Character Q and A 2, March 2017
24 Jul 2018 · page 814 of 1306
Edit: Moved this back into the archives in a place that doesn't interrupt the story or give any spoilers, they were originally published in March, 2017!
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Poor Sid.
Bwahahahaha! I am the Internet, and I am being mean to the poor schlemiel.
Hey, you heard Harry! You and your Deadly-promoting agenda stay away from Sidney!!!
>: \\
I just want to say, even though I never send in questions, I always like these pages. Other people's questions are funny or cute and I am never disappointed for this instead of a story page!
Yeah, these pages are one of the best things about the comic. Such a clever way to reveal canon character details outside of the continuity. Everything feels true to who they are.
Sid is adorbs.
Makes me wonder if Harry has ever inflicted her baking on Sid...
...and he had to sit there, eat it all and say how much he liked it
I wonder if Lust is so good at disguise that he can fool even another one of the Deadly Sins.
I suspect that the deadlies don't perceive the world entirely through the same senses we do, and that to their additional senses Luxuria trying to disguise itself would be a bit like sticking an ice cube next to bonfire to try to fool a heat sensor.
Oh, Sid and Harry... they made me laugh aloud :D
I'm going to hijack these comments slightly with a question for you, the other denizens of the Comments section: which Widdershins character would you say you're most like?
I'm a combination of Ben (precise and organized) and Wolfe (artistic, nice to everybody).
I'm probably a combo of Ben (persnickety, cautious) and Mal (gruff, but not so bad once you get to know me)
A bit of Sid (clumsy, well meaning,and with an inexplacable tendency for things to work out in the end), a bit of Wolfe (mildly artistic) and a big heaping of Voss(I was a screw up when I was younger and I'm kinda still figuring things out
Overall, Maaaaal (ace, tend to stay to a small group of people I know/feel comfortable with, though without the grumpiness unless I'm annoyed, then hoooo boy). If I don't know someone and/or don't feel close to them, I'm some weird mix of Wolfe and Mal (polite and accommodating, but with little sufferance of small talk or other social minutiae, heh). If I do know someone and I feel comfortable with them, I'm closer to... er... Gren than Wolfe (heaping affection on people I know and overly protective, hah).
....and online, I'm most like Sid. Hm.
I don't have anything to add to this except to say say this is a cool lil thread right here and I love it :3
I really like this question. Of course, I've already been quite open about this. : ) In the past, I've been compared to Hermione Granger and Twilight Sparkle. But I've never met anyone, real or fictional, who resembles me as much as Ben Thackerey does. It's really kind of freaky.
Of course, there are superficial similarities to Harry as well -- serious, career-focused woman, etc., but I'm not really that much like her. Well, liking Sid... but I fell for Sid much more quickly than Harry did...
Don't like people, not chatty, incorrigibly stubborn, lazy, and I'm not 'nicer once you get to know me', unless you like music (I get asked to play the piano when people visit). So, 'The opposite of Wolfe except for music'? Another thing is I'm never attracted to anyone, and he seems enamoured often enough to be a bit of a flirt.
(edit) Seems I'm Mal.
(As an aside, Wolfe is an inspiring character to me; I feel like if he were around, he would not care that I am a miserable louse and try to encourage me to do better. I try to stop and think, 'Ah, but imagine what Wolfe would have to say about this,' and I sometimes manage to think more positively. So, I would like to thank the artist for the art that has affected my life in that way.)
That's really cool about Wolfe. I've always thought that the best fiction inspires, challenges, and affects us for the better in our real life.
You don't feel like you relate to Mal at all, though? Considering... [http://www.widdershinscomic...](http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/july-22nd-2016/ "http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/july-22nd-2016/")
I'm not sure appreciation for Wolfe's spirit is so much a reflection on Mal himself...?
You may have the right of it, though. I usually find myself agreeing with Mal.
You sound just like me, except for the music thing. I'd love to play an instrument or sing but I'm pretty useless :(
I like to think of myself as a more useless, literate Mal.
I am a mixture of Mr Malik [Academic (failed)] and Mr Thackerey (does not play well with others).
Being around me is probably a lot like being around the purple hippo of happiness.
I am a combination of Envy and Harry - I want it all, and I'm willing to work excessively for it if you don't want too much charm with that.
I'm a Sid, only not quite as cool.
I'd say I too am a combination of Ben and Wolfe. I share a lot of Ben's general nerdiness and insecurities, as well as his sarcasm and love of order and rules. On the other hand, like Wolfe I tend to be relentlessly cheerful and to see the good in people/the positive side of situations even when all evidence points to the contrary. I also have his love of music, although sadly not his ability with an instrument. And like both of them, I tend to have a compulsion to do The Right Thing.
I'd have to say I am kind of a combination of Nora and Ben. Easily intimidated, tongue-tied, lacking confidence... except when I am sure I have my facts right. Then I get all stubborn, and the rhetoric just flows.
If I'm being honest I'm probably most like Ben.
I am a combo of Florrie and Nora. Flora?
And a little bit Sid. Like, sometimes, a lot bit Sid. <3
I think now I'm a combo of Mal and Nora. And of Voss, partially, at the worst times.
Though I remember my younger self as somewhat Sid-like, at one time, and Ben-like, at another.
Ben impersonating Wolfe and somehow managing to be more or less successful would sum me up pretty well.
I like to think I'm most like Wolfe minus the musical talent. I try to look on the positive side of things, and I try my best to support those around me. However whenever I fail to do those things, I turn into Ben pretty fast. I have no pride! Also I think I have some of Sid's silliness.
haha, sorry, Sid!
wait, if neither Mal nor Ben nor Wolfe are cooking, what are they eating? Beans and sammiches?
The equivalent of fast food, at the local pub. Probably.
Yeah, that'd be my guess; pubs and inns and the very occasional restaurant.
Also possible that Ben cooks but doesn't bake since he could buy bread and things more easily at a bakery. And hey, they know one that kind of owes them a favor after all!
I like this explanation since I've always felt that Ben would be a moderately good cook. Nothing fancy, just things he could follow along with in a recipe book then memorize for future use. Especially since he always seems to freak out about them using his kitchen in particular.
Yeah. Baking is not the same as putting things in the soup pot. If I were Ben, though, I really would not want to have anything to do with that particular bakery afterwards.
On this page (http://www.widdershinscomic... "http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/july-30th-2012/)") Mal says "It's usually Wolfe does th' cooking," which makes me think that either Wolfe's being modest about his cooking abilities, or Mal really can't cook (as evidenced by the eggs on fire), so even heating up a can of beans looks like gourmet cooking to him. Either seems entirely possible...
Aaaand the page I linked to (July 30, 2012, page 54 of "No Rest for the Wicked) now seems to have disappeared. I can't even get to it from the archives. What the heck?!
Weird, it's still there for me! :/
missing for me
People who are having trouble with this, please let me know which browser you're using! It's fine and dandy in Chrome, and I've changed nothing at all with that page in years.
Edit: Ah hah, mystery solved, it was a bracket being a dick. Edited your comment to fix that.
Edit edit: No wait, it was weirder than that?! Remade the page entirely, which seems to have fix it. Lost the comments, unfortunately, but so it goes.
Thank you! I suspected it was the parentheses causing the problem, but couldn't find a way to edit my comment. Next time I'll remember not to put the link in parentheses!
you coulda made it worse for mal... coulda made it cereal + milk on fire!
The links to the pages before and after work, but using the arrows to get to page 54 also just says the page is missing.
Wolfe is likely being modest. Granted, his cooking skills are likely limited, but street musicians don't have dependable incomes and he would have had to do some limited cooking beyond the "heat a can" level to survive.
[By the way, a can of beans was still a special item in the 1830's, and Wolfe may have never seen one at that time. Or he may have seen them only as army supplies. It was about a generation before tin cans started hitting the commercial market.]
And the ladies are almost certainly being modest. Except for the rich or very poor, the woman of the time did much of her growing up in kitchens. Harry may have hated that time and avoided what she could, but it is highly likely she was confined to the kitchen enough that she could bake a pie that at least would not poison you.
For the boys, there is also the possibility that one or more household servants [who were quite common, and often paid about room and board] did much of the cooking, but have stayed off camera.
they super did not have servants
We've seen evidence in the past of Harry's baking not being great. (She had made biscuits, but they went crunch and got fed to Gren.) I've been searching and searching for the page but somehow I cannot find it at all! : P Does anyone remember where it is?
There, I think: [http://www.widdershinscomic...](http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/december-7th-2011/ "http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/december-7th-2011/") , but I amn't sure they're of Harry's cooking.
Thanks! Yeah, we can't tell for sure who made them, but after Harry's answer in this page I'm gonna bet that that's an example of her baking.
It's Florrie who serves them, and Harry tries biting into one before handing it off to Gren, so probably Florrie was the one who produced them.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure Harry wouldn't bother with baking at all. Unless she was forced to, at gunpoint, and then she'd only start so she could throw flour into the criminal's face.
Why would Florrie bake anything? She's rich enough to have servants bake whatever and too lazy to do something she has servants for. And why would she bring something that turned out badly over to Harry's place?
To me, Harry seems like the type of person who wouldn't normally bother with baking anything, but occasionally might have to mood to eat some baked good and decide to make it herself, just to prove that she can, but afterward realize that it's not really worth it.
I love how Harry dismisses the possibility of Sid and Verity being romantically involved without even thinking about it.
She knows him. :)
Of course. Verity is horrible.
I wouldn't call Verity horrible, she just usually a pain to work with
I look forward to the chapter where we meet Sid's and Harry's parents, because I except nothing less than absolute chaos and panic.
It should be rather interesting, yes. ^_^
Agreed!
I can't believe my question made it in! This made my entire day :D
I'm sure someone in Harry's family can bake you a pie, Mal, and maybe there are other friendly people you don't know about that can. (I hope someone bakes him a nice pie.)
Nora could for sure! Edmund, Florrie, and Isabel also candidates.
Florrie could certainly buy him a nice pie if she wanted to. Baking on? I think I'd leave that to Alexa.
Wait. We know what's causing Sid's magic stealing-thing? When? What did I miss?
We got a little hint, via the fact that Mal can see some kind of bird spirit constantly around him (that nobody else can, so it's the same kind of nature as the auras).
EDIT: Found the specific page! [http://www.widdershinscomic...](http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/august-17th-2016/ "http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/august-17th-2016/")
I don't believe we've gotten the FULL explanation though, so don't worry, you haven't missed a huge thing.
I still need to look through the archives to see if the magpie seems to consistently steal metallic/shiny things like the real life bird would. I do recall it grabbing things like coins, watches, keys and grenade pins, so initially it seems supported.
As far as I remember, it goes after shiny things (like what you mentioned) and "shiny" things (plot-relevant items, wallets, etc. - basically anything that, if Widdershins was a video game, would be surrounded by a "PICK ME UP" lit-up outline, hah!). :)
Seeing Luxuria like that gave me a cold shudder down my back..... ^^;
I know what you mean. Seeing someone in a really comfy looking pile of pillows when I'm not is terrifying.
I thought it was quite inviting, I mean if I was into guys that look would swoon me like miss sloth (forgets her name) anytime!
...not going to lie, I'm not really into anyone and that look made me question all sorts of things, hah. XD
I can never think of a good question.
Eeeeeeeeeee!!!!! My question was answered (and wonderfully at that!) Day made :)
Clearly Voss needs to learn to bake, then he can outdo Wolfe.
I was going to ask Captain Barber 'can you cook dear?' but I have too strong a survival instinct.
She would come out of the internet and get you.
And if she doesn't, Ms Ashwin will.
I am EXACTLY the same, a very confusing combination of Mal and Sid.
Question for Wolfe: why do you hang out with Mal?
Why is Lust using his thumb to shh? That seems very uncomfortable...
Yeah, Harry, you tell them! Protect your man assistant!
Admittedly I first thought Verity's annoyance after the saw incident was kind of funny, but I can see now it'd be somewhat traumatic to be that close to death, by what seemed to be an unstoppable force 😨