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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rune" data-source="post: 6134310" data-attributes="member: 67">They're getting more fleshed out, that's for sure.I think where you and I differ most is our prioritizing of plot.  To me, plot is very much over-rated in a story.  It needs to be there, but it isn't necessarily the point of a story, and it certainly doesn't have to be the focus at all times.  In other words, plot exists to define the characters no less than the reverse is true.[spoiler]I find that very unlikely, as well.  For one thing, none of the strips we've seen so far are completely focused on a single character, anyway.  For another, it seems clear to me that the sequence is serving a particular narrative function which we can't know the extent of yet, but part of which is to create and draw out the tension of dramatic irony, while also placing the audience in the same predicament as the Order--that we don't know what's really going on while they're trapped.[/spoiler]Half a year would be reasonable for me, 'cause after that long, I'd need to read the whole comic just to remember things anyway.  And in the rereading, I'd notice details that I had missed.  If half a year would not be reasonable for you, a longer period of time could work.  You obviously care to know what happens in this comic (even if very little else seems relevant to you), so perhaps you should just stop reading till it's entirely finished.  Because, otherwise, I think you're going to be frustrated again.  And again.  And again.  Because, all of those things I was saying about plot earlier?  It seems to me (based on his storytelling choices) that Mr. Burlew believes similarly.You keep bringing up the earlier comics as a paragon of what the comic should be.  I contend that the artistry has grown in the telling.  And frankly, if the comic had remained as shallow as it started, I wouldn't have become interested in it in the first place.  I certainly would never reread it from time to time.  Fortunately, it blossomed into art.I'm not blaming the audience for anything.  I'm simply telling you that, as a part of the audience who disagrees with your assessments (and hardly the only one, even if I do seem to be within the minority on these boards), that there is other value to be found in the comics you are dismissing as valueless, if you care to look.  If you don't care, don't worry about it.  Time will answer your questions.<a href="http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=15218400&postcount=29" target="_blank">According to Mr. Burlew</a>, the Kickstarter did only what it was designed to do: provide (almost) enough money to reprint the books he wanted printed so that they could be sold.  In other words, the Kickstarter did not quite break even, but the book sales are doing their jobs.  As has been the case for a decade, now, the webcomic remains an unfunded gift to its audience.PS:  <a href="http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0889.html" target="_blank">There's a new comic up.</a>  I think you'll like it.</blockquote>

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