Quote Originally Posted by tomaO2 View Post
I cannot guess whether or not Stanley will eventually go back (not enough information) BUT those that subscibed to this baseless speculation dismissed the more compelling evidence. Examples, Jami essentially told us that it was wrong, Jillian's group was set up at the pass, Stanley was at the pass, Jillian was clearly in the tenth pannel and not the eleventh, veiling can only be effectively done at the end of turn...

And it was a majority who was thinking along these lines, hardly a few. I'm not going to do a bunch of gloating though. I made several observations about this, if each of these seemingly minority opinions is proven (as I am confident they will be), then that will give me cred that my minimalist ideas of no big suprises will be confirmed.

Maybe I should keep a list. I don't mind putting my ability of analyses on the line. Either I got certain portions of this storyline figured out or I don't.

List:

-Not an illusion. Check

-Assuming the tiny figures on page 122 are all warlords, there are 12 vamp warlords. That's kind of a lame one actually... I mean, I'm completely covering myself either way. Oh well, point is, I take this page as being more potentially significant then the previous one that only showed 11 vamp Warlords.

-You can ambush when you have Warlords. Check.

- The Vamp Chief is worried about the foolmancer not for the ambush but for hiding Stanley after he breaks out of the ambush.

- Stanly will not be able to make it to FAQ or if he can make it will not be able to ressurect FAQ this turn.

-If Jack attempts at some point to make Stanley go back to GK, it will not be through magical trickery during this battle.

-Wanda cannot be the predicamancer unless there is some sort of foreshadowing that states that a caster can change their primary profession, which there has not been (managing other magics at an amateur level is not the same).

- Assuming it is not Wanda, the actual predicamancer was killed at Gobwin Knob when the Gobwins took over. It's possible she went into hiding as well and may appear at an opportune moment.

-No member of Gobwin Knob that we currently know about is controling Stanley through magical means, except, possibly, the arkenhammer.

Earliest prediction that I recall making:
Stanly's side is the evil one. Check. There are some interesting suprises and with the nobility hatres of commoners as overlords it could have gone the other way but Stanley is plainly the aggressor.
Its adorable how you've listed all these things with the assuption that noone but you has considered they may happen. Pretty much everyone who reads this comic and posts on the forum has spent time pulling apart every page and considering the possibilities. Despite what you may think, just because people settled on the idea that there was illusionary trickery going on doesnt mean they never considered any alternatives.

It seems fairly silly to point fingers and go 'har har you were wrong and i'm right (sing-song voice)'. FYI saying youre not going to do a bunch of gloating actually manages to be more irritating BECAUSE you are gloating whilst trying to pass off a vaneer of moral superiority.

And again you talk about there needing to be forshadowing before something can even be considered to have happened.. then pluck the predicamancer dying in Gobwin's Knob out of the air and bang on about a sentient hammer again (pun intended).

I still don't think its clear cut who is good and evil here unless you subscribe to the stereotypes of creature type. I find that both sides have likeable and dislikable qualities.

There is something else youve said though which i totally agree with: 'Either I got certain portions of this storyline figured out or I don't.' All of us are in this boat until the storyline is played out. I think people might take you more seriously if you didnt come across as so insufferably smug when ideas don't pan out for other people.