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2019-01-15, 04:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
A thread for posting plot twists and developments you imagined would happen but then totally didn’t.
The Giant proves every week why he makes money writing stories and many of us don’t.
If as you read the comic you fancifully imagined how certain events would turn out only to be completely wrong, confess it here.
A few from me:
- The IFCC would use their three-minute option on V’s soul to protect V’s body from the vampires in the Firmament fight (never happened)
- Exarch Gontor would vamp the crew of the Mecane during the events of the Godsmoot (never happened)
- This book would end with Durkula leaving with a mind to destroying the fifth gate and forcing the gods to pull the plug on OotSplanet (clearly will not happen)
Looking back, all these ideas were foolish. I learn week on week to never second guess a Giant’s plot - he’s had more good ideas then I’ve had hot dinners.Last edited by ReleaseTheBees; 2019-01-15 at 04:59 PM.
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2019-01-15, 04:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
No slight at all to the Giant, but now I wanna buy you a hot dinner.
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2019-01-15, 05:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
I thought that instead of the vampire being destroyed and Durkon resurrected, Greg and Durkon would actually merge in one soul.
The other plot twists (Belkar won't die, Team Evil will find the Gate and get ready to ritual at the end of this book, Tarquin will go to the last gate and fight with Xykon AND the Order only to die a stupid anticlimatic way) can still happen.
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2019-01-15, 05:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-01-15, 05:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
I thought something like the vampire and Durkon merging, at least until the end of the book, would happen too.
As for your other thoughts:
1) That technically can happen, but it definitely isn't going to.
2) How is Team Evil finding the Gate and getting ready for the ritual a plot twist?
3) I don't see what the point of that would be either?Last edited by Rrmcklin; 2019-01-15 at 05:17 PM.
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2019-01-15, 05:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
OP here. Another fanciful one:
Remember that Wand of Cure Moderate Wounds Haley gave Elan in the gnome town as an early solstice present? And Elan said “I promise to use it on you most of all, except I hope I don’t have to.”
Like... I had this feverish idea Durkon would kill and vamperise Haley before the end of the book.
And Elan would be forced to use the wand against Vamp Haley to defend himself.
Now I realise how daft that would have been.
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2019-01-15, 08:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
I had thought that when the order woke up from Girard's illusion, the gate might have already blown up, and now they had to find out what happened. But of course things happened differently, and that particular story arc went for far longer than I had thought.
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2019-01-16, 02:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
I thought that Tarquin was going to be killed by Sabine as revenge for Nale's death. It seems that won't be how Tarquin's plans are unraveled though.
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2019-01-16, 06:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
Each one of us, alone, is but a drop in the sea
Our powers pale compared with the great heroes
Our battles don’t hit theheadlines or shake the earth
But they are few, can’t be everywhere, and we, many
So, when the world or universe needs saving, they come
But when people needs saving, we are the ones to appear
We're underdogs, but we rise up to the challenge to be heroes.
(Wishing Joe, a low-powered superhero)
"I really like the Geek Math'ology we do here"
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2019-01-16, 07:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
I was sure that Durkon would stay dead much longer than this, and that Minrah would be the one that'd be back.
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Spoiler: LotRThe scouring of the Shire never happened. That's right. After reading books I, II, and III, I stopped reading when the One Ring was thrown into Mount Doom. The story ends there. Nothing worthwhile happened afterwards. Middle-Earth was saved.
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2019-01-16, 08:52 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
I was sure Durkon was going for perma-death, and this book would end with his funeral (in an empty coffin) next to his dad.
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2019-01-16, 09:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
I'm not entirely sure if this counts as a twist I thought would happen or a not-twist I thought wouldn't happen or what, but...
Up until the actual reveal, I thought Malack being a vampire was just too obvious, what with being sickly and pale and associated with a death god and all. That Giant is so clever; he made it so obvious it was not obvious at all!
I wanna say there was... something about Miko back in the day, but I don't remember really.Last edited by Grey Watcher; 2019-01-16 at 10:03 AM.
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2019-01-16, 09:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
I have thought for some time now, that Belkar will be going to that other world in the Snarl. Since he is "not long for this world". Not sure if he dies and gets reborn there...but that would be pretty cool.
So I said to myself "SELF, if I were you, and I think I am, I would be beside myself in embarrassment, so slap myself silly."
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2019-01-16, 10:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
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2019-01-16, 10:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
You don't necessarily need to breathe in an alternate universe, silly.
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2019-01-16, 10:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
Less a twist that didn't happen, but a twist I thought wouldn't happen that did.
Since Hylgia's departure in Book 1, we've seen "Hylgia will be back" announcers at every corner the Order turned, and I have always been on the "Nah, she's gone" side. Eventually, she came.Each one of us, alone, is but a drop in the sea
Our powers pale compared with the great heroes
Our battles don’t hit theheadlines or shake the earth
But they are few, can’t be everywhere, and we, many
So, when the world or universe needs saving, they come
But when people needs saving, we are the ones to appear
We're underdogs, but we rise up to the challenge to be heroes.
(Wishing Joe, a low-powered superhero)
"I really like the Geek Math'ology we do here"
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2019-01-16, 11:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
After all is done, Haley meets back up with her father.
Ian: "It worked! We vanquished Tarquin and his evil allies and it was only possible because of our newest ally, she had fantastic insight into Tarquin for some reason"
Haley: "Oh which new ally?"
Ian: "Oh let me introduce you to your new step-mom then..."
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2019-01-16, 11:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
Each one of us, alone, is but a drop in the sea
Our powers pale compared with the great heroes
Our battles don’t hit theheadlines or shake the earth
But they are few, can’t be everywhere, and we, many
So, when the world or universe needs saving, they come
But when people needs saving, we are the ones to appear
We're underdogs, but we rise up to the challenge to be heroes.
(Wishing Joe, a low-powered superhero)
"I really like the Geek Math'ology we do here"
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2019-01-16, 12:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
I’m not sure there’s been many instances where I predicted a plot twist that didn’t come to fruition. Certainly, I’m much more likely to vehemently debate against an anticipated plot twist...and then wind up being very wrong.
Well, except my predictions about Trigak. Those have yet to pass.
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2019-01-16, 12:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
I was sure V was going to bust out that quickened fireball during the vampire fight at some point. Actually, I guess that could still happen during the Exarch fight.
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2019-01-16, 01:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
Never sure, but I half-expected Durkon* to have made a coffin out of one of those wooden crates in the Mechane's hull.
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2019-01-16, 01:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-01-16, 01:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
I expected Belkar to get vamped instead of Durkon, so that he would fulfill the prophecy but not be removed from the story. I still expect something more complicated than death to happen to Belkar.
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2019-01-16, 01:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
I didn't think she'd be coming back, either, mostly because the theories were specious until recently, and even in this storyline I didn't think it was plausible (and I thought it was a bit sexist) that she'd seek revenge or anything over a guy she slept with once. A guy she slept with once who left her with a child, however...
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2019-01-16, 02:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
I read it a few months ago and totally thought Hilgya would be back with Durkon’s kid based on the comment about neither having the right cantrip. Was that not a popular theory? I thought it was more heavily foreshadowed compared to many other things.
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2019-01-16, 02:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
That comment was in 1120. 15 strips after Hilgya reappeared with the kid.
By the time you saw the comment about not having the right cantrip, I would very much be surprised if it was still a theory.Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
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2019-01-16, 02:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Plot twists you thought would happen (but totally didn’t)
I mean, it will, in that the implication of the prophecy isn't just that Belkar will die, but that he will also be permanently removed from the story.
Which is why him becoming a vampire wouldn't have actually satisfied it anyway. Or not the spirit of the prophecy, anyway.
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2019-01-16, 02:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-01-16, 02:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-01-16, 02:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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