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Old 09-03-2011, 10:13 PM   Top  -  End  -  #31
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Old 09-04-2011, 01:40 PM   Top  -  End  -  #32
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Tarquin is from the future. Specifically, he is Elan/Nale from the future; they were the same person instead of twins in that timeline. You see, he realized his father was just a version of himself from yet another timeline, so he went back in time to find his mother and create a stable time loop. However, time travel doesn't work in ways that make sense in the OOTS-verse, so instead of a stable time loop he split his new-timeline self into two people.
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Old 09-04-2011, 02:23 PM   Top  -  End  -  #33
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All of the Tarquin and Girard theories seem to involve something really disturbing.
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Old 09-04-2011, 03:23 PM   Top  -  End  -  #34
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I love threads like this :)
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Old 09-04-2011, 04:26 PM   Top  -  End  -  #35
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Here's mine!
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Old 09-04-2011, 04:38 PM   Top  -  End  -  #36
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Old 09-04-2011, 05:50 PM   Top  -  End  -  #37
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Old 09-04-2011, 06:10 PM   Top  -  End  -  #38
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Old 09-04-2011, 08:43 PM   Top  -  End  -  #39
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That's my favorite too. And, tying in with that ...

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Old 09-04-2011, 11:52 PM   Top  -  End  -  #40
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In all seriousness, though, I think that
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Old 09-05-2011, 12:00 AM   Top  -  End  -  #41
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They were from the first world, which means they obviously didn't count for some arbitrary reason I haven't thought of yet.
How about Soon's wife?
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Old 09-05-2011, 01:50 AM   Top  -  End  -  #42
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How about Soon's wife?
Already been covered, once by me and once by another poster. Pick your favorite excuse asspull reason.
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Old 09-06-2011, 01:24 PM   Top  -  End  -  #43
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Soon's wife had an affair with The Snarl, and all that rift thing is just a cover story, so they could live together.
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Old 09-06-2011, 01:36 PM   Top  -  End  -  #44
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Soon's wife had an affair with The Snarl, and all that rift thing is just a cover story, so they could live together.
What possible could the Snarl offer to a pseudojapanese wom....? Oh, yeah, tentacles .
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Old 09-06-2011, 08:08 PM   Top  -  End  -  #45
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Isn't it obvious?! When somebody is killed by the Snarl, they absorb a bit of the Snarl, and acquire the "half-Snarl" template. Kraagor, Soon's Wife, and all the people from the first world are half-Snarl citizens living in their own world, where the Order of the Stick will go and all become BABY SNARLS! Because of some obscure rule causing PC's to be ultra-sensitive to Snarl death because it makes for an awesome theory. And by that I really mean that my theory just bubbled into nonsense.

And Spoilered is what I surmise the average human half-snarl to look like.

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Old 09-08-2011, 11:04 PM   Top  -  End  -  #46
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I still have my crazy theory that Julia Greenhilt is Right-Eye's daughter. My basis for this is that Right-Eye sent his daughter away to be raised by humans, and who is probably the only human he knows and kind of trusts? Eugene Greenhilt. Eugene, in his twisted way trying to fix things after what happened to Eric, decided to give Sara and Roy another child to care about. He would certainly have had to use some magic to make her appear human, and perhaps also alter everyone's memories, but being a master illusionist, such things are probably not impossible to him. It's also a possible way that in the future, Redcloak and Roy could form a kinship.

Of course, I realize that there are a lot of logical problems with this, and it probably isn't true, but I secretly kinda hope there's something to it.
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Old 09-09-2011, 12:13 AM   Top  -  End  -  #47
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The Snarl is not actually a creature of chaos, but a creature of order. You see, it was created by the gods 'author discontinuity'. What it seeks is a to reach an internally consistent continuity. At some point it decided to create its own parallel universe where everything is right, and now it creates holes in the Gods world so it can gather materials for its own perfect world.
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Old 09-09-2011, 10:18 AM   Top  -  End  -  #48
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This thread makes my brain squeak.
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Old 09-09-2011, 12:20 PM   Top  -  End  -  #49
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I have a new theory.

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Old 09-10-2011, 10:39 AM   Top  -  End  -  #51
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Old 09-10-2011, 11:20 AM   Top  -  End  -  #52
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No what really is happening is:
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Old 09-10-2011, 12:18 PM   Top  -  End  -  #53
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Say that name and you risk being dragged off by unspeakable horrors, just like Z.
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Old 09-10-2011, 04:28 PM   Top  -  End  -  #54
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Ian Starshine is descended from Loki, making Haley part-goddess. This is the secret that even V doesn't know about.
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Old 09-10-2011, 08:15 PM   Top  -  End  -  #55
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Old 09-10-2011, 08:28 PM   Top  -  End  -  #56
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no, i wouldnt mind
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The Linear Guild still is in need of new healer.
So my guess who is it gonna be is...
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Old 09-11-2011, 10:57 AM   Top  -  End  -  #59
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