# Order of the Stick - Book 6 Discussion Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755 "2014-03-03T16:07:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 161
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/3201 "2017-01-09T18:42:48Z")
Adding to my above thought, Bandana took a number of hits from super-golemized Crystal including being thrown into the gnome artillery machine and didn’t go down. That a single wrench wonk would kill her seems absurd. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/3202 "2017-01-09T20:10:58Z")
It’s strange. I was thinking just last night that I hadn’t seen a new strip in a while so I checked the site to see if I had missed one. Nope, it was still the last one I had read. And then just a few hours later a new one was posted. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/3203 "2017-01-09T21:11:50Z")
There was a long X-mas/New Years break. Although he did spend much of it working on one of the Kickstarter things. One that I don’t care in the least for, but I guess some people like it. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/3204 "2017-01-09T21:46:51Z")
> [@Wolverine](#): > > Nice use of the ship’s railing to block Bandana’s eyes. Is she alive or dead? To be revealed later… Pretty much every where else in the comic, people get the X’s in their eyes as soon as they take the fatal blow. If the wrench to the skull or the railing to the chin were fatal, we’d have seen her eyes X out in the panel where she takes the hit. Also, Cap’n Bandana and the engineer are a couple, right? The unexpected shading of domestic violence here is pretty dark already. Having the engineer actually club her girlfriend _to death_ with a wrench would be a bit too far, I think. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/3205 "2017-01-09T21:53:05Z")
I don’t think they’re a couple. Bandana is a lesbian, yes, but that’s all we know about her love life. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/3206 "2017-01-10T00:24:51Z")
Or at least bisexual. All we actually know is that she had an ex who was curvy. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/3207 "2017-01-10T14:26:05Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Or at least bisexual. All we actually know is that she had an ex who was curvy. Ernest Rutherford and Niels Bohr were riding in a train. Suddenly, Rutherford points and says, “Look, Niels, all of the sheep in that meadow are black.” “Well, on _this_ side, they’re black.” ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/3208 "2017-01-10T15:09:26Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Also, Cap’n Bandana and the engineer are a couple, right? Not that I’ve noticed. All we know is that Andi is bitterly envious of Bandana because Andi thinks that she should have been made interim captain when Julio left due to all the work she’s done on the ship and how well she knows it. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/3209 "2017-01-10T16:27:53Z")
Well, who’d a thunk berating your engineer with rogue levels and a legit complaint and then turning your back would be a bad idea. What will be more interesting is the reaction after Bandana wakes up. Who will the crew follow? ---
**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:** [January 10, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/3210 "2017-01-10T21:51:41Z")
Keep in mind that Roy is probably more powerful than the entire crew combined. A mutiny is going to have a hard time succeeding without his approval, and Roy is not the type who’s likely to approve. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/3211 "2017-01-10T23:02:30Z")
I guess the next strip’s title: The 'chane Mutiny. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/3212 "2017-01-11T00:39:00Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Keep in mind that Roy is probably more powerful than the entire crew combined. A mutiny is going to have a hard time succeeding without his approval, and Roy is not the type who’s likely to approve. Being as this is true, I have to assume there’s a complication on the immediate horizon. There wouldn’t be any narrative point in having a mutiny that gets suppressed one strip later. So something will presumably prevent Roy or the others from restoring Bandana to command. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/3213 "2017-01-11T00:40:04Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Or at least bisexual. All we actually know is that she had an ex who was curvy. I think Rich has actually said somewhere that she’s gay all the way. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/3214 "2017-01-11T00:57:56Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Keep in mind that Roy is probably more powerful than the entire crew combined. Roy is otherwise occupied right now. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/3215 "2017-01-11T01:24:09Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Being as this is true, I have to assume there’s a complication on the immediate horizon. There wouldn’t be any narrative point in having a mutiny that gets suppressed one strip later. So something will presumably prevent Roy or the others from restoring Bandana to command. Could be as simple as Andi getting a majority of the crew to side with her and refuse to work the vessel unless she’s boss. Or convincing Roy that this WAS the lawful transfer of power among airship pirate crews. Maybe Roy could whup them all in a fight but he’s not going to control them as virtual slaves under threat of violence to sail where he wants to go. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/3216 "2017-01-11T01:25:58Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > I guess the next strip’s title: > > The 'chane Mutiny. OUCH! Thank you. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/3217 "2017-01-11T02:17:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Or convincing Roy that this WAS the lawful transfer of power among airship pirate crews. Nah, Roy’s not the “well, the law technically says that” sort of lawful. Even if he did accept that that was a legitimate way to transfer power among pirates, he’d just legitimately transfer it right back. Sort of like the bandit leader challenging Samantha back after she ran out of spells. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/3218 "2017-01-11T04:28:48Z")
Roy’s going to be busy with the two giants for a while. Elan is going to swing down on a convenient rope[sup]1[/sup] and somehow fix things. Or at least try to fix them. Who knows how it’ll end up in his hands. [sup]1[/sup] It’s a Dashing Swordsman’s ship. There’s probably convenient swinging ropes (i.e attached to the ship at only one end) in various places all over it. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/3219 "2017-01-11T04:55:06Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Could be as simple as Andi getting a majority of the crew to side with her and refuse to work the vessel unless she’s boss. Or convincing Roy that this WAS the lawful transfer of power among airship pirate crews. Maybe Roy could whup them all in a fight but he’s not going to control them as virtual slaves under threat of violence to sail where he wants to go. Roy is literally racing to save the entire universe from being destroyed. Do you think he’s just going to accept Andi’s decision to turn back? If necessary, he’ll tell Andi she can either do what he tells her or he’ll send Belkar to end the mutiny. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2017, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/3220 "2017-01-11T08:27:59Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Who knows how it’ll end up in his hands. Quite well, if his ongoing streak of surprising competence continues. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755.md?page=160) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755.md?page=162)