OOTS #1213 - The Discussion Thread

[RatElemental]

I can't tell if you're making a joke or not.

Upon rereading it, it does seem she's talking about Redcloak with that line. She was smashing the animated statue at the time, though, hence my confusion.

[dps]

Grewview got the best punch line in a while, IMO.

[ForgetsHisUID]

Ahh Oona, I think the wolf is smarter than you. You swing a nice mean mace though.

It wouldn't be the first time the "My familiar is smarter than I am" trope has been used.

Heck, it wouldn't be the first time that trope has come up IN THIS COMIC.

[Cicciograna]

Is Oona jumping in panel 3, is she making some kind of maneuver? I don't really understand the dynamics of her movement.

[Vinyadan]

The power of shrinking fonts, I'm going to need a magnification glass to read this, and a visit by the ophthalmologist later.

[Fyraltari]

Is Oona jumping in panel 3, is she making some kind of maneuver? I don't really understand the dynamics of her movement.

She's jumping on top of the roof, grabbing the rain drain in her left hand.

[Metastachydium]

Ooh, ooh, pick me! I'll start!

I'll admit I didn't expect Oona to jump into the fight here, but the way she did isn't surprising. I also love how she holds Redcloak's feet to the fire on "you didn't answer my question", which I interpret as "so they don't need killing?"

The question was „who is this that is needing the killing”, though, which Redcloak actually did not answer. He only told her why they need killing.

[ti'esar]

Uh, what's up with the small text? Particularly for lines like "Owww! My foot!" that neither take up a lot of space nor fit with the normal spoken-quietly associations of small text.

[understatement]

I wonder who's getting here first: Xykon or the Order.

(I feel like I said this last strip, but whatever).

[Rinion]

The power of shrinking fonts, I'm going to need a magnification glass to read this, and a visit by the ophthalmologist later.

I also struggled to read this after the first three panels (but enjoyed it when I did). I don't know if my screen has the wrong resolution for the comic or...?

[Fyraltari]

I wonder who's getting here first: Xykon or the Order.

(I feel like I said this last strip, but whatever).

Trigak, of course.

More seriously, don't forget our mystrious invisible people.

[Lvl 2 Expert]

Nod, get hit in face.

Trigak, of course.

More seriously, don't forget our mystrious invisible people.

Or the person who appeared in one comic but is getting an important role in the last book.

[Metastachydium]

Trigak, of course.

More seriously, don't forget our mystrious invisible people.

Or Tiamat's lizards. It will happen, eventually.

[The Giant]

The power of shrinking fonts, I'm going to need a magnification glass to read this, and a visit by the ophthalmologist later.

This is actually an error and will be fixed in a few minutes.

EDIT: Should be fixed now, you might need refresh the page to see it.

[Kareeah_Indaga]

This strip has not changed my mind about wanting Oona to be the next High Priest.

[Fyraltari]

Or the person who appeared in one comic but is getting an important role in the last book.

You mean Horney McHornface?

[KorvinStarmast]

Oona and Minrah... two minor characters thay have rather grown on me.

But Minrah's shrinking!

This is actually an error and will be fixed in a few minutes.

Thank you, and thanks for this fun strip.

Things that tickled my fancy:
A. Oona jumping up to the roof to run up and hit large sized creature in the face. Nice Ranger move!
B. Durkon's "the-gettin'-out-alive-part" observation.
C. Greyview's chomp! (I love Minrah, but that's a fine bit of Greyview-in-action there!)
D. Big Faces are getting Big Maces. Oona 's refreshing conversational style strikes again.
E. "little bald man in red cape did say please" got a grin out of me. Good manners are being rewarded!
F. "Indignities of life diminish us all ... usually not so literal" Aah, just what we all wanted: more Greyview.
G. Redcloak's dig about his patience shrinking with Oona and Greyview. Nice one!

Note about Oona and Greyview alignment that someone raised up there:

I've got them as pretty much neutral. Regardless of teams, this is their village and someone is in a battle with a guest. (Granted, the guest started the fight ...) Reasonable to defend one's own village and to apply the standard "you are under my protection while under my roof" idea ...

[Iain]

Ouch - the violence can be a lot more unsettling in the new art style. And probably with the increased size of Minrah's face.

It was easier for it to feel cartoony with the simpler art, on this page it hurts to see it!

Not that that's necessarily a bad thing - it's just different.

[Metastachydium]

BReasonable to defend one's own village and to apply the standard "you are under my protection while under my foof" idea ...

Under my FOOF? Are we talking explosives again?

[dancrilis]

This is actually an error and will be fixed in a few minutes.

Just to check while you are here - I find Redcloak eyebrows a bit difficult to read at times with the eyepatch, which is fine as he often conveys attitude through mouth appearance and an eyepatch making him a bit harder to read might be deliberate (as an eyepatch could do that).

Just wondering if this is intentional?

[KorvinStarmast]

Under my FOOF? Are we talking explosives again?

Thanks, fixed via edit.

[Fyraltari]

Under my FOOF? Are we talking explosives again?

Well, Redcloak already tried implosives...

[understatement]

Well, Redcloak already tried implosives...

Are you saying he's not going to conjure Sodium elementals?

[Fyraltari]

Are you saying he's not going to conjure Sodium elementals?

I'm not not saying the opposite of the contrary to that. Or am I?
Yes, this post exists solely to annoy Greywolf.

[KorvinStarmast]

Half the panels are extraneous. You could black out panels 1, 4, 6 and the entire last row and the same amount of information would be conveyed.

But it would be less fun.

[Metastachydium]

I'm not not saying the opposite of the contrary to that. Or am I?

(Is that or of yours inclusive or exclusive?)

[Fyraltari]

Half the panels are extraneous. You could black out panels 1, 4, 7 and the entire last row and the same amount of information would be conveyed.

But it would be less fun.

Also that's not true. Panel 2 would have an answer without a question, we wouldn't know that Minrah felt she should pull her punches and that Durkon thinks they should leave now, Oona's jumping on the roof is very hard to decipher without panel 7 and without the last row we'd lose Maxrah turning into Minrah again, as well as Oona and Greview stepping back toward the house. And the punchline.

(Is that or of yours inclusive or exclusive?)

Yes, it isn't.

[RatElemental]

But it would be less fun.

Not to mention factually untrue.

Panel 1: Redcloak asks Oona for help. Oona asks why; sets up next panel where her question is not answered.

Panel 4: Minrah hits the statue, and says her spell is about to wear off. Minrah and Durkon also agree that negotiations are over.

Panel 7: More of a beat panel, so more of a pacing thing than actual information being conveyed.

Panel 9: Oona is on the ground again.

Panel 10: Minrah's spell expires.

Panel 11: Punchline.

[King of Nowhere]

i like oona and greyview. both have a very hard life in an hostile place, but oona is super cheerful. makes a nice contrast to greyview. and none of them have any big plan, which contrasts redcloak nicely

[137beth]

I love the interplay between Oona, Redcloak, and Minrah.