Jetty
2012-02-26, 10:08 AM
I was re-reading the Crayons Of Time strips just now, when I happened upon something very interesting.
In #277 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0277.html), Soon is holding the detatched Saphire. As we know from #411 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0411.html) and later strips, (Including the ones where this saphire is shattered!), The Saphire is the gate itself. This all seems fine until we consider the more recent strip, #830 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0830.html), where Redcloak would have to cast an entire ritual to move a gate.
Soon is seen holding the Small Azure City Gate in his hand (or as close as you can come with crayon-drawn stick figures.). This makes me wonder why Redcloack couldn't just cast a standard Teleport spell of some variety, or Plane Shift (Using the manner that makes something disappear and reappear elsewhere, as in #497 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0497.html), rather than the Portal-esque gate thingy.) on the Gate, rather than having to resort to the Dark One's ritual.
It occurs to me as I write this that it make just be metaphorical, with the passing down of the honour of command of the Saphire Guard, but I somehow think otherwise. It may just been a minor inconsistency - hundreds of strips and many years has passed since then, so The Giant's thoughts may change. Am I reading too much into this minor detail? Is Girard and Kragor's gate simply too big to move? What is your opinion?
Thanks for Reading.
In #277 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0277.html), Soon is holding the detatched Saphire. As we know from #411 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0411.html) and later strips, (Including the ones where this saphire is shattered!), The Saphire is the gate itself. This all seems fine until we consider the more recent strip, #830 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0830.html), where Redcloak would have to cast an entire ritual to move a gate.
Soon is seen holding the Small Azure City Gate in his hand (or as close as you can come with crayon-drawn stick figures.). This makes me wonder why Redcloack couldn't just cast a standard Teleport spell of some variety, or Plane Shift (Using the manner that makes something disappear and reappear elsewhere, as in #497 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0497.html), rather than the Portal-esque gate thingy.) on the Gate, rather than having to resort to the Dark One's ritual.
It occurs to me as I write this that it make just be metaphorical, with the passing down of the honour of command of the Saphire Guard, but I somehow think otherwise. It may just been a minor inconsistency - hundreds of strips and many years has passed since then, so The Giant's thoughts may change. Am I reading too much into this minor detail? Is Girard and Kragor's gate simply too big to move? What is your opinion?
Thanks for Reading.