#Hinjo

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Opinion on Hinjo from Oots? Is he a good boy?

Hinjo AND his big celestial puppy are both very good boys!!! I really like how Hinjo acts as a foil to Miko during War and XPs, and he’s got lots of great moments as a stand-alone character in Don’t Split the Party!

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Hinjo, gently nudging Mr Scruffy aside with their foot: Mr Scruffy, move out of the way so I don’t trip on you. Mr Scruffy, their eyes enormous: You kick Mr Scruffy? You kick their body like the football? Oh! Oh! Jail for Hinjo! Jail for Hinjo for one thousand years!

[canontypicalgoblins]

miko miyazaki they could never make me hate you

[usertoxicyaoi]

thinking about her (🍚 rice 🍚)

[tiffany-smith]

You know, what's cool about Order of the Stick is that it dares to be a story where only half the major characters are in a romantic relationship. (Less, depending on who counts as 'major.' I'm counting just members of the Order here, not Team Evil or the various characters like the paladins, Hilgya, or Minrah they've picked up on the way.)

Haley and Elan are, like, the "token representation" characters. Roy gets tossed a girlfriend bc he's the hero ig? She's rarely around.

V had a spouse who was known about for a while offscreen, got three pages onscreen and promptly served divorce papers.

Durkon? Had an affair one (1) night which resulted in a kid 1000 strips and two irl decades later, the mom wants nothing to do with him. Otherwise probably completely celibate.

Belkar will sleep with anyone and romance nobody.

None of the paladins have relationships. Not even O-Chul and Lien, or Hinjo and Lien.

None of the long-lost parent figures are still in a relationship. Elan's parents are divorced and Tarquin had like nine wives (none onscreen, also he's Evil about it). Haley's mom and Durkon's pa are dead. Who KNOWS abt Belkars parents. Roy's are both dead and took 'till death do us part' with gusto.

None of the airship crew have any romances (except for the one throwaway gay couple who got one panel of screentime).

Team Evil does not do any of that. Not Xykon, not Redcloak, not the monster in the dark, not Jirix. Tsukiko was the only one with any relationship drive, and she got brutally murdered (unrelated reasons).

Straining to remember any other romantic relationships ever.

OH! Sabine and Nale! (But that also specifically parallels Haley and Elan, like they explicitly said 'evil opppsites.')

Therkla fell in love with Elan and it was not reciprocated (?) (he cared abt her but not like that. Not to cheat on Haley.)

The gods have their whole thing I suppose but that hardly counts.

Not even Julia, the high school hottie, is ever mentioned having a significant other.

There is one (1) actually married couple. Two soldiers who were nameless until they took offense to being called nameless soldiers and changed it. They got married and she's pregnant.

Order of the Scribble had one couple.

The cast is SO HUGE and there is SO LITTLE romance. Only half of the six-member main cast is in a relationship. Unheard-of. And of the huge cast of side characters, there are 3 only stable relationships. That's all! THATS ALL!

I love it.

Thats the real aspec rep: not just one character who doesn't care, but a whole world where that's Not The Focus.

Instead, OOTS focuses very strongly on familial relationships. Parent (singular) and child(ren). Siblings (twins). Aunts and uncles, even.

And in the midst of all that... the platonic bonds of deep friendship forged between the main cast.

[tiffany-smith]

THIS IS THE BEST Quiz I HAVE EVER LAID EYES ON

I went through a whole character arc realizing how torn I am between my love of rangers, green, and Belkar (unrelated) versus my kinship with paladins (which I'll make a post about someday) and decided I wanted to get either Belkar or O-Chul (or possibly Hinjo or Lien).

I GOT BLACKWING

Which is. 100% valid. I surrendered the moment I saw his image and name. I am Blackwing. I cameo'd him in a fic for a different fandom.

and then I read the description and. I am dying

I swear I am dying

(I have a more Vaarsuvius-level of braincells tbqh. and a matching level of pride about it. but. I don't even care at this point.)

I am Blackwing. I am Blackwing and I love it thank you so much for this revelation.

I spent way too long on this but I made a Which Character Are You uQuiz for OotS!

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spanish surnames BUT excluding "e"

Abacon Abalcalvia Abaldo Abano Aborita Abrizo Acana Acasilla Achuira Aciaz Acibia Agalizonriz Agalo Agana Agoda Agorquia Alacapa Alaconros Alandriza Albas Albos Allalvado Allanza Allomo Alonoayo Alsana Alvos Amandapo Amino Ampaulas Anama Andis Andovana Apacho Aparos Arascorgui Arbas Arbos Arcis Ardondo Argalcus Arillan Arlizor Arquiaso Arrigua Arrinoa Arros Arrulamanas Artoro Ayollan Badomuro Balban Balbarcotos Ballarra Balliz Ballo Balma Balonilla Baltan Banarcastib Baradrino Barra Barrita Barua Barudia Barzo Basta Bazor Boancino Bobalas Bolira Bontia Borastria Borbos Borquitorto Brama Brilla Briso Burizaz Busal Cabalo Cabdona Calbaldo Calibayo Camada Camazo Cambon Camon Canando Canguaria Cantunzor Canza Capana Capin Capos Carada Carado Caraiz Caralva Carcia Carcina Carcio Cardo Cariazo Caribad Carmijo Carra Carran Cartanos Casaillo Casan Casconiz Casgo Casta Casty Cayonafon Chado Chadonito Chano Chaval Chuman Cianjo Cidavoa Cilado Cinoval Cinuno Ciolia Claba Clasa Cobios Coboz Colia Congo Conigolora Conta Corana Cortastodra Corzado Cotilo Crubano Cuacio Cuaros Cuazampin Cuballo Cubiago Cubio Cudia Cusal Cutra Cuyba Dillama Dillapatias Donito Dugal Durra Falas Falbaurty Fandiojo Faniz Farro Fauti Fiasta Figada Figuadado Flaso Fratchillas Fraza Frubiano Funciagalas Funiz Gadio Galaracho Galombrado Garda Gargo Garrujo Gasqui Gastaz Gasto Gastrandon Gilla Gomondo Gonsanuzu Graga Graurio Grino Grios Gudibias Guilaspilla Guillar Guirano Gusalcanza Gutil Haista Hiallanta Hinjo Honda Hullo Hurina Hysacisca Iconda Inondo Iriolca Irragoyo Itramas Jatiasoza Jatondo Jatrizado Jillano Jimbio Juaria Juaro Juran Juvalpatina Juvana Lacio Ladia Ladonrona Laflo Laminiza Lamollaga Lanaga Lanchoto Lansian Lanto Lasti Lataldo Laura Lican Lidoval Limanalla Llabiano Llora Loroscaman Losanga Lucano Luipano Lumas Lundronas Luzcudio Macaniqui Macas Macior Macis Madia Madro Magas Magola Maidraza Maldujo Malla Manda Mando Mantro Manuzo Marampain Maras Marcara Marcia Marcon Marogois Marosa Marzado Masta Matoro Mayazona Maybalbas Mayos Minols Miscos Mogaval Moigo Molaiza Monado Monas Monciano Mondornal Mongo Monsomil Morantruz Morataga Moria Morosa Morra Morril Morza Muguarin Mulan Mullo Mulonia Munza Nabas Naldamolio Nalozo Narvalo Natista Nobilaz Obanon Olado Olantajana Olapabaiza Olaragallon Olargamor Oltridauca Onduado Ordaca Oricon Orrubio Otaro Ovais Ovilliz Padastin Pagarino Paldas Palvila Panal Panondon Parinz Parza Pasanajas Pausarza Pavil Pazua Pillo Pillos Pills Pimbid Pinzo Piojia Planz Plasa Polabajaris Polmardo Pondoya Ponsolga Pristanudo Pruiana Quilado Quino Quiras Quitoyago Quizarruva Quizcancia Rambril Rasquiana Ratoringo Rayda Rillatas Riquino Risno Riznando Robio Roborodivas Rodra Roniz Rugoya Ruitama Rutanundo Ruzcaa Sabrali Sainachaga Sainoga Salbaltava Salbilla Saldio Salla Salvar Samid Sandomacara Sanocalta Sanol Sardurdaz Sarvo Saucha Saujal Saurildo Saviastos Sibaro Sidrio Sigua Sixican Siximiratia Solas Solatana Sombibla Sonria Soquina Soragaricus Soraza Soros Suadon Subian Tabaurcia Tadan Tanos Tarrion Tillo Toliza Tolmarros Toragarro Torri Toyano Trago Trayas Trito Ubizola Ugordia Ulloguiru Ultorto Urina Uriquiranza Uriusto Urroy Urzana Uvaraz Valdarongo Valina Vallahola Vallo Valvida Vansos Variu Viasca Vidaldron Vilas Villabiria Villizaga Villo Villos Vintos Virin Viros Ybartilcias Yolas Ysoblagdano Zabrin Zabro Zaguasa Zaniqui Zaravarguia Zarna Zarro Zubias Zuvarri

[rcbirdy]

“I may not relish throwing bombs as much as my uncle did, but I like to think my aim is pretty good.”

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[greatwyrmgold]

I've read both of these comics, and...maybe it's just that I've been reading and rereading OotS since middle school and I binged The Weekly Roll once, but the decision seems obvious.

If the propaganda I submitted doesn't convince you, consider how O-Chul exists in an ecosystem of paladins. There's Miko, the Lawful Stupid Knight Templar, pardon my conversational troping. There's Hinjo, the prince of a lost city trying to balance duty and honor against pragmatism. There's Lien, the idealistic low-class warrior with a good heart and a mean streak. There are good paladins and bad paladins and ordinary paladins, all fighting alongside each other, until a skeleton throws a super-ball, but explaining that part would be a spoiler.

Anyways, one archetype that's absent from the major Sapphire Guard members is the cynical paladin. The Sapphire Guard members we know the most about all believe in their cause, even the bad one. (No, especially the bad one.) But cynical paladins are the least paladinny paladins. Sir Becket is fun, but he isn't half the paladin that O-Chul is.

Round 1, Side A - Sir Becket (The Weekly Roll) vs. O-Chul (The Order of The Stick)

Propaganda:

Sir Becket (The Weekly Roll)

He's my favorite paladin character ever. He has an identity crisis after murdering a family which prompts him to basically try to redeem himself while also trying to stop his party from being murderhobos. Also, LOOK AT THAT HAT. Top tier paladin helmet in my opinion. It's shaped like a bucket.

O-Chul (The Order of The Stick)

OotS is a D&D webcomic, so of course they have paladins—a whole faction of them called the Sapphire Guard, ranging from Lawful Stupid crusaders to rule-bending youths to one old aristocrat without a PC class level to his name. And then there's O-Chul. If Miko is everything wrong with paladins, O-Chul is everything that be right about them. He's noble and honorable, sticking to his paladin oaths...most of the time. Unlike Miko, he's willing to recognize when bending the oaths is Good and when failing to uphold them is inevitable. He cares about friends and allies, doing what he can to protect them; he shows empathy towards many of his enemies, most notably the Monster in the Darkness. He's a good, heroic dude who encourages others to be better. His heroism isn't just a matter of attitude. A paladin has strong fortitude and will, and O-Chul excels at both, even if his reflexes are rather poor. He endured months of imprisonment, torture, and villains betting on whether he'd survive the torture without losing either his life or his compassion towards (some of) the people betting on him. And judging by his implied level and lack of paladin class features, this paladin's paladin has at least twice as many fighter levels as paladin levels.

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Hinjo - The Wind Rises Wallpaper

[thelightfluxtastic]

Paladiary Day 22: Order of the Stick

Yes, I'm still going this, dang it.

As mentioned before, by paladin identity was influenced (even awakened, one could say) by playing a paladin in a D&D game. So it's influenced by D&D-specific lore (though not limited to it alone). And before I ever played a game myself, my knowledge of D&D was basically learned through reading the Order of the Stick webcomic.

OOTS is an excellent webcomic. It plays with fantasy tropes and expectations of a standard D&D setting. And like any very good satire, it ends up questioning and deconstructing and reconstructing the very fundamental ideas of the world. I find it legitimately tragic that some of the best writing I've ever read will be dismissed out of hand by someone because it happens to be a stick figure webcomic. It has foreshadowing and call backs spanning hundreds of pages and literal years. It has a deep-hitting deconstruction of assigned villainy and 'always chaotic evil' races. And of course, it has paladins.

There are multiple paladin characters in OOTS. And given the satirical nature of the comic, each of them is tackling a different aspect of what a paladin is and what that means.

There's Miko Miyazaki. She's meant as an example of a certain stereotype of paladin players in D&D. She's lawful to the point of self-brutality. She imposes her will, often violently, on others and refuses to see any flexibility or shades of grey. She's holier-than-thou and refuses to accept that she might make mistakes or ever be in the wrong. One of the best moments with her character is when another Lawful Good character calls her out for using the Law as a weapon to use against others, and not caring about the actual worth and dignity of other sentient beings. Miko is a warning, a what-not-to be.

There's O-Chul. O-Chiul is, perhaps, the idealistic example. He's not the paladin I relate to most, but he's the one I look up to. He is wise and humble. He acts carefully, willing to wait for the right moment, but never being ruled by sheer pragmatism, and always looking for the time to act. In many ways everything Miko isn't, O-chul is the one that teaches a monster to care for it's heart and mind, and attend to it's own moral compass. His prominent character trait is persistence (one saving throw at a time).

There's Hinjo. Hinjo is a character study in balance. He is the heir to the city's ruler (who was, himself, not a paladin). And as the events of the story progress, finds himself regularly questioning his role and oaths as a paladin, and his duties as a civic leader. He often does have to take the pragmatic view of things, choose the big picture of his populace over more personal drives (like vengeance) and more high-minded ideals. He acts in accordance with honor and duty but what is honorable or what his duty is changes with the circumstances. Also he has a cool wolf.

There's Lien. She (alongside Hinjo) is perhaps the paladin in OOTS I find most personally relatable. She's not an extremist like Miko or a wise elder like O-Chul or a monarch like Hinjo. Her family are fishermen. But when her city was in need and lives were in danger, she picked up a spear and stood her ground. She's brave and resourceful and has a sense of humor.

And that's not even getting into the non-paladin characters that end up presenting important questions on the nature of lawfulness and goodness and right. I could probably pull pages and pages of quotes from OOTS that exemplify my thoughts and ideals and philosophies in this sense.

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Way to go Hinjo, you didn’t fuck that one up no sir

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Rodriguez-Lopez’s indifference towards music eventually shifted at the age of the 13 when he began jamming with Paul Hinjos, a soft-spoken guy who recently joined the Mars Volta and now goes by his proper name, Pablo Hinjos-Gonzalez. Most of the bands that Rodriguez-Lopez ended up in as a teen were straight-edge hardcore acts. In one awesomely named group, Startled Calf, he did his best Ian MacKaye impression, as he took over on lead vocals. While at practice one day with Hinjos-Gonzales, Rodriguez-Lopez was introduced to a skater kid who was playing in an adjacent rehearsal space. The two clicked immediately. That kid was Bixler-Zavala.

For the next five years, the two of them would wind up in half-a-dozen bands together, while befriending various Converse-clad weirdoes from the El Paso music scene. One such social outsider was Jeremy Ward, who would later become the official “sound manipulator” for the Mars Volta. Yet another was Julio Venegas, a local artist and musician who’d come in and out of the bands they played in. Every so often, when Rodriguez-Lopez talks about this specific group of people, his voice wavers. It’s clear that they’ve had a huge impact on his life.

But at 17, they were just friends and they weren’t going to stop him from bolting from his parent’s house to hitchhike across the country. Rodriguez-Lopez spent a year away from El Paso in the early ’90s, catching rides and crashing on stranger’s floors in what he now uncomfortably refers to as an attempt to “find out who I was.” When Rodriguez-Lopez returned to Texas he’d gone though some small but significant changes. For one, he had begun shooting up heroin and smoking crack. He’d also begun selling cocaine and LSD and had just joined a new band with Bixler-Zavala on vocals, Hinjos-Gonzalez on bass and Jeremy’s cousin Jim on guitar. Most of the equipment that he originally used in the band he paid for by selling drugs. The name of the band, incidentally, was At The Drive-In.

The Mars Volta: Spaced OutBy Trevor Kelley