December 17th, 2019
17 Dec 2019 · page 951 of 1306
Oh you thought we were done with introducing chaotic elements? No, no we are not done.
Cast: Heinrich Wolfe, Kirti Malik, Rajeev Malik, Sidney Malik
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Chaos for everyone!!!!!!!
Whether you want it or not.
Sidney. You literally saved the fucking world. You fought the Seven Sins. You have done so much impressive stuff lately. Just tell the truth!
It's what I thought first, yeah. :)
Well, this chapter shows that fighting the Deadlies and saving the world can't fix everyone's problems... but Sid's problem existed before that (unlike others' ones).
What I really love is that he's trying to pass the German dude with the super-thick accent off as a famous Englishman. Good thinking, Sid.
I suppose if Sid's parents don't know that Harry Barber is A) female and B) not an accountant, the German thing won't make them suspicious either.
At this rate Harry's going to come to total chaos because everyone just had to use her name while she was gone, so now there's likely going to be a soldier, a malform buster, a rather angry pupper and conspiracy theorist taken hostage along with the dread of her assistant being in hot water family wise.Plus whatever the kidnappers wanted Harry for in the first place... and man I wouldn't be surprised if she just wanted to stay on the island in good old middle of nowhere or just come back for tobacco and say screw this.
One hundred and fifty years from now, children in Widdershins will skip rope to the skipping rhyme of
Hairy Barb, Hairy Barb, where did you go?
Asked the wizard, but he don't know.
Hairy Barb, Hairy Barb, where is your pipe?
Sold it off for a dish of tripe.
Hairy Barb, Hairy Barb, she met the queen;
Wears her costume on Halloween.
Hairy Barb, Hairy Barb, she saw a ghost;
Wrapped it up, sent it by post.
Hairy Barb, Hairy Barb, you big faker:
Butcher, Baker, Malform Taker.
Hairy Barb, Hairy Barb, left in a flash.
But she'll come back with tons of cash.
Now that I can finally reply I gotta say that this is beautiful. But now this makes me question how famous Harry has gotten since the whole Sins Incident.
Yeah, but now I want to fix the scansion. 'Borrowed her crown for Halloween' just flows better.
It’s a good thing all these people can’t see that Harry Barber is not listed in the cast tags.
What if she were, but just as:
"Harry Barber(?)"
Heaven help us if one of them becomes self-aware enough for that.
"Too many Barbers" (c) Verity Cunningham
Too many barbers spoil the haircut.
I know halloween is forever away but I now desperately want to see the entire cast dressed as Harry
I didn't know I needed to see this, until you said that
You're a genius puts this on my ever growing art to-do list
Mr. Harry Barber the accountant! 🤣 At least Ben is masquerading as Harry Barber the bounty hunter...
Ben would probably really enjoy being Mr. Harry Barber the accountant. A shame he missed the opportunity.
I don't see an adding machine anywhere in there! Sid, your lie is already falling apart :<
It's Mr F. Barber who is the accountant so there might be enough truth in the lie for Mr Malik to get away with it. Or not.
Good point! I wonder if Sid even knows that that’s what Harry’s dad does for a living; she doesn’t talk about her parents much.
This is a disaster in the making and I can't wait to see it go down.
Mal and Harry are in for some surprises when they get back. (I'm being optimistic by writing 'when' instead of 'if'.)
"No, I'm Spartacus H. Barber!"
This is going to be a train wreck. A delightfully madcap, screwball comedy of a train wreck.
Cutting it close with this Barber fib, eh Sidney?
Let's just hope walking the razor's edge in this hairy situation pays off and doesn't end up with a close shave
She might have been raised in England (one of the [Q&A page](https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/character-questions-1 "https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/character-questions-1")s mentions that her parents moved to England when she was a baby), but Sid's mom has the Indian Mom/Aunt/Grandma/Etc. thing down to a T. I'm reminded of nearly every conversation I've ever had with my aunt.
It ain't just Indian Mom. It's Polish mom, Greek mom, Korean mom.... It just seems more embarrassing when it's your mom.
Also English Mum - although she hasn't asked him if he is changing his underwear regularly yet.
Hahahahaha or my personal ?favorite: "Are you using enough deodorant?"
Yeah, I get that a lot.
It's not the "embarrassing" part or the "desire to help beyond what's reasonable." There's a certain... blunt aggression in the way Stereotypical Indian Mom does it that I haven't really observed in other Stereotypical Ethnic Mom variants (Italian comes close). It's like they don't actually display whatever concern or anger or disappointment or whatever they're feeling; it's just a straightforward, matter-of-fact "this is happening now," kind of thing.
Oh trust me: Polish, Greek and Korean moms can have the same matter-of-fact aggression:
You can't be fat. Koreans don't do fat.
He's ok with marrying you even at your age? (Greek)
[leaning in to sniff the victim] When did you last do laundry? Take that sweater off now and I'll do a load. (Polish)
etc.
I don't know, there's a certain... something in the delivery that's uniquely Indian. I just have no idea how to express it verbally. :le shrug:
And of course your Mum always knows when you are telling fibs.
All we need now is for Ms Harry to claim to be O'Malley the Witch of Widdershins and we'll have the set.
Oh yes pleeeeeeez Ms. Cartoonist....
Now it will turn out that one of the things that makes Barber famous in the future is solving three imposible misteries at the same time.
That's an amazing idea and you should feel amazing
HAHAHAHA more chaos, I love it!! XD
I wonder what Sid's magpie will think of them?
Does he still have that? I forget.
He did as of the end of the Greed section of Curtain Call: [https://widdershinscomic.co...](https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/march-23rd-2018 "https://widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/march-23rd-2018")
huh, dunno how I closed the comments there for a bit, probably misclicked on my phone. sorry about that! that's what I get for quickly checking comments during game cutscenes :p
I had been wondering about that. I was all "I didn't see any discussions that were going that far off the rails. What happened?" Good to know that it was just a glorified typo. :-)
What game, pray tell?
yakuza kiwami 2! plowing through the whole yakuza collection right now, they're wildly good.
...he didn't tell them -_-
DUDE.
And that's how the War of Three Barbers began...
Oh no. This might lead to a comedic farce. No one wants that....
We don't?
The Barber Family is very extended. And is extending as we speak.
Sidney... It's time to let go of the fear. We need your heroic side right now.
Sidney, just tell the truth: that you dropped out, fell in love, and helped save the world.
“Oh yeah, yeah, classes are going great, mom. Can you tell dad to keep sending money?”
This would be a perfect moment for Harry to walk in the door.
The next Barber family-reunion will be interesting...
"You get to be Harry! You get to be Harry! _Everyone_ gets to be Harry!"
This is like when superman died and 10 other characters stepped up claiming to be replacements.
This will end even worse than the "not well" that is standard in these situations.
Keep digging, Sid
TOO MANY HARRY BARBERS
...or just enough?
I can't believe Sid still hasn't told his parents!
Panel 2: Some things are universal.
I mean, you could have just said "Oh, I'm working part time for the Hunter Harriet Barber. No,no, nothing dangerous, just...she occasionally needs a wizard to check the talismans she brings back, and stuff." That's much closer to the truth.
I blame his lack of education in the art form of the Farce. If he'd watched more of those, he'd know this would all end poorly.
Mssrs. Gilbert and Sullivan? I believe you'll want to take a few notes...