The Order of the Stick

^^ That the photos were taken voluntarily is irrelevant. The point is that the "if you didn't want them stolen, you shouldn't have taken them" argument is flat out victim-blaming. It's like if someone smashed your window and stole your computer, and then people told you it was your fault for owning a computer and having breakable windows.

This isn't the thread for discussing this in further depth, though, so I'll just link to this Cracked article, which does a nice job of explaining why the most common arguments about why it's the celebrities' faults are a steaming pile of BS, and leave it at that.

See im if the opinion that they shouldn't have kept them somewhere they could have been stolen so easily. Keep it in a hard drive and none of this would have happened. But no, gotta be technologically illiterate and keep them in about the least secure place possible.

Could we possibly discuss the topic, which is to say the webcomic named The Order of the Stick?

Seconded. For a topic this controversial, the OTC thread is that way, guys.

I want to play Smite Tha Tree. Someone should try and reverse engineer a playable game from what we see in the comic here.

I'll bet good money that Rich has already been asked for that on the GITP forums.

I smell a new Kickstarter reward.

Durkon would be the child who scrupulously plays by the rules. :)

Dude, if you can't thunderclap without a raincloud on the field, then you can't thunderclap without a raincloud on the field. Otherwise, the whole game breaks down!

Of course, Durkon went on to put his knowledge regarding using thunderclaps to destroy trees to good use.

edited 12th Sep '14 9:23:42 PM by oppyu

Oh man, good catch.

Well- this confirms that Vampy is Lawful Evil I suppose. I have to admit, watching him and Dorkan interact is kind of awesome.

First thing I thought of.

Dorukan?

Durkon, I think.

New comic!

And it looks like we've found another potential weakness in Durkula's facade.

His -5 to patience when it comes to knock-knock jokes?

edited 26th Sep '14 4:59:15 PM by Euodiachloris

The better than average probability that he will try sharing this memory with Roy and pass if off as a joke.

Interesting.

So, what is it we've learned about Durkula, specifically? That he doesn't understand that people change over time?

If that's the case I suppose Durkon could show him a memory of what he was like when he was younger, and convince the vampire that that's an accurate example of how he'd behave.

Interesting, also, in that a common fan criticism of Durkon is that he's a Static Character. Perhaps we're going to see some more flashbacks of how he grew into the person he is today.

Yay...just what I needed to cheer me up :D

I think Durkon just figured out how to manipulate the memories Durkula sees.

so like, witnessing the memory of a dinner party where he learned to ask before helping triggers the memory of a dinner party where he learned to help before asking. different situations, linked by a really wonderful/awful pun.

...I'm saying Durkon's gonna hand out the punishment. puns of steel.

IT might just be the flash back making me think back to the early strips, but damn, the art style has really been shinning lately.

The idea seems to be that Durkon doesn't understand why people do what they do, only that they do what they do. Like, he sees the choices people make, but doesn't understand how a person's experiences and feelings ultimately shape those choices.

Which could lead him to do something in a new situation that it appears Durkon would do, without realizing that there are things about prior experiences that would cause Durkon to never do what Durkula thinks he would do in that situation. If Durkon plays his cards right, he could make it seem like Durkula has gaps in his memory or logic.

edited 26th Sep '14 9:50:48 PM by KnownUnknown

So it looks like this will be Durkon's Character Development then?