Thread: Order of the Stick

  1. 02-24-2009, 10:21 AM #2101
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe O'Malley View Post
    Are you talking aboput Burlew or V here?
    Burlew. Specifically in terms of what ended up happening to Dave Sim by the end of Cerebus.
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  2. 02-24-2009, 10:56 AM #2102
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    Making peace with their past in Heaven, lost love, it turns out you can go home again, enlightenment and a faustian deal. Burlew is working his way through all the tropes.
    Last edited by Dirt; 02-24-2009 at 11:07 AM.
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  3. 02-28-2009, 12:12 AM #2103
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Jamieson View Post
    It's "By saying the right four words to the right being at the right time for all the wrong reasons." So I'm pretty interested in how this is going to be phrased.
    I still think 'Disintegrate. Gust of Wind.' is a good candidate for the four words. But now I've said it he'll never do it.
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  4. 03-01-2009, 08:36 PM #2104
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    New one!

    http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0634.html

    Whoa!
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  5. 03-02-2009, 01:43 AM #2105
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    He really decided to telegraph those wrong reasons, didn't he?
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  6. 03-02-2009, 10:32 AM #2106
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    I suspect V is in for a big, big surprise. The 3 aren't going to torture him after he's dead. They're going to take over his soul while he's still alive to further their schemes in V's world regarding the Snarl. The Order is going to turn on itself eventually because of this.
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  7. 03-02-2009, 10:52 AM #2107
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    It'll be the Disorder of the Stick, then.
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  8. 03-02-2009, 11:54 AM #2108
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Markell View Post
    I suspect V is in for a big, big surprise. The 3 aren't going to torture him after he's dead. They're going to take over his soul while he's still alive to further their schemes in V's world regarding the Snarl.
    Hey! You stole my brilliant, totally original, never-would-have-thought-of-that idea! Anyway, yeah, I think it would be pretty cool if that's how it played out.

    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Jamieson View Post
    Well, they don't really say *when* they get temporary possesion of V's soul. If it's not after V dies, then it might amount to "We get to take control of you for three short time periods of our choosing at some point in the future."

    I'm sure that would come in handy for influencing the outcome of this whole Snarl thing.
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  9. 03-02-2009, 12:22 PM #2109
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    Eh, missed that. Good call, Mike :-).
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  10. 03-03-2009, 04:54 AM #2110
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    It's been awhile. What was V's prophecy again?
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  11. 03-03-2009, 05:44 AM #2111
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    Quote Originally Posted by Equis View Post
    It's been awhile. What was V's prophecy again?
    Here you go.
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  12. 03-03-2009, 06:25 AM #2112
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sebmojo View Post
    I still think 'Disintegrate. Gust of Wind.' is a good candidate for the four words. But now I've said it he'll never do it.
    I like this theory. The four words that led him to ultimate arcane power by causing him to fly off on his own and get into this mess.
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  13. 03-03-2009, 09:08 PM #2113
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    http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0635.html
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  14. 03-03-2009, 09:59 PM #2114
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    And to think we had people bitching that the V story line wasn't any good.
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  15. 03-03-2009, 10:19 PM #2115
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    Not me, man. Not me. Love V, love the story. And btw, my wife and I both went "woah" in chorus when we opened the comic today.
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  16. 03-03-2009, 11:15 PM #2116
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Markell View Post
    Not me, man. Not me. Love V, love the story. And btw, my wife and I both went "woah" in chorus when we opened the comic today.
    That's because you are both vampires.
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  17. 03-03-2009, 11:33 PM #2117
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    Quote Originally Posted by Raife View Post
    That's because you are both vampires.
    oh shit, you're right

    I vote to stake Dave Markell
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  18. 03-04-2009, 03:46 AM #2118
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    I love the titles to his comics, they are almost always as classic as the comic itself. "I see a red robe and I want to paint it black" is maybe the best one yet.
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  19. 03-04-2009, 03:58 AM #2119
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    Seconded. He does such a good job with the tongue in cheek pop culture references.
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  20. 03-04-2009, 08:43 AM #2120
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    Quote Originally Posted by Raife View Post
    That's because you are both vampires.
    Well, I do have to avoid exposure to sunlight. Because of, you know, my "skin cancers".
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  21. 03-04-2009, 10:39 AM #2121
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    Okay, 3 things.

    1. V is gonna have (wait for it) one helluva headache when this wears off.
    2. Damn Burlew for making V say four words ("I...I must succeed") before touching the orb. Though I'm sticking with the disintegration bit for the oracle fulfillment.
    3. That crash-o-matic server GitP is using needs to get a replacement soon. I tried to read some archives yesterday and got next to nowhere.
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  22. 03-04-2009, 10:48 AM #2122
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe O'Malley View Post
    3. That crash-o-matic server GitP is using needs to get a replacement soon. I tried to read some archives yesterday and got next to nowhere.

    Requoted for emphasis
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  23. 03-04-2009, 08:36 PM #2123
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    Any one else amused by the big pink triangle appearing behind V in the first panel?
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  24. 03-05-2009, 02:25 PM #2124
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thrrrpptt! View Post
    Any one else amused by the big pink triangle appearing behind V in the first panel?
    I seriously think we'll find out that V is gay before we find out about V's gender. I've thought that ever since the adopted kids were revealed.
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  25. 03-06-2009, 03:54 AM #2125
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    Nooooo V! Stay good!
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  26. 03-06-2009, 08:17 AM #2126
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kraaze View Post
    I seriously think we'll find out that V is gay before we find out about V's gender. I've thought that ever since the adopted kids were revealed.
    Yep. March hare.
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  27. 03-06-2009, 08:17 AM #2127
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    Quote Originally Posted by peacedog View Post
    Nooooo V! Stay good!
    Was he ever actually "good?"
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  28. 03-06-2009, 11:14 AM #2128
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe O'Malley View Post
    Was he ever actually "good?"
    He who?
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  29. 03-06-2009, 11:26 AM #2129
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    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew Mayer View Post
    He who?
    aka: Prior to this recent development, was Vaarsuvius aligned good or neutral?
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  30. 03-06-2009, 12:10 PM #2130
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    Quote Originally Posted by wonderpug View Post
    aka: Prior to this recent development, was Vaarsuvius aligned good or neutral?
    True Neutral.
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