Characters you like the most

[LM TR]

who would have expected this thread :-)

Belkar, for he is cool, has had some of the best moments in the whole comic (the two devils (why isn´t he jolly? - my fav moment!), the kiss), and likes to stab people (OK I´m not good in making up reasons but Belkar just rules!)

whole Team evil, I think there wasn´t even one strip involving them I disliked

Elan before he took that stupid prestige class

V is kinda cool

Nale and Sabine, I hope this relationship doesn´t end the cliché way

[Spiryt]

Yeah, Belkar is cool.

His " Super killa moments" - were kinda over the top sometimes, but still he had stolen so many strips with his comments.

12 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0012.html)

Or that one (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0418.html)

And this (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0153.html)

[Rajhiim]

Xykon and Belkar.

[the mysterian]

belkar and elan"roy has boobies"

[paulg]

Belkar by far if for no other reason than he's a Sexy Shoeless God of War.

[Yeril]

Miko :smallsmile:

:miko: "A paladin never compromises."
"Does a paladin ever remove the stick from their ass? ":roy:
:miko: "No, its a class feature"

[Dr. Bath]

Odin, Cheif (R.I.P), Thor, Shojo and the Oracle.
They all beat your puny 'main' characters.

[Yoritomo Himeko]

Miko :smallsmile:

:miko: "A paladin never compromises."
"Does a paladin ever remove the stick from their ass? ":roy:
:miko: "No, its a class feature"

Ok, I find two things very interesting:

1. That people have totally opposite opinions of the very same characters.
2. That the two most popular characters are also the two most controversial, Belkar and Miko.

Anyway, right now my favorite character is Elan. I love his antics and he is just so sweet and caring to people.

[Ralfarius]

I think I may like Durkon best. If characters were rooms, he would be elegantly understated. He's not trying to be overly bold, or melodramatic, or eclectic, or anything. He is who he is, a stoic and wise dwarf who is looking out for his people's best interests.

I particularly enjoyed when he put Roy's sister, Julia, in her place with a few words (right after wrecking marauding treants and right before wrecking their druid master). I was also touched by his reaction to the oracle's prophecy for his return home. A truer dwarf is hard to come by.

Part of my favour with him may be the fact that, over the years, I've grown tired of he 'snowflake' syndrome many people have (anyone who's played on a role-playing server in World of Warcraft may be familiar). Everyone has to distinguish themselves by being as far from the norm as possible, to the point where a character fitting into the general traits of their race is actually the exception.

Now, I'm not saying that any member of the Order of the Stick suffer from said syndrome (Belkar comes close), but the fact that Durkon manages to be an important member of the party without hogging a ton of screen time really appeals to me.

[Troll Mage]

I like:
1) Belkar cause I almost never play any other kind of character (chaotic evil I mean)
2) Thog because....c'mon he's thog. his jail scene where he tells the guard the whole story and it actually makes sense but only if you read it, and puppies...oh ya and he always up-stages Nale. Always. :smallcool:

[Rajhiim]

Leprechaun Thog is awesome.

[Shalmstaff]

1) Belkar - Because he is the Shoeless God of War/Cooking!

2) Thog - Because he and I are so much alike

3) The thing under the Hello Cougar! Umbrella- The suspense! What art thou?

[TroyXavier]

Elan. His naive optimism is handled quite well without making me want to wretch.

[yoshi927]

:miko: and :belkar:

Tho' I guess it's a contradiction, because they hate eachothers' guts. :smallbiggrin:

[Surfing HalfOrc]

I'm an :elan: fan, all the way! Funny, optimistic, hopeful, and gets the happy ending!

Plus! He didn't get a "Prince Albert" from Haley, and even when he finds out that Haley pierced Roy, Elan won't get jealous!

[maitreyi]

I love Vaarsuvius the most :vaarsuvius: , and the interaction V has with Belkar.

[Drider]

Rajhiim - Leprechaun Thog is awesome.
yoshi927 - :belkar: and :miko:

Tho' I guess it's a contradiction, because they hate eachothers' guts.

i agree with these 2 people, except i like belkar and miko together, cause i love the conflicts :smallbiggrin:

[Faramir]

If by like you mean I could see being friends with them and enjoy spending time with them then Roy and Hinjo. If you mean derive the most pleasure from their in-strip activities then I'd have to say Thog.

[mockingbyrd7]

Here's my order of the Order:

1. Elan - he's a hilarious character, his antics and spontaneity combined with his purely good and well-meaning heart, and his charisma, and his stupidity, and his dashing-ness, and everything combines together to make him very awesome and loveable.

2. Belkar - he DOES get the best lines, his character lends itself to hundreds of jokes and it doesn't seem like our insane halfling is running dry any time soon. I would absolutely despise him in real life but I love him as a character.

3. Haley - she isn't the funniest character, and she had dropped to the bottom of my list during most of the aphasia arc, but she consistently contributes a lot of great drama to the strip. I like Haley.

4. Roy - Roy's keen-edged acerbic wit and character flaws have done well to accent Roy as a great comedic and dramatic character. By flaws, I mean his impatience and intolerance for those less intelligent or wise than he is, his sometimes bull-headed nature, and others, that make him all the more funny to watch and relatable. Roy is a great straight man.

5. V - V is a great character but is getting old for me. The ambiguous gender, okay, haha, I laughed, but it's a joke told once too many. The long-windedness, okay, sometimes it's funny, but now it's just more dialogue to read. The magic jokes that stem from him/her (strip 126, 135, 305, 424, etc) are gold, but nothing that couldn't come from any wizard.

6. Durkon - Durkon usually bores me. He hardly gets any screen time compared to most of the others, and he's just so introverted. There have been some good Durkon moments (Hilgya arc, W.W.T.D, dendrophobia (fear of trees) bandit camp, Leeky...) but overall I just feel less attached to him and V than the rest of the OotS. I mean, I care about what happens to the two spellcasters, but I care a whole heck of a lot more about the other 4.

[Saithis Bladewing]

If I had to rate the OotS in order:

:vaarsuvius: - Just plain made of win.
:belkar: - Sexy shoeless god of war. Ethnocentric bitches oppress his culture.
:durkon: - Great lines, great party member, great all-around.
:roy: - It was a close contest with Elan, but his straight man attitude wins me over the random lulz.
:elan: - Random lulz.
:haley: - My least favourite. Just not too fond of her, though she has her moments like everyone else.

[TheBoneSplitter]

It's a tie between both of the magic-users, namely V and Xykon.

[tommygunn]

my favorites would have to be :belkar: and :mitd:

[Harry Joy]

Haley and Belkar. I seem to get the most laughs from the two of them.

[hendrake]

Pfft! Easy - MitD, of course.

[Krellen]

My favourite is Roy.

I guess I'm not in it for the jokes. I just empathise with him more, probably because I'm surrounded by idiots in real life all the time. :smallwink:

[Spiky]

All of them.

Top three are Roy, Miko, Xykon.

[sum1won]

Redcloak!

and roy.

[Oberon]

Redcloak!

and roy.

What he said. Plus V. And Xykon. And Belkar.

Aw hell, I like'em all.

[tannish2]

Ok, I find two things very interesting:

1. That people have totally opposite opinions of the very same characters.
2. That the two most popular characters are also the two most controversial, Belkar and Miko.

Anyway, right now my favorite character is Elan. I love his antics and he is just so sweet and caring to people.
ok how can they be controversial? THEIR CHARACTERS IN A WEBCOMIC FOR FREDS(fred is the god of tuesdays between 5-7 [both AM and PM] and other things that arent relevant to this comment) SAKE! its not like they go around doing unspeakable things to kittens, then eating them

i like elan, nale, and the lich whos name i can remember the sound of, and odin, but if you dont like them all your a terrible person who should be beaten by a kitten with a bag of pandas... or was it a panda with a bag of kittens... either way

[Costantinov]

Thog :thog: and Xykon:xykon: (oh, and also :mitd: )

[Oberon]

ok how can they be controversial? THEIR CHARACTERS IN A WEBCOMIC FOR FREDS(fred is the god of tuesdays between 5-7 [both AM and PM] and other things that arent relevant to this comment) SAKE! its not like they go around doing unspeakable things to kittens, then eating them

i like elan, nale, and the lich whos name i can remember the sound of, and odin, but if you dont like them all your a terrible person who should be beaten by a kitten with a bag of pandas... or was it a panda with a bag of kittens... either way

I think he meant contreversial in the sense that they are the most discussed, and the characters that most people are opposed to (although I wouldn't put it past Belkar to do some pretty unspeakable things to a kitten).

The lich's name is Xykon. You can learn the names of you favorite characters and produce a convenient image of their head simply by clicking the Smilies drop-down box located at the top of of your reply box, and dragging it down to the face of the desired character like so :xykon: :roy:

Odin, however, barely qualifies as a character at all seeing as he only has one line. I can see enjoying a specific line, but not the speaker of that line as he only appeared once (aside from the crayon comics) that does not give much insight into his character, now does it?

Also, lay off the kitten abuse pal. You can dislike a character but enjoy their role in the story both by the other characters' reactions to them and by developing plot points (ie I probably wouldn't like Miko if I met her in real life, but as a character she leads to humorous and important story development.)

No one deserves to be beaten for their opinions of a webcomic.

[Purple_cloack]

:belkar: is kinda of cool, and :vaarsuvius: too.
And Hinjo is funny and :elan: !!

team evil?
:redcloak: is super and :thog: is funny!

[Peanut Gallery]

Used to be Elan. Lately I've been feeling the Redcloak love.

[Dr. Bath]

Odin, however, barely qualifies as a character at all seeing as he only has one line. I can see enjoying a specific line, but not the speaker of that line as he only appeared once (aside from the crayon comics) that does not give much insight into his character, now does it?

Odin has had two lines, outside of the crayon comics. Thank you very much.

[Emperor Ing]

:thog: and :xykon: ftw!
Theyre awesomeness, just sheer awesomeness!

[Daimbert]

I kind of have levels:

1) MitD, V, Miko
2) Roy, Haley, Durkon, Xykon, Redcloak.

Anything below this I either don't really care about one way or the other or dislike strongly.

If I had to pick one ... MitD, probably.

[Ariko]

:belkar: :sabine: :redcloak: and :roy:. In no particular order

[EntilZha]

The OOTS itself...

No fair! It's like asking a parent to pick his/her favorite child! :smallamused:

Other characters...

Hinjo - He treated Roy and company like people. He's also really stepped up to the plate and made some difficult decisions in the wake of his uncle's murder. If I were a citizen of Azure City, I'd want him to remain the Lord of the city.

Xykon - Who says a lich can't have a sense of humor? :smallbiggrin: Just look at all the great lines he has.

Tsukiko - Hot magic-using chick. 'Nuff said. I'd love to see her rendered in "real world" (for lack of a better term) art, like Rob and Jamie did with Wanda Firebaugh a while back.

[Castaras]

I used to really like Thog...

But Belkar has topped him. Stabbing the shoeless way! :belkar:

[RAGE KING!]

:xykon::belkar::thog:

in that order.

[DreadSpoon]

My favourite is Roy.

I guess I'm not in it for the jokes. I just empathise with him more, probably because I'm surrounded by idiots in real life all the time.

QFT

Also, Xykon. His bad-ass-ness (esp. after reading Start of Darkness) makes me hard.

[sun_tzu]

Roy. Definitely Roy.

[PaladinFreak]

Roy and Hinjo are my two favorite characters. Roy, simply because he is such a great straight man, and Hinjo because he is my ideal of what a Paladin should be.

[RRosset]

:thog: Thog Thog Thog!!!
:thog: Thog Thog Thog!!!
:thog: Thog Thog Thog!!!

Thog is... THOG! hehehe.

Later

[Saithis Bladewing]

If I had to put an order to the evil guys, I'd say:

:redcloak: - Awesome cleric, awesome character.
:xykon: - Follow the ball, children. :smallbiggrin:
:thog: - THOG SMASH!
:mitd: - The mystery allures me.
:roach: - They're alright, I s'pose.
:nale: - His wacky schemes and stereotypes are pretty neat, but I don't enjoy him that much.
:sabine: - Never really made me laugh, not real enough to be hawt.

[Aristeidis]

From team "incompetent" V is the ultimate master
from team evil I worship Xykon and I hate that shadowy thingy (MITD?? (What?!))
because I never understand what it says (not a native english speaker)

[mockingbyrd7]

If I had to put an order to the evil guys, I'd say:

:redcloak: - Awesome cleric, awesome character.
:xykon: - Follow the ball, children. :smallbiggrin:
:thog: - THOG SMASH!
:mitd: - The mystery allures me.
:roach: - They're alright, I s'pose.
:nale: - His wacky schemes and stereotypes are pretty neat, but I don't enjoy him that much.
:sabine: - Never really made me laugh, not real enough to be hawt.

I agree, except that I have the roaches ahead of Mitd (I think that they're one heck of a lot funnier.)

[Kioran]

:miko: , hands down, because Miko is one of the truly competent, no-nonsense characters. She´s smart, determined, not duplicitous (like half of the OoTS) and her unwillingness to compromise would, if she didn´t have such poor judgement, be a major asset, since before her fall, she usually made the right calls. Not easily being swayed from a valid course is no weakness - unfortunately, she didn´t even let herself be swayed from the wrong course, but....
I think Miko is quite a bit nerdy - in that socially awkward, slightly confusing, but within a narrow Focus highly competent way. I like those. And call me insane, but I think if she had had a true leader to follow, she would have been a kickass force for good. Shojo didn´t cut it, because, while being a competent strategist, he´s no leader of men. Hinjo, though charismatic, hasn´t yet shown any sign of Intelligence or tactical skill. The only real leaders of men in OoTS were Soon(who´s not even alive anymore) and Roy (and we knew how that went).
It´s a shame, really. It´s understandable that one wouldn´t want a Miko-Char at a table, but I´ve played with worse, and within a story, this character is interesting.

:roy: comes in second - I like him. He´s got good lines (even laying the smack down on Miko was nicely written) and is smart, has some caustic humor, and still manages it without being too condescending (which is hard around Elan or Haley, who is by the way, a piss-poor second in command). All of the OoTS have their merit, but apart from Durkon, they would annoy the hell out of me after a while.....

:durkon: is cool as well. I don´t quite get why many dislike him, but whatever......


I don´t know....but somehow I lean towards lawful

[BelkarPwnsAll!]

Like my name, I say Belkar because when he ran into that lawyer at the stables at that hotel thingy. =D
ROCK ON BELKAR!!!!

[Iranon]

In order, although very close together:

:redcloak: Someone who can hold that type of religious office and remain determined, thoughtful, and reasonably modest at the same time deserves a cookie.
He's the one I admire most.

:vaarsuvius: Intelligent, educated and refreshingly open. Current comic aside, he makes little effort to gloss over her darker sides. Comfortable to contemplate the worst, but willing to put in a lot of effort for others if they're worth the time.
S/h/it is the one I identify with most.

:miko: Honourable, determined, competent... and her major - fatal - flaw was that she tried too hard. If she hadn't pushed herself so far that she hardly seemed human at times, she could have been a much more effective force of righteousness... and led a moderately happy life at that.
She's the one I sympathise with most.

[ChopSticks28]

Redcloak! His sarcasm is awsome.

And Miko. I really want her to come back.