OOTS #421 - The Discussion Thread

[The Giant]

New comic is up.

[Gandal]

Poor Elan...

[kpenguin]

Awesome! Classic non-dashing swordsman Elan. Doing something totally awesome and then screwing up.

[Miles Invictus]

Let's do this!

Subtle Leeroy Jenkins reference, or is a cigar still just a cigar?

[Arcane_Secrets]

Great strip. Hinjo couldn't have said that he wasn't warned-and Elan should definitely stick to singing.

[Taren]

This was classic Elan. Brilliant.

9/10 as far as OOTS comics go, in my opinion.

[Felius]

Agreed. Elan has to learn that a pre-battle speech is not meant to be true, just to be inspiring

[Myatar_Panwar]

Heh, just like Elan.

[Galathir]

Great job Giant!

I think Elan needs to work on his speechs a little more. Maybe another rank in Perform (Oratory) would be useful.

[Lidjis]

so..... many.... speech.... references.... My head hurts.

[TBone]

Best. Speach. Ever.

You suck! :D :D :D :D

[Turcano]

"Fight, fight, fight, fight the -"
"You suck!"


Some things never change.

Man, that was like every motivational army speech rolled into one. I was half-expecting to see "For Adun! For Aiur!" at the end.

[Zienth]

Aiy-yi-yi. He was doing so well there. Then he shot himself in the foot. Poor Elan.

Let's see, I recognized Julius Caesar, Henry IV, George Patton, Dylan Thomas, and William Wallace. I had no idea Elan had so many levels in Channel (Historical Figure).

Good comic!

Zienth

[Earthstar_Fungus]

Well, the potions make a reappearance

[Fighteer]

This one made me laugh out loud. Way to screw up the big dramatic moment, Elan. And bringing back the potions gag is just brilliant.

[Aurorax]

Good to see that the swashing swordsman has not lost his stupid song.

[Jannex]

I think the fact that his speech *almost* worked amazingly well just proves that Elan is awesome. The fact that he slipped up a little at the end ( ) just proves that he's still Elan. <3

[tiercel]

I think the best part is that it was already such a horrible mishmash -- but at least it was a horrible mishmash of things people pretty much wanted to hear -- and it got a rousing reception.

And then Elan had to overthink it out loud one too many times.

(Hah, did you expect to see a serious sentence containing "Elan" and "overthink" together.)

Besides, yes, it is an almost universal truth that pre-battle cries/speeches are usually much more rousing than sensical. ("You may take our lives but you'll never take our freedom" has got to be right up there -- sounds great, feels great, but on a *realistic* level... yeah.) Which was, after all, the point... just trust Elan to make it funny. And sad.

Go Giant.

Edit: Wow, yeah, I guess that's what bardic ranks in Knowledge (history) are for -- not only do they give you +2 to bardic knowledge checks, but they allow you to shamelessly crib from Great Speeches in History (or Fictionalized Versions thereof, at least).

Re-edit: Yeah, the reference to the "volume selling" of potions was cute.

[TheOtherMC]

Elan, we've missed you....

[Cifer]

Yep, typical Elan.
I haven't seen it in a long time, but wasn't the "we won't vanish into the night" thingy independence day?

Also, it's funny - Elan truly screwed up a dramatic moment. Well, once you turn away from the bard path, forever it will screw up your dramatics...

[ColourDeaf]

Ladies and Gentlemen... the 'natural 1'

And people were worried that Elan had gotten smart...

[Thomar_of_Uointer]

Wow. Definitely an Elan moment, but I can't decide if the Dashing Swordsman outfit enhances or detracts from it. I'm going to have to say it's better, it makes Elan more distinctive, and blue/white is definitely his color.

[Pvednes]

Whoa! Natural 1!

[WoDHells]

Man, all the parts of speeches from different movies was just priceless. The end actually made me laugh out loud

Keep up the good work, Giant
:)

[TinSoldier]

That was an awesome comic! I loved Elan's speech. Well, up until that last bit anyway.

[AznEclipse]

hahahaha oh my god so many awesome references. Braveheart. Henry V (Band of Brothers). Independence Day. Lord of the Rings. So hilarious

[denelian]

there is a Vegas rule, that Elan needs to learn...

quit while your ahead...

hehehe

[Erloas]

Ah, Elan was almost great there, its the learning when to stop thats the hard part.

[erewhon]

AW! He made the widdle spear-girl cry! :D

[dutch508]

HUZZAH!


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