OOTS #1202 - The Discussion Thread

[Jasdoif]

So that's not the FIRST time they used that spell!

Certainly not.

[Mox]

Ah, I missed V jokes

[PirateMonk]

Very nice, although all this cute and happy stuff is making me nervous about what comes next.

Minor plot hole: Roy mentions that they used Wind Walk to get into Bleedingham without proper paperwork, so the rest of the party should already be familiar with it.

[understatement]

It just sunk in for me:

this is it.

It's the final grand arc of the entire story. And I cannot wait to see what happens.

That splash panel looks lovely.

[Schroeswald]

Very nice, although all this cute and happy stuff is making me nervous about what comes next.

Minor plot hole: Roy mentions that they used Wind Walk to get into Bleedingham without proper paperwork, so the rest of the party should already be familiar with it.

Its been a whole entire HANDFUL OF WEEKS since then, do you really expect this group to remember that?

[PopeLinus1]

Its been a whole entire HANDFUL OF WEEKS since then, do you really expect this group to remember that?

Oh my god were all going to be dead by the time this comic ends, aren't we.

No shade, you be you Rich.

[Kaytara]

I feel unsettled. This brief moment of joy and lightheartedness feels like the last bit of calm before the storm.

And Redhat Whatshername looking all shifty in that last panel with the crew isn't helping, either.

[Fitzclowningham]

[QUOTE=kinglinus1;24510149]Oh my god were all going to be dead by the time this comic ends, aren't we.

We need to be raising the next generation of readers now to see it through to the end.

[Angrith]

Well done Giant! The title is so applicable to today too. *le sigh* I wish my cloud commute involved magic. It would surely be more interesting.

[Personification]

"Lamp based oppression of people of vapor."

I LOVE IT!

I forgot to mention how much I loved that line. Thank you for reminding me of its existence.
Do you (the collective forumites) think "Djinn/Djinni" is still accesptable as the original technical term, or has does its closeness to the G-word make it equally unsavory, in which case what term do air-aligned people of vapor use to refer to themselves, and is there a new, more acceptable term for the trans-elemental collective of different people of vapor including Dao and Efreeti?

[ella ventic]

I doubt it. It doesn't look much like letters at all. Just Elan having fun, flying in zigzags and loops, like last time.

It's actually Haley doing it, though, not Elan. Which is why he asks her what she's doing. I wonder if she's actually trying to cover their tracks? They may appear as smoke, but they're still six straight, noticeable lines; not super-ideal for stealth.

Then again, she's smiling in the last panel, not serious, so maybe she is just being playful the way Elan assumes.

...I may be overthinking this. :) We'll find out next comic, I guess!

[Ron Miel]

... but they're still six straight, noticeable lines ...

seven.
.
.

[Peelee]

seven.
.
.

Six. The seventh is not straight.

[Flibbert]

Another reminder of Chekhov's allosaur! I'm looking forward to a badly aimed dispel magic from one of Team Evil!

[PopeLinus1]

[QUOTE=Fitzclowningham;24510153]

Oh my god were all going to be dead by the time this comic ends, aren't we.

We need to be raising the next generation of readers now to see it through to the end.

Don't forget the [QUOTE] at the end there, love.

[Schroeswald]

Six. The seventh is not straight.

The seventh is Minrah though, that line is straight, the fourth one is the one that isn't straight.

I'm ordering them by order of joining the Order, Roy, Durkon, Elan, Haley, V, Belkar then Minrah

[KorvinStarmast]

Oh my god were all going to be dead by the time this comic ends, aren't we.

Is that your inner Redcloak speaking? Your inner Belkar?

Haley is having way too much fun with this flying thing. The pilot in me says "Good for her!"

Like the depiction of wind walk; nice arting, Giant.

V's burn on Elan. Thank you, Giant.

[Hiro Quester]

Very nice, although all this cute and happy stuff is making me nervous about what comes next.

Minor plot hole: Roy mentions that they used Wind Walk to get into Bleedingham without proper paperwork, so the rest of the party should already be familiar with it.

That was just Belkar, Roy and Durkon. Haley and V and Elan arrived by teleport scroll, in the hands of the bounty hunters. So Haley and maybe V are the only ones who have not used Wind Walk before.

Another reminder of Chekhov's allosaur! I'm looking forward to a badly aimed dispel magic from one of Team Evil!

I was just looking up dispel magic and break enchantment, trying to figure out how one reverses a baleful polymorph, for exactly the same reason.

[137beth]

Is there a gender-neutral version of "lads and lasses?" I've heard "gentlefolk" as a gender-neutral "ladies and gentlemen" (and the first time I heard it was from another webcomic.) But I don't know about "lads" or "lasses."

Anyhow, I wonder if Redcloak or Xykon will notice the unusual cloud formations and figure out what's going on.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

Is there a gender-neutral version of "lads and lasses?" I've heard "gentlefolk" as a gender-neutral "ladies and gentlemen" (and the first time I heard it was from another webcomic.) But I don't know about "lads" or "lasses."

"People"? "Y'all"? I'm guessing you mean in faux-Scottish?

Grey Wolf

[Jay R]

Its been a whole entire HANDFUL OF WEEKS since then, do you really expect this group to remember that?

As a great 20th century philosopher once said, “Only when it’s funny.”

[Psychronia]

The People of Vapor, huh? Yeah, I guess I can see where Celia is coming from with this one, though I have to wonder how they were imprisoned and subsequently freed in the first place.

Good for them, probably.

[JumboWheat01]

They don't have enough time to get a room, let 'em have their vapory romp in the sky.

[Reboot]

The seventh is Minrah though, that line is straight, the fourth one is the one that isn't straight.

I'm ordering them by order of joining the Order, Roy, Durkon, Elan, Haley, V, Belkar then Minrah

Of course we know Haley isn't straight. It's even been a minor plot point :p

[b_jonas]

The natural state of a dwarf is to be underground.

Yes, Durkon showed us that bit of dwarven culture in #974.

Nothing suspicious looking about a bird flying ahead of seven thin distinctly-shaped smoke-colored low clouds, one of which is weaving crazily about; and that's not even getting into their velocity with regard to wind direction!

Agreed. “They're holding an air parade in our honor!”

[Rogar Demonblud]

New thing we've learned: Bloodfeast is a bed-hog. Probably steals the blanket in the middle of the night too.

[Kareeah_Indaga]

"'cause it's where I keep most of my stuff." was my favorite part of this strip.

But it does raise the question of, 'where is the rest of his stuff being kept?'

[Xenocide586]

Haley Wrote the word Lovers with her vapor trail. It's a big heart (Love) followed by cursive "e" "r" and a capital S.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

But it does raise the question of, 'where is the rest of his stuff being kept?'

A pocket dimension, I'd imagine. Bags of holding aren't that expensive.

Grey Wolf

[Destiny'sAdult]

I JUST caught up with the comic today so this observation could be tinted by the preceding pages but this strip has a jovial finality to it. Like I knew we were on the last book but this sinks it in that we're really on the last book.