They're Still in the Grand Illusion

[Gift Jeraff]

An actual good twist would be that they were never in the illusion to begin with.

[Aquillion]

An actual good twist would be that they were never in the illusion to begin with.

Alternatively, this is the illusion, and what we saw before was real. Xykon is actually already dead. Re-dead. Double dead. You know what I mean.

[DeliaP]

An actual good twist would be that they were never in the illusion to begin with.

Everything happening in the Order of the Stick is real.

We are the illusion.

[Rondodu]

It was an illusion all along. The entire OOTS universe is just a clever illusion created by a series of still images and text positioned to create the impression that we're watching characters and looking at a real world. None of the events actually happen, and none of the people (except Gary Gygax) actually exist.

Some people call this the Invisible Art.

[Jaxzan Proditor]

I know that if it were revealed that everything we have seen for the past 50 strips was still part of the illusion, I would feel extremely annoyed. We would lose:

• The destruction of the gate
• Nale's death
• The huge fight with Tarquin and Company
• All the other odds and ends we've been tying up

This, IMO, would be extremely unsatisfying.

[Loreweaver15]

But don't be fooled by the radio, the TV, or the magazines
They show you photographs of how your life should be
But they're just someone else's fantasy
So if you think your life is complete confusion
Because you never win the game
Just remember that it's a grand illusion
And deep inside we're all the same

[Fish]

They woke up into a larger illusion in which

1) they failed to protect the Gate
2) Durkon really get vamped like Belkar said
3) Belkar was right about something
4) Xykon is already at the next Gate
5) Belkar isn't dead
6) Nale is
7) And so is Zz'dtri
8) Elan's goofy plan worked

If Girard had an illusion this powerful he would have led with it. Everybody would have rolled to disbelieve that last one.

[The Giant]

It's not an illusion. If you don't like the story since then, then you just don't like the story. It's not the end of the world. There are other stories out there.

[Shale]

There are other stories out there.

That depends on how far the Snail's plan goes.

[DeliaP]

There are other stories out there.

That depends on how far the Snail's plan goes.

It's OK: as long as Elan is alive and well, he will be able to continue to tell our story and we will continue to exist! And as the Oracle has confirmed Elan will have a happy ending, we can be sure the Snail will be foiled. Phew, we're safe!

[Jaxzan Proditor]

But what if the Oracle is being controlled by the Snail?

[orrion]

But what if the Oracle is being controlled by the Snail?

Then the Oracle wouldn't have bothered trying to get Roy to realize he was asking the wrong question.

[ellindsey]

They aren't in the illusion. We are. Girard's illusion is so powerful it's reached out into the real world and snared us all.

[DeliaP]

They aren't in the illusion. We are. Girard's illusion is so powerful it's reached out into the real world and snared us all.

Well <refresh> I know <refresh> something's got <refresh> me snared <refresh> right <refresh> now....