February 6th, 2018
6 Feb 2018 · page 770 of 1306
Bloody wizard, making her have feelings.
Cast: Benjamin Thackerey, Heinrich Wolfe, Lei Feng, Verity Cunningham
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I sorta like Vee's smile :) in the last panel.
Vee is her entirely own brand of awesome and I can't help but liking her. Of course, you could say that of quite a few Widdershins characters.
It's always more prudent to wait until they've untied you first, lest they change their mind~
Getting exactly what she needs to escape at the moment and resisting to help people who are probably going to get her in more trouble.
For someone standing in the green epicenter she is doing remarkably well at avoiding it.
Yes she is, but remember, her prime motivator is pride, not greed. She saw all this as a professional challenge and a tool to make escape possible, not as the road to Easy Street.
Please note that I am in no way downplaying her reluctant heroism. It is still impressive. I am merely saying that at least her personality helps make it possible for her to resist Greed. But even if that is not part of what drives you, it is no mean feat. I doubt that just anyone off the street could have done the same thing.
(As an aside, since we have already seen the virtue of Courage appear in the Gluttony chapter, perhaps possessing certain virtues makes it more possible to resist the Sins? What do you guys think?)
I see Lee's choice more as an effect of her caring about Sid, somewhat like the moment with Voss' "W-wait!" to Envy. (The difference is, Voss was on the right side already, he "only" had to overcome his fear.) Another analogy between these two, Lei's words about "good to working together" and Voss' duet with Wolfe, the joy of cooperation against Pride/Envy.
Actually I see Voss as even more heroic. His greatest character FLAW was envy. He was practically made for being Envy's puppet. But somehow he managed to start to fight back at a point where most others would have given up and just resigned themselves to being beyond the point of return.
I agree with you about his overcoming his fear, mind you. He must have been absolutely terrified. He had been this being's pawn once already and knew exactly what he was up against. In spite of this he managed to overcome his fear when it mattered and helped the team to get the edge it needed to win.
> But somehow he managed to start to fight back at a point where most others would have given up and just resigned themselves to being beyond the point of return.
And I even know the name of this "somehow", Wolfe. ))
It doesn't lessen Voss' deeds a bit, in my view. In the end of things, he does all he must do, and it is the best one can say about any of us. :)
I very much agree with that. :)
About Virtues vs. Sins, I think, courage, determination, selflessness and love/friendship/comradeship (loyalty and compassion included) are useful against all of Deadlies. More particularly, there are evident antagonistic pairs: Envy - Kindness, Pride - Humility, Greed - Generosity etc.
It should be noted that the Seven Heavenly Virtues encompass as many dimensions as the sins too - for example, Humilty encompasses the virtues Courage and Respect as well as simple modesty, and Chastity is often interpreted as exercising Wisdom, Foresight and Good Judgement as much as it is a restraint of carnal desires. So possessing these traits may also weaken Sin spirits as much as the seven virtues themselves would.
No green in that "hff." It was clearly a close call.
I never guessed the henchmen were so smart.
This reminds me of Sid making Macavity's gang disappear in this strip [https://www.widdershinscomi...](https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/february-20th-2012/ "https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/february-20th-2012/")
Interesting that the henchmen walk right past a bag of money, I wold have thought they would be consumed by Greed.
I wonder if they return later.
They're each carrying another bag of money, so there's still some Greed involved.
Reminds me of and old friend I haven't seen in a long time. He was going into the bank when he saw a typical bank bag on the floor behind guard. Instant GREED!
Next thing he knows he is exiting the bank with the bag in his hand only to run into a pair of cops who didn't think the bank bag matched his clothes...
Dagnabbit, henchmen. That was the guy with the magic tricks.
The other goon is no doubt thinking "With this much cash, I can make my own bunny!"
I love wolfe hes just like im so proud of you
Oh, well... that was easy. Lei didn't even have to do anything to get rid of the minions, they scarpered on their own!
Well done, Lei. : )
"I'm not bein' paid enough for that!" Says the man who just robbed a bank and ran off with a bag full of bills.
It’s interesting to track how Vee addresses/refers to people in the comic. The level of formality is inversely proportionate to how much she likes them. People she really likes get pet names (Benji, Nicky); she presumably used to call Harry by her nickname, but now, after the breaking up of their partnership, calls her Harriet; Lei, an annoying criminal she arrested, gets called by her last name only. For some time Sid didn’t rate a name at all; it’s a sign of her fractional softening toward him that she’s willing to call him Sidney instead of “wizard”.
Macavity is now the only person in the building under Greed's influence. As with Pride, one person with a strong connection to the Sin is enough to keep Mal from pulling them into the anchor. I don't imagine Macavity will be quite as easy to work with as Verity, though... which is saying something. :p
Let's see how greedy he is after he gets his bones turned to dust...
I know that's a throwaway line, but it actually makes me wonder.
Would Greed be willing to throw away or otherwise destroy something he owns as much as he owns Macavity? Wouldn't that be almost canonically ungreedy?
I'm guess that he would be willing to do so, as long as something better came along...
Getting back into the vault may prove tricky. Yes, they have Lei and a wizard, but Ben isn't known for his creativity nor does he have a buggerup familiar willing to help. So he is going to have to level up his skills a bit here and maybe channel a bit of Sid's mindset as he works.
I ship Lei and Verity
I was under the impression from the last panel--where it sounds like Lei is familiar with Verity's scolding--that they're already shipped.
No, we have evidence from Vanishing Act that Ms. Feng is romantically interested in someone else. He, unfortunately for her, has moved on.
It's kind of nice, seeing McCavity's henchmen do a runner.
Back in the first chapter, they refused a bribe, with Monocle saying they were being paid in accordance with their station, and I couldn't help but think their boss had imprinted rather strongly on their minds.
The little bits of humanity - taking time out to enjoy a surprise magic show, petting a puppy, abandoning the jerk who paid their wages because enough is enough - are what make them fun. : ) <3
Of course, when Ms Feng says 'He's trapped in there with that thing', she might be talking about Macavity. rather than Mr Malik.
i was rather thinking that Macavity was the 'thing' that Sid is trapped with.
I just love that the goon tips his hat before bailing. Deserting in a gentlemanly fashion.
Even if we didn't read the story where they met, it would be obvious that these two Have History.