Order of the Stick

[jack]

Ever since the beginning, Belkar has been an excessively simple character, which works in a cartoon world. I was really touched when his mindless violence approach to life finally over the balance from "useful but difficult to get along with" to "dangerous liability", and the rest of the party really did dump him. It's obviously the sensible thing to do, but you don't expect it from a comic or an adventuring party, you expect the group to go on working together anyway, until someone manufactures some excuse to do something different.

Now, he undergoes a revelation, and strives to become useful again! The work story only works because the comic allows him to be so simple, but from a simple roleplaying spoof comic, I'm amazed, again and again, how interesting the OOTS characters have got. Of course, I never expect him to be good, but if he can reforge his friendship (more or less) with the other party members, I'll be really touched.

In the same comic, I felt really sorry for Old Blind Pete. He did a very bad thing, but I still liked him, he was still the same person we thought he was, and was sorry he was punished so immediately and thoroughly. And he was only in the comic for a few pages!

Comments

[liv]

You're so sweet, getting attached to OotS characters! I mean, you're right, if they were at all real what happens to them would be really upsetting. But I think it's wonderful that you can empathize.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

:) Aw, *hugs*

Although I really do think OOTS is very good, not just for a stick figure comic, but very good for anything. It starts with comically exaggerated traits, but even all the minor characters seem absolutely lovely, and it's a lovely example of how to draw someone into a biiiiiiiiig long plot without delivering it in a lump up front :)