OOTS #476 - The Discussion Thread

[VariaVespasa]

We're gonna hafta wait at least till sunday to find out though I think- I daresay the Giant is frying his brains out reading a certain book at the moment, same as I am. :P

[Maulem]

Great work Rich.

As for what I think comes next...

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Tsukiko: Xykon said to bring you too him right now!
Haley: You go on. We'll be right here when you get back.

[Hushdawg]

We're gonna hafta wait at least till sunday to find out though I think- I daresay the Giant is frying his brains out reading a certain book at the moment, same as I am. :P

I don't think Rich particularly cares for that book series.

Which makes two of us.

[VariaVespasa]

Heh, grumpypants! :P

[Hushdawg]

Heh, grumpypants! :P

Yeah, I admit that. I have been pretty damn grumpy lately.

[VariaVespasa]

Yeah, I admit that. I have been pretty damn grumpy lately.

Yes, but have you been pantsed? :P

[Hushdawg]

Yes, but have you been pantsed? :P

Neither pantsed, wedgied nor shanked. At least not in 18 years.

oooh man.. that just made me shudder... the fact that I can measure time longer than most of the people on this forum have been alive.

[VariaVespasa]

Neither pantsed, wedgied nor shanked. At least not in 18 years.

oooh man.. that just made me shudder... the fact that I can measure time longer than most of the people on this forum have been alive.

Tell me about it, I'm a decrepit antique too. Darned young whippersnappers! Kids today! And, oh yeah, You darned kids get off mah lawn! :P

[David Argall]

I don't think Rich particularly cares for that book series.

Which makes two of us.

The evidence presented is rather the reverse. Recall this whole comic is just as much an "attack" on what he does like.

[Hushdawg]

The evidence presented is rather the reverse. Recall this whole comic is just as much an "attack" on what he does like.

No, it's an expression of his enjoyment with what he likes. All the subtle nuances and the exploitation of rules and such is just the mark of a lifelong gamer who really gets a kick out of the game.

That strip pointedly made biting satire out of the entire Harry Potter genre and then ended up mercilessly killing the Harry Potter doppleganger.

Totally different.

[SteveMB]

I don't think Rich particularly cares for that book series.

Which makes two of us.

The Giant included some brief comments on that in No Cure For The Paladin Blues, specifically saying that he bothered to parody them because he likes them (the movies more than the books). He also mentions hate mail from some of the more humorless Harry Potter fans who made a Mikoesque jump to the conclusion that the joke was some sort of nasty attack.

[Arnen]

Deathly Hallows is out already? Haven't been paying attention. Well, I can see the possibility of the book being responsible for delays, then.

And I think the apron idea is awesome. I'd buy it if I ever used an apron.

[Faramir]

Tell me about it, I'm a decrepit antique too. Darned young whippersnappers! Kids today! And, oh yeah, You darned kids get off mah lawn! :P

They don't know how easy they have it. Why back in my day the books told you what percentage of the enemy were liars. And you had to walk uphill both to the dungeon and back from it.

[Snipers_Promise]

Great comic giant.