August 2nd, 2019
2 Aug 2019 · page 917 of 1306
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Cast: Dr Esther Flack, Eliza Swift, Nicola Barber, Robert Hackett, Vincent Knott, Will Sharpe, Yasmin Rana
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HOLDING HANDS OwO
The tug has brought us to the harbor's edge and it's time for this ship to set sail!
And you'll note Knotty's hand is on top, so he's the one who initiated it!
Haven't even finished reading today's comic, got to panel 3 and had to come down here to talk about this :P (Also LOOK at his face and dialogue, you KNOW he's about to do a love confession!!!!!)
Well this will be a fun night if their cells are near enough to talk to each other.
I believe that will be Flack's and Hackett's punishment.
It's early morning, actually. Will's going to get a well-earned nap.
He probably natters endlessly in his sleep.
uwu Hand holding when words fail, oh my poor shipper's heart...
It's very noble of you, Will... like, certainly it is the only thing you can say, of course. :) But I really want to hear your version of how you managed to break yourself out of a prison, entirely unaided. :/
He's a wizard, after all :)
He wasn't quite telling the truth about getting out unaided.
Although Will didn't know that, Dr. Flack used her mind control to get the jailer to give Will his key. As far as Will knew at the time, the jailer was just trying to protect someone he knew to be innocent. Will isn't very smart, so he hasn't figured out the truth, but he's being a true gentleman and is trying to take the blame in order to protect the jailer in turn.
Oh, wait, yes he is. It's just that he's cuffed in front.
That last part will just make Nicola suspicious.
She's gonna wanna get a statement from those two (Vincent and Eliza), AND probably tell them not to leave town pending further inquiries :P
"Just like you came up with this 'method' by yourself, entirely unaided?"
"Exactly, my singular brilliance is simply beyond--wait, no"
So. Cute. 🙂
Subtle Will, oh so subtle (¬‿¬ )
Also, on Panel 3: (╯✧▽✧)╯
Did Flack already mention “getting away with it, but for you meddling kids,” or is that still pending? Wait, her face is saying that.
She'll probably say it in a slightly more British way, but I think it's coming.
You apparently have created a monster, Dr. Flack, who will now proceed to cheerfully irritate you all the way to jail. Ain't that a shame.
Captain Barber did remember to check the suspects for concealed weapons didn't she? Especially knives concealed in fans. Otherwise this could still get messy.
One assumes. She's pretty sharp (no pun intended). But we shall see.
She wasn't the one that broke up MacCavity's gang, foiled Ms Fairbairne's Evil Plan, saved the Princess or stopped the town's most prominent citizens get blown up, and she was AWOL on 'family matters' during the Deadly Sins Crisis. And she failed to find crucial evidence, almost resulting in an innocent man being hanged and said criminal then walked out of the prison entirely unaided.
It looks like Dr. Flack and the mayor are both handcuffed behind their backs (look closely in panel 6), so even if they have any concealed weapons still, it'll be pretty difficult to use them.
With one bound, Dr Flack was free! :-)
It's easier to see in Panel 5.
I don't think that Nicola is terribly concerned about Will's guilt: he's not handcuffed. She's not one to miss something like that, even when it's "just from an excess of caution".
I would personally say that it's more likely the broken arm keeping him uncuffed, particularly since she seems stern but not cruel. ;)
Actually, we can see in Panel 3 very clearly Will IS handcuffed, but in the front because of said broken arm.
Oh. Wow, you're right. I'm not sure how I missed that. o_O
I'm sure Eliza mentioned the fan knife.
Panel 4 encapsulates all three characters so succinctly, I can't stop smiling.
Not that I mind, but this went Disney way faster than one could have imagined...
Did one of the villains fall off a building and I don't remember it?
Now that you mention it, I kinda feel like something along those lines did happen some time ago... pondering smiley
But mostly talking about that "I've kinda known you for half-a-day and I kinda like you."
Those things, going that fast and with a person who has never really had anyone they truly cared about... Can be easily a tad bit difficult, that...
Cute as anything though. :D
eh, it worked for Henry and Izzy back in volume 6 :)
Now I'm not one to say it won't work. Just mentioning there be rabbit hole a-plenty on that road.
And Henry was already a well-traveled gentle-hooligan. Not to mention he probably had someone who liked him just as he liked near everyone on some degree, if for nothing else then as suitable candidates for taking the blame for his antics. Izzy even more probably had good relationship towards a number of people.
These here lads are hardly more than confused teens, not knowing what tomorrow brings with it. It'd be easy for Will to think Vincent as that only one who cares and that's a lot hanging from the hangman's neck...
And far be it from me to say Willcent will sink on his maiden voyage. Merely noting that I like my Disney when I see it. Even though nowadays it seems Disney isn't anymore in the liking of what Disney once was...
they haven't even smooched yet, haha, hand-holding is hardly moving too fast :)
Reaaally... ×ponderous smiley×
Story-arc timetables! How long did it take for Henry and Izzy to go from 'How do you do?' to 'How do you taste?' in in-story time?
And how much time we still have before these lovable lads get to that point and will they do it faster or slower than Henzy? The audience need to know! :D
I just want to register my appreciation of "gentle-hooligan" as a description of Henry.
It might seem fast because unlike Henry and Izzy, Vincent was pretending to be somebody he wasn't, and that obviously confused whatever emotions Will was feeling. So, he hid them, something that a lot of self-confident people tend to do.
Yeah Barber's right about not just taking things at face value, but I'm sure things will be sorted out. Not sure what their laws are on breaking out of prison when there were false charges against you and you were under magical enchantment and... well. What I'm saying is that if you have a world with magic you need laws about magic because it will certainly come up.
Well, they do have laws about magic! Crimes against magic, for example, can apparently even carry the death penalty.
... they may not be GOOD laws, but...
not sure you can still be a hangman if you break peope out of jail. Knott would say it's such a shame, tho, as hanging is his life's mission.
I think you can say the same thing about being a lawyer, though!
I ship it
A bit late for that
I like how Eliza has a comforting hand on Knotty’s shoulder in the last panel.
God, I love the jaunty little wink and finger gun when Will gets in the cart. XD Also, I see those boys getting flirty!
"Officer arrest this man for stealing my heart"
I like the contrast between Flack and Sharpe.
She managed to feign innocence for several seconds before immediately identifying her accomplice even though she didn't benefit from doing so.
Sharpe does every detail in exactly the opposite way.
Do they have state's evidence rules in this? She might be going for that.
That's a reason not to just blurt her evidence out, though. She could bargain with that!
Entierly unaided, ha
Will seems to be on top of things. I'm wondering if some of his rep as an idiot was Flack's doing.
Dang it Will, you were soÂ0Â!
It just occurred to me that this is the second time we've seen Nicola interrupt a potential romantic moment: [https://widdershinscomic.co...](https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/may-17th-2016 "https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/may-17th-2016")
Omg.... so cute...
Good to see a fictional police department actually adhering to due process for once.
Eliza...it's generally not good to yell at....er...um....what actually is Nicola's rank, again?
Anyway, don't yell at her. Not a good idea.
Captain Barber makes a habit of interrupting tête-à-têtes.
[https://widdershinscomic.co...](https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/may-17th-2016 "https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/may-17th-2016")
Aaaah my heart... I miss you Sid and Harry!!!
Wait i just realized... Where did they get the new prison clothes? wouldnt they have still been at eliza's?
will on cloud nine just like take me to jail do what u want but i held a hand today lol
I'VE ALREADY BEEN LIKE "UU KNOTTY/WILL RIGHTS!" TODAY BUT, knotty took one look at this man who tried to escape jail with a spoon, pulled a gun on him, nearly got hanged in his place. and was like "yup thats the one!" need me a hangman like that !!! maybe love is real
A know-nothing person who has no other skills besides being a showman and knowing what to say. The makings of a politician, people!
And you shouldn't lie in front of Nicola; it only makes her angrier.
Fingerguns, huh?
Sharpe is bisexual, confirmed :P
Nicola begs leave to doubt "completely unaided".
She knows The O'Malley...
... and Harry...
... and her grandparents, come to that.