Finding a way to stop The Dragon WITHOUT killing yourself; you missed an important point there Erin.
Really showcases the difference between Falst’s fight-or-flight, here-and-now approach to situations and Erin’s more tactical and long term thinking stance. Both have points in their favour and I don’t see this being resolved without either a group split, Alinua breaking the tie or an outside influence getting involved.
…
Of course! The answer is obvious. If they can’t break into the prison they’ll break into the Paladin archives instead!
So I’m gonna admit something. I actually found this comic like a year or so ago and the comics servers kept not working for me and honestly the first few pages didn’t grab me at the time; so I ended up moving on. But I am however a massive fan of OSP and when Red said she was the one that made it I went Well let’s give it another look now that there’s more of it to read. And at some point I fell in love with the characters in it. The early pages still didn’t grab me I have to admit, but the more I got to know the characters the more I enjoyed them and who they were and who they were becoming. It helps that the further in I go the more the story reminds me of the kind I like to tell with my friends cause I’m a massive nerd that text RPs with people in private chats. All this is to say I think this story is great and I can’t wait to see more. Thanks and have a lovely day!
So Aliuna and Falst are dead set against leaving, and in an equal group setting where everyone has an equal vote, they’d outnumber Erin there and thus promptly be on their way to collect Kendal. But I suspect Erin is about to pull a Queen Glimmer on them.
Without Erin’s Aseran badge of diplomatic immunity (and -presumably- a breathing Erin to go with it), they can’t do diddly to extricate Kendal from his current predicament, and Erin knows it. So he’s going to pull rank here and go against their wishes because he thinks it’s the best thing to do in the context of a bigger picture analysis. This would almost certainly mean Falst abandoning the group since he already low-key despises Erin and either trying to rescue Kendal on his own or just straight up bouncing entirely. Aliuna might go to help Falst or she might stay with Erin, I’m not sure; she’s not exactly one to rock any boats when it comes to the affairs of others who aren’t ACTIVELY engaged in malice.
Of course, all of this speculation is all but moot since Tynan’s imminent arrival is about to completely upend this little game of Risk going on right now.
Didn’t he already basically do that in the last panel? Now he’s just trying to mollify them that yes, he does get their point of view, but no, you know why we can’t do that right now.
Uh-oh. Whenever I hear “If we do X, then Y will have been for nothing” I always start thinking “Sunk cost fallacy.” That said, I think Erin has a point outside of that. They *do* need the information, regardless.
@KSClaw, it was explained earlier that the reason they have to be *here* specifically is that this is the only place where that cult keeps their data. I’m pretty sure literally nobody in the party would have ever come here at all if there was any other option.
AAAAhhhh!! NO!! I’ve caught up! I’ve been binging this for the last two days and now I have to wait for each new page to come out one at a time just like everyone else!
It’s so sweet that everyone cares about Kendal so much. Like- they’re arguing about how best to help him and accomplish their goals. This is why found family is my favorite story element.
…Well, something tells me that things are about to go pear-shaped. Kendal might not be the only one of the group needing a jailbreak by the end of this–the only question that remains is how much of the group will get dragged down, and by which other party members…
This is an absolutely amazing comic so far. Reaching the then-current page a couple days ago was something of a shock–I hadn’t expected it to run out so soon! Guess that’s what I get for bingeing it over the course of a day and a bit, lol…
Falst is Angy, Alinua is being a Mom Friend, Floof squad probably about to have two more members, and ErinXFalst shippers are probably going wild because contrast.
Honestly, what more could you want?
…and the site won’t let me reply for some reason, even though I’m not on the home page. Plus it takes a full minute or two to reload after a comment is posted. I hope the site fully recovers soon, or Red is going to have to upgrade her server hosting plan after all…
I’m sorry about the TL;DR s. I tried making them, but they didn’t appear so I wrote more and they didn’t appear then several hours later I check in and what do you know… Copious TL;DR s.
Don’t blame yourself, Red’s accidental self-inflicted DDOS attack has been making things tough around here. A few pages ago (13.3) I tried posting a TL;DR since it looked like you hadn’t yet, but the errors seemed to block me. Then I look again today and see that it actually did post, and you actually already had yours hours before mine it just didn’t show thanks to homepage glitch. I probably tried to post it like fifteen times before giving up, fortunately it only posted once and I didn’t end up accidentally spamming the comments with the same post over and over.
@Somebody I’m actually very happy about the copious TL;DR’s, don’t apologise! (I know your comment with the apology was addressed to TheUnknownGame, but I don’t think they’ll mind, and I felt you should know that it was not something you needed to apologise for) Also, you’re very funny and your Tl;DR’s are a great staple of this comments section
Sending friendship from the depths of the internet,
Random Rodent
P.S: 🙂 (hope this doesn’t autocorrect to an emoji or I will have added a hyphen nose for no reason) (not to cause anyone to feel weird about their smiley-face choices) (see you around and remember to drink water (or blood if you are a vampire, hydration is still important if you’re undead) (that bit about vampires is a joke, in case you were worried and, like me, have OCD or some other Weird Reality Thing. Vampires aren’t real)
randomrodent and Somebody:
No, I don’t mind the copious TL;DRs. It’s the site causing problems, not you, and it means I have more to read after having to keep my distance for the week.
It’s fine. I’ve missed them, at least now I can get caught up on my Somebody TL;DR fix. 😛 but yeah, it’s been weird getting on in an incognito tab and not seeing anything, and especially not seeing your TL;DRs.
Thanks everyone. I felt really awful not being able to post the TL;DR s because I knew a lot of you enjoyed them. I’m glad I finally got some out and that you guys don’t think I’m a no show.
Also, do all grannies think that everything on YouTube is automatically correct? Mine thinks shoving cold ginger on her knee will make her arthritis better.
im new to the comment section (but NOT new to the comic, been following for a year or so after i figured out red had a comic) so i figured i would join with the new influxes of comments. i’m kinda a lurker and tend not to comment in general, but i am a theorist so i might pop in with some thoughts and such (also love seeing character moments and relationships of all kinds so i love new character dynamics like with erin and falst…. speaking of, huge erin fan lol) welcome to aurora new fans and hope you welcome a lurker such as myself haha
So, Erin, whatever happened to your original plan of going to visit the soul-crafting monks? Your plan of “Kendal willingly went to prison in our absence because OF COURSE he wanted me to break the law by sneaking into the forbidden library!” sounds an awful lot like reverting to your original “I’m an awesome elemental magus” hubris. I guess the common sense was just a phase you were going through. What a shame, that.
Falst: “Is there anyone here who ISN’T a self-sacrificing idi-… you know what? Stupid question. I already know the answer.”
Kendal: *is in literal prison*
The others: Wait, we’re the hostages?
this song was playing in the backseat while I had the bracelets on, I gave away my flip flops…
CONFUSION FU
actually the flip flops was another place where I told Harry Potter Stories.
FACTS
Finding a way to stop The Dragon WITHOUT killing yourself; you missed an important point there Erin.
Really showcases the difference between Falst’s fight-or-flight, here-and-now approach to situations and Erin’s more tactical and long term thinking stance. Both have points in their favour and I don’t see this being resolved without either a group split, Alinua breaking the tie or an outside influence getting involved.
…
Of course! The answer is obvious. If they can’t break into the prison they’ll break into the Paladin archives instead!
Erin and falst are such foils for eachother, I am loving it.
heheh I am with Falst but yeh the dragon stuff is kinda urgent XD
JUST LEAVE AND COME BACK WITHOUT KENDAL, IDIOT! STUPID ‘SMART BOY’!
So I’m gonna admit something. I actually found this comic like a year or so ago and the comics servers kept not working for me and honestly the first few pages didn’t grab me at the time; so I ended up moving on. But I am however a massive fan of OSP and when Red said she was the one that made it I went Well let’s give it another look now that there’s more of it to read. And at some point I fell in love with the characters in it. The early pages still didn’t grab me I have to admit, but the more I got to know the characters the more I enjoyed them and who they were and who they were becoming. It helps that the further in I go the more the story reminds me of the kind I like to tell with my friends cause I’m a massive nerd that text RPs with people in private chats. All this is to say I think this story is great and I can’t wait to see more. Thanks and have a lovely day!
THE SITE IS WORKING WELL ALREADY??
It took me like, less then a second for the page to load. Wow I’m so glad it’s still alive
There seriously isn’t any other library they can go to? I know Erin can’t go to his own order, but aren’t there other, less anti-Vash places?
Ngl I imagine Tynan wrecking havoc, and in the midst of the chaos, Erin manages to dig through the library while everyone else is distracted.
So Aliuna and Falst are dead set against leaving, and in an equal group setting where everyone has an equal vote, they’d outnumber Erin there and thus promptly be on their way to collect Kendal. But I suspect Erin is about to pull a Queen Glimmer on them.
Without Erin’s Aseran badge of diplomatic immunity (and -presumably- a breathing Erin to go with it), they can’t do diddly to extricate Kendal from his current predicament, and Erin knows it. So he’s going to pull rank here and go against their wishes because he thinks it’s the best thing to do in the context of a bigger picture analysis. This would almost certainly mean Falst abandoning the group since he already low-key despises Erin and either trying to rescue Kendal on his own or just straight up bouncing entirely. Aliuna might go to help Falst or she might stay with Erin, I’m not sure; she’s not exactly one to rock any boats when it comes to the affairs of others who aren’t ACTIVELY engaged in malice.
Of course, all of this speculation is all but moot since Tynan’s imminent arrival is about to completely upend this little game of Risk going on right now.
*dead set against staying, derp.
Aww, they’re all just so good people, with slightly differing priorities, but still. I wanna hug them all!
Of course they can’t leave yet, Kendal still needs to make friends with dainix!
Didn’t he already basically do that in the last panel? Now he’s just trying to mollify them that yes, he does get their point of view, but no, you know why we can’t do that right now.
Uh-oh. Whenever I hear “If we do X, then Y will have been for nothing” I always start thinking “Sunk cost fallacy.” That said, I think Erin has a point outside of that. They *do* need the information, regardless.
@KSClaw, it was explained earlier that the reason they have to be *here* specifically is that this is the only place where that cult keeps their data. I’m pretty sure literally nobody in the party would have ever come here at all if there was any other option.
Well it seems the server issues have prevented Somebody from posting their TL;DR 🙁
So why is Zuurith still in the ‘everybody else’ section of the characters page and not in the ‘Antagonists’ section
AAAAhhhh!! NO!! I’ve caught up! I’ve been binging this for the last two days and now I have to wait for each new page to come out one at a time just like everyone else!
Aaaand up to date!
Now I’m sad. Can no longer spam F5 to get new pages :<
It’s so sweet that everyone cares about Kendal so much. Like- they’re arguing about how best to help him and accomplish their goals. This is why found family is my favorite story element.
…Is it safe? Can I come back now?
To any other old regulars; it’s good to be back.
To the newcomers, a dear welcome.
…Well, something tells me that things are about to go pear-shaped. Kendal might not be the only one of the group needing a jailbreak by the end of this–the only question that remains is how much of the group will get dragged down, and by which other party members…
This is an absolutely amazing comic so far. Reaching the then-current page a couple days ago was something of a shock–I hadn’t expected it to run out so soon! Guess that’s what I get for bingeing it over the course of a day and a bit, lol…
for some reason I really want to see a romance between Kendal and Falst
Falst is Angy, Alinua is being a Mom Friend, Floof squad probably about to have two more members, and ErinXFalst shippers are probably going wild because contrast.
Honestly, what more could you want?
My first page up to date.
I want more.
TL;DR: Let’s go! Let’s not go! Arggghhh!
TL;DR: It’s two against one, Mr. Hubris.
TL;DR: Mr. Hubris has been outnumbered. Will he finally give in? Or will he drag his friends along for a crazy and probably dumb adventure?
Fair ’nuff
Am I not supposed to agree with Erin? Because I sure do.
Ooh, a 3-for-1 tldr deal!
…and the site won’t let me reply for some reason, even though I’m not on the home page. Plus it takes a full minute or two to reload after a comment is posted. I hope the site fully recovers soon, or Red is going to have to upgrade her server hosting plan after all…
I’m sorry about the TL;DR s. I tried making them, but they didn’t appear so I wrote more and they didn’t appear then several hours later I check in and what do you know… Copious TL;DR s.
Don’t blame yourself, Red’s accidental self-inflicted DDOS attack has been making things tough around here. A few pages ago (13.3) I tried posting a TL;DR since it looked like you hadn’t yet, but the errors seemed to block me. Then I look again today and see that it actually did post, and you actually already had yours hours before mine it just didn’t show thanks to homepage glitch. I probably tried to post it like fifteen times before giving up, fortunately it only posted once and I didn’t end up accidentally spamming the comments with the same post over and over.
@Somebody I’m actually very happy about the copious TL;DR’s, don’t apologise! (I know your comment with the apology was addressed to TheUnknownGame, but I don’t think they’ll mind, and I felt you should know that it was not something you needed to apologise for) Also, you’re very funny and your Tl;DR’s are a great staple of this comments section
Sending friendship from the depths of the internet,
Random Rodent
P.S: 🙂 (hope this doesn’t autocorrect to an emoji or I will have added a hyphen nose for no reason) (not to cause anyone to feel weird about their smiley-face choices) (see you around and remember to drink water (or blood if you are a vampire, hydration is still important if you’re undead) (that bit about vampires is a joke, in case you were worried and, like me, have OCD or some other Weird Reality Thing. Vampires aren’t real)
red why do you torment us like this
randomrodent and Somebody:
No, I don’t mind the copious TL;DRs. It’s the site causing problems, not you, and it means I have more to read after having to keep my distance for the week.
It’s fine. I’ve missed them, at least now I can get caught up on my Somebody TL;DR fix. 😛 but yeah, it’s been weird getting on in an incognito tab and not seeing anything, and especially not seeing your TL;DRs.
@randomrodent I don’t mind the vampire thing, but I do have parenthesis OCD, and you missed a closing parenthesis. 😛
Thanks everyone. I felt really awful not being able to post the TL;DR s because I knew a lot of you enjoyed them. I’m glad I finally got some out and that you guys don’t think I’m a no show.
Also, do all grannies think that everything on YouTube is automatically correct? Mine thinks shoving cold ginger on her knee will make her arthritis better.
im new to the comment section (but NOT new to the comic, been following for a year or so after i figured out red had a comic) so i figured i would join with the new influxes of comments. i’m kinda a lurker and tend not to comment in general, but i am a theorist so i might pop in with some thoughts and such (also love seeing character moments and relationships of all kinds so i love new character dynamics like with erin and falst…. speaking of, huge erin fan lol) welcome to aurora new fans and hope you welcome a lurker such as myself haha
So, Erin, whatever happened to your original plan of going to visit the soul-crafting monks? Your plan of “Kendal willingly went to prison in our absence because OF COURSE he wanted me to break the law by sneaking into the forbidden library!” sounds an awful lot like reverting to your original “I’m an awesome elemental magus” hubris. I guess the common sense was just a phase you were going through. What a shame, that.
*this fills you with DETERMINATION* i’m sad the prison break can’t happen tho
Oh, Alinua was CALLING BACK to this line!! Falst suggests they crack open the mountain and 3 chapters later that’s exactly what they’re doing!!!
Alt text: it’s like you guys don’t even want to do the main plot smh