# 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:** 236
**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:** [August 10, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/4702 "2018-08-10T13:15:10Z")
Someone’s about to get a prestige level or two. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/4703 "2018-08-10T13:24:16Z")
Here’s a thought. Durkon is confused between what he did and what the vampire did. Maybe this IS the ex-vampire soul we’re seeing. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/4704 "2018-08-10T14:34:03Z")
Anyone else notice that, unlike all other times he’s been portrayed, Thor’s sober as a judge. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/4705 "2018-08-10T14:59:57Z")
He’s frequently been shown sober. [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0040.html](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0040.html) [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0073.html](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0073.html) [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0079.html](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0079.html) [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0137.html](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0137.html) etc. I think he’s more often shown sober than drunk. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/4706 "2018-08-10T15:05:40Z")
Speaking of, the real victim in all this poor Jirix who is no longer the only guy in the comic to [directly chat with his god](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0704.html). (I don’t think the Moot counts since that was a [one-way projection](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0998.html) of the deities’ votes, not a conversation) ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/4707 "2018-08-10T15:09:14Z")
…don’t miss those boots. > [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Anyone else notice that, unlike all other times he’s been portrayed, Thor’s sober as a judge. Definitely. His expression isn’t particularly Godlike either; it’s almost as if he’s talking with a peer or acquaintance. I can’t say I blame Thor for being concerned, what with that desert rift in the space-time continuum being poked at by an evil army. > [@](#): > > Well, we’ll see. Her role could be ‘character who gives Durkon a chance to share his thoughts’ and not really a development. I suspect that will be Mihrah’s role, notwithstanding her current position. She’s still a fantastic character though: she’s a good foil for pretty much anyone. I could imagine her being a stand-in for the reader at times. ETA: Sober can mean not drunk with emotion too. Thor seems a lot more focused than usual. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/4708 "2018-08-10T15:17:22Z")
Any guesses about what Thor’s going to say next strip? I’m thinking that he’s going to start off by chiding Durkon for poking all of these dangerous holes in reality, whereupon Durkon will get the chance to explain about Xykon and Redcloak’s plan to take over the Gates, which (I’m guessing) Thor and the other deities don’t know about yet. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/4709 "2018-08-10T15:19:44Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I think that the gods are allowed to act directly in their own domains and relating to their own worshipers. They’re in Northern lands and Durkon is a worshiper of Thor, so it’s fair game. They only strictly need their clerics as intermediaries for matters in other lands, or affecting other worshipers. Seeing as people with bodies can apparently directly plane shift into these places, could someone directly plane shift out without needing a body? Or is it that Thor could just give him a new body before he leaves, and then provide him a plane shift out, making everting he gave him in his realm? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/4710 "2018-08-10T15:21:36Z")
Yeah, exactly. Thor’s acting like - for once - an adult being with responsibilities and things that need doing. The whole tone is off for him. ---
**Author:** ![Ambrosio\_Spinola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@Ambrosio\_Spinola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambrosio_Spinola)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/4711 "2018-08-10T16:02:47Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Yeah, exactly. Thor’s acting like - for once - an adult being with responsibilities and things that need doing. The whole tone is off for him. We have seen him haggling with Hel for individual dwarf souls though - he’s not _entirely_ a booze-fueled maniac. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/4712 "2018-08-10T16:10:06Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![2nd\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f475e1/32.png) [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/4713 "2018-08-10T16:18:36Z")
So, the tower is what they can see of one of Thor’s boots? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/4714 "2018-08-10T16:27:21Z")
> [@2nd\_Law](#): > > So, the tower is what they can see of one of Thor’s boots? Of his right leg. Look at the splash panel, on the fur at the top of Thor’s right boot. Notice anything unusual there? ---
**Author:** ![Strassia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/4715 "2018-08-10T17:08:48Z")
Also notice how the cloud/ground looks when Roy was in the waiting area: [487](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0487.html) versus what Durkon is standing on: [1133](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1133.html) ---
**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:** [August 10, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/4716 "2018-08-10T17:12:27Z")
I’d chalk the new cloud imagery to Burlew’s 2.0 art style in this book. Roy died in the comic around… uhhh… 1982 our time 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/4717 "2018-08-10T17:13:31Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Of his right leg. Look at the splash panel, on the fur at the top of Thor’s right boot. Notice anything unusual there? Near would have noticed them there! Thanks. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/4718 "2018-08-10T17:17:18Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I’d chalk the new cloud imagery to Burlew’s 2.0 art style in this book. Roy died in the comic around… uhhh… 1982 our time 😉 I phrased this poorly. I _had_ chalked it up to the new artwork. I get that they’re not on clouds now. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/4719 "2018-08-10T18:58:10Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Of his right leg. Look at the splash panel, on the fur at the top of Thor’s right boot. Notice anything unusual there? Funny! Glad you pointed it out. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/4720 "2018-08-10T20:02:12Z")
There’s a problem of scale, though. Over the last 2 strips it looks like they walk for a few minutes before reaching the tower/ leg. In the splash panel it looks like only a few steps. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/4721 "2018-08-10T20:11:37Z")
I’m a little unclear on what, exactly, Thor was glad to hear Durkon say. At first I thought he was glad to hear Durkon was anxious to get back to life and continue the fight, but then I noticed that he spoke up as soon as Durkon mentioned the Snarl specifically, so maybe he’s glad to hear Durkon talk about the Snarl because that means they can talk about it and the five gates and whatnot…? I don’t remember if the gods ever talk about the Snarl with people who don’t already know about it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755.md?page=235) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755.md?page=237)