OOTS #945 - The Discussion Thread

[TheOtherErnie]

So...what happened to her? Is Laurin's mind destroyed by the Snarl now? Or did she just react with shock towards a sudden off-the-charts reading?

No idea yet. But look at her eyes in panel 12.

[Porthos]

****.
/deadpan

[Thanatosia]

Unholy crap!

There ain't no horror like antideluvian Eldritch Horrors.

Will Lauren Survive? Is she mindwiped by the Snarl?

[Silva Stormrage]

If that's the snarl, looks like he got some change since the Scribble's time. Maybe evolved ?

Or maybe its just no longer crayon drawings. Hard to tell. Still this is a mighty interesting development

Maybe the Snarl wanted his own planet so he made one just for himself

[DaggerPen]

So...what happened to her? Is Laurin's mind destroyed by the Snarl now? Or did she just react with shock towards a sudden off-the-charts reading?

Hopefully the latter. I rather liked her.

I'm quite fond of Laurin as well, but I don't think we need to worry. Blackwing was fascinated by the Rift, too, and he got knocked out of it when the Explosive Runes went off. Laurin will likely be okay now that she's been yanked back.

[137beth]

It's the Water Snarl!
The Snarl as acquired the [Aquatic Creature] template!

[ThePhantom]

Oh dear. That is not good.

[Alaska Fan]

Now that's a plot twist.

If one remaining gate isn't enough to confine the Snarl, the rest of this story is going to be very, very brief.

[Shale]

In the final panel, is water splashing out of the rift along with the Snarl? Look at the bottom of the rift.

Ooh, good catch.

[Anarion]

In the final panel, is water splashing out of the rift along with the Snarl? Look at the bottom of the rift.

You're right, it is. You can clearly see the droplets near the bottom, especially by Laurin's feet.

So, I guess this means that at least it's not a total illusion, there is actually water in there. And also that stuff can cross the portal plane without getting destroyed or something.

[theNater]

Wow. When Roy is right, he doesn't mess around.

[Angband]

Well... that last panel (and dat cliffhanger!) sure looks like the last page of a book.

Also: compare Laurin's eyes to Blackwing's eyes while they are staring into the rift.

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[A Tad Insane]

That awkward moment when the retired adventurer learns there are still bigger fish in the water.

Pun not intended

[Thanatosia]

Maybe the Snarl wanted his own planet so he made one just for himself

Super-Grim Thought.

The Snarl is a living manifestation of Diefic conflict, Anger, and Frustration.

The Snarl claims the very souls of those it kills.

Maybe it created an entire world where it can 'vent' it's basic emotional construct upon the souls it has captured.....

[Pokonic]

So...what happened to her? Is Laurin's mind destroyed by the Snarl now? Or did she just react with shock towards a sudden off-the-charts reading?

Hopefully the latter. I rather liked her.

I think it's the natural reaction of a probs-epic level adventurer who's intelligence score is higher than the average Solar seeing something that she has absolutely no clue what to make heads or tails of.

[Jaxzan Proditor]

One other interesting thing to note (besides the whole "gigantic snarl thing"), is that Tarquin was found by Laurin and brought back to Bleedingham.

[zql]

Ladies and gentlemen: The Snarl





I'm thrilled.
And very happy.
And a little scared.




Also, now that rift above Gobbotopia seems more ominous.

[DolGrenn]

Looks like the lack of fish was a problem worth...
...sweating over.

[Shale]

Looks like the lack of fish was a problem worth...
...sweating over.

You're a bad person.

[ZestG]

"Your fate is sealed. The end of days is finally upon you and ALL who inhabit this miserable little seedling. UULWI IFIS HALAHS GAG ERH'ONGG W'SHH!."

Sorry, I had to!

Really looking forward to this change of events.

[ellindsey]

One other interesting thing to note (besides the whole "gigantic snarl thing"), is that Tarquin was found by Laurin and brought back to Bleedingham.

And the soldiers standing around are clearly from the Empire of Sweat, which makes sense if Laurin is now in control of the valley.

[Finagle]

10 years and 945 comics for the main antagonist to appear. Now that's a wait.

Maybe Lauren was communicating with it mentally? Maybe it can speak? Or form an avatar?

Maybe it's one of those commonplace modern plot twists where everything's not like it was described and the good gods are actually evil and the Snarl is actually good.

[Morgan Wick]

Looks like the lack of fish was a problem worth...
...sweating over.

YEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH

[blunk]

Maybe it created an entire world where it can 'vent' it's basic emotional construct upon the souls it has captured.....

A little "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" action, eh?

Or, you know, other places where souls get tortured for eternity.

ETA:

Maybe it's one of those commonplace modern plot twists where everything's not like it was described and the good gods are actually evil and the Snarl is actually good.

... and "good" allows for killing indiscriminately. (But that's not an "in" for another long-F-word debate!)

[CaDzilla]

Are Laurin's eyes supposed to be reflecting the snarl, or did the snarl's tendrils come into her mind?

[Peelee]

Great googly moogly. Please tell me this book is not within pages of being over.

[JessmanCA]

Theory: The Snarl or Rift grows a new Earth (or whatever stick-planet is) inside of it. And as the Snarl grows it envelops the current Earth. Eventually only the new Snarl-planet remains and time starts over again :)

Laurin was seeing the first life forms, maybe bacteria and single celled organisms.

[halfeye]

Oooooooooooh!

[Cicciograna]

Just a wild thought. What if the planet inside the Rift was the original dimension the Snarl undid and that, somehow, put itself together again? Or that the Snarl itself, slowly experimenting, is putting together again?

[Mauve Shirt]

Goodness gracious.

Well at least Laurin's favor is settled. Maybe we'll be lucky and Team Tarquin will die here. We don't need them to reoccur villainously.