December 13th, 2019
13 Dec 2019 · page 950 of 1306
Cursed Door Of Drama +3
Cast: Heinrich Wolfe, Kirti Malik, Rajeev Malik, Sidney Malik
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Thanks for this page. I needed cheering up this morning.
You and me both...
Ah Wolfe. Ever the optimist. More like "Lebewohl, Stability", I'd say.
haha that was actually the scripted line, decided for a little more positivity in the end!
Wolfe is a very positive person
Do you speak German or do you have someone you can consult for this sort of thing?
lots of research, plus my husband speaks it pretty passibly!
What a turn of events! It's amazing to see Sid's parents at last! And I assume Wolfe knew Ben wasn't out walking Gren not only because he doesn't like animals, but because he would have cleaned Gren's fur off the chair first?
Sounds right. I also love the amused little smile he gives as he remarks that yes, Ben really did have to.
...Is he going to pretend Wolfe is Harry or at least someone he's working for. Are there going to be two fake Harry Barbers running around?
That is completely ridiculous and there is absolutely no reason for it.
Hopefully.
So that's a "yes", then?
Has Sid's parents met Harry before? We could have three "Harry"s running around soon if we're not careful!
This is the quality plot content I cone here for :P
I don't think Sid and his parents have seen each other since he dropped out from school. Which, by the he way, he still has not told them about.
Although he must at least have told them about his new job, since they knew to come to this address.
About time
Not necessarily. Since he was so worried about telling them he was expelled, I don't think he would've told them about his job, because that would have meant lying about how it conflicted with school as well. I think it's more likely they saw an advertisement for Harry's business, and since Sid is her partner, his name was on the advertisement as well.
It might just be the address he sent his letters to them from.
I swear if I were Harry, when I get back I'd take that door off its hinges, good grief.
Or have it bricked over?
Kate, every time I think you can't make this arc more amazing you pull something like this.. love it (≧▽≦)
Forget malform removal. Mr Thackerey can get rich tidying student flats in case of unannounced parental visits.
Sid is very lucky that Mr Thackerey has tidied up, it seems.
Look at him being very smug about it in your picture.
"Ah-ha! I told you being fastidious would come in handy!"
The only update worth seeing today 😒
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Aaand I can't embed pics to save the life of me...
my fault, sorry, i turned off embeds because disqus made them really huge and ugly
Aaah...
Well, at least there's the link.
Is it just me, or have we never seen poor Lancelot look quite this scared?
Remember, his folks think he's a successful University student.
Judging from their initial appearance, I don't think they'll care much about his life path as long as he's safe and happy, but IIRC he's terrified of disappointing them.
I mean he's a real wizard now with real accomplishments... but no diploma... hmmm...
I was about to say I didn't expect his parents' attire to be so... relentlessly English, but then I remembered what they named their son.
I love them! They're so coordinated!
HIS NAME ISN’T SIDNEY?!
His full name is Lancelot Sidney Arthur Oliver Malik (mentioned all the way back in chapter one!), but he prefers to just be called Sidney (of course, sometimes someone decide to use his other names, or all of them).
"THEY REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE, DIDN’T THEY?" - Death, Soul Music.
I'd actually forgotten that, so it took me a second to figure out why they were calling him that.
I only remember because I have a penchant for memorizing long names and dragging them out at dramatically inappropriate times.
At first blush, they seem quite nice. Makes sense; Sid had to get it from somewhere. :P
They've only been in one panel and already I adore them.
At least Wolfe already knows Sid's full name (having been there for the encounter with Macavity at the bank), so he won't have to explain why his mum is calling him Lancelot!
I hope heartily that Sidney's part of the theme "parental disappointment, real or supposed" will turn out more like Knotty's one than Sharpe's or Eliza's one...
uh.... do they know he not in school still yet?
So, Sid's parents don't know he isn't still a student, right? They presumably know he has some connection to Harry, since they are here, but they probably don't know that she is missing. More antics are incoming very soon.
Will Harry banish Lancelot when she finds out he's been fooling around with her doppelgangers?
Now I'm dreaming about seeing Ben's parents looking for their missing child! And Harry's parents, too!
Harry's Mum turning up? Why not? Things can always get worse.
In the space of three updates, Ben and Eliza have been "phony hunter"-napped at gunpoint and Sidney's parents have shown up.
No messing around with lengthy scene-setting or relaxed pacing before ratcheting up the tension in this chapter!
I think Sid gets that smile of his from his mum.
“I don’t believe it! There he goes again!
He’s tidied up and I can’t find anything!
All my tubes and wires careful notes!
An antiquated notion!”
—with apologies to Thomas Dolby...
"Lancelot! You're employed!" Whimpers
"Hm, what could possibly prevent or delay Sid and Wolfe from rushing off to save the other two?"
"... PARENTS."
So who else is going to come barging in that door bearing plot complications?
Suddenly, Raymond Chandler comes through the door with a gun in his hand... and is immediately attacked by ninjas!