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    Default Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    Look a the first panel - Belkar calls V self buddy. Was he really supposed to do that?

    Given comic 596 (last panel, to be precise) I think that it was a typo

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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    Huh.. I thought Illsionary Belkar was complimenting himself, but that makes sense too.

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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    I think "self buddy" is completely intentional.

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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    Can't say for sure. When I saw it first, I thought it was a typo too.

    Now I assume that it could have been done intentionally as a play with "elf" - "self" words.

    Still looks more like a typo for me.

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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    self = my
    buddy = friend

    I just assume the illusion's grammar is the suck because it's goofball 'controlling' it.
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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    Maybe so, but I'd like to hear Giant so he can shed light on what he intended to write

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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    First read suggested typo. Context reading suggested self-gratification. So to speak.
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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    Belkar compliments himself:

    V: At least when the when the halfling was a member of this *blah blah blah*
    I. Belkar: Hey, that's a good point! Rock on, self buddy.
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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    My first thought was that V seemed so much like him, that he practically WAS Belkar... Maybe I'm reading too much into it

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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    I definitely felt like it was a typo and intended to be "elf buddy." Also, the comma in "who is this, 'Therkla?'" is extraneous and ought to be removed, but that's less of an issue.

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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    Uh guys, the illusion was talking about the real Belkar (his "self"). He complements himself.

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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    Quote Originally Posted by Lostboy View Post
    I definitely felt like it was a typo and intended to be "elf buddy." Also, the comma in "who is this, 'Therkla?'" is extraneous and ought to be removed, but that's less of an issue.
    The comma is supposed to represent a pause. It's kind of like this:
    "Who is this... 'Therkla'?"
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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    Yes. If you check other illusions, they also speak with weird references to people. Such as the Belkar illusion in jail. It looks intentional to me.

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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    It's very intentional, the previous strip had "rock on elf buddy" it's a play on that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Noobfish View Post
    My first thought was that V seemed so much like him, that he practically WAS Belkar... Maybe I'm reading too much into it

    I agree with Noobfish. Elan was trying to make the point, in my opinion, that V was acting just like Belkar.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lostboy View Post
    I definitely felt like it was a typo and intended to be "elf buddy." Also, the comma in "who is this, 'Therkla?'" is extraneous and ought to be removed, but that's less of an issue.
    If you look at previous comics, you'll see that The Giant often puts commas right before quotes in the middle of a sentence.

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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    Not a mistake, very intentional, and funnier than if it were 'corrected'. Illusory Belkar is congratulating himself for being part of an OotS that was goal-focused, as remarked upon by V immediately prior in the panel.

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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    Quote Originally Posted by Noobfish View Post
    My first thought was that V seemed so much like him, that he practically WAS Belkar... Maybe I'm reading too much into it
    That's how I read it too.

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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

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    Now that this has been mentioned, one of two things will occur. Either Rich realizes that he made a mistake and corrects it, or else Rich continues working on the next installment as there is no mistake to correct. (Sub-options: with either situation, Rich either will or will not comment on the topic, in this thread or elsewhere.)
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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    Definitely not a typo.
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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    I think the Belkar Illusion is on a loop, and the self-elf confusion is a degradation of the signal.
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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    Belkar is congratulating himself for helping get things done, and doing so in a manner designed to sound the same as his comment at the end of the prior comic. It's the equivalent of saying, "Yay for me!" It's not a typo.
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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    "Self" is properly spaced for 4 letters and otherwise looks intentional.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MReav View Post
    Huh.. I thought Illsionary Belkar was complimenting himself, but that makes sense too.
    I did a double take, and then I pretty much decided this, too.
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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    No it should be elf. Look at the last panel of the previous comic. It has Belkar repeating a similar phrase, but without the typo.

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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    Quote Originally Posted by Pyro View Post
    No it should be elf. Look at the last panel of the previous comic. It has Belkar repeating a similar phrase, but without the typo.
    There's such a thing as context in both cases, y'know.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kish View Post
    There's such a thing as context in both cases, y'know.
    Haha well the second comic's context is the first in that case.

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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    It's not a typo. It's an intentional joke.
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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    No, I'm pretty sure it's a ty-

    Oh.

    Nevermind.

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    Default Re: Self buddy? [A mistake in comic 597]

    Quote Originally Posted by The Giant View Post
    It's not a typo. It's an intentional joke.
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