OOTS #835 - The Discussion Thread

[White Tornado]

I laughed so hard at "One-Who-Tastes-Less-Like-Garlic" ^_^

Great comic.

[Paseo H]

Compounding the issue, were we not led to believe that the kobold had sort of made a heel face turn during the battle with the dark elf, when he surrendered to V's control after said dark elf tried to shoot through him?

[Darkroot]

Blackwing's wingface in the first panel is obviously an effect of his close-range exposure to the Azure City rift, people, not an art error!

I love V's expression in the third panel. "How is this even happening..."

[CoffeeIncluded]

Ugh, that is disgusting. And yeah, I agree that it's a bit callous for V, even if (s)he's currently in a really bad mood.

[Zigg'rrauglurr]

Love V and belkar being of the same mind, it never bodes well for their enemy. The kobold had it coming for hurting Scruffinator.

As for Blackie in the first panel, I believe the drive and 1 comic a day is taking it's toll on Mr. Burlew. Nevermind, he will get to fix it eventually...

Great work, and I LOVE the callousness in this strip.

[Conuly]

I think we may have crossed a line that was better not crossed much less known about with this comic.

Didn't we cross that exact same line with the slave-trading bugs who were going to eat Mr. Scruffy? And in that case there had been an alternative to revenge - Belkar could have asked, as another 'personal favor', that they leave his pet alone.

[Shale]

Compounding the issue, were we not led to believe that the kobold had sort of made a heel face turn during the battle with the dark elf, when he surrendered to V's control after said dark elf tried to shoot through him?

All we can tell from that is that, once Zz'ditri tried to murder him, Yukyuk was on board with killing Zz'ditri back. He may or may not have forgiven V for Dominating him (probably not), especially since his free will was removed for a period of days.

[Manga Shoggoth]

That is ... really ... not a good way to go...

[Arrowstorm122]

Please include V's adventure in a book!

Also, is it crapping down in his mouth or the half of his head?

[ThePhantasm]

Its funny seeing Belkar and evil V up to antics together. After so many years of emnity...

[McStabbington]

*bookmarks page for any future "Is Belkar turning good?" threads, hurriedly exits to visit restroom facilities.*

[B. Dandelion]

Well, people wanted something horrible to happen to the guy...

That... was certainly horrible. Yeeech!! ::shudders::

[Eerie]

That is ... really ... not a good way to go...

Why do you think the kobold is dead? He is just forced to eat ****...

[maximus25]

That was so gross. I can't even believe what I have read today.


I almost puked.

[ThePhantasm]

Its funny seeing Belkar and evil V up to antics together. After so many years of emnity...

[Shhalahr Windrider]

All I can say is: Ew.

Especially when combined with the title.

[factotum]

Also, is it crapping down in his mouth or the half of his head?

Given the dialogue in the strip, unless Belkar somehow managed to remove the top half of the kobold's head without killing him, I'm going for the former...

[leakingpen]

Blackwings beak isn't weird, he's looking down, so its overlaying his wing. its kinda blurring it out, but thats an artifact of the background.

Yeah... watching as a sentient creature is tortured, and getting enjoyment from it? I'm pretty sure that is SPECIFICALLY mentioned as an evil thing... as dm, i'd be forcing an alignment shift any time now.

[Goosefeather]

OotS - quality storytelling AND dietary advice for cat-owners!

[Kurald Galain]

Hmm...

Qarr and the Triad were planning something. They intentionally had V sent to the Ranch Dressing plane, and then Qarr 'ported out to report something. So it stands to reason that something happened on that plane. Is V lying about that?

[Killer Munchkin]

If V is called One-Who-Tastes-Less-Like-Garlic, does that mean s/he has been tasted?

Lolled at V & Belkar's synchronous response!

[factotum]

Qarr and the Triad were planning something. They intentionally had V sent to the Ranch Dressing plane, and then Qarr 'ported out to report something.

They sent him there because there wasn't really anything dangerous there--left to his own devices, Zz'dtri would have sent him somewhere really nasty and he might have died, which would not suit the IFCC at all. Qarr was presumably reporting V was safe and sound.

[EmperorSarda]

Also, either Rich is ignoring the rules again, or V has a variant of Overland Flight that allows it to be cast on other people apart from himself.

[pjackson]

Yeah... watching as a sentient creature is tortured, and getting enjoyment from it? I'm pretty sure that is SPECIFICALLY mentioned as an evil thing... as dm, i'd be forcing an alignment shift any time now.

It is also specifically mentioned that a single act is not usually sufficient reason to force an alignment shift.

[Blas_de_Lezo]

lol, now guys read the title of the strip again...

[kierthos]

Also, either Rich is ignoring the rules again, or V has a variant of Overland Flight that allows it to be cast on other people apart from himself.

I believe the answer would be "Yes".

[Joxer t' Mighty]

Wait, so forcing a guy who tried to kill you and your pet to eat **** is now an 'evil' act?

Folks, there is something called 'neutrality'. For a comic devoted to showing the falacy of thinking in terms of black and white, posters here sure seem to cling to it... much like the ranch de bowels do to the kobold's fangs.

[Michaeler]

We do appear to have an answer to concerns that Mr Scruffy shouldn't be eating the ranch sauce after all.

[sparkyinbozo]

I haven't laughed that hard in a while. Not a style I'd like to see as standard for the comic, but loved it nonetheless.

[JonathanC]

Yeah, I have to agree--this is disturbing on a number of levels, but mainly because of V's non-chalance at being so cruel and demeaning.

This isn't really that out of character for Vaarsuvius. At best, he/she has always been a neutral alignment. Remember Evan's Spiked Tentacles of Forced Intrusion?