# Order of the Stick book 7 discussion thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-strips\ **Created:** [February 3, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438 "2020-02-03T17:48:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 127
**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:** [October 17, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/2524 "2025-10-17T23:15:46Z")
Rich has just released a new q&a. I get it in email, but i assume it’s posted somewhere public, too ---
**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:** [October 18, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/2525 "2025-10-18T00:22:42Z")
Here’s a link [https://www.patreon.com/posts/answers-post-11-141468323](https://www.patreon.com/posts/answers-post-11-141468323) ---
**Author:** ![vislor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vislor/32/5933_2.png) [@vislor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vislor)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/2526 "2025-10-19T02:17:32Z")
Thanks for the link, @Peter_Morris ! A good read! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/2527 "2025-10-20T08:26:46Z")
I may adopt “Anyone can plan years in advance if it takes you years to finish it!” as my new motto. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/2528 "2025-11-01T15:45:26Z")
**[1335 - A Righteous Mushroom](https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1335.html)** Not a lot of plot advancement, but a fun strip. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/2529 "2025-11-01T16:06:02Z")
And has anyone else noticed the disturbing proliferation of stray threads of reality? ---
**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:** [November 1, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/2530 "2025-11-01T23:06:51Z")
That was oddly inspiring. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/2531 "2025-11-02T00:38:44Z")
As a childless former teacher, I agree. Mushrooms Unite! ---
**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:** [November 2, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/2532 "2025-11-02T18:21:26Z")
Great strip. Separately, over a Patreon Rich makes an observation that resonates with me: > I just don’t enjoy the modern corporate franchise model of storytelling, where existing settings need to be exploited endlessly for stories that don’t mean a whole lot. There are 5 or 6 components of storytelling; they are conflict, setting, theme, character, plot, and maybe tone. Works emphasize a subset of the preceding; inevitable tradeoffs mean that some are de-emphasized. Hollywood leans a _lot_ on conflict. That they reuse settings so much reflects the fact that they don’t care too much about it. Character receives a moderate weight, which in no way implies that the characters are reliably interesting. Indeed, many aren’t especially credible. At any rate, there’s no getting around the most important over-arching component, the talent of the creators. My tastes run towards theme. That’s problematic, as are all tastes. cite: Pey Talks Anime over on Youtube. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/2533 "2025-11-02T19:00:54Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And has anyone else noticed the disturbing proliferation of stray threads of reality? That’s been going on for quiet a while now, hasn’t it? > [@Alessan](#): > > That was oddly inspiring. Yes, i have bio-kids, but i care a lot more about my legacy in the sense that O’Chul does than i do about whether my gene line continues. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/2534 "2025-11-02T21:55:27Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > That’s been going on for quiet a while now, hasn’t it? Yes, but it seems to be accelerating. ---
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/2535 "2025-12-01T15:28:08Z")
1336 - [This is About Writing This](https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1336.html) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/2536 "2025-12-01T15:32:17Z")
That’s gone a little too meta, even for Elan. But I get it - it’s a message from Rich that beyond here be few gags. ---
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/2537 "2025-12-01T15:36:53Z")
In the last panel there’s some red bugs coming out from under the door. They’re not Xykon’s roaches though. Look more like ticks. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/2538 "2025-12-01T16:02:14Z")
It’s also a promise that we’ll be getting some plot development. And a reminder of those stray reality threads, in case you hadn’t noticed. ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/2539 "2025-12-01T16:05:28Z")
The red things coming from under the door are [Nale’s demonic presence](https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1329.html). ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/2540 "2025-12-01T17:05:17Z")
> [@Strinka](#): > > The red things coming from under the door are [Nale’s demonic presence](https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1329.html) Which is a callback to the time when Roy set off a bunch of traps at a door and then Elan opened the next door when Nale was immediately on the other side, in the first 100 strips. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/2541 "2025-12-01T17:12:36Z")
> [@Strinka](#): > > The red things coming from under the door are [Nale’s demonic presence](https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1329.html). Dun, dun, DUN. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/2542 "2025-12-11T14:08:05Z")
On an entirely different note, I just received my long-forgotten Kickstarter reward of the **Dim Sun** story. So that’s nice. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/2543 "2025-12-11T14:11:50Z")
Oh my God! Me too! I’d kinda given up on that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438.md?page=126) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438.md?page=128)