April 19th, 2019
19 Apr 2019 · page 892 of 1306
Familiar corridor.
Gonna be taking next Tuesday's update off for a short rest before we head into the finale!
Cast: Eliza Swift, Vincent Knott, Will Sharpe
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Oh I'm EXCITED but I'm also really worried that we're getting so close to the finale. It feels like they won't succeed (this chapter) in exposing the circle of corruption...
Well, we have about forty more pages ahead of us, it seems. That's a lot.
Fair enough
How can you tell it's 40 more pages?
Kate said, "we're just past halfway through this one now" at that (50th) page: [https://widdershinscomic.co...](https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/march-12th-2019 "https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/march-12th-2019")
Mmm. Though I am also wondering if we'll get a look in on Harry and/or Henry again at some point after/between episodes here. Harry is quite self-reliant but Henry was wounded.... Getting the best of care I'm sure, but....
They will succeed, I'm sure of that, and the death penalty will end up being abolished. I get why you're uneasy, though. Eliza is just trying to keep up their morale, and yeah, that's important... but her speech in the last panel sure sounds an awful lot like saying "Nothing can go wrong!"
Have we seen Pride lately? Or is there one for Overconfidence?
Yeah you'd think rushing in where angels fear to tread would be SOME kind of sin, but it's never listed as such. Maybe because it's less obviously selfish and more swiftly self-punishing than say, Greed or Vanity.
You know, "If you can't Set a Good Example, you'll just have to Serve as a Horrible Warning."
That’s definitely a “What could go wrong?” speech.
Something that just occurred to me: if the death penalty does get abolished, Knotty won’t have to hang anyone anymore, but his father will be out of work. Where does that leave them?
knotty supports dad on a lawyer salary?
Isn't the debate just about abolishing it in Widdershins? He's a traveling executioner, and other places aren't changing at present.
Good point!
Why has Dr Flack changed the meeting to such a dodgy location? It sounds like Blofeld asking a superfluous henchman to a meeting at his pool full of man-eating sharks.
Probably because of its location. If they can't be in the Anchor itself, being close to it works just as well
Going to assume they plan to use the magic down there (Changeable, infusing magic as Sharpe says) to put the populace under Flack's influencing invocation
Hackett changed the location of the meeting. But your analogy still applies I daresay.
You’re right of course. That’ll teach me to post comments before the second cup of coffee.
Nice job wrangling that bottom-to-top soliloquy in the middle panel. It's not easy to lead the eye up a speech bubble chain.
Hear, hear! Also it's impressive that the bubbles also still mostly work if you accidentally read them backwards. It's a good set of bubbles.
I'm not sure flack is what you wanna catch, friends.
Trying to get to the depths of this mystery, eh? ^^
Is there an orangutan down there too?
Oook!
Just don't use the "M" word.
We do not talk about the orangutan. #MixedReferences
Eliza Swift: the brains behind the operation.
Also the Brawn, given her work with that broom earlier.
So they have a balanced party! Eliza: Red Mage Knotty: Healer Sharpe:Bard
I'd say they need a tank, but this seems like a relatively low-level module. I'm sure they'll be fine. Yeah, they'll be just fine. :P
Vincent and Will have both had to grow as characters. While I love her quick wit and resourcefulness, I don't think Eliza is going to get to skate from this unscathed.
My prediction: Eliza is going to jump to a wrong conclusion about something that matters. Also, our trio is heading towards some scariness that's not just an unsolved puzzle!
>Familiar corridor.
Hey, that's right - this is where Vee got caught in the mirror! The wall they're passing in the last panel has a faint outline where it used to hang.
Knotty's arm seems to be feeling better, anyway; he's not holding it up anymore.
Heh. I was wondering why the bookish Vincent would have the arm and shoulder strength he seems to have demonstrated so far... but then I thought about all those law books he has apparently been lugging around for a good while.
Books that thick count as weight-lifting!
I wonder why do they keep pots in niches.
What is a cabinet if not a niche with a door? :)
Harder to get at 'em by swinging a sword.
What are niches for if not for keeping stuff?
Hey I was just curious, but can the changes happen this far up the building? Because that pot changed. Or maybe it's just a different pot.
I think it's a different hallway, they do appear to have passed a door in the middle panel >.>
I think that I like Mr Sharpe a lot more now that he's eaten a piece of humble pie
Good job Pride isn't hanging round there anymore.
I begin to get the feeling that large-scale magical crises are unfolding in these corridors just ALL THE TIME. That's wizard schools for you.
Isn't it time we admitted Ms Fairbairn was right after all and it's time to ban magic?
MAGIC POWER?! NO THANKS!
"Catch Flack" I see what you did there. They're gonna catch some flack, alright.
Hmm. Why does "just a puzzle you haven't solved yet" make me think of Peter Pan's "Awfully big adventure"?
Eep. You wouldn't, would you, Kate?