Things You Never Noticed VII: Wait, This Isnt the MitD Thread?

[danielxcutter]

The URL you originally quoted. It ends with "Rake Arm.pdf".

Which is an intriguing name, but I'm leery about clicking on random links, so your guess is as good as mine as to what they actually are.

It basically lead to nowhere for me, so I dunno what they are either.

[Lord Torath]

Geez, way to blow a simple copy/paste error way out of proportion. Link is fixed. Carry on!

[arimareiji]

Extreme long shot, but Belkar and Karen might be more than just a coincidence. (^_~)

[Ortho]

Extreme long shot, but Belkar and Karen might be more than just a coincidence. (^_~)

Unlikely, considering that "Belkar" pre-dates "Karen" as an Internet phenomenon by about 14 years.

[arimareiji]

Unlikely, considering that "Belkar" pre-dates "Karen" as an Internet phenomenon by about 14 years.

Reminder to self: Never make jokes that aren't also literally true in this forum. (^_^)°

[Ruck]

Xykon (panel 8) predicts a problem Redcloak and Jirix will have (page 2, panel 1).

(sort of.)

[Lord Torath]

I need to start reading more carefully. After reading the current strip No Strings multiple times, I only just now saw that Elan's first explanation of what happened to Lutey was that Elan cast Wish to bring it to life.

[ORione]

We've now had two times when an Order member was replaced with an evil look-alike. I just noticed, both times Belkar was the first one to notice.

[danielxcutter]

We've now had two times when an Order member was replaced with an evil look-alike. I just noticed, both times Belkar was the first one to notice.

…Huh. You’re right.

[TheWombatOfDoom]

We've now had two times when an Order member was replaced with an evil look-alike. I just noticed, both times Belkar was the first one to notice.

And both times he was charmed to get out of it.

[danielxcutter]

And both times he was charmed to get out of it.

Technically vampire gazes are based on Dominate effects rather than Charm, but still mind-controlling effect.

[TheWombatOfDoom]

Technically vampire gazes are based on Dominate effects rather than Charm, but still mind-controlling effect.

I knew i'd get called on it, but couldn't settle on a better word.

[Lord Torath]

Technically...

On topic, I never noticed Hank tumbling out of the way of Yor's charge in panel 8.

[Cicciograna]

I just noticed that, while in panel 3 of second page Eugene was clearly mocking Roy and making a punny reference to Dragon Ball Z, at the end of day Roy actually DID end up training with the secret martial artist.

[arimareiji]

On topic, I never noticed Hank tumbling out of the way of Yor's charge in panel 8.

Thank you - I had noticed it, but was confused because I didn't make the connection.

[Metastachydium]

It just dawned upon me that Baleful Polymorph is only ever shown producing lizards.

[Ruck]

I just realized that both Elan and Therkla have spots where they imagine Therkla as a superhero-- and both spots are Batman-connected, at that.

[Fyraltari]

I just realized that both Elan and Therkla have spots where they imagine Therkla as a superhero-- and both spots are Batman-connected, at that.

Therka's fantasy is simply a continuation of Elan's... let's say theorizing, that she overheard hence the "I came away with a great deal of information I need to consider."

[Ruck]

Therka's fantasy is simply a continuation of Elan's... let's say theorizing, that she overheard hence the "I came away with a great deal of information I need to consider."

Well, given that I kinda glossed over the connection in the first place, no surprise I also didn't connect that part.

[Precure]

We've now had two times when an Order member was replaced with an evil look-alike. I just noticed, both times Belkar was the first one to notice.

He probably noticed first that V's turning to dark side too.

[Metastachydium]

Apparently, there's an intrinsic connection between bakers and wizardry.

[danielxcutter]

Apparently, there's an intrinsic connection between bakers and wizardry.

Well, there WAS Fruit Pie the Sorcerer…

[Yanisa]

Apparently, there's an intrinsic connection between bakers and wizardry.

Also

The humble doily is indeed the gateway to ULTIMATE COSMIC POWER!!

[Squire Doodad]

Apparently, there's an intrinsic connection between bakers and wizardry.

Clearly Inky is actually a level 10 Wizard, but has sworn a vow to only use baking-related spells.

[b_jonas]

Clearly Inky is actually a level 10 Wizard, but has sworn a vow to only use baking-related spells.

Maybe, but even so, if he were willing to make an exception for saving his children, what preparations could a level 10 elf wizard do against an ancient black dragon sorcerer who uses antimagic shell?

[Squire Doodad]

Maybe, but even so, if he were willing to make an exception for saving his children, what preparations could a level 10 elf wizard do against an ancient black dragon sorcerer who uses antimagic shell?

Greater Teleport to Aandirius.

[arimareiji]

We're getting sorta used to Semi-Reformed Belkar, but could Belkar have been overcome by sentiment as far back as 645?

When they parted, Belkar hated V (which V actually took great pains to maintain, after The Incident). Or at least, was dedicated to making their life miserable if possible.

But in 645, when "Darth Vaarsuvius" reappears... is Belkar so glad to see V that he completely breaks character? I 'm fairly sure it really boils down to "because it helped set up a couple of the better jokes of the strip" rather than Deep Story Reasons , but Belkar had no reason to speak up and rescue V from Haley's questions.

In fact, it would have been simple to faux-object "Hey, even if V did go evil that's not necessarily a bad thing! Look at me as an example!"

_{Edit: Ack. Forgot to add link.}

[Ruck]

It was right after his vision quest, so he might have been testing out the "team player" thing in a way that still let him indulge his Chaotic Evil impulses. (Or, of course, just tricking a teammate into tacitly accepting something Evil, because he thinks that's funny.)

[Metastachydium]

1. Belkar still thinks that being Evil is a good thing;
2. but he's just learned that being subtly Evil, without others noticing the deviant behaviour is an even better thing;
so, when he sees a fellow Evil creature and he sees that this fellow Evil creature is playing the same game he does (i.e. pretending they do no not have deviant impulses), he lends them a little aid out of solidarity (since they have a similar outlook and they are in a similar situation). After all, Belkar has demonstrated having respect for what he perceives as Evil way before that, as well as having a clear intention of trying to convert others to the greater cause of Evil.

[DataNinja]

In 806 I never got Elan's joke in the 10th panel. It was only now that I got "ohhhh… they're all hole-y words".