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Things You Never Noticed V: Your Familiar
This is a thread for posting anything and everything you might have not noticed your first time around, or even consecutive readings in the Order of the Stick Comic series! This could be a small realization like that Belkar has hair on his head and feet, or a huge revelation of some sort. Big or Small, we'd love to hear from you!
Previous Threads:
Things You Never Noticed I
Things You Never Noticed II: I Never Noticed the First Thread
Things You Never Noticed III: The Search for Spot
Things You Never Noticed IV: There's A Comic in the Sidebar?
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Originally Posted by
Jaxzan Proditor
...Woooow. I've always thought that was one of the strangest insults/taunts I've ever read. It never occured to me for a second that it was a pun.
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Probably because most of Elan's puns aren't that subtle.
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From that same comic, while I had been aware of that scene before, I never noticed until seeing it linked just now that Elan continues to ineffectually 'poke' Sabine twice more in the fourth panel.
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When Tarquin says "Bring my accountant", I thought it was a funny way of showing he wasn't entirely proficient in sign language. But now I realize, Kilkil WAS his accountant.
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Speaking of which, I never noticed that Tarquin grabs his whip out of the emergency bag on the dinosaur.
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Originally Posted by
littlebum2002
When Tarquin says "
Bring my accountant", I thought it was a funny way of showing he wasn't entirely proficient in sign language. But now I realize, Kilkil WAS his accountant.
I thought the joke there was more that Drow Sign Language (which, IIRC, is designed specifically for use in battle) has a way of saying "accountant".
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Originally Posted by
ti'esar
I thought the joke there was more that Drow Sign Language (which, IIRC, is designed specifically for use in battle) has a way of saying "accountant".
Not to mention "drinking fountain"... How could Tarquin have made that mistake? Everyone knows Drow only use Expresso Machines... :smalltongue:
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The first time I read this strip it didn't click that Mobility is a prerequisite to Spring Attack.
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And right now I am wondering if Tarquin's seed had Dodge, DEX 13+, and BAB 4+.
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Originally Posted by
Pyrous
The first time I read
this strip it didn't click that Mobility is a prerequisite to Spring Attack.
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And right now I am wondering if Tarquin's seed had Dodge, DEX 13+, and BAB 4+.
On that same page I never noticed the third panel swinganamiss...
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I got to suggest a strip name!:smallbiggrin:
And just in time. When I read #935 for the first time (and the second, and the third...), I missed that Vaarsuvius would have got the buffs from Elan's song as unlike Laurin and Tarquin, V isn't trying to murder anybody.
EDIT: Oh, and in #936 you can see that Tarquin's fingers are indeed slipping: they've got little motion lines around them!
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The words "fascist" and "fascism" are frequently spelled without the s in various strips.
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Originally Posted by
Dark Shadow
Not to mention "drinking fountain"... How could Tarquin have made that mistake? Everyone knows Drow only use Expresso Machines... :smalltongue:
Espresso. From the Italian caffè espresso, meaning "pressed coffee."
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Originally Posted by
Peelee
Espresso. From the Italian caffè espresso, meaning "pressed coffee."
Gah! I know that... *goes to beat up whoever Added it to Dictionary on his computer*
I always forget without the wavy red line underneath it, though...
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Originally Posted by
Dark Shadow
Gah! I know that... *goes to beat up whoever Added it to Dictionary on his computer*
I always forget without the wavy red line underneath it, though...
So you would say you.... never noticed the misspelling? :trollface:
I know it won't work, but worth a shot.
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Originally Posted by
Dark Shadow
Gah! I know that... *goes to beat up whoever Added it to Dictionary on his computer*
I always forget without the wavy red line underneath it, though...
When you find them, change the autocorrect options on their computer to automatically change their name to "Captain Underpants"
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Apart from #1008, the short legs thing was also mentioned in #453. Also Roy and Belkar seem to react similarly at least in one type of situation (#234 and #926) :smallbiggrin:
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One thing I noticed a while ago is that when Laurin teleports in 931 panel 6, she reappears in the background of the same panel.
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In the last panel of strip 739, I just noticed the activity feed of Kotor, Paladin of Marduk went from "Smacking dragons, yo" to joining the group "Need a Rez." This is why you don't update your status in the middle of a battle. :smalltongue:
(Forgive me if that was pointed out before, but I haven't followed these threads for very long.)
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Originally Posted by
Peelee
Espresso. From the Italian caffè espresso, meaning "pressed coffee."
Wow, I am Italian and I didn't know that... apparently you are right, but espresso also kinda conveys the meaning of something being made "at the moment, quickly and just for you" and that can't be a coincidence...
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Originally Posted by
Draconium
In the last panel of
strip 739, I
just noticed the activity feed of Kotor, Paladin of Marduk went from "Smacking dragons, yo" to joining the group "Need a Rez." This is why you don't update your status in the middle of a battle. :smalltongue:
(Forgive me if that was pointed out before, but I haven't followed these threads for very long.)
I'm quite sure someone linked it not long ago.
I think that what's you are suppose to understand is that since Kotor updated his location Nyr-Azul was able to go there and avenge/help the dragons. 'cause he's a priest of Tiamat.
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Originally Posted by
Quild
I'm quite sure someone linked it not long ago.
I think that what's you are suppose to understand is that since Kotor updated his location Nyr-Azul was able to go there and avenge/help the dragons. 'cause he's a priest of Tiamat.
I always just took it that Kotor smacked some dragons (yo) until he met one that smacked him back... much, much harder.
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I wonder how many times this has been posted (or none if it was always obvious to everyone else) but whilst rereading issue #66 [in the digital version of DCF] I realised I never noticed that when Elan is casting the illusion to distract Thog, and he says "Yeah. I mean, it was that, or a litter of puppies, and I doubt a rampaging barbarian would have stopped for that!" that unbeknownst to Elan, Thog had spent the entirety of issue 51 talking about puppies and it would have indeed been the perfect illusion to stop him.
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For me it was comic 532, when Roy wonders what was so important to Dorukan that he left a big gaping hole in his Cloister uber spell allowing summoning, and the final panel is Dorukan summoning a pretty blond lady having correctly set up all the romantic cliches of seduction (mood music, wine, rose petals on the bed).
My first reading I assumed Dorukan was just a horny old bastard and the woman some random floozy. But after my re-read, prompted by getting the prequel volumes, made me realise how hideously wrong I was. That was Lirian, the love of his life. After reading Start of Darkness, you could make a case for Lirian and Dorukan having the strongest emotional romantic relationship in the whole OotS world.
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Originally Posted by
Darth Paul
I always just took it that Kotor smacked some dragons (yo) until he met one that smacked him back... much, much harder.
I agree with Quild...the fact that two priests of rival deities updated their locations at the same time and right before one of them died isn't a coincidence.
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Originally Posted by
Wildroses
For me it was comic 532, when Roy wonders what was so important to Dorukan that he left a big gaping hole in his Cloister uber spell allowing summoning, and the final panel is Dorukan summoning a pretty blond lady having correctly set up all the romantic cliches of seduction (mood music, wine, rose petals on the bed).
My first reading I assumed Dorukan was just a horny old bastard and the woman some random floozy. But after my re-read, prompted by getting the prequel volumes, made me realise how hideously wrong I was. That was Lirian, the love of his life. After reading Start of Darkness, you could make a case for Lirian and Dorukan having the strongest emotional romantic relationship in the whole OotS world.
Yeah, I had a similar experience.
Obviously the joke works even without realizing it's Lirian, so it's an extra layer for those who have read SoD...
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Not from the comic itself, but I only just now spotted Mr. Scruffy as a tribble in the Stick Trek wallpaper.
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Originally Posted by
Wildroses
For me it was comic 532, when Roy wonders what was so important to Dorukan that he left a big gaping hole in his Cloister uber spell allowing summoning, and the final panel is Dorukan summoning a pretty blond lady having correctly set up all the romantic cliches of seduction (mood music, wine, rose petals on the bed).
My first reading I assumed Dorukan was just a horny old bastard and the woman some random floozy. But after my re-read, prompted by getting the prequel volumes, made me realise how hideously wrong I was. That was Lirian, the love of his life. After reading Start of Darkness, you could make a case for Lirian and Dorukan having the strongest emotional romantic relationship in the whole OotS world.
Huh, I noticed that it was Lirian immediately even without reading the prequel stories. :smallconfused:
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At the end of this page, you can actually see Elan place his hand behind his back to pull his rapier out of... uhm... let's say "nowhere". :smallbiggrin:
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I never realized that Haley's bluff potion was a Philter of Glibness.
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Originally Posted by
Vinyadan
At the end of
this page, you can actually see Elan place his hand behind his back to pull his rapier out of... uhm... let's say "nowhere". :smallbiggrin:
Check yourself before you wreck yourself!
In this case, "yourself" refers to your link. Double http'd it.
Ali G indahouse, diggity!
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I actually noticed this a long time ago, but I thought I'd mention it here because it's kind of interesting: despite what I assumed on my first reading, the guy commanding the EoB forces that helped conquer the Free City of Doom isn't Tarquin. In addition to the fact that T doesn't seem to have had time to leave the city, the commander has no cape and a less spiky helmet. Which is a little amusing to me, because it implies that even when being just another general on paper, Tarquin's ego still insists on him having more elaborate armor then everyone else.
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Originally Posted by
Peelee
Check yourself before you wreck yourself!
In this case, "yourself" refers to your link. Double http'd it.
Ali G indahouse, diggity!
Thank you, I edited it.
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Everyone probably noticed already, but in Strip #0939, Belkar said "Everything we hold dear" while talking about Durkon, implying that he now holds Durkon dear. Though in the next sentence, he also referred to Durkon as a mockery.
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Originally Posted by
ti'esar
I actually noticed this a long time ago, but I thought I'd mention it here because it's kind of interesting: despite what I assumed on my first reading,
the guy commanding the EoB forces that helped conquer the Free City of Doom isn't Tarquin. In addition to the fact that T doesn't seem to have had time to leave the city, the commander has no cape and a less spiky helmet. Which is a little amusing to me, because it implies that even when being just another general on paper, Tarquin's ego still insists on him having more elaborate armor then everyone else.
Huh, I didn't think anyone would make the assumption that Tarquin would be personally going out to conquer the FCoD in the first place. Leading the charge of a measly 500 dragoons afield seems to be more of a sub-commander's job, comparing to his position as General of the whole army and hidden power behind the throne. It's not even an attack against whole country, merely a single independent city. And considering that he's the one with the big statue, of course his armor has to be more fancy than a lackey's. Also, Tarquin said so himself that he'd "send" the soldiers, not "lead" them, and he in fact spent that entire morning with Elan, watching the parades.
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Granted, it just came out not to long ago, but I just noticed the battle damage in the back of Roy's armor. Looks like it's got two large gashes in it. That's impressive on the vampire's part.
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Originally Posted by
Peelee
Granted, it just came out not to long ago, but I just noticed the battle damage in the back of Roy's armor. Looks like it's got two large gashes in it. That's impressive on the vampire's part.
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1008.html
You mean in this strip? That's where his sword goes.
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Originally Posted by
TheWombatOfDoom
I meant 1010, actually. And crap. Coloration combined with my colorblindness made it seem like slash marks through the armor.
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Another thing I recently noticed was that Haley said that Crystal said they could borrow her knife when they got back from fighting golems. Spoiler: Current Arc Spoilers
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Oddly fitting, considering Crystal's fate.
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About the dragoons lead by not-Tarquin: I had never noticed the EoB officer before.
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In 781, V ALMOST calls Belkar "a friend", before correcting themself.
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It may have been said previously, but I love how the phylactory goes "bingk" off of Wrong-Eye's newly wrong eye on the statue in #660. Nice touch of reference and foreshadowing.
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Originally Posted by
littlebum2002
In
781, V ALMOST calls Belkar "a friend", before correcting themself.
How do you know V wanted to say "a friend" and not for example "a psychopathic hafling"? :smallconfused:
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Originally Posted by
littlebum2002
In
781, V ALMOST calls Belkar "a friend", before correcting themself.
I just noticed Haley is doing a :smallannoyed: face to V and Belkar.
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The king of Nowhere is black and wears blue, which must have had an effect on the inn personnel jumping to conclusions.
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Originally Posted by
Vinyadan
The
king of Nowhere is black and wears blue, which must have had an effect on the inn personnel jumping to conclusions.
Also bald.
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In this strip, Daigo and Lien are physically restraining Durkon--by the beard.
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I just noticed that the dwarf was also the only one to die in the original party (the party that built the gates) (well, before they parted ways, at least).
Strip 276, I think. RIP Kraagor.
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Originally Posted by
nospacebar14
I just noticed that the dwarf was also the only one to die in the original party (the party that built the gates) (well, before they parted ways, at least).
Strip 276, I think. RIP Kraagor.
Also? I assume you mean as a parallel to the Order of the Stick?
Durkon wasn't the only one to die in the Order, though. Roy also died.
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I realized that Redcloack might have been right in panel 2.
Which means that Gobbotopia may be on rather unstable footing.
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Originally Posted by
Peelee
Durkon wasn't the only one to die in the Order, though. Roy also died.
Good point. Which makes me wonder -- why didn't they bring back Kraagor? Did he get sucked into the rift?
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Originally Posted by
ti'esar
I thought the joke there was more that Drow Sign Language (which, IIRC, is designed specifically for use in battle) has a way of saying "accountant".
Or how about the fact that a subteranean race which has purple/navy/slate/black skin has a Sign (visual) Language
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Originally Posted by
theasl
Huh, I noticed that it was Lirian immediately even without reading the prequel stories. :smallconfused:
Took me about 4 passes of the entire comic so far to realize its Lirian. But not because i was looking to see who Dorukan was wining/dining
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Originally Posted by
M.A.D
Everyone probably noticed already, but in
Strip #0939, Belkar said "Everything
we hold dear" while talking about Durkon, implying that he now holds Durkon dear. Though in the next sentence, he also referred to Durkon as a mockery.
A few strips later we see that Belkar wants his ultimate fate to be that he dies having done enough good to earn entry into the CG afterlife where he can serve Shojo and Scruffy, which may itself be a callback to his lemming Wisdom score being whats keeping him CE not CG
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When drow sign language was invented, they had "infravision" instead of darkvision; if they weren't in a lighted area, they would see other drow as glowing red.
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Only here did I notice that Myron and Laurin still are wearing the right colours for the empires they work with.
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Originally Posted by
nospacebar14
Good point. Which makes me wonder -- why didn't they bring back Kraagor? Did he get sucked into the rift?
I suppose Kraagor wasn't raised for the same reason than Mijung wasn't.
I've always thought that the Snarl does not just kill but destroys the soul itself. Can't find where it is said though.
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Originally Posted by
Quild
I suppose Kraagor wasn't raised for the same reason than Mijung wasn't.
I've always thought that the Snarl does not just kill but destroys the soul itself. Can't find where it is said though.
SoD, when Redcloak explains to Right Eye that their fate, in case the Plan fails and the Snarl gets out, would be worse than death.
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Originally Posted by
Quild
I suppose Kraagor wasn't raised for the same reason than Mijung wasn't.
I've always thought that the Snarl does not just kill but destroys the soul itself. Can't find where it is said though.
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0547.html :
"Don't their lives - their very souls - mean anything to you?"
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Originally Posted by
Vinyadan
545 is more explicit: "If the Snarl escapes its prison uncontrolled, it won't merely kill us. It will unmake us, dissolving our existence. There will be no Afterlife for us, punitive or otherwise, just nothingness".
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I just realized that at least one high priest considers Roy to be part of the Church of Hel.