OOTS #719 - The Discussion Thread

[hihidude]

Aw, no gate embedded in the throne?

Also, I bet in 100 strips, Xykon has traded his crown into a larger one.

Still no clue why it is called the Empire of Blood. If it was the Empire of Fat, it'd be more clear now.

Because she is red? And... Vaarsuvius rocks. "I weep bitter tears for that seat, which dies a little each day so so that other chairs may live"

[Jagos]

I can honestly say...

This is far left field for me. I would think she'd be some slim blood monger, not a rotund lazy wench.

[Kobold-Bard]

...

Either way, I LOVE being able to look my brother in the eye and tell him "Told you so."

Great strip, Giant.

Your brother only has 1 eye?

RD is Redcloak's long lot other sibling. It must be true.

[Closak]

As for the comic...I wonder if Closak will find THIS dragon shmexy

...Fetish...overload...EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN COMMENCING!!!



Twenty gold says Malack is an associate of Girard.
He did cast Heal, and that is a pretty high level spell...


...*Pokes the empress*
*Offers an elephant*
Hello there...

[Shatteredtower]

Amassing graze,
How sweet the cows,
My servants brought to me...

[Werbaer]

Hmm. I'm wondering: why is Elan not tied up, while Haley is? Isn't he the main criminal?

He was unconscious until he got healed just a moment ago.

[Teddy]

Uh-oh. If tha Minister is the power behind the throne, he's probably made sure that there are no spellcasters of high enough power to rival him, and thus no way of sorting this mess out spell-wise (not that I expected it anyway). I wonder if the Minister is the sort of manipulator who plays both sides of the Chess-board...

...Fetish...overload...EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN COMMENCING!!!



Twenty gold says Malack is an associate of Girard.
He did cast Heal, and that is a pretty high level spell...


...*Pokes the empress*
*Offers an elephant*
Hello there...

How does it feel to have found an even more gluttonous dragon than yourself? *nods at signature*

[luxgladius]

If he's a cleric, can't he just cast Detect Evil (or conversely Detect Good)?

[Daen]

Hm... fat jokes. Disappointing, really.

[Surfing HalfOrc]

I don't think Rich maintains any hostility towards Keith Baker: Rich referenced Keith in Start of Darkness (drew him into the strip, as one of Xykon's fellow interns for a demon or devil).

Keith has or had a comic strip called Hellcow, with similar spotting pattern to its hide as the two cows in today's strip.

I thought it might be a subtle joke, one of those "Rich says this, Keith says that" they slip into their writing from time to time. I remember seeing pics of both of them at a convention back when Rich was still able to go to conventions. They seemed to be enjoying each others' company...

[Closak]

How does it feel to have found an even more gluttonous dragon than yourself? *nods at signature*

It feels...good.


(Is keeping a VERY close eye on that Malack guy)

[Teddy]

Hm... fat jokes. Disappointing, really.

Not as much "fat jokes" as how it tends to look when there is a power behind the throne, i.e. the throne itself is filled with some spoiled and rather dim-witted guy who spends his time eating, basking among his luxuaries and waving to the the masses who just LOOOOOOOVE him.

[SmaugTheYounger]

Had to laugh really hard. I'd hate to be a cow there.

[Closak]

Fat for the fat throne! Give the empress more food!

*Marches a long line of people i really hate into the empresses mouth*

[SlyGuyMcFly]

EDIT: Where'd Blackwing go? I can't see him.

Who?

[Blas_de_Lezo]

Thank you Giant!

[martinkou]

Does anyone notice the empress is in a rather uncomfortable pose? Her neck is twisted 180 degrees in relation to her body.

[Killer Angel]

More than the Empress of blood, she seems more the Queen of sofa...

(anyway, it was unexpected!)

[ref]

OK, that was new. This Giant can sure surprise us.

Is the Empress of Blood related to

Spoiler

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Xyklon the Consequential?

[Leliel]

You know, I'm fat...

...And I approve this fat joke.

Seriously, it's not offensive when it's the stereotype of the lazy-ass glutton who can't be bothered with other people.

Frankly, in that case, it's deserving of mockery, since it's more an unhealthy lifestyle then the fat that's being mocked.

[Raging Gene Ray]

More than the Empress of blood, she seems more the Queen of sofa...

Does she have two husbands named Todd and Ed?

[Tundar]

A sad example of what happens when dragons fail to achieve basic literacy skills. It's "hoard", Empress, not "herd".

Bwa hahahahaha. Very nice one

[willpell]

Oi. I'm always glad to get a new comic, and the Empress being a dragon is cool by me (normally for an evil queen in a fantasy story I'd be rooting for "psycho-hot evil chick", but, well, stick figures kinda take out the point of sex appeal)...but did we really have to go the "yo momma so fat joke" route? (Presumably "yo" refers to the heir apparent to the imperial throne, who probably still has eggshell behind the ears.)

[Kobold-Bard]

Obviously the Empress will make enemies with Haley and attack her whilst flying.

[Shale]

Somehow I don't quite see the Empress achieving lift...

[valce]

I wonder what they're really after. This seems like a very high price to pay just for revenge. Maybe Nale took something with him when he left?

[k_bukie]

After now seeing the empress, I have a hunch Nale's involvement had more to do with the kingdom they overthrew 2 years ago than this one.

[martinkou]

Somehow I don't quite see the Empress achieving lift...

That, I suspect, is why Elan made the comment about the Empire of Blood's navy - their empress can lift a whole army up, on water.

[zimmerwald1915]

Oi. I'm always glad to get a new comic, and the Empress being a dragon is cool by me (normally for an evil queen in a fantasy story I'd be rooting for "psycho-hot evil chick", but, well, stick figures kinda take out the point of sex appeal)...but did we really have to go the "yo momma so fat joke" route? (Presumably "yo" refers to the heir apparent to the imperial throne, who probably still has eggshell behind the ears.)

Thank you for opening up the intriguing new theory that the Empress of Blood is the Oracle's mother, who has been conveniently Resurrected at some point.

[ScottishDragon]

Hehe I do indeed feel sorry for that chair.Suprised it does not have more cracks in it from all that weight.