# 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:** 94
**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 30, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1864 "2023-12-30T13:02:22Z")
That would be my first guess, but it could also be whatever monster lurks beyond. Also: a clever bit of heteronymic wordplay in the title of this one. ---
**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 30, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1865 "2023-12-30T13:10:14Z")
But 19 days since the just one. 😢 I had hoped he was picking up the pace. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1866 "2023-12-30T15:30:04Z")
He was. He picked the pace up, then he walked around with it a bit, and then he did something else, and meanwhile he had put the pace down somewhere, but where was it, help him retrace his steps, would you, it has to be around here somewhere… And yeah, that’s not ominous at all. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1867 "2023-12-30T15:34:21Z")
It also took me a second to figure out you can pronounce the title two ways (as Gyrate noted). ---
**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 30, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1868 "2023-12-30T15:38:01Z")
My guess is that Sunny’s antimagic freed a nasty monster who has now charmed Sunny somehow ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1869 "2023-12-30T16:00:49Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > But 19 days since the just one. 😢 I had hoped he was picking up the pace. I assume he picked up the pace to get a couple in before Christmas, because he knew he’d have a long break for that. I’m surprised this one is before New Years, since I figured the break would cover both holidays. So perhaps the pace will pick up going forward. ---
**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 30, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1870 "2023-12-30T16:30:34Z")
Also: a neat bit of Belkarian character development there, as his overtly good deed was noted. ---
**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 30, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1871 "2023-12-30T16:31:47Z")
I noticed that good deed, too. I changed that up to character development at the time. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1872 "2023-12-30T17:50:30Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Also: a neat bit of Belkarian character development there, as his overtly good deed was noted. He’s always been very protective of his animal companions. I didn’t think it was all that much of an advancement of his character. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1873 "2023-12-30T17:59:35Z")
I’m thinking so if only because any monsters in there should be in agreement/league with Serina so the conflict would be as abrupt as Serina saying “Hey, quit it, they’re with me”. Unless we’re getting into some other monster now no longer wanting to protect the Gates and yadda yadda …and this strip is never going to come to a conclusion, is it? ---
**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:** [December 30, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1874 "2023-12-30T18:06:29Z")
This is really not the time to be introducing an entirely new villain, so I think Orange Voice must be someone already established. But it seems too… articulate, I guess… to be the Snarl. Maybe whichever one of the IFCC had orange speech bubbles? I think the art’s been updated since we last saw them, which could account for the gradient effect. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1875 "2023-12-30T22:20:52Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > and this strip is never going to come to a conclusion, is it? Just 22 strips this year, so we likely have a long wait at the very least. I grasp if the guy has health issues and other life priorities, and that he doesn’t owe his fans anything, strictly speaking, but the glacial pace isn’t exactly fun for us. ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1876 "2023-12-30T22:31:16Z")
The orange IFCC guy (Cedrik) was my guess as well, but he was in [1183](https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1183.html) and still had orange text on black bubbles. six strips from the end of Book 6. (Hat tip to the [OOTS wiki](https://oots.fandom.com/wiki/Cedrik) – who knew Fandom was good for anything?) I liked the entrancement effects in Sunny’s eyestalks. Cedrik’s still my best guess for the entrancer, but I’d guess that’s Telepathic Bond (or similar) and not Cedrik’s actual speech. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2023, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1877 "2023-12-31T03:31:58Z")
Or I guess it could be ensnarlified Lauren Shattersmith? That’d be a way of getting the Snarl involved, but through a more relatable medium. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1878 "2023-12-31T04:40:07Z")
Burlew needs a [MacArthur grant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacArthur_Fellows_Program), so he can hire staff like most manga/comic creators. ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1879 "2024-01-01T14:16:07Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Also: a clever bit of heteronymic wordplay in the title of this one. Before I even read the first panel I thought to myself. “They’re going to find the entrance to something and somebody’s going to get entranced.” ---
**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:** [January 8, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1880 "2024-01-08T14:14:27Z")
1295 - [The Thaw](https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1295.html) ---
**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:** [January 8, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1881 "2024-01-08T14:23:01Z")
Ruh ro. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1882 "2024-01-08T14:25:11Z")
It appears Sunny drew a picture of a Red Dragon in [#1257](https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1257.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:** [January 8, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438/1883 "2024-01-08T14:25:20Z")
Belkar is holding Bloodfeast the Extreme-inator, or at least he was a few panels before the end - now his back is turned. Belkar is also just a few feet away from the anti-magic field. Dragon vs Dino fight? Dragon vs Dino fight? DRAGON VS DINO FIGHT? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438.md?page=93) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-7-discussion-thread/847438.md?page=95)