February 9th, 2018
9 Feb 2018 · page 771 of 1306
It's been redecorating.
Cast: Sidney Malik, Thomas Macavity
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How do people access the deposit boxes when there's gold in the way? >.>
I think Greed's been redecorating.
What gold? I see no gold there. Do YOU see gold there? Hm...
I love how Sidney is ALREADY backing away from the idea of being like Macavity (probably in hopes that Greed will let him go).
FAVORITE DEADLY!
/SQUEE
I like Greed too, heh. He seems to stick to his deals, even though they're not fair... Classic trickster!
I'm going to give Macavity a little credit and guess that he's being influenced through his greed. Sidney seems to have as much greed as Wolfe has wrath! He goes out of his way to return the things he steals, and tossed aside money like it was nothing a couple pages ago.
So yeah, he's displaying common sense about the obvious trap... But I think it's because he lacks the vice in question.
Oh yeah! I also like Greed because he seems to like Sidney too! Instead of getting petty, he actually seemed proud when Sid survived the curse.
I get the impression that Greed rather likes the inherent irony of Sid being a theifking. It ups his unique value. :P
Look at ol' Scrooge McCavity going swimming in the money bin.
And that breaks the illusion.
I wonder why Macavity's words aren't greed-colored.
It's not influencing him. He's just like that.
Yeah, I realise that. :) I rather wonder why Greed doesn't try to "feed on" him, as other Deadlies did. I suppose one's changed font text shows it, too. I mean, Verity was "just like that", and her font changed as she was trapped in a mirror of Pride.
Maybe feeding doesn't require putting the influence on someone, but like a vampire's hypno-gaze, it usually reinforces the Sin's grip on the victim and stops them from struggling too much.
McCavity is firmly in touch with his greed even without the influence, and Greed can feed without any problem.
Last time his schtik was about giving people a tricky choice, rather than the usual deadlies stuff.
I was curious too, since his outline color isn't very obvious and his speech font hasn't changed. But you know, we also never saw the glow of Greed's aura anywhere around or inside the building either. So I think Greed is doing something different here. Maybe instead of trying to spread its influence, it's trying to concentrate it?
Ooh! That would mesh nicely with its nature.
Mm. His outline is affected, though.
I didn't notice that until I read the comments of yours and Sanjay Merchant, and even then I had to look for that some time. Thanks!
I wasn't sure until I checked, but you're right -- it's a very subtle shade of dark brown.
How did this idiot get to be Thiefking again?
By being greedy, of course!
By murdering the previous incumbent and taking the Mark of the Thiefking off of their wrist.
I think Kate's been using a color that's more sort of olive drab, almost brown (to distinguish it from Envy's bright green, no doubt). It can be a little tricky to spot the difference in speech balloons. Though if you look at the previous update, Lei's outline picks up the color when she's tempted to take the money and run. Or Macavity's here as he jumps over the railing.
I can't actually see a difference in color on my computer's monitor.
I kinda love the idea that Envy's green is bright, eye-catching and everywhere while Greed's is much more subtle and only shows up here and there.
Macavity: Time to swim in gold like I've always dreamed of! OW OW NOT AS FUN AS IT LOOKS OW
Probably cracked his tailbone in panel 5, if we're being honest.
"aah, it's not a liquid! it's a great many pieces of solid matter that form a floor-like surface, aaah"
To be fair, if the gold IS a liquid things go even worse for you.
Viserys screams hi. ;P
I wondered how long it would take before someone quoted the abomination.
And I can't help but think how much I wished on seeing that scene that it could have killed that revolting creature off for good. =_=
Well, maybe Greed enchanted it to behave like the liquid? After all, it's no good for your potential foodsources to accidentally kill themselves jumping into a pool of solid metal.
"AHHH, I THINK I BROKE SOMETHING"
"ACK ACK ACK THE CARTOONS WERE A LIE"
I suspect Macavity is about to discover that a bed of gold sovereigns is not as soft as he imagines.
Called it! ^_^ Avaritia is starting a collection.
Meanwhile, in the lobby of Trump Tower...
Man, Piscou would love this place.
(tho I think he's called Scrounge or something in the english version ?)
Uncle Scrooge! Love those comics :3
In German, he's called "Dagobert Duck" or (by his nephew Donald and that one's three nephews) "Onkel Dagobert".
Any particular reason they named him after a franc king ? ^^;
A franc king? It seems there were three franc kings called like that.
As for why, I dunno. Maybe those kings were rich and/or stingy, too? And probably, because Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" wasn't as well-known in the German-speaking countries as in the Anglophone world.
Any Erika Fuchs experts around?
A google search of "Dagobert treasure" leads to fascinating corners of the internet, ranging from historical relics in a church's collection, including a truly beautiful sceptre and throne, to wild rumors of a Lost King, a hidden (possibly cursed) treasure, the Knights Templar (of course! they always get into these things), and descent from Jesus. So that might have been the reason.
On the other hand, maybe the translator just liked the sound of the name.
Ooh, remind me to try that search some time.
As a french person, the only thing I remember about the Dagoberts is a children song about one of them putting his pants on the wrong way.
Sid: ...Plus, he comes with a selection of outfits and accessories! There you see him in his prison uniform, but he also has various street outfits, many with the distinctive "hand-me-down-at-heel" dapper look. There's probably a stolen velvet smoking jacket back at his hideout, and maybe a deluxe velvet dressing gown to go with his stolen silk night clothes. And there's his thief's tools, his henchmen - a very distinctive pair, if I might say - his bags of swag, pockets stuffed with stolen valuables, and all I've got is the one rather staid suit, and this bird that I can't even control. Oh! stares at copy of Macavity's criminal record, which the Magpie has just deposited in his hands He... even comes with these certificates of authenticity, issued by the criminal courts and endorsed by the Royal Society of Hunters. It has his history, you can match him with his vital statistics here... it even has his unique serial number. See? holds out Macavity's file, grins hopefully
>:=)>
i feel like the logical next step is that, greed can't share. I think Macavity is going to greed all greeded up to eliminate Sid...
I think Greed is going to kick it off though
Greed - "Hmm.. I would let you go, Sid, but then, how would I have a one-of-a-kind collectible?"
Sid - "One of a kind is such a strange phrase isn't it? "of a kind" suggests there are others, and "one" isn't exactly exclusive. Perhaps "the only of its kind" would..."
McCavity (throws knife) "So I kill him, and I get to stay here with all the money?"
Greed - "Indeed, little thief-king."
The thing is, I'm pretty sure Greed values the humans expressions of greed far more than the money. He is Greed, which is not the same as being greedy.
I mean, look at Envy. I think one can be both...
But I didn't mean that Greed wanted only one to get more 'value' anyway. I think that killing another person over a pile of money would be an incredible expression of greed that he would LOVE.
I'm still waiting for Mr Malik to say "I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with me!"
Somehow I can't see Sid going Rorshach on anybody.
Ignoring the Fact that Macavity is clearly in the thrall of Greed and gives no craps- He is not Scrooge McDuck and just dived into a pile of Metal Currency.... I'm pretty sure Macavity just broke his Butt.
"It's all mine!"
Er, Macavity, I think you'll find that it's actually all Greed's... you know, the giant green six-armed Deadly Sin that you're not even paying attention to?
I kinda want him to actually escape with some treasure now. Someone that foolish deserves a little luck.
Macavity is fun to watch...
Macavity is very annoying. I want him to go away and never come back. ^_^
If ever a panel summoned up his character, it's the one where Sid is looking at the Giant Deadly Sin that has just appeared and Macavity is looking at the gold.
Sid is definitely a people person -- just to be one. Macavity only pretends the part in order to get what he wants. :/
How good's your stage magic, Sid?
Sid: The hand is quicker than the eye! Here's the coin, and these are the cups! I put the cups here...and round and round and round she goes...Where's the coin, Greed? Where's the coin? The payout is huge -- two souls for the price of one! Where's the coin?
Sid: [Aside to the Magpie] Take it, my little friend! Take it and give it to me.
[Magpie takes all the coins in the vault and drops them on top of Sid.]
Mccavity's spirit animal:
I don't think Macavity will have injured himself by jumping into the gold. This can't be the actual gold from the bank's vault. No bank stores that much gold as coins; reserves to back up paper currency would be stacks of gold bars.
No, this has to be Greed's own presentation of Scrooge McDuck gold -- the idea of gold as the irresistible symbol of infinite wealth. It's the dragon's hoard, the billion dollar lottery ticket, the Nigerian prince's inheritance. It bears the same relation to any physical gold that happened to be in the bank's vault, as Gluttony's feasts bore to normal meals.
So yes, he can swim in this gold. He can plunge into it and exult in it. An ecstasy of Greed!
This so much, and I'm glad somebody was able to put it into words because I was having trouble.
I'll believe it as soon as I see a ruby encrusted golden goblet in there, those things have a habbit of showing up in treasure piles
I'd say that's a pretty good observation. Macavity in panel one is reacting like their is no money visible in the vault until Greed exerts it's influence. Then suddenly Scrooge Mcduck vault, which I'm guessing wasn't there a second ago.
Heck, you can see the actual deposit boxes on the walls of the bottom floor. Their would be no practical reason for those to be there if the vault actually was just a pool of gold coins.
Greed also has been demonstrated to have the ability to at least replicate what was already there, or create material from thin air (Harry's pipe which never needed refilling, the thief's mark and the statue, the latter of which was almost certainly Greed's creation), it stands to reason it can instill whatever properties it wishes into the objects it conjures up.
This can only end hilariously. Well, it's already beginning hilariously, actually.
Definitely getting Duck Tales flash back from this.
I just love Greed's self-satisfied lil face in the last panel ^-^ Greed always was my favorite re-imagining of Kate's.
While re-reading Sleight of Hand today, I realized that one of the would-be bank robbers from the beginning of this scene (the woman in red sitting on the floor here: [https://www.widdershinscomi...](https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/january-5th-2018/ "https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/january-5th-2018/") ) was previously part of Macavity's gang (first panel here: [https://www.widdershinscomi...](https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/february-8th-2012/ "https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/february-8th-2012/") ). Nice carry-over of background characters, Kate!
I think the man in white hugging the money is the fellow in the second panel of the same Sleight of Hand strip.
I'm not entirely sure that Macavity landed on his butt. I think he may have landed standing up and then laid down to play in the gold.
Sid: "...errm, I only have to run faster than you..."
Shouldn't be difficult
in an open area, sure.
Decor judgement: gauche. ^_^
So, I thought something was different here. I went back and checked and Greed's crown is noticeably different, and more ornate here. His other accessories stand out more too. Is this Greed's form manifesting more grandly due to his increase power amid the vice buffet in Widdershins, or is he physically wearing a crown that he found in the bank (possibly on top of his own crown)?
This may come off as anal but...
Does Greed actually have a butt with which he can sit on that pile of gold?