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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Renfield" data-source="post: 3311274" data-attributes="member: 13493">That's how I found out I was actually born in the year of the Dog, <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-P" title="Stick out tongue    :-P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":-P" /> Feb 3rd 1983, coincidentally I believe that's a day before the two week celebration of the chinese new year begins  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> I think Storm Raven said it best here. Alignment is tricky, even by D&D terms, hell, Monte Cook has a list somewhere of core guidelines someone might adapt to be of an alignment for larifications sake. Also, one may argue the flexibilities intention might have with alignment but when you're a Paladin intention isn't the be all and end all, she foolishly rushed in, and with lawful good alignments that = mad mojo. I could also quote Yoda here if someone wants to say there was no evil in her actions <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-P" title="Stick out tongue    :-P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":-P" /> Though I think ultimately Storm Raven sums everything up quite nicely and the Richards strip makes me all warm inside.Interestingly the guy is either an genius, likes to make us think, is an accidental genius, or a little bit of all of the above. There are naysayers for the blackguard argument and I typically agree with them. Losing Paladinhood doesn't = alignment change -> evil. However don't be dissapointed if Rich Burlew does take that path, have faith in the mans intelligence, he's smarter than that. If he did make Miko a blackguard then he'd do it in a rather impressive manner. Presently it seems to me the door is open both ways. She may have had the slap in the face needed for her to try to atone and become one of the good Paladins, perhaps leading to her death (which I wouldn't mind seeing) or what not; or, she'll go to jail where a certain succubus presently dwells and find a change of heart towards a different route. There are other options as well these just seem the most likely in my mind, Rich has surprised us all before I'm sure so it could go in a completely different direction. Anyway, awesome comic, can't wait to see what happens next. I also forsee a potential escape of the Linear Guild during the chaos of war.</blockquote>

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