The Index of the Giant's Comments V―On a Saner Forum, We Wouldn't Need this Index

[Jasdoif]

I don't know. We specifically DONT include all of his comments, so having that as a thread title seems, at best, deceptive.

Indeed. I would strike that for that reason.

Yeah....Trying to make the comedy apparent with small adjustments of "Yes(?), ALL(?!) His Comments(!)" simply isn't working for me.

If we can vote for several things....

Don't see why not....

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Okay. While this isn't formal, we've got a few pages left before the next thread, so in the interests of post wrangling....

This will be approval voting: vote for (and/or propose) as many titles as you like, even if there's only one you like; whichever title has the most people voting for it will be the title of the next thread. In the case of a tie, I will choose one of the tied options. Woohoo, the not-voting I usually do anyway can now be passed off as beneficial!

Proposed Title	Votes	Voters
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Now Up to 50% On Topic	7	Gwynfrid, Lissou, Squire Doodad, Zherog, DataNinja, Fyraltari, Rollin
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Bimonthly Banana Bread at Best	4	Resileaf, Schroeswald, Gwynfrid, Squire Doodad
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Making Dogma from Zapped Bananas	2	137ben, D.One
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Rich in Comments	2	Gift Jeraff, NobleCuriosity
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - That's What HE Said	2	Ron Miel, D.One
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Clearly Just Advertising Copy	1	Doug Lampert
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Making Dogma from a Few Zapped Pines	1	Reboot
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Annotated Edition	1	Fyraltari
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Undiscovered Comment	1	rbetieh
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Utterly Banana-d	1	Joerg

I'll be tracking viable titles until I start on the next thread in...a few pages.

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And in case anyone missed it earlier, we have three quotes (in two entries) from the current comic discussion thread (1177) up for inclusion in...late October, unless we get another three quotes before then:

On Loki and (Dis)honesty "...because his followers believe he is incapable of honesty, he actually is incapable of honesty (except to Thor)". Also, "honesty" is distinct from "not lying": "If Loki tells the truth in the cause of trickery, he is still not being honest.".	#1177	2019/08/26
The Mutable Nature of the Gods "...the fact that the gods are the way they are now does not preclude them having existed in some other form in the past—one that we might not have thought of as 'gods' ".	#1177	2019/08/26

[D.One]

And in case anyone missed it earlier, we have three quotes (in two entries) from the current comic discussion thread (1177) up for inclusion in...late October, unless we get another three quotes before then:

On Loki and (Dis)honesty "...because his followers believe he is incapable of honesty, he actually is incapable of honesty (except to Thor)". Also, "honesty" is distinct from "not lying": "If Loki tells the truth in the cause of trickery, he is still not being honest.".	#1177	2019/08/26
The Mutable Nature of the Gods "...the fact that the gods are the way they are now does not preclude them having existed in some other form in the past—one that we might not have thought of as 'gods' ".	#1177	2019/08/26

Already did my voting on the title, so I'll stick to this part. I say include both (I believe I already said that, but still).

[Caerulea]

The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Now Up to 50% On Topic

The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Rich in Comments

I vote for these two.

[DataNinja]

I'll be tracking viable titles until I start on the next thread in...a few pages.

So, what, in, like, six months?

And in case anyone missed it earlier, we have three quotes (in two entries) from the current comic discussion thread (1177) up for inclusion in...late October, unless we get another three quotes before then:

I did not miss them, but I realized I forgot to include my two cents on them. Oops. Which is to include both.

[Squire Doodad]

So, what, in, like, six months?

Hey, if we work fast and Rich makes a comment on...the use of Create Food and Water to make banana muffins or something, we can clear in 4!

[Jasdoif]

So, what, in, like, six months?

Lowballing it, huh?

[Peelee]

I certainly admire the optimism.

[Jasdoif]

I certainly admire the optimism.

I'm perfectly okay with being wrong in this case, if it means we get a lot more quotes from the Giant. Also, there is insufficient dramatic tension to warrant quoting Mr. Torgue.

[HorizonWalker]

I'm voting in favor of "That's what HE said!"

[snowblizz]

I'm liking:
That's what HE said
and
Rich in Comments


also "vote" for Include both quotes.


(I must get someone to do a Latinquote for "and furthermore I think the quotes should be included".

[D.One]

(I must get someone to do a Latinquote for "and furthermore I think the quotes should be included".

Just say "In additio includum quotum mustum"

[Fyraltari]

I must get someone to do a Latinquote for "and furthermore I think the quotes should be included".

Ceterum censeo locos includendos esse is what I got. You should probably check with somebody else though, my latin is rusty.

Also I aped Cato since that's what you seem to be going for, but you should know that this quote is stronger.
Ceterum censeo Cathaginem delendam esse/delenda est Carthago "Furthermore, I believe that Carthago must be destroyed".

[Jasdoif]

(I must get someone to do a Latinquote for "and furthermore I think the quotes should be included".

Just say "In additio includum quotum mustum"

Ceterum censeo locos includendos esse is what I got. You should probably check with somebody else though, my latin is rusty.

Also I aped Cato since that's what you seem to be going for, but you should know that this quote is stronger.
Ceterum censeo Cathaginem delendam esse/delenda est Carthago "Furthermore, I believe that Carthago must be destroyed".

Dare I ask if any of you are amending your votes?

[Fyraltari]

Nah, I'm good.

[D.One]

Me too.

Myum voteum remainsium thessameis

[snowblizz]

Ceterum censeo locos includendos esse is what I got. You should probably check with somebody else though, my latin is rusty.

Also I aped Cato since that's what you seem to be going for, but you should know that this quote is stronger.
Ceterum censeo Cathaginem delendam esse/delenda est Carthago "Furthermore, I believe that Carthago must be destroyed".

Yes spoofing the famous Cato quote is what I'm after. For context for years I had "Ceterum censeo Codex Chaos delendam esse" as sig on Warhammer boards. Because the Chaos Space Marine codex sucked.

I just realised I am always in favour of including quotes. Might as well make that official in Latin, because nothing says official like Latin.

Dare I ask if any of you are amending your votes?

Er whut? No. Though I guess that would make an interesting thread title. Maybe next year.

[D.One]

Er whut? No. Though I guess that would make an interesting thread title. Maybe next year.

Real world year or in-comic year? If in-comic, Northern or Southern (or Western, I don't know if they adopt a different one)?

[Jasdoif]

Alright, so the title vote is now at....

Proposed Title	Votes	Voters
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Now Up to 50% On Topic	8	Gwynfrid, Lissou, Squire Doodad, Zherog, DataNinja, Fyraltari, Rollin, Caerulea
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Bimonthly Banana Bread at Best	4	Resileaf, Schroeswald, Gwynfrid, Squire Doodad
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Rich in Comments	4	Gift Jeraff, NobleCuriosity, Caerulea, snowblizz
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - That's What HE Said	4	Ron Miel, D.One, HorizonWalker, snowblizz
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Making Dogma from Zapped Bananas	2	137ben, D.One
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Clearly Just Advertising Copy	1	Doug Lampert
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Making Dogma from a Few Zapped Pines	1	Reboot
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Annotated Edition	1	Fyraltari
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Undiscovered Comment	1	rbetieh
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Utterly Banana-d	1	Joerg

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Now, in case everyone else is like me and only looks at Twitter twice a year or so, we have this.

Minrah is her own character with her own role. She's not anyone's replacement, any more than Blackwing replaced V.

I don't recall any posts suggesting that Minrah is Durkon's replacement (unless "Durkon's replacement" is somehow the name of Redcloak's niece and/or Trigak), but still: What's everyone think?

[factotum]

I don't recall any posts suggesting that Minrah is Durkon's replacement (unless "Durkon's replacement" is somehow the name of Redcloak's niece and/or Trigak), but still: What's everyone think?

Events in the comic itself have pretty much torpedoed that theory anyway, so I don't think there's any point including it.

[Emanick]

Events in the comic itself have pretty much torpedoed that theory anyway, so I don't think there's any point including it.

I agree with this. I'm in favor of including most quotes that are responses to real questions people have actually had, but in this case the question is about such a random and unlikely "theory" that I don't see any value in indexing the answer. It's also not a very interesting question or answer.

[Ron Miel]

I don't recall any posts suggesting that Minrah is Durkon's replacement ...

No, but there has been speculation that Belkar is about to die, and Minrah will replace HIM.

Example

And also speculation that Bandana isn't a very popular, so Minrah is replacing her intended role.
Example

I say include.

[Schroeswald]

No, but there has been speculation that Belkar is about to die, and Minrah will replace HIM.

Example

And also speculation that Bandana isn't a very popular, so Minrah is replacing her intended role.
Example

I say include.

I agree with this

[snowblizz]

I don't recall any posts suggesting that Minrah is Durkon's replacement (unless "Durkon's replacement" is somehow the name of Redcloak's niece and/or Trigak), but still: What's everyone think?

Ceterum censeo locos includendos esse (blame Fyralti).

See how conveneint this would be.


Always when there is some chartacter people like or gets more then a few strips there are ideas they are replacing a major cast member or somehow expanding the Order.

[Gwynfrid]

I can't say I'm very convinced by examples that come from outside this forum. Anyway, people will have more or less flimsy theories all the time. Apparently, Rich was annoyed enough by this one that he bothered to quash it. On the other hand, the comic itself pretty much disproves it. Let's say I'm on the fence for now, but leaning against inclusion. Any other views?

[Sky_Schemer]

I don't think we need to include it. Her role in the comic will become clear as the story progresses. Basically, it's a quote that is telling the future, and the future will be revealed in time. Add it now, and we'll just be removing it later.

[D.One]

I don't think we need to include it. Her role in the comic will become clear as the story progresses. Basically, it's a quote that is telling the future, and the future will be revealed in time. Add it now, and we'll just be removing it later.

I'm usually very inclusive, but on this matter I side with this PoV.

[Fyraltari]

Ceterum censeo locos includendos esse (blame Fyralti).

Whoever that Fyralti is should have told you that for a single quote it’s ‘locum includendum’ because singular and plural are not the same.

[D.One]

Whoever that Fyralti is should have told you that for a single quote it’s ‘locum includendum’ because singular and plural are not the same.

Unless you are talking about you. Well, not you you, but you. You know, you, not really you.

[Bundin]

My vote goes to "That's what HE said" as well. Short, true, and will make people groan, which is a bonus :P

[Fyraltari]

Unless you are talking about you. Well, not you you, but you. You know, you, not really you.

I can’t even... what?
Edit: jasdoif, I am opposed to the inclusion of that tweet, its content is visible from the comic itself.