Oh God here we go. Episode 600.

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... well. I think it's funny.

Heh, yeah. He pulled that joke off pretty well.

I was kind of wondering what Roy was up to, though.

And I bet something major will happen in the next comic or three.

Also, am I the only one who thinks Roy's baby brother is the cutest thing in webcomics?

I agree. He is adorable.

And I am intrigued about what might happen now. IO mean my interest was waning with the whole Kubota thing but now, it might pick up again.

I was going to come in with a "God damn it, Burlew" as a link to Comic 600, but I had already posted before so I couldn't.

So, God damn it, Burlew.

I was absolutely sure the whole "ha ha not doing anything special for #600" half of the comic would turn out to lead in to a panel of dead Vaarsuvius or Lien finding a certain suit of armour or whatever.

But it's good to see Roy gearing up to return, although he'll most certainly be nonplussed with the current status and whereabouts of his remains.

I'm kind of hoping that Burlew makes up for the long wait for a lackluster update with a significant development in 601 or 602.
Interesting revelation here, though, is that Roy is completely unaware of the rift between V / Elan + Durkon, and he's also unaware (as are we readers) to the developments on Haley's side of things. My guess is Roy spies on Haley and company first, and we learn what's been going on there, and then the big revelation will be seen from Haley's perspective: V will return to Haley (that's the good news,) but she/he'll be a shadow of his/her former self, leading Roy (in heaven) and Haley (on Earth) to wonder what the hell happened to him/her...and why she/he doesn't give a damn about leaving Durkon and Elan behind.

EDIT: Haley could also inadvertedly advance the spilt between V and the Order by getting a bit angry when she hears about V leaving Elan behind. From V's perspective, it would seem that Haley cares more about a romantic relationship than V's successful return...or the Order actually doing its job. From Haley's perspective, V's return will pale in comparison to him/her abandoning Elan and clearly looking like crap. It could be fun.

Also Roy's spying absence means that nobody is aware of Belkar's Mark of Justice being activated, which means all sorts of fun stuff.

EDIT: Oh. Yeah. Whups!

God this comic moves slowly.

He knows about it.

He was there when it happened. The oracle just happened to banish him after wards.

On a semi-unrelated sidenote, Erfworld is continuing its quest to become the most incomprehensible comic on the internet. I absolutely do not know what is going on anymore and I think it's actually impossible to know unless you re-read the entire series every time there's an update.

I sometimes have trouble telling what's going on in a given panel, but the plot usually seems pretty straightforward.