Order of the Stick Trivia XXI: Find Me an Epic Thread!

[arimareiji]

Looting the black dragon family.

OQ

What does Blackwing find surprising about how finicky V can be with wording^*?

_{* - Which I don't understand at all, myself. (^_~) </sarcasm>
(But that has nothing to do with the question or answer.)}

[dancrilis]

What does Blackwing find surprising about how finicky V can be with wording^*?

_{* - Which I don't understand at all, myself. (^_~) </sarcasm>
(But that has nothing to do with the question or answer.)}

That not being finicky enough causes problems.

Assuming that is correct: Find me two dead children (different strips).

[ziproot]

What does Blackwing find surprising about how finicky V can be with wording^*?

_{* - Which I don't understand at all, myself. (^_~) </sarcasm>
(But that has nothing to do with the question or answer.)}

Blackwing is continually amazed by how often they and V get screwed by not being pedantic enough.

EDIT: OQ.

EDIT 2: Ninja'd by dancrillis. Answer that one.

[arimareiji]

That not being finicky enough causes problems.

Assuming that is correct: Find me two dead children (different strips).

^
(Both yours and ziproot's are correct, with yours being first.)

[Yanisa]

Assuming that is correct: Find me two dead children (different strips).

Does the race matter?

Familicide does cause awful tragedy, twice.

Third page, eight panel.
Second page, fifth panel, bottom left.

In case you only wanted human children, Larry ended up as a mess.

Keeping with misfortunes, find me an accidental soldier's death.

[enq]

Keeping with misfortunes, find me an accidental soldier's death.

Panel 12.

Find me someone (or multiple someones) other than Elan going fairly wild with the blahs. At least twelve in a single speech bubble.

[Ruck]

Panel 12.

Find me someone (or multiple someones) other than Elan going fairly wild with the blahs. At least twelve in a single speech bubble.

Julia and her friends.

OQ for the moment, but I'm gonna look for one.

Edit: my phone "corrected" the URL to one that didn't work.

[Ruck]

At one point in the comic, someone says everything around where they are is shaped by belief. At another, someone else says everything around where they are is made of ideas. Can you find me both of them?

[enq]

At one point in the comic, someone says everything around where they are is shaped by belief. At another, someone else says everything around where they are is made of ideas. Can you find me both of them?

This is definitely the second one. I keep wanting this to be the first, but it's not a strong case for it, and it's the same person saying it.

[Ruck]

That is the second one. If you want an early hint,

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The scenes in question share a rather specific commonality.

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They're both spoken to dead characters in the afterlife.

[arimareiji]

That is the second one. If you want an early hint,

Spoiler

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The scenes in question share a rather specific commonality.

Spoiler

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They're both spoken to dead characters in the afterlife.

I was thinking it had to do with physical appearances in the afterlife, but close enough.

_{Confession: It was tumbling around in my head while I was at work, but I don't think it would have fallen out without the hint.}

Find me a combination strip + title that's a roundabout shout-out to a Whitney Houston movie.

_{Edit: Slight reword}

[Ruck]

I was thinking it had to do with physical appearances in the afterlife, but close enough.

_{Confession: It was tumbling around in my head while I was at work, but I don't think it would have fallen out without the hint.}

Find me a combination strip + title that's a roundabout shout-out to a Whitney Houston movie.

_{Edit: Slight reword}

I've been re-reading the comic recently, so... I immediately thought of a particular plot with the character whose class most befits Whitney, where he's doing something that matches the movie title, and lo and behold, the reference to the best-selling soundtrack of all time is right there in the strip title too.

I don't recall it happening anywhere else in the strip, so hopefully there's only one answer to this one: Find me a story about someone being eaten by a tiger.

[arimareiji]

I've been re-reading the comic recently, so... I immediately thought of a particular plot with the character whose class most befits Whitney, where he's doing something that matches the movie title, and lo and behold, the reference to the best-selling soundtrack of all time is right there in the strip title too.

I don't recall it happening anywhere else in the strip, so hopefully there's only one answer to this one: Find me a story about someone being eaten by a tiger.

Bingo. d(^_^)b

(Huh! That's actually kindofa surprise, I would have bet anything on Titanic.)

[Ruck]

Bingo. d(^_^)b

(Huh! That's actually kindofa surprise, I would have bet anything on Titanic.)

Said comic-strip-titular song was a massive, massive hit, and I don't think it appeared on any other album.

(That soundtrack is also the reason Nick Lowe is rich, one of my favorite unexpected-windfall stories of all time.)

[enq]

Find me a story about someone being eaten by a tiger.

And this story helped a lot of bread with getting eaten by a halfling.

What is Dracula known for?

Edit:

(That soundtrack is also the reason Nick Lowe is rich, one of my favorite unexpected-windfall stories of all time.)

Not to foul your mood, but aren't windfalls by definition unexpected? :D

[dancrilis]

What is Dracula known for?

Van Helsing at the least.

If correct - find three wizard (different strips) who are unable to cast Teleport (possibly due to circumstances).

[Metastachydium]

Van Helsing at the least.

My first guess would have been „being an interesting conversationalist”, but that strip fails to explicitly mention the guy.

If correct - find three wizard (different strips) who are unable to cast Teleport (possibly due to circumstances).

Disrupted, dead, thisroomisdimensonallylocked.

[enq]

I'll ask it again, and this time ignore what you know about Dracula and treat it like an arbitrary name in the Orderverse. What is Dracula known for?

[dancrilis]

Disrupted, dead, thisroomisdimensonallylocked.

Correct (although I was thinking barred school for Vaarsuvius).

I'll ask it again, and this time ignore what you know about Dracula and treat it like an arbitrary name in the Orderverse. What is Dracula known for?

Sexiest man undead.

OQ.

[Ruck]

What are the guidelines for if you hear a sound in the bushes?

[arimareiji]

What are the guidelines for if you hear a sound in the bushes?

Try looking in the opposite direction the sound came from, because someone is throwing a rock to distract you. (Surprised Tarquin didn't mention "or it's just a small creature trying to lure you in for a jump-scare".)

Find Belkar's shout-out to famous battle instructions given during the American Revolutionary War.

Edit: Ack. Forgot to post link.

Also, since I'll be busy for several hours, in case there's any doubt about whether a true answer exists:

Spoiler: big hint

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There may be other correct answers to the question, but in the one I'm thinking of... in the next strip, his actions lead to someone being congratulated for coming up with something no one has ever asked before.

[Ruck]

Try looking in the opposite direction the sound came from, because someone is throwing a rock to distract you. (Surprised Tarquin didn't mention "or it's just a small creature trying to lure you in for a jump-scare".)

Find Belkar's shout-out to famous battle instructions given during the American Revolutionary War.

Edit: Ack. Forgot to post link.

Also, since I'll be busy for several hours, in case there's any doubt about whether a true answer exists:

Spoiler: big hint

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There may be other correct answers to the question, but in the one I'm thinking of... in the next strip, his actions lead to someone being congratulated for coming up with something no one has ever asked before.

Without clicking the spoiler, from my knowledge I believe the last panel here is correct.

If so: What is (1.67x10¹⁵)Q?

[Squire Doodad]

Without clicking the spoiler, from my knowledge I believe the last panel here is correct.

If so: What is (1.67x10¹⁵)Q?

Pandemonium Service Center, how may I be of assistance?

Find me someone whose head has the exact right level of lighting.

[Yxylu]

Pandemonium Service Center, how may I be of assistance?

Find me someone whose head has the exact right level of lighting.

As usual, it’s Elan.

Find me a panel where Elan says a word that is a noun, the same word in its adjective form, and again in its superlative form, a total of five times among them. That’s all in one word balloon.

I think the question makes sense, but I can hint if need be.

[arimareiji]

Without clicking the spoiler, from my knowledge I believe the last panel here is correct.

If so: What is (1.67x10¹⁵)Q?

Glad you didn't need it to check against. I probably worry too much about whether mine will leave people hanging. (^_^)b

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Pandemonium Service Center, how may I be of assistance?

Find me someone whose head has the exact right level of lighting.

(And is an Anne Rice fan. (^_~))

As usual, it’s Elan.

[Squire Doodad]

As usual, it’s Elan.

Find me a panel where Elan says a word that is a noun, the same word in its adjective form, and again in its superlative form, a total of five times among them. That’s all in one word balloon.

I think the question makes sense, but I can hint if need be.

TECHNICALLY "blah blah blah blah blah" is correct

[Yxylu]

TECHNICALLY "blah blah blah blah blah" is correct

If you can make a case for why at least two of those are an adjective or a superlative, I guess I’ll give it to you. That’s very much not what I had in mind, though.

[Peelee]

If you can make a case for why at least two of those are an adjective

Yeah, that answer was a bit blah.

[Lord Torath]

Find me a panel where Elan says a word that is a noun, the same word in its adjective form, and again in its superlative form, a total of five times among them. That’s all in one word balloon.

TECHNICALLY "blah blah blah blah blah" is correct

Technically...

My first thought was 'Shiv, but he only uses it as a noun and verb, not an adjective, and certainly not five times in one panel.

[Yxylu]

Technically...

My first thought was 'Shiv, but he only uses it as a noun and verb, not an adjective, and certainly not five times in one panel.

For clarification, the noun form is the root word, and the other two each have a suffix. The suffices are different from each other.