# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/101 "2009-09-13T13:57:08Z")
> [@shantih](#): > > Oh. Oh, dear. I do like Blackwing’s attempt to put a positive spin on V’s hairtrigger use of aggressive magic (‘So, progress.’). I wonder if V is going to mention this to the rest of the OotS or just let it happen. “Good news, my adventuring companions! I have located a short and lucrative side-quest for us to pursue! It will involve looting and demolishing a guild of lawyers!” ---
**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:** [September 13, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/102 "2009-09-13T15:38:28Z")
For some reason, I keep hearing Blackwing’s lines as spoken by Wayne Knight (Newman from Seinfeld). Issat just me? Also, ☹ Poor V. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/103 "2009-09-13T20:00:28Z")
My brother thinks that maybe Smith and Rodriguez will tun up during the divorce procedings. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/104 "2009-09-15T00:27:23Z")
Sad, but not surprising. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/105 "2009-09-15T01:16:31Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > For some reason, I keep hearing Blackwing’s lines as spoken by Wayne Knight (Newman from Seinfeld). Issat just me? Not anymore. 🙂 > [@](#): > > Also, ☹ Poor V. Ditto. Poor elf can’t catch a break – he’s OOTS’s buttmonkey. Of course it’s not surprising and Kyrie’s understandably upset at V’s scary behavior, but I still think going straight to the divorce papers is jumping the gun. Two days is like five seconds in an elf’s life, isn’t it? Dayum. Harsh. I’d like to see V fighting this but s/he might not. All that said, the strip was pretty funny until the bottom set of panels. Wizard/process server got what he deserved, the little creep! And V’s use of the Bigsby hand never fails to get a grin out of me. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/106 "2009-09-15T03:35:22Z")
Actually, the last panel was pretty funny too. There’s actually a D&D spell called Drawmij’s Instant Summons. But you’d have to be a D&D geek to get that, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/107 "2009-09-15T04:46:42Z")
True, I probably miss a lot not knowing much about D&D (aside from what I’ve picked up since starting to read OOTS. But I was too moved by Vaarsuvius’s Closed Eyes of Sad Resignation, which gets me every time Burlew uses it. (Especially for V, for whom it’s particularly poignant since V’s normally such a stubborn/egotistical little elf.) What can I say, I’m a sap. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/108 "2009-09-15T06:14:06Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > Actually, the last panel was pretty funny too. There’s actually a D&D spell called Drawmij’s Instant Summons. But you’d have to be a D&D geek to get that, I guess. Geek reporting for duty, sah! ---
**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:** [September 17, 2009, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/109 "2009-09-17T11:10:51Z")
[New strip up.](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0679.html) ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/110 "2009-09-17T11:48:52Z")
My only question: where did they find a teeny-tiny sombrero? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/111 "2009-09-17T12:20:39Z")
> [@choie](#): > > Two days is like five seconds in an elf’s life, isn’t it? Two days of strip time since the fight with the dragon? I guess they really did take the fastest ship to the desert continent. Seriously, their voyage only took one day? ---
**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:** [September 17, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/112 "2009-09-17T12:20:54Z")
Remember, they teleported near the shore. > [@shantih](#): > > My only question: where did they find a teeny-tiny sombrero? Banjo’s wardrobe? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/113 "2009-09-17T12:54:52Z")
> [@shantih](#): > > My only question: where did they find a teeny-tiny sombrero? In the Kingdom of Loathing? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/114 "2009-09-17T13:22:06Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Banjo’s wardrobe? I miss Banjo. ☹ I don’t miss Banjo enough to try to call up Banjulhu, though… ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/115 "2009-09-17T14:03:34Z")
> [@shantih](#): > > My only question: where did they find a teeny-tiny sombrero? It’s a spell component. They don’t even have to keep track of those. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/116 "2009-09-17T14:30:08Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > > [@shantih](#): > > > > My only question: where did they find a teeny-tiny sombrero? > > In the Kingdom of Loathing? In the Kingdom of Loathing? 😃 Except there the Sombrero _is_ the familiar. And the raven always flies off after finding the Black Market. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/117 "2009-09-17T15:03:15Z")
Aw! V’s being responsible and, barring baubles, the familiar is acting as a conscience. And it’s so sad. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/118 "2009-09-17T15:23:36Z")
Does anyone here believe V will survive the end of the story? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/119 "2009-09-17T15:35:54Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Does anyone here believe V will survive the end of the story? I never really thought of that. Has s/he had any foreshadowings of death like Belkar and Durkon have? ---
**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:** [September 17, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/120 "2009-09-17T16:11:45Z")
Just a feeling I have. I just don’t see him getting out of his Soul Splice deal any other way. The way I see it, Belkar and Durkon are dead meat, V’s prospects aren’t looking good, Roy won’t die again (too redundant) and Elan, of course, will have his happy ending - which means that Haley will survive, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323.md?page=7)