OOTS #1271 - The Discussion Thread

[The Giant]

New comic is up.

Also, I may start a separate thread about this later, but Ookoodook is having a Black Friday sale on OOTS books, 25% off regular copies and 75% off scratch-and-dent/"as-is" copies, which we have too many of right now after some issues in the warehouse over the summer.

[Going Hereward]

That's how PC's get killed, Roy.

[Hardcore]

Following RB on twitter is a good way to know when a new comic is up.

[Peelee]

We've had one, yes, but what about second nap?

[Resileaf]

Poor Roy. So excited to make plans for the final battle, but the group keeps getting distracted and just called for a snack break so he has to wait while the other players make popcorn and drinks.

Edit: And Minrah continues to be a joy to read Love her enthusiasm.

[hamishspence]

Great punchline from Elan.

[Fyraltari]

I'm starting to wonder if Serini isn't still trying to stall them.

[TerrickTerran]

Elan being surprisingly savvy there.

[enq]

We've had one, yes, but what about second nap?

Well played!

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For Serini it's bed and bed and breakfast.

[link3710]

Well played!

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For Serini it's bed and bed and breakfast.

What do you want from her. She's old!

[BriarHobbit]

Roy is about to find that he does not have an easy way to return or let others know that he has found something interesting. Not all of Serini's friends will know about the new alliance. They could easily perceive Roy as a wandering adventurer.

[Edward15]

This seems like an opportunity for a visit from Roy's old man.

[Crusher]

How does Roy not know better than to split the...

Oh, right, he was dead for that part.

Edit - Ooops, quoted wrong person.

I'm starting to wonder if Serini isn't still trying to stall them.

Would make sense. I mean, wasn't that her whole plan during the fight (after it was clear the ambush wasn't working) as well as the discussion afterwards? We never figured out what she was stalling for, did we? Other than, perhaps, "If you stall long enough, maybe something random will happen you can take advantage of to turn the tables."

[Metastachydium]

How does Roy not know better than to split the...

Oh, right, he was dead for that part, wasn't he?

That's no excuse; being dead let him experience the consequences suffered by pretty much all of those involved firsthand!

[Reboot]

Roy, when even the paladins agree it's time for a break, it's time for a break. Sulking about it won't help anything.

Also, Belkar saying the quiet part aloud re: other halflings vs non-halflings again

[Slaine]

Firstly what is Elan holding? I thought it was a bowl, maybe a glass bowl as apparently it's see through based on the last panel.

And secondly it feels like the whole story has completely stalled. It's another holding comic while the Giant figures out what's going on, at least that's how it feels to me. I'm sure the long term plan is there and some of the big things that will happen on the way are there but boy is it taking a while to do anything.

[Resileaf]

This seems like an opportunity for a visit from Roy's old man.

Oh yeah, this is probably a set-up to have Julia or Eugene show up to comment the current events.

[bunsen_h]

Well played!

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For Serini it's bed and bed and breakfast.

The whole "second breakfast" thing always raises my hackles. It doesn't make a lot of sense to break one's fast twice in short order, unless every meal should also be considered to be breaking a "fast". And Tolkien would never have called it that; he'd have used the proper term "elevenses". Breakfast, elevenses, lunch, tea, dinner, supper.

Firstly what is Elan holding? I thought it was a bowl, maybe a glass bowl as apparently it's see through based on the last panel.

It's Haley's bow; see the previous page.

[gatemansgc]

Elan being surprisingly savvy there.

i mean, it's kinda his thing! he's a bard!

[Rinazina]

Firstly what is Elan holding? I thought it was a bowl, maybe a glass bowl as apparently it's see through based on the last panel.

it is Sunny's anti-anti magic contact len

And secondly it feels like the whole story has completely stalled. It's another holding comic while the Giant figures out what's going on, at least that's how it feels to me. I'm sure the long term plan is there and some of the big things that will happen on the way are there but boy is it taking a while to do anything.

nah, as first you should believe Giant knows what he's doing, as second, you need to put some slow pace in between epic duels

[Crusher]

That's no excuse; being dead let him experience the consequences suffered by pretty much all of those involved firsthand!

Tragically, he didn't remember most of it, iirc.

[Ron Miel]

Firstly what is Elan holding? I thought it was a bowl, maybe a glass bowl as apparently it's see through based on the last panel.

I think it's a Frisbee. Or non-branded flying disc. It's see-through? possibly a tiny art error. Even the Giant makes them occasionally.

[Reboot]

Tragically, he didn't remember most of it, iirc.

He remembered everything bar what happened on Mount Celestia itself. So, everything he saw as a ghost on the material plane, plus the clouds.

[hamishspence]

I think it's a Frisbee. Or non-branded flying disc. It's see-through? possibly a tiny art error. Even the Giant makes them occasionally.

That's Sunny's lens - hence the eye being green again and the antimagic field cone being present again.

[Ron Miel]

REmind me, when was the lens mentioned before?

[arimareiji]

Following RB on twitter is a good way to know when a new comic is up.

Thanks for the heads-up, given that the index seems likely to require a second reload in perpetuity... unfortunately for me, my Twitter feed tends to be crowded enough that I'd probably miss it.

Also, Belkar saying the quiet part aloud re: other halflings vs non-halflings again

I'm reminded of the cook (Corporal Snark, which makes me wonder if that's where the word came from or vice versa) in Catch-22 who complains about having to cook for such Philistines, they would wolf down sweet potatoes laced with laundry soap.

(Which is true, but...)

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it's because they want to be sick so they don't have to go on a bombing run that could get them killed, for no real purpose other than gratifying their CO's career-enhancing whims.

[Metastachydium]

REmind me, when was the lens mentioned before?

Here you go.

[hamishspence]

The whole "second breakfast" thing always raises my hackles. It doesn't make a lot of sense to break one's fast twice in short order, unless every meal should also be considered to be breaking a "fast". And Tolkien would never have called it that; he'd have used the proper term "elevenses". Breakfast, elevenses, lunch, tea, dinner, supper.

Tolkien using "second breakfast":

Up jumped Bilbo, and putting on his dressing-gown went into the dining-room. There he saw nobody, but all the signs of a large and hurried breakfast. There was a fearful mess in the room, and piles of unwashed crocks in the kitchen. Nearly every pot and pan he possessed seemed to have been used. The washing-up was so dismally real that Bilbo was forced to believe the party of the night before had not been part of his bad dreams, as he had rather hoped. Indeed he was really relieved after all to think that they had all gone without him, and without bothering to wake him up ("but with never a thank-you" he thought); and yet in a way he could not help feeling just a trifle disappointed. The feeling surprised him.

"Don't be a fool, Bilbo Baggins!" he said to himself, "thinking of dragons and all that outlandish nonsense at your age!" So he put on an apron, lit fires, boiled water, and washed up. Then he had a nice little breakfast in the kitchen before turning out the dining-room. By that time the sun was shining; and the front door was open, letting in a warm spring breeze. Bilbo began to whistle loudly and to forget about the night before. In fact he was just sitting down to a nice little second breakfast in the dining-room by the open window, when in walked Gandalf. "My dear fellow," said he, "whenever are you going to come? What about an early start? - and here you are having breakfast, or whatever you call it, at half past ten! They left you the message, because they could not wait."

Hobbits sometimes have extra meals:

They are inclined to be fat in the stomach; they dress in bright colours (chiefly green and yellow); wear no shoes, because their feet grow natural leathery soles and thick warm brown hair like the stuff on their heads (which is curly); have long clever brown fingers, good-natured faces, and laugh deep fruity laughs (especially after dinner, which they have twice a day when they can get it).

[Fyraltari]

The whole "second breakfast" thing always raises my hackles. It doesn't make a lot of sense to break one's fast twice in short order, unless every meal should also be considered to be breaking a "fast". And Tolkien would never have called it that; he'd have used the proper term "elevenses". Breakfast, elevenses, lunch, tea, dinner, supper.

Ahah, yes, imagine someone calling two different meals of the day variations on breakfast. Would would do that. So crazy.

Linguistics do not care for "making sense".

Also, Tolkien does mention all the meals you've listed un addition to second breakfast, despite qtating elsewhere that Hobbits have six meals a day. Either this is a little mistake or one of them is not considered a proper meal and more of a snack or something.

[Starknight62040]

Awesome. Thank you.