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2015-01-07, 05:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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2015-01-07, 06:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS Book 5 - Blood Runs in the Family (plus 2015 OOTS Heroes Calendar)
Well, strictly speaking, I don't know if it's going to be called that.
But it's pretty certain something like that is the plan at the moment.
As one can see from the very last bit from the calendar, reposted here:
Spoiler*parade of various villians walks on stage, making commentary along the way *
(responding to a comment from Redcloak): Yeah! 2016 belongs to the villains!
: And you, for only $17 USD!
: Nice. Can't start shilling too early, I always say."
So true, Demon Roaches. So true.Last edited by Porthos; 2015-01-07 at 06:09 PM.
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2015-01-07, 06:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS Book 5 - Blood Runs in the Family (plus 2015 OOTS Heroes Calendar)
Ugh! I have a package at my apartment but I'm not getting home early enough to get it!
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2015-01-07, 06:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS Book 5 - Blood Runs in the Family (plus 2015 OOTS Heroes Calendar)
*reading BRitF*
*lots and lots of good stuff*
But I have to repeat this one, coz it's too good not to share:
Spoiler: Yeah, no.
*YOINK*
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Utterly classic.
SpoilerYeah, I'm not revealing the context. On purpose. Sorry, not sorry. Trust me though, you'll remember this line when you see it.Concluded: The Stick Awards II: Second Edition
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2015-01-07, 07:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS Book 5 - Blood Runs in the Family (plus 2015 OOTS Heroes Calendar)
My calendar and book arrived today.
The last paragraph of Round 9's commentary - thank you, Rich. From someone in Julio's demographic, thank you for that paragraph.
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2015-01-07, 07:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS Book 5 - Blood Runs in the Family (plus 2015 OOTS Heroes Calendar)
Doing a bit of running commentary as I read the parts of BRitF that are All New. Sorry, not sorry.
In my defense, I have been keeping a lot of it to myself and will save it later for a Catch All post. However, I want to ask everyone else on this thread something. Was I the only one who heard a " DUN DUN DUNNNNN" in the background when Rich started hinting, TWICE mind you, that
SpoilerSorry, this is a real spoiler here, so I'm putting it in Double Spoiler BarsSpoilerRoy's actions in Girard's Pyramid are going to be a tad problematic in the coming strips? I.e. Roy is going to shoulder a real amount of responsibility and consequences for destroying Girard's Gate.
No? I wasn't? Just checking.
NOTE::: I mean, I understand on one level that this is already something that can be sussed out by us after seeing #945. But having The Author hit us over the metaphorical head with him implying "Roy's really really gonna get into troubl'/face da music fer doin' that" IS still telling in my eyes.Last edited by Porthos; 2015-01-07 at 07:27 PM.
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2015-01-07, 08:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS Book 5 - Blood Runs in the Family (plus 2015 OOTS Heroes Calendar)
Iowa...... Damn that Iowa getting it's books and not me!
I am in Michigan.... and I checked the mail twice today. Nothing.
But with so many getting their books, maybe I will get it tomorrow? I hope. I hope. I hope.
I am dying here. It took all my will power not to read the for real spoiler above me.
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2015-01-07, 08:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS Book 5 - Blood Runs in the Family (plus 2015 OOTS Heroes Calendar)
A.)Seriously, he as much as told us to expect that development later. On the other hand, he does enjoy being incredibly misleading while telling the truth.
2.) Since so many books are getting in, can we make this a no-spoiler discussion sometime soon? Like, maybe, week's end? Anyone have any objections to that?Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2015-01-07, 08:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS Book 5 - Blood Runs in the Family (plus 2015 OOTS Heroes Calendar)
Depends. Will FeralExpress have tracked me down by then?
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2015-01-07, 08:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS Book 5 - Blood Runs in the Family (plus 2015 OOTS Heroes Calendar)
Well, yes. Obviously. But it's the implications of his statement that I'm picking up.
NamelySpoilertalking about how it was important that Roy actively and of his own free will (one might even say "agency" ) destroyed a Gate rather than it being an accident or a circumstance of Fate or someone else doing it or whatever. This time Roy actively weakened the pillars of reality and that's gonna have consequences.
That there were going to be consequences was rather self-evident, as you say (and I said for that matter ). That it was important to the story that one of Our Heroes did the deed with eyes wide open.... wasn't. The implication that there will be consequences for Roy was probably a 50/50 shot.
It's a V/Familicide vibe I'm picking up, in a way. Rich made a very similar comment in DStP about that, and look how all of that turned out. That there isn't (?) quite the same moral dilemma is neither here nor there. The implication that Roy's Gonna Have To Live With the Consequences is very much a telling point, I felt. And, in a way, a nice juxtaposition for the talk they were having in Comic #944
That's the point I was trying to get across with my admittedly inelegant prior post.Last edited by Porthos; 2015-01-07 at 08:59 PM.
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2015-01-07, 09:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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2015-01-07, 09:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS Book 5 - Blood Runs in the Family (plus 2015 OOTS Heroes Calendar)
"You are what you do. Choose again and change." - Miles Vorkosigan
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2015-01-07, 09:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS Book 5 - Blood Runs in the Family (plus 2015 OOTS Heroes Calendar)
Not to Central Virginia yet, so hopefully tomorrow. Plus, Wrathette #1 gets home from school before I get home from work, so I won't get to read it until she's finished with it. :(
Edit - You're in Sac-of-tomatoes, Porthos? Fine town. I grew up there, ages ago.Last edited by Crusher; 2015-01-07 at 09:50 PM.
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2015-01-07, 09:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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2015-01-07, 10:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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2015-01-08, 01:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS Book 5 - Blood Runs in the Family (plus 2015 OOTS Heroes Calendar)
Well, I don't think many international backers (like me) will have them by then so I would appreciate it if it stays spoilered a bit. But I'm happy to know that the books are finally arriving. I'm trying all my best not to open the spoilers and so far succeeded. Hopefully customs service won't take too much time.
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2015-01-08, 03:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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2015-01-08, 04:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS Book 5 - Blood Runs in the Family (plus 2015 OOTS Heroes Calendar)
Got mine yesterday. Love how the bonus strips address just about all the big questions people had.
Spoil for the questions answered.
Spoiler: BRiTF spoilers for bonus strips.We learn about Tarquin's axe.
We learn about Eugene and him appearing to Roy.
We learn about the scrying eye. (In case you didn't know it was Z.)
Also, I like the scene with the choking Devil. Had to go back online and double check if he was there initially. For those wondering, no he wasn't.
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2015-01-08, 08:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS Book 5 - Blood Runs in the Family (plus 2015 OOTS Heroes Calendar)
How's the International Order situation going? Still waiting on my copy, and I just want to ensure it's not gone missing in the postal services.
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2015-01-08, 11:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS Book 5 - Blood Runs in the Family (plus 2015 OOTS Heroes Calendar)
Got mine! I felt like a little kid going to the apartment manager this morning to pick it up. It was all I could do to not take off work today to read it,
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2015-01-08, 11:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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Just got a notification that there's a package waiting for me, I'm not expecting anything else but this... looking forward to it And I have a whole night tonight to do nothing but curl up in bed and read and pretend it's not freezing.
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2015-01-08, 01:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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I have received my book, and will be reading it after I'm done with work stuff.
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2015-01-08, 01:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Got my package today!
It was empty. Not even a receipt. Not damaged either.
Guess I have a slightly longer wait...
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2015-01-08, 01:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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2015-01-08, 01:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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2015-01-08, 03:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS Book 5 - Blood Runs in the Family (plus 2015 OOTS Heroes Calendar)
Got my (Domestic) package today. Book and Calender.
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2015-01-08, 04:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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2015-01-08, 04:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS Book 5 - Blood Runs in the Family (plus 2015 OOTS Heroes Calendar)
Got my book and calendar today! Yay!
I'm very pleased with the new book. I've got to wonder, though, given that they're shipped with the book and (much wider) calendar in a single large envelope, if it's even theoretically possible to get a calendar that isn't all bent to hell before you even open the package. >_<
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2015-01-08, 05:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS Book 5 - Blood Runs in the Family (plus 2015 OOTS Heroes Calendar)
I made two orders, one came in that same large enevelope you are probably referring to. My larger order came in a box. The calendar that was in the envelope did have a somewhat annoying bend in the lower right corner. The calendars that were in the box were in a much better condition, however (still very tightly packed in that box, mind).
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2015-01-08, 05:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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