# 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:** 71
**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:** [March 17, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1404 "2022-03-17T00:57:37Z")
**[Changed circumstances: 1254](https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1254.html)** ---
**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:** [March 17, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1405 "2022-03-17T00:58:23Z")
Nearly a month between strips. šŸ˜¢ ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1406 "2022-03-17T02:54:39Z")
Yeah, I waited (nearly) a month for this? very very incremental update? See you in 2023 when theyā€™ve left this room. šŸ˜• Maybe! ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1407 "2022-03-17T04:01:43Z")
I think Iā€™ll step out for a few months. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1408 "2022-03-17T04:10:01Z")
It just doesnā€™t seem to occur to her that other people would also treat the last gate differently. Though, to be fair, the way Roy tried to explain why he wouldnā€™t destroy the gate made him sound like Elan. Just say ā€œWe obviously wonā€™t destroy the gate because itā€™s the last one. Weā€™d only do that if we had some other way to hold back the Snarl.ā€ I kinda feel like Burlew is spending too much time justifying this ladyā€™s thinking. We get it. Sheā€™s paranoid and only trusts herself (and her friends who do whatever she says), leading her to make rather unwise decisions. I suspect sheā€™s the one member of the original Order that had the lowest wisdom score. Or that it got lowered due to her operation. I donā€™t really think we need to know more of the intricacies. Not unless sheā€™s actually going to come up with something the OotS didnā€™t think of but should have. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1409 "2022-03-17T04:17:20Z")
> [@GreysonCarlisle](#): > > I think Iā€™ll step out for a few months Yeah, Iā€™m done for the year. Iā€™ve bookmarked this thread, but this is ridiculous. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1410 "2022-03-17T13:52:40Z")
I just have my daily comics feed so, when it shows up, it shows up (although I usually see it linked here first) but I can appreciate the frustration for people who mainly just read this. For the glacial pace the plot moves and the amount of loose ends yet to be resolved, Iā€™m worried that itā€™ll just never finish; Burlew will run out of time or steam or interest which kind of sucks. I donā€™t know much about the guy but he obviously has other commitments and priorities if it takes a month to knock out this comic and I assume eventually those priorities will win out entirely. Prove me wrong, Burlew! Prove me wrong. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1411 "2022-03-17T13:54:42Z")
I wonder if itā€™s a disability. Iā€™m hoping heā€™s written out the major plot thread so that if he dies or something summertime else can finish it ---
**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:** [March 17, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1412 "2022-03-17T13:57:17Z")
Meh, the comic updates have been glacial as long as i can remember (and I found the comic when it was on the splash page of Roy and Dad on a cloud looking at the ruins of Azure city, so Iā€™ve read it a WHILE). ---
**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:** [March 17, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1413 "2022-03-17T14:07:20Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Meh, the comic updates have been glacial as long as i can remember Yup. Not claiming that itā€™s anything new, just wondering if/when the puttering engine will stop. I think itā€™s been more fits and starts ā€“ you have spurts where ā€œHey, a new comic and itā€™s only been six days!ā€ and then times where itā€™s a month or so (not even counting the wounded hand sabbatical). Just hoping it makes it to the end. ---
**Author:** ![CardboardBoxx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardboardboxx/32/7079_2.png) [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1414 "2022-03-17T14:56:33Z")
I started not much after you, when I started it was book 4 but before the ā€œmillion to oneā€ demon, and I can see that the pace has gone down and down and down. It was slow before, but itā€™s much slower now. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1415 "2022-03-17T15:21:56Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I wonder if itā€™s a disability. Heā€™s mentioned before that he has a chronic, but not life threatening, condition that sometimes interferes with his ability to work. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1416 "2022-03-17T15:51:15Z")
Yeah, thatā€™s what I was referring to. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1417 "2022-03-17T16:21:02Z")
Maybe heā€™s been working on his long overdue Kickstarter obligations. Perhaps a new PDF or two. We can always hope. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1418 "2022-03-17T16:44:41Z")
Updates are slower, but the art style is more complex. I donā€™t doubt that OOTS will be completed someday, I think itā€™s obvious that Burlew has the rest pretty much planned out. Itā€™s kind of mind boggling to me how staggeringly big this project will end up being though. The coming will be 20 years old next year and I doubt we are within a year or two of the end. Rich was 29 when he started OOTS. I could see OOTS ending when Rich has spent literally half of his life on this project. Thatā€™s kinda mindblowing. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1419 "2022-03-17T17:28:43Z")
\ Iā€™ll catch up in a few months or so. I love this strip so much and Iā€™ve been reading since the early 500ā€™s when Haley was an edgy resistance fighter. But. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1420 "2022-03-30T14:07:41Z")
**[#1255: And Poorly Lit Signs](https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1255.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:** [March 30, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1421 "2022-03-30T14:10:19Z")
Talky man is talky man. You know thereā€™s too much damn dialogue when the speech bubbles are obscuring the titles. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1422 "2022-03-30T23:44:21Z")
Hey, itā€™s plot movement. And quicker than the previous update. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1423 "2022-03-31T00:09:37Z")
Yeah, i was surprised at the amount of plot movement. Two more steps like this and something might happen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438.md?page=70) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438.md?page=72)