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    Quote Originally Posted by Aeson View Post
    What, you think coming to the realization that Erin may not have been entirely honest about why he wanted access to the Archives and what his interest in her religion's legends was as a result of watching his possessed form kill (or at the very least attempt to kill) a god might put something of a damper on their working relationship?
    It likely would put a damper on a positive working relationship. However, having keeping tabs on the avatar of your religion's biggest bad guy would make a perfectly legitimate reason to tag along.

    Or, alternatively, the glowing eyes may also mean that the librarian is about to get possessed or hijacked by the Light Dragon, in which case we get a 3-way dragon fight and (if he retains any memory of it once it is over) Erin has an existential crisis as he'll have personally seen the thing he refuses to believe exists.

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    What, you think coming to the realization that Erin may not have been entirely honest about why he wanted access to the Archives and what his interest in her religion's legends was as a result of watching his possessed form kill (or at the very least attempt to kill) a god might put something of a damper on their working relationship?
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    I wonder if Dainix is going to turn out to be Fire's avatar.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fyraltari View Post
    I wish to retract my previous statement.
    Was that an olfactory insult and something about the rain?

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    Gotta be dragon fight.
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    Primordial Fight!

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    I'm kinda starting to like Void Dragon.
    He doesn't even come of as malevolent, more detached, in that "evil" scientist" way.
    Still evil, sure, but not dishonest.

    He might even be truthful about killing Dainix being a mercy.
    Assuming his analysis of events is right that is.
    I guess the "literally on fire" thing is much more under control and far less desperate a move than Voidy thinks.
    Fire punch to the face incoming I'd wager.
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    I am getting the idea that all the primordinals are creeping back, and as such, Dainix and Alinua aren't irreplacable. They're just the current channels. The forge god was tryna coax fire into being a bit more flexible.

    That said, Ken Doll needs to survive.

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    You know, I would think that a living embodiment of fire would be less... stoic.

    Quote Originally Posted by Kantaki View Post
    I'm kinda starting to like Void Dragon.
    He doesn't even come of as malevolent, more detached, in that "evil" scientist" way.
    Still evil, sure, but not dishonest.
    Honestly, Walter has been ambiguous from almost day one.
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    And that's a beautiful "Oh [BLEEP]!" face Voidy is making.
    That's what you get for monologing.
    Also, yeez. That looks painful.
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    Huh that was actually a pretty wimpy water attack by the VD compared to what Erin has been shown to use. I wonder if VD has a harder time actually using elemental magic other than Void compared to Erin.

    Either that or this was just a "Quick get away from me" spell which was weak because it was very fast to cast.
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    Ouch, looks like Tynan got over their void corruption pains fairly easily with Erin incapacitated.

    Alinua looked like she was healing herself pretty fast but not sure she is currently capable of healing Kendal quick enough from an attack like that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kantaki View Post
    ...Fire punch to the face incoming I'd wager.
    Oh, Tynan...you just put down the one person controlling Dainix... and now he has a clear shot.
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    Was that Erin stopping the Void Dragon from attacking?
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    At what point does it go from "heroic behaviour" to "suicidal tendencies"?
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    "Give him back." I was not expecting that.
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    Sounds like Zuurith wants a word.

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    Maybe the drama can wait until Tynan is actually finished?
    Also, Zurinth's next words better be closer to "thank you" or "I'm sorry" and not "you(r body) broke out of my prison. Go back there."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kantaki View Post
    Maybe the drama can wait until Tynan is actually finished?
    Also, Zurinth's next words better be closer to "thank you" or "I'm sorry" and not "you(r body) broke out of my prison. Go back there."
    You were far too optimistic.

    However, Vash is not seemingly indicating that he is limited in his current form. Aka he has all the power he had in his city but now he can use it wherever Kendal is... That's somewhat gamebreaking. I was expecting him to only be able to use this kind of power up for a limited duration or too much use of it would alert the Collector that something is up so it would have to be used sparingly. One because it would make sense from what we know of gods and two to prevent it from being an instant solution wherever power is needed. There could be more complications to be revealed away from Zurith's prying eyes and ears but still, it looks like the main reason Vash won't be constantly possessing Kendal is the rest of the party wanting Kendal to be his own person.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Silva Stormrage View Post
    You were far too optimistic.

    However, Vash is not seemingly indicating that he is limited in his current form. Aka he has all the power he had in his city but now he can use it wherever Kendal is... That's somewhat gamebreaking. I was expecting him to only be able to use this kind of power up for a limited duration or too much use of it would alert the Collector that something is up so it would have to be used sparingly. One because it would make sense from what we know of gods and two to prevent it from being an instant solution wherever power is needed. There could be more complications to be revealed away from Zurith's prying eyes and ears but still, it looks like the main reason Vash won't be constantly possessing Kendal is the rest of the party wanting Kendal to be his own person.
    No, I think you are spot on. This form clearly is going to have major limitations that aren't being shared with Vash's two primary enemies.

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    I can't help but notice that we don't know what happened to Kendal when Vash got back in "his body". I don't think Red would have Kendal just die like that, but he might very well have taken Vash's place in the Collector's prison right now.

    It's also possible that this might damage him somehow, maybe render him amnesiac?
    Edit: because Kendal is essentially a bug arising from Vash leaving an empty vessel, who knows what the vessel being filled again does to its new conscience?

    Also, how willing will Vash be to give back the body to Kendal? He's been the perfect Mr. Nice Guy so far, but I don't think he'll be too keen to go back to the Collector.
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    Yeah, pretty sure Vash is bluffing.
    Not lying about being more powerful than they could possibly imagine, mind you, just omitting stuff that would make T and Z think continuing this might be worth it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kantaki View Post
    ...Also, Zurinth's next words better be closer to "thank you" or "I'm sorry" and not "you(r body) broke out of my prison. Go back there."
    We've all worked with someone like Zurinth.
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    We've all worked with someone like Zurinth.
    In my case, the "someone like Zuurith" I "worked with" was the faceless policies of a large corporation, that none of my immediate superiors had the power to interpret with much compassion or common sense.

    I wonder if the comic is going to show what happens with Tahraim and Tynan soon. The tension around the new Vash/Kendal situation has built up a lot, so I expect at least the next page to resolve or start to resolve that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gomipile View Post
    In my case, the "someone like Zuurith" I "worked with" was the faceless policies of a large corporation, that none of my immediate superiors had the power to interpret with much compassion or common sense.

    I wonder if the comic is going to show what happens with Tahraim and Tynan soon. The tension around the new Vash/Kendal situation has built up a lot, so I expect at least the next page to resolve or start to resolve that.
    That's basically Zuurith's domain. He's the god of "the beatings will continue until morale improves".
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    Red's Trope Talk this week on OSP is on the deus ex machina trope.

    I find the timing of this release fun and interesting.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gomipile View Post
    Red's Trope Talk this week on OSP is on the deus ex machina trope.

    I find the timing of this release fun and interesting.
    They're usually not quite this literal these days.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kantaki View Post
    They're usually not quite this literal these days.
    I suppose if one wanted to be technical, this might be a deus ex demideus? If Kendal counts as a demigod.
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    Oh, June, sweetheart. I'm sure he really loved you at that moment...but, they NEVER actually leave their families.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Silva Stormrage View Post
    Not sure about that, I expect her to be a recurring semi antagonist. I don't think the Paladins will just let Erin walk around freely instead of just killing them outright. She will probably be the sympathetic point of view character for the paladins. IMO anyway
    I think you called it.
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    I think you called it.
    Not particularly happy about it. I like June as a character and this kind of arc is going to suck for her.

    Still this should be interesting and maybe its just dramatic lighting but the Light Dragon seems to have some connection with the moon? It seems unusually bright when they are communing with June.
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    Not particularly happy about it. I like June as a character and this kind of arc is going to suck for her.

    Still this should be interesting and maybe its just dramatic lighting but the Light Dragon seems to have some connection with the moon? It seems unusually bright when they are communing with June.
    That's what I thought too. If the world is made out of the corpses of the six Primordials with the Void Dragon inside, maybe the moon is the Light Dragon.
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