OOTS #635 - The Discussion Thread

[Collin152]

And now to inadvertantly kill hizer familial relations in the process of wreaking a horrible vengeance on an overgrown lizard.
Course, if it casts antimagic field again...

[Lira]

Woah.

I'm in a state of shock at the moment.

EDIT: Ok, now that I've recovered enough to be able to string some proper sentences together:
Wow. I love V's new appearance, I'm not ashamed to admit that I think V looks totally hot like that. :P I reaaaally hope V keeps the long hair and maybe the fangs when the splice is over because I love those. Great strip Mr Burlew!

[Querzis]

Yay, you actually used the comparison with Raistlin! But now I kinda wonder if the comparison was obvious or if you read one of my post about it...nah, I guess it was obvious.

[CapedLuigiYoshi]

That strip looked AWESOME.

Still, with the spirits' voices, I don't know how stable V will be.

:Dun dun DUN!

[Assassin89]

V has just obtained an evil costume change. If we assume that V's long hair equates to being female, that would answer the gender question, but that is not necessarily true.

[TBone]

the new V is quite possibly my favorite character. Super awesome. badass. all look upon hir and despair.

[xyzzy]

A pedophile choir.

That's a disturbing thought.

[Farmerbob]

No one noticed the title?

Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens every day

I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black

No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you

If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

Hmm, hmm, hmm,...

I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Yeah!

[Porthos]

I know I said it a few minutes ago, but after thinking about it, I must say again:

Ah, Boop!

Yeah. This ain't gonna end well for V.

Love the commentary by the IFCC though. Their "chips in the pot" comment sure would seem to lend credence to the whole Gate speculation, I would think.

[bluedolphin359]

Wow, am I the only one who's sad that V looks so evil? I guess so.

[Raging Gene Ray]

No one noticed the title?

I got the reference...and is that a Final Fantasy reference about the faux Latin choir, or has the whole "Dramatic Latin Choir" been famously done elsewhere?

[Chirurgie]

wow...am stunned at how good this comic is becoming...despite all the predictions of V going 'bad', it still blows me away to see the way it was presented!

and typical GitP, a very funny ending to an epic tale too!

My good sir, please keep up the good work and I promise to do my part by buying every published comic there is

[SPoD]

I got the reference...and is that a Final Fantasy reference about the faux Latin choir, or has the whole "Dramatic Latin Choir" been famously done elsewhere?

The fight with Darth Maul at the end of The Phantom Menace springs to mind.

[Winged One]

You know, they're quite correct. *puts some faux-latin chanting on* I wonder what other side effects they didn't tell V about?

[Fargo1168]

I haven't had a lol like that in a long time! Ominous Latin Chanting FTW!

[Starknight]

Yes V is technically in control of the soul splice.... V is going to go STRAIGHT for the Ancient Black Dragon, no matter WHO is in the way. This is so not going to end well. However, if V kills one (or more) of his family trying to get to the ABD, sh/he might well decide to unleash some payback on My Three Fiends. (Payback is a b***h and Super Evil V is that B***H).

Starknight

[Haven]

Wow, that was awesome.

I hope we don't jump back to Haley and Celia immediately. I want to see this play out.

[Trog]

For the curious the runes translate into:

B E T
Y O U
T H O U G H T
Y O U
H A D
F O U N D
A
S E C R E T
M E S S A G E
I N
T H I S
D I D N ' T
Y O U

[Scion_of_Darkness]

Nicely done with the Evil V. Quite dramatic and terrifying.

[BarGamer]

Having only read the first Raistlin book, and a long time ago at that... What's the joke?? *Hangs head in shame.*

[chiasaur11]

This is in no way a good sign.

Smily face in the thread title, you are a dirty liar!

[Kranden]

Evil V is king

[ladysekhmetka]

No one noticed the title?

Y'know, I thought the same thing... must be a generational thing :P

[Evaine]

No sir, I don't like. (The implications for the OOTS, that is. I love the comic! )

As for the whole red robe/black robe thing, it hearkens back to Dragonlance, where mages were connected with one of the three moons, which were white (good), red (neutral), and black (evil). Neutral mages wore red, and evil ones wore black. Here endeth the leason.

[Grunthos]

"Roy's gone bye-bye, Elan. What have you got left?"
"Sorry, Durkon, I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought."

[SandyCaesar]

My joy that both OotS and Erf have been updated pretty much concurrently is tempered by the realization that the internet connection is jammed up the wazoo as a result. Connect, damn you, connect...

I'll agree, V's transition has to rank up there as one of the most dramatic moments the history of the webcomic. And, just as the tension peaks, Giant delivers, perfectly timed:


Bunkus! Nonsuch! Gibberos! Gobbleygoos!
Bunkus! Nonsuch! Gibberos! Gobbleygoos!

Drama and humor. It doesn't get much better than this!

[otakufan]

And now to inadvertantly kill hizer familial relations in the process of wreaking a horrible vengeance on an overgrown lizard.
Course, if it casts antimagic field again...

I'd be willing to bet that V would hang back and toss a Mage's (Mordenkainen's) Disjunction (or two) at it. With hir sudden jump in levels, however temporary, I think shi has a fair shot at destroying an antimagic shell outright.

Now then...

*Joins the faux Latin chanting*

[Porthos]

For the curious the runes translate into:

B E T
Y O U
T H O U G H T
Y O U
H A D
F O U N D
A
S E C R E T
M E S S A G E
I N
T H I S
D I D N ' T
Y O U

Wait, are you serious? That's awesome.

I wonder if anyone has ever tried to translate the other runes that have appeared in the strip over the years?

[Waspinator]

This simply can not end well.

[ref]

Wow, am I the only one who's sad that V looks so evil? I guess so.

Not really. But as I said before, what we see here is just the culmination of a long downward trip, so I'm not sure if I had any sadness left.