July 16th, 2019
16 Jul 2019 · page 913 of 1306
Cast: Dr Esther Flack, George Knott, Vincent Knott, Will Sharpe
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Yes! Go Sharpe!
No matter what one may think of Will's shortcomings, you have to admit, the man has style. He definitely knows how to make an entrance.
Eliza's set the bar pretty high, but Will's giving her serious competition.
I'd say Eliza, Sid, Vee, and all the rest are now in a position of having to catch back up.
I came to the comment section entirely to say: "Now that's how you make an entrance."
Man I both am and am not looking forward to how he reacts to seeing it was his son in there.
I don't think he's EVER again going to agree to let someone hang without looking them in the face. If he can even continue his job.
Captain Barber will be mortified by this appalling breach of security on her watch. Ms Cunningham and Ms Harriet will never let her forget it. And this after someone got to Princess Victoria with a loaded pistol and several barrels of gunpowder not a year ago. And where was she during the Deadly Sins Emergency last month? What do we pay our taxes for I ask myself.
Public executions, apparently. Looks to me that this is a result of her department being underfunded and overworked in favor of public spectacle.
Bah, it's those damned bleeding-heart radical protesters who are consuming police resources. Before they showed up it only need a sergeant and two bobbies to police the event, and they could go to watch the hanging.
Vatch? Hekz no! Ve getz up on der stage und paticipate!! Las' time, Hy getz to hold der Rope!!
...und hy gets a fancy hat, too!
That's one hell of an entrance
"Is that Vincent's friend's old suit?"
"stage"
STAGE
Wow, Will.
He knows that he might not make it out of this; that noose may really end up being for him. But if he's going out, then by God, the Queen, and Saint Swithin, he's going out with style.
I'm sure he'll just wake up in the Patrician's office and get offered a job in public service.
He just had to upstage Knotty.
Well yes, that's the general idea.
why am i reminded of “michael makes an entrance” from be more chill
I see we have several musical fans in the comment section... And now I'm gonna have that song in my head!
THE PIZZAZZ. THE PANACHE. THE MARVELOUS, MARVELOUS SHOWBOATERY. UGH IM SO IN LOVE
UGH!
ive been yelling about this at a groupchat of people who dont even read widdershins and We Are All [Love Will]
"...Who the heck are you?"
"Constable, secure him." \\pulls lever
/standingovation
I love how long-legged Sharpe is stepping over some of the stairs on his way up. (I do that too.)
Mr. Knott is probably not used to random strangers in the crowd knowing his name, and when Sharpe's next line is something along the lines of"I'm Will Sharpe and that's your son." this morning will really go sideways (in a good way).
Yeah, I was just thinking, "Mr. Knott has never seen this man in his life."
Well, that is distressingly close timing.
Dramatic necessity shrug
*Narrative causality
Perhaps intentionally so. The closer Mr. Knott gets to pulling the lever, the less likely he is to ever pull the lever again - or expect his son to do it.
Let's see which is stronger with the crowd--Flack's ability to manipulate their emotion, or Will's stylish chutzpah.
Flack needs setup to do her thing. No idea whether she's done any here. I'm hoping it didn't occur to her that she might need to <.<
With her propensity to reuse her magical password, it doesn't really matter much if she can enchant a bunch of people here.
Man missed his calling. Of course he's bad at wizard school, he was born to be a bard.
How many people heard Flack shout his name?
Huh... it only just dawned on me, that gallows is super high up. I didn't think you needed anywhere near that much height to hang people. :/
First, it's a public hanging. The audience needs to be able to have a good view.
Secondly, if the rope's not long enough, the hangee won't be able to build up enough speed to humanely snap their neck when they come to a sudden stop, and they'll end up slowly choking to death instead.
(If you're wondering why I know this, it's because that very point was brought up in an episode of Murdoch Mysteries that I watched last week.)
I mean, he's a pretty tall guy...
Fun fact, Will's actually referring to the guy he shoved to the ground in panel 3, who was hoping he wouldn't be shoved
Some extra good news: Assuming Vincent can hear Will, he now knows his friend's not dead! That's gotta be making him feel pretty great at just this second :P
This page made me go "HELL YEAH!"
These last few pages have been so nail-biting. I keep thinking what it's like for Knotty under the hood.
As i said: "...'tis a far, far better thing..."
Aaaaahhhh!!! I sure hope this doesn't end like Tale of Two Cities!
Also, that's fine, I didn't need my heart anyway
Dunno how it's gonna end, but that's what i hear going through his head as he steps up...
It just occurred to me hat Flack does not know that they overheard her using the word that ends her magic influence.
Hopefully she forgot all about the students that she disenchanted and did not connect them to Sharpe when he actually turned up. I really want it to be an unpleasant surprise to her when Rana shows that she cares about the anti-death penalty rally again.
Or maybe slightly less unpleasant if it's her who the death penalty question is pointed at...
"Some people are worth disappointing." I am really wondering now about his parents.
I plowed through all of the comic in a day, and THIS is where the cutoff is?! I'm going to die of suspense!
I feel your pain!! I binge read this comic when I found it and I finished reading right in the middle of this chapter... Damn this chapter's had a lot of tense moments
He was literal a flick of the wrist away from accidentally killing his own son.
Nevermind knotty taking over the family business, I'll be surprised if he wants to keep it after this.
COME THROUGH, GARBAGE MAN!
This guy is such a Lipwig.