July 22nd, 2022
22 Jul 2022 · page 1118 of 1306
Woo I have covid again! Little woozy and such but not too bad- way better than the first time, thanks vaccines! I'm sure I'll be fine soon. Have a page.
Cast: Lei Feng, Pemberton Pryce
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"I came in like a wrecking ball"
[https://youtu.be/XLhQvgdXbg...](https://youtu.be/XLhQvgdXbgo?t=147 "https://youtu.be/XLhQvgdXbgo?t=147")
meanwhile in Witch space... everyone sitting around "hey why's that door--" tidal wave
I wonder if having to clean up a mess is common for inheriting a door? Mal had to clean up what a previous witch did, and Thea is going to have to mop up the witch's room after letting in all that water.
You know, that would be the funniest way to finish an arc - Thea mopping the witch room, together with Mal, just because he's newer or whatever (just because it would be funny basically, but eh)!
What I've been wondering, is this: Was Thea talking to the anchor as everyone seemed to be thinking, or was Thea talking to the Mountain Witch, who was sitting inside the witch room and looking at the fourth door suspiciously? And are we going to even see the answer to this??? (Pwetty pwease???)
I think Thea was talking to something else, probably a spirit similar to the Deadlies. Confidence, maybe? Overconfidence? Maybe even Arrogance?
every friday morning i come back and something else has gone wrong. the perfect comic :)
i need an emoji for my eyebrows going up
also hello folks it's nearly August! Which means it's nearly the 4th ever Widdershins Fanworks Month aka Buggeruptober (still in August by the vote last year, no I'm never changing the name!)
Buggeruptober is a series of prompts you can use to make Widdershins Fanworks to share with everyone. We have [a collection on Ao3 for all the fics you can find here ](https://archiveofourown.org/collections/WiddershinsFanworks "https://archiveofourown.org/collections/WiddershinsFanworks") and usually also see a lot of art, but we've also had cookies and music made too!
The prompts usually go up a few days before the end of the month so you can have some time to think about what you want to do.
So far I've always run it [off my tumblr blog @buggerup-busters ](https://buggerup-busters.tumblr.com/ "https://buggerup-busters.tumblr.com/")and the Widdershins Discord server (DM me on Tumblr or Twitter for a link to join) but this year I've also made [a Buggeruptober Twitter account @buggeruptober ](https://twitter.com/buggeruptober "https://twitter.com/buggeruptober")so more people can get involved more easily.
I'll be posting more info and updates on those accounts, as well as sharing everything people make there, so if you want to take part or just see what folks are up to go follow them I guess :) hope we'll all have fun again this year!
(too many damn links in this comment i hope it posts lol disqus i promise im not spamming)
I'm not super on social media, but I've seen some past buggerup creations and it looks like a fun time! Good luck to all of you creators, and to you for hosting!
I hope if you get the chance to check it out again you'll enjoy :) thanks for cheering everyone on!
That solution was a bit of a machina ex deo, don't you think?
This isn't the solution. This is the super-villain origin story.
Remains to be seen, but it absolutely would work for that.
Great thing about this story is that even at this late stage I've no idea which way it is going to go.
I see what you did there. Really, though, we don't know if it's a machina ex deo or a machina ex diabolo.
Dang it, now I want pasta and it's 3 in the morning here.
You win the intertoobs today.
(It's actually machina ex deo -- ex takes the ablative.)
I said "machina ex deo", though.
Does that mean whatever comes after ex burns up in the atmosphere?
chorus of groans from the audience
Soooo uhhh how does Thea really feel about her dad? I reckon that might be hugely relevant to whether that storm collapses on them or just around them
Verity knows how to make an entrance.
And judging by the damage to the deck, possibly an optional exit as well.
Dramatic departure
(Pause)
Dramatic entrance!
To bad. Get well soon!
Who needs hope when you have Verity? Except in cases like "I hope Verity doesn't do the thing" and she does the thing anyways.
Grab a stanchion or a guyline or whatever the term is; because everything's about to start moving, and it's gonna be moving eldritch.
My god Lei gets the best facial expressions.
When you work for Verity Cunningham you get to do lots of interesting facial expressions.
🤣
Ohhhh... I don't think that's just the storm collapsing. I think that's Thea using new ocean-based witch powers to send the ship back to where it's supposed to be (the Atlantic). Or the spirit who she made contact with a few pages ago is doing that.
The boat teleported once, it can do so again, and Thea designed the ship itself, even if Patience made the confidence engine.
Also, oof, hope you get better soon!
If that's the case I'm glad the submersible is coming along!
"... and you li'l bugger get back on deck or through it or wherever and vamoose with the others!"
That's one way to deal with a submersible that's sprung a leak - just yeet it back onto the ship!
I believe the Russian Navy uses this technique routinely with their manned submersibles. :P
Oh, hope you feel better soon! (Yes, thank you vaccines and those who made them!) And as always, thanks for the very fun (for us, not them) page!
Sure looks as if the cover page of the comic is coming true raaather soon.
Oh hey, you're back.
Well, at least the submersible didn't fall on anyone.
notices what it did to the deck
Yet.
"I may have lost hope... but I didn't lose my patience."
Still got a verit(y)able submarine full of it.
If Verity can get them out of this, she'll have every right to brag... for once.
I just got covid too. The worst part for me is the eustachian tube pain (like throat pain except good luck soothing it). Hope that you get over it fast.
I love the implication that the sound of the diving bell impacting with the deck at speed is what restored hope to her.
Rest and get well!
Feel better soon!
The fact that there is a diary entry written after the fact seems like a hopeful sign...
Take care. Hopefully it will be mile and you will be right as rain shortly.
Well now that the two biggest sources of the confidence is back on the ship, the engine should be back up & running just in time for a quick emergency teleport
Oh hey, it's those two knuckleheads again.
Just putting some tentative feelers out: I'm designing a TTRPG system for Widdershins, and I was wondering if that's something anyone would even be interested in. It's not a traditional d20 system, but saying much more than that would require a long-winded explanation. I'm getting my notes together before reaching out for much-needed Word of God (I.E. talking to Kate) on subjects such as magic and the like.
Mostly just wondering if such a thing as a tailor-made system for this amazing webcomic's universe is something someone else might be interested in at all, so I know whether this is purely for my own benefit or not.
Either way, y'all are lovely, thank you for being awesome people!
I don't really play TTRPGs but this sounds like a lovely idea. I hope you get some takers.
I love TTRPGs and Widdershins, I would love to see this! I'm sure it's a while off but I'd be happy to help with playtesting once you're at that stage :)
i jus wanna see sidney and mal's groups again ;⩌;