# Order of the Stick - Book 5 Discussion Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323 "2009-08-31T04:09:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 268
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/5342 "2013-03-15T20:37:15Z")
The books are totally worth the coin - especially the prequel books. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/5343 "2013-03-15T20:53:58Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The books are totally worth the coin - especially the prequel books. Doesn’t matter if they are worth it if you don’t have the coin to begin with and apparently neither does the SF library. I would love to be able to read the prequels. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/5344 "2013-03-15T20:59:04Z")
Yeah, there is that. I’m missing _No Cure For the Paladin Blues_ and _Don’t Split the Party_ from my collection and I just can’t find the ready cash right now to add them. Quite the pickle - food, or books of strips I’ve already read (mostly). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/5345 "2013-03-16T01:15:29Z")
> [@Foggy](#): > > Doesn’t matter if they are worth it if you don’t have the coin to begin with and apparently neither does the SF library. I would love to be able to read the prequels. ☹ Yep, same here… don’t have the scratch right now, but when I do I’ll be buying them. I love Malack telling Durkula to use his inside voice. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/5346 "2013-03-22T13:56:00Z")
New comic is up. The last line: Hurting people is the only thing I’m good at. might be one of the best bits of writing I’ve seen out of the comic. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/5347 "2013-03-22T14:08:51Z")
I never thought I’d see the day when _Belkar_ would be the glue that holds the team together. Astonishing. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/5348 "2013-03-22T14:40:20Z")
The boy’s gone Neutral, I tell you. _Neutral!_ ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/5349 "2013-03-22T14:51:52Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > The boy’s gone Neutral, I tell you. _Neutral!_ It seems so. He’s still a badass, but clearly not as much a “heartless little bastard” as he described himself, not anymore. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/5350 "2013-03-22T15:23:59Z")
Which means, of course, that his death is truly imminent. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/5351 "2013-03-22T15:26:50Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Which means, of course, that his death is truly imminent. [Neutral] If I don’t survive, tell my wife _“Hello.”_ [/Neutral] ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/5352 "2013-03-22T15:50:39Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Which means, of course, that his death is truly imminent. Sad, but likely. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/5353 "2013-03-22T16:05:15Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Sad, but likely. Well, yes, in his current condition a sudden attack from a damp sponge would probably finish Belkar. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/5354 "2013-03-22T16:09:17Z")
Roy’s being an uncharacteristic prick, telling Elan he doesn’t count as a spellcaster and all. I think the pressure finally got to him. Did anyone else notice Rich using far more… colorful language in this strip than the previous ones? ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/5355 "2013-03-22T16:31:11Z")
Repressed anger over the thumb incident. ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/5356 "2013-03-22T16:49:54Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > Did anyone else notice Rich using far more… colorful language in this strip than the previous ones? He’s done that before, though, during moments of intense drama like this. Like Xykon saying “If I ever see you with more eyes than assholes, I’m going to shove one in the other” in [this strip](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0662.html) near the end of the last book. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/5357 "2013-03-22T17:13:50Z")
You _know_ what is going to happen in the next few strips, don’t you? Cliffhanger. Belkar will die, Durkon will be wherever with Malack, V will still be AWOL, and the remaining members of the Order will be beset with enemies on all sides. Things will look hopeless. Hiatus. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/5358 "2013-03-22T17:48:14Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > You _know_ what is going to happen in the next few strips, don’t you? > > Cliffhanger. Belkar will die, Durkon will be wherever with Malack, V will still be AWOL, and the remaining members of the Order will be beset with enemies on all sides. Things will look hopeless. > > Hiatus. If this turns out to be true, I am so going to hunt you down, poke you with sharp sticks, scoop out your eyeballs with ice cream scoops, boil your entrails, feed the entrails soup to the research amoebas, and mount your eyeless head on a stake as a warning to others. Either that, or grumble a bit, probably publicly. We’ll see! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/5359 "2013-03-22T18:49:27Z")
Glad to see that you’re not taking it personally! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/5360 "2013-03-22T21:57:48Z")
For the first time since the Oracle’s prophecy, I am actually a little disappointed that Belkar will snuff it at some point in the near-future. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/5361 "2013-03-22T23:17:16Z")
> [@Trepa\_Mayfield](#): > > For the first time since the Oracle’s prophecy, I am actually a little disappointed that Belkar will snuff it at some point in the near-future. Yeah, he’s grown to be the most interesting character in the OOTS. I could say that for Durkon, too; his last moments were when he shined most as a character, at least in a long time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323.md?page=267) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323.md?page=269)