind the speculation was that if she was a celestial that is how you could drop a coded clue with no one being suspicious because it could be completely normal.
Everyone knows it a normal saying, that is the point behind the speculation.

I don't know, to me it just seems too contrived to be true.

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Originally Posted by Mirai Gen

I mean it works sometimes, like murder mysteries, but Burlew's telling a story and clambering for a preemptive "I called it" is kind of futile.

We do the same for 8BT. People are always going to be looking for chances to show off their e-peen, even if it's a longshot and especially if it costs them little to no effort.

Mirai Gen · 09-23-2009, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Dracorion

We do the same for 8BT. People are always going to be looking for chances to show off their e-peen, even if it's a longshot and especially if it costs them little to no effort.

Yeah and the whole "Onion Kid is Sarda" thing was kind of annoying there too, and thankfully it's over. Most of the guessing games today are just crackin the joke of "Fighter will, of course, block the earth," and then turning out to be right.

Aerozord · 09-23-2009, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by t_catt11

I posted this over at GitP, and I'll post it here.

Child Haley saying that her mommy went to Heaven is a really poor basis for "her mom is a celestial". Not saying that's not possible, of course, but it's vastly more likely that it's a childish manner of saying "mommy is dead".

You know, since that is a pretty common saying?

this is also a DnD setting. if I understand plane shift correctly she could both be mortal, and alive, and go to heaven

Nuklear Waste · 09-23-2009, 07:19 PM

Inane theory: Her mother was a devil and went to go attack or spy on the Upper Planes or something.

Jagos · 09-23-2009, 11:50 PM

Can't be since her opposite is Sabine who literally IS a devil. Or Demon. Either way, it wouldn't work if both are from the same plane.

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Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	The idea behind the speculation was that if she was a celestial that is how you could drop a coded clue with no one being suspicious because it could be completely normal. Everyone knows it a normal saying, that is the point behind the speculation.