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  1. 2019-05-22, 05:13 AM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #1
    Calavera
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    Default Do Xykon and Redcloak know they're comic characters?

    Just curious, as I don't remember anything, has there ever been a scene where Redcloak or Xykon acknowledge that they are fictional characters in a comic?
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  2. 2019-05-22, 05:16 AM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #2
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    Default Re: Do Xykon and Redcloak know they're comic characters?

    Quote Originally Posted by Calavera View Post
    Just curious, as I don't remember anything, has there ever been a scene where Redcloak or Xykon acknowledge that they are fictional characters in a comic?
    not that I remember.
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  3. 2019-05-22, 05:50 AM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #3
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    Default Re: Do Xykon and Redcloak know they're comic characters?

    Redcloak does have a lampshade delivered (to be hung anywhere) during his "I refuse to believe an order of Paladins would be so dumb as to actually ignore 4/5ths of the world ending anomalies" speech. I think thats as close as he gets, though.
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    There is a lot of very bizarre nonsense being talked on this forum. I shall now remain silent and logoff until my points are vindicated.
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  4. 2019-05-22, 06:03 AM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #4
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    Default Re: Do Xykon and Redcloak know they're comic characters?

    Quote Originally Posted by Bacon Elemental View Post
    Redcloak does have a lampshade delivered (to be hung anywhere) during his "I refuse to believe an order of Paladins would be so dumb as to actually ignore 4/5ths of the world ending anomalies" speech. I think thats as close as he gets, though.
    I never got that reference...
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  5. 2019-05-22, 06:06 AM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jannoire View Post
    I never got that reference...
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    To my surprise, OoTS is actually the demonstration image for this one.
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    Why does D&D have no Gollum? Why it does. You just can't see him. He is wearing his precious at the moment.
    There is a lot of very bizarre nonsense being talked on this forum. I shall now remain silent and logoff until my points are vindicated.
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  6. 2019-05-22, 07:52 AM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #6
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    Default Re: Do Xykon and Redcloak know they're comic characters?

    Well, when Redcloak starts talking about what Tsukiko would do with the complete Ritual, Xykon tels him to take it to the fanfiction sites...
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    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
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  7. 2019-05-22, 09:05 AM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #7
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    Default Re: Do Xykon and Redcloak know they're comic characters?

    Yes.

    Spoiler: Start of Darkness.
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    Redcloak and Right-eye both panic a bit when the color crayon flashback ends and they are still the black-and-white doesn't kick in for a few panels, because "the Plan is on a tight budget and there's no way they can afford full color."
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  8. 2019-05-22, 10:22 AM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #8
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    Default Re: Do Xykon and Redcloak know they're comic characters?

    The whole reason the MitD is itD is because Xykon doesn’t want to spoil the reveal.
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  9. 2019-05-22, 10:59 AM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #9
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    Default Re: Do Xykon and Redcloak know they're comic characters?

    #23 has Xykon saying 'they could have a cutaway any moment' in reference to the MitD. While it could be inferred he isn't aware he's currently in a cutaway, he at least knows that cutaways exist.
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  10. 2019-05-22, 03:35 PM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #10
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    Default Re: Do Xykon and Redcloak know they're comic characters?

    Redcloak is also aware of their antagonistic plotline.

    In short, they're not as meta as the Order but definitely lean on the fourth wall, as opposed to breaking it.
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  11. 2019-05-22, 04:49 PM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #11
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    Default Re: Do Xykon and Redcloak know they're comic characters?

    In strip #23, Xykon mentions the possibility that "they might do a cutaway to us at any moment."

    Edit: Dang ninjas. Guess I failed my Spot check.
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  12. 2019-05-22, 06:55 PM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #12
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    Default Re: Do Xykon and Redcloak know they're comic characters?

    Redcloak wrote the foreword to one book. Origin of PCs, IIRC. He talked at length about the plight of those who don't have the benefit of a real-world player and his plot armor - NPCs like him.
    Just a heads-up: That coffee we gave you earlier had fluorescent calcium in it so we can track the neuronal activity in your brain. There's a slight chance the calcium could harden and vitrify your frontal lobe. Anyway, don't stress yourself thinking about it. I'm serious. Visualizing the scenario while under stress actually triggers the reaction.
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  13. 2019-05-22, 09:38 PM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #13
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    Default Re: Do Xykon and Redcloak know they're comic characters?

    Redcloak seems to know in the third mail-call strip. Although Xykon is oblivious.
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  14. 2019-05-24, 02:15 PM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #14
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    Default Re: Do Xykon and Redcloak know they're comic characters?

    http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1140.html

    This world is a "self-aware stick figure fantasy parody"? So I assume so?
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  15. 2019-05-26, 10:05 AM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #15
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    Default Re: Do Xykon and Redcloak know they're comic characters?

    I'd say no. They're just talking like crazy people, sometimes.
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