Things you never noticed II: I never noticed the first thread

[ThePhantasm]

I just noticed a bit of a parallel between Elan / Tarquin and Roy / Xykon. Tarquin tells Elan to go off for a few years and adventure whilst angsting, etc. before coming back for a final duel. Similarly, Xykon tells Roy to go off and level for a few years so that he can come back for a final tussel, "Hollywood style."*

In both cases the hero refuses the leave and gets soundly defeated.

[Dr. Gamera]

When the archfiends tally up their times, we can see that Haerta's time was a multiple of 6 seconds, since she broke loose on V's turn, but that Jephton's and Ganonron's time is not a multiple of 6 seconds, since they broke loose on Xykon's turn.

To me, this is the most astounding realization in this thread. Thank you for pointing this out! I am amazed at the level of Rich's detail sometimes.

[hihidude]

The dragon heard the splices. Haley explicitly mentions them here, panel 7.

No she didn't. She said V LOOKED different. Not that she could hear anything odd.

[Flame of Anor]

No she didn't. She said V LOOKED different. Not that she could hear anything odd.

"strange whispers in your ear"

[MoonCat]

No she didn't. She said V LOOKED different. Not that she could hear anything odd.

Not that panel, that's panel 6. Panel 7 does mention it.

[MesiDoomstalker]

In that same comic, panel 4, I never noticed the sign. "In case of fire, use stairs for looting. Saftey a close second!"

[Math_Mage]

When the archfiends tally up their times, we can see that Haerta's time was a multiple of 6 seconds, since she broke loose on V's turn, but that Jephton's and Ganonron's time is not a multiple of 6 seconds, since they broke loose on Xykon's turn.

Not quite sure how to interpret this, because the latter two were ejected when V was interrupted in the act of casting Greater Teleport.

[Flame of Anor]

Not quite sure how to interpret this, because the latter two were ejected when V was interrupted in the act of casting Greater Teleport.

But Xykon was acting. Not sure how to fit that into the round system--my best guess is that Xykon had a readied action (though that's more planning than I'd expect from him).

[The Linker]

I'm pretty sure if Rich were here he'd want to smack you all for putting so much thought into the portrayed round system and the divisibility of the times he set for each splice, but that's just me.

[Procyonpi]

they wouldn't have anything to do with the ancient Roman city and the volcano that destroyed it, would they?

[Geordnet]

Seeing as there's *ahem* a somewhat WIDE gap of time between the naming of the two, I'd take it as more of a clever coincidence, if anything.

[Thanatosia]

yes, there is a wide gap between naming them. But V was named first and then the Giant needed to introduce a character who was 'V's Opposite'. Yeah, i'm sure it's a total coincidence.

[Goosefarble]

yes, there is a wide gap between naming them. But V was named first and then the Giant needed to introduce a character who was 'V's Opposite'. Yeah, i'm sure it's a total coincidence.

Yeah. That. It's obviously not a coincidence; he's blatantly called Pompey because of the city. Although, if we're being pedantic about it, Pompey was acutually a Roman emperor whom the city (Pompeii) was named after.

[Ulysses WkAmil]

Oh...I always pronounced his name Pom-pee

[t209]

I though Pompey is the general who invented decimation (Kill tenth soldier in line.

[LudiDrizzt]

...People are STILL just figuring this out?

I've got a pair of lime-green boots to sell you.

[Procyonpi]

...People are STILL just figuring this out?

I've got a pair of lime-green boots to sell you.

In my defense, I was only introduced to the historical facts needed to draw this conclusion when I watched the Doctor Who episode "Fires of Pompeii" a few days ago.

[Flame of Anor]

...People are STILL just figuring this out?

I've got a pair of lime-green boots to sell you.

Now, I've got nothing against people who take a while to get all of the references (partly because that's everybody, including me), but we do already have a thread for this.

[Adama]

In 510, I never noticed the little Azurite heads on pikes along the walls until someone mentioned them elsewhere.

[Tannhaeuser]

Yeah. That. It's obviously not a coincidence; he's blatantly called Pompey because of the city. Although, if we're being pedantic about it, Pompey was actually a Roman emperor whom the city (Pompeii) was named after.

Pompey, to be entirely pedantic, was only an emperor in the Classical Latin sense of imperator="commanding general." Moreover, as Andre points out in this thread:

It's a bit of an haphazard theory, considering that Gnaeus Pompeius' family apparently hailed from an entirely different region of the peninsula; Pompeii was a very old city, although it's not known how old exactly. Possibly as much as Rome itself -- anyway it was a federated city and not de facto part to the Roman Republic till 80 BC, when Sulla annexed it.

And Pompeius had already been born by then.

[Kurald Galain]

Neither Nale nor Tarquin killed Tarquin's former wife.

[Sunken Valley]

But wait theres more: Pompey was also a roman general, an enemy of...Julius Ceaser. There's also the fact that Pompey married Ceaser's daughter...Julia. This name is meaningful of Pompey's love for Julia and the fact that he struggled to beat her.

[BlackestOfMages]

Not quite sure how to interpret this, because the latter two were ejected when V was interrupted in the act of casting Greater Teleport.

Rich has stated multiple times the only time he actually follows the DnD proccess is if it's funny, and it can be kicked around very hard for the sake of drama/plot/funnies.

[Ron Miel]

In 510, I never noticed the little Azurite heads on pikes along the walls until someone mentioned them elsewhere.

Amazing, there's still tiny details like that that I've never seen before.

[Valyrian]

Although, if we're being pedantic about it, Pompey was acutually a Roman emperor whom the city (Pompeii) was named after.

If we're even more pedantic, that statement is false.

[Flame of Anor]

If we're even more pedantic, that statement is false.

If we are to be yet more pedantic, we may note that the validity of Goosefarble's statement is highly unlikely to depend on how pedantic we are.

[Adoendithas]

A lot of the names seem to be Latin-based. For example, General Tarquin could be named after Tarquinius Superbus, the last king of Rome before the Republic was established.

[ti'esar]

A lot of the names seem to be Latin-based. For example, General Tarquin could be named after Tarquinius Superbus, the last king of Rome before the Republic was established.

I believe the Giant explicitly said this at one point (to quash speculation that he was named after Grand Moff Tarkin, I think).

[ThePhantasm]

I believe the Giant explicitly said this at one point (to quash speculation that he was named after Grand Moff Tarkin, I think).

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Tarquin is named after the king of Rome. It's a different name altogether, there's nothing to debate about.

[Flame of Anor]

Vaarsuvius implies that s/he "hates, fears, or otherwise opposes" Durkon and Elan.