Yeah, not sure what I hear the orcs and D'Orcs talking about is going to line up well with what Tom is thinking.

Thinking their idea of a Restoration of Glory goes a bit beyond just clearing one's name and setting the record straight.

However, some things are getting turned again on their head as we move along into Book 3 and then to 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 and I have no idea...

BTW. Noticed commentary about F.o.L. in another thread from last night.

In book two we were more formally introduced to the F.o.G. and F.o.E. Forces of Good and Forces of Evil.

The F.o.L. and the F.o.D. are coming in book 3.

Of course, it will then start getting confusing because there are two different F.o.L.'s. One is opposed to the F.o.D. and the other is opposed to the F.o.C.

We met the F.o.C. at the end of Book 2.

And as my poor tuna canned friend is finding out, the F.o.G and the F.o.L. (vs F.o.D.) are not a union; they are more of an intersection.

I could certainly join the Forces of Deliciousness.

It's been getting rather lonely in the F.o.B. (Forces of Butter). We've been closely aligned with the F.o.C. (The Forces of Cholesterol) so that helps.

Our biggest opponent is the FoMTMO (Forces of Movie Theater Motor Oil---that nasty fake butter than so many movie theaters like to use to save money) Oddly, they are also aligned with the F.o.C. Go figure.

Fortunately, the third F.o.D. (Forces of Doom) have plenty of enemies with more showing up in Book 3.

Well technically I suppose it would be more correct to say that Doom showed up on their doorstep and not the other way around.

Oh yeah, my bud Mani! Haven't seen him for a while. He moved about a thousand years ago but forgot to tell me his new address.
This is not the first time a friend of mine has moved and forgotten to tell me where they were moving to. Odd, how forgetful some of my friends are.

Great guy; unfortunately for him he's now down here in the Abyss, somewhere. Happens to a lot of religious figures for some reason.

He spent his first century or two down here trying to figure out if the Abyss was a spiritual world of light or a material world of darkness.

It's actually a very difficult question to answer, as will become more evident in Book 3.

In any event, my answer, which he was not satisfied with, was that since it's always light down here; it's a world of light.

Yes, red light, but it's still light and it never gets dark.

Simple answers are always best for peace of mind.

ROFL

This is great stuff!

However, the one thing I found rather implausible about the show is that apparently, they expect us to believe that Melbourne doesn't have HD TV in 2016!

I'm sorry, but this anachronism clearly stretches the plausibility of the entire episode, calling everything else into question!

Going to binge the other 5 now!

Thanks!

Hey, I noticed that line as well, but kept forgetting to mention it. That's a VERY good question, and several good suggestions on the fourth player.

The musing of Hilda & co regarding Rupert's parentage makes me wonder whether demons are restricted to one gender or not. What's to stop a male demon from turning female or a female from being male? What about being an incubus / succubus. Is that actually restricted to specific individuals or can demons shapeshift as needed?

Hmm,

Interesting points. If you can shape shift into horribly disgusting forms; you know, like a human being, then you should be able to change your gender.

However, I don't know of too many that do. It's not at all common. I have heard stories of gods doing, fairly often, so I'd bet demons could

But I think you point on being comfortable in the form.

Most cisgendered individuals would find it uncomfortable, but transgendered and more exotically gendered people could have fun.

And, now that I think of it, there are definitely hermaphrodite and hermaphrodite++ demons; so...the answer is most likely yes for those that can shift; and/or shift easily. I am a ciscisgendered male myself; I can do a threesome with just one other person (I prefer the ladies myself--although Reggie is pretty temptiing, but that's cause he's an incubus, so he cheats).

As mentioned some people can really only manage to memorize two forms; demon princes, which as we shall see in book iii, can have a large number of forms; as, for that matter can archdemons. I think we've seen several for Ramses. Bess has a lot, but she's actually a goddess.

Exador mostly looks like Exador (at various ages); and honestly, that is enough to scare the crap out of most people.

As far as incubuses and succubuses or incubae and succubae, they are distinct, and a different form of demon. You can't shape change into one of them; and if you are one of them, you could maybe look like the other one, but your powers are tied to which you really are.

Or does Tom really have some unconscious connection to Sporkus, and pulled the form from those memories?

Surely T-A-G didn't break continuity just for some cheap storytelling convenience, like some dirty LitRPG hippie?

Speaking of Tom's multiple forms, I hope he learns multiple Orc forms (one for each world / Orc type). Since this requires a lot of shapeshifting he'll need many outfits so he should learn how to access hammerspace just like Tizzy and Antefalken.

Yes, he held it, he was hunched over, so not sure if anyone would have noticed moles moving around his face with all scrunched up.

But you are correct, he did, he kept it together.

And, yes, book 3 will be dealing with various forms and clothing/wardrobe quite explicitly.