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2021-06-30, 03:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-07-01, 07:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Major character who has only appeared on 1 page in the entire OOTS saga
So if in the second chapter commentary of a book Rich says "it really looks like the Order is in danger so far" he really means "it really looks like the Order is in danger as of the end of this book"?
EDIT: Also, if it is Sunny, then props to these two:
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2021-07-01, 06:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Major character who has only appeared on 1 page in the entire OOTS saga
No, because his suggestion doesn't apply to every single use of "so far." The context is different, especially seeing how the tone of the "Hints for the Next Book" section of the commentary is more that of an epilogue to the compilation, rather than just a discussion of the chapter that comes next physically in the book.
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2021-07-02, 12:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-07-02, 01:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-07-02, 01:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-07-15, 12:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Major character who has only appeared on 1 page in the entire OOTS saga
So... is it the Beholder? Appeared in strip #32. No guarantees that it's Sunny, but...
When in doubt, assume you rolled a natural one.
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2021-07-15, 12:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-07-15, 07:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Major character who has only appeared on 1 page in the entire OOTS saga
No, I don't think so.
Someone who has appeared in exactly one (1) page of the story so far (including all the prequel stories) will become an important ally in the first half of the next book. Good luck figuring that one out.
But at the end of book 6, invisible orange voice speaks. It's a cliffhanger. It is deliberately left as a puzzle to be resolved in the next book. Everybody was expecting that Orange Voice, whoever it is, would be an important figure in book 7.
There's just too big a contradiction there.Last edited by Ron Miel; 2021-07-15 at 07:37 PM.
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2021-07-15, 08:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Major character who has only appeared on 1 page in the entire OOTS saga
That's not the appearance, though, because Orange Voice doesn't actually appear. The appearance is in strip #32, which fits the definition of "minor, background character that you wouldn't expect to return, or become important" to a T.
(And yes, I know the Character Appearances thread counts speech bubbles as appearances, but it's never been clear that Rich was using that definition of appearances. The speech of an invisible person is arguably not an appearance since they don't, you know, appear.)Number of Character Appearances VII - To Absent Friends
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2021-07-15, 09:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Major character who has only appeared on 1 page in the entire OOTS saga
That is very convoluted logic, which I don't buy at all. If a character speaks or performs a meaningful action in a strip, that counts as an appearance.
If it is confirmed that Sunny is the 1-page character, then I will regard it as the all time worst plot twist in the strip..
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2021-07-15, 09:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-07-15, 10:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-07-15, 11:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Major character who has only appeared on 1 page in the entire OOTS saga
It's not convoluted logic; it's pretty straightforward. You may not agree with the premise behind it, but it's not convoluted.
It's also not a "plot twist" since Rich's comment isn't part of the plot.
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2021-07-16, 12:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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I'm a little hesitant to call it Sunny for sure, just because I have a niggling feeling that they aren't the exact same beholder from strip #32. Under any other circumstances just the skin and eye colors matching would be confirmation enough, but I can't shake the feeling it's a red herring. I guess I'm just waiting for a throwaway line about how they used to hang in the Redmountain hills or whatever.
Or maybe somewhere among the papers in Serini's bedroom/study/living room/dungeon is the script for strip #33.Avatar and signature art by me.
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2021-07-16, 01:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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[QUOTE=DapperWarlock;25125760]I'm a little hesitant to call it Sunny for sure, just because I have a niggling feeling that they aren't the exact same beholder from strip #32. Under any other circumstances just the skin and eye colors matching would be confirmation enough, but I can't shake the feeling it's a red herring. I guess I'm just waiting for a throwaway line about how they used to hang in the Redmountain hills or whatever.
I can't imagine if we have a second beholder before us that it'd be shaded the same color as Sunny..@Patt
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2021-07-16, 10:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Major character who has only appeared on 1 page in the entire OOTS saga
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There must be some sense of order - personal, political or dramatic - and if no one else is going to bring it to this world, I will.
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2021-07-19, 10:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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[QUOTE=PattThe;25125788]But if it's Sunny, then what was he doing in that dungeon? I don't see Serini sending one of her children on a solo mission far away against Xykon or the Order, especially since she made a point to concentrate her efforts on her own gate's security.
Unless Sunny and invisible-Serini were on a recon mission to see what the Lich was doing with the gate?
(Yeah, I know, it's a lot of effort just to justify what was then a one-shot joke character. But finding convoluted justifications to random events is half the fun ^^)
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2021-07-19, 11:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Major character who has only appeared on 1 page in the entire OOTS saga
Beholder #32 and Sunny appear to have very different personalities.
Also, wouldn’t Haley remember meeting Sunny?
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2021-07-19, 02:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-07-20, 03:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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2021-07-20, 03:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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They have one big reason - The Giant specifically stated in Utterly Dwarfed commentary that "a character who has appeared in one strip so far, will be a major ally in the next book".
Making Strip 32 Beholder Sunny, fulfils this statement.Marut-2 Avatar by Serpentine
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2021-07-20, 03:45 AM (ISO 8601)
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2021-07-20, 05:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Major character who has only appeared on 1 page in the entire OOTS saga
Since the orange voice was invisible - I wouldn't call that an appearance.
IMO, the point of that commentary was to get the readers combing the books for a "one strip character".Marut-2 Avatar by Serpentine
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2021-07-23, 08:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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I wouldn't even call it a long con. Rich announced the mystery ally at the end of book 6. He probably sprung on the idea of reusing the Beholder around the same time. Kind of like how Veldrina was dropped into the plot to fill a vacancy that otherwise would've gone to High Priest of Nondescripta, God of Vagaries.
Belkar's death is a long con. Sunny is like Jiminy; there was no real impetus to call back to him other than Rich thought it'd be funny.
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2021-07-23, 09:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Sunny's alleged first appearance was part of a fourth wall breaking joke about an abandoned sub plot. So, I'm not sure about hoe feasible it is for Haley to recognize Sunny as the beholder from that strip.
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2021-07-23, 10:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Is Sunny a male aberration with alien biology, or a female aberration with alien biology?
In my mind, Sunny is “she/her”.
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2021-07-23, 10:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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I put it as he/him. Just because it's easier to tell who's speaking with "he said she said he said he said she said" than "she said she said she said she said she said"