OotS 406

[Nifft]

Oh. Oh, crap.

QFTOMGWTFBBQ!

Trouble has come from without and within. "It doth not rain, but that it pours."

-- N

 

[Henry]

I'll be damned. I hope Hinjo kicks her butt. Miko's not an example of a paladin, or a bad paladin; she's an example of an unhinged paladin!

 

[PapersAndPaychecks]

"They teach you to detect evil, but not sarcasm?"

Priceless!

 

[paradox42]

Something else just occurred to me. Belkar's there in the throne room, the only OotS member other than Roy present. Isn't it interesting that his prophecy has yet to be fulfilled, in this situation? I can see one of two prime fulfillments happening, almost immediately: (1) Miko summons her horse to either help against Hinjo, Roy, and Belkar, and Belkar kills it, or (2) Belkar kills Miko and Xykon later brings her back as a death knight after his overwhelming force gets him into the city and palace.

 

[Voadam]

For the record I would not remove her paladin status. She honestly, though unreasonably, believes he is evil and I would not make take away powers over a paladin striking against what it thought was evil.

 

[Nifft]

For the record I would not remove her paladin status. She honestly, though unreasonably, believes he is evil and I would not make take away powers over a paladin striking against what it thought was evil.

She did NOT believe he was evil. Note what she says about detecting their alignments. "Whether they detect as evil or not."

She's not using a Smite Evil, either.
She knows he's not Evil.
She's killing him anyway.
"See you next fall!"

-- N

 

[KB9JMQ]

Hoo boy. Better hang on tight it's going to be some ride for the next few strips.

 

[Quasqueton]

Prayer: Oh God, please let the next several OOTS strips live up to my now very wild expectations!

Quasqueton

 

[Tiberius]

For the record I would not remove her paladin status. She honestly, though unreasonably, believes he is evil and I would not make take away powers over a paladin striking against what it thought was evil.

You could make a case for her to not lose her powers permanently. She overstepped her bounds, sidestepped the judiciary, and murdered an old man who was no threat to her in the mistaken belief he was an agent of evil. She was, in her mind, right, but the gods can take a more objective view. Shojo was working toward the greater good of keeping the world from being eaten by the Snarl. He may not be engaging in Lawful behavior, but he's far from evil. I'd strip her of her powers at least until she came to her sense and atoned.

 

[Shroomy]

I actually got chills reading that strip....