King's Quest 2016

[GrahamRocks!]

....Or you know, if you looked at the data files in chapter two, you'd know he's a reference to KQ5- the Tailor. Stop being so overdramatic!

Really, Dav? Because Acorn has a shop to run. He's got stuff to do. Whisper doesn't, and frankly, would you want advice from Acorn twice?

[daventry]

Um what are you talking about, im asking who told Whisper where Graham is held when you go to the Bakery and the Tailor Shop

[GrahamRocks!]

He poofed away all suddenly with hardly an explanation, seeming kinda in a rush and being unable to talk about it, this being their King whom they hadn't seen in ages.... and you think none of them would be suspicious of this and try to alert the Royal Guard and subsequently Whisper?! And why Whisper? Because while he's not exactly strong or courageous or smart, they need someone fast, especially since Graham hasn't sent word of his success or failure to anyone and the last time he disappeared for this long, he'd been captured by Goblins. How would they know about the tower to send Whisper there? Well at least one of the Guards, #3, witnessed Graham looking into the Magic Mirror they just went on what they saw then, plus Graham probably mentioned "That's the Enchanted Isles!" to them, allowing them to pinpoint the location. Why is Whisper alone? Because having the Royal Guard there means the castle is less guarded and I doubt after what happened with the Goblins, they'd want to risk leaving it alone for long.

[daventry]

Who was it that says KQ2015 is leading away from all the Magic and Fairies and Unicorns that was in the KQ Franchise, i think it was Numbers.

Even though The Odd Gentlemen stick to the Core of the KQ Franchise with allot of Hints and Easter Eggs, they sure cut out allot of its Core Magic where we only start to see it in Ch3. I mean wheres Dracula or the Cave with the Bird or the Unicorn or Neptune or Red Riding Hood. Oh yea and you know when Vee talks about some Old Wizard Spell that got them trapped in the Tower, i think its the Wizard that turned the Unicorn into a Snake.

By the way in Ch1 in the beginning where Graham takes the stick to fix the Switch and hides in bed from the Dragon, well pay close attention in Ch3 when Graham poofs back in the Cave and tell me the similarities you see.

[GrahamRocks!]

Eh? Where was that mentioned before on here? Just because something magical or fantastical is never mentioned in-game doesn't mean it doesn't exist in-universe, just that it's not the prime focus or useful to mention for worldbuilding or humor purposes.

[kyranthia]

Eh? Where was that mentioned before on here? Just because something magical or fantastical is never mentioned in-game doesn't mean it doesn't exist in-universe, just that it's not the prime focus or useful to mention for worldbuilding or humor purposes.

Bingo.  Yeah, they could have explained a bit that there were other trials prior to reaching the tower, but the opening is pretty dialogue heavy already.

[GrahamRocks!]

Well, I meant moreso in general rather than just the opening, but yeah.

[Bludshot]

Yeah for how fast and loose they play with the canon they tend to leave the old games themselves alone.

[GrahamRocks!]

Besides, King Neptune is mentioned by Graham in the scene after the opening puzzle. So obviously, he did go through the events of 2, or some variation on it, but only the tower sequence is important here. After all, Gwendolyn specifically asked, "Can you tell me about grandma?" and what better way to show that then to show how they met? Sure, the deal with the keys and doors and blah blah blah is part of the journey, but we're just focusing on Valanice, which we only meet her at the end.

[Jack Stryker]

I'd still like to see Gart and Gwendolyn's parents appear at some point.  Maybe even some stories about Alexander and Rosella's adventures, told by Graham.  Maybe he wouldn't know all the details, but he has to have learned the gist of their stories by now.

[GrahamRocks!]

I'm pretty darn sure that would ruin the premise of "Graham telling stories of his own past to Gwendolyn to help her grow as a person, since she and him have some similarities".

But seeing Alexander and Rosella? Oh yeah, definitely!

[Numbers]

And next thing you know, Gwendolyn will pick up on the habits of Alexander and Rosella, up to and including saying things like "ZOUNDS! A trap floor!"

[GrahamRocks!]

She's said "Zounds!" once already. Graham has too, actually, which is probably where Alexander got it from.

[Bludshot]

King Edward decreed that Zounds was "totes a real word" early in his reign.

[GrahamRocks!]

Actually IIRC it WAS a real word in medieval times.

[daventry]

Zounds 

[snabbott]

Actually IIRC it WAS a real word in medieval times.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zounds
Abbreviation of God's wounds, with reference to Christ's wounds before the crucifixion.

[Numbers]

Well, nothing like a little history lesson to take all the fun out of a quaint-sounding word. Reminds me of the time I figured out that the Australian slang "Crikey" is actually more or less equal to "Christ."

And then of course, there's the Gavin Free dictionary of British slang, which includes such gems as calling somebody a "mingy spaff." The definition of that phrase is best left up to interpretation.

[GrahamRocks!]

Actually the origin of "Zounds" has been brought up somewhere on here before, I'm pretty sure.

Didn't know the "Crikey!" one though.

[daventry]

Just wondering, how did Amaya come to know of Hagatha's Ttower and have part of hagatha's Grandfather clock?