Things you never noticed II: I never noticed the first thread

[Klear]

Originally Posted by Nevereatcars

I just moticed that Thog's fanboy that got killed was waving a red flag. star trek

The red flag is simply the flag of the Empire of Blood. It's all over the place.

[Kurald Galain]

Originally Posted by Acora

I never noticed that in 203, when the OotS is claiming to be completely innocent, both Haley and V seem to be freaking out a bit, while Belkar is perfectly fine. Didn't know the little bugger had such a good Bluff skill. I also never noticed V's line: "Yes. None of us have even tampered with the fundamental natural order when bored. That would be wrong."

It's probably also that Belkar sincerely doesn't believe he's doing anything wrong. This is also shown in OOPC, and stated in DSTP.

[Nevereatcars]

Originally Posted by Klear

The red flag is simply the flag of the Empire of Blood. It's all over the place.

Yeah, but its RED! And the guy DIED!

[MoonCat]

Originally Posted by Nevereatcars

Yeah, but its RED! And the guy DIED!

So... it's not a red shirt, it's just red. and there's a really good reason for it to be red. I really think you're overanalyzing there Nevereatcars.

[The Linker]

The Empire of Blood guards all have red belts. And lots of them have died! It's a red-shirt empire!

[Kish]

Vaarsuvius is going to die!

[The Linker]

The empress of blood is SUPER dead.

[Holy_Knight]

Originally Posted by Kurald Galain

Yes, of course. The thing is that you're retroactively assuming that it did, which is the joke. A bit meta, isn't it?

I can see what you mean, but I don't think that's right. In the first case, Elan specifically invokes the idea of retroactive assumption, whereas in the latter, he simply states that the training had taken place. There's a difference between a character explicitly trying to "game the system" versus just stating something to have happened off-panel.

Given the whole fight and reconciliation after the "Elanicalicus" incident, the best explanation is that Elan is simply telling the truth, and Vaarsuvius has been training him magically despite Elan not actually multiclassing to wizard. That's not really an assumption, that's just believing what a character says (and noting its consistency with other evidence).

[1337 b4k4]

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0085.html

Roy has Belkar's knife sticking out of him.

[CrimsonAngel]

Originally Posted by Ron Miel

Okay, it makes sense that they are colours on the cave wall, I'll grant you that point. Even so, there's no reason why the colours would run uphill. They would still run horizontally in the background even when the ground slopes.

In #524 there are people on 2 levels of the cave, there's probably a slope to get from the lower to the higher. The bands of colour in the cave would still run horizontally behind the slope, right?

How does that work? If something is running along the floor, does it disappear when the floor starts to slope up?

Here is a picture.

[Flame of Anor]

Originally Posted by The Linker

Er, I'm not sure Inception was out at that point.

Edit: Yeah, #610 is a 2008 comic. Inception came out two years later. Bit early for a reference, eh?

What was the (presumably edited out) guess at an Inception reference?

[The Linker]

He edited it out? Dat's lame. For future reference, it's more proper to edit in a 'this was silly!' correction than edit out something that's been replied to.

Anyway, the supposed reference in question was Shojo's "Do you hear the music? Time's almost up, Belkar."

[Shhalahr Windrider]

Originally Posted by Mutant Sheep

Why do you give us these ideas when we know they will never happen.

I was kinda hoping that it was a little early to rule it out.

Originally Posted by CrimsonAngel

How does that work? If something is running along the floor, does it disappear when the floor starts to slope up?

Here is a picture.

No, but coloration is generally due to standing water and sediments settling, which flatten out with gravity. Running water generally doesn’t leave a stain on stone.

[Prowl]

OK so I just noticed that Elan has his sash resting over his right shoulder and Nale has his on the left; furthermore, when Nale does his switch-places plot in Cliffport and exchanges clothes with Elan, even though he put on Elan's sash, Nale was still wearing it over the left shoulder... and had clothed Elan with Nale's sash over the right shoulder.


However, come strip #378, Nale-as-Elan is wearing the sash over the right shoulder, which (in that strip and immediate follow-ups) was the last time we saw Nale in a sash - seems to either be an error/oversight or an indication that Nale realized he should use the other shoulder to get the disguise correct, at some point.

The next appearance of a sash is #742 (sashless all that time!) where Elan is wearing a sash in his usual style, and this time Tarquin is also in a sash... over the left shoulder, Nale-style.

Not sure if this has any significance or if I'm reading too much into it.

[Whiffet]

Originally Posted by Prowl

OK so I just noticed that Elan has his sash resting over his right shoulder and Nale has his on the left; furthermore, when Nale does his switch-places plot in Cliffport and exchanges clothes with Elan, even though he put on Elan's sash, Nale was still wearing it over the left shoulder... and had clothed Elan with Nale's sash over the right shoulder.


However, come strip #378, Nale-as-Elan is wearing the sash over the right shoulder, which (in that strip and immediate follow-ups) was the last time we saw Nale in a sash - seems to either be an error/oversight or an indication that Nale realized he should use the other shoulder to get the disguise correct, at some point.

The reason for the change is the second-to-last panel here. V tells Nale-as-Elan that his sash is on backwards.

[Kurald Galain]

In strip 98, the party is doused with barbecue sauce. In strip 99, Vaarsuvius is clean again.

This is probably intentional: V has the habit of using Prestidigitation spells to clean himself, and thus can get clean faster than the rest of the party.

[Xanmyral]

Not sure if this was said before, but I've never noticed that Rich foreshadowed Tarquin(Spelling?) in strip 236, by Haley. Who's father is being held by him.

[The Linker]

We already knew that Nale had been raised by his evil warlord father since strip #50. It's not foreshadowing, just a reference to that.

[Incom]

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0385.html
Panel 10.

Spoiler

V does exactly this in the soul splice arc (minus the "other elf" obviously)

[Wonton]

I only just now noticed Belkar's joke about Bozzok in panel 4 of this strip.

Oh, Belkar.

[MoonCat]

Originally Posted by Wonton

I only just now noticed Belkar's joke about Bozzok in panel 4 of this strip.

Oh, Belkar.

You know, I'd forgotten about that strip. I really do wonder what's up with Geoff, and whether we should trust him.

[Wonton]

Originally Posted by MoonCat

You know, I'd forgotten about that strip. I really do wonder what's up with Geoff, and whether we should trust him.

Considering it took place less than 30 strips ago, I'm amazed at how little I remember it.

Anyway, I thought it would take me very long to find another one, but actually, there was one in the fourth strip I read: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0302.html

Panel one, a guy is winking at the girl next to him.

[Kibble Sage]

Originally Posted by Wonton

Considering it took place less than 30 strips ago, I'm amazed at how little I remember it.

Anyway, I thought it would take me very long to find another one, but actually, there was one in the fourth strip I read: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0302.html

Panel one, a guy is winking at the girl next to him.

Good catch, I never noticed that and it's actually a strip I've read frequently because I find it amusing.

[Dragonglove]

Originally Posted by MoonCat

You know, I'd forgotten about that strip. I really do wonder what's up with Geoff, and whether we should trust him.

I don't want to get too into main story here, but check out panel 8: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0609.html

and panels 8-11 of: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0770.html

I think it's clear who Bozzok wrote to, and why the keep finding him when he escapes.

[Pheehelm]

From that same strip (770), I just noticed another line from Ian: "smart people aren't cut out to be gladiators."

Ian and Thog apparently understood this better than Roy...

[Alagaesian]

This is something I noticed when I first read the strip, but I'm pretty sure no one else did.

Tarquin's drink throughout 763 gets empties as he takes sips from it. I believe panels 19 and 20 are goofed: the drink is at the same level as it was when Tarquin took his second sip, then the glass suddenly empties a bit in panel 21.

[MoonCat]

Originally Posted by Alagaesian

This is something I noticed when I first read the strip, but I'm pretty sure no one else did.

Tarquin's drink throughout 763 gets empties as he takes sips from it. I believe panels 19 and 20 are goofed: the drink is at the same level as it was when Tarquin took his second sip, then the glass suddenly empties a bit in panel 21.

WHOA! All that attention to detail... Giant, I am stunned. That is amazing. And now I see why the last panel is funny too.

[Elvenwonder]

In the last panel of 728 you can see Roy wearing Haley's bow, which she lost in 713. It's knocked off of Roy's back in 729 and it's on the floor in 732. She has it back in 750, though she doesn't use it. Presumably Durkon picked it up at some point and returned it to her.
Also, 750 has an appearance of Haley's sap, which others have chronicled the history of.

And the entire Gladiator subplot has the same background characters running through it. Evisceratus, for example, actually had several lines and a slight personality.

[Cvitnef]

Originally Posted by Elvenwonder

In the last panel of 728 you can see Roy wearing Haley's bow, which she lost in 713. It's knocked off of Roy's back in 729 and it's on the floor in 732. She has it back in 750, though she doesn't use it. Presumably Durkon picked it up at some point and returned it to her.
Also, 750 has an appearance of Haley's sap, which others have chronicled the history of.

And the entire Gladiator subplot has the same background characters running through it. Evisceratus, for example, actually had several lines and a slight personality.

You can see dinosaur in the first panel in 780. Never noticed that.

[Arles]

In 798, 2nd page, 7th panel Thog is missing his left shackle.