April 29th, 2013
April 29th, 2013
29 Apr 2013 · page 224 of 1306

Alright, cleverclogs commenters, you guessed the Lei plot, but none of you guessed the riding-a-giant-bomb-peacock-to-the-future-Queen plot!

Cast: Harriet Barber, Lei Feng, Sidney Malik, Verity Cunningham

Comments (32)

  • Moueska Tonelicci 13 years ago archived

    There were, quite a few, however, who DID guess the "Deadly" of Pride. I preferred to be pleasantly suprised by the quadriped peacock, however. XD

  • Doofus 13 years ago archived

    while we did guess both the plot and Harry survival, the peacock is quite a development. I love how pride is also quite vain

    • svartalf 13 years ago archived

      What do you expect out of that particular Deadly?

  • Nahuel Méndez Diodati 13 years ago archived

    CLEARLY escaping on a giant pink peacock demon covered in explosives is the best idea. CLEARLY.

  • Me-me 13 years ago archived

    IMPUDENT CEILING!

    • MarvelousTK 13 years ago archived

      This strip is amazing for a number of reasons, but that one just tops it all.

    • ShadeTail 13 years ago archived

      I'd say the floor is getting too big for its britches as well.

    • Wyvern 13 years ago archived

      "Impudent ceiling! Out of my way!" has to be one of the better lines I've read recently.

    • KWill 13 years ago archived

      Aw... someone said it already =<

    • l33tninja 11 years ago archived

      that line is gold

    • Ilmari 9 years ago archived

      Some day, I will find a way to use this line myself...

  • Nomen 13 years ago archived

    "That was better than the giraffe" is in fact an applicable reply to nearly any situation.

    • Siva Smith 13 years ago archived

      Especially if you play a MUD called Achaea!!

  • Fairportfan 13 years ago archived

    You're never going to know, Sid. It's going to be Harry's [noodle incident](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoodleIncident "http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoodleIncident")..

  • taijutsu 13 years ago archived

    Those last two panels. So cute, they are. I'm shipping it HARD :D

  • Siva Smith 13 years ago archived

    "Pride goes before a fall."


    So, here's hoping there's not a human cushion underneath. Nor going out with a bang (or boom).

    • svartalf 13 years ago archived

      Right now, Lei's probably the most likely to encounter some sort of unpleasant fate in this arc. Interacting with one of the Deadlies (Greed, Sloth, now Pride) is a dangerous proposition at best for mortals... Sid and Harry's probably VERY lucky that they got out as "okay" as they did with their encounter with Greed. Ms. Fairbairn didn't survive the experience- and suffered a horrific fate, all things considered. I'd be more concerned if she wasn't in the cast lineup...seriously.

  • Daniel Riggs Fielder 13 years ago archived

    This is shaping up to be the most garish rendition of a Shadow of the Colossus encounter imaginable.

    • ShakeJake 11 years ago archived

      Except the weak points are the parts that aren't shiny and pretty!

  • Stewart C Baker 13 years ago archived

    You should make a model. I would buy one.

  • Cooper 13 years ago archived

    I love how pleased Pride is with the prospect of displaying himself to the public in the first panel. That is a happy peacock.

  • Marduk 13 years ago archived

    Nuuuuuuu! I caught up to the last page! Jumped from Darken to here and i've been reading on a high. Oh man oh man. I love this comic, but now *sniff *sniff I must wait.

  • deebles 13 years ago archived

    Minor quibble: hand-in-hand is no way to take someone's weight as they slip. Grab them by the wrist, in such as way that they can grab yours; it's significantly more secure.


    (Of course, it's also harder to shake them off if you start to slip ;) )

    • =Tamar 13 years ago archived

      They're in one of the three strongest magic centers anywhere, and Sid is a magic user. If he wants the grip to work, it will.

      • Siva Smith 13 years ago archived

        Or Sid can call on his magical kleptomania to 'steal' her from any falling...?

    • svartalf 13 years ago archived

      All things consdiered, I suspect that Sid had little time to do it "right".

  • Dethdukk 13 years ago archived

    Whats with the hands in the last panel? I cant actually tell what way they are held together lol

    • Disconnected 13 years ago archived

      The reason is because she drew it so that you were seeing Harry's thumb go over the back of Sid's hand. Looks a little awkward but still physically possible.

      • Scott's Folly 13 years ago archived

        Part of the 'looks awkward' is probably that it's a right hand (Sidney's) grabbing a left hand (Harry's); it's more common to see 'matching' hands used. A bit of self-modelling may have been involved here.

  • svartalf 13 years ago archived

    Saw the explosive ride part about two episodes back when he showed himself.

  • Incomprehensible 10 years ago archived

    Uh, since when is it a good idea to hang on to an easily-lit fuse that is attached to dozens of gunpowder kegs, all of which that are barely even a meter apart, I might add?

  • Arianwen 10 years ago archived

    Sid Malik: Better than a giraffe.

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