A whole year?

[badam104172]

in comic 647 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0647.html), Belkar remarks that "Let's split up for another year, maybe he'll finally master basic multiplication." Does this mean the order was seperated for a whole (in comic) year??? it doesn't seem like that long. maybe a few months or so, but not an entire year.

[Dalenthas]

More like, if you don't see someone for a couple days and they've done so much, you wonder what they could accomplish in a whole week. I don't think it was actually a year.

"Wow, you did that in three days? We shouldn't see each other for another seven!"

At least that's what I think that line meant (only on longer timescales, naturally).

[hamishspence]

Not a whole year, but not a short time either. Kasumi got pregnant some time after the split up, she's near end of pregnancy now.

There is a timeline worked out, but the gist of it is that it's been something like nine months or so, maybe more.

[Bibliomancer]

It does seem to be close to a year given that Belkar only has 7 weeks left. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0666.html)

[Gift Jeraff]

It does seem to be close to a year given that Belkar only has 7 weeks left. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0666.html)

Roy is probably referring to a Northern calendar. (Whether the Oracle was remains to be seen.) And since the Northern New Year's Day was "like a few months" (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0302.html) before the split, with the 3-4 months of the split, that probably amounts to about 7 weeks left in the Northern year.

[Herald Alberich]

Roy is probably referring to a Northern calendar. (Whether the Oracle was remains to be seen.) And since the Northern New Year's Day was "like a few months" (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0302.html) before the split, with the 3-4 months of the split, that probably amounts to about 7 weeks left in the Northern year.

That was my take on it. See this thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119956) for details, including laying out the time between the Southern New Year and the current strip by David Argall and myself.

[David Argall]

It has been 10 months, maybe a bit more. Anyway, long enough that one rounds to a year.

[Haarkla]

More like, if you don't see someone for a couple days and they've done so much, you wonder what they could accomplish in a whole week. I don't think it was actually a year.

"Wow, you did that in three days? We shouldn't see each other for another seven!"

At least that's what I think that line meant (only on longer timescales, naturally).
I think Dalenthas has it right.

[pflare]

I think Dalenthas has it right.

Me too. While its certainly been a long time I don't think its been a year.

[Squark]

That was my take on it. See this thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119956) for details, including laying out the time between the Southern New Year and the current strip by David Argall and myself.

This brings up an interesting point-


Which "year" was the oracle discussing?


Because a Southern year would give Belkar a few more months, which personally seems to be more reasonable, considering the number of loose plotlines, and that I've always figured Belkar would die during the final battle.

[Mc. Lovin']

My solution would be that they split up a long time before the oracle made her prediction about Belkar. I cant remember how long Roy's Archon said it had been since he died, but they hadnt even thought about leaving for the Oracle by then