OOTS #1291 - The Discussion Thread

[The Giant]

New comic is up.

[Tubercular Ox]

For your convenience: The Snarl. And Mr. Scruffy playing with yarn, too.

Is Haley really skinnier than Lien?

EDIT: I got out the ruler in GIMP. Haley's waist is a pixel bigger but Lien's hips are a pixel bigger. So I guess Lien is right.

[Fish]

I love the depiction of the threads of reality, and how the panel borders break down!

[Y-bot]

The threads will DEFINITELY be important later.

[Resileaf]

Really nice touch how the edges of the comic are being affected by them too.

[Duncun]

Come to the dark side, we have ice cream!

[Tubercular Ox]

I love the depiction of the threads of reality, and how the panel borders break down!

The other borders are crooked, too. Maybe Rich is trying to retcon how he drew the early strips as a sign that reality was weak around Dorukan's gate?

[Doug Lampert]

Come to the dark side, we have ice cream!

Welcome to the dark side, here's your ice cream, shame you can't taste it anymore.

[ZhonLord]

Heh. It makes perfect sense that gourmet chef Belkar would consider an eternity without sense of taste to be totally inconceivable, even for someone of similar alignment to himself to ever subject themselves to.

I wonder if he'd switch to considering Xykon a mercy kill if he ever WERE to learn the truth.

[Edward15]

I do believe that Elan and Belkar just alluded to "Start of Darkness" when Xykon first transformed into a lich.

The guy's never had a cup of Java since.

[DreamCreator]

I do believe that Elan and Belkar just alluded to "Start of Darkness" when Xykon first transformed into a lich.

The guy's never had a cup of Java since.

Yeh definitely, it was a smooth way to catch people up on info they might have only known if they read SoD.

It's already been said but I also love the way the threads are affecting the comic borders. The threads are breaking the fourth wall

[Phantom Thief]

Xykon never needs to sleep again, but he can never drink coffee again either. Truly a monkeys paw. A skeletal monkeys paw.

[Psyren]

Love the SoD callback. Xykon and Redcloak really didn't think things through back then (or since)

[hroþila]

Panel #4 might be the coolest panel in OotS history if you ask me

[Thales]

The damaged panel frames are really cool, and it's interesting how Elan is fascinated by the Threads in perhaps a similar way to how Laurin was captivated by the Snarl before it struck back in 945.

[Provengreil]

For your convenience: The Snarl. And Mr. Scruffy playing with yarn, too.

Is Haley really skinnier than Lien?

EDIT: I got out the ruler in GIMP. Haley's waist is a pixel bigger but Lien's hips are a pixel bigger. So I guess Lien is right.

I think Haley being skinnier or more lithe is just something we have to imagine, they're both rather fit-looking.

Unrelated to my quote, I think we just got a more important line from Belkar than it might first appear. He appreciates the idea of a life without stimulation, when his old self might well have been satisfied just rampantly killing.

[Synesthesy]

So, who will touch Checov's Strings of Reality first?

[Tzardok]

Also, Lien probably wears heavier armor and has less Dex/ranks in Escape Artist (the skill used to squeeze through small spaces).

[Kareeah_Indaga]

Welcome to the dark side, here's your ice cream, shame you can't taste it anymore.

They even make coffee flavored ice cream you can never taste!

[hamishspence]

Great snark from Roy.

[St Fan]

It's already been said but I also love the way the threads are affecting the comic borders. The threads are breaking the fourth wall

Nope, that's not the fourth wall. As already made clear by the older comic: "At Least It Wasn't the Fourth Wall Again".

If you're looking for the specific trope, that's Frame Break.

[Tubercular Ox]

So, who will touch Checov's Strings of Reality first?

What if it's the Monster in the Dark... as in, it touched them once a long time ago?

I'm being silly, but I also wonder.

[Peelee]

Really digging the layout weirdness with this one.

[hroþila]

Also, Lien probably wears heavier armor and has less Dex/ranks in Escape Artist (the skill used to squeeze through small spaces).

Yeah I assumed she was talking about agility and stuff, not about being skinny (which Haley is not). Oak is a hardwood, while willow wood is softer and more pliant

[Peelee]

Yeah I assumed she was talking about agility and stuff, not about being skinny (which Haley is not). Oak is hardwood, while willow wood is softer and more pliant

Also dhr probably has full plate, which has less agility and will be bigger.

[Frozenstep]

Wow, the Snarl can affect the borders of the comic?

Guys, I think the Snarl might be stronger then Tsukiko!

[Tubercular Ox]

Also dhr probably has full plate, which has less agility and will be bigger.

Okay, I concede, but... dhr?

[Provengreil]

Okay, I concede, but... dhr?

Look to the left of D and R

[Kantaki]

I kinda love that Belkar and Elan both agree that living forever isn't worth loosing the ability to enjoy something like ice-cream.
And so does Xykon.

And Roy proves that he's been paying attention to what kind of world they live in.

[Adeptus]

New comic is up.

I love the meta-visual where the threads of creation also fray the edges of the comic panels. Perfection.