OotS #757 is up! Something Blue....
- Thread starter Greylock
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Yes I get it Elan is naive/trusting/dumb yes his dad is evil can we move on please.
White Tornado
Explorer
I have to disagree with you on this. Sure, this comic didn't further the plot enormously, but I feel plot is only part of OotS's strength (though I think it has a great plot). This comic does further the plot in the sense of Elan's gradual discovery of his father's evil nature. It would be worse if Elan suddenly, in the course of a single comic, would realise the truth about his father. This plotline might cover a few more comics, and it makes sense to me: Elan grew up without his father, and father and son are now getting to know each other after all these years.
However, I can't wait for the gladiatorial battles to begin ^_^
Nifft
Penguin Herder
Apparently you're missing the plot reveal in this strip. It justifies how Elan's CG mother ended up married to his LE father.
-- N
I'd have to disagree with that inference, as it fails to explain the most significant fact of Elan's parents' marriage: his mother survived.
This strip does, however, bring further clarity to Tarquin's marriages: they start as questionably as they end.
(IMO, we also have the further emphasize on, "why are you helping the Weepies when they're your enemies?" I'm expecting something comes of this, as well as something (other than marriage) coming of the prisoner locked in the tower.)
FoxWander
Adventurer
I'm guessing Elan's final realization of his father's nature will come when his dad decides to grow a goatee to cover the new scar on his chin!
coyote6
Adventurer
The most amusing thing is that Tarquin is very genre-savvy, so he probably already knows that his son is guaranteed to spurn his offer to join him & rule the world together.
I wonder how he deals with the narrative doom that tends to befall villains? Maybe that's his genre-guaranteed blindspot?
I wonder how he deals with the narrative doom that tends to befall villains? Maybe that's his genre-guaranteed blindspot?
Orius
Unrepentant DM Supremacist
Same here, Rich seems to be going out his way to tease us here.
Some OotS fans need to be beaten over the head to realize a character is evil (*cough* Belkar). I think Rich is making sure we all know just where Tarquin lies on the alignment chart even though his alignment has been clearly stated.
Tarquin is too genre savvy to play that card. Likely he sees Elan as being pretty naive, so he'll use him as some sort of Unwitting Pawn instead. However, whatever plot Tarquin has up his sleeve seems to involve that ass Draketooth.
It would be interesting to see exactly what going on here with Tarquin and Draketooth. It would also be very interesting if Roy decides to go along with it even if Elan is being used as a dupe because going along with Tarquin may help them against the Snarl. I doubt Roy will mention the Snarl to Tarquin, since he probably can't be trusted with knowing about it, but he may lie or at least bend the truth and say he will cooperate with Tarquin to bring dwon Xykon. I also can't wait to find out what happens when Tarquin learns Roy is one of Elan's associates.
