January 5th, 2018
5 Jan 2018 · page 761 of 1306
Robbing banks for fun and profit.
Cast: Lei Feng, Thomas Macavity
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Hehe, it did seem like we weren't done with these two!
And Macavity's hat guy!
Macavity’s two henchpersons are back too! Hope Mr Malik has remembered to bring a bunny this time.
Well, he has a magpie, at least.
Ooh, there they are! But are they not affected by Greed? I don't see a green miasma in their text...
I think the Greed in them is natural. It doesn't need direct action by the Deadly. On the other hand the people in the first panel are definitely affected, even if they don't show the tinge.
Lei is not greedy at all.
Why do you think she isn't, Maria?
cause that wasnt her defining sin. pride was.
But just because her strongest emotion was pride doesn't mean that she can't feel any greed as well...
Nope, not in the least. See?
[https://www.widdershinscomi...](https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/november-1st-2016/ "https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/november-1st-2016/")
Well, maybe a little... :P
Humans don't need demons to do evil. They need us to feed from.
Hahaha. They could just have taken the first road out the city, but no.
Oh well, too bad for y'all.
"Greed made me do it!"
"We know."
"No, I mean the spirit Greed!"
Huh, the guy on the bottom left of panel one seems to have discovered that money is snuggly.
I wonder if he's thinking of setting up a Scrooge McDuck-style vault?
Sorry, but posting this link is mandatory.
[https://youtu.be/sor9GzivGbk](https://youtu.be/sor9GzivGbk "https://youtu.be/sor9GzivGbk")
Oh, I had that number well in mind, don't you worry. :-)
Is that the Maltese Owl?
Where?
Above Macavity's head in Panel Two, i think.
Looks like a lantern to me
Might well be. I only noticed it after the other comment asked about it.
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Is it a lantern you could rub?
Well this is going to end awkwardly for Sid.
More so for Macavity, in the long run, i think.
Sidney's name is Lancelot?
One of them, anyway: [https://www.widdershinscomi...](https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/november-16th-2011/ "https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/november-16th-2011/")
I have to wonder why he chose Sidney as the name to go by over any of the others.
It sounds cuter.
It also sounds (to me, anyway) sort of goofy and awkward, which fits Sid's personality far better than the classic, dignified sound of "Arthur" or "Oliver". ("Lancelot" is just out of the question...)
"Arthur" and "Lancelot" are right out of Arthurian legend, which might make Sid feel uncomfortable. If "Oliver" is for Cromwell, the same applies. He likes to give a show, but not to put on airs, after all.
Given the other names, perhaps his parents meant "Sidney" to refer to Sir Philip Sidney.
I guess Macavity's memory has improved since "Mr. Long-Name-Can't-Remember-It-All-Doesn't-Matter"... [https://www.widdershinscomi...](https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/january-11th-2012/ "https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/january-11th-2012/")
Maybe he finally got a university education.
Or maybe he now considers Sid his arch-nemesis, which would be unfortunate.
Not if he's still the same putz. Then it'll just be hilarious. ;)
For him
I love how Lei is just "Uh-huh" and "Mm-hmm"ing through Macavity's stupid complaining.
It reminds me about Harry. :)
Maybe she doesn't enjoy thoughts about Sid.
Question is, does Lei even know that Sidney is the wizard Macavity has it in for? She interrupted him just as he got to the identifying part of Sid's name, so it's quite possible she didn't catch it (especially since she wasn't really listening to him in the first place). I wonder if she'd feel differently about the whole thing if she knew.
Potential drama! Conflicting loyalties!
Wait... Lei doesn't have any of those.
I got the impression that she interrupted him exactly because of "Sidney", but it may be both ways, I think.
On the other hand, since it looked like he saw the whole exchange between Sid and Lei at the jail it's possible he's already mentioned Sidney to her multiple times and she's cutting him off rather than then listen to him say it again.
Yeah, I wondered too about whether she's registered who he's talking about. But you do have a point -- since Macavity knows that Lei knows Sid, it does seem likely that Sid was discussed at some earlier point, before Lei stopped listening to Macavity's blabbing.
Imagine the look on Harry's face when old nemeses show up for their revenge, and she's completely used to it, all like "Well, let's get this perfectly-normal Tuesday over with"--but then it turns out they're there for Sid instead. He's really growing into the business
That should be amazing!
they did that on Kim possible once or twice it was always good for a laugh.
I so want to quote from Possum's Book of Practical Cats, but I feel like that would be like writing a duplicate entry under 'redundant' in the dictionary.
It's been so long that I honestly forgot we'd met this guy.
Also, Macavity, what a name for a criminal (someone a fan of Cats or T. S Eliot by any chance?)
A moment of reflection as we admire that DOOR, shall we?
Looks harder to draw than a flying boat!
I love Lei's "Aah, bring on the challenge!" pose in the last panel.
That door is quite the thing. And someone (and someone else?) might be shut in behind it by mistake or on purpose, don't you think?
I'm guessing she's the next intended vessel for pride, right?