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OP edited to make this header - Fighteer
edited 18th Sep '17 1:08:08 PM by Fighteer
I mean, "Orange Voice" is obviously going to be important. The gist of that comment was that someone know one would even expect is going to come back up.
Unless he's just screwing with people for fun, going making the answer to something like this "The mysterious character who appeared on the last page of the book" means he might as well have said nothing.
Edited by LSBK on Mar 20th 2021 at 8:32:34 AM
I honestly think you might have it. Save your post, if you’re proven right you’re gonna want to claim credit.
"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ CyranI checked out the appearance thread(s), and I noted one important detail that makes that source potentially unreliable: they count pictures of a character as that character appearing, when Burlew could easily not count it that way.
Granted, I doubt there are any characters that would be brought back into contention that were eliminated otherwise, but it is something to keep in mind.
Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)I feel like this kind of hinges on Rich's definition of "character". Like the Holey Brotherhood priest could be the person but I'm not sure I'd consider him a proper character given he doesn't even have a name.
Is the comic not loading for anyone else? I'm getting an error message when I try to see it.
Edit: Turns out it's Firefox-related, I can see the comic fine on Chrome.
Edited by Resileafs on Mar 5th 2020 at 12:44:10 PM
"Roy needed to go to college to figure out what to do with a sword." Savage.
My Tumblr. Currently liveblogging Haruhi Suzumiya and revisiting Danganronpa V3."And when you make that change, everyone who meets you only knows the new version of you. And that's nice.''
She really is preaching to the choir on that one.
Edited by HandsomeRob on Mar 5th 2020 at 11:14:56 AM
One Strip! One Strip!Just to be pedantic.. You really do have to learn how to properly use a sword. You can't just pick one up and start swinging.
http://www.mansionofe.comYeah, it’s one thing to swing a sword and try to hit people with it. It’s another thing to do it WELL.
Oh God! Natural light!And now the anvil drops.
The universe is under no obligation to make sense to us.Untrue. Stab enough goblins and you'll become a master swordsman with all that exp pouring in.
Can that give you profiency in sword use, though?
Oh God! Natural light!It improves physical ability, including Dexterity, and enables the acquisition of feats such as Spellsplinter. Mass murder is the best way to become a great swordsman.
Okay maybe I'm jumping the gun but I'm calling it now after reading this page. Belkar's final death will happen because he's trying to save Minrah from the Snarl. He'll do this because she's the first person to treat him like a true friend in forever.
Edited by Kostya on Mar 5th 2020 at 4:26:37 AM
Aaaww, this was very sweet. Belkar's eventual demise grows more tragic every day. I love it
Despite my screen-name, ranting to you about One Piece is not my top priority.Minrah's speech is a case of Some Anvils Need To Be Dropped?
Edited by GAP on Mar 5th 2020 at 9:14:38 AM
"The acting imperial viceroy of Doma, Yotsuyu's grace and beauty belie a heart of stone."Minrah's speech is similar to something I've been saying about redemption on other threads for a while now.
All it means is choosing to be a better person. There's never an excuse to not be better. If you were a shitty person for most of your life, there's no reason you can't decide to not be a shitty person anymore. It's never too late to turn over a new leaf.
That doesn't mean of course that people are obligated to accept this change or to just give you a pass for past shitty behavior. Choosing to not be shitty anymore doesn't mean you get to dodge the consequences for being shitty in the past. And if you really are trying to not be shitty, you'll accept that.
Disgusted, but not surprisedI’m not sure Minrah would be so sanguine about this “just be better” message if she had any real idea what Old Belkar was like. (Or if she happened to cast Detect Evil on him, even now.) But then, I guess that’s the point.
“I am [preaching it] because I’m a cleric!” is a great line.
I adore Minrah. <3
I would read a sequel series starring her.
What matters in this life is much more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win, too. - F. Rogers.I love how literal she is in her phrasing and trains of thought. So many good lines.
I don't think this is the kind of anvil that needs to be dropped, or at least not this way. First, it looks like that this lecture was directed more towards the audience than towards Belkar. I find Belkar quite OOC with his saying "I'm not the trying my best type". He has always been trying his best towards some goal or another. I don't feel that this strip would integrate well with his character development arc. Second, it's not only a topic that's been told over and over, but it's also told in this very comic, in a much better way, in Tarquin's arc (or anywhere along Elan's character development, really).
Compare this to the lecture O-chul gave in his prequel. I also found that anvilicious, but that's much more in the "need to be dropped" territory. Mostly, because that's backed by the whole characterization of O-chul which that is consistent with.
The universe is under no obligation to make sense to us.Honestly, I wonder if this is meant to be a subversion and tell Belkar that he doesn't need to play along with common morality in order to "be himself", setting up a Face–Heel Turn. It was the first thing that occurred to me when I read the strip.
Edited by Fighteer on Mar 6th 2020 at 2:11:08 PM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
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Oh god! It's the leader of the Holey Brotherhood!
One strip! One strip!
One Strip! One Strip!