December 19th, 2017
19 Dec 2017 · page 757 of 1306
Good job Wolfe
Cast: Benjamin Thackerey, Heinrich Wolfe
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Lust can be subtle, in theory. In practice, on the other hand...
The subtle edge leads in, but once past your defences all pretense is soon at an end.
"ME TARZAN, YOU JANE!"
Seems to me, the only thing "in hand" on this page is Wolfe himself... >_>
There's someone glaring at Benfrom behind that window.
Background event or foreshadowing...?
I think it's just someone under the influence of Greed. Notice her arms seem to be full of something. The must be getting close to where ever the spirit has set up.
Hmmm. Lust disguised itself as a redhead ... in bespoke clothing ... with flowers in her hair.
Hem, hem.
Sure reminds me of someone. Coincidence...?
(I don't think so!)
Also with a collar choker. Wonder if she still has a detachable head? Probably not - this isn’t a real body like the one that Liz I beheaded. Might be amusing if it is though,,,
Choker. Bit of a difference, especially symbolically. I do find the garment very sexy, though.
Thanks for the correction. My knowledge of the terminology is limited. Post edited.
You're correct, it isn't a real form, the choker is more of a symbolic thing.
It's good for Lux that Wolfe doesn't know its biography (unlike Sid), yeah? :)
I'm still waiting for the day when someone literally knocks his block off. :-)
About beheading, I wonder if it is necessary for desummoning of Lux to destroy its body first... and if it is, who among our heroes would do that.
Why would it be, though?
For making the last level more difficult. :)
It just seems logical to me, with the physical body of Lux belonging to this plane of existence and the Deadly itself belonging to the "home of spirits". Of course, it's possible that successful desummoning of Luxuria simply will leave lifeless body in this world, that's all.
Now I wonder if it possible to move a spirit of living human being to the "world of spirits"... and whether thoughts like this make people afraid of witches who "tearing out your souls". :/
I am now finding myself very confused about whether Lux still has the physical body that the witch who was Gran Isabelle's ancestor gave it. Wasn't that body killed by beheading? Or... not?
It does not, but it wasn't killed by beheading, it abandoned it when it regained its powers from the amulet and was released at the end of the flashback.
Thank you, that does make sense!
Any head is detachable if you hit it hard enough
Actually it reminds me of several someones. Lust looks like someone Mashed the three Barber Sisters Wolfe's met into some sort of surreal amalgamation.
I would say, instead, that Lust's form here is simply Wolfe's idealized fantasy girl, and to what extent each sister happens to resemble her is how close they are to his fantasy.
This makes me wonder if the rest of the party would see her the same way if they were to all turn around right now, or if they would see their fantasy partner. Which would actually be really funny because Sidney would turn around and see Harry standing there, and there would go that.
I wonder if the form of an "unfinished drawing" really means exactly that, everyone sees in it the form they lust the most for.
It even makes facial expressions that look like Florrie's expressions!
Perhaps Lust has been reading the between-chapter Q&As?
OK. I just have to ask. I looked up what bespoke apparently means, namely, clothing that was tailored to one's measurements. How would you be able to identify that by sight in a cartoon?
Uh oh.
That’s when I began to pray:
Lord, show me how to say no to this
I don’t know how to say no to this
Hey! No fair -- if I don't get to quote from that song earworm, neither do you!
Ahh, I suppose you are right, heh. It was a tad over enthusiastic to go and claim the lyrics containing the song's namesake, particularly since you inspired quoting lines from it in reference to this scene. Apologies.
Nah, I'm just jealous that you got there first.
I figured, but I still feel it was perhaps bad form. Mayhaps one of us can find a segment of the lyrics that encapsulates the next page when it emerges.
In the last panel Wolfe's text is black again. Let's not lose hope!
He went red awful fast though. I think he was released, rather than winning out.
I also don't think he quite realizes what happened there, which means he might not realize the information he's given away just yet.
Oh Wolfe. Sigh. I guess pobody really is nerfect.
Welllllp I knew this was going to end badly, who knew it was going to start Badly as well?
Dammit Wolfe dump a cold bucket of water on your head for five frickin' minutes!
Wolfe, honey, are you forgetting what the part about weakening the sins means? Y'know, weakening them, not making them stronger...
Lust got the jump on Wolfe and weakened him before he could do the same to it.
I know it isn't in your nature, Wolfe, but it might be time to get suspicious!
Has the rest of the party even noticed that Wolfe has a companion? Ben seems to be talking to Sid or Vee and not paying attention to what's going on behind him, and we can guess that the other two, farther ahead, are equally oblivious. You'd think somebody would have realized that in the circumstances, keeping track of all the members of the group would be a really good idea.
I was wondering that as well, @disqus_kJdStfuAaA:disqus .....Also, apparently if you do the at symbol you can tag someone now. Interesting to know.
Everyone else is RATHER occupied by the revelation that Vee used to date the most abrasive Barber. I suspect Sid is giddy to learn and gossip, and Ben is morbidly curious.
Can't say I'm surprised Wolf, disappointed, but not surprised...
And failed that Save vs Gaze Attack...
LUX: I try to sweet talk Wolfe into telling me the plan.
DM: Roll Persuasion.
LUX: ... 13?
DM: Wolfe waves off your question, saying the details aren't important.
LUX: Screw it, I cast Suggestion.
DM: ... And that's a natural 1 for Wolfe.
Yeah, that's why I can't be really upset at Wolfe. There's a difference between just blabbing something to a pretty girl and not successfully saving versus a spell that you didn't even know was being cast. Mind control spells aren't always inherently evil, but they default to that setting.
Well he figured that out pretty fast
I just take solace in the fact that Mal is ace. If there is one person who can beat Lust, it'll be the ace.
Hook line and sinker.
Rod, reel and fisherman, hat, boots and bait bucket, all.
Yeah, I'm saying Wolfe is completely in Lust's hand, in and out of influence at its will.
Did Lux lose the irises and pupils in the eyes of its disguise in the last panel? Or am I just not seeing them due to a combination of the perspective and the direction it is looking in?
I think "she" is just looking off to the left (the viewer's right).
So if the crackpot theory that Mr. de Montfort is Luxuria is correct, this puts Wolf in a bit of an odd place, having been flirted with by (and flirted back to) both halves of the couple.
........this should not make me want a dark!AU fic where he is Lux but she's in on the whole thing, but for some reason it kinda does.
Of course, the true darkest timeline would be one where Henry never said no to Lux in the first place..
See, I disagree. In that timeline Izzy stands a fair chance of defending herself against Lux's people (considering how well she handled herself in the actual chapter), she already knows the binding spell so she should be able to make it work, and since she hadn't fallen in love with Henry yet it wouldn't be much of a betrayal. In this scenario, however, whether The Sins win or lose there would be massive amounts of betrayal and the possibility of extensive collateral damage depending on how dark you wanted to go.
But what would make it truly the darkest timeline is Henry's granddaughters being retconned out of existence (oh, and his grandson, too, I guess).
Oooh I love how the texture on the dress changes! Very subtle
A minor nitpick - since Wolfe is a native German speaker he'd probably be saying "Fräulein" instead of "Fraulein"... (The latter is just weird in German...)
Ah, thanks! I always forget these things, my font doesn't have umlauts :(