August 18, 2015 Watch for non-pointy sticks

[WearsHats]

http://www.goblinscomic.org/08242015-2/

1. I've come to the depressing realization that I'm more of a paladin than Ears. How boring is that?

2. Those last couple panels remind anyone else of Minmax saving Kin from the trees in the MoM?

3. Yes, apparently with Fumbles around even non-pointy sticks are dangerous. (Perhaps even more dangerous than pointy sticks.)

4. Guesses on what's in the bottle?

[Aegis J Hyena]

Ahhhhhh, Fumbles. He could fumble laying down on the ground if the fate of the world was at stake...

[LooksClosely]

Such a strong bond between MinMax and "kickaxo".

[Mereneth]

That bond between them will not only help fumbles recover quickly, but let MM grow even more asa character.

[YalaYalaGetDolla]

Big Ears being petty and Minmax saving a Goblin. Ahhhh, character development.

[GathersIngredients]

2: just a tiny bit. Maybe we got a bromance on our hands...

4: That's a bottle? I figured it would be some sort of good luck charm/talisman and/or a name tag (a la "this belongs to Gorak, the Lord of Rivers. If found, please return it to the Minotaur village at your earliest convenience").
If it's a bottle, I'm guessing the contents are "elixir de Stephan Ürkel" (which would stop Fumbles fumbling, but also turn him into an arrogant Jerk).

[HerdsCats]

I can't say I really blame Ears for being a little buttface just then. It may have been 10 years ago for us, but for him, this guy just murdered a sizable portion of their population just a few weeks ago. A little schadenfreude is to be expected, especially considering that he didn't hurt him just for the sake of hurting him. He just didn't go out of his way to make MM's fall any easier.

Also, it looks like the laws governing Paladins aren't quite as stringent as in some other settings. Being petty isn't enough to make somebody lose their paladin levels, nor is telling little white lies.

I'm sure the last few panels were made to invoke the upside down tree room on purpose. At this point Minmax has lost everything, and he's not about to lose the one creature even willing to be his friend. The look on his face is "I'm going to do it right this time. I'm not losing another one."

[Talos]

That big-eared, lying, homosexual goblin paladin better reactivate that armor soon. No telling what danger is next. I'm guessing his paladin code doesn't penalize partial nudity either. No shirt, no shoes, no problems.

[Kamos]

I'd say it's well within the range of the Asshole Paladin alignment.

[Glemp]

Is it really wise to enjoy the suffering of others when in the warden of a prison weakened by sadism?

[HerdsCats]

Well, since he /did/ just free the guy who slaughtered most of his friends, instead of leaving him up there to starve to death like all the other adventurers, I imagine it sort of cancels "enjoying it" out a little bit.

[Caltera]

Ok, now I'm scared for ears... letting names play with axe, commiting "evil act" like faking kill (names), lies and not caring... Someone recall the page he post before goblins came back? Somewhere the line "Oh god Ears, what have you done?". I thought ears was a rightfull paladin, but his action here... Wish it won't serve as a few exemple of a slow fall for ears releasing the demon of the axe... We all know thunt, he like to show things for a reason. Ears doesn't seems to care for the axe since some update now and that's quite a problem. Please make me be wrong thunt

[Argh Blargle]

Minmax and Fumbles.

Totally heartwarming.

[Krulle]

Don't forget tomstruggle really hard, Minmax.

[Talos]

Well, he looks less like a paladin without the armor. And he isn't acting very paladin-like lately.

[GathersIngredients]

Don't read if you're easily offended

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Hrm, apparently getting bitten into the privates in the past served to form a strong bond between the biter (in this case Fumbles) and MinMax.

I know a one time occurrence doesn't make a pattern, but it kinda makes me wonder what Forgath and him were doing off camera that lead to MinMax calling him "brother"...

[Talos]

Anyone else think this is a setup for Big Ears to lose his axe? He might find another weapon in the dungeon, but without the armor that comes with it? Just a guess.

[SpeaksManyLanguages]

I sure hope not

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, but the "Big Ears, what have you done?" from the goblins coming back page is worriesome

[askstoomuch]

am I the only one who thinks fumbles is getting seriously hurt/killed in the page ??

the rope could easily hook around his neck and with minmax pulling on him, snap over

[Kamos]

That would be like, the lamest death in Goblins, especially for a main character. So I doubt it.

[HerdsCats]

I don't know that there is a loop around his neck though. It looks to me like he's caught around the arm, and the torso, but that Minmax managed to intercept him before anything looped around his throat. The ones that would have gotten him there are now wrapped around MM's arm, and fumbles is smooshed against his chest but free to breathe either over his shoulder or under his arm. Or at least he will be once a few seconds pass and he realizes he even can breathe.

[Talos]

Mild though it seems on the surface, this is a far cry from the "I will be a paladin and take on the risks so that others don't have to be" Big Ears from earlier.

If anything, the lighter clothes make him seem like he was "demoted" somehow.

[HerdsCats]

In what way? In universe time, it was only a few minutes to a few hours since ears volunteered to take on Kore to give the others time to open the entrance to the dragons maw. He was still willing to go and help forgath even though he knew him as an enemy. And hell, he also argued with complains about not killing Minmax, because at the time, the guy was in no shape to fight anybody.

I don't think a brief moment of pettiness AKA "I so enjoyed watching MM land on that big empty head of his" is enough to warrant all this concern about him falling or accidentally setting loose the demon in the axe. Big ears is written as a regular guy. He can be silly and petty and rude sometimes. That doesn't make him less of a paladin. It makes him more real.

[Talos]

It may have been a short time in the comic, but it's been close to a decade in reality since he became a paladin. Ideas, styles, and a lot of other things can change in that time.

[HerdsCats]

I'm not sure what you mean. It's been 10 years for us since he became a paladin,but for him in the comic it's been a few weeks. He's still a low level paladin who only recently joined the ranks of paladinhood. There are some things that cross over right away, like when he realized that he was no longer comfortable striking somebody from behind. Other things that are less "important" for Paladins to honor might take a while to kick in, if they kick in at all