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Thread: So, about the Sphinx Pox
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2019-10-31, 09:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: So, about the Sphinx Pox
Not only that, but we know the spell exists in the OOTS-verse. As it was explicitly mentioned.
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2019-10-31, 09:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: So, about the Sphinx Pox
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2019-11-01, 12:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: So, about the Sphinx Pox
They COULD, they explicitly said they wanted it to take a long time to give them a chance to beef up their anti vampire defenses. Not coincidentally this also gives OotS the chance to thwart Hel's plans by stopping the need for a vote.
"Besides, you know the saying: Kill one, and you are a murderer. Kill millions, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god." -- Fishman
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2019-11-01, 07:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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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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2019-11-01, 08:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-11-01, 04:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: So, about the Sphinx Pox
I mean... this is a comic where Hilgya came back, Zz'dtri came back, Miko appeared on-panel long after her death, and even the nonsensical movie snacks interlude turned out to be significant.
I can understand betting on "won't become a plot point". But betting on "not even mentioned again" seems to be a very, very long shot.
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2019-11-01, 05:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: So, about the Sphinx Pox
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2019-11-02, 01:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-11-02, 06:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: So, about the Sphinx Pox
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2019-11-02, 09:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-11-02, 10:45 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-11-02, 11:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: So, about the Sphinx Pox
Yep. A callback joke to the readers who think it was significant, maybe. But, relevant to the plotline? Not in a comic were the outcome of characters is a result of their actions and choices, not of a random God planting a random ilness on some arbitrary desert gas station that only appeared in a bounus comic.
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2019-11-04, 11:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-11-04, 12:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: So, about the Sphinx Pox
The strip that mentioned it also specified an incubation period long past the documented time frame to get to the expected climax of the story. (Something that could be further confirmed if, say, Team Evil finds the final gate at the end of this book.)
By all evidence, deuterio is reading an entirely different comic than everyone else.
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2019-11-04, 01:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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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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2019-11-04, 01:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: So, about the Sphinx Pox
If they make a side trip to the astral plane that will effectively pause time
'Utúlie'n aurë! Aiya Eldalië ar Atanatári, utúlie'n aurë! “The day has come! Behold, people of the Eldar and Fathers of Men, the day has come!" And all those who heard his great voice echo in the hills answered, crying:'Auta i lómë!" The night is passing!"
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2019-11-04, 02:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-11-04, 02:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: So, about the Sphinx Pox
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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2019-11-04, 03:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-11-04, 03:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: So, about the Sphinx Pox
Yeah, very possible. It just seems like there's been some confusion lately about what's a callback and what is plot-relevant. (Geoff having a son who is his motivation to help Bozzok is plot-relevant. That son being the same guy from the polearm store isn't, unless him being Geoff's son affected his actions toward Roy in some way-- and from all available evidence, the existence of Monty Python had a greater effect on his behavior.)
Oh, it is. Everyone is a Mary Sue, has plot armor, or is a plot-armored Mary Sue. People remember and forget they have powers as the story dictates. Nothing seems to happen for any rhyme or reason.Last edited by Ruck; 2019-11-04 at 03:08 PM.
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2019-11-05, 08:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: So, about the Sphinx Pox
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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2019-11-05, 11:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: So, about the Sphinx Pox
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2019-11-05, 02:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: So, about the Sphinx Pox
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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2019-11-05, 02:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: So, about the Sphinx Pox
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2019-11-05, 02:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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2019-11-05, 02:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: So, about the Sphinx Pox
I agree that Fyron's son is a never mentioned again, but I'd be genuinely shocked if Redcloak's Niece was a dropped plot thread. The utter insanity of some of the speculation about her has become a forum in-joke, but that doesn't mean she isn't going to be relevant in the future. Who wastes perfectly good foreshadowing like that?
I could also easily see Sphinx Pox being the subject of a call-back joke, like the automated prayer system and sentient theater snacks wound up being. It's never going to be plot relevant, but that doesn't mean it can't come back as the subject of another joke.
EDIT: And it turns out we agree about the Sphinx Pox being a call-back joke, so I didn't need to say anything.Last edited by BasiliskSoldier; 2019-11-05 at 02:30 PM.
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2019-11-05, 02:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: So, about the Sphinx Pox
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2019-11-05, 02:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: So, about the Sphinx Pox
My money is on brick joke/ callback. Fatal diseases seem a bit much to be handled off panel, even in D&D.
Second bet is on some other complication happening to make the pox a bigger headache (maybe the Mechane abandons them to go off and get treated?)
But what I'm really wondering is: What if you suck at riddles?
Will the riddles be really obvious, or impossible (due to being malformed)? Does the pox itself grant the ability to improv riddles?
What humorous things will Belkar say when he's talking in riddles? I'm picturing him (instead of saying "me") saying "what has two thumbs at looks like a tool shed?"
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2019-11-05, 03:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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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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2019-11-05, 03:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: So, about the Sphinx Pox
Even when the fix is merely a third level spell?
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