OOTS #626 - The Discussion Thread

[The Giant]

New comic is up.

[Underfoot]

Is that the same dragon from back when V got polymorphed into a lizard?

[Nimrod's Son]

EDIT: Gah! Never mind.

[Tempest Fennac]

I'm assuming it is. I wonder who revived him, though?

[Jan Mattys]

err...

Can't wait for the next strip to throw some light on this one.

[Lumenadducere]

Well, that's definitely interesting.

[Shadic]

Where did that dragon come from!?

[slurpz]

I imagine the dragon to have a very deep bass voice.

[LeGrenade]

Looks like he just came out of the sea.

[SPoD]

It's not the same dragon:

1.) This one has red eyes, not green.
2.) This one has curvy horns, not straight.
3.) This one is at least double the size.

This is probably the other dragon's much-older mother, father, sibling, etc.

Which means V is in deep trouble.

EDIT: Black dragons can breathe water; it likely was hiding under the water and then rose up to make itself known at a key moment.

[Bret_Hawkeye]

WoW! What a comeback! Didnt see that one coming!

[Parlik]

Is that the same dragon from back when V got polymorphed into a lizard?

Could be its mother/father?

Just I remember it referring to its mother, and that one of the Oots'ers mentioning the cave having belonged to an older dragon.

[factotum]

Got me baffled, that's for sure. One thing that suggests it ISN'T the same dragon as before is its eyes--the dragon V disintegrated had green eyes, this one has red ones. Question is, though, if it ISN'T the same dragon, how does it know his name?

[ghost_warlock]

Wild Speculation Time!
- The dragon is the same one V disintegrated ages ago.
- The dragon is the son/daughter of the one V disintegrated ages ago.
- The cake dragon is a lie. (The dragon is an illusion; nevermind the water-drip tactile component).
- The dragon is some other fiend disguising itself as a dragon to unknown end.
- The dragon is V's 'mate,' polymorphed, finally having tracked V down.
- The dragon is the nose of Dr. Verlucci, returned on the anniversary of the day V betrayed him!

[Lord of Rapture]

- The dragon is V's 'mate,' polymorphed, finally having tracked V down.

That's what I guessed, minus polymorphing, so we don't know V's gender.

[hendrake]

I'm agreeing with those who said it's a parent of the one V disintegrated. Clearly a "force of darkness" from V's drawn out last line. Should be cool since V wasted all that juice on an annoyance. Bat-belt's a little thin at the moment, I'm guessing! Might be time for the Giant to do a cutaway, just to screw with us! :)

[Glome]

I bet it was the guardian of the starmetal

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0188.html

[tomaO2]

FOUR WORDS!!!

"The forces of darkness"

Is this it? Is V on the path to ultimate power? I don't recall the exact quote. Looking for it now but I just had to be the first to jump on that if right.

Edit: Quote goes "by saying the right four words to the right being at the right time for all the wrong reasons."

Meh, I could be reaching. Still, it has a certain level of appropriateness.

[Castel]

This is one hell of a cliffhanger.

Speculation ahoy.

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Hmm... maybe that was the "Important Client" the oracle mentioned a while back, who went there to ask him who disintegrated his son/relative.

[Ninjamuffin]

Whoa-ho, problematic.
/Strong Bad
Time for fun and games, it seems.

[StingerUT]

okey... didnt see that one coming

[David Argall]

Here you see the dangers of concentrating too hard on the task at hand.

The dragon is likely kin of the previous dragon. and

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somehow Qarr is going to rescue V, at least in some degree, which will put V in a much more vulnerable situation.

[TengYt]

Let's face it. NO ONE saw this coming.

[Mordokai]

Didn't see this one coming, that's for sure.

[MisterLeirus]

UUUUUUUUps !! I am guessing it is definetly the parent... I remember the one in the cave was a youngling... Do the dragons in D&D some kind of shared memeries?

[Infernal Badger]

I think it's the mother.
They can be touchy about these things...

[hendrake]

Let's face it. NO ONE saw this coming.

It's the black dragon of the Spanish Inquisition!

Sorry, sorry - couldn't resist. Deepest apologies.

[SPoD]

Let's face it. NO ONE saw this coming.

Eric Greenhilt did.

[Tempest Fennac]

I don't think they do, MisterLeirus. The Oracle idea would make sense regarding how the dragon knew V's name, unless it could scry.

[Yendor]

Uh... Suggestion?