# 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:** 51
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1001 "2010-07-19T12:20:28Z")
“…everyone here could use a little less loin and a lot more cloth.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1002 "2010-07-19T15:16:07Z")
Nice dig at the Worf Effect in the penultimate panel… ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1003 "2010-07-19T16:37:55Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Nice dig at the Worf Effect in the penultimate panel… Worf effect? It’s been done in film long before. Spartacus, anyone? And historically, of course, handsome gladiators were well in demand as studs. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1004 "2010-07-19T16:43:06Z")
[The Worf Effect.](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheWorfEffect) (I think he meant the last panel). ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1005 "2010-07-19T16:56:52Z")
So, are we being primed for Belkar’s death - and resurrection - or is this a false alarm? ---
**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:** [July 24, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1006 "2010-07-24T05:22:56Z")
[New strip](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0737.html) This has to mean something… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1007 "2010-07-24T06:47:59Z")
It’s funny; it’s been probably a year since I’ve participated on the GitP forums, and I still catch myself thinking in terms of the “Number of Character Appearances” thread over there. Like, “Ooh, we have names for the two idols now! And another named character with a single appearance, Hel!”. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1008 "2010-07-24T13:54:17Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [New strip](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0737.html) > > This has to mean something… Truly. What’s His Boniness up to? I thought he had a pretty good idea where the gate is. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1009 "2010-07-24T14:36:14Z")
Looking for his soul-keeper thingy. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1010 "2010-07-24T16:42:21Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Looking for his soul-keeper thingy. Isn’t that in a sewer, being looked for by minions? My poor adled brain can’t keep all the details in these l-o-o-n-g tales. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1011 "2010-07-24T17:08:12Z")
Or looking for his keys. But we’ve already established that the Oracle has a dislike for dead mammals. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1012 "2010-07-24T17:17:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Isn’t that in a sewer, being looked for by minions? My poor adled brain can’t keep all the details in these l-o-o-n-g tales. This strip appears to have answered the question about Xykon’s “errand” that was raised back in [704](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0704.html). ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1013 "2010-07-29T00:34:21Z")
[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0738.html](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0738.html) Our bounty hunters now have names, so are likely to survive:p Otherwise, a pretty dull strip. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1014 "2010-07-29T00:37:30Z")
Yeah, I want to see Belkar go berserk on someone’s ass. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1015 "2010-07-29T00:41:38Z")
Or cook something. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1016 "2010-07-29T01:38:38Z")
> [@Mr\_Shine](#): > > Our bounty hunters now have names, so are likely to survive:p > Otherwise, a pretty dull strip. They’ve had names from the start. [Ganji named](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0715.html) [Enor named](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0716.html) I agree, though, that they are looking like becoming major characters. I predict a team up with the Order, where they are offered a sizable bounty if they help save the World. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1017 "2010-07-29T02:37:48Z")
[quote=“Peter\_Morris, post:1016, topic:508323”] > [@Mr\_Shine](#): > > I agree, though, that they are looking like becoming major characters. I predict a team up with the Order, where they are offered a sizable bounty if they help save the World. I doubt they’re major characters. If they’re lucky they might survive as recurring characters. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1018 "2010-07-29T04:19:17Z")
Personally, I’m kind of expecting a Mal/Jayne moment, where Roy asks how much yummies Enor gets from Ganji, and points out that he’s just as vulnerable without his own magic items. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1019 "2010-07-29T15:26:56Z")
Ah, yes, Belkar’s other skill. I wonder if he’ll make fast friends with Enor just because the latter likes his yummies. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/1020 "2010-07-29T15:54:21Z")
My brother predicts that Enor will be the tough guy knocked out in the first round. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323.md?page=52)