# 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:** 305
**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 20, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6083 "2019-08-20T16:10:28Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Maybe we’ll get more exposition in a week!. I have a feeling it will all be clear in \*less \*than a week. Of internal comic time. ---
**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 20, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6084 "2019-08-20T16:24:34Z")
My guess is that Hel’s fading is supposed to show she’s near the limits of her power. Presumably, this will be a plot point later on. ---
**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 20, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6085 "2019-08-20T16:42:29Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > I have a feeling it will all be clear in \*less \*than a week. > > Of internal comic time. At least my children will know. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6086 "2019-08-20T16:58:19Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > At least my children will know. I actually LOL’d. Which would have been embarrassing on this conference call if I hadn’t muted ahead of time. Well done. I agree with Nemo: this feels like a motif we’re going to see later, but I don’t know how. ---
**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 20, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6087 "2019-08-20T21:01:30Z")
Is Thrym… giving her some divine mojo to help revitalize her? Maybe, maybe not, but it sure looks like that _might_ be happening. And at the very least, he’s been paying attention to what cheers her up. His feelings towards her are starting to look a little less pathetic. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6088 "2019-08-20T21:18:44Z")
Maybe? I’m not seeing it that way. I’m seeing it as she overexerted herself and is now un-fading as she recovers, and that Thrym is basically just patting her on the shoulder. ---
**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 26, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6089 "2019-08-26T14:50:41Z")
[1177: Role Reversal](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1177.html) ---
**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 26, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6090 "2019-08-26T15:35:55Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > My guess is that Hel’s fading is supposed to show she’s near the limits of her power. Presumably, this will be a plot point later on. And by “later on” I clearly meant “in the next strip”. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6091 "2019-08-26T19:22:27Z")
So much for all those theories about why the Bet. ---
**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 26, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6092 "2019-08-26T20:30:02Z")
“There seems to be some doctrinal flexibility when it comes to rubbing things in your \*\*face, \*\*specifically.” I like that line, but I also like that Burlew is subverting our expectations about Loki in the same way he did about Thor when Durkon finally met him. I generally feel like Burlew falls into the “extremely creative but not a terribly great writer” camp, but I’ve for sure been enjoying the scenes we’re getting with the Norse deities. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6093 "2019-09-03T15:00:52Z")
[1178: Rock Opera](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1178.html) ---
**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:** [September 3, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6094 "2019-09-03T15:58:35Z")
Wham! is not rock 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 3, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6095 "2019-09-03T17:08:42Z")
Why did they need to break the domination? Wouldn’t the death of the vamps have broken that automatically? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6096 "2019-09-03T17:39:17Z")
one of the vamps is still on the loose? ---
**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:** [September 3, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6097 "2019-09-03T17:58:13Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > one of the vamps is still on the loose? The surviving vampire is the only one we saw dominating a council member so maybe she was in charge of dominating all of them to give the orders later or something? In case the Exarch had to handle outside interference? I guess that would fit why everyone needed their domination broken. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6098 "2019-09-03T18:28:01Z")
Would all of the dominated dwarves be a Dominion? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6099 "2019-09-03T18:34:16Z")
I guess the book is about over. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6100 "2019-09-03T21:05:50Z")
I like the visuals on the de-stoning effect. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6101 "2019-09-03T22:13:36Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > The surviving vampire is the only one we saw dominating a council member so maybe she was in charge of dominating all of them to give the orders later or something? In case the Exarch had to handle outside interference? I guess that would fit why everyone needed their domination broken. Either that or the death of the dominator does not free the dominatee. We only have one example of someone released from domination when a vampire expired: Hilgya. In her case, she may have been released by Durkon\* before he turned off the anti-life field. Or maybe she got a new saving throw for whatever reason. > [@puzzlegal](#): > > I guess the book is about over. Pretty close. All the other books except the first had a black panel with white text about how the strip will continue in a month or two. So this is not quite the end of the book. > [@Chronos](#): > > I like the visuals on the de-stoning effect. Considering that those visuals were (at least in panel 2) based on Richie Havens’ song at Woodstock, everyone should be stoned, not de-stoned. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755/6102 "2019-09-03T22:29:39Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I guess the book is about over. Still another few pages to go. The Giant says he’s hoping to get the book out before Christmas. If it was only one or two pages, he’d be able to say for sure. I’d guess maybe another 15-20 pages. Things to wrap up before the end: - mend the table - rescue the cousin’s fiancee from the perpetual slope - dwarven council votes - Godsmoot resolved - catch and destroy the last vampire - Durkon speaks to Hilgya about visitation rights and his parental responsibility - The Order returns to the Mechane - some surprise revelation the last page, to be resolved in the next book. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755.md?page=304) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-6-discussion-thread/682755.md?page=306)