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2017-08-07, 06:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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OOTS #1089 - The Discussion Thread
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Rich Burlew
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2017-08-07, 06:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1089 - The Discussion Thread
I feel like I'm missing the point on this one. What's Durkon planning?
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2017-08-07, 06:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-08-07, 06:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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I feel sorry for vampires. Their early existence is nothing but frustration, disgust and boredom.
ungelic is us
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2017-08-07, 06:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1089 - The Discussion Thread
Not often that I laugh before opening the comic. Nice title.
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2017-08-07, 06:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1089 - The Discussion Thread
"For you, the day Durkula graced your temple was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday."
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2017-08-07, 06:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1089 - The Discussion Thread
Go Durkon! Love these campground scenes (reminds me of DBZ).
Also, seems Durkula and Xykon have something in common - neither are disgusting biophiliacs.Skipper of the Good Ship O-ChOona (accepting crew applications)
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2017-08-07, 06:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1089 - The Discussion Thread
First rule of main characters' plans: if we got told in advance, it wouldn't work. We'll only see what he was planning when it comes to fruition.
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2017-08-07, 06:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-08-07, 06:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1089 - The Discussion Thread
I am seriously loving this sassier Durkon.
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2017-08-07, 06:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1089 - The Discussion Thread
The threat of an extended pus squeezin' montage really got a good giggle out of me.
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2017-08-07, 06:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1089 - The Discussion Thread
Love to see Greg being led around by Durkon. And now Durkon has yet another way to distract and mislead.
That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others - Groucho Marx
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2017-08-07, 06:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1089 - The Discussion Thread
And now I'm wondering what in the name of Thor's Unsanitary Ear Canal could have gotten around that good ol' "+2 vs Poisoning" to give Durkon "Food Poisoning"
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2017-08-07, 06:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1089 - The Discussion Thread
I wonder if Durkon is trying to make the vampire more like him. It's an evil spirit, but it's still a thinking creature and the two are linked in a way that allows Durkon the ability to influence the vampire (if not actually make it do anything). So, show it a lot of memories and see if its opinions are as strong as it thinks.
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2017-08-07, 06:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-08-07, 06:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1089 - The Discussion Thread
"If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
Ronkong Coma "the way of the bookhunter" III Catacombium
(Walter Moers "Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher")
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2017-08-07, 06:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-08-07, 06:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1089 - The Discussion Thread
Greg's been in Durkon's head for weeks...but now Durkon is learning how to get into Greg's head. He nearly made a Vampire spirit barf! Go Durkon.
I've a fear that Durkon's mother is going to show up and things may turn badly for her.
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2017-08-07, 06:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Well, durkon is certainly being resourceful with his limited resources. I've never expected that from him. Seems like some character development. I wonder if he'll become a more powerful cleric afterwards
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2017-08-07, 06:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Hmmm...On the one hand, i'm not a fan of crusde scantological humor. On the other hand, some good writing and a hilarious pun in the title. Yeah, this is good.
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2017-08-07, 06:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1089 - The Discussion Thread
"thar's six more hours o' me runnin' ta the can an' ye'll haf ta smell ev'ry minute o' it"
I'm so going to use that line ar work!
Thank you sincerely Mr. Burlew!
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2017-08-07, 06:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-08-07, 06:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-08-07, 06:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1089 - The Discussion Thread
I'm still thinking that Durkon has something else planned. The title of the last comic doesn't seem like it would be a red-herring.
In DnD you find a lot about people. I found out that my friends are willing to let someone die in order to salvage and sell the arrow piercing his chest.
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2017-08-07, 06:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1089 - The Discussion Thread
"And yet, will we ever come to an end of discussion and talk if we think we must always reply to replies? For replies come from those who either cannot understand what is said to them, or are so stubborn and contentious that they refuse to give in even if they do understand." - St. Augustine
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2017-08-07, 06:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1089 - The Discussion Thread
The look of horror on the vampire spirit's face--!
Also 'I told you about the hall because I know it's empty and there's no one you can kill there' is very thoughtful of Durkon.
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2017-08-07, 06:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-08-07, 07:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-08-07, 07:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1089 - The Discussion Thread
Interesting; Durkon can't withhold information, but can give more information than he needs to. I'd forgotten this detail from the beginning of the current book. And it appears to have worked in preventing the vampire from interrogating him further; the vampire isn't privy to everything, like thought processes, so has to demand them. I've a feeling the 'you didn't know the right questions to ask' will be Phyrnglsnyx's downfall.
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2017-08-07, 07:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: OOTS #1089 - The Discussion Thread
As usual, Greg completely misses the point. Given how often something like this happens, I have to wonder if vampires even have a concept of "selflessness". Malack and Greg both provide examples of vampires who willingly subordinate themselves to another, but as Malack himself said earlier in the story...
"Through service, we are rewarded."
Malack's was not a devotion to his deity, he was still ultimately in the game for himself, similar to Qarr... he found someone much bigger and more powerful than himself and glued his lips to their ass.
And here, we see Greg has repeatedly failed to see why Durkon behaves the way he does, and is generally quick to dismiss it if Durkon stops to explain himself. Even here, the only conclusion he can come to on his own is that Durkon might be "plotting something", like his own release... not that he might have willingly surrendered information to keep the death toll down.
The Exarch seems to be on a similar train of thought... he dismissed his host's decision to abandon an abundant lifestyle to become a cleric as "going to worship rocks", which he expressed extreme disdain for. From a purely selfish standpoint, that would make sense... the Exarch basically would've been set for life if he hadn't altered course. Instead going and making himself a subordinate to something that can't, on its own, offer something in return for services rendered would definitely seem like, bare minimum, a stupid decision... but if the Exarch's goal was ultimately to help people, or even just the Neutral goal of finding spiritual satisfaction, it's a good thing for him to do. And again, he's sucking up to Greg, by calling him a "great leader" in spite of all evidence to the contrary (do we know for sure if Durkon is/was of a higher level than the Exarch? That'd lend more to this whole thing...)
Now, most of the other vampires haven't been on-panel long enough to establish much in the way of character, but the pattern certainly seems to hold...