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*** Not really. Sabine's nature is ''to'' seduce, not to ''be'' seduced. She has sex with things because she makes ''them'' turned on by ''her'', not the other way around. She wasn't "turned on" by Miko, she was trying to turn ''Miko'' on to seduce her to the dark side.

* I read ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|The Order of the Stick]]'', and always thought it was pretty good. I enjoyed the universe's neat little backstory but didn't think too much on it. Then I read [[Continuity Snarl]] over here, and reread those strips outlining the history of the OotS universe, at which point I realized Rich Burlew is a genius. -- [[J Dubya]]

** I'm rather embarrassed to admit that I didn't get the [~~http~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Pompeii Vaarsuvius/Pompey] joke until like a month after I read it. -- [[Japanese Teeth]]

** I'm rather embarrassed to admit that I didn't get the [[wikipedia:Pompeii|Vaarsuvius/Pompey]] joke until like a month after I read it. -- [[Japanese Teeth]]

*** I didn't get it until just now. -- CDL (Unregistered)

* I was a bit offput by the recent comic where an elven commander shoved a harmless Hobgoblin prisoner off a high tower. Then I remembered a few things: 1. The commander was a Ranger. 2. Goblinoids were probably his favored enemy, and 3. One of a Ranger's bonuses against his favored enemy is ''Sense Motive''. -[[Some New Guy]]

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** When Xykon punished Redclock to not recover his eye I thought it was a bad punishment in it of itself, but the punishment sound a lot worse when you read The Start of Darkness

** Regarding [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0496.html this] famous [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]], note Roy's comment about what class his brother might have taken. Maybe that's a reason why he puts up with [[Cloudcuckoolander]] Elan.

* Spoiler heavy: after {{spoiler|Miko's death, she asks if she can visit her Paladin mount in the afterlife, since she no longer qualifies for the [[Lawful Good]] one. This takes on a whole new meaning when you realise her mount was most likely ''her only real friend on the world'', as everyone else finds her [[Lawful Stupid|too crazy or insufferable]] to get along with. [[Alas Poor Scrappy]] indeed.}}

* Spoiler heavy: after {{spoiler|Miko's death, she asks if she can visit her Paladin mount in the afterlife, since she no longer qualifies for the [[Lawful Good]] one. This takes on a whole new meaning when you realise her mount was most likely ''her only real friend on the world'', as everyone else finds her [[Lawful Stupid|too crazy or insufferable]] to get along with. [[Alas, Poor Scrappy]] indeed.}}

* I realized that Elan's father Tarquin and Tarquin's buddy Malack are counterparts to Xykon and Redcloack. In both groups, the first is a goofy [[Evil Overlord]] and the second is their [[Lawful Evil]] cleric partner who tends to facepalm at their goofiness. This kind of makes me think that Rich expected Tarquin and Malack to get the [[Draco in Leather Pants]] treatment and was doing a deliberate [[Bait the Dog]]. With Tarquin and Malack, it's like he took Xykon and Redcloak and filled them with likable traits.

* [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0657.html Xykon's epic speech] about how [[Shaped Like Itself|power equals power]] harkens back to a scene in ''Start Of Darkness''. Namely, {{spoiler|the scene where he bludgeons to death master Fyron after losing in a spell duel, indicating that Xykon knows that spells don't win battles, you use the best tool for the job.}}